The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

(From the Graham's Town Journal of Aug. 4.)
Information has this moment been received from Fort
Beaufort, briefly detailing the operations of the troops under
the command of Col. H:u-e Red Sir Andreas Stockenstrom
in the Amstole Mountain+, the substance of which is con-
tained in the following extract :
•' Last dnewlay the Kaffits attacked Colonel Hare's
camp under the Arnatola, and I regret to say that a scrjetuet
of the Royal Sappers and Miners, named Barnes, was
killed, also the Serp.ant Major of the Provisional Company,
recently commandol by Captain Loxton, and one Fingoe.
The moment this attack was made, a tremendous fire was
opened in the direction whence the Reifies had teed, and
which was continued some time. Eight or nine of our
men (coloured) were wounded in this night attack, but
the less sustained by the enemy has not been ascertained,
though it is thought that many must have been either
killed or wounded. Before sun rise the next mnrning
(Thursday) the principal part of this division (Celonel
Hare's) and also of Sir Andreas Stockenstrom's were under
arms and in motion, the -coloured companies entering the
husk with the greatest alacrity and determination. The I
Fingoes especially arc spoken of as fighting with so
much determined resolution, that their conduct excited
the especial notice and admiration of Colonel Hare.
who repeatedly cheered them on to the attack. The Kaffir*
were in several divisions, and it is said displayed considerable
tact in their movements, and were not wanting in cnerage.
The light continued amonest the klooce and mountains the
whole of Thursday. the troops not returning to their en-
campment until after sunset. It is conjectured—though
of course from the very nature of the locolity it can he
only conjecture—that not less than 100 Kaffir. fell in these
engagements, irrespective of a great many wounded. Two
prisoners were taken, and who, it is affirMed, have given im-
portant information respecting their powder magazine
in the Amatoli. During these actions blue lights ant
rockets were thrown up at intervals, as signal% to the
head quarters division, hut no answering signal woe fe^ll,
nor entild it be ascertained where this division actually was.
The following day all was preparation for a second engem--
ment, but on making a reconnoisance it wax found Coat de e, no
the night the enemy had given our troops the shin, and bad
retired towards the ports of the Buff.lon, their favourite
haunts. The crest of the mountain is now perfectly clear of
the enemy, and not, as it has usually been seen, lined with
men daring the troops to come forward. Colonel Hare has
now moved to Fort Cox, where he will for the present eeta-
blish his head quarter+, and where he was to he jeineti by
Sir A. Stockenstrom, by another route, the seine evening.
A brief report has come in of the movements of the latter
officer. :led who appears to have entered some of the most
difficult passes in these mountain ranges. In nppronch:ng
or passing throech one of these a fire was opened upon his
men front a commanding rocky eminence. Upon this an
order was issued to a detachment of the Hottentot
levy to storm and dislodge the enemy from this point,
when, so eager were the Fineries for the fight, that on hear-
ing this order they, without waiting for rommend, rushed
forward, clambering the rocky and steep heights in face of
the enemy's fire, and by which, I regret to say, six of these
brave fellees were shot dead, and three wounded. The
enemy were, however, speedily driven from this fastness,
with the loss of 39 killed and many wounded."
The chief points of importance to be gathered from the
shove communication is, that the Kahn have retired ,
deeper into the recesses of their mountain faetnet-es,
and that the several divisions had not, on the com-
mencement of operations, formed, as de.iretl, a junction
at the Amntola. It appears also that the enemy, when
steadily met, even on their own ground, had invari tidy
retired before the troops, whether Finroes, Idet'entnt4,
or whites, opposed to them. We do not know whether the
authorities are aware of the fact or not, but it is not the
less certain, that if the country in. the rear af the Knffir% be
left unobstructed, it will be vain to expert any final crow-
tinn of hostilities until we have an adequate force of weeder
troops in the field. The detention of the Burgher levies is a
serious misfortune to the whole colony, and no merle of
warfare could he adopted by the enemy better calculated to
haras+ the colonists, end to entail serious embarrassment to
the British government. than to keep our fords in thejcld,
without coming to a decisive engagement.
It is said by persons who crowed yc sterday the high ridges
lying between Graham's Town anti the Ceded Territory,
that the distant sound of a thessw cannonade wax heard by
them in the direction of the Amatola.

Sato, lay. Throe p.m.
The post from Fort Beaufort hat just nrrirod The infor-
mation from this point is comprised in the following post-
script :
"Fort Beaufort. July 30.
"\o junction yet between the Governor and Lieutenant-
Governor. The :treat attack was to have been made this
morning on the Chumic Rock, but no firing heard all day.
The impression hrre is that the enemy will slip into the
Winterberg and n'IN lann's River, and that the great body of
them have fallen back into Tambookieland."

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. Serjeant Adam and a Bench of Magleree...)
EARLS' BEGINNFIM—PIiza IfasTar, aged 15, .torah
MiJerls, 16, and Elisabeth Smith, 16, were indicted for
stealing a coral necklace wane Bs., the property of Edwin
Tillott, from the person of Eizaheth Tillott.—Tt appeared
from the csidenee, that Mrs. Tillott kept a confectioner's
shop, end while she and her little girl were in it one day.
the prisoners came in and bought some sweetmeats: and
while one of them was paying for them. the others took the
necklace from the child's neck, and they all went away.
Almost directly after their departure the necklace was missed,
and they were followed and accused of the robbery, and at the
same time told that if they spoke the truth, and gave up the
necklace they would be forgiven. They declared they wee in-
nocent, and Mr. Tillott took them hack to the shop, and after-
wards gave them into custody. A young woman produced
the necklace, which she picked up immediately after she saw
one of the prisoners drop it. The jury found them GuiUT.
—Mr. Serjeant Adams enquired what kind of a character
the prisoners bore, and wan int wined that they were not
known as thieves, but that on last Sunday night, at past
12 o'clock, the officers of the prison were awakened, in
consequence of the noise made by the two first-named pr;-
goners singing in a eery hni4teroua manner, and refusing to
stop when told, while they wer: in different eels. They
were sentenced to one month's imprisonment, ten days of
which were to be solitary.

FlRE.—About 10 o'cloc!: this morning a fire which
—but from the prompt assistance of a few people, amongst
whom we observed a gentleman of the name of Knipe (well
known in the geologiell world). mug have been attended
with very considerable destruction of property—occurred in
Burton-street, Eaton-square—the workshops and stables
belonging to Mr. Simnel Wilson, builder, Elviry-street.
The wind being high, in en almost incredible short space of
time the entire property was in flames. The cause was
purely areidental—the igniting of a stray sharing when one
of the apprentices was making a fire. It was sometime
before any engine arrived. eonveguentlythe whole was nearly
destroyed before the parish engine began to play. which was
the first to arrive but having a mod supply of water this
was found sufficient to render all the aid which was nreos-
wiry, although others, from time to time, arrived. We
understand the loss falls upon Mr. Wilson, he not being
. -

SUPFO4ED INF.% NTICTPI7..—Th iq morning about eight
o'clock, as police-constable, 79 G, was nrncceding on his
beat in the City-road, hi' attention was drawn to a bundle
lying noon the ground behind some bricks. He at once took
it to the Featherstone-street station-house, and on untying
the wrapper, which was composed of coarse linen, the dead
body of a full-grown infant male child presented itself. Mr.
Mather. the district surgeon, having been called in to view
the body, pronounced it to be about three days old, and
added that he believed it to have been born alive. It was
subseinentiv conveyed to the workhouse, where it awaits a
coroner's inquest.

COMMERCIAL 4- MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Hoff-past Tito o'clock.—We have a flat market in
Consols, although the nearest price quoted is 951, buyers
for money and account, which shows an improvement,
though very slight, on the closing prices of Saturday. Ex-
chequer Bills, 15s. to 18s. premium.
Excepting in Mexican stock there has been little animation
in the foreign market. The disclosure in the Daily News this
morning, of the existence of a dispatch from the Mexican
government, repudiating the late conversion, and requiring
Senor Murphy, the late Mexican envoy, by whose authority
it was undertaken, to publish the instructions under which
he ought to have acted, and which would sufficiently
exonerate the government from blame in its repudiation,
created a considerable sensation in the Stock Exchange. The
bonds declined to 231 to 1, but the fact is that the prices are
nominal only, as few people are disposed to deal in them.
Spanish Fives are supported at 261 to 1, the Threes 371t0 1.
The Spanish Committee, it seems, are about to dispatch agents
to Madrid. ostensibly to press the claims of the bond-holders ;
but a suspicion is abroad, from certain antecedents of the
larties delegated, that the real object is to get up some other
oan or conversion scheme. like the Mexican, for the profit
of a loan-jobbing clique. Portuguese are 411 to 21:

ENGLISH FUNDS.—CLOSING—PRICES.—Ttrais o'Ct.ocx.
Bank Stock, Ditto for Acct.,
3 per Ct. Red. 31 per Cents 953
3 per Cent. Consols, 95 q Mel:wooer Bills 15s. Hs.