The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-14 00:00:00

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AUSTRALIA.

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LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 13.-The clipper ship„ptsej
Polo, Captain J. N. Forbes, arrived M the
cing
this morning from Melbourne, Australia, efros
made another remarkable run. She saileal it is
Australia on the 10th of June at 5 p.m., an
of the
noted in the log that there were no accounts oof
steamer Antelope, which sailed from Li;gaierPt:of
five days previous to the Marco Polo, 11.r,-froin
the ship Earl of Charlemont, which sal,;10,11b01.4.
Liverpool on the same day. The Marco
brought about 40 cabin passengers, and 280,L"'
in golddust on freight. , made
It will be recollected that the Marco Polo --ndef
her last voyage in five months and 21 days under
favourable auspices ; the present voyage iltss„.coar°
made in exactly six months under very
n,a".dsie
able auspices, she having been detained Vve but,
in the ice, and 15 days by calms on the line ;tros
for a ship to have made two voyages to kas
and back in 10 days under 12 months is
remarkable achievement ever recorded in I'-
nals of navigation, t one
Captain Forbes appeared on 'Change anoti,„,,- all
o'clock, and met with a hearty welcome fr°-iong
the merchants assembled. The cheering was
and loud. s‘ra
The following is an abstract from her 00
and homeward logs :- her
The Marco Polo sailed from Liverpool on 7th
outward run on the 13th of March, and on thelotit
of April she passed the ship Erasmus, 28 dare.nd
from Gravesend. She experienced variable that
moderate winds for the first 30 days ; aft!, for ble
time for some days she had strong favta 14
winds, and on the 16th of April she was gowomke
knots. On the 25th of April, at 2 a.m., she for
the ship John Fielding, of and from Liverl3,7,oo
Moreton-bay, 45 days out ; and at 11 a.na• got
out of sight astern. On the Ist of May 07tbse
into the strong N.W. and S.W. winds an On
the ship began to show her good qualities- boor,
the Ist she ran 12, 13, 14, and 15 knots Pea,,'",ots•
and at the close of the day had logged 31-*104;
On the 2d she ran 300 miles; 3d, 310 ; 4th, tho
sth, 285 ; and 6th, 288 miles. From the 60;,htf 9th
9th she had light changeable winds. On,,n3tlit
she ran 280 miles; 10th, 276; 11th, 266,° rig
299 ; 13th, 267 ; and on the 14th, during P"- Onn
N.E. and N.W. squalls, 266 miles per die...0,131' 01
the 15th she was in lat. 49.51 cl" 7
miles ; 16th, 272 ; 17th, winds N the
18th, 18th, winds W.S.W., 288. On e. 19,11 --s°l4P
21st, and 22d, she had variable W. and -.11.
winds, and ran from 6 to 10 knots Per- hod
throughout. On the 23d, with westerly
294 miles were logged ; 24th, winds N. by D.' II
d
miles; and on the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, an-i, Uri
light S. and S.W. winds were experienced. Ade
29th of May she arrived at Melbourne, having°
the run from Liverpool in 75 days. „a on
She made but a brief stay at Australial-00-
the 10th, at 5 p.m., started on her homewardftonl
At 7 p.m. she passed the bark Resolution/ Go.
Singapore and Liverpool and the schooner nth,
forward, of Plymouth, 104 days from PlYnlerk,ts
both bound in. On the 11th she had WT. ltP
N.E. winds, and ran 183 miles ; on the 12 ~,,s
miles ; on the 13th and 14th experienced e'-31.4
on the 15th, with E. and N.
winds, 00,
miles were logged ; 16th, 322 ; 17th, 2941. 7,11
260 ; 19th, winds N., 324 • 20th,
-
316 ; 21st, wind N. by E., '322 ; and '1
-.4 ,a the
23d, from seven to nine knots per hour.
ed
23d large quantities of ice were encounter) the
longitude about 60 S., which tore off „
in
copper from the bows. On the 26th, at 7 a';'' sbif
latitude 141 W. (still in the ice), saw a isrg- bid)
astern, which proved to be the ship Kent, i.„" the
sailed from Melbourne five days previous faille,e
Marco Polo, for London. From the 27th °` „on
to the Ist of July ice was met with, and onlib'e
distances were made. On the 2d of July and
was cleared and strong N. winds encounte,reisi
the ship made 303 miles ; on the 3d, wind
332 miles ; 4th, wind N. and N.W., vell ds,
364 miles ; and the sth, with same
miles ; making a total for the four days °f obi°
miles. From the 7th to 12th of July, Ntilslll
winds, accompanied with sleet showers ailvicitabs+,3rroaSsi.:,,
weather, were met with . and on the -1-'"
14th, calms. On the 15th, 16th, and
S.E. winds ; on the 18th, in latitude 49, 19d1'
met with S.W. winds, and ran 323 miles ;
winds N.W., 284, and 20th, winds N•Wrltilil
miles. From latitude 42.23 S , on the 22de.',.isb °
to latitude 27.30 S. on the 3d. of August, 11°' ope'
wertooo
winds, generally N.N.W. and N.W.,
rienced, the shi running good average dig -ifhe'
From the 3d tot he 7th of August she was agn24;
calmed. On the Bth she ran 220 miles; 9t6nthie
10th, 196 ; 11th, 208, and 12th, 214 miles- san
°
13th, in lat. 6.52 S. again met with Gail the
light S. and S.E. winds, which continued t otb,
24th of August. On the 25th, 26th, 27th, frotl
and 29th, with E.N.E. and E. winds, she ra,llt
lieso
7to 10 knots per hour. From the 30th 01,010,th
to 4th of September had light winds and,eaL „ride
ship being in lat. 34-40. N. S.E., and S." •,,t 3,30
were experienced till the 7th of September,lootit•
• p.m., when the Western Islands were rarroode
From the Western Islands inwards she 110g„,tesei
rate and fine weather, and arrived in the Pci
at noon to-day, making the voyage in e 0
months. es
The Marco Polo belongs to Messra' 401.0
Baines, and Co., Black Ball line of .A-11,810
packets, and will sail on her return to Ann"
about a AP'
MARLBOBOUGH-STREET.-(TBIS
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- WOU"' k
SUSPICIOUS CASE.—Mary Keighly, A 10W. -
ra
the town, was placed at the bar before Mr.
charged with having in er possession two Bans.'opose
land notes, one for 1001. and the other for 501.7 sur
to Willi been stolen. fei;
m Woods, the son of the landlord of t-
thers Tavern, Oxford-street, stated that about louse°
an
last night the prisoner came into his father's bwhich
called for a half quartern of gin, in payment f°l. itaa
she put down a shilling, which she again took 131;0 to
placed a back note on the counter, and requested 1104
give her change. His mother, who was at the banfoi, de'
it up, and perceiving it to be of the value of lvwhose
tamed her, while be went for a constable, uP°ll -
arrival she was given in charge. into
Police-constable 96 C said he took the prisoner 00
custody and conveyed her to the station, where abed A
searched, and in the bosom of her dress was found iPt
pocket-book containing a 501. bank note and a rTbir
for 351., being the amount of passage money Pal 0, to
one Thomas Denham for his passage from Geel:;/1:0ed
England by the Ballaratt. This receipt via'
Dalgatey and Co., agents. aecoulP
The prisoner, who gave a very unsatisfactory
of the affair, was remanded for a week.
40'

THE DoWLAIs WORKS.—These works are now vi,.-,-ect
fv.t _i 1 y again,
the whole of the colliers who reinwPro,
upon the spot continuing in the labour they live,2oo
sumed. They do not, however, number more than `l_,.g
men, whereas the force that struck for the advance Ts`e,
fully 1,200. The others have gained employment else'
to
where. A number of the best men have emigrate 4t,
Australia ; and so great has been the emigration 'ruin,
Merthyr, that by 30 per cent. does it exceed the
flux. The ironmasters cannot depend upon an Irish sip,Li.
ply, as the natives of the sister isle prefer Arneri?,,,
Australia, and labour is scarce in all the Welsh inaricoi
The works at Dowlais have been put into a sta,t_eA:
thorough repair, new brickyards having been arOr'