The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-14 00:00:00

I.IIIIPRESB, MONDAY. EvENINO, MAY 14, 1855.

141TRAcT FROM A spnog OT 'PRINCE
ADAM CZABTORTSKI,

TM Bleak Ball peat, Cllkaspiaa al as Baas, the
arrival of whisk la the Mornay was eassuaried co Saturday
la the Do* .News be advises BosaKelboarse to the 16th
of February, bolsi &tent days War elm by the overlaid
I The Champion t.f the fiaas breaght 44 table mad 156 la-
Measedlate asinaeon, 46,718 Guess of gold, and 4,000
aglare la spade. Herr caw laeludad 2,167 bake sad 156
baits of wool, 227 asks sallow, 10 halm obeepokias, SO
packets hops, sad mime reimposed meaufestaree.
The Mask Ball Royal Mail Ship, James Bsiae, Captaia
Charles li`Deasell, whisk sailed hem Liverpool at aorta,
ea ths 10th of Dsesmber, with she Australia* mails, cam
mirth°, ia Mohacs'. Bay oa As remiss of the 12th of
Febraary-034 days from Liverpool, or day reader her
matramed time—the mast extraordinary passage ea record. I
86. esporieased Bathing bat light +lads the satire mysie.l
Tao Peed. steamer, whisk left Loads 16 days before
the James Balms sailed, had .at arrived out on the 16th of
February.
Th.loidtindor, Maria.., Shallow, Gleamaaaa, sad the
hisses% from Llverprol, sad the Canaan and the Ammon,
from Logan, had arrived at Melbourne; mad the Lady
Flora IrDeasid, from Liverpool, at Lammeetoa.
The Yuma, Ifslitb, ILA', Ammo, Bwat Cloud, Stebon-1
biota, sad Hiisabsth Ouddard, had smiled from Malbostas
foe Lauda& _ _

'zinnia= AT TIM ANNUAL PUBLIC lIINTUTO OP TIN
rousts autromoaL sanity Jur PAWS. ON ma 31a
INSTANT.

Attar dwelling at some length on the fallacious ex-
pastime of Poles with r.gerd to the present events—after
desalinise the who bet ominous glebes of the Polish
nation, rad its readiness to avail itself e 1 • favourable o
immunity to stoke off the yoke of its , and allud-
ing to the eoulldence with whisk be is vested by the g
votheents of the Allied Powers, no lees thee that of Ids own
coantrystee, mid the order sad organisation which prevail
among tie Polish emigration, the Palau proceeds to speak
sp follows:
" Oa the isepeasieu of the coeferesses at Vienne the war
is to be earritd es with vigour. Tbh, however, doss
wither emulate nor assure the fate of Poland. The Ger

manpowers have not. y la; as i ;n7e;esrS,pToiCieto74
last word. Oat of eonsideratios for their own safely they,
above all, ought to be most favourable to the restoration of
I Poland ; and yet, inatrary to their obvious interest,
the
Genus pawn obstinately persist ia Wilt blind loitdit.
sad hatred @aslant as. It was to satiety then that the sane
of Poland was studiously avoided, and was even pre.
vented from being apphied to military formations.
The Turkish government. though sincerely favourable to
our owe, Omagh 'dearly sad firstly menaced of the is-
porta.", of our eo-operatioa, was neither able to allow the
Poles to feria a distinct phstaak, not open to them a geld
fur useful activity, eseept under an unmet AIMS, which
would not affect diOnnatie seaosptibillty. The Pules tikes
prisoners from the Busman army were treated with narked
coldness sad iadifferenee in the camps of the elite& Poe a
long tins they were risfased to be separated from the !Las

The ship Gipsy Bride, from Liverpool, after making a
lee; pump, arrived at Port Polity, Reads on the 12th of
Psbasry, sad was at 011C11 placed in enemata' at Queens-
cliff.. &meta deaths it. reported to have taken plant try
typhus fever on the voyage.
The Shalimar woe to leave Melbourne for Liverpool ea
the let of March. end the Indian Gleam es the 3rd.
The 111111101•11ritara of revenue toe the port of Melbourem
for the month of Jimmy last. was 67,3491.; receipts Iran
Pildtairb
Tau news of the battle of Inks/masa bad been rtesived at

Mans, oar wen their entreaties for perrobsion to fight
against their oppression listened to by dm authorities. Oar
ressoustraaces is this respect wen for away months with-
out the lust avail, and it is only quits rotoeutly that our
plowman, Fromm and Ifoglaad, sisal numerous
palm as have distantly szpeemsd the iris et
sothip
of publis disla in behalf of Poland, appear to
be bath news namable and rase, lespaed to waist

sad support the *gifts awn ihemimg fo Turkey entirely of
Poles. It is to Men leglese Net ear seentryinen, bulb
prisoners of war and esisatems tram ado= the refugees,
see seat, at the espease of tbs goverement, provided with
atlas sod deader These encoungemeets, as well ea other
circuseduases, NM to make it isimmentamt upon us to avail
ourselves el the opyertweity abided et ea WING
oatmeal Iwo be the Melody of our freirtitle-ti the sees
of war, in saw te =evince the world that the Polish
spirit is est imbued, but fall of vigour, up=
winch me aim may safely rely. For, absurd dough it
may appear to us, it is nevertheless due that doable
about it have gen* abroad. Veda's emends of our =use
have mideavoured to throw epos us esteem sad mediae,
ening teat the Poles of old were no man, that only want
and destitution ands the refugees turbulent, that the
osedety was reseasiled with its yoke, a= left off lemelag
fler its indepeadenes. The prudent sad rattier eloquent
dies= of our ontatry, whisk deserveth the greatest praise,
and might to have neared for it in the face of Europe more
weight sad importance, they attribute to the want of vitality,
a= reset that it is not worth while to thins sheet
Felend, to be costumed about its restored= se
In (my way tel upon it, sines Poland is 14t •
deed and biuW corpse, post reanimation by say
gnillied galvanism. The country, however, ought, without
Miedieg the= absurd afeerttose, as I have frequently =-
Odd eied eseenteeended, to persevere is Its assumed atti-
tuder add ale be tempted into any frivolous and rash
seemmemt Ent it behoves those Poles, who being abroad
sad at bent te set as tees tbink hove. them to
gestate these Sees, malicious, sad unfounded inipstatioae.
Yes, se Mere verbal refutations are sot sidemen% in the
peemaddreamstances, it appeared to be becoming, nay,
etestaidycleissesst7 let the farthersese of our natiosal
cause, whites install= up= wiedidoes which siihr et deci-
dedly sees= the restoration of Poland, to prove at the some
time by se oddest fact that there is somebody entitled to
reset= that security. Neither is it inexpedient to show to
our ooaatry that without affeetiag in the lei= its cos-
adieu, we who enjoy here more freedom are not Weill
sway in idleness and apathy. To sent this, there were tot
the present so other means than to enlist into the regi-
ments, which though called Cossacks, are chiefly composed
of Poles, who have thus an opportunity &faded them to
be armed sad drilled under the command of their
owe ridden. At the head of these regiments
is a countryman of ours, who during his stay
of many peen is the Hut has with a rare and
stale= ability, secured to the Polish cause en
uncommon ascendancy, sad who sow, being unable te
promote it insny other way, has eadesvoured to rend. r a
earn= both to Turkey and Poised by the forma, ion of the
Cossack regiments; and though the interest of his presto=
sovereign is pusmount with him, he nevertheless bas waver
ceased to be a Pole in heart, and to labour for the besedt
of his former country. To topples toeether with him dime
sew levies, General Count Ladislas Zemoiski is appointed,
whose seal, perseveranee, and unbounded devoted-
asse to his soustry's cause is well known to yea
all. The aeloaaesseat of a speedy departure el• ble
llefeety, the Emperor of the French, and the Im-
portant emits and resolutions which his presages Is
the Bent may bring forte, gave an additional weight to the
above niestiosed motives, which prompted on to demand, se
far as it was possible, more explicit declarations with regard
to Poland, and, at the ease time, show ourselves more
actin on a field where oar owe fats, as well as that of
Europe, might receive • fresh =pal= Under such circus
steams I thought that it was usher:online for us, nay, eves
Injurious to our COW, to stand by in absolute inactivity, and
that the Wogs's, by avoiding to participate in i be events of
the day, did not, sad could not, inspire a duo cow
fidesce and esteem. I considered it, therefore, ad-
visable to prompt on these of our countrymen who
were desirous of coafronting the foe, to encourage the sea.
batiste= for the Bast of those more ardent and impatient
fallow-brethren of ours, who were requiring motion, and ea
opportunity for the display of their devotedness and activity.
To these my words were particularly directed, and not es
there, who, having their anintenanee secured, would est
wish to give it up without some positive muddy for the
(stare, which, I am sorry to repeat, is not realised as yet.
But is urging others I considered It incumbent upon me to
give the example, and thought the moment nigh, whoa I
could not detain any longer with me my son, whom my
fellow-brethren and colleagues have long since demanded.
Bonier or later you will learn, gentlemen, that he
went to begin the career of service id duty, for the proper
discharge of which I brought him up, and endeavoured to
reader him fit and capable. Do not refuse him your kind
benevolent wishes, and a pious prayer to God for his
seem& But, at this very moment, things have again
assumed a different aspect, have again taken a different,
perhaps Only momentary, turn. 8&W, lam not able to say
anything about it, for everything alms to be sus-
pended in the gloom of doubt and uncertainty. In
sosoluding, I have bat to repeat the words with which I
began—that Providence bath is store for us bet inecratable
views sad domes, her peculiar ways through which she leads
mankind to the ends of her justice. God only.knoweth what
is sad what ought to be. His grace and almighty will have
jest preserved and saved the Emperor Napoleon front being
lorrfblymurdered. Let us thank God for it fervently ; for
the Emperor, led by a higher destiny, is the only reigning
inenatek who, having experetased adversity himself, pro-I
serve= ea the throes a magnesium= sad sincere fellow-
iseting fir the ushardinate =does, and is now in this world
oar only sad sole protector and defender. His star light-
meth our path ; thereaore, strong as we are us faith, let
us not loss hope, feratter the derbies, et seeped* and on-
artainty, the dawn of aloes progitiens hopes for Poked
may, perhaps soon, =expectedly band forth epos cis."

/labourite with great eathuseole.
A goverseneut ateurt arrived at liekbeetnte as the 12th of
Pehntarg heat Bosetworth, aad brought the Mowing
»tam, vii.:—

Quality.

- .
• Nem of Gold. Cash No. if Let
Geld-field. os. dwt. L e. d. Receipt.
Beeeittertk lAN 0 .... 430 0 0 .... 4.266
disake Valley 7 10 ....
lieeklead Rivet 373 10 434

T0ta1.... 8,333 0 £430 0 0
The Ballarat orereepoudeut of the MeMossrese Argus states,
"New denims have bath oommeacted shoat two lailes t.
the westward of Wardy Yallock, whisk are mid to ham
proved lustily sestuaerative to the few mereasd se yet on
thus. The sinking te to the depth of 30 or 38 feet, sad the
yield, is propels& to the populatios, averages us yet some
.25 MUMS per man. I antherely hope thea kid may malls*
all that is espeetad from it, 41 some frith impetus is math
waatial to stemmata toe poor aad ssasesrafal Moen,
who amuot emetioue the eapeusive and deep sinking sow
is awe ore Ballarat."
♦ earrespoadmet, toting " Ceatlamaise. February IS,'
ego : " I ham just had &militate' sad reliable isfeematias
Mom Fryer's Creek, of a most maguillorat mune% foaled
ore Chokes' Flat, sear Murderer's Fiat ; it wirdahs 272
oases' of pare solid gold, ad the amnesia dessribes it to,
be sash a he sever saw beton ; it appears se if beaten by

the issideethth IS Is now deposited with Mr. Heron, 011,
resident erthmkalther thin. The holes, too, adjoining
' that it matins hum, an paying wonderfully well—fear
or lee theme to the tub, and mon at times ; there was a
Myth assemeneed there, and some fifty drays were loath,
ha to-day from Foist Creek and other asighbotwhoods."
From Fryentown, we kora that a party of diggers bed
some upon a nugget of gold, weighing TIM., and per-
' fatly in the form of a shell. 11 wee found la some old
pesad in New Year's Flat, not far from the Bald H.L.
Ind the same ground which wasinslied to so eat/naively two
years since. Thine can be so question than is pthelg
of gold in the same quarter, sad, as the fiats sue
pretty dry, they can now be worked to advantage. This
locality has been long overlooked and neglected, but thew
iparties who ass acquainted with the district maintain OK
we only want a steady rush to make it equal to Simeon% Id
any other of our popular gold fields. Lately some very
heavy fiede of gold have been made close to the township;
else at the back of the comatheither's a aegis& was fossil
&toe, Gambit 11 oz , eon two Mery 12 ea , end ,pine party
washed out 18 os. in a single tab. We have else saner
disary amounts from the Bald Hill ; dOlbe. weight of Irthi
was take. oat by three men la three weeks, and many edema
are making handsome wives.
The following account of the progress of the Anstralies
gold mines is given by the Mime ilikpostissr :—" The
population on Spring Creek increases steadily, sad su►
rat parties of misers are delving with snesess es par•
tally worked land. Toe new rush at thejaastion ea Spring
Creek is going on very prosperonsly. Teen are sot kes
than 400 diggers at work there at present, sad, if repeat
speaks true, they are dna' very well. We have as im.
portaat intelligence from Beth's Creek. Several parties
have left and are now Minim ha the Woolard Creak." A.
earrespoadeat at Soaks Valley writes:—" Things are re-
suming their former appearnee again on this meek, a great
number of the diggers having returned from the rub at
Spring Creek to settle dowa in the old spot." TM misers
ea Yeakaadandsh diggings us going on la their usual
steady sod isdastrioas way. At Buckland great dulness
has existed in milting operations, nearly the whole of the
available ground in the river being oesupied, and the spots
of dry sinking at present in working being nearly subsumed.
Seedy Creek is almost deserted. We have no iatelligeace
either from the Omso or the mythical digging. of Monet
Hibb.i. The gimeral health is not so good as might be
with* bat not wine than is to be eapeeted at this meson
K OW pest.
The lithdand papers state that great salinity prevails
slowsbust Me Waters districts I. the wool trade. This
mails to steadily pouring into Portland, from the laterite
god liii the other western ports, for aimed to London.
.ell cargoes theme are also frequently arriving at Mel-
bosses in the emoting sehossen. Shipments are being
seas et lop quantifies at Heeleag.
tie eijki Gowns of Van Dismea's Lead, of the 6th
contain a pragmatics by his Ithoelleney the
Ksommin. W which the council, which steed prorogued
MIK ihsTilk Blank is further prorogued to the Ist of May,
KIM the NM dimmoil is to assemble for the dispatch of
WWII •
&spa* arida is Sydasy, on the 7th February, M
isliliallislisesmort a dissolve the Legislative Council, in
MOW ti SKIMOIIII saw Ccesthatiee Bill to the tees of a
otheml sthsien.
The Wry papen report the death of Mr. Charles
' Wiadeyer.
The Australia& panels described the matinuanes of ex-
tremely bet weather, and the mearrease of 'request sedge&
' deaths from sunstroke. Bight each as. had occurred is
fydney, gee at Maitland, and six at Faramatta.
air William T. Anima held his first levee at Sydney on
the 2nd of February. It was aumetemly attended.
The worthless of the Commerelal Bank at Hebert
Tows, at their animal meeting, held en the 31st Jas., de-1
eland a dividend of 10 per seat. The ,were fund is stated
at 30,0001.

3

MR. EANCocrs ✓EWELS FOR TEE PARIS
EXHIBITION.

Nature gives VI diamonds in the rough. If society
took a tithe of the trouble with ma that It does with the .
diamond it would cut a much better figure than it does, and
present a mush more brilliant steeled*. No doubt them
are sermons in stones, and the. s presses steam sparkle
with meaning—their dusting brilliutay being an irresistible
comment upon the importance of polishing the rough ram t
material—of educating in short. We
glittering stone without falling late this train of thought; 0
the display of diamonds we saw on /Wordily gave ries is
crowd of snob though... Bet toodeelserels. To eame•
hundredth part of the beautiful things we saw at Mr. Het-
coek's is horsed ur means. The firm (Neat that attracted .
our attention was • diadem of diamonds, belonging to Mr.
Hope, with • very rare blue diamood in the centre, known
as " the Hope diamond." gime idea of the sin* and beauty
dike stoats in this diadem may be formed when we inform
our readers that this graceful ornament is valued at the
enormous sum of Ifty thousead guises.. We were neat
shown a diamond stomacher of great beauty ; then a ankles*
of verybrilliant stones,soine the principal ones being known
as cabinet stones (Metres de cabinet). Clearer or more
brilliant stones than these we have never seen. The neat
objects that we admired were, • diadem, stomacher, and
necklace of diamonds and oriental emeralds—all objects of
ilBl4OBBB vale.. We were much struck with the good
efeet predeeed by settles a row of diamonds between two
rows of pearls, and were shown a very elegant diamond east
peed booklets formed in this , valued at 2,600
glamor. We also Batista • very striking diamond
although simple sat Amiga. Ildr. Maneuek has originated a
very 'genies made ad setting mega precise. atones, whisk
cousin I. shwa isolation the stoao from Me seisieg. and
la, es the seems of elegsecre, to be greatly peeferreit to the
Method hitherto adopted of imbeddiag the 114044, is the
silver. We were also shown, at this stab ialtmem, the box
of orders and stars taken eat of Priam Menu:biker* ear-
rises after the battle of the Alma. Besides jewellery, Mr.
Hancock has forwarded to Paris *evert! works of art In
silver; ansoapt other., • group in silver teermeatfin
Napoleon I. traversing toe Alpe. This work was
sealed by the present Emperor of the Pleat&

WEST END AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY.

On Saturday the ordinary general meeting was
held by aujjeareasaas, at the Albion Tavern, Aldine-
gate• t. tee the trenstation of the ordinary bwootaa of
me company, and specially for the purpose ut taking into
osasideration terms of arrangement with the London,
Brighton, aid South Coast, the London and South-Western,
and the Westminster Terminus Railway Companiesand the

Crystal Palace Company t for the purl-sow of oividing the
mating snares of the eumpaey into deterred and guaranteed
inane and also fur the purpose of taking into coustaeratien
a bid now poodles in parliament fur authorising arrange-
MOMS with the above companies ; Mr. B. Biala presided.
The following is an abstract °lda report of the directed% •
which, haying been already eirculateo lasongat the elan-
hoiden, was taken as read :
Op to the COWIIIOOC4IIIA. at tot the winter the weeks steadily ads
Mame It was then, Weaver, fined seressery to sleeken operations;
mils In emeequense of the osnanued prernre so the money markets
W wise adverse airemestama it keesms evident that .reps anal
be mews to testae the euriusis diffloultler which maenad themselves
• Vie early ampalics et the dm. Wan the view, the meanies
=imneetiatioes with the lirtgaton and South Western Railway
end the Crystal Palace Compaay; aid the foil nine Sr.
rimgemente ham bees made with tsar companies, subject to the
=il et the proprietors. It it proposed that the Wiut Lundcn and
Pena Beltway to pan: spell asr eat ue, Mar line from Use
IMAM with the enema !Leeway at Norwood station to the rum-
ens wok the duoth Western hallway at Weeny/mill Common; end
shell km the me al the South Western Railway from the latter point
to the %mash and Waterloo stations. In order to give eC ct to this
ernmeMalts it is proposed that the Sent. per annum and other re.
able monk* to Me West Loudon and Crystal Pease Company
wise the samba ',urethane with the briers= Company es well se
tie set pelts et the Crystal Palace sal lend tratbo, aludebe divided
between this West 'sedum and the South Western Campania in the
propose kereeelmthiriesstes to the Wort Lamm and seeen.ibirteentir
to tbe BMW Wears ; the south Woman Company under.
taking gamma. whiltienal WWI of mils and ample mcounaudation at
tae Veathall and waterloo stations • et the letter. by erecting au 41411.
plaint etatim on the aunt fend abutting an York-roads and
siteseed tie wets from the foot of Wastestrunerabridge. It L also
prepense that ask Proprietor who Ms paid the IL per share alreedy
@BUM eg Shall have the Ninon of dividing hi. 101. sharer Into twice
thereafter et saxes et IL each, to a • stiegulehat respite 'rely as
A., It doknoll. and B , or guaninteed shares ; the B. (not yet paid
so) es be gesessesed a preferential divides& at 74. per cent, and the
A. Wait sp) ea if. all further Menem& ll'he 8., or guaranteed
ohms% M be she added to IL per emu per seam oa tde imam
pad Mame et mil Midas theeemmumits Mae lies. Im
the waste umilor d shims to he se divided. time will be req posing
to wrier te pea& a dividend 7 per sent. on twit the
essiteled tie mregeig (pt ihkeeM.), the SUM of IMMO& per swam.
Ito seeranther empplsag Ws ass : 4,000. per amuse, Wag
whim at the ummalMl Soh h Brighton lope trona Maya
reseaw on .bat teak immig trim as aortas aid demi lies.
Crystal Passe arid Lam yeah Beyond this, the pia
presee et the Crystal Priem hem agreed to allow, be
the 80. an, whlek imam be melee to the
IPrembitere of the West Lemma Ibillway for every perms,
sea~ weer their line to the thyseM Mem a further min of M.
pit pesssaige CS say number ma sereseleg MAW per annum Met
may be neemery to sake up the vas et 12,111.04. As upwards et
101,000 Whore were serried to the Cr, mai Pall** by the brighten
Sas le the Sat WM Meths atter Its Opening, there can be no doubt
tbst this ansigeMeet le ample to /mermen the 7 per cent. to the B
sans, lodepesimuly of all other 1100.11. The three...me however,
basing carefully mmidered the palm imam of this railway,
esemetne is It dem the Mines nese Westminster-Midas with that
leselennelddes end wisegblikeh es it must, a residential and ma-
'am bus thesabeelie mead Imindoe, dinar in of. aerate' wr
the lamas loflway; Its ambient' .y for the continental bailie
d tic Illesth Illerlere Mune) sea the Mime tank of the Mid'
Metals meelsar the west end et land= ; and, seeing Ont. the
tilS Brighton Onspany tor working the orals, ark:riament Mew, IfieL al rev creel Is wall find its way to the
mean et Oh emapasy, depress their conviction Met, independently
of the agreement with the eternal Palace Cumpany, there will tw se-
cured, over sod mom the guarantee of 7 per cent. on the B Mans, a
very satiefectory dividend es the A shares likewise.
1 be statement in aspect of capital to December 31 showed
receipts on deposits, all., sale of materials, and interest,
46.8601.; end an elpendilore, in parliamentary and law
Merges, engineering, land, dc., of 41,8321.
The Cntaiintax moved the adoption of the report, and,
in answer to a question put by a proprietor, stated that if
the arrangement with the South-Western Company should
be affirmed by the shareholders and by parliament, the
temolous originally proposed at Bs:tents would be
abandoned.
The motion was then put u
and carried unanimosly.
The heads of the proposed bill were siterwarde teed and
aManed, after an esplasatson by Mr. Bolder, the mignon.
(reiterative, bat in somewhat more detail, of that given in
the report), as to the sources from which the shareholders
were to expect their dividend.
Bit M. Faro, one of the contractors for the line, intimated
that It would be open (or traffic nest summer (1846).
Five hundred pounds was voted fur the remuneration of
the directors, after which the meeting adjourned.