The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

LABOUR AND WOOL IN AUSTRALIA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPRESS.

Sin,—As one of those who are largely interested
in the preservation of our important wool trade with An-
atolia, I thank you very sincerely for your able article of
yesterday ; and it is rather singular that on the very day
that your remarks appeared, 1 received from Sydney a
copy of the Empire newspaper of lith September loot, con-
taining similar expressions of opinion upon the subject.
I send you the paper herewith; and you will find quoted
at length in it a series of recommendations, which I
myself laid before ono of the leading members of the York-
shire deputation in May last, and which is thus reproduced
in London before the subject has grown stale or unpro-
fitable.
I entirely &wee with you as to the uselessness of mere
deputations to Downinc-street, however numerously or in-
fluentially attended. The thing is talked about fur an hour
the Minister makes a how ; and all is quietly Shelved until
some fresh commotion is made with a similar result. But I
urged very strongly upon the Yorkshire gentlemen at that
time (many of whom were men of great ability), the pro-
priety of not stopping there ; I begged them to form
local committees; to subscribe liberally to such well-con-
sidered undertakings as the Skye Emigration Society, and
Mrs. Chisholm's Family Colonisation Society ; and, iu short,
to put their own shoulders to the wheel, instead of calling
upon the Jupiter' of Park-street or Downing-street.
I know not what they have done ; but this I know, that
even now a few thousands well applied in either of the
directions I have named, would be of essential service to
tho cause we all profess to have so much at heart.—
I am, (tn., AN AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT.
Landon, Jan. 13.

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TUE LATE MURDER NEAR CLOUGHJORDAN.—
From the evidence at the inquest, and other particulars
which have reached us, we are warranted in stating that
the fearful deed is not of an agrarian character, but seems
rather to have arisen from the fact of ill-will on the part of
some members of his own family. It appears that the un-
fortunate man and his son were not on good terms. They
repeatedly quarrelled about a servant girl in Miss Craw-
ford's employment, whom the son wished to many, but the
father withheld his consent. The deceased, who was
steward to Miss Crawford, was sitting at the kitchen fire of
the house of his employer on Wednesday night last, when
he was killed by a shot from an opposite window. Ile was
in tho act of reading a letter by the light of a candle, which
his son, a small boy, held for him, when the fatal shot was
fired. Deliberate aim must have been taken, for the ball
pierced the letter he was in the act of reading, and then
entered his heart, came out at the spine of the hack, and
wounded the boy who was holding the candle in the thigh.
The boy, we learn, lies in a very precarious state. On
Thursday morning, Captain Plunkett, the very efficient
resident magistrate of Nenagh, repaired to the spot, ac-
companied by the coroner, Mr. Abbott, and an inquest was
held. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder
sgainst some person or persons unknown.—Linieria Re-
porter. .
TILE IRISH EXIIIDITION OF 1833.—Letters and
journals just received from Demerara afford the following
gratifying facts connected with the Exhibition :—lt appears
that no sooner had intimation reached the colony of' Mr.
Dargan's munificent gift than a meeting was at once con-
vened for the purpose of having the products of the colony
fully and carefully represented at the ensuing Exhibition,
and otherwise forwarding the objects its founder had in
view. The proposition was most cordially responded to,
and a number of gentlemen proceeded to form themselves
into a working committee. The governor of the colony
generously placed the suns of 1001. in the hands of the
committee in order to defray any trifling incidentals, and
promised at the same time his most cordial support.
Various meetings were held at which the rules and regu-
lations of the central committee were read for general guid-
ance ; and the manufacturers, traders, anal others of the
colony invited, by advertisement, to co-operate with the
committee in their important object. The result has been
most gratifying, and this section in the forthcoming Exhibi-
tion, will be of especial interest, it being not only attractive
and ornamental, but also useful and practical in a commer-
cial point of view. The following is a list of the principal
articles that will be sent from the colony of Demerara and
its neighbouring districts :—A unique and beautiful collec-
tion of stuffed birds, said to be the finest in South America.
Specimens of all the furniture woods, for wkieh this colony
is so justly celebrated. A complete collection of etagere, with
full descriptions of the various processes, and the cost of pro-
duction; and, as there is no place in the West Indies where
so many different processes are in operation as in Demerara,
there is no doubt of its being particularly interesting.
Specimens of the textile fabrics made in the colony, which
are said to be equal to anything coming from the flax mills
of Ireland.
THE COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.—The half-
yearly general court of proprietors was held yesterday, at
the Company's office., Isio. 1110, Fenchurch-street ; Mr. li.
Carter in the chair. The report stated that the business
of the docks during the past year had been on an extended
scale, and fully justified the expectations which the direc-
tors bad formed of the progressive increase of the ;revenue
of the company. It was added that the contract for the
new works authorised to he executed was taken by Mr.
John Kelt on the 23rd of July last, and had up to that
time been proceeded with to the satisfaction of the com-
pany's engineers. The directors recommended a dividend
at the rate of 2} per cent. for the half-year, both on the
capital and on the preference stock, payable on and after
Monday, the 24th inst., between the hours of 11 and 3
o'clock, Fridays and Saturdays excepted. The report was
adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate recommended.
Of the four retiring directors three were re-elected with
their own consent, and the fourth v.:cancy• was tiled up by
the substitution of Mr. D. Morgan for Mr. D. T. Morgan,
who retired. Mr. W. G. Pres ott was reelected auditor,
and Mr. W. O. Watnan chosen as hi. colleague. On the
motion of Mr. Wchardson, a vote of thanks was given to
the chairman, after which the meeting separated.

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