The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

The &nor
kialita in @strict MIR • phis War:
u. Get lac were meek dismissed th az e -
move d scarcity of lodglegs. 21. 101. a
week for • giggle nowt ia a dirty cottage. TM espouses of
Module molten sad effects were esseedimity heavy ; and
the ontinsal raise and eaceesivel mayday elesele Oil mei
(=ay of which were filthy sad daageeoae hoped demeip-
Yea) afforded as not a very bright opmalig fa the sew
d.
" F6ool,it you gas, o._ set loofas ea eyeemees
and the deqt MSS •Inleelialiseatgic roam
1140 in twenty of its streets Tocigedy 'or ye
bghtiag, no sewerage, sad almost the @sly soavitysyes a
bullock-dray at Ws. per half mile, es wade through the
awl oss but. Yet ships matinee to arrive faster than they
can be unladen; and at this moment they are making nu
of ships in the bey as store-houses—those in the Lowe being
bill to overt] swing. Emigrants arrive at the rate of 1,000
to 2,000 per weak ; of these many live in tents. Cones'
Town, near Melbourne, consists of many hundreds of tents
fanning regular streets, and when all sorts of trades are ear-
ned on. Houses of all shapes and sizes risi with • rapidity
and in numbers sufficient to cover several miles of the land
near Melbourne. They are built of every sort of material ;
many most substantially of stone or brick, but very many
more of sheet-iros or sine, or tin, and eves old packing-
eases, and some oiturt en mad. More than two-thirds of
these built within the pieta:a/ear are wooden.houres,
slay of which are im complete and ready
lot Ming. These arebuilt upon blocks, and a
cottage of two to fear rooms may, by • couple of
handy workout, be begin and finished in • week. Of
course these hasty erections will be short-lived, and require
binning over again in:a year or two. Of the new-arrived
pw•ple many are disappointed, and sick at heart with their
vent are. These ere those who love comfort, and enjoyed a
pool home is their native place, and who moot bear
the hardship sod rough laborious life so emus= here sad
who cannot afford the heavy expenses attendant ou making
a comfortable home, or who cannot readily find a light MI6
ployment. To others it is very different. A good farm fee
garden labourer, or bricklayer's labourer, or bandy spades.
tau, can go to work and earn from 10s. to 14s.Adiz
and if a sober, hardy, single man, content with
and bard lodging, he may save two-thirds of 111 samaggs.
At present a good bricklayer, mason, carpenter, wheel-
wright, blacksmith, and some others, may find work la
abundance at It. per day; or, by contracting, may
ears double that sum, or more. Oardeniaa. lies
is up in the market. Cabbage and
are sold at Is. to 2s. 6d. oak; peas (no the shell), amino a
pan ; potatoes, Ail. per pound ; and shione. le. 'deb.
trait is yet more scares and dear. The pelmeatimemeles of
life—as toed—are moderate. Beef and mattes, ad. to 7d.
per pound ; bread, 4d, a pound ; tea and coffee, 2s. a
pound ; sugar, 4d. to GC a pound. Clothing, shoes, and
tools are getting much cheaper; and I cannot think that
rent and wages will maintain their present rates long. It
may surprise you, after the above statements, if I say I
would advise every man who is doing pretty well at home
to remain there. True, just now this is the place to get
money ; but who shall Jay bow long it may last ? Two years
ago • airman received is. for a one-horse load of wood, now
he gets W. 10a. for the same, and 10s. for a load of water
instead of Is. 6d. Land near us sold for N. an acre, and lot
Loath (July) the same land brought 51. 10s. per foot front-
age. E'ght years ago the land occupied by us (20 acres)
coat 601, this year • gentleman has paid 3,2601. for it. In
leer time than it has taken property to rise it may fall lower
than before ; there is no fined value for anything here, mud
of one thing I am satisfied, that more comfort, security,
sod real enjoyment may be obtained in Englaad fur 1001. a
year than can be got here for 1,0001., or, indeed, any
money.%

WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY AND THE
roar-orrica.—A correspondence has just taken place be-
tween this company and the Postmaster-General consequeet
on a memorial host the merchants and inhabitants of the
district presented by Mr. Keating, M.P., for en increase of
regal facilities between Clonmel, Cork, Waterford, and
Limerick. The directors offered to take the lay mail be-
tween the Waterford sad Limerick Junction at the rate of
Is. per mile, the same as paid to the Great Southern and
Western, and at a still lower rate. provided the Post-office
would send the night mail also at a moderate rate. The
sum received by the Great Southern and Western is ss. per
mile for the night mail, or 801 per day, being 20,2001. per
annum. The Postsouter-General's reply ii to the effect
that the demand of la per mile by the Waterford and
Vistula Company very far ezeeeds the amount which the
correspondence to be benefited would justify, and that the
auth.•rstses regret under the circumstances they will be
unable to meet the wishes of the memorialists by establish-
ing a day post between Waterford and Limerick. There is
no doubt that many of the railway demands on the Poet-
office arc esorbitaaL
THE SciIooLKAsTER ABROAD. —The following
carious incident is reported from Lauver Bavaria:—A
peasant died, and was laid out for burial. His niter, who
lived in the house, watched an opportunity when she be•
lieved no owe saw her, and then stealthily pinned a letter
to the grayeelothes. That letter was addressed to her
mother, who ,lied 14 year. ago, and it was the poor woman's
belief that her uncle would find means to deliver it in the
land of the deed. It is to the following purpose Dear
Mother.—As there is now such a good opportunity, I send
you this little letter, with the request that you will cause
me to dream three numbers in the lottery, for I suppose
yon ate aware that I am very badly off. Maybe that
this piper gets rotten, but, as nothing is impossible with
God, please to entreat our Lord (Md (Herrgott), end
live me news of the three numben which are sure to
sin, and so, I remain, your faithful daughter.—Maria."
The direction was, " To my dead Mother in Eternity.”—
!Wrier &dung.