The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

THE AFRICAN MAILS.

(at ELCCrItI, 71:1.EnRAVII.)
PLYMOUTH, Fainav
The General Screw Steam Shipping ComistilY's
Packet, Queen of the South,arrived this morning. She
kit Sandhead, May 16; Ceylon, Mat 06 ;
June 6; Cape, June 21 ; St. Helena, June ; Ascen-
sion, July 4; St. Vincent, July 13.
The Lady Joei lyn was at anchor at Point do
Galle, having lost one of the fans of her screw. Her
passengers and mails were sent on to Calcutta by
the Hindostan.
The Puttinger and Pekin were at Calk.
The Queen of the South conveyed the Overland
Mails of the 23th of March to the 23ili Aptip to the
Mauritius. The delay in the arrival of this mail at
Point de Galle was o ring to some injury to the ma-
chinery of the Bentinck.
Iler Mujesty'e steam-ship Hydra seined at tho
Mauritius on the 6th June. The Alexander, from
Melbourne, April .5, had called at Port Leith., and
left a mail which was brought on by the Queen of
the South.
The French ship Paquobot Mexicaine, from Bour-
bon, had just put in, with loss of two men'; she was
compelled to throw overboard 1400 bags of sugar.
The General Screw Steam-ship CJinpeny's packet
Indiana, which left the Cape on the of May,
had no: arrived at Mauritius on the 6th June. Rice
was becoming SedIVC; !doughy, the only description
in the marker, made 3 dola. 33c. 4,030 hags of grain
made 4 dole. per bag.:
The constitution, with one or two exceptions, had
been received at the Cape with every expression of
gratitude, and General Cathcart and Lieutenant-
Governor Darling are restoring order on the borders,
and promoting content within the colonies. His
Excellency, on visiting I:in:Waage to judge of its
eligibility for assembling the legislature, in reference
to the intended publication of a minute giving a full
and faithful account of the state of frontier affairs
which he had addressed to the Legislative Council,
said he was in hopes, when they saw this minute,
they would be satisfied that the prospects of per-
manent peace and security are as favourable and
promising as they could desire.
The Graham's Town Journal of June 8, and the
Frontier Times of the 13th, contain accouuts of
various depredations and cattle stealing by Eaffirs,
of unsuccessful attempts to capture the offenders, and
of the desertion of three Cape Mounted Riflemen with
their horses. It is supposed these fellows have gone
to Moshesh. The demand for skilled labour appears
increasing throughout the colony, arisicg, in many
instances, from new villages being established. Wool
was being brought into Port Elizabeth in larger
quantities than ever before observed. Seven veseels
were there loading with wool for London.
Her Majesty's ship Her:mica, Captain Baynton,
arrived on the 4th of June from Cork, and sailed fur
Australia on the 2iith, with fifty-four married couples
and seventy-nine single men, eighty-seven wemen,
fifty-eight boys, and forty-nine girls.
The steam-vessel Dee, Lieut. G. T. C. Smith, ar-
rived in Simon's Bay from Gordon's Bay June
and left for Algoa Bar June 20th.
In Simon's Bay.—ii.M. ships Meander, Commo-
dore Talbot ; Grecian, Commander the Hon. G.
Keane, and Dart, Lieut. Beane.
The Calcutta, due at the Cape 18th June, was not
there on the 21st.
There was 110 intelligence at the Cape of the Argo,
from Southampton, the Antelope, from Liverpool, or
the Adelaide, from the Australian colonies, with
gold-dust valued at 300,000/.
Her M ijesty'a steamer Volcano, from Ascension,
snived at St. Helena on the 23rd June. The ship
Scotland, from Hong Kong to Lordon, arrived on
the 26th, spoke the day previous the 1) knish ship
Christian, from Simon's Bay. The barque Reliance,
from Singapore for Glasgow, arrived on the 28th.
Flour and sugar were scarce at St. Helena. •Com-
modore Mayo, in the United States' fi igate Consti-
tution, was at St. Vincent, and entertained most hos-
pitably the °Eves and passengers of the Queen of the
South. The Engish red ensign was hoisted at the
fore, and a salute of fifteen guns was fired on the
departure of the visitors. The gallant officer also
scut his band to the stern of the steamer to serenade
the ladies. The Constitution left for Porto nays,
July 30th. The Queen of the South has a cargo of
indigo, silk, saltpetre, and piece goods. She was
detained thirty-six hours at the Cape, on the appli-
cation of a mercantile firm to the Cemtnodore. Con-
trary north-east winds prevailed after leaving St. Vin-
cent. She has 140 passengers including attendants,
among them are from Calcutta :—General Sir H. and
Lady Wheeler, Brigadier Iluish and Captain Cawel ;
from Madras, Major Wilder and Captain Barker;
from Mauritius. Major Newhouse and Captain
Galen ; from the Cape, Lord Alexander Russell, Major
Preston, Colonel Boys, and Captain s Fenwick, Doe-
raux, Gordon, Careton, and Whittiegstall.

THE STRIKE OF THE CAB-OWNERS.

Yesterday, as cn Wednesday, not a cab was to be
seen plying in London str,ets. In rome measure to make
up for their deficiency, a number of private flies were pig
into requisition by ladies and gentlemen whose business or
pleasure compelle'd them to procure the luxury of a earriage.
Among them were several cabs, whose drivers had doffed
their badge, with the hope of somewhat relieving the loss
their wages as cab-owners during the 'mike. At the dil-
ferent railway stations the directors partially met
the great inconvenience which was excerieneed by
providing spring vans, light carte, and even re heeloarrows,
for the accommodation ut the various kinds of luggage as

it arrives from the country.
The committee of cab-owners, whose quarters are Cran-
bourne Hotel, waited yesterday on Mr. Fitzroy, at the
Home-office, to represent their grievances. They presented
their` demands in the fcrm of the following provisions,
which the cab.owneas desired to haze enacted.