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prague, John Bright, Cossipore, Edward, Water Witch,
Bernieia, and Sagop, May 9 ; the Medford and Arachne,
May 11.

AUSTRALIA AND THE

CAPE

ARRIVAL OF THE MELBOURNE.
PLYMOUTH, .FRIDAY.
The Australian Royal Mail Steain Navigation Com-
pany's mail-packet Melbourne, Commander James
Simpson Hutton, arrived this afternoon' from Australia
and the Cape.
She left Plymouth on the 15th of October last, was
dismasted on the 21st of October, and bore up for Lis-
bon, where she arrived on the 26th ; left. Lisbon on the
21st of November ' • St. Vincent's on the Ist of Decem-
ber ; Cape of Good Hope on the Ist of January, 1853 ;
King George's Sound on the 25th ; Adelaide on the Ist
of February ; Port Philip on the 6th, and. arrived at
Sydney on the Bth.

The'Melbciurne left Sydney for England on the 6th of
March, Port Philip on the 13th, Adelaide on the 18th,
King George's Sound on the 2d of April, Cape of Good
Hope on the 17th of May, St. Vincent's on the 14th of
June, and arrived at Plymouth on the lst of. July.
She brings as cargo 83,400 oz. of golddust,—namely,
from Sydney, 500 oz. ; Port Philip, 70,000 oz. ;‘ Ade-
laide, 13,000 oz. ; a few paCkages and a small quantity
of specie, bank bills, &c.
Passengers, 85 adults and 31 children.
The Melbourne's intelligence from Australia has
been partially anticipated. On the 18th of March
the price of Victoria gold at Adelaide was 3/. 16s. 6d.
per oz., last sale ; of Burra Burra Mine Shares, 129/.
net. Issue draught on London, at 30 days' sight, 1
per cent. premium. To buy bill on London, 30 days,
14 per cent. discount. The mail steam-packet Adelaide
was hourly expected at Adelaide on the 18th of March.
The steam-ship Cleopatra was appointed tq leave Ade-
laide on the 9th of April, Melbourne on the 14th, and
Sydney on the 20th, for England, by the Straits of
Magellan or Cape Horn, calling at Rio Janeiro and
Madeira. ' The Shanghai, steamer, from Singapore, was
expected at Adelaide on the 6th- of May. Her Majesty's
steamer Torch left King George's Sound about the 18th
of March, for Sydney.
The intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope is 25
days later than that by the Bosphorus, which arrived at
Plymouth on the 23d of April. The frontier districts
are restored to peace, but its continuance after the with-
drawal of the British forces is problematical.
General Cathcart is locating Gaika tribes at some dis-
tances from their possessions. Moshesh and Kreili
show no disposition to disturb the colony.
At Natal the native population is peaceable, and trade
is extending. Gold, in small quantities, has been found.
At Cape Town the reception of the constitution, with
the Duke of NeWcastle's gratifying dispatch, continued
to give great joy to the colonists, especially to those in
the western provinces, and her Majesty's birthday was
to be celebrated, in consequence, as a jubilee through-
out the settlement.

is conßrmed attacks of feve,
.4161.6;1;4- ----11-- "aentc
)me company's ships in
vest Indies havem..affer severely from yellow
On board the Medway Mr. Carr, the fourth
officer,. and Mr. Douglas, the purser, bad fallen victims
to it. Capt. Curling, of the Medway, has returned
bathe in the' Magdalena invalided. He reports that
from the 10th orMay to the sth of June 17 persons had
died on board his ship--viz., two, officers, two pursers,,,,
two engineers, one carpenter, and ten of the crew.
The Trent was spoken by the Dee off Carthagena
the 10th of June, and reported having lost Mr. Ramsay,
chief engineer, Mr. Stone, second engineer, and seven
of the crew by yellow fever.',
On the 27th ult., in lat. 426 north, and long. 24.20
west, the Magdalena spoke tie General Screw Com-
pany's steamer Hydaspes, bouriq to Plymouth, coming
home under canvas with her rloachinery damaged, as
previously reported. The Hydaspes left Mauritius on
the 14th of April, and placed on board the Magdalena
her mails from Mauritius, St. Helena, and the Cape of
Good Hope.
From Jamaica our advices extend to the morning of
the 11th of June. The yellow fever, we regret to notice,
was raging at Kingston ; it had also appeared at. Port
Royal, and a rumour prevailed that it had reached UT-
park Camp. Among the victims, we regret to find, is
Commodore Peter M'Quhae, commanding on the sta-
tion at Port Royal. He was interred at Halfway Tree
the day before the packet left.
The Legislature remained in the same positiOn as re-
corded by our last advices. No revenue—no revenue
bills ; the house adjourning from day to day without
transacting any business, having refused to do further
business with the Council, in consequence of their re-
jection of the Retrenchment and Appropriated Revenue
Bills on two or three successive occasions.
Much anxiety prevailed on the subject of copper
mining, and the inhabitants looked forward to a new
source of wealth to the island from the very excellent
specimens that had been collected.

The weather was extremely hot, the general health
good, the yellow fever being confined principally to
newly-arrived Europeans. De Cordova's Mercantile
Intelligences gives the following review of mercantile
affairs :

'wit ay

"Although the differences between the Council and
the House of Assembly remain unsettled, business mat-
ters generally, in as far as the import market is con-
cerned; wear a more satisfactory appearance than they
have done for the last Bor 10 weeks. The unlikelihood
that any legislative measures will be adopted with refer-
ence to the re-enactment of the revenue bills, without
the interference of the Imperial Government, which
must of-necessity defer the adjustment of the question
for two or three Months ac: least, has rendered specula-
tive transactions less hazardous, and induced dealers to
come forward rather more freely than had recently been
the case. Prices generally have been equably supported,
and (the abeyance of the rated duties considered) have
ruled higher than was anticipated. Moderate receipts,
however, have had a great deal to do with this."
Her Majesty's ship Calypso arrived at St. Thomas,
from Barbadoes, and sailed on the 11th for Montserrat,
all well. Her Majesty's steamer Alban left Jamaica on
the sth of June for Havannah. The brig Daring sailed
on the 26th of May, and the schooner Bermuda on the
Bth of Juno, for a cruise.
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At Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ship Mean-
der, 44, Commodore C. Talbot, and the Hydra. The
Styx steam-sloop, Commander Henry G. Norris, and
the Dee, 4, steam troop-ship, Lieutenant-Commander
George T. C. Smith, arrived in Table Bay, on the 15th
of May, with the remainder of the 73d Regiment, now
stationed at Cape Town. The Sphinx, 6, steam-sloop,
Commander Charles F. A. Shadwell, embarked invalids
at the Cape, and sated for England May 17. The Gee-
long, for Australia, and the Dalhousie and Asiatic, for
Calcutta, have arrived 4 the Cape. The Barbara Gor-
don, laden with copper ore and wool, from Adelaide,
bound to Swansea, was lost on the west side of Cape
Agulhas on the Bth of May. On attempting to land on
a raft, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Redish, Mrs. Dalton, Mrs.
Hay, and one seaman were unfortunately drowned.
The barque Maid of Auckland, from Adelaide, arrived
at the Cape of Good Hope on the 16th of May with
21,000 oz. of gold and 23 passengers, for London.
The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's mail-
packet Hydaspes arrived from the Mauritius in Simon's
Bay Mar 3, and sailed for England on the 6th. The
Mauritius steamer, from Calcutta, had not arrived at
the Cape on the 17th of May. The Calcutta was spoken
by the Melbourne on the 2d of June, 10 miles south of
the line, long. 12 42 W., all well. The Melbourne'
spoke also, April 16, the Victoria Regina, standing
N.N.E., in lat. 25 3 S., long. 74 7 E. ; May 3, the
French ship Guy of Nantes, in lat. 31 26 S., long. 32 39
E., May 16, the barque Messenger, for Moulmein, off
the Cape of Good Hope ; May 22, the ship Emily, from
Madras, in lat. 26 23 S., long. 8 5 E. ; June 7, the ship
Nuova Paquita, from Lisbon for Melbourne, lat. 10 20
N., long. 19 50 W. ; June 8, the ship China, Bombay,
lat. 11 17 N., long. 20 50 W. June 14.—Left at St.
Vincent's three Greek brigs, and the French brig Jean
Baptiste. June 14, exchanged colours with the ship
Theseus, standing south ; June 30, barque Dart, bound
south, 150 miles from the Lizard, and barque Olinda,
bound south, 80 miles from the Lizard.
On the pas4ge from Port Philip to Sydney, 20 miles
north of Cape Horn, the Melbourne lost half her pro-
peller, which caused a detention at Sydney of 21 days,
in order to cast a new one. At 2 a.m. on the 12th of
April, in lat. 25 27 S., long. 90 36 E.,, she again carried
away half of the propellor; the remaining part was hove
up, and the engineers set to work to construct a new
one from a boiler plate and portion of the flooring of the
engine-room, which they completed in eight days. Un-
fortunately, on the 23d, at 7 15 p.m., off Fayal, the
crank shaft of the engines parted, when they were com-
pelled to heave up the propeller, and complete the voy-
age to Plymouth under canvas only. 35 of the crew
deserted in Australia, and the Melbourne left there 16
hands short of her complement, which was made up at
the Cape of Good Hope. Unless repaired at Plymouth,
she must proceed under canvas to the Thames.
The mails of the Melbourne, in 200 bags, besides
boxes, are said to admeasure 43 tons, and to be the
heaviest ever embarked at the colonies. They were in
charge of Captain Phillimore, R.N., and were dispatched
by the London mail train which arrives at Paddington
at 4 15 a.m. on Saturday.

The Magdalena spoke the Orinoco on the night of the
16th ult., off Virgin Gorda, steering for St. Thomas.
The Avon, Captain Elliston, was at St. Thomas ; the
Trent on the Spanish Main route ; the Dee at St.
Thomas, bound to the Northern Islands ; the Medway
bound to the Spanish Main ; the Conway at Jamaica ;
the 'Eagle at Barbadoes ; the Derwent at Jamaica. The
steamer Tamaulipas, 26 days from Liverpool, arrived at
Jamaica on the 27th of May, and sailed on the 29th for
Tampico.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
VESSELS IN KINGSTON HARBOUR,
Barks—The Isabella, Bess Grant, Melbourne, Sophia
=English ; the Tonsberg—Norwegian ; the Antelope—
Swedish ; the Mary Kimball, Chieftain—American.
Brigs—The Arena, Britannia, Aid, Lydia—English ;
the Sophie, Elise and Charlotte—Bremen.
trigantines—The Maitland, Ranger, Maude, Eagle—
English ; the Fairy—Prussian ; the Scotia, Viola, St.
Andrews—American ; the Vampire—Dutch.
Schooners—The Seraphina, London, Operator, Ane-
mone, General Grant—English ; the Josefa, Tres Her-
.manos—Spanish ; the Hendrina, Anita, General Piar—
Dutch ; the Walter J. Doyle—American ; the Clorinde
—Hay tian