The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858.

than have a row with them. Should they commit
any outrage, however, they will not get much mercy.

GOVERNOR DOUGLAS 9N THE NEW GOLD

FIELDS.
The following remarks were made on a recent
occasion by Governor Douglas, at Victoria, to a
company of miners, who wished his opinion on the
gold mines in the New Caledonia country:—
"My Friends,—You wish me to speak to you
about Fraser River, and to get my advice about
going there, and my opinion of the country. Now
I will tell you all plainly, that I will not take the
responsibility of giving any advice on the subject.
You have all heard what has been said of Fraser
River, and I know nothing more about the gold
than has already been told you by others. Had
you sent to ask my opinion.about Fraser River be-
fore you left California, I would have told you, one
and all, not to leave your quiet homes ; not to give
up the substance for a shadow, and to wait patiently
until something more definite was known about the
country. Now, suppose I were to tell you so ?
Suppose I were to advise you-one and all, to return
immediately to your homes, without going further,
what would the answer be ? Why you would all
refuse to do so ; you would all say that course will
never suit. After the trouble and expense we have
had in coming here, we must go to the end—we
must see the elephant. And perhaps you might
think that I had some object to gain in keeping
you from going to Fraser River. Now I know,
men, what you wish me to tell you. You wish me
to say there are lots of gold in Fraser River, but
that I will not say, because I am not certain of the
fact myself. But this I will tell you as my own
settled opinion, that I think the country is full of
gold, and that cast, and north, and south of Fraser
River there is a gold field of incalculable value and
extent. I have told our glorious Queen so ; and I
now tell you so, and if I mistake not you are the
very men who can prove by. your courage and
enterprise whether my opinion is right or wrong.
Remember, I do not give you that statement as an
established fact, but simply as an opinion founded
on what I have actually seen myself, and heard
from others who know the country.
" Now, what more can I say to you, but go on
and prosper, and in a few short weeks you will be
able to tell me what Fraser River is. Take mining.
tools aid food in abundance ; you will then be in-
dependent of others, and may go to whatever part
of the country you choose. I would not advise you
to go beyond Fort Yale with your canoes, as the
river is dangerous above that point ; neither would
I advise you to take the Fort Hope road, as you
cannot carry enough of provisions to last you over
the journey. The route by Harrison River is, I
think, the best, and we are now preparing to get a
road opened that way ; in fact, I expect to see
teams and waggons on the twenty-mile portage
that divides that river from Anderson's Lake before
many months are over. That is a safe and acces-
sible route at all seasons to the Upper Fraser River.
Let me say one word about the Indians. They are
all friendly, and all thievish, therefore have an
eye to your things and do not leave them exposed,
for in that case the Indians will steal them. Go on
with them as quietly as you can, and Government
will protect you. Be careful of your revolvers, and
be not too ready to use them in your own cause.
The law of the land will do its work without fear
and without favour. Therefore appeal to it in all
cases ; let it do justice between man and man ; let
it defend your rights and avenge your wrongs.
Now, my friends, go on and prosper. There is hard
work before you, and I hope you will be repaid
with rich strikes and big nuggets. One word more
about the views of Government. The miner who
acts in submission to the laws and pays the Queen's
dues like an honest man shall be protected in per-
son and property; and as soon as good and trusty
men are found measures will be taken for the con-
veyance and escort of gold from this place. Every
miner will give in his own sack and his own
weight, and have it addressed and sealed in his own
presence, and get a receipt for a sack said to con-
tain so much gold dust. It will be deposited in
the public treasury at Victoria, and delivered to
the owner on production of the deposit receipt.
There will be a charge made for the expense of
conveyance, but this will be a small matter com-
pared to the security of your property. I now wish you
all well, and shall not detain you by any further
remarks."--,Alta- California.

polled to employ that number of persons during
their occupancy as required by this notice; it will
be sufficient that during such occupancy they pay for
licenses for the full number of persons so fixed.
" 9. Where more than one application shall have
been made for any pond or watercourse previously
to the publication of these regulations, or shall
hereafter be made on the same day, such pond or
watercourse shall be put up to tender, the advance
being on the existing rate of the license fee. And
it will be understood that such advance shall be
paid on any number of persons employed in addi-
tion to the number before determined.
" 10. Persons occupying portions of the gold
field, by erecting temporary buildings, &c., and
carrying on business in any way, shall pay a fee of
30s. monthly (7 dols. 30c.) for the use of the land
so occupied by them, and they are required to pay
the same on demand, and in advance, to the officers
appointed to receive payment of license fees.
" 11. Persons desirous of establishing claims to
new and unoccupied ground, by working in the
ordinary method for alluvial gold, may have their
claims marked out on the following scale, viz. :-
1. 25 fat frontage on rivers to each person. 2. 25
feet of the bed of a creek or ravine to each person.
3. 25 feet square of table land or river flats to each
person. Every such claim shall be voided by the
failure on the part of the claimant to work the same
within 10 days after the date of his acceptance, and
persons found working on such or any other ground
without having previously paid the license fee to
the proper officer, shall pay double the amount of
such license, and, in default, be proceeded against
in the usual manner. The commissioner or assis-
tant commissioner is empowered to make such tem-
porary regulations as may be necessary to prevent
inconvenience to other licensed persons from the
carrying on operations of the above nature.

there were other means of effecting it without mak-
ing the magistrate the medium. I shall, however,
adjourn the case for a week, and will require good
bail for the appearance of the defendants on that
day.
Mr. Sleigh--On the part of Mr. Day I must state
that he has done all that a respectable man could '
do to insure the attendance of Mr. Peter.
Mr. Metcalfe—There is no imputation upon Mr.
Day or Messrs. Lumley and Lumley.
Mr. Sleigh—That is quite true, but I wish it to
be perfectly understood that Mr. Peter has acted
upon his own responsibility in the matter.
Mr. Metcalfc—With regard to bail, Sir, the de-
fendants have attended hitherto, and I suppose their
own recognisances will be sufficient now.
Alderman Wire—l accepted their recognisances
before, but the case has now assumed a different
aspect ; and I shall require each of the defendants
to find two sureties' in £5OO each.
The case was then adjourned to Friday, the 17th
September, and after some delay it was intimated
that the defendants could not procure so many
sureties upon so -short a notice.
Alderman Wire therefore accepted Mr. Barnes.,
sen., as bail in £l,OOO for his wife and £5OO for his
son, another member of the family becoming bail
for the remaining £5OO.

THAMES.—IIannah Montgomery, the wife of a
mechanic, aged 37, was brought before Mr. Selfe,
charged with stealing a gold watch, gold guard-
chain, vinaigrette, case and locket, value £3O, the
property of Mrs. Cora Burn. The prisoner was
also charged with stealing three sheets and a pair
of blankets, value 505., the property of Louis Gra-
veur, a lodging-house keeper, of No. 38, Russell-
street, Stepney.
Mrs. Burn, who has recently arrived from India,
was lodging at the above address, and the articles
were taken from her bedroom. The prisoner occu-
pied apartments in the same house.
John Baker, shopman, in the employ of Mr. Ash-
bridge, a pawnbroker in Park-place, Mile-end-road,
produced three sheets, pawned by the prisoner, and
they were identified by Mr. Graveur.
Henry. Powers, assistant to Mr. Childs, a pawn-
broker, in High-street, Shadwell, produced a gold
watch and appendages, pawned by the prisoner on
Thursday afternoon for £5. The prisoner said the
property belonged to her mistress, and she lived in
Albert-street. _ . _

Mr. Selfe—And you made no inquiries ?
Powers-L--No, Sir ; not any.
Mr. Selfe—lt is a very bad mode of doing busi-
ness to take in a valuable gold watch and append-
ages of a woman like the one in the dock, and not
endeavour to ascertain whether she came honestly
by it or not.
Witness—lt is the usual mode of doing business.
Mr. Selfe—l am afraid it is too usual.

Witness—We had no suspicion of her. She only
asked a short price on the watch.
Mr. Selfe—l think that is the very reason you
ought to have suspected. If she had asked a long
price, something like the full value, instead of one-
fourth the value, your suspicions might have been
disarmed a little.
Ann Randall, female searcher at the station-
house, stated that on searching the prisoner she
found upon her £3 10s. in gold, 2s. 6d. in silver,
and some halfpence.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Selfe said this was a very bad case, and he
should sentence the prisoner to six months' impri-
sonment and hard labour. The property to be re-
stored to the owners, and the money taken from
the prisoner divided between the two pawnbrokers.

WANDSWORTH. A very pretty-looking
young woman, who gave the name of Ann Bartlett,
and stated that her age was 18 years, was placed
in the dock before Mr. Dayman, charged with at-
tempting to commit suicide by swallowing a quan-
tity of oxalic acid.
Police-constable Hughes, of the V division, de-
posed that about half-past 3 o'clock on the previous
afternoon he was on duty in the Wandsworth-road,
when he saw the prisoner leaning against a wall
in Green-lane, Clapham, crying bitterly, and she
appeared to have vomited a great deaL He
asked her what was the matter, and whether any
person had ill-used her. After some time she admitted
having swallowed a pennyworth of oxalic acid. He
then took her to the nearest surgeon, Dr. Connor,
who examined her, and stated that she had
vomited the greater portion of the poison. Dr.
Connor directed him to take her to the Wandsworth
Union, and on the way she told him that she had
left her situation on Monday after having stolen a
sovereign from a writing-desk in her master's bed-
room. -Witness subsequently took her to the
divisional surgeon, Dr. Parrott, who administered
some medicine. She also said that she bought the
poison at a druggist's shop as she came from
London in the morning.
Mr. Dayman inquired of the constable if-the pri-
soner informed him where she had been in service ?

The witness said she told him at Mr. Williams's,
of Shepherd's-bush, where she had only been a
fortnight. She had previously been an mmate of
a penitentiary at Greenwich. She further stated
that after she stole the sovereign she went to
London-bridge, where she met some of her friends.
She bought the cape she was wearing out of the
money, and then went to the play in the evening
and spent the•remainder. She had no parents and
no home to go to after she had spent all the money,
and she then made up her mind to destroy herself.
Mr, Dayman asked her if she had anything to
say?
The prisoner replied in the negative.
Mr. Dayman said he should remand her for a
week to ascertain how much of her story was true.
The prisoner was then removed.