The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-20 00:00:00

four miles of Goulburn an attack was made at the
farm of Mr. Martin Kellich, Veteran's Flat, by two
armed men, having their faces disguised. After
hailing up the inmates they carried off everything
valuable.
Letters from Bathurst state that, notwithstanding
the diggings, labouring men may be hired there at
og per week and rations, as many from want of
'diluent provisions and other causes fail at the
di..gings, and fall back on Bathurst for employment.
addition to the gold diggings, some interest
has been excited by the discovery of emery, which
has been found abundantly by Mr. lkury.Lockyer
on the estate of his father, Major Lot& yer, at
31arulan.

COLONIAL.
CEYLON.

The Colombo .31watMy E.raminer, in its general
summary, dated August 15, says: ,
At the time of the departure of our last monthly issue
the planting community were busy holding meetings to
protest against the present legislation as regards the allowed
adulteration of coffee. The proceedings of meetings held
in the districts of Kaduganava, Dolosbagie, and Badulla,
which came to band too lute for our la,t, will be found in
the present nurniKT. It io with something more than regret
the fate of Mr. liaring's motion has oven received here ; a
firling more akin to indignation has been kindled at the
maintenance of a duty on coffee, which creates the differ-
ence of price, and therefore offers a premium to the adul-
te rave of the article, and withdrawing that supervision of
the Excise against fraud, which is due to the producer,
(ensnarer, and fair trader. Ilia Excellency the Governor
arrived in Colombo front the interior on the 7th inst. The
day fur opening the Legislative Council has not yet been
tix.d, but it is expected to be early next month. Ity the
departure from the colony of Mr. Armitage and Mr. Swan
there are two vatancies for unofficial members to be filled
up, and the local presa has accordingly discussed the merits
of sere& patties as representatives of the mercantile and
planting interests. The customs returns of the quarter
toiling tae sth of July have been published, and are
more satisfactory than it was expected they would be;
thougle a somewhat increased export of coffee is shown upon
the :ast three months, the deficiency stands at 50.04 k) cwt.
the English news of the 7th June reached us by Madras
Papers on the lith ult. Despatches for the colony were not
rioacser received until the 18th. The 01.2111 of the 24th
June reached Grille on the 22nd and Colombo on the 2,3 rd
ult. The mails of the 7th July have arrived as we are
preparing this sheet for the press on the 1 ith instant.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide journals had leached Singapore to the
beginning of June. The news of the gold excitement
at Sydney had not reached the colony. The latest ar-
rival from England was the !libertine, with dates to
Feb. lei. The foundation stoneuf a Gerritantuid British
Hospital bad been laid with great ceremony by the
governor, assisted by the Protestant bishop, Dr.
Short. There was a crisis in the money market,
causing great difficulties. Employers were curtail-
ing their expenditure. The late drought and con-
sequent rise in the price of every description of
produce is assigned as the chief cause of the tight-
nisei complained of. Capitalists had taken the
alarm and locked up nearly. the entire circulation of
the colony. An early revival was anticipated by
all classes. Dr. Schoenberg, one of the German co-
lonists, has been raised to the magisterial bench.
A letter dated in February last had been received
in the colony. from Mr. E. L. Niontetiore, intimating
that emigration was to be renewed, and that two
ships were to leave monthly. This intelligence bad
given the colonists much satisfaction. Various im-
provements have been made, or arc in progress, at
the port.
A great flood had occurred at Adelaide, most dis-
astrous in its consequences, destroying not merely
the hopes of the agriculturist, but for a time suspend-
.
ing g operations. Even the famous Burra
Burnt mine had received a severe cheek. The effects
of the flood et the mining district Kooringu are thus
described in the Adelaide Times, May 10; :
A correspondent of our respected fellow-colonists, Messrs.
bend, Itrothere,writes as follows: "The waters came down
the sir. it au rapidly and in such abode that se could with
Sinai:ay cruse the front doors, and in a few minutes the
shos era. not lee than ten inches deep, and the waters
rushing down the cellar steps in such a manner that we
we re totally unable to save anything down below. In the
stale-yard the cattle %taxi above their knees in water. The
pig-stye fenee is partly carried away, anti some of the pigs
an-sink, but think none of the large ones are gone. the
water did not subside till about 7 o'clock. About 140 huts
in the Creek are washed in, and the people that oc-
cupied them arc Ineated tor the present in the
church, chapels, hospital, and spare stables, and others
are still camping out under tarpaulings lent them."
From another private attunes, we have the follow-
ing .—•• A hurricane like a tornado swept along the
plain of the Buren-road, mod it is mottneteil from ap-
pear...tea seen, that from t-n to fifteen waterspouts broke
against the hill. The rush of water was tremendous. Mr.
111.011 who am in the garden typo...it, the seeing a
rush of water, tried to get to his house beton. it came, but
was fift.rtArtl and washed down for one hundred yards,
and then thruwu on the honk. The result is, the creek is
washc.l out down to Ware's. This happened in the after-
noon frost a quarter past four to half-past five, when it
began to go down. Just fancy a dray swimming down
Commercial-street, past Words. We are all in for it; I
suttee 41 south as the rest. I have let a family go into the
boost• to dry it. I find the mud in two and-a-half inches,
and the water had berli I ighteen inches or more high. I
will now detail a few fact. as you are interested in the
Burrs. This morninr the 'erne of destitution is more than 1
can describe. I.lle time when the Aberdeen Creek
was washed away was ',online to this. After the flood
of water had gone down the creek from Thlwason's
store, it rose about sixteen feet high. When the Creek at
Aberdeen rose, and eventually allot ten at night
flow user the Smelting-house bridge, then theber to
eseis-
tion commenced from there to Ware's. 'the women *NM
to the houses opened fire them, amongst which we nonillion
of Jainee l'earee, one of William Stevens, late /litre wise
bon-room, where four families were kindly sheltered, as-
James's old store is now occupied by three or four Panda's&
The Burro Mine hospiLd, I also unnerstand, Mr. Williams
Wand a furnace and opened a large room in the smelting
works for them. 'the public-houses were filled, and most
families like myself had others quartered with them. This
ntoming, as I said, they are beginning to discover they can-
not return, and the thing is where they shall all stay till
hut* ran be built. You, who have seen something like this
teene at Aberdeen, may imagine it, but none else, who has
not witnessed, nor can you have but a faint idea of the sud-
denness and height of the Ituod in the afternoon. The mine
O all right."
The government Gaulle contains an abstract of
the receipts and expenditure of the colony for the
quarter ending March 31, 11451. The total receipts
are set down at 77,6511, and the expenditure 03,0931.,
NEW SOUTH WALES.

Amidst the almost abotbitopic of the gold dig-
gings, the council were proceeding with the electoral
bills for New South "ales and Victoria, and there
hod been very long discussions on the electoral divi-
sions. The following were at last decided on:
(*.unties Argyle, 1 member; 2. Bathurst. 1 : 3.
Coriden East, 1; 4. Camden West, 1; 45. Cook and West-
tuonland. 1; 6. Cumberland, 2; 7. Durham, 2; 8. Glou-
cester and Macquarie, 1; 9. Xing and Georgians, 1 ; 10.
Murray and St. Vincent, 1; 11. Northumberland and Hun-
t. t, 2; 12. Philip, Brisbane, and Bligh, 1; 13. Roxburgh
and Wellington, 1 14. Stanley, 1. Total, 17 members.
l'a.tord Districts:l6 to 22, 8 members.
Boroughs City of Sydney, 3 members ; 24. Sydney
Thlll3le!., I; 2.5. l'aratnatta, 1; 26. Cumberland Boroughs,
27. Western ditto, 1 • 28. Southern ditto, 1; 29.
Sonh. rn ditto, I ; 30. Noith-eastern ditto, 1; 31. Stanley
dim". 1. Total, II members.
Total elective members, 36; crown nominees, 18: total
tatetuturs, SI.
The population of New South Wales, independent
of Port Philip, is 19'2,000.
The ordivary revenue for the first quarter of the
present year amounted to 71,8101., being an increase
on the corresponding quarter of 18:4 of 8,8001.; of
this, however, 0,2001. was from the sale of allotments
in the Barrack-square. The crown land revenue
amounted to 15,3791. an increase of 8,000/., princi-
1' illy on the sales of land and town allotments. The
;:rose amount of both revenues was 89,9371., a gross
imrease of 15,4681.
VAN DIENIEN'S LAND.

Accounts receiveifrOctlirs colony to the begin-
ning of May, announce the death of Mr. Anstey, an
041 and respected colonist.
VICTORIA.
Milbourne (Port Philip) journals received to the
beginning of May notice the increasing cost of
%heat and other articles of domestic consumption, in
iiiiscquence of the late fire and the prevailing
,40.ught. It would appear that in Mel-
u"urne alone, at the prevent time there are two
steam mills, seven breweries, one boiling-down estab-
h'lut nt, one blacking manufactory, three iron and
taa brass foundries. Melbourne his eight places of
vr.inliip in course of erection; ono by the episcopa-
!Lan.. and the other seven by protestant dissenters:
to addition, there is the Roman catholic church of St.
Patrick in course of erection.

COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.— Yesterday a
ntr,l court took place at the company's Mikes in Fen-
(Lirth.strect ; Robert Harrison, Esq.. in the chair. The
",,,,6) business was the ft-election of three directors, viz.,
B"
'Ltd Carter, Esq., John Nis, Esq., and John Muter-
u", ; and of W. A. Hankey, Eaq, the NM'
e court then adjourned.