The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-29

Rents are enormous and increasing. Erections Of
pidity shops and even whole villages start up like
mushrooms. being imported ready made from the Ola
Country. Building materials OF all kinds are therefore
The Arcss OF August thus refers to the arrival Of
the delegated Of the Be 1dgo and Mclvor
Melbourne Wednesday and expecting interview
with the Lieutenant Govern in day or two They con
sist of DR.. Jones', Captain Brown and Mr. Thomson Of
whose abilities and opinions our readers have had oppor
tunes Of Judging, BY reports of the various meet
ngs at Bendigo Castlemaine McIror &c The delegates
intend we understand held public meeting in Mel
bourne to explain their mission, and remove very
impressions existing respecting them and the
cause they advocate" We perceive that public meetings
convened simultaneously for tomorrow night by the
delegates and the Reform Association This Is scarcely
good posy These bodies have ,h in unison that
they should pull together in respect and as the
ceegate mere visiters in Melbourne and natu-
rally anxious to retu' to their pursuits think that the
pas ought to be yielded to them by the resident assoca
ton.
The same paper of August g. says-The demand for the
Argus of yesterday containing English summary for
the Chusan great that we had to sell single sheets
containing the reading matW and vii our usual circu
aton the number printed curing the day amounted TO no
fewer than H. 900 copies.
Referring to harbor improvements the Argus OF the I'd
OBJ erves-A depctation, consisting of A. j. Mscpher
ESQ., solicitor, and Mr.. ID. wilkinson, civil engineer,
waited his excelency yesterday morning. respecting
project for forming company to construct decks on the
river, and a canal to the bay.
In correcting under its commercial head the
p says 1t is seldom trouble ourselves correct
the errors ypogra phical otherwise which necessarily
and inevitably occur in columns But occurred
in our issue of Yesterday Of s.me consequence which we
- j<:Ga paosils tho soaasAoroint
report the quantity OF American -four imported in the
last six months stated at 500 tons, quantity mani
estly ri cuous to any who knows the immense ship
ments which have poured in during that period The
quantity imported should have been ted 900 TONS
so great would lead to its detection upon
the part of any reader ofntegence particularly the
subsequent remarks tend to point out the
From Adelaide our files extend to the 30th of July
Captain Scott has been returned for Port Adelaide Mr.
Hagen was the member for the electoral district Of Vic
tora.
The Legislative Council had met and the Governors ad
The gov had brought in bills for constituting
mt for reforming the proceedings in the Supreme
Court also postage act which provides for the pre-
ment Of letters by of stamps, and fixes uniform
rate Of postage Of two per letter. for letters trans
nited to all parts of the colony, when such do not
coed half in weight and of sixpence per letter
for all letters sent by
new bill has been introduced by the Railway Direct
of the line to Port Adelaide authorizing devation in
the route previously surveyed The of the railway is
calculated at fl50,oo0
THE LATEST GOLD CIRCULAR
IS GREAT Collins STREET, West Aug. 13, 1858.
The demand for gold for shipment by the Argo has
tinued during the week, and from the quantity offered
large amount of business has been done. The price
tinues firm at rs. Cd.
The latest information from the different fields is as
follows From Balarat, the Oldest Of gold fields,
some astonishing Jumps have turn ed up and great
citen ent has followed thereon. From Bendgo matters
progressing steadily notwithstanding the and
competing fields around it. 1t is evident from the
Der continuing at work this ded that all aggers
not easily led away from steady certainty to doubt
full field From McIvor nearly all the diggers have
left for the Gouburn but further confirmation of its
productveness has yet to be received From Korong all
the dggers have and the storekeepers wing
At the Ovens matters going pretty steadily, the
quantity coming to Melbourne being rather that
to Sydney
II with satisfaction we note the steady increase
going in the amount brought down by escorts. Al
though this shows less quantity than the previous week.
it is to be explained by the fact that two government
corts reported last week. Of which belonged to
the previous The increase upwards of 20. OO0
for the past two weeks, that reported since April
last.
pears to have begun at home Several vessels have ar
rived from Briton lately, in which there is none re