The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-18 00:00:00

SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

are Railways.

Paid. Closing Business
Price. Done.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOcEMI3I7.It 18, 1858.

THIS DAY.)

SHREWSBURY RACES.

(THIS 3 DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE MONKMO OR, HANDICAP.

Turret

Nine ran.

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THE COLUMN HANDICAP.
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THE NURSERY HANDICAP.

(Front Bell's Life in Sydney)

Precious Stone
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Several parcels of this gold are on exhibition in
the jeweller's shops in George-street. It is of a
particularly dark and rich colour. In Messrs. Brush
and Macdonnell's window is a sample weighing 13
oz. 10 dwts., sent up by Saddlington and Sons. All
accounts agree that there is no hoax in the glow-
ing descriptions of- the new gold field at the Fitz-
roy, and we trust that at length the icy spell so
long suspended over the trade and business of this
colony is broken at last. A great many persons,
especially of the enterprising among our native
youth, are taking their departure for the new land
of promise, and should the favourable accounts
hitherto received continue, we may contemplate an
exodus upon a grand scale. Our northern neigh-
bours will, in the first instance, reap the more im-
mediate benefits accruing from the great impetus
which the discovery of a gold field will give
to their trade, but the more substantial and
durable benefits will undoubtedly be con-
ferred upon Sydney, as all the Sydneyites
hastening to the Fitzroy, with whom we have
conversed upon the subject, rush to the search
for gold with the ultimate object of returning
enriched to Sydney. Several vessels have been
advertised to depart from this port to the Fitzroy.
The Pirate steamer is to sail on Monday, and is
full of passengers. And, considering the circum-
stances of the case and the large demand for pas-
sage, the passage money charged is moderate, the
price by the Maria being £5. Many persons whose
opinions are entitled to respect are most sanguine
in their expectation respecting the great richness
and vast extent of the Fitzroy mines, and we do
hope that these Chinese pests will not be permitted
to turn over and spoil the ground as they are
accustomed to do in other gold-fields. Of course,
their especial patrons will be anxious for the Chi-
nese to get thither, if only from that envious spirit
which makes Ihum detest the sight of the enter-
prising labouring population of the colony, acquir-
ing wealth, elevating themselves in the social scale
and in their turn becoming employers of labour ; so
we suppose that the rat, rice, and chow-chow eating
gentry cannot be prevented from participating in
the newly-discovered wealth ; but it is right that
some regulations should be framed and enforced to
prevent them from ruining the ground by surfacing
and turning it over in spots and patches. The
old cry, " On to the diggings !" is once more re-
sumed in Sydney, and we are likely soon to see
again the healthful state of society when every man
will be his own servant, and the Governor will
have to polish his own Wellingtons, through the
departure of the viceregal lacqucys amongst the
general crowd of adventurers to the diggings. The
letter of Mr. Hort Brown, in a late number of the
Sydney Morning Herald: is very satisfactory and
reliable with respect to the richness and extent of
the new discovery. We trust and believe that the
discovery and opening of the Fitzroy gold field,
will do more to resuscitate commerce and to
relieve the great distress so prevalent of late in
Sydney, than all the legislative enactments
which have been carried during this tedious
session of Parliament. We sincerely hope that
it may prove so, and that the glory of Sydney is
not departed. _ _