The ship Essex brings news from the Cape of Good
Hope to the 18th October, a few days later than the last dates. The military situation re- mained unaltered. The Caffres had again been successful in carrying off large herds of cattle. On the 6th October, the inhabitants of Cape Town resolved in public meeting, that if the constitution of the 23d May 1850 were adopted, peace and order would be restored in the colony ; if it were not adopted, the Governor-General and the Local Legislature must be re- sponsible for the results.
Another Cabinet Council, the fourth this week, was held at the Fo- reign Office today.
A deputation from the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company, headed by Sir James Duke M.P. and Mr. Lacy M.P., waited on Lord John Russell at Downing Street yesterday, and explained to him the value of their site at Woking, and their plans. They have acquired 2000 acres of dry land, high, picturesque in surface, and of dry, gravelly, and sandy soil, within forty minutes of the most central railway station in London, that of the South-western Company. The cost has been 35,0001. ; and the whole cost of chapel accommodation, ornamental build- ings, &e., will be but 93,000/. more. They bind themselves to perform all London funerals for twenty-five per cent less than the cost of funerals at the nearest existing cemeteries or graveyards ; and to charge for pauper funerals but fifteen shillings, allowing two attendants to go and return by the railway. They contemplate making a fund for compensating the clergy. Their plan supersedes the necessity of asking for public money. Lord John Russell promised the attention of Lord Seymour to the details.
The trial action of Birch versus Somerville commenced in Dublin yes- terday. The plaintiff himself, the Lord-Lieutenant, and Sir William Somerville, were among the witnesses examined. The Lord-Lieutenant admitted the editorial services that had been performed for him by Mr. Birch, and said that he had paid some 37001. for them long ago, out of Lis own private purse.
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