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BEÜTEna TIAEORAMS TO ASSOCIATED rBESS.

[BY SUBMAlUhE TELIQIUPH.]

A li R I V A L

THE ENGLISH »I A IL.

Via SUEZ,

AT GLENELG.

[AUSTBAUAN ASSOCIATED MESS.]

ADIX VIDE, Thursday Evening.

TUE P. and 0. Co.'s R.M.S. China arrivedThis morning off Glenelg, from Point de Gulle, with the mails from England, via Southampton to

the date of September 23 ; and vid Brinda, to

October 1,

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN INTELLI

GENOE.

Encouraged by the friendly attitude of the Colonial Office, a Conference was, on September C, held at the Charing Cross Hotel, to consider the best means for colonising New Guinea with the view to its ultimate annexation by Great

Britain, and to receive information respecting

the resources of the island.

Lieutenant Armitage gave the result of hi» observations during the hydrographie surveys. Mr. Macleay's exploring expedition waa referred

to in approving terms.

To prevent the irruption of adventurers it was r- \. thought advisable to organise some definite colonising schome, and after discussion it wat proposed to form a society,

The Victorian Budget, us compared with those of New South Wales and New Zealand, has met with unfavorable criticism, and it is considered that protection is destroying the prosperity of

the colony.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Premier, U spend, ing the Parliamentary vacation in visits to the seats of the aristocracy.

Sir Moses Montefiore, who ha3 recentlj returned from Palestine, lias succeeded in hit benevolent missions affecting the condition of the Jews dwelling there.

The Bessemer Steamboat Company is in pro- cess of liquidation, and the steamer is for sale.

The twin-screw steamship Castalia is making excellent trips between Dover and Calais.

A public meeting, which was scantily attended, has been held at London, to express sympathy with the insurgents iu Herzegovina and Bosnia. A friendly communication was road from Earl

Russell.

The great SO-ton gun recently completed at Woolwich has been tented, and the experiments pronounced perfectly successful, Six rounds were fired with charges of pebble powder, weigh- ing from 1701bs. to 2J01bs., and with shot weighing lSOOlbs.

A proposal of the Loid Mayor of Dublin to form a popular political organisation for Ireland on au exclusive Roman Catholic baäis, has aroused strong indignation, The motto of the society is to ho Faith and Fatherland. Even the Catholics denounce the delusive scheme.

Over a surplus of ¡C1000 the leading spiiits of tho O'connell centenary celebration at Dub- lin are quarrelling. Between the Freeman's Journal and tho Lord Mayor especially, there rages a virulent dispute. The Liberal organ demauds au audit of the account«.

After a long silence, despatches have been re- ceived by the Daily Telegraph from Stanley, in Central Africa, which hnvo not yet been pub- lished, lie has completely surveyed the Victoria Nyanza Lake.

An agitation is arising throughout the country against the Admiralty circular recently issued to officers in command of Her Majesty's ships, vir- tually abolishing tho rights of fugitive slaves to protection under the British flag.

It is estimated that the wheat harvest will be

fully 15 per ceut. below the average return, equal to about a month'B .consumption. There is a general advance in tho price of meat, owing partly to the prevalence of cattle diseases, which has stimulated tho demand for Australian preserved meats,

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Tambo.

[I'llOM OUI! OWN COKllESPOSDENT.]

November 11.

A man named Thomas Leonard was fined yesterday by the Bench the sum of £50 for haviug no way-bill for eleven horses, and au additional amount of £5 for seven others incor- rectly described, which he was taking to the

Palmer gold-fields.

St. George.

[i-noM oun OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

November 11.

Henry Bannister, butcher, has had his hand shattered, and thumb blown off by a gun burst- ing whilo shooting » beast yesterday.

There is a slight chango in the weather, but tho rain that has fallen as yet is of no conse-

quence.

Rockhampton.

[F1IOM OTO OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

November 11.

At the Land Court held yesterday there were nearly one hundred applicants for the land thrown open to selection on the Cowarral run.

The area available amounted only to 20,000 acres, the applications embracing a total area of 135,000 acres. Nearly five thousand pound« were deposited at the office, and thero were over eighty applications for one piece.

Business is brisk.

Sydney.

[AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.]

November 11

The trial of Treeve, charged with forgery, commenced this morning at the criminal ses-

sions.

Brown, au aboriginal, charged with murder at Glen Innes, has been committed for trial.

In the action brought by the Official Assignee in Wearne's estate against Messrs. M'Donald, Smith, and Co., to recover a quantity of wheat and flour, a verdict was returned for the defen-

dants.

A seizure of S000 cigars has been made by the Customs officers on board the Somerset mail

steamer.

The Governor Blackall, 8., leaves hence for

Brisbano to-morrow.

Later.

The Rev. Charles Clark, the lecturer, is meet- ing with great success at Maitland.

Treero has been found guilty of two chargeB of forgery and uttering, and has been remanded for

sentence.

Melbourne.

[AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS,]

November 11.

Messrs. Goldsborough and Co., report having sold 3000 bales of wool this week. Greasy,

eightpence to thirteen pence three farthings, the latter for Narrow Plains clip ; second pieces, Bixteen to Iwsnty-oue pence ; fleece, eisteen to

twenty eve penco three farthings, the latter for j

Tara clip

Me'srs Powers, Rutherford, and Company report that twenty three thousand sheop have boen forwarded to market during tho week , there IB a slight advance in prices Eight hundred head of cattle hav o been yarded, and prices have risen ten shillings for the best Forty soven stud cows, ten bulls, and BIX horses were sold hy this finn, from M'CullochB Btation, on Monday last, realising a total of nineteen thou- sand pounds _

THE SPRING MELTING, V B CLUB

THIRD DAV., NOVEMBER 11.

THE ROY IL PARK STAKES a. sweepstakes of 10 Bovs each, with 150 added For three years olds and upwards Weight for age Two

müee

Mr E do Meßtre'B brc, by Tireworks

Sylvia, 3 years 1 Mr J Tait's b h Goldsbrough, 5 yearB 2 Mr H Fisher s br f Onyx, 3 years 3

THE FiYn>o STVKLB, a Bwccpatikes of 5 (ovs each, with 100 added Weight for age Three quarters of a milo

Mr E de Mestre's b c, by The Marquis

Sour Grapes, 3 years 1 Sir H KobinEon's bh Kingsborough,

4 years -

Mr J Wilson's brc Newcastle, 2 years,

by Maribyrnong-Verbena 3 Srniso HANDICAP, a sweepstakes of 7 BOVS

each, hf, with 150 added For three years vcars olds and upw ards One mile nnd a quai ter jdr H Iiahcr's brf Troy, 3 years, by

Manuka-ran- Ellen 1 PtATl of £100, weight for age Entrance, 1 Bov each Half a mile Winner to be sold

for 100 sovB

Mr T JoneB1 b g Poodle, aged 1 Mr K. Scvior's b g Cyclops, aged 2 Mr 1Î Howies rg Sheriff, aged 3

THE OAKS, a sweepstakes of 25 SOVB each, 5 forfeit, with 100 added For three year old fillies, 8st lOlbs One mile aud a half

Mr J Wileon'B b f Maid of all Work, by

King Alfred-Mischief 1 Mr W Gerrard's bf Loquacity, by Talk

o the Hill-Miami 2 Mr C B Fisher's bf, by the Marquis

Alpha 3 H ihDiOAr FOB Foim YEAR OLDS, a sweepstakes of 10 eovs. each, h ft, with 100 added Two

miles

Mr G Atkinson's br h, Ddke, 4 years 1 Sir H Robinson's c f, Nerednh, 3 years 2 Mr J Tait B b h , Melbourne, 4 years 3 Won hy two lengths

Hobart Town.

[iUBTRAXIAN ASSOCIATED PRE88]

November 11

On Tuesday night last a boat with a pleasure party returning from Kangaroo Point capsised ma squull Six poisons weio drowned, after hanging on to the boat foi a long time, as it was dark when the mishap occuned, and the acci- dent waB not observed A craft in tho river saved two of the personB

PtnsoNB having any business yet to transact with the special Commissioner for Philadelphia will need to be very prompt, as that gentleman takes his departure for Sydney by steamer to- morrow morning, at 7 o clock Mr Mackay will take with him to Sin Francisco somo twenty large coses of Queensland raw produce of various kinds, including samples of tin, copper, coal, wool, timbers, and other articles which this colony is in a position to export, and which tho exertions of tho mem- bers of tho Queensland Commission, and of their very industrious secretary, hav o been the means of getting together Theso goods are tho fríe gifts of individuals who trimt to Mr Mackay tD place them in San rrancmco to tho best ad T mt ige Wo believe it is the intention to pre « nt them to euch public institutions m that city as are most likely to prove good advertising mediums for this colony, and we are sanguine that the exhibition of these irticles will havotho i fleet of creating a trado for some of them, at least, between Queensland and the Pacific States

Cilifonni will, wo behevo, yet prove ono of Queensland s bebt customers, and will also offer us uiauy and profitable facihties for supply mg our w anta, and it is very satisfactory to Bee that the opportunity now being afforded of bunging this colony and its expoitablo products under notice there is taken advantage of to so great an

extent

IT a immcrouBly attended meeting of resi

duitB of Kaugu-OD Point, hold in tho old school, house on Wednesday evening last, and presided over by the Hon W Thornton, M L C , the pro 103ed removal of th»1 punt from the Kangaroo Point Jerry was taken into consideration Mesare Ii Douglas, II Scott, J R Gosling, W ^ Tully, J Sinclair, E W Lamb, and T 0 Dar fal!, addressed the meeting, protesting against the action of the Council, and deprecating the conduct of the aldormen of the ward in permitting, without protest, tho decision arrived at by the Municipal Council The foi lowing resolutions were unanimously carried - (1) ' That thiB meeting protests against the removal of the punt from the lower ferry at Kangiroo Point as being injurious to the in- terests of the residents at the Point and the surrounding district " (2 ) " Tlint this meeting '?* of ojnuon that tho aldermen representing >-he hau^aroo Point Ward in the Municipal Cmncil should not have allowed the resolutions of the sud Council, authorising the removal of the punt, to have passed without remonstrance, °r that they should at least have delayed action until the inhabitants had an oppor- tunity of expressing their views , and that, in Tien of their neglect m this particular, they po se«sed no longer the confidence of the rate P^era, and that they should be called upon to re'!gn A copy of tina resolution to be for- warded to each of them by the Chairman " w) "That a petition, addiessed to the Mayor »d aldermen of tho Municipal Council, be pro owed for signature, setting forth the grounds of * Pro'ct made by this meeting, and praying

6t fur'W consideration be given to the matter, ^3 that the same be presented without delay. Maars Douglas, GoBling, and Birley to bo ap jMc^d ^ committee to carry out this resolution "

e cnft of a petition embodying the views of «e recdents of the locality on the subject waa

n emitted to the meeting for signature A emular.p.ütion will be prepared for the signature « resides^ of other portions of the city, ¡to be oft m the remoTO!of the punt would

quite ag great a gn^,^ ttS to ti¡e rC61(jents 01 Wangaroa Point

« will be seen by advertisement, a meeting of e delegates chosen from the different clubs to

^y out the proposed Intercolonial Cricket £*A » called for to night, at the Australian ID i 0t B16ht °'clock P m A number of meet y.f, been caUed íor tita purpose, but aB i little or nothing has been done If the

aÜu? t0 mght BhouU fal1 thro"Sh. lt mU [t ^ "«ily be the last that will be called This, rent h° «oped, will not bo the case To pre op and h?*ever> th« delegate! will need to turn °f'hann they mean wc"*f or aU hoPes "ith \*£ J"1 ,ntew»lomal match this season

,ew aouth Wßles may cease.

Av accident, luckily without serious results, happened yesterday in George street, to Alice Penilleton, a girl ten ycaiB old It appears that in crossing the street she w 03 knocked donn by H horso ridden by a boy named John Carroll, who was unable to manage it She was carried in a fainting state to the shop of Mr Page, chemist, and under Ins prompt nttentiun soon recovered It was found that, bejoud the nervous shock received, she was not materially

injured

AN accident occurred to John Sutton, a railway porter, who was knocked down by the tram on the line near the terminus He had a narrow escapo from lemg run over, and received serious injuries about the head He was taken to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed, and ho was afterwards conveyed home

SIOVOH DoNDi, the basso, whose fine voice was so appreciated liere during the visit of the Italian Opera last winter, is about to leav e the colonies for Italy At a farewell meeting, held in Mel- bourne last week, to take leave of linn, Mr LyBter stated that Signer Dondi <? object m visiting Italy was to organise an opera company for the colonies superior to any which have

hitherto been heard in Australia

A i VIIMVELL performance by Mibs Surtees and Mr favares is announced to take place on next Monday evening, tit the School of Arts, on which occasion they vv ill have the assistance of three gentlemen amateurs This is stated to be the last time that Miss Surtees and Mr Tavares will appear before a Brisbane audience, and we hope that they may recen e a proper recognition of their efforts for some years past to please the Brisbane public

" UMJLI. TOM S CADIN waa repeated at the Queensland Theatre last evening To night Tom Taylors " Ticket of Leave Man" is to be produced, in which Miss Rosa Towers will assunio the character of Sam Willoughby

Is a recent paragraph, m describing the method of calculating the power of gas, we stated, by some inadvertonce, that the candles by which it IB reckoned are supposed to burn at the rate of " five grains per hour, wo should havo said " one hundred grains per hour

TnE number of paid telegrams transmitted through the cable from Port Darvv in, for the two Weeks ending Friday, October 29, was as follows -South Australia, sent 22 and received IS , Victoria, sent 60 and received C1 , New South Wales, sent 45 and received 42 , Queeus land, sent 4 and received 4 , Tasmania, receiv ed 6 , New Zealand, sent 0 and received 3 1 otal, sent 127 and received 133 Total number ef messages, 260

AN examination in the insolvent estate of James Dawson Robinson, late of Petrie terrace, was luid at the City Pohco Court yesterday, before T Rawlins, Eaq, Stipcndiarv Magistrate Mr Hely appealed for the ci editors trustee, and Mr Pov> er for the insolv ent Awi ltten affii mation w as produced to the effect that the statoment of liabilities and assets filed hy the insolvent on the 25th of January last was true, and that there had beou a full disclosure of the estate to the ti ustee Mr Hely then examined the insolvent, puncipally with tho view of elicit mg the number of his books, and the manner 111 which they were kept Theso vvero the usual day hook, ledger, b ink, cash, and bill hooks The bank book show ed all the cash transactions The examination was adjourned until two o clock the following day

JAMIS CVMPBFLX and James Whitehead Stewart, both of Bundaberg, storekeepers, and John Adolph Lehman, of toowoomba merchant, have been adjudged insolvent, the latter on his own petition, and the two formor upon the peti tion of Messrs Bereue Ranniger, and Co In each caso the first mooting of creditors w as fixed for tho 22nd instant, tho usual statement of liabilities, &,c , to bo fik I by tho 20th

Tur now country on the Mitchell, which has recently been takon np as un« itered runs, is being rapidly stocked by the lessees, and the surveys are pioceedmg, so that the whole of the territory under actual occup ition will shortly be Buivoyedand mapped out by the Government. Means for the storago of water will have to bo provided on a largo soalo, but the evccllont grazing capabilities of tho country will fully justify any necessary expenditure in this way, and w 0 may expect to hear of 1 irge numbers of hands being employed thore in the construction of dauiB, and effecting other improvements

A LrcTUBt was delivered at the Wickham terrace Presbyterian Church, yesterday evening, by the Rev C M'Culloch, m aid of the funds of the Presbyterian Sabbath School Union The subject of the lecture was "Tho Scottish Covenautern, and it forms the sequel to one given by this gentleman a Bhort time ago The chair was occupied by Mr George Mackay, the vice president of the Union, w ho opened the meeting by giving out the bj mu Hold the Fort He afterwards read a portion of Scrip- ture, and engaged in prav er Mr M Culloch took up tho thread of his prev tous discourse, and then proceeded to lllustrato the spirit which influenced the old Covenanters by tho recital of two scenes whieh occurred betw ecu the reigning monarch« of their time and Joliu Knox and Andrew Mel ville respectively The persecutions w Inch took place in Scotland after the Restoration were illustrated by viv id descriptions of somo of the moBt notable men who fell during the rcigiiB of CharlcsII and James II ,of Englaud, and by stones of the fortitude displavcd by the Covenanters uadei sentence of death The lecturer alluded to the immorality of the court of Charles, and to his perfidj, m first ngiling the covenant in order to obtain the assistance of the Scots to reach the throne, and then, after gaming the power he sought, turning round and persecuting the Covenanters without whom he could not have obtained it The actions of the Earl of Middle ton, whom Charles sent to Scotland as a sort of vice king, were dwelt upon at great length, and the death of his first notable victim, Mac Cal lum More, was described with great power, and compared to the execution of John the Baptist Tlie persecutions and tyrannical legislation under Archbishop Sharpo were also described hy the lecturer at some length, who, at the bame time, took exception to the murder of the Archbishop by several Scottish noblemen, stating that it was repudiated by the great body of Covenanters, and proved to have been a great blunder The death of Charles, and the character of his sue eessor were next dealt with hy the reverend lecturer He also told a thrilling story of the daughter of Su-John Cochrane, who saved her father s life, after he had been condemned to death for sedition, by waylaying the bearer of his death warrant and taking it from him The landing of the Prince of Orange, and the consequent deposition of James immediately after this, prevented another warrant from being signed The rev lecturer concluded by an earnest appeal to bia heal ers ever to bold dear the cause for which their fathers had suffered so much, and pointed to the example of those who had taken refuge in other landa from the persecutions described, and who had earned their religion with them The lecture was listened to most attentively th'oughouti and was several times interrupted by applause At the conclusion, a hearty vote of thanka was accorded to the lecturer, and the meeting wat cloned by Mr M'Culloch pronouncing the benediction,

MlSS McPhee read a short essay last night at the School of Arts, choosing for a subject, " Na- ture, the true physician". The lecturer entered     fully upon a consideration of the efforts of nature to maintain health and life, and thought it was   the duty of every person to endeavor to discover the laws of nature and obey them. She con- tended that there was no medical science which was so effective for the restoration of health as   a strict obedience to those laws . Pure water, domestic cleanliness, and fresh air, were main- tained to be most essential to the public vitality, and every exertion should be made to secure them, for it had been repeatedly and amply demonstrated in communities which had adopted sanitary laws   with those objects in view that the death rate had greatly decreased. Attention was drawn to the heavy clothes worn by many people in this climate, and she urged upon her hearers the necessity of using the lightest fabrics procurable.   The lecturer also referred to the enormous quantity of hair some ladies wore, and would like to warn them that it was prejudicial to health, inasmuch as it intercepted the air from the pores of the skin covering the head. Crema-   tion was spoken of favorably, and held to be far preferable, as concerned the general health, than   the system of burial now pursued.

Tun Ingersoll patent rock drill is still on v lew at the copper works of Messrs Hipwood and Sutton, in Eagle street, and wo yesterday wit- nessed it m opeiation propelled by compressed air instead of steam, as on former occasions The dull was set to work on a block of Btone from the Leichhardt street quarries, and the trial was completely successful With a pressure of 201bs to tho square inch, the drill pierced the rock to a depth of 0 inches in tw o and n half minutes, and w itli 251bs pressure, tho hole v\ as drilled to a further depth of 4 J inches in one minute, boring a 1J inch hole to a total depth of 10i inches m three and a half nunutcB The superior advantage of compressed air over steam was apparent, as in UBiug the latter a loss of pressuio takes place through condensation, whilst with tho former the full pressure is re- tained !he consequence is, that with air as a motive power, tho drill performs nearly doublo the work with the same nominal pressure Another advantage is gained by tho use of com- pressed air in working the drill underground, as, the exhausted air bung fresh and pure, gives thorough v entilation without additional trouble or expeuso We are informed that Mr Warbur ton, the Queensland agent for the patentees, is about to take ouo of these drills to GytnpiOj with a view to its introduction m the gold woikmgs of that field The machine is compact and pul table, aud does its vvoik ailinn abl}, the drill descending with a self letmg inoument thus dispensing with tho necessity foi manual labor Any experiments at Gjinpio, however, will have to be tindo with tho aid of steam, vv Inch is available on the ground, IIB the air i e cener, which resembles an ordinary 6team boiler, IB too bulky to pinnit its conveyance foi

nioio experiment

The proclamation of the 11th September last, rearranging the District Court districts of the   colony, will take effect on the 11th of next month, when, instead of the present division into metropolitan, western, and northern, it will be southern, central, and northern. Wide Bay will form part of the central district, and the remainder of the metropolitan, united to the western, will constitute the southern district ; the central district will extend to Cape Palmer- ston, and the northern will embrace the rest of   the colony. The Court towns will bo as fol- low: - In the southern district, Brisbane, Ips- wich, Toowoomba, Warwick, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Roma, and St George ; in the central district, Maryborough, Gympie, Rockhampton, and Cler- mont, and in the northern district, Bowen,   Mackay, Townsville, Millchester, and Cooktown. In consequence of the constitution of new dis- tricts, the Judges and officers of the Courts will   all have to be re-appointed, and new arrange-       ments made, the old Courts being abolished and new ones created in their place. His Honor Judge Paul will probably be appointed for the southern district, His Honor Judge Hirst for the northern district, and it is understood that the Hon. R. Pring, Q.C., will be created District

Court Judge, and take charge of the central

district.

A eonnisroNDi-M, writing from liurendn, Bays -" Thci o aro many of } our readers who limo never heard of such n, place ns Buronda, neiertheleas there is an embijo township of that name, whero people love to congregate, and wheie a good deal of money is spent during tho } ear There is only one hotel open here at present, which is extensively patronised by persons of all classes Au excellent feed and a glass of genuino thiee star can be obtained from tho worthy host and hostess by the tired way farer Mr and Mm Cavanagh are both popular and hospitable, and the impecunious need not pass the dooi without a meal and a nobbler This place will sliortly bo proclaimed a township! with all the dignities and honors thoreunto appertaining Oui boundaries threaten to be rather extensive, as tho Savings Bank is at pre- sent at Burenda head stntioD, dintant twelvo miles while it is aBfceited that the telegraph office is tojbe located at the Nive Downs head station, twenty five milos from here As this would place the means of communication uitirdy out of the reach of those interested m forward- ing or receiving tele^runs, and also of the police, it is not probable that the Government will assent to any arrangement BO perfectly absurd There is nothing worthy of record trmspinng here at present Shearing has not jet com- menced on the Burenda Btation (110,000 Bheep) owing to the scarcity of shearers This want will, however, be probably supplied ere long A mob of 8000 fat weddem, the property of Mr Davenport, Mi Gannon in charge, en toute for Dalb}, passed yesterday Theweathei at present is dry and hot, rain much wanted

AT the City Police Court, yesterday, before F Rawlins, Esq , Police Magistrate, one inebriate waa cautioned and discharged Daniel 0 Rourke, cabman, for being drunk m Brunswick street, was fined 40s , or forty eight hours m the lock- up-In the adjourned Petty Debts case of S Heathwood v James Eager, wages £3 "is, plain- tiff was nonsuited, as it was proved to the satis- faction of the magistrate that defendant, m employing him, had only acted as an aj,ent for tho Government He would, therefore, have to seek his remedy m that quarter

HDSlUNDnT, according to all the poets from Virgil downwards, is tho most peaceful of occu- pations But the poets look upon it from one point of view only, and the farmer s life has its teinble campaigns also The occupiers of the flooded lands in the region of TOUIOUBO are bravely repairing their misfortunes The damage has been great, but not what was at first ex- pected, and in no case is it irreparable The vines hav e been well washed, howoi er, the wheat crop itself in many places can be sav ed The hay harv est having been completed before the calamity, those ricks overturned and partly coated with mud have been duly opened, and when dned the hay was passed through a thrash- ing machine, which removed nine tenths of the mud , the hay was then restacked, lib of salt being added to each cw t. of bay Much attention was paid to breaking up the crust of mud, as soon as the land was sufficiently dried, and to scarify often to destroy the numerous and strange weds that appeared Where there was a coating of sand, such was ploughed deeply down Fields of lucerne were restored by a vigorous use of a harrow with iron teeth The plants sown belong to the quickly-growing

fodder order.

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