VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 35, 27 January 1864, Page 2

VICTORIA.

(FROM OIsB OWH COHRESrO'DENT.) : Melbourne, 18th Jan. Lalct anguis in Serba, gays the^atin pro? „' verb, wliich the inhabitants of your locality will fully realize, when they road the letter in last Friday's Argus, heacled " Southland and Invcrcargill," in which, the latter is stigmatized as the "newest, muddiest and dreariest of all towns," and everything pertaining to. tho Province in genoral described in tho same liberal and truthful style. If the veracious scribe who penned tins is really a resident among you, what a pity it is that so brilliant a genius should bo compelled by adverse destiny to waste liis sweetness on the desert air in Southland. Ovid banished from Kome to; the inhospitable shores of the Euxine Sea, is but a feeble type of this talented and illus- ; triotis exile, who devotes a column and a quarter to abuse of tho community, in which, no doubt, he considered himself metaphorically bin-Led. Possibly, however, as the article is marked as not from " Our Own " Correspondent, tho writer is only a bird of passage, some perfidious Otagonian with a mission io write dowu your Province, through tho Argus, for specialconsiderations ; in either case'doubtless yon are able to reply to his splenetic epistle, and to the tender mercies of yourself and contemporary I shall now commit him. The Jicv. Dr. Cairns, who, from the pro" niinent part which he takes in matters here, is sometimes rather irreverently termed the " Protestant Pope," -has given great offence to some of his congregation by recommending the 'IVecfcfjf Reoioiv, from his pulpit in Chalmers Church,- as deserving the support of the denomination. The objection is that although the late Messenger .wad nominally merged in it, that it is by no means , an exclusively Presbyterian organ, and is, moreover, edited by Mr. David Blah 1 , a gentleman, of vory doubtful repute, whoso clerical character is r;ith;vr intermittent, although just at present he adopts the prefix of " Key." and preaches at the Gaelic Church, in C;irlton, in addition to which tho parties benclicially interested belong to another sect. There is great reason in this, but it is not creditable to the body in Melbourne that tho Messenger should have boon permitted to die out, as Mr. BalLantyne's name was suifU'.ient warranty for the soundness of its views,- — a guarantee not offered under klie present management of the Jtsuleiv — \vhioh itself is only a resuscitation of tlio Christian Times, uudor a new aud less appropriate title— as a professedly religious paper; and is, in fact, a mere speculation on the part of. tho printers, who are also the' proprietors, and who certainly had no claim to such a piece of gratuitous ad vertuiing on the Doctor's part. The fir^t instalment of the blood stock purchased in England by Mr. Chirnside, of the ' "Werriboc, afc tlio stud sale of the lato Sir Tatton Sykes, -reached Ilobson's Bay, by the Kosciusko, on the 17th. This valuable addition to our horse stock consists of nine splendid brood marcs, all of which have arrived in firstrate condition, the voyage having been unusually favorable. Mr. Heales, Commissioner of Land and Works, has granted a piece of land at Hawthorn to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, for tho erection of an Almshouse and General Asylum for indigent — or as the English phrnso is, decayed— members of Hie trade. As the recognised* head of .the Teetotallers, the lion, member probably thinks that the spread "of hi.s principles will render such a lvTugc necessary before long, hence his liberality to a body so obnoxious to his followers as the publicans of the colony. A baker in Carlton, named fckockdale, was fined 40s and £1 3s Gd costs, for selling bread under weight, the Magistrate remarking that umlor the Act 17th Viet., Ifo. 10, it was compulsory to sell by weight, and not by (;lie loaf. This will put a salutary check upon this class of tradesmen, who defraud the poor in the most shameless way.- In this instance the two loaves' purchased proved to be deficient more than six ounces — a serious matter where there i« a finally, of small children, with large appetites. Gcclong lias recently been the scone of a long controversy, in which the Press, tho Law, and the Gospel, or rather their representatives, have been involved, which has terminated in a triumph of truth over malice and legal cunning. As the party principally interested is avcll known to many in. your district, I shall briefly recapitulate the facts, which are as follow :— Some time since, the Rev. A. J. Campbell, Presbyterian minister in Geelong, gave a lecture upon the " Management of Hospitals," in the course of wliich he made some remarks tipon the local institution, which were unpalatable to the Committee, and gave rise to a very acrimonious correspondence on the part of one of the members, Mr Joseph Martyr, a solicitor and {laming high churclunan, who looks upon any other than Episcopal ordination as a mere farce, and whose knowledge upon such subjects is quite equal to his piety, which, like most lawyers, is exhibited in true homeopafchical style — infinitesimal doses. In tho course of the affair, one M'Keegan, a disreputable and dismissed ! Roman Catholic schoolmaster, wrote a letter to Mr. Martyn, attacking the character of Mr. Campbell, with reference to a former servant girl of his, who had given birth to a child very • .shortly after her marriage to a man then in Mr. Campbell's service, and insinuating that the rev. gentleman was the father of it. This letter Mr. Martyr enclosed to Mr Campbell, at the same time expressing his total disbelief of it, to which the latter replied, begging him not to trouble himself further; the man. and the matter being unworthy of notice. When, two days later, after a violent note to Mr' Campbell, "commencing with "Sir,, either you, myself, or my clerk is a liar," and continued in the same elegant style, Mr Martyr actually "publishes the private correspondence between them," together ■"with, the icTerttical " slanderous epistle of Mr Keegan," of winch he only just before avowed Ins disbelief. This, of course, brought matters to a crisis, and the result of enquiry has been, that Mr Martyr and tlic Advertiser have been only too glad to escape, by apologizing, the legal consequences of publishing so groundless and infamous an aspersion of the character of a minister of the G-ospel ; and fortunate were they in having so placable a person to deal with, as, under the circumstances, heavy damages would surely have been awarded. The Rev. gentleman 1 brought the matter personally before the Presbytery, of which he is the Moderator, stating that although he was ' advised that • he had undoubted grounds of action, and had received numerous offers of pecuniary aid, both in and out of his congregation, to enable him to proceed, yet he was. unwilling to do so, unless the Presbytery, to -whose judgment he submitted the matter, deemed it necessary for the vindication of his • reputation. A minute was unanimously agreed to, expressive of sympathy with Mr Campbell, and that while the agcnCs of the calumny were deserving of punishment, it was unnecessary for him to seek redress by, a civil action, his* character being .sufficiently protected by the Courts of the Church. His conduct in this painful matter has been eminently that of a Christian Minister, and to show his forbearance, he ( did 'not cvon 'publish the apologies he received, ..a

brilliant contrast io to the^ vindictive spite and cowardice of liis detractors. „ "A fatal 'accident from fluid took place at the 1 Old lieef, Ipglewood, a few days since, during a tremendous storm which visited that locality. ; A: respectable woman named Mary Eraser, wlwiiad been resident there for tlio last- three years, was fount! dead in her tent, immediately in front of th« fire-place, down the chimney of which th c ■ lightning had evidently come, .attracted probably by a butcher's steel 'Which' "was hanging bdsido it. A dog which was chained at the door had evidently been killed by the same stroke, the hair being burnt off where thy chain touched the body. That celebrated son of Esculapius, Dr. Alexander Hunter, although in.Duncdin, continues to occupy public attention her©, his wife having made an application to the police magistrates last 1 week jo attach some furniture- and a carriage purchased Jicre, and. about to" be shipped by his agent, fof^nonpayment of arrears of alimony at £S per month, ordered by the Supreme Court ; a wan-ant to seize, .the- furniture was accordingly, issuod. On .Christmas day three brothers.- named Keilor, left Grra^smerc, near Portland, to visit their parents at a station some distance, when the horse of one of them swerved oil" the road towards a public house where he had been accustomed to cal l but to which; the party were not going, and the rider, Jblui Iveilor, who was an indifferent equestrian, was "thrown and killed on the spot, only. living a few minutes, leaving a widow arid' two children to [bewail their loss. All parties wore perfectly sober at thy time. . ..,, Notwithstanding ' their 'failure at home, it seems ' that .an attempt is to bo made to establish the nuisance., of stroct tramways, Mr Loader being about to apply to Parliament, in the coming session, for the requisite authority, the first lirie contemplated being from the Post Office to: Collmgwood. A more uimecessai-y and pernicious step could not be taken than the introduction of this mode of traffic, which would destroy the appearance of the streets and throw, hundreds out of employ ; nowhere is it wanted less than in Melbourne, wher« you can ride from the heart of the city to tlio extremity of Collingwood for threc-pmice. Edward T. Kinnard, a prisoner in Collingwood Stockade, on charge of vagrancy, committed suicide last week, by thro wing. himself into a waterhole, when released from labor, at the dinner hour. .No reason was assigned, though he had been heard to say that on by liberation at the end of his six months, ho would throw himself off Nwdridge Pier. Mi*. G-. D. Lang, of Hiverinc notoriety, has just sailed for Sydney, with plans and specifications for a bridge over the Murray, at Echuca, the expense of which is fixed at £20,000, to be defrayed in equal portions by the jS t ew South Wales and Victorian Governments. Prior to his departure, tho .documents Avcre submitted to the Minister' of Lauds and Survey, Mr G-rant, who stated that if the bridge were placed convenient to the intended Railway Terminus, no objection would be raised, and the required sum put on tlio forthcoming Estimates. The -Koads Department have -undergone a sweeping reduction, - the only parties retained being . Mi* Stcavcnsou, the ; Secretary Mr Larrelt, the Engineer, three Clerks, and four subordinate Engineers, -all the other employes are dismissed; in .fact, the total suppression of the Board. was at first contemplated. * "..''.■''■ | Another addition to the steam fleet of tlio colony was made on Sunday, by the arrival under canvass from Gfeenoek of the ste.ainor Peuola, 500 tons, intended for the ti-.ule between Melbourne, Adelaide, and Guiehen j Bay, for which she is well suited, hur passenger I accommodation being of a first class descvi^ijh, I both saloon, fore cabin and steerage. N^A} Alter being bandied about, the unfortij^Ff Burke •and Wills' monument, is at last settled as to site, the «ity council having, after a long debate, consented to its; erection on the hill at the intersection of Great Collins and Russellstreets, the objections raised by Doctor Mothcrwcll and other residents being overruled. As a work of Art it is a failure, JR» j likeness to tho Explorers being visible in the figures as modelled, but this may perhaps be remedied previous to casting. A Bill will be brought in next Session of Parliament bj* Captain M'Mahou, to enable the Government to lease the Kail way lines for any term not exceeding ssveu years, the terms to 'be submitted to the House of Assembly at least fourteen clays before calling for tenders. At East Charlton, on the Lower Avoca, a woman, named Jane Murphy, committed suicide, under the influence of drink, on Sunday last. Her son, a boy of twelve years of age, deposed that Ms mother had told liim tho j devil -had- turned her out of the dray i)i which they wore sleeping, and otherwise talked foolishly ; that, seeing her go towards the river, he brought her back ; but, falling asleep, found on waking that- she had disappeared, when a little dog, belonging to deceased, came barliing and whining, and then ran towards tlw water, where the unfortunate women's body was lying in a pool about five feet deep. This victim to the bottle was only thirty years of age, and, besides the boy, leaves an infant, only six months of age. A meeting of mechanics and others interested in the Eight Hours' -question, was held in tho trades' Hall, on Monday, the 11th, to hear the report of the Committee of -Coachbuilders late in tho employ of Mr. Williams— who still preserves in his hostility, and to take measures to support the strike. The Chairman, A. Kyte, Esq., M.L.A.; expressed his regret that Mr. Williams—" who was in his sliirt-sleeves a few years ago— should hare forgotten the position he then occupied, and kicked away the ladder by which ho hail mounted to his present place," and repeated his adherence to the short hours of labpr,.as being in his (Mr. X.'s) opinion equally advantageous to master and man. From the report it appeared that subscriptions were daily coming in, the operatives of all classes being determined to support their brethren in the struggle, and the amounts received being folly adequate to the demand, only five remaining on the Strike List at that date, so that there is every probability that this would-be autocrat of the workshop will have to knock vinder, or once more "roll up his calico," and go to work himself. . By the Leonidas, wliich arrived at Sydney, from Mauritius, on the 12th, we learn that our late Governor, Sir Henry, Barkly, had arrived there on the 26th* November, and was "but coldly i-eceived, tlio Acting- G-overnor, General Johnstone, not being present, and n« preparations having been made at Government House. His Excellency AVas sworn j" the following day, and immediately issued tl" usual proclamation. If will not be long before he finds means to give these cantankerow Creoles a .lesson in politeness, and teach then the respect due to the Queen's Eepreseutative, or lie is much altered. - The colonial "Moloch," drink, received another sacrifice on Tuesday, in the person oj 1 Frederick York-Busteed, formerly a sergeaw in the 2nd Fusilcers, who drowned himself i" a pool of. water only eighteen inches deep <* ■ the Footscray road, while suffering frf* delirium tremens, he having : been drinking » r the previous fortnight. The deceased, w was only thirty-five years of age, leaves a wioo* and three children. .... ?s The serenity of that august body, the JJlf bourne Cricket Club, has been awfully of i turbed this week by the appearance P : the Ballarat Star and "other cotintry joiyrnp ! of paragraphs, in which the cliqueism exists t in it, as evidenced by the systematic bla« > bailing of candidates disagreeable to »* ♦ ruling few, was freely, commented upon, a^ P the case of His Honoi* Sir Bedmond Ban? 1 cited as having only just escaped this ignjj i minious fate. The writer, moreover, ro" 0^ 1 asserts that there are certain members *® a, combine for this exclusive purpluse, and *

make it a practice to canvass the less active ones to attend and vote against any person proposed who does not come up to the presumed standard of gentility. The uproar caused by this unexpected exgosS was indescribable, and a 'meeting was called on Wednesday, ostensibly to revise the rules as to admission, when after two hours and a. half of Babeldoni, during which every sort of motion and was proposed, none of which were ' carried, everybody speaking at once — the affair closed, leaving matters just whore they were. The Kcv. Mr. Fellows, the newlyappointod curate of Toorak, and brother to the lion, and facetious T. H. Fellows, complained of being insulted on the occasion oi the AIL England match, by a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club using profane language in his presence, which, of coiirse, as a matter of decency was deprecated by all h(.< present. At the sanio time, if clergymen will go into mixed company, such as is found in a cricketing pavilion, they must take the consequences. There was a strong dash of the .Pharisee in this episode, and the rev. gentleman only succeeded in damaging the character of the Club without raising his own. Simultaneously with the. meeting liere, a letter from the Hon. Secretary of- the M.C.C., one Mr. VT. C. Biddle, of the Market-square, appeared in the Ballarat Star, couched in a very lofty style, denying the truth of the allegations, "so far- as he knows, not liking to ask the scrutineers to divulge the secrets of the ballotbox," and emphatically repudiating any right on the part of cither the press or the public to canvass the -proceedings and private affairs of the Melbourne Cricket Club-;" in fac% the insolent tone of this person's epistle is a perfect key to the feeling which • pervades ■ this most aristocratic body, and is ample verification of the truth of the Star correspondent's allegations. Had they been groundless, no such alarm and. bitterness of feeling could liavc been evoked. However, the thing will work its. own cure, for Avhcn -the match is *• Melbourne Fops v. the Fourth Estate," it is ' not difficult to predict who will win in the ■ " long runl Aji attempt was made by Government last week to enforce the penalties for evasion of what is known as Nicholson's Land Act, by non-improvement of land .purchased under it, Mr. Robert Simson, a squatter, being summoned before the Lextou Bench for this offence by Mr. Adair, District Surveyor of Ballarat.' Mr. Harris, prosecuted' oil the part of .the Crowa, . and- Mr. Dawwou defended. Tho information stated that Mr Simson had pureliascd under the above Act 214 acres in the parish of Livingstone, and being such ■■■grantee of the Crown, had not within the space of- two years from the purchase made improvements thereon to the extant and the manner 'prescribed. The ease fell to the ground from the- fact that Nicholson's Act had been repealed prior to the expiration of- .. the time limited, and consequently no penalties had accrued — a view which was endorsed by the opinion (professionally given) of Mr. T. H. -Fellows, one of the very Ministry - ■ instituting 'proceedings, which does not say much for the coherence or mutuality of opinion in that respectable body, the members of which are known to differ widely as the poles upon the land question, and do not seem by these 'proceedings to :tet much in concert. At the request of Mr. Hams the Bench consented to state 'a case for the opinion of the Supreme Court, as the decision in tins instance would rule many similar -actions. 'It is asserted by the opposition, and with great show of reason> that the matter being so palpaple, especially after the legal opinion of one, of- themselves, that these prosecutions arc merely intended by the lleales section of the Cabinet to raise a little popularity against the - ensuing Elections, audit certainly looks very I strange that the Law Officers of Vne Crown, I Messrs Miehie and Iliginbotham, should sanction so utterly untenable a position, the absurdity of which is 'patent to anyone possessed of common sense. Oii.e -very amusing feature occurred in the proceedings, llr'Daw--son, who is at once the most able and witty member of tho Victorian B;n*, after enumerating a variety of improvements which might liave -been made, and mltjlit have been swept away by the carnalities of flood and tempest, it being impossible to get over the fact, that none were then in existence ; having exhausted every possible hypothesis,, asked, " was it to be said ; in this country that "where jr' a civilized animal like a sheep was placed upon property the land was not improved," which novel and ingenious construction of tho Act put the gravity of the Bench to a severe test, and should certainly evoke a very s ' handsome / acknowledgement from the fraternity of Squat- • tera, whom no one" ever thought of crediting with any extra desire for the increase -of civilization, at least, judging from the way in which Stations are managed, and tbe men on them treated, prior to the gold discovery, which restored labour to something nearer a social level than the shepherd serf had ever ' Known. • The Israelites of old passing their cliildrcn through the fire to Moloch surely prefigured the ever . recurring crinoline conflagrations. A servant girl of Mr Corneille's drapery store, Main Road, Ballarat, named Bridget Malley, who, ■ aping her betters, by wearing . one of these amplified -nuisances, paid for it with her life on Monday last, having caught fire while engaged in lier household woTk, and was so severely -burned, over all parts of the body, as to rencler medical aid useless. Several parties, in trying "to save her, scorched their hands . most terribly, tlie steels of fcliis truly "infernal machine " being nearly at a white* heat, and her legs literally roasted. "When will women let common sense supersede ? fashion-? Were 'it not for the melancholy result, one woidd hhnast say, that a servant of all work, lifting off three-legged pots, in a large petticoat, ..deserved a warming. The retribution of this absurdity is, however, pretty ■ ipiP^tially distributed, judging from recent .'r.'i^SsUsh.papers, 'and -ranges" tlirough all classes "and climates, from Earl's daughters in Bclgravia to lnunbler, but equally unfortunate "Bridget "of Ballarat. '■"' - '""■•. lAjlamentable effect of the want of caution • in blasting operations, which is so common in this colony, occurred, afr Williauistown- on Tuesday/, where a poor fellow named James Green who was cleaning an engine in the railway shed was struck on the headj the whole front of tlfc skull being beating in, by a stone of about four pounds weight thrown from an adjacent cutting on the line, and who diedabout two hours afterwards. From the evidence of the railwaywoi'kmen at the inquest it appeared that itTvas'ai conimbn tiling for stones-to come flying in every direction after the blasts, at all hours, and that several of them had remonstrated with the Foreman of the works, Mr. Amos, but who "paid no attention;' and as it was proved that on the present occasion had proper precaution been used, this fatal accident would have 'been avoided. The Jury returned a verdict of .manslaughter against him; when-he wasat once- arrested and commitcd for trial on the Coroner's -warrant. A French 4-i gun frigate, the Isis, with 100 male and 30 female emigrants for New Caledonia, put into the Bay on "Wednesday evening for water, and the captain Js reported to "be desirous of obtaining fifty kangiU*oos,Svliatfor it is impossible to say, as any attempt to acclimatize them there would bo useless, as the natives, who arc a most ferocious race, would assuredly extirpate them, as readily as if they were French citizens, on whose lives* they place very little value,when beyond the pale of the military settlement. This kangaroo business may be a mere pretence" for visitin^ us to take a " lunar," as the phrase is, at our means of defence, New . Caledonia, being in ' most disagreeable proximity to Australia in; ' ■case of a brush with his Imperial Majesty, and i truly at present one well armed vessel could lay Melbourne in ashes, without coming to close quarters, as we shall find out some day. On Wednesday night a line young man of

twenty* two, John Carland,. met his death at the works of the Carpentaria Company, Sago Hill, Eallaarat, having got jammed between the cagt> and the shaft, and wa3 frightfully mangled ; no person witnessed the accident, but it is supposed that in jumping into tho ascending cage his foot slipped. A very singular incident took place at Mahnsbury on the Coliban River a few days since. A man named Hayos accompanied by another whoso name is unknown, arrived by the train from Sandhurst bolh nearly drunk and quarrelling. About two hours afterwards they were heard in altorcatiou, and were seen to leave' in the direction of the river, after which nothing ' more was known of them until a man named "Isaac Ramsden, discovered the body of Hayes's companion in a water-hole, near the viaduct, on Monday, and the next day that of Hayes himself was found, about fifteen yards from the other. What renders tho case most mysterious is that the former exhibited a severe contusion of the right eye, a similar blow on the forehead, and evident marks of strangulation, while the Litter had both lips greatly bruised, apparently from a blow, and a great contusion on tlie left temple. The Jui-y returned a verdict that " tho bodies were found in the- river, but that the evidence was insufficient to show how they came there, or the cause of death, thero being marks of violenco on both bodies." So that Avhethcr a double murder, or murder and suicide, lias been committed will i-emain in all probability unknown till the great day of "account. A miner, named Thomas Ford, an old resident at Korong, was found dead last week in a hole whore he had been working alone, the earth having caved in and smothered him. A young wife and child are loft altogether unprovided for. The Annual Conference of the Wesleyan body in. tlicse colonies will commence, in the "Wesleyan. Church, on Monday, the ISth instant. That necessary of life, sugar, is up in price, the news by tlie November mail having caused a rise at the Mauritius ; so much so, that the shippers by the Leonidas, which has just arrived in Sydney, wore ottered a bonus of £4per ton to -re-laud the cargo, but which was declined. Melbourne booksellers have queer ideas of cheap literature, one of them having been advertising for sonic time past a cheap edition (in one volume) of Wilkie Collins's now novel "No Namo," price only sev?n-. shillings. What a preposterous idea, for a mere work of fiction, 'which is valueless when once read ; -and in these ' times, too, when tlie master-piece of Walter Scott may be had on every book-stall for a shilling ! The- number sold iit this extravagant figure will be — like the subject of the work — nameless. Mr. Saint, late of the Mount Alexander 3lait,4.s about -to start a new paper to be called the 'Da >f I afford Express. ■Colonel Pitt has -arrived hoi-e, and commenced recruiting ; but his mission is violently opposed by the Press, and the bad faith displliycd towards ■'the '■families of the former volunteers militates greatly against him. The Bondigo Press has made a tremendous blunder in denouncing Mr. Hugh-.-s, the Principal of the Grammar School there, as a bolter and ■'windier, ho having been absent during the holidays, and not returning at the usual time, which, coupled with the fact that he hail borrowed several sums of money, gavo rise to the conclusion. Some of his creditors also took summary steps, and invaded his house and private papers, for which, having now returned, ho threatens innumerable actions against the papers and people of •Sandhurst. It certainly is a very awkward adair, and should teach them not to be so precipitate. What are called by courtesy Esscndon I?aces came off on Saturday, but were too insignificant both as to stakes and horses to merit comment beyond the result, which was: — Town Platen-Edith Wattletrce. 1 ; Count, 2. Consolation Handicap — Polly Peachum, 11; K anger, 22. Farmers' "Purse — Nelly Ely, 1 ; Little Cricket, 2. Hack Race — Cardigan. No news of iho English mail up to the time I write. It is generally supposed that she was caught by the late cyclone in the Indian Seas. The English Eleven luivc been starring it through the country with invariable success. , Their first country match was at Sandhurst, where they achieved »ii easy victory by 1 limns, the only remarkable feature being the extinguishing of Mr. Grace in the first innings without a run. This gentleman has quite I disappointed expectation. Lockyer, Hayward, and Carpenter have quite eclipsed him. Tlie I ground at Sandhurst is abominable, and quite 1 unfit for scientific play. At Ballarat, which is the next best ground to Melbourne, the Englishmen had it all their own way, winning in one innings. A very interesting single wicket match was played to fill up the day's amusement, Grace and 'Tarrant beating eight of their opponents with ease, the bowling being too good. This excited far more attention than the other match, and spectators were so delighted with Tarrant' s play that they carried him round ihc ground in triumph. Ararat cut the worst figure of the lot, being disgracefully defeated also in one innings, notwithstanding they had Wills to help them and who has played splendidly throughout. . A single wicket match was also played here between Tarrant and Eleven of tlie " rats" which resulted in a tic, each side getting four runs. I enclose the scores of the different matches. So far the trip of tho Eleven has gone off satisfactorily : always excepting the high price of admissien charged everywhere by Marshall, which afc all the above three places kept hundreds away and was bitterly complained of. The Ballarat folks talk of a second match, the regulations to be in their own hands by paying a heavy sum for the Eleven's services.