The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The following is an extract of a private lore.
dated Stanley-street, Melbourne, Chri,tmas, 185 l :
Tell the starving thousands in England we will
them a cordial welcome here. We want labourers. Cora
over unit help us. Our crops are rotting on the ground 14
want of hands to gather them. Our thousands and tee. of
thousands of sheep are going unshorn tor the same reason.
Our flocks and herds are being boiled down merely for the
(at, becau.c we have nut sufficient population to eat them.
Our public buildings, roads, bridges, and works of all Lind
are suffering fur want of workmen. The quantity 0(101
that is being dug up is truly astonishing; one ship that but
just sailed from this port to London took three tons weigh:
of gold, all of which has been dug principally by labounno
men. Mr. Jones got about 501. in five weeks. I have not
been yet, for I don't like to give up what I am doin.t.
send you a small lump of gold ; it is from the Bunning.
yong district, about 60 or 80 miles from Melbourne. It
wcs given tome for • shirt.pin, but you can either get apm
put to it or sell it. You will see there is a bit of the stone
vowing to it. Many people here have pins put to theta
just as they find them in the earth.
lam truly sorry to say that intemperance prevails to a
great extent. Many of the gold-diggers are squandering
their money like dirt. They think no more of 51. than if
'it was • sutpence. Every one coming here should be a
teetotaller.

Mrs. Chisholm's plan of emigration is an excellent one
Captain Chisholm is now in Melbourne, engaged in the
same work. We had a very hot Christmas day. I think
the weather glass was 115 in the shade. What a contrast
to you! We had leg of lamb and green peas for dinner.
and plum pudding and cherries afterwards. We thought
of you, and spoke of you all at the time. You would all
do. Tinkers, tailors, barbers, bakers, coachmen, muckmai,
carpenters, masons, mantua-makers, cooks, drapers, bonnet-
builders, shopmen ; indeed any men but lazy men. Re-
member, it is a land of gold !

RELEASE OF MR. O'CONNOR.—Yesterday the tom-
mittee reassembled at 1 o'clock, Mr. Walpole in the chain
and ezamined Dr. Tuke on the proposed committal of Mr
O'Connor to his care at Chiswick. Dr. Tuke stated that fill
the necessary arrangements had been mark by the friends
of the unfortunate gentleman fur that purpose, and that he
and Miss O'Connor would give an undertaking that Mr.
O'Connor should not be removed from the asylum with"at
' the sanction of the house. The committee (as will be sees
by our parliamentary report) having reported this to the
house, an order of the house directing that the member fur
Nottingham be discharged from the custody of the Sa-
ges's:it-at-Arms was placed in the hands of eaptain Gossett,
who, with Inspector Beckemon, proceeded to execute it
forthwith, accompanied by Mr. Bell and Dr. Take. The
latter, addressing Mr. O'Connor. very cordially told hie
that he had obtained the permission of the Speaker to
permit him to go out and dine with him and some friends
at Chiswick. " Oh," said Mr. O'Connor, " I'm delighted.
You've got leave, have you ? You're a good fellow—
you're a brick. Tell them to save my dinner
here. Let's be off." They then proceeded along the
river corridor into the principal courtyard, where. with
Inspector 13eckerson, they entered Dr. Tuke's brougham.
and drove along Palace-yard just as—at a few minutes Wt
six o'clock—the stream of members passed through Palace,
yard. Mr. O'Connor, leaning forward, recognised wveroi
members, and saluted them with vehement gestures. Prior
to leaving his prison apartments he discharged his score
with the " kitchen," amounting to about 6/. for the w, rk,
out of a 201. note, saying to the person he paid, jocular!.
" There, take that, you ruffian ;" and in settling with the
barber who daily shaved him, said, " Ah, you're a h"
fellow, fine eyes, fine hair, line head, and all for a shilto:
—there, take that, you ruffian." During his confinement
he has written several orders fur the vtranger's and
has consumed a quantity of snuff. The only thing of vale'
besides some notes and a carpet bag in his poasession, es,
port of ornamental brooch to secure Scotch marls, with an
inscription purporting that it was presented by persons
scribing themselves as "the fema:e chartists of Aberdeen.
THE MlLlTlA.—Yesterday a government bill was
printed to suspend the general and subdivision meetings
relating to the militia until the 4th October, 15.53. 97 a
proviso, proceedings may be had during such sir:pension by
an order in council, should they be necessary. d
THE NIGHTINGALE.—Otto Goldischmidt, I•:'l..an
Madame Ooldschmidt (Jenny Lind) have arrived at Fen'
ton's Hotel from Liverpool.
POWER OF VEsTRIES TO MAKE 111611 WAY..--M
the usual weekly meeting of the Vestry of St. Pascoe,
li-
J. E. Wright, Esq., in the chair, Mr. Manning moved that
the vestry should adopt the act 5 & 6 Wilbert' IV., car. 51'.
to consolidate and amend the laws relating to highway. and
, to elect a board for the management and repairer highdPls
j within the parish. Mr. Manning rontenitisl that the Weal
• act gave the vestry no power to rase more than one penny
in the pound, whereas the vestry during the last year hO,
one item of 5,9201. in addition to the one penny in In,
pound. The parish of St. Pancras was the only one in
th
th,
metropolis that was not under tb is act. lie trusted
vestry would at once see the propriety of .itanimot.o,Y
adopting the resolution. The resolution was worded !
Mr. F. 11. Smith, and, after a long discussion, the motion
was put and lost by a majority of 23 to 3.