The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

TWENTY-SIX DAYS LATER FROM PORT

PHILLIP.

PLYMOUTH, TEITESDAT EVIMING.

The General Screw Steam-ship Company's steamer
Argo, Captain Hyde, arrived here at six o'clock this
evening, after a run of only 64 days from Port
Phillip. She left Sydney on the 10th August;
Melbourne, August 23; and Port Philip, August
24. She came home rid Cape Horn, in 65 days
and is the first steamer that has come by that route
She rounded Cape Horn on the 17th Sept., crossed
the line on the 7th October, arrived at St. Vincent
on the 13th ; was there two days, and left October
15th, being preceded by the Calcutta b 8 hours before
her. This is the quickest passage ever made by
steamer or sailing vessel before to or from Australia.
The Argo has made her passage principally :sailing,
and has accomplished the voyage at the rate of
240 miles per diem. She brings 86 passengers,
among whom is General Wynyard and staff, from
Melbourne, and one hundred and thirty-four thou-
sand ounces gold dust, besides general Cargo, wool,
and heavy mails of more than two hundred boxes.
The steamer Antelope was in Hobson's Bay when
Argo left. The Victoria has arrived, August 22.
One passenger, W. Harrison, of Great Yarmouth,
brings home 3,000 ounces gold.
The gold-fields are looking very rich, and two new
fields have been discovered, one at Goulbourne, the
other at Jones's-creek, Melbourne. The passengers
speak is very sanguine terms of these fields.
There was one death on the passage, an invalid
when the Argo left.
Argo put in at Plymouth to save the mail. The
South Devon Company handsomely sent on mails by
special train without extra charge.

A
A Melbourne papse.says :--"" The Anglo-Austra-
lian banks have been in the habit of getting blank
forms of their notes from England. The ship
Stratheden brought out a case of these Notes for the
Union Bank on the 24th of Jane last, which was
stolen from the wharf. On the let of July two of
the notes for 101. each were passed in Melbourne. Of
course they were not regularly signed, and the per-
son who passed them was apprehended. On the
Ist July another of the notes for 30/. was passed by
a party who attended a dinner to celebrate American
Independence in Melbourne. An American gentle-
man gave immediate notice to the police, and the
peeper of this note was also apprehended, and he
gave such information that a
The
portion of the
stolen notes were recovered. The value of the notes
stolen was about 120,0001., and about 70,0001. worth
have been recovered."

FACTION FIGIIT.--On Monday evening a serious
fight took plies near the turnpike, flies-street, Islington.
'rawest two Irish factions, when Inspector Thatcher and
a strong party of the police were called into requisition. A
foyer, conflict ensued and injuries were received on both
aides. A private attack was subsequently mad, on the life
Of the inspector, who narrowly escaped.

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A STALKING INSTANCE OF RAILWAY SPEED is
mentioned by the Brighton Herald. A week or two ago
• professional gentleman of Brighton left Vienna on the
3londsy morning, and by Wednesday night he was in
Brighton, arriving by the last train of the London and
Brighton Railway, and finding all ready fir his creep.
ties, he having telegraphed from Dover his coming.—
From Vienna to Brighton—a distance of nearly 1,000
miles—with only the interval of one day, and without
fatigue.