The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. I ARRIVAL OF THE HELLESPONT.
The Portuguese despatch, announcing the appoint- The Hellespont, General Screw Steam Navigation
ment of Saldunha to the Presidency of the Council, Company's vessel, Capt. Watts, arrived at Plymouth
is official, and appears in the Monde:tr. yesterday morning May 9, at half-past five o'clock.
The D.'lmils contaim a remarkable article, showing from the Cape of ood hops`, with mails, pwssentrers,
the impossibility of fusion, while the sentiments and a general cargo. She left the Cape of Good Hope
the legitimists remain unchanged. If the legitimists on April 4; Sierra Leone, April 20, at 6in the afters
sincerely desired fusion, why did they vote against noon ; and Cape St. Vineent. April 25, at 2.30 p.m.,
the abolition of the laws of exile against the against
. and called at Corunna on May 6 to mil, and left
bons, which would have been the best step towards again on the same day. Thus Michas made her pae-
an union of the monarchic parties. The Orlcanists sage home from the Cape in 31 clays, 18 hours, being
will never consent to a reconciliation which leaves , the quickest voyage yet made by any screw steam-
them stigmatised as adherents to a prince whom the , wad-
i legitimists continue to style an usurper. I The inteliigence from the Cape shows matters to
; The nine commissioners appointed by the three •be almost in a state of slater ono. Sir Harry Smith
clubs of the parliamentary majority have held fm- I was still on the frontier, and a large Kaffir force was
, quart meetings at the house of Count Nlole. MM. I still in arms. The state of feeling at the Cape eon-.
Vatimesnil, Vitct, de Montebello, and Benyer, were , timed to wear an anti-English aspect, and it was
resent at these conferences. MM. Outset and !thought by persons long resident in the Cape colony
Mchatel were invited, but alleged scruples on' that there was very little chance of a termination of
; account of not belonging to the Assembly. Having the war with the kiffirs for an age. But little, if
during the month. Sir Harry Smith was still
adopted unanimously the principle of the total rem- any, twogress can be said to have been made in the
• lion, a formula was then devised to embrace the war
greatest number possible of votes in the Assembly, waiting for an accession of strength by the arrival of
;by leaving the objects of revision as indeterminate us fresh troops. In the interim, the spirit of disaffec-
pm•sible. It is hoped to procure in favour of the tion had spread front the public to the army, and a
motion 450 votes, which would give a sufficiently number of Hottentot natives in the Cape Mounted
i imposing majority to dispense with the formalities Rifles had deserted.
of the II Ith article of the constitution. The latest news by the Propontis was that of the
The rumours which prevail as to the dissensions of capture of Fort Armstrong, and the suppression of
the legitimist fractions on the subject of the revision, the rebellion in the Kat River settlement. Since
are not undeserving of attention ; but the question then no other equally important sums... has been
will shortly receive some final decision in the Rue de achieved; but, on the contrary, some rather serious
ltivoli. mishn tunes have 'teen experiment.
An ingenious and subtle doctrine has been pro- On the very day on which the Kat River rebels
pounded by the tlmstifationsel, that the obstacles to were defeated—the 22nd of February--n colonial
the revision of the constitution contained in the 111th force suffered a lamentable reverse at a place about
article are virtually removed by the 110th, which 150 miles to the north of that settlement. This was
entrusts the guardianship of the constitution in the Wittebergen, or White Mountains, on the cx-
to the patriotism of all French citizens. Thus, treme north-eastern frontier of the colony. Mr. Cole,
observes the organ of the government, the rights of Civil eumndasioner of the Aliali Division, with a
the nation t I dispose of the constitution is implicitly patrol of about 120 men. advanetsl into the e try
recognised ,• for, the constitution being made' for the cif a Tionhookie chief. named Nforosi, where
citizens and entrusted to their guard, it is clear they fidelity was suspected, with the purpose of bring-
may,ing him to terms. The patrol was suddenly as-
when the gnat in.qority of thou are plainly
opposed to its eontinuame, constitutionally Le con- sailed on all sides by an overwhel • g force of
Katfirs ; 9 English volinaecN. 11 Hottentots, and 8
voiced in the electoral colleges to settle its fate.
Without maintaining the rigorous logic of this rea- Fingoes were killed, and 11l Fitegnes wounded. The
!toning, which proceeds on the ground of the Permit- survivors of the detachment owed their escape to the
rent activity of the sovereignty of the people, prompt advance of a reinforeement front Ihe camp
alleged to be eonaterated iu Art. 110, the of Major Warden, British resident in the Orangeo
assertion of the principle by the (loislitutionnd River Sovereignty, who had crossed the river with a
is of importance, as indinomg the intention of body of troops to assist Mr. Cole.
the government. In the nwantime it is worth while The forces in British Kattlsria, under the imme-
diate command of Sir Harry Smith, have been on-
to observe how organs of the press here shift their
with little intermission, in marching and
axionnt of govern:mut to serve their patty intertats. PloYed.
The Pressr, which is always preaching up the direct eountermarching through that provitwe. The osten-
government of the sovereign people, attacks the slide objects of these operations have been to dispersetheory propoweled by the Constitufionnel, which parties of the enemy, to supply the forts with pro
seeks to apply that principle to the revision of the visions,.
II countre. Two or three thousand head of to capture cattle, and to lay waste the
constitution ; while not long ago there appeared an enemy
_ cattle have bairn taken, some huts burned, and a
article in the Omstihtliunnel demonstrating, in an
eonsiderable number of Kaffir.; killed in several en-
resultswer to the Presse, how anarchy could be the unit.
people's counters. On the fit h inst-Col. Mackinnon, wit h a fore°
of that twrinanent activity of the
of about 2,500 men, chiefly Hottentot levies, routed
sovereignty to which it • appeals for the revision
of the constitution. The Ordre, liiiim, Opinion and dispersed a large bodY of Kaffirs, who attempted
Publigur, and other papers, all attack the govern- to stile simile provision wagglilis which he wax eseort-
ment for alarming the public perpetual'," with these big. Mute than a hundred of the enemy were seen
menaces of ',mpg (fetal. to fall. The loss on our aide was one soldier of the
73rd Regiment, and two men of the levies killed
NI. Gedelle presented, in the name of the 20th
committee of initiative, the report on the motion of and two wounded. The real inject of these move-
ments is supposed to lw to inure the new levies to
NI. Moulin for retivring propositions un the revision
military discipline and the habits of border warfare.
to a special ermtmittee, and on that of M. Morin for
dispensing with the application to such motions of An unfortunate event took plate at headquarters,
Willianim Town, on the 12th ult. A consider-
ate rule which prevents a rejected proposition to be King
mimed Mom nix months. 'flee report is in favour able number of the men of the Cape Motions! Rides
of taking these motions into consideration. bad been known for some time to be in a state of
The news of the departments is remarkable for the disaffection, owing chiefly to their counexion with
lime spirit of hostility exhibittsl ill sevend parts
by the Kat River Hottentots. On the night of the day
above mentioned, in men of that eorps, includites
the populace against the gendarmes, and the frequent
sergeants, heather with a few 11..ttentots ."if
conflicts which ensue from attempts to rescue pri- three
MARTS. the GrahatiesTown levy, and the mule train, deserted,
Several officers of the national guard at Grenoble taking with them their arms and hoggage, but not
'LAVE resigned, in consequeme of the suspension of their horses. It Was found toss-ssary. on the follow-
their colonel. The government will pronably take ing day, to disarm the remainder of the eorps• and
to form a body of 11W) mounted men from the westernthis pretext for suspending the national guard at
Grenoble altogether. levees. —The defection of the ('ape corps is said to
In order to show how little the strength of the have greatly inspirited the Kuffirs.
monarchic- partyeanbejudinsl by present appearances A court-martial hits been assembled at Fort Hare
for the trial of some of the prisoners who have been
in Franec, the organ of M. Guizot remiuds its
readers that in Mill all the boroughs of England had captured during the operations a,gainst the rebels.
signed, without hesitation, a solemn engagement to r
• liv trial.. were still proceeding at the last at...saints.
maintain the republiean form of government. No A proclamation WWI 1/111/liNillll ill the Gore...mold
one dared to avow his royalism f7assite of the . and the royalist 27th ult., calling out a force of :He
mountml burghers (including I) burgher officer.) for
cause screed I.t to smwrticial observers. 'flu" nation
nevertheless desired all the while. with infinite ar- is "erviee of six months, if they shall N. NO long
required. Proper arrangements are to he made for
dour, although in silence, the re-establishment of
the monarchy ; and a her convocation of the people their VOllVeyfltlVC to and from the seat of war, and
was equivalent to recalling the king. 'fli, 1„„„8„0 for their remtmenn while in servite.
is quoted from I fume. Intelligenee, of the tith ult., has been received
from Natal, to the effect that the order for the ad-
A French squadron, consisting of six sail-of-the-
line, left Brest on the litli, for Cadiz, where it is ex-
yin to of several thousand Natal Imlus overland, to
,
ported to remain for some time, in constituent:Ll of aidhi 'Old • g the Kaffir. was 111111m411011 10 have
the lute events in Portugal. been repentml The first order. given shortly utter
the outbreak of the war, was enuntermimiled, in
eon:armoire of the alarm and disturbance which it
exeittal at Natal; the nuewed order appears to
have caused still greater consternation to 11111 l g the
colonists.

G E ItMAN Y.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 7th inst.,
says: The principal bunkers of the capital, MM. de
Rothschild, Shia, Sthaup, mid Kornigswurter, have
had a confiTence to-day with Hamm de 'Lubeck, Pre-
sident of the Council of the Empire, to come to un
understanding on the financial arrangements neces-
sary to carry out the ministerial project. The state
of the finances is so uppermost in every one's I,
that the ('outwit of the Empire has decided on
opposing all political measures so limit as these
preuniare embarntssments shall continue.
The S'utaldes of Schleswig-11pIsteitt are con
-
yoked by the Danish gocer 1111 l ent for the 14th inst.
Our correspondent writes us follows :

BERLIN, MAT 7.

The chamb■•rs am to he pmmgutql nu Friday u.at, sued
probably by the prime miuiatcr, ne the king wilt not be
pn•a•nt.
. . .

The iintpcmr of Austria is to pay a visit to Warsaw at
the same moment with the King of Prussia, and it is very
generally imagined that this meeting of the heads id the
reconstructed Holy Alliance will nut he alone devoted to an
exchange of friendly courtesies. The concentration of a
large body of Russian troops in Poland, at ',orrice -an
army of 8.3,900 men—combined with the rumours which
have been current here of a fresh mobilisation of the
Prussian army, and the well-known liars entertained
by the ultras of a fresh outbreak in Franca, has led
perhaps to the conjecture that measures arc in co:item:da-
tion by thew three monarchs to interfere with promptness
and energy on the occurrence of ally event dangerous to the
peace of Europe. For many days past France and her
troubles have been the theme of conversation iu the political
circles of this city, and the ultras would he too OA if they
could hod a plausible reason for restoring legitimist abso-
lutism to the French throne.

A CI mferrnce on the German question took place yester•
day evening, at which Baron MautetilM, ruunt Alvensle-
ben, General Hoehow, and Herr run Bismark Sehouttauscn,
were present.
Phillippi, the banker, has 1.-clarel hirn,elt a bankrupt,
under eireunistane which will probably lead to a criminal
prosecution against him.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Amu. 21,

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Several prisoners, among whom were -In Samiuns
compromised in the late insurrection, have been re-
leased according to the custom at the festival of
Easter, in compliance with the application of the
partriarehs of the Chi istian professions of religion.
Omer Paella had defeated the rebel chiefs of Bos-
Min, Ali Keditch and Cadi Kapiteh, near Klatch,
with great slaughter. Among the prisoners were
11 several Austrian officers.

Chekib Effendi was appointed inspmtor-general of
the Danubian provinces.

ItT.,otr.
(,K1
1x
MIT 9.0 ,
I am sorry to report the death ofl%ittl
of the Firebrand steam-frigate, which took place
very unexpectedly on the morning of Wednesday.
I •
I kreased was a little indisposed on the Wednesday
preceding, but had recovered. On Sunday, it would
seem, he had exposed himself to the draught, when a
violent rheumatic attack ensued, which flew to the
heart on the morning referred to, about 2 o'clock,'
a.m., and terminated fatally.
The vacancies which, by this calamity, fall to the
gift of Sir 'William Parker, have been thus tilled up :
Commander E. Codd, Queen, to be captain, with
an acting appointment to Firebrumb Lieut. the
Hon. Mr. Doughoas, Sir W. Parker's son-in-law, to
be n commander, vice Codd, and a nephew of Sir
James Sterling, Mr. C. Sterling, mate of the Queen,
to to lieutenant, vice Douglas, promoted. The
funend takes place this maul, at 4 o'clock.

The frontier districts, from the sea to the ()lunge
River, cont. .to he iiirested by marauding bands
of Katfirs and rebel llotisntots, who have muidered
several colonists, mid cot 1111 l itted ;neat ravages.
Mounted bodies of English and Dutch eolimists,
aided by I lottentot and Fink's) nuxiliaries. have been
emeitantly employed in the pursuit of tutu plun-
derers. The Albany l'Arlllerr; CIA the Groh:mi.:4
Town Mounted Hauge" and several parties of
Uitenhage Hurgheni, hive done good sierviee in this
way. A force of live or six I Ind men, chiefly
Hutch and English. from Victoria and Odesberg dis-
tricts, maintained for M.VVIIII II;lyS a succession of
severe lights against large bodies of Tambookies,
using five of their own wimiwr, and killing many
of the enemy, whose purpose of invading the colony
was thus frustrated.
The colonists of Colesherg, Albert, and other north-
eastern districts, were assembling, about the middle
of last month, to join Major Warden in MI attack
upon the Tuinbookies under the thief Mimed.
The mounted burghers, who have been calk,' out
from the western districts. will probably not arrive
in Kaffirland before the Chr.t. ut the present month.
There is, therefore, no likelihood of any movement
of importance 'wing undertaken in that quarter for
several weeks to c.),lne. In the meantime, the frontier
districts continue in a lumentalile state of disorgani-
sation and distress. illisin,,, is almost wholly hi-
tempted, the fanners' cattle and sheep have been
swept away or have diesl by thousands, the destrue-
that of otherproperty has been very great, and all
classes are outferiog iwverely. Under these circum-
stances, an extreme impatience is naturally file for
an early conclusion of the war.
On the Nth, in consequence of information re-
(rived by (kn. Smith of an attack on Fort Ilare
during the absence of Gen. Somerset, a body of
troops were sent forward from King Town, and they
dispersed sevend bodies of KaHirs on their route.
1 A government notice, dated Fort Hare, scorch 20,
narrates the particulars of no affair between the
i Kaffir enemy and a column which neeominnied the
Commander-in-Chief front King William's Town.
Our tunes were attacked when crossing the Keis-
kat 1111 l a, and the fight, which continued between that
river and the Hegel Mountain, ended in a total de-
feat and dispersion of the enemy, with a loss of forty
Ito fifty killed and one prisoner. On our side the
only casualty was a levyman wounded, the attack
having been conducted with too much spirt to give
the enemy time to do more mischief. The movement
of his Excellency Wal intended to frustrate an at-
i tack, meditated by
the combined Kaffir and !kitten-
' tot rebels, on Fort hare, fur the purpose of releasing
their friends who are under trial by court-martial,
land in the hope ut' obtaining possession of the maga-
, sine of ammunition.
I liming accomplished the object of his movement Sir
Harry le tt Fort hare on the 21st ultimo, fur King
Wilburn's Town, where he arrived on the 2iith.
By a general order of the ecune date as the above,
General Somerset is authorised to give to such of tho
hat Ricer Hottentots us have placed themselves at
his disposal, and against whom no specific charge
j has been made, pauses to return to their homes, or to
' seek service in the colony.
Attempts to drive off cattle from King William's
Town and Fot.'t Murray had been frustrated, partly
Ithrough es: vigilance of .Pato's and other friendly
Kaifu....