The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-06
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.

SHIPPING ii liRI8oCRsE AND SYrcEyPJrgIAR OPPOSITION TO
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EXPIRES SYSTEM AxEIIoA-PRoyI1oS MAgEEFs-YIELD
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FoEalANs X AUSTRALIA.
We indebted toAr Quilnby, per Adams 4 Co ) FIX
press for additional files Of the latest Australian pap
By tho Patrician at Callao from sydney, have
regular tiles 10 the 18th Of Juy.
The steamer Sir John Harvey arrived at sydney sar2r
early the morning OF the 10Th Of July. being hun
dred and sixteen days from Boston She performed the
under canvass, and her passengers and captain
speak highly of her qualities rs a seaboat she ~
built at Boston about since and Is looked upon
4 fine sample of American naval architecture. Her
fttings says the Empire appear comfortable and
plee and should she be added to intercoonl tel
6eet she would be yana Bile acquisition She i accom-
panied by Mr.. Woodward. Of her owners and mly
probably be laid on between sydney and Melbourne
The steamer New Orleans il the route between sgd
and Melbourne, and fast gaining the highest pppl
larty she had been caught in another gale in which
her qualities staunch seaboat We're testef in the
highest degree We make an extract from the report OF
The steamer New Orleans left Port Philip Heads al
$50 r. NJ Saturday the 9th of June. On Sunday,
10TH at 40 A. NJ passed one mile to the soathwad OF
Rodondo and shaped her course Tor Cape Howe AZ which
time it blowing hard from f. n. f., with very
heavy On Monday, fth wind continued 20 increase
during the day, and at midnight was blowing earfuliy
from the eastward with tremendous sea runains On
Tuesday 18th the gale still more violent, and the
wind huctuatng from r. to T. y. +. The engines were
slowed 70 keep simply seerage way on thc snip,
which rode the beautifully to take nothing
but hight sprays board. AT 10 A. II. the engineer
reporied only tyentvour hours coal in the ship and
owisg to tie continued violence OF the gale il was
deemed advisable to keep heading she was till day
light the next morning, should the gale continue 20
ng and then bear away before The wind, with all sail
set and full head OF steam, direct for Twoold Bay
The weather had been thick that observation had
been since leaving the islands. About r NJ the
gale lulled into moderate breeze the becoming
quite calI and at $50 r. NJ the ship put about TO
NV. BY W., and at 5 A. " the 18th anchored in
1wooiu bay AFTER TWO CAY "orA on shoIc ~ c|ttihs
wood, tie bark Wellington Captain Brown from sydney
bound to Melbourne put in owing 70 stress Of weather.
and kindly supplied the New Orleans with what coal she
required Left Twofoid Bay On the 10th, at A. NJ and
REACHED sydney Heads the 18th, At $50 A. ~, and
twenty and half hours.
Mining business exceedingly dsll owing il is said,
70 unfa yora bic weather.
Mr. Foster the Colonial Secretary of Victoria and
family arrived by the Argo and the Argus suppoes he
had brought out the particulars Of the appointing At Of
Mr. la Trobe whose resignation OF the ie1te
pant -GoyerrDrship had been accepted BY the British
Minister The Melbourne papers mention the following
pames spoken Of for the appontrnentSr George
Frey SIR William benson. Mr. Montague, Colonial secre
harry, Cape Of Good Hope 1ir T. d. Thomson Colonial
Fecfetary, New South Wales
The steamer West Wind on the 18th July, and Helles
pont on the 18th, had arrived at Melbourne
The Earl Of Charemon OF the Fox line OF Australian
packets with four hundred and thirty Passengers
went ashore al Rarrom Heads and became total wreck
No lives were lost.
correspondent Of the Panama Herald writing from
Yass, July lIth, says - = All the country Is
god at least very great part of it, in several places
between this and sydney. a distance Of 100 miles.
very long time will not eiapse before gold Is found 10
abundance
OF mining For instance, party OF Californian dig5er-
have taken piece Of grond which had been worked and
left BY Tie Australian a. worked out They have P1t up
sluce, long tom, &c.. and hear are making Llooo
worth Of gold weekly This is only hearsay bat my au
thority Is good However when arrive at the Ovens $50
miles from here shall be better able to tell you now
things are.
Provisions very high gnn for horses il here in the
middle of an agricultural district 20s per blsin; hly
60 to 4-5 ton, ara every appearance Of rising ss
higher butter i y per h. vegetables scarcely meat
able onions a. per b. ana everything el n oroportion
4 e At tbn diyrfng Thav9I
expect tlcy viii be than do ibled
fhave not made any arrangements about sending the
papers 60 you, but the steamers Lii On
viii endeayor 20 let you have them regularly.
When go upon the mining ground will write 70 you
ut length and give you n sound description n can
The Melbourne Argus comes IN single sheet, The pro-
prietors being obliged TO reduce the publication d their
standing advertisements 10 twice week, account "
scarcity Of paper For be same reason the propre'ors
are compelled 20 refuse new uocribers.
The Ruinbcr Of the I'd june contains the Inaugural
address Of President Pierce.
The news from the gold fields Is most encouraging.
The McIvor dggines in great repute, AMI con'i
cred 10 10 he seat of widely extended gold district
that will ultimately be found % extend across the Could
burn to the Ovens district and which WIN take years %
e.nl.re and omen IN - From Mount Alexander the ro
norts re equally favorable report that seventy pee
son had been killed b. the falling of mine called the
First white Hill, at Bendgo Is given By correspondent
Of the Argas but wants continuation
New from sydney IL TO the i4th 81 June The Con IL
Button Committee decided In favor Of an per House
n nominees The correspondent Of the Argus complains
Of fbo kewarmness Of the called politicians to every
hing not affect their pockets, and regrets that
The laN practice relative to the alienation o. crown
hnds receive o. attention nj their hands.
The Cold Fields Committee have not yet airly entered
anon their abos. The only contest viii be 10 10 the
AMOUNT Of the license fec.
The attempt 10 procure endowment for the ,nurch
= England College will II Is thought, be unsuccessful
The weather has been very unsettled with hesy ,"ns
"a 4. "a "a discha, ming cargoes, &C. Is at stand, and
mach Inconvenience arises therefronn In some places
ton with the interior Is cut on sss msrxe"
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