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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 415, 15 October 1861, Page 2

The. Gazelle arrived from Newcastle on Saturday last; she has made a quick run, having left on the 3rd instant. We are indebted to Captain Baker for files up to the latest dates. The Newcastle Ohronide of the 21st ultimo says :-—' On Tuesday last the managers of the different companies held a meeting with the delegates for the purpose of discussing the resolutions adopted at the late meeting of the proprietors in Sydney. The delegates agreed to some of the proposals, objected to others, and wished others to remain as open questions. . . . The proprietors were to have held another meeting in Sydney, but we are unaware of what the result was. During the week a good deal of excitement has prevailed in consequence of the companies having come to a determination to bring miners and their families from home, partly at the public expense, under' the assisted immigration regulations.'

It is afterwards stated that the Government refused to take, steps in the matter, the Legislative Assembly having in the ,< first place decided against recognising the'means proposed. The co-operative miners in the meantime were proceeding at the -New Tunnel Wallsend, and advertising fpr tenders to cart their coals from the pit. The same paper of'the 28th says:—' In our last issue we stated that the managers and the delegates had held a. meeting on the previous day, at which certain proposals had been considered, and that it had been so far satisfactory that the different matters in dispute were all in a fair way of adjustment, with the exception of the question of payment, concerning which a proposition had been made, which would have to be considered by the different •collieries separately. In pursuance of this, the managers of the various companies have met their employed, but, as we are informed, without any satisfactory result as yet; the men, whilst being quite willing to accept a sliding scale—that is to say, an amount per ton .for getting the coal in proportion to its market value for the time being-r-asking a higher proportion than the others are prepared to accede to. The consequence is, we. understand, that the questions at issue are again to be submitted to a general meeting of the proprietors in Sydney this day. Meantime we may state that we have reason to believe that the amount in dispute between Messrs. Brown and the Mmmi men is less than between, the parties connected with the other collieries and their miners^ and that the general opinion is that; it will not be many days before operations at the Mmmi Colliery will be again proceeding, whatever may be the case elsewhere/ • - ~ -INQUEST. :--.-' -■ ;i / ■-:• Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of . Susan, Newport, wife of Samuel Newport, of Brook-street Valley, who died suddenly on the previous day. . ■ • '" ! The enquiry took place at William..Lookyer's house, Brook-street. From the evidence adduced/it appeared that the deceased Mia ;about 36 years of age: the symptoms were thbse of apoplexy. The jury (of which Mr; Wright was foreman) returned a verdict of 'Died by the;yi?itation of God.' '' . />. / -,Q ;

The place assigned for the; enquiry" was a small room in the abovementioned house', tha dimensions being.of such limited extent that the inconvenience was a matter of remark. We believe the general course in holding: inquests elsewhere is, to sit at some public-house contiguous to the' place where,. the. death occurred ; and in the present instance tbe necessity for adopting such a course was uucomfbrjtably evident to many preseut on this occasion." ]

The Dun Mountain Works.—Last;'week a number of the workmen on the Dun -Mountain line appeared at the Resident Magistrate's Court, to prosecute their claims against Mr. D. Gibbs, the contractor, for work executed three weeks previously, and for which they could get no payment. It appears that a certain amount (£680) was paid on account by the Company to Mr. Gibbs ; this the men consider to have been unfairly distributed amongst them, some having been paid in full, while others never received a;farthing; < When the Company found it necessary to release Mr. Gibbs from a contract he was unable to ; carry out, he owed some £800 or more for. work done, over and above that for which the first advance of £680 had been devoted; to meet this the company were only willing to advance £170 more, consequently the considerable deficit led to this application to the Magistrate's Court. The; Magistrate remarked upon the loss of time to the men, and determined that strict justice should be done to them. Mr. Fitzgibbon, on the part of the company, agreed with the Magistrate that it was a public question of some importance, and expressed a desire to do everything to adjust the matter fairly between all parties.. The Magistrate also made somo observations on. the necessity of some arrangement being made \ with the men at once, as they had already lost some considerable • time, and adjourned the case till to-morrow (Wednesday). The arbitration between Mr. Gibbs and the Company, we understand, is still open. After a long discussion, the matter was left to arbitration ; Mr. H. B. Huddleston on behalf of Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Lewis on the part of the Company, and Mr. Kingdon appeared for some of the workmen. We have heard since, that this arrangement is still inconclusive, Mr. Gibbs having given orders to Mr. Huddleston not to attend. Mr. Gibbs- did not appear at either hearing before the CbUrt. . . ~ ~

Early Rising.—ln New York there has been formed a Young Men's Early, Rising Association, all the members of which arcs pledged to;be up ; at a certain hour.. It originated vyith a,bout half-a-dozen men, who, having kept up this habit for some years, were surprised at its beneficial effects, and afthe marked success in life of tb.eir associates.: