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To tbe Christian Public,
THE Christian public are hereby respect-
fully invited to attend a CAMP MlfiET-.
ING, to be beld at BOLWARRA, near the
We8leyan Chapel, on TUESDAY, the 6th Novem-=
ber-the Service to commence at Ten a.m.
Several Ministers and Friends will address the
meeting.
F. TUCKFIELD.
Weat Maitland, Oct. SO, 1855. 6214
EAST MAITLAND,
At Brackenreg's "> Hotel.
THE WIZARD OF THE SOUTH, in his.
Wonderful Performance, on THURSDAY,
the 1st November.
One night only.
For particulars see small bills. 6182
RAYMOND TERRACE.
One Right Only.
(".HE WIZARD OF THE SOUTH, in his
Gorgeous Temple of M ay io, at Mr.
Holdtstock's Hotel, on SATURDAY, 3rd Novem-
ber. Doora open at Hall-past Seven. 61?3
.West Maitland,
Mr. J. Fulfords Hotel, late Rose Inn.
THE WIZARD OF THE SOUTH, with
New Delusions, on TUESDAY, Novem-
ber 6th. -
BENEFIT for the HOSPITAL, on THURSDAY,
8th November.
BENEFIT of the MYSTERIOUS LADY, on
SATURDAY, 10th November. 6184
'pHE WIZARD OF THE SOUTH has the
I honor to announce a GRAND PER
FORMASCE, on THURSDAY, 8th November, on
which occasion the proceeds will ba handed over
to the Committee for the BENEFIT of the
MAITLAND HOSPITAL.
Performance to take place at J. Ful ford's
Hotel (late Rose Inn). 6186
1ST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS received to"
Ji warda the erection of a Free Hospital and
Suitable Residence for the Sisters of Charity :
£
Rev. Mr. Kenny. -3
Dr. M'Cartney . 3
Miss M'Longhlin. 1
Mr. Thomas Dee . 1
Mr. J. Quiggin. 3
Mr. - Horrigan. 0
Mr. E. Egan. 0
Mr. J. Tierney. 0
Mr. J. Hughes. 0
Further subscriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by
J. BRODERICK,
Maitland ; and
P. O'KEEFE,
6205 Morpeth.
THE FUNERAL of the late REV. DAVID
HAZLEWOOD will take place on THURS-
DAY AFTERNOON; to leave his late Residence,
Horse Shoe Bend, West Maitland, precisely at
Three o'clock. 6207
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Notice.
ANY Person or Persons found driving Cattle
over, or otherwise TRESPASSING, on
my farm at the Wollombi, after this notice, will
be prosecuted according to law.
BRIEN CARROLL.
Wollombi, 30th October, 1855. 6215
Notice.
MY Wife, LUCY METCALF, having
ABSCONDED from mv houne without
my consent, this is to caution all persons against
harbouring the said Lucy Metcalf, or giving
her any credit whatever on mv account.
JOHN METCALF,
Honeysuckle Point,
Newcastle.
October 27tb, 1855. 6193
Ten Shillings Reward.
LEFT running in the bush, two months
since, between Black Creek and Jump
Up, a CHESNUT HORSE, branded FAA on
near shoulder, no white, supposed to b» still on
the same run. Anv person delivering the said
horse to Mr. W. Green, Singleton, or Mr. J.
Cox, Black Creek, will receive the above re-
ward.
C. GREEN,
Maitland.
October 29th, 1855. 6194
Maitland Road Trust«
TENDERS are required for ERECTING a
SLIP for Repairing Punts, «fee, at Hin-
ton Ferry. Plans and spécifications can be
seen, and further information obtained, on
application to Mr. Adams, Builder, Morpeth
and Newcastle.
Tenders to be sent in to Mr. Adams, or to
the Offices of the Commissioners, on or before
the 3rd November next.
By order of the Commissioners,
JOSEPH CHAMBERS,
Clerk.
Maitland. 29th Oct., 1855. 6181
4 N Active Young Man, who understands
. \ the public business, is desirous of an
ENGAGEMENT as BARMAN or WAITER;
can produce good character from last situation.
Please address, by Friday next,
"JAMES,"
Mercury Office, Maitland.
No objeotion to any other part of the country.
_6J99
Important Notice.
THE advertiser is open to treat with Store-
keepers and others in West Maitland
and its environs, for COLLECTING their AC
COUTS, MAKING UP BOOKS «Sec.
The following is the scale for charges, viz :
For collecting amounts under £50, 5 per cent. ;
£50 and upwards, 2j per cent.
Letters addressed to Mr. Wm Robinson, at
Messrs. Wade and Gorrick, West Maitland, will
meet with immediate attention. 6-J 13
5>0 LET, a BUSINESS PREMISES, situ-
ated in Melbourne-street, East Maitland,
containing several rooms, a large front shop,
and a detached kitchen with a room over it,
brick oven, a large yard, and stable and shed.
Application to he mude to Mr. C. Field, the
present occupant; or to Mr. Christopher
Cooper, Saddler, East Maitland.
Immediate possession can be given. 6200
Dagworth Farm.
|7*0R PRIVATE SALE, a first-rate FARM
I? of 50¿ Acres, with extensive Improve-
ments, being Lot 8 of the Dagworth Estate,
near Maitland, bounded by Mr. Doyle's and
Mr. Anderson's firms on the same estate.
Twn-tbirds of the land is well adapted for culti-
vation, nearly that quantity having been under
crop, producing a good return to the owner.
THE IMPROVEMENTS
consist of a House, containing six rooms, of the
following dimensions, viz. ;
Three front rooms, 12 feetx 12 feet
Three back rooms, 12 feet x12 feet.
The house has a verandtth in front; it ÍB
shingled, and built of slabs, with two brick
chimneys.
In addition to the above there are two Out-
houses, vi?-t
Dwelling house of two rooms, and store room.
Barn, 70 feet in length x 15 feet in widtb, en-
closed with slabs, and barked
Two small stockyards.
This desirable and well situated farm is sub-
divided into six paddocks, with a pretty
substantial fence ; all the outside boundaries
are fenced, with the exception of about 100
rods. It is well watered by Wallis'« Creek, to
which it bas a good frontage.
TERMS :-One-tbird cash deposit, balance to re-
main secured upon the property for four or
five years, at 7 per cent, per annum.
Intending purchasers will do well to view this
farm, and judge for themselves.
For further particulars, apply to
A. DODDS,
East Maitland.
October 31._6189
Cedar for Sale.
F1ROM 58,000 to 60,000 feet of CEDAR,
(in log) from the Richmond River, will
be landed on tbe Queen's Wharf, Morpeth, and
sold to suit all purchasers. Apply to
6203_W. FERGUSON. Bellevue.
i^tKEAD AND MOON
¡^ GENÇBAL COMMISSION AQENTS AKD
PRODUCE BROKERS,
ALSO
Collectors of Rents and Debts,
MORPETH,
Opposite Globe Inn.
All communications or orders entrusted to
their care will meet with prompt attention.
6217
To Masons.
WANTED, THREE MASONS, liberal
wages will be given. Apply to Peter
Canavan, Bricklayer, Morpeth ; or, at Christian
and Company's Coal Pits, Morpeth. 6210
[A CARD.]
YOUNG AND MATHER,
MILLWRIGHTS, ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, &C ,
Bat hurst-street West, Sydney. 6185
Thrashing and Winnowing: Machines.
'pHOMAS HONEYSETT bega to apprise
1 the inhabitants of Mudgee and Ryalstone
that he has purchased a new portable Thrashing
Machine, also a Winnowing Machine, with all
tbe latest improvements, and of the very best
description, and wishes to inform the publio
I that be intends to TRAVRL to THRASH and
CLEAN WHEAT in Mudgee, Ryalstone, and
surrounding neighbourhoods this season.
Applioation to be made to
THOMAS HONEYSETT,
Wilton's Steam Mill,
6201 Mudgee.
H. STOKES, !
Photographic Rooms,
Opposite the Congregational Church, Weat
Maitland.
COLLODION, CALOTTPB, ALBUMEN, AND DA-
GUERRÉOTYPE.
HS bees to inform the inhabitants that
a he has just arrived from England,
with the latest and improved process in the
above arts ; being a PORTRAIT and MINIA-
TURE PAINTER, and having great experience
with the first photographic artists in London in
the coloring, ¿c, «fee The Collodion and Calo«
type process, when colored, surpass anything
ever produced yet.
H. S. bega to inform the ladies that be has
an assortment of Brooches for Miniature Por-
traits painted in oil.
N.B.-Lessons given in the above arts.
Terms moderate. 6187
Tust Published.
JUST PUBLISHED, and on Sale by the
undersigned
JOHN MITCHEL'S JAIL JOURNAL, a thick
octavo volume; post-free on receipt of 7B.
in postage stamps.
J. BRODERICK.
Maitland, 31st October, 1855. 6204
The Commercial Exchange,
High-street, West Maitland.
MR. W. ATTKINS has great pleasure in
announcing to his numerous patrrns
and the inhabitants of the Hunter River dis-
trict generally that during his recent visit to
Sydney he has been remarkably fortunate in
securing some of the
MOST DECIDED BARGAINS,
in the richest and most select class of goods it
baa been his good fortune hitherto to offer for
public inspection.
NOTICE.-CASH being the primary object at
the present moment in Sydney, and as it has a
talismanic influence on the metropolitan mer-
chants, it is hereby pnblicly notified that for
the ensuing Three (3) Months all wholesale
transactions at the "COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE"
must be for prompt cash.
W. ATTKINS,
6206 Proprietor.
Sx "Red Gauntlet."
WALKER & DICKSON respectfully beg
to intimate that they have to hand, by
the above vessel, a large and richly varied as-
sortment of FANCY GOODS, direct from Lon-
don. They combine novelty and elegance with
utility and cheapness, and are all new and in
excellent condition. As money is scarce they
will be sold for cash, at a trifling advance on
actual cost. The following is a rough list of
some of the goods now unpacked :
LEATHER DRESSING CASES
Papier machie blotters
Watch stanas and hangers, in great variety of
design and material
Bronze candlesticks, flambeau bearers, and
candelabra
Chessmen, in bone and wood, plain and polished
Draught boards
Patent and imperial flesh gloves (the nse of
which is strongly recommended by medical
men)
Camp stools
Chain pins, gilt, jet, colored glass, and coral
Bracelets and brooches, a rich and varied lot,
and astonishingly cheap
Work boxes
Writing desks
Shawl pins, a beautiful assortment
Hair pins, in plain and fancy boxes
Shirt stnds, in pearl, cornelian, gilt, &c.
Pens and penholders, good and oheap
Cloth, nail, tooth, and hair brushes
Ivory side and dressing combs
Paper weights, great variety of figure
Letter clips
Portmonnies, in beautiful condition, and re-
markably oheap
Seamless purses, cotton and silk
Purse fittings, in great elegance of design
Crochet cases
Steel and Berlin watch guarda
Ladies companions, fitted up
i ape measures
Macassar oil
Bear's grease, genuine
Marrow oil
Almond cream
Fancy eoaps, a superior description to what is
usually imported
Walking sticks and riding whips
Wax ignites and matches
Elastic wallets
Shell boxes
Basket and Alma penwipers
Papier machie cushions
Comfit boxes
Fancy bronze ink stands
Vases and Chinese ornaments
Slipper, pearl, and bead watch hooks and
holders
Pocket compasses
&o.t &c, &.O.
Ironmongery and Fancy Warehouse,
6202 West Maitland.
Bato.
AMONG the recent arrivals at Commerce
House, is a good supply of very superior
BLACK HATS, with broad brims and low
crowns.
Also in stook, Hats of the ordinary shape and
moderate sized brim.
ROBERT LITTLE,
Draper.
West Maitland, Oct. 30tb, 1855. 6198
Potatoes. Potatoes. Potatoes.
A LARGE quantity, of superior quality, at
14s. per cwt., at
R. L. PA'ITISON'S
6196 Wharf, Morpeth.
To Farmers and Private Families.
THE undersigned has FOR SALE, at his
Stores, East Maitland
BRANDY, RUM, GIN
Port and sherry wine
Bottled ale and porter.
Farmers requiring tbe above for harvest, may
i depend on obtaining a genuine article. Sold
in quantities of from two gallons at reasonable
prices.
, ALSO,
' 20 Dozen San de Cologne, good quality, 2s. 3d.
| the box, or 5s. by the dozen
50 Gross oongreve matches, good, 6d. per I
dozen, or 3s. per gross.
FANCY ARTICLES, consisting of
Jewellery, perfumery, tea pots, ditto trays, ditto
caddies * !
Bronze inkstands,suitable for office or counter
Combs of every description, draught boards
Shots, scissors, pocket knives, tape measures
Engravings, oil paintings, &o., ¿co.
Sold at greatly reduced prices for cash.
T. J. HENERY,
Late Muir's Store,
East Maitland.
Ootober 30th, 1855. 6209.
To Hotel Beepers.
T^HE undersigned b»gs to inform th« sboTe
that iie has FOR -SALE, st bis Stores,
East Maitland
Rum, brandy, gin
Port and sherry wine
Bottled ale and porter.
All first-rate articles ; and as it is his wish to
do a go<id trade in the above, he purposes keep«
ing nothing bat a genuine article, at the lowest
possible pi ice; andean assure parties in want
of the above that they can purohase as good and
as cheap from him as any house in Sydney, bis
only interest being a small commission oo tales
effected.
Orders to any extent execufed.
Parties favonring him with their orders «sill
be treated so as to secure their custom io futare.
Colonial Produce purchased.
T. J. HENERY,
Agent, dec,.
6208 Late Moir's Store, East Maitland.
¿alta fifi auction.
Horses-Borses-Borses.
Important Sale of
Carriage Horses, well-bred Mares, Colts, and
Faites.
MR. A. JOHNSTONE has been favoured
with instructions to Bell by public auc-
tion, at the Sale Yards, opposite the "Woolpack
Inn," Scone, on TUESDAY, 6th November, 1855,
at Twelve o'clock,
42 Head of Choice HORSE STOCK, consisting
of
l8 Mares, various ages
14 Fillies, from 2 years old upwards
IO Colts, ditto ditto.
Without the slightest reserve.
Terms cash. 6216
New England Börse Stock,
CONSISTING or
Heavy Draught Mares, broken and unbroken ;
Hcrvy Horses, fit for draught, broken
and unbroken ; with very fine Colts
and Fillies, 2, 3, and 4
years old.
MR. A. DODDS has received instructions
from Vincent Dowling, Esq., of Aber
baldie, New England, to sell by auction, at the
Northumberland Hotel Sale Yards, West Mait-
land, on TUESDAY NEXT, 6th November, at One
o'clock,
(50) Fifty Head of HORSE STOCK, consisting
of heavy draught mares, broken and
unbroken ; heavy horses, fit for draught,
broken and nnbroken ; with very fine colts
and fillies, 2, 3, and 4 years old. The
Mares are all of the best description for
breeding.
The above horses are without exception the
best batoh that have arrived in Maitland this
year ; therefore buyers should not loae sight of
this opportunity of purchasing first-class stock.
The New England horses are very bardy, and
will endure a deal of hard work. Foil particu-
lars at time of sale.
Terms cash. 6191
Superior Börse Stock.
\/| R. A. DODDS has received instructions
J to sell by auction, at the Sale Yards,
East Maitland, on WEDNESDAY, 7th November
at Twelve o'clork,
An ENTIRE HORSE, by Hercules, ont of a
Cleveland mare-a superior horse to breed
from
One heavy draught horse } We" brokfln ^
One superior gig horse V hftrneM>
One coaching horse )
Three saddle horses, very superior, well broken,
young, and sound
One horse, broken into harness, suitable for a
light cart
Three unbroken horses, quiet, and handled to
lead.
The Auctioneer has much pleasure in calling
the attention of parties requiring useful animals
to the above Bale. The horses are thoroughly
broken in ; and can be well recommended as
being particularly good for any kind of work.
Terms cash. 6190
Cottage and Xiand,
Opposite Mrs. Cornelius's Inn, Morpeth, and
adjoining to Messrs. Wisdom and Conlen's
Store, at present occupied by Mr. Bonfield
as a Butcher's Shop.
M
from Mr. Oliver Mason to sell by suc-
tion, on the Premises, Morpeth, on WEDNESDAY,
14th November, at Twelve o'clock,
All that PIECE OF LAND adjoining to Messrs.
Wisdom and Conlen's Stores, Morpeth, and
nearly opposite to the Hunter River New
Steam Navigation Company's Wharf, hav-
ing 62 feet frontage to Swan-street, by a
great depth to a reserved road at the rear,
on which is erected a Four Roomed
VERANDAH COTTAGE,
shingled ; built of slabs, with brick chim-
ney, three of the rooms being boarded.
Tbe cottage is at present let on a weekly
tenancy, at 17s. per week ; so that imme-
diate possession can be given to a pur-
chaser.
The land is nearly all fenced in with an
ironbark fence of three rails.
Title good.-Terms at sale.
A. D. begs to direct the attention of builders,
mechanics, and others to this sale of a well
situated allotment of land at Morpeth, with a
comfortable cottage thereon, yielding a rental
of 17s, per week. The land has soffioient depth
to divide it into two lots, one fronting on Swan
street, the other to a reserved road at the rear.
The improvements cost the proprietor a great
deal of money ; and his only reason for parting
with the freehold is because he has embarked in
business in another district- 6188
TO MECHANICS, BUILDERS, AND
OTHERS.
B-cpelllng-Bonses In George and Bigb
Streets, Bast maitland.
Title-A Purchase from the Crown.
,V| R. A. DODDS has received instructions
lXl to sell by auction, on an EARLY DAY, of
which due notice will be given,
ONE ACRE TWO ROODS of LAND, situate
in George and High Streets, East Maitland,
near to the Newcastle Road, upon which
are erected several Dwelling-Honses and
other Improvements.
Terms liberal.
Full particulars in a future advertisement.
_ 6212
Superior Household Pnrniture.
X.| R. A. DODDS has received instructions
lv I from Mr. Ravenscroft to sell by auction,
at his residence, King-street, East Maitland, on
an early day,
The whole of the Snperior HOUSEHOED FUR-
NITURE and other effects.
Full particulars in a future advertisement.
Terms cash. 6211
iT I structions from Mr. John Barry to sell
at his Store, Raymond Terrace, in order to make
room for fresh goods, on SATURDAY, 10th
November, at Twelve o'clock,
A large assortment of MERCHANDISE, viz.:
Calicoes, prints, ready-made clothing, boots
and shoes, looking glasses, green tea in
chests, and a great variety of other articles
too numerous to mention.
To be sold.-Cash.-No reserve. 6197
In the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
HÏAPB y. LENNOX.
Sheriff's Sale.
ON WEDNESDAY, the 31st day of October,
1855, at Noon, at-the Court Honse, at
Newcastle, THE SHERIFF will cause to be
sold,
Two Good DRAUGHT HORSES
One excellant cart
The property of defendant, unless this execn
tii'* be previOBsly satisfied.
East Maitland, October 28th, 1855. 6193
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