The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-16 00:00:00

MELBOURNE COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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The month covered by the advioes now received is de-
scribed as, in a eornmermal point of view, one of the wont
ever known. Distrust was univereal and failures were fre-
quent. The names of Lazarus and Levinger, of Ballarat ;
of Baster and Walker, of Collingwood ; of Mr. Goodman
Teals, Mr. W. H. Nicholson, and Meson. Bergin Brothers,
of Melbourne, are among thine of the failed houses. The
money market was without change. The bank tate for first-
elan paper was maintained at 8 per esaL Many was plen-
tiful, and the government was about to Woe forthwith a
pm• Don (250,000 f. it was thought) of the million of railway
debentures metaside for the colony. In emasecimenaof the
anal questityet proles. awned the beets were rah*
the rate of exchange. Drafts on London, 60 days' eight,
la per cent.
The quantity of gold brought down by escort during the
month was 126,709 oz. against 160,432 in. in 1860, and
189,246 on. in 1859.
The following vessels had sailed with gold freights during
the month :- -June 26, Jeddo, for point de Gall., 42,522 tn. ;
July 2, Bwifteure, for London, 51,216 oz. ; July 8, Adelieia,
for Batavia, 148 os. ; July 15, James Wilson, for London,
19,067 oz. ; July 18, J. D. Cooper, for Calcutta, 2,531 as. ;
July 7.2, Liooolnehire, for London, 51,774 or. ; July 23,
Utopia, for Calcutta, 7,143 oe. ; July 23, Minerva, for
Hong Kong, 9,098 or. ; total, 183,489 or.

NEW ZEALAND.

The Melbourne Herald of July 25 thus sums up
the latest news from New Zealand :

" Since our last summary the great meeting has
been held. The great body of the natives arrived
at Ngaruawahia on Monday, the 6th, and the fol-
lowing day was given up to mourning for Wetini,
who fell at Malluetalii. The grand talk did not
take place till the next day.
" The Governor's declaration was produced and
certain passages, apparently marked before hand,
were read. The remaining portion was,with the con-
currence of the meeting, left unread. On the aide
of the extreme Kiugites many fiercely declared that
they had stopped their ears' to that letter, whilst
on the other aide also several expressed their con-
tempt for the nupepa' A solitary
more reasonable than the rest, who proposed that
the document should be considered, was speedily
put down.
" After two days of conference, a letter to the
Governor in reply to his proclamation wart
agreed
upon. The letter simply pleads for delay alilreft
time, with a kind of protest against the road
making upon which the military are engaged.
" Whilst all this is going on, little is really
I known of the actual intentions of the Commander-
in-Chief. For the time his whole attention seems
to be given to the clearing and forming roads, all
leading into the Waikato country, and hich
must very greatly facilitate future opera-
tions all which even the Maori, unac-
customed to civilised war, has not failed to re-
mark. There is reason to suspect, as well from the
speeches at the runanga as from the known jealousy
of Waikato, that the natives may interfere with
these advances, and that thus hostilities will be
precipitated. If so it is thought that the General
will confine his efforts to carrying out, under the
protection of his present force, the work of clearing
the way for future operations. Should there be no
such interferenc.-, it is said that General Cameron
has expressed his determination not to take the
field until he has 10,000 men at his disposal. This
number he expects to have during the next spring
through reinforcements that have been sent for
1 from the Cape of Good Rope, China, and India."

CEYLON.

(Freak the Colombo Observer of August 16.)

Mr. Lieschiog, the magistrate at Point Pedro, had bad •
narrow escape from death by the gripe of • chetah. A cor-
respondent writes :
"Information was given him, about five in the afternoon
of July 27, that • woman had been torn by • chetah. He
proceeded to the spot with the only serviceable gun be
had, • double-barrelled Manton, good enough for • shot, but
not by any means to be depended on for ball, as it wabbled
in the stock. However, he fixed it as well as he could,
en route, and in about half-an-hour reached the village,
when he learnt another person bad been wounded. The
people took hint to a palmira garden, and there was
the cheta lying am comfortably on the ground as if he had
been • tame at, in • garden without a single shrub to con-
' veal him. Advancing to about 30 paces Mr. L leant his
gun spinet • palsies tree and fired. Up jumped the
elm* and with three awful roars ran towards Mr. L. This
gentleman waited his charge, reserving his fire. To his our.
prise the chetah swerved as he approached, and passed
the tree on the opposite aids to when Mr. L. wits, within
about three paces of him. As ho paned Mr. L fired the
second barrel, but the brute held on his way, sprang on •
boy behind Mr. L, struck bun down, end made oft ; but
as he did so, Mr. L. had the satisfaction of seeing his
bowels protrude through a wound. Mr. L. reloaded
and went in pursuit, but before proceeding many yards
found him lying in a dwelling compound, and unable to
rise, and another shot settled him. Just conceive • chetah
having the audacity to take possession of a large village and
walk about the gardens of the people in bread daylight. I
never saw people so delighted as they were at his death.
The boy who was knocked down was much hurt. Mr. L
brought home the chetah in his bandy, and • splendid
fellow he is. The chetah was shot near Catevely church."