ADELAIDE.

Wellington Independent, Volume VII, Issue 626, 11 October 1851, Page 3

ADELAIDE.

The Lieut.-Governor opened the Legislative Council in person on the 20th and from his speech we gather that the population is 67,000. During the past year the excess of immigration over emigration was 6,137. ' The value of the imports, £887,523; ofthe exports, £571,348. The export of wool was, 3,289,232 Its.; of copper metal, 44,594 cwt. ; of copper ore, 8,784 tons. The tonnage inwards, and outwards was 168,468 tons. The extent of enclosed land, 174,184 acres. The waste land occupied by squatters, 15,317 square miles. The places of worship in the colony, 102; Schools, 115. The general colonial revenue, inclusive of land fund expenditure, was £ 136,304. The land fund receipts, including the balance of the previous years £114,467 and the land fund expenditure, £102,778 In little more then six years the population had nearly trebled itself: a clear surplus balance on hand of £40,000 may be'calculated upon at the end of 1851.

Tl)e Register of August the IStb says: —" Some beautiful specimens of rock gold were brought into town on Saturday last, which had been found on a section adjoining the Victoria , Min'e, the property of J. B. JNTeales, Esq. The gold is in fine luniiniE, mixed with quartz and sandstone. A large course of the lode crosses the suction on which it was originally found, and which was acquired oh leasehold by Mr. A'ealcs from the late Mr. Mctcal/c, but the debris is washedover another section, which is the freehold property of the former 'gentleman. Two sets of miners have entered into arrangements'with' Mr. Ncales to work the lode for the next twelvemonth, paying him a haudsonio royalty and rental for tho land besides."

The Rtyisler of the 12th says:— "The Burra Association have discovered on their property a new lode of red oxide, which is found to contain CO ounces of silver the ton (of 20 cwt). A new and most promising lode has also been discovered at the Reedy Crook Mine; which has tended to create very sanguine expectations of tho future prosperity of the Australian Mining Association.

Wke'ok or the Emiguakt Ship " M avion,"—The melancholy intelligence reached the Port late on Thursday night last, of tho loss of the above vessel on! Troubfidge Shoal. Tho following authentic particularsoblaihedfrom Capt. Kissock may be relitSd on. On the 24th of March tha Marion,\ek Plymouth in company with the City of Manchester and the King William with 353 emigrants, and sighted Kangaroo Island last Monday inoming,

about 3a. in.; at this time the vessel was beating up the Gulf, and continued to do so until she struck on the outer reef on Troubridgo Shoal, which took place about !i o'clock a. m. on TucsJay. 'Flip load was hove just before tho vessel struck, but there was no sounding. She was iv full sail at the time, and going at the rate of about four knots per hour. Shortly after the vessel struck she rapidly filled ; previous to which the sails were backod to try and float her again, , but it proved unsuccessful. At this time there was a strong tide setting in on the Troubridge Shoal. Capt. Kissock then ordered the boats to be lowered (four iv number), and all the females and childn n were put into them, and made towards Yorke's Peninsula, where two of the boats were safely landed, and the other two at Capo Jervis. Some of the emigrants wer6 landed on Tuesday night, other on Wednesday, and tho remainder on Thursday morning. A fishing-boat rendered the sufferers some assistance by taking away several boat-loads from tho ili-fated vessel on Wednesday. Capt. Kissock having been informed that therewas a small vessel at Yorke's Peninsula, the Maid of the Mill, he sent.for her on Wednesday morning, but the vessel was then on the beach high and dry. However, she arrived at the wreck on tho same evening about 5 o'clock, when tho rest of the. emigrants embarked in her with some boxes, they then left tho wreck about dark and arrived at the Port early on Tuesday morning. At the time they left the vessel the water was within about 18 inches of the main deck. There is not the slightest chance of her ever being floated off again ; she must inevitably become a perfect wreck. It is very probable that she has already gone to pieces, tho weather on Friday night having been exceedingly rough. The loss of the vessel is attributed to the strong currents which set iv on the shoal. All the emigrants have landed safe; ono infant, however, has since died.— South Australian Register.

Adelaide Markets, August 21.— Chain: Wkeat 7s. 6d. to 7s. od.; flour £20 to £21 10s.; oats 6s. 6d. per bushel; crushed maize 75.; bran Is. Bd.; pollard Is. 6d.; English barley scarce; Cape barley also scarce : hay £5 10s. to £6 10s.

Cattle.—There were only 700 sheep in the market to-day, which went off readily at from 9s. to 125.; horned cattle realized about 12s. per 100 Its.— S. A. Register.