VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 107, 28 October 1863, Page 2

VICTORIA.

(FROM OUK WN CORRESJ>ONBESJT.) Melbourne, 20th October. The result, of the trial of the directors of the Provident Institute has excited much disgust, and tended greatly to weaken confidence in the constitution of Colonial Juries, as well as the impartiality ofthe Judicial Bench. It has been stated, and with good grounds, that three of the jurymen impannelled had predetermined not to find a verdict of guilty, and upon retiring, intimated as much to their fellows, while the palpable partiality and irritability of the Judge who tried the case (Mr Justice Williams), greatly contributed to the escape of the accused, two of whom, Anderson and Foxton, were acquitted when, as the jury could not, or rather would not agree', they were discharged, aud further proceedings against Hancock and Sawell postponed — the Crown undertaking, on the request of the prisoner's counsel, to announce by the then ensuing Sittings whether the prosecution would be proceeded with, which was done on Thursday ; the Crown Prosecutor stating tint the case would be tried at the November sittings, and bail wa% renewed until that time. For the sake of justice it is to be hoped that a more honest jury may be found next time 5 but it is very doubtful, from the loose way in which jury lists are compiled, and the fact that the olas3 from which such juries are drawn, are nearly all engaged in similarly equivocal pursuits. The demeanor of the Judge has been severely animadverted upon by the Press, aud if the learned gentleman has any glimmering of good taste he will avoid presiding at the coming trial. The undesirable result of our Civic Election was brought about by a fluke. It appears that the friends of two of the candidates, t Councillors Baylcs and Wragge, were uuable io prevail on either of those gentlemen to give way, whereupon the Baylcsites determined that at any rate, sooner than let" Wragge in, they would vote for Smith ; which with the aid of his xisual tail, composed of the Irish Publican Interest, gave the latter a majority; the numbers being: Smith, 10; Wragge, 5 ; Bayles, 2 ; Walsh, 1. The members voting as follows: — For Smith — Aldermen Gallagher, Keeley, Hughes, Councillors Story, Walsh, Edwards, Jones, Goldsmith, Hill, and Brown ; for Wragge — the Mayor (Cohen), Alderman Eades, Councillors Lyons, Grant, and W edon ; for Bayles, Councillors Thorp and Harbison ; Alderman Smith and Councillor Bayles did not vote. Such is the history of the seventh year of the reign of John " Thomas, who will have to resume " frilled shirts and a clean face," two luxuries in which he never indulges save when in office. Next, in point of dignity, conies Geelong, whose choice, after a most stormy discussion in its iowdiest of Town Councils, fell upon Alderman Parker, a quiet, upright tradesman, but neither fit either mentally or physically, to preside over such a collection of wrongheads. What the motive was, in the new Act, for electing the Mayors one month before they can act, it is not easy to see ; had, as was originally proposed, the election been left to the burgesses at large, the post would have been an honor worth aspiring to, but being now merely the result of the intrigues of obscure individuals, whom public apathy has enabled to creep into office, it is simply contemptible, particularly as the title of Mayor is shared by the chairman of every tinpot municipality' throughout the colony. Au inquest was held a few days since, at Geelong, under very singular circumstances, upon the body of one Mary Jane Muir head, who died so far back as the 26th August, but whose body was exhumed for a post mortem examination, in consequence of private information conveyed to the Minister of Justice. It appeared that the deceased had taken some sugar of lead on the 22nd, for which she had been treated by her medical attendant, Dr Shaw, who relieved her with emetics, and the effects passed off. Dr Mackin who was also called in, gave evidence to the like effect, and Drs Reid and Walshe, who opened the body, deposed to the absence of any poisonous matter therein, and the jury returned a verdict similar to the certificate which had been «iven for burial, " Died from conjestion of the brain." The most singular feature in the case is that the coroner, Dr Candler, 'declined to satisfy the relatives as to the person's name upon whose representation this unnecessary violation of the grave had taken place, on the ground that it was a privileged communication. Another case of embezzlement has just come to light. Robmt William Turnbull,. clerk to Wm. Degraves & Co , millers and flour merchants, having been fully committed for trial upon eight different charges of appropriating sums received from various bakers in Melbourne and the vicinity. The prisoner's weekly salary was £A, ' with house, rent free, and a horse found for him as collector. A ninth charge fell to the ground, owing to the prisoner having given a receipt in excess of the money he actually received. By the last mail, Lieut. Col. Sir Henry Havelook, son of the Indian hero, arrived here en route to New Zealand, where he will join his regiment, the 18th Boyal Irish. The KeanS: made their first appearance on Saturday, the 10th, in Dr. Moore's dreary tragedy of " The Gamester," and were well received, but no furore excited^ the performance, although good enough, had nothing tochallenge any very special commendation. On the Monday following; they made a more favorable impression as " Benedick '■ and " Beatrice,'' Shakespeare's *-*.'-. Much Adbibduti Nothing," but at the close of the^eirf<wmaucei MrKean announced that irt consequence ofi his increasing hoarseness, cause'd* by * the sea! voyage, he should'be unable to appear until; the following Monday (the 19th). This tciokthe dramatic world rather by surprise, as the

next'night Was to Wander. the especial patronage of -His' Excellency and Lady Darling. Various rumors have been flying about' as -to the real cause of this unexpected' bitch iu -what the bills trumpeted forth before hand -as'" The Grand, Dramatic Festival," and the •Theatre.having been closed daring the week, gave rise to .suspicions that the monetary arrangements " are not all serene. It is quite certain that as a pecuniary speculation, the thing is a failure, nor are- matters likely, to improve here, as Barry Sullivan who is lessee of the Jtoyal, offers a most powerful opposition,^ by 'playirij^h^ vious^ andjiavi^^hes^yaotage sl#ge_;and inito to -magnificent scenery ',-. he has Jbeehv enabled ,to prpduce.Shakspeare \ \^yi'^yie4^J^^^^ irival house cannot emulate ; jowrOTV^^hßiaj just reinforced by Dilldn wlio is tklur-£Keari*S crack partfpf Loins the Xfe withell the ad vaik tages of >ybuth /pri his^iid^whi^^^lUvaii himself * Bey erly '" ahd- Shyi<>ckjt The actors iahd attress: s who accompanied the|Kean« are merely what is 'termed 7^stpcki'S^iiat is* sufficiently respectable iri '*^iiit ;■ of -talent ;to enable ? < t^.StM"to 7 'ffi occupy the .same relative ppsitipii; to" Charles Keau. that the Heirs' and Richard;:Young;did to G.V. Brooke on'his t first arrival fiere \ ishjouldj they remain in the^^ colpnies^; Meisisrs t EVeretV Cathcart, an^Vli^s'.^CS^miQi;' may -"'possibly attain a Similar standing Ker^ ; Injadditipn j tp other drawbacks the>^eather r w the rainy failing; without^•iitt'^r'j^sipn«*,the' whole of MondayAand^^ Tuesday/Ten^eringthe * streets almost impassable, and converting the ' low grounds round :;Meibpurne ; in(»>4^p^rfect-r lake, horses being drowned- in their harness on the St. Eilda and iSandridgeiißbads from the force of the Purrent caused-byl the pvsr; ; flowing, of the Yarra, .whictyw^higher than] it has been known for the last ten years. By the last mail theLPrdPfovostof Glasgow acknowledges the receipt; of the fifth remit--tance of £100 from the Melbourne Committees for relief of distress in the cotton districts of Scotland. ' r The charge against Evans, the chemist in Collingwood, of procuring abortion, felbtothe ground, the principal witnesses riot ap-f peariug; it is supposed that the; accusation was only made with a view to extort money. Dr Tracy the well-known medical man, had a narrow escape fronv.death'on ; Sunday, his horae bolting-as he -was: stepping., injto the* carriage which was smashed to pieces against an opposite, wall. Fortunately thejdoctor was thrown out before the collision, ot the consequences might have been fatal—as it. was he sustained great injury *to one ancle, with many contusions and a severe shock- to the T system. Great sympathy is felt for him;'? both by his brother practitioners and the general public,being a, general favorite. The half yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank was held on the 12th j when the usual directors report was submitted, from which -. it appeared that from the reduced" value ofthe? securities held, it was not expedient to declare a dividend, but that all the bad debts (.£1 1 1,748 15s Id) had been written off, and a thorough revolution of the; landed securi-. \ ties held made, so that the assets . as represented were bona fide . The Bank, however, , is compelled still to hold the Melbourne and Suburban Railway, valued at £150,000, tlie actual state of affairs after which, *i being that the capital remains .in tact, and that a sum of £3,500 14s 9d remains as a reserve fund; the former reserve and contingent funds, with the profits, having been amalgamated to meet the bad debts as above. A rather shaky result "of ' so; much trading under the august financial auspices of - the ex -Premier, - John O'Shannassy, as Governor of the Institution. It is shrewdly suspected that but for the Provident Institute expose the Colonial Bank shareholders would neverhave been enlightened as to the extent of their losses. Verily the run which tookplace upon this bank a month or two bapk^ was not, it would seem, without, fouhdatio^ An inquest was held at St. Kilda on the" i2th inst., on the body of Agnes, M'Dougal, servant to Mr John Lombard, of that place, j The deceased, who went to bed in perfecthealth'on th*e Saturday night, was found at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning lying on her face upon the floor dead. Verdict, died from rupture of the gall bladder. A Chinaman having recently hanged himself in a lock-up at Castlemaine with the silk cord of his tail, the Government has ordered*: that all Celestial, criminals areto'be denuded, of that appendage, and in pursuance of the regulation, no less than twenty-three Chinese incarcerated in Ballarat gaol suffered caudal amputation last Monday amidst great weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth on tho part of John, whose tail vibrates with his heart strings. How far this is justifiable we leave to casuists, but it will doubtless tend to check crime amongst the Flowery. Tribes, and, be useful for purposes . of identification and! precaution, the sight of atailless Chinaman bidding you beware bf a thief t "Ay' The notorious Patrick Costello hasheen' again in trouble, having been sentenced by 1 the Chief Commisioner of Insolvent Estates to three days imprisonment for prevarication • during a meeting of his creditors on Tuesduy. In answer to a quesiion, he ingenuously ad-: mitted that "he did'nt know hbwpjp shape his answer without telling jr lie,'.? arid finally, resolved liis rej>ly into the non mi records sham of " I could'rit charge my menidry," to refresh which, Mr Noel sent him to ••Wintles,^* the atmosphere there being-^pregnant with; mnemonics. ~ r The Jockey Club races which were to have taken place on Friday and-Saturday, have been postponed' until/the 23rd: and 24th, in consequence, of the. weather having rendered the Course .unfit, -being under water. ..;.;; The man Dixon, alias Dives, who murdered his wife and three children, at; Ballarat, has been tried at the Circuit Court, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. The. unfortunate , wretch was remanded" during; her; Majesty's pleasure. The verdict, was entirely against the medical evidence, which plainly- went to prove sanity, the only , iebuttirig testimony being that of two laboring men, acquainted with the prisoner'; the>'latter?SfSwhole de--7 meaner; at the time, and since the murder, was perfectly; cool "and collected ; and it is more than probable that-after a* few -months' sojourn in Yarra Bend, he 1 will be : discharged as cflred, to^perpetrate some other atrocity. I. ! The Grenville -Advocate asserts that John Thomas Smith owes his election, to "petticoat influence, the ladies insisting that their spouses should riot ybte: for 1 ariy^one without means and inclination to eclipse the late ! Mayor's fancy ball; arid- that Mr Smith was ! not only ths most likely man, but that he had pledged liimself in case of 7 : success, to give a screaming fete, ; uhsarpassSfl/ ihf civic "aririaU for splendburV-^in virtue of which -he carried ' the day, neither of the other candidates being supposed to have either money or inclination for- such expensive displays* S o A mournful addition" to the number of well educated, 'and once, respectable^ tictims, to the great Polonial curse, "^temperance,'' Kai recently been made, r in the person of "Mr John Sundius Stamp, -for riianyyeMS Clerk of the ppace at GeeiongVwhose * body was r f oiirid in the bush on thetGlenelgj, the neck and face eaten, away by 'animals;' thejtrbwsers wert open, and the-lower^part of the' belly also devoured. .._ It seems Ihit . the'deceased leiEt the punt house ' ori." the ; GleiMgy where; he. had been st^irig^eye^^days^in; a state of halfdrunk ind half -cranky mind,' and^was nbve heard of until his remains were discovered d the£7th September, as aboye..' .A verdict i accordance'with the facts /was returned. ~ .'.' Meetings continue' to be held "" and Margi debts proved, in the estate of P,'A. C.jO'Far rell, the attorney, who is still absent, and thi mystery of his whereabouts unsolved, to" tfa< great disquietude ot the „ Roman- Catholi clergy and laity, jwho are vitally interest-* in the learned gentleman's movements. ' A most melancholy accident took pla*

\-^y "" ' - .--*---.-,.*- — ! Tuesday. One of the Bacchus Marsh laches, in crossing a "creek' near Milton, -< onsized, and the only .two" passengers Capt. S-rtridge', of theJliiohesa, and Mr James A. ilurray, cooper, Bouike : street*west, were. Srried awray by the force of the flood and .irawned. . * i iAmo n & 8t the minor sufferers by the visitaj oB of the waters were no less personages mi the Commissioner of Lands, Mr Heales,: $1 'the Suf veyor-General, Mr Ligar, who r£ tß stuck in a bog near Benalla, on their ' Afc dovrnirom the country, the cooling liquid fining over their knees while sitting in the < , r gy. The two officials could not have a ; more pregnant instance of the want of good pads in the interior, arid ' it is ; to be hoped theyha^e since reached town ii sffety, the lesson so forcibly illustrated .pll not be'forgotten. ; on Wednesday*, the Mayor, accompanied ly the Speakers/of both Houses',, and a large iraber of members of Council and Legislate Assembly anfl other influential gentle- „,(.«, -waited iipon"' his Excellency with the mti-transpoitatibn .petition fbr -transmission l, England'by the next ' mfil. 'Charles [sured those preseift.that'he would duly forit, and at the -same time express his oPn .belief that it fully expresed the. feelings / tlie whole colony. He also handed a copy » • of a very -strong minute'on the subject which ud been laid before himby his advisers upon receipt of the recent despatch from England, jnd which minute he had sent te the-Colonial Secretary by the .last mail. The document j n question is admirably couched, and does tffl greatest credit'to the Ministry, and will prepare the wayfor the innumerable petiJjons which willpour in from all .parts, every township in the colony holding meetings and of( ranisin"g oppositibnto the Home views. In" jlelbourne a large-'permanent Committee has jgen-formed, and a «very considerable sum of money subscribed, both as donations and jnnual -subscriptions, toefficientlyxarry out the object, and • strengthen, the hands _of friends at home. For once the Victorian public is fairly roused, and whatever course other colonies may' take, the most stringent precautions against the influx of -convicts rill be taken here. A new set of rules to regulate the future admission of attorneys iu tire Supreme Courts ofthe colony has just been promulgated by their Honors the Judges, and is of a description well calculated to -keep objectionable applicants at bay ; iu fact, the examination to be passed is so-severe^hd -embraces such a multiplicity of subjects, coupled with a certificate as to good fame and character, that u-crc the test applied to the existing practitioners, it would not leave"half-a-dozen on tie roll. The rules are intended to date from the 15th of this month, but will not come. into force until sanctioned by Parliament, which it is understood will not meet this side of Christmas, or if it does, only'to adjourn (giin. Her Majesty has presented a copy of the silk-esses and speeches of His late R H Frince Albert to the Melbourne Library, with the following royal autograph on the fly leai* : — «To the Melbourne Library— ln recollection tfthe greatest and best of men. — From the beloved Prince's broken-hearted widow, Victoria Reg..— Windsor Castle, 2nd March, 1863." The work was forwarded by the Duke of Newcastle to whom it had been sent by order of the Queen for transmission to Sir K. Barry. Although the good taste of the inscription is somewhat questionable, it is a lufflcient answer one would think to the silly reports which have been circulated of an inI nded second marriage of Her Majt s y, and is moreover a gratifying recognition of the importance of the Colony and its Capital. The Melbourne Criminal Sessions comnenced lastweek, and the presiding Judge, Mr Mlliams contrived to make himself conspiuous for his invariable ill temper by actually ommitting a witness for one month because, «ing a seaman, he gave his evidence in ltfier a stentorian voice, wliich his Honor oMrued into a contempt, altho' the man lisavowed any such intention. Not content tith this, he further ordered that the next ■itness, brother to the preceding one, a lad of ,«, should be whipped in gaol, for alleging hat he did not understand the meaning of an lath. Such displays as these are monstrous, idd lower the dignity of the Bench to the evel of unpaid magistracy, who are charijbly supposed to sin through ignorance, which annot be pleaded in this case. Surely Mr iVilliams has -forgottten that a similar infirm■y of character cost the Hon. John Walpole IVillis his post as sole Resident Judge in 543, and as the Press has taken up the inestion, ha had better be cautious being Jready sufficiently unpopular. Amongst the recently discharged prisoners wm Pentridge Stockade whose sentences we been commuted, was the man Barrett, tho received a. sentence of three years for ■riting a threatening letter to Mr William lighett of Richmond, whom he accused of oncealing his wife.. At the time it was tgarded as an outrageously severe punish»ent, particularly as the prisoner had acted inder the sanction of his attorney, Mr Attenorough, and Mr William Perry, wliile the adge's (Pohlman) intimacy with the proseutor Highett was freely commented pon ; the relaxation of the sentence is, thereore, generally regarded as an act of tardy astice. The chief items of interest ih the sessions deluded on Saturday were, Henry C. Styles ie clerk to Watson and Co., of this town, Menced to fifteen months imprisonment ; ohn Clark.for an unnatural offence, to two eaiß on the roads ; and Wm. Symes, for the lan-slaughter of an aboriginal named Buckly, t Talbot, so far back as June 1862, to nine lonths, which with the fifteen months he had sen in custody, made up the two yeavs, lotted to him as punishment by the court. umbull, the defaulting clerk to De Giaves idiCo., was placed upon his trial on the first mntof the indictment, when the Jury acquitd him without leaving the box. The Crown roseoutor .then had a fre3h jury impannelled ir the second case, who also found a verdict Not "Guilty," to the great indignation of the arned gentleman, who stated his intention i proceed with a third charge at the next --. tssion, saying "he did not attach the slightt importance to flie finding of the Juries.'' . lie prisoner was then liberated on bail. : Itho' Mr Adamson's remark was perhaps a isty, and injndicious one, it was provoked fthe evident leaning evinced by the Jury- ';" en towards Turnbull, the cases being .;•'■ niuestionably clear against hira ; as a cor- ■ foorative proof it may be mentioned that a wdays prior to the trial, an anonymous h Ifertisement appeared calling a meeting of -, aster bakers at the Albion Hotel, ostensibly .. consider the price of bread, but upon some 4 the trade attending, no person appeared to \t itiate the proceedings, or. acknowledge the n ithorship of the summons, and it at length jj aked out that the real object intended, was - v " sympathise with Turnbull," upon dis- ■? Tering which, the meeting broke up in i* sgust at the impudent attempt. The case ¥'. ainst Branch and Goddard, for rape and rglary, is also postponed, in consequence t the girl, Mary Frazer, still being in too p (ak a state to appear in court, and further 4A idenee being in course of discovery which, r -d ien completed, will throw additional light If on this dastardly outrage. \i The Hon. T II Fellowes has been gazetted ' • Postmaster-General, during pleasure, and '! long as it is not an office of profit. j/. The disbandment of the Western District fc 'lunteers, as being useless for defence in t* i absence of artillery, has excited the f.j iatest indignation in that locality, and Portd, Belfast, and WarrnambooL, unanimous Ju once, are preparing a vigorous remonva- ance. I i monster swindle has just come to light Geelong. A fellow named Harry «? tchell, who carried on buiness there as a ih 'ney and Share broker, Commissioner, &c, I who appears to have been a sort of ?. Iking " Provident Institute " in his own

Serson, has .just made himself .scarce to the ismayof numbers, who entrusted him witli funds to invest, and who while he kept their interest paid, never thought of enquiring into the nature of their security. This ingenious gentleman's "mode. of operations' was simple but comprehensive-; he had a branch office in Melbourne, managed by a Mr Dalton, the principal one at the pivot, being presided over , by a Mr 'Sedley, and by. ringing the changes on the business transacted at each end, managed to elude discovery. In many cases -he has altogether appropriated his prin*cipal's ; money, and even where it has been invested,, he has taken from" the borrower an equitable mortgage, with an acceptance «s collateral - security, both oi which he has negotiated and levanted with the proceeds. He was last heard of at Sandridge, just prior to the sailing of the Norfolk, but whether he escaped in her or not, is uncertain at present. As may be imagined, this event. has created most painful excitement in Geelong, where he was generally looked upon with the greatest confidence and respect, being it is lamentable to say, conspicuous for his professions of piety ; the religious commuhity there having scarcely recovered from the disgrace of John Brebners' punishment for using fraudulent brands to his flour sacks, he being at the time a leading Deacon in a Baptist congregation there, by whom of course he was immediately dismissed, or rather expelled. It is 'but right to state that the gentlemen named, Messrs D. and S. were in no way cognizant of Mitchell's irregularities which exposed them to great inconvenience. — he not having paid any one, and verdicts against him-in^ihe small debts courts having |been obtained by scores. The Intercolonial RiSe Match between N. S. "Wales and Victoria, has resulted in --a victory for the former by '46 points. Mr Rayner of Sydney being the highest scorer at all ranges. Mr Cole of Victoria second, 194. Application was made in Courton ; Saturday by Mr O'Laghlan, the barrister, -to Judge Williams, to rescind the order of one month's imprisonment inflicted "- upon Thomas O'Connor, for contempt and vociferating in the witness box, as before mentioned, counsel offering to produce the captain of the vessel to prove that it was the man's ordinary mode of speaking, bnt his Honor was inexorable, saying " that it was seldom that judges took such a cour e, and should only oe resorted to, when intended to be enforced." The "roaring boy" therefore remains in durance, but his brother having duly received his promised whipping has been discharged. Having previously given his evidence on oath afc the police Office, his pretended ignorance of the nature of one in the Supreme Court, added to the fact that he had two convictions recorded against him for stealing and vagrancy ; this boy's demeanuour was evidently assumed for the purpose, and richly deserved what he-got, but a month's incarceration for mere impropriety of conduct is an unwarrantable stretch of authority. The forcible testimony to the mendacit}- of our Argtis, contained in your Leader of the 7th instant, has-eaused amusement here, and is fully endorsed by nine-tenths of the Colony, the faet is the paper "is not intended to tell truth, but to support the views -of certain parties, quite irrespective of the interests of the Colony at large. Having by the profuse expenditure of borrowed capital made itself the admitted commercial -necessity, and thereby commanding the advertising support of the business world, it cares for nothing else, and shifts 'its politics with every change of ministry, so far as its obedience to the banking and mercantile interests will permit — should these clash, the drag is put on at once, which will account for the inconsistencies frequently apparent in its articles in a few consecutive issues, when too liberal or Saturday Review tendencies require muzzling. Political influence it has none to boast of worth mentioning,and its vaunted position of leading journal is only a melancholy proof of the power of capital in enabling venality, and falsehood, to usurp the place of integrity and independence. A man named John Wilson was committed for trial by the Fitzroy Bench, for unnatural practices under the following extraordinary circumstances. The prisoner, "who was an expiree, had been in the habit of walking up and down Victoria Parade, Collingwood, disguised in female attire, having on at the time of his apprehension, no less than four crinolines, besides other woman's under clothing, over his own trousers, and dressed in bonnet, veil and ringlets, so as perfectly to disguise his sex, to which his voice, which is extremely feminine contributed. In this costume he was proved to have systematically induced lads of from fifteen to eighteen years of age, to accompany him to his house in George street, where abominations were practised which it is impossible to describe, unless by the aid of obscene machines of Parisian Orign. On searching his dwelling other articles of female attire, including a spoon bonnet were found, and some filthy photographs. For some time prior to detection, the wretch was supposed to be a regular nymph of the pave, and from his height and width in girth, was known in the locality as the *" Great Eastern." On leaving the court at the termination of the proceedings, the yells, and groans of the populace were frightful, but the vagabond treated them with the greatest coolness, bowing to and smiling on the crowd, and finally waiving his hat as he was driven to gaol. The greatest evil of this revolting case, is the injury done to the rising generation, all the details forming the discussions, of the youth of both sexes,— the firsthearing having been open to the public, although at the final one, the Court was very properly closed but the mischief was done. Mr Silas Harding recovered damages to the extent of £568 against Mr Hugh Glass, in the Balaarat Circuit Court on Friday, for letting scabby sheep runamong the plaintiff's flocks. Apopos of scab, the judges appointed to test the qualities of the various Specifics for the cure of this disease, having inspected the various flocks kept at the model farm, wliich had been diessed with four different kinds, viz., Haye's, Francis Macpherson's, Hood's and M'DougalFs, delivered their report hy which the superiority of the latter is clearly established, the success of the others being only partial. This invaluable boon to the sheep farmer is manufactured in England under Patent; Oppinheimer & Co, of this city being the Colonial agents for its sale. The Keans made their re-appearance last night at the Haymarket in " The Wife's Secret;" andthe weather being fora wonder fine, and his Excellency, Lady, and family patronising the performance, the house was well filled, and both the drama and acting were very successful, but in no way superior to what has been, and may be nightly witnessed at the Theatre Royal. Mr Kean's alleged hoarseness was stated to be mending, and that a continuance of fine weather would altogether remove it. The truth is huskiness has always been the drawback to Mr Kean's voice, while his pronunciation is materially impaired by thc loss of teetb, a defect alluded to in London Punch (an extract from which I enclose), whose columns are well known to be unpurchasable, and^hermetically sealed to all manner of puffs theatrical or otherwise. Yesterday's telegraph brings news of the finding at Dunolly by three puddlers, of a nugget weighing nearly thirty pounds gross, and twenty-five pounds net, which was purchased by the Bank of Australia for about Lll9O. This will of course furnish a theme to the journals for decrying other goldfields, but will not go far towards checking the exodus from these to your shores, which as soon as fine weather sets in permanently, will apparently commence in earnest, matters being very bad both here and in the country, retrenchment of handsand reduction of wages is the rule just now in all town establishments, and every thing is on. the most moderate scale, excepting always, females dress, the extravagance of which nothing less than a divine judgment will ever diminish.