The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

PANORAMA 01' THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD

FIELD.

A panorama of the voyage to Australia, and of the
gold fields district, at the Antfipdean colony, wee opened
yesterday to private view, at 3M, Regent street, and the
speculation " being in all respects one Just now mast likely
to attract great attention among intending emigrants, there
can be very little doubt that it will amply repay the enter-
prise in which it has originated. It is a very genuine affair
altogether ; and, with some little amendments in manage-
ment, must prove directly useful and instructive to a
large class. The Australian portion of the panorama is
painted in an effective, though not even in the most
finished panoramic style, from sketches taken by Mr. J. S.
Prout—not the Prout, but an accomplished ma. The
marine and introductory series of views era by Mr. T. 8.
Robins and are about the finest of the kind we aver saw.
The " Natural History "—an extensive department in the
filling in of the rest—is by Mr. 0. Weigel], and is very good
also. The views in the colony include the principal towns
and harbours and settlements, the routes to the different
" diggings," and the " diggings " themselves. Perhaps
there is not suet orreetnees in the scenery and colouring,
=fudging from what we know by books and by per-
descriptions of Australia, we fancy we observed
many aeon a notorious fact—such as in the sire, dress,
and arms of the natives and in the undue amount of
foliage given to the trees—but the authenticity of the ge-
neral scope and outline of the panorama is guaranteed by
the statement that Mr. Print has sketched from what he
has really visited. What is mainly wanted in such a work
Is • rough idea of the country ; and as that is given, • real
utility is provided. We therefore recommend all those in-
terested to see the panorama without delay.
The lecture, explanatory of the views, is ingeniously bad,
bald, tame, and unsatisfactory. There is no reason why at
an exhibition of this kind the same valuable and full geo-
graphical, geological, and political information should not
be conveyed as was given in his " Gold Lecture" at the
Museum of Practical Geology, by Mr. Jukes. We hope
the manegon, for their own sakes, will take the hint.

WRF.CH OF AN EMIGRANT SHlP.—Letters have
arrived announcing the melancholy loos of an English emi-
grant ship, the Trusty, of Scarborough, having on board
nearly two hundred emigrants, off the shores of Cape
Gaspe, while on a passage to Quebec. The vessel. which
was commended by Mr Foster, sighted the land near the
Cape on the 22nd of July, when ker course was shaped to
the northward. On the following morning a dense fog
came on, preventing the crew observing any distance be-
yond a cable's length or so of the vessel ; and, although
orders wt re given to keep the ship well off the land, she
eventually struck on a reef of rocks within • short distance
of the Cape, where she speedily filled and settled down.
Against the command of the muter, one of the boats
was lowered and cut away from the vessel. It con-
tained in all, it is supposed, about twenty persona.
An attimpt was made to gain the shore, but so great was
the surf, that the boat was capsized by it before it had
reached many yards from the wreck, and the whole of the
helpless creatures perished. Among them were the under-
mentioned persons:—Thomas Blake, Daniel Seunderson,
John Dickenson, William Brown, David Hodgson, John
Atkinson, Thomas Shaw, William and Thomas Stallings,
Thomas Winteringham, Stephen Bullock, Martha Tiller,
Wright Banker, Robert Yates, Frank Francis, and Thomas
Burton. For sight hours the position of these on the
wreck was as. of great peril ; the sea was sweeping over
her decks, and it was expected every moment she would go
to pieces. Soon after day had broken • schooner bore
down to the spot, and, with the aid of the crews of two
other vowels that came up, the whole that were clinging to
the wreck were taken off in safety. Their luggage, how.
ever, was lost, for in a few days the vessel broke up, and
was a total wreck. The emigrants have since been for-
warded to Quebec..