The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-20 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The Niagara arrived at Southampton yesterday
with the heavy portion of the Australian mail. She left
Alexandria December 7, and Malta on the 10th. She hu
brought home 23 passengers and 30 boxes of gold, worth
137,7221. Thor Australian mail which left Alexandria in the
Niagara reaslated of 80,000 hitters, 90,000 newspapers, and
6,000 registered letters. The letters ware sorted on
beard the Niagara by Mr. Roberts, the mail
°Moor, and will be delivered in Loudon and all
railway towns within 300 miles of it simultaneously this
morning. The passengers by the Niagara were the first
peaces who travelled all the way by rail between Son and
Alexandria, the Egyptian railroad harlot been finished just
Ilsbre they arrived at Sam. On some parts of the journey
by rail the passeagers travailed id the rat* of forty miles an
boor. OnO of the most difficult sad important railway. in
the world, sad which has been some years forming, is now
complete/, and the sheet route to India, ChM., Japan, end
Australia ow now be trevsned by railway and steam packet
throughout.

Accounts brought by the Niagara front New Zealand are
encouraging. The colony is prosperous. The gold Selig
there are steadily increasing in value. They have
wow been discovered about eight months, and 100,0001.
worth of gold In dust and nuggets have already been ob-
tained from them. They are situetal close to llessaore Soh
whore a boat's mew of the famous cironninavigatem, Teams;
ware umemered by the natives. This bay is 50 mom from
Nelsen, mod in August last 1,000 persona were at work at the
dialog,. The gold is of very good quality. At Sydney
basher was dull. The fresh gold diggings just difloovared
he the norther! Sydney bad exalted much intermit, and about
5,000 gold diggers weekly were leaving Viotoria bound for
New South Wales.

MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATEL—The following
notice hes been leaned from the Omega! Poet-oleos.—ln
sioxodenos with arreaganosts weds by the United Mates
Past-eflicet, the lined Comedian mail pockets plying between
Liverpool sad Portland will, no each wanton of leaving
Liverpool, Wks the passe of United Stets mall pockets
during the whits seem, and all letters, etc., addreeeed
the United thane, whisk are posted at or reach Liverpool
previous to the departure of those packets, and which are
not directed es be otheredin snit, will be forwarded by the
Canadian soft peeking. The days appointed fAw the de-
parture of the Canadian mall packets from Liverpool during
the pressat winter sus—Wednesday, Dec. l 2 ; Wednesday,
Jan. 26; Wednesday, Feb. 23; Wedneedsy, March 23.

The AXSZICAN MAII.6.—The British and North
American mail sesate-ship Armies NAM as lietaday ham
Liverpool for Halifax and Boren, with 1111 paringsw a fan
rep, and the mails ; the North Ananias rib en Wainer
day with the Candle mail end prempas Pertlesil;
and on Saturday the Africa royal mail same takes ha
departure for New York.
PENINSULAS AND NORTH AFRICAN MAILS,—
The Peninsular and North African Steam Navigation Com-
pany, steamer ASMS.36, A. B. Davidson, commander,
arrived in the river Thames on Saturday, briturag dales
from Seassarade, Nov. 36 ; diced Camp, Nov. 26 ; Tear
tiffs, Nov. 26 ; Mardor, Dec. 8 ; Cadix, Dec. 7 ; and Lito
boo, Dec 12. The Anima Ittftlipl iair complemeat of
presagere. She upsrieneed beery pies on her entwerd
peersbetween Llama end . Co the 10th, et
St. inert, spoke the a aliemer Winter, as
all well on Left at Lisboa tbe Com-
pare)'. Hadar& packet Mould d'Atimpria. ConmsereMl
snake In Morocco were Improving, and the szeltarent
&plat Christian wee subsiding.
DELIVERY Or LETTERS ON CHRISTMAS-DAY.--011
Saturday, by command of the Poetnaester-Oaterel, aria
was leaned at the chief office, Si. Martin's-le. Greed, that
on Saturday next, bang Christmas-day, there would be no
delivery of Was, to., within the limits of the Lowden dis-
trict poet after twelve at noon. The collection el lettere
end newspapers from the branch amass and recolviarbeeres
win take place in the evening, for despatch by the foreign
malts sad gamma post, ea also the oeneodoe at tee o'clock at
night, so be forwarded by the morning mails • bat so Wai-
ner whatever will be transacted la tbe umasi-order dorm-
met of the Post-Whoa
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR DI7DIX2r.-
Ixonarr.-0e Friday seeming an Wqiierwatlmill at lairia
Hill, near Dolby, on the body of WflDses Zelkiwas, 16,
maker, kUhdes Trak, Yet, at Titans Gum.
eagiamer, Charles Edwards, Instead *sillisj.
es it worded the shaft with the deosime4ruefresiW
the bowl' wee 11111115 up to the top of the telkr paM, Apt
Wthe
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dpssiesd Log himself our it. earl bad 166/teuri
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Clirewhis.