The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-06 00:00:00

Saxton, would be ready for inspection on the 14th inn
is intended to open it for public traffic immediately oh
The Supreme Civil Court has been in Mk*, I
decided several important cues, which ha 4 to be re
in consequence of the sudden decease of Judge Firebraci
for• sentences had been pronounced.
The weather has been very favourable for apeer
operations, but produce is coming in either slowl,
prices have consequently somewhat improved.

PORT AO Pattie; MARCH, 18.50.--ily a
ordonnanoe of his Imperial Majesty, the gorem
is authorised to take and dispose of, for whatever
it may think fit, one-fifth of all coffee decla,
exportation—the merchant is to be reimberii
bons du (reser, which will be restivsd in paynx_
export.. Since the repeal of the monopoly as regal
coffee, the price has risen from 29 dots. per te-
tt!. monopoly rite to 70 do!s. per 100Ibs.—the g.
meat allows the merchant to pay what pri
chooses for coffee ; it exacts its proportbn at Ca
of tEe day when that does not exceed 59 d.,
1001bo. ; thus, the merchant who pays 70 d
80 dolls, per cent., in order to get rid of I
rency—liable at every moment to be furth. r
elated —will, on the fifth of his purchases,
lose of 20 dole. or 30 dole. per cent.—it rein.
be seen whether foreign merchants will sot
such an imposition, even for the prix ,l, ge of
log in Haiti. The monopoly on g,s.ils is stile
forced, and merchants—British merchants—fo
an their goods, and that at monopoly
The fifth seized by the government is to 1.4
steamer, contracted for by a house in this city

CAPE OF GOOD HOPI

We have received Cape journa!s tl Feb
inclu.ive, being fourteen days lat,r than it.
viously to hand. The Cape Town Mud, t
and Jan. 26 gives the following sommiry
anti-convict movements :

The attendence at the meeting of the
22nd of .linuary was large and resp•:cteb'e. Ts.
busioess of consequence was—se it has been for
pas!—the reading of several communicaf::•ne trout
try oirricts. These &consent*, many of which
received weekly, show that the whole caocy, from
Bay to the Fish ltiver, is alive to the imfaatene
question, and the necessity of canticle el watel.f..•
opposing the pernicious scheme of the Se:rcary
Colonies. Intimatim was given that as onti cone:
elation had been formed in Little Nam-ri•talan•l.
extreme north-west boundary of the c•d ny." •, , .
rent I Aeneas in the flbld,"—says Mr. Mo:elton, at i,
to the Cape Town Anti Convict A•soeiation,—• , •
from any apathy in the good caul• of tl.e c..
solely from the almost insuperable •,f
public meetirg. The distar.oe of the tarrn• i• es.!
the !treat extent of the flew-coroetcles an•: Coe eoe.ri
obstacles which the state of the roads preeer.-.,.• -
ever, is this instance been overcome, and e.e t
displayed h■s certainly never been surpeke••: n ac!
meeting is, this colony. The spirit of the Wee
Namaqualand is concerned) is übiquitous.•'
At a per,lie meeting held there on the 10. c.:
was reeolveol to adopt the following ogre. ta•
" We b nd ourselves to 'each other cat Fa :rat. •
boor, or suffer to remain on cur reerwctie farm. .
vice whets-ever; that we will not furnt•h gr. n..
or anything wha•soever to any one who is r,
pectea to he purchasing for the convicts; se.
cline soy further (..tklinip or cen•.ecti,mt ...LS a e
is known to bee creator to the righteous cease
Diets.••

And the following resolution was unaniz.e.,e:y •
" That smoldering the peculiar circum••arces
of the colony, it would be unwi aat in, scot .r
cornets to reeign; but they pledged th asp. i rs,
of the convicts being landed, at once to
field-cornets in a penal settlement "
The sneering then adopts l a memorial !,
the governor.
At a meeting of the Malmesbury A 1;,or,
of thanks was voted to Capt. Toby, of Fri
and to Mr. Billingsley, for their c Mu
Hong Kong convicts; and the followirg • • . •
needing' of the Pert Elizabeth Assoarati ,
at• members of these nssociatiass are rot sb.
pats:

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"It was reported that certair. cake of it J., •
been 'hipped to this port per De.poteb, by q.t.," ,u-
Ebden aid Co., and it was no tta• iu awe
'to ascertain th r name ef tie covugne.. T • it c•
lessee the following resolution wartassed lolt .!
Ibe adopted for examining the =millets of 1,
coestwo., and that: in any case where it
a shipment has been made by cry pore n
offended against the pledge, notice of the fact .Lal
to the busies °papal's."

Mr. flutheAand gave a statement, at the !stern-
-29, of the finances of the Cape Town Aseociatier
statement wu er.coursging, although verb little Lis.
neat received from the country nistriets. i.
however, that suhecriptions ar b-ing
Blix.te b, GraUlteinet, and inns sel! t'eo.f. r
but c twit. vitae time is reputed bef ra sulcert-if
completed which are intended to erotoace the w•
distrkt. Out of the sum collected for the pi
C.p: Town Agit/601R upwara of 2,000!
in Cape Toter, exclusive of many r e 7
which the inhabitants of Cape Town have meat
sad most cheerfully home. Up-in the wbo!e th • •
thane.' is most satiefactory--alihough tb.. ',
now to the treasurer's hands, and much ruor. o
in all probability, be very soon required.
The receipt of some communications fr?.?..
and of some additional sutecriptions to th. in
formed the chi (bushiest of the meeting of t`.l.. A-
'on Jan. 29. Among the subrxriosions h inde i
3C d. an accnint of the Femele In tecsnity Fu: 1.
received by the treasurer with expreesio,:e
tion, and by the meeting wish hearty .iito!
elation, however, offered to pubisb (or Mr. M.,r•,
had denied having, either directly or if. ri:teZllC, • u
Neptune—any denial of that, or t ay oth. r sur eXe
At might be willing to send them.
The South African Commercial -Lir,
It is pleasing to hear from all parts or toe c t
the present c.,nvict question is cverywh.r.
and religions graunds, This insures the pirinet.
opp officio. The sentiment pervades every ci
negation, end school. Lord Grey could ,s cs.
Druidism in England, as establish onviristrs it
_ .

The followi4 yew' ls wire in Simon's list :
ships Seringapatam, Castor, Columbine, and t
(A.), and Neptune, wieth consiets.

The Oriental Company's steamer Puttin.:ir
Cooper, arrived at Southampton last ever.,
Constantinople. She left Constantinople en
ult., Smyrna on the 23rd, Malta on the 2::
Gibraltar on the 31st. She brings 71 poise
and a cargo consisting of sheeps' wool, goar
silk, yellow berries, gall Luta, opium, and •
There had been a heavy fill of snow at Co:.
nople and the Grecian Archipelago. The 13m.:
was still at Athens. Her Majesty's steamer
and several steamers were at Malta. Iho
line-of-battleship Inflexible was at Smyrna.

GREAT NAVAL WORK IN RUSSIA.-11
last the great naval basin in Sebastopol was cami :r
the largest ships war in the Russian nary el
docked with the greatest eue at that ton. The tor.
an extent of ten acres of ground, and 1,,
dry docks, three on one side, sad tour
other. The water in the basin is thirty !is