The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Autumn.—We glosa
the following, in addition to the news from this pertisa of
Australia, published yesterday:
The mining interest has received the greatest encourage-
ment : new lodes are almost of daily discovery. The Burrs
Barra yields from 20 to 30 tors of copper ore weekly ; agera-
ntelengtk
jet; open
uns 1 mince,al•
Bum B urn ,3 slim, 4 ell.itnit
quarterly dividend of 200 per cent Or 101. on every 61.
paid sp ) From a census taken at the Burrs there were, on
May 13, 1848, no lies that 913 males and 573 females. lie.
Rankine has purchased the Strathalbya mines, which are
likely to tun out very profitable : a large and promising
main lode has been opened giving excellent era. The mines
of the Port Lincoln company have been opened, showing one
lode perfectly regular at the surface, nearly 30 inches in
width of solid ore, yielding 61 per cent of pure copper.
Other lodes have been found. The late accounts of the &a
Accord mins are eaciliagine. The Adelaide Smelting Com-
pany for wotkieg Dr. E. Davy's patent era now making
active preparations for the establishment of their works ; ten
scree of ground, presented by Osmond Odin, Esq., adjoin-
ing Albert Town, have been accepted for the work. The
smelting works ere named Yatala, after the hundred in
which they are situated. At the Otesaock Creek mine fine
ore, is large quantities, is bane raised. The affairs of the
Royal Mining Company are very promising ir.rth of the
Mnpunds.
FPNALN SEUVANSII iw BOUTIL AILTSTBALI/I.—A private
letter, dated Finneestist, near Adelaide, South Audis-
lia, 28th February, 1848, states that the season, which
was about closing, had been a very goof one, but the scarcity
of tarns servants, of both sexes, especially females, bad been
a serious drawback to farm operations. The writer, Mr.
/Pflug, had offered as much as 15s. per week with rations
for female servants, without being able to engage any; the
consequence WIN, that, uut of 200 nail& sows, he had been
obliged, for a period of six weeks, to turn out between 30 and
40 every morning without milking them. His servants, he
adds, were quite knocked up with being overworked, and the
whole neighbourhood was in the same state. Eventually he
engaged an ordinary seaman, a hardy Highlander, who had
milked a cow before. He, however, turned out re.
markably well. Cheese was selling at SOL per tea, or Bid.
per lb., and salt butter at 10d. per lb. Draft haw were in
demand, and fetched as high as 401. each for good ones.
• VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.—HosAar Tows.—
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Intelligence from this colony has been received to June.
In consequence of the great number of diseased sheep im-
ported into the colony from Port Philip and other parts of
New South Wales, the Lieut.-Governor ironed a proclama-
tion to prevent the importation of all sheep suffering from
catarrh; scabby sheep are unknown in Van Dieman's Land,
but, the disease ones introduced, might prove as disarmss
as it has abseil done in the other colonies of Australasia.
Dr. Nixon, the Bishop of Timpani*, has arrived. The bush-
rangers have become very troublesome.
NOVA SCOTIA.—The only news from Halifax is
the notice of the death of Mr. Hill, one of the judges of the
1 Supreme Court.