28 JANUARY 1843, Page 6

Intelligence has been received from Cape Town to the 10th

Decem- ber, from Graham's Town to the 2d of the same month, and from Port Natal to the 24th November. No further operations had taken place between the British troops and the Boers ; Captain Smith, the British commander, considering that it would be inexpedient to risk an en- counter with his small force. He was therefore waiting the arrival of more soldiers, which had reached Algoa Bay on the 29th November, and would shortly join him. He was well fortified.