The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1851.

millions in the provinces. The account-current of
the Treasury has increased 34 millions, the present
amount being 29,973,596 fr. Private accounts-cur-
rent
in Paris have declined 51 millions, and in the
provinces have increased half a million, the amount
lot the former being 73,008,111 fr., and of the latter
22,230,333 fr. The whole amount of the metallic
reserve at present is 4981 millions to 320 millions of
notes in circulation.
The price of flour at the Halle rose yesterday. from
125 fr. 44c. to 26 fr. Mc. the metrical quintal. In
consequence of this the price of bread, which was ex-
pected would have descended to 25c. the kilogramme
for the second fortnight of this month, will remain
at 26c.
M. Charles Dupin has given notice to the contri-
butors to the London Exhibition that no articles can
be received at the terminus of the Northern Railway
later than Feb. 26, which is the new ultimate term
fixed for delay.
Two years ago a vast deal of railway scrip was
bought up at six or nine per cent. A company of
bankers later offered to undertake the construction
of the line from Paris to Avignon on onerous condi-
tions, among which was the recognition of the lines
which had been the object of speculation. The con-
• sequence was that the scrip in question rose to 25
I per cent. Several millions of francs were realised
, by the speculation, and the railway was abandoned.
A scheme of this sort appears to be set on foot
, again.

and so vague the demands that he put forward, that
ministers, one would think, might have accepted the ;
motion and the committee, moat certain that the
hnn. member for Bucks on opening his proposals in
detail would break down in their elucidation even more
completely than in his last year's scheme.
But Mr. Insavut is the only diplomatist of his
party. He alone plasma" that vocabulary. of
double meanings, which TALLEYRAN n says, was given
mankind to conceal their thoughts; and thus, how-
ever disarming and seducing were his representa- I
lions, they were soon followed up by the GRANBYS
and the Bonamts. Then all the trickery, the rneretri-
cioua robes and ornaments with which the mover
I had veiled the statue of Protection, were torn from
around it; and there it stood, revealed in all the
savage coarseness of nudity that the hammer of Mr.
YorNo or Mr. FERRAND could have wrought.
From the moment that the contest took this turn,
neither free trade nor whir minister,' wanted cham-
pions. The baronet of Netherby stepped forward
boldly to the rescue, and in words so memorable that
they can scarcely fade from a British statesman's
sight. The old colleague of PEEL informed the mem-
bers on his left that the bold man who would have
protection back, must snatch the bread from the
mouths of men not likely to part with it. To take
it from the peasant, the artisan, and the soldicr,would
require something more than the pluck of STANLEY,
even when aided by that reflective wisdom which
the protectionist leader wants. As for Mr. DisitAt:ii,
he might have cheered every sentence in which Sir
JAMES OlivitAst exposed the folly of the protec-
tionists, for the opinions were his own.
More generous than even Sir JAMES, Mr. COBDEN
came in all sincerity and vehemence to the rescue,
adjuring his Irish friends to allow no temporary ex-
citement to lead them to desert a banner in which
they had found succour and safety. The reply of
Mr. DtsnAr.ii was as smart as his opening speech
was plausible. Both displayed great power, and a
skill which would in all probability have been
crowned with success, could his followers have
adopted his tone, and confined themselves within his
limits. But the protectionists are a party of irre-
gular horse, which rush on without discipline, each
flinging his javelin, one wounding the other, and
achieving after all nothing but the brilliant confusion
of a 1704.
Never in any debate do we recollect protectionist
instances
arguments so futile—nay, in many so
palpably absurd. Never were more complete and
merwhelming refutations given than by Mr.Contwx,
r. LABOUCIIERE, Mr. CARDWF.LL, and Sir JAMES
OILUIAM. Yet all these names, united with that of
Lord Joins Itessr.it, produced no more than a
majority of fourteen. The fact is undoubtedly weak-
ening to ministers, discreditable to parliament, and
disgusting to the country.

removal of stock will be immense. As a 'ample, it may be ! had the desired effect upon him, in which case the
mentioned that Mr. Howse, since the 21st of last month, speedy settlement of the pending questions may be
has lost more than one thousand sheep—he cannot say bow..
ently expected.
confi
Mr. Jobblar, who resides near King William's Town,
A cor io
hasms ndent from Baviaan's River writes
lately had his premises broken open by Kaffira,end his guns . '.‘
d
and ammunition stolen. It is said that Sandilli had several " The family of the Bothas have all trecked. The
weeks ago given the word to his followers to stop traveller. crops are ripe. and they had commenced cutting their
and steal guns and powder, and we have little doubt that a wheat. The hills mid mountains on Wednesday, ,
late attack upon the waggoners near King William's Town, between the Kowic and Doom Kloof were white I .
was the result of this order. Varioua families have taken refuge
wits sheepand dark with cattle. I hear all the in-
in this place, which however is not considered by the in-
ri. " *P
habitants to be quite safe. On Sunday week the Gaika ' habitants, both English and Dutch, have left 1/oorn
Commissioner arrived there, it is said to report to the cos- Kloof,— and other Dutch farmers, as well as some
mandant that the fines for the rescue of cattle from the of the English, are preparing to move from the field-
police could not be inforced. Within the colonial border cornetcv of liaviaan s, leaving their crops on the field
the farmer; continue to remove their stock ; and several
near
who had before trecked, and who, trusting to te governor's lye.
wesuranee of safety, had returned home, have again ;ben- It was understood that most, if not all, the troops
dotted their homes. There will be, no doubt, many farms stationed in Graham's Town will almost immediate ly
for sales. Several Dutch farmerhave already determined
be removed to the frontier, and that the inhabitants
to sell, if possibl, and abandon the frontier for ever. The trill .
have to undertake the duty
Kaffirs, a few nights since, went into the premises of Mr. • of providing for
Kelly, at the Picric hush, some ten miles from King their own defence. Local militia were being enrolled
William's Town, and robbed him of his gun and for self-defence in all the towns of the eastern
willKaffir',, be
ported, arc making assegais and refd schoenen every- taken in Orange River, Sovereignty, and Natal.
where. The Katfirs have began to drive their cattle
A postcript to the Graham's Town Journal of the
over the Kye. Kreili, we understand, has lately said
that although he is aware of the power of the Euglish, he latest date (Dee. 14) says:
must still assist Sandilli, as he and that chief are one. The The intelligence from the frontier, revolved yesterday and
following came to hand this morning, the 10th. and is given as to-day, is no further important than as showing that his
a "signor the times." Many Kettles, it is wellknown, talked excellency the governor is energetically concentrating his
in a similar strain during the last war:—" December 9, forces near the Amebae mountains, the stronghold of the
1850.—T0 the Editor, &c.—Sir,—On the enclosed slip of insurrectionary chiefs. It is affirmesl, however, that among
paper is a statement made by my two Kaffir herds (of Ma- the Gaika clans there exists much disunion, and if so, affairs
como's tribe) to my overseer yesterday, in reply to some may perchance be very speedily settled. Rumour says that
questions which he put to them. One of these men a short the whole of the fines demanded have been paid, anal that a
time since sent his women and children to Kaffirland; and willingness is expressed to make everyconcession that can be
they both stated, not long since, that they were afraid of required of the refractory parties. This report, however,
war, and should move towards titenhage in event of a wants confirmation—it not being even mentioned in any
Kaffir invasion. They now declare that they are of the communications from Kaffirland which have as
ready to fight, and seent to speak of the prospect of yet reached our hands. Yesterday the Cape Mounted Rifles
killing women and children, and capturing waggons and marched out of Graham's Town, en route for Fort Hare.
cattle with considerable glee. It seems they enter- Many of the farmera have not removed their 'tack, and are'
tam no doubt of their catching ' and doing with their families awaiting the turn of affairs in very pain-
something more than deposing him and allowing hint to go ful suspense. They f0..el that everything will depend upon
home to his mother." What the Kaffirs intend to do : To the step; which may be taken at the outset. All have great
make war, and such a war as they have never made before ; faith in his excellency, but they are also alive to the crab-
such a war as the English will rue. They will kill women nest of the foe against whom he has to contend. We
and children, and burn everything. They will attack wag- await with anxiety the tam of alTals, when the
guns and even houses to obtain supplies of food, besides frontier colonists may either resume their ordinary occupa-
taking all the cattle and sheep. They will catch' Smith,' Lions, or prepare themselves for along and arduous struggle.
, and first torture him, then they will heat hint all over with Lty a correspondent, upon who*, information we have great
kirks till he is nearly dead ; they will keep him iu this state reliance, we are informed that the Gaikaa are evidently not
for two days, and then they will cut his throat." inclined for war at present, and that Saudilli, although he
We have just received a letter from Mr. T. H. Bowker, sees the governor assembling troops to hem in his country,
stating "that he has certain plans and opinions upon the is not making any preparation to secure his defence or re-
subject of self-defence and the furtherance of public seta- treat ; that none of his people have driven off their cattle,
ray and promerity, which he shall personally propose to all and do not intend to do so; and further it is particularly
hi; friends and acquaintances along the whole line of the mentioned that this chief is willing to submit to any terms
frontier. The opinions, wants, and wishes of every one that Sir Harry may impose upon hint, even to his personal
shall be carefully recorded, in order that public meetings surrender! Under this view it is highly probable that
may be held and a system of general measures be adopted, there will be no hostilities. The present proceedings
which shall not only lead to and meet the heartfelt wishes of the governor, so far as have transpired, do hint tho
of the public at large, but also be highly satisfactory to highest honour. With a handful of troops, he is holding
government." the sceptre over a multitude of fierco enemies, and if the
future steps of Sir Harry Smith in this painful matter he
A letter from the immediate frontier, written on
characterised by the same amount of decision, prudence,
the 6th of Dee., states: and thrbearance as has thus far distinguished his course,
"During the last few weeks the Kaffirs have been very
there can he little doubt of a satisfactory adjustment of our
insolent, but seeing preparations made, such as blocking up Kaffir relation..
We leave our readers to their own inter-
windows, leaving port-holes, patrols moving about at
night, guns handed to the inhabitants that have avian- pretation of this statement On the night of the 9th,
some Kaffirs, supposed to be leaving the colony, stole from
teered to defend their own property ; seeing these things,
I am now disposed to think that they have been admonished were
Coega 42 head of cattle. On being pursued, the cattle
were retaken, and une Kaffir shot dead.
of their true position in relative to the colony, and that this
week there is evidently a shrinking from the demeanour
exhibited during the last fortnight. This feature is not of
course to be depended upon, but it has given us a hope that
we are not now iu such a danger of being attacked as we
hare bean.
" One other point may be mentioned ; the Kaffirs see the
cattle removed far away from their reach, and a strong
lowly of Fingras betwixt them and the cattle. This is of
course of itself discouraging to a Kaffir, whose darling
scheme is to increase his store as cheaply as possible. You
may not, therefore, be much surprised to hear that the
(hake.; will, immediately on the governor's arrival, assure!
hint that all is peace, and yield to any demand he may malts'
upon them, as I said already, until by and hycwhen amore
eoonvenient season shall present itself. lam fully of opin-
ion that such will be the case at this moment, and that
they will not fight unless they are forced to do it—of course
I may be wrong in my opinion—one day may change it—•
but such it is this moment. The question about the danger
of the farmers I would say is fully answered by every day's
occurrence. Their danger is as great as ever it was, because
I firmly believe that if anything will avert war that re-
mains in our hands, it is the remittal of the flocks out or the
way. When the flocks return the desire for war will be
revived, unless such a forte is exhibited along the frontier
line, as would render an attack hopeless."
The Graham's Town Journal of Dec. 14 says:
It is quite obvious on the very surface of the ease, that a
stern necessity is laid upon the government to deprive the
Kaffir' of the power to excite commotion, which is only in
some degree less calamitous in its effects than an actual in-
burst. This state of affairs is now to be remedied. Pro
perty must not be left in this jeopardy—life must not be
deemed insecure, and the CII:Illee% of a war be dependent
on the caprice of savages. Such a state of things must not
he permitted to exist in deference to any government, or
to suit the purposes of any man or set of men, whose opi-
nions of colonial affairs may, however pretty in theory, be
alike dangerous and absurd when applied to the sober
realities of actual life. Still, in making these remarks,
let us not he classed for a moment amongst those
Who would fain make it appear that our course
is a downward one, and that our embroilments with the
native tribes on this border arc without a parallel in colo-
nial history. Take any work on this country, from Kolben
to the present day, and it will he found that as a commu-
nity we have made immense advances. It is true that the
old pioneers of colonisation in this country have had, as it
were, to hew out their path through the wilderness; to do
battle inch by inch for their possessions, and to endure
hardships and privations innumerable. ut still, despite of
all this, their course has been an onward one. They may
have been stopped for the moment, but the difficulty, what-
ever it might have been, has been overcome, the obstruc-
tion removed, and the results we now sec in the spread of
civilisation, and the general but sure amalgamation of the
natives in the general population of the colony. The
same process is still going on, and though the native
tribes with whom we are now brought into col-
lision may feel the pressure, and struggle to re-
shit it, every effort will be in vain; or, if apparently
successful, will only give increased force and momentum to
the superior power. Resistance will ultimately be swept
away, and the advancing tide of colonisation will o'erspread
and render fertile the comparatively barren land.
In conjunction with the foregoing account it should
be observed that the commandant of British Kaf-
frnria had forwarded to Colonel Somerset the follow•
ing communication :

DREADFUL MASSACRES IN DAIIARALAND.

A letter has been received from the Rev. Mr.
Huhn, missionary of the Rhenish Society, stationed at New
Barmen in Damaraland, giving an account of the horrible
atrocities which have been committed in that quarter, by
the notorious Narnaqua plunderer, Jonker Afrikender, and
his people. The date is the 6th of September :
"The whole country is in a ferment, and the excitement
has risen to a higher pitch than ever. Our mission among
the Ovaherero is on the brink of destruction. The 23rd of last
month Jenks rAfrikander 6 11 upon the Kahitjane (Weeeizt).
who lived on Mr. Kolbe's station, Schuslen's Erwartung.
Numbers were killed, and cold-hearted cruelties committed,
to which you will find seemly any parallels in the history
of the most barbarous nation+. Feet of defenceless women
were cut off, as well as the hands of helpless children; of
other children, they struck out tbo eyes; and some babies
were ripped up. For many hours Mr. and Mrs. Kolbe
were kept in dreadful suspense, not knowing whether the
next moment would not bring their turn to fall into the
hands of these monsters. The Namaquas shut indiscri-
n.iatitcly upon the rich and poor Owaheroro. JAI* Jonker's
son, dragged a pour sick man out of Mr. Kolbe s premises,
and flogged him with his sambock. All the houses of the
pair were destroyed, and the few things they possessed were
either taken or spoiled. At last the horde left the station,
taking up their quarters in the neighbourhood. There re-
mained no alternative for Mr. and Mr. Kolbe but to flee,
which they happily accomplished, with our assistance.
Kahitjene hireself made his escape. Jonker, alter his
return to Concordiaville, killed nearly every individual of
Katjinenga's tribe, and took everything away. From
thence he went to his residence in the mountains, and mur-
dered all the Ovahercru, their wives and children, who lived
with him. Only a few made their escape, and came to this
station. Before Jonker committed these atrocities, be hail
already fallen upon K amaharero,Katjamaka's(Koopervoct's)
son, who, on his flight from there, murdered in the'
field three Berg Damara women, belonging to this place.
Previous to this deed, Jan Jonker robbed and mur-
dered a captain, living with Katjlnenge, whose a ane I do
not rememlwr. Ido not suppose you will ask for the cause
of all these dreadful arts. You know, sir, as well us I do,
that looker and Cornelis do not want, and seek for, pre-
texts to shield their expeditions. The crime of the Ovahis-
rem, in general, is that they arc rich ; and of Kahitjene in
particular, that he once dared to oppose Jonker. We have
been informal that Jonker has fully made up his mind to
annihilate our two remaining mission stations, and the Ova-
' herero nation."
The station of Mr. Kolbe is in the interior, north-cast
of Walwich Bay. He had received intelligence of the
arrival of an exploring party (Mr. Galion's) at that bay,
but not of their having left it for the interior. Caps
Town Mail.

" King Willial Town, Dec. 9, 1850, 7 p.m.
" Sir,—The accounts which I continue to receive from
the Gaika country tend to confirm me in the opinion which
I expressed in my letter to you, of the sth instant, that the
war party have failed in their endeavours to excite the
people. The people who rescued cattle from the Kaffir
police have sent in the fines demanded, but, as they are
unaccompanied by the fire-arms which were demanded,
they had been refused.
No communication will be held with the suspected chiefs
till the instructions of his Excellency the High Commis-
,
stoner arc received.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, &e.
Oro. MACK INNON,
" Col. Comm. and Chief Com. Kaffraria."

On the 11th of December a proclamation by the
governor, calling upon the inhabitants to enrol them-
selves for the general defence, and directing Colonel
Somerset to superintend the same, was promul-
gated. This was followed by a numerously
attended meeting of the inhabitants, at which
it was resolved to enter upon the necessary organisa-
tion
immediately, and to tender his excellency
.the
services of the inhabitants for the requisite garrison
duty during the absence in the field of the regular
troops. Information was simultaneously received
that the inhabitants of Alice, Fort Beaufort and Cra-
dock, had promptly responded to his excellency's first
call, and were prepared to unite in defence of their
respective localities. It was also understood that the
farmers—or at least all who can be be spared—will
be prepared to take the field, provided it be under-
stood that it is the intention of the government to
I deprive the authors of the existing commotion of the
means of disturbing the peace of the frontier in time
to come.
The accounts from Kaffirland, along the coast,
agree as to the tranquillity of the Kaffirs on that
line. From East London his Excellency travelled
to King 'William's Town in a mule waggon, without
escort, cheered enthusiastically by the Kaffirs, who
met him in groups along the road. There seems
to be no doubt whatever of the fidelity of Puto,
of his eldest son Delema, who exhibited great
bravery in the last war, and of Tois. The rea-
-1 diness with which these chiefs have come forward,
and declared themselves in favour of the co-
lony, and the zeal they manifest to aid the
government in the maintenance of peace, and
the punishment of evil doers—is a bright fea-
ture in the present commotion, warranting the
indulgence of a hope that tranquillity may be
restored. Umhala and his adherents were perfectly
quiet ; they were pursuing their ordinary avocations,
cultivating their ground, Ac., but still there was sus-
picion that the chief had been tampered with, and
that his fidelity depended upon circumstances. " A
successful move on our part, says one of the Cape
journals, "makes him our friend; an untoward event
will take him over to the war party." This was the
opinion at the date of the Governors arrival ; it Is
possible that crc this the sudden appearance of his
F-xoellericy and display of British power may have