The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

SINGAPORE.

The Orertausd /Ve• Press, dated Singapore, Tues-
day, Nov. I, aye:—" Amongst the news this month from
Singapore is an amount ut an outbreak of the Malay
sailors on board the British barque Fawn, while on her Toy-
an, up the Straits from this to Calcutta, resulting in the
mord, r id the whole of the European officers and passen-
prs. y,d the destruction of the vessel by fire:*

COLONIAL.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney ]journals to the middle of August arc filled
with details of the progress of the gold diggings.
The laindnsl-weight of gold, noticed by us on arri-
val of the last India and China Overland Mail, was
sired by government under the pretence of a royalty
being due upon it. Against this step Messrs. Thacker
and Co., the holders, protested. Subsequently
government communicated with Messrs. Thacker
and Co., and informed them that the gold seized by
Commissioner Hardy would be given up on their
into a bond to pay the Queen a royalty
(4 1° ;sr cent., should the home government, on a
repo. 4 mat ion of the facts of the case, demand it.
lo the, conditions Messrs. Thacker and Co. had no
alternative but to submit, although they were the
Moment purchasers, there being not a semblance
of collusion by passing it into third hands to avoid
the royalty as claimed.
discoveries of gold had been made on the
property of Mr. Wentworth, at Frederick's Valley.
Another large piece of gold had been found at Ophir,
which weighed 31 ounces 13 dwts. ; it was purchased
either by w tor Captain Erskine, of her Majesty's
ship Havannah. '1 he intelliviice from the diggings
generally was favourable. The summer was 'linked
forward to with the confidence of a large produc-
thoi. Mr. It. Campbell has tendered for the pur-
chase of all the gold which the government might
reetive during the ensuing two months, at 31. Bs. 4d.
per ounce.
A number of female emigrants sent out by Mr.
Sidney Herbert's committee had arrived, and had
kin eagerly welcomed.
The candidates for the representation of Sydney
in the new Legislative Council were Messrs. Cowper,
Lamb, Linguitire, and Wentworth. Sydney is to
have three npresentatives.
A monster league meeting had been held, at which
was carried a petition to her Majesty for the removal
or Earl Grey lrom her council. 'rids tlrm and une-
quivocal exhibition of the colonists' feelings must
speak volumes. Referring to the document, the
Nytlotty Press says : " One thing at least cannot be
said by her minions as an objection to it, that it was
Hr. Lung and his agitation that did it ;" the truth
being, as the colonists aver, Earl Grey and Sir
Charles Fitzroy have done it,and they are denounced
as the real enemies of her Majesty's Australian cob.
airs. It is not expected that the petition will reach
her Majesty ; and the l'ress says: " We doubt who-
ther the petition will reach her Majesty. The un-
worthy etiquette of Downing-street forbitsit—unleas
a deputation were sent to present it. But it does not
much matter. Let it be published to the world.
The right, the dignified, the honourable way to the
throne, if it cannot be direct, is through the press."
The ship Bondicar, now on her way to England,
has on board gold from the diggings, valued at
2,4,;8.1/. 'the following is a list of the shippers :
It. Campbell, tertius; Thacker and Co., Union Bank,
]). Davies, Smith, Campbell, and Co., L. and S.
Spyer, Benjamin and Moses, L. and S. Samuel,
Itossiter and Lazarus, G. A. Lloyd, Lyall, Scott, and
Co., Crawley and Smith. Other and regular ship-
ments would follow, and the Sydney -Morning Herald
aseerts, and vouches for its correctness, the great fact
that gold exceeding 10,0001. in value to :OM.
reaches Sydney from the gold fields each day. Re-
ports from the Bathurst country note that the dig-
gings at the Turon continued remunerative. The
average for each man was about U. daily. The
Ophir diggine were still frequented, but were not
equal to the furon diggings. Fresh discoveries of
gold ware of daily occurrence.