The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

THE JOHN BULL NUGGET.

A Mr. Potter, one of the successful adventurers in
that wonderful lottery, the gold diggings of Australia, has
brought home the fruit of his success in the shape of an
enormous nugget, which, in compliment to its burly propos-
- Cone, he has christened the " John Bull," and proposes ex-
hibiting it to the curious for some time before it goes to the
crucible. The exhibitor was one of a party of three who
went " prospectin' " in the White horse Gully,
Beudigo, Port Philip, and, after a short season
of barren result.■ was at last fortunate enough
to turn up this giant of the mine within 18
inches of the surface, and in • place which had been
literally honeycombed by the pickaxes of previous diggers.
There were holes all round within a foot and a half el the lucky
spot ; so that " John Bull" must have been in hourly danger
of exhumation for a whole season before he was ultimately
brought to light by Mr. Potter and his friends. Like his
great original, he presents an aspect rugged but kindly, the
mellow nature of his inner man everywhere breaking
through the rough crust of quarts which he at first presents
to the careless observer. llis solid content. are 451bs. boss.
troy of pure gold, worth 4/. an ounce ; and this buy fact
will have a greater effect in attracting visitors than an y
elaborate or scientific description

HOARDING IN 1848.—A lady residing on her pro-
perty, near Coarbevois, the widow of a high functionary,
had been so terrified by the eveats of 1848, that as a matter
of prudence she hid a sum of 25,090 fr., and chose for her
hiding-place a sort of recess above the door of her bedroom.
She two or three times afterwards went to the spot and saw
that the money was safe, but towards the end of 1849, she
found that the whole of the mosey had disappeared. She
gave information to the police, but no clue could be disco-
vered to lead to the apprehension of the thief. About two
years after, her man-servant, who had lived with her save- I
ral years, asked for permission to go into Brittany. Leave
was given him, and the man remained absent about a
mouth. When he returned, he informed his mistress
that having inherited a moderate sum of money,
he intended marrying and establishing himself as a cow-
, keeper in the neighbourhood. The lady parted with him not
without regret, and the man, having taken aome ground, mar- I
ricd a young woman of the neighbourhood and entered on
his new way of life. His mother-in-law came to live with ,
him, but they did not agree well together, and on more than
one occasion the neighbours were obliged to interfere to pre-
vent vidence. Last week, in the course of a more embit-
tered dispute than usual, the mother-in-law forgot her pea-
-1 deuce so far as to call the man a wretch fit only for the
bagne, and say she could send him there whenever she
pleased. "If she spared him," she added, "it was for her
daughter's sake and not for his." These assertions, being
commented on, at last came to the cars of the authorities,
and inquiries were instituted. It turned out that the man
I had not inherited any property whatever, and as he could
not acesunt satisfaetonly fir the money which he possessed,
it was concluded that he must have taken the money stolen
from his mistress. He was accordingly arrested, and on
being interrogated by a magistrate admitted that he was
the thief. He has been committed for trial.