The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

THE GOLD CROPS IN AUSTRALIA.

Perhaps the moat extraordinary event upon record
till" the Expulsion "is the discovery of the ellolllllollll
god crops in Australia. Differing from all other seethes
ettime earth in her Fauna, in her Flora, in her rookery as
ye., as is her aboriginal humanity, Australia is now shown
to alder from them still more in the normal productions of
to sod. In no country of the world—not even exeopt-
btt,alifarnla—le gold, that most precious of minerals,
tattered so " broad east " over the surface of the land.
She quantity sent into Melbourne, for instance, in three
ineewies weeks (which, it will be borne in mind, wee not
necessarily the whole quantity collected indeed, very
holy not more than half that
_quantity) within a day's
rof that town, amounted in the aggregate to 6,642
tley weight, which, at the average rate of 31. 17a
per tenet, or 461. per pound troy, would give a sum not far
ffiert of 360,000/. atcrling ma the value, that is to say, about
WOOL foe each week, taken in the round. These are the
*lowest figures " at which the return from the Melbourne
Was have been rated ; but there is clear and distinct
pool that the yield is not less than 140,0001. per week, and
there is ulticient reason to suppose that it had actually
reached 3i..0414. per diem on the average. " Two or three
tons - a week was no unusual return to Melbourne at this
tow the last ships for England left that land of pooh* ;
atel by a calculation made on the spot, with every amain le
el, omit at the command of the calculator, it would eels
that ten tons of gold, value about three quarters of amillien
sterling. have found their way into that town NA been
there duly registered, within the short space of three
sonths—nantely, from the 29th September to the 20th De-
Crane. IS:d.
The results of this immense addition to the man of gold
already in existence are every day mare and more difficult
of medication. One effect has doubtless been to nistain the
tote of wages, which, in this country at least, would have
aecisoarily undergone a reduction, had it not been for the
discovery of this precious metal in California. What its
farther discovery in Australia will produce can only be very
Vaguely guessed ; but it may be looked upon as posnble—
lay. probable—that, by leading directly to a naetion in
the value donate', as such, it will lend to a reduction of
the heavy burden now horse by the public, under the form
Of interest on the national debt. Ile he it will be an ad-
Vantage to this country. In England, notwithstanding the
alarms of depreciation, amosildas are said to be too
cheap. The mercantile and interest, agricultin
Inn. landowners, every party to be "sallow at
aloe, and all hope of improved poises lm been
abandoned. Of the Continued A la sottatory to
speak. Empty treasuries sad sal elscion-
tented people are the one mimed rigid sue. Whether
thee be abundance or scarcity, thalami, h • wattar of
indifference, for prices, when sot hop up by marealy, as
it the cue of beet-root sugar, ors low monk ; asd waers
bread is dear. bad seasons, and net the shasints of gold,
an known to have mood the rise of pima lfaaslhsiess
the ponibility of an overwhelming 'apply of gad is not to
be overlooked; and certainly the *appoints nen gold
may become as abundant as tin and Una is solowhat
startling, and causes a species of lavalostry alarm
Would gold then become as cheap a• iris, arm lay of
the inferior metals—tboa• at pries* mufti to hailer,
at lesat ? _ _ _

11.7" process of exhaustion" in lists has bean appdid to
the, question, bet the slower is emseity satisfastery. It is
of aurae set midge to my what tuentity of wid_meat be
obtained to pulses thevatity e( value it to this
proposition, but it is to game the that
Ira: nut pewees* it. ee las hoes Cali-
tonoa roams thee thieweedzetyeers, I ben Mew*
see hoes ease elealee. eberibef
11:4,=, et AMA& aesusily, ben net marl
io point of price,witb les% seems willies zest metal
in trisect of approximate seam ether. Carileder, bow-
er, r, th, accelerated perriimal immle•thl:=l"
as eoropart with that the peel mallowy, le that
ti,t h ss than 40,000.09 K of eaii per mew we sad above
tho present assonnt psedeseilwm be absorbed in the per.
chew of iarreesed ormerikise, the orbs prederdies of
whir h will be no doubt easmeeely aggravated by the is-
creased demand. So he the Restive.
It is not probable that imy die will take place is the in-
terest of money ; on the osistenirp it is almost WWI that
the interest will range lowa and bewer. me. h..-
ever, must hart one inevitable auserperseoher etreirdier
fortunes to a more even drew Tined Lamm villeittetely
fall is value, whether they be derived he. the hereset if
L. 'NM upon rooftrees_ or divides& la the pebble hob;
DOS, on the other hug, the him of labeer red et due pe•
ducts of labour will powders* rho Is pekoe. TIN% is
all Lit ',hood. will be brought awes the solution of ail
",slid notation,- as between elpfeel_ead labour, whisk
has befit the .tumbling block vi edited sod social philoso-
phers in modern times.
In the meanwhile, pending this Snintitm, it Is helpers-
lace on the government of the meshy to "take sash
order- as that the golden crop ie her Majesty's dominions
in the South fleas shall be gathered in with the greatest
Povihle advents,e to those whom they are supposed to re-
P"leit—lssroslls tMword eraseref= ander the
dtsagnatiou of her Majwity's sidgette—

E ATI tur A t from Wiaimeadsth
Asheidae, writes: —lds net no tag satin of a ehea ef so
cathquake which was Mt di dm. tie sootbors alp of
the Illandip Thanday lath. lito Ltd Ar. NY
Rankin awoke at half--pot GT% am.. lad Mt mem
Aake 00 anneh that he Ns oat • mom at Madder-
loh (near which place the &de woo foll) Yt
the Ws elm under ldnatatermialt Wow Cboidor
some looses ban the Owes of the WM. orieked, sad
the bell. nag in MOM law% the dodo isroek, Ike. I
have so doubt there vt los Sooty of authestiesticas of

(Pem the Mark Law. Erprtm.)
BRITISH.
There is no alteration to report in the position of the
corn trade. Though the fall in the vales of wheat may
be fairly estimated at 3e. to 4s per quarter since the begin•
nine of February, the concession which has been made
from week to week has not encouraged buyers to depart
from the system so long pursued, vie., that of confining
their operations to u narrow limit, es their absolute wants
have permitted. Under these circumstances, the supplies
have more than sufficed to satisfy the demand, and as yet
there are no symptoms of a rally. We are, however, in-
, Mined to think that the downward movement will ere beg
receive a check, insomuch as we question whether famous
will be disposed to bring forward spoils if prices WNW
go much lower. Any material Ming eff in the BMW
deliveries would, in the existing Mr of aloha. be
likely to be speedily fel4 as the biegeeletleas from ahead
have for a considerable Ur pee hew and will plebe*
continue comparatively smells The wheel, _whisk his /NW
the last two or three ewers remind es era the
northern ports of Eneepe, bee bees lard dart
exception imported at a lass ; and IWO par have
recently fallen materially so the Or tiaent, it wed*
not pay to consign from any Tarter to this emustry.
This may, and probably will not, prevent supplies ulti-
mately reaching us, but it will, at all events, delay the
period of shipment ; foreign holders will not he disposed to
submit to a certain loss whilst the chance exists of doing
better by waiting. Stocks are not particularly heavy,
either in Great Britain or in any of the principal wheat-
growing countries on the Continent, and an unfavouvable
season might, therefore, be attended with serious conse-
quences. Thus far everything promises well, but many
will be disposed to speculate on the chances of an adverse
stunmer, and we are inclined to think that our market will
not be overwhelmed with supplies of either home or foreign
grown whose if qtr eres smears as km es they see new.
At Mark-Lae very litde ltm boarder air our last in
any article. The arrivals of wheat coastwise have been
moderate, only 4,440 qrs. having been reported up to this
(Saturday) evening. In consequence of Good Friday, we
have had only one market day since Monday. In ordinary
times when this happens the Wednesday is generally a
busy aay, but there were no signs of increased activity on
the present occasion. A few runs of wheat left over
from Monday were placed at similar terms to those obtained
in the beginning of the week, which was nearly all that was
done ; and had there been more to dispose of, we much
qumeimi whether factors would have succeeded in selling;
indied there were some parcels offered from the east coast,
fir which buyers could not be found.
The weather continues cold and dry; the wind has been
almost constantly. from the eastward for nearly two months,
and the country is certainly beginning to want rain. The
pastures look hare, and green food of all kinds is exceed.
'ugly scare., but with this exception there is nothing to
complain of. In some exposed situations the wheat plant
has been cut up a good deal by the keen winds from the
eastward, but this extends only to the blade, and a few
genial showers would set all to rights. Oa the whole, we
regard the prospects for the Mu% notwithstanding the
present backwardness of as decidedly pro-
mising ; and that this the "Miss ma be
easily gathered front the mar displayed by
buyers in all parts of the
The arrivals of wheat have small (if we except some
further receipts off the mese tram the Black Sea), but of
law a fair quantity has esme Steward at Liverpool front
America; the @apply el this article from France has
if
reseded
Pres eez=;%... gives way ere at lese in most parts
elate estates*, bet the vales of ell Wads of spring corn has
been better suggested then theta wheat, and the consump-
ties of grinding bong, eats, ilk., must have been very ex-
tensive of late.
The Liverpool market haviog previously been unduly
depressed, has been less • this week by the dull
London accounts. On Tuesday a fair amount of business
was done there, at the rates of the previous market day,
or Id. per 70Ibs, below the currency of that day sennight.
Flour:was, however, again easier ,to buy, and quotations
of American ranged between lbs. to 20s. per bd., being
little more than the value of the article at New York.
Owing to Good Friday many of the principal provin-
cial markets have been held out of the regular course,
which always interferes more or lees with business. At
the leading consuming towns in Yorkshire wheat has
declined Is. to 2s. per qr., end the reduction has not been
much less at the principal markets in the agricultural!
districts, 40s. per qr. being now about the top price for red
wheat of 631bs. weight per bushel in Lincolnshire, Cam-
bridgeshire,
The advice* from Scotland are of much the same charac-
ter this week as before : the very discouraging reports from
the south have had their accustomed influence, and business
in wheat was exceedingly duU on Wednesday both at Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, with the turn decidedly in favour of
the purchaser.
In Ireland stocks of native grown corn are reported to be
very short, more especially those of wheat, of which the
breadth grown last year was small. The imports of wheat
and Indian corn into Ireland from the Black Sea ports
having, however, been rather liberal for some weeks past,
buyers have been enabled to purchase on quite as easy, and
in somecases on easier, terms than before. Oats have come
rather sparingly to hand, and have not been sold cheaper.
The supply of foreign wheat has consisted of 5,131
qrs., of which 2,700 qrs. are from Alexandria. Most
of the Egyptian wheat lately received has gone to the
distillers, and a few cargoes have been taken teem time
to time for the continent, but this week we have heard of
no sales for export. The operations la foreign wheat
altogether have been on a strictly retail seal,, the Mae
supplies having proved amply Nagar is seeNes:rere
and scarcely eery country visited
Mask lane. Holdup have deemed =miler ar-
ammtesses to &beer hem atlemittieg M fkee=yand,
with bat little prig, voiserses semeimed the
mass ea Weimer/ as in the eararearat se the week.
These ham beat Wen frogs the Belt* bet et ear ma of
premed's to those current beea, des ibeemo-beeed sells
have emeseasetly been ease s& The egseetimUll
arrivedeff Om coast or on memo ham dm Meek fierTZ
ham Atria been unimpieler. theegb saline bre era
a dimeitiee to facilitate bele= by offering tet=
rather redwood prices. Polish Odeme wheat might r
at present be bought at 365., sad agyptian at 26s per qr.,
cost, freight, anti insurance. There- have been no orders
from the continent, and no one be third to make spe-
culative purchases, hardly a beep& his hem dosed.
Quotations of town-mansfatemed ism have remained
precisely es before ; the male le, breve; beset armed-
ugly slow. Foreign flow bee hest Waif P=
offered, more especially the 011111/111•Of Wads ; S
the latter somewhat lower tense have in partial insterse
been accepted. We have again to report an arrival of
2,816 sacks from France, and 6,660 brie. from America this
week.

ice rash* of beeley_esesterime have met leen large, sad
the show el simples ea lredaseday was neederste memy of
the mallmlers appear, beetroot, to have smeared all they in.
Mad Moles fee the lemma, and the deemed is beaming
einameribed. Al lite NM dill lit boa Idtherto
beam le real" mad thewiling Nimes Eno
this week ham bola at abet *roam terms. imelga herby
for gviading madame to meet with • mmtlerale dime of
&unities, sad has met heat peeled wilt et lower pukes Ws
week them Worn Alpeogertlea ef the moat he-
portatitse has lama Item s. width bee amt laterfered
with the whom of geed nod limas_ spittle,.
Wm et bamr&rewth have sem te sputa* Na..
ear feet, only hale- lama resolved ben ear sows
moat, 440 qrs. earl UN gem. kola Ireland.
The arrivab frame abroad have met lees am large as last
week ; bat wiled to what was then ME inlielLsond. of, the
total
veYee adhaled a good WmOrr sempbe. The wade In
this in. though tar frees was km empreemed ea
Walasaday U. I. the ltrglaskig. of the wash. mod }mi.
ewe prime time delay WOW ape Theleas gentian-
ease of met wind km, remaled erthab hens Waal, sad
the prevailing belief is that lbsem is wan getreAllii ea pee-
sage from them. Thie hem the east el minks the
dealers cations t memawhis their Mei ee terwsing low,
mad it bast begeehmik U. ea the methyl of the expected
supply we msoy lave • heeler beds.
la home then has hese Enke peedsg; the value of
English has resaalawl unaltered, and Egyptian
Se orgies have eellama eared below 21s. to 21e. del. per
q " seat, freight, sad Mee:awn.
-TP•as have moved off in retail quantities at about former
raw
Isisess is malt be he sense weeks put been exceed-
ca
ply elagglis. them pubes have
Smea not emeriti, been
gamed lower tbe Mra bete ham la rof the partisan..