The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-07

From the Liverpool Journal, July "a
The tide Of emigration has not as yet experienced
an ebb; it continues fow in one continuous flood
towards the shores Of New South Wales. Although
the magnitude Of the movement might lead TO she
suppostion that the thousands leaving their native
country for far distant and to them unkno wn
are possessed by an Undesirable mania, the infor
nation received from time to time, from persons Of
character and respectabity who have been resident
IN Australia many years. convince the most cautious
that the emigrants actuated by the most ration
al views of improving their condition, rather than
impelled by wild spirit of adventure impossible OF
realization One singular feature in the Australian
emigration is that il has not checked in any appre
ciable degree the emigration TO America il is true
numbers leaving this country for America at the
present time are not so great as they were few
weeks since but this is incidental to the season,
there being periodical check in American grafton
during the harvest in England; and it is expected
that at its close the transatlantic exodus will be
renewed with it's former activity. During the past
week. three vessels have left the government depot
with emigrants who have gone out assisted by the
Emigration Commissioners They are. the Flora
302 adults; the John Davies, 400 adults; and the
Chance, 400 adults These are not the full number
of human beings, as the aggregate OF children is
reduced by scale 20 diminished number and
reckoned as adults. -Four government vessels will
leave next week: the john Grey, Ticondero ga,
Rianche, and Ontario, by which greater average
of emigrapts will be taken than have left by the
vessels frs. named The private vessels which
have sailed during the week are the Progress, the
Otillia, Ccvenantsr, Cambridge, and. We believe,
some others. each averaging about 800 passengers.
The City Of Lincoln wen, into the river yesterday.
The snip Georgiana sailed from Greenock, on
Tuesday evening, for Australia, with 300 emigrants
from the Isle Of Skye, Tue emigrants all talk
Gaelic, and very few Of them understand English
The following is an extract from the letter of a
young man who enigrated to Melbourne from Glas-
Cow and the RoSsshire Observer vouehes fer the
accuracy Of his statements:-"Wit this gold
business every thing is more than doubled 10
price. Bread, h. loaf, is Is 3D. short weight in
Guided; butter, p per ID; cheese, q I'd per ID !;
eggs, 3s I'D per doxer; potatoes. s. per cwt.;
tobacco, 4ad an ounce, and very bad-but most per-
sons smoke cigars at I'd each tea. common black,
Is I'D per H. coed moist sugar at 4d per 10. Now
for wages a charwoman gong on. t'seyen in the
morning till six in the evening, gets 5s and her
meat. The charge Of washerwoman is 6s q
dozen for shirts dressmaker, tor making gown
IS; carpenter or joiner, per day, los; some Gl,
and some Ell los, Tor particular work; tailor los,
some rs. per day a laborer IS per day, and some
los blacksmths. from es to G5 weekly tinmen
l cannot say; they seem to me as if they were
making their fortunes. They SET up shop in nook
or corner, and thrive, so much tin work being re-
70 the diggings No Many come back with empty
pockets, and some with very bad eyes. Others
rheumatics, especially those subject to that COM
plant. Bread at Alexander is 3s to as per lib.
loaf-eyerything in proportion. There is no starva-
ton beggary in this country. Every one caa
make fortune, hut many viii in very short time.
Merchants. spectators, SC often make one in an
incredibly brief space; and publcans can do 1t IN
three years and less. The greatest Inconvenience
here i want Of houses, more especially to those who
have families
A butcher, namid Hugh Macgregcr, emgrated
about fourteen yenls ago, from Inverness to Aus.
traha. Following his business for q few years, by
which he accumulated some little money, he pur-
chased piece Of land. This land being in close
proximity to the gold regions. it occurred 70 him to
make an attempt like others, in quest of the yslua-
bic metal. His was beyond his expectations,
turned he
be properties in the district. IRE news having
spread like wildfre through the country, it may b
imagined Macgregor received many offers for per-
mission 10 dig. nut refused all, At length com-
papy came forward who offered him the enormous
sum of 100000, which was accepted, and Huissean
Beag retired from life Of activity to enjoy the
fruits of his huiredly acquired fortune. Tie news
Of Hugh's success having been lately received in
Inverness, and in his native district, gave such
stimulus 10 all those who could muster the ".in''
to proceed to Australia, that last week abou. l20
persons left that town. many Of whom were the rela-
tiens and acquaintance Of Hugh Macgregcr, alias
Huistehr Beag.