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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 764, 10 August 1853, Page 3

Our Sydney files are now brought down to the 27th ultimo, —six days later than the papers received by the Heather Hell. The following which constitutes the loading article of the Herald of the 20th ultimo, has a two-fold interest for our readers, —one of a 'general character, as we cannot be wholly unconcerned respecting the reported removal of Sir Charles Fitzßoy from Australia ; the other more immediate, inasmuch as, if Lord Lyttelton is to succeed him, it is tolerably evident that he is not (as was lately rumoured) appointed, or about to be appointed, to succeed Sir George Grey in New Zealand;

We are informed that intelligence lias 1 icon received from private sources, that the Rigid Honorable Lord Lyttelton was to he appointed Governor-General of Australasia. His lordship is only thirty-six years of age, and is a u Peclilc” in politics. In 1840 lie was Under-Secre-tary of Slate for the Colonies; Lady Lyttelton was daughter to the late Sir Stephen Glynnc, and is sister to Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Charles Fitz Roy, it is said, will he appointed Governor of Bombay.

The London correspondent of the Empire , writing on the 6th of May, had also mentioned the change as “rumoured,” and, although not officially announced, it appeared to be received with considerable credence at Sydney. Sir Robert Nickle had arrived in Sydney and assumed command of the troops, but without any public display, as he was unwell. The Australian Club bad invited Lieut.-Gen-eral Wynyard and his staff' to a farewell din nor on Thursday the 28lh ult.

There had been dreadful Hoods at Gundagai and the Murrimbidgce. We observe no other news of importance, except that the price of Flour had suddenly risen, ranging bom 48/. to as high a figure as 25/. per ton for first quality, and 25/. for seconds. Very little colonial wheal remained in the hands of growers, and imported sold at 40s. to 4 Is. per bushel. Timber and building materials of all kinds continued in great demand. Of the general slate of business in' Sydney, the Empire of the 27th ult. says, it is “100 unstable to be reported upon with any degree of accuracy which could be a guide for operations at a distance.”

Ouiv intelligence from Melbourne is to the 21st ult.

The public curiosity to learn who was to succeed Mr. Latrobe in the LieutenantGovernorship of Victoria had not yet been gratified, and the opinion gained ground that Mr. Leslie Foster, the newly arrived Colonial Secretary, was not himself informed on the subject. The Argns infers from this that either Sir George Grey or Mr. Peas Thom-

son may he appointed, and adds “With either, we believe that we should get along very well ; but a glance towards Van Diemen’s Land, and a single thought of William Denison arc not to be ventured upon without a shiver.” The (Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney ‘Herald lakes a precisely similar view. Under dale July 19, he writes “My own view of the matter leads me to the conviction that it is a toss-up between Sir George Grey and Mr. Deas Thomson. Either of them would be favourably received here; but Denison would not be permitted to land. Pity so clever a man every way should become so contaminated with the convict-labour principle.” It seems obvious that the only fact really ascertained wag the acceptance of Mr. La Trobe’s resignation, and that the conjectures broached respecting his successor were little, if at all, more than guesses, such as political quid mines everywhere—not excepting our good city of Auckland—are always ready to furnish at-the shortest notice.

Several large meetings of gold diggers had been held to press for a reduction of the license fee to 10s. It was declared at one of them that, taking into account the increased number of diggers this year, the production of gold had fallen 0i1'33 percent. The Herald's correspondent (already quoted), says of the stale of business at Melbourne/ “There is a glut of almost every article except building materials, of which any quantity would be absorbed at the highest’ prices. * * The shipping columns of the journals show daily a fearful array of imports, and there is an indefinite quantity to corny yet. So that a glut, with prices at

zero and speculators nowhere, is as certain j as that Melbourne is the .most disagreeable j cilv in all creation.”

The meeting of the LegLlalho Council had been prorogued to the 30th of August.