coming towards the town, and con- 
sequently will be soon in my pos- 
session. This account of his force 
is probably exaggerated, and particu- 
Plarly with regard to his artillery,— 
The general himself is still on this 
side the Kloof, but his intentions 
seem matter of conjecture, and pro- 
bDably he meditates a movement to. 
wards Zwart Kopts River. —His re- 
sourcés, with respect to subsistence, 
are of a kind not very susceptible 
of interruption, from the disposi- 
tion of the farmers, or the means [ 
can immediately oppose to him, un- 
less he should experience a deficiency 
of ammunition by our possession of 
Some of his depdts. The farmers 
are by no means likely to assist him 
heartily for any length of time, for 
the devastation of their property 
must be the inevitable consequence 
of a prosecution of the contest in 
the interior. To augment, or even 
preserve his aétual, and, I trust, 
but temporary superiority in that 
particular, it will be necessary for 
general Janssens to move, in a north- 
erly direction, into the district of 
Stellesbosch ; but as the measure is 
of a most desperate tendency, and 
requires that his heart should be 
steeled against those sensations 
which are said to govern his actions, 
I indulge a sanguine expectation 
that consequences so dreadful may 
be averted. With this view, and 
from the posture of our relative af- 
fairs, I have deemed it both honour- 
able and expedient for his majesty’s 
government, to make an overture to 
general Jansens, a copy of which is 
inclosed, deprecating the destructive 
result of his farther opposition to 
his majesty’s arms, and treating him 
with the generosity and distinction 
due to his character. But in order 
to give weight to the anxious desire 
APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
581 
I entertain, of inviting general Jans- 
sens to a pacification, I have at an 
early hour this day, detached briga- 
dier-general Beresford, with the 
59th and 72d regiments, two howit- 
zers, and four six-pounders, to pos. 
sess himself of the villaged of Stelles- 
bosch, and thence to forward my 
letter to the general, accompanied 
by such additional arguments as the 
brigadier may consider expedient to 
submit to him, and with full powers 
to conclude whatever treaty cxist- 
ing circumstances might exact. 
Cape Town, Jan, 11. 
Sin,—You have discharged your 
dutytoyour countryas becamea brave 
man at the head of a gallant though 
feeble army. { know how to re 
Spect the high qualities of such a 
man; and do not doubt that the 
humanity which ever characterises 
an intrepid soldier, will now ope- 
rate in your breast, to check the 
fatal consequences of a fruitless con- 
test. ‘The naval and military forces 
of his Britannic majesty, which 
have possessed themselves of the 
seat of your recent government, are 
of a magnitude to leave no quéstion 
respecting the issue of farther hosti- 
lities ; and, therefore, a temporary 
atd disastrous resistance, is all you 
can possibly oppose to superior 
numbers. Under these circum- 
stances, nothing can result, but the 
devastation of the country you ca- 
sually occupy ; and such a conse- 
quence can never be contemplated 
without anguish by a generous 
mind ; or be gratifying to the man 
who feels for the prosperity and 
tranquillity of the colony, lately 
subject to his administration. But 
if, unhappily, your resolution is 
formed to oppose an enemy of such 
Superior force, by protracting a 
contest which must entail misery 
Pp3 and 
