The Express. — 1853-03-16 (London, England)

SYDNEY DIGGINGS.  The yields of the various places at which operations are carried on continue almost undiminished ; indeed, generally speaking, the quantity of the pre(ions metal was greater than previously noticed, and the number of miners wu daily being augmented by new arrivals from Europe and America. The cases of individual prodigious success were not numerous, but all were obtaining a very favourable and encouraging return for their labour, and digging was chiefly confined to small depths. Some new fields have been developed, and some of the old ones reopened with great success. The nonhern diggers were rather less fortunate than their southern neighbours; and, u a necessary consequence, were quitting the less productive for the mere remunerating fields. The Hanging Rock, Swamp Creek, Abercrombie, the Timms, and Bingen diggings, are those less favourably spoken of. The Braidwood diggings are reviving, nd Major's Creek is again looking up. The chieffocus of gold labour was the Ovens gold field, where many parties were making large fortunes, and all doing NrelL Indeed, at these latter diggings, the gold fields were reported to be unlimited, the precious metal having been found throughout the adjacent country, towards the head of the Ovens, and also towards Albury. Robberies and acts of violence, unhappily, were too common, as the following narrative of dreadful murders detailed by a correspondent of the Empire, committed at the Ovens diggings, will show: This evening (Thursday) I received intelligence through a returned digger, who lett the Ovens on the 15th, that a number of barbarous murders had been committed in that locality, by a party of armed men, probaltly consisting of some of those diabolical wretches that have long been the terror of the traveller in the Black Forest. The information conveyed by my informant is very scanty, but I hope to hear direct from the diggings in • day or two, when I will inform yea further. The first murder was committed on Mr. Marcus, who formerly kept a public house in Sydney. He was met on the road by the party I have alluded to, who, fancying one of the horses in Mr. M's team, made • compulsory exchange, leaving in place of it a saddle horse. Soon after they left, Marcus got upon the exchange horse, and rode after the scoundrels. On coming up to them, _he remonstrated and threatened to have them apprehended. This exasperated them so much that they took him into the bush, and, tying him up to a tree, shot him ! One of the bullets entered the unfortunate man's forehead, between the eyes. Information was conveyed to the Commissioner, Mr. Clow, who proceeded immediately to the spot, and while in pursuit of the murderers he fell in with the body of Mr. James Sinclair, late of this town (Goulburn). The unfortunate gentleman had been on hie way from the diggings to Albury, with a considerable sum of money (it is said PO/. in sovereigns). Ile was met by the bushrangers and tied up to a tree and shot through the head. The bodies of Mr. Manua and Mr. Sinclair were about eight miles apart. The body of a third person woo found by my informant lying in • creek on the Woodongs Creek road. There were many pistol-..hot wounds in the head. The commissioner pursued the bushranger as fax  as Turcutta, whets all trawl of their route became ohlit, rated. The diggings are described as being in a most lawless state ; tents are cut open during tla nigl t fur the sake of even an ounce of gold. The police force is very small. The depredations of the greatest consequence are committed on the Sydney side of the Morriy, ow in:, to most of the goll colninf this way. The ysrlds continue to be very luxe. One party in a week got 110ibs. weight ; another party made 2001 a man in three weeks.  At the webtern gold field the advent of Bunucr