The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-01 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

Australian dates by this arrival are—Sydney, May
16; Melbourne, May 17. Tee Columbian brings
gold and silver to the value of 18,0004 The Monies
riled from Melbourne for Liverpool oe April 19,
with 33,789 oz. of gold; the Nliadora for Liverpool,
same date, with 4,403 oz.; the Lincolnshire, Louden,
April 29, with 43,414 oz. ; Prince of Wales, April
30, London, 41,613 oz. ; Lightning, Liverpool, May
11, 88,193 or. The Avon will sail May 19, whiz
49,000 oz. and 25,000 sovereigns. The Senates, with
the March mail, arrived at Melbourne May 12.
The followirg is from the summary of the Hel-
lman's Herald of the 17th:

We have simply to report " so chugs" In political asks
this month. Only a few incidents of the meet onizeretamt
and drafty local kind have transpired. For Instance, the
mow of (shoe the first granted regihrstien under the sew
set has just Iran carried through its first atom, and with
eery sattetweory results. The Dumber of claims to vote for
the Lower ilimee placed In the hands of the registrars is
about 162,000, or hey nearly one-half of the entire male
populdlim of the colony. The suffrage is no unl•mlted mam-
boed one, and the claims ate collected by preens appointed
Me the purree—not voluntarily teetered. It is clear, then,
that our elmtural roll is even now in a tolerably complete
state. Yet. so persistent Is the Pout' of agitation amongst
an tele times of persons, and eo frivolous ate eranehmes the
pretences razed upon to maintain it, that this centeunity
ben been neatly deafened. during the lest few weak
with outeriee about the "failure" of the new Registration
Ara, end the terrible (but purely imaginary) comequences
which wets thence to Milo,. Nothing leas teen impending
revolution and bloodshed were threatened. An iesperatith
demand wee made to the government fur the Immediate con-
vene* of an extroordisery session of parliament, In order
that hie °boohoos act (which was only pawed three or four
months ego) meth he amended or rape tied. Of course this
demand was Ilet ly refused by the chief Secretary; and it was
next thrust, in a very instil-cat style, in the Meet the gam-
ma,. iiie exoelleney meadsocendet to teams with the drea-
mt.* veto poweetel it, out armeily eucceedid In caoraineing
theca Obit the course they were insisting' upon would be
alike teepotic, unconetitutional, and rudder. The agita-
tion acciatingly ended In smoke.
Ministers are carrying on the 'outran of administrative
with nemok i'ile Theme:es, but certainly with no ramose el
their small mtnelt of popularity ; nth. r the reverse.
Both as repote the amount of gold produce delitrend la
Melbourne Le the government rst...re nod of that eipor ad,
the lest mouth ("impure uzfavourably with the ccereseond-
lag pried of 18 A, although there is an improvers's*, elm
is both respects, in the return fir the foie wail al this year,
upos Obit of the same portion of loot 304 f.
TM Beek Creek contents to teetotal@ a liege porallatica

—some 30,000 or 36,00050u1a. The yiel of time; riiggisgs I
M materimly projediced by the want t f wets, there bet g no
Weans or superleial deposits of any kind within several
miles of (be leads. The local papers report that toes upon
none of westing Muir have bees piled up by the soies of the
awns, b neoinem be workier.
Another new gold field, which. according to prereet
essesent, We fair to eqsal if not to wpm& an iikeselkening
Inge the Bait Crook, hae bees dbcovered le the /Clear
&Soriet. The deposits are mild to reload over an sea of
glierine miles, end moat rf the clams which have been
embed boys given a high reinutoratinn to ttp it pned•S•orn,
TM Bombs of misers is evia&ll, the rush being indeed only
b Its waters latency ; but, it the reports which us publiabei
prove vereciotta. there will not I..n* teat any cause for c .m.
plaint u r.,e•rls populist. n, .11y se the snaking is seid
to be rimy and shallow, Tins Indigo and New li.laust gold
Sekte, wens were awry extensively patronised a few
=owls ago, here lately been much aepreciated to popular
setoothc, but the Ovens man, notwithstanding the
mitavoursble remits of recent operations there, oon-
saes to retain their cgeblegge in the future. The
Sowsen's Forest exploration has failed to prove the
esiseesee of payable geld depo.its u that district, sad the
yield ernei the Orem gold bolds at present principally pre.
emit tress the old localides. The misers are dabs 'eh et
fielbassepol, end quarts enabler has been casensonted ge tie
One/ river with a fob prospect of success.
At Deedige ibis albaviel miners are dote( better than lass
best the case for seise thine. An old bad which was lost
shoat • year age has boos trued and re-opened under
sot levourable &ogees*.
SYDNEY COMMERCIAL REPORT.
(lies Marrs. O. A. Lloyd end Co.'s angler.)
The semme.al tatelllassur per !.fiery ss4l, vides
simsbad pis Ilimidsos the 4th isetani, Is geseesily eon-
WNW Inveleside See isporient, but swing es its snivel
only a tere days Wass tie esecoullag reed of March was
Ass the sews produced DM t tfect set our market*, beyond
Magi all bueleisstraneactwas with neerehants, excepting
ilso7su yams we both Weave sad importers deemed it
wee purist to await MO delivery of the med. doe on the
Pub bow. r,..Nrsopseinc sew trazi....ctioes. irrld dosing
td. gag ineala, eithough not tree, es bog ossesty