The flattering Expressions from the War office reconcile apparently Gen1 Grey to the virtual supercession by the appointment of a Commander of the Forces, and that in contending for what He considers the Interests of his Profession, the material point is carry'd by the Nomination of a Military Man as Governor. Lord Caledon only publickly contended for a concurrent authority, altho' his Reasoning goes to an Exclusive one, but in my own private opinion the Necessity of sending away troops must be so clear that no two men of ordinary understanding should differ upon it, in order to its justification. The Reason of Lord Caledon's Return will be obvious on his arrival. I beg you will not consider this as official, but a Newspaper Paragraph to tell you the Result of what has given you so much trouble.

We anxiously expect the Confirmation of the great Intelligence from Spain we learned from some passing vessels. You will accept my best thanks for the good offices and Civilities I experienced from you, and I shall take the liberty of occasionally writing to you if any Intelligence Reaches us of a Nature too uncertain to be officially communicated, but which may be worthy of some consideration. I am etc.

Letter from the EARL OF CALEDON to the EARL OF LIVERPOOL.

CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE, June 15th 1811.

MY LORD, I take the advantage of the Georgiana East India packet proceeding to Europe, to acknowledge Your Lordship's dispatches of the 1st of March, Nos 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, delivered to me by Mr. Alexander, the Colonial Secretary.

I have to return my thanks to Your Lordship for your favorable representation of my services to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and for your communication of His Royal Highness's full approbation of the Measures adopted by me for promoting the prosperity and tranquillity of this Colony, and of Your assurance that His Royal Highness has received with great satisfaction the general line of conduct adhered to by me in the administration of the Civil Government.

I thank Your Lordship for Your consideration of my personal convenience, and shall leave the Civil Government in the hands of the Lieutenant Governor, Lieu General Grey, unless my Successor should previously arrive. I have etc.

Letter from the EARL OF LIVERPOOL to SIR JOHN CRADOCK.

DOWNING STREET, 18th June 1811.

SIR, The Death of Mr. Agar having occasioned a Vacancy in the situation which he held as Agent to the Colony under Your Government and as it is of Material consequence that some person in this Country should be empowered to transact the Business of the Settlement in that Capacity which is now pending and which continually occurs, I have authorized Robert Willimot Esq. to take upon himself that duty and I venture to recommend this gentleman to you as in every respect qualified for the Appointment. I am etc.

Letter from THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL to SIR JOHN CRADOCK.

DOWNING STREET, 18th June 1811.

SIR, I transmit herewith the Copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury dated the 25 Ult. stating the wish of the Lords Commissioners to receive certain information with respect to the Ship Felicity which is said to have cleared out at the Custom House at the Cape. I am to request you will furnish me for their Lordships' information with a report of the circumstances pointed out touching the Departure of the Ship in question from the Cape. I am etc.

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Letter from GEORGE HARRISON, ESQRE., to LIEUTENANT
COLONEL BUNBURY.

TREASURY CHAMBERS, 24 June 1811.

SIR,-Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury a Letter from the Commissary in Chief dated the 15 Ulto. enclosing Copy of one from Lord Caledon Governor of the Cape of Good Hope respecting the supplying of the Troops at that Station with Provisions the Produce of the Settlement, wherein it appears that the Commissary in Chief upon sending Instructions to Commissary Hill in conformity to the Minute of this Board of the 8th November last, wrote at the same time to Lord Caledon requesting His Lordship to give such Assistance to Commissary Hill as might enable him more effectually to execute those Instructions, but that Lord Caledon conceives himself restrained by a Minute of this Board from interfering in any manner with the Commissariat; I am therefore commanded by their Lordships to transmit to you an Extract of so much of the said Minute as relates to the Supply of Provisions for the Troops at the Cape being procured within the Settlement, and to desire you will move Lord Liverpool to communicate the same to the Governor and General Officer Commanding on that Station, with Instructions to make the same Public in the Settlement in such manner as they may deem most likely to conduce to the success of the object of it. I am etc.

Extract of a Treasury Minute dated 8th November 1810.

Their Lordships are decidedly of opinion that it is not consistent with good Policy or Economy to supply with food from this Country a Settlement so distant as the Cape of Good Hope, and which their Lordships conceive would find resources of this Description within itself if encouragement were held out to the Cultivator of affording him the Assurance that the Produce of his Land would meet with a Purchaser in the Government for the Supply of its Army and Navy on that Station.

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Letter from CAPTAIN HAWKES to LANDDROST CUYLER.

BRUINTJES HOOGTE, June 24th 1811.

SIR, I have the honor to forward the enclosed report which has this moment reached me, and it is with deep regret I have to acquaint you of another barbarous murder committed by the Kaffers yesterday on a Boer of the name of Jacob de Winter. The particulars of this lamentable occurrence I am at present unacquainted with, but upon Veld Cornet Nel's return from Van Aard's, to which place he proceeded early this morning, I shall direct him to communicate them to you as speedily as possible. From all the information I have been enabled to procure relating to the melancholy fate of this young man, it appears that during the time he was herding a number of cattle about two miles distant from Van Aard's house he was surprised by a party of Kaffers who seized him and most inhumanly murdered him. They afterwards absconded with about two hundred head of cattle and one gun, and have not been heard of since. In the evening the cattle did not as usual return, and considerable alarm was in consequence excited, particularly as one of the dogs which had accompanied them had returned alone.

Notwithstanding the darkness of the night a most diligent search was immediately made, and this morning the deceased was first observed by his father who found him tied with the lash of his waggon whip in a perpendicular direction to a tree. There were five assagai wounds in his body, and his head was shockingly fractured. He was found perfectly stiff with both hands covering his face, which has given reason to imagine that the wounds from the assagai did not occasion immediate death, and that he was afterwards stoned, but upon a minute enquiry I make no doubt it will appear that a still more cruel and barbarous fate attended this unfortunate young man, who was about twenty years of age, and the eldest son of a very large family. I trust it is unnecessary for me to add, the parents and relations of the deceased are at this moment in the deepest affliction.

This country is on every side overrun with Kaffers, and there never was a period when such numerous parties of them were known to have advanced so far in every direction before; the

depredations of late committed by them exceed all precedent, and I believe it my indispensable duty to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor and Commander of the Forces that unless some decisive and hostile measures are immediately adopted I solemnly declare I apprehend considerable and the most serious consequences. I say again I consider it my duty to make this assertion, that at a future period no imputation might attach to me for withholding from Government my representation of the distress and dissatisfaction of this part of the District of Uitenhage, which has been gradually increasing ever since my arrival in this country, and surely no one but those on the spot who are daily eye witnesses to such dreadful scenes of murder and theft can be enabled to paint in its proper colors the melancholy prospect this country now exhibits. The Boers on this Frontier will not submit any longer, and are in spite of every exertion on the part of the Veld Cornets and myself leaving their places. I expect my post will shortly be the most advanced of any habitation, and that this place will then be left to the Dragoons alone. I have &c.

(Signed)

ABIATHAR HAWKES, Captain 21st Light

Dragoons.

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Letter from COLONEL BIRD to the President and Members of the Burgher Senate.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, June 25th 1811. GENTLEMEN,--His Excellency the Governor having long had under his consideration the inconveniences which arise from the 2nd and 4th articles of the regulations of the burgher senate not being acted upon, and considering also that very frequent changes in the members of the senate tend to introduce irregularities in the administration of their affairs, has come to the resolution of altering the aforesaid articles of the provisional instructions, and of substituting the following in their stead; in which his Excellency has judged proper to affix a certain salary to the situation of president of the burgher senate, in compensation for the loss of time which attending to these public duties occasions.