SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
His Majesty's Ship Buffalo, fitted up at Portsmouth expressly for taking emigrants to the new colony of South Australia, sailed from St. Helen's on Wednesday last. This large ship contains, besides the crew, about two hundred colonists,—including the Governor, Captain HINDMARSH, the Colonial Commissioner, Mr. FISHER, the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. GILLES, and the Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. HOWARD, with their ladies and families. From news received of Colonel LIGHT, the Surveyor-General, when near the Line, it is presumed that he will reach Spencer's Gulf in the beginning of next month. The Africaine, a vessel of three hundred and fifty tons, sailed five weeks ago from London, with Mr. GOUGER, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. BROWN, the Agent for Emigrants, and a number of people of the working class. The Tam o' Shanter sailed last week from London, with several of the
subordinate officers, a body of working emigrants, some choice Saxon sheep, and though last not least, eighteen shepherd's dogs. The Wil- liam Hutt is about to sail with the church,—a handsome building of wood, in a complete state with good accommodation for seven hundred and fifty persons—which will occupy the whole tonnage of this vessel. The Coromandel, a ship of eight hundred tons, is now being fitted up for labouring emigrants, who are taken cost-free to the colony, and will sail during next month ; and two other vessels of the same burden will be despatched this season with labouring emigrants. Alto- gether, it is computed that the first year's expedition to this new colony will consist of twelve or fourteen ships ; of which seven, not reckoning the Buffalo, have already sailed, loaded with emigrants, wooden houses, rough materials for building, provisions for the use of the colony, and all sorts of goods. The South Australian Commissioners having con- tracted for a plentiful supply of live-stock from other colonies ; and orders having been given, by settlers of property, for the introduction of horses, cattle, and large flocks from VansDiemen's Land and New South Wales, many colonial vessels, besides those proceeding from England, will meet at Adelaide—which the first town of South Australia is to be called, by the express desire of the King. But this is not all : the South Australian Company (not the Commissioners, but a Company which has purchased land in the new colony) has engaged to convey to South Australia a number of families from Saxony, amounting alto- gether to nearly one thousand persons. A very large ship, the Sarah, has been chartered, and is gone to Hamburg for the purpose of taking three hundred and fifty of these emigrants ; who may be expected to
arrive soon after the Governor. They will be planted on the Com- pany's lands, under the superintendence of officers appointed:by the Company.
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