The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

which are described as whole s.le murd-e-r.7-st,
white shepherds are stated to he of the worst
ratter, and constantly outraging asst s
cercy by their frequent intercourse wit the vro.
of the blacks, seizing their wells and ti,l•inK gro mT:,
such conduct is retaliated by the t Lek., but ti
supetiority of the arms cf the whites uisla d,.6
destruction on their pursue re. The ern'gritra
t
arrived at Adelaide, per Indian from Eno7"7
held a public M sting, at which gnat eompli7t•
were made against the commander, office, I*
surgeon-ruperintendent of the vest I, who
ceeded in debauching almost all the female pew
mingsrs; the vesiel is described tt have been wool
than the lowest kind of brothel. A public it*,
was be:ng made by a committee for the purples ;I
making an official report of the circuinstai.eis to oil
colonial and emigration commi-siocers. Ceptaia
and family had arrived at Adelaide, and the wig
explorer would, it was stated, hold the appoilti,4o
of colonial secretary on 700/. per annum. Theft.
lowing is au abstract of the tradal returns of pet
Adelaide for the second quarter of 1849:
Imports—Total value £139.48312 6
Imports re-exported 10,731 4 0
Total consumed in the country
Exports—Total value
Imports re-exported
Exports the produce of the colony 90,012 6 0
From an official return of the number of destteg
Adelaide in 1848, it would appear than 523 died, g
which one-third expired from diseases cf the it";
234 cLildren anal under two years of are.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Oar &deices from Perth arid Fruit intle, rewired
via Batavia, extend to the end of Sep tuber, sad
furnish a few items of intelligence conteoted epithets@
portion of the colonies. !duel septati°o Wasgokg
on with the view of inducing the government to fore
a settlement at Champion Bay, near which letelity
coal has been discovered, as also the metalliieres,
ores, known as the Geraldine Mines. The estalitiels
meat of a town site at Champion B .y is regarded hp
the sanguine Swan folk as a panaa for the imps
verished colony of Western Ausralia. WWI Me
view, in some measure, of meting the &meld ft
labour, the authorities have assigned the wive pei.
Boners as servants to the settlers ; bOng mine at
the district to which they have been aseigoed, ty
express themselves delighted at the eh loge, notwoh.
standing their term of servitude will be immesh
prolonged in consequence of the therapies,
The government Gazette, September 182 t, jai
trounces that the authorities, with the rim
of opening an establishment at Champion Bay, sdl
grant a free passage to such partite as &limb
settle there, and that for their ptitecti, n a deal,.
rr.ent of her Majesty's 99,h Regiment would bete.
dered to the spot. The quantity of pectoral Made
Champion Bay is estimated at 300,000 acres; Os
agricultural prospects are not less eccourseit g, visa
the quantity of land adapted to snob purple, I anti.
mated at 9,000 acres on the Greenough river, andel
the Chapman, Bowes, and Irwin, este' el+ng to 19.000
of fine cora laud. Oa September 19 a public wet
irg was held at Perth for the purpose of eetahliehirt
a horse-breeding company, in order to simply 61
Indian market with horses. The measure wes ew
warmly supported by the leading calouiste. Tee ides
of forming an Indian horse establishment has Is
several years been entertained in the odoey,
but it is only now that the stelae 'ppm
determined by their own effi•rts to ant tie
imeending ruin of the colony. Tie Router( a
once ceded the site of land required for the compeo
operations—the spirit in which the proposal emu
by the colonists, and the manner in which it vs
, a conded by the governor, called forth the I:cely
preesione of gratitude from the settler?, who,iatio
language of the Perth Independent, Sept. 21, "lock
upon the present proposed company as tint the pte•
mem of others; the knowledge its erablistueem
will disseminate in India of our colony must uses*
rily lead to Wither enterprise, for which capital vu
not be wanting, and Weetern Australia will at Ins*
have her numerous capabilities properly developed,
her mines of riches will be opened, acd mil
assume a high station among the colonies of (his
Britain." From the preceding, it would appeutie
expectations of the colonists were at high premien.