The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-05 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA,
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Extract of a letter dated Turon, Juno 4,1852.
" All the money we have made up hero we have laid
out in building a largo house as an hotel; but from the .
continued floods, the Turon not such a money-making
place as it used to be. The building has cost upwards of
a thousand pounds; and if we should be fortunate enough
to bare a continuance of dry weather, the Turon will
again flourish, and we shall make plenty of money. Wo
have already :several rich "bed claims," but, from the
water we are not yet able to work them. We expect to
do very well in the dry season. I
.have just returned
from Sydney, having purchased furniture for our new
house. The distance from the Turon isiabout 150 miles,
over a very mountainous country.
e-s .I travelled on horse-
back alone, and did the dinea in three days. The i
scenery is sublime, and the views ndetrzibabiy grand.
The road at pines is cut in the side of the mountain;
and at only a few feet from you are deep abysses, so
deep that should accident prcrap!tate a person down
they would not reach the bottom alive. A grand dinner
was given to the Governor on his visit to these diggings,
which event took place at our tblishment. One
hundred and ten sat down—the digpra habited in red
shirts and white trousers. We sent up the dinner in
real style; the Governor was astonished; he could not
believe that such an en:ertahrnent was to be obtained on
the Turon. We had two tables, fifty feet long, one up
each side of the room. The Governor sat of course at
the head of all, and over him we placed the Union Jack.
The room was hung with other flags and green boughs
(plenty of the latter here). The room was lighted up
with wax candles ! in brackets, and wax candles on the
tables, and globe lamps suspended over the tables. The
sight whilst we were all at dinner had a very singalar
appearance—the green boughs and red shirts, long
beards, extensive nsoustache, and rat-tail hair of the
diggers, combined with their strenuous exertions at the
knife and fork, requires some such able pen as Mr.
Charles Dickens to describe. A lump of gold has just
now been found by two men, weighing 54 ounces. In
the morning they had to borrow half a crown,"

YESTERDAY'S RACING AT EPSOM, WITH A
GLANCE AT THE SPORT OF NEXT WEEK.
As good a day's sport as has as over been witnessed
at the Autumnal Meeting on the Downs of Epsom took
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which was undoubtedly owing to the unsettled state of
the weather, and the comparatively little money invested
on the events to be decided.
The Greek, who last year cut up so execrably,
yesterday showed an evident improvement in form, as
he managed to beat Abdallah, at only a stone for the
two years, over the mile course in the Match for 2001.
The Beddington Stakes was booked a certainty by the
public for one of four ; 2 to 1 being taken about the
feather-weighted Tobolski, half a point more about
Michaelmas Maid, 3 to 1 about Exact, and 5 to 1 Miss
Tennyson. Leaving out Exact, they came home in the
exact places they stood as favourites. As soon as they
hod settled to work after an indifferent start, Toboleki
took the lead, which he maintained throughout, winning,
after a fine race, with nothing to spare, by a short head.
Michaelmas Maid occupied the second place to the turn,
where she was temporarily displaced by Miss Tennyson;
recovering her lead, however, at the distance, she beat
Miss Tennyson by half a length for second place. The
rest, including Exact, and Little David, were beaten off.
On Wednesday, Allegro came with tremendous force
into the betting for the Epsom Autumn Handicap, rising
in a few hours from an outside price to 3to 1. Hobbie
Noble at the same time was in great force, and found
backers at a short price. These two displaced the pre-
vious favourites, Tested and Varmint; the former re-
tiring from threes to fives, and the latter from fours to
sixes, sevens, and, in some instances, eights. The win-
ner was, comparatively, but little thought of, and backed
but for a small sum. In the race the Varmint cut out
the work to the turn where he was beaten; old Dulcet
then took the first place, Candlewick and Allegro being
in close attendance on him. This order was kept till
half way up the distance, where Candlewick challenged
the antiquated son of Dulcimer, and, after a good race
in, beat him by half a length. Allegro loot the second
place by a brace of lengths, and Varmint was a bad
fourth. The remainder, including Hobbie Noble, were
beaten early.
Allegro came out afterwards and won the Bentinck
Plate very cleverly from Snarry, to whom he conceded
seventeen pounds; Sister to Singapore being a good
third. The rest were beaten half-way up the distance.
Next week the racing fixtures dwindle down to three;
the Liverpool Autumn. on Tuesday and Wednesday;
Cowbridge Hunt, on Wednesday and Thursday; and
Northallerton, on Thursday and Friday. There is also
a little steeple-chase meeting at Edgeware on Monday,
the principal race at which will, I presume, be carried
off by Mr. B. Land.
The acceptances for the various stakes at the Liver-
pool Meeting have not come to hand; therefore I shall
merely remark, in a general sort of way, that Caurire
at lOst 10Ib, will not be a bad thing for the Champion
Hurdle Race; that Doubt and Colsterdale are, by no
means, badly in for the Sefton Autumn Handicap; that
Captain Lane's couple, Ninnyhammer and Charley,
seem certain between them to take the Tyro Handicap,
Audubon being the only other animal of note in the
race; and that the top weights in the Steeple-chase
would seem to have the race perfectly safe amongst
them; Miss Mowbray being tolerably well in at lOst
101 b; Abd-el-Kader, Vainhope, and Peter Simple also
figuring at the same weight. British Yeoman at list
41b is not in badly; but he always seemed to entertain
an invincible aversion to this course. I shall attempt to
indicate the winner as soon as I have received the ac-
ceptances.
But little speculation has taken place, as yet, on any
of the races at Liverpool. 4 to 1 wes offered on the
field for both the Sefton Handicap and Champion
Hurdle Race; long odds, however, against many for the
former race can be obtained. Only 2tol is offered on
the field for the Tyro Handicap; and nothing done what-
ever with respect to the Steeple-chase and Aintree
Stakes.
Warwick has put forth a very strong and well-filled
list of stakes for the decision on the 16th and 17th in-
stant, giving indications of being the best autumn meet-
ing we have had in that quarter since its establishment.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.