DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 16 Jul 1853 (original) (raw)

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TIIK Alloua -In consequence of tlio timely arrival |

of 'printing pajier by two vessels last Sunday, wo

enobleil to rtmoiu th restriction ti hlcli wo »ore lately j

foi ceil to lay u|Kin our circulation, and a llmllid num-

ber of new subscriber« »111 noir bo admitted tu our |

regular siibscrlpllun list.

PROMENADE.- Mr, Winterbottom gives his second pro-

mciiailo concert, nt Rowe's Circus, this evening,

think It would ho a very great improvement if the

orclnstra could roiiventently ho plaooil In tho middle of

lho house i the »omul would then he much moro equally

illstrllnitiii, alni »mild not ao soon escape through the

collins«. Wo hope, too, that « o shall toon havo tho

pleasure of hearing Miulamo Carandini, ot whom report

»penk« very htghlv, and of »boin Mr. Wlntirbottom

hu» undertaken the Intrmliiotlon to a Melbourne audl

llHainr-Iletiirnoflhonutnlier of ponton« ndmlttcdlnto |

nnd dliohnrgcd from the Iiiitllutlon for Hmisilesi Iinnil.

granta betiieen tho 5th and 12th July, 18511-llcmnln

lug pir lost return, 227; noolvcd-adult mules, 111; |

fetlinle«, 37 ¡children, 40; total, 104. Number« lulu,

htltullon dining tho xiook, 4SI i dlichargod, 00; re-

maining, 3)3. Tho nut of family tooms li 3a. (wr I

night; «Ingle berth«, 1«. do,; fml 1» provided for

famille« nt 2». od each, ami for »lucio purion», 1«, lach |

per »vook -John William», «upcrliitendunl.

Tno HiNiiANiw.-A chargo of tilla naluro wai pre

firred agalnat Mary Dtilllo, nt lho City Police Court [

)Cktintay, but the Mayor dl«poacd of It M far I

the lmhllo aro coitoorneil, by laying that ho would hear I

It In lili prívalo (illico. Now, we aro ns gnat itloklori

for dooonoy M ntl) botly, but wo cannot help thinking, |

that In Ulla oaao Illa Wonblp lias »trnlned at

gnat, ivhllg »o vory afton ice him swallow a la.fer |

FKIOTV.-TIIO char, -t the District Court agalnit

Ooorgo Mut ray of being a deierlcr from tho brig

Augloiture, (whleh veno!, hy tho byo, turn« out to l>o

tho «dimmer Angoittirn,) wa« withdrawn yeiterd»)',

Tho prisoner waa however committed by tho Court to

tako hi« trial for having iloKa «grao Hour rrom tho

ALI-BEN-SOU-ALLE.—The old hall of the Mechanics'

never presented so splendid an appearance since we knew

it, as on the occasion of the above gentleman's concert

last evening. Outside, a flambeau flared on each corner-

stone of the entrance-steps, while, over the door-way, a

row of thirteen elegant variegated lamps, each bearing

a letter of the singular name, showed a hotter light

than visitors to the Institution have ever yet been fa-

vored with. Inside, the coup d'œll presented was quite

magnificent, one end of the hall being covered with

variegated drapery, supposed to represent a Turkish

pavilion ; the musicians' seats and music-stands being

also richly hung, while the profusion of lights was quite

dazzling to behold. The orchestra, under the able di-

rection of Herr Strebinger, acquitted themselves with

great brilliancy and effect. The Turk was great, as on

a former occasion, with his four instruments, amply

meriting the repeated encores he obtained. His turko-

phoneis certainly a most wonderful instrument, re-

minding us at once of Winterbottom and Creed Royal.

Almost every part of the entertainment was well re-

ceived, and we sincerely congratulate this enterprising

gentleman on the success of the attempt ; the hall hav-

ing been crowded throughout, and many persons desirous

of entering the reserved seats having been content to gain

in by paying only the second price.

MB. O'REILLY'S IRISH EVENINGS.—Last evening, Mr.

H. tí. O'Reilly gave tho first ofn »erie« of entertain-

ment» at tho Temperance Hall, which aro designated

"Irish Evening»," from tholr embracing anecdotes,

traits, and »torlea of tho Irish peasantry, interspersed

with recitals of tvbliiiilc.nl bhindor» and thoso facetious

mistakes called ".bull»," in the perpetration of which

Irishmen aro considered to have a prcscrlptlvo right,

Tho sons of Erin arc too good humored and fond of a

Joke, to disclaim on) thing attributed to them calcula-

ted to promoto mirth, equally satisfied with boing morry

themselves and tho causo of mirth to oUiors, Just ns

Falstaff made It a matter of pride, that ho was not only

witty himself, but tho cause of wit inothor«. Should,

however, any sensitivo gcnUeman toko umbrage at the

Impeachment of possessing a prcdl.«]iositlou for making

bull», wo can inform htm, for hi« consolation, that

similar Incongruities wero committed even among tho

highly polished nnd civilised Greeks of tho olden timo.

A Greek author published a collection of facctl.m,

in which the following anocdoto occurs :

A gentleman in Uic country having written to a friend

at AUiens to pureba»« »onie books for him, which lil«

city acquaintance neglected to perform ; when 1 o met

him afterwards in town, the ingenious citizen ob.

«erved, by wny of apology, " Apropos about tho«c

books : I never received the letter you sont me to buy

thom," which, wo presume to say, is quite as good In

it» way a» an*/ similar apology rcconlcd na an Irish

bull. llutMr.O'Rollly shall »peak for himself. Ho »aid

ho had read an advertisement In an Irish newspaper aa

followa:-"Wanted, two apprentlco«, who would bo

treated as ont of tho family;" another "To let, an

apartment for a single man and bl» wife." This noti-

fication has not certainly tho merit of originality.

Th« anecdotes wore not new; but it waa apparent from

the reception thoy met with, that they would bear re-

petition. The audience laughed, and a good laugh In

those dull times is worth something; besides, Sterne's

chapter on dramatic criticism instructs us that If wo

aro pleased with a performance, wo should be con-

tented, and not bo very curious to investígalo " the

why and becauso." Mr. O'Reilly recited some

of Moore's poetry, which was well received ; and

mado quotations, illustrât! io of the peculiar style of

éloquence of tho rc.-entrlo Sir Royle Roche, who is

famous for that bold figure of rhctorio, through which

ho declared " ho had not tho ubiquity of a bird, to bo

present lu two places at ono time." The Illustration

given by the lecturer wai hi» «|ieech in tho House of

Commons, on tho French Invasion, whon he warned

honorable members that If tho French irossed the

channel, thoy would cul thom Into mlncc me.it, and put

their bleeding head« on tim tablo to »taro them In tho

face. The entertainment was varied with several songs

which were given by a gentleman whose name did not

transpire, who has a very fine natural voice, which

requires only cultivation to ensure him complete suc-

cess in his profession. Among the songs were "Nora

Creena," which was rapturously applauded, and honored

with an encore; and the "Low-back Car," which was

also repeated. The Hall was well filled with a respect-

able audience, is lioso deportment was in every rcspeot

uucxccptlonahlc, and who separated highly gratified

with tho evening's entertainment.

MISERABLE DEATH THROUGH DRUNKENNESS.—A man,

who I« «aid to havu boon a Williamstown boitnnn,

was ) eatorday morning found dead In a wooden build-

ing at Hie foot end of Wllllam-strcot, near I lludors

»Ireet The .building In question wa« laid) occupied

as an eating-house or refreshment room. In tho rear

of the prtmlaoa Is a largo shod or skillion, In whlclithe

lodgers skpt The appeannce of the place, as It was

«een ) estenli) forenoon, wa« wretched In tho extreme

The building li In a nm«t dll»| ltlalnl con lltlnn, and

the al gnant water might bo «ecu licncath It, through

the r irtit-cs 'n the floor The rear bull ling, from

tho tomah of most mlserabk lied«, Ac , which nore

«een about it, a« well a« from information which was

rccilved, appear« to have boen used m« a common

sleeping apartment for those who lodgcil there, and

who appear to havo b'en accustomed to hud Ile pm

mlscuousl) on tho floor 'Nor) few of the Iiihiblt-ints

of Melbourno havo am Idea of «nell a liai o being

occupied b> human being«, nlthuigh, no doubt, too

lunn) auoh places are to be found, an 1 prohibí) much

good night bo offected If Dioso amongst us who are

philanthropic, as well a« the police, would occasional!i

\l»lt such nceptacles These prenilsi« were, until

I hnisday last, kei t b) a person nameil C «A llllam»

On that day tho) were «old, and have since the salo

beef, i ^Inhabited. It appear« that tin. ile-eiscd has

for a week or moro rawt been In the habit of

gsttlng hi« meal» awl lodging at Williams« On

Thuradny evening lie called at the Siilnr) Hotel In

William-street, and wal thin much Intoxicated It

would seem that he then In all probabllll) through lils

drunkenness, fnr.'nt that lils former lodging» «ere unoc

cuplcd at all evenl«, he went there, andas there are

some downward step« whonb) tho floor Is reachtd, and

as bl« body na« found near those »topi. Hu strong 1 re-

liability ia that In gt Ing to what he supposed to bo hi»

lodgings, ho fill or la) down Hu re to »loop \o exter-

nal Injury wa« a] |«rent to account for lils tknth but

as when found lil« bead wa« somewhat liner Ihan his

boily, the fair Infironco 1» thal he fell or la) down lhere

while Intoxicated, and that a ditennlnatlon of blond

t. the head lind brought on apoplixs A Coronir*«

Inquest was hi Id on Iho bod), winn Hie «ubstince of

the abovo «latcment wa« given In oi Idence, and a ver-

dict returned that the deceased di eel b> the 11sitatlon uf

God, and that hi« diath wa« aocclcntod li) Ititi mpcratico

and oxposuro In an uninhabited house Tlio deieasid

»ppcared lo be about fifly sear« of age, and «as

dressed as a boatman or water «Ide I iborer Ile was

Identified lo «omo extent, but name wa« notasceitiluod

BENEVOLENT ASYLUM.—On Thursday a meeting of

the Coniniltlco of Munsgemrnt of Hil« Institution vi«

held there, for the purpnso of examining Hie teslltni -

nial«, áe , of the | artie« «ho bad applied fir the vacant

ofllccs of Itosldint Medical Stipirlntutdcnt, mil Matron,

and of selecting the fittest persons from amongst Hie

can lhlates After a careful InvesHgntl m Into the

qualifications of tlio candidate«, tin choice of Hie rom.

mítico fill upon Dr hnaggs, Into honorarv S ir"ion lo

tho Institution, as Suporltrtcndint, uni upon Mrs

Goodwin, ns Matron Hie number of lnmntis at ] re.

sent In the A«ylum I« -Adulta linln, 19, finnie«,

31, chlidron, malo and fomal ,18; ti lal, IU Amongst

thoohlldren nocntlj admitted Into tlio AM lum, tri re

Hie tlina orphans of the unfirtunate woman 1 llailith

II yalli. «Those death from linniersltn In tin. wnltrat

Sandridge formed the «utijoct of nn'in JIM st recent.),

si rororted In tho Aniui or thu Olli Inst

WASTK or Pin I io 1 His - Vesli ni») Iho publlo limo

«as occupied at the Pul remo toort, when in Hie ml 1

tile of the ds), firhilf-an hour, Iho Imposing cerimony

if «wearing In two maglslrates ins 1,0110 llir«u"ti, cans.

Ing these gentlemen to »wear tint Hie Pop. Ins no righi

to order furtl|,n prince« to bo killed li) their tiilijtrl«,

and that Hu) «111 not do nnvthing to Injure or aub

vert tho Chun li of Fillan 1, and tho bishops mil clerg)

thereof Tho latter oath would appear tn li «omenhnt

Inconsistent willi Hu prevailing notion, li no1 tho fid,

that In this coll ii) Hu ni I« no llato rillglon, and tho

C huron of FnUsnd of onl) equal pritcnsions with the

MAnisTiiiut. OAttisrnr.-A man «a» »uminnned lo

lho City pulle« dmr!, yulcnlay, to an»»cr to the

charge of having hi» back premises In a filthy slab'.

It appeared that the yard and bouse «ero two fool

bl low tho road, and, as tlio defendant kept cows nu lils

premises, It »ni not likely, under the circumstance«,

that they should bo very clean, A fino wa« Imposisl,

and ho wai deilrcd by lho Mayor to get tho placo

oioaned at once, or clio expect next week to hu sum-

moned on a ilinllar charge. " Cleaned '." exclaimed

Um lady of lho herdsman, " Impoulbl« ! tho worth of

mo wouldn't do It." " Kay," courteously returned our

pnlll« chlor maglatrato, " I can hardly belli so Unit thu

place la io dirty a» that."

TUR Cur Conos» «.-Dr. Wilmot, lho City Coro-

ner, hat appointed Mr. J. N. Hassall, aa lil« clerk.

Mr. II. »Ill boat nil lime«found at the Coroner's imsr

ornoo, noar Prlnoo's.hrhlgo. It I« laid thal under the

authority of «onie new and official regulation« tim

Coroner'» office for thl» elly 1« likely lo become omi of

moro than mull Importance. It li to ho tho medium

of communication bitwoen all (ho other coroner« In tho

colony and tho Government. A tnnrguo I« «penilly to

bo attnohed to tho building« In willoh tho Coi oin r's now

A fitar-oun.-Thuin«« Wan! appeared beflire tim

Mayor and Mr. Sturt at the Clly Pollen Court yexter

day, to ananer tim complaint of his cook, Ednicnl

.Ionia, who repreaonteil that lil» mnater lind assaulted

bimby striking bim willi hit flit, Tho cvldenco Minnid

grout provocation, but tim Iionoh could nut Justify any

man In taking the law Into Id» on n limul t nndtheie.

fore, though tim Mayor dUapprovisl of Jonca'a gutting

up a //iqy.ru.t, ho Imposed a fine of 4(1», on tim de-

fendant. Two or throo Frenohmoti carno hofiiro lho

Court In Um course of thu tiny, whoio cxainlnntloii the

Ma) or l«ft to Mr, Sturt,

CUTTIMU * TrüT.-George Wilson, tatoly a prlinuor

In Hobson'» Hay, waa iontohce.1 to a «nuntin bnnl 1-hor

In g»ol, at the City I'ollooCourt yeati rdny, for culling

open a tent with a razor on lil« way up fitiin tho hulk»

DautVKKNNKtii,-The following perlons wi ro flticil for

lho abovo oflenco at tho City Polloo (,'ourl yesterday

In Ino mini amount i-It. Cuddy, K, (lllleiplu, J.

Spark«, O. Sullivan, 1>, Fall, H. Munn, ,1. Ni II, W.

Htooks, J, 0. Wood, T. (Ilonuon, W, WoU», 1', Mur,

|ihy, J. M'Oi'n, A. T. lirowor, ,1. »nyli«, W. Dobbin.

W. Atkinson, U. 8. Whitney, J. Tollón, H. Wilson,

tnd W. Harry. U. Prciton «u «neil 40«., «ml A.

MThorioo. X9>'\ ft» llio Moto »nil furious, riding,

CACTIOK -J. Asienholm, lodging houao keeper, In

Little Bourlio^trtct, «Vas cliarged at the City Police

Court yciterdav, with allowing gambling and lighting

to go on at his houao, and though It waa proved that he

«rai in bed »t the time, and that, when called, ho did

his utmost to supprcsa the disturbance, ho was fined to

the amount of 10/, greatly to tho disgust of that

troublesome gentleman, Mr Bend, who was vorj

anxious to overrnle the decision of tho Bench

BmraoYi ROAD »SID A SUTTLT or WATT -The

oonditlonof Simpson s road, willoh Is non ono of tho

malnavonucs to nnd from the oity is infamous lu tho

extreme Thoro havo not been any hcavj nins for

«orno timo paît, and therefore tho oondltlon of the road

I« comparatively far hotter now than It has generally

beon during tho winter But It Is non «o bad a« to he

almost, If not quite, Impasiuhle, and to he a disgrace to

the authorities of any civilised place On going to

ward« It from Melbourne, tho road I« tolerably fair, so

far as tho end of \ lctorla parade, or in about tho neij,li

borhood of John Black s «table« Thon commences

Simpson a road,asltls called,or more properly Simpson s

mire Between Black s and Mr. Waters s, Hie butcher s,

the road becomes so bad that It is Impossible for dray» or

cart« to pis» along It, and therefore the) aro driven to

the southward, and Bro compelled to «end their way

over Richmond Flats, until they reach Hoddle »troot,

where they must aga'n tako to tho road In the »pace

between Black a et-iblcs and Hoddle-atrcet, there are

places on Simpson s road even now which cannot bo

passed To partlculurlso where all is so had Is difficult,

but there Is one »pot «hero thcro formerly was a bridge,

where a gulf filled n 1th water crosses the road, which

gulf la nearly aa wide as the Yarra, and is almost cer-

tain death and destruction to any strange man, horse'

or tlrnj, which may chance to venture to cross It

Froeecdlugonwards towards tin. Yarra, the road becomes

worse and worse About Mr Sholbj s grocery on the

corner of Janies street Is a quagmire Bctweon thoro

and Andrews » »toro It Is worse »till, If Hint be possi-

ble And between Andre« s s und the river It Is »o nearly

Impaisablo that tho oldest Inhabitant cannot tell who

tho last man wns who came nlong there Now tho efli.it

of all this Is rcrj grievous Ono effect Is to put a tas:

?pon all goods consumid thereabouts, alnco the trades

men bave topai fromis tods aowt forthclrconvcyanco

Another effect Is to dcprlvo (when it doo« not rain) the

thousand« of inhabitant« nround there and Richmond

Flitsofwalcr. The) emnot go to the river firlt Tholr

own nipi Iy become« exhausted Thoy drink from the

filth) pool« until thoy beinmo drj , mut then they can

not get a water-carrier lo como near Hiern, because of

the bad condition of Sim} son s road Or If as an csjie

dal favor «ome wutir carrier can bo found «ho I« will

Ing to risk tho lifi and Ilinl « of lils horse In tho inert,

ho has the niodist) to charge, what was ailunll) lui! 1

b) a housekoopcr there, on Thursday last, namoi), 30«

fax a ver) short load uf water Some two or Hirco

months slnco a meeting «as hold at Mr Andrews s «tore

firthcimrposL of devising mean« to git this roil re

I paired It «as thou determined to raise £1000 b) sub

scriptlon, and to appl) to tlio authorities to contribuía

£3000 more, mid to go to work mid niako a good roi 1.

Between throo and four hundred pound« were then sub-

scribed I ) thoso who Hi eil on and about the roid, and

i committee, consisting of Messrs Inlrchlld, benlidi,

and Kraust n, wa« nppolntcd to collect further sub

acrlptlons It Is «aid the« havo now made up the

amount to about £000, but that owing to Mr Kinnell s

absence and some littlo apatliv, the collection I« not

procicdcd with , and that If It wa« pushed vlgorouslj

the deficit would beobt ilnid Ina week If that be so.praj

goo 1 Messrs Commlttiemin go on and prosper-collcit

the amount, and let tho pu i li havo a good road, cheap

tooti«, and pleut) of water

Tim DiiASU - Ills now some di)« «Ince ne alluded

In terms of rather high commendation to the perform

ance of Mr Cokuinn, a ) omi/ gentleman Intel) arrli ed

from Sj dm j, where ho has luen giving a »orle« rf dra

mullo reading« with great Buecc«« We thenfiro

think It right to remind our ruder» that this eicnlng

Mr C «HI read the tngcdj of Hamlet, at Bnld a A«

sctnblj Rooms, comer of Russill and Little Collins

streets, where no expect to «co not onl) a larfco audl

dlcmi, lint uno greall) dillghlcd

Da Lixo- The Jliitxh ¡launer of Apill Oth, con-

tains a letter from I)r Ling, lu which ho announces

lils Intuition of soon returning to tho colon) Ho

sa)« -"Having dono niarl) all I found rncticiblo

for the accomplishment of the «irions nlJciLs of ni)

present v Ult to this countr), I have Just rt turned to

London from ti e north, to niake arrangement! fur

nnothcr v i)agcto Austi illa It was ni) Intention to

hive gone out lu one of tho steamer« tint n HI prob dil)

sall carl) lil Mis , but as I am disirous that two or

three ciangelkal ministers, with whom I have been

corresponding on the subjtcl shoul I j, o nut ulong n Uli

me, wlilch Hil) could n t di If I vi cn li ling m) pas

sage by a steamer, I should pr lir gob g out lu ft

sailing vessel, prov leila pnrtv of Christian fiiullhs,

sufHilcnt to oemp) Hie nhulo nccnmmotliHon of i

«hip of the priper size und qualllle«, could be nile

np to go out tugi Hier, lither from I ondon or

Liverpool, on or about the 10th of Mil) An 1 ns

lèverai of )our renders-intending emigrants I j re

«unie-liavo been asking nie at iliflirint lime« for

month« pist, »hat vessel I Intended to 1,0 out li), I beg

jon will allow mo to (.Ive these i irsons tills Infimin-

ti m throiifch sour columns II, Hu re fore, i sufllileiit

number of t'ainlllc« noel In Ihl bull, numbers of evan

gellcil Churches and d «Irou» of i migrating under fa

vorablo auspice« to Australia, nould slfciilf) tho simo

to me li) lottirs to my adtlriss a* tho ¡tanner Olllco,

within eight days from this date, further particulars

will bo stated In an adicrllioment, next week If ¡«issll.lt-,

aud tho necossary arrangement» will bo matlo Immc

dlatclj thereafter I would undertake to make tho re.

qulslte arrangements In tlio casi-of oourso through

»onie mercantile house of isbibllsht d character and re

spcclabllil) - «olely on the condition of having tho

entire management and the entire responsibility, fir It

I« not aafo for those conocrncd to have a dil I led nulli >

rll) at sea, and «till less so lo have nub id) whola

really responsible to appl) to, on a long voioj.0 The

cost of | assago « ould bo in accordance « Uli Hu current

rates Iho vcstel would go direct to Sj duo) '

Al o«ri IT in« Gionv -The Carpel Hag (American)

till« a »tory of i prcachir who delighted lu long

.ormon«, and who ouco exchanged «Ith a brother

preacher «ho alna)» ilellvired short ones At the

usual hour for closing tho »en loo, tho \ eoi lo became

lineas), and, being Inspired willi Hu lose of warm din

ners rather than long sermons, went out q ii Hy oni bj

one, till tlio prcichir «as lift alono with the «ixton

1 ho preacher, ficllng Hint ho must do lils dut), still

continued toblariawa), till tint funollonarj, «cling

no | rospect of a close, wilkcd dellbiratel) up iho pul| It

stairs, and, linn ling lilla Hu ki i, requested " ho would

fmk up ulan ho lind git thro ith, and leave tim kov at

lil« homo as ho «cut along

A Sninp WIT-An Indian nil sa)» tint during

trial In I awrenceporl a vonni, lad «ho uni cillid ni a

witness, wa« asked If lu km« «li it ins tho obligation

nfan oath, and when ho wool 1 j,o to If lie ti Id n He

Ho «all ho sut posed "he woul I fen «hire nil Iho lan) cn

A NhrtiCTkti Eviirligt lu -In (ho Philosophical

1 rnnsiitlon« thon I» a nferuco to in enithqiiiike,

Mhlih "had tlio honor' of Ittlng rcpnrtul lu tho

1 npirs if the hnrniHl Hoiletv 'ibis Is nu honor ii hlcli,

It «um«, ha« nut bun ncconleil to nu cnrthqimko nt

Ilirefonl nilli »itfllcluit promiitltiitlo In tho Loudon

Joui nuls, and the coitsiquince of this slight to a lilkhl)

risptcttible inr'bqu iki lins been Kunu Incrulullls din

toltsverv exKtenn Acorn»|ioniloiit, Jmllv tinncloii»

of the honor of lils cirtliquiiki, «rite« to the Times -

" '1 lie lum appearance In tin tnntt of titi« morning of

mi) r port of an inrtliquike «hoik liming linn felt in

nuv other towns ins somenhat »linken tho belief of tho

good people (if Hereford lu tin flat thnt n perceptible,

mid,Indeed, «irlou« shod,, was nails tilt hire on Hun

dnx night. Such,, lion is cr, stn« tho ease, and thu evl

,1, in o ol 100 or moro ]>eople lu llirifonl mid tho neigh-

borhood could lie nht ilucil ( I tin fact" What n tri-

bute I» thi» lo tin ]KIVS or ol the pn «s ' '1 lu cnrthqtinko

lins an larlhqnnkooi no inril quiikenliill, nurunlliigln

[tsricogntiliin iutl t» lime* or thocontinrv. 'lim good

people at Hcrefoid wire thnkiii lu tin Ir bids on Sun.

das night bv tin »lu ck of nu inrtbqunke ; biittbo)

wiro «Milo us linn li sliukeii In tlulr belief

that Ibu) hud Indi hbuki li In their heil«, li lion

tin v found no nevis < f Um event lu the Tb»«. " Who

»bimbi know I o>t, v nu or tin tloctoi ! ' »nv« tho sailor,

lu Joe Milli r, tu hi« mnlc who prntist« ne, vlnst being

thro» n miriwinni n« di id. Ami "«ho «li ml I know

heit, )our or tin Tiniesl Is nutt Hu i jlulilliliiil qui«,

lion, valldn nlnst the i videuio if the »olives Onboard

a »hip, nhill «unset I« li pul lil to the commanding

oftlcir, he gins tho »onl, "liuiko it «o, without

vxlilcli nutliorlt) the sun could not god inn lu the log,

nor the pcuiunt lunn tin- must bind. Ami In like mun.

Der, a (onsulslnn ( f naturi sshbb «huid« in tplo«hodlc»

nnil irncl.ii) nari, Is imt csliiblMiul In their lit lit f, or

«it do«n lu Hull mind« log, tinks« Um »uni " nuvkii It

«o'bus bun intsiil b) Um oi mlnrlor of the Innes lim

cartbqiinkii vu» the talk of nil Hen foul till llerufonl

found It not In tim I mit* Whore woro It« rumblings

«Inn It »as illsiovind that It um!« no nols» In tim

/ti/ici» "Arti rall It vin» no j.rmt »linki«' vin» tim

dl»|ninglug rill itliu of tlio disappointed llirifonl

rltl/tii ii|un finding mi miiitlon lu Ibu Amu. 'lim

hriaklug nut ul ) tu(o littsstin l'nglnnil mid 1 rnnco

liuiib nil Hut in 1st ofthla sink I for pinci, »hieb, once

upon n Um«, stn» Ibu inn«! nihill of nil thing«, hn« linn

tukul to putt lui'about It-t, It In n strain the most igntls.

llwil and olainnrmi« - I undo» I iinmnei.

DntNKKSXMs- lho' lollo«lug pirson« »ero fined

211« mill for Um above oil ni , nt Um til) Pollio

Court, or lu «pi ml tin til) -four hours In pi Non

-John Johnson, \\ lllliim l.s lilli, .lull" 'I hompson,

'I lumms Dunn, Julius ( mini, John limn tuon1

îilluhui 1 O Rourke, Jului I li ml. mun, John IhiUUr,

11,i lil Hutton, .tarni « 1 lion, William Miii.ilin, Jiiiiu»

Cunnii lim I, Thomas Hums, .li lui t i."-lim, I'dnnnl Lui,

John llronii, William Unod, ( luirie» Liggnll, fliorgo.

friilkshniik, Willina Hu», .Ilium ( miiliiliig«, llniuio

Win i In right, linns Wilson, mid 'I hunns Hold*.

Hnr.h'Pa)lol vinslluiil-V« ; William.lum», IO« i .Min

MiiiVKitsKi »NU (insriMiv-Ahxnutloi f'nmernn

iva» finid 40«, li) Ml Sltirt, .11', nt lim City I'olh i

Couti, foi baling hem (lunik lind mid nine«ne Inn.

nimmo. Cirri«1.-A »nitnut wa« grunted b) lho

lil-trltt Coull ngitliist .litinea llimliibiiii lol disc

lu>lui! n »iiniinoti» In nppuir binnu tim Coull on a

I bargo of icsililiig finn lund of cattle fioin Jnbii Dodd,

»ho ivan drill lift Um mid (iiilllu thinngli I'liiliinu In (ho

ltKatiTtuiis -At tho DUlilot Court Archllmld

Ciimpbill «it« liifAirmed ngalnat fur linsliig In hil

po»«c«iloii a horso belonging to flcnrgo I'ott), Tito

Couti ordered tho lion« to bo iMlorcO. to Porry,

NnvT"Aproisiisim«i.- Wo perçoive by"the (Jaulte

that'Stri RrM.'Tracé»'hai received an appointment io

tho Custom». FOVT of our old colonists or or our mer.

osntilo readers will forget this gcntfetriinjo long con-

nected with the Post Ofllce. For aoYeral years lill

urbanity, aotlvtty, and general bearing,towards all

applicants for letton in tho delivery portion of the

office, wero subjeots of general and woll merited prslso.

In losing bim, tho Post Office ha« lost »nnotlvo servant,

nnd tho publlo a oourtoous official. For somo time past

Mr. Traceys health has been suffering, and wo bellovo

It was mainly through this carno ho hal sought a placa

moro llkelly to benefit his conatltutlon. If Csptain

M'Crao thus allows lils best ofneors to leave, some

from 111 health that might have been repaired by a little

tlmoly Indulgence, some through dligust at seeing

Inferior men placed over Uiclr heads, uo wondor that

lils department of the scrvlco I« such a dlsgraoo oven

in this place of general official ncglcotaud Incapacity.

SKIZOBB OF SriaiTs.-Sergeant Gnllahoo has mado .

seizure on the promise« of John Lsmblo, Canvass Town,

of a quantity of »plrltuous llquora. Tho District Court

granted a «ummon» agalust Lambie.

OFFENCES.-Through tho courtesy of Mr. Whelan

and Mr. Castles, two of tho clerks in the City Police

Court, wo aro enabled to present the following accoun

of the number of olrenoca which havo recently been

brought «udor the cognl7jinoo of tho Magistrates at

that oflleo. Tho «hole number of person« charged

with criminal offence» between the week ending Juno

4th, nnd July Oth, 1853, being six weeks, is 1009, giv-

ing an average of 278 and a frnotion per wook. Tho

preciso numbers wore,-the first wook 439-tho second

241-thothlrd, 310-tho fourth, 233-tho fifth, 247-and

tho sixth, 290. Bcalde the abovo number of Ho»,

which is taken from tho «atchliouse ahects, and em-

braces criminal offences only, thoro wero' during tlio

samo period disposed of at the «arno office, from what

Is called tlio cause Hat, 420 case«. That olas« of casos

embraced assaults n hero tho parties aro not arrested

by tho police : claims for wage«, complaints under tho

Towns Folleo Aot, application«, to havo persons bound

to keep tho peace ; and applications for auctioneer'

and other license« for the city, <fco. This number

of 420 added to 1009 criminal offence«, would uiako a

grand total of 2095 eases In six week«. Of tho 1(169)

criminal offence«, 130 wore of nn Indlclablo nature ;

and of the«o l"n indlctnblo offence», 85 persons

wero discharged, and 45 committed fur trial.

29 were for assaults, which, added to 25 assault cases on

the causo list, will give a total of 04 cases of assault,

wllliln tho period of «lx weeks. 70 wero cases of va-

grancy, and no less than 015 wero for drunkenness, be-

ing considerably over half the total number of offences.

Tho rcmnlnlng 329 are put under the division of "other

olTonces," "anil embrace n variety of kinds of orlrao of a

minor nature. By way of addenda to the nbovoaccount,

as well as for comparlsor, for the last six weeks, we>

may mention Hint, between tho 1st July, 1851, and tho

31st December, 1852, 1082 person« nere charged «Hit

Indlclablo offence«. Of that number 70 wero females

and 1006 wero male«, and of thoso672 were discharged,

and 410 wero committed for trial. The number of per-

sons charged with assault during tho samo time was

400, of whom 40 woro females, 368 wore charged willi

vagrancy, of whom 102 wero female«. Tho numbor of

drunkards was 3029, of which number 420 were female»:

and tho total number for various offences wa« 1770

making a total number of C649 offences In tho abovo

Tun AnruiDB Asair OFFICE.-We have boon favored

by a gentleman of the highest respectability, on a visit

here from Adelaide, with the following information,

which, under the sanction of the South Australian Go-

vernment, he obtained from tho books of the Adelaide

Assay Office. Wo may mention Hint tho n»»ny» of

that establishment have been constantly tested by prl

vato essayer», and that It deservedly enjoys a high

reputation for accuracy. The particular« appear to us

calculated to afford useful hints, not only to parties

establishing assay office«, but to all who aro connected

with tho gold trade:-1. Total quantity received under

the Bullion Act from Fibninry loth, 1852, to February

15th, 1W3,412,280 oz«. 4 dals. S gr. ; 2. Total quan-

tity of gold received from March 29th to Juno 9th,

1853, 23,710 oz«. lOdwts. 23 gra.; total, 430,003 ozs.

1 tint. 4 gr». 3. Charge for «melting and asaaylng,

untlor Bullion Act, 1 per cent. 4. Chargo for «melting

and assaying now } per cent. 5. Avcrogo length of

time occupied now In »melting and assaying five days.

0. Average loss In smelting, arising from Uio separating;

of Impurities from the follón Ing gold, from March 2811«

to Olli June, 1813-Ilalamat, 1 per cent. ; Forest Creek,

Bendigo, Wlilto Hill, Knglo Hawk, Fryer's Creek, lj

Oven«, 31, per cent. ; Echunga, 2 per cent.

Sumer WFIOIIT.-Yesterday, nt tho District Court,

several of Iho Prahran bakers wero Informed ngainstby

tho Inspector of Weight« and Measure«, forchcalliig the

publie, by selling bread deficient In weight. John

Cnrse was fined £7 6«. for Hil» offence, being5s. por

ounce fur fifteen loaves deficient twcnty-nlno ounces,

Warran!« nero granted against Lawronoo Honry, fur

having seventeen loavea for «nie, deficient tlilrly-soven

ounce« ; and ngnliist Alexander M'Call and William

Nowlan, for having twelve loavea deficient six ounce«.

Gcorgo and William Clemonl» were fined 40«., and

4s. Oil. cost«, and William Jameson, 20«., and 4». ed.

costs, fur having fa'lu and unequal balanco«; anti

against James Watt and James Gordon a warrant was

Is.ned on a similar Information.

COMVOIIT^-WO romemlier the story of a carpenter

«ho being engaged to construct tho liinElatralo'« seats

In some court of Justice, waa Joked at for seeming par-

ticularly anxious to make tho principal acata re-

markably comfortable "I am making If for myself,"

said ho, and »o, rop-irt says, It fumed out. It la a pity

the man who made tho rejiortcr'a seat'In the City

Polico Court had not before him tho honorable ambi-

tion of some day silling In It blmielr. Ho seems to

havo liad n moro Ignoble desire, Judging by tho easy

stools ho baa contrived for the gentlemen of tho legal

profession, who loll about upon thom with a kind of

easy luxury, very trying to the philosophy of those

who aro compelled to maintain their ]<o«llions on s

haro «lab. Moreover, after «hat happened to our re-

porter'« prívalo cushion at tho Supremo Court some

little limo ago, It would not certainly bo safe to entrust

a similar artlclo Into tho Jaws of tho City Polico Court.

Tim CA8TU:M VISE ESCOIIT.-Tho Castlemaine Govern-

ment Escort arrived at 4 p.m. yesterday, »1th 17,113

ounces of gold. The latest numbor from Forest Creek

l«310,091 ¡ from Sandhurst, 16,997, and from Tryon

Tin" TLOotis -The rivers In this neighborhood havo

been much swollen during Hie last three da)«; tho

Moorabool nt Hate » Font rose suddonl) to a height of

nineteen feet nbovo the usual level, (he Il.nrwon ia also

very high. Wo have not itcanl of any casualties.

Thcronro fow bridges to bo carried anny, thoso de-

stroyed laat year having never been replaced. Tilla

consideration must bo a consolatory ono to tlio Road

Hoard -Qttlmg Adtei lisa, 15th July,

ACOUSTICS -Cousins, tho clown at Rowe'«, sa) s that

hownsoucoin a «hip in such very high latitudes that

tho captain s breath froze ns ho spoke, lila worda being

carried up Into tlio nlr by the cold, ao that tho men had

lo vvnlt till the) carno donn again, and then put them

In a fr) lug.pan before they could tell what tlio captain

was so) Ing Wo should ho glnd sometimes to got hold

of what I» going on at tho City Tollco Court oven at

this price. It Is most amusing to watch a witness

turning nbout In tlio box ns ho Is desired at ono mo.

ment to look In ono direction, at another In anothor ;

for it is quito Impossible for any person to whom lho

speaker's fuco Is not tumid to henr ono wonl lu a dozen

of what ho so) a. Our readers may tbcroforo Imagino

hoir much fall« to tho cars of tho reporter«, «lien wo

loll tlnin that their »cut la oxnclly behind tho wltuoai

*^A Lomo Cot «tv-Tho District Court Imposed a

fine of £20 upon Charlea Arnold, for feloniously cutting

and wounding his cousin, Jnmos Arnold, nt Colling,

wood 1 hit, on Tuesilii) last. Tho flue » us tmiucdlatcly