The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-20 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

In a Sydney Gold Circular of April 16, we read :
Theme:het daring this week has been more than usually
aniwated. *wing to the disposition to ship by the
Weellennonieot whisk vessel will take away 40,000 to
41,111 genene of tbe penefews metal. 'I he intelligence from
Mitts elite gate dMiI it of a satisfactory nature, show-
ing as wawa weedy geogreser and in reality a large yield for
Ilhadrerseime. The amthemmliggings, of which little his been
Wei me represented as increasing in the number of
mime see murk, and the amount of gold raised. An bluen-
oses mamma, writing to a merchant in Sydney, says :
a•Peapie we now beginning to flock in from the Hanging
leek mid Ie West Dirrings, and the place will have a
eines, eflebeg fiend properly out. A nugget weighing
nelleses was got a few days back, by Reid's party.
Irmo rest confidence in the auriferous qualities of the
pies; the mead day I got 12 ounces, besides several
canine of emsil staff. lam sow working a good claim ;
piny rapine returns, all rough gold, from five grains to
bait a pow& Binger& is now pretty well off for water, and
nearly all In fact who try are doing well. The stuff lam
working I have got as meek as 13} dwta. out of one tin
dish of stuff, and frequently 5 and 6 diets. The most I
base seen got in a day wee 20 ounces, which I think is
good." It will thus be seen that in our extensive range of
sariferoes country, we have diagings which can be worked
in wet seasons quite as prolific is the summer diggings.
This feature in the variety of character which
Our gold fields exhibit is not confined to Binger..
Private advice! from Melbourne report a large quantity of
gold arriving by private hands, in addition to the receipts
ti_y escort ; and the discovery of a new gold field near
&Imam, about sixty miles from Melbourne. The Ovens
continues to yield a large quantity of gold, which is very
ratifying, as these fields are much more important to New
South Waite than to Victoria. A scientific gentleman, re-
sident in Melbourne (Mr. Stephen, Viee-President of the
Geological Society), has addressed an interesting letter to
Kr. W. H. Cropper, proving the existence of vast mineral
treasures in this part of the country. A correspondent
at the Tumid gives a very satisfactory account
from the Adelong Creek, and be states that there
arr only 200 persons on the Creek, whose weekly
gains Si. one °secs. The prospect of our auriferous
deposit, from these various sources is such, that the hidden
wealth is only beginning, on this side, to show itself. It
will far exceed anything that we can contemplate. Price
of New South Wales, 31. lie. to 31. 145. 6d.; Port Phillip,
31. 17s. to 3!. 17s. 6d.

By the escorts from the Ovens and from the
northern diggings on the 19th, about 8,000 ounces of
gold were received in Sydney. The Mary Bannatyne
sailed on the 9th of April for London, with 440
ounces of gold, which, with the quantity previously
shipped from Sydney, made the total export of gold
from the colony 1,229,588 ounces. The new Austra-
lian Joint Stock Bank, for the convenience of emi-
grants, was issuing drafts for W. on London, payable
at sight.
The following is from the Sydney Empire of April
Ars

The ccauiterual condition of Sydney Is, u it Lu been for

more considerable time pant, characterised by uncertainty,
high prices, and exhausted stocks. The circumstance of so
few arrivals with supplies, either from Great Britain or
from foreign ports, is very remarkable; and this untoward
circumstance—so contrary to 'general expectation—km
given to transactions an excited character, which, In many
instances, has the appearance of unwarranted extravagance.
Goods are run up to prices which ate scarcely justified by
any state of the import market at which we hate yet
arrived, the competition being stimulated by the immediate
urgency of particular cleaned., rather than produced by
anything like permanent scarcity. But if business were
conducted in the moat sober spirit, high prices for all ma.
asfaetured goods would still range, in consequence of the
I positive insufficiency of present import*. This state of things
is experienced without any rapid augmentation of our popu-
lation, as was anticipated—for during the last few weeks the
passenger traffic inwards has barely kept even with our out-
ward drain.

The steam ship Cleopatra, which arrived at Syd-
ney on the 20th of April, brought files of Melbourne
papers to the 16th of the same month. There were
no later arrivals from England, and no tidings of the
Harbinger nor the Adelaide steamers.
The intelligence from the gold fields published in
I the newspapers was rather unsatisfactory. Gold
had gone down rapidly in price, and was quoted by
Ithe Argus on the 16th at 31. 15s. Several vessels
with immigrants and merchandise had arrived from
England in the early part of December.
The escorts bad brought into Melbourne on the
13th of April 9,464 ounces from Mount Alexander,
and 5,083 from Ballarat; together, 14,547 ounces.
The Cornelius, for London, sailed from Portland Bay
on the lit of April, with 818 bales of wool, 14 casks
of tallow, and 1 box of gold. Writs for the election
of additional members of council under the new act
had been issued, and the elections were to come off
in June. The colonial architect had offered 2001.
for plans for a council chamber at Melbourne, to cost
150,0001., and a government house to cost 50,0001.
Every description of merchandise was said to be in
demand at extreme prices.
Among the shipping intelligence from Victoria we
have to report the arrival of the Monteagle with 426
government emigrants on 12th April. This vessel
had 120,0001. specie for the banks. The Ocean
Bride, and the Kate, from Liverpool (the latter had
376 passengers); the Tantivy, from Liverpool, with
400, on the 13th and 14th. The Condone., with 413
government emigrants, arrived at Geelong on the
13th of April; 27 deaths had occurred on board
from hooping-cough and dysentery. The ship Win.
cheater, with coals on boxed, was destroyed by fire
in Port Phillip on the 16th of April, and the barque
Duke of Wellington wrecked off Cape Liptrap on
the 3rd of April; passengers saved. The Nelson
sailed from Melbourne for London on the 15th, of
April.

AMERICA.