...witnessed. Lawyers forsook the courts ; merchants the counting-houses ; clerks their desks ; and, artisani and laborers fled precipitately from houses but half...partly dug. Even clergymen were drawn to the exciting icene, and not in every case did they confine themselves to their calling. The price of labor increased...

...Lawyers forsook the courts, merchants the counting-houses, clerks their desks, and artisans and labourers fled precipitately from houses but half built, and...foundations but partly dug. Even clergymen were drawn to tho exciting scene, and not in every case did they confine themselves to their calling." The following...

...forsook the courts, merchants their counting-houses, clerks their desks ; and artisans and labourers fled precipitately from houses but half built and...did they confine themselves to their calling. The wages of labour under such circumstances increased enormously. Provisions of all kinds rose to unprecedented...

...existence of extensive gold fields throughout Australia was announced by Mr. EH Hargreaves in 1851. partly dug. Even clergymen were drawn to the exciting...did they confine themselves to their calling. The wages of labour under such circumstances increased enormously. Provisions of all kinds rose in equal...

...forsook the courts, merchants their counting-houses, clerks their desks, and artisans and labourers fled precipitately from houses but half built, and...case did they confine themselves to their calling." This wild frenzy, however, cooled down by degrees ; and the colony felt in various ways the effect...