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

TATTE.RSALLS'-( THIS EVENING.)

There were only one or two members present, and no
bets worthy of quotation came under our notice. Nothing
was done on the Derby, and we do not now expect to see
much animation in betting on future events till after the
Christmas holidays.

SHREWSBURY RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE MONKMOOR HANDICAP.

Lass of Richmond Hill . 1
Mrs. Stowe ... 2
Turrot 3
THE COLUMN HANDICAP.
Katherine Logie .. 1
Lady Dot
Appollo
THE NURSERY HANDICAP.

Precious Stone
Old Robert ... 2
Farmer's Daughter filly .. 3

Nine ran.

THE .RECENTLY-DISCOVE.RED FITZ-
ROY GOLD FIELD.

(From Bell's Life in Sydney)

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 arc
accustomed to do in other gOld-fields. Of course,
their especial patrons will be anxious for the Chi-
nese to got thither, if only from that envious spirit
which makes tkem 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 I
will be his own servant, and the Governor will
have to polish his own Wellingtons, through the
departure of the viceregal lacqusys 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. .
There has been no authentic assay as yet of the
gold brought to Sydney by the Jenny Lind from
the Fitzroy, but a quantity of it has been sent to
the branch of the Royal Mint for the purpose of
being assayed. It is evidently very rich in quality.
All of it has been obtained within two feet of the
surface, and without any of the improved appliances
at present in vogue for gold digging on the older
established fields, but merely by dish and cradle
washing.
Great activity prevails in the coasting trade
through this new impetus given to it. The Jane
and the Maria sailed this morning for the Fitzroy,
and some idea may be arrived at of the importance
of the 'discovery from the following list of vessels
laid on for immediate departure :—Pirate, steamer,
300 tons ; Yarra Yarra, steamer, on Thursday next ;
Bonnie Boon, barque ; Lady Grey, schooner; Cal-
lender, schooner ; Isca, clipper ship, 500 tons ;
Lavinia, schooner; Staghound, schooner; Unknown,
schooner; Duke of Wellington, schooner; and
Cyclone, brig.
The steamers have advertised very fair charges
for passages to the new land of promise, viz., £9
in the saloon and £5 in the steerage. Great numbers
of our ;young, active, enterprismg fellow towns-
men are preparing to depart, and we wish them
the best of success. To use a commercialism—
picks and shovels are again *king up, and our
city ironmongers have already commenced doing a
good stroke.
Several respectable City firms are making the
requisite arrangements for the establishment of
branch houses at the Fitzroy,. amongst whom arc
Messrs. Jones and Co., of George-street, through
whom we shall be favoured with the earliest and
most authentic accounts of the real state and pro-
gress of affairs. At the same time we will make
ample arrangement for the supply of our paper
with the latest and most interesting items of
Sydney news to Sydney people at the Fitzroy.
The Eagle steamer is due to-day from Moreton
Bay, and, probably, we shall receive more ample
particulars by her, and by the overland mail in the
course of next week, which we shall have much
pleasure in laying before our readers. As the
European's mail closes this evening, we have given
as full, and at the same time as strictly true, an
account of this timely and important new gold
discovery as possible, for the convenience of our
friends who may be desirous of transmitting the
gratifying intelligence to those who are near and
dear to them in the old country.
Since penning the above we have inspected a
lump of dark auriferions quartz in the window of
Messrs. Brush and Macdonnell, which was found
in the hold of the Jenny Lind schooner, having
been picked up with a lot more stones from the
beach, near the diggings at Port Curtis, and put on
board for ballast. It contains several .snialLparti-
cies of gold. Also, the largest nugget hitherto
forwarded from the Fitzroy diggings, which weighs
31 ounces of pure gold.