VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 43, 15 February 1864, Page 6

VICTORIA.

[PROM OTJR OWN COHEESI'OXDEXT.] „..' melb-qurjo:;;: Thursday, -ith Feo., .1861, _ Up to Tuesday last no indication of .what the ministerial programme is tobe had been afforded, andthe tactics of tht 6ppb3itibn--~if, indeed, tliey have any— were equally unknown; so well had the Chief Secretary, kept his counsel, that not, even his colleagues— --or.at least what is called the liberal sectiou'of them — lyere in possession of his plans, while the, complaiiits; of Viis general sup- . porters were many and loud at such aii unusual reticeiiee. in a parliamentary leader towards his adherents, ■' Perhaps, : like Canning's khife-'grincler, he had no story to tell, and trusted, to the; chapter of accidents . for pos tiiig over until July dissolves the present motley assembly _ : Mr. Heales' Amended Land Bill,, should' it ever pass a third reading,- . will never get. throngh the Upper House, where, 'it is ;; .understood,; the; coup Je graoe -will be given to it— the only condition upon which it is stated, that " the Conservative element in the Cabinet will allow it to proceed as far. Both Ministry and Opposition are equally devoid of any principle of cohesion, aiid a very slight affair might reverse their positions, while to establish a "good ery" for the next elections » is evidently the primary object with both parties. In '. addition- to the other manifold benefits which those -over-gorged ~ leeches of the Commonwealth — the Foreign Banking Corporations— confer upon Ais, is poisoning our natural, as well as commercial atmosphere by the operation of their laboratories, erected in the rear of their premises, in which large quantities of corrosive sublimate are nsed in- what is technically called " toughening" the cakes of gold; the particles-,. thrown oft' in the process acting most prejudicially upon the health of parties resident in the! innnediate neighborhood, of which great, complaints have been made;Y but until the death of some bank manager, or equally influential person is traced to this special c*ause ; . it is not likely that the HealtJv-Otneer will cause the nuisance^tp/De abated — although a _ bi^afe-feiln in full blast is '''^in^mofe ~ offensive at times, as the dwellers in Collins street west can testify. John Porter, the runaway Managing Director of the Provident Institute, is now domiciled at Callao, where he arrived in an American vessel, and was shortly afterwards joined by bis wife per the Redan. That liis escape was connived at by the legal adviser of the creditors, is universally believed, but as there is no ex-tradition treaty witli Peru, he can set his victims at defiance, while the only result of the expensive prosecution of his co-mates in robbery lias' been to squander the funds aud reduce the dividends.- Of course, all the 'shareholders who were worth suing have taken due advantage of. the delay and made all safe, so. that any addition •to the assets from that source is out of the "questiou, -The -Hawthorn banquet to Mr. L. L. .Smith, M.L.A., took place on the 25th, but, so far as attendance went, turned out a failure, uot more than fifty persons being present, and the only representatives of the Legislative Assembly being the Chairman, John Thomas "Smith, Mayor of Melbourne, and Messrs. B. G. Davies aud John Edwards, M.L.A.'s : the position of Mr. J. T. Smith is the more remarkable as he is not a member of the Opposition, beiug one of the numerous class who got into the Hou-se on false pretences, and then deserted tlie liberal cause. Of course, the ministerial journals make merry over the paucity of electors present, and do not hesitate 'to 'affirm that the. greater part of the money said to have been subscribed for • the purchase of the testimonial, came out of the Doctor's own pocket, and challenged his committee to exhibit the list. The presentation consisted of a tea service, ''bearing an appropriate inscription, the peroration of which •was ■■ ""Honesty is the best policy," an aphorism which very few of his legislative colleagues in either House lay much to heart. .. The proprieties of our aristocratic . suburb, St. Kilda, were greatly disturbed by the suicide of a resident there, 'an eminent courtesan, Paraiy C. AVhite '.by name, who, having received a letter from home, acquainting her with the death of her mother, and enclosing the .wedding ring ofthe latter, took it so y much to .heart that -she destroyed herself by taking strychnine spread upon bread and butter. Previously to com- ■ mitting the act she had dressed herself in her gayest atfcire, and sent to apprise her brother and sister, to the former of .whom she left her bank book, being .possessed of considerable property. Medical aid was promptly procured by her -female' servant, but too late to "'.. avert the .catastrophe. V .The, third and,! the Gods be praised, : the last. Session nf the Second Re-; - formed Parliament was opened by His , ' Excellency oil Tuesday, the 26th, with - the usiiaPformalities, Lady, Miss, and the four male Darling's being amongst ' thejspectators. Sir Charles looked all tlie. W'.orse for Hs, prolonged; illness, • walking .very .-heavily, with considerable difficulty,' and reading his Vice-Regal'* lessons4o_the 'scratch' "pack of /senators; *Vbefoi;e;li^ ';,'. For Hie credit ofthe Colony it is to be - iopedVhat his health. may be re-estab-< ' "lished," a^-'beih*g- -already in doubtful ;YT-Ipute : W-OT^^-pmntV IromHie' ;Y*~d£a-tiis' ;^ them, our climate and loyaltyY^nay, -be

alike impugned.. The histoi-iqai, parallel would be perfect,, as our Charles the First died from the anxieties ; consequent upon irresponsible Government, while '" the ''Second "is more likely :to prove a victim- to gustatory enjoyments than .any . excess' of, zeal v for either Queen- or Colony. The speech was a inere dry and very' meagre" announcement, touching as lightly as Anight be upon, the land, question . which, notwithstanding - " the -arduous and protracted labors of former sessions (!) calls for further legislation. 1? Legislation for tlie gbldflelds-^water supply for irrigation and mining purp oses— ran amended system of the sale of fermented atid' spirituous liquors—reformatories and industrial schools—'amended Taws for insolvency, lunacy, boroughs, aud municipal bye-lawa, ; intestate estates, the post-office, and a I limited liability bill, are amongst the .chief items in this promising bill of fare, ;to carry out; one half of which in a imoderately useful maimer would take, ■the whole duration of a Parliament, even composed of first class men, much less the fag end of one, the intellect of which ..'..'. is the inverse ratio to its. honesty. - No opposition was offered- in either House, the reply in the Upper' being respectively moved and seconded by Mr. J. D. Pinnock and Mr. Patrick Turnbull, tho two newly elected members, and in the lower by Mr. Casey and Mr. Thomson. Mr. M-'Cann, one of the members for the Geelong district, signalised himself by making a violent anti-ministerial speech, although sitting on the Benches behind them — usually considered to be tlie post of thick and thin supporters. This silly ebullition of the " Native Youth," as this Austral Celt is termed by his admirers, created considerable amusement, the insignificance of the attack being only equalled by his status in the House. At a meeting ofthe Acclimatisation Society, held "" yesterday week, Mr. Duffield, the importer of Alpacas, stated that he had, by the last mail, received a notification that the "Bolivian Government had withdrawn its prohibition of the export of these animals, and that he hoped shortly to be enabled* to land twelve hundred of them in Victoria. The subject -.AT'Ai. Lion of pensions to Minivers i* to be mooted in the House by two members of different sides in it— Mr. Don, the Collingwood stone-mason, and Mr. Brooke, the member for West Geelong, whose motion it was which seated the present man in power, but Avho very ungratefully left him out of their Cabinet arrangements, a slight which lie anxiously seeks to repay, though unfortunately the change of circumstances has so split up the different parties, that the hon. member s immediate following is reduced to almost zero, so far as mlluenee is concerned. Neither party have probably anything in view beyond popularity ia putting these notices on the motion paper; for even were, the Assembly to affirm the proposition, a majority of two-thirds in both it and the Council is requisite, and as the action could not be retrospective, ifc is comparatively useless to open up the question, which will merely waste time and worry the Speaker. Mr. Ramsay, M.L.A., who was accused of having used his parliamentary influence in favor of his friends, to the prejudice of bis constituents of Sandy Creek, held a meet iug there last week, at which 150 miners were present, who, upon hearing his explanation, unanimously acquitted him of the charge, and declared tlieir regret at even having suspected him of so doing. The Chief Secretary has officially declared, in reply to Mr. L. L. Smith, that it is not intended to reduce tlie postage on letters, nor allownowspapers to pass free iu the Colonies or to Great Britain, the revenue of the Post-office for the preseut year exhibiting a deficiency of £35,000, inclusive of the mail between the Colony aud Home. Aji adjourned half-yearly meeting of that liveliest of all auriferous enterprises, the Collingwood Goldmining Company, was held at Mac's Hotel, on Thursday, when it was stilted that all operations were suspended from lack of capital, owing to tlie non-payment of calls, and it was determined, as the Supreme Court had decided that all shareholders Avere liable, whether they had signed the deed of constitution or not, to commence proceedings against the defaulters witliout loss of time, which will rather disgust those who have hitherto enjoyed an immunity, as they thought, from non-sig-^ nature. As to the ultimate result of this unfortunate adventure there cannot be two opinions, for the idea of. success has long since been abandoned by all practical miners, in fact it was a bubble from first to last, the only performance of the directory being the death of a poor fellow, whose life was sacrificed by the use of a rotten rope. During the last trip of the Omeo from Dunedin, a tragical occurrence took place one of the steerage passengers, William Gaze, committing : suicide by cutting his throat. No | cause was assigned, nor did his p>re- : ' vious manner indicate any intention of such a nature. Mr. Aplin, the acting director of the Government Geological Survey, has just published a report of his visit to the Wood's Creek quartz reefs, concerning wliich such fabulous statements have been circulated. That gold is "in "abundance there, aiid iii nibst unusual formations of the -rock appears to be perfectly correct, but the locality is.pf "an almost inaccessible character, -packing being... the only- practicable; mode • ', of conveyance, so -that all the - machinery required must be r taken tip piecemeal, aiid the'' mere ; cost 'of eon- . .yeylng.t^^ ; formV seriousY-it^

•"say nothing of '.'the."^ enhanced pHce, of every article. Altogether, the picture drawn of this youngest of yictorian EI Dorado's is anything but inviting, and by no means at all corroborative of the speedy fortunes said to be acquired -.'there witli little or no diffi-* ■cuifcy. : The boating season on the Yarra has begun in great, vigor ; matches innumerable are on the tapis,, and aquatics, is ; quite ill the ascendant during the temporary cessation of cricket caused by the absence .of the IMglisly Eleven. -4 great addition, top, has just been made to our liiverine craft by tbe arrival, ex J£ingfisher, from London, of four splendid racing boats, two scullers 'outriggers weigh-; ing only ,28 lbs., and t\YQ-pair car ditto, thirty-four feet long, weighing 35 lbs. They are by a celebrated Oxford boatbuilder,* and combine ali the latest improvements in vogue on the Isis, which, beinga narrow stream, requires extra light aud manageable wager boats such as these, which are truly beautiful specimens of the art. Colonel Pitt's enlistment of military settlers has been put a sudden stop to by your Treasurer, Mr. Reader Wood^ unoVtho remonstrance of the Chief Secretary, Mr. M'Culloch, as to the injustice of inducing our able-bodied men, many of whom -had been brought out at> great expense, to abandon the colony. Without discussing the wisdom of those who accepted Mr. Pitt's offers, I do not see upon what principle any one should be debarred from changing his residence it' he thinks he can better himself by so doing, and ifc would have been much more dignified, ancl sensible to boot, if our Government had left matters to take their own course, and trusted to the old principle of supply aud demand to augment our population ; the truth is, they were urged to it by a section of the Press here, which steadily ignores " want of employment," ill the teeth of the fact that huc.dreds of lirst elass skilled workmen have quitted this for tho adjacent colonie.--. The Colonel ought to be in gr.-.! favor with you, as he stuck like pitt-h to his mission, and not until Mr. Wood interfered would he consent to relax his endeavors. The usual Elections and Qualifications Committee hns been appointed by the Speaker's warrant ; it is very fairlv chosen, comprisiiig members of all parties, vi/.. :— Messrs C. G. Duffy, J. Houston, .1. Edwards, J. G. Francis, J. M. Grant, G. C. Levey, and J. Macgregor. The Committee on the claim of Mr. J. P. Main, wliich lapsed last .Session, was reappointed on the motion of Mr. .John Edwards, not without some opposition-* on the part of Government and some of the members, on account of the length of time which had elapsed, tlie claim being foi* work and material iii building Prince's Bridge. In establishing this, Mi*. Main has spent years, and impoverished himself' by manv hundred pounds, and it is rather too bad to refer him now to the Sydney Government for redress, merely because the claim accrued before Separation : lie has ne\er allowed it to be dormant, but has sought justice in vain from every administration, until just as the Committee were about to report favorably for him, their labors were cut short by the adjournment. A more crying wrong was never inflicted by any Government upon au individual, as I can vouch from personal knowledge, beingresident here at the time, and cognisant of the treatment received, which reduced him from a wealthy and thriving citizen to absolute indigence. Mr. Pope, M.L.A., has discontinued th.e publication of the tScarsdnle Mail, finding that it doesn't pay, and would moreover clash with his parliamentary duties. The Great Britain sailed from Hobson's Bay on Thursday, taking upwards of four hundred passengers ; one or two unlucky ones lo.st their passage, by dallying too long on shore, relying upon a want of punctuality in starting, Avhidi is no part of Captain Gray's plan of operations, or of tho agents, Bright and Co., whose vessels always go sharp to the day and hour named. The half-yearly meeting of the Collingwood Gas Company took place on Friday, when a dividend of twelve per cent, was declared. _A proposal was made to reinstate Mr. Jackson, the late secretary,- who had been dismissed by the committee, his offence being borrowing money from a subordinate, and thereby placing himself in a false position; after an animated discussion, the motion was negatived, aud the decision of the committee confirmed. On Friday, the Attorney- General, Mr. Higinbotham, obtained leave to bring in a measure for consolidating the various acts now in force in the colony, whieh, exclusive of those relating to private companies, &c, amount to upwards of four hundred in number. One effect of this measure will be a great saving in printing the cost of which is enormous under the jiresent system. A shocking accident took place at the Majorca diggings on Wednesday last, by which' two miners lost their lives. Three men, George Thompson, Henry Scott, and — Nisbett, were workhi'- together in tho main drive, when the timber overhead gave way, knocking the props to one side, and the whole mass came down, completely covering them. One of their mates, on going to call them to dinner, discovered the accident, and gave the alarm, but owing to the quantity of -earth whieh had fallen, some considerable time elapsed before they could be extricated'. Nisbett was found alive, tbe ■ slabs having , ;,.'^rovidentia.UyY(^iiglii''''fche. .side .of , Ythe

drive and formed a protection, Imt the others, Thompson and Scott, were quite dead, and dreadfully mangled ; the foriner leaves a wife and four children, tlie latter, a wife and three, to deplore their loss. A full committee meeting was held yesterday' week;'' at' the Melbourne Hospital to elect a house-surgeon, in the place* of Mr. Jaines, resigned, i There -were hut three competitors for the. post, the succqafful one being Mr. W- H- ■ Euibling ; (m of Dr. Embling, of, Fitzroyv formerly one. of -the members for Collingwood), who was nearly the unanimous choice of the com- j mittee, paly two votes, being recorded against him. VE^epopts speak highly of his qualifications, and as he was on Garibaldi's medical staff, during his campaign in Sicily, he must haye had plentiful experience in operative surgery, at any. rate. . The passenger list of the unfortunate Lord Baglan has been published, a copy of which I enclose, the list liaving a melancholy interest, as there is scarcely a possibility of her ever turning up. Fire iV generally supposed to have been the agent in her destruction, a burning vessel haviug been seen in bor track, although from tho late career of the Alabama and Florida, there has been no lack of maritime conflagrations. Great astonishment and regret has been excited by intelligence from Sandhurst ofthe death of Mr. Lysaght, the barrister, the well-known captain of the Bendigo Rifles, who shot himself through the head on Friday afternoon last ; the revolver with which he accomplished his purpose lying a few inches from his hand'. It is doubtful whether the act was the result ef accident or not, as although insanity V said ■to have been hereditary in his family, no indications of it had ever been observed i'u him. The body was A'A YYiu lying on its back, with a small bullet wound in the right temple, and hut •twominutespriortothereportbeiug heard, the deceased bad personally answered a person who called on business. The unfortunate gentleman wamuch respected in his neighborhood, and had a large practice, so that pecuniary difficulties had no share in producing this catastrophe. The verdict of the eororor's jury was insanity, it beiug stated be was latterly of a somewhat melancholy disposition. He was interred with military honors. The Minmi Melbourne aud Xewcastle Colliery Company held their second half-yearly meeting on Saturday ; from the report matters Avere rather gloomy ,the directors being-unable tu declare a dividend, business liaving been bad in. consequence of increased competition, and an unusual fall iu prices from los. Gd. to Os. at Newcastle, in addition to which the directors had to deplore the obstinacy of Mel bourne consumers, who persisted in preferring foreign coal to that- of New South Wales, au error the}* are likely to perpetuate so long as the ''slate formation"' is so prominent a feature iu the latter, which does not possess the requisite amount of strength for steam purposes, and Om* domestic consumption being as yet comparatively lam ted. In the drama all has been flat, stale, and unprofitable, until Saturday last, when " Xing John" was produced at fhe Royal, with Barry Sullivan as Falconbridge. The spectacular portion wus, as usual, first-rate, but as to the rendering of the text, silence is the b^st compliment a critic eau pay to it. However, Shakespeare's best living exponent, G. Y. Brooke, is now en route, having left Liverpool in the Blanche Moore, so that the faded glories may be revived. At the Havmarkct opera has been the managerial '• stand-by," but Avith only the Howsons and that somewhat passe c prma donna Carandini, and but moderate success. At the Princess Theatre '• Professor Pepper's Ghost " has made its appearance iu an indescribable introductory semi-dramatic dialogue, after which some Electro- Biological lectures filled up the melancholy hours. As might bave been expected, the attendance was " sparse," which is the phrase delighted in by our Melbourne scribes to express a thin house. According to the telegram -the Xeans leave Sydney to-day. The importance attempted to be attached to the movements of these people is most ludicrous, but in the colonies these " Yagranfcs by Act of Parliament," actors, are lifted into false positions Ity the system which prevails of organised puffery, through monster posting bills, and venal paragraph}'. Everyone now, forsooth, travels with liis agent, who manages all his business matters ; aud as that twin-brother of Barnum, George Coppin, has just returned, Ave may expect columns of interesting details as to how " the great tragedian " "coughed, walked, and spit" during his stay in the convict capital. Xo dividends are the order of the day. The Colonial Insurance Company at its meeting yesterday beingcompelled to make the unwelcome announcement, depreciated value of securities being assigned as the cause. The rise iu flour appears to have put the Adelaideans in spirits, as they have agreed at a* public meeting to raise the £2,500 demanded by George Marshall, for the visit of the English Eleven, by shares of £1 each. Last night was the real opening of our Political Theatre, Mr. Heales introducing his Land Bill, and the Treasurer, Mr. Yerdon, making his financial statement. The former is an attempt to combine the system of sale by auction and lease,' but as all discussion was deferred until the second reading, when the details of the proposed working* areito be explained^ it is, impossible "to '.predicate its future. One feature will tend to make it popular; thepro vision, for grants of land to our volunteers ;after. a : ; certain , leiigtH. of _

service ; it is to. 'beVpiibli&lijedY'at^the, end of this Vyeek, when tbe full scope; and intent of it may *ne better judged of.- The budget provides for the service of the colony ny. certain retrenchments, and without any 'additional taxation ; ,by the Aye it is pronounced, a miracle of financial skill, "John LaAy and Lawed" 'in the least offensive meaning, AAdiile the Herald ■of course • denounced it,— rthe best proof of its, soundness, is the fact, Ythat neither, O'Shanasay, nor ; Haines, '.the former- ; Treasurer,"' could- pitch a hole in r it, and tlie feeble .; attempt they made; was most indicative of the utfcer *\yeak-. ness of Her Majesty's Opposition. Mr. Don succeeded in '.eliciting a declaration from the Chief Secretary last night, it -was the intention of Government in the course of the present; Session to introduce a Bill abolishing Pensions, but as to the relinquisment: of their own claims, no guarantee they could giv& would haye any legal force, but that they would not stand iii; the Avay of a satisfactory settlement 'of the question, as the House would find when -the -Bill Avas introduced ; ; -tliis is evidently intended td take the wind out of Brooke's sails, The first number of Mr. Saint's new, paper, the ADaylesfbvd Mercury, has come to hand, and from its appearance will prove a formidable opponent to the existing journal, whose proprietors will, no doubt, consider their new competitor's name a decided misnomer, and rank him amongst the " miserable sinners," for whom although bound, they are not likely to pray. The Bank of Victoria's half-yearly meeting Avas held yesterday, at which a dividend of ten per cent. Avas declared, no other matter of public interest transpiring. Dr. Hope was yesterday unanimously elected as Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, all the other candidates having Avith'drawn. It is pretty well understood that Mr. Yaughan, whose chance ay as considered safe, Avould have beeu met Avith a question as to his present qualification for a seat Avhich, it is uotorious, lie no longer possesses, aud he therefore prudently abstained from pressing his claims. The election for a Councillor for Latrobe Ward take place to-day, the seat is hotly contested by Mr. R. A. Cooper, a licensed victualler, and Mr. Williams, Avhose battle cry is, " no more publicans," Avhile the other is, " no tramAvays, and hurrah for the eight hours," — betting in favor ofthe " pub." The Ballarat election also comes off to-dav, the candidates being local men, Mi*. Yale and Mr. Lewis, both perfectly unknown out of their neighborhood, in Avhii.-h, however, party feeling runs high on this occassion. Mr. Chirnside received eleven more thorough-bred horses yesterday, by the Wave of Life — all. in first-rate condition; one valuable mare died on tbe voyage (bst Sunday), from rupture of a blood vessel. Mr. John Johnson, member for South Gipps Land, has intimated his intention of resigning, liis affairs requiring his presence in Nc-av Zealand. The local papers Avish the matter kept in abeyance. The" Swiftsmv, ay ith 600, Thomas Fletcher, witli 280, and the Brilliant, witli 1-30 passengers, being the remainder of the military immigrants and i the AviA'es and families of themselves, { and of the former volunteers, leave the '■, 13 ay to-day for New Zealand, making Avith those who left a fcAv days since a total-of 1,1.50 souls. Col. Pitt and his staff proceed to Auckland via Sydney on Monday. A very neat little dodge has just been played oif in the model Borough »of Fitzroy. Mr. Simeon Cohen, one of tlie parties in the celebrated " forged letter arbitration case," haying fouud it necessary to resign, in order to retain his seat, gets up a requisition to himself, signed by some scores of the burgesses, Avhose names Avere obtained by canvassers employed by him, requesting that he Avill continue in office till the expiration of his term, to Avhieh, of course, he accedes in the usual style of flummery. Tiie solution of this is, that he has recently been admitted as a partner in a firm, the deed of Avhich provides that not more than one partner shall enter public life, aud as Mr. N. Levi, the M.L.A. for Maryborough happens tobe one of the firm "little Simmy " was apprehensive of being extinguished, his municipal functions being his only pretensions to publicity. These petty intrigues are mightily amusing to those behind the curtain. A Bazaar in aid of a Roman Catholic Magdalen Asylum, called the Convent of the Sisters of the Good .Shepherd, situate at Abbotsford, Avas opened yesterday by His Excellency, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter. As regards admission, the • institution professes to be unsectarian ; but Avhether zeal for proselytism Avould not overcome every other consideration, is doubtful. Dr. Mackay is about to re-introduce his Bill for tlie Abolition of Imprison--1 ment for Debt. Of his earnestness there can be no question, as the learned gentleman's position renders the matter one of personal interest. Joking apart, the idea of making debt synonymous witli crime, by abridging the personal liberty,, is abominable, and a return to the dark ages, particularly with the iniquity of caging only small debtors, Avhile the \Adiolesale swindler's person is held sacred. The Mount Alexander Mail has come out strong on the Fradulent Gol d question, and broadly states the banks to be the Union 7 arid the Oriental— tli e f bruier Y ; y being ;; the victim' and intending prose qutor, Ythe; latter the .-delinquent;.-,- The/accusation rests, at: preserit, upon the Hmtli of aY 'Mxz Hodges, a Ydisimssed* employed '*of -

•&;/ Onen^ forefhe tak£h!/w scarcely credible Ythat- so respectable an institution -would lend itself to such a transaction ; but .if a tithe of the statement -be true,' it- Only shows to what lengths lnanagers of riyal establishments will go tb make Ydiyidends. We. shall -have more Provident Institute " ; burst /Vp's" be&re/. long/ if i ■" such things be aud overcome us, ; &c.,/ ■VoC-4 ■■ y ■ ,*;** * .*' y * ! The SE&yaM anuqunoes ; that; : eori; respondesfits lyould laeiiitateYpqlili--: 1 cation of .their lettep-s , by Ayriting on one side of the .paper qiily. Would th^t;the,r^eVyereV^ issue, avhieh is upon paper so:transparent that to : read it is a task to Ayhich decypheriii" the obelisks" of Liixonis a inei'e Joke! i-A ;