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Tue 1 Nov 1859 - Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875)
Page 4 - [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] MELBOURNE.

THE cargo of flour by tho Lizzie Spalding was

offered for salo 'by auotion, and twenty tons.

were sold for £17 por ton, when tho, rematador

Eospcoting tho election for Illawarra which

took pince on Friday, letters roached Sydney yesterday,

which stated that tho numbers polled were for Gordon

030, for Haworth 017, thus giving Mr. Gordon a majority

of 10. It ia said that muoh excitement and confusion

prevailed at Wollongong on tbs polling day. Tho num-

bers stated above, we have reason to "believe, aro in.

excess of the actual number polled, but it is very likely

that the majority of 10 for Mr. Gordon is oorroot. '

At the mooting of tho Waverley Municipal

Coanoil, Held on tba 90th instant, a letter, waa read'

from the Chief Seorotary, convoying the oonsont of the

Government to tho proclaiming tho municipality o police

distrlot, for the purpose of holding Couria of Appoal

against tho assessment. A petition 'was received,

numerously'signed by inhabitants of the district and

others, against the proposod radaotion in the wages paid

to labourers employed on the works of tho Municipal,

Council. An aBSossmont was ordered to bo. loviod at',

tba rate of one shilling in tho pound, to bo collected '

half-yearly, for the year ending 80th Sontombor, 1800.

Mr. William Mortimer was elcotod Counoll Clerk.

: A meeting of tho congregation of tho Scots'

Ohuroh, Campbelltown, was held on the 10th instant, at

whiob it was agreed that a salary of <C2G0 per annum, to

bo paid quarterly, should bo nllowsd the minister, tho

ROT. W. M'KOO. A aommittco was appointed to sae to

tho carrying out of thoir arrangement.

Applications for auctioneers' and hawkers'

licenses for 1600 must be lodged at tho Contra! Polioo

Offloe on or before tho loth of Novombsr. Applications

for transfer of lloonsos and for publiatns' general

lIoonsoB, must bo lodgod before tho 0th December, tho

latter 30 clear daya boforo tba date spec!Bed,

. SyDNBT'PoüÍTBT CLUB.--The spring .exhil

Hon of thia society will opeo at 10 o'olock this monita

and will be continued eaob day from 10 a.m. til) 0 p.n

at tho Temperance Hall, Pitt-street. ' Tbe exbibitii

[ promises to bo really a good one ; there are already 1]

pana sent in. Arnon-; the exhibits will be found gd

and silver pheasants, and English pheasants, Viotor

crowned pigeons, and a Nioaban pigeon.

The Band of tho 12th Eegî m ont will perfort

a selection of cnnsio, ia tho Botanic Gardens, thia afto

noon, "at ? half-paBt 3, ander tbe direotion of M

Oallen, j Programme-Overtara, " La Filia da Beg

mont," Douiaetti ; BoleotioD, "La Battaglia di Legrano

Verdi; waltz, " Adalajde," Lamotte; aeleption, "Sem

ra'nidé," Rossini ; quadrille, " Pietro il Grand," Jullien

.galop," Il-Trovatore," Oallen; God save the Queen.

Arrangements have' been completed fo

giving tbe next People'« Concert on TOonday next, j

tbe Sydney Exoban'ge, in order to' have increaxed ai

oommodation for tho number of visitors. Several well

known professional performers are engaged, and tb

committee are in treaty for others. Only great number

of visitors oan compensate the enterprising managet

Mr. Bridson, for the great expenso Bnd troublo bo ia ai

for tbe sole purpose of bonefltting tbe publie. Conoerl

of this description aro well supported all over, th

world, and it would be strange indeed if Sydney ooul

not respond to so enterprising an experiment, as th

p rmanent establishment of " Cheap Concerts for th

.Pejple." ? ? :: , .'; ??)

. 'Mr. J. Sheridan Moore.is the lecturer at th

Sydney School of Arts this evening,'the aubjeot bein

" An Hour with Shakspere's Fools and Clowns.". From

the humoaroui 'nature of the lecture, and. tho well

known ability of ' the leoturor on' topioa of this desorir.

'Hon, the discourse will doubtless be of an àmuBini

oharaotpr, and is likely to attraot a large andieaoe.

A few days.ago a medical gentleman in Syd

ney received an anonymous noto, wilh . a foe inoloaed, ç

which the following ia.a copy.:-"From a patient wht

several years ago, received (rom you two professions

visits, which, though rendered gratuitously,. he has fol

himself under an obligation to pay tho first opportunity.

This ls so unusual an. instanoe of conscientiousness

that wo think it wall- to notioe -this, unknown correa

pendent's reolitude, and to accompany it with the 02

pression of a hope tbat it may act for the encouroRemen

of others, under similar olroumstsnoes, to "go and d

Yesterday afternoon the body of a man was

found-on the beach near the H.R.N.S.N. Co.'s wharf, but

who discovered the body previous to the Water Police

conveying it to the Dead-house, we could not ascertain

The deceased was identified as Edward Quaile, a seaman

on board the Clarence, and had been missing since

Thursday last. It appears from what we can learn

that be had been drinking with another person on the

day, and becoming intoxicated, was left to find his way

home in the best manner he could. Nothing further

was seen of him until his body was picked up. The

deceased was about thirty years of age, and has left

A serious accident occurred yesterday even

ing to a young man of the nama of M'Mabon. He wa

tiding past tba oattle market, when his horse beoam

restive and he was thrown violently on the road ; bi

head waa cut opon, and ho was otherwise so seriousl

injured as to bo rendered senseloBB, be was pioked up b

some persons who appeared to know him and carried t

tho house of his uncle, Mr. Boyd, in Sussex-street

where medical aid waa at onoe prooured.

This day has been fixed for the opening 0

the new station at Haslems Bridge, between Homebus

and Parramatta; wbioh must ba productive of groat COE

venience to the residents in the immediate neighboui

Cricketing has commenced this season witl

' considerable; spirit at Parramatta. On Saturday, th

20tb instant,'a matoh was played in tho Government Dc

main, between the Collegiate and the King's Scboc

CrioVot Clubs, in wbioh the latter wero victorious b;

fvr.'y.ona rans.* The King's Sohool Club went in first

and scored 40.ru is. :The Collegiate Club then sue

aeeded, and managed to score 40. The King's Sohool

in their'second innings, scored 74-making a total o

114. The Collegiates, in their second innings, scoroi

only 27- total in both innings, 73. ? The K'ng's Soboo

thus winning by 41 runs. .

We aro informed that so healthy is the towr

of Campbelltown and its vicinity, that of tho few med!

oal men resident there, one bas reoently removed to an

other locality, and two others are preparing to tako 1

similar step. Hooping-cough, however, bas' 'recent!

tnado ita appearance, and ia txpeolod to improve th

prospects of tbs dootors, to the disadvantage of tb

junior part of the population. .

"There aro complaints of an insufficiency 01

magistrates at Campbelltown. Ooo of tho two jastiooi

who resided in that town has removed, and the othe

has recently resigned, so that now there are only twi

magistrates in the district, and these roBido throe or fou:

A young man-was recently killed in ono o

tbe ooaf-pitB at'Newcastle by the falling of a quantity ol

coal upon him. He was only nineteen years of age, anc

had reoently been employed to learn the business bf 1

rainer. Tbo mining engineer was of ¿pinion that then

had been an oversight in not putting up props to sup.

port the coal. At tba inquest, a verdiot of accidento

Mr. John Minehan, of Bathurst, has opened

a competition with the present mode of conveyance be-

tween Sydney and that town. - A line of "Spring Vanx,"

constructed on the American principle, and combining

both lightness and convenient accommodation, has been

established,and one of these conveyances leaves Bathurst

every Wednesday, reaching Sydney in the course of five

days, and meeting another, on the road despatched on

the same day from Mr. Ivory's, the Black Swan, Brick-

field Hill, en route for Bathurst. A constant and certain

weekly communication is thus kept up between the two

Tho weathor, prospects aro more satisfactory

in tho Western than in the Southern Districts. A

Bathurst paper says-" Tho gloomy anticipation» which

had been exoited in consequence of the long continued

drought, combined with the dry scorohing winds by day,

and severe frosts by night, which have prevailed during

the last three weeks or more, have, happily, now in «

great measure subsided. On Thursday morning the Bky

early betokened the welcome obange, and about 10

o'olock a steady rain oommenood to fall, which oontinuod

without intermission throughout the day. Yesterday,

although little rain fol], the heavens presented every

prosp?ot that a similar visitation was not far distant.

This ohange in the weatbor will doubtless be attended

by moat beneficial effects to tho oountry generally, whioh

has already, with the rapidity common to vegetation in

this hemisphere,assumed a moat refreshing appearance'

Tho Bathurst Free Preta gives the following

statement of tho part taken by Mr, Bolton, in the oourse

of the late negotiations for tho formation of a Ministry:

-On Tuesday evening Mr. Botton received a lettor from

Mr. Forster, in which, after stating that ho bad been

commissioned to form a Government, ho proceeded to

say that he proposed him (Mr. Botton;, Mr. Arnold,

and Mr. Eagar BB colleagues, upon tho ground of their

general coincidence with him in political sentiment, and

af their ability to assist him in carrying on the business

bf tho oountry. To this communication Mr. Bolton're-

plied in goneral terms, alleging his indisposition to take

oflloe, becauso ho felt his inability to discharge its dutioi

efficiently, and objooting moro particularly to join an

Administration whose ni em bera bad not been cboson

(tom the sida of tho House with whioh he had generally

The Goulburn. Herald reports :-*' The

Sisters of Mercy, seven in namber, arrived here from

Sydney on Thursday, nooomponlod by his Graoo tho

Archbishop and Abbot Grogory. They immediately on

their arrival attended Divine service in the church, and

have taken up their temporary residenoe in tho bouse

ately occupied by the Bev. Dean Walsh."

The samo papor says:-" On Thursday wo

bad a little rain, but not in aufUolent quantity to eiTuot

much good. Tho complaints of tho Injury done to the

grain crops, fruit trees, &o., by tho late night frosts,

addod to tho hot winda and dry woather, are very exton,

sive, and unless we have a providential downfall of rain,

.the prospoots of tho hnrvosts will bo materially blighted.

Since writing tho forogolng remarks, wa have learnt tbnt

there has boen heavy rain about Collector and the neigh,

A correspondent, writing to tho Goulburn

Herald from Moruyo, soys, that during tho procotling

few days, had been intonsoly hot; and although thunder

hud boen heard frequently during tho waok, and large

masBOB of .olouds had excited hopes of a refreshing

shower, thoy oontinuod to oxporlonca a sultry heat, com.

parable only to Ibo ollmato ot tho Wost Indies, aggra-

vated by bot winds, Wbilo I writo (he adds), the horl.

zon is in all directions obscured by tl o thick smoke of

hush Aros, which havo been most frequent during the

list fow days of high winds. Somo of tboso fires ap.

ptoaobed tho town in their course, but ai far as I oan

learn no ono baa as yet sustained any Injury or loss by

.Tho Bev. Mfr'Öorb©tt,Vwho has been-for

?orne.' time the pastor bf Ihe.Westeyan body in . th»

Moruya distrlot, fa about to return to Sydney, the reva»

rend gentleman's health having been completely "broken

down by the excessive arduous dutieB whioh the api»

ritual obarge of the district necessarily involved. The

Qoulbum Herald's correspondent says that Mr. Corbett

leaves with the best wishes not only of his own people

but of all other denominations, his intercourse with

ths.se differing from him in belief having been always)

characterised by a courtesy and Christian forbearanos

'suoh as is rarely met with.

. According to tho Braidwood Dispatch, tho

weather in that quarter bas been playing some stranger

tricks lately; in tho day the heat hsB boen parohing and

oppressive, tbe nights oold and frosty. Owing to the

former state of tho atmosphere, tho gronnd and herbage

have become so burnt up, that the fires which broke out

all over the distriot during the past week have caused

apprehensions of a consequent loss of food during tbs

summer. Unless wo are favoured, (says the Dispatch}

with a copious supply of rain, in another week or two

we shall probably be in groat straits for want of grass

during the season. The gardens, which promised well

in the beginning of. the spring, have been completely

rained by the severe frosts in the earlier part of thor

week. Nearly all tbe gooseberries, and other fruit

whian bed already obtained a considerable size, wera

uttorly blighted by ono night's frost, and the conse.

quences will naturally bo a very bad crop of frnit this

year. The garden of Joseph Taylor, Esq:, of fittla

Bombay, on whioh that gentlemen had bestowed great

pains and labour, during the post winter, is completely

denuded of fruit, r . . K

The Braidwood Observer suggests the desira-

bility of the Government causing a road to be formed

between tho towns of Braidwood and Queanbeyan. The

distance from place, to plato is forty railes, and the in-

tervening country is of such a description that a good

road could be constructed with facility,' and at a com-

paratively moderate oost.- The land on each side of the

proposed line is described as of a first-rate desjriptionv

for agricultural purposes, and the prices obtained for

this land, if opened up, would be' such as would repay

the outlay repaired for the construction of the road. -

Three men named Smart, Baker, and Doyle,,

have for the last two months been brought np weekly at

tbe Tass Police Court, to be committed or remanded, on

ohargos,of horse-stealing, and were, again brought before

tho Bonch on Thursday lo6t, when they were committed

on a fresh charge, and remanded for ono week to

answer another of a similar oharaoter. These prisoners

have already been oommitted for trial on three oharges

of horse-stealing ; and the prisoner Doyle on a fourth

charge for tho samo offence.

The lock-up at Yass, recently proclaimed as

a gaol, seems to bo very, unsuitable for tho purpose».

Tho Courier says, that there are four cells, of very

limited dimensions, set apart for male prisoners, and

for some considerable, time past n»t fewer than nine

teen prisoners have been confinod in them, thus .re.

quiring five prisoners to, be placed in each of three

celts, and four in tho fourth. When it is remembered

that there is an utter want of ventilation, it may be

imaginad the state which the con fines'must necessarily

bo with the thermometer at from 80 to 00 degrees.* In

addition to this, many of tbe' prisoner«, slnco. their

trial at tho Court of Quarter Sessions, can scarcely bo

said to have been in -legal 'custody, for there has BB yet

been na gaoler appointed, the increased dnties having

been performed by tho lock-up kaeper, Mr. Doyle..

Escapes have before'this taken place from tho Yass

lock-up, and supposing snob had. again' occurred, with

whom would the responsibility rest ? The look-up

keeper ; is wholly under the authority of the Bsneb of

Magistrates, and has nothing whatever to do with tba

BherifT, so that wo presume the latter functionary would

A shoemaker, named William Smith, has

been oommitted for trial, by tho Yass Benob, for at

tempting to stab tbreo persons. He" had been drinking,

and was in a quarrelsome humour, to ,ran a muok at

several persons. His defence was drunkenness.' , ...

At Yass tho want of rain has been severely

felt. The local journal says :-The long oontiuance, of

dry weather, with hot winds, has proved most injurious

to the growing orops, whioh have now ' a withered and

scorched appearance. On Sunday' night' last;' and two

following nights, a sharp frost prevailed, which has done

almost incalouloblo'injury to the fruit trees. Tho vines

have suffered severely,' tho young fruit, on being

touched, falling into powder. The' frost, however, does

not appear to have done' so 'much injury to applet,,

peaches, &o., os was at'first supposed. Potatoes, melons,

cucumbers, and pumpkins have, however, suffered to a

great extent; and the three nights' frost has entirely

destroyed the prospeot of a plentiful yield of frnit. On

Thursday there wore indications of a fall of tho muon

required moisture, but only a pasting shower fell,

A gentleman who has a largo number: of

óattle running on a station on the banks of the Murrum,

bidgee, informs the Y ott Courier, that a disease, supposed

to be what is termed " black leg," baa appeared amongst

Btook in that locality, and has destroyed a number of

yearlings.' One or two aged animals bad also been found

dead on the run. In the latter instance death is attri-

buted to the Cumberland disease.

At a public . meeting held, at Adelong,,

resolutions wore adopted to the effect that endowments

of religion by the State aro subversive of religious

liberty and detrimental to religion itself; that endow-

ment! of conflicting religious soots is contrary to the dic-

tates of reason, sound policy, and the teachings of tbe

Word of God; that the continuance during life of the

salaries of present incumbents, is oalaulated to per.

petuate for an indefinito period the worst evils of the

present system ; end that the timo bas arrived, in this

colony, for the total and immediate withdrawal of'all

A correspondent, writing from tho Hanging

Rock Diggings, states that the quartz vein in Oakenvale

Creek has proved a failure for tho present. Tho Gorman

who found it sunk 00 feet, and then the water gained on

bim that he gave it up. He got about 10 ozs. ont of it,

and is now trying to traoe the voin aoross Ramsey's

Gully.- I hope they will be more successful. Foley's

Folly quartz ia very good ; the maobine is not in full

awing, on account of a scaroity of water. Thoy crushed

some inferior quartz, and it ran 4 ozs. to the ton. The

picked quartz will go about 10 to 20 ozs. to the ton.

Mr. Harding, the other week, found by himself one of

h's lucky patohos. He netted over 30 ozs. one woek on

an old patch of ground in Ryan's Gulley, at tbe bead of

Oakenvale Creek, and Banoland's party are tunnelling

into Dormsn's Mount, and are earning first-rate wages

-something handsome, although tho amount is not

known. The Frenchmen's party aro still Binking their

shaftB on 'Possum Ridge ; they can got gold in the

quartz, although not in paying quantities. " Nil despe-

randum" is their motto, and may they strike the matris

rioh to make up for five monthB' labor. Dorman ia

sinking one more in " Tho Hill." He still hones to find1

something payable. The Chinamen aro nearly all gone

from here, and things on the whole ara very dull. Many

are leaving hero for tho Tooloom Diggings, Clárenos

Tho example sot by Miss Elizabeth Black-

well lu adopting tho profession of medloine, is being

followed to a considerable extent by youug ladies ia tbs

United -States ; and, as a consequence, some very

amusing Bcuuea .bave taken place betwoon rival

dootors of opposite sexes. Ono of tho latest, whioh we

take from the New York ZYi&ùn^isdoso.-ibod as follows:

-" A lively and ludicrous combat between a female

physician, Mrs. Stillwell, and a regular trowsered

Doctor, named MoNoll, took plsoo in tho Blroets of Do

Witt, Iowa, a few days ago. Tho affair grow ont of pro.

fesslonal rivalry, tho immediate provocation being a

lengthy nrtiole in tho village paper from the pen of tho

male disoiplo of Esculapins, sevoroly reflecting on tb»

oharaoter of his professional sister. Tho latter, after »

oaroful diagnosis of tho oaso, deoided that it WSB one

calling for tbe vigorous application of a stimulant in tho

shapo of 9 oowskin. Providing herself with this article,

sbo hunted up har traduoor, and pllod h:m so assiduously

with hoavy dosos of tho new therapoutioal «gent, at

remarkably Bhort intervals, that tho pntiont, ¡mobló to

boar suoh bold praotioo; clasped tho fair practitioner In

his arms, and hold her so forcibly and affectionately,

that tbo efforts of tho town marsh ol were neooBsary to

reloase her. At tho latest aooounts both doo tor and

patient wore doing woll."

" Rory O'Mooro," ono of Mr. Hudson's bost

oharaotors, will bo repeated this evening, at the Ç»»008

of Walos Theatre, by tho particular request of this

artist's numorous admirer«. Tho sterling qualities ol

Mr. Hudson's roflned aoting oro becoming duly appro

dated by tba patrons of tho drama.

At tho Boyal Victoria Thoatro this ovoning,

tho performances aro of n vory superior doss. Mr.J. K«

Black, tho popular and roally clover national vcoalis.

will give biB entertainment entitled, " Tho Boso Sham,

rook, and Thistle," ofter willoh Mrs. Chorlos Paolo, sup-

ported by tho prlnoipal mombors of this very complota