The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-02 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

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PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.

The Cape Royal Mail steamer Celt arrived at
Plymouth this morning from the Cape, May 21st;
St. Helens, 31st ; Ascension. June 4th. She brings
a full general cargo and thirty-hoe passengers.

The war between the Boer; and the Basutos was
still raging—two Bantu towns and two French
mission stations had been destroyed. The Boer
had advanced within sight of their enemy's strong-
hold, where three-fourths of them hastily decamped ;
the Basntos in the meantime had made heavy
reprisals on the Boers' farms, having got in their
rear. At the request of the president of the
Boar state, Sir George Grey was about to act as
mediator. The Cape parliament stipulated that the
colony was on no account to be involved in the
war. •

The first batch of emigrants had arrived in the
colony, and approval was expressed of their suitable
appearanoe.

- Dr. Livingstone's expedition sailed from Table
Bay on April 27, for the Zambesi. An elegant
silver box containing 800 guineas had been presented
to Dr. Livingstone, as a testimonial, by the colonists.
A proposal was made by the Governor to establish
five intermediate poets between the colony and the
Zambesi, :to .insure a line of monthly oommnni-
cation.

Her Majesty's ship Bomowen wain Simon's Bay,
under quarantine, there being some oases of coast
fever on board.

The Cambrian called at the Cape, and sailed on
May 6 for China.
The Castor was at the Cape, and under orders for
England.
The Hermes was despatched with the Livingstone
expedition to the Zambesi river. The Lyra was en-
gaged in a mission to I)elagoa and the Mozambique.
The Royal Mail steamer Norman arrived in Table
Bay, May 18.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

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The Orinoeo has arrived with the West India
mails. She left St. Thornu's on the 18th ult. She
has brought 207 passengers. Amongst her cargo is
specie to the value of 817,037 dollars. About
200,000 dollars were in silver and the rest in gold.
The ship Ellenborough, bound to London from
Trinidad, reached St. Thomas's in a leaky state ; she
had been obliged to throw part of her cargo over-
board.

The communication with Tampioo is quite free.
The government party is in possession of the town.
The auger crops in the West Indies are in general
very abundant.
From Chili and Peru there is no political news of
importance. Peril is free from revolution. Castello
remains at the head of the government.

BRAZILIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY lioaximo.
The Tamar has arrived with the South American
mal.

The Tamar left Rio de Janeiro on the Bth alt., and
Lisbon on the 28th ult.

Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of
52,0001., and diamonds to the value of 37,0001.
She ham brought ninety-eight paseengen. Rio and
Bahia were healthy. Yellow fever prevailed at Per-
nambuco.

At Rio there was no change of ministry, but the
present cabinet cannot hold oat mach longer. The
Emperor favours the present ministry, bat the peo-
ple are disoontented, owing to the high price of
provisions. Exchange at 26g.
From Buenos Ayres we learn that the Chambets
had opened. A new commercial code was to be
passed. In business matters there was little altera-
tion. Only one failure.
From Parana, we learn that Urqueza opened the
Chambers on the 26th of May. Nothing of note
had transpired.