The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

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PLYMOUTH, MAT 20.

The Golden Fleece, from Calcutta on the 20th
Febrnary ; Madras, 6th March ; and Table Bay, 9th April,
passed off hare this morning.
She hemp 19 days' liter Caps news ; 90 pawners
from India, and 22 from the Gape ; and a cargo of rice
indigo, and cotton.
At the Cape Governor Wodehonse had returned to
Graham's Tows, having declined to arbitrate between the
Free State and Basra* in their boandary line disputa
because the Free State Volknread would not give him on.
fettered discretion, they stipulating that the Warder,
boundary line of 1849 should be maintained entirely. The
governor proposed to amid in 'appraising the Frontier
Castle theft. by rigeronaly enforcing the pus system upon
ail frostier bawdier' without distinction of race, character
or colour.

The Colonial Gazette of April 8 contained the draft
bills of the new measures proposed by the governor for the
consideration of parliament, which was to meet on April 27.
The molt important were, • bill for wasting a supreme
omit for the eastern district. and an appeal court for the
colony, • bill for establishing • registry office for all deeds
is the eastern districts, and a new reed bill throwing the
maintenance of existing roads on the Circle Road Boards
formed in the districts conesened. The formation of
new roads and poem to be charged to the general
colonial revenue as hitherto. Three taxation bills pro.
vide for the existing revenue deficiency. They in.
mane the stamp charges, make larger additions to classes
of document. chargeable with stamps, and impose duties On
property snocamione and upon beak notes. With the addi•
tiocal revenue they will bring, the withdrawal of the main.
tarmacs of road charges front the general revenue, the
extension of the crown land sales, and a judicious retrench•
moot, it was hoped to equalise the revenue with the expels*
inure.

The mission in MoseSkase' country was progrewieg
favourably. The mimiouaries were about to make an appli
adios to the old chief for permiaaion to establish a elation
in Matabele oountry.
Her Majesty's ship Salsmauder arrived at the Cape on
March 28th, and the Lyra on the 6th April, and were lying
with the Conqueror and the Narcianis in Simon's Bay.
The Centaur sailed for England on the 3rd April. Th
Pearl arrived at the Cape ou the 28th March, and sailed for
England on the sth ApriL
The Golden Fleece landed her mails and three pessenpr
at Plymouth, by pilot brat.

Loa Pommerais, on returning to the prison after
his coedemeation to death, recovered all his calmness.
Daring the two days before he had eaten little or nothing,
had enjoyed eo sleep, sad his strength failed him every
time he left the court. After the trial, at the cootr►ry,
being relieved from the agony of the 'true:a* and knowing,
as be mid, his fate, he armored his satisfaction at having
all doubt at an cod. "I wish for nothing more than to
die, and the sooner the better." He called for dinner, and
ate with ► good appetite, and at eight slept soundly for
use boon. This is the first time dace his arrest that his
red has been so beg.
The Prince del Drago has found some beautiful
ancient mosaic pavements os owe of his estates In the
country, and he has just sow exhumed from the cellar of
his palace in Some an exquisite statuette of Venus, miens
the head and arms unfortaintely, bat perfectly beautiful
as to the body and lower limbs. It is about three feet high.,
A dreadful accident occurred to the mail-train
from Namur to Dimwit three eights since. At a rather
sharp curve between Ivoir and Moab's' the engine ran oil
the mile. The coasequeoce was that se►eral carriages were
smashed, sad four precipitated into the Meuse. Two ladies,
one of whom was the Counter Cornet, were killed on the
spot, sad several other pesetas were more or lase severely
injured. The other passingese, 18 in number, escaped
eatirt.

BOAT AR•IDK AND LOBB 01 FIVE LIVER.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 19.—An accident conned here this
evening, which, it is feared, molted in the lose of fin
lives. Several pleasure boats were oe the Itches river, as
is was] on =miner eveminp, whin one boat, entails( •
Yr. IWoodhead, two Miss Woodheads, as infant, sod •
gentleman when, same has not tianspired, capsized. Fear
of the live bodies are said to hen bees rammed.

THE SArrenie Cow/am—nit company, which
is one of the oldest sad most wealthy of the civic guilds of
Loudon, has jut oompleted the erection of a arise of slew
boom, at • cart of about 8,0201., mini» at the aspens
of the eke cod adkoset grounds, at Watford, for the amok-
modation of a Routed number of such of their brethren so
may become poor in &dammed age. or their widow,. They
have for couturier had • refuge of this kind in Monkwell-
street. now a dearly crowded part of the city, which bee
all along hese supported by node hiquestbed for the im-
press porpoise by Sir Ambrose Nicholas, a faunas citing
and salter, who was Lord Mayor in 1576, ad by Mr.
Thomas Beiciond, another of their order, in 1464. name
fonds, of which the master sod wisdoms, with the court of
serinaate of the company, are trades. for all time, will
mow be applied to the maisteesses of the alms men and
women of the company at Watford in decent comfort. The
building has been erected with • suet ol regard to sanitary
cosaiderations and the domestic ecumenism* of the in-
mates. It is situated in • pleasant pan of the village,
abeat 10 amused walk from the railway snatios, sad is
**rounde
omote
thesel by grounds tastefully laid out. It
prsides eta square, err a front and two wings,
the prima* part al the (sham rooting on • raised terries,
The inetitatioe was formally opened on Wedaesday, with
some aremony, in the peeress of the master (Mr. Alder-
man Gibbous), the ward..., and court, of assistants, with •
the usighboaring gentry.
depend.* from the livery of the oompasy, and some of
DAZING ATIriIIPT 70 Musoi& AT CHINTZ.
Pitt.n.—Yeelneday, ea Irishmen, wke Pre hi maw as
Thomas Brews, was charged at Cheitorneld with mt.
temp** Is murder • girl nomad Elizabeth Johnson. It
appears that the parties formerly hued at Rumors. They
quenelle& and she left that town and weal to Chester.
6416 about sir weeks mho, and obtained a situation at the
Midland Honk Os sight the primmer came
from Renown to sad went to the Midland
Hotel and celled the girl into the yard tied asked her to
go bock with him to Keneore. She nines& sod be NO
be would take her life sad thee destroy hie own. She
returned to the home, and the prisoner went to sleep at
the Plough beerbouse, when bs mad, um of threats about
the woman. On Wedneeder rooraing he want to the
hotel sgaia, sod the girl persisted in her getereainatice
not to go back. He then eurobond a sis-barrelled
revolver, and had the barrels loaded with large swim
dot He them west to the hotel mid asked far the =
bat I. cossequesce of his movement slue bad been
to Twin upstairs. He loitered about for two hours, sad
ultimately Mr. Thompson, who bad espied the revolver
in his grookat, told tbe girl to case down stain
is speak to the era that he might go. He said he
only wanted to shake Maids with her. The woman came
dew. stain ; he pet out hi left heed to shake heads with
bar, sad with his right hand was in the act of drawing
the revolver from hie pocket, when Mr. Thompson enrage
at him. A fearful struggle .wed. The prisms( said be
would hrfeit bi life biters be would give ap the pistol
It wee, however, wrested from hire, sad the landlord gave
him lets custody. Ho was esuebed and about 2/. in moos,
was fouled non him, with powder flask, shat, ballot mould.
ad • large elas mkeito opsn. The prisoner was ordered to
Sad sureties to keep peace for six mouths. He failed
to do mo, and he was then committed for that tram.
Yesterday, at the Brierley Hill Conference of
operative' engaged I. ins works, the subject of machine
peddling wee diseased, and diffsmet *elms were
about it. The acetones* declined to take any =7d
al-
though one member stated that machinery would be erns-
dvely used in a shad time, sad he thought it would inter-
fen with the employment of the mem. Opiniems of •
cookery mann were, however, expressed. The oonference
eassimoudy conderesed the BAYOU of Marshall, the secre-
tary of the Leeds &sleek but also usanicnously
the stenos of W men on strike. It was sated the
weekly pay of the nee on strike would shortly reach 20c.
Frau the reurrics made at the meeting, it appears that a
strike awes the hes trades is anticipated in the North.