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Miscellaneous
ACCOMMODATION IN THE POLICE COURT.—
Lprigfbrd,' .havirigibten' summoned,; tip;, tho'^
Launcestoit Police Court; ycs(ei'da)yVfprr^p'uT?
ip'ayihcnt; of 'railway' rate; a'ppljed : 'fo'i'.ttiji'
Police Magistrate at half-past 11 o'clock' for |-
permission 'tb tiike/a cbhir'in the, body of. the,
^ourt, as he liad'been standing wai'tingV.fbr,
his case to be called-pnjfor 'early two hours,'
and he was' suffering from piiiii in tlie back.,.
Mr' Mason aaid:that!eighty-thi'ee persons liad ,
been summoned to'attend- there, that' day'iiud.'
each, of those would liaye asigodda right' tp;'t
make the application tor a spat in .nie un«y,
of tlie'Court as: Mr Miittlicw3 ; lie tlicrofot-ci _
could uot accede td the apph'eatibiH.but there1 [
wero' sdats uiider tlic veraii'dali' outside ' tliet'
Cburtand'MrMatthe\ys could wait; tliefduniil '
iiisiiaiucshbuldbecallcd. ' Mi- Matthe-vys'sald^-' ,
!? iVery1 well; 'sir,.'rcc'oil4ct.T have attended the
Court, and % prbtest'.'against . being. detiuiiecV;
here1.' . Air'Matthews ? had 'been' snmmpfibd '
fdr npn'-jmyriient pf-'rates'pii properties; , '[ Oiic ;;.
bf these was termed- in thb. siim liions, Clii'nclc- '
Tdwii; Longford; aiid he said he, kiiew' bf ho ;?
iiiciv '. place. ' The objectioii'Sviis;, however,,
bycr-riilctL; and'paymoht' was: brdered' 'on1, all;
tlie properties; but'iir.thc third case' the costs.;
were' remitted:'-, . ; . ' . :. ?.'?,.'.', '.'
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROARD. — The annual
examihatibn; of '„ P.upil teachers' under,' .the ;
Board .pfvEducatipn. has jiist; been coricluu'ifd,,
it'libbarbTown, and' the reppi't of the '.piiiel,'.
[lisp.cctpr.is'riiuch livelier .rcadiiig: than ...sucli,.'
reports rusually, lire. \V,c . of ten' sec amusing j,
sketches' ,of the- tortures'. uiidergpub|by;ner- ,
vpiis -,candi[diitbs, 'when , before a, stern , ^pnra,- .
and' the aiisAver of tliat liie'dieal ' st ude'nt;' was , .
HOC. SO Uacl. WHO* aiLei uiiuui^uin^ ima an
lpur's c'rbssiciupstioniiig, was asked -what he
wbiild 'rdcbmin.L'rid aS a sure means of -putting i -;
a iiiah'1 into aprdf iise pcrspiratiou.: 'Mie an- :
sweir caiiie' promptly- fdr olide— ' Send 'liitn: '
here' tb'i be'.cxamiued'iby. youi' We don't ?
suppose that' the' candidates in IIobarf-Town;'
wore putto ^ubiya'sovcre' ordeal; but' sonic :
oE'tlidir'blunders about- persons nnd'iplaces '
verb laughable;.' One-stated that a'centurion- .
Fits so' called. because-' he cbnimarided; tho:
wdincii; another thitt Antipodes arc tho nainol ?'
pf:a peop.ie-is'uip^(Jsea-t6'liveun'ildii'i-hb'e1afth';!.:
whiieapaid monitor wrote of the S.idduoees '
thaK 'they bele'iced -tliri, t their ^ was no ruskeb-'
iioii.' Y\rc 'caii cordially agree with' i the-'
Chief ?'Insp'ector-when he says that ' a :pupil' ?
teacher' who lias been uiuloi-: training and in-'!
's'triictibn for four years' ought not., to assort '
that '' the Jordan \ flows first into- the Bead
Seal then' flows 'northward iiitb the Sea of:
Galilee,' aria- ' still corithiuing. a' northerly
course it discharges its waters into tho^Lake ;
Morom;' nor .to sujipose that. Herod the
Great and (Nebuchadnezzar, wei-p oue aiid tlie
sampr person.' After siicli .a. jumble of facts.
iis this it is comforting, to notice tliaf Mr
! Stephens says he- has seldom' met with such '[[
grave errors' ,as appeal1 this year. .on' the if
'papers of those who ought to. have kno\yii
better.;.;- , ...-, ? .. ? ? i' : ,- . .:. , '?? ;
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CHIOR—The organist
bfSt-j John's1 advertises forassistancoiulns
choir in tlic shape' of sopranos, of whom six ?.
'or eight arc reqiiired:to. fill up recent racuu-r
cies.- .iTherc- should .be no: diflieulty in ?-.
-obtaining the assistance.1 required, for; ,a:
) popular church like, St. John's.and we there
fore, commend /tlie organist's appeal- to- the .
,' favorable coiisidciratibii ofpurnumei-oiis lady '
! amateurs' whose vocal 'talents' arc not siihi-: '
i larly cuii)loyed elsewhere. We know-that in
tho old ' OQ.unt'ry', such - empibynient is coii- ??'
siderbd highly honorable, even by tlic: 'wives
- p£^ bishops and ripblemen; whose example' we ?
.should hope' to. see emulated herb. ' '
FIRE AT MERTON VALE. — As;:the; family; ,
!,i:f'Morton-Valc on 'Sunday : morning: were',
fitting at'breakfast a cry ofc fire, arose, and; ,
: in -a1 few 'minutes' tho buUdingsrfoiniing threu; ;
'sides of 'aUarge square were in flames. Mr,,:
- lie witt'cutithrough the roof- of a part .of the ?
'uuildingsj andbeilig! ably supported. t-y, his
i iieighboursi'I)r..and' Charles iLeakc, Esq., of, :
!Bose(lale;:nianttged;tdi saveione side -of -the,.
.ran'6 of 'buildingsjhut. he- lost .most of ; his
i Household ip roperty , his ?. books, -papers, and .
cheques- arid money, amounting, to. about,
.-i-ioo! ;-: ?? ?? ??'?'?? ???-. ? ?? ? ' ' - ?-:--.1-'. -. ..'
THE BEES AND THE BOBBIES, OR THE PUR-
SUIT IF HONEY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.—It is
said; that-last' Monday the police; while'
?! making 'a seizure;' for 'unpaid' mil way rates,1 :
-amori ''other things: carried oW in tri uinph it
'b'eeiljiv'c'orbvrded'witn its' industrious inhabi- : _
? tan tsjliaviiig previously tiikeh the precaution.*-.
to clb's'e'all pbrts'bf1 egress Unfortunately
?for thcms'ei'\-'es;the: blue coated' gentlemen i'
wcre'iiat'suniciciitly: careful of their pi-izev-1'
?iis owing either to cal-elessn'oss or'clunisinessy '
-? the'swect burden got, overturned: The; bees
naturally an'oye.l ab being: so unetrcniouibmly;
'disturbed in' their usrful labors, crowded'.'
thickly ai;oundthcir csiptors, aud made some
? rather sti|iging .remarks,, which the poliie
!are:said.to..have.felt exceedingly. The latter .
' replied inlanguigc nioL-c forcible tliaivpolitei
but soon wearying ot this' exuhaiigc'.of
' amenities, took tpHhc-ir heel's, wilh the'. exe'ep-
1 tion of iip'noiof : their - nuinbe'r .who, being blest,
! with. a tougher, skin than 'his companions,
i was not so '.much. affected by tlie sharp iind
?'. pointed observations of tlie irritated capi iyesi.
I Accordingjtp the very, latest, iiitelligence^liC;
' was seated, b'n. a loS- w,|th^ the bees, ibtsidd;
; him,. bhey- appeared to. b'ojiinliin-r friend's'; as. .
1 numbers- were crawling;. over his fiiecaiid',
?hands: : ; : .- ; ; .- . , -.-??? . ?'-..?:?? :?
FLOWER SHOW.—The next flower show
; and'exhibitioiv of ifruii, gniiii, 'ami dairyi'pi'o-: ?
. diieb lDythe'Delbfaiiie-llorticultUral- Society1
1 will'be held1 at'Mi:'-ITarfs large store, Delo-*'
raine;div Weclnesdaiy npxi, ana in our iinver
fisirig cpliuriiis wilt -be found a list of special;
prizes for grain, pFbuucoVarj d ya.i'irtnsi.v(irietie's
of fl'p'wers which will1 be open- for comj)btitioiv.. ?
oriiuiis''pcbiisl6».-'' .'??'?'. '??' ' . ? ? ' ?
SUBMARINE CABLE FOR SAIL.-— Many of
par reader's rf.colii'Ctwe-li t hclay irigof the first;
submarine cable between Victoria and this'
island in 185UV but' which was ? laid : to the
wdstwarili'icrossing. King's Island; and- twinge
to the rocky nal-ure o E the; St rai ts- there-:-ando :
tl}e's.tfift''-t£-le-fips,'ihticl.-.iif.ter. sorcntl.' brcak-;i ?
ngos'aiKl'splicings.fiiially 1 to' be labandouedl . .
By at»' annou'nccinen.tj ininiiothor: column i it/'
w'illbe seen that McsSrsiBiill and WcistbroOk-i
?\vili!'pftVr) for.: sale: ion;Monday!; next; ! the'.!
rights and! interests (of the. ViotDrinn, aiid.!'
Tasmaniaii Governments in . t-hn t r portion- otit j
it'tliat 'may at nresenfc-b?:lyJDjr-iit thv )ottom:.
6f the straits pciwccn uajie v.uway ami xmm
llef.d. -, ]?erhap3 they, think that iUmay.be
useful forborne of the; new; felc'gr.'i^li lines
now. b,enig,pr6.ipct'ed eastward, westNvardyhhd ll
hi'.'tiio ;? south of the.isiaud. ; ,' ]''. ''','..-..',', ''.,
TIN ORE.—We are informed by Captain
Phillips of the s.s. Pioneer, that owning to the
easterly winds and easterly sea prevailing
along the coast, he was unable to take in the
tine ore that is lying on the jetty at Emu
Bay awaiting shipment.

SIEZURES FOR THE RAIDWAY RATES.— A num-
ber of persons ?against whoni judgment
have Leon obtained in',ddJnult of payment 6
rail way.ratehave: determined to resist ta tin
extent, of keeping their doors closed ngains
tnc.' bailiff, under Hie Impression that the;
can legally refuse, to do so. It is alleged
lioweyer, that the railway rate being a. rat
pay.able to the Crowuthc bailiff can legaRj
break ; ppen (premises for the purpose o
seizing goods in Him of the rate. -Tin
bailiff is acting under definite instruction
, from the authorities, including the chief lav
offlcer.of the Crown, and he will carry thosi
instructions into effect. He will claim thi
protection of thq.police force in what he be
lieyes to' be the execution of his duty, and hi
will, be protcctedbya sufficient force ^to ren
der resistance useless, and all persons re
sisting will .place.themselves in the,po3itloi
of being rcsisters .60 the execution of a lega
warrant. But.should the advice upon whicl
the .bailiff acts be found to be erroeeous anc
illegal, each person so forcibly distrainee
upon will have his remedy by an -action al
law .for damages. The matter is to be testee
by the bailiff without delay and wcadvise the
owners of premises broken open by! law, or bj
advice of the chief law officer of the'.Crown, tc
stand miietly. aside, look on, take.noteof the
damage done, how and by whom, secure
sufficient evidence on these points, and Iel
the chief law officer of the Crown take the
responsibility. '''Let the breaking and smash
ing open of households be done like all the
other acts of the irresponsible Chapman
ministry, ' decently and in order,' and sec
wheth'er'British law cannot force the respon
sibility upon them whether they remain in
office or be driven for ever from the exer
cise of .power Which they have so shamefully
abused..
A PARADISE FOR LABOR. — Fifteen shil-
lings a day is being offered .in vain for
harvest-men -in Otago, and shipload after
shipload of immigrants arrive and are
speedily absorbed, without in any appreci
able degree 'lessening the demand, especially
for servant girls and agricultural laborers.
Upon this .text the * Angus founds a leader,
arguing the necessity for .resuming assisted
immigration -.to Victoria, .though it says 'if
the majority of the people of Victoria have
made up their minds that the inhabitants of
a country comprising a territory of nearly
87,000 square imil?B should not exceed a
maximum of say 800,000, the minority can
only remonstrate and submit.'' We wish.
Tasmania had and could retain .even .60. per.
? cent, of the immigrants her funds assisted
to bring out heue merely to step across, the
.straits to swell the population oi Victoria,
-we should show a considerable . increase at
the next census period. ..-.-.?. ?
TAMAR REGATTA. — A meeting of the com-:
mittee of the Tamar Regatta was held last
evening at the Criterion Hotel, for the pur
pose of opening the tenders, for booths, sup
plying a band, and laying the buoys, &e.
The tender of Mr Cleary,-of the Interim-'
-tional Hotel, was accepted for both booths.
?For laying the buoys, beacons, &e., and for
tthe use of a boat for the eommittee, Mr
Hughes's tender was accepted; and that of
Mr Melvor for supplying a baud. We wish
to remind pullers and others that next Tues
day evening is the night of general entry, at
the Criterion Hotel.
A MERCURIAL FRANKENSTEIN.— Our
Hobart Town contemporary is industriously
endeavoring to build up for itself a Franken
stein out of the fragments of the recent
larrikin disturbance in Launceston, and' is
using the most frantic endeavors- to gal
vanise the monster into life, but without the
remotest chance of success. During the last
few days the people of the south have been
treated to the most sensational telegrams
about'anticipated disturbances which never
came off ; and the latest bulletin bears
the sensational heading, 'Playing with edged
tools.' The joke is too good to be lost, and
so we extract it as follows: — ' We suppose it
has been fione in all good faith and in pursu
ance of the craving for display that seems
inseparable from fire brigades, but not the
less indiseteet was the resolution of the
XauncestoR fire brigades to indulge in a
torchlight procession last night. The excit
able state of public feeling- may be, by the
slightest spairic, led into flame, and we think
rthatit wasidn special bad taste in the fire
ibrigade that Eefused to aid in maintaining
-the public peace to have been the first to
'have taken a step so calculated to tend to a
breach of it. ;£t is probably more to the
* firmness of the authoritiesthan the prudence
ofithe brigade, that they did not yesternight
finfl real work taking the place of a dangerous
show.' Goodness-gracious ! Won't soine
bo.&y send the olfl woman of Macquarie
streeta bottle of saothing syrup. Her nerves
are -evidently unstoung and she wants it
badly.
GOLDEN POINT QUARTZ MINING COMPANY.
— A. meeting of the provisional directors of
this , company was held yesterday afternoon,
when ;tbe deed of association was gone
through and arrangements made as to the
business to be submitted to the shareholders
.-at the meeting to-night. The official report
.on. the .g-*id recently sect to Melbourne,
-signed by- the deputy master of the mint, was
tabled, and we summarise 'it as follows: —
'Description -jf gold ' rough:' Weight be
'fore melting :g27oz. 55dwts-; weight after
melting, -525oz.-£6dwts ; assay report of gold
?S'860.; report of silver, -60S ; standard
?gold, 56-ioz. -631, lit per oz. £3 17s 10^d ; total
.£2188 0.0s 8d. I\rom these figures it will be
?seen that the gold 'took nearly iQoz of alloy
lo reduce it to standard value, leaving it in
itB pure -otate wortU nearly £4 :8s 4d per
ounce, about the highest value yet given to
any Australian gold. This result is most
satisfactory, and we iktcerely hope tjie reef
tnay yield gpaiiy simdlar«akes of thepneeious
snetal. The firat meeting- of shareholders is
to be held in tSie class zoom at the Me
-cnanics' Institute at five o'clock this after
noon.
CUSTOMS RETURNS. — The Customs returns
for the month of January are now published
for general information. For Hbbart Town
the imports were £70,998 6s Cd ; exportt*
£14,015; and Customs duties collected during
the month £10,327 0s 2d. At Launce«ton
during the same period the imports . were,
£51,712 ( exports, £70,691 ; and Customs
vdutie3, £9269 7s lOd. The total for both
ports are, imports £122,710 6s 6d ; exports, ?
£84,606; and total Customs duties £19,596
83 Od. ,
THE HEMATITE IRON MINES. — Mr Swift,
manager of the Tamar Hematite Iron Mines,
arrived by the s.s. Tamar from Melbourne
yesterday, bringing with him a quantity of
machinery, 6000 fire bricks, four large fire
lumps, and a ton of fire clay, for the purpose
-of buildtojj a furnace and commencing smelt-
ing operations at the company's works,
West Tamar, as soon as possible.

- i' 'Attempt to CoMMit*SDiciDE;^A'yoinng
s, woman ? named Anne-'Mqrritt haying, qear-j
f . relied with' tho man :she was : living with,
e about i 5. o'clock on' Wednesday; .afternoon!
t- ran- away down -Patterson-street to ithe:
p-, Russian wharf and into, the water, with the.
1,1 avowed intentionoE drowning herself. -She
e' was followed by the man James McPherson,
ft who brought herout of the water— the tide
f was only half in and there was more mud
c than water whereshc went in. Ho took her
s to the police station, ? charged her wi«h the
v attempt to commit -self-destruction, and she
b was locked up until .Thursday morning. She
2 at first persisted 'in raying that she would
- drown herself and put an end to her misery
2 Next morning she was very ill, but more
- reconciled to live. She was brought before
- Mr Mason and .pleaded guilty. Mr Conltor
1 applied for a remand .for a week as tho wo
1 man had beea drinking, and it wns advisable
1 to give her time to thoroughly recover her
1 senses before releasing her. The j'oung
1 woman was respectably brought-up in Laun
t ceston and married a man at Longford, but
I they did not ngree and separated. She has
: been living about two years with McPherson,
' and they had come into town on Monday or
) Tuesday from Kvandale and drink was the
: cause of her -despondency.
! A Shocking Rumok. — A rumor has
' reached us from such a variety of sources
? that, horrible as its nature is, we fear there
? must be some truth in it. It is alleged that
'? some of the sugar seized for railway rale has
1 been deliberately poisoned; that the bags
! were opened, the sugar mixed with ursenic,
? and the bags carefully sewn up again and
1 loft ready for the bailiff to seize. That any
' person could perpetrate «o fiendish an act
' secra3 incredible, but we again state that the
rumor has assumed a. shape which compels
. us to make it public, in order that pre
cautionary measures may be adopted. The !
bailiff should take care to mark the goods ]
thus seized, so as to be able to provo from !
whom each package was taken, and then ,
have the contents carefully analyzed before
offering any of the sugar for sale. No ,
article seized is more saleable than sugar, ,
and if, as is also rumored, the goods seized 1
should be offered for sale at Campbell Town,
' the poisoned sugar may be purchased for J
sale over the counter, for household use, or :
for distribution as rations to servants.
Should any of those individuals levied upon ;
for railway rate, have been so fiendishly j
vindictive as to thus mix poison with the ;
goods seized from ? them, they may be the '
direct cause of death1 to many who had no ?
more to do with the collection of the railway ?
rate than persons residing on the other side ,
of the globe; We sincerely trust for the .
credit of human nature, that there is no *
truth in this horrible rumor. ? . ?? ?';?-.
Obituary.: — The ' obituary /'notice in our j
submarine telegram announces ' the death of (
two distinguished men, though in very differ- ' !
rint professions and branches of: literature.1 '0
The Rev. Thomas Binney, L.L.D. . arid Mr/ j
Charles Shirley Brooks. The Rev. Thomas' |
Binuey will be affectionately remembered' g
throughout Australia since his visit hi. 1857.' c
He was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1798, 'fe
and commenced his ministry in an Iridepec- g
dent chapel at Newport, Isle of 'Wight, j,
whence he removed in 1829 to the pastorate j
of the 'Kings Weigh-house Chapel' then tl
inEasteheap. Mr Binney published nuine- 'ft
rous valuable works during his life. After '2
a ministry of 40 years at the Kings Weigh- f
house Chapel, he retired in January, 1871, n
from the pastorate, and was succeeded by b
the Rev. W. Braden, of Huddersfield. Mr ^
Binney has received from the Universityof u
Aberdeen, the degree of L.L.D., and that of ^
D.I). from the United States. Mr Charles a
Shirley Brooks was born in 1815, and was n
originally intended for the profession of the ;
law, but having a preference for literature) sj
he applied himself to dramatic composition d;
and journalism. He has also written several '01
novels, the best known being ' Aspen' w
Court,' 'Tho Gordian Knot, 'The Silver ir
Cord,' and ' Sooner or. Later.' He was for C
many years one of the most diligent contri- \i
butors to Pimchi and on the d( a'th !of Mr si
Mark Lemon, in 1870, became the editor of 'k
that brilliant periodical. ' ' ? /? ? . . ? ?. .. - a]
ANarhow Escape.^— About aqua'rter to 7 r-
o'c'.ockonThurs Jay e venirig.Mrpaniel Room, «
who had been oiitfiira drive, was unbuckling :'i
thchirness in the lane at the rear bthis resi, 'M
depce, when the horse took fright at some- Y
thing, and bolted down towards St. John- n'
street. Mr Room held on by the reins, but 0(
: ^Yas thrown and dragged along oil his right w
side for some distance. . He escaped without ? b;
much injury beyond a torn coat. The horse, !
partlj' unloosed from the pagnal cart, con- —
tinued his career down the lane into St. r:-
John-strest, and made right across it to. the ^y
corner of Messrs. Lakin and Porter's drapery r!
estabiishment, dragging the vehicle over the ^
footpath between that and (he lamp-post at . J.c
tho corner, and then- made a dash for the Vr
verandah at the premises of Mr James Fish, . Y
boot and shoe maker, on the opposite side of
Brisbane-street, jamming a young man and . '.'
woman up in the extreme coiner, but not si
injuring them. The horse then turned oi
quietly, and several persons rushed up and s
secured it, but in turning, the cart was ''
thrown on its side and dragged for some &
yards on the street. The horse was then *'
held fast, and the pagnal cart raised on its sc
wheels was brought back to Mr Room's pre- ri
mises, the most serious injury done being ?*'
the bending of the axletree of the cart. A A
riurse and three children standing in the lane tl:
at the Bank of Van Diemen's Land, had 41
barely time to get out of the way when the *r
horse and vehicle rushed past, over the verv
spot where they had been standing. . . * w
Peimitive Methodist Missionary So- ?
cietv- — Sermons in aid of the above society ?
will be delivered at the Frederick-street Jl
church on Sunday morning and evening next, ?
and in the afternoon the Eev. J. Langhain w
will eonduet the children's Missionary Jj?
Society. A public , tea meeting will
be held at the ehurch on Mouday evening, cc
after which several gentlemen will address a^
the meeting. . nt
Using Seized Abticles. — We are given *'
to understand that the police are making ne
nse of a cart and harness seized for the rail- .
way rate for the purpose of conveying other tJ
seized goods to the Commissariat store. . We
believe such a proceeding to be perfectly j\e
illegal, but no doubt the owners of the pro- *
perty will take their remedy at the proper f
time. -IP
The Melbourne Mail. — The s.s. Tamar
ivith the Intercolonial mailsonboard, arrived ?f
it the Launceston wharf between six and J{'
seven o'clock on Tuesday evening. The , '
nails were not delivered until Wednesday '5;
norning. J'
The Levi-^than Coach. — Mr Page's 'V
Leviathan Co.toh is to leave the Criterion „,
lotel with the AU-Englarid Eleven Cricket- *'c
irs at 5 o'clock on .Sunday morning-, instead f_,
if in the evening. ' ',_ ''' [\\ '' I .

' A REaATTA'Boicr 'LosTi-^-By ?the'-barqu
j Wynaud, which, ilcft Hobart-Towu.for th:
port' oh ' the 1 3th' ' iiistant,,a' valuable , f oui
oared racing boat, valuedat £30, was shippe
iby the Mesirs. Whitehouse of Tlpliaict Towt
and was intended ' to ' cbi'npe'te iii 'the Al
Comers' Race at the coming Tamar Regaiti
manned by a Hobart Town crew. Th
; Wynaud has, however, been wrecked, an
the boat smashed to. pieces. A great deti
:of sympathy is felt for the ybuujr -White
ihouses, who. arc persevering young mei
and not in a position to afford this loss, am
a subscription has been started in Hobar
Town to recoup them for the iuin they ha'v
thus lost in an attempt to uphold the hono
of their citj' in aquatics in tlio north, and i
is to be hoped it will be liberally .resp6nde-
tO. ? ' ?'.??? . ??'?:?
? Naurow-Escai'k. — On 'the 20th inst.
little boy named Taylor fell into the rive
from the market wharf, and would have bee
drowned had not Mr J. R. Kemp, who wa
told of the occurrence by a brother of Tay
lor, jumped into the water and after som
searching found the boy on the mud at th
bottom and brought him ashore. Strange t
say, tliC'Child was very little the worso fo
his submersion, but great praise is due to M
Kemp for his promptitude in rescuing him
asavcry few minutes more would havi
probably have been sufficient to cause tin
little fellow;to lose his life. - : -.???,
Pbbbsthianis.v. — On Ih; 20th inst.
according to announcement, A. E. Bird at
tended on the Mowbray .Racecourse for tin
purpose of performing the feat of runnirij
10 miles within, the hour. It was stated ir
the advertisement that 'Mr H. D. Parr was
fiiiiil stakeholder, starter, and judge,' thai
gentlemen, however, was not in attendance
neither could our reporter ascertain who hoc
made the w.\ger with Bird. The attendance
of spectators was as usual, comprised of the
representatives of the Press, some half dozer
gentlemen, and about 301 men, including ar
individual who was1 very ankious to plaj
'?' under and ;over''seve'ui'';and-an6th'er one
ivith the three caiids1..':B'ird haying stripped
toed the/mark, and started at'l'ljiriin. pasi
Four o'clock.- Tlio ' length- of ? tho'racecoursc
is -one niilo 127 j'arJs,1 and in order that Bird
should* finish opposite 'the; grand stand, 617
Cards were measured from the : stand round
;he turn towards the dip.'Bird1 choosing to
:uh' the opposite way the horses; do ; in : order
.0 save the long : hill. The first round was
iccomplishcd in1 5min. 45sec., the secondni
imiri. ISsec., the third in 6min. 25sec, and
the fourth 'in 6'min ; 40sec. Bird then rnri
round to the stand and gave up, stating I fiat
-wing'to: the very sandy and heavy descrip
ion of ground, it was impossible to do the
listaiici!. Bird was. not in a fit order to
itterapt such a task ; he, liowever, ran very
tamely, and after stopping, he did three or
rour- short spins iii good style. A'-!small
collection was made on the 'ground for him;
Chuuoii op TiiEArc)STi,Es:— The members
if the Royal Italian Opera Company- were
ireseritin the choir1 of .the above church' Vn
Sunday, and in the' course of !the;m6niing
er'vice the-' Ki/'rie et incdrriatus ' from the'
redd iii 'Mozart's '.' Twclvth Mass,' wok surig
iy them.' ' In: the offertory which f ol lowed :
lignora'Coy sang the Are Maria; the Saiic
us arid '.tlie cbdriis from the ' Twelvtli
lass' were also siing, arid Signor Coy gave
lie Cujus 'ahimiim from Rossini's ' Slabat
later;' ? At the evening service Signora
lendni.Garaboa sang the Inflamalus, also'
rotn the ' Stabat Mater.' The organ was
resideel- dver by Siftnor Alberto Zehnan
oth morning and evening, and the church
ras densely crowded at both services. It is
nderstobd'that the ihembers of the compaiiy
'ill sing again in the choir on Sunday next,
nd the fiill orcliestra willprobably also be
resent.1' '?' ', ? ??'?'?'? '. ; '?'? '?? ? ? ? ~-
The Railway ' Rate.— The process of
immonsihg still continues, and day after
:iy along list of, defaulters' names are criei,
uta.t the' police bfficc,.dnd ' judgment given
itli -costs against the parties. The ' collect
ig cart' uudertlie superintchderice of Mr
i.p.C. Prbp'stiiig,- still continues to perambu
Lte the' streets,1 picking 'up the surplus
:ocks of any description from the shop
e'epers, arid any useless household furniture
nd other effects that can be conveniently
amoved. 'We understand that two small
ises '? believed to contain ammunition did
rrivie on 2(ith inst. by Page's coach, but the
jent is r.ot aware that they contained re
olvers, neither does he knowanything ab iut
consignment of rifles, which most assuredly
juld not have arrived and been delivered
ithout him bi ing aware of it, as was stated
y our contemporary. ? ?'?
Messrs. ADAstsANDHoNtTHEExpi.oBEns.
-We understand these gentlemen have
2cently returned from Flinder's Island,
here they have been exploring forminer
ils, andthey have brought with them some
ne specimens of iron and tin ores. They
lave for Mount Bischoff to-morrow m6rn-:
ig by the Pioneer, for the purpose of iii
estigating the tin ground in that locality.
The ' Baron of Clyde.' — On the 19th
1st. R. M. Ay re, Esq., of Qnarriby ?
iffered a very severe loss through the death
£ that celebrated imported Clydesdale
allion 'Baron of Clyde.' A post
orlem examination was held on Jb'ri
ly, when it was ascertained that
le noble animal was suffering from
ivere inflammation, and that there was a
iptiire of a blood vessel in the intestines,
idepondent of the pecuniary loss to Mr
yre of such a valuable animal, it is one
lat will be felt by a very large section of
le farmers in the district where the horse
avelled.
Thistle Down. — This is the season at
hich thistles are seeding, and the fact is
arle patent to the people of Launceston,
y the dense clouds of thistle down which
rery breeze sends flying through the streets.
11 Saturday afternoon some of the streets
ere literally white witli thistle seeds. The
isult of this visitation must prove very
sastrous to the uncultivated land of the
nintry, and also to all who are engaged in
;ricultiirc or horticulture. Yet we hai e
) less than two statutes upon the subject
?oviding stringent penalties against all who
iglect to cut down thistles growing ontheir
nd so as to prevent them flowering or seed
g. These acts are 34 Vic. No. 5, and 35
ic. No 15. Ministers have lately been
ized with a sudden zeal for maintaining
e majesty of the law. Why don't they en
rce the thistle acts and rescue the country
om a great plague.
Art Union op Victoria. — We had an
portunity on Wednesday of inspecting at
e SIiop of Messrs. Walch Brothers, and
rctiall, Brisbane-street, a series of six very
autiful photographs of Victorian lau 1
ipe scenery, coiislit.xting the annual pre
ltationto subscribers to the newly formsd
:t Union of ? Victoria. The photographs
me are well wortlr the guinea subscription,
J in addition members have a chance - in
2 annual drawing of original works of art.

^J4--REPI!i:SENTATiaNOFJ1NonP0r,KI Pf.AINS.— ;-
is JA rumor, has been current during the past
I--, few days to the effect that Mr F. J. Hough
el' ton intends to resign his seat in tho Assembly
i) as the representative of Norfolk Plains. We
I- have Mr Houghtori's authority for statiiig
x, that there is not tho slightest truth in the
ic report.
d The Late Kxi\losion on Board the
d Littli: Nell.— The funeral of Mr William
:- Gardiner, late master of the river steamer
1, Little Nell, left his residence at '3 p.m. on
i Wednesday. His remains were followed to
?t their last resting place by a large number of
o mourners and friends. Tho remains of Mr
r Russell, Cann, the engineer, and the' lad
t Ruttley have not yet been recovered. Several
d of those left destitute by the result of this
riiolanclioly disaster are in actual want. Mrs
a Cann, with a family of, wo believe, seven'
r childreiijthe eldestonly fourteen yearsof age,
n being in nctdal want of the necessaries of
.s ife. ??'??? ; '?''? ?'-.,: '. ' :'-
Fool Play— Four Youno Ladies against,
e one' Oi-n -Man.'— Four young ladies have
e distinguished themselves at VVyanya, near
0 Bungehdbre, by killing a ferocious kangaroo,
r The! 'monster passed the window at which
r they were seated, and ran into a deep water
1, hole. ' Arming themselves with sticks, tho
3 quartette sought the denizen of the woods,
3 which might reasonably have expeeteel
milder treatment from the softer sex. What
, followed we leave tho ' Queanbcyan Age'
- to tell : — ' Afte:r receiving a couple of blows
b from the well directed aim of Miss M. A;'
r Smith, and one from Miss Murphy, it be
1 came so enraged that it made a tremendous
3 spring at Miss Emily Smith and Miss
b Murphy; who were nearest the kangaroo.
, Fortunately the former young lady held '? a
I long stick, and she courngeously struck the
- animal on the head as it was in the- act Of
. leaping up the bank. In the meantime Miss
1. White and Miss M. A. Smith' ran' to 'the
1' assistance of their friends, and were just'.in'
r time, as the infuriated nniinal was recovei;
i ing,'to give'it!a'few more gdoil blows) ? when
;? it'snnk exhausted.' '??'?? ':'?' '';;'''.. J '' ;:' ?'?'?' '? ''''
; j 'Fireat'Hajiilton-on-Forth.— A corres
. pondent writes' .to '' correct' ?' a statement'
[ ma-le by'ouri Hamilton-oii-Forth cofrespon-1
',- dent,'ih oiir issue of 18tH ;in'sti,; ,to the effect1
.' that'at a1 'recent fire about :ii quarter of air
1 ? acre 'of wheat ' was burnt belonging :tb Mr'
'? John William's,' ' Our present ' correspondent
says there were six acres of grain destroyed '
and thirty chains of fencing.
; ' II Bakbiere. di. Siviglia' — Owing to
the great success of this 'opera on Saturday
evening last, a special request has been riiade;
to. the rrjanagement by -i number' of subscri
bers that it may be repeated, and, we under-'
stand it will besubmitted for La SonnambiUd
oirAlohday evening next! ... ? .,
' The First Arrival or /Colonial Beef
in, G09D, Condition.— An ox preserved
1 entire in ice was landed at Liverpool on the,
Sth irist.',. from! Canada.. ' The.;an:'rjal was
killed two days before the. [departure of the
steamer Scandinavian, and' a telegram ihas,-'
jbee'i, despatched to .the consignors announc
ing its arrival in excellent condition. The
carcase, was exhibited on 'Change the follow-'
ing day; ; to , crowds of gentlemen, , cattle'-,
dealers, and, butchers, and a public dinner,,
at' which, tho preserved ox. was the chief
feature, took place on the ] Oth inst. ' '
i Tiie Explosion in Queen-street, Mel
nouRNE.^Tlie Goverrimeutof Victoria have,
with praiseworthy alacrity, offered a reward
for the discovery of the person who left the
box containing ?' riitro-glycerine at the office
of Messrs. Reynolds and English, Melbourne'..
The, following is from the oflicial announcer
ment : — '?',' Notice is hereby given that a 're-.'
wardbf ^200.will. be paid by the Govern-,
ment for.j such .information as will lead to
;the cpnyictiori'df any person; \yhb may have',
' maliciously! setit the box. [referred to,' such
ireward'to be, reduced to £50 for iriforma
Uidsvleading-to the discovery of tho sender,
? if he shall .not be convicted of malicious in
'tcnt;on.'; '?.','- ,.' .' r' ;,'.'. ' ; ' ' ? ''. .'..
? ; A!Man.Lost'.i:uom'.thh'.:Bki6 Merccry,;
-rTli.c Argusjays :—!? A .'death by drowning,
at.sea is reported to us' by Captain' Tulloch,
; of, the brig;Mercury;VAyhieh. arrived from',
Ij vunceston on the,;16th jri,st;,: '.'. From V.wh'a ;
Captain ...Tujlo'ch states the occurrence took
place, shortly after 9 o'clock on ' Sunday.
- evening,'; 'tibput 35 miles rj.E. of Hunterfs
Islaud.the wind at the lime being S. W. by
S .V , with : squally . weather, and the vessel'
going about nine knot3. [ About half an hour
before that time,' one of the crew, named
Bruce Jamiesdn, along with another seaman,
was, sent aloft to stow the maintop-gallant,
sail, but it is.conjecturcd that Jamieson must'
have then fallen overboard, as the other man
f urlel the sail alone, and on coming down
inquired after jamieson, as he had not seen
him aloft. Instant inquiry was made all over
the vessel, but no trace wns found of. the
massing man , Jamieson was a young man;
highly respected, and Captain Tulloch speaks
of his loss most regretfully. :
?' The Late Boiler Explosion.— The Mel-,
tyourne Daily Telegraph, referringto the late
boiler explosion on the Tamar, says :' — ' The
news of a terrible boiler explosion is pub
lished to-day. This time 'the '.[accident oc
curred in a river boat in Tasmania, and lias,
been attended with a saddening loss of life.
Only three persons out of eleven escaped,
and the rest perished miserably of their
scalds in the water. Perhaps-, this accident
will revive interest in tlio much-neglected
question of boiler inspection to which we
have so of ten directed attention.' The City
Council, on the motion of Alderman Wragge,
memorialised the Government on the subject
a year or , two ago without effect, but our
municipal guardians should consider whethor
the time has not toms for another effort.
They are all in danger, and parenthetically
our jovial aldermen may bo reminded that
no injury: is so painful and induces such
shrieks as . scalds. And people who have
witnessed a favorably-placed sensational ex
plosion are free to admit that no shell, no
missile invented by warlike men for destruc
tion, i3 equal to a rotten bniler with a good
head of steam on. At the same time nothing
would be easier and more inexpensive than
a systematic compulsory boiler test in Mel
bourne, where hydraulic pressure in the
shape of the Tan Yean is at everyone's
door. Companies are formed in England to
insure boilers, and they take care that a
test isregularly applied, andthe consequence
is that that next to no explosion occurs under
their regime. The facts and figures on this
point are so instructive than we shall take an
early- opportunity of putting them before
the public. In the meantime it must suffice
to say that a watched boiler never bursts.
People who are at a loss to know what to
do with live alligators seldom hesitate long,
but make presents of them to Poughkeepsie
ladies. ? ? . .'
; 'Carabooaptucr's Menagerie' is as near
as they have .: cH O0Bk*, in the Far West, to'
cerebro-spina'-me.rfr^itis. ? And if -their
heads are ; level, they will 'never come any
nearer ? ;-'-;- ??:????;????. ;.i .?:.'-. ?-? f . .1 ..'?.-.-?i .'

''?'A^'Usurtir,1 iNvnNtibN.'— A' mosf'Sscif ul H
invention -for nursery use called 'a- baby- /fl
washer'Ms reported from America, where it *H
has boon patented.: It is described by. the H
inventor as follows: — 'You simply inserf. JH
the begrimed and molasses coated inmnt in, -^M
an orifice whicli can be made any required ^|
size by turning for ten minutes a coc-whceJ H
with electric attachments. The child glides : H
gently, down a highly-polished inclined! fl
plane ; his lips are met at its terminence by H
an indiarubber tube, from whicli the infant H
can draw lacteal nourishment of the piircsl: ^9
and most invigorating character, secured' 9
for the special purpose at sreat1 expense |
from a choice breed of Alelcrneykine' H
raised 011 the estate of Her Majesty Qui-eit H
.Victoria in the Isle of Wight. While I
in this ? compartment, which is lined I
with.: plate-gloss, mirrors, the perturbed ?
spirits of the infant are soothed by H
its frantic efforts to demolish its own imr-'-c H
reflected in ithe glass with a nickel-plated |
combined tooth-cutter, nail knife, rattle,and ?
tack hammer, which is,thrust into the baby'.- . H
hand by an automaton monkey. Katiimed H
by its destructive efforts the infants falln to ?
sleep, while the organ attachment p!avH H
sof t y the ravishing melody of '? Put me hi ?
my .little, bed.' Then it slips into the third H
coniimrtment. ' Hero the babv is .washed H
Another small .tube administe'rs a elose o€ ' V
soothijig syrup, andthe infant glides- from 1
the machine, itshails paireel.its hair combed I
if it has any, ready for . the habiliments ren- I
dcred necessary by the fall of our first I
parents.' -With the adelition of a little com- .'
pa'rtmeiit in which the infant's troubles migh(; ?
be brought to a speedy close and its body ?
packed in lime ready for deposit in some I
secluded nook in ' Peckham or Camberwell I
this, machine /would be invaluable at' oni- I
Englisln' baby i farms,' arid would' no' doubt ' I
be generally ^ adopted:-:pa« Mall Gazette';.-. I
I The'.; Ij'atb '.op LEioiiARpT.— A stTanEc ?
story :.is ...told by ' . the man 'Andrew Hume ' ' ?
who, while a prisoner of the Crown in. '.'New H
&puth, Wales, was some time ago released M
and allowed to' proceed: to. North Australia ?
wherehe said that he could obtain from the I
natives some relic's and' certain 'information I
respecting tho fate of the ? Leiohard t eipc-di- I
hon. , 'Hcilms now. returned. to Brisbane, ane! I
declares that, ho has found asurvivor of the I
expedition,'; Indmed . ^Glassaii, Leiciiardt's I
seconelih e'qmhiou'd; 'who has been living willi I
the blacks ever since. '-' He also says he has si ?
manuscript writtcriliy.CIas'sari, in' German ?
narralingthe end of .tlie'ex'peditiph and the- ' I
fate of Leicliardt, and some other.' relics thai; I
jvoulil, prove; the' truth of his story. Very ' I
groat scepticismexists as to'his statements, I
jvmch ;are belie vcd,tp be mere fabrications I
invented', to -suppdrt :.' liis:. original . fiction ' V
From; all; sieles, telegrams and letters have ? I
:ome,^ tending to render it doujbtful whether I
P'W'P.f'wis.-.'.'o'r ??'aiiy.' great ilerigth! of time I
!'1)sc».t '^ora the settled districts , of the north I I
)r from tlie; telegraph 'line, arid at any 'rate I
loprovethatlie wasnofaway.for the time' I
yhich he irepreseri ts. , . Then ''his asserf iou ' I
iliat he had seen a number of camels, which ' I
le belioyed.to, bd; those of ; the ' Warbuvion I
:xp.edition;is,,unluclcily'ipr:' his .credibility I
uddenlyjcpnfrpntca with the fact that news I
liis be'en received of the.safe arrival' of the I
Varbu'rtpn party ih ..West Australia, after I
laving, eaten ?nearly;, all 'tlieir, camel?. He I
iretcndsTp'hayc the.manuscript of ciassan ? ? I
nd other, papers; in.a leather bag which lie . I
hows.butit is sealed' aM'he refuses 'to. I I
Mow aiiy pne in Brisbane to inspect'its, con ? ' I
puts, stating that as lie was sent out by t!ie I
-outh Australian Government, he ''nihst civo I
he bag unopened;': into' their hands. . It Im : I
;enerally believed that .his statements are all ' I
lumbug, and shoiiia [it turn but sor lic'o-.igh(, I
0 be punished in some way forsysteniati- I
ally/duping the' public on 'a subject in which ' ' I
uch universal iiitereit is felt.as. the into of. ' I
lie unfortunate explorer, Leicliardt.1 .!''..'„ I
A New- Italian rpi'EriA. Season.— \Yo I
aye recoiled from Messrs Lystar and Cjigli I
prospectuspf the new opera season for 187-1 I
1 which they announce— in aeldition to i«ll I
lipse artistes, who. are- already familiar to . . I
he.musical worldi-of Australia— the follow- 1 I
nS new engagements, :—Prima donna- a«so- M
uta, Signora Maria Palmieri ; primadoniiii ?
igera,. assoluta,; Sipnora Alice Persiani ; ?
nma donna, contralto assoluta, Signoni I
Llmacinzia ' ;Mag'i ; , priraa donna com- I
nuiana, Signora Baldassare ;? primo' bafiso, ?
ignor Fiorani ; primo . haritono coniicoj' 1
ignpr Baldassare ; prima tenori compri- I
litrio, Signor Flavclla. The Signora Pal- I
nen. is an .English larly . who has been I
ducated under the best masters in Italy, and '? I
as taken very high rank upon the Italian I
tnge. From a host of complimentary no- . I
ices we select the following :— The trow- 1
we, September 28, 1873, expresses itself 1
!ius : The management of the theatres in . I
L.ustralia,' with a sacrifice not light, hayo I
l-w'-?a precious acquisition in engaging flic',. I
minent Attrice Cantante Maria Palniicri, I
iiis fact being proved by;the most brilliant' I
riumphs- which she. has obtained- in tSti I
rmcipal theatres of Europe. She is in the I
e|ght, :of .,her istupendous/ vocal powers ? I
listresSjOf her art,. and gifted .with artisitic I
ilents'siieli as only verv: few. privileged I
rtists'possess. .; There is no doubt, that, for I
.ustralia it will bo a.great event, the an-.
earance of Palmieri, who will renew thorn
lose .triumphs which she has so- often
btained in Europe. ?'??'...'. ' , I
The MuRnun at Bmn Island.— Tlie m-n
atrick Nolan.chargedwith themurder of h'in
ate, John Wright, at Bird Island, between . 1
ecember, 1870, and May, 1871, was -bronchi; ? '?*.
0 at tho Police Court,:IIobart Town, on j
ie 18th inst., and further remanded until
uesday next, in order to see if any addi- ]
onal evidence woiild be forthcoming. Thr
olice Magistrate informed the prisoner thai/
ider any circumstances he would, be .com
itted for trial on the evidence already a-l-
:ed.- ? ' ?;? .-.- ? : .-. . ..-.', . : ,- . , ? '
The Londo?/ Press.— The circulation of ? |
e London daily newspapers is thus appor- i
sned by some one who professes to li-novr-— ? \
he Daily Telegraph, 170,000 ; the Standard i
:0,000; Daily Nciv.i, 90,000 ; the 'Fvlw I
?,000 ; The Times, 70,000. These figoros !
Idcd together produce a ' total of 550,000
inch gives a proportion of one eighth (b ;
he Timasj and about one-third to the -Daily
elcgraph. The morning and evening papers
gethor are accredited with a total el--ilv
rculation of 589,000 copies. This leaver ;
ily a very small margin for the Mornin-i
?Ivcrtiscr, London Chronicle, t\\e Hour ihfi
lobe, Pall Mall Gazette, Shipping Gazette,
A Georgic paper, prints at the too of iU ?]
itonal column : ? .?'.*.' ;!
'ty.tenotrnnk, nor birth, nor state, 'T'' ' r
But tho eet-up-nnd-get that makes men creatw ,'j
A|; petrified Indian, discoven d ir the bluff* '
;tho North Platte, has been sent to S ?
- lege;,But alas ! :his advent;n .New Harei '
odocea T !?nt!lU3ias™' as:lic-isl3 mil

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