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

AUSTRALIA.

LIYMPOOL, fiewariv.
By the clipper ship Marco Polo, Captain Forbes,
we have advice. from Melbourne to the 11th of Oct.
The Marco Polo sailed from Liverpool on the outward
passage on the 4th of July, and made bee ran in 08
days; she sailed from Melbourne ea her return on I
the 11th of October, and has thug made the voyage
out and home in the unprecedented specter 5 meths
and 21 days. The screw steamer Australian sailed
from Melbourne for Ragland, with the mai:s and
136,000 i. of gold, 11 days before the Marco Polo ; she
had arrived at Adelaide and was to leave that port
on the 4th of October, with an addition of 63,000 es.'
of gold-dust. The Marco Polo passed Banles Straits '1
on the 12th of October; on the 17 h sighted the Falk-
laud Islands, thence to Cape Horn, which she sighted'
the 3rd of November. Had fine weather. The 3th
of November pasMd Staten Island; the 19th of De-
cember passed a lougb.at painted stone-colour, with
a red ribaud and black gunwale; same time saw •
bark apparently abandoned, showed blue lights and
fired six rockets, but receiving no answering signal,
proceeded. The longboat hailed from Leith, the
name of the ship she belonged to commenced with
the letter L. _

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The Hoods on the Terms had not subsided suffi-
ciently to allow the proprietors to commence opera-
tions wi,h any degree of spirit. The mines showed
no symptoms of exhaustion, but, on the contrary,
every week announced the discovery• of some new
losehty containing gold. On Church-hill, in dry
diggings, some claims had yielded, while others
barely paid expenses.
At 'fasaboarara the yield continued good, notwith-
standing the difficulty arising from a supera-
bundance of water. At Tuena many parties were
making from 60 to 70 ounces per week. The num-
ber ut miners was increasing, and emcees appeared
pretty general. Major's-creek diggers wet° realising
well.

The accounts from Bingen are contradictory;
some petsona bad been exceedingly successful, whilst
others were disappointed.
Not less than 30,000 persons had arrived at Forest-
creek in a fortnight, many of them from the Beodigo
diggings. This influx was occasioned by the disco-
very of diggings at Moonlight Flat, a gully about a
mile and three-quarters from Forest-creek, which
had proved richer than any precious.
Every consumable article was rising at Forest-
creek ; cats were selling at from 31. 3e. to 31. 10s. per
bushel; floor, 141. to 131. per bag; and sugar, le. 6d.
to le. 9d. per lb.; for stools and cradles extraordi-
nary prime were asked.
At Sydney Exchange on London was as follows :
Draughts against gold, 10 per cent.; discount by
the Bank of New South Wales, on au advance
of 40e.

The total amount of gold shipped from Sydney to
the 2nd of October was 2,4:4,6271. The escort from
Braidwood had brought in 489 ounces; from Mal-
run, 260 ounces; Bell-creek, 50 ounces; Cloulburne,
12 ounces; &fobs. 102 ounces; Bathurst, 47 ounces;
and Naas, 45 ounces.

At Melbourne bay was selling at from 161. to 181.
per ton; Hamburg!) butter, at la. lid. per lb.;
Bacon, at Is. Id. per lb.; Gloucester cheese, at
Is. 6d. per lb.; tobacco . Id. per lb.; silver
watches, 41. 2s. 6d. • bergs) shine, 375. per dozen ;
axes, 3e. 3d. each ; draught horses, from 701. to 901.;
drays and harness, from 821. to 1301.; working bul-
locks, from 171. to 331. per pair; milch cows, from
4/. to 8/.

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Adelaide *dykes of the 4th of October state that
there had been great excitement in the market that
day. Numerous orders had arrived from Melbourne.
The prior of dour at the opening of the mai ket was
261.; it roes to 301., and at the close was at 291.
Must of the expired licenses to work at the
Echangs diggings, near Adelaide, had been renewed,
and many fresh ogee taken. The number of diggers
amounted to about 300.

The following are extracts from private letters
from Australia received yesterday at Southampton:

ADELAIDE.

I don't think the world has ever witneosed such • state
of thine, to such a degree, as that which occurred to South
Australia. A country In the most healthy and vigorous
seas of its existence, with its streets flowing with milk and
, Wog i • country capable of supplying, not only the naves-
!mein bet the comforts of civilised life to thousands, and
i illeedaleg te an extent unparalleled in the history el
selenleallem,— seek a country presenting the novel
=aims of depopulation, as though some frightful
wee hovering about it, dooming it to de-
struction, and all from discoveries es immense and
astoendiog as they were wholly unexpected. You may be
able to form some idea of the shock occasioned from such a
sadden withdrawal of labour from its ordinary chapels,
sod the blow that the mercantile affairs of the place re-
ceived io consequence. So rapid wan the rush to this mag
node spot, that at one time we became falai that the
few who were left behind would have to become
their own bakers, water carriers, and tailors. Bakery,
butchers, talon, parsons, lawyen and their clerks,
surveyors nod their assistants, in fact, every one
was " aff la the diggings." The overland
route was a sees fair, and the vessels were crammed to
sulfiretties, mien twigs taking as easy as ISO peasengers
at a time; in stmt, the horrors of the middle lamp were
r iatiewittillisegit te It. One worthy I kasek, a Captain
more by this wholesale fteMaing than
the Spiel epl:riesults of labour at the ill Wag. He
• MIL milled the Anna
Dieu in Marope sad =Sitifie eat here, end laid her ea,thit mdenlaCtrade
juteetheMoUpstarted up. Altheughl weshealled with
intigetiremet I. which he stowed Me e, lama not
mad my ririble propensities in efillematic
susiegemests; he had • mat heeding bell dug, and
whomever • disgusted passenger heed his hilegedge, the
faithhal maul vindicated his essileet limas a by lithe •
piece of the refractory patient's lg. The law, of meanie,
restrained this fellow from leading his vessel in this ladle-
criminate manner, but it was utesely plareelam, ash. sled
his brother traffickers wily dulled lame to ib
vigilance. I see day silted him brow he neweggd Is soh
teal each gm unsay an es be Sou lk of his pensagen genet
prove ? " Oh." he said very eddy, " I lead Ng phlsh
at nude& sed the deg Is always on the See,
so I anew indulge.* seytking but growling, ea lead.
wind,
they Oa ash grew, and its an Om
wind, as 1 soak as us." This ins a rah* of assLenenl
trade bet, is *doe to the pled, I few ley, this
Male of =was may et Me istnemeaseannt
alas *ash i_ as ties at the ten saes sualdoed
Mget • AspMOD. ash , f the mush almost .*sewn
ask pagesuposn A friend of mite tell me In • rest
05. =maw that was alga 11* sloop on op the dent
he
Ihaseames.sed dilr he pill.ie esitietre.as La day was
what • rash ash hese hem been. Aldan* we
were glebes to eh attedslieet hem this wadies
visitaden, W beim of holy lad was diehard, Mill •
decent sisead Mod It was to disk ohmage to Merin,
sad with see dl temed Bahia Ad we bah NUS 410111 of
the lire adedsally. It may ad, wage, be eat of as way
to manses •hwof as bad's, hitures- of this he
mesa" tetleb. es Sir Hear/ Tow rwaarkod is spew
tag egessb le as last irea, hos Mnsphsetly viedisaludi
we
sod esteltjaof as higlailego of Shah Ass.
It goodilas all stagolaggf lava
by Ile 11=neall sit • ehaellibione pee OISS.OI6IIIIIIIa.
gels as at pram ass. at 11. I le. per_ hags. at
the gun time holds, that aides a legal near dodgy
the egeselliste tithe est, whin Is ter • year hen he
and aeaseigeo them to pay their ter, mdse. Lira
in these ingssa. Although thr 'Wm of the in
WM ta relives as leeks. still as ham el Ihe hill jea ,
dearly and Ohs pries of
_rid le sea a amen se that the '
est amid hew • twofold- Ant be Ns speeches—tie.. in
11=a draultaing rashes ea as se* heed, and ea '
le le the spud prise he the Alit
el hie Mac alb as geniis of Oh NM,
the geeeeeermae. the men Many get be pa.
Mane yard up e astr mined reuse la as Meat
Aleandler gel estallibedinses heeds he the
pupae of gild le this . ass ellsedleg a
safe eel eepedilleee Nom et the lee& Assns.
less at the alibis to dispose of r gold to as hest
advantage. Thir piney at Si* wear. was **amassed by
some of the Melbourne merchants, who herease
extremely jealous and alarmed at the allseetive
market South Australia presented to the gold
digger. Oar 31. Ile. per ounce was la glaring Jager
position to their liberal V. 18.. and 3'. Some of them
said that we had burnt our fingers with it is thus limiting
the price of gold err high, and gave us the comforting moo-
ranee that the rates of exchange would eventually settle
against us is arbitrarily tampering with the currency. At
the same time they lauded us up to the skies fur the energy
we bad displayed ender such trying difficulties, and most
favourably eastreeted our gummiest with their awn,
whom they described se • set of @puttee, animated with the
decayed spirim of old women However, to lima basely
etiolation, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Upwards of a million sterling of gold hie been attracted to
the **lour, end has passed through theCamay.ofilee, which
has worked most eilleiently, and has given • great impulse
to all kinds of trade, se mot of the successful diggers
have visited South Australia, from the many advantages
it offers, and give it a decided preference to Melboures.
The South Auatralans have been mat preirmi-
neatly successful, and unquestionshiy the strongest,
most energetic, industrious, and orderly of all the others
who have made • pilgrimage t, this shrine of PLOWS. 1
think you will agree with me that the t noruvAs armlet 01
gold received through our assay-office within sin months of
the peeing ef the aro, is the most ueequivoeul proof of the
wisdom of the measure. The groom portion of the muse-
lity which sassed It, was the sadden acd immense with-
drawal of specie from the banks, and a submittals was Is-