The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-07 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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NEW YORK, MAT 25.
The high price to which all the principal stocks and
loading securities have attained has a tendency to restrict
operations and check speculative movements ; the sales to-
day, therefore, have been moderate, with but little varia-
tions from Saturday's prices. Foreign exchange has been
in good demand, with an upward tendene in rates. We
quote :—London, 110 to 1101 ; Paris, 5.16 5.15 ; Ams-
terdam, 401 to 411; Hamburgh, 36 to 36 ; Bremen, 781
to 781.
Corrox. Our last report of the market was advised
per Washington on 22nd inst. On the 22nd the sales
amounted to 3,600 to 4,000 bales, at very full rates ; and to-
day, 24th, 3,000 bales were reported, prices tending still
upwards. We have revised and advanced our quotations
of evening of 21st inst., finding them fully le. below the
rates paying for the better grades.
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Atlantic New Ortega& Clurf Po;ts.
Markt 74 to I 7 to si 7; to 8
Low to good Ile to 9 .«3 to 9 ... to 9
Nld.Tart r ."
10: to
atO 1201 I I 1:3 101

Floe a.-There has been a fair demand for flour to-day,
and prices are well sustained. Superfine No. 2, 3 dole. 62/e.
to 3 dole. 68/c.; common state, 4 do), 061 c. to 4 dole. 12/e;
favourite ditto, 4 dols. 181 e. to 4 dole. 25c.; mixed westerns,
4 dole. 03/c. to 4 dole. 12/c. ; straight Michigan
and Indiana, 4 dole. 12/e. to 4 doh. 18/e. ; fancy
Michigan, 4 dole. 181 e. to 4 dols. 25e. ' • good Ohio, 4 dole.
12/e. to 4 dols. 25e. • round hoop, via Canal 4 dole. 181 e. to
4 dots. 311 e. fancy 'Ohio, 4 dols. 37/e. to 4 doh. 75c. ; fancy
Geneseee, 4 dole. 62/e. to 4 dole. 871 e. ; extra Ohio, Indiana,
and Michigan, 4 dols. 75c. to 5 doh. 121 e. ; extra Germane,
dole. to 5 doh. 76c. Southern-4 dole. 37/e. to 4 dols.
62/e. for common to good brands Alexandria, Baltimore,
Brandywine, and Georgetown; fancy, 4 dols. 75e. to 45 dots.
SOc. Rye flour, 3 dole. 25c. Corn meal : Jersey, 3 dole. 25e. ;
Brandywine, 3 dole. 50c. to 3 doll. 561 c. Corn continues in
request; 30,000 bushels have been sold is lota at 62c. to 62/e.
for Western low mixed, 83c. to 64/c. for high mlxed,and 65e.
to 67e. for Southern yellow, the latter price for strictly
prime. No movement in wheat this morning. A choice lot
of Genesee white, 2.400 bushels, sold at 112/e. Oats are in
moderate request at 40e. to 42c. for state, and 40c. to 42c. for
Jersey. Rye brings 75c.
PROYISIONS.-Pork is dull at 18 dole. 25c. for m sae, and
16 doh. 50e. for prime; clear is held at 19 dole. 2.5 c. to 19
doll. SOc. Country mem beef, 10 dole. to 10 dole. 50e. ;
city ditto. 11 doll. to 13 dots. . • extra ditto 13 dols. 50e to
13 dole. 75c. ; prime, 6 dole. to 7 dole. 50c. Beef hams,
16 dole. Cut meats have a downward tendency ; dry salted
and pickled shoulders, Sc. to Bje; hams, ditto, 9/c. to 10e. ;
western middle rib, 9/c. Lard is dull and firmer, prices '
scarcely sutained ; kegs, 111 e. to Ille.; bble., 91c. to 10e.
Owes* in moderate request at 6c. to 7/c. Ohio butter,
15c. to 17c.; state dairies, 15e. to 18c., and Orange Co.
18e. to 21e.
MMES.-Sales of potashes have been made at 5 dole.,
and if pearls at 6 dots. 23c., which is a decline from pre-
vious sales. . . .

FILIBIOLITS.—We have no alteration to notice in rates to
Liverpool :—Cotton, id. per lb.; flour and meal, 10d. per
bbl. ; heavy goods, 124. 6d. to 17s. 64. ; grain, in bulk, 3d.
to 34d. per bushel. To London : Flour, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. ;
turpentine, 21. per 28014 s ; measurement goods, 15s. to 201.
per ton ; heavy good., oil, &c., 15s. to 20s. per ton. ; beef,
3a. 6.1. to 4s. per tierce ; oil cake, Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per bbl.
To Havre: Cotton, square halm to. to je. per lb. ; ashes,
5 doh. to doh. per ton ; rice, 8 dole. per ton ; quercitroa
bark, 8 dole. per ton ; measurement goods, 8 doh. per ton ;
whalebone, &c., 4c. per lb.
New ORLIANS, MAT n.

At noon to-day 2,000 bales of cottora bad been sold, but
prices wero irregular. Good middling brought 9fc., and
fair Ile. Mess pork is dull at 17 dole. to 17 dole. 26e.
Eschange--Biglsty bill to three-fourths discount.

THE Naw METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—
At a meeting of the Markets Improvement Committee con-
nected with the Corporation of the City of London, held at
the OuildhaU on Friday last, Mr. H. L. Taylor in the
chair, a considerable quantity of business was done having
reference to the newly proposed cattle•market for the metro.
polls. Steps were taken by the committee for the purpose
of mgotiatiou with the proprietor of the area of ground in
the immediate locality of Copenhagen-fields, Islington, and
closely contiguous to the Great Northern Railway ware-
houses and terminus. An offer has been made tr Mr. Bat-
son, the freeholder, by the corporation, of 7501. per acre for
72 acres, hut at iire‘sent the contract has not been ratified.
MARYLEBONE BANK.—The Master has directed
the official manager to carry out a compromise of all claims
with creditors at this matter,

WEST INDIA, MEXIC ‘N, AND
THE PACIFIC MAILS.

The Royal West India mail steamer Orinoco, Cap.
taro Chapman, Admiralty agent, Lieutenant Eller-
man' R.N., arrived at Southampton on Saturday
with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails.
Her dates were Vera Cruz, 9th May; Tampico, 7th;
Chagres, 10th; Carthagena, 12th; Jamaica, 15th;
Demerara, 13th; Trinidad, 12th; Barbadoes, 14th;
Antigua, 16th; Martinique, 15th ; Grenada, 13th;
Porto Rico,lBth ; St.Thomss, 22nd : La Guayra,lolll,
Valparaiso, 10th April ; Coquimbo, 11th ; Arica,
16th; Piece, 19th; Callao, 23rd; Huasco, 12th;
Copiapo, 12th; Cobija, 14th; Islay, 17th; Puna,
26th.
Her cargo consisted of specie to the amount of
1,386,673 dollars from Vera Cruz and Chagres, of
which only 9,000 dollars were on account of Mexi-
can dividends, as far as it was known on board,
367 serene of cochineal, 14 serons of jalap, I tierces
of coffee, 3 casks and 3 bags ditto, 4 bales tobacco,
2 boxes of arrowroot, 36 bundles of sarsaparilla,
boxes of succadees, 24 kegs of ginger, &c.
The freight from Tampico, amounting to about
390,000 dollars, could nut be shipped owing to the
heavy surf on the bar. 'f ho Admiralty agent had
great difficulty in crossing with the mails after a
detention of 24 hours.
The Orinoco brought about 100 pasaengerii, amongst
whom were Colonel Ramon de Cevallus, from Vera
Cruz ; General tirdanetta, from Carthagena ; Dr.
Cameron, from Demerara ; Colonel Ward, Lieut.
Aynesly, R.N., and Colonel Ashmore, 36th Regi-
ment, from Barbadoes ; and Judge Foster, from St.
Thomas.
The Orinoco left Southampton on the 3rd ult. at
3.35 p.m., and she arrived at St. Thomas on the 17th
at 3.40 p.m. She left St. Thomas at noon on the
22nd ult., and arrived at Southampton at 2.30 p.m.
en the sth. She has thus made the passage out and
home in 14 days each voyage, a vast improvement
on the old system. The weather during the home-
ward voyage was very fine ; head winds and sea,
however, for some days after leaving St. Thomas,
still the Orinoco made an average of 260 miles a day,
or nearly 11 knots an hour. The greatest extent of
speed under sail and steam was 12.4 knots an hour;
under steam alone, 11 knots.
The company has now two other steamers running
equal in speed to the Orinoco, viz., the Parana and
Magdalena, and in about six weeks or two months
the La Plata will be ready for sea. There will then
bo four powerful steamers to do the work between
Southampton and St. Thomas; and when the tran-
shipment of cargoes and the coaling of the steamers
can be accelerated at the latter port, and the four
new gigantic steamers get into good working order,
the performance of the Atlantic voyages by the
West India steamers will be all that can be desired.
There is one point to which we beg to draw the
attention of the directors of the West India Com-
pany, and from the courtesy and attention which
they have always shown towards the press we are
confident it will receive due consideration. It is
this—the continual failure of the foreign and colonial
journals and despatches of the I.ondon newspaper
press, owing to the confusion and hurry of tran-
shipments. If the directors would impress on the
pursers of the inter-colonial packets the importance
of carefully handing over to the special care of the
purser or any other officer of the homeward-bound
packet at St. Thomas such despatches and journals,
so that they may come immediately to hand at
Southampton, they "would confer a very great obli-
gation both on the press and the public.
By the Orinoco we learn that her Majesty's ships
Iteaum and Albion were at Port Royal; the Alarm
at Barbadoes; the Persian at Grey Town; the
Sappho on her way to Port Royal, having been re-
lieved by the Persian. The Edwards, transport, had
left Trinidad for Barbadoes. A brig, with ordnance
stores, was lying in the English harbour at Antigua.
The Spanish man-of-war brig General Valdes was
off Sacrificios, and the Mexican squadron at Vera
Cruz on May Bth. At Port-au-Prince, Martinique,
French frigate Sybille, flag of Rear-Admiral Le
Valliant ; steamer Milan. The Royal Mail steamer
Thames on the Mexican route, but transfers mails
and passengers to the Dee at Jamaica, returning to
St. Thomas with the mails for England, being next
homeward steamer. The Great Western was on
the Chagres route, also the Trent ; the Derwent
on the Demerara route; Eagle on the Trinidad route,
having been repaired and coppered. The Esk was
on patent slip, having arrived leaky from Barbadoes.
In lat. 40.55 N., lon. 32.40 W. the Orinoco boarded
a wreck apparently some time deserted, a brig of
about 200 tons, waterlogged, with remnant of Ame-
rican colours flying, name not discernible nor any-
thing left on board to identify her; she was laden
with shingles and staves. June Ist, lat. 42.30, lon.
29.10, spoke the English barque Bell, homewards.
June 3rd, lat. 46.55, lon. 16.10 W., spoke the
English ship Jane, outwards. Lat. 47.30, lon. 14 20,
spoke the English barque Johanna Catherine, home-
wards.
The advices from Mexico are important. blame.
diately before the departure of the Thames from
Vera Cruz, on the 9th ult., a telegraphic despatch
' addressed to the British Vice-Consul was received,
announcing that the city of Mexico was in a state of
revolution ; the details of the outbreak have not,
however, reached us. The news was received at
Vera Crux on the evening of the Bth ult. The
Thames was detained a day and a half at Tampico,
owing to the bar being impassable, and she was
obliged to leave without taking on board the usual
remittances of specie, which, to the amount of 400,000
dollars, were ready for shipment. The mails and
passengers were, however, get off. There is nothing
new on the subject of the Tehuantepec difficulty,
but it was exciting great uneasiness. The mines
at Zacatecas had ceased to be worked, for want of
funds.

The Panama Star, of the 6th of May, states, that
the President of the Republic of New Grenada had
issued a message to the executive and legislature
relative to the .Flores expedition against Ecuador.
By this message it appears that, owing to a treaty
of peace, amity, and alliance, established between
New Grenada and Ecuador in 1831, the one power
is at all times bound to render military and pecu-
, niary aid to the other in case of foreign invasion.
To this end the President has proclaimed that there
bo raised in New Grenada, either by loan or force,
the sum of 16,000,000 reale (equal to 2,000,000 dole.),
and further, that 20.000 men be called to serve under
arms to assist the adjoining republic. The President
declares hie intention to oppose Flores and all coun-
tries rendering him aid, and accuses Peru of fitting
out two vessels, and Valparaiso one, to take part in
tho expedition. lie further states his belief that
Flores is merely endeavouring to carry out his re-
volutionary movement of 1846, and that the object
of the present revolution is to re establish a monarchi-
cal government on.the South Pacific coast under the
old Spanish rule.
JAMAICA.
There is great complaint of the paucity of medical
men in Jamaica, to mitigate the ravages of the a lull-
pox now raging in the island.
The Tretairny congratulates the parishioners on
the happy change of weather—the setting in of the
May seasons. On Thursday evening last, that paper
says,—

Dense and opaque clouds were observed over the sea and
in the interior, indicating a heavy fall of rain. With the
rapidity peculiar to the tropics, these clouds speedily spread
over the town, and a smart shower of about an hour's
duration commenced. There can be no doubt that the rain
fell more heavily and continued longer in the country. On
Saturday there was a heavy and steady fall of rain, which
appeared to be diffused far and wide ; it was accompanied
with thunder and lightning. We trust the electric fluid
has operated in cleansing the atmosphere, consequently in
abating the virulence of the present epidemic. 'We hope,
too, that the "former rain" which has now commenced,
will be followed by the "latter rain" in due season and
that they may prove beneficial to neat year's crop, no far as
it may be determined on to continuo the cultivation of the
soil.
The rains had extended to the parish of St. James,
and to various other districts.
A few cases of smallpox had appeared in the
houses of several respectable families in the town of
Falmouth. The disease, however, was evidently de-
creasing. A correspondent of the Fct,itinuth Post
informs that paper that should thu disease visit
Hanover, the authorities of that parish are deter-
mined to resort to inoculation, as it is generally be-
lieved that there is no possibility of procuring vaccine
matter, the purity of which can be depended upon.
We regret to state that the disease has not abated
in the parish of St. Ann. The Reporter states:
, Since our last, the scourge of the human race has pro'
greased rapidly in this town. Whole establishments have
been deprived of their operatives, who are suffering from

0,,t, awl the west of labooron oawowyseatly
reso
ILENIERARA.
fer,r was luippil7 on tbo decrease at Deme-
rol'. Tbrry is no political news of any importance.
fitlNllll.‘ll.

The Trinidad pap:as record the decease of the re-
cently in-ia:1,11 Musa catholic archbishop of that
ig.ina. 'Hy i‘eatlicr in Trinidad had been pretty
hrourable he the manufacture of sugar, which was
frecoss,rag with grcut rapidity. The cnips were,
y .makmg, very backward, owing to the
tt'
ot rain which fell in the early part of the
pram,. On many estate' little more than half the
espeeted quantity of sugar had vet been made. The
varilv oh labour was quite inadequate to the demand,
ga;,aigh in many instances wages for task-work had
per cent.
BARRADOES.

The accounts from this island are of theoboet astir
wen' ehantetir. not alone as regards the present
suzitenip of the island, but also of the prospects of
thst now on the ground and to be reaped next sea-
The Arebodt.,... Globe states that the quantity,
g.s*yr to he made in the perish of St. Lucy would
pee A gellel.ll 11% eine of 2 i heavy hhds. to the acre,
whilst in some plums a single acre had yielded 4 hhds.,
sod one ~tate of So acres had yielded the enormous
quanr ,d 260 hhds. A few smart showers had
kid,. 'file present sugar crop was expected to
imh nedel) 13,1100 hauls. llooping cough and mea-
nt, sere still prevalcot throughout the island, but
it sa free from other diseases. The quantity of
pion. shipped to the 13th ult. was—sugar
1.304 tierces, and 4,9 6 barrels; moles
1.1$" puucheons. 136 hhds., and 1-11 barrels.
ST. 1,17C1.t.

In this Wand there had been a alight mitigation
a the wcerite of the drought under which the island
bo been suffering since the commencement of the
var. The following vessels were loading : —For Lon-
aoa. :he barque Louisa and brigs Queen of Britain
sad Andes: or Dublin, the brigs Wanderer and
May. The Penelope was shortly to load, and the
Vise was discharging.
ANTIGUA.

At Antigua the weather is still very dry. The
imam of rain is becoming more and more severely
bit: the comparatively slight showers that have
fatal were beneficial in some degree, but their good
,dirt has nearly worn off. in consequence of not
bring followed up by a heavy fall of rain.
The following resolution was passed in the House
s(Aweiubly in that island:
Ised—That as there has been a ;treat depreciation in
* value of the produce of this colony, bra which all
imam u raked, sod that as all salaries of public alma
km bees pared previous to the act of podiums of 1866,
wink admitted slave productions, it is notirevelloat to re-
mit them, foe the purpose of making all asidik mrdastioss
thivv,s. sad that a conunittor be appealed be mod es the
sorter
ST. THOMAS.

The weather of late has been oppressively warm
Ind try dry, which latter circumstance has caused
l
a gnat scarcity of water in town. Drought is also
complimad of in the neighbouring islands.
OItENADA.

The weather continues dry, and we are sorry to
learn that the stock are suffering severely in cease-
gum. In moat of the Leeward Elands the drought
is tau.mg much distress.
HAYTI.

The coronation of Fanstin 1., Emperor of Hayti,
took place on the Isth of April. The ceremony
was performed in • splendidly decorated pa-
rihon. erected especially fur the occasion, at the
rear of the Royal Palace.
THE FRENCH ISLANDS.

The French colonies are progressing in a favour-
able and satisfactory' manner. The labourers on the
plantations are working cheerfully, that the average
rate of wages for an able-bodied field labourer is one
franc per day. that is, from sun rise to sun set, allow
Mg the ordinary time for meals.
The crop of (I uaddoupe was estimated at 80,000
Ude.: but having suffered from drought,itia not now
expected to reach that amount. Martinique. will
rudue• fully 6041000 hogsheads. The price of fair
quality sugar, '2lf. to 28f.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Mon Da Contore's Nrraintik hielligerwer.)

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KIXOSTON' JAII•ICA, MAT 11.
13t rms.—Prime Irish is readily taken at Md. per 10.,
bat 12d. is generally asked. A parcel of inferior and mixed
volitive has been placed at 1014.
Bllll.—Cboice " Family" is my mom, sad worth
pr keU band.
IMIAXDT.—Thert have bon toles of Ilenneessfe sad
Ilmiell's at 30.9 d. per gallon, In bond.
Corrsa.—At auction, 32 tierces ordinary, were taken at
Wa per lOOlbe. The operations print/1y have been anise-
potent, swing to the small deliveries.
Conimeam. —The market would be bare bat for the small
vostitiee pound by the City 'Mills. The last receipt of
hewn was retailed at Ms. per barrel.
Cuin has beta in some enquiry for grinding, sod prim
wiener. We note sales at Jo. 6d per bkL, and at 7e. 6d.
Ps bog.
Iftoca.-11sitimere and Philadelphia hen bee. taken
buoy.% some intent, at 305.. and subsequently at 3le
pie ion& The supply in importers' Matte k issewasider-

F nig hits.—Tbsire is wow& tamp to meet sea no-
larasesta Tomb Ise Gross Britsia on aloft it SOL
sol SU per to. ter sugar sod caw respectively.
Amerissa see worth hd. to 74. ; Baglish,
St to 161. ; sod kik td. es OS per lb. The lust seised
we vety Amodio* ; the YAW 11.
Lau hisUltima to 7L, with ;Vies, thereat.
Leowooo.—Theee have bees sons operstiess at Us. to
per II&
L/7.—Thos late hen sobs el the Buell Browny
Cewposp's Krug ale at 100 sod tle U., with light ale sad
pwwr rU. U. sod M. pee Mom kr gouts sod plats re-
ipetively. Of Leoe's balk, some SO kb& boys sheoged
bre Id. per hhd. N. solo.( other denriptieso
terhsd us.

0u..--Ced is very abundant, sad dun, at . id. per
piss-
Ittu.—A few parcels lave bees moved at la. W Is. U.
per silks. proof 21, fw eaportatioa.
bt Gaa. —The stock has rather dlagaishad, sad pion
Imp hem Ils. to 15e. for dark to fair.
Toast's huh pip are wane, sad is dewed.
twee tees taken at 525. per half barrel, sad be a Ist
Ma tall barrels, of a hyaline* brand 56• was iabtabed.
Toucco.—Caleadisb costume is supply, hat the
clued is eueediagly laagaid ewes at peril. Of leaf
esetwe et ammo hoe trasspirad.
deciramors —Oa Load's: Cakerbil Sauk, se dale.
rr!ris pyrzitaave;,, :=.ll. peacoats 7malc
ial6d
Npar p flew
; ditto, 30 dad., per test. pasts.—Oa6o days, to I per amt. prem.

Tat LevAxr.—The Oriental Compuoy's steam-
peat !elan, Capt. George Brooks, arrived at fisetkanip-
Ma en Friday midnight, after a remarkably quick
sib ship lett. r-bap from Constantinople. &mynas.=
MG.bealtar, lied targeted her suds. Her data were—
themasnasple, May 19; Smyrna, May 21; Malta, May
M. Chbralmr, Mar 3D . The Salten brought ell
ham tor we learn that at Cosstaatinople was ter
Puje steamer Scourge; Ia Bearraa By, the barque
Lift workaig oat; at Malts, bit 2114.6t1.8 steamer.
Bedew Carrado.. mad Ceylon. On the 37th of May, at
la rm., ow sultan spoke the Pomisieraler sad Oriental
mom NanntweCompany's vessel Benthrek. tat- 37.36
6 . ie. 649 E. On the 'Etch of May, 4.16 p.m., spoke the
LW. Yen, steering vest, la lat. 36.44 N., Fen. 2.3 W.
At Inbraltar, on the 30th of May, want ban Massey.
semen Jame and Spiteful. On the ha of June, 4.60
IM • the spoke the Pealasular sod Oriental Cen-
tral I erre steamer Madras, is lat. 39.411 N., lon. 9.26
n....tening meth.
111C4LVII Cif PRACTICAL ART, MARLDOILOVOR
11m14.-0a Saturday notice was Weed at Marl ba
Beam, Pall mall, that the recently established nueseutni"e
ihreakibitite of ornamental manufactures and deigns is
PelatSl
estue. art vrJold be closed to the public until further

kOTAL COLLEGE Or St:noto following
4' r 1441Ai teaderstose the necessary examinatioos uzdiplolea, were admitted members of the college at
eke amiss* of the Court of Examiners on the 4th inst. :
I,l'qm Edward Jobs Lanton, Sout rt hpo ; B. Clark,
▪ wl,m; Charles Royston,g Harrow-road ; William Snell,
Cheshire; Thames Hill's, Brompton ; Benjamin
rospou, Dublin ; Henry Tourney Stillest Spalding ;
t,eoure Naylor, lion. E. I. C.'s Service ; and Hobert Rey-
Gebach, Suffolk.
FATAL AOCIOILYT OS TIM RlVEL—Yesterday
altms,ea, between 3 and 1 o'clock, a party of poodle who
led kind a small host for an mummies, whirs of Chelsea
hong Battersea Cherub,
'Pr tad *plashing each other with their oars, andto se
taloned the host. The whole of them, fast Ia "11-
▪ •ree tushaereeti ; two of them were got oat racily; the
hie others rose once, clinging to seek other, who. they
ookt. And am not seen again ; every effort wee made to reeo.r the lwelies, hat withmt effect.
JA/14e't TIISATItE.-otlllAle PLATS.--Tbs
awed._ performance nt the German company took place as
""tf. +Sea &bilkers' Don Carlos was produced. Her Ipl•Por, Prime Albert, the Prince of Vales, sad the
r". ft Royal, strkved before the curtain rove, and the
•L'.l. piny, the royal children included, psli marked
11,.c'era to the performance. The striking points is the
PI were more readily taken up, and the ap*aase was
ty
t:sort geaeral, owing probably to the feet that
thaa Ro
Mich wan ostensively reed sad knows la
wel.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
THE KAFFIR WAR.-CONTINUANCE OF

The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
vessel, Hellespont, Captain Watts, arrived at Ply-
mouth yesterday (Sunday), at ono o'clock, from the
Cape of Good Hope. 'fbis fine vessel left Plymouth,
on her outward voyage, March 16 ; St. Vincent,
March 29; Sierra Leone, April 3; and arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope, April 23. On her return
voyage she left the Cape of Good Hope, May 2;
Sierra Leone, May 18; and St. Vincent, May 24.
The Hellespont brings home mails from the Cape,
Sierra Leone, and St. Vincent, and a full general
eargo, principally wool, from the Cape. All her
bertha were taken some days before her leaving Table
Bay, and the following came home in her :—From
thi Cape :—The Hon. John Montagu, the secretary
to the government, Mrs. Montagu, three children,
and two servants ; the Rev. Mr. Fliescher, Mrs.
Fliescher, and two children; Mr. and Mrs. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. A. de Pass and two children, Miss
Irvin and two Masters Irvin, Mr. Bensussn, Mr.
Wagner, Muter Shand, two Muters Fraser, and
Mr. and Mrs. Defas and two children. From Sierra
Leone :—The Rev. A. W. H. Hanson, her Britannic
Majesty's Consul at Liberia; Capt. Poicters, 3rd
West India Regiment ; Lieut. Lees, 2nd West India
Regiment ; Mr. Take, Paymaster of the Forces;
Mr. Kidd, Mr. Lawrence ; Sergeants-Major Kelly
and Swift, and Sergeant Dillon and nine men of the
2nd and 3rd West India Regiments.
'fhe Hellespont brings 13 days' later intelligence
from the Cape than her Majesty's steam-vessel Gla-
diator, which arrived at Portsmouth a week since;
and from the frontier with intelligence to 19 days
subsequent to the departure of Sir Harry Smith.
The mails were landed from the Hellespont and re-
ceived by Mr. Markes, the postmaster of Plymouth,
at two o clock. The contents of the mail would be
sorted at Plymouth and forwarded by the evening
mail to all parts of England. By this means the
letters and papers for Manchester, Liverpool, and the
north, will be delivered a day earlier than they
would had themails been forwarded from Plymouth
to London unsorted. The Plymouth post-office
establishment has been enlist-lea and the staff in-
creased for the purpose of meeting emergencies like
the present.
On the Ist of May there were in Simon's Bay her
Majesty's steamer Hydra, her Majesty's steamer
Rhadamantlius. her Majesty's sloop Penguin, her
Majesty's brig Rapid. bee Majesty a ship &rings-
patam, Maryen Hillegonds, Odessa.Gevalia. In Table
Bay the following vessels :—Her Maesty's steamer
Styx, 6 guns, royal mail steamer Hellespont, Fetter-
cairn (steamer), Tudor, William Gillies, Sophia
M'Kenzie, Nemesis, Frederick Huth, Science, Esse-
quibo, Ramillies, Caroline, Island Home, Ajax,
Elizabeth, Beale Vuc, Faithful, Meg Lee, Lavinia,
Wanderer, Jane, Vasco de Game, Ruthenia, Cleo-
patra, Ceres, Rachel, Gem, Emma, Exile (Am.),

The Megrera, Commander Barlow, left Table Bay
April 13, and was passed by the Hellespont at St.
Vincent, May 24.
May 18.—Her Majesty's brig Crane was at Sierra
Leone. May 3rd, passed a barque under American
colours, supposed to be the Springbok, 40 miles north
of Table Bay. June 4, passed the schooner Kate
Robertson, lat 47.40 N., long. 90 W.
The following concise statement of the most im-
portant points in the news by this arrival is in effect
the account given by one of the passengers, who came
over in the Hellespont.
The Kaffir" had rallied throughout the Amatolas,
and had gone back to the Waterkloof. where Ma-
como is in command. and has been joined by a large
number of rebel Hottentots. The Kaffir" are as
much unsubdued as ever, and fight with as much
fierceness and energy as ever, It was thought the
policy of General Cathcart would soon tell power-
fully upon them. He had directed that the cattle of
the Kaffir. should not be captured, but destroyed.
One of the most important actions of the last tew
weeks had been the capture of two coun-
cillors of the hostile chief Stock, who had been
known to have sought to corrupt some of
the friendly chiefs. They had been brought to
King William's Town, and had been ordered to
be hanged by General Cathcart, and the gallows for
that purpose had been erected, and appeared to have
been regarded with terror by the Kaffir& General
Cathcart hat met with an accident by a fall from
his hone, and had injured his head, which had dis-
abled him for a few days. On the 26th of April he
was to leave King William's Town for Fort Beaufort,
and was to attack the Kaffir" and Hottentots in the
Waterkloof on the 29th, leading and directing the
troops in perm. As Mariano's force was very con-
siderable, the action is expected to be a very severe
one. The troops were generally healthy and in high
spirit'.

A correspondent at Cape Town, writing under
date of May the 2nd, says General Cathcart is
proceeding with a degree of determination and energy
that will very soon, I have no doubt, bring matters
on the frostier to a termination.*
The Cope Tow,. Moil of May let, in its summary,
of which we give only the portent referring to events
of which so us formation had been received by former
arrivals, says :
Oa* es mew Csausambole-Cbles Ant sob ea as-''
monism the mammal woe es Mae a amen destarise his
detivnalastiss to eel the tedogion OMNI alba for ever I
hem the hither. the Wens sad KO; at the'
same time hag le ens The itemised
friendly, and selhaitterr pr rafkraig. • gensisi 'Mkt
leas &enamel Os the hese dbmillie that im &tyre sll
ilia Ohm I* ems bee the mug dead at tam de-
week reervito oily whet might be reteleedhe Ow imme-
diate supplies, is order to avoid the haraatg,.l etager-
es@ duty of guardiag sad driviag thetaptarNhattladi
at the same tie, le atavism the labs that the eas of
the war we est the ammialen of beet'
La eabettests serlent width hipped le Ms %eel-
limy, &beat this des, scioswhe delayed his mert meats,
augal egaikkuWe sanneses le the stileiblie was
*sem Iles his bens,
_sad WOW a severe the
borid. Mo imips Vila qua bee lobes.
hem the biter, be ressored, tad la • int
der was emalied le some ash duties of hie hese.
hove beta reamed Mlot Doefeket,
whithora"-Crimaltseeldmay woo to have jenteded trim ale
Valise s Tema es the till Wet Ono elesserlise Is ea-
teetiasii is Osehma's Town that the take
up his voidness there foe some bat upon this
peel NOW. Malts is kaowa.
With mord to the policy to he peened towards the
friendly Kiln, es lay so tenall--dis Ileshis tribes,
who have NOM* meetaiaed a peeks of Whet dubi-
ous memisality—illie ha. Immeired to Leese Who ski.
ate
fibs c the raw in stare
degr iee, the eons penned riser Merv= he has
procleised himself their " Great Chief," although la reply
to an &delam of the inhabitants of King Tows,
he stated that certain of the tribes would be geormed by
their own chiefs Against the Galas • demo of satire
and permanent irspion from Britith LaMeria hos Ms
moaousard, saddle Whale of the trope sad ether area
have boa disposed is stream bodies seress the OWN semby,
for the pumas, by enshieed meomeats, ef maybe WI
sentence tate emotion. CM. Meg easuidei a poem
of the Animal& Cal. Eyes buhe the lehlisses Hest.
Col. Percival is engaged la peersiling the Fish Near Beth.
Col. Buller with the Masa issimpie Ws
stmkk=it
Tottenham' and his Lassos besp era the
between Co/s. Napier sod 117111; sad liejet &mai
ftoramet is at Port Boehm 1119 Wad quests of the Ist
Divines. Colonel Maskinasa hes velarasd to his polies
duties, beisg relieved is the eemeneil of the lad Division
by Major-Oeneral York.
The burgher foram whisk cam forward sad arena
themselves at the call of Mr Hwy flatly sad MIMI' have
been doing good service, =der Memo &Mew, Del.
port, sad Kruger, is patrolling mad *arias embus parts
of the coottry infested with to seessy, have beta
discharged, and returned te fide surddistricts, after
receiving the tasks and sommindatisms of the moral
nadir whom order, they hod seed. Ile Commeader.
is chief has also had oesadea M noiss in toes of mew
Mhos the valuable envies, ef a eseidemble bed/ of the
inhabitaate of Cradock, woke hit Meillielek Xt. Oil-
fillan, whose indefatigable owners bare ismarthated ma-
terially is cheek the predato7 leads asks wire previously
laying write the frontier district*.
Within the colony, affairs are paribellytragoil. The
Coestitatice Ordinance ie mow in the blade of her Majesty s
government, arid the pen* of dels esiemy await with
eangnioe hope and loyal mmideMee he be speedy roars to
three, purified of Omer maim &wee lassedessd the
nominee sward, and NOSIIMISO the=le sad
form in which the mews MN IS its arrival—
with enthusiastic "Thighs to die Qom for our noble
censtitatioe."

The i.;liovting are the met recent items of intelli-
gence from the frontier. nay are taken from a sup-
plement of the Cape Tam Mai:lead an extra of the
tiroAam's Town Journal.

Graham's Town, April 27, 1862.—1 t is eertain that Oen.
Cashes», having recovered from the effect of his la•t
accident, was preparing for • petrol on soma secret service.
A parties of the saps en sad sisters will shortly conseues
the erection of • fort, is each • position se to command
some of the principal pastel of the Anatole Moantains. It
is inteaded by this and other operations to prevent the
Hairs free 'pia occupying these fastnesses from which
they have been expelled. On the snivel of the expected

mime% Swim Missend Mime, King William's Tow■ is
to be the established bead-quarters ; but they are to be ex-
tended in melees legations, to such a direction as
to=the frontier.
from King William's Town, received since oar
last issue en Saturday. bear dates from that quarter up to
the 23rd not. No very recent moventeat is reported, but
letters before m give an account of one of the smarest
affairs with the enemy which we have Lad to record during
the war, is which the 6th li,gionnt, under Colonel Nicht I,
behaved, as they have always done in the numerous affairs
1 in which they have been engird with the eons), in a way
that entitles that corps, officers end men, to high commend,
tion. It Is only lust to say of Colonel Michel that he
has throughout approved himself to be a truly gallant, zea-
lous, and very able other. It may in fact be said of the British
force new Ischia country, that, like the Doke's Peninsular
army, "they have learned to know their enemy—they dare
anything, and have become Invincible." It is further
stated that on. of Stock's Amapakati or Councillors had
been detected tampering with Pato, and inciting him to
war. This spy had been seized, and it is said was ordered
by the Commander.in-Chief to be hanged; but having
undertaken to make certain disclosures, and to lead a mili-
tary party to the haunt of the thief Seyolo, his life had
I been spared on condition that he proved himself entitled
to mercy by the fulfilment of his promises.
We are Informed that, since the date of the ahoy* letter,
a party has arrived here from King William's Town, who
states that the governor has had reason to doubt the since-
rity of the Kafirr above mentioned, and that his Excellency
is musing a gallows to be erected for the percale of hang-
ing Aim. We also understand that Line Drift is to be
opened immediately, and that 400 men are to be stationed
they..

King William's Town, April 23. Col. Michel's brigade
had a very smart brush with the enemy on the 17th April,
in the corner of the basin nearest to Fort Cos. The enemy
mustered very stroag. One company of the 6th and one of
the Hines were on the left flank, well covered by rocks.
While the main body were moving to take a fresh positi3a
to the right front, the two companies became severely en•
gaged, and for some time no advantage was gained by either
aide, until a sub-divisioc of the Bth light company, making
a desperate charge, drove the enemy with heavy loos from
their positions. Eight were killed by the bayonet, and one
man, named Kelly, captured a musket reedy capped and
loaded by dashing out a Kalar's brains with the butt of his
pieee. During this time the colouel ordered a eompsny of
Rifles into ambush, aid to wait till he ordered them to
arise. The minima moved ci when Our Kann thought
all was clear they nun on it the purpose 01 having a few
parting shots; but ape. their arrival within 100 yards of
the company of Rifles they received a volley, which drove
them headlong down kande.% Ike., leaving some 20 killed,
besides others wounded.

It is tanned in • comeannicatioa before us that the go-
vernor M person purposes to proceed with the military
party who are to go with the Haar spy, with the view of
surprising Sandilli in his hiding-place. His Excellency was
to start at 3 o'clock in the morning at the head of a large
cavalry patrol.
From Lower Albany we have report of thirty oxen hav-
ing been carried off from Mr. Robev's at Menley's Flat, 10
miles south of Graham's Town. Them cattle were taken
by Hottentot banditti, supposed to be the same that
attacked this waggons, dangerously wounding Mr.
M'Arthur, while proceeding along the Howie road, as
reported in our last issue.
Information has been received that ammo has offered
to surrender to General Somerset—but to as ooe else.
We insert with much pleasure the following account
of a spirited affair in Lower Albany:
Cawood's Poet, April 26, 1832.—0 n Saturday, 24th inst.,
the burghers from the different camps were as usual
patroling between the Cap and Fish River, when they
tame on the spoor of • party of the enemy (about 20) en-
tering the colony. We returned to camp about sunset.
About half-pest 6 an express arrived with intelligence
that the enemy had swept off all Mr. Wm. Claytoa'scattle,
100 in number. Homes were saddled, and we were off like
• shot, and by 8 o'clock all the paths between Clay Pits and
Fish River Mouth were guarded; but the enemy were not
allowed to get so far before they were surprised and fired
oa by one of the small wa)laybag parties. One Hottentot
was shot dead, and the whole of the cattle recaptured, and
one gun. They were all rebel Hottentots ; the capturing
party were only three in number.

(From the Fromlier Titan, April 27.)
A party of School Kaffir. at King William's Town were
lately surprised by a party of nine mounted Hotteutots,
looking like Cape Corps, who approached them as friends
and then fired upon them, killing two and wounding
another. This occurred about four miles from King Wil-
liam's Tow.. A party of armed Kettles had also succeeded
in stealing about three spans of oxen from that place.
a.,
Intelligent., has reached town that three w es were
proceeding towards Mr. Mc Luckie's farm, Inc sal'
of three persons, cis. an Englishmen. newid Ms , •
Hottentot, sad a Fii;ito, who were endinely Seed upon at
Vaal Vley by a party of fifteen HlManww, wise wounded
Mc Artey is the groin, upon which be was onmpellod to
abandon his wagon which was ON* by the monsoders,
who also drove Off the oxen. It MIDI that these venoms
were conveying furniture to certain farm-hewers that had
been deserted sines the war, and which it wee Weeded to
re-occupy. The other two waggons were snowed to pro-
ceed. No part of the country at the present time is mfr.
We are sorry to hear that the wound received by Ks Artey
is of a dangerous character.

0-INISAL CATIICART.I L•PPIL POLICY.

Chiefs, 41;;;;;Itati,-;;ZPeOple who dwell between the
Rivers Kei sod Kaiskamma—
_

Our great and goal Caeca Victoria has seat ma, Gasp
Cathcart, to be yolitrEte chief tad warrior. Ism eons
scam you to do to all those who are faithful sad trait
tole word. , Pato, &wain, Voice, Uskai, sad
an thaw chid' and sea of the T'Slambie tribes who has
beta faithful dig this war, I am your good friend so
Ists me you, your asapakati, sad your pm's will allow as
IS bass I will also be the friend of Umbels, emitted that
his Mate modest be sea es te week* at geed spill..
Bat ee b darlitil lad r the Oeiba dies mad pee*,
she the Tillambiss. Jima* sad thafaadid sad their leibter-
swot tbry bans MSS" agaiast their ft^nlifd. Queen Vie-
ws. sad hive seed nisi Hottentots sad ethos to join
theta fa Istalai maim let sadism. That Is a met slim
all image he thipteta. dreelbro. *mesh I wish for
pane. sod that ell should wee, aad all
time who bete takes part is We wicked rebellion suet go
bored the Yet, sad as et theft will ever be suffered to
Mum sad live la peen ia the wastry they, occupied be-
fwe the war.

--(lligsaiFOso. CATIICAZT, _Limit: Omura, High Con-
missiesmer.

Dela at Bing William'►town,
Ibis 1281 day April, 1562.
.0114111.11 L °IDLY.

!1 Wag Town, April 111, 1863.
1-11=1 is sell seresary to art with aerated
agar* the Ida Chief t3aeMl mad kb eentama.
ekes dmpad.b sad silks. the Oimmeadswia.Chisf Eo-
sins thi ell unmessemey aside driving shard es see ;
kt.—lkaanse the Abet of the war is abbe the aegaisidea
of abb. but 11111111111111111111 to the mew said he is hirer be.
pat the Lek emthis them isostions to &Mk Kelberia
sompletelyod dm merrenuseed.
2ndly. Bram the i 1.6. of her herds of drib hug
distaame,ired=huMemie game, emit fail to
cesasisa relaided mermeats, sad
amiss maareemsey tripe sal km; of life, whisk me beer
raisers far whir the preemisa of seek Ur Medi whoa
Wright to sole or distelballes, iamb so adegmet
palmation.
Therehn all ells= of bar Majesty's rtreop are
hereby eajalaed, wire they take cattle to the
Gail* tribe sr their weillimma rebellious (which
they mum maim, to de se keg as the we hub), will,
whim they am do Oh WM OM ei they have lire to do
so, dasher all sash ere% satinkti (sly seek salmis r
may be asesamay br died kr the Wear soder their am-
used, in aid of the mak, tommisseriat supplies.
This most be dor est by shaming to iamb as by the
bayous., to amid ware el siammition ; sad the slaughter
mar NM pies% If met. the eget, at a sellicisat distance
from the camp to prilVallt a aubtraea.
A. J. Crams, Quarter-IlLeater•Geaeral.
The Cotastaadaat, Orehara's Tows.
Then hr bra ea satire chime la the Meld opsradoes
sire the arrival of the sew Gerraer, sad, ham what we
me able to prix, liesidelly kr the boner. It use.. mere
his_gdiey a peeler the army rhea to take settle.
Ilf a man did the dead 'hada her of the arrival of
Named Ciathiart, idea be seat to the Commisioner Brown-
ie* to ark Mpaw "es the land hod bra disturbed long
amsagh." lhel the ,meelearpW wY Bait bask to ley that the
Omer, was take se rides of the defkas sa midi
of the lid—mhea he and @A his people were sa the ether
side 6eygrott Ibis segtioAdboait ast brim This is
really a tippers to be gorges
so farossably,=dethe Granter may swell/NW&
and all the lambi% this may perhaps be the bet Kalb
war, If Etdiber rase lull mho me great Mimes
ia Usk of saharalas. No mese general eiders ere
to is pat ia say of the keel paws.
The Hon. J. Montego, the sserstary to the govern-
mask who came home by this antral, has obtained
18 maths' lave, his health having suffered much
ressatly. It is understood that the duties of his
aloe will during his absence devolve upon Mr.
flesithay the Civil Commissioner, of Bwellendam.
some WSW. me" state it is not likely that Mr.
Montag% will again return to the colony. His de-
porters wee made by his friends and the ad-
mirers el ids pane character in various parts
of the iliny the esension for the presenta-
tion to him of Lusa midterm on the
ether head a larga let upon Mr.
Montagu without say of edmGatka, think-
ing his public acts and dewmanciar had ban Gls very
arbitrary and distastehd Atwater, signed a Immo-
rial, praying that he might be removed from the
cUes of secretary to the government. This seemo-
rial is signed by some hundreds of pistesas I the
names in the newspapers have been alphabetically
arranged, in order to render verification the seder.
This has been done because Mr. Montage has goer
tioned the honesty of the signature to the hostile
memorials.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money has been far from abundant at the banks during
the peat month, though dreamt. were not quite so stria-
seat r daring the preceding two months. Considerable
shipments have reached from Zeeland, while front east-
ward shipments are considerably isse than fa be