The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-16 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have Cape papers, with Graham's Town
Journals, to the 7th December.
Sir Henry Pottinger published, on the 6th Dec., a
notification of his resignation of government in favour
of Sir H. Smith, and on the same day a public meet-
ing was held at Graham's Town to address hie excel-
lency on his retirement from official connexion with
the colony. At the same meeting a congratulatory
address to Sir H. Smith was agreed to, and it was
decided to illuminate the town on his arrival.
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The following is the latest news from Kaffirland:
The patrol that had crossed the Kei under Col. Somerset
had succeeded in capturing several thousand head of cattle,
the greater part of which were captured at or near the
Tsomo, where twenty-seven of the enemy were killed, and
are said to belong to Pato, the remainder having been cap-
tured lin lots at different times. These cattle had been
driven safely to a camp formed eastward of the Kei. This
river had again become impassable, but was expected to be
fordable in a' day or two. No attempt had been made by
the general to dislodge Pato's people from the posision they
had taken up in Umbala's territory, although the people of
the' latter chief had been withdrawn, to leave the field
open to the British troops. It should be under.
stood that Pato's people were stronger than the
people of Umbels, and remained in occupation of the
territory to which they had fled when pursued by the
troops. The general was promptly informed of this state
of matters. The enemy was about seven miles from his
head quarters. But it did not suit him to fight them, and
he is expected in Graham's Town in a few days.
From communications received (to the 3d instant) from
Colonel Somerset's care p, eastward of the Kei, since the above
was written, we hear that the troops under this officer had
on that day moved down close to the river, for the purpose
of crossing it during the night. The weather was threaten-
ing, and • thunder-storm was expected. The Dutch farmers
accompanying the troops bad been out on patrol, and bad
taken 1,000 head of cattle, making the number at present
in possession of the troops about 5,000. This patrol killed
11 of the enemy, making, as stated, 32 of the enemy killed
since the troops crossed the Kei. A party of them had also
had a skirmish with the enemy, in which Mr. John Marcus
was wounded in the elbow, and two Kaffirs killed. Colonel
Somerset was en this side of the river, intending again to re-
cross it in search of Pato, as soon as the cattle should have
been safely driven over. The horses were much jaded, and
the men required rest.

Hot, DuTT.—A deputation of hop planters are,
to-day, to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the
purpose of obtaining a total repeal of the hop duty.

COMMERCIAL If MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Two o'Clork.—We have a reaction in the funds
this morning ; and, from the extreme depression of
89 to at which Consols left off yesterday, they re-
covered to 89!, at which they are now sellers, both for
money and account. The calmer tone of the accounts
from Paris, where there appeared to be a partial
subsidence of the recent party and political
agitation and threatening commotions when the last
post left, has mainly contributed to this improvement
and greater firmness of the stock market. Reduced
Three per Cents are 891 to Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 901 to: March Exchequer Bills are
17e. to 21s. ; the June Bills, 23e. to 26e. pus.
Bank Stock, 200 to 202.
Our foreign market is flat, with rather lower quo-
tations marked for Spanish Bonds. The Fives are
now called only 201 to 11 ; the Threes, 31* to 2 ;
Passive, 4; to 3. Portuguese, 26 to 7. Detail
Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents., 64 to I ; the Fours, 83;
to a. Russian, 110 to 112. Mexican, 181 to 191.
Erqnador, 3! to a. Chilian, el to 3. Peruvian, 34
to 6. Venezuela, 38 to 40.
The Belgian minister of finance has given public
notice that, in partial redemption of the public debt,
the following purchases had been made:—let, Of
obligations to bearer, sad of nominative inscriptions,
of the Three ppeerr Cent. Loan of 60,860,800 t, together
to thenominelcapital amonntof 606,000 E 2nd, Ooods
to bearer, and nominative insert of the Ave
per Cent. Loan of 86,940,000 f, together to the
nominal capital amount of 1,123,920 f. 3rd. Of
bonds to bearer, and one nominative inscription of
the Four per Cent. Loan of 28,621,7181., torsion of I
the nominal 'vital of 103,584 f. All them bomb ami
inscriptions have been publicly annulled at Bents,
in coolannity with the contracts of the said loans,

on Saturday, the 12th instant, in presence of the
director-general of the public treasury, of a member
delegated by the court of accounts, and of the repro.
sentative of Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers, at Pain'.
This notice would appear to be preparatory to the
o3aclusion or appearance of the new loan talked of
for some time past, and by way of ensuring it a more
favourably reception With the public.
iNOLISII FUNDS.
lank Stook. SOOl k per Coots.. 004
S pat Ct. Rod. Low., SO4 Iheboquor 500.. Womb. 170.
I per CL C.no. Anno..69f ; Juna,l36. N.. p
S pet Ct. Can. foe A0..494

6 per CLAtptrlsp Done, P 4 6
41 pee CL ord.. 61111
II per Cult. date.
S SM
ttntNier. 7161 "
6 per CL Beane Ape. Bein. SO II
Ditto Chili. Dds., 91 9.1
Ditto Columb Def. led,.
3C/Woken 3.1.4.4. 3.4
r Ct. Num)] &D., 434 41
24 par Ct. Dutch &D.. It
4 p4z Ct.Corte. Dukb.B.44 I

TrNDS.
1 pee Dent. Grenada Bda., 15
Grenada Deferral 84.1
3 per Cl Mexican, 1446, 164
6 per Ct. Pavetan Bile. 34 SI
/.ortage; C 0.,. 8i1e.t31,1
15
Vito Swain 884. 11
d.. if34l 18
pee Co. Spanish Ode. 3
Spanish Deferral Die.. 12 II
4panfsh Fames Ms. 4 I
per Cs. Venexuel• flat... 38 14
Veneweln Deferred 56e...138

RAILWAYS.—The market is a little better, but
quiet. Boulogne and Amiens have been done at 134 ;
East Anglian Pref., at „ pm.; Royston and Hitchin,
k pm.; Leeds Thirds, 5 din. ; Northern and Eastern,
5 per Cent. Scrip, 4 pm.
SALES EITTICTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LONDON.
(Yesterd.y. orbr will be found in last page.)
Brintol end Exeter Thirds, 15 Midland, 115 4
Chester and Dolyhead, 22 Norfolk, $3
Emit An 251. ah., LLk E. and N. Entlsh, 164
L & D., 111 Do. Halves, 12
Do. 181. eh., E. & IL, 74 N. Stanbrdshire, 101
Do. W. 10s. Mr, 31 Reading, Guildford, it ftelillift, 74
I. Combs.. 164 1 S.Dower, 511 64
Do. Eat No. 1, i p Do. Thirds, No. 4,
Do. New, 231 Bomb W. 1.., 94
Etat Llncolnahire, 14 South Yorkshire, Donnister, end
Great Northern, 44 Gook, 14
Do. London k York ET., 4 'fork, New., and Bet.. 341
Great Western, 102 Do. Etta. No.l (York&New.),
Ipswich, Bury fn. Edmond's, and 20
Norwich, 6 Do. G. N. E Pur., 1041
Leeds & Bradford. 95 York At N. Kid., 75 1
London & Blackwall, 54 Do. Pref., IS 151
Do. New. No. 2, 1 d Do. E. & W. Riding Es., 2.34
Loa., Mph , a S. Cosa, 2141 1 Boaligne and MMus, 254
lAndon & N. Weetero, 144 6 DM& WNW 14 4
Do. Qrs. New, 71 N. of name, 111 4
Lon. and Booth Wertara, 62 Oriemaimi Mrdsevs. 41
Do. Thirds, 11 A ELM sad Lyons, 34
Midland 40/. sic., 451 i P.M end Strasbourg, 51 4
Do. 501., 14 I &nohow' and Sale, 6
aomr 10.—Oss O'Ctocn.
Nan., Slug., & Lia. Qr., No. 1,

LiVERMOL SALES, Pn
Birk., Lail, St Ches. 311. eh., 5e
Se. 9d. d
East Lancashire. zoi
Lan. & York. Fifths, P
Do. Halm (late H. & S.), 91 d
Do. do. (late L. le B.), 9 ft
Dosllifths(lateW.R U.).484.9d.d
to and N. West., 145 e 9

N. tlhdotd►!l[e, I p

No. 1, d
Midland, Ili
Do. 401. alt, 45
Do. Halves, I 1 d
g. E. & Dover, No. 1, 34 d
Do. No. 4, 14 d
York, Neva, & Bet. (0. N. E.
Pur.), guar. 6 Der Cent, n

PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE, Hof tpasl Two.—
The quantity of b4eign Sugar offered for tale exceeded the
demand, and a very large portion Wu bought in ; the small
sale of Mauritius ale. went off heavily. Refined dull; standard
quality, 540.—Cofke : The sales are progressing steadily, at
previous rates.—Rice sold seitheut any material alteration in
prices ; free cargo, 7e. fid. to So—Pimento sold at j advance ;
200 bags sold, el to 411 per lb.—Pearl Sago sold at fully la.
advance.—Cotton firm.—Tea: There has been but little
done by private contract in the face of the public salts to
take place to-morrow.—lndigo : The sale continues to go off
briskly, at the late adrenal.

Duty paid on now to hut week, to Landon, Liverpool, e-t.
Bristol, Wel, and db. Clyde
to the some period last year
Inerreva
DCTIO PAID ON ILA IN 1843 TO use WILL the.
London
Liverpool
Bristol
Hull
Clyde

Total
Same time is 1147

Inereare 32,172

COALS. Half-past Two. Bate's Hartley,
154. 6d ; Huddle's West Hartley, 16s. ; Can's Hartley, I6s. ;
Eden Mars, 17s. 6d. ; Hasting's Hartley, 16s. Tan6eld
Moor, 14s. 6d. ; West Hartley, 165.; Walls End Adelaide,
18s.; Walls End &wicks and Co., 165.; Walls End
Braddyll's Hetton, 18a. 3d. ; Walls End Haswell, 18s. 9d. ;
Walls End Helton, 18s. 9d. ; Walls End Lambton, 18s. 3d.;
Walls End Stessaros, 18s. 9d.; Walls End Tees, 18s. 3d.-
399 ships at market.

TALLOW.—The market is quiet, at 535. 6d. on
the spot; February and March, na. 6d. ; March and
April, 535. 6d. ; October to December, 45a. 6d. to 465.; se-
parate months' delivery, 465. 3d. to 6d.

CORN, MARK LANY...—At this day's market there
was an unusually limited attendance of buyen, and the few
retail sales of Wheat that were made were at prices barely
equal to those of Monday last.—Barley was unaltered in
value.—Oats were a dull sale, with the turn in price in
favour of the buyer—Beans and Peas nominally the same
as on last market-day.
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The following are Menday'e quotations :
BRITISH. 8111111aas tow drew.
Maw, Lees and Kent, red 47 to 51 to 53...whit0 45 to 53 to 55
Norfolk and Suffolk. 15 to 19 to 31... do l9 to 51 to 53
Talavera (Ewes or Suffolk) 53 to 67
Camb. & Lin., red... 44 to 18 to 50 -white 13 to 52 to 54
Northumb. and Scotch do.— to —... do to to
Irish do —to do to to
Ent. 3O to 32
Hamar, Feeding to —...distLUlng 21 to MI to 30
Malting 211 to 30...Cbma11ar29 to SI ene33
Irish - to --
Due% WIILAT to
1161; Lbmtleb Feed SS to 22 to VW Od strksek. —to—a Od
Ditto Pam& 22 to 23 to 94e Odd.. .potato 26 to 28e Od
Berwick & IMAM, feed 23 to 25e Od...potato 25 to Me off
Irleb feed l7 to 21a 8d blank. 2O to 21s Od
Ditto potato 23t025•0d
MALT fel to 56. fine, pale 57 to 59
Pus, grey 3B to 400 Od...nmple lO to 42
Blue 50 to 14..imperlal BO to 04
Whits 14 to H. boiler. 42 to 44
Baum, Muagiuk. 3l to 33 tiek
Marrow 33:t0 35 ronall 35 to 37...01d 42 to 46
TAIL, New Spring to —...new winter to —...01d to
RAPOILFII, New
LINSCSD C.IIII, per thoweand SI2 10e. to Zl5 Oa.
Poe •••1/ sf 1.114.

FLOCS, Town.niade, delivered 14 to 48...6nehoUsatOrd 719. 70.7.4.
Norfolk end Suffolk 41 to 40. white 4O to 42
Northoroterland, Lincoln, end Yorkshire — to
Sussex and Kent —to Irish —to
FOREIGN.
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WSW. Dantde and KadosiWir77._ sii; 55... fine 57 to 59
Forneransmailltzttok, mad Stettin,
French and 63 to 55
to
Dont& and Bemlari:
Resdan -....... 41 .M. 41..2gyuitbn to
Denote and Odessa - -
Rimini bard O2 -7. MR. to
Canadian -to - ..kutnalian-... 33 to 39
ve
E
Brame, Feed* SI -1;" S • -AMIE se to
INDIAN GIN -
OATS, Roman
Pootermamma mad Ilbsisnad. to 24
Smash al Did* 93 to 24
hisesied mil DMA hod SS to IS
Ditto Brew - Si to IS. bed to
Itmoo. tick. - to -...01d. - to
Small - to -...01d. - to
Paso, grey -
snits ....., 36 to se. boilers- SB to 40
Team, old - to- asw - to -...large . - to -
LISIMSS, MHOasa, sot Rumba 46 to 48 to 30
Mediterreasea and Odsorm. - to 45 to 52
RAPISSID -to - .Itroymed 34 to 36
ALP 'MD CAIRN freed duty, per ton.. I 11 Os. to E 6 b.
Lamm Coma, Dutch and German. E 9 in. to EIO Os,
Ditto French and Meehan itIO Oa. to /111 Oa
hom, American, per terrel of 1961 M SS to 26
pained and Hamburg - . --to -
Canadion - - 114 to 26
Preach, per soak of 280Iba. free -..... - to
ARRIVALS MID LONDON FROM 14th MR. TO 16th FEB.
Qrs. Baldish.l Scotch. Irkh. Foreign.
Wheat 3820
Barley
Oats .
hour, 3,950 maks ; - barrels Malt. - Om
HELL, Feb. 15.-We have had quite mild weather during
the past week, and although this don not seem to have been
to decidedly the case on the Continent, yet Hamburg and
other near ports are not likely to remain long closed. Little
or nothing has been done in any branch of the trade during
the week, indeed we scarcely ever remember more apathy
towards bulkiest of any kind ; some good purchases might
now be made. The condition of &men' Wheat et our mar-
ket this day was only moderate, and such exceedingly diffi-
cult to sell, while good sample, were taken off at fully the
current rates of lest week. Foreign, though offered on de-
cidedly low terms, meets little favour, sales when made are
in the merest retail. All kinds of spring Cern are neglected.
No alteration in either Linseed or Rapeseed. Linseed Cakes
are again lower. Rape Cokes scarce. The only Bones offer-
ing are from the yards, and at prices above the ideas of spe i els-
tion. The following are the present priers of grain: English :
Wheat, per qr., red, 48s. to 605.; new, 48s. to 60s. ; white,
Re. to 525. ; new, 60s. to 525. ; Dantaic, 565. to 58s.
Lower Baltic and Hamburg, 48e. to 50s. farley, malting,
30s. to 32a. ; grinding, 271. to 29v. Oats, Danish, 151. to
His. ; Russian, 16e. to His. Beans, 403. tb 425, ; foreign,
325. to 38s. Pees, white and yellow, 40s. to 455. Linseed,
crushing, 40.. to 475. ; feeding, 48s. La d, per 10 gra,
261. 10s. to 281. Linseed Cakes, English. per ton, 101. 10s.
to 101. 12s. 6d.; foreign, 81. to 91. Se. ; Rape Cakes, 120..
Bones, 95e. Guano, ‘l. 10e. to 101. Imports from the 6th
of Feb. to the 11th Feb., inclusive : Wheat, cosetwise, 240
qn. ; Barley, coastwise, 650 ; Linseed, foreign, 2,600 ; Lin-
eeed Cakes, foreign, 60 ; Bones, foreign, 88.
IPSWICH, Feb.l6.-The supply of Wheat is small, and con-
dition unimproved; dry parcels bring Las week's rates;
damp and inferior are neglected. Secondary descriptions of
Barley ass le. to 2a. per qr. lower, while fine command
nearly Let week's rata. Beans and Peas are unaltered in
value.
Liens, Feb. 15.-We are fairly supplied with grain.
The market is very dull for Wheat, at rather under the
priors of Friday, being a decline of la. to 2e. par qr. from
this day se'nnight. Barley slow sale, but does not alter in
value. Beans and other articled Moldy. Avenge priori of
grain: Wheat, 3332 qrs., 62e. 9d. ; Barley, 944 qrs., 341. 7d.;
Oat', 203 qrs., 23e. 7d.; Beans, 80 qrs., 40a. IH. ; Per, 2D
gra, 40a
Lacoatorr Bataaaro, Fab. 15.-Theso was lad a aao-
darata manly of Whaat on offer this day ; still tads nlad
way bray at &oat 6d. pa load abatement from last week's
rata. 11*a far supply, and fatly la par qr. dumps.
Is Dam Psea Ile alletWM worthy of mods*. Wheat,
par kalLate bait*, Sr& to 32a. Balmy, pot gr. top., M.