CHARLESTON NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 362, 28 September 1868, Page 2

CHARLESTON NEWS.

The usual weekly meeting of the Progress Committee, was held on Wednesday evening, at the Melbourne Hotel, and there were present, Messrs G-asquoine, Kennedy, Neale, Allen, Henelly, Isaacs, and Russell. The perliminary business, was.the appointing of a permanent chairman, and Mr G-asquoine, after a vote by ballot, was declared duly elected. Subsequently Mr Phelan was appointed secretary. It was then proposed by Mr Hennelly, and seconded by Mr Kennedy, that a meeting be called by the chairman, early in the next week, for the purpose of hearing the public voice, relative to the formation of a prospecting association. Tae recent reply of the Post-master-gereral, to the letter of the Progress Committee, relative to the desireabilty of establishing a daily mail between Charleston and Westport not being considered satisfactory, it was proposed, that Messrs Allen and Russell, wait on Mr Beamis, (Cobb and Co)., at "Westport, for the purpose of eliciting the extra expense that would be attached to a daily mail. After a vote of thanks to the chair, the meeting adjourned. The racing Committee have resolved to canvass town and country for subscriptions necessary for carrying out the coming sports, and accordingly Tuesday next, has been set aside for that purpose. There is a v*ant of enthusiasm apparent upon the face of the whole proceeding, both on the part of the Committee and people. It is to be hoped however, that the prosecution will be pursued with alacrity, and that a respectable sum in addition to the £4O already subscribed, may be mav be collected.

Charles Alexander who had been admitted into the hospital some eight or nine days since, died of chronic diarrhoea, on "Wednesday last.

In the "Warden's Court on Thursday last, John M'Grath, G-eorge Strike, and Frank M'Parland, were charged with holding certain premises without business licences, and were severally fined £2, and 11 shillings costs. Even as I write a nice shower is falling, and that it may rain without intermission, even for the next two or three days, is a " consummation devoutly to be wished for." At times those are found, who disregarding the requirements of the people, and only regarding their own selfish ends, would solicit for an uninterupted period of

fine weather; but on the present occasion, I hardly think that one of such outlaws of society, could be foimd among us. There appears to be only one universal feeliug of satisfaction and gratitude to the author of the rain, peryadiug the minds of the people.