The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES,

ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.
The American mail-packet Washington arrived zt
Cowes yesterday, on her way to Bremen. Shc
New York on the 6th inst. She had a large number
of passengers, and about 60,000 &Hats in specie,
chiefly for Havre. The news is three dots later is
date than that which came to hand by the previom
arrival, but it is totally devoid of interest. The Nee
York papers are filled with election returns from the
different states, and speculations as to the probable
policy of General Pierce's administration. The lets
York Herald, of Nov. 6, says
With the election of General Pierce the wuik I,f the mere
electioneerer ended. The work of the slot sinus nue be.
gins. WWI General Pierce realise the respeuslidity of his
new position ? Has be the nerve and stattanweliip for the
crisis? Time must answer there questions; area, whiXt
we speculate upon the probable future which Ms before tee,
we must await the denouement of his adminia,ndive career,
to form a just estimate of its probable progn w "ad end. In
entering upon his administration, Genteel Palm cannot
reflect too deeply and thoroughly upon the di mints which
have conspired to carry hint into the Pr, sal atilt chair.
His first step will be his most important one. He
should see to it that it is not hastily taken, to be repented
of when too late to retrieve the error. The oserwlielenag
majority by which he is elected gives him an eppertimity of
acting independently. Though he may not be ab:c to
retain fur his party the entire strengths hicn li.i•contribe:4
to his own success, yet he can, by the ezereise of a prudent
foresight, put the organisation of the deinocrate partyupia
a firm and solid basis, which will endure tar legend Li
term of service. if he had been elected by a 'mail vote,
there might be some justification for the weal pulley of
seeking to conciliate discordant elements, which have an
other affinity than is found in a sympathetic d,.ire (Moro.
and spells. Not so, however, with General Pierce. lie it
strong enough to do right, and will need ao other support
Mr his ',ministration than that which it will summand
its virtuous vindication of the great national proiciplis eke!'
have been so triumphantly endorsed by the peopie in hitches
tion. General Pierce has no time towage in idle andnony
monstrations over his brilliant triumph. He has before him
a future—that future must be moulded by himself, sad IQ
bear the impress of his own intelket. Hemp t:ing depends
upon the organisitioo of his administratCet. We mesa not
of the men merely whom he may call armed him. Theo
is a preliminary question to be settled by him, is advance
of the selection of any cabinet officer. That point ones
safely passed, and the rest will follow easily end tederally
enough. The country is prolific of talent, energy, and
ability, end it can readily be commanded. There ono
trouble upon that point. These who suppose that the list
of men capable of discharging these high function is
limited to the names of those who hese heretofore
either filled those appointments, or elm been the lite-tocg
applicants for them, underrate the intelligence, spirit, sad
energy of the age. The more important—intlced, the
.alls
important—question for the decision of UClltrall
upon what principle will he organise hi, ailinioistrationt
Shall it reflect the national spirit and sentiment ef he
party? He hes been nominated and elected as a Latina
man, upon national principles. let him firmly and
honestly maintain that position, calling around him um
of 'his own stamp—making his cabinet a ;unit—andtre
predict (or him a brilliant and successful echniaistratios,
and for the democratic party a permanent fouthold a the
gleans, affections, and confidence of the Ana. rims people.
If he falters, he is lost; sail his party will in die end haw
more cause to grieve over his ele:tiou, than thy ter
have to triumph in his success. Hu (aide is io ha ..ea
hands.
The following are passages from the tlisgaisiti.r, if
the New York Daily Times :
It is in regard to the foreign policy of his admir,:s!ri!,c
that the greatest degree of distrust will he Olt. the c
s.
menial policy to which his party is pledged will tend to
strengthen the bonds of amity between Eegland and the
United States, and Great Britain will nut risk was lapse
any but the largest said most inevitable nen...dies stun s
country which off, re her the coveted boon of supplying./
millions of people with manufactured goods. The t abut
question presses for solution, and units, the new President
shall resist very firmly the pressure of a very powerful Ka
lion of his own party, he will be very apt to take
or countenance measures in nos couinxi ,n which
will involve serious embarrassm:iits. We theft
very probable that a war with Spain mif be 11P
ag
the events destined to distinguish the incoming "dawn"'
tion ; but we do not believe that any other European rut
could be dragged into its issues, or that it could fail to
result in further accessions of territory to the tinted
sSettattlees.wilth'e Medico—the solution
of whichover,impurti qui.7,otitn. otis 5ta...11
interests of the utmost importance. General Pierce oil!
enter upon his high office with a more general dery 6
kindly feeling from all sections and all parties, thus bat
forb,viingus.u.slaynot be
some
fullyyeare restored passt.l:ll thoughe Monroe
{arty vieeer;
f
fad'd ihere bnce
tnhe
publicften edm don,indo n
That
this
state u
l ot,. d
chi'is hof:i.
be permanent, is not to be expected. Hew lung it elk I.!,
depends upon those upon whom now devolves the mart`,
buoy, with the pore's, of official position.
The Empire City had arrived at New York int!
Havana, but she brought no intelligence of inured
Cuba.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK. Noy: b.
fie stock end money market exhibit much arxr*
without any marked change. A slight iniprovesol
may he noted in the prices realised at the Stork lima
in some tow instances ; but there is less buoyancy this
has been anticipated under the highly satiJactarl
condition of money matters at home and 3h,Jil
The money market during the past we, k has been don:'
terised by still further ease in rates, with improved hut'
ties for negotiating. The demand is steadily iecrews.
but not in the same ratio as the supply. The follocsll
arc the quotations at which paper can be readily posed silt
the discount houses .—Erst-class notes and acceptances...
and 60 days, 51 per cent.; do. 90 days and 4 month..
aecond.clais do., 7 to 9 ; loans on government and
storks, 41 to 5 ; do. miscellaneous securities, 6to .. 1
demand for foreign exchange has been moderate. Val'
London sold at 109 i to 110. Paris, 5.131 to 5.11, Awl.'
dam, 41 to ; Hamburg', 361 to 361; Bream, t'
that C
our•n stockN
.—.l
ihs reducedeand
tocontinuesr •w t hif.o
'"
are large at improved prices. We anle.nee our quotstmsto
on some kinds ie. per lb. The Wes of the week alums!
11,300 balm. o.lct
lantiald c7rhi the s Vs el

Atlenge.
Infrilor
tied. low to go n od li, rids. Guld.
M to i.":"'
i to 9) 11 to 9i :1 .01
id. w to Bond at to 10 9 to 10) ii
hltd. fur to tall-
et 0 KAlN.—Thrra is a good demand for the best ! eepA
.__
wheat of which the stock is light. Common dcarripll,f:
ate moro plenty and not of ready sale, although g T ' .7
Urge operations hats beesmade from store. 113 e is I.-

on. scd wasted fur alibiing purposes. Batley i. '
hos f stirrlf afid rA•her heavy at '72 to 76e. COM NU in- I
wed in velar, wider the effect of light retuipie, tie nrr
rlana it sl to tt3c. for Weston sized, MM Weirs
gang ult.- sure.
Etora.—licrtue the put week nit MOW bee lisea
wive and prwes a trifle higher than st tee demi of die pee.
• ..e, bat with snore frets arrivals, sad She birdman
n..ilee by the rain there was landingsallins is west*
.h, gat the article coskibo bed ea endue tams.
;;n w ti.—To Liverpool then bee lass Mt ensue
!...mess its*. Cotton his bees shipped et le ;
pf... (...1 to ; Soar sod seen, Its. per Ite goods,
, on. To LoLolon—Tdriteo, 3Js. prr; bhdm. ; lnor
.• I, ,„ •Ad. p, r bbl. ; turpentine, 3s. per 2110 lbs. ;
• imiriment goods, ;In. to 30, per ton; heavy goods, oil,
!,, kn. do ; cheese, 354. do ; beef, to ed.
p,r t,r ; eake,2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per bbl. To Havre—
.4lll.lle b4llll, te. per lb.; ashes, 6 dole. per ton;
• w dub. do. ;v. searetarnt goods, 19 dols, do.; dour,
to 7.k. per bbl. To GitaftoW—WLrat. 7.1. To Cali-
&or, 2 doll.. to 2.25 dots.; measurement goods, 60
• W..
foot.

(IT LLICTILIC
_ PLYMOUTH„ MONDAY, 8♦ Y.

.•
'I he African Steam Navigation ompaay s steamer
ru, tit r, Captain J. B. Atkins, strived last evening at
She left tiihraltar on the evening of
oho 14th inst., experienced head wind in
r through the Gut, and has had severe weather since.
n,:ht of the Ist November, between Marne and
'I, the He 11,,pont, Captain Waite, (or Si, rta
1 istenlay Morning. 21st, sri,lv• the Arthur, of
twos Calcutta, going up channel.

TILE STEAM-SHIP LA PLATA.
SOU fIIAMPTON, SATURDAY, Nov. 2d.
This morning Sir W. I'ym, the Superintendent-
to, nerd of Qua/mune, arrived Iron Lon.loo, and, accons-
panii d by Mr. Wiblin, the quarantine officer of the pore,
and Ceram Barton, ITN., proceeded on Ituarel L 2 Plata
p. ea.smone the 1112•11.1/, and to make an inspection of the
saiiitery salt of. the On reaching La Plata they
11, re internam' that two other mem, understood to be in.
eislide Irene the company's ships In the West Indies. had
"tiring the night of Friday, their deaths, however,
of no way connected with the yellow fever. The
iu.,.,..:.ti0n having terminated, a certificate. of which the
u. • copy, was gives to the Collector of Customs,
sae to Captain Barton, R.N., the company's soperin-
tee•liot
"Custom-house, South's"; ton.
"This is to certify that we have this illy been on board
the Ii v; al ss ul steum•ship L t Plata, and have meat care
ciaminid the crew and ennvalesei nts of the said Teasel,
and had that the latter are progressing moot favourably ;
and taring ascertained that there have not been any fresh
cases of yellow fever for the last seven days, we are of
eictimt that the itverior of La Plata is in a most healthy
*tote. and have consequently` el
rekased M
her from quarantine.
Superintendent-Orneral of Quarantine.
WIBLIN,
Quarantine Officer, port of Southampton."
Tritique having thus been given to La Plata, permission
was ansided to enter the desks and discharge her cargo,
, but :he quarantine officers dee mid it prudent pre-
si.ous.y to give orders that she should take a trip of about
ewet mules down the river to bury the dead on board, its
',oleo-nee to landing their remains at Southampton.
Ace.irdingly, about neon. La Plata hauled down the
quarantine gag. got under way, and steamed into the
or,n iswee, where the ceremony of committing to
the deep the bodies of the untirturiate meu wlio had died
was pert. rtned • ith due solemnity; the funeral cutlet being
impristively performed by the Bishop of Sydney in person.
Attie this La Plata headed towards Southampton, and en•
tired the docks about 4 o'clock, the passengers' baggage
twine immediately landed and cleared by the customs and
Oink aunv.rities. The cargo and bullion will be discharged
on Monday.

DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT ADELAIDE.

By the Eagle (Captain Boyce), which arrivedU
yesterday in the London Dacks, we received files of
Melbourne papers to Sept. 1. The Eagle left Port
Phillip on the 2nd of September, and arrived in the
Downs in 7t4 days, the quickest passage ever known,
kw,. 10 days shorter than the bnefest before per-
furm'ed. She brings 150,000 ounces of gold, being
more than double the largest amount brought by any
other ship. From 50,. to 60/. per man was paid to
the crew tor the run home. _ _ .

The Chosen steamer was hourly expected at Port
Philip from Sydney, en route to Singapore.
The Australian, Captain lioseason, the first of the
Australian mail steam packets, arrived at Port
l'hillip on Sept 2.
From Sydney the correspondent of the Melbourne
11, raid writes, on the 2nd of August :—" A gold field
La. been discovered at Bingara, in the Owydir dis-
hier, which promises to rival Mount Alexander
itself. The government have received an important
c.ramunicAtion from the commissioner, Mr. 'high,
. .

hereio he sets forth the rielliteems ores depois-it,
and applies for further essistanee it the way of
police. Just as it was at Ophir and theft's.* great
deal of gold lies strewn about the surbee of the
ground. The distance is estimated at 430 mike
from Sydney, of which the Mobbed steamer die-
poses of 120, leaver' SOO mike of bushy country to
be travelled in thehatlmy you
On the 23rd the WWII dellegestat writes :
"The constitutiemeleeeedlieebew agreed to a bill
whose main features soot 1. A buses of mmeembly,
elected by tllcabitteshise theleopeotoieilheat
property q • sad to 'emit et ertenty-twe
members. 2. • ire ememellet not Ism thee
twenty•one temaus, four to be immtimmla by the
crown. two thirds to have serval IN the haw of
assembly, or the present or late *Oaths ammeil.
"The bhipping Dues Bill have Egmestived the meat
of the Governor General, Port Jositeon is now a hoe
port for the vessels of the world.
"'there is no commercial intelligence; prices realm
generally at last quotations.
The market fur gold is good, a considerable quan-
tity having changed hands at 625. 6d. to 68a. be
toria, and 665. for New South Wales. I has me
confidence in the maintenance of this bait par he
any time or any quantity of gold. Our wee maw
have fallen to the lowest ebb, partly owls, Me We
weather. From the northern diggings the
continue to be encouraging: all we want is rob,
Lion. Sydney is as dull and quiet as it was Wee
the gold discovery. Prices are high, clerks we
gambling, and labourers get drunk upon increased
wages, but that is aIL"
Mr. Wentworth's motion in the New Beath Wales
legislative, to postpone the committee derml=
the reply to the remonstrance sent home in
kat, came on for discussion on the 18th el Aired,
and was rejected by a majority of 28 to 17. Out el
the 2*, 12 were elective members and 16 nomiesea
official and 8 free.

-ACifi.lbo-t-ten;:iiietoria, the first males of govern-1
went land took place on Aug. 18. The bidding*
were must spirited. The lots were 100 in number;
the upset price was 75L, but bids of 50L and 1001. at
a time sent them up to 3001., 4001., and 5001., accord-
ing to site.
rho government (Port Phillip) has offered 1,0001.
to the discoverer of one available coal field.

—A
subscription has been started at Melbourne to
present the captain of the Chump, the first to in-
augurate direct steam communication between the
mother country and the colony, with a silver vase
containing 2,000 sovereigns. Surgeon Alez. Hunter
heads the list with 50 guineas.
The Adelaide papers contain the following highly
important statement of gold discoveries in South
Australia, Ths South Australian Register of the 25th
of August says :
There is now no doubt that at length an ex-
tensive and remunerative gold field has been discovered
in this province. Every experiment that was made yester-
day was uttended with success, although most jealously,
and even suspicioritly, watched by the officials who were
present on the ground. We shall now introduce, without
comment, the account of our special reporter, which will
speak for itself. The extent of country in which the gold
occurs wilt probably be found to be very considerable. It
commences at the sources of the Onkaparinga, near Mount
Crawford and Mount Torrence, sad reaches to the coast, fol•
lowing the line of that river to the township of Noarluogs,
a tract of country net lens than sixty miles in length.
The report furnished to as for general information is as
follows

" YestPrday morning Mr. ?insist (Colonial Secretary),
Captain Freeling (Surveyor-General), Mr. Bonney (Coen-
mix.ioner of Land.), and Mr. M'Laren (Deputy Surveyor.
General), attended by a party of police, accompanied
Messrs. Chapman and by
to the site of their gold
discoveries upon the Three Brothers' Survey. They arrived
at Worland's Ins upon the Onkapannga, at two o'clock,
and, after a short halt, proceeded to the place where the
nugget, mentioned yesterday, was found, It is is a broad
gully, well weeded with stringyhah, sad at the het et •
low range, about IMO miss from W s bah 4 MS end
• half or a mile sod three quarter, sea of the river Oaks.
parings, and three idle hen Belt mega —between the old
and new reads ea the h of the latter. the tree at the
roots of whisk the wispt yes heed le sheet three hawked
yards him the hose et Ideldiere hen. user theoled _
Mr. lierthsma, sad le the thrash" aelithl et
sections 3,857, WS. SA% Ind 3,394. Le hefthjs the
yet pcsitively sesertethel SW I nay set he Meth the
boundaries of sue et these ..thine. This Ida frith be
settled to-day by the cave elle we le haw
Captain Freeliag. the Ones miesjellei ei

. TIIE

iffolfinfidr•filg *lt et 4/4 1101troarra, who had arrived
Beim ,Mresehmil the grouse, at
lifilavtlem we met have bees less thaa a hundred
led poems mem& Is the tome of another
Ma hem fifty to s hawked more smelled the
es that I eertaialy speak within bounds
my that two hundred at the least were
• bate member of these men were re-
Map: tram Forest
mark wan esker fCroreemkunirrodkenßenrodlgo.
nd
IMRE Ibe ewes eel werfam water is the pri-
sms el dm Weal Ihremeary. It produced several
pea halm Ms slog& which Mr. Finniu took from the
eel y.
TA*, aser:rdqyuiaeoldtiedt; aThils
ML Midi roffer to be washed quite clean, but
Vr111111611101•••••• (ore en. as the New South
im asps edll The third eel wee taken from a
=diddle V. MOM wham previous trial had
0.1611 a little edit, bet not so mach as
well be eemamell seemmarativw I then left Mr. Fa mina
mapped k • Imam melt with the ilmoveren, and joined
• perirti vibe were weisams • yaw Male, lately returned
from Utast Alexander. MI bee hies op
_half a dish of
earth from a distant sad Maid gall, MA he washed,
sad obtained from it what ho Mill some ashen of his fra-
ternity prosouneed very emit swim working.' Mr.
Chanter, a well known, and My Orminniffal Mount Alex-
ander man, washed owe dish in ► 11.11 obtained
from it rather • large quantity, • new of two
or three pennyweights. Mr. Carleton, a late resident
at the Victoria Diggiugs, washed a coo* of handfuls of
earth, taken from the surface, and estrosted several grains
of gold. I beard of many other wash*" and was shown
their results. Some of them were greaterthan those I have
mentioned; but l confine myself to what I actually law.
Mrs F nniss after several more trials, which I understood to
be geotrally witisfastory, directed the discoverers to with
an ounce of gold is hie gaaassM..kwing them to take the
earth from the neighbourhood of the tree, which they con-
sidered the richest spot. Each spadeful was taken from
unbroken ground, and only from the surface. Three dishes
were washed together. Mr. Finals* choosing the puddle is
which the operations were performed. An ounce of goad
was obtaioed from nine dishes in somewhat less than an
hoar. It included a nugget weighing b dwts. I have Mr.
Finnies's 'sprees authority (or saying he is quite satisfied
that the plate is au available tad-field, and that the dis-
coverers will probably be entitled to the reward tiered by
government. The washing was perfumed by Weems of the
dish alone. Had there been a sieve and, the Demo of
gold would, of course, have been obtained In less time. Mr.
Chapman wmantious to show other please its various dire,-
Sons, but there was not time for their examination yester-
day. It is stated that the gold field extends for seven or
eight miles at the least.. lie was amble to show his deeper
discoveries, as the hole he had sunk was full of water.
Every returned digger to whom I spoke expressed himself
quite satisfied that the gully was areal gold field. Several
I of them declared their intention of remaining to work it
instead of returning to Mount Alexander. Of the entire
number of persons on the ground, not one, as far as I had
the opportunity of ascertaining, went away with any other
opinion than that a great available gold field bad really
been discovered."

The Regular of the 27th coetinues:—.. The subetance of
the earliest information received by us yesterday from the
South Australian diggings is contained in the following
statement: Up to the hour of one o'clock, p.m., this day,
4.5 licensee had been issued on the ground by Mr. Commis-
sioner Bouncy, although only a single cradle hid mad* its
appearance. The estimated number of persons on the gold
field was between 400 and .iOO, and at Meet 200 persons were
met on the road, carrying tin dishes and other implements
or working tools. Cradles being se indispensable as in
Victarie end elsewhere, many of them are in hasty prepara-
tion. Three gentlemen, well known in this city, deg
up some of the earth, and in one spadeful din-
crested two round nuggets about the sue of
peas. In every spadeful of earth particles of gold
were discoverable. Some visitors said the gold-
field was not comparable to that of Mount Alexander;
but the disappointed were told by others that they were
glad to beer the comparison.' A citizen, resident in
Hindley.street, was said to have collected an ounce and an
ball; and snotty r bad found a thin nugget about the size
of a silver sixpence. A considerable number of persons had
arrived on the ground totally unprovided with victuals,
under the foolish impression that their wants might be sup
plied somewhere in the neighbourhood, where no adequate
oreparation could have been made for the sudden influx.
Msuy persons had sent to tows fur cooked provisions, and
others were compelled to return with empty stomachs, and,
as may be supposed, in no very cheerful humour. A few
hoses will doubtless work a considerable change, as many
experienced hands in town are now bully employed in pre.
partitions of all kinds. A youthful adventurer, who has
had experience sad swam at the Victoria Diggings, paid a
visit to them of the Onkaparinga, and returned to town for
the purpose of making up a party. Warland's public-house
could hot be expected to afford entertainment for so many
hundreds, and the proportion of those who were unprovided
even with bread was considerable. The gold is of trautiful
colour, and in many instances the precious metal &mom•
pained by pieces of quartz as transparent as crystal, and
others which, though opaque, appear to have all the purity
and delicacy of white cornelian.
The official reports of the Colonial Seents27 and Commis-
sioner Bonney confirm the foregoing statements. We have
not space fur them to-day."
The government assayer has received igstructions
to engage the requisite staff and prepare the neccs-1
sary machinery for coining, if that measure should
be deemed desirable. (In Aug.lB no less than 9,488
ounces of gold were deposited for assay, the estimated
value of which is 33,6821., which, added to the quan-
tity previously lodged, gives a total of 956,1861.
the securing of the coming harvest is becoming a
matter of great anxiety. A government laud sale
has taken place, and realised 3,3761.
Three convicts escaped from Cox Creek on
August 18. On the 19th, the police destined
to form the escort to the diggings refused to go
at their present pay, and 22 men, including the
sergeant-major, at once left the force and their kits.
The pay was Be. Bd. a day, the men wanted 106., on
account of extra expenses.
SHIPPING.

AUITALS AT POI? PHILLIP.—AngiId 16: Kestrel,
brig, from Leith. V. Australis, ebip, from Liverpool ;
Randal, barque, from Newcastle; Ayrshire, barque,
from Lerida' ; Augustus Sehnoider, from London, with
the stall of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Minium
Company. 23. Lelia Rookb, from Newcastle. 28. Ore-
long, Wirth, from Liverpool ; Rozburgb Cagle, ship,
from Leeks ; Hero, barque, from Landes ; Rinigrant,
ship, from Liverpool.