The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

money from the unwary. Applicant then handed in the
answer, us follows:
" 98, Jermyn-strest.
" Sir,—l have numerous answers to my advertise-
ment, ant shall close with the first parties I may ap-
prove of; but as there is no occasion for, and the value
of my time will not admit of, a lengthened correspond-
ence, if you desire to be one of the successful candidates,
you must come to the point with as little delay as pos-
sible. In the meantime I will give you the following
particulars, and which are as much as a perfect stranger
can expect. There will be nothing to pay for the ap-
pointment, and a first-class passage will be found you
free. Your appointment will be rendered permanent by
myself in the following way :—I sell some thousands of
acres of gold diggings in Australia to the company in
question (such land has been proved to contain gold by
is Government surveyor) for 151. an acre only, while the
annexed inferior land, to the extent of many hundred
acres, has realised 50/. per acre. I possess another
property, of mach greater value, which I shall also sell
to the company, but in the terms of sale I shall stipulate
for appointing qualified parties as superintendents of the
gold diggings and assayers of ore (the assayers will be
qualified at my own expenss). Now, as a stranger you
could not expect me to give you a value hie permanent
appointment free of charge, unless I derived some benefit;
and were you so unreasonable I should be the very lust
individual in the world to act so much like au idiot.
It happens that in reference to various under-
ti.kings connected with other property of mine.
and of still greater value than that to which I
have already adverted (and sshich property in due
course you will be furnished with particulars of), I want
as much money as I can raise, in hundreds and in
thousands, on loan on my own personal security, which
will be shown to' be good for a considerable amount.
The salary will be in proportion to the amount lent to
me fur six months at 5 per cent. In due course, after
the preliminaries have been arranged, it will be proved
through parties of well known high standing, that the
lands, &c., will be sold by me to the company in ques-
tion, and which is second to none in respectability and
prospects of success.
"It may be necessary to add, that lam not engaged
in any business, and that my position precludes my ever
embarking in any.
" I am, Sir, yours obediently, " A. F."
On the ether side of the fly-sheet the following was
written :—" Preliminaries must bo first arranged, when
(only) reference will be given to an eminent firm, so-
licitors to the company, and to a London joint-stock bank.
Applicant stated that the letter was posted in King
William-street, City, although the advertiser's address
was 98, Jermyn-street. That induced him to go to the
latter place to see what sort of an office the person had,
when he ascertained it to be a district post-office. Ho
inquired after "A. F.," and was told that ho was un-
known to the shopkeeper, and merely had his letters
addressed there. Applicant inquired whether many
letters had been received by him, and he said in reply
several hundreds.

Mr. ELLIOTT—Have you sent any money to this per-
son? Applicant—l have not. I had my suspicions as
soon as I read the circular, and finding it printed clearly,
shows to me that a wholesale system was being car-
ried on.
Mr. ELLIOTT said, ho had no doubt the reporter would
take notice of his application, as at these times many
pers ins might be induced to tnrow their money away.
Tho circular was certainly curiously worded, and
nearly sufficient to put any shrewd person on their
guard, but still there were thousands of dupes who
might be caught.
Applicant thanked the magistrate for his attention.

TLIE AUSTRALIAN DIGGINGS.
In
,coefireaatioa of accounts already published, we
subjoin some passages from the letter of a settler in
Australia, dated " l'wofold-bay, January 4": —" We
have had much difficulty in getting our sheep shorn and
crops secured. Many of the shearers have been earning
15s. a day. Those of our men who have left us and
gone to the diggings have been every one successful;
they have been absent about 12 weeks, and have brought
beck with them from 801. to 1201. each. I visited the
Turon diggings, in company with my brother. We
camped out two nights, intending to try and get as
'nun gold as , would make a ring or two for my
mother and father. The second evening we found
eleven small pieces and some dust, which, together,
weighed more than a quarter of a pound of solid
gold. The morning after we left the two men who
took our places found ono piece weighing more than
an ounce, and I have since seen by the papers that
from the very same spot a party got three little
or the respective weights of 151 b., 221 b., and 261 b.
The lergest of these was sold in Sydney for 1,230/.
A friend of mine, who has just
returned from Melbourne, told trio that be offered
tr
man half-a-crown to take a letter to the post-office, a
distance of a few hundred yerd e The gent' looked
disgusted. Why,' he replied, I would not take my
Nye out of my mouth for that sum.' Another offered a
‘digger a shilling to lift a bag of sugar off his dray.
rho digger looked at him a moment, and then, pattine
his foot on a stump, said, There, tie my shoe, and I'll
give you five shillings.'" The writer then refers to the
it.fluence which this state of matters must have on one
who is the owner of 28,000 sheep, 6,000 or 7,000 cattle,
besides a great many horses, and addi, that the on!)
hope of the colonists is that the mother country will send
them out men in thousand; and thus give them 89019
chance of getting servants. Australia has alio abundant
attractions for sport,men. The writer says—" Wo hint
first-rate sport with the hounds last season. The kennel
is adorned with the brushes of thirty dingoes, and the
heads cf twenty-two kangaroos, and one (mu. We have
twenty-two couple of hounds in kennel, and about four
dez-n puppies tit to enter by next sea on." The river
and lakes in the neighbourhood in which the writer is
settled are described as swarming with fish, and the
shores of the lake as covered with delicious oysters.

RES FOR 1852.

Dovvnham Market.— 28
Coth y Hurst ............ 29

ul-laBT.zel Grove .....................
1160
Tunbridge ............... 11
Reading .................. 11
Coventry .................. 12
Lynn ... .................. 12
Lichfield
Plymouth, Devonport,
and C0rnwa11......... 17
York ...................... 18
Radcliffe ................ . 23
Egham ................... 25
Derby ...... ......
t3tourbridge .....
Eccles .....
Lincoln
:RIBER.
Weston Zoyland and
Bridgewater
Redditch 2O
Eglinton Club
Bedford
Leicester 22
Liverpool 11. (Hoylake) 22
Wfauebester Autumn ..• 23
.Nergmarket F. 0.
Chesterfield
Western Meeting