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Fri 30 Dec 1859 - Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875)
Page 4 - [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] MELBOURNE.

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IT appears that the passengers and crew, of ,th

steamer - Thistle, the; wreak, of .which f vessel

apprised you of yesterday, hada narrow, oscap

of < their livos. . They remained on the . brid g

of the steamer all night,'while the vessel sun

on a Band bank. Our Attorney-General.. an

Mr. Fellowes were among.the passengers. .,

Business .is - assuming, .more firmness

Adelaide Governor i returned, and was presen

at Glenelg Regatta, which attracted a numerou

assemblage. The Xantippe won the. Yach

Race. The whale-boat match was won by thi

Argus' boat. ? '.. . i ! . ? ,-,

As was to have been anticipated from the

popularity of the "beneficier" and the character of the

entertainment provided for his patrons, the concert of

Mr. W. J. Cordner, at the Exchange, last evening, was

attended by one of the most crowded auditories we remember

to have witnessed within the building; every

available spot in the Hall and the adjoining reading

room being occupied by attentive listeners; and thanks

to the excellent arrangements (for which, we believe, we

must thank the very attentive Secretary), not the

slightest discomfort was experienced. The arrangements

of the staging for the chorus, over the eastern entrance

was very effective, but the organ was so miserable an instrument,

that Mr. Packer was reluctantly compelled to

make use of the pianoforte for the accompaniment to the

florid music of Hayden. The first part of the programme

consisted of sacred music from the works of

Handel, Spohr, Haydn, Rossini, and Mendelssohn, of

which the air and chorus from Spohr's "Last Judgment,"

and the recitatives and chorus from Mendelssohn's

"Elijah," undoubtedly were the gems of this

portion of the entertainment, both as regards the

genuine worth of the compositions, and their execution.

Miss Brady sang the beautiful air "Holy, Holy," in the

former piece, with great purity and sweetness, but we

now require from this favourite vocalist more finish and

expression. In the Elijah selection, the chorus

"Thanks be to God," went brilliantly, the piano and

forte were smoothly given, and with precision; an occasional

discord excepted, it was the finest choral execution

we have for sometime heard. We must also notice

favourably the young lady who made her debut

at the last Vocal Harmonic Concert, and who sang the

slight responsive recitatives with a trembling but clear

voice, and a purity of intonation that was truly refreshing.

Miss Brady's best solo was the "Inflamatus," from

Rossini's "Stabat Mater," in which she held the upper C

for three octaves with full choral accompaniment with

great purity and power, though it evidently tried her

voice. Mr. Black sang the "Pro Peccatis," from the

same composition, in a quiet, unostentatious style; with

out being a great singer, Mr. Black has a very agreeable

and sonorous barytone voice, which will bear more frequent

hearing. With regard to both these pieces, however,

we should prefer a less independent mode of pronouncing

the Latin text. Mr. Waller gave evident symptoms

of having suffered from indisposition; the

"Elijah" recitative was, nevertheless, powerfully executed.

Mrs. Cordner was very nervous in the

commencement of the air, "Lord to

thee" (Handel's Theodora), but recovered

herself, and displayed the excellent qualities of her

voice. This lady should regard her audience less, - her

music more. The "Creation" selection was the least

effective. "The Heavens are telling," dragged considerably,

the tenors being sadly out of tune. The second

part of the concert was lighter, serving as a dessert.

The Puritani quartette, "A te o cara," was not so well

sung as at the last Philharmonic Concert, it was taken a

trifle too slow, and wanted life. A patriotic song

"Australia," written, composed, and sung by Mr.

Waller was, of course, loudly encored. It is a pleasing

and spirited composition, - though reminding one of

"Jeannette and Jeannot." Madame Rawack next

ascended the platform, and played a Fantasia on Airs

from "Il Trovatore" written by Leopold de Meyer for

Arabella Goddard: the composition is well calculated

for its evident intention of producing effect: it is

otherwise worthless. The brilliant - we may say

masterly execution of Madame Rawack only makes us

regret that this lady should be so sparing in tha display

of her talents. It would surely not be derogatory to her

as an artiste to assist the cause of music by appearing

more frequently in public. Her manipulation is of the

true Clara Schumann (Wieck) school, and is a pleasure

to behold, as well as to hear. We could wish that

Madame Rawaok would, like that gifted artiste, play

compositions more worthy of her powers. The encore

to this piece was very properly refused. One of

Glover's worst duetts, "The Star and the Flower," calls

for no particular notice ; not so, however, the

beautiful tone breathed into the saxhorn, in the solo,

"Meco tu vieni," as played by H. Distin. The piano

was exquisitely given, and gave the audience a specimen

of the amateur talent we have in this city. The glorious

finale to the third act of Hernani, " O Charlemagne,"

remarkably well sung, concluded the concert.

The eleven gentlemen selected to represent

Maitland in the approaohing contest with the Newoas lo

"eleven," play ed a friendly gama witb seventeen picked

playera at Weller's Paddook on Boxing Day. and gained

an easy victory. The seventeen obtained in their first

inniags IO rans, and in their second 31-making in' all

48. Toe.elevan got 40 in their first innings, and 100 in

their second, making in all 140; thus winning by 03

runs. Tba. playing on the part of. the ." eleven" is

described as first-rate, and fully to justify their being

selected to represent Maitland. "''

From theist January, aline of American

coaches and express vans is to Van bwtween Sydney,

Goulburn, and Yass. Mows. Crâne and Roberts ere,

the enterprising proprietors of these new oooveyanot a

and to commend themselves to the favour of tbe public,

they have determined on rednoiog the fares and the

charges on paroeU to nearly one-half.

At the anniversary of tho Wesleyan Sabbath

School, held at Ryde, on Monday last, upwards of two

hundred ant twenty persons, besides the soholars, Bat

down to a repast provided by the ladies entrusted with

the Bohool. Io tba afternoon, the annual meollo g con-,

neoted with the Sabbath Sobool was held, the Rev. Mr,

Amos presiding, when the place of meeting was crowded

with portons of all denominations/visitors from Sydney

as well as inhabitants of Ryde. , ' ' - ;

The regatta which was to have taken place,

at Windsor on Monday last was a failure; . The oaune i*

said to bo tba paunity of boats on tba river,-added to the

faot that the Woolloomooloo regatta" prevented; boats'

coming from Sydney. There wa« some boat raoing,

however, but tho chief prizj, namely, the silver cup pie

seated by Mr. Dalley, stands over for another osoasion,;

On Tuesday last Windsor and 'its vicinity

were visited hy o thunder-storm, aooompanlod ' by heavy

rains. ' The moisture was muon needed, as from the

ofleota of tho preceding drought, there was scarcely any,

pasture for tho o at tie. ;

On the 21st instant the Reverend E. Amos

delivered a lecture at tho Wesleyan Chapel, Ryde, taking'

as his subject the iBland of Tongttaboo and Ita inhabit

tant*; ... - v. t -.? ". *- ; ' ..

The Hyde Park Improvement'Committee

invite toaders for exotvating " and ' removing four

thousand ono hundred oubio yards of.soU.and 'shale;

from Hyde Park to tba Outer Domain. -. .,. ! . ? .

Tho railway contractors,- ^Messrs.* Poto,

BransBy, and Batu, advertise, for tenders for'the supply

of Portlaad oement, far tho raliway works, under their

contract.. , ' .... 'j '.' ' !

A lecturo was delivered' yesterday, evening,

before a numerous attendance, at the Hall of Temper.

ancr>, by Dr. Bernoastle, on the use and abu'-e of tobaoco.

Reports of the leo'uro have' already'appeared'in tb ls"

journal, it being the same as that delivered .before the

members of the Australian Gatholio -Young, Men's

An inquest was held yesterday, before the

City Coroner, at the Huntsman's Inn, Parramatta-street,

on the body of an old man named John Lestone, aged

60 years, who died the previous night. The deceased

was a barber, residing near the Newtown-road, and had

come to this colony about seven years ago; he was for-

merly a very intemperate man. The jury, returned a

verdict of "Died from natural causes, accelerated by

old and recent intemperate habits."

Another inquest was held, yesterday, on the

body of an infant named Daniel Duggan, aged 2 months,

at Mr. Qnigley's Inn, Goulburn-street. The mother of

deceased was a very intemperate and abandoned woman.

She lived in Durand's-alley with a blind man, and used

often to leave the child all day without nourishment. The

child died about half-past' 9 the previous evening, from

the testimony of a medical gentleman, the child was

very emaciated and reduced, which was caused by neglect

and want of proper nourishment. The jury returned a

verdict that the child died from neglect, and not other-

wise. The mother, Rose Callaghan, was then committed

for trial for manslaughter.

.;;.'Mr.:¡E.aWick8, aifarraer .in tho district ol

,Byd*, reoently met with a severa aooident while out snoot.

w? SPP?£0ra.,,.u °;?8 of tha, d08« movl«>B »be (rigger; ind

Wloks, "boat th« time waa leaning on the «an, bia bneo'f

his tlmrabs shattered to pieces, and received some other

; injuries in hiB breast. Surgical assistance havioa keen

: obtained, the thumb waa amputated, and, at the latest

; accounta, the Bufferer was doing well.

I ; On the- 23rd instant the Rev. John Trouoh

ton waa drowned in the River Lett, in the vloinitvof

Hartley. The rev. gentleman was returning from a MB.

toral.visU, and a «torm,,aooompaniad by faeavv raw

preyaiiing at the limo, be lost hiB life in endeivouX..

to croas tba river when lt was swollen by the Mini*

What adda to the melanoholy obaraoter of the event 1«

that tba deoeaaed was at the time of the ead ooeorrÄn»«

within, few yard» of hie own door. He ", Bil

call for assistance; buf BO great waa tba strength of tba

current, that none oould be rendered. . Ur Trnn*t,¡ZZ

had, during the few yèara of bia residence in the Tim!?

ley diBtriot,.gained .the universal goodwill of tha in,

habitants, i .. ? ...'.' .mein

- The' correspondent > of the ArmidaleExpress

gives the following from Bookey River :- The fusb to

. tba post.office aide of Mount Jones, where Harry Wrishl

end Taylor lately foiind the rloh washing stuff ig now at

an and. . Shafts were bottomed in all directions around

tba luoky, spot, but to no purpose. Eren Wright's own

claim ia. now well "nigh " sewed up," and will likely

prove to be the V beginning of the conclusion " of tbat

lead.. Another rush is reported in the direotion of Tip.

perary Gully tMount Brisbane, I suppose), where a

party have got .an extended, claim for re-opening tba

ground. I cannot definitely r. port any particulars re-

garding this place until next wa ik, by which time several

new shafts will ba down; I observe that a number of

diggers are at work on' Mount Misery, opposite Sydney

Flat. Very Jillie of that ridge hat been wrought, but it

bas a chance now. ef getting a fair trial. I hear that

. thoBö'wörkfng there earn from : 80». : to Í8 a-week per

man. Several diggers are scattered OT jr Dodger's and

,T ggart'a-Jead, but. from , the pig-rooting tbeBe places

have got from Ch ina'e. very little can be earned. Those

working in th* Chinamen's deep abaft have not yet got

through the stone. . Mr. Bonney, by great persevrranee,

bas got about ^13.eolleoted to assist the men in ainkiog.

A'melancholy' accident (says the Mercury's

Singlet6n oorreapondent)'ooourred on Thursday morn,

ing, tbe SSnd instant, to an orphan girl,, Alise Dawson,

about fourteen years of age, and at present residing with

the Rev. James Blackwood. It appears that the

uifortonate. girl was employed in trie kilohen/ when she

came too near the are, and ber olothes got imo' a blaze

'immediately. In ber consternation.she ran out into tba

,yard and shouted, for help, being enveloped in one mass

pf flames.. Although the burniag olotbes were "immedi.

a'«lv torn pfl her bsok, several very sevor'e burns were

inflicted po her body, and np to Saturday abe was in a

very precarious state, wben a change fer the' belter set

in, and Home hopes of her recovery may now. be enter-

tained, although she is not yet out of danger.

On Tuesday hight (says yesterday's Maitland

Mercury) or rather early yesterday rooming, therein re*

oommenced,; and it fell pretty steadily.; for about three

hours, while occasional showers fell 'afterwards, Tbe

?Vowory.'weather, sbould it oontioue'a few days more,,

will oq-npletely restore the crops, exuep'.ing ia tbe few

o iso»: where the maize was injured permanently by tbe

previous-bot. weather.- Even now, we are informed, tbe

great bulk of the maize is Bafe, and there will be haifa

crop on the portions previously given up as lost. The

lucerne ¿nd all other crops' seem already to bave grown

e insiilerably'ainae'SaturJay, bul the-apparent ob an ge is

'doubtless partly., csu <ed by tbe plants standing up

strongly since (be rain began.' Tbe river ha's not quite

gillen to its iis'iúl lovel yet, and wa (rust fro a this that

the supply of rain has fallen over an extensive I root of

country,' tbs surplus waler from, which is keeping tba

river still somewhat in fresh. . . .. ..

The inquiry into the late shooting case: at

'Maitland, in'which a Mr. Mack was wounded, was com.

raenced onjTueaday.laBt, and re-umed until yesterday,,

the defendant, Scanlon, being refused bail.. The chief

evidence was tbat of the apprehending polioeman:

S-rgeant'Kerrigan deposed'that at about twelve o'clock

on Monday be apprehended the prisoner at his own

boase in tba H »rsa, Sboe Bend, by virtue of a warrant

.charging him with unlawfully and feloniously wounding

'¡baríes Mack, on'the 2Stb December, 1850, at Maitland,

by firing a loadod pistol at bim', with intent to murder

bim; In answer to lha oharg-, be said, ",1 will go with

lyou,;" and added-"If a ruffian ia allowed to break in

, and, molest a per-ion in their house, there is no law la-

the ooíooy. áho told him to go away several times; he

woutd ooma into the house. The man seemed t > be far

gone iii liquor. I did not speak to bim. I .will tell tb*

truth now" BB well as to-morrow. - I think I was justified

io expelling bim from the bouse; he had no right there

,-no business tbero w'atever." I asked him ii he had a

pistol in lils house. He said he had. ? I went with him.

' to his bedroom, and out of a «rn ill aaec be took this re.

volver, and handed it to me. ;It has three barrels un-

loaded ; the other two are loaded with ball. I also

found percussion caps and bul :ets in the oase, together

with" a small; powder-flask ountaining some powder. I

confined bim in the lock-up. ;' 1..

. Yesterday's Maitland Mercury says :-About

sundown on Tuesday a melancholy aooident occurred at

Hinton Punt, whereby a fine young mah, named George

Bartlett,' servant'to Mr. Bailey, farmer of Swanridge, lost

his life, .' It appears he was returning home with Mr.

B tiley from the races, and on arriving at tba water's

edge, they found tbe punt wa« po the Hinton Bide, and

Mr. Bailey, BU J after some hesitation Bartlett, attempted

to'swim their horses across. Mr. Bailey went in first,,

and the young man fol'owe ', but bad not proceeded far,

..wben his horse made a plunge, and turned over, and the

poor fellow disappeared. His horse succeeded in reaob

ing the »hore. Mr, Bailey, as soon as he saw what bad

ooourred, turned his horse, : end reached the Morpeth

side io safety. A beat was immediately put off from

tho. Hinton side, bot tbe unfortunate man never rose te

tho surface, end the endeavours of the men in the boat

to. find tba body were unsuccessful. The pollco were

engaged yesterday in dragging for the body, but up

to the time . of ' our leaving. Morpeth they had not

found, it. The deceased ,waa quite sober at tba

time. . A little before tbe above catastropha a teim

of bullocks belonging to Mr. Holcombe, late of -West

'Maitland, and now of Swanridge, were drowned.

There were two teams with drays . in the punt, and tba

-loaders of the front dray had to be turnod to make,room

for the other team, whioh.brought the pole of the dray

against the bar of tho punt, when one of tho wheelers

knocked tho bar down, end went into the river, dragging

'tho other throo and the dray, with him. . ¡ .

: Writing of. tho harvest, the Mercury's Dungog,

''correspondent Bays»- Never was a b-tter neason for

-housing the wheat; Saturday last will leave all scoured.

Generally speaking tho: sample, will bo good, but tba

?roturn will bo light. Wu have experienced a long

' drought.: The maize orop' Buffered very much, and up

"to Saturday last bad but a poor prospect of paying tba

farmers. 'Howover, at <l o'olook on that dayia thunder

. storm broke over tho village with groat yiolenco, aoeorn

» panted with heavy, rain, whioh continued nil night and

most part of Sunday, and wbiob will go far towards

; recovering the maize that is not too forward. Most of

the old maize has found ks woy to market, and with the

exoeption of a few speculators, (hera ia not much in tho

distrio}.' ..- ;: _ . , , .' ; ' . ; , . ,

Tho, Wagga Wagga Express gives tho follow-

ing desorption of the looal lopk.upi- Tbe.Waggo Wogga

look up oontains two oell», úndor the same roof aa tho

Court-house, and wh!ob, with the apirtrasnt oooupied by

the took.up-keeper and hiafaraily, oonstiluto about ono

half of tho building.- Eaoh of these oells -is tbirtoin

feet long, by seven foet wide, and nine feet blab, while

the only ap-rture for tho admission of. air and light oon.

Slats of a slit cut orasf ways iii the wall, two feet long, br

ono foot deep; about eight feet from the ground. . One of

these'oellB is for male' and the other for female

prlsonfrs, and both aro used indiscriminately for persons

mispeotod of trivial oflVnoeB, or thpw under committal

for tho gravest crimes. Tho furniture ^f our prison.

? OBI oon, at leas», boast tho merit of simplicity, BS it oon

-isis of a nlglit.lub', and a ooaple of irpn atenleB in the

floor,. to wbioh tba; ohains ara fastened with which

th« nnrortun»to inmat-w of the den. aro msnaoled. At

nip-'it a blanket a-pleoe is given them, and they ate

then considered amply provided for. Th"ro ls neither

ohalr, table, nor bedstead of any kind, »nd the prisoners

bavo no place but tho ground on wbiob to tako any moa

of reposo. In wiutor time oven, If, Ibero, are threo or

four confine J In one of these dung'onsat tho sara» time,

ibu placo becomes 'BO fetid as to be nottroely bearable,

butin summer timelt is no unoom.noi tblng ("*e,îl°.

assuredlby tba medio»1, attendant) for,strop.) aMinj

.men to ftintaw y, from tha bott and want o! vonlllat on.

Yet, will it be bolieved thot on ona occasion fourteen

human beings wera squeezed into one of these oelis,

m. airing Ol square leet.and where tho available space

for oaoh .nne of them on the dungeon Door wr»

exactly six faot and a-holf square f Whon prisone-s ora

in confinement here for any time, the constables ero

.mder the necessity of walking thom out evory day rora

little fresh air, and evon then,' tha magistrates fro.

qiiently aro Informed by tbe medical offloar tbat u

end so ls not removed at onoe be wilt dio,"