NEW SOUTH WALES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 582, 2 June 1858, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

By the Gypsey. we are in receipt of the Melbourne',Age 'of the 30th April, and some ;bac ; k numbers of the; Sydney 'Empire.' They are all devoid of any important intelligence'; but we cull some of the most generally inf teresting :—• • • :,.:;,;;-,:■• -.: !

The question of the Royal Mail Company's shortcomings relative to ,the steam postal serj vice, via Panama, had been discussed by the -Sydney Chamber of Commerce, and although Mr./Wetton, the Company's agent, had written a .letter itatirig that when the present line via Suez, had. been got into perfect working order the7company would take measures for the establishment of the Panama line, the: general feeling, both within the ; Chamber and out of doors, appeared to'be that the Company had dei liberately broken faith with New South Wales and New Zealand. •*'-.'.

The construction of public baths had been commenced by the corporation of Sydney ; they] were .to be '.''3oo, feet- in length and 125. feet wide... The entire.cost of those baths, including' all necessary convergences, is estimated at £3,000; : .' '. ; : ' ,-..y.-.! : . •;. ,The,.recent arrest of.a gentleman connected^ with; the Colonial Treasury is, it.is rumoured,! , preliminary : . to some investigations regarding; the mysterious deficiencies of "the iron chest."! ■ Preliminary measures had been taken; tol establish a Presbyterian College in Sydney "to'J be'affiliated to the University. A public raeet-i ling, presided over by the Governor-General,j 4 j had been held, and it" was determined to. raise! I the sum of £15,000 for the purpose-by sub-1 hcription. -y ;./".'.-.;'• '■'■ \ The . goldrfields of New South Wales are] said to continue to yield their average of from I 2,000t0 4,000 ounces weekly.. . ; The Sydney labour market appears to! be overstocked, and various meetings of the] unemployed had; been held; and petitions/ pre- • sented by theni to the legislature, praying that; means might be taken to them with' work.'■■••■'. ''■.;. :'''.';'■. - ..' ,; . ' A correspondent to the ' Eiripire' from Moreton Bay, gives. the following plaintive view pf ■ the present position of that much vaunted set- ' tlemierit:—■ : „y -..', :i Everything relative to commercial transac : : tions is remarkably quiet and languid througli- I out the district, all purchases being strictly for : immediate wants: in fact, the unsettled state of our political affairs causes a disinclination with all parties to speculate beyond hare necessities. Until the question of separation is finally settled one way or the other matters will not £*o on asthey should, or ought, to do, in a comma--1 nity possessing within themselves active and latent sources of wealth, not excelled by any other portion of her Majesty's Australian dominions";' and We fervently trust that her Majesty's advisers will lose no time in either con- ' ceding the boon in the manner suggested, as respects the debt between the colonies, or shelve the whole question and leave us to struggle on without hope of our claims for self government being conceded, as there ; cannot, be a doubt of its injuryto ,our best interests whilst the separation question remains open. In fact, let any : unprejudiced person examine the manifestations of.progress in other colonies, and then ask the ■ question;, what has Moreton Bay done, or is doing, ; to keep pace with these efforts of social advance^ I ment t And the reply may be, in sorrow," nothing. We have the electric telegraph connecting the southern provinces of this vast island {continent in friendly and rapid intercourse; but j as regards our own prospects, we appear to be;, ian isolated community, scarcely reckoned as a iporti.On o the Autstralian brotherhood, and left to,' glean after those who have harvested the labuhdarice proceeding from our industrial occujpations. r Well may the people exclaim, we are jwearyof it. - .

| Mr. Isaac Aaron, Health Officer, Sydney,-has [addressed a letter to the 'Morning Herald,' warning the public against large quantities of poisoned pickles that have found then- way into the market there. The writer states that fatal iresults have occurred from their-use as an article" of diet, and he found by analysis that they laontained a large proportion of copper. He gives the following description of those found most adulterated:— ■ - •

\ "On one side of the bottle was a coloured jabel, bearing the following inscription:-^ "Mixed Pickles. Begou Freres, JE. Teillard and Co., arid H. Jabourin, Bordeaux." On the other side .was another label, in. blue and silver, with medallions of the Emperor and Empress of the French, and a long inscription laudatory of' the articles manufactured by this firm."

As it is said that some of these pickles have found their way to- the New Zealand markets, the public had better be on their guard to obviate similarly fatal results. A gentleman.named Allen Lucas, residing on the Hunter River, has succeeded in growing, tea; and exultinglv announces the fact in a letter to the.' Empire," from which we quote the • following extract: — " I have found, Mr. Editor, that I can grow , tea in my garden ! The experiment has completely succeeded, after a fair Atrial-of ten years. I can now supply myself with' tea nearly as good

as any that p)u can get from China; and my Chinaman tells me that, by-going to a little greater expense, he can ensure as good an article as he used to pack for the Hong merchants. At present; however, my tea could not be sent into the Sydney market nearly so che^ap as the merchants there are retailing China tea. This in the end,-you will observe, will prove an immense benefit, inasmuch as it must lead to the speedy adoption by the: Legislature of a protective policy in the management; of the tariff. By a protective duty ;of 2s; 6d. per pound on ii^i ported fteas, I.feekquite sure that this colony^ could support itself with RivSr Tea," or, at all events, with tea of its own growth."