The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-05 00:00:00

.f tr• moo, murder, rape, fraud,

Ay. .
otlice of profit under her II sjeety,
.y ard persons io the military or naval
shd in active employment.
.„tan lei h the government."
that the same general disqualifi-
hen jolt enumerated in regard to member-
) destroy the right of ',Mpg, with the two
A anus naturalised by litter the issoseiel se
mint, and contractors with the govseemela,
-weet to be registered as electors, end tte este,
;.h the law of England, on these hook
re o' opinion, that provision should be 1010,
resent that he issued for establiablog the
J, tor It gieuriag the el. ctors of the colony,
told cornetcin or municipal wards—so as to
ate diecienal fist for each electoral division—
hr means could even the first election be con-
great cintusion and unavoidable irregularity.
snot opinion that provision should be made
• b4lle, directly or by construction, imposing
:haw upon, the tatishitants of the also",
r, shuu:d or:ginats in the Assembly. bat be
;sag returned by the Legislative Collodi, or
with amenthernts. And we are also at
ihttnl.l not be lawful for either the Amenably
I, pass, oc far the governor to went {Natty
:ice any part of the colonial mesas, unless
on Ler Majesty's baton, shall first have we-
t e Assembly to melte provialan for the ape-
emplaced by such eppropriatios. Tars, we
in keeping with an oio and iallexlbl• rule of
tit, of CCOINIOO2, tram the practice of which
duced into most colonial legislatures, and its
bpprent to require any comment. Should
.ire an expenditure for any purposewhich
his Iwo motion, don not bring forward for
aa address to his /malmsey, requesting him
to the Assembly to melt" provisions for the
will scarcely fail of thecae, unless there be
to state of Me revenue, or the nature of the
to be provided for, which rencen a com-
addr. is impracticable.
your escellency, after considerint the
ermined is this report, deem it advisable
Hai be put into the form of a draft law, so as
d with the various details which they neer
G will be competent for your excellency to
rney-general to prepare fur publication in the
her due publication transmitioa to &lased,
s. rumen% as 'hall seem to him hest celmmatad
.red in view.
h•ce, in conclusion, to lay before your noel-
inseut drawn up by the two last undersigned, far
of being attached to this report, and treating it
,iverani. at alleged to be necessary for, and be
by, the inhabitants of the eastern districts of
Vut c..asidering that the subject et &Lis door
eta the scups of our C,OGGesOD, we abstain
my observations thereupon.
MN MONTAGU, See. to Oevernment,
,oar Knees, Treasunr-Oeneral,
Aediter Geoeral,
Poona, Attorney GenereL
Pinta, C dlector el R. kl.'s Canons,
Coca, Member of Legielstive Coined.
Goowerrow, Member of Legislative Council.
r the two drafts the South African Com-
,rtiser says:
lam or " platforms" of a enistitutim of govern-
Cape, the first drawn up by the late members
-I adopted by the Cape Town municipality,
prepared by a commission appointee by the
not yet adopted by any one, are now fairly
tilde: If the colonists unanimously, or by a
..k.rity, adept the first, the y may with almost
MI *open sit coofirmation by the Quest, sad
is will be be operatics probably by tie middle
If a division take place to say somideruble
• riots in which the two schema differ, the
sill be again thrown open, and the colonial
its owe way, setting both aside at its pleasure,
lade h die delay will be the cons- queen.
.iditiosal remark, the whole is now left to the
e estieniata, namely, tint the points m which
s Miler are exactly suck se ought to be
y the future parliament itself, r It would be
odor the Khans drawn up by the late mentors
.tile C.uoci', while a parliament coastituted
✓ebel has proposed, neither would nor should
• &brace to the some extent, whilst I.gielatiog
oat pinata of that nature.
a Tiara Mail says :
in. of the country districts upon the two drafts
•i .o are expected with some interest. it is,
qi able to pretend, with say truth, that the
au rof vital importance. Tw two plant, as all
net dther in principle, bat merely in details
it is true, such as the term of the L 'gialative
the qualification of its member.. are mitten of
bat, on the whole, it may be affirmed that
. adopted without alteration, would tidied all
ignited lot obtaining complete self-government
tare day ; and neither plan will girl) complete
,mast at once.
're to her Majesty and the two houses of
in support of the constitution ad ipted by
:own municipality and other boards. had,
erture of our peewee 'deices, received up.
a; ht hundred synatures.
,abang's Town Journal publishes a lag list
tea" to any form of constitution which
el...guise the rights of the testa. ti province
rut government.
have not been slow in expressing their
ion at the withdrawal of their four represents-
. the Legislative Council, when tither &mi-
dis drafting and passing of an ordinance for
thment of representative government, was
:hem by the government. Meetings had
and resolutions of approval adopted, in
it, Pearl, Swellendarn, Worcester, George,
iliage. Similar proceedings had taken place,
bout to take place, no doubt being enter-
tu the molts being the tame, at Malmes-
Auell-lieinet, and Beaufort.
ten places (says the South African flew
diailiae) are the capitals of districts or
which contain three-fourths of the whale
a., and three-fourths of the estimated vales
toe timed property of the colony : the pope-
:rg upwards of one hundred and thirty
and the vales of the fixed property being
at upwards of four millions and two bun-
abanti. There has, as yet, been but one &a-
bound heard from any part of the colony,
from °nasal's Town. Port Elizabeth has
to say nothing, having taken no part in the
of members of council.
as, as rapidly as time permitted, the peptiLdion
taperty of the colony have uttered a decision
man can pretend to misunderstand. The press,
epreeents the seutie.ents of the community as
as fairly as the press of any country ever eau
ale°, with a single exception, spoken clearly
t., city to the same effect, namely : —The
V, Wan Commercial Advertiser, the Zuid-Af-
the Cape Town Mail, the C'alse hiarn Mar-
rlksblad, the Port Elizabeth Telegraph, the
i:•11,441, Mercury, the Eastern Province Nests,
Frontier Times, and the Grenablad. The
in is the Graham's Town Journal."
primer left Cape Town for Simon's Bay on
(et., on his way to the frontier.
..,.trurn arrived at Natal on Sept. 17, from
•ml, with 258 paseengeTß.
,111 in 'Fable Bay, }i.M.S. Castor, Commander
from Mozambique.
its in Simon's Bay : H.M.S. Seringapatam, J.
Msater-Cammander ; H.M.S. Hermes,

annoutim meat of an amalgamation between
eat Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, sod
...hue Railway Companies, traosfened to our
t soerday from those of the Afornsug Herald,
are informed, without foundation.

BOILER EXPLOSION AT BILSTON.—A
ut..teut happened at Messrs. Baldwin's colliery 00
.4. beloogiag to a whimsey in the above
*et, bo.vicen Bilston and Mosley, close to the
agkam turnpee road, and which worked four eel
uni, ant tte explaion was terrific. Oa. part of the
wee !,reel in the direction of the turnpike red, a
we of 114 Jude, and taking with it the corner of
. &waded on the railroad, breaking the rails, sad
trhosechar, wee carried over the hedge, and 111211.
Mpike roc' wtere it I. 11. A hoes and cart and tee
▪ were la efoo• pn trait;, but happily easped sea-
Tbe ether part ut the boiler was carried in the
• dirre.l.,o, towards the Pot House Bridge. a distal,
" Wimp wok it a part of the engine, and throw-
• tte oak at d the brickwork to a great distaste.
tile feet Lod tly wheel were broken to pieces, and a
• )1,1-r, *4Ol we by the side of the large one, was
.d • tiotas.e 0112 yuds; and the whole of the seachi.
wsa kattuttS in all diseeions. The engineer, John
'• •• G 4 very steady workman, had just left le side
. tultr to the accident occurred. He n very alai
'4. 0! Rs 6 goer/ en favourably. It is said that the
r.; teed be accosated tor: the boiler was cleaned
1' teed the pneioas day. Seven or eight men and
ea the pit bank at the time, does to
eee. be they all lam providentially escaped.
Cl.Lblet.s AGAINST TUE NEw VOPISU BISHOPS.
tee nue to believe that an individual of cona.der-
`eel k, to: who has Wile re taken no considerable
••• ta.lie &free and who reads* is the north of Seg.
kw Lio.ved ape institating a 110014M/6011 ..ganst one
&wl, treated Rowe adhere bishops for a salads-
hital quieten will tire be brought to issue
' .the elect iaterventioa el the government. An
" "in dingo's maul and a (lonian= with large Pm'
low the he haws his 'stained to draw awl settle the
—"v4oll.—Legei Downer.