The Sun. — 1853-06-13 (London, England)

THE AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS.  Among the passengers brought home by the Brazilian packet Teviot, which arrived at Southampton on Saturday, wore about 50 belonging to the Australian liner Bombay, which put into Rio in a leaky condition. The following notice of the Bombay appears in the Melbourne Argus of a late date :  " THE VICTORIA EXODlTEL—Arnongst the numbers of old residents now leaving% .ue colony, the passengers by the fine old Indiaman, the Bombay, occupy a position worthy of remark. Amongst them we have Mr. Johnston, late member for the city and long well known in connection with public business in the colony. As an active anti-transportationist, and identified with the popular and progressive party in our political world for years, Mr. Johnson leaves behind him many sincere friends. Another passenger is Mr. Green, whose activity and promptitude in the conveyance of our mails in the earlier stages of colonial history, rendered very great services to his fellow colonists. Mr. Green has been a great patron of our public institutions, and has always displayed a kind heart and energetic temperament. We also notice Mr. James Murray, very well known as one of our oldest colonists, and very generally and universally respected. Mr. Macredie, his son-in-law, Mr. Condell, first mayor of Melbourne and member for the city ; Mr. Collyer, of Green Hills ; Mr. Furlonge, and others. It is rather a sorrowful thing to find so many of our oldest residents leaving us, but it is some satisfaction to know that few of them go without a fair share of the good things of the richest country in the world ; and if we can only succeed in stirring up our empty mockery of a government into securing some approach to a better condition of society, we have a very strong conviction that numerous as are the desertions at present from our shores the time will come when most of our runaways will be glad to come back again." The Bombay left Melbourne on the 27th of February last, a few days after the Atraveida, which brought the latest news we have received. She left with a very rough and inadequate crew, not one of whom would join the vessel without 451. for the run home. The name of the captain of the Bombay is Flamonsk. She had on board about 80 passengers, 27,000 ounces of gold, 2,400 bales of wool, and thirty tons of tallow. She made a good run to Cape Horn in five weeks. Near the Falkland isles one of the crew became mad, and attempted to murder the captain and wounded him so dangerously that the mate was obliged to take charge of the ship. About two days afterwards the Bombay sprung a leak of an alarming nature. The crew were unwilling and unable to manage the ship and manage the pumps, and the latter duty was obliged to be undertaken by the passengers. The gentlemen passengers worked at the pumps incessantly for eight days and nights, while the ship was making 20 feet of water in 24 hours. The lady passengers were obliged to act as cooks and stewardesses. While in this fearful extremity a gale came on, and carried away nearly ,every bit of sail. At length the Bombay reached Rio, and about 50 of the passengers took a passage to England in the mail packet Teviet, which put them to some hundreds of pounds additional expense. Mr. Murray, one of the wealthy colonists, above alluded to, went to Melbourne about 12 years since, when there were not a dozen houses in the place. He built the first large building there. Since that period property has risen in that town a thousand per cent. The gold on board the Bombay was not sent home in the Teviot., Just before the Bombay left Melbourne the ship Blackwell sailed for Melbourne ; on board of her was Mrs. Latrobe, the lady of the Governor of Victoria, and family. The Blackwell had also about 50,000 ounces of gold on board. By the Bombay mails, which were sent home in the Teviot, we have news from Melbourne up to the 26th and from Sydney to the 18th of February last.  The Melbourne Argus of Feb. 23, supplies the following items of local and commercial interest :