The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-27 00:00:00

PORT PHILLIP.

From this colony we have rewired, by the India
and Caine overland mail, advice' to April Gth. The gold
mania bad ended down to 'ober reflection, although it is
confidently believed the determination of the government to
appropriate the precious metal has for a time tended to pre-
the utmost secretly. The fact of the gold discovery is
fully confirmed, and the quantity and quality promise to
leave the diggings of California in the shade. With refer-
ence to the gild discovery, we extract the following teem the
Cornwall Chronicle. These particulars are not contradicted,
hat copied into the Australian papers.
The young man the cause of so much excitement on the
" gold " question, is living as servant in • public house in
Sydney; his name is Thomas Chapman, and the reason he
assigns for leaving Melbourne is that be sew threatened by
Breutani and Duchene with ctitninal proceedings if he
entld not succeed in pointing out to them the place where
the ore was found. He went with them (he says) in the
cart to the Pyrenees within four miles of the spot, but hav-
ing changed his mind about revealing the secret, he left
them. As to the finding of the ore, his account is, that
when he was shepherding, having had some idea of going to
England, he had provided himself with specimens of the
rock, &c., about the country, and picked up the ore in
question one day while passing by the spot, liking the
appearance of it; that he kept it by him five months,
having • few days after he found it been shifted to another
run some miles distant, and never having been back
to that particular spot; hut he knows the place precisely,
because he for some time shepherded there previously. The
distance from Melbourne is about 120 miles. When he got
to Melbourne, Chapman showed breatani the ore, and broke
off • portion which proved to contain about 24 ounces of
gold, and he afterwards handed the remainder to Duchene,
consisting of 14 os. Brentani offered Duchene in the pre-
sence e • third person 401. for his half, but he would not
take it. Duchene gave Chapman 81. for his 14 os.; Brentani
for hie share (worth 501. or 601) gave him live shirt', a coat,
• pair of trousers, and 201. in money. Brentani has since
offered Chapman 2001. if he win take him to the spot, but be
declines at present. Mr. La Trobe having requested Duchene
to retain the ore in his possession until the arrival of Sir
Chas. Fitzroy at Melbourne, when the whole business is to
be officially brought before him, the matter has remained
in abeyance, and that accounts for the nine-dey•wonder
aspect the affair has awumed. The above statement is
correct.

♦ brother of • celebrated member of the Melbourne
Town Council has been guilty of horse steeling. Ile first
took a mare btlonging to his employe., and after riding till
it could travel no further, he took a second, with which he
crossed the South Australian boundary."—lbid.

DV-Tat:MITE FIRE NEAR EVESIIAL—On Satur-
day Isat • fire broke out on the farm premises belonging to
Mr. Crane, of liromegrove, at llaselor, in the hamlet of
Charlton, near Evesham. Ahout three o'elsek on that day
one of the labnurers cbarrved some flames issuing from a
rick of straw which be was thee building ; and • great deal
of loose straw 'Ting about, the fire immediately communl-
ented with the h•n, In which was a large quantity of wheat.
It was with difficulty the horses could be loosened from the
thrashing machine before the flames had reached it; the ma-
chine was burnt to ashes, and the bora, stables, sheds, and
two large hpy,ricks, Ivre also destroyed. The Birmingham
Fire Otfice4tngine was soon on the spot, but, unfortunately,
no water elute be procured, the parties present being re.
duced to the alternative of despatching a wsagOil with two
hogshead Casks, to fetch water Irons a distance. Notwith-
standing this didlculty, the neighbours 'eat their exertions
towirds the preservation of the property. We have not
heard whether Mr. Crane is insured. The damage ap-
proaches to nearly 1,0001. It is supp s-d the flee originated
from one of the labeurers beating out the mhes of his pipe in
the barn.— IVoreestersAire Chronicle.

CHARGE OF THREATENED VIOLENCE AGAINST A
CLEW; SMAX.—In the Cambridge Borough Pollee Court on
Wednesday, the Key. Lionel Buller, late fellow of Kins's
College, appeared upon a warrant charging him with having
on the previous day threatened to blow out the brains of
George Smith, the porter of King's College. It appeared
the' since Mr. Buller's deposition from his fellowship, which
took place some months ego, a reasonable time has been
allowed him to remove his effects from the rooms he lately
occupied. Instead of doing this, the reverend gentleman
fastened, down the windows of his rooms and put padlocks
on the doors. Eventually the college authorities took
forcible possession, and removed the defendant's goody,
at the some time desiring the officers not to admit
Mr. Buller ore the college premises. On Tuesday
Mr. Buller made an entry by the front lodge, in
a very excited state, and was making his way to his former
rooms when its was stopped by Smith, and requested to re-
tire. He refused, and then the face sufficient to expel him
was celled in requisition; in the course of his ejection the
reverend defendant used the above threat to Smith, and as-
saulted the groom. He was then ejected, and Smith pro-
cured a peace wear int against him, which now came on for
hearing. There was an assault warrant against Mr. Buller
at the instance of the groom, but this was postponed until
the present cue should be decided. Being called on for
his answer, the defendant, who was in a very excited
state, stated that he only threatened conditionally. His
words were, "If you touch me, and if I had a pistol
in ray heed, I would blow your brains out." He was
advised, that as he was in the college with the object of as-
serting his right, the bench had no jurisdiction. Mr.
Brown, a mages'eate, said that Mr. Buller's threat of per-
sonal violence gave the bench jurisdiction.—Mr. Buller :
Your worship is aware that there is a Court of Queen's
Bench. I have witnesses to call, and I trust you will hear
them.—Mr. Brown : There is another charge against you,
and you can call your witnesses on that. Smith has sworn
that he is in fear for his life, and you must find sureties, or
be committed until you do.—Mr. Peed, solicitor, who ap-
peared on behalf of the college authorities, said that the
demon-like and malicious conduct of the defendant had ren-
dered him a dangerous person to be at large.—Mr. Buller
(to Mr. Peed): I tat you most deliberately that it's false,
dr. (Turning to the reporters) : Have the kindness to
report what I say. I have done nothing but in my
own defence, and I claim my right to cell witnesses.—
Mr. Peed—lf you continue your past conduct towards me,
I shall be compelled to exhibit articles of the peace against
you in my own behalf. The Mayor then Informed Mr. Bul-
ln that he mastfind sureties for his good behaviour, himself
in 1001. and two sureties of 501. each. Mr. Buller said he
had only 4e. 6d. in the world, and that had been taken away
at the police-station. He trusted that his worship would
order that to be returned. He was as anxious to find sure-
ties as could be; but if the bench knew the whole of the
circumstances they would not expect each heavy bail.—The
Mayor told Mr. Buller that the ee. 6d. would be returned to
him at the gaol, or immediately if he found sureties. The
reverend defendant continued tilting for some time la a very
excited strain, and at the rising of the court, as BUretieg were
not forthcoming, he was conveyed to the Boroughb Gaol.
DARING BURGLARY.—On Thursday night last,
Mr. Thomas Hook, of Major's Kilo, Walford, and his
family were alarmed at the appearance of their or five men,
who had broken into the house and commenced ransacking
the whole premiere, takingoff with them a quantity of bacon
and between 81. and 9/. in gold and silver. The men were
all masked and armed with pistols, and threatened to shoot
the first who shcold attempt to interrupt them in their
plunder. As soon as the men had decamped, Mr, Hook
gave an alarm, and a diligent search was made by the con-
stables of the pariah, but no clue to the parties could be
obtained A reward of 301. has since been offered to env
person who will give such information as shall lead to the
apprehension and conviction of the parties concerned.—
Hereford Journal. 1
THE FELON PRE4s.—lt would appear, from the re-
fusal of government to permit Mr. Duffy to revive his Nation,'
, and from the following paragraph, taken from the Freeman of
this morning, that Lord Clarendon meditates a straggle with
the freshman newspaper. Mr. Brennan, it may be recol-
lected, was for several months confined in teed under the
Habeas Corpus Suspension Aet: "Last evening a patty of
police, amounting to seven in number, under the command
of Inspector Bandon, entered the residence of Mr. Joseph
Brennan, editor of the Irishman. They exhibited a search-
warrant, and Mr. Brennan immediately led them to his
sleeping apartment. The search then commenced. His
desk was opened—his private letters were read—all his
papers were taken, and transferred to the Castle. Mr.
Brennan asked if they had a warrant for his arrest, but they
answered in the negative. At the same time they declined
to permit him to leave the house. We understand thy a
Mr. O'Grady, who was a member of the Irish Confederation,
was arrested yesterday, near C snick-on-Buie, and committed
to prison in that town, we know not on what deep). Mr.
O'Grady was confined six months in Clonmel gaol, we be-
lieve under suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act."