The following interesting'accoutit of the state of affairs iniYew Aus tralia is extracted from a letter in a

recent \smd-'Ot'th^:'No : - :: ZdHii(l Times by at Yv rel lington signing himself. E J;:L.&.;:~

I "As but one; side of"New Aus-. traliati '"history is-at present, 'being served up by the'cable' man' for the delectation of New Z.ealanders, pei mit me; to state -a few facts which. I gleaned during a visit to the centres of v i- took a great deal of trouble to obtain reliable in-. formatiou op. the subject,* because ' many people have asked-myadvico ts to; joining the colony;"—Our'last cabled information'came from'li man-/ named White,; one of the expelled, members, about whom Mr John Sib bald, one of Adelaide's best known and respected public men, wrote from the v settlement iu his short history, of the movement:—" A,, small clique led by; Fred White were absolutely adverse to some of our rules, aud he himself towards the end of the voyage made , open boast of his intention to : break them ou'every opportunity, showing no compunction whatever at breaking his spoken and written word aud: per-. juring himself to ashipfni of people'" White was subsequently expelled for misconduct, and with others, who ac cepted Laue's monetary offer, to leave the colony found their 'way with difficulty to Monto Videoi It •is these .people who have since .boon clamouring for assistance, and not.the Now Australians, who are how on the high road to prosperity. The limits lof your s'pactf will uot permit of anv thiug like a history of the progress of the colony, but I may be allowed to state a few particulars ,of general interest. It was agreed at first that ; William Lane, the originator of the movement, should have sole charge of the party until sufficient numbers were ou the settlement to justify the ■■ declaration of -'the* con stitution. Although. few even now doubt the hiia "fides d -Lane, it. was soon discovered that ;he did notpossess the. necessary ,quali .fications for leadership, being too re ticent, irritable, and somewhat auro«- crafcic. He bad arrived at certain conclusions' by a long process of thought, and became impatient when others could not arrive at the same conclusions with scarcely any thouglt whatever. Expecting faith without reason he failed to get. 