The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-25 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Viry have received Cape Town journals to the 29th
December. The Mail of that date gives the fol-
.

account of the anti-convict movement :

In consequence of last Tunas), being Christmas Day, the
ordinary meeting of the emaciation was held on tt e pre-
ceding Saturday. $ 1 communications were read from
the eamuy,—one (ruin the chairman of the Graaff.iteinet
association, who had b en nese time absent from town, but
who wrote to announce that the inhabitants of Gra ff-
Reject stood firm to their first relation, and that the

subscriptions towards the indemnity hind were pro--
swy
erasing there. " The whole country between Greta-
will content
Must and the Orange river, and beyond it," the same
communication stated, s have but one opinion on the
hated convict question and on our proceeding,' ther.uAhout
senttleemeo fnts tb"is vvilhoinsy is expunged from
the land. Convicts they wll not hare; satisfied, they
say, they cannot be, until the Neptune with her cargo
this ogolnhet, of pa
pad othe
er am
them, and this only they ask and not for any more
promises front Earl Grey,—" since," they say, " they
have had quite enough of them. A communiidion was road
from Burgtieridorp, also, announcing that a meeting had
been held at that village on the 6th December, and en
convict association then formed. The following resolutions
wars adopted on the occasion :
" 1. That it has become expedient to convene tide meeting
in consequence of the misrepresentaioni set forth in the
government notice of the 12th of October, 1819, ant parti-
cularly to suture the British public that the resentment and
indignation against the introduction of films into "hie
country is not restricted to any part of the col my, hut that,
on the contrary, it is the univ.r.tal feeling of i s inhabitants.
"2. That in the opinion of this reeetirg the government
were sufficiently informed of the state of public feeling as to
making this colony a penal settlement prior to the 12th of
October, and they therefore look upon the gov.rnmeat taloa
of that date as a moot wily document, inasmuch as it is calcu-
lated to deceive and mislead the home government, and
beneath the dignity of her Majesty's representat ve.
"3. That this meeting regards withderision any attempt to
sully the loyalty of any portion of the inhabitants ot this
colony, and look with suspicion and nistrust upon the indi-
vidual, be his stttion high or low, who has the temerity to
Insinuate their alienation from their sovereign.
"4. That for the purpose of averting the impending
calamity, it is proposed to form an anti-convict stesoiiatinn in
Burghers:taro.
.• 5. That John Montgomery, Esq., be requested to he the
chairman, and Alfred Roberts, Esq , the secretary i f this
association, and that they correspond with the association at
Cape Town, and with other associations having the same
object throughout the colony, if need be.
" 6. That it is of vital importance that cattle and sheep
from this part of the country should not be sill to the
butchers or others without the vendor knowing that the some
will not be used for the convicts, unless the Neptun., is
orlered away, the pledge be resorted to, and that all dili-
gence be used by the association to obtain the signatures of
the inhabitants generally, so as to put them on their guard.
" 7. Teat the thanks of this meeting are especially one to
the inhabitants of Cape Town and Port Elisabeth fir the
noble stand they have made against the inroad of corruption
I sad vice ; and while we assure them of our hearty to cps ra-
tion in resisting the nefarious scheme of Earl Grey. we
most earnestly exhort them to persevere until their eihrts
I shall be crowned with complete success.
"8. That the thanks of this meeting he respccthaly ten-
dered to the colonial press for the important services rel.dered
by it to the whole colony at this alarming crisis, as respects
its present and future interests, both moral and religious.
" 9. That a copy of them resolutions be forwarded to the
Anti-Convict Association at Cape Town, and to John Pater-
son, Esq., editor of the Herald, Port Elizabeth."
After these communications had been read, the resolution
of thanks to the counsel and attornics engaged on the defence
in the case of " Lettentedt v. Morgan" and others, of which
notice had been given, was proposed, seconded, and carried
by acclamation. Another resolution was moved, contVrona-
tory of Earl Grey's indifference to the peace and welfare of
the colony, in delaying to give Sir Hatry Smith fin in-
structions as to the disposal of the convicts, until he had
heard of the arrival of the Neptune. It need scarcely be
said that this resolution was carried unanimously. After
the disco sion of some other matters, 'Husain was made
to the repott that Messrs. Wm. Dickson and Co. had sold
to the Commissariat a quantity of flour received by tho
Mary Clarke. It was also mentioned that when the &shan-
ties of this flour was known, Messrs. Sinclair had reused to
land it, and Mr. Sorey to deliver it. Messrs. Watkins and
Bates, however, are said to have landed it. As a caution to
the public how they listen to reports that persons bad vio-
lated the pledge, it was mentional that the repot of Mr.
Butherfoord having sold wheat to the commissariat was
entirely unfounded, and that he had, on the con'rory, rather
than make such a sale, given up the as. ncy of a vessel in the
bay, and it was also mentioned that Meters. 11,:ne. Eager,
and Co. had refused to sell their teakwood to government,
although an offer had been made Ur a very Liege quantity,
amounting, it was said, to about 3,000/.
The following ships were in Simon's Bly : 11.NI.'s
ships Seringapatam, Castor,and Geyser (at.), and the
Neptune, with convicts.

Wnr.rx or A WWI LIDIANAN.—The fate of the
Sarah, West Indianian, and the whole of her unfortunate
crew, during the recent fearful storm, is now placed beyond
all doubt; that she was thrown on the beg sand bone
fury of the hurricane and totally destroyed, there is aery
little moan to question. Since her loss was rumoured
every endeavour has been made to ascertain whether she had
been seen after the night of the storm. No sathfactery In-
formation has been gleaned, excepting that of her srrin3
in the Downs from Jamaica, and disappearance the follow-
ing night. The Cinque Port pilot, Mr. James Pascal!,
whose melancholy fate has created much regret at Dover
and Deal, was put on board of her by the piloteutter off run-
Rouen, and en the ship reaching the North Foreland, she wan
taken its tow by the Trinity steam-tug. The circumstance of
the towing-hauser snapping and the Sarah getting Orin bas
already been noticed. The wind had heightened alarmingly
from the 8.W., and the Sarah, after drifting sere cli•tence,
was brought up with two anchors about threesquuters of
mile above the Tongue light-ship. The Trinity steanntng,
after eonsiderahle knocking about, managed to get along-
side the ship, and the muter bailed the pilot, Mr. Pascall,
to learn what time they should come alongside in the mono-
log to take her in tow ? Mr. Pascall auswered, say '• FJlit
o'clock; if the weather will permit, we will be ready for you
at that time." The storm that ensued soon afterwards was
one of the most terrible known in those c flannels for the
lut ten years. The ship held on her anchors until about
10 or 11 o'clock. when the fury of the hurricine tore her
away, and she was seen by the watch on hoard the longue
light beacon drifting post, and she tarnished sianals of
distress, and 'peanut!, burning tar barrels on her divka.
To send buts elf would have proba"ly been to add to the
melancholy catastrophe, for it was too perceptible that noes
could outlive the tremendous teas. The glare ham the tar
barrels remained visible till one o'clock, wham all et a ,ud len
they disappeared, and it is conjectured her destrum ten took
place at that period. The exact locality is not revistly
known, hut the general impression is that it Itapertao. on the
Linn sand. Du• ing the week a vast quantity of Nairn
produce his been picked up in the vicinity of th° e salsas.
The Blue Eyed Maid smack has put into
RoverDr, ith note
puncheons and forty bags of nutmegs, xh had yitked
up between the North Foreland and the Galloper. the
schooner Flora, which reached Dover on %Vanes lel% "-
porno having seen the hull of a large vessel, copper tuttout
bottom upwards, about sixteen or seventeen nsiloa from
the North Foreland, and that a quantity of apices was awn
dotting about the wreck. Another vessel, which ,ot into
Bamegate, had picked up several casks of rum titer the
I Foreland, and a fourth vessel has reached Calais with mom
' e(sthe caro. n it was rumoun at
, the stern g
of the wreck had Thursday d been discovered in the KnocL
mead, thus eettng all doubts at rest of th' sad fate of the
I skip and her hapless crew. The Sarah had lwen acme time
employed in the trade, and her unfortunate commander.
Mr. Bridges, had the character of a very skilful and pros-
, dent mariner. The lose of her carao is said to exceed
20,0001. Upwards of thirty poor creatures are reported to
I have perished.
SUPPOSED RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tcesaay
as
inquost was held at Manchester on the body i•f a man named
I John Story, an miss-driver, in the employ of the 1.2M1011
and North Western Railway Company. Deceased was totted
dead on Monday morning, lying on the line, near the Aril-
wick station, with a deep wound, an inch and a half long.
in hie forehead. Deceased had 41. 7s. in his pockets when
found. When lost seen he was partially intoxicated, anal
on
his way along the line towards Manchester. It was coryeef
tared that deceased had been struck by the Miele plank o
an engine passing him. He has left a widow and two
children. The juty returned* verdict of "lona dead af
fracture of the aka."