VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 3

VICTORIA.

i| ("FBOM OUR" OWN CORRBSJPONnENT.)

3 MELBOURNE,

i! I>th October. The old proverb, " 'Tis good to' be y ff 'wi the auld luve before ye are on I s « the new," has been fully exemplified rf j us, in the somewhat premature arrival K i our new'- Governor having so *far 3 nticipated the departure of his predej§ sssor. The consequence' has been a k ind of " more' last words of Richard * ax'ter" affair, in a second, leave taking. l| ir Henry Barkly having returned from iji jdney in the Northam, and during her § iay here, for the mail accepted the tji ospitallty of .Sir, Redmond Barry, his A. nal departure took place on Saturday, f? ie 20th ultySirCh-f ries and a number T * f the ministry arid leading nien, ac-' a 6 ompanyjrig biro -down the Bay in the Js s. Victoria, which was L placed at his ,1, irvice by tbe Government. Prior to, a, is leaving, " an -address, , beautifully J lgrosßed on vellum, from tlie ManAi. lester Unjty Order of Odd Fellows, S as presented to his Excellency, who ' I* atfeMhe- usual response, and thus ter-j 1 inat-pd the career ofthe only popular! >ri overnor which, the -colony hafc,hitherto ><a >d, His successor bids fair, however, *■ i become ' a favorite, showing eyery ' 0 imposition to mix with .the co'onists, ' iving honored the Fancy Ball with his <i feseuce, .also the flaymarket and y rincess* theatres^; i and would, have ~ een- present at "die -Champion Race at _? allaarafr' on Thursday last^ but was ; impelled to decline from press of, s osiness. He is, so it is said in; ai IBcial circles, . taking . advantage 1 f the Parliamentary recess to make ; Jj B imself thoroughly acquainted with tie [achinery 'by which our, constitution is; orked.as well as the aims and charac- i 108 >rs of our public men, so that those' oKtioians who .hopecUto find in him &• King 'Log" to sport with, may chance b, ) find theiriseives grievously mistaken. e e After '-several needless adjournments, ~ie 'inquest on the Child's skeleton ' iand in the roof of the Rainbow gt] lotel, Sw^uston -street, during some ce scent repairs, has been concluded, an "~ : pen verdioli being returned. An aty^ mpfc was made to connect the affair ith a daughter of the late occupier, ho, according to the evidence of a nt male friend who slept in her room at; tal ie house in question, some-three years _ ?o, was dntrigiuing with a "lodger there Ei imedLtfke Reilly, which period, it was leged, would tally with the time f ffi which tbe child's body was supposed cls have been concealed, but as no proof ' [pregnancy on the part of any of the '*'■■ mates could be adduced, and" tie sex _j Y-lhe infant, being wholly undigo.ve|^ _Q fe* v all further enquiry was useless, •- id the jury found" accordingly, the f\ lly result being the damaging of one ? rl's character upon the unsupported isertion of another.. An important diecision has been given the case Millar v. Anhand, as follows : •; -The pla'ntiff, as Committee of Peter — nnand, a lunatic, (a son of the late^ 3T e Il known and respected George*" nnand) sued for a divorce against the !** natic's wife, who had been living in J£ penadultery with one Henningham; tbe ~ )urt, however, decided that it could ™ ily grant a Judicial Separation, declin- _. g to dissolve the marriage, on the _ ound that the husband might, if he , :came sane, choose to condone the "' F_nce, and take his wife back — rather dubious exercise of newly recovered nse, with all due respect to the learned wi ldges, one' would think. Another shock has' agitated our Ri horsey world," in the untimely dec ase from colic, of the valuable , 0 , Stockwell'' colt, «' New Holland." ' rB , :uly, Mr. Fisher's baptismal cognoive en of •« Hurtle/' would appear to be ~7 uinous, as it is but a few days since ..-" at his filly, " Wonga Wonga," was . istroyed by an accident. This latter o f . ss is, however, much heavier — no on her sample of this celebrated stock er being likely to cross the line. Riverins, as it is called, does not em very unanimous upon the subject separation, as upon a late visit of A r Corbetf, the paid secretary, to Alan) iry, for the purpose of enrolling sub■ngribers and collecting the sinews of |;^ ir, be found so little sympathy with . e movement, tliat he abruptly left ~~~~ wn without-even calling a meeting to SE [plain the object of his mission. The . ct is,, the originators ofthe matter are : favor of Deniliquin as the future , pital, to whkh jthe Alburyites demur, srai id have already, through their local >tta urnals, declared their intention not to _Z ay .second fiddle. With these jea $y usies existing, the task of the Sydney itesmen is easy, having only to follow I*l it the Roman adage, '■" Divide and le." — The inquiry into the alleged murder board the Southern- Ocean, which ave d put back here just as my last comSte unication closed, has terminated in J* e entire acquittal of the mate, it ap- , aringthat while oh deck in the disc^d arge of hisduty, the captain, who — r ts grossly intoxicated, gave the mate A shove, who returned it, when the for- - er, being too drunk to keep his footS T gi fell from the deck-houise on to the ted ain deeit, rei;eiyirig a j)l6w on the a«>| rehead, which caused instantaneous — 1 ath. In' evidence it was stated that jw e. deceased was a man of violent its bits when excited by 'liquor,. in which ? fo indulged freely, ..and: had on the ;M yage from -Lotidon assaulted his ■at irser, inj aUuding to which he had fe.7 reatened the mate (who .was new z&i e shipph wng^ly Ihipped; here for h-sii e voyage to jGallqa), that "the next ne he stru^t^^nan he'wquldYd^ it ■] Actually." "Hhe„ Yj«ry retiirn^dl "yk idict that the deceased, Jaines Davys^

was accidentally killed from a fall whilst in a state of intoxication. .The Rev. G. Moir,' minister of the Presbyterian Church at St.. Kilda, waited' upon the Hon. R. Heales, Com? mission er of Land «nd Works,' to complain that, the department had taken -possession of tbe site there, divided it in two, and cut up One portion into allotments fbr Sale. Upon inquiry, it transpired that some two years ago Mr Hetheringtcn, the accredited head of the denomination, applied lor a site for a church at Queenscliffe, but there being difficulties in the way, from a paucity of suitable Government land, he agreed without, as alleged, the ' knowledge or sanction of the congregation there, to give a moiety of the St. Kilda site in exchange, which was accepted and acted upon. Under these circumstances, Mn Heales stated that however hard it might be as regarded Mr Moir and his friends, the Government could onlyfrecognise.tbe head of the denomination in such matters, and that, consequently, the- arrangement entered into by Mr Hetherington with the partus at that time in office must be considered final. The hon; gentleman suggested that the ~St. Kilda people might purchase the 'allotments in question — an idea which did not appear very palatable to the deputation. Professor Halford, of the Melbourne University, has in his dissecting-room a curiosity which is perfectly unique — no similar instance being on record in any age -or nation. It is neither more rior less than the skeleton of an adult male " uniped p — that is, a man born with only one iog, the thigh bones being perfect to -the knee, whence they are* united beneath one patella, and continue -downwards in the form of a perfect right Jeg. Tbis singular being lived to the age of eighteen, and gained his living by playing the flute on the steps of a church in Paris, where his remains came into the possession of au eminent physician, Dr Sue, father of the author of the Mysteries of Paris, who had the bones properly articulated, for the benefit of Science, sinr.e when, they have fallen into the ex-cellent hands above men-' tioned. A shocking accident occurred at Kyneton, on the 26th September, to Superintendent Taylor, of the Police Force there, who was killed by the accidental discharge of his revolver. The unfortunate gentleman had returned home early, after dining with a friend, and, prior to his retiring to rest, proceeded, as was his custom, to examine his a ms, which had been handed. to him by the Sergeant on duty for that purpose, a few imiuutes previous to the sad event. From the examination of the pistol after the fatal discharge, there would appear to have been something faulty with the spring, a pin being odt of place, which may aocount for the fact thattbe whole four barrels exploded at once. An inquest was held the following day, when the usual verdict of accidental death was returned. The deceased was highly respected, and his funeral was the most extensive one which has ever taken place in Kyneton. Being a Freemason, the usual honors due to a member of the craft were paid, the brethern walking in procession, and the proper ceremonies being observed at the grave. A subscription in aid of the widowand four children was at first hinted at, but it has since transpired that they are left, to use the words of the Kyneton Guardian, "in tolerably good circumstances." The cultivation of cotton in Queensland is progressing rapidly, and the experiment made by Captain Towns, of Sydney, by the introduction of South Sea Island laborers has turned out well, notwithstanding the outcry against kidnapping, slavery &c. Before they engage to leave their homes the nature of the work t© be, done, the remuneration paid, and the term for which they hire themselves, is fully explained, and each one receives a written Guarantee for a passage home at the expiration of the contract, for the due observance of which Mr Towns' known high character is sufficient security. Those at present on the plantation are reported as being well satisfied, and moreover efficient laborers, which is a most important feature in the future of Australian grown, cotton, which it is physically impossible to produce by European or even native hands, at least for many years to come, even, as regards the latter, supposing the native youth of that locality a few years hence to go a Podding for the benefit of Manchester. Mr Charles White, the paid Auditor for the Melbourne Corporation, from whom he had a months leave of absence, \ to go to New Zealand (Dunedin) has resigned his appointment, not intending, so it was stated, to return. Can the trial of the Direct6rs of the Provident Institute, just commenced, have anything to do with this gentleman's opportune absence ? Might aw kvvard questions probably have been put- 1 It will be remembered that at the first blush of enquiry Mr White was employed as the paid accountant of the * Depositors, who have since roundly accused him of playing into the hands of the Directors by withholding the information he had aquired. .The u Ithuriels Spear*' of Michies crossexamination might not have been so /pleasant, to one whose digits and designations, though nominally the same, differ .widely. No other *ships having arrived from Chin eke ports, the opium question remains in jab-cy an ce, though, no doubt, jihe of expectant consignees ) vibrate in * ceaseless disquiet in antici- > -pation of fresh discoveries— alas for the : -children "of Confucius, Kong Mehg has Meserted -Emerald : Hill, ; and al hough ii^derson, the unsuspicious, still represents that verdant locality, he is no ! Ildng^rt^sandi&i of the Customs," where Nothing ,ubw greets the Celestial

eye but -that outer .barbarian and tripletongued r '--Tartar|^ ; '' : .Gbssett, the sleepless,".' .smoking the pipe of joyful expectation oyer coming cargoes.^ ' If it be true, as alleged, that similar information to that, upon which Mr Francis and his sub have acted, and Jaid. bare this monstrous fraud, was previously given, or offered to Mr Anderson, when Commissioner, and treated by him with levity, he may prepare .for a searching examination when the House meets, and if lialf what rumour asserts Ybe true, this is not the only neglect of duty, to call it by no harsher name, of which he has been guilty. . A meeting of the heads of the University was held tho other evening, to consider the propriety of dismissing the law lecturer from his post, in consequence of the disreputable disclosures in the late affiliation case of " West v. Atkyns ;'' after some discussion, it was resolved to adjourn the question, to give the learned gentleman the opportunity of resigning, whether like a wellbred dog, who obviates the necessity of kicking him out by voluntarily reriring, j Mr Atkyns has skedaddled, has not yet been made public, it is to be hoped he has taken the hint, •as expulsion would i entail upon some of the inflictors an awful amount of Pharisaism, looking at their own careers. No where is the law more gently administered with regard to interesting criminals, than in Melbourne: a few; day since, a prize-fighting ruffian, known to Bell's Life aud its respectable \ supporters as ' Bill Clarke/ was apprehended, as being a run-away from Western Australia, which anti-sporting region he had left before his tirre authorised, for the more genial atmosphere or Great Bourke-street, where he gently oscillated between the Bell's Life offi « and ' Tom Curran's ' fighting saloor, a few doors further east. Oa tho trial, he admitted the fact, but pleaded , for permission to remain for the issue of an action for damages brought by him against his friend the Editor, who, he alledged, had wrongfully given up the stakes, in a fight to have come off between himself and one Robson, but which at the -eleventh hour, he, from his courage having oozed out, or some other private reason, declined to proceed with. Either from amusement at the novelty of the application, or a professional disinclination to spoil so promising a legal passage of arms, his application was o ranted, much to the astonishment of the staid, and the diversion of the rowdies, who had a grand Symposium at the Champion's that night, in honor of tlie. event. It will be curious to see what, sort of a claim legal ingenuity, can fudge up for a man who shows the white feather on the very ground. As his stay will necessarily be limited after the determination of the action, Mr Clarke has, in the handsomest manner, offered (without prejudice), to the editor of Bell's Life, to take it out, P. R. fashion, any afteJeoon prior, at *' Tom's ;'' up to the present moment, the gage has not been taken up, the milHne editor being probably under a cloud, and not prochscable. The decision of Mr Justice Molesworth, refusing to sequestrate the St Kilda Railway Company, has been upheld by the full Court, which decided that similar companies did not come under the provisions ofthe Winding-up Act, and could not be placed in the Insolvent Coart. Should any of your- readers be unfortunate enough to be either shareholders or depositors in the Provident Institute, it may be interesting to them to know that Macardy, who was its financial founder, so far as figures went, and who was brought out to put the Barrabas " Porter '' in his place, figured in London as one of the originators of" The Deposit Bank National Assurance and Investment Society,'' whicli, commencing in 18-44, stopped payment in 1861. with the respectable deficit of £364,000. Talk of the Mississippi Scheme, after that. Could its projector revisit earth, he would admit himself to he what it is to be hoped his Melbourne imitators may find themselves — outlawed. The burglary and violation case at Salomon's in Lonsdale-street, the night of the Mayor's ball, still drags its way through the police court, where an adjourned hearing takes place this day to enable Dr Macadam the anal} ist, to produce the various articles left with him in reference to proof as to the commission of the capital offence. When I last wrote, the charge was confined I think to one man, Branch, the cook at the cafe, but another named Goddard has since been arrested and identified by the girl as the man who carried her up stairs, and after beating her tied her on the bed. Both the accused are married men, and " ticket-of-leaves, " the formelf for bigamy and the latter for robbing a safe. It appears from the poor girl's testimony that Branch indecently assaulted her, but was unable to effect his purpose, and that upon his telling Goddard so, he reproached him with being a coward, saying "if you don't I will,'' and upon his leaving, followed the example, as to violation, in which, from the state in which the victim was found, he fully succeeded, although she could not swear to it, having fainted, and not recovering consciousness until her master and mistress came. It is but fair to remark that no corroborative evidence has yet transpired to connect the men with this particular offence, except the former intimacy of Branch with the girl, but witnessing the constancy with which she adheres to their identity, and the unmistakable horror and affright she exhibits at the. sight of them, amounting almost to insanity, there is little moral doubt of their guilt. How in her present shattered-' state, which is truly piteous t^beKold, she will endure the ordeal of the trial, remains lo be seen,

and it is much to"be feared that unless some freshmatter turns up, the culprits may escape, which heaven forbid.. Another scene iri the favorite colonial" farce of " Swindling made easy," took place in the Insolvent Court, last week, when Mr William Perry appeared again, and offered 1 two pence in the pound, as a composition, to all creditors who had proved, which was accepted by the onlytwo present, Messrs M'Ewan and Co. and the Bank of Australasia, his.irisolvency being thereby superseded. Thus, notwithstanding the .peremptory refusal, both by tbe* Commissioner and the Supreme Court, of his certificate, Mr Perry 'is free to recommence his commercial' manipulations. How the money received by him from Govern ment sales, and misappropriated, stands affected by this compromise, does not appear, but when the House meets doubtless the inquiry will be made.*The " Molesworth" case, which was to afford such extraordinary disclosures as would gratify all the prurient dames and damsels in the colony, and exhibit the late Attorney-General as a second Chevalier de Faublas, has been abruptly terminated — for the present, at least — owing to informality in the proceedings from want of proof in service of the citation, the proctor employed, O'Farrelr, being won est. The result is that the plaintiff will have to commence de novo, upon payment of costs. At any rate, no decree could have passed under the p-esent proceedings, as in the original petition one Hawker, since deceased, was made the eo-respondent, but af er his death the name of Ireland had been introduced in place of it, which is a clearly illegal altering of the record. Whether the proceedings will be recommenced at the sittings in November, or remain over until tbe following April is not stated, but in the meantime Mrs Molesworth will continue to enjoy her alimony of £40 per month as usual, and Mr Ireland the consciousness of his own virtue ; truly the lady's is the more tangible advantage, by a long chalk. It is stated that a man named Jamieson, recently convicted on the Sydney side for bushrangiug, has succeeded, by the death of his father, to a sum of £20,000, which is of course forfeited to the Crown. The knowledge of this, it communicated to him by the authorities, will form no small addition to his punishment. The threatened continuance and increase by the Home authorities of transportation to Western Australia, which from the last advices seems fully to be resolved upon, has called forth the old spirit of opposition which some years back diove the convict vessel from our shores with its filthy fre ght unloaded -; a crowded and most influential meeting having been held at St. George's Hall on Thursday, the 29th Sept., the Mayor in the chair, to petition Her Majesty against the threatened evil, and to form an association for the protection of the colony from the injurious effects of penal settlements on the Australian Continent. The first resolution was moved by the Chief Justice, Sir W Stawell, in a most energetic speech, in the course of which he alluded tot' e non-political character of the movement, saying that he felt perfectly justified in laying aside the Judge and addressing them as a man, a declaration which, with the remainder ofthe learned Judges speech was received with triumphant cheers, it being felt that it was a subject of no common importance which could induce the head of the judicial establishments of the colony to take so prominent apart in its discussion The meeting was also addressed by Mr E. Langton, the Hon. W. Hull, Rev. H. P. Handfield, Hon. J. P. Fawkner, theTown Clerk, Mr Fitzgibbon, and various othters, when the petition having been unanimously adopted, was signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and a resolution in favor of the formation of an association to carry out the objects sought having been put and carried, the procedings terminated. Tlie Geelong Advertiser commenting on , this meeting in its next day's issue, as before, attempts to get rid of the main point by questioning the right of the other Colonies to dictate to Western Australia, and further suggests that if the latter be so in love witb convicts, it should be supplied from Victoria, as the Colonial, would be found infinitely beyond the imported article in all respects, and would lighten our penal expenditure. A day or two after this, an old inhabitant of Geelong, James G. Carr, formerly member for the district, wrote to the editor, expressing his disapproval of the tone of the article in question, and contrasting the present apathy of the Geelongese with the enthusiasm displayed a few years since on the same subject ; in reply, the editor declares Mr Carr's letter an impertinence to the public ; and alluding to the Chief Justice's share in the movement, declares that he had better set to work and "purify his own court,amongst the conspicuous ornaments of which he will find as much pollution as in the contiguous blue stone building," (i. e. the gaol.) Having blown off their steam -at the above meeting, which was held in the afternoon, our excitable citizens wound up the day at the " Return Fancy Ball " to his Worship, which came off in the evening, and was a still more brilliant affair than the first one ; His Excellency, Lady, and family were present, and made themselves exceedingly agreeable, the supper was magnificent, being furnished by Mallam and King, in strong contrast to the previous banquet, which was rather of the "Rag and Famish" order except the wine. It would perhaps be infradig to say that the Chairman,' Sir F Murphy was Bacchi Plennin, but be that as it may,hemacle a most absurd display in proposing the Governor's health, "saying that "we did not always receive .Governors .with smilcf, but someiimeswith frowns," and

other maudlin and incoherent rubbish jj ' . concluding with the, very questionable hope "that he might not stop Ylong enough amongst us to outlive his welcome." However, Sir Charles made a very neat reply, and with the exception _pf the above mal-apropOs oration-, every thing went off to the satisfaction of all parties. A ' . The Keans have arrived by ; the Champion of the St-a«, and are living here very privately; their first appearance takes place on Saturday, in that miserable haeknied old play, "The Gamester," a most singular choice. No great amount of curiosity appears to exist in the public mind as to tbeir debut, nor is the desire to see them at all likely to be stimulated by the illjudged avarice of the management in raising the prices of admission, a piece of greediness which is universally re-p-obated by the press, but will bring its own punishment in thinhouses, more particularly as Barry Sullivan is just now producing Shakespeare's plays at the Theatre Royal, in a style which the Haymarket has neither the company nor equipments to compete with. The Merchant of Venice, as now acting at the Royal, is worthy of London in the days of the glorious Macready revivals. A most flattering recognition of ),he respectability of Mr Kean's social status has been accorded by his election as an honorary member of the Melbourne Club, the exclusive body, par excellence, of the colony ; to procure this, he muat have brought some very powerful introductions from home, no such distinction haying- been awarded to any other dr£m'oic celebrity visiting our shores, the:clubbites regarding themselves as immeasureably beyond the mere common herd of colonists. His Excellency has accepted the office of patron of the Melbourne Hospital, and signified his intention of becoming a subscriber to its funds. Our divorce court has been busily engaged for some days in relaxing, and in some cases, dissolving the matrimonial bonds between ill-assorted couples ; the cases contained no details ! of public interest, the usual amount of ill-treatment and drunken depravity characterising tkeni — the only one I worthy of notiee was "Jewell v. Jewell," I in which a wife obtained a total divorce from her husband, who, from the evidence, appeared to be a thorough-paced scoundrel, his ill-usage extending over years, during which his wife had repeatedly forgiven him, and exhausted her private means for his support, and even when driven to resort to the court ! for redress, her emotion was so great as almost t-o render her incapable of giving the evidence necessary to establish the case and secure her freedom, in doing which, she carried the sympathies of the court and spectators wholly with her. The trial of theJDirectors of the Provident Institute, bf-g^n on the first inst. Messrs Michie, Wood, Billing and Adamson, for the prosecution, while for the defence, Messrs Ireland, Aspinall and Smyth, appeared forFoxt* n; Messrs Dawson and Fellows for Hancock ; Dr. Sewell and Mr Hughes, for Sewell, and Mr Ireland and Mr Smvth for Anderson. The opening speech of Mr Michie was a masterly resume of the serious subterfuges and frauds practised by the prisoners in their official capacity, to mislead and plunder both Shareholders, depositors, and the public at large ; after which the proceedings became very uninteresting, being confined to dry matters of evidence and tedious discussions as to the admissibility or non-ndmissibility thereof; till, on the second day (Friday), some additional interest was imparted to the subject by tbe application of Mr Dawson, on behalf of Hancock (who, next to the absconder Porter, is deemed the chief malefactor), for an order restricting the press from publishing any report of the evidnece given from day to day, which, after some demur, the Judge (Williams), consented, on the ground that, as all witnesses were ordered out of court, it was necessary that they should be detained from reading the evidence given. This decision has given great dissatisfaction ; the only precedent which could be adduced in favor of it being in the case of Thistlewood and others, executed for treason, in May 1821, and even' then many leading lawyers iucluding Lord (then plain Mr) Denman, denied the power of any court to issue such an order. Here it is especially ungracicus, as any request made to the press, either by the Bench of Magistrates or the Judges, for suppression of reports, on the grounds of furthering the ends of justice, has invariably been treated with respect. The real object of the application is transparent enough ; knowing the disclosures which must inevitably be made, tiie accused are naturally desirous that a detailed report should never meet the public eye, and as the case is likely to be indefinitely protracted, they speculate upon the unwillingness of the press to devote time and space to such a- voluminous report, but herein they reckon without their host —at least if reliance is to be placed upon the tone of the Melbourne journals. It is possible that by some chicanery of law they may escape punishment, but many years must elapse before their names will cease to be with the curses of hard-working families whom their rascality has reduced to comparative beggary. In the meantime, the trial drags its slow length along, and will probably not conclude this week, in which case Mr Justice Williams an-, nounced that it would be postponed, as he has to go the Castlemaine Circuit ori Monday next. 'Ballarat. Races. — The most notable event likely to distinguish this month will, probably, be the BallaraiCharnpion YRace, which came off on the Ist inst., and the result of which has hot only astonished the "browns," .but the

" knowing, ones " of every t other color (green of course excepted') ; in fact, for weeks past it has been taken for granted that the Sydney horses were to win, and that it merely hinged upon which the owner, Mr de Mestre, intended to win with — Archer or Haidee — the former being the favorite everywhere. Of course the "prophets" were as wise as usual, one of Bell's Life wise men (who, by the way, is Secretary of' the Turf Club) assigning the ribbon to Haicjee, who never- had a chance atall, as it proved. Another pronounced for Archer, while a third, who rejoiced in the cognomen of "Joe Muggin's Dog," and was either better informed or a better judge, unhesitatingly named the „ Victorian horse, which proved the winner. The Geelong Advertiser; also, had a still wiser prophet, bright " Early Bird," who had not only " picked up the worm " of information as to the, winner, but also, the day preceding the race, unequivocally declared against the favorite (Archer), declaring him to be only a two-niile horse, and placing him third at the finish— the exact position he occupied. The first race of the day was the Handicap Hurdle Race, which resulted as follows : — Mr H C Mount's b g Tam O'Shimtor 1 Mr J Stephen's b g Friar Tuck ... 2 Mr A F Sullivan's c g Sportsman ... 3 Mr G M Bell's b g Smoker 4 Four others — Modesty, Alice, Comet, and Rarey — started, but were not placed. Shortly after this was run, thecompetitors for the great event were brought out, and various were the opinions offered, the backers of Archer being much less confident. Still, the whole five looked the perfection of horse flesh under tip-top training, but both Archer and Mormon were very restless, and could hardly be kept in hand. The start was effected without trouble, and the horses got off as follows — Barwon, Zoe, Archer, - Mormon, and Haidee, and continued so for. the first mile and a half, Zoe being as far a head of Archer as she was behind Barwon. At the two miles, Archer made his customary push, and succeeded in passing Zoe, but could net get near Barwon, and" was soon after passed by Mormon. Barwon continued making the running, and came in an easy winner by three lengths ; in fact, he might have distanced the field had his rider been so minded. The result was — Mr J Harper's b h Barwon (Waldoc-k) 1 P J Keijjbran's b h Mormon ... 2 DeMestre's b h Archer ... ... 3 A Ciieeke's ch m Zoe ... ... 4 DeMestre's ch m Haidoe 6 Such a clean run away never was seen. Barwon never was less than three lengths ahead, starting off with the lead and keeping it throughout. The next event in the day's .sport, was entitled tbe " Second Year of the Fifth Biennials," an appellation whicli sounds somewhat queer for a race by three- \ year olds. m It terminated as under — Mr Bavin's b c Triumph 1 Mr Dow-ling's blk c Devil May Care... 2 Mt Lang's b f Arunia 3 A Scurry Race wound up the day, when all parties departed, well satisfied with the running, if not with the results. Tbe course was by no means so numerously attended as might have been expected, comparatively few arriving from Melbourne and Geelong by rail, (. f the management of which mode of conveyance great complaints were made, and with reason. The second day commenced with the Maiden Plate, which was won by Mr John's Rambler, beating five others, Dear Boy, Mati'.d.i, Triumph, Sir Patrick, and Melbourne. The Ballarat Handicap, which followed was won by Mr Hurtle Fisher's chesnut filly, Rose of Denmark, by Stockwell, beating the favorite, Mr Dowling's Falcon, George Watson's Regina, and Tait's Sir Patrick ; this was a fine race, Falcon fighting hard for it, but the pace was too good, and the Stockwell blood sent the Rose in flying, a winner by four lengths. Mr Fisher's victory was hailed with great cheering, as much sympathy is felt for his late serious losses of Wonga Wonga and New Holland. A match for £100 was to have followed, between Lang's Aruma and Yuille's Roebuck, but the latter paid forfeit. The Grand National Steeplechase now succeeded, and was gallantly contested, and ultimately won by Cole's grey mare, Alice, the order of the finish being as under — Mr S Cole's g m Alice ... (West) 1 Mr J Stephen's ch g Apelles... (Robiuson) 2 Mr W Moodie's ch g Albion ... (Abbott) 3 Mr J Harper's g g Monk ... (Ross) _ Kelly's Donovan Brown, Bevan's Guv Fawkes, Farie's Chance, Warren's Deerfoot, Geo. Watson's St. Ciair, H. C. Mount's Tam o'Shanter, Stephen's Friar Tuck, and Gordon's Modesty not being placed. This was an' excellent race, from the number of horses, and the plucky way in which they were ridden, but the pleasure was greatly marred by a serious accident which befel Wakefield, the rider of Deerfoot, who fell at the Jog jump, throwing his rider, breaking his collar bone, and inflicting severe injuries on the chest;' assistance was of course rendered immediately, but the affair cast a damp over those whoknew the poo'rfellow. The AllAged Stakes, won by Dowling's Falcon, beating Chirnside's Lily of the Valley ;' and the Selling Stakes, won by Mr J. John's Bosh, beating Cains' Blink Bonny, concluded the day's proceedings. The third day's sport commenced with the Steward's Cup, iri which ' the Sydneyites had once more, to succumb to the Victorians, Zoe having to succumb .to Falcon, who, however, won only by half a length, Farmer's Matilda, and Leirsch's Maxwell.'not being plkcedj* The next event, entitled the Ghrahsl Amateur Steeplechase, after the usual chances and mischances, terminate^ thus : — " ,'--._ '- Mr W Warren's Daniel Webster,...(»loUßt)-r'"' S Mr J Stephen's Friar~ Tuck/. . (Wi£giu>X 2 ' ' Mr J Valentine's Hurricane^ .y(Ow«ferj 3 Bevan's Guy JFawkes ; Farie's Chance ;|

Warren's Deerfoot^ Hoyt's Grindstone ;. Mount's Tam Q'Shahter, and Stephen's Appelles being nowhere. Afer this came the Consolation Handicap, won by Quinhonan's Ivanhoe, beating Max* well, Dear- Boy, Blank Bonny.and Saddler, the last three distanced. -. .The last event of the Meeting, entitled the \ Shorts, was then - run ; Mr Warren's Blink Bonuy, proving victorious over Mr J. Cain's Belfast Boy, and six other. ; which concluded one of tbe most prosperous chapters in the sporting annals of bould Ballarat. Before- closing Ythe accouut of the meeting, it is proper to state, that a subscription was started on v the ground, fbr Wakefield, the injured^ - >rider of Deerfoot ; upwards of £41 being collected in the Saddling Pad- . dock, by ..Waldock, .the successful jockey. A .magnificent gold mounted Champion whip, was presented to the latter, at the' Theatre Royal, Ballarat, on the evening of the race; and his employer, Mr Harper, the owner -of' 1 Barwon, has sincel'presented him with, a splendid pair 'of match fillies; 'a compliment for the way,, in which ho both brought out and rode his horse. The settling took place at the Albion Hotel, on 'Monday evening, ,the sth, and, considering the "sell" to the Archerites, was fairly got over,* but-'it , • was universally noticed, -that although - upon former occasions when the Sydney horses won, telegrams authorising parties here to receive were plentiful enough, not One was produced instructing payment of losses, but this -is % quite, iri. keeping with N. S. Welshmen, who are a scaly lot, whether racing, cricket, or any mother sport is concerned. As was to be expected, the turfites there are furious, declaring that De Mestre's stables hafve so'd them, and s that Arch< r was known to be unfit some time previous— thisjs sheer stuff, as thehorse ran his beet He is, hoifeypri scratched for all • his engageri»_S^BKVictoria this year. . *_f >-Y -- A serious charge was bre»i{jght£,in.*the '^ city court on Monday against-aVdiemist named J. Davies Evans, of Smith-street, . -Collingwood, of procuring abortion by the administration of a noxious drug, and subsequent use of an instrument,to one Mary Fraser in the beginning of July, 1862. The cause for postponing the charge for so long a period did not transpire, and the; case was. adjourned for a week on the application of council, to allow of the production of witnesses for the defence from Castlemaine and elsewhere. '1 he Melbourne Chamber of Commerce has recommended, in compliance with the request ofthe Colonel Commandant- - of Volunteers; that -- the afternoon, of every Wednesday first'after the de'par-* ture of the English mail be devoted to drill by the members of the volunteer force, and invite the co-operation of the whole commercial -^ommunityin furthering the arrangement. ''""'-.The anti-transportation movement is " spreading rapidly, crowded meetings - having been held in Fiizrov, Castlemaine, &c, andthe other colonies being on the alert — as an illustration of the tone of feeling here, it may be mentioned that at the Fitzroy meeting, a declaration by the Hon. G. Harker, that "should Great Britain persist in her determination, separation was not far distant," was receiyed with acclamation — loyal though we are and shall continue, if permitted, though the effrontery of the home authorities in proposing to send only the heaviest sentenced criminals o is enough to dissipate any such feeling. In addition to his other engagements, Plis Excellency has accepted the office of patron to the Horticultural and Caledonian Societies ; in reference to the latter, he mentioned ,as a reason for feeling interested in it, that although' never in Scotland, he was maternally: descended from Cameron of Loehiel. A fearful tragedy took place at a spot near Ballarat, appropriately named Murderer's Flat. On Sunday night last, a man named Charles, Arthur^ Dives, alias Elijah Dixon, having brutally murdered his wife, Eliza, and infant daughters, Julia and Elizabeth, while sleeping, by dashing out their brains" with an American axe. The wretched man immediately after the crime, went with his two sons fo a store where he worked, and voluntarily stated. that he "cooked his wife's goose and the. girls," and had intended to kill the boys and himself, but his heart failed him. 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