New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-16
miscellaneous.

A collision took place on the River
Thames on Thursday afternoon, between the
Romsgate steamer Duchess of Kent, and the Ant
werp Steamship Ravensbourne. The former was
cut to the waters edge, and sunk in eight min
utes, with some of the passengers on board, 1T is
supposed
The telegraphic cable between Dublin
and Holy head does not work, and a surveying
party is engaged in searching for the injury Only
Eve miles more of cable was used than would
cover the distance in straight line.
On Wednesday the ship Admiral arrived
from Port Philip, With 30S40 ounces OF gold, val.
ued OF nesrly Gl2O,OO0. The captain states that
the difficulty of obtaining crews is undninlshed,
aud there are City sail in port deserted hy their
cfews me humber g. pefsons arriving at P0rt
Plliip was about a thousand per week. Inc
statement that the average yield OF the Mount
Alexander district is II 900 ounces per week IS
confirmed. and at Sydney the yield Is proDsoy as
large Wages are not so high as might be expected
Ru,dIng was recommending aI melooufle, laOor-
ars h;,g obtainable at ten 10 fifteen shlllnys per
Isv SbeDherds can be had at from t:}5 i 10,
I'll rstiohs. Seamen's wages 10 England were
cI5 na,sble in advance in gold. The AdmraVs
dates are 10 I'd April.
The "Hydaspes' brings letters from
Adelaide South Australia to the 23d February.
Accounts from the copper mines were favorable,
circumstances considered. The English and Aus
tralisn Copper Company had 10000 tuns of ore
ready for shipment, and supply of coal equal 70
the wintt demand. A cOnsid sable number of the
miners had left Burra Buna, but many remained
and the manager confidently reck0ned on making
| 500 tuns Of copper within the neat six months
The stock Of ore at the miDe on ith February
was 5000 tuns. Shipping was much wanted.
There have been four her arrivals, with
SO $40 ounces OF gold valued at / 1913 GEO. but no
later dates fiom tie mines
The Daily NetS states the following
democratic facts in Austr ,lian society:
Some years ago, servant girl who had
robbed her mistress a miibner ia London was
transported 10 Sydney for a term of years. The
Bathurst plains were presently after discovered
and Sydney grew iich. The female convict wrote
10 her former mistress that the colony was good
place -tuat as she now kept her carriaee she
was hoppV TO return the amount which she had
stolen, with interest THAT she earnestly recon-
uendPd h. 10 come out and Set no SHOP and
that in thst case she should be happy TO extend
patronage 10 a lady tor whom she had so great an
esteem. what Impudence" cried the ENGLISH
newspup' and reviews of the day. Last winter.
an Australian gentleman dined at Il public
toble where his late groom was seated The
groom with familiar air." proposed to take
vine with the gentleman. " How horrit ~ ex.
claim the ladies OF England to which the Young
gentlemen respond, " Conf0und the celioy -
More recently siill. have heard that judge
in Van Diemen's Land, too inlirm ts walk mas
been compelled 10 lay aside his carriage and horses
tor wont OF coachman and groom; and Tat ms
sons, who clean his knives and forks, and shoes.
draw their parent about in an invalid chair. "How
dreadful" cries everybody. How little he could
have anticipated such thing when he ..ccepted
the Office OF Colonial Judgem Tbs il true and
in this absence of anticipation lies The hardship
OF the care. man who goes out with old views