The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-15 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We have received files of the Sydney papers to
the sth July.
The following important annooncemennt appeared
in the Sydney Empire of the 6th July u an extract
from the Bothurs: Free Press:

A great deal of excitement bas prevailed in our town
diaries the last few days, owing to the rumour. which were
disseminated far and wide of the large quantities of gold
said to have been dug up on Stoney Creek. and transmitted
per mail to Bathurst. Some of the atonic. labia were alto-
, gather so incredible that it was only necessary to hoer to dis-
believe them. Others wore mote of an air of probability,
and when traced to their fountain head ware found to be
nearly true. Upon reference, however, to trustworthy
and available sources of information, we find that, so usual,
' a great deal of exaggeration has been bandied atoot, and
that the truth has been somewhat eighty coloured.
It is • great mistake to call the Sanity Creek
diggiegs a new gold field. They have been worked for many
months with greater or less success, but the doings there,
for regions beet known to the diggers at w-irk, have been
kept as secret es potable. At length an individual, known
by the soubriquet Bothered Harry, hit upon • 25-ounce
nugget in a small tributary of Stoney Creek, known as the
Stockyard Creek. The news queue upon the wings of the
wind; • rush was the consequence, and a le rge tract of the
&daunt country was laid out in claims. From one man,
of whose veracity we base no doubt, and who has spent
four months upon these digging., we learn the following
particulars. After a steady course of sobtiety end industry
during the time mentioned, our iaferviant, who wee gene-
rally believed to have been uncommonly tenon's., had saved
ten ounces of gold, whieb he brought with him to Bathurst.
Being upon the spot at the time of the rush, he was the third
upon the ground, and got the selecti. n cf the third claim,
but although within a " stone's throw" of his bothered
friend, his claim pr..ved an ucprofitable cos. Beeide. the 28-
ounce nugget already mentioned, a man frim Orange bad
pounced upon one 44 ounces, and • Chinemrs another of 13
ounces. Bothered Harry's claim was worked out when he
left (last Tuesday), and laurel of the most profitable Mg
had ceased to yield geld.
From Mr. Joseph Asrons, who arrived in Bathurst
at the latter end cf last week, with 37 ounces of the
Stoney Creek gold, we have lear:A the following par-
ticulen :—Mr. Auer). visited the dig:eines on Sunday,
'ho 15re tilt , when he estimated the pirulation at about
600. From the result of inquiries mode upon the
spot, all were doing well, and some wire exceed-
ingly fortunate. He heard of one tub of earth producing
14 t anus of gold, and there was • geed .eel of talk stout •
nugget weighing 64 ounces, but he did not see it There
were large quantities of gold wanting parch , and tf
disposed to waste be could have bought 3,0001 worth on
the spot. Tone was no postal communication at the time
he was there, but steps bad been taken towards its este-
bliehment. Diggers were pouring in from all tide', pro-
mising greedily to turns a very large mutation. Bust-
neu in the neighbouring townships bad in consequence be-
come brisk, and nothing was talked of but the diggings.
111 From Sergeant Cassidy, of Tambaroera, we learn that the
diggers are fait deserting that aide of the country for Stoney
Creek.
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