AUCKLAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 38, 20 April 1853, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

We have received our files of the New Zealnnder and Southern Cross up to the 2nd instant, by the Overland Mail, which arrived at a late hour on Monday night* The following are extracts from the above journals : —

Gold. — Wo learn thnt Messrs. Connell »'iil Hiding have received from Mr. Heale, of the Ban ler Copper Mines, between 17 and 13 ounces of pure frold in ingots, the produce of a quantity of auriferous tpiaitz and sand from the Auckland Gold Field which tliey sent to Mr. Ileale last week to be smelted. The following news from the diggings is extracted from a letter of Mr. Hansard, the gold bro ker to the ' New Zealnnder :—

" Tli « Bon Accord, which artlverl tul<s morning from Corocnandcl, brought from the diggings tbrcc of tlic personi who have been for some time pro 1 * speciing or digging thcro. Amongst the passengers is Mr. Adamson, who brings op a number of packages of n rcry interesting character, the- prin. cipnl portion of which were obtained by Messrs. Adaminn and Unthank't pnrty in n meuk not pre vinmly proitpcctsd, nnd situated from 10 to 15 miles from the Wuinu Creek, it a depih of from 3 to 4 feet from the surface. They are a* follow :

G 2 23 " The greater pnrt of llio above were found In a very short spuee of time."

Auction Sale of Sheep & Cattlk. — On Wednesday last (March 30) the sheep and cattle imported by the William Hyde, were sold at Newmarket by Mr. Joseph Newman, at prices indicating the remunerating demand here for such stock. 1 00 wethers were sold for 15s. each, and SOU ewes at 18a. each, and there can be no doubt that a much larger number would have brought equally good prices. 100 head of cattle were sold at from £4 15s to £5 per head, prices which must be deemed satisfactory, consideiing that though the cattle were of an excellent description, they were not in very good condition, having so lately been landed. [We observe from a letter signed "T. Henry," in the New Zealander of the Ist April, that the price

of sheep in the Sydney market was from ss. to 9a, ench.]

The following intelligence is from the Southern Cross, of the 29th ult. :—: —

The Australian Mail {steamer Adelaide had not arrived nt Melbourne at tbe latest dates. The Melbourne Steamer sailed for England on the 12th March.

The LegNliitivc Council of Van Dicman's Lund had been assembled for au extra session on the Bth n't

n, uwis. grs. 1 A lot oT small quartz nuggets nnd l,ir«o dust (a very fine lot) weighing 2 A lot oF larger iniggeti very rich.. 3 A golden quurtz nugget 4 A ditto ditto 4 A lot of small nuggoti .. .. ...... 0 13 Id 2 0 li 1 II I 0 19 lc 0 18 I?