The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

his men, twenty in number, from their quarters, to
engage Om rebels; oue of the soldiers was killed, but
the Culls!' in the end were driven out.
arty of rebels weredislodged from Santa Felice
de
on Cthe 28thdi, and three killed, among
them a cubes:ills.
A band of robbers has been dispersed by the sol-
diers at Alava, and their chief killed.
The Captain-General of Estremadum reports his
arrival 'with the troops ander his command at general
highly encloses a despatch from a Portuguese general
highly
.complimentary to the conduct of the Spanish
troops in Portugal.
An earthquake shook the south of Spain at half-
past eleven on the night of the 28th. Letters from
Seville, Cordoba, and Jaen, report shocks at the same
moment. A chocolate vender m Madrid, I believe, is
the only person who noticed any earth tremblings
here. A house or two has been cracked at Seville.
The Cbrreo tells us to expect the Queen at Madrid
between the 10th and 15th of the present month.

COLONIAL.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—From Cape Town we
have papers to the 9th of June. The intelligence from the
frontier was gloomy. On the 26•11 of May an attempt was
made by the Kaffirs, at the Goolith height", to carry off the
horses from Mr. Need's carp, and a simul.aneous attack
made near the same spot on some discharged commissariat
waggons returning under escort to the colony. Both assaults
were repulsed. On the 27th, 50 Kaffir', armed with guns,
attacked a 'mall party escorting two mule waggons, near the
same camp. The 8 Englishmen (Lieut. Benet, 2 civilians,
and 5 soldiers) took up an advantageous position, and kept
the enemy at bay till Mr. Need sent a strong party of the
Cape Corps and Fingoes to their relief. A letter from the
outposts, dated the 29th, states that heavy and continuous
firing of cannon and small arms was heard that day in the
direction of the Cabousie. On our side the disbanding of the
burgher levies and of the Fingo corps was in progress. The
former were so much gratified by their release from duty,
that slender hopes were entertained of any of them being
persuaded to volunteer again. The latter had positively re-
jected solicitations to enrol themselves once more. With
these renewed symptoms of activity on the part of the
enemy, and reduction of the armed force on our side,
a tense of depression naturally crept over the frontier
settlers. It is, indeed, impossible that any isolated
family within '2O miles of the frontier should feel secure.
The following important inuendoes are thrown out in the
South African Commercial Advertiser:—" Complaints are
made of the treatment of the natives that have lately served
so faithfully is the war. These natives have their distinctive
peculiarities of character, which must be studied if their
services are to be again invited or demanded. One pecu-
liarity Is, that they are entirely insensible to threats. But
to just and considerate treatment they are as yielding as
wax. . . . . One of the main distinctions between
commanders is in the faculty of gaining the confideuce
and affections of men even in armies, where discipline
supplies so many personal defects. Among the suddenly
!lased and semi-barbarous livers on the frontier, nothing
can make up for the absence of this conciliatory faculty in a
commander." There is more than • mere abstract pro-
position meant to be eneunced here. We add as a corollary. '
that the important faculty ef conciliating was shown to be
possessed in an eminent degree by Colonel (now Sir Harry)
Smith when in command on the Cape frontier in 1835. The
goventor.in-chief and his staff were expected to arrive in
Graham's Town, from Fort Peddie, on the 9th of June. The
arrival of the steamer Pliceniz at the Cape afforded a pros-
pect of the re-establishment of regular communication be-
tween the seat of war and the seat of government.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—By way of the Cape of
Good Hope we have news from this colony to the 20th of
March. Three vessels from Europe had just arrived, two
of them with emigrants, to the number of 400. The emi-
grants in the Princess Royal were, with the exception of one
Irish family, all English, and of a better class than usual.
Those by the other vessel (not named) were German peasants
of the better class, who had all paid their passage, and were
understood to bring more money with them than any emi-
grant ship had imported for years. The emigrants were all
healthy. The official return of exports for the year 1840 ahowed
a total value of 287,0591. against 131,8001. in 1845. The
value of exports for the last quarter of 1846 was 123,6811.—
not much short of the total value for 1845. The legislature
was busy revising the Pound Regulation Act. The news
that the " Royalty " on minerals was not to be insisted on,
had given general satisfaction ; but a hint from the govern-
ment about the repayment of the debt of 83,800/., had been
less graciously received.