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Arrival of the Cuzco.
At 11 o'clock on Monday, morning, the
steamship Cuzco, attached to the Orient line,
again anchored in Hobson's Bay, after a run
of forty-one aays sixteen hours from Eng-
land, being slightly in excess of that per
formed oh her last visit to this port. This
includes detentions at different places for
coaling and other purposes. The actual
steaming time is reckoned at thirty-nine days ;
twenty-two hours twenty-one minutes, and the
average speed maintained per hour from Cape
Town> to Adelaide slightly over thirteen ktiots,
or on a daily Tecord of near upon 296 knots
throughout. With Captain J. Murdoch in
command/ the officers ' remain the same as
before. There was a total of 217 passengers
on board at starting, summarised as follows :
Adelaide, 43:; Melbourne, 66 ; Sydney, 83 ;
and New Zealand, 25. A mail, , comprising , 8
bags for Adelaide, 11 for Melbourne, 9
for Sydney, and 4 for different ports, :
was also, brought out. The cargo comprised- —
713 packages for Adelaide,' 1,141 for Mel
bourne, and 911 for : Sydney ; making a total
of 2,765. On the 18th March, a second-
class. passenger named Alfred Crapous, bound
for Sydney, was found missing ; and as he
had stated his intention tliC night previous to
sleep on deck, it was smmised that he had
Allien .overboard. , A minute search in every
part of the Reamer failed to find him. The
journal of the Cuzco shows', that she left
Plymouth on the 6th ; March, arrived at St.
Vincent on the 14th at eight minutes to 7
a.m., and after coaling, left; on the following
day at twenty-five minutes past 1 a.m. Cape
Town was reached on 29th March, early in
-the morning, and left again in the afternoon.
On.|Saturday last Adelaide was arrived at
at sixteen minutes to 7 a.m., and after dis
charging cargo, left for this port in the after
noon at eight minutes to 5, the Heads being
entered at fourteen minutes past 6, and owing
to ajh$avy fog, it was not deemed advisable
to proceed up. South Channel till twenty
minutes to 8; rom Plymouth to St. Vin
cent the Cuzco experienced moderate and
light variable winds, with 'fine weather.
From St. Vincent to the Cape, for the first
part, light head winds and fine weather, and
during the; latter; part strong S-E. trades,
with bigb head sea. The equator was
crossed on the 19th March in longitude
lPI7degi W. Strong winds, choppihg from
N.W: to S.W., with cloudy and unsettled
Weather, then rejnained the ofder- of the day,
accompanied with rough sea, till arrival at
Adelaide, and from thence to Melbourne
lifirht easterly winds and fine weather. From
Mrr Gnlding, purser, we have received later
Cape papers and intermediate English news
to date of departure of the Cuzco.
LATEST CAPE NEWS.
(REUTEB'S TELEGRAMS.)
ADELAIDE, April 17.
The Orient Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Cuzco arrived here this morning,
from London, via Plymouth. Her latest
dates are 6th March. The following is her
passenger list:— Mr. Broils, _Mr. Huysman,
Mr. and Mrs. Simson and infant, Mr. and
Mrs. Jocoby, Mr. Lawes, Mr. and Mrs.
Conachar, Mr. Travers, Mr. D. Colville, . Mrs.
Mason, Miss E. Poulter, Mr. -Manger, Miss
HtlbbajU Tfowen, Mr. and Mm. and
Master" Guest jTMrs. Aikinan, Mr. Brummell,
Mr Gregory, Master B. Pahner. From Cape
Town: Messrs. Alfred and W. Gray, Mr.
Levy, ftud tbiriy-nine in third class. .
The foUpwihg is a summary of the latest
news from the Cape of Gopd Hope
CAPETOWN, 29tr March.
The Boer agitation, if it has not died out;
belsS le2t subsided. Mr. Jpubert and Mr. ,
Kruger, two of their leaders, - are going to
stump the old colony, where they are likely
to get mudi countenance. Natal has ; been
feasting the departing Governor, Sir Henry
Bulwer, and preparing to welcome the coming
one; Sir George Colley. /
The Basutos remain in a sta>e of almost-,
passive rebellion. They have not given up
ftjr ar»p, nor lias the Government atr
tempted to enforce the proelamation of the
Peace Preservation Act. It iff generally
believed that no- decisive action will be
taken until the meeting of the Cape Parlia
ment on the 5th May next. ,
I The registered letter-bag from Kimberley
1 to 'England was opened iby eom thief sup
posed to have secreted himself in the General
: p0gt Office, Every package containing dia-
i monds was rifled of its contents. The loss,
i which is believed to exceed £50,000, faUB
I principally on the banks, who have been in
the habit ol insuring diamonds against los&
1 No traoe of the thief or thieves has ffis yfftl
'feepiposd
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