The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 7

TH 'ftDNET MORNimB i' l'. Jj. n. ii the few wramai nn aha nsok. I fiJVVfi up the psak.

FUNERAL REFORM. o'olook this LITEST INTELLIGENOB. MERCANTILE AW0 MOWBT ARTIOXE, aVRTDAY Ivniiirai, Tbe CiMtoms' dntiet) received to-dy weiwtf follows 'Wise (still) Ale, porter, aad seer in wood) 1 (la bottle) Tobaeso and snuff Cigars Tsa mixer (nnrclnsd) Opium Specitto duty Bonded alehouses Oold Fllotega Harbour ud light duo Total aU.lt II It IS 4 49 I is a se 14 SSI SI II so 0 is 11 Hi 1 1 0 11 11 1 SIS SUM 9 The Northern escort has brought down the following quantities of gold Uralla, 172 os. dwts. 4 grs.

Nundle, 222 oz. 2 dwts. 13 grs. Tamworth, 275 oz. Armidale, 180 oz.

3 dwU-20 grs. Total, 849 oz. 6 dwts. 13 Liuting the week ending to-day 12,000 sore-; reigns were Issued from the Sydney Branch Mint, and 17,213 oz, gold received tat coinage. The La Hogue cleared for London to-day.

with the first of the new season's wool. Her cargo consists of 1160 bales wool, 303 balsa, cotton, 163 bales leather, 15 bales skins, 388t cases preserved meat, 1221 slabs 2205 ingot tin, 253 casks tallow, 800 casks treacles 12 casks sperm oil, 12 cases pearlshell, and sun dries. Inquiry for hides was less active at to-day's public, sales, wilhout an actual alteration in prices. There was no improvement in tallow. Shipping parcels in moderate supply.

Candle); sorts still scarce and in request. The sales 1 were as follow i By Messrs. Hort snd Co. Hides 20 at OS at 61V 2 at 16 at 4S at 2 at 64., 20 at 4Jd 127 at 4 1 at 1 at calfskin, nt 3s. Td.

lid-pigskins at d. to 43 horsehidee at 8s. 78 at 12 at 7s. 23 at 4s. 8d.

to 7s. 64., foalskins st la, kanga- rooskins at 16s. to 36s, per dozen, wallaby at 10s. per dozen, goat at 16s. per dozen, bear at 6s.

per dozen, native oat st 6s. per dozen. Hair at 164. to 28d. Horns at 21.

6d.to2s.. Shsnkbonu at 10s. 3d. to lis. 3d.

EB, 7 cask, at 31 at 31, 1 at 33, 1 at 32 at 31, 2 at 30 6 at 29, 1 at 23 2 at 28, 3 at-27 6 at 27. 30 casks of blaok oil at 50 per tun. By Mr. Barker. Wool Greasy at 101d.

to skis, at l'lld. to washed looks at fid. Sheepskins at 64. to 8d. Hides 47 st 614.

to 127 at 64. to 6W, 34 at 85 at 60 at yearlings at 6s. 44. to 8sv calfskins at 3a. to 4s.

kangaroo skins at 18a. 7d. testis, per dozen, bear at 6s. 3d. to 7s.

wallaby at 6s. 64. to 7s. 9d. Tallow 9 casks at 30, 2 at 32 10a, 7 at 28, 4 at 28, 2 at 26.

Black oU at 5 to 56 par tun; noatal oot at 6a. Gd. to 6e. per gallon. Hair at 124.

to 22,0. By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, snd Devlin. Hides 38 at 61 at 34 at 6td 86 at 614., 48 at 108 at 614., 60 at 414., 39 at 67 at 128 at 2 at calfskins etod. a 8s.

64., hoTsehide. at 2a. Sd. to 7s. 64., pigskins at Ss.

sroat nt kauramo at 12d. flair at 7d. to 24M. Tallow: in triangle, 12 casks at 30 WHaf, 6 at 27: WC over 9 at 32; 8 at 30, 1 at 33, 1 at 30, 6 at 27 1 at 28. 1 St ZO 100..

1 at ZU. By Messrs. Maiden, Hill, and Co. Hides, 2 at 7 at 8 at 4 at 22 at 42 at 614., 9 at 6S 14 at 4,4., 90 at 301 at 66 at 4 Id. 7 at pieces nt 414..

6 at calf at 3s. to yearlings at 7s. SO. to 9s. horssi at 7s.

to 9s. foals at 2a. 9d. to goat at 84. to 104., pigskins at 3s.

to bear at 6s. to 6s. wallaby at 84. to raw sangarooo at tva. to la.

per io. aair is peonages horse at 21d. to mane at 13d. to 13Jd-, eovn (washed) at 13d. to duty at 94.

to stamps at 64. to horns at 20a, to bones at 7s. to 14s. Tallow XI I on- if a at 80s. 6 at 2 at 28.., 3 at 21s.

Slush, 13s. to lis. xieeawax nt lxx. to sea. Business in the Stock snd Share market has Bank atock has been dull of sale, and prices weaker, uity sold at io os.

bd. to, lus; Joint Stock at 13. Commercial would have l'HB TEANSIT OF TBffUS THE AMERICAN XPt)AUun, Wn kam from the Bttart Tews Merewy ol totodta-stsnt that tha United States serew steam corvette Swatara, snlved on th. 1st instanU Bhe left W.w York on Jons 18, with the American Boleotlflo Expedition in oonneotiou with the Transit of Venus oa hoard. The Swatara fi.) called at Babla (Brazil) and Cape Town en route.

She loft Cape Town on 17th Auguat, and cruised about Cr laianda for four days, intending to land an observation party, bnt wu unabl. to land them on aooouut of the severe weather, and not having sufficient time to wait its moderating without infringing too much oa the time of the other parties. Th. party thus unavoidably taken on will proceed from thia to Melbenrn. The Swatara (a.) made next for Kerguelen Island, where she arrived en 7th September, and landed the following party Chief astronomer.

Commsnder Bran, United States Navy assistant, lieutenant United States Navy: ohief photographer, 1. it. ll lmu; assistants, O. W. Dryer and J.

Stanley. Curing her stay there, a gale suddenly came on, and carried away a steam-launch, valued at 6000 dollars, and smashed one of the boats. Aft Kerguelen Island on 18th September, and experienced variable weather until arriving in this harbour at i p.m. yealerday. The Swatara will remain here abont a week.

She will then proceed to Bloff Harbour (New Zealand), and thence to Chatham Islands, and after landing the Er lee intended for those plaoea will probably proceed to elbournefor repairs. The observations completed, will pick up the parties she hu distributed, and return home via the Sues Canal, The Swatara is one of the finest Teasels of the United States Navy, and quite new. She is a full-rigged ship, of 1160 tons register, and Is fitted with a compound engine of lztO-hone power, whioh oon-sumes about 24 ton. of cos per day. Thia is the first compound engine that has been introduced Into the United States Navy, and hu proved in every way successful.

1, he average speed of tha vessel under stesm is between 11 and 12 knots. The Swatara hu been expressly fitted out for this expedition, and contains one year's stores, besides all the necessary and latest improvements in instruments. To sfibrd accommodation for these the battery hu been taken out, with th. exception of two 12-pound boat howitzers mounted on the poop desk, aad one 60-pound Parrot gun en bow. Fifteen houses were also brought out, three consisting of equatorial, transit, and photographio accommodation for each party.

Th. oomfort of tho scientific gentleman hu been well looked to. The chief, of parties live and dine in the cabin, and the balanoe are comfortably located en the steerage deck, and dine with the other oaUoua, who are all very genial gentlemen, and are respected in social life well appreciated by the Government for their abilities. The commander of th. vessel is Captain Ralph Chandler, who is held in high esteem by the naval authorities.

The following oenstitu to the ofittoers: Lieutenant G. F. ilk ins, acting now navigator, la a volunteer otllorr, and hu had great experience in the South Sou, and also in the Arotioj Lieutesnint-Cemmsndsnt A. H. Might, Lien-tenant C.

H. Stockton, Lieutenant W. M'Little. Lieutenant J.J. Hunker, Lieutenant J.

E. MUbury, Lieutenant 8. bhroeder, Dr. E. Rushner paymaster, G.

W. Long; ohief engineer, 1. W. Gardiner; assistant engineer, H. W.

Stevenson; clerks, B. W. Phillips, F. Og.ton, J. N.

Winslow. The names of stations to he visited by the Swatara, and of the parties, are: Hobart Town Chief utronoraer. Professor W. Hark-nets, of U. S.

Navy assistant utronomer, L. Waldo chiof photographer, J. Moren assistant photographer, W. H. Churchill; ditto, W.

li.Deveraux. Melbonme---Chief utronoraer, Captain Raymond, of engineer; assistant astronomer. Lieutenant S. K. Tillman, 8.

Army ohief photographer, W. R. Pywell ateiatant photographer, J. G. Campbell; ditto, T.

Eitchie; ditto, L. H. Amne. New Zealand, Bluff Harbour Chief utronomer, Fro feasor Peters, of Hamilton College, N. Y.

assistant utronomer, Lieutenant B. W. Baas, U. 8. Army ohief photographer, O.

L. Phillips assistant photographer, I. Russell ditto, E. B. Piereon.

Chatham Island Chief utronomer, B. Smith, U. 8. Cosat Survey; assistant utronomer, A. H.

Soott; chief photographer. Otto Buchler; assistant photograplur, W. H. Ran ana S. Tainter, instrument maker.

The English observation party. for Prinos Edward's Island wu at Cap. Town when the Swatara left. They bad teen detained there on acoount of an accident to their vessel, but another had been sent out from England to replace her, and it is probable that by this lime the party Use arrived at it. destination.

Tho United Statea Government have three stations in the Northern Hemisphere, follow Pekin, China Whia-dawoatook, Japan and Ngaaaka, Japan. The gentlemen engaged on these stations proceeded by way of Hsn Fran-cisco to Japan, thenoe by one of the U. S. steamers to iheir reepeoUveatationa. The following interesting account of the voyage of the Swatara la supplied by oneof the expedition: Monday, June 8, found onr good ahip Swatara standing off the Bay of New York, under steam and aail, heading for Cape Verae Ii lands.

Our voyage to the Brazilian Port of Bahia ended on the 10th of July, when the white sanded coast of Brazil komed-up, and we glided into that bay of bays, do Tedos os Santos." Tha luxuriant foliage, the icautJiul hills which aeeraed to overhang the city of mouldy walla and shrieking" darkies" we oall them; the ohuroh on every coasuanding esainenoe, with its gilded orow the forts on tas shore and the fort de Mar in the bay, in a state of half decay, oonspired to make a view at once picturesque; and it wu only when w. mere fully uw the customs, and met in their ewn houses the people of thia representative South American cty, that we felt a pity for their Ignoranoe, and a strong desire to show them 41 a thing or two" in genuine Yankee style. The city is in two parts divided by the rocky faoo ot a hill into an upper part, which is mostly occupied by tesidenou; and a lower, which is the business part, and where are the Government buikiinge, A steam elevator built by foreign engineers, carries the citizens from one to the other in a minute, much to the disgust of the time honoured palanquin bearers, who alt now nt the bottom of the hill ejected, their avocation forth, most part gone. Beside, tha elevator, English engineers have tmilt short railway and erected machine shops. Street cars and rails are brought from the United StatM, and with thaw, and tha ttjagraph, their pioglas.

seems to have stopped. The people themselves express no wish for a different order of things, save the foreign element of the population who are held at arms length by the proud Brastlian aristocracy. The sugar trade la the source of revenue. The sugar la sect out of the country in its crudest which makes an American wonder why they don't bring to their own pockets the profits of growing and refining both. The disposition of thessdalenaeemedltobe togamjustumuoh upossl-bls from everyone who bought.

The conduotor of the street ear, the man who took your fan at the elevator, th. atreet fruit vender; the deafen, all had vary dead consciences until ws found tha value of "dumps" and miireia, in gold. It wu impossible to oouvwoe ourselves that the rolls of ragged, poorly printed bills, or ths dozen small uuosr sited copper ooina we never failed to receive whan we handed over the sovereigns, arere really worth anything. The hall-fight Is loved, but 'he pleasure of seeing one is bat seldom, mostly because the climate is so hot that the bulls have not enough energy absorb brut, courage In the shape of firm flesh, to fight. The theatre, which is quite a pretty one, is in its last stages, and there were note dozen ladies present the one evening we were there, though the Governor of the Srovinoo wu announced to honour the play in person, latnre hu done much, ths Brazilians little, wu our soliloquy, the Swatara left the bay oa th.

af ternooon of July 14. Our fesrs about dragging the yellow fever after us were nt rest before we uw the level top of Tsbls Rook, standing boldly against the sky, on ths morning of August 6. Wa era delighted with Cape Town. Englishmen rosy be cold and even brusque in American Inoka of travel, but they an vary far from it in ths colonies-genial, open-hearted, anxious to show every hospitality, we have to thank the Cspetonlsns for the injoyment they Rare us. They met us with open erms, and we an glad to meat them after the long voyage from New York.

We drank their wines we entered with the wisest fsoes Into their recitals of what liberal, aad conservatives were doing we humbly looked up at their pet beauty, Table Rock, though ws oould not help, In oar human nature, thinking the fresh fsoes of their young women much the sweeter repast for our weary eyes. We looked ths diamond. wa uw them ln the hands of ths veritable Wandering Jew," and we wondered at th. extreme productiveness of their gold mines. And ovsr and through it all, ws admired ths executive energy whioh marks the though it be hampered by a half population of Malays formerly slaves, Dutch, and native Africans.

Diamonds have done for South Afrloa what gold has dons for Australia. We oould not but feel the half smothered sigh with which the oolonista spoke of the Isthmus of Sou for a staawering blow wu dealt when Cape Town wu left out of the line of vessel, from England to the But, Their publie library is exosllut, which Is a fair eritorion of the people who patronise it. The English Transit sf Venus observers for Kerguelen'sS Lsnd were hen, and together enjoyed recaption by LadyBarkly. Ws were loth to steam out of the exoellent dock for the South Indian Ocean on the afternoon of August 17th. The first sventng out, inch sunset as we had nowhere seen illuminated the western horizon, with the sea quiet, Th.

next morning a gale began whioh prevented sleep th. next night, aad wet us qiato enough to be extremely uncomfortable. We reached the parallel known as the "Bearing Forty'! on Sabbath, the 28rd. We were all but becalmed, and the only evidenoe we had that ths wind aver blew wu the long rolling swell from the eouth-west On the Mth we regaled ourselves with a genuine snowstorm, snd comforted ws were, ws almost froze in double flsnnols, that the people at home wen under an August sun, with th. thermometer perhaps at8 degrees.

At midnight of the 28th we lay-to ln a fierce gals of wind, waiting for the rooming to show us Onset, where we were to hnd the first party. About the next morning, a shift ot wind, with a rising baronutsr, told ue that the gals was moderating, at 2 p.m. wa steamed ahead slowly with no sight of Crozet, The sun had been hidden bv foe: and clouds for aamal been taken at 88 for fully-paid, sellers asking 88 new stock offered at 75. Mercantile and New South Wales obtainable at last week's quotations. The market was cleared of Union at 60J to 61.

Queensland National were done at 6 and offered. Holders of Australasian hogabips. Ten miles away and we seemed although ineoous oi welay lorn aaottsf sprang np wilhout say warning, aad 000 tinned till morning. Possession Island, with its snow-capped peaks, aad the dim outline of Eut Island, were brought into view about 11 am. of Monday morning.

We straight ahead soon its identity wu sure. Ii nude a beauliful picture as we gradually neared it. and ths sun-formed rifts ln the olouds through whioh to illuminate parts of the snow crests. The mountains were certainly a mile high, and the pure white of the tops fjrmi a atrong background In the eoanbte rocks whioh cams np to meet Ihe As we neared ths island, the sts beoame calmer, ud we ran clou under Ihe lee, and found anchorage in an open roadstead called American Bay. We will take the rest of onr from a letter written to the United States.

Fortune smiled on us. There wu scsroely a breeze blowing as the anchor went over the bow. Venus snd Jupiter came out for the time from under the drifting clouds, and the cold stillness of th. night was oppressive. Block rock rose for hundreds of feet from the edges of the bay, on all aides but one.

There was a valley whioh seemed to gather np the snow and ice, and possibly holds a glaoier which dip. itself in American Bay. Tho English at Cape Town, whose informants were the officers of toe Challenger, told us frankly they thought it sheer waste of lime to come to Crozet. Certainly our lying In such quiet water all night made us feel that they possibly hid over, esiimated it. difficulties, and we thought it would only be necessary on the morrow to land our stores without interruption but In the morning the wind had freshened, and, ae we steamed past the entranoe to Ship's Bay the place we hoped to land the wind rose to one of its usual gales, and our ahlp oenld only beat backwards and forwards.

We lcoked into Ship's Bay. snd felt like oilllng it Tantalus Bay. The entrance is about 200 yards wide, and the bay is a U.sharje Indentation on the 8.B. Dart of the island, where the rooks have given place to a sloping boaoh of tine It haa long been known to whalera, and on the beach we couio. see a log-nouso ana tne sealers targe aetues lor boiling oil.

If a boat oould be handled through ths surf, I think It probable that a boat, crew could have landed even in the gale blowing. But when it cam. to be considered that fifteen tons of coal, with lumber for seven huts, besldei the stores sufficient to lut seven men for a vear, in addition to their were to be landed, and when we looked at the era and the heavy surf, it wu manifest that it could not be attempted at any time during the day. We were extremely fortunate fn having Rood weather we did for our auohorage 'the night before. We hoped that as the day wore on, If we oould hold our own under the lee of the island, the arala misrht moderate toward nurht.

But it did 'no auch thing. The wind blew harder and harder, till at we were forced to lay to in tne neroest gale we nau yet felt. Sea after sea strnok the vessel, making her quiver from end to end. Rain, snow, hail oame in rapid alternation, and we soon felt that the aea would be running so high In the morning that the -ohanoes of a small boat living st all to reach ins shore were alim. We tried to stand onr ground all night.

The gale blew with the same fierceness, end in the morning we had drifted thirty miles from the island, and the wind etUl blowing us off. What was to be dene It wu olearly impossible to rely on more than an hour at a time of quiet weather and if a part of the stores were landed, it might require three daya to land the remainder. Our ahip only cirriee ten daya' conl, and saving it up as best they could, the engineers had but five days coal left niter the straggle with the elements so far. It was unsafe to bank fires, for we knew not what minute we might be blown on oneof tho many rooks in this regit n. We must have coal for Kerguelon, and enough to lait to enter the bay at Hobart Town, where ooal wu to be had, nnd the only sensible thing to do wu to give up landing tho Crozet party, and save the already scant amount of ooal 'or Ihe Kerguelen landing.

And that very eensible thing was done. Let no disorilit be attached to the Naval Service. The English had failed to even make a stoppage here, so violent they found the sudden galea. I think the 1 flicera of the Swatara would have stayed there a month in the face of all the gales in Christendom, rather than have it mid that American ssllors oould not land at Crozet. If ihey stayed longer they would Imperil the success not only of ail the southern parties, but also of those sent to the northern hemisphere, because the northern observations are Co para lively valueless without those in the south.

We could not get back to Crozet before night our experience told us we would be blown away again. So muoh coil lost would be irreparable. On the morningof September 2nd, the order wu given lo turn touard Kerguelen. That night we had a gale which made us glad there were a hundr.d miles between the cout and our ahip. One of the seas ooming overboard washed away the man at the wheel, broke through the hatch, and we had in the morning a repetition of oar experience in fishing for ehoeo and sooks.

1 On Sabbath, September 6th, a barren, isolated, scraggy rock, against whioh ths sea dashed a of a hundred snd twenty feet high, appeared on the port bow. Three hour, afterwards, Kerguelen Island appeared in eight. We stood away from the- coast that night, and the next morning steadily around the south side of the island. Vertical rocks for a thousand feet stood boldly out in the water, split off from ths mountains which towered over them. Pinnacles, arches, grottos, cut ln every shape and size, made reeting-place.

for tbe immense number of birds and sea elephants lying in these waters. The grandeur of the island is in its desolation. Not a tree and the Antarotio vegetation with whioh the island abound, does not support a single land animal so far I could find. We followed the track of the Challenger, and anchored in a delightful snug harbour some miles up a sound, called Royal Bound. An American whaler we fonnd herefrom New London; and just on the neareat shore, eleven grave boards raised their white heads to bid na welcome to this cheery plsoe.

Sealers who hare visited this piece from time to tun. have buried their dead here they will rest in quiet graves, i Tuesday, the next morning, bright and oarly, the steam launch carried away with the captain and the astronomers of the Kerguelen party, our venerable friend. Dr. They came back at night in one of the whaleboats, ths whaler sent to help to get the stesm launch out of the kelp in whioh it wu helplessly wedged. Rumour said that oar good Dr.

and the Captain had to swim for it in taking a small boat from the launoh to try to get on dry land. They had navigated all day amsmnt ths unknown Islands in ths upper part of the Sound, and the night oame on them; three miles from the vessel. The heavy sea, the certainty of rocks on all sides, the gale which began to i low, conspired to render the position in the little launoh perilous. They had searched till ths lut moment lor a p'asa suitable for the observatories, and bed found none with fresh water near by. Finding themselves suddenly plunged into a pstoh of kelp, with no prospect of making either tha land or th.

ship till late at night, the captain left the steam launoh to be towed baok by the boats' crews, snd joined the ship by mean, of the courtesy of one of the whaler's crews. There wu oertsinly no place in tbe immediate vicinity for landing. Ths next day the wind blew such a gale that all done wu to hold our position, with steam ready at the oall of the bell, in oass we dragged our anchors. On Thursday morning, at the suggastion-of the whaler's captain, ws stood out of our anchorage for "Molioy Point," about ten luilee diatant. We reached it in about two hours.

I know of no shorter wsy to tell you of what we did and uw than to quote from my note book. September 10. We went ashore immediately. Galea of wind and snow at intervals. of the first boat of lumber.

A terrifio snow squall. We oould not see fifty feet. The boat left aground by the tide falling and ike difficulty ln handling. Men working in the water. Nearly frozen.

They worked till night la unloading the first boat load, and wan forced to abandon her till morning, after try tog to drag her from the rooks. September 11. All hands and boats at work nirlnjia. aad putting up shelter on the shore. Three tents snd one house put up to live ln and oover stores.

I walked back into the country, over the snow and ice and moss, two miles. No trees. Volcanic peaks. Picked up red hematite and quartz, with a piece of dog-tooth spar. Saw penguin rookeries, with hundreds of penguins tame I oould knock them over with a atiok.

Gulls, and birdaof twenty epeoies, but all water birds. Th. albatrosses an farther up the Island. Shot some exoellent duok, much like English teal. Tho vegetation scrubby; made up of ooares mosses snd 'ems.

Soil boggy. Sink over shoe-top unless careful. Coarse hemlock-like mow (Lpallls Wild cabbage growing everywhere (Pringlu antiaoorbuttoa). Whalers brought me aeveral fossil shells, whioh look though they were from our Silurian. Preparation, going ahead rapidly.

Spot selected for the observatory under the lee of a knoll about four hundred feet high. Tolerably dry, and can be made comfortable, if thty can make their houses stand in the gales ot wind. Heavy gale the night set in. Danger in getting boats from the shore to the ship, distance about one mile. One boat wu awamped just the lut msn clambered over tho ship side.

The launoh wu lost during ths night. The shin fouled her anchors and drifted a mile end a half. Steamed up with head to wind. Wind so strong in puffs that I oould not stand on deck without holding to rigging. September 12 Surprised io see tents standing in morn-.

under the lee of land I suppose accounts for y0' forward. Cold an clear at times. he bulk of everything landed by nightfall. If it is so difficult to work with the slight surf snd quiet harbour here, what would it have been at Crozet? Gal. at night usual.

BeplOTber 13. SabbathGetting ready to leave Royal Sound. By 8 o'clock the good-byes said, and we began to raise the anchors. Fired sslutsef live guns toJMr. Rysn, the chief of the Kerguelen party, our ahip left the harbour.

Flag flying frora their housetop as ws fired the uluto, aad mr lut sight of them showed them busily nt work securing the roof ln expeotenoy of the gals already ahowing itasU over the snow-capped peaks in the Background. We were not sun we would not meet th. English party we steamed down the souad. They will be wlthinten mU of the sits eeloted by the Challenger, and It looks to me like hold the next but. -iL." South Indian Ooaan brave waving Kerguslan but they only helped us rapidly m.

our course, ani right gladweware to steam in sight of Tasmania at midnight of September 30th." S. The Golosh Lake Avmay, The BalUma Stmr rspsvts that the two brother. Halt, who xwariVkilled each Other at Ooldim Laka ht u2. I tatsfrtRtRg from ths ettata ot thetr le-awlT TKfS. B-strs wtwun KiSl Saortly aitor ths slam was rio Ujjoiwj" si bavins; a plentiful utlnlraiaeedtRe dames, and pro.

"fTW aloSelM tootssr premises. Th. building to ootton Hj-moMMd Hut spontaneous oombuatlon ni Tl tlsTTlt thought ft. of damag. iMrf0.

Two ot tho Iu.iiranuO.ia. hSr.r.t .1 ths tho fl, closely Mdedib bt Blaoks in report of Mr. Parkai tgW tor Uyk, in company 'with hi. WJEnil followed ths road towards tho Diamond hut jKS'luwS Journeying on h. "ddonly m.

out en osontry, where a mob of wtld horses AVishlng to sss what they wore, Me. nSed'eiler them. In th. meantime, th. black ly frSMUont, end, on hi.

mMtor'. return, mi not WtfiX eoras search, Mr. Perlurr, bring much "Tihlrtt, for Una taking it for srranted Jl'bwtai go-" -hM0- NJght ooming on ho jwJ Inetrue 11m, end oTentu.iry oame out on tho aad returned to tho station iit li tho meantime, th. uufortunt boy ais liorw. It happened that by th.

way 'ZTjSh Tom. sad knocked up on ths plains, and bwn left with him to keep him company. Tho KSSE. TuMBiorerMi their track, nook, on foot, to th. if2lr their toTKi ww.

loft. andtnew osngutons SiStohSed" Although atoWspX lU B.H.h, ho is vsry young and easily JhldTud ho Mom. to have boon uueble to but in reply to questions, nld kSuW 5S hi. head cutoff, and .11 sorts of WribUiw llr.I.pMtorMumy, wift SIiiTtawheT. Ik saddla wai found, ud it ni only from the dot that Mr.

lui no foundation wnam- "ISlu nun. for Uusrk, In oompany with. ltfkJhS sou aftr a wild m.b, and had not oom. baok. Tbpslioe, V1 Twlste they fonnd the object of their Ktrah with k-a as.

ant enjoying ma ustw mum a w. CiNIBiLISM AHONO STARVING BAILORS AT ajel-Th. London Sputttar ha. a biting ertiolo on th. win.

of sMpwreeked psopls eating each other at sea. ftoAlliertHedsl of tho Moond clau, given on 10th July, ru-li Wehiler, Moond mat. of the oellier Arraoan, ,1 Omsk, has Boawweo. not only fcDarid Wmter well dumiing of it a point vo MTiMMtWM preiently but th. wleotion of Darid ibttr foMpecU and vary real honour, will help to break Saw af the molt utterly wicked traditions of our mercsan-gwiia We hare never keen able to dieoover why it aMl beoauidared excottble for a aoaman it he happen.

it twrry at Ma T.ry hungry, that hungry to daath Zto nudtr ud eat any friend who bappese to be handy mtnbtedly that la among th. prlvilegea oonfoired tr Mflriax Iradllion on merohant eeunen. Hi.toriana, mum, iflTelUn, are all agreed upon (hi. point kn will admit tome Hrt of exonae in the oircumatano. for what em tool a peculiarly daatardly and aelflah form 4 aatiadutloa.

Why cannot the men die quietly at aea Mwell oa land, as, for example, Auetralutn explorer, tut ftwoMtly died, and a. fhouaand. of Icieh dud in M7P Huier dilv men mad, mad in the true medical aw, Involve, moral irre.poneihilityi' It doe. ailhiat of the kind. Thirit though not ilnji, pndnoe.

or eomethiag Tory nearly akin It It ud. boat oa the ocean is a place where thirst may be HI to ik Terr lut extremity; but hunger strike, men at an jut it strike, tkem on shore, namely a. a sharp intolerably painful for three days, and feea ai a dull, gnawing want, which is pain only ana aMempantfd by the intense fear of ooming ibiolatioB. There ie no madness of the furious ins any stage of the process, though, of oourae, HKtieMucumioggroteequoly horrible forms. If mad-eta ten an Invariable or frequent acoompaniment of it on ehore, where it is never re-einWi att ah cold And it universal at aea, where, oa a aemylartrUble role, some one or other remains sane, and nhues tidettroy his friende' last chance of escape from siorniwhioh is overwhelming them.

The orime oom atiued not a romantic one, or one excusable in any way tksgh of oourae, often unpnnlshabet from dufoot of srllaHe II to sanity but a dirty aseesshntion, porae-tnUdbjr men too to give their oimrados a fair ilme. That li the truth about it a truth overy one of tj neosmiiss in th. pleasure with whioh he hear, that toe Bin who retained, his nerve, and had a ojderM, and tho crime even by alaying unustorand Webster wont to slay hla man aiiKeaoononred by the Crown. It waa time he or aome liki aim should be. time that the eul tradition ahauld htnta, time it should be known that the man who by etaliii would-be murderer stops him from relieving hii auger oa a oomrade's flesh, doe.

a rUht and honour sUt Hiir. The seaman of the Arraoan had no am ugU to eat Homer at aea than they woai uts to est their owner at homo. Their iity in to do all they oould, hope all they could, sad tba ele qalelly like men, and not kul and eat wildbeasta, Honceforward wo ay sops that even at sea steadfast eaduranoo will be larMetunureromantio than eeiiinh murdor, and sailor. Istt without food will starve like explorers, or poor widows, Iruh Uboorors under the same temptation, and die with tttklnilodtsth, a. they would if the were flying, viiiotl sorter on their oonsoienoe.

or their friend', raw Ian oa tatir aiemaohs. TiiKiipav in South Australia. From' eB.A.Aimtiur w. learn that the South Australian HisirtrraaTS placed on their Botimateaa sum for tele piiHo nlMiloi, and propose to spend 64,600 on a Una non Fat Acxusta (o Huola, via Streaky Bay, with i bmtl to Pott Lincoln; and 27,000 for a lis. along the Mania tstbeBouth-wsal Point, and.

oable thenoo to (tnBorla. The former of these work. i. all that i new emeury tooooiplete the entire ooanectloo of the whole IlUAaatnliu colonies by telegraph, and the work is to carried out la co-operation with a similar one in Western auinlia. Xm Government of that oolony will extatnd dnlisstolaola, where it will join the South Australian he, ud the communication will be complete.

With nftnme. to the latter, the South Australian Legislature in totb lis bnaohsi hu sffirmed the desirableness of thelooal wk. IltruuinrDoii Pastoral Associatiow. The fm Stfrn reports that a meeting of the oommlttea of a above aasooisuen wu held at the Australian Hotal, on Httrdayevsnmi, The secretary reported that ainoehe been in office he had collected funds to tho amount of ml. About 180 arrears of debt, had been discharged, ud when all olalms bad beau met, there would probably rhll be a bauuue.

of about in hand. The yard-dues ud commUiiononialssof stock on the show ground had realised nearly 46, and altogether the association financially ja never aeon a xwremiunantng position man at present. The secretary slto reported that very many ot th. prize- reoeat anew nau exproasea inemsuve. a.

Much dissatisfled with the oops given in former years, and Masted a desire that their prkos should be paid over to muunj. Dome Discussion on ine matter ensuea, Kill lu Mr. Hammond proposing, and Mr. Mair second -i-umuua me enect tnat in inturo ail pnao-wisrssliould be permitted to order from any silversmith anirtioles of plat, they might think fit, upon the oondl last the silversmith tumished to th. secretary a uinuripuon ot tue navciation uaa Deea pireauponallof the attlcle.

eo selected. Th. new uwiMwiuimcusly oariied. BaOJtTBBRoAD TO thk Paljibr Hivkr. Mr.

U.SvKUS'.WbflarttBiJ (n mn n.iMA tU 1 tt hat, brought with tho Cooklown lltrald, wlBUtBeotemberi thnirrAtlriHnlfitalltntl.a JJi petition to open a short road to th. present WW. when the great bulk of the people were loos ted, within a distanoe of from "S'W mfles of Stony Creek, the centre of the new Tkeroad would be a splendid road for i bring plenty of feed and water ail along the line, 2. 1,0 thousht could bo mado alongside it lh9 Palmer rango. Mr.

King's traok sraM nearly all the rivors, which the present on. tote orossed, for hs proposed heading them all. the "Tience b-mg the Palmer itself, which uffiiodto eMfly crossed in oanoea. This information an- placed betore the storekeepers of Cooktown, and "Jto open the road providing he waa found in foriei. A preliminary meeting waa held on Wednee-KSsdowi tho-ttbilti but a.

yet nothing Tfil T.iva t- liujr. ri-31UH 1H l.tUK.Il'S rAKS lSOi i bo occurrence the Melbourne Dtily 2H A 10 observe-" We live in a daily pro Mtastrophe on a far granderr aula than any to And there i. no knowing t1' Mea- ThM. 'rom 60 to 100 tiltt to ttoyal rare; magaaine, 01 ffi'Hwl Board tho other day reported-Tine tVf? aad the want of mfflolent light t. AiHi in mi removing powder.

IS, loophole, in tho surrounding wall art '3sSk3lii B0 ta or loasing platform out- Wk irv auiau ana raooios. w. 7' aooKieut Happen at th. Boyal slrr Vrt-Tir? th. cemetery would be left li-nwn7 ln -he tlireot line of the exploatoo.

UMfk. Auirvj 1 nveiy spot, sue roo naiiiu. Ho-'. Bar, we fancy under. Mtr if tW were LT'wMwnce.

The mormon, quantity of 300 ton. mtii Board sy: Prt. for receiving and Wj ueiei IF fn tl nHUh U.1.1L1U -mw wi MIO WUIIIIHIIII1B taj l- awver use mob an entplosion ot 100 ft. material, for a moat Intersntlrig live fa history, wnsinc Mayoreai llelbonroa ariiSw 5Ti veiy spot, sue rooiaarey 3nloh holds ISO tons, and at which low gun. 5fmd lying about, with therrteamm am the rVHff IBfjkA atrial ana.a.

.4 Jl.t..u TO THS SD1TOB Of TUB HRRAXTO. Sib, Our Adelaide friends have shown us en exeeSeat exempts, by their Inauguration of an association for ths reloim of funeral customs, and a reduction in the eostot funerals. I suggest that a almilsr association be formed here, for I feel sure thst nowhere is reform more needed. So long have we en acoustomed to view these nutters in a conventional light, that they have become fixed institutions from which we dare not deviate. The present customs are outrage, on our purses, our sensibilities snd feelings, snd oar time, whioh it is paost advisabls should bssbolished.

The ooet of funerals is not only far too gnat, but the money is spent in worthlres accessories. Why should wo purchase the semblance of mourning why hire people to ake a show of grief We benefit net we honour not lb. dear departed; wa inflict only pain on thou who truly mourn, and in many cases involve them in an expenditure which they can 111 afford. It often happens that when the head of a family is called away, th. survivor, have to spend tbeir lut shilling in conforming to the usages ths inexorable lews of society, in providing what is call a decent funeral and family mourning.

What need for these absurdities, for hearse, mourning coaches, mutes, hatbands, gloves, entertainment to friends, and all the pomp and meaningless displsy What need far parading our grief by wearing black, and ln suoh a climate Itisaoruel custom, born of an Ignorant age, and kept alive by a morbid vanity. Will no one of influence in Sydney move la the matter Call a meeting, and establish an association which shall bi the rnaaru of hreaklnsr down the walls of aotiauated custom, which are a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. sours, NEW EXI1NCTEUR. TO TBR BDITOR OV TUB HRRALB. Sin, In yesterday's Issue appear, a paragraph headed A new Extinoteur," describing a method proposed by Dr.

Schuppert, of New Orleans, for extinguishing fires on shipboard. 1 It occurs to me that the late Dr. Bland, of this city, patented here a similar mode several years age. I have no. ready means of ascertaining precisely what the materials were whioh he proposed to employ, but I know they were to be need in the same manner.

If' you or any of your readers can supply the details, I think It will be giving the nonour ot ue discovery wnere it is justly aue. Your, obediently, H. T. F. October 9.

ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY. O. RIBS. At the Bsaur, at 11 and tt, Horses, Vehicles, fte. HARRISON, JONES, AND DIVLIN.

At WooUer'a Yardl, st ll.Dorbam Ball, atsrlDo Rams. BRADLEY, NEWTON, AND LAMB. At their Beonu, st 10.10, Book. at II, Household furniture, are, B'FrTTKIDOR, COOPER. AND CO.

At their Booms, st 11, Sofss, Beddiog, Pslllassee, ere. O. ANDERSON. At ha Hsrt, at Balmsln, at 1,10, Household -Furniture and H. VA OGHAM.

On the Press Im, Hon tar's Hill, at House-held Furniture, Tools of Trass, are. Thb Servant Girl Question. Tho following amusing sketch Is extracted from the QutcniUndtr The expectations of the young ladies who, under the designation of domestlo srrvants, arrive in these oolonles from Great Britain, have ever been sufficiently expansive. They have learnt, before condescending to take ship for our shores, that at the antipodes all things go by contraries. Fifteen shillings a week, Irish may apply, every Sunday out, followers allowed! a hone kept for their use, and a mistress to wait upon them, are few of the reasonable conditions which they understand to be here included among their rights.

They arrive In high good humour, prepared to allow their employers every fair indulgence. Children In the household will not be a bar to engagements no objection will be made to polishing the master a boots with black lead on suoh occasions storeileanlnfr may be going on. All reasonable attention paid to the routing of the joint, but no reeponsibillty incurred. Company allowed at reasonable intervals, provided they are good for vails. But it Is to be feared this pleasant understanding cannot lut much longer.

A young man In New Zealand, who deserves to be sacrificed on the outraged altar of domesticity, has raised a flame whioh it will take years to extinguish. This scourge of housekeepers, impelled by Satan, passed in review the Inmates of the local immigrant's home, snd, seeking from the matron an introdao-tion to the prettiest of its temporary Inmates, offered her aa engagement which employers of the opposite sex can never compete with. His offer consisted of a plain gold ring, a permanency, snd his young a flections. Ths thing will spread. Immigration agents will work ths incident up into pamphlets.

It will be most effective at their end of the voyage. All the comely girls will argue with them-stlves that it might just easily havs been their oan. And it may. An epidemioot marrying out of the Depot may on now that the ice hu been broken. Immigrant maidens in high ship-fed oondition, will turn up the now of scorn st snxious housekeepers desirous of being favoured with their assistance In ths humbler minutta of dotnestio life.

Every one of them who oonsiders herself to have the slightest claim to personal attractions that is to uy every one of them without exoeptlon will prefer to wsit f.r the regulation young msn to turn up, and invito them drive off in state in hlsbnggy to the nearest parson on the way to a well stocked and snug ana. There is every reason to fear that the regulation young roan will be then. Man is distinotly an imitative animal. Then is but one consolation, and that a poor one. Immigrants are pouring in very feat.

The supply of young men msy run short, and the plainer young women be left nnutlflad. Then onr wives will cheerfully secure for our households a supply of patent safety gorgons, SlLEKCS UNTIL AFTER The Wtgg JSxpreu relates the following ooourranos at the Circuit Court: An old lady, who pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny, created little amusement when brought np for sentence. When asked the usual question why sentence should not be passed, she showed a aingulu knowledge of the circumstance, usually urged for mitigation of punishment. Thirty-nine years, my lord, I ve been in the colony, and never a oharge brought against me." I've been two months in gaol, my lord," Nothing wu known ot her, although it wu pretty evident to the experienced eye that the ancient dame had occupied a dock at some time or another previously. A sen tea oe of three months having been passed, th.

gratitude of the prisoner could not keep within bounds. God bleu ye, Judge Cheeke, and all of ye, gentlemen God bless she said, with'wonderful fluency, I was sent out to this country for seven years, but I never deserved it." Singular Accident to a Child. On Saturday last (the Burrangon) Arfut states), a Utile boy, two years old, son of Mr. Benson, of Burrowa-street, was heard screaming near hla mother's residence, sad, on Inquiry being mnde it wu discovered that a crochet needle had penetrated the bottom left eyelid, passed over the surface of the eyeball, and also penetrated the upper eyelid. Then wu no medical man in town at the time, snd what wu best to bo dene under the oireumstanoee, became a matter for consideration.

A person who was present at the time, with the assistance of the father, contrived with the nld of a dr of plyers to break the handle of the needle off, catch of the booked end, and drew It through the upper eyelid wlthont in any way injuring the sight ot the young sufferer, who bore ths operation with muoh patienoe. Beyond the Ion of a little blood, and an ordinary amount of pain, no serious results followed. The Ohbss Match betwrrn Sydney aud Msi.poiirnb. A correspondent writes in the Aram of Tuesday: Hitherto the oombatants have been paired by lot, snd many of the parties havs been robbed of interest by the disparity between the players whom the blind goddess has pitched together. My suggestion is, that the plavers oa each side be arranged nearly may be la older of merit, and that those similarly numbered mut ench other over ths chequered board.

And lest th. In-vidiousnera of such arrangement should deter ths committee from undertaking it, I would further suggest that Sydney might do it for us, and we for Sydney. A week before the contest, when It may be supposed the players on both sides have been definitely chosen, let the oornmlttees exchange lists, Sydney having sorted the Melbourne oham 8 Ions in order of strength from her point of view, and telboume the Sydney Tmights from hers. This plan, I believe, would produce a closer and more interesting mstoh, be better test of ths chess strength of ths two colonies, snd lead to bettor games than the present A Trio or Would-be Buioides. A Melbourne journal reports that at Prahran Police Court on Most-day three men were brought np.

Thomu Brawn wu preparing to bang himself In a bam, when a nonstable arrived lu to prevent his carrying out his purpose. James IJoiniond got a carving knife and went into hla sweetheart's house, pushed her down on a sofa, and threatened to out her throat and his own afterwards, but constable Long, who heard a disturbance in the house, prevented hla doing either by locking him up. Thomu Williams went to the Prahran watehheuse, end utd that if the polloe did not toke him in custody hs would drown himself, and he wu accordingly looked up for the night. It appeared that In nil three cases whioh had no connection with each other tho men were mtoiJoatM when arrested. Famov FrtArionnxs.

The Lotion camitur observes Fancy franchise, are not popular with our colonial feUow-oltixens. The Legislative Assembly of New South Wales hu bun ooeupied with the die-cusiion of an BleotorsI Act Amendment Ball, the tendency of which is to abolish special quallBoations; The gold miners of the oolony have hitherto enjoyed separate representation but this privilege is now taken away, and the proposal to confer, the franchise on a very different class, th graduates of Sydney University, as soon as their numbers reach loo, hu not found favour In the eyes ot the The criticism that to giro ons representative to 100 graduate electors, while 2000 ordinary eke tors obtain no greater share of Parliamentary power, would be to create a dangerous dis-jajnty-appears overstrained to us, wkTawaeena-temed to see the Brut surma Mn-i-si outvoted fcur to oneln theHorue CouWns. tha BITJJIB'l IILIOBA.XI SO AUSTRALIA AMOOIAtlD FRUI. DETENTION OF COUNT AKNIM. XiONDOjr, Ooiobsr 8.

Am Application was made for the release of Count Arnim, but it has been refused, and he is still a prisoner, closely confined. Ue was arrested for detaining certain documents whioh came into his possession as German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris, aud whioh, therefore, belong to the archives of the nation. Count Arnim denies any knowledge of the greater portion of the papers which were seized at the time of his arrest, but others of them he claims as his own private property. The circumstances of this case have caused considerable excitement in official circles at Berlin. SPAIN.

IiONDOK, OOTOBIB The statement that Don Carlos was wounded during a mutiny of the troops has been officially contradicted but the news of serious disseu-. sions in the army is confirmed. Dorregaray has been dismissed from coinmand, and General Mendivee has been appointed as his successor. AUSTRALIA ASSOCIATED TRKIS TBLlOmAMS. GOUXiBUBN.

Fbisat. At the Aaiizea to-day PhilipPurcell, for will forgery, wu sentenced to seven yean and Emma Cross, for a similar offence, to three yearn' imprisonment. Mary Ann Smith, arranged for perjury, waa acquitted. Jiobert Palmer, found guilty of perjury, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and the parties were then indicted for conspiracy, the trial of the case being postponed till next Cirenit or gaol delivery. A lunatio was discharged through the absence of the Governor's warrant, but was reapprehended by the police last night.

BATHUBST. Friday, The proprietor of the WaUm Indeptndnt was Struck in the street to-day by Mr, Alderman Mutton, in consequence of a personal attack in the paper; Mr. Jluttonwae fined i at the Police Court, and the mount has been raised by publlo subscription. I ABMIDALE. i Friday, The Circuit Court opened this day before his Honor judge Faucett.

In the ease of Edward Coghlin, arraigned for arson, the jury have been locked up since 11. George Albert Roggett, found guilty of horse-stealing, was sentenced to sis months' hard labour in Axmidale gaol. John Taylor, arraigned for assault with intent, was found guilty of felonious assault, and sentenced to three years' hard labour in Maitland gaol. John Gough, arraigned for manslaughter, was acquitted. MELBOURNE.

Friday. Tho proposed amendment on the motion for the second reading of the Customs' Duties Bill was negatived by a majority of fifteen. During the debate the galleries were cleared. The House did not adjourn until 3 o'clock this morning. The debits was somewhat personal.

r. Francis stated that he objeotei to the present tariff and the increases of twenty per cent. The Legislative Assembly met again this afternoon for the consideration of resolutions for private members and the granting of a vote for prospecting purposes. Mr. Councillor Gatehouse hu been elootel Mayor oi Melbourne for the ensuing year.

Mr. Alderman Upton hu been elected Mayor of deelong. His Excellency the Governor proceed! on a visit to the Ovens district to-morrow. An adjourned inquest in the Hosier murder ease took place to-day. The husband stands remanded from the Police-court: Gloom is backed for a considerable amount for tho Mtlbourne Cup.

A deputation from, the building societies have asked the Government to pass a bill for the Incorporation of the societies and legalising their borrowing powers. The Premier promised to astent if no ibjee-tion were made on the part of his oollesguts. Mr. Cutieau, Governor of the gaol, is very ill. A portrait of Bishop Perry is being painted in England for the publie gallery.

There have been sales of 1800 cues of Hennessy's cue brandy at about 2Si. Sd Sd, muscatels, and an advance is ukei. 4S0O bags of sugar have been taken up by one firm, price withheld. Urewing crystals, 16s. lOd.

ling fish, Sd. Breadatufia very firm. QUEENSCLIFF. Friday. AaaivBD.

Albion from New Zealand Prinoe Victor, barque, and Protege, brig, from Newcastle. CAPE OTV7AY. Friday. The Davina, barque, bound to Sydney, passed at 10 a.m. ADELAIDE.

Friday. The Murray Eailway Bill hu been postponed till Tuesday. Mr. Kees moved his payment of members' motion, but his speech was interrupted by the Orders of the Day. The Adelaide Improvement Bill hu pissed the Assembly.

the "protecting" clause in the Mutual Provident Society's Bill hu been expunged by the Assembly. 16,000 acres of land were seleoted during the month of September. A private London telegram quotes copper at 16s, per unit. Mr. Arthur King, a well-known country auctioneer died to-day.

Wheat, 6s. and market firm. Th Allsord Skiksino or a Oat. With regard to the eat skinning oaae, the Ofhixg AiMrliur of Tuesday says:" W. lean that the man Straybarry, who wu accused of the grow oruelty related In our report, wu a akin dealer, who wu evidently up to all th.

trioks of the trade, in answer to Mr, Pan ton he admitted he wu aware th. custom at homo to flay cat. alive, as the fur always stood better afterwards when such was dons. There is hardly the reason to believe he wu not really guilty, and the resident. In Meredith are vary muoh annoyed he should have Mooesded in setting off so easy through the reluctance of witnesses to Rive evidence.

Probably Mr. Btnyberry will be more oloeely watched for the future, and should he be caught skinning live animals it it to be trusted he will be severely dealt with." SattjbdatNiort at Yotnto. The Burrangong Ohrmitb observe. Perhaps the moon oame nearer to the earth than she wu wont and mads men mad on Saturday, for or that evening the friendly irrsetmirs and social harmony of the sons of toll, released from their hebdomadal labours, ware converted into angry pugilistic encounters. Ohlofly through the In-fluenoe of bacchanalian libations, the pot-valiutcy of ssveral parties wu displayed in a resort to brawling flstl-ouftt.

and punch 1 waa more dsTslopad in th. ksd than is uraslwhsti indulged in in another fashion. Disgreosful seenee war, to be wirnraned in tha rhbowaoosTcl Bt, John's Church and in som. of the imUie-honses la other paitaof taw town oa Saturday night; and these pugnacious muuwiKw vrar. oasnea on wiin almost neneoi impunity, for only on.

tneklws wtrftt wu captured by th. polloe, ami wu toe tossasikly eysak to cmt th. way." Steam, after standing out for 24, came down to 23. nnd at this fio-nre thArst wnrst aalfiR. ft nntsis Kiver obtainable at par.

Other Steam shares unchanged. There were no purchases of la- surance; sellers firm, and buyers unwilling tta meet their Gas-light Shares active) and several transactions reported at 16 to 16J. In Debentures there was nothing done. 1 ine course of sales for tne past week has been: Banks: Joint Stock, 18; City, 10f. 10 6s.

6d. 10, Union, 60, Queensland National, 6. Steam: Australasian, 23; Qas- light, .18, 16J. The followine table shows the state of the market at close: OOMPAHlEa. Mast, BAKU.

tsoel SS Commardsi Olty Joint Stock Now South Walssw KawZealud h. ts ts 1. ato.esd tto.t 494,1 BlS1 union 4 i Msreantila lscood all Is Oriental Queensland National UURNTUKRS), N. S. torsxtuslai Ditto.

totsvvainaUsa loo.ood aaoMfl llaa. tot'sti aivsei caver. 1(. lis lost.ie as INK isi" let Ditto, tsserltiedstoek totl Ditto Ditto Treasury sins A.S.N.Co. c.ty of Sydney Fyrneat nrtSf Cisraoss Staasa Colonial Sofar Os.

IHSURAMOB, Gas era! xtsrlas New Santa, Wales Martu radSa Firs sad startu Sydney Firs Sydney Marias Daltsd STBSJI. AastraatsUn Clarenes and RlahxtoaS IXtto, rraferutttl Hunter River Olarenw and MUORXLAKROVS, gaslight rvrrooatRrlsM ntsM 1114 at lltltot lawoii 1ST4 lOSOl. 1IT4 ss, ass h.tsm lotjd 0,0041 ItrMl sr. nvstl so.cool I7S4S si, sty ft tl i H. il.s Mrtot Sydney MIMHa Anvil Orsak 11 Coat sS.SOSj II ssMiie iw Us Ms it v.

in. iMti.i ki. 19 vrr.i- is 1S SU me all ii vrvisi S. B. W.

Skale end OO Watlsand Ooal WsratakOoal New Waustad Oc.ssT Oesev gowSat DrBraaaond -Hountrssry ti Mount Onora isxossl St sU I M. et.st SV, Ss twv vs ssaves lee en TsSst N.CO -res, S.0O 1 mm ll44 s. IS II MISS dsTiss' 4V ii IsMlsSw. Ut 1J reakBowu tnu Western Ssak Dswu Walaa raalwooeU .1 -iD SonhenOour tTotc si; looeo S4.S ir.et, I i SI at neysrs ana HMtsttaaasrs M4 OsrMLRufS, Oa. 3 22t toanson'.

sTrosniaaaa Hum Star td reau ay lis SI SI Si Si askrUn 1 riseiiar-BsaW "1 1 stlsr3sji7sS3i la It' SS.SSS 1 MlS Sr. lai lion Rstf 11', IV 71 aua ussUAVuao reooverlng steadily, and an average amount of islet were effected in trade lots during ft. pest few days. only tacrease to stock hs been a tjtiflihg part cargo brought by thtv Twrmnila am. utxtftala ef our position.

Oroset Is ulSereatly marked J. glad to eight Hog IahrndJ the weaternmost of the group, on the morning of Sabbath, glowing ln Its foggy dreee. As we itssredlt ths sun shot oat a few rays, and we felt we uw it at an ad. vantage. Not a tree it is widths hogs hav.

possession of it our gums at a mile oould see nothing of them, and Wt spMrWbC t'i i -'i; WillUm Turner's cargo of OaUfotnaiui wkeeV which going Into slot, Thtt nttaber sTtaf I WsaVnUatlsR a 1 I 4: vtvwms sawi saasssw saw las Tray ill, -r ui Li' V'ii Jjiw-jn'l jUm in1-..