The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of journals from the Cape of
Gold Hops, those from Cape Town being to the 28th
of March, and from Graham's Town to March 24.
The South African Advertiser says : " The latest re-
ports from Kaffirland, with respect to the tranquillity
of the people and the progress of the various settle-
ments
are highly favourable. The system is es ideally
in good hands—a t ircumatance essential to the good-
work rag of any system."
The Cape of Good Hope Observer has an article
headed, "The Cape a Penal Settlement," acd of
course written against the propos d plan of transpoit-
ing convicts to the color y, wh; ch, after referring to the
firat vessel which should be sent to Simon's Bay, con-
cludis with these words: " Anl Sir Harry Smith—if
he does not wish the cause of the colonists to rest
upon his government, let him, on his own respon-
sibility, send beck the ship as soon as she comes."
The Hon. Mr. Field, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Southey
had been appointed an emigration board, to supply
certain information called for by Lord Grey on the
subject of the prospects of emigrants coming to the
Cape of Good Hope or Port Natal.
The board will correspond directly with ell govern-
ment officers, who are authorised and required to reply
directly to the hood, and to afford them every in-
formation in the performance of their duties • the
publ.c generally area's° requested to forward to ihem
any information upon the subject.
The form of government about to be adopted " for
the better regulation of certain territories north of the
Orange River," is publtsbed in the journals. It is a
very lengthy document, and being principally of local
interest, we shall not now reproduce it.
Her majesty's ships Seringapatam, Southampton,
and Eurydice, and the Dee steamer, were in Simon's
Bay.
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HOLLAND.— AmaTEßDsm.—The Dutch papers
contain a full seeosst of to. inauguration of the king which
took place with great solemnity at the cathedral chiirch of
Amsterdam, on the morning of the 12th. In the evening the
city was illuminated. Both the king and queen visited the
places in the city to view the illuminations. la
honour of his inauguration his Majesty has made an immense
another of promotions and nominations in the civil adminis-
tration, in the army, and in the three orders. His 111iiksty
has aloe presented the sum of 6,000 florins to the burgomaster
of Amsterdam for diltribution =smiths poor.

KING'S COLLEGE HollYlTAL.—Yesterdsy a quar-
terly court of governors of tide institution wee held i the
braid-room of the hospital for the purpose of receiving •
report of its present state. E. F. Burton, Esq., in the chair.
—The secretary read the report, from which it appeared that
the number of patients in the house on the let January was
111, and that during the quarter ending on Lady-day there
were admitted 286. Of these 107 were received on letters of
recommendation, 162 were urgent cases without any »cow
usendation, and 16 were accidents. In the same period there
wen discharged, cured or relieved, 252 ; died, 27 ; dis-
orderly, 4; Incurable, 1; remaining is the house, 112—making
a total of 396. The number of out-patients relieved
wee 4,671 and 101 poor women were attended in their con-
finement. The number of in-patients received since the
opening of the institution was 10,771, and of outpatients
122,172, making a total of 132,943. Mr. Moody, in moving
the adoption of the report, coogratulated the pavans:no as
the fact that measures were in progress by which the pur-
chase of the Orange property, with • view to the enlarge
mut of the hospital, would be etnapleted without ea-
mg on the funds which had beau already isi.
I untied for its support. The Lrac =sweat (2,099 t)
antributed at the annul teedW on Saturday, had
hem eh instrumental fa producing this desirable
result, and was gratifying also as spewing the higkostims-
gem is which the institution was held by the pude. Dr.
A. Faire seconded the resolution, which was carried meal-
namely. The usual vote of thanks having been given to the
chairmen, be said that he was happy in having that oppor-
malty of bearing testimony to the great utility of such nig-
httime to all classes. Harpoon' to have his leg accident-
ally broken in that neighbourhood some time ego, he was
conveyed to that huspital, where he remained for three
months, until a perfect rare was effected. He had been sup-
plied with all the comforts which his own home could have
afforded, and he had the additional advantage of ounnat
and able marl end surgical rapeeintendence end treele
scent. list has Issas gees werisd the most maple
huh, of tombs
et:taa=t,rupsating the in ar.
rearmost' el tho and he had much pies-
tare in publicly stating that they ware in all rapine ad-
mirable. Toe proceed ieje then terminated.
MINGLING THE DEAD WITH THE LIVING.—A
memorial has beau signed by the leading medical men of
Waterford, is which they declare it to be absolutely at ciee-
sary to the safety of the public, that no mom interments
stoold take place in the churchyards of that city. The stale
of the graveyards (they say), and especially the older ones,
is at once a outrage on public decency, as well as detri-
mental to the Tubbs health. la the cathedral churchyard,
whisk is altogether unisclosod, sad a public thoroughfare, at
well as the resort during the night of had characters, the
oisth Ice ustinually falling into the old graves, leaving pu-
mps et vests whisk lead to the remains deposited below,
adsane In the wags, of nozioas gases; and when the
sank is throws en ts lona freak graves, it is found so loaded
witk salad matter es to be actually offensive to the nose
as well as eyes. In Olave's churchyard the bodes have of
late yens boss lopealtail is gore, above each other. jut
under the east wimeser of the church, till they are within
lam than three het of the inelme, and actually above the
level of the growni widths me or two yards adjacent;
whilst at oriels piriads, sled in metals states of the nue-
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