The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER.

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yon lolly ostobout to logalitiog the papsent of Pak sites
es tool by lho mt. but art books never looked he
web as mast of all at IMP ossobta, sad they have
obippoil logo quatida of to Nyland; sod be as this
lap biles, the goversoass* an Post to pie sewer
tokens of a Pietism is and stariesrd, to nlkeit our
strtherla Mobs. St I don't think that OM dismal fore-
bodings a moo Naar Melbourne brethren are !hely to be
realised. as the pies of gold is Heglasd, the fineness of the
medals, and the probable establishment of a mint at Sydney,
I will guarantee the banks against all possibility cal • t 0...
It suited the stases, adniiratien of the neighbouring cow-
l Wets, with the exception of the few isolated iptanees 1
have asentiesod, but even thins hate now become savant,
and say that it is the muse of our present healthy posii•i.,r.
• eingula ealacidamee happened with regard to the pas•irg
of the act is question. An Artie* appeared in the Doily
Neva, at the latter end of January Ins,, just alter the set
same into ciperaties, strongly advocating the principle of
the colonial basks beiag allowed to bees notes egainet gold
and reeensmenaing the advantages that the estab-
lishment of a Pat would wafer upon the ou'esies. It
seems as though an electric current of thought had pasty
from loath Australia to the ones of the Doily News. The
editor mum have little thought that we were at that time
enespelled to pus a measure somewhat similar to that he
saggested.

INDIA AND THE CAPE OF
GOOD HOPE.

It is quite emnsirg to witness the eccentricities of the
returned diggers—tire place is full of them. Money ap•
peon m t the slightest object : they are just like ',don alter
• succosehil cruise. They give the most contemptible con-
sideration for thir.p nut extravagantly high, and they tuts
up for 1001. mitts, have tremendons champagne suppers,
and otherwise flare up most extensively. A very stowing
scene occurred the other day—• miecesstil digger accom-
panied his sweetheart to • shop in Adelaide, and, ©Ample-
cootie smoking his pipe, intimated that lie weased to rtg
out the young 1101111•11. The first article he alighted upon
was a shawl. Ile inquired the price of i'., and wes told
that it was 7s. "Why bless you, man," said be, " I want
one about 71.; do you think I am going to di.g.Tme this
young woman by giving her such • shawl as this ? "Stop
• minute," mid the counter jumper, " there is one that we
have pet aside foe Lady Young, hut she has forgotten to
call fur it ; the piss of it is Bt." So a shawl of the same
kind as the rejected gee bet of a different pattern, was
shown, and instantly accused se a great prise by the poor
deluded digger. We have hod weddings without number
for the last four mouths, sometimes es many as • dozen
spliced ham breakiset. All the carriages that the place
con shard are hired for the occasion ; and, as fur the
parsons, some of them an making their fortunes by the
fees they get, for the diners, in the exuberance of
their joy, ere most extremely liberal. You may imagine
that the Adelaide tradesmen here not forgotten to tern
this state of things to • profitable account ; they charge the
nest rumens prices for the commonest articles. You will
be surprised to learn that a pair of Wellington boots are
4/., and other things in proportion. 'lbis comes very bard
upon poor devils with Axed salaries. However it is quite
clear that trade would not have tevived in this extraordinary
, had it not been for the diggings and the hulling
sat, so that out of "seeming evil good has been educed."
By the time you receive this the news of our gold
diggings will in all probability have reached you. At
present they are very promising; but owing to the wet
state of the country from the late rains, operations have
been confined to surface washing, which alone has been very
remunerating, and it is confidently expected that so soon as
the dry season acts in, large quantities of the precious metal
will be obtained, and which will only be preliminary to
further sad mere extensive discoveries, as the country in
that part, which consists 3f beautiful bills extending fur
about 20 miles, is supposed to be highly auriferous. I paid
• visit myself about • fortnight ago, and about fifty tents I
found oa the spot, and many people bard at it. I could
not spare more than on hour to examine these diggings ;
but, while I we. there, I washed three dishes of earth, and
in each succeeded in obtaining soma pieces of gold, one of
which was a tolerably good sine.

The writer of the following 101 l Southampton on
the 13th of May last in the Peninsular Company's
steamer Chusan :

August 20, 1832.
You have no doubt been disappointed at not rseivini •
letter from the Cape, however, it war not my fault, as you
will see. I had written several letters and enclosed them
to you oa the dly we left the Cape. I gave this parcel to
the surge= of oar ship to post for me ; he was en shore all
day, sad, of course, I thought he had dime se he had pro-
mised, but I was much grieved the day after we sailed
when he brought the parcel to me, and told me he had
forgot to post it. I hope, however, you got the letter
which I sent. from St. Vincent, and that this will also
come to head. I shall now proceed to give you a brief &c-
-omae et ear voyage. We lay at Mt. Violeta four days,
owlag to the Propontis getting her coals first, she left on
May 28, we took our departure at 10 p.m. of the 30th. Mr.
Blask, oar second engineer, left us there, and I @sprat re-
turned to Eaglaud by the Teviot, which was expected when
we left. His mean for leaving the ship was, that the chief
and him could net agree. On the 7th of June, we crowed
the Line, sad myself and nearly ell the rest underwent the
shaving operation. At 10 p.m. of the 9th, we passed
the Island of Asuncion, bat not being • very
clear night, we did net pt a good view of it.
On the 21st I hal the tatafortune to get my right
hand severely burnt with boiling pitch, which quite dis-
abled me for tea days. I had, however, nearly finished my
lettere the day before. We subedits Tableßay at Be.tn., of
the 24th. There we bead abase 40 vessels of different
sizes. On the morning of the 26th, the !rereads entered
the bay. Oa Sunday, the 27th, I went en ahem at Cape
Town, which is • very fine plans; it inutlefes several large
buildings—such as churches and chapels. Table Moun-
tain:is sery high, and although the weather was fine white
we were there, we only saw its top two or three times. On
the 28th, the Styx, steam sUip came in from Bimoa's Bay.
At 6 p.m. of the 29th, we left, and the following morning
we had left the land out of sight. From the Cape
we steered south, and soon fell in with plenty of
wet and cold weather. After about a fortnight, we
fell in with a fair wind. On July 3rd, we passed two out-
ward bound ships; one we spoke, which was the Brothers.
96 days nut from Landoll, bound fee Calvet.. From the
16th to the 27th we were under canvas alollll, and often
sailed at the rote of 12 and 13 knots.Oa the 20th, at 6 s.m.,
we sighted the light at Cape o:way. It was then blowing
very hard ; what our sailors called a " brick-fielder," or
laud breeze. We were the leader steam, and also a good deal
of sieves. All Mode wore turned up to take in sail, and
while doing so see pew fellow was blown front the main
=yard mad kto save it Every effort him was made,
buoy and mural gratings was thrown over, bat to no
purpose. Of ewes* the ship was brought to, and one
of the beets Irma& Limstesaat Passes, Mr. Bancroft,
our chief °Mow, and kw sailor, west is wank of the
mss, sad wm a hem the skip he two hams. Great
fear was esteftaYad he the nag of dr best, but after
phisteksseed
mere satiety, we got them soh aWeed, sod ed
ea our voyage. At 4 p.m. we task ea bawd • ad at
la pm. we wore safely anchored ia Put Da.belra
we emend the beads, we saw the omit of
Wawa, es owitgrem vemal, white woe Mesa whim lam
two menthe dm& The sett day we !Mg ea mortdoelhe doer
en board the Charm to prevent the Whet hoordag.
Aimee miebilay woehloped es heard a molt stoemir,, ask
aloe IF the rives Tama Yana, amtaaihd la litiltromaa
aZteaWo kit the Chem the honk sat
oft= at bee wow. Os the Ise wry sea.
the voyage : we had pleat, to dei.v.: lent
Wel that, fir I enjoyed essihst health the
spew. After lawl w bed ear temp te •
Oen, sad this we washiness \ of it is he lb.
eight, whist we demised sheet vaihdeht, mad after
• eft dial of heeide. I shipped as an he ter 10
ddays,og sad the. removed to private lodgings. Oa Oa the lost
aims km/dmailed *a here. Ite
urn se he had se ,lastiseeat dess, het eh= twe me=
Shoe A Ids twerieift eMsweeest so left he the he-
=The Os la • =ft= piss. ft theamm
of the amen. The hairereasse are
is =form, set they seem to heft pl=l* de.
Mew I left the Peet-e•se I went to a . sad
espied ftftelf at Its. par lay, which le rather as hapiwir
Met to rut Ales pug Is Nethaaptae. Of sow say
per
is very lash bee Tess. las sow paying 26e.
per week hr bawd sad , . &aft I kayo ban hors
we have bad panty of Me, the Waffle lies peat tkat
the streets have bees haft as is ask bat the weather
mom sow eettiod. IMs the Oaes very mask, Thew me
s swey bed obasastais here ft Os pm= Sae.
ere of the stet frets= eseeiresse, well of rho
=ft adeg dessriptioe. It is sat soh IS say area a be
est by shisstas after dark. The gebiatieleszt: all the
talk, armederre illail leave the Mora
from the elms Thee se het egaLlnliew Oft raters so Lib-
out a paarifig if the It is sew the wet
seam to the gellaekti,itulet that dew sot debt many that
arrive hfta gibs.

Tint Dear PLAYMATE'S Triousts.—One morning
Charley said, when we got up, this I was the most sulky
Mew be ewe seer. 1 had been afraid, lately, that I was
=tilasmerstralky, but I did not know of any particular
ke ka4 he saying so jut then (though ke had a
teams, as I AGM mat afterwards). So I told bias what I
dieuglibs-diat be bed grown very unkind, and that I would
not bear with it If be did not behave ea he and to do. ll*
mid that whomever he tried to do so I sulked. I did not
know, then, what rowhe had to my that, nor what this
was all shout. The thing was, he had felt uncomfortable,
the night berme, shoat something in his behaviour to me,
and he bed whispered to me, to ask me to forgive him.
It wee quite dark. mid I sever beard him ; he
Said MI be tare and speak to him ; bat I never
stirred, of course; sad no woad,' be supposed I
was milking. If I had been good-tempered I dare say
all would hare gone right, but somehow everything asemod
"i wrong
and be uncomfortable wherever I might be,
and I wee always longing to be somewhere else. Iwas
longing now for the holidays. I dare my every boy was
loosing for the holidays ; but I was particularly, bemuse
' everything at home wee ao bright, and distinct, and shaerful •
emspered with school that heirloom. Everybody seemed
to have got to speak thick and low ; Most of the birds
Permed be have gore away ; and this mails me long more to
see my turtle doves which Peggy bad irromieed to take are
of tbr MO. Even the cherish boll seamed as if it WSW Ma&
; and when the organ played there IMO greet sin fa
Om music, which was so spoiled that I used to think I had
rather there had been no music at all.—Diebose's Homed o',
Melia by Me thriast.• bit..
Tar. MnoiAt.—A letter from Bruhn, of the Jlat,
states that the Medial mot losChs Lis eat at 'Marty, not-
withstanding the promisemode by the Grand• Duke of '
Tuscany, the King of Pisgah has matins:VW N. Visdom,
his ambassador at Rome, to Topa, to Florence end renew
his representations to the Oraed•Dt.ke.

Th• dried et the Dwelt Referred Mr* Mee re.
read to the Liest..o*entee for tremolos.* W bar
Mofeoseitotroreratt, the tellewieg pithy rda or
•

"Ws, the solnisten sad elders of the Date& liolkeined
Church of South Africa, in Synod assembled, haelog ob-
served in tb• Letters Patent, published in the GONlfilnefti
Gasette of this seleey, this title given to the Chief Pastor of
the Cohort Church of Busload and Ireland at the Cape of
Good lisps—' Lord Bishop of Cape Town ;' having alas seen
the sham, at, published by authority, that the 'Diocese of
Cape Town contains • population of 7450,000 souls,' which
must coasequestly include the whole population of this co-
linty and the Taoist countries; \solos farther observed the
designation vim by the said Bishop to himself
The firstßishop of tho Churab of God io this'
land ;* and having, moreover, perceived from an
official despatch the claim to precedence made by
him, and the rank allowed him by her Majesty's
Secretary of State,—deem it necessary, at this our first
meeting after the ereetion of s bishopric of the united
church of England and Ireland in South Africa, to declare,
in order to prevent any misunderstanding as to our enact
position, that,—whilst the Datch reformed church, although
the oldest and by far the most numerous religious body is
South Africa, claims no precedence to any other Wench of
the church of Christ, and is desirous to li•e in peace, har-
sway, and brotborbood with all who, although differing as
to outward forms or principles of church government, main-
tain, with her, the grand principles of the Reformation,—
the will not acknowledge the title of any minister of reli• I
gion which involves a claim of superiority, or of territorial
power, over her own bishops or people—car will she re-
spent any claim of precedence made by any religious body
whatever.

" Thua declared in Synod, at Cape Town, on the 2nd
dal linf
aczeemardr, iyn the
ut year
hority.offorlairSyMod of the Dutch
Reformed Church to South Africa.
" Wu. Itunaarsos, D.D., Moderator.
" I'. E. F.tviix, A.10180f."