The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By our usual despatch in advance of the overland
mail we have news to the following dates :—Bom-
bay, Jan. 17; Calcutta, Jan. 7; Madras, Jan. 13 ;
Hong Kong, Dec. 29. The intelligence, although
almost unimportant in a political point of view, is
not devoid of intern. The following is the loin-
mary of the Bomtmy Times of the occurrences whit&
had taken place in the fortnight preceding the ;spar-
lure of the mail :—" Within the past fortnight appre-
hensions of a war with Burundi have at once been
awakened and allayed. Despatches of the 21st Dec.
from Rangoon led to the inference that the golden-
footed monarch might be insane enough to day as,
and that hostilities would bo inevitable ; intelligence
of a later date informs us that he has accepted
the terms proposed to him, and undertaken to
comply with all our vrishos,—so that there
will bo no collision for the present. Troop
continue to move from Lower to Upper Scinde, the
Mooltan force also having commenced its downward
march on Khyrpore ; but it is said the Ameer will
never dream of resistance, and that a simple demon-
stration will secure us everything we require.—The
?deplane have again been committing murder, near
Cannanore. They slaughtered the entire family of
a wealthy native who had recently successfully sod
some of their friends in a court of law. The gem
numbered fifteen or twenty men. After cutting off
the heads of their victims, and setting fire to the
house, they decamped. A company of the 94th Foot
and two of the 19th Native Infantry, under Captain
Hodgson, had been sent out from Cannanore to look
after the murderers.—ln May last a circular was
sent round to all residents, judges, and made.
bates, stout stations, directing them to inquiret
the exidena aid origin of the belief that seemed
to be becoming general through the country that any
decision that was required might be obtained from
the Bashey government, by sending large seas to
the presidemy. to be made use of for mesa a
esereptioa, or what is termed khatput zeetees
Wives. To this a long and elabeseas wee
seat she by Colonel Outrun, giving the
=ormined to desk*, and showing that at
bald in these peados, lad king been
anieseal—enekeing a list d diadems gives or re-
verasig d sestedenoe with the whirl of theseebiedy
seepsded et corrupting, as grenade he the earpialem
demo doe after this, a vast sae at poses was
sent a by him ea the oppression sabred by
the' ac jaidehatee, who had, though Roder
oar paraelesha, been robbed of bee only semi
call kw repeat y, and her good nate
away; when the Bombay governmeat
sepanterily disabled hen the bed paid appoint-
ment wader them, anthe Oeveroor reped lum an
adinese—hie ale dares beieg kb anxiety tos=
.00 add*
is
anusehle, and his
enevrto patina aid the sastrabe semptisa
resiiimi We boa ahem
and seaveniest befla—the peemittate.
drat Waage in whisk away has bees
The
_highest minded. and -Nod Meer
is bibs Mane heat a hear,
amend by goreenessat Sar deeds sway eight-
ddakiag man area held is beam a nod sear
daft es list imeneden with the Nearby was the
British was_ knee lightly whom d theajt now is
in Waimea beaa—lbe -waded of gearnment, esee•
pad thee* it be of MS of gains deeineor,
giviatosimaseasse to the' secret min ma be said of
dia Goversordearal of hdia will by this
tins UN leeched (Watts; the Cosemenier-
ioadd in at Peshawnr. The Governer, awl (Nom-
a Mabee sad Bombay err at
cwt We Ore lathe sada side
allay(Or grave. as it a Ira bydy
w= at Usieptwhea to magi
lisoes mid dialpeden, vowel& teselle
.1* lea eggradve abate dim the rest et the yew
aide. rade is anything hod brisk, and freights
still • low."

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE GOLD
DIGGINGS OF AUSTRALIA.
By the Overland India and China . Mien we have
received amounts from the gold blew le the be-
ginning of November. The miasma het hen
segasseted a thenesmilsid. the colonble bail us*
coimed. 116 ezbeerdinary endbmsed WIN
• sleekly the eassuneassent at gold lig
discovered at Webowne, Pert Phillip (new wool
Victoria), in sok prodigious &blinders as to lone
the Sydney babes completely in the do& A
eampisee Sydney
had taken piss% to the great is
of the &be mditalm, whisk were daily bobs
deserted ball aims of labourers, who were hurry-
ing away the sew El Dorado i thrombi were
ea their way and hundreds ware aiii2l, even from
California Ira hired by the wealth et
the Vidal& lirevinee. -From mereints the
Melbourne digebee are inexhaustible, whilst the
daily Aid to la& man exceeds la quantity the
meigeold l'lta of
orliCtaillifowrne ia.healbrxiltllll3ool:-
gees Men at et the mince at the end of Gelekb
sad the average Id or earnings of each dipper's
114 t elli
:ear catmrhei rdisatiais
etstri
were c=bgar verb set. Their emir
Flocks, hied%
and the sal gab
she the modemb_lntaliderei.irtAtogel. per
.day at thesa, le WM* be it whole weeklke
=awl gar—neemle Whim
61 PrOlik Valtill:rer=l:
town, the daily amatml Wag
to 3,000 cases Vet
wig=
arrival of gold turikr4esort AO '
of Melbourne was Ma 11 as. 4 &WW, and 1280 a.
9 or. 16 grains ttihmeldllking and Ballarat
diggings, or a t .. et 2,7011 or. 4 dirt. 18 gre.
The quantiq wig, gbh the berme of
diggers; and sew NM blames& etthe rite et
which this was sting he bet that on Ost.
24 no less than 299-stellege peossagere arrived ia
Melbourne by four Wont vete& from Van Dis-
miss's Land. Seeresillem may be barbed of indivi,
moms from lire dieineobase that on Oct.
Ihe brie ambunt of 111111 e. or 1,116 roe.,
eras *tried for ate in the realrere/ Borns sad
Perry, in Bourke.street. The puma I. whorspoe-
session it was stated that a party of wen had ob-
tained it at the Ballarat diggings in the epees of
fourteen days. " Such an arrival " says the Mel-
MILITARY MILLIGRAM'. bonnie drew, "throws all mince quantifier into
CA01741411111 MIT 131•111 LW MI ARNIM 011 INDIA,— the dad, , bat we may mention that • respect-
tlfece the departure of the previous mall the following
ebb spirit merchant at Melbourne retursed
ime bon reported:—Molt, Lout. W. D. Moolors,
b 11. N.i.,in E„,,,,,,, es 20th orNe,„mbe, wit_ to town yesterday from Mount Alexander, who
Vista, Lint. E. Sharpe, Artillery, at Gormand* on brought with him 250 ounces, which he had

well _ •
CALCUTTA, JAM. 7.
Tie yeti 4 drawback to the pleasieg nature of
the am "tail, says the Oeithai Met'. is the
wii.e ititeselible Inn old asbey and
CIDI arlillataffiEllarig:
ote littb &et
ireinisse
,war =IS. bat we ell. 'to saiiplieft2
arrig, herefaselaim =who att;
ties gesgstutieations with which
amesesd, the wrecks in the
of ft Clehatt will,s are glad to
. be erwirsidlaswe
wee
at the the of the bury mune.
is rather smite, and rate of ange on
is Countable to *Ors, bet there in sow
obi* W certainty that Simper will sad prosper.
, and the next ocanese cheerin
Isimentlis world in India. ee
gly, for the
~. Oohed 'Omega Willtilly of the Ist Roe. Bengal
Issiban. bee lest beim a memorial to the Honour-
Alb Court of Direst" rerrowliialf to the. the
Mikis and inatemiditste treatment which he con-
mhos he hes resolved at the head' of Lord Dalhousie
is:being centered from his office of town major,
spied hie wish, and with great detriment to his
=irp mins and interests. The gallant colonel
the appointment of town and fort mulct of
Pat as • reward for distinguished services 1
is tie addend mess wands.

from the recently discovered gold-field
thateurea locality" Mr. Westgarth, Mayor of Mel-
bourne, has stated the daily yield of the mines to be
no leas then the enormous sum of 10,0001. sterling.
" So surprised," says the Argue, " were we at observ-
ing so extraordinarily high an estimate, that we
could not help asking the hon. member for Mel-
bourne whether he had not allowed himself to bo led
away by the excitement of the scene, and to forget
for onoo his usual moderation and eiretunspection.
Tho only answer we could get was to the effect that
ho
Shad not expressed the opinion without careful
consideration, and that he still adhered to it."
At Melbourne the moat exciting accounts were
received front the Mount Alexander diggings, and
the judge for himself.
rapid lieutenant Lad
star
was taking place trout 110•11t1lOb
towards these diggings. A man named Sewell had
returned from Mount Alexander, bringing with him
gold, for which he obtained a cheque for 75/., being
the earnings of fourteen dojo' work. The following
is taken from the Nlclbourno Daily News, Oct. '26 :
A Mr. tette called at our office last night, and kindly
communicated that he had just arrived in town from Mount
Alexander, bringing with him 250 oz. of gold, which he and
four others had obtained in the short space of one week. lie
had 611 os wills him, which, on inspection, we found to be
precisely similar to that obtained at Ballarat, with this
slight difference, that none of the p..rticies were int.dier
than the head of a pin, and gradually ascending to nuggets
about the sine of a Turkey-been.
Tho effect of this news was that nearly every male
quitted for the diggings, leaving few but women in
the town. Many of these seekers had returned dis-
appointed; they all agree in saying that gold is only
to bo obtained after an immense quantity of labour.
In the eagerness to dig, the ground had been under-
mined, and some accidents took place. One man
was killed, and another severely injured by the earth
falling on them; another dropped dead. At the end
of October the gold fever had considerably abated,
and the people were ';:;-,31 the depth,-
I • • • ...xoenng
consequent upon the disease.
Our latest intelligence from Melbourne is dated
Nov. 5, and is chiefly taken up with details of indi•
vidual fortune or loss in the gold search.
From Adelaide news to November 13, mentions
the discovery of small pieces of gold taken from a
piece of quartz, on Mr. Boord's section on the Tor-
rent, about nine miles from Adelaide. Gold in the
pure granular form, and of superior quality, has long'
and frequently teen found in the province, but
hitherto in such limited quantities as not to be a suf.
ficent incentive for a more vigorous search. A bIll'S•
criptions now on foot to be given to the first
discoverer of a gold field in South Australia. At
Adelaide, on Oct. 16, a jeweller bought a quantity
of gold from one of the settlers ; whence it came is a
secret, but it is supposed to have been collected from
the banks or sands of some of the neighbouring
streams.