VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 10, 30 November 1863, Page 2

VICTORIA.

(F*OM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) , Meibournk, 23rd Nov. 1863. ; The report that a reduction in the salaries of L Government officials, was contemplated by the; Ministry, is contradicted by a-rffchority, the reform ! intended toeing one in number, the late ministers having in order to provide for so many hungry dependents encumbered the different offices with Humbersof superfluous hands, whose services will be dispensed with ; wfeen -of -course tbe usual howl will be raised, of "injustice," "party spirit," &e.i &c., but whichjjWill -go for lil'.le in the face of such pressing necessity for retrenchment as exists in -our finances at present. Mr R. R. Havei-field an old member of the Colonial Press has been compelled to take refuge in the Insolvent Court, bra difficulties having arisen from the endeavor to establish a paper, tbe Courier of the Mines, at Sandhurst, some eight years since, the whole responsibilities having been thrown upon him by the insolvency of his co-part-ner in thatmndertaking. In consequence of fhe spread o? pleuropneumonia, Governme t is about to appoint, Inspectors of all -meat slaughtered for public use. In the meantime, one of the Melbourne butchers, Mr Petty, has secured the services ot the Jewish official, who is forbidden by the Hebrew Law to sanction "the 'killing of any animal having the slightest blemish; much less lungs full of purulent matter, which, nccoi<ding to Mr Manuel of the Corporation almftoiis is of daily occurrence. A precious couple, John F. Nrokes, and Isabella his wife, have been apprehended on the Coroner's Warrant nt Ballarat, for having in the months of July, August, and September last, starved and neglccted'their child 'Hubert Nukes. Bail was taken for their appear nee, and the case will come on for hearing before th.i 'local Bench'this day, the 23rd instant, when it is most likely, from the evidence at the inquest that these inhuman parents will be ' fully committed. An attack has been made by Mr Williams the large coach builder of Collins-street, who holds a heavy contract for (ho supply of lioilway enrringop, upon the " Eight H.iuv9' Labor System," which is regarded by the mechanics 'here as their palladium, he wishing to compel his men 'to work ton boors, which they refuse to do, and in consequence a large number of his eraploves in nil brunches have struck woik. .Several meetings have boon held, and a denudation of the Turn Outs -introduced by Messrs Kyte and Don, M.L.A.'s waited upon Mr Grant, the Commissioner of Railways, to state their case and to beg that Mr 'Wiliams should not, if he appl.cd for it, bo granted any extension of time for his contract, he having refused to employ extra bands to finish certain "breaks," although the job was piece work, thus showing that his object was solely to carry out his expressed intention " to break down the eight hour system." Mr Grant stated that government would not inconvenience itselt to assist the contractor, who, if he required time, niu«t pvc satisfactory reasons'for it, which would then bo considered, but that e<mld net interfere with liirn or his workmen. TVrsonally he - (Mr Grant'), had always been favorable to the; eight hour movement, in which he ws?.joined -by i b\ Mr Kyte, who renift ked that ' though "he had : formerly been opposed to it, be was now, as a larere employer of labor, a warm advocate for it. Mr Don stated that the working classes had more trouble with Mr Williams than any otherJcmployerin Victoria, and that be. (Mr Don), 'had on a former occasion obtainc d f oin Mr Francis, a full recognition of the moretne t with respect to Government works, and which had continued throughout his tenure of office. The deputation then withdrew. Tho general feeling-is that the men are perfectly right, they simply say, which tbey huve a perfect ri<fhf to do, " we tk> not want . tho pay offered for tho two extra hours— we j object to work long- hour*, and it there is more to \ be Done in a given time than we can perform,;' take on more men, whose wages -will bo covered by the extra pay offered." The Herald strongly advocates the cause of short hours, on the grounds of climacteric exhaustion, and, in fact, the system has been now so long acted upon, and found to work so well both for employer and laborer, = that it is worse than absurd tor this gentleman "government contractor," tbongh he be, to: attempt to subvert it. Asa tradesman, be misunderstands his position, and the affected luvttteur of his manner, has }on^ mwlc turn obnoxious to the working classes, who haVO a keen eye for wkst tbey call a " lJrummagera Swell." Possibly it is from having ?o long lived opposite the M lhourne Club, that he has become a n-flex of some of the ori.a ments of that delectable "fecus of foppery." The seventh annual general meeting of tbe Victorian Religions Tract Society took place at the ' Mechanics' Ii sli'ute on the 16'th — Judge P.-hlman in the chair. Very Utile interest seemed to be p-scited, not mors than fifty persons being present. The report, however, was eneourngiii<r. and showed < a balance on the right side of over £70. while the stock in band was valued at £2 00. P.iring tlie v past year upwards of thirty thousand tracts had been distributed amongst the various institutions, ; gaols, barvacks, and snips, and the sale of th> ir various publications had steadily increased. Considering the objects of this Society, the paucity of ( attendance docs not say much for either the fervid zeal or unsectarian feeling of tbe religious world . of the City. A general meeting of the You-ig M.-n's fs 'defies of Melbourne and tho suburbs was held at St. George'? Hall, on Monday, under the presidency of the Speaker of the Legislative Council, Sir Francis Murphy, to petition against the proposed resumption of transportation to Western Australia. There was nothing noteworthy in the speeches delivered, the old ground being merely gone over, when a form of address to Her Majesty was agreed ._ to, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, and one to Mr Kyte for the use of the hall, the meeting, which was tolerably attended, dissolved. After the snubbing the petitions already sent heme have evoked from the London press, as appears by the Times, Saturday Review, Jiisptttcli, and other influential London papers received hy last mail, it i? not likely that this demonstration will bsvc much weight, despite tbe -chairman's official position. It seems, too, tlwt Mr Udward Wilson has made himself rather too conspicuous in London, and comes in for a share of the Metropolitan lash, which is, of course, "nuts" to the opposition journals here, who jumped at the opportunity For a Sneer. However, ho is on his way out by the "Great Britain, and will he. able, no doubt, to explain how far he pre-umed to assume the position of our representative in the paper war which ensued. Our right to object to Western Australia receiving convict*, is complacently ignored at home, and we are laughed at for hyper-delicacy, because of the antecedents of " Sydney and Tasmania ; nor is this surprising when the stupendous ignorance of all classes in England, from the Colonial Minister downwards, is considered. Not having yet mastered our relative Geographical ' positions, it is idle to expect them to rialise our several social ones, or to understand that it is precisely because we never were a convict colony, that we object being made one second hand. To talk of separation, still less of repudiation, is to provoke ridicule; and if the sister colony persists in her degraded wish for prisoner benefits, our only remedy is in stringent legislation, so as to make Victoria too hot for persons of that stamp, come from where tbey may. The trial of Hancock and Sawell, the remaining two of the Provident Institute Directors, is defirnitely fixed for the 10th December. There is little chance of a conviction,, though if tbey get their deserts, "hominy " will be a leading dish at their Christmas dinner, particularly the former, who, , next to Porter, was the mouton noiret'the list. I That law as well as life is a lottf fy was exemplij ficd at the Criminal Sessions this week, when I Robert Wilson Turnbull, the clerk to W. Degraves | and Co, who was twice tried and acquited at fast ' month's Session, was arraigned en n third charge ! of embezzlement, and again liberated by tho verdict of the jury, whose " not guilty " was based upon tbe quibble that, though he took, and did not account for the money, be had no felonious intention. The Crown Prosecutor'^ {Mr Adarason) face, upon hearing the decision, was, as the Yankees say. a caution. The first "ordinary meeting of the City Council, under tbe new Act, took place on Monday, when the Mayor's salary was fixed at £100. and, wonderful to relate, passed unanimously ; but upon the,, proposition for the Town Clerk's, a furious debate arose, ineffectual at' erupts being "made by the reform and retrenchment party to cut it down, but their efforts were fruitless, and after an enormous amount of abusive clamour, it was settled at tho original amount of £5" 50. There was once, so we are told, " silence in Heaven for half an hour ;" a similar interregnum never occurred in that choicest of bear gardens, the Melbourne Council Chamber, which is the very acme of Babeidom, resembling the ol<J Scotchman's definition of metaphysics,*' they that's litf^nin dinna ken what the thiol that^s speakin," means, an he ghat's speakea disna ken uiusel,"

The other business transacted was merely of a local nature, ot no interesfroteewhere. * A young girl named Ellen Gouroy. servant to 1 Mr Koss, Town Surveyor of Portland, haj^been j arrested for coiif e'aling the birth of her illigitiraate j 'child, the body of which was found in a, box under 1 her bed, and is supposed to' have been born alive, '' and strangled by its wretched mother, who was j too ill'to -undergo examination up to last date. AH attempts 4>i recover tbe body of Mr John ' Warner, who was drowned in Corio Bay (OeelongJ, on the 9th instant, having "proved unavailing, his uncle Mr George Warner, has published an advertisement thanking the numerour friends of himself and the decease', for their strenuous exertions in the melancholy but unsuccessful quest*. A. brigade order has been issued fey Colonel Atadereon for a. genera? review -of ttre whole Volunteer Force on New "Y ear's Day, at the Melbourne Rice Course. This arbitrary disposal of a holiday so universally kept has excit'd great and just indignation in tho force ; truly it is as if the , military authorities wished to dwgust the members . of it. Should the order be peristed in, the thin ness df 'the muster will probably astonish the martinets, who mistake annoyance for discipline, ■ Mr Thomas Chirnside, of the Werribee ; Plains, has become a large purchaser of blood j stock in England, at the sale of the late Sir Tatton Sykeß' celebrated stud, over fifty-five of the finest brood mares, in foal, colts, fillies, &C, being in course of shipm ntto the Colony, selected from the above and from other celebrated breeders— being picked from the - choicest blood in England. The prices were proportionally heavy, the total investment ) amounting to over .£6083. The average price was £111 ; tlie highest sum given, £588; the lowest, £23. The safe arrival of so many valuable additions to our horse, stock is a matter of great anxiety and anticipation ' amongst both, breeders and dealers, and leaving racing out of the question, looking at the importance of our expoi t to the Indian market, it is no small advantage for the Colony to possess men like the above gentlemen, who possess capital and spirit fer so 'costly a speculation. ! The Martin's River Association had another meeting on the 17th, at &ie Exchange Hotel, Wifiianvstreet, but nothing material was done, and it was adjourned until the following Monday. According to 4he prospec -us, the 'preliminary capital is to consist of iwi thousand paunfis, in shares of fifty shillings osch, James Barrett, the murderer off Mrs Beckinsale, the farmers wife at Woodstack was tried at the Sessions on Tuesday last, and the chain of evidence adduced being most conclusive, supported by many additional witnessos besides those at the inquest, the jury unhesitatingly pronounced him guilty, and the-Judge (Sir 11. Barry), sentenced him to death, without hope of mercy. The prisoner was defended by Dr. Sewell, who while admitting the robbery, urged that he might not hiiwe committed the murder. Barrett when asked by the Judge, prior to sentence if *he had anything to allege in m'rtigation. merely asserted his entire innocence, and heaiu Vis doom with the utmost unconcern. He is evidently a callous villain, the wliole circumstances showing it, as it was proved upon the trial that when he went to the farm, pleading hunger and thirst, his poor victim good-naturedly told him to sit down and rest himself-; ""that dinner would be ready shortly, and he should have ronse." When the husband came in he unfortunately hired "him, giving him clothing to wear ; and even when he was 'found unfit for his work, they permitted him to remain until he -could find employment, the requital being the foul and barbarous tfiumc <for which his life is forfeited. Th • sole motive was the paltry sum ef £15, whiehhe expended a few hours after the bloody -deed in tlie coarsest debauchery, when his Career was happily arrested ere the -gore was hardly dry upon his hands. Tasmania vomited this moßster forth upon our shores, an'fl stoned as her annals ar-e, a greater and Wore c^ld-blooded villain never disgraced them. Such is the horror excited hy this tragedy, lihat •even our humanity-mongers are silenced, and no voice is interposed between him and the gibbet. Dr Owens, tlie late member for Mandurang, was entertained at Sandhurst en Wednesday, &a a mark of respect on reeigmeg -his seat, when an address laudatorjr.pf Ina jseal, talent, and consistency during/Ms ParliameßtaTy "career was presented. The chair was occupied by J. M'lntyre, Esq.,, Mayor of Sandhurst, supported by Messrs Casey, Strickland, and Weekes, M.L. A.'s, and all the notabilities of that neighborhood. An attempt had been made prevfctisly to give this meeting a political coloring, hut it was in truth ■nothing more than a thoroughly social one, intended as a recognition of services rendered; and although many may differ from the doctor's views, his independence and integrity are beyond question, while his speech in acknow-h-dgment of the honor done was a modest but manly expression of gratified feeling at the unsought suffrages of friends, whose sense of his deserts had survived the severance of their political connection. From all accounts it seems to have been a pleasant reunion, no apple of discord, in the shape of political allusions, being introduced, nor ia it without importance, as showing to public men that steady persistence in an honorable and straightforward course, will ultimately challenge the approbation of all parties, however on some matters they may agree to differ. Shortly after the recent execution of Mrs Scott and her accomplices, a report was "maliciously c r^ulated in Collingwood that it was the wife of Mr Robert Scott, who formerly kept a bnker's shop in Gertrude- street, Fitzroy. Tl is is contradicted by the father of the latter, Mr Alexander Body, of Johnstone Street, who states, in a letter published in the Melbourne Herald of the 19th, that his daughter and her husband are now residing -at Dunedin. The author of this unfounded attack upon a respectable family is pretty well known, but is in that position known as " not worth powder and -shot," so that it h$ but an act of common justice to ■circulate the contradiction as widely as possible* By the Great Britain, which was to leave Liverpool on the loth of last month, a number of old colonists are returning to Victoria, amongst the more prominent of whom are Mr C. E." Bright, Mr and Mrs Knight, Mr and Mrs Daniel Stolhart Campbell, Messrs Wilson and Mackinnon (proprietors of the Argns) Mr and Mrs F. B. Franklyn (of the Rerald), and Mr John G'Shanassy, son of the late Premier. The English Eleven are also on board, consisting of the following picked men: E. M. Grace, Esq. (a new player oftremindous prowess), Geo. Parr {I'Etoile dv Nord), Geo. Anderson, Julius Csesar, W. Caffyn, W. Mortlock, 11. H. Stephenson, Thomas Lofikyer, John Jackson, Robert Fittley, Thos. Hayward, and Robert Carpenter" — a team that will make the colonial twenty-twos wink again. Immediately on their arrival, the Cricket Carnival will commence, and " bats, balls, and stumps " will be the staple of our citizensHhoughtsby&ay, and dreams by night. Never did any pursuit take so thorough a hold-, upon a community as cricket has upon this, all ranks and ages being smitten with the like frenzy "ifciring the season $ as for t\e rising generation, not a small unfrequented street in the suburbs, but you will find a group of urchins from three years up to six, with an impromptu wicket consisting generally of an old tm canister, batting, bowling, and roadiug (for we cannot call it fielding), with all the earnestness of the most mature and scientific wielders of the willow, and who needs complain, for after all, no " game so thoroughly develops the physical qualities of man, or is so susceptible of almost unapproachable excellence, in a particular point; wicket keeping, for instance, in which Wenman of Kent, and Box of Sussex, were for a long series of years without a rival ; in addition, too, it is devoid of that taint of tlie race-course gambling, its intrinsic interest being such as to render i adventitious excitement unnecessary, while it will tend to brace up and increase the muscular system of our native youth; who have too great a tendency to grow up a lathy, i

i tobacco- chewing-spltting. Yankeefied generation. Qh,;lthat|tKe;''M4pxi6'tiis;.#eed'l''4rer9' live guineas a %, it is enough to make J>ime» 'the First rise frbiri his grave; to see boys Jof scarcely ten years of age^ puU;but t 6f their pockets, notia.peg-top or handful of marbles, but a beastly begrimed pipe, and begin to cut up " nigger-head " or " Cavendish," -with feverish: haste, us if smoking were the sole end and aim of colonial existence, - "th^ offence is rank." This by way of digression^ and now to return to the ''manly and noble game,'.', as it j«stly and affectionately termed. -It is gratifying to its patrons here, to witness the spirited way in which the Dunedin folks have made arrangements to participate in the pleasure derivable from the visit of those athletic " Illustrissimi," especially as tbe New South Welshmen, by their misconduct, , and unfair dealing with our people upon the : last occasion, have put a stopper upon any idea of a visit to them. Marshall, to whom 1 the Englishmen are under engagement, hav- \ ing little inclination to subject eitheir theni '. or himself to the tender mercies of the *• Cabbage- tTee Mob," of whose ideas of fair play he had forcible proof. Pluck deserves rewarding, and I sincerely trust that when they do meet, the Otagoniana may be able to a make decent stand against the British Champions. Wednesday was the day appointed for the eletjtson of Mayors in the several municipalities, which passed off quietly and without requiting particular 'comment, save that as usual that eccentric locality, East Collingwood, distinguished itself, the late Chairman, Councillor Greenwood being proposed, and there were three votes for and three, votes against him ; when, as there was ho other candidate, he voted for and therefcy appointed himself, after which the three dissentients quitted the Chamber; and ?o complete the farce the other triunvvrrate "voted " thanks to the retiring Mayor," which was of course carried unanimously. Thus it is that corporate dignities are -conferred in what Mr C. J. Don calls, or is said to have called (no matter which,}, the V pur- ; loins'" of Collingwoocu In case any of your readers may feel interested in tlie matter, I will "briefly state the result of the other •eler> tions: — Fitzroy— Councillor Falconer, new; St Kilda — F. Runny, re-elected ; Prahran— J. B. Crews, re-elected ; Brighton Councillor Younghusband, new ; WhTiamstown— Councillor Jnglis, re-elected ; Sandiidge- — Dr Plummer, re-elected ; Richmond — Philip Johnson, re-elected -, Kew — Councillor Carson, new ; those marked as re-elected merely changing their former title of Chairman to that more imposing one of Mayor, the perpetual recurrence of which in these limited areas inevitably oalls up the remembrance of Foote's celebrated farce, " The Mayor of Garrett." In consequence of the charming obscurity of the Act, great doubt existed as to whether any election of Mayor was necessary under it for twelve months to come, the learned gentlemen consulted, including Mr Fellows and the Attorney-Gene* ral, giving diametrically opposite opinions; and in some municipalities, such as Hotham, Brunswick, and others, they have declined to hold any meeting for the purpose, and will remain for another year denuded of the interesting privilege of holding their "Gothamic" gatherings under the auspices of "his Worship the Mayor," the sound whereof mightily tickles the ears of our civic Solomons. Truly, *' men are but 'children of a larger growth." To-day will witness the fitter extinction of the once-admired Cremorne 'Gardens, the W'hcjle of the property, including the menagerie, garden, -statuary, the several hotel fittings, furniture, and goods — in fact, every thing on the premises except the buildings being for sale by public auction, Mr Coppin's embarrassments rendering him unable to carry it on. In a moral point of view thisis^ scarcely to be regretted, as latterly it hadj degenerated into a hotbed of low debauchery, and was very little hetter than a huge eft fresco brothel, and was a fruitful nursery for recruiting the numbers on the already t^o crowded pave. Could the numerous ca«es of seduction i« the one sex, and dishonesty <4n the other, which have* originated in the numerous allurements to vice with which this place abounded, be recorded, their number would astonish those who, i« times past, winked at the excesses practised in this Victorian CythereS. Demands Upon the pockets and sympathies of our religious world seem to multiply. Tlie Rev. Mr. Jenkins, of Madras, being now ia Melbourne, giving lectures upon India, to raise a sUm of £600 for the Wesleyan Mission, to erect a College and found Scholarships •; rather an inadequate sum for the purpose, but no doubt the Rev. gentleman will take as much more if he can get it. His lecture, at the Wesleyan Church, Lonsdale-street, on Thursday evening last, was honored by the attendance of His Excellency, who occupied the chair, and introduced the lecturer to his audience. While on this subject, it is right to state that the Rev. Mr. Taylor, of California, the Revivalist preacher, touching the genuineness of whose mission J, in common with many others, 'entertain grave doubts, is duly accredited to, and has been recognised by the Wesleyan body here. His ministrations may be efficacious, as they are doubtless aincere, but it is an unwholesome sign when •newspapers teem with paragraphs about striking conversions, res itution by repentant thieves, &o, and throws an air of suspicion over the reality, or, at any rate the permanency, of contrition, evoked by high- ! pressure orations, in which, to the soberminded and unobtrusive believer, Christian simplicity is ' sacrificed to semi-theatrical ■effect. . A keen contest took place -on Thursday for the representation of Gipps Ward in the Town Council, vacant by the promotion of Councillor Hill to an Alderman's gown. Tlie candidates were Mr G. Hughes the former member, who was unseated at the last election by Mr Cowett, (and by a strange fatality, broke his leg and tost his seat on the same day) and Mr Edward Cope. The exertions made by the friends of the several candidates were unprecedented, the large number polled (V 332) evincing the interest taken, but which you will understand, when I say that the former was the Irish Roman Catholic choices Mr H. gained his paint this time ; the numbers at the close of the poll being — Hughes, 696 $ Cope, 225; Majority, 70. Under the old system of open voting there would have been fights without number, but thanks to the baltot, all went off quietly, even "the Returning Officer, Alderman Keeley, behaving himself decently — a pleasing novelty, attributable, however, to the fact that his man got in. This day week a fatal accident occurred at Echuca, arising .from the crossing of a mob of fat sheep belonging to a Mr Fraser, who, with Davis, the puntman, and Thomas Eramerson, alias Campaspe Tom, were precipitated into the river, in consequence of the animals becoming frightened at the working of the winch, and crushing aft, forced the men against the guardchain, which broke with the pressure, all three ialling into the stream in the midst of two or three hundred pheep. Davis was promptly rescued, but the others, being among the sheep, could not be reached ; Mr Fraser, however, managed to clear, and by the aid of the punt aope, scrambled to land, but Enamerson, who was an excellent swimmer, having extricated himself, made for the shore, at a very short distance from which he was heard to exclaim, " I'm done," and sunk like a stone, never rising again. The poor man's body has not yet been found ; how/ the flock fared is not stated. George Timothy Thompson, the absconder from Adelaide, has been apprehended here, and forwarded to that place by tW Cijty oft Melbourne steamer, which left yesterday. By the last mail, Angua McMillan, Esq.* President of the Caledonian .Society, received the acknowledgment by the Prince of Wales* of the (Jaelicautf English addresses, printed;

it body on the occasion of his marriage. r j„g the last few days we have been] j with heavy gales of Wind, which lo have extended throughout the Colony, great damage particularly to the fruit • Vhieh are destroyed in all directions^ rye edifices escaped, as' during one squall on Tuesday a new Wesleyan j, erecting at Emerald Hill, which was roofecj. % was levelled to the ground, portion of the outer walls being left jog, and they will have to be taken Providentally the workmen had just ; go to their dinners, or considerable loss , might have ensued. On the same day me, part of the United Presbyterian h in Ryrie street, Geelong, was blown and 'damage to the amount of 1.500 jed. Fences and outbuildings have uared in numbers, but at present no jg^sa«terß are reported; the weather gntirraes very boisterous, and dust is in cendant. ; r a tedious trial df three days durajoddard and Braudli, the men charged rape and burglary in tlie house of Mr jd, of lonsdale-stoeet, ithe night i lata Mayor's ball, were found on Friday last, of attempting to ; a rape, but some law poiqts were reirbich are to be argued before tbe 'full n ßanco, prior to passing sentence, and; Ifiing- to the Judges ruling the evidence j [bear out the finding, it is more than | le that the rascals may escape af te r all, j jmc legal technicality The girl Mary \ continues in the same distrai ted sUte ! . r real or assumed, fainting repeatedly the trial, and shrieking with delirium, s attended in Court by Dr McCarthy and female friends, and the Judge wli<>n it; jstioned by the prisoners' Council tip. ' io think her illness real. The evidence> >t, disclosed a great deal calculated to both her prudence and veracity. jer Saturnalia of the Racing Wor.d com- ■ jon Friday, being the 'first day of the ;ub Spring Meeting when everything f with, the greatest eclat, the weather be- j jtiful, tho Course in splendid condition, j !l attended, <Hie IBscellency, iLady, and 3 ir, occupying seats on the Grand Stand. r i earing to take a lively interest in the toceedings. The running was first rate, ] h tbe results were ratherinTavor of "the i The first race, — Tbe Maiden Plate, was , Mr Hurtle Fisher's Nathalie, beating i irough, and Sir Patrick.; Liberty, Edithtree, and ' Hit or Miss not planed. The.] Tale Stakes were taken by Mr M'Hafiie's'oe. H Fisher's Lantern, and G. Watson's ; r being secondand third; Roebuck, Ad- :, Maria, and Seringapatam, nowhere. Inc; this came The Melbourne Cup, the; feature of tho day which ended us Harper's b c Banker .<.. .*«. 1 :j James Wilson* bm Musidora 2 J Bof Denmark was the -favorite for this "j Si for -a time loike'd like ' a winner, ' but ; Bmately passed by the above two and came Hmgths behind Musidora, but owing to S»y, Tothill, notcoming to scale, Barwon '•' Bfd third,— Aruma, Shillelagh, and Fal- : Hl.iiving in the order -named. Theday's, Hncluued with the Maiden "Steeplechase, '■- H-h only two competitors -appeared — H Ill's gr g Hurricane, and "H Stephens' Belles. After agallant-and most- exciting »,the former came in a winner'by four Shaving the foot of the Grecian Artist.' Bfun of the Road " is now a thing of the glbo Railway-runs up : totfce"very entrance Brand Stand, but it ispleassTtt'to be able Hi tliat no accidents occurred and that, I ian all, the police van left without ai I it, — a proof that our sporthvg friends canf rand "-wise when they like. Saturday. ||>eular Australian blazer, but notwithi: the beat a greater number of persons m sent than on the.preceeding-dtrjvthough ■cessions, the absence of the fair sex was Sous, indeed for the last two or threei :e sa^ie remark has been applicable., Its Darling again visited the course, buti :panied by any 'female branches of the llfamilv » on the list was the All its, whk 3> Uowline's Falcon — Lang's I , second, Bevati's Triumph, third ; 'the S rites Rose of Denmark and Lantern not ■ed, the first being amiss and the latter 8""l the commencement. The race for the itan Handicap lay between two -of the if the .previous day — Harper's Banker, I isher's Nathalie — won by the former by t;ths, Impudence third ; Falcon, Buztcatch.T, and Hit or Miss, nowhere. |ntly revised Qneen's Plate, the vote "jihad been refused by Parliament for irs'paSt, nowcameon the tapis, and -was 5$ with ease by Musidora, beating p almost in a canter by three lengths; I Glenyuille, Sir Patrick, Rambler, §f, and 'Liberty — not placed. This-was the most scientific as it was the most race of the day, but in justice to the ■champion it must be said he was sufIm inflammation in his feet, and had not dock on his back, he having been h urt from Barwon'the day'before. Simpson did his best, "and the jockeyship of who rode the winner was the theme ill admiration. A large field started landicap Steeplechase, comprising — jsskmovnn Brown, James' Longbow, 1 ice , Harper's Monk, Albbrtt's Countess, I lay Fawke's, Stephen's Friar Tuck, I St Ulair, and Mount's Hurricane. The I unt of baulks end spills took place, 1 sasure of th ■ race was completely up- £ iccident to Mr Stephana -barse, who i i leap impaled hia )eg On the 'post of I breaking the bone so badly that the Blung by tbe tendons; tbe 'poor beast Ijliately put out of misery by shooting. fir lay between the two first named Bo took the last leap together neck and -A just "before cont'ing'to "the Judge's Siy let'his nag out and landed Donovan wner by a neck— the run in being most w. St Clair came in third, the others jitould and .not worth recording. As ■Consolation Selling Stakes wound up jta, when Mr Bevan's Triumph "beat gizzard easily; Maryborough, Edith ft, »nd Rambler also ran, but were not 1 ; first two bolting offtowards the river lit end Hosing all chance. This conI began 'to'make 'for home, nnd in a 1 time after the whistle of departing I ceased the Course was cleared of both I i and equine species and left in undisI mquiility until the threatened martial | in New Year's Day. I asurer having in accordance with the |at made refused -to pay the pensions I Ireland and Duffy, the question of | ity will'be brought before the Supreme 8 Trow, for their Honors the Judges to' I 'Ac this vexed questiod I J. "Robert Thompson MLC'Of Clyde--1 is Land is deceased, 'from eTysipelas S 'upon injuries received on the Mel--lid Suburban Railway -some time •or which he received 'corcpensation. > the 15th instant much regretted by and relatives. '« Summerhayes, who "so promptly ed Barrett, the Woodstock Tawrderer, omoted to a seigeantcy 'for that and ! activity as a member df 'the police