The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of papers from Cape Town
to Oct. 20.

The Legislative Council and Home of Amembly had been
prorogued from the Zit of October to the 6th of January
neat.

The Maria Oasette contains the following complimentary
"General Order" Lamed by his Excellency the Governor on
the 'utensil of akin NAM at Stellenbosch
"His Excellency the Governor is anxious to communicate
to Colonel Rope, to the commandants and °dicers command-
ing mem as well se to the non-commissioned officers and
Private' of the Dermal voltmeter corps, the pride end satie-
notion which he felt on reviewing them upon the 7th loot.
"That they should have taken the trouble to attain the
high state of discipline which his Excellency witnesscd on
that occedon, is most creditable to all contented, whilst,
that they should have clothed, and to a great degree, armed
themselves at their own expense, from a desire to aid in the
protection of their country, shows a molt laudable zeal to
aselet Gnat Britain in the efforts which It has so long made
Mr the security end welfare of this colony, and will be duly
appellants& by her Manny.

r, The accuracy, celortiy, and steadinem with which the
Volunteer Corps pmformed the various manmovrea during
the review were most remarkable, and reflected great credit
both upon officers and men, clearly showing how formidable
a force the Governor of this colony would have at his dis-
posal should any emergency arias, and what confidence its
inhabitants ought now to feel in their own power to pro.
tact their homes and funnies from any sudden and partial
dlsturbanoss.

" This fouling of confidence in themselves is one which the
Volunteers should always carefully cheetah. No country
can be considered he a sound and healthy state which can-
not, at Isart, largely ski in its own defence. The semi.
meat cif confidence In the Inhabitants of ► country, that
they ere capable, in any sudden emergency, of protecting
all that men hold most dear, by no means begets an sures.
sive and warlike feeling. On the contrary, the brave and
practised burgher, who feels that be both knows how to use
his weapons, end is capable of using them, and combining
with his fallow countrymen for the common defence, will be
generally found to be s generous and peaceable citizen. Ea
will feel that the consciousness of the strength and skill he
poseemes will deter others from attacking him; and being
ooeilikat in his own resources, he wiU not be hurriedly
alarmed, or be induced unnecessarily to take extreme

"His Ezoellency, feeling strongly the force of what he bas
shows stated, fa mod grateful to the gentry and burghers of
the country for haring tame forward to assist his policy by
the formation of these Volunteer Corps; end in Chanting
the for the efficiency and skill they manifested upon the 7th
Want, ha mvet, at the same time, =pram his sincere hopes
that be may hare the pleasure of misting theta on many
limner ocroaskata.

"Government House, Cape Town, Oct. 9, 1857."
On the 155th of October there were fifty-seven vomit; in
ths bay, the aggregate tonnage of which was 15,951 tons,
with a force of 914 lIHIII. Of these venal forty-nine were
English, four Dutch, two American, one Hamburg, and
one French.

The Bishop of Cape Town bad left for St. Helena.

The Gazeita publishes a letter received from Mr. Com-
nisadant Currie, of the Armed Mounted Police, reporting
the successful termination of that officer's second patrol and
operations against the manualing Kaffir chief Paden& and
Mo meosiates. Padang hiramil his eon, :end five followers,
Won captured.

The Posher flier says:—" The reminder of the 13th
Regiment stationed in this city will hare to-morrow morn-
ing for Algoa Bay, to embark for India, under commend of
General Taylor. Their effects were sold by Mr. rote at
Fort England yesterday. The 80th from Fort Been,ort
will supply the place of the 13th here, but, as we under-
stand, only for a few weeks, their destination being Ceylon.
The 6th Regiment, of which General Mitchell was
formerly colonel, will succeed the 80th at Fort Beau-
fort. The Mertes, we have heard since the above was
in type, bad not accommodation for all the menof the 13th

Reii;Mat—a detachment of shout 120 men will therefore
womb behind at Fort Elisabeth, until they can obtain
Imamate to convey then to India. About 30 men pried-
pally Invalids, together with the wives and families: of the
13th, remain at Fort Ragland in charge of Mr. Gill, of this
regiment." The &dem !Navin*, Herald of Oct. 13, adds,
We have been informed that coders have been leaned from
head-quarters that the remainder of the 13th regiment,
mope the women and °Within, are to march to this pleas
im embarkation to-morrow, (Wednesday), end that 600 man
of the 80th regiment were likewise under immediate orders
for embarkation to Ceylon to replace troops there, which
hare been seat to Indio, end that the remainder of tins
regiment will soon follow."

The Oraham'a Totes Journal, of Oct. 13, contains the
following intematirig article the state and prospects of
the °okay The evente that are at present tranepiring
esuoadtuzj es ano calculated to mark a moat important era in
oar • coloay. Oa the one band, the precipitation
open as a whole ram, sad that race a dark one, to calcu-
lated fa itself to give rise to anxious forebodings for the
Patera; sad, on the other_ the efforts that are now being
made to meet the dark current of perdition with
another of • different stamp, by emigration from
Barcms, is looked to with en equal anxiety,
dace they can only be succesedd If managed with a judicious
fomeight, that will have little or no previous experience to
guide it. The Kaffir emigration, that will undoubtedly
now the chances of encase to the Europese', else ad&
• yet more potential meson than existed before for the
introdaelioa of such a number that shall in some ma-
we counterbalance the
.influx of liars. It becomes,

um pre-
senting assmonse. a duty thst the earmins owe to then-
raver, as wail as the expected emigrants, to use every me-
thod that will male our authorities to lona at least a proxi-
mate idea of the number of meth emigrants that will at ame,
or without any long interval, find remunerating employment.
We repeat that the vital intereste of the colony—nay, ion
very inienote as a civilised country, perbl
that • strews ot European emigration C—trteid
to its shores. It is not to be thought for are
moment that the general feeling is opposed to this mom-
enta, but on the contrary, the quick perception of its vast
imponanoe may be in itself the source of greatest danger,
if not cabala by • careful consideration of all the cir-
cumstances at the case. Nothing can be clearer than,
W in our aegernem to obtain emigrants we lam* more
le come here than an find remunerating employ-
ment, the whole movement wilt be checked, perhaps
Ike an indefinite time. We recently called attention.
le a very obvious fact, that bad reports going borne from
newly-introduced persons will tend to putee to emigre-
lila hither. In fact, should such untunately arise, we
shall earnin this respect aleo a bad chancier, the impression
of which it will take many leery years of Improvement
• remove. Wherein, If at the first a small—a very
enell—bend be introduced, and the colonial demand Inc
men be permitted to keep in advance of the supply, there is
noble more certain than that the stream of emigration will
Laus'rally and safely augmenting itself. In these, the
alp that the eciney takes, It is safe only to moth slowly
eel yak eseiha red, in order that some guide may be
&ei brine of the authorities in this aye, it Is
Maker sea may AM some apgamireate knowledge should
he plea et be *ilea requirements of the various
pets of the ether/. It appears to us that the
govarawast abut have initiated the necessary
MIT field-oornete, resident magistrates
com ..mee to make inquiries in their respective
districte; and to mad biennials of the Information so emu-
stinted, but, in the absence of this, It Is still possible by the
alerts of Mr. Irons, of Cape Town, to obtain valuable
Information in a shape that shall be useful to a certain
extant. Ile Ma, at great expense, rent printed forms to
every part of the colony, containing questions which,
✓ they were but generally answered, would place
US in the secure position of knowing the extent
et oar wants, and the peat beyond which it will be
to introduce more immigrants. But this is a
which should not be left to a private individual ; in-
. deed, we erte certain that, without authority or the command
of awe funds, the attempt, m fee as its main object is oat-
memd, is likely to turn out a failure. Bet the great necessity
yet remains, to obtain the required statistical knowledge, and
we trust that some really comprehensive and simple plan may
yet be put in operation by the government that will swam
the colony from so great disasters. as to find its towns bur-
dened with men, women. and children in want of work in
the fleet pleoe, and, in the neth;mixltco
on know that it hes last all
dam of • well regulated li for years to come.
Is the seeiebet, we Marra propriety of ceiling a
mem] meeting of the inhalleate of Graham's Town, at
which the oMI commissioner Amid be requested to preside.
And also that be should be teteedoi to sere the bawler.-
non regulations to he a bat meeting eaptmead. There
could also be disarmed the ono* of openings which this
town turd district geesent be a enocessful immigration; end
there can bees deeM bit bet Tama, information might
be thus net way fr trindsey but the immigration
sad the egodel hmisreete oho."

TURRET AND RVisiA.—We publialied yesterday
the haughty Dote of Frinoe Gortschakoff, eddremed to Y.
Boaludeg the Ruskin minieter et Constantinople, in rep],
to the arguments of the Forte on the eubjeot of its capitals,-
Dons with, and rights over, the Danubian Principalities
We are reared that when 14. BonkniOf read the despatch
in quaition to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Aff.im, All
Poch& simply replied to the Raoi►n diplomatist that th
despatch woo an anachroniem, for evidently Prince Gods
chakolf, when writing it, fancied he {as dating it after the
Treaty of Adrianople, and before the Treaty of Pmts.—Art.