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all sorts of vessels were being laid on, and continued to fill up for the Fitzroy—the offices of the agents being beset by crowds of applicants for passages. _ The '* Herald' takes occasion to warn the public in the following terms :— Assuming, which is certainly not yet proved, that the gold is in quantities sufficient to pay the experienced digger, we cannot, without concern, see such numbers of persons, utterly unfit for a tropical climate and for the labour and privations of Rockhampton, rush —as it appears to us—to destruction. In their case, however, all statements and remonstrances are unavailing. There are times when the public mind seems seized with frenzy, and when all considerations of "duty or safety sink before the tyranny of some dominant delusion. SYDNEY MARKETS, October 8. Flour—The market is steady at last week's quotations. Eine flour £22, second quality ..£2O per ton of 20001 bs. Bran 2s. per bushel. Wheat ia quoted at Bs. 6d. to 9s. per' bushel, but none has arrived to market from the interior for some time past. Cheese Bd. to 9dL ; bacon and hams Bd. to 3d. per lb. Potatoes £15 to £18 per ton. We snbjoin the only important news from other parts, as selected by the ' New Zealander' i from the Sydney papers. MELBOURNE. Parliament opens to-day, Oct. 7. The rush for Port Curtis continues to average six hundred per day, chiefly from Ballaarat. There is a new gold-field discovered between Beech worth and the Murray. A, great rush there, and it is said it is turning out well. The iujunction against the Directors of the National Bank is dissolved." The Bank opens to-day. Trade is dull. Two cargoes, despatched for Port Curtis, consisting of wines, flour, deals, timber, mining tool* i potatoes, and general provisions. 1 The cargo of Mauritius sugars, ex Norman, were sold as follows:—White crystals £45 10s., to £45 175.; low grey crystals £34 155.; low syrups £29 ss. Oct. 9. A telegram received to-day from Sydney, states that the Port Cnrti3 Diggings are a faU- , ure. There is great excitement.. The Invin- i , cible was to sail to-morrow with six hundred, ; ! and the Keystone with three hundred and fifty, ■ but their departures are postponed. Sailed for j Port Curtis, Ardville. 163 passengers; Kate, 150 passengers; and Tasmania, 50 passengers. No sign of mail steamer Emeu yet. | The merchants here are disposed to join with" j Sydney: to send a steamer at joint expense to , Galle, on 28th instant, to catch the Indian bi- j monthly mail, with answers to English mails of j July and August. Something will be done in j this," and a proposition will be sent up by the ' Emeu if she arrives." Yesterday there was no House. Ahhivals. —Copenhagen, and Lady Milton from London; Adriatic, from •, Hebe,_ fronrSydirey:" Two ships from New York at the" Heads. ADELAIDE. Oct. 6. Flour market very dull; wheat coming in plentifully; sales have been made of new crop, for delivery in December and January, at ss. 6d. per bushel. Oct. 8. Nothing doing in the market. The Sultan from London, arrived. The Legislative Assembly have resolved to explore the Barrier Ranges for gold.— Herald, October 12. TASMANIA. Oct. 2.—The Thousand Guinea Match was won easily by Mystery. j NEW YORK. j July 11, 1858. j The Mormon war by no means over. The ! army is still actively employed in Utah. It is } understood at Washington that the late British j concessions are on the abandonment of principles ; and practices of right of search. All the mem- i bers of the administration concur in this. j gftim'tisrinrntsi. \ TENDERS FOR SCHOOLHQUSE, ! IN LYTTELTON. | nnENDERS are wanted for the erection : X of a SCHOOLHOITSE, in Winchester Street. Plans, specifications, and account of j timber, now laid on the ground, will be for i inspection at Mr, J. G. Fyfe's Store, London j Street, where further particulars may be learned. ■ " Tenders for Schoolhouse " to* be sent in, '■ addressed to Mr. Fyfe, on or before SATURDAY, the 13th instant. : No pledge given to accept the lowest or any Tender. By order of the Committee, i J. CAMERON, ; Secretary. Lyttelton, Nov. 4, 1858. ; WANTED,— A Steady Active LAD. 1 Apply to Peter Cameron, Robin Hood Tavern, Lyttelton. ' CARGO BOAT FOR SALE. ; A Five-ton BOAT, quite new, with I anchor, sails, oars, &c. (complete). j Apply to John Williams, at Mrs. Roborts's, I Oxford Street. | SOUTH ROAD. A CART for the Conveyance of PASSENGERS and PARCELS will (weather permitting) leave CHRISTOHURCH every WEDNESDAY, and the RAKAIA RIVER on FRIDAYS and MONDAYS in alternate weeks. Fakes : —To or from the Itakaia, £1; to or from Parlby's. 15a. WILLIAM BAINES. Chnstclmvch.'Nov. 4,1855.