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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 83, 7 August 1852, Page 7

Amongst those who were lost in the " Amazon," we regret to learn, was Mr. Elliot Warburton, the celebrated author of the " Crescent and the Cross." The Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Dr. Nicholson, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, of New South Wales. " Look on this Picturk, and on this."— Mrs. Chrisholm's emigration plans are progressing apace, under tbe auspices of the leading Australian Merchants. The ': Mariner" left Gravesend on the sth March with 270 souls, and applications have been made to fill two more ships. In contrast to this we lead that, under the auspices of the lute Colonial Secretary, the "Fairlie" has sailed for Tasmania with 300 convicts—an assorted cargo of reusability from Milbank, Pentonvillo, and the hulks at Woolwich. The same benevolent Nobleman had chartered four nio'e vessels for a similar purpose, two of which, his successor lias countermanded. The arrival of the c; Samarang," and the consequent press of English news, liisei-ablcs our sriving extracts this week from the Rev. Mr, Paul's lecture.