The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-13 00:00:00

CONSTANTMOPLE.

The governor of tke Dardanelles having inflicted
punislunent with a stick on the dravnian I,elonqing
to tho Austrian consulate, all the emruh hivu
struck their flaqs, and suspended counduaieutiqui
with the governor.

TILE KAFFIR WAlt

ARRIVAL OF TILE CAPE MAIL.

The General Screw Steam Shipping O.:l:pi:ifs
vessel, the Peoratis, Captain Glover, ara.ivul at
Plymouth on Ihursdav night. She made tile
Breakwater about 1U o'clock, but, in eont,-qtr•ace of
the thick fog then prevailing—which for nine or ten
hours before that time had prevailed, and was on, of
the most dense ever recollected in that part of tho
country—she dropped anchor just inside the lirtak-
water, and at 12 o'clock, it having cleared up some-
what, she again gat under weigh, and came into
Millbay pier.
The Propuntis left nn her outward passage
September 16; arrived at St. Vincent's on tho
21th. leaving on the same day; Sierra Leone,
October 3, leaving on the .Ith ; and arriving
at the Capo on October 30th. She lett the
Cape on her return voyage Nov. 5, arrived at Sivrrit
Leone on the 21st. and left again the same nizitt,
reached St. Vincent's on the 26th ; left on the 2.;:11,
and arrived at Plymouth Dec. 11. She hri;!....• tho
following passenger.; :—Major Fordyce, 7tt it I f igh-
!antlers ; Cornet Gabbett, of the 12th Royal I.lrl , ;
Captain Millar, late of the Royal Saxon, au
vessel ' Capt. Wilson, and Mr. Smart, front 1!,
and Mr. Ramsay from Sierra Leone; and 74 r.
dvce's servant, front the Cape. SI,
a. heavy general cargo. The llarbi”,.
Screw Steam Shipping Company's vt,s,
Oct. mail, had passe t Sierra Leone. 'lll, i t,
with the November mail, was at St. Vincent whcit
the Propontis called there. The Propontis ‹;14..• to
H.M. steamer Rattler on the 22nd of Nev..tah.r,
going into Sierra Leone. There were no
war at Sierra Leone when the Propontis e::ropt
an American vessel. The Propontis to the
Rouver brig, bound to Cape Coast Castle.

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In respect to the war it would seem that t'.e
dents at the Cape do not anticipate its em :y
nation. Some of them have bencfltted lt; the pre-
sence of the troops, and imagining them...Het s Tato
sycure, do not cure much bow lung it it it
continues to wear the same aspect as it ha • do:, • Mr
some time past. The Jettlers in Katfraria, I.;:e colt-
tram-, wish for the end of the wnr,but like !ir it I ri, .1,14
at the Cupc do not think its speedy concM-Mit pro-
bable. It is said that the settlers it.td hoer,. if
they were free to do as they thought 11,4. will
soon bring matters to an issue by slmrtiag and
destroying all the Kaffir, and Ilottentots that canto
within their reach. This was tho opinion tif soul°
of the people who have been amongst tit, ut. Tho
proleet of civilising and Clnistiani,ing the :Lb:rig:tics
of South Africa would seem to be It -at ligmtmly
prosecuted than formerly. And in won of tie,. wo
were told by persons ou hoard the Propontis that
the Wesleyans had abacdened several of (hair mis-
sionary stations. lie hope of inducing Katiks or
Hottentots to keep faith or adhere to treaties mado
with Europeans, has been almost wholly ultamloned.
The cry for more help from England to end this
slow fever of war becomes more loud and pressing.
The despatches from the Governor-General brought
by the Propontis aro understood to be very urgent
upon this point.
Wu have received our usual files of papers by this
mail, but the news contained in them lets been anti-
cipated by the arrival tit* tin Teviot, whkh exchanged
journals with the Propontis at Vitie-aes. De-
tails of the occurrences which had taken place in the
colony up to Nov. 4, appeared in the E.ll,eass of
Thursday.

Ine Court.

OSBORNE, Fu.tn T

Iler Majesty, Prince Albert, and ;be Itoyal
Family walked early yesterday in the ground. gardens.
Viscount l'almerston, Secretary of Stato for For.:ign
Affairs, the Prince l'arini, and Sir Julius Ilartainn,
K.C.11., arrived from London at 2 o'clock.
Viscount l'almerston had an audience of the 'M. en.
Prince Carini, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Napa,. was
presented to her Majesty by Viscount Palmerston, and de-
livered his credentials.
Sir Julius Itartenaint was presented to her Ma,edy, and
delivered a letter front his Majesty the King ut Ilniocer
announcing his accession.

The Duchess of Kent arrived at Clarence Douse, St.
James's, at 12 o'clock on Thursday. from I•'rogmore. lice
royal highness visited the Duchess of (Ileac, •t•r, at Oloa-
cester House, and left town at three o'clock to returu to
Frogmore.
Mr. Macgregor, M.l'., had an interview w:th the han-
eviler of the Exchequer yesterday, at his ot11:i.t1 r,idi nee
in Downing-street. Mr. Currie, M.P., had also au inter-
view yesterday with the right hou. barmet.
Viscount Palmerston has returned to town from Osh...ne.
Isle 01 Wight.
Despatches were received at the Colonial.oifex yc..le relay
evening from dm Governor of the Cape of Good Dope.

(Pram lastalght'a casette.)
OSBORNE, DEO. 11.—Thin day had audience of her
Majesty : The Prince di Carini, Envoy Extraordinary And
Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the, Kingdom of
' the Two Sicilies, to deliver his credentials ; and Lieut.-
General Sir Julius Hartmann, K.C.8., one special mi..ion
to deliver a letter from the King of Hanover, notifying tha
death of the late King, and announcing his own accer.oms
to the throne To which they were respectively introduced
by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8.. her Majesty's Scen.tary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. D.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Robert Duncan Wilmot, El., to he
Surveyor-General for the Province of New lironswicia.

CArE NEWS.—In consequence of the complaints
ngainst the commanders and Admiralty agents of the Cape
of Good Hope screw mail steamers for refusing to exchange
journals with the Brazilian mail steamers at St. Vincent.
by which the puLiie and the government were oftentimes
unnecessarily kept in ignorance of the ',regressor the Kaffir
war, orders were issued to the authorities on board tho
Cape steamers to give every [reality to the despatch to Eng-
land of news from the Cape. The utility of these orders
has been made manifest in the Teviot bringing files of Capo
journals left for her at St. Vincent by the Cape mad
screw steamer Propontis. The Propontis left St. Vincent
on the 28th ult. direct for Plymouth. The Teviot left St.
Vincent on the 29th ult., and had to call at Tcnerilfe,
Ma-
deira, and Lisbon, on her way to Southampton.. The Teviot
is a remarkably fast steamer. The Propontis encountered
head winds after she left St. Vincent, and being a screw
steamer she could not compete successfully with the Teviot.
CROWDED STATE OF IItItiftTLEBONE
—Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Board of Guar-
dians of the above workhouse, an intimation was received
from the master of the house stating that the whole of the
wards were full, and that he should bo compelled to refuse
admittance to further applicants. The total number in tho
workhouse is 1,764, of which 261 aro in the sick wants. Mr.
Messer, the assistant overseer, suggested the propriety of a
committee being appointed to go over the house, and select
such inmates as might be sent out with a weekly allowance.
The suggestion was adopted.
DIRECT BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTI(N
RAILWAY.—The Master in Chancery Brougham has ust
notified that he has, in pursuance of the judgment of the
House of Lords, in the case of Hutton v. Thompson, ex-
',tinged from the list of contributories, or in other words,
released from liability, ail these shareholder, whose names
are contained in lists 2' 3, and 1, amounting: in all to 2015
persons, those in the 2nd list being shareholders who paid
the deposit on their shares, but who did nut sign the d..eil;
those on the 3rd, who paid on their shares a contribution
of 2s. rid. per share towards the expenses of the company!
but did not sign the deed ; and 4th, these who neither pant
the deposit on their shares nor signed the deed. This
leaves only class 1, consisting of 57 members of the pro-
visional and managing committee, liable for di ho and costs,
which arc understood to amount to upwards of 10,0,10 f.

THE GRE.►T BRIT.►IN STEAM-SIIIP.—Tho proprio-
tors of this leviathan vessel, now lying in the SAndon grav-
ing dock, at Livemool, are about to gut her of her steam
ut.tchulery and salt.