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WATER POLICE COURT.—MONDAY.
BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Mr. W. S. Deloitte.
Mary Anne Gannon, found drunk in Glebe-street, was
fined 10s., or twenty-four hours imprisonment.
Samuel Ruedgley, aged 13, was brought before the
Bench for having attempted to rob a till, in the shop of
John Turner, grocer, Clarence-street, was admonished
and discharged; and his father, who was present in
Court, ordered to enter into his rocognizance in the sum
of £10 for his good behaviour for six months.
GLEBE Motuon*Ar, Ooutfoir,-At tho fortnigb lr
meeting of the oonnoll, on tho 13 h August, prra-nt-'
the Chairman, and Messrs. Elphinstone, Walton,
Thornley, Brown, and Blaolut-the minutes of the last
mooting were read and signed. Tho flo moo oorr.mtttee's
report of the Sod August wns laid upon tho tobin and
cdopted. The following lotter* worn rend :-1, From
Mr.. Hunt ; 3, from Mr. Morgan ¡ 3, from Mr. Aapin
all, enclosing petition, saab ohjcating to the proposed
pormsnent level of Arandsl-terruoo, whioh, with ono, No,
4, hom Joseph Brady, rrquoRting pormioeion to remove
some of tho spate earth from tho ahnvo read, wero re-
ferred to tho Improvement committee. 0. From tho
Under-secretary for Finança and Trade, rilling that, as
the Auditor.General had reiti-rntod bit op'nion that en-
dowment should not be paid upon gnR rMes, the sub
Jeot had been laid before the Attorney-Goncra', whose
report was enoloiad, in nooordanao with whioh the
aoeount had been again forwarded lo tho Auditor.
General to be preparad far rayment. Moved by Mr.
Thornley, seconded by Mr. Blacket, and oarrled-" That
application bo mado to Government for a cranl of a
portion of tho lani between tho Old and New Porra
malta Hoads, for municipal puiposeii." -Moved by Mr.
Elphinstone, and seconded by Mr. Blooket- "That a
new oulvert bo built aoross Brnughton-atreet ; that tim
formation of that atreot bo completed, and that a rough
kerblng and guttering ba laid along tho wholo of tho
south alda of sold street." Amendment moved by Mr.
Thornley, secondod by Mr. Brown, and ,o»rriod-" That
tba culverts reoammended In tho first paragraph of tho
Improvement oomraittee's roport, of tho 30th April laut,
ba prooeeded with aa soon ne tho Government endow-
ment ahall have been received, and that the kerblng, and
guttering bo postponed." Moved.by Mr. BInaket, end
seconded by Mr. Thornley-" That a gas rato of nd. in
the £ be levied Upon tua ownora or occupiers of properly
in this municipality for tho ourrent year, ending 81et
July, 1809." Amendment movod by Mr. Brown,
seaonded by Mr; Elphinstone, and carried-" That tho
rste be fixed at 3d. In the £." The By-laws were further
aonsidered, and No. 10, aB amended, waa assented to.
NEWTOWN MUKIOIPAUTV.-Tho petition recently ad
dreased to hie Excellency the Governor, praying for the
incorporation of Newtown, asks for the following boun-
daries and warda :-Oomraenoing at the boundary,
stone of tho city, on ibo Newtown Road, and boundod,
easterly, ky tha Newtown Boad, to ita junotlon with tba
Parramatta Rood ¡ on tho north by tbe Parramatta
Boad to Johnstone'a Creek, upward, to the railway lino,
and by Llberty-streot, Kingston, to the Stanmore Boad,
to tho Enmoro Boad ; southerly, to Juliet-Biroo', and hy
Juliet-street, Harrow Boad, and Edgewaro Road, to Lard,
atreot, Bello Bollro ; on the south by Lord-street,
easterly, to tho Newtown Road, by that road northerly,
to the north-west oornar of Burl's 80-aore grant, and by
that boundaiy, whioh forms tho aouth and onstern boun-
dary of Maodonald. Tonn ; thenao by the north-want
boundary of Kingsoleor,' Mrs. Chisholm's, and - part
of Hutchinson's grant, to Blackwattle Creek ¡'tbonoo by a
«reek,; north-easterly, to Olevelsnd-strout ; thonoe by
aisvelond-stroet, wostaily, to point of commencement.
The petitioners farther sollott that Ihe proposed Munici-
pality may be divided Into three wards, vie, t-Hunter
Word.-AU that portion of tho Newtown eleotorsl dis.
trial lying westerly of thooentre of Australlan-strset,
eommenolng at the Parramatta-rosd, running south,
easterly to the centro of the Newtown-road, at the Rail,
way Bridge ; thence, by tba oenlre of that road, lo the
aonth-esaterly boundary of tho said elootoral dlatrlat,
ooroprislng Bello*Botiro, Knraore, Kingston, and. tho
portion nf the Kingston Estate, lyltia within tho elcoto.
rato. Patstson Ward.-All that portion of tho'elootoral
dlatrlat, lying easterly of Ibo Newtown road, oommano
lng at tha OOH tro of the Newtown toad, opjiotlta tho
norlh-woat onrnor of Buri'ii grunt, running northerly
along tho contra of the Newtown rood, opposite Ihn
notth-weat corner of..Hutchinson's, grunt, and south bf
the Newtown tollbar. Bligh Ward.-All that portion of
theoteotoral division lying northerly of tho oontra of tho
Newtown roid, end easterly of tho centro of Australia,
street, to tho ea it of tho Nowtown road, to tba olly
boundary, and iharioo to the Parramatta road, j
. LEaTUiut.-Laat evening Sberiilun Moore, Esq., de
vered ? lecture in the ball ol tbe School of Arta; on " A
Evening . with Father Front/» Mr. 8. W. Mao a fie
occupied the chair. The work that formed the topis
tbe leotnre was writ Un bj the Kev. Franois Mahon
who nave bis seleot pieces to the world nndor the lit
of "Father Proa'," ont of respect to a olergyman of tb
name in the county of Cork, who waa so universal
esteemed by all denominations tba! he was called '.'tl
good priest of Watergross-t ill." The nu'hor, whose wot
waa there before them, waa born in Cork in the ye
180S. After having received an ordinary elemental
(duoation, aa elad, be removod to a J suit seminary,ne
Dublin, where hia witty and mischievous diapositic
obtained a wider eoope. By bis indulgence in tba lotti
be got himself into many a sorape/wbioh drew large
on tho former to obtain an immunity from the eomewh
unpleasant reinita, but ho was generally anaceaaful. ]
noticing the Inoidents of b's earlier yenrs, the leclur
related an nooount of his journey from Dublin to Tani
ragee and Uelfast, on his way to BOB tho G ent's Csusewi
where he appears to have lost bis money; and n
knowing how to'get baek . to bia nniive plaoo 1
adopted Sn expedient tbht mrnt'ested his gre
ability and mental, resources in time,
trial,, altbcugh only., seyentorn years of ag
Being aooomponicd on the oooaaion by a follow aluden
they adopted the plan of singing tho Odes of Horace an
Pindar, one taking the Latin author anl the other tt
Greek. The illiterate were so surprised, and tbe learnt
so pleased, thu not only, were they enabled to defrl
their expenses, but they bad, cn reach ng the Othi
extremity of tbs island, £Vt in their pooketa. Aft«
Ibis, be entered tho University of Paris, where be ol
tainod very grett distinction, and thenoa removed I
Borne, where ho acquired it high repu'otion, On h
return to his native o juntry he hid some difference wit
hla cletloal superiors, and went tn London, win rs be toe
bis Beat beside that eminent roan to whom tha preset
ago has not done f nffloient justioe, Dr. William M'Gint
From 1881 until 1840 be kept by his side, and enjoye
the society of the moBt talented writers, the grea
major'-ty af whom were Iriibm"n, in the moil ably eui
duotod journals in the motropol's of literature. Whs
he gave up bis connection with Fraser'* Magazine, 1
went tn Paris end Italy aa the foreign correspondent <
the Globe. Toe Metropolltau Gossip said the leotun
that adorn tho onlumna of the' Liverpool Albion wei
not equal in vivacity and wit to tba oommunica'ior
from bia pen that appeared in the Qlob
Being traiter of »ix or seven languages-the Grecl
Italian, Spanish, French, I.atio, in addition to th
languages spoken in bia native country, he had ampi
saope for the exeroise of his literary genius. He n<
only composed'somo vsry beautiful pieces bimsslf, bt
ho translated several of our moat popular songs into th
fori ign and dead languages, and translated with «qui
perfection and beauty sovsral oontinenta) songs into on
language. Portions of " Nota Cn ina," in English an
Lttin ; " The Bella of Shandon," translated into Frenob
*' Tho Parro.'» Lament," " Julia Callaghan," in Englisl
and Latin ; and " The King of the Cannibal Islands," ii
Englinb and Greek, wera reoited by tbe leoturor, an
n nob applauded. Thero waa nothing ho met witl
that he oould not find some boanty in. In French h
particularly exoelled. Hia translation of "TheButia
of Sir John M ore" into that language waa ao perfee
that it was believed in France lo be the produolion of
native of that oonntry. The leoturor observed that i
was strange that through all ages Ihe mantle of wit wai
carried down by clergymen. Poetry; he considered, th
most conservative language of liberty, and the best b)
wbioh moral teotimente oould be conveyed. True i
was, that we in a new country should bagin with tbi
rougher business sf labour, yet genius should not h
stifled ont. Afler alluding to Ifenry Kendall, whoa
poetry waa creditable to the Bona of the soil, he statei
that ho would leoturo OB Australian poetry on that even
lug fortnight. A vote of thankB waa given to the lee
tarer by acolamattan. . ? .
BOYAL LYCEUM TUBATTIB.-On Monday evening a verj
exeellent drama entitled " Erin-go-bragh" better koowi
aa tbe "Wren.boya" waa produced at thia bouse, and
attraotcd a large audience. The piece was vrry effsellve
and wai met wi b a go d reception. - Tba diffettn
obsraotera were well sustained by thoso to whom tht>]
wera [allotted. The part of Kmily Bury, waa ablj
performed by Misa Ftddos, Mr. Barry impersonated
the hero of the. pieoe, Eogene Hammond. Denni!
O'Donnell (Mr. Murray) and Wild Goes« (Mr. S.
Howard) wera both, as usual tho souroo of the greatest
merriment. The extremely laughable faroa of thi
" Quiet Family" conoluded the performance». Lasl
night "Erin-go.bregh" waa ropoated btforo a thronged
house, with equal anaces*. A sweet ballad "The
Bonnie Hills ot Saotland," sung by Mina Fanny Morgan,
followed, and as a general favourite alte wea reoaUod,
and sang "Barney O'Hea." Tho programme announced
tho appearance of the " Magio Fico," whose performances
as tbo name might tell wore in the Wirard'a art,
Although under a new nemo bo ia well-known on the
stage in Sydney. Hia performances last night in tbs
termatburgio lina wero not by any means very clever,
nor did they attract muoh attention ; they were acme,
what tedioua and prolonged lo a most unreasonable
length of time ; whatever may be the talent of the
gentloman, it does not lie in tbo direotion towards wbioh
ho last night tried to divert it.
MR. WINTERBOTTOM.—A very gratifying testimonial
was presented to Mr. Winterbottom, the eminent bassoonist
and conductor, previous to his departure from
Sydney, yesterday, for Melbourne, en route for England,
by several of the artistes who have been members
of the corps d'orchestre, under Mr. Winterbottom, since
he arrived in these colonies. The testimonial consisted
of a handsome frame, containing photographic
portraits, very beautifully executed by Mr. Glaister, of
Pitt-street, of Mr. Winterbottom himself (in the centre),
surrounded by those of the following artistes:—Mr.
Eigenschenck (leader), Mr. J. Hall (second violin), Mr.
Rice (viola), Mr. Vaughan (flute), Mr. Chate (basso),
Mr. Prince (cornet), Mr. Seamore (trombone), and Mr.
Sharp (drums); all (of whom, we understand, have, with
slight intermission, been connected with Mr. Winterbottom
during the last nine years in his professional
career in Australia. The manner in which they have
thus testified their regard and sympathy for their late
talented conductor, is at once appropriate and suggestive,
and we doubt not, will be long cherished by the
accomplished artiste to whom it has been offered, and
whose departure from these colonies will create a vacuum
in the musical world which it will be extremely difficult
VICTORIA CENSUS RETURNS.—The Registrar-General
publishes in tho Gazette of yesterday several tables,
showing the distribution of the population of Victoria as
brought out by the lato census. From these returns wa
find that the total population of tho oolony baa ineieaitd
from 410,780 io 18Ö7, lo 640.333. Tba males art»
338,001, and the females 311.071, aa against 904,384
and 140,433 in 1807, The absoluto inorease ainoe the
last mentioned year has been 04,317 molt» and 09,480
females, so that little baa been dono during the last four
years to remove the disparity previously remarked in tb«
number of the sextB. In 1807 tho number of persona
in tbe oolony to tho square milo of land are aVO, and
now lt is 0*1. The area of the oolony is
80,831 square miles, and up lo tba Slit
December last tho number of acres of land
aold waa 3,003,843. During the past sesson 410.003
oores were under eultlvation, of wbioh 101,330 were
undor .whoot. In one county-Grant-In wbiob, after
Bourke, the largest amount of land has boen Bold, thara
is a door ease in the number of malo inhabitants of 9,080
during the last four yoars, though theta ia an inorases
of 1,020 in tba total population of that dislriot. Tbe
great agricultural countlra, as shown by tho number of
oorea under cultivation ara-Bourke, Grant, Talbot,
Dalhousie, Villiers, Bipon, and Grenvillo; while the
Loddon and Murray districts also stand high. In' tba
areas of theolootoral provinoas there lea very wide diver-
sity, Ibo Central Provinao ooraprlning only 40 square
milos, and tho Southern Provinoo 4,311, whllo the North.
Woltern extends aver ,10,080, and tha Eastern
Province over 81,430 squaro miles. The Central Pro*
vince, however, bas a population of 117,833 persons,
and the Eastern only 43,410. The moat popnlous is the >
Norlb-wettatn wbieh hos 178,700 inhabitants. In these
provinces thoro are in all 10,031 cleotors, or forty-nine
in every 1000 persons. Hero again ibero is a wida
diversity, thara belne; 87 oleotors to every 1000 inbabl.
tents in tba Central Province, and only 30 in tho North
Wostotn end 37 In tho Esstern Provinoo». Tbe electoral
distriota are equally onriously arranged, that of Esst
Melbourne extending over O.fl of a i quere rollo, and the 1
Morrey dislriot of et 10.018 miles; Emerald Hill over.
8.1, and North Gipps Land over 11.707 ; Kilmore over
94, and the Wimmera over 10.800 ; Portland over 8,0
and Crowlands over 8098 «quero milos. East Melbourne
oontalnn 3788 acres, SI. Kilda, 8089, and the Wlnlraera,
11,700,900 acres. East Melbourne oontaina 8940
oleotors, Emerald Hill, 1070, South Gipps Land, 781,
and Warrnambool 001; whllo Collingwood baa 0871
(with tliroo representatives), Groswlek, 10,583 (with
two). Avoco, 8003 (with two), and Crowlands with
ln.OOO (with two members). Tho population of Mel-
bourne is given at 80,873 pstBonn, that of East Colling-
wood at 19,(104; Richmond, ll,t)»t), Geelong, 1(1/80,
OAiillomaitie, 0ÜII4, and Maldon, 114«. Betwoen Sand-
hurst and Balliarst there bas long bren rivalry as to Ihe
respected numbers of (hair population. Tho question
will now ba Battled-Sandhurst has 19,0110 Inhabitant»,
Billaerat EsRt hos 19,83i', and Ballaarat West, 0378, ur
to-other, 31,111, In Sandhurat Ibo teglslrar.gentral
notos there hst been a decrease ol 1000 in Ihe numbat
of tho malo inhabitants since 1807.