The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

CUBA.

We have received the following from our Paris
correspondent:
The Madrid Gazette publishes a bulletin from the
governor of the island, dated the 17th ult., in which
ho states that Lopez was, on the 16th, endeavouring
to reach Artemisa, but was surrounded by the troops
sent from the Havanna.

The pirates were much discouraged, the inhabi-
tants having taken arms against them.

THE GOLD IN AUSTRALIA.

Letters from Sydney to the 11th of June, six days
later than the papers from which the news given in
yesterday's paper were extracted, have been received
in the City. The present packet has brought a con-
signment of about 14 ounces as samples, to Nlr. IS. S.
Lloyd, and the following extracts of letters received
by other houses connected with the colony contain
items of interest. The first is addressed to Messrs.
T. A.spinwall and Co. :
Sydney, Jane 11.
The gold discoveries continue to be fully confirmed, and
about 20,0001. has arrived at Sydney. People are flocking
to Bathurst from all parts of the colony, and 7,000 persons
aro concentrated there.

At Melbourne live vessels have been laid on fur passen-
gers to the diggings, and much alarm is stated to be felt at
the prospect of the shepherds and stockmen deserting their
charges.
The gold does not appear in oar place only, but several
spots have been discovered where it is equally abundant.
Her Majesty's ship Huvanuah arrived at Sydney on the
7th of 'NM, and was ordered home immediately with
despatches.
The utmost anxiety is felt here at the prospect of labour
being scarce, and the cry is for emigration upon an exten-
sive scale to supply the demand, which is most urgent.
Her Majesty's ship Acheron has been ordered to Panama
with despatches, to sail early in June.
The next news you will have will be that the Americans
have put on steamers betwixt California, Panama, and Syd-
ney. They will be sure to forestall you in London.
The others are of less recent dates, but they supply
some interesting facts and opinions.

Sydney, May 27.
I have a very intelligent correspondent near Bathurst,
who is Crown Land Commissioner. Ile tells me that lumps
of 51b. wei;ht have been found. The fact is undoubted,
that men who will work, and know how to go about it, can
get one to two ounces of the scale-gold a day. I say the
scale-gold, as it is from the washings, and the same as you
must have seen from California. The lumps are only found
occasionally. There is also no doubt, as far as geological
knowledge and experience may be worth anything, that an
immense district of country contains the gold, and that it
may be expected to be found in creeks and rivers in various
localities. A very clever geologist here, who has for some
years past predicted the existence of the metal, and its
being found easily where there has been sufficient water to
wash it out of the quartz, tells us that we may look for it all
' along the ridge or cordillera front north to south, where
this quartz formation exists.
With regard to the consequences it is to be stated that
the mania is at present affecting all the industrial pursuits
of the colony. But its worst effects must he on the sheep
and cattle, especially the former, for if the shepherds leave,
a short time would Iso sufficient to destroy half the flocks of
the colony. Still the work is so heavy and so little suited
to the Lstc of men who have been crawling about after
sheep fur years, that I think those who know what they
would have to do, as is the case with such as are near the
spot, will not go away. In the distant districts the ru-
mours that arc spread will, it is to he feared, induce many
to leave their employers. tip to this time I have not lust a
shepherd, although the diggings are within three miles of
our station. _

Moreover, from all parts, Melbourne, Adelaide, Van
Diemen's Land, New Zealand, &e., we shall nave crowds
of people, so that after all, perhaps, New South Wales will
not suffer for want of labour, and if the stockholders can
but weather the next few months they will do well.
.20 MESSRS. IRVING, ZBSIVORLII, AND HOLMES.
Sydney, May 28.
Every day briagsmore encouraging accounts of the quan-
tity of gold to be obtained. It is found in pieces of one,
two, three, and four pounds weight; one piece is reported
to be eight pounds, which will be here to-morrow. Partin
of eight and ten have got from 1.501. to 300/. daily. Others
have obtained none alter working a week. The labouring
classes are fast leaving Sydney. Mechanics are getting from
10s. to 15s. per day. 10,000 people will be at the mines
within a month. The excitement everywhere is very great.
The prices of all goods and food suitable for the diggers are
rising very fast. Brandy has been sold at Bs. Gd. ; strong
rum, do. ; and flour, at 321. per ton. Blankets nearly cent.
per cent. Slop clothing, boots, and flannels have advanced
lb per cent. Picks and shovels double the price of last
week. Refined sugar, salt, candles, tea, coffee, and tobacco
are fast advancing. The prices that are now being given
will site clear the Port Philip, Van Diemen's Land, and
New Zealand markets, and we may expect the places them-
selves, including Canterbury, to be reduced half their popu-
lation. Sailors are daily leaving their vessels. The Lady
Clark, now full and ready for sea, has not a single band on
board, and parties applying want 401. for the tun home, to
be paid in Sydney. I anticipate the same trouble as at
California. We have also accounts from the Hunter River
that Mr. Boydell has found 131 b.. of gold in that district.
This statement requires further confirmation; but it is in
the same description of country as Bathurst.