PER GREVILLE AND BIRD, REUTER'S AGENTS. VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 43, 8 September 1864, Page 3

PER GREVILLE AND BIRD, REUTER'S AGENTS. VICTORIA.

LaJSDSBOBOU&H, Aug. 29. On Friday there were a number of holes bottomed, Which yielded nothing from the bottom, and this somewhat checked the rush. Since then, however,- by driving, these holes are turning, but well. A firstrate claim has. been bottomed a .Jong way " ahead of the first ones.. The, people of business of Landsborough-are moving, to the rush en masse. .... - , ,;• ■■- - ■■ ■:. QUEEVsCLIFFj/Aug." 30.- . , Arrired. — 6 p.m., Lightnmg/shipy-firom-London, %■■■ ''^ ■"-■'' """ "' - .■'- : : '..;'\-" l^V.',^-

Hum bold t are of opinion that the start are sootf probably of the name— material* a» the •**&* Hershell the elder and Laplace shared this riew to a great exte#t. ;r jrhejneteoriteahare been found to cori / t^in-nd' < Simple-'b6d^/ifo fi&rit^Or 1 metal not known as an element of our globe. What ishoif * ever, interesiMg is r that- they have as yet been only found to contain less than a third of the * kno.wnnumben » O?he«znetala,fa^redomuiaje crrnf ttielida'-rile'tals'mthesS "bodies. * Their composition then is such' that, if the planets be like them, they cannot support early - lifer as -we understand thtf phrase. Furthermore, Mercury is nearly ieren times, occasionally^nearlyreleTenjtiEies, as light at the sun, sd^at V"numan Joeing would be struck * blind instantly, while the heat is computed to b> so great that his eye's would be boiled in hi* -headi In the hottest part of this planet water would b» /ajwajg^t bailing Wa^MdlmjElSt infi^6»ftd^^ilV stances be dissipated and destroyed. Welianay therefore assume that the nativ.es liare no eyes-of" km> tßey ar|no raVg^Ftfian^-hOlgs? K oPKeymst also be quite accustomed to extreme .vicissitude* of weather, as winter succeeds autumn anjtsiimnier fallows spring quite four times as rapidly as withub in consequence of the year being not quit* three -.months, in -{duration — a- staong, -contrast &* Jupiter; wbfdse seaVons are netrlf thifty v timee M long as ours. Venus is only twice as light as the" sun, so that if.a.man^cpu.ld.go, about with his eyei shut he migh^go'on^tTres's^wf "may presume if dispensed with on this planet, as the greatest heat of Venus exceeds that of Borneo .and' Sumatra. ; jist of the Orkneys. Again Mara, the red and sullen Mars, appears to be^nadelof cast iron in a state of* •., rust, except at the poles, where it is covered' with snow ; by some writers he has been compared tor a globe of ochre. On this stern-Looking continent - wmt&jf laf(tS nearly, a year atfffie pdies^nt&putjsnj , bliarige-, and, 'ras 'a "^consolation *ta those who sJre interested in the fate df the inhabitants, we are told that in the warmest parts the climate is not much colder tffaS"* some parts of Norway of Lapland in the spring. However, Mars may still possess a vegetation of its kind^ as some of the 1 , Erench rbotanists^ha^ej I* heUeve i; -stowa:|hat|Beed 'will 'germinate ' pretty~ well upon a fly-wheel. /' At ■ for. the. moon; alktherwatetfvwith: which:sh'e'w 1 a» partially covered in ancient times seems to.have "bdued r outVoffceypßa : tKaT ; t^^^^ there. There is no air to breathe, and^thereford : onlyapersßd Capable^^of h'ting^tiite'Weaii-tfijrtne vacuum of. &n : air-pump ..: coiidL manage j^at^aU. Perhaps a' few beetles "or ealanianders may pick up a precarioufsl liyelihood» \r/biifc::. they : -mus.t3<h?,Te rather an uneasy time of it, as there is rib vestige of anything to eat as far as we can^seei'^MorebVeV, one side of their abode is so cold as instantly W freeze; brahdyVdr. about "one hundredrae'grSesiß'elow zero, while the other is about the hsat^oJ'^boilinß) water. As a residence for astronomers *-me certainly presents the immense advantage of enabling them to wdtcK a" planet three hundred and fifty -hours at a stretch, thejnght at the equator' \^ being this length ; but for persons who don't care' about looking at the stars, her annular mountains, " fresh from the mould, and formed* as it were, of frosted silver, " her endleßS,>u^s,.aDd,chasnfi,.her ridiculous seas of nectar, tM,nqtulity. and the.Uke, after ali mean simply that |b!e is ahidedus, hopeless waste, f till of holes tike ' great beetle-traps, 'and the reader will most likely forgive Hooke for'trjingw show that she is vary like.a boiled alabaster pudding — The Stream of Life in' Otir 'Globe. Bjf.J.li. Milton, M.R.C.S. ■"-'■■' ; *-' ' : ' :r:: " ■ SEi/y-op»TKOL.^";Hewb^4esiyes : td"influen«» others must learn to command , himself.',' ;In the ordinary ethics of the nursery, self-control means little more than a check upon temper. :.'A'jwii*> restraint, no doubt, but as useful to ,thft .d^simu- ;- lator as to the honest man. Ido not' necessarily conquer my anger, because, Ldo not-Bhx)W'that;i am angry. Anger vented often hurries, r to ward* forgiveness j anger concealed often hardens into • revenge.. A chasty temper :i» ;an ; infirmity 7/ disa^ greeable to others, undignified, in ourselves-^ — a fault so welt known to every wild has it, that he will at once acknowledge it to be a-faultiWhich^he ought to correct. He requires, therefore, no > moralizing 7 essayist to prore 1 to him his faihngY^or teach Him his duty. But .still a ■ hasty^mp^rdsji. frank offender, and has seldom ! that^injurious effect either oh the welfare of others"/ ' or ■■■ on ?our '.own natures, mental and moral, -which results fromr the steady purpose of one of those vices which- -arir never seen iri a passiod. ' " ' " " ' ' " A aENTLEMAN of the old school, in a crowded waiting-room at a railway -station 1 , the other day, gave his seat up to a - lady,- who failed to make the proper acknowledgment. . Standing-- a while, he stooped over as if to listen, and said to" ber, " What did you say, madam? "'—" Nothing, sir, '' was the reply of the startled lady..— " Oh, said he," excuse nse ; I thought yotf-aaid, 'Thank you. ' " A Man brought before a justice, of^tiie, peace, charged with som*e petty offence, pleaded 1 in extenuation a natural infirmity. — " I should have made a considerable figure in the world; my lord," said he to the judge, " if I hadn't been a. fool; it's a dreadful pull-back to a man. " - v vr-£ ' Soue men are called sagacious Because they are avaricous : whereas a child 'can clench its fist the moment it is born. „.,_ , v^, r^_ .. The too frequent use of autKority impairs' it; If thunder were " continual, it ' would excite no more sensation thati the iioise of a mill: " r '', ,J .", Say what is right, and let otliers say what psty \ please. Yoa are respbrtsible for bnly'one tonguoj — even if you are a married man. -■-:.-■,■■ j. A little girl, busy in making a pair of worsted slippers for her father, said to a young companion near her, H Ydu are very lucky, yotfafe ;ybur paps> ' has only got one leg."