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To-morrow is the Anniversary Day of the Colony : a day set apart by Australians for particular and patriotic celebration. To- morrow's sun will rise upon our fifty-fourth

birthday, and although it finds the political and commercial atmosphere overcast, it will nevertheless, we trust, be an omen of future prosperity. Twelve months ago, when we had to notice the last year's anniversary, many circum- stances existed which called for the un- mixed gratitude of the colonists. Now, there are several causes for disquiet, to par- ticularise which would, however, be to un- dertake a task unfitted for the festive nature of the day. We will, therefore, willingly turn to the sunshine and avoid the gloom. We will remind our readers that, although our emigration fund has fallen off, and our ordinary revenue faithfully reflects in its quarterly deficiency the state of the times, though the Governor, the Govemment offi- cers, and the people, are from circumstances similar in their origin, and not very different in their individual application, labouring un- der much mental anxiety, still there is no cause for despair, no reason to believe but that, if we take wise and immediate mea-   sures of remedy, the common distress will prove to be temporary ; no ground for doubt- ing but that Australia will continue to ad- vance. For, granting that money is scarce, that the Treasury is far from being in its usually flourishing state, that the marketable value of all property is in a state of extraor- dinary depression, we should recollect that the elements of wealth are as abundant now   as they were then, that new territories in   the interior have been opened up to the energies of settlers, that under the Divine blessing, far more than an average harvest has been ensured, and above all, that 20,000 additional free people have landed upon our shores, whose productive industry cannot but soon make itself felt in the creation of addi-

tional wealth, and, therefore, in promoting a return of legitimate confidence; that these 20,000 souls have been instrumental in pour- ing into the colony much actual capital, and will be beneficial inasmuch as they create as many new though private ties of interest between us, and the Mother Country.   It should also be favourably borne in mind that many internal improvements can be pointed out, as having been effected since the last anniversary. Many Churches and Chapels have sprung up in the desert, and there is reason to believe that the voice of religion has not been uplifted in vain. In Sydney, buildings are advancing rapid- ly. The community has benefited by the praiseworthy perseverence of the Gas Com- pany, and their indefatigable Secretary, and since the last anniversary we have gas-lit streets in our metropolis. A steam Ferry is also on the eve of completion, which will closely connect the capital with the popu- lous suburb of Balmain and the north shore. Our streets are crowded with drays bringing down the largest clip of wool which has ever been grown, and our Banks will be compelled to lower their rates of interest. In addition to these local advantages, there is strong ground for belief that the new Conservative Ministry, characterised as that Ministry unquestionably is by a magnani- mity superior to their predecessors, and un- pledged to the past acts and deeds of Sir John Russell, will favourably listen to our prayers for Representative Government, and

that they will give us, under a new and bet- ter system of convict Transportation, those road and bridge makers, which this country,   deficient in internal water communication, so peculiarly requires, that they will afford to us the use, so necessary to the advancement of all young communities, of that severe pio- neering labour, which very few free-men, who can gain by other means an easier and more profitable livelihood, can be induced to undertake. If then, we repeat, we exert ourselves wisely and betimes, to ensure the continued influx of the two great elements of pros- perity, labour and capital, the depression of the moment will, in the nature of things, speedily pass away, and Australia, warned by the disasters of over speculation, will profit by bye-gone and dearly bought expe- rience, and proceed more surely though perhaps not so rapidly, as ever, on her on ward course. But let us pass from politics.   To-morrow is an universal holiday in the Colony. The Regatta will be witnessed by assembled thousands of our countrymen. The most extensive and liberal preparations have been entered into for its good management, and for creating a spectacle worthy of the wealth and public spirit of the most impor- tant and most ancient Colony in the Southern Hemisphere. The Governor, as heretofore, will be present with a numerous suite. A military review will also take place. The harbour will be alive with steamers, and its crowded shipping will be decorated with all their colours. In the evening 220 fellow citizens will set down to a sumptuous enter- tainment at the Royal Hotel, presided over by a native Australian second to none in worth and respectability. The festivities of the evening will not be marred by political discord, but will have reference solely to the celebration, common to all, of our natal day. These anniversaries are proper in them- selves, and are worthy of the approval of the wise and the good. They tend to mitigate the rancour of party, and to cement the bonds of brotherly esteem, to knit man to man closer together in the struggle for com- mon interests, to melt the frozen springs of selfishness, to teach us the value of sympa- thy under national depression. It is no mean thing, amid the conflict of antago- nistic opinions, to know of a resting place where the hand of one man can meet that of another in the grasp of friendship, where the better feelings of human nature can, for however short a term, be allowed to display themselves. It is something to know that one land mark at least is periodically pointed at by the hand of time, the attainment of which is hailed by united and national re- joicings. So that some pause is hereby given for the recovery of temper, ere the ar- mour of party is once more buckled on by those, who from the all-powerful associations of youth, and from the unalterable determi- nation of mental purpose which springs from maturer conviction, must inevitably continue ro 's[?]. It is something, we say, to fling the flowers of present good will upon the grave of departed bitterness.     Enjoy yourselves then, Australians, on this your native day. But we beseech you to temper even the most festive hour of relax- ation with thoughtfulness for the future. Probably there never will be, certainly there never has been, a time in your history, when a national heed for the future was more called for. You should recollect that the youth of your community, the germ, it remains for you to say, of your strength or your weak- ness, are not universally educated. How can you hope that under a system of self government, your internal affairs can be hereafter managed in a spirit of enlighten- ment, if you do not petition largely for the education of all sects and parties? We will say no more, but conclude by ex- pressing an earnest hope, that the anniver-   sary of 1843, will be so far distinguished from that which occurs to-morrow, as that confidence shall be restored to the Colony, both as respects ourselves one with another, and the mother country also.

By the Margaret from Greenock, we have Scottish newpapers of the 6th of October containing English intelligence of a week's later date than our last. We cannot at this moment perceive any news of importance. The attention of Parliament had again

been drawn by Lord Brougham to the state of Prison Discipline.     The Australasian Chronicle has accused us if a want of ingenuousness in noticing one jnly of the fiva arguments advanced by that writer agalust recurrence to transportation ind assignment. Now we will truly say that »t tho tiino when we wrote the passages ani madverted upon, wo had deliberately deter mined to reserve the whole of the Chronicle* e Argument for further examination. One pro minent point put forth by our contompornry had special reference to the matter wo had Ihen under review, and honco wo inoidentnlly alluded to this point. We might, however, Rtnto more than this. Wo migU carry the war Into the enemy's camp, arid justly com plain of a 'dishonest suppression' of our argument on tho part of the Chronicle, Wb might remark that neither by that writer, nor by the Herald, with whom wo are rtlso at Issue on this transportation question, have our successive positions been categorically mot nnd disposed of according to the law of fair controversy. Our opponents havo mloplod u species of Muhrattn warfnro, have attacked particular points without refuronce to system, ami (part lculiirly as rospeotn tho ' hvonlch) havo wilfully tiilmunlurstooil us. In tho ciibo of tho Herald, however,- we will do that contemporary the Justice of Buying that his warfure Is tomporato, confined to the abstract question, and unstained by personal ?aransin«| and unwarrantable Impertinences,

^otso in the case of our dangerous and iin«i principled antagonist of the Chranicl-, who tfould If he dared, add to, tho guile of the mrpent the. ferocity of the tiger ; to whom ivhen a favourite end is to bo attained the conventional courtesies of life are as naught, and a scrupulous regard for candour is no barrier. Thus for oxamplo ho denounced us in his paperthe olhor day personally and by name as liars. Now, wo are content to leave it to the people to decide upon the propriety of this conduct. We leave it'to them to say whether such a proceeding is or is not very nearly akin to tho Romish' practice in Ireland of denouncing individuals by 7iame -from': the altar. But we are consoledby the reflection that, as the case of a client is often injured by his advocate's intemperate abuse of the legal opponent, so Will the very extravagant scurrility of the Roman Catholic writer tend, in its reaction, to strengthen the cause of Protostant Christianity. Having then, in justice to ourselves, made theso preliminary remarks, we shall willingly with reference to, 'tho main subject of trans portation and assignment, undertako to refute the five positions upon which tho Chronicle writer bases his opposition to a recurrence to that system, under such limi tations ns, bo it always remembered, wo insist upon. Ho 'soys, , , 'In tho fust place, tho kind of police required for a -penal colony neither would nor ought to be submitted to by a largo society of free men. We are happily now getting rid of much of the arbitrary system which formerly existed, and may have been necessary in the past years of tho colony; and any return to this system, whatever necessity might bo pleaded in justification of it, would bo strenuously resisted by tho present population. To which we at once reply.that supposing that ,tho convicts are used, as they ought to be used, either in the making of roads amK bridges, or as remote shepherds, tho enor mous penal police, which exists now, and has been always kept up, would ho neither neces.ary nor desirable. ? Under any circum stances,' whether transportation bo revived or not, tho, present police ought to be cut down to one hnlf, or more, of its present strength. We Leg leavo to remind our con tempornry that we havo always maintained this opinion, and we repeat our conviction that for 130,000 persons to pay £100,000 a year for their police, is a most monstrous abuse It is objected that the ' kind of police' used in a penal colony in unsuitable to the wants. of free men. Now wo would observe that thero is an intended and implied fallacy put forward in tho contrast between 'a. kind of police,' and ' free men.' The real question is, can, even supposing every soul in New South Wales' to be free, we hopo to obtain any other than a strict and severe police? Will any man consent to bo a policeman, whether he has to control free or bond, if, as a man of chnrncter and industry, he can obtain a more respectable occupation? It appears to us quite idle to talk about ' a kind of police' : as if, forsooth, under any circumstances, tho community could have their choice of a good or bad, a harsh or a mild minor executive. No. The only practical question, bo the moral state of tha Colony what it may, is as regards the amount of the force required, not as* to the quality of the police employed. That quality is unaltera bly bad, and must* in the nature of things bo so for a long-succession of years. We maintain that the quantity of police may be diminished most materially in the Colony, even supposing that convicts were used in road parties, or in the remote inte rior., For in the case of road parties, be it remembered that the prisoners are worked together in a compact body, and therefoie require a small only, th- ugh a vigilnntforco of superintendents. In tho case of the interior a sufficient corps of border police, headed by itinerating and well paid visitiog mngistrates might see equal justice done to all parlies. The sooner the bulky machinery of numerous police offices, and constables in the settled districts is curtailed in two thirds of its present amount, the better. Snch an economy hns nothing to do with the recurrence or non-rucurronce of trans portation. 2. ' A return to assignment would be an act of groat injustice to the free labourer, whoso services would in such u case be an much as possible dispensed with, in consideration of

ihe expense. f Aye! here's the rub. It would tend in our :ontemporary'8 opinion to lower the price af wuges. Now wb trust that wo aro quite is warm a friend of tho labouring man as is the Editor of the Chronicle. Nevertheless wo want cheap labour. Wo do not wish the la bourer to receiro an' inadequate remunera tion, but at tho samo timo we would check tiny tendency to a rise, as being most injuri ous to the interests of the community at largo. But this second objoction of our contem porary is a pure fallacy. If ho had net chosun altogether to misrepresent us, he would see that a return to assignment would not bo hurtful to' the free labourer, inasmuch as wo just want assignment to exist in such plaois tohero free labour cannot bo obtained. If we argued that convicts should sigain swarm In our towns and our cultivated dis tricts, whore they would compote with tho otnlgran); to tho disadvantage of tho lattor, then indeed would thorn bo truth In the C/*ro)nV/t»*8 asnovtlon that 'assignment would bo unjust to the froo man.' But wo would, fix people's attention upon tho fuot that we want rond makers nud bridge makors, nnd rntnota pastoral solitary watchmen. How thonenn U bo justly said that h» cast) of our obtaining this labour, whleh free men will not undertake, and which nooorlhaleta mvbt be undertaken by toma persons, wo do nn tnJuBtloH to the omlgrant. We Indignantly deny any dnslra to commit auoh Injustice ) wo

Jeny that if transportation, under theso con litions was recurred to, such Injustice uiou'd )o committed. It is a weak and invidious nvontion of tho onrmy, founded upon gross nisieprosentatiou. Our contemporary knows .veil, that if twice, as many emigrants had 3cen sent hither within the last two yoars, is has beon tho case,; ample -employment within the settled districts of tho Colony would have been found for them. {To bo Continued J ? o ? Wu print in another column, the Prospectus ufa projected Steam River Navigation Com pany for Port Macquatio. A number of in fluential gentlemen connected with tho northern portion of tho Colony have hereby recorded their very just opinion that- the abundant produce of the agricultural and pastoral districts of the north west, can by means of steam be most readily and profit ably conveyed to Port Macquarie, and thence to their ultimate place of destination. Wo call, upon the Sydney capitalists to coopo rate in so -useful and profitable an under taking. It is truly delightful to observe public spirit ono more turned to tho prosecution of safe and honourable ontorprize. Wo may remind the projectors of tho Company, that' they have now an excellent opportunity of purchasing cheaply, good steam boats, suited to tho draught of tho rivers specified in their Prospectus. Iu addition to the ''Emu 'lately launched, another iron steamer is daily expected from England, to ply on the Parramatta river. Hence either the 'Australian' or the 'Rapid,;' one or both of them, will be sold forthwith. It would bo well to considor whether it would not suit tho purpose of the Port Macquarie Steam Company to purchaso them. Thocntorprize we trust will proceed briskly. It shall havo our cordial support and oo operarion. — «?? ? ? AIlSTRAOTof Hin pro.tuco of tho ncrcnito of tho Colony of Now South Wnles, (exclusively or Fort Phillip), for tlio ycni-3 enled Slst Uccoinbor, 1810, nnd 1811, ro spcctlvoty, showing tho Inoroaso or deoreaso utulor ench hond thereof. ' Duties on spirits Imported, 1840, 362,433 gnlfotn t 1811, 197,177 gnllons 1 1840, £110179 Vfrld ; 1811, £101103 89 4tl j clcorcnfoi £1SSU £s 9J. Duties on spirits ills: Moil In tho colony, 18-10, 4C.7G3 gnllons i 1811, 21,417 gnllonsi IS 50, £13053 Us Cil 1 1811, £C9IO Is ; decrease, £0113 13) 6il. Dulles on tobicco Imported, 1810, £33333 Os 3d | 1811, £31311 15.1 1 Iliorcnso, £930 lls DJ. , Ail v.ilurom duty on foreign goods .Imported, 1810, £23330 Cs lOd | 1SH, £37293 14s 9,1 ; lncrcnsn, £13931 7s lid. Fcos on tha entry nnd olenrnnco or vessel', wnrfnge, nnd light-house dues, 1810, £32G14s8d; 1811, £0150 17s 6d i Increase, £18G 12s lOd. Postoflico cnlleclIoiH, 1840, £13113 ls( 1811, £17737 123 lid | Increase, £1331 lls lid. ? * Auction duty, ami llconso) to auotlonoors, 1810, £12645 183-10d 1 18-11, £12911 0s ld| dcorcmo, £-2701183 9.1. Licenses to distil, nud to rotnll Tormented and splrlt uoiu liquor*, 1810, £137S3103 s 1811, £11173 9i i Inoroaso, £43!) 10). . Licenses to hawkers nnd poJlnra, 1810, £63 1 1811, 47 t decrease, £16. Iients of tolls, lorries, markets, nnd government prQ. mlsds, 1840, £3935 2s lid t 1811, £MCtfl33 Odi Incrcnse, £1527 9s.l0d. I''ec9uf Iliosorornl piibllo offices nnd courts of Justlco, 1840, £15318 10s lOd | 1811, £27033 lCj 5iil » Increase, £11770 39 7Jd. ,, Fines lovleil by the fovernl courts of Jtistlco, 1840, £5958 83 Id i 1811, £0703 19ilO^t| increase, £75-2 lls Old. Assessment on llvo stock beyond tha boundaries of location, 1840,- £3M2 83 Cd i 1811, £7611 0s Od; do crease, £898 7s 9d. Collcclod l-y tho ngent for tho Church nnd School Estntos, 1840, £4453 13s lOd | 1811, £-2123 33 0J | dccrcaio, £-23-38 10s lil. ?Collected ns ronnngo duty for the support of Ilia wo tor police, 1841, £3501 133 1 Incroasc, £3501 13s. Collected fur water supplied to shipping, 1810, £330 0) 0.1 1 1841, £843 13s Oil; Incrca'o, £157 4s. Proceeds of tho sale of conftanrrd, unclntmod, nnd othor public property, 1840, £1137 2s SJ i 1811, £-2991 12) 8,1 i Increase, £1657 10s. Interest on public monies dopasltod In tho colonial bank?, 1810, JEISISIOS 0Jt 1811,744S23 9:1,' Increase, £5001 Cs 3d. Crown's sharo of seizures mndobvtho department of customs, 1810, £30317s id\ 1311, £371 2s 11 1 decrease, £532 Hi 5d. Collcctod by tho government printer, 1811, £G66 5s7d| increase, £6G0 5},7J. , . , Payments for tho treatment of patients In tho lunntlo asylum, 1811, £199 Is Cd i Increase, £199 la Cd. Sundry small receipts, 1810, £1 19s Id i leil, £3 13s decrease, £1 4s Id. Proceeds of the salo of land nnd town nllotmcnts, 1810, £C8571 3s 2d t 1811, £-22731 153 14 1 decrease, £75833 7a 10.1. UulNrorits and redemption of qult-rcnts, 1810, £5468 193 4d t 1841, £1CO?8 133 10 1 Increaso, £4359 Us Oil. Ilentsof land temporarily leasnit, 1840, £llCl'ls 3d) 1811, £1931 134 Id t docrrnso, £-2-23U 8s 2.1. . Fens on Iho delivery or title deeds, 1810, £1280 7s 2.1 1 1641, £1111 5s t dpcrenso, £109 Ss 2.1. Licences to dopnsturo itock on crown lands, 1840, £7735 1 1841, £7000? dobrcoso, £73?. Licenses to -out llmhor on crown lands, 1810, £-!57t 1611, £7-21 1 Inoreaso, £61. Feed nnd fines collected by commissioners of crown lands, 1810, £131 5s i .1841, £18-27 13s 8.1 1 Increase, £1096 8s 8il. Proceeds of tho snio of wlio.nt and rlco Impartod by

government, 1640, £21236 133 5d| 1811, nil; decrcaso, £242£8 133 31. Itopayment by poor settlers for sood wheat distributed to thorn mi loan, 1840, £^35 Ils7d| 1811, £999 143 Oil | Increase, £6Q4 0s at. ProoeodJof Iho fiulo of provisions nnd stores landed from emigrant ships, 1840, £4311 B* 0J i 1BH, nil, decrouso, £45U8s9il. - Proceeds of thonnloof properly loft on board ship* by emigrants wlm deported, 1810, £11 18s CJ t 1841, nil, do orouso, £11 18s Cd. Surcharges recovered, 1810, £310 0s Cd| 1SH, £825 13s 7Sl|Inorenso,£5151i IJd. Totuh, lain, £437700 81 4.1 1 1841, £312398 83 7Jd| In. crease, £'3393 1a S].l i iirorea™, £133701 ICa 3d. Deduct lucronso, £33393 Is S]d. Dooronso on tho yuar, £65303 Hi Bid. ? .» ? We request attention to a statomont rela tive to the workincf of thn Solitary Systom, recently made by the Chairman of tho Mid iIIobox Magistrates to that Bench. , It shows oxpllcitlv, upon good authority, that that system had fctilotl. Doos not 'this tond to inoreaso the probability that rocurranco to transportation would be granted us, if wo uskeci it at tho hands of tho Homo Govorn mont? Wo hnvo boon ipqiiestod to draw tho at tention of tho public) to tho sain to-day by Mr Stubbs, or tho Villa Allotments at Dur llnghurst, from which n. beautiful view of Wooioauinoloo Bay and tho harbour'' is ob tained. Guntlomon In pnblip odlcos should not lose night of this opportunity', ns tho ntte Is only uu easy trip to town. TIib Qo'vornor shortly proceeds on a tour through thn Houthurn Country. English Si'onrtNo Nkwb. — Doncastor nncen, TiiBBtlny Snptornhnr 14,— 3rd. , Kaon. Tho St. Lncer Stakes of 50 sovoroiRiis oaoh, h ft., for 3 your old, colts 8it. 71b. nnd miles 8st. 21b.. Tho ownor of the uoooud horse to receive 100 sovoiolifiis out of the Stakes. St. Locer Course, 05 Sub*., 11 startod, and Lord WeitmlnstPt'M b. o. Satirist by Pnnta loon, (\Y. Scott) was doelui'od tho wlimor.

Tha fifty-fourth anniversary of tho foun unllon of tlio Colon_v, will bo celebrated on Wodnosday next, n'nd from the nctivu prc parntions which wo every wheio encounter, wo cannot doubt but that the holiday. will bo kept more splritudly than it ever hns been boforo. Turn to where we will, we can hate of nothing but the formation of parties to share tho festivities of the birth ilny of the Colony, or some now nrnuigo. inent for the celebration of thu event. In Iho morning, in tho vicinity of Sydney, sB'varnl pigoon shooting mritches will talco place. The return cricket match between the Victoria and the Liverpool Clubs, will be played on the Hyde Park Ground. The preparations for the Regatta are upon a scale superior to any thing of the sort ever attompted in the Colony. The prizes are liberal, the boats first rate, and the arrangements such that every person will be enabled to witness it. The brig William Hughes has been elegantly fitted up for the occasion, her guns cleaned, and cartridges roady made — she will be the starting ship, and the centre of attrac tion; the starting warp will be fast to her from Dawes' Battery. The Petrel is the favourite in the first sailing match ; the Blackfish in the second sailing match ; the Currency Lass in the Whaleboat match ; the Thistle in the gig match; and in the Ferry match, the Favourite. The following boats have entered — First Class Sailing Match. Nautilus, Crimson and White, Mr. Gibbes' Petrel, Black, Hill and Wyer Freak, Blue with Star, Mr. Harris Friendship, White Burgee with Red Cross, Mr. Milsom Lavinia, Blue, and White and Blue, Mr. Woodley Ariel, Red, Mr. Borens Witch, Blue with White Cross, Mr. Whittell Queen Victoria, Blue Burgee, Mr. Green Second Class Sailing Match. Rose, Blue, White and Blue, Mr. Cook Nautilus, Crimson and White, Mr. Gibbes Pioneer, Blue with White Ball, Mr. Hawkins Marin, Red, Mr. Bullivant Exile, Red and White, Mr. Andrews Black Fish, Triangular, Mr. Hill Fox, White with Fox, Mr. Keightley Lavinia, Blue, White and Blue, Mr. Woodley Witch, Red with White Cross, Mr. Whittell Victoria, Blue Burgee, Mr. Green Mary Ann, Blue and White, Mr. Brooks Third Class Sailing Match, Morning Star, Blue with Star, Mr. Brown Rose, Blue, Mr. Buchana Elizabeth, Red, Mr. Nash   William, Blue Pennant, Mr. Egar Emma, Red with White Border, Mr. Brown Maid of Erin, Green, Mr. Shaw Will o' the Wisp, Blue and White, Mr. Roberts Gigs. Thistle, Blue, Mr. M'Lean Cabbage Tree, Blue and White Star, Mr. Gibbins Aurora, Blue Petcr, Mr. Wilshire   Arrow, Blue and White, Mr. Collins Funnies. Vivid, Blue, Mr. Wilshire Sarah, Black, Mr. Harris Crazy Jane, Triangular, Mr. Andrews Odd Fellow, Blue with Star, Mr. Green Favorite, Black, Mr. Stuart Whale Boats. Rushlight, Scull and Bones, Mr. Emmes Flying Dutchman, Blue, Mr. Montefiore Currency Lass, Blue and White, Mr. Fisk Comely Chance, Blue and White with Star, Mr. Anderson In the evening, the grand Anniversary Dinner will take place at the New Royal Hotel, for which the most splendid prepara tions are in progress. The Band of the 28th Regiment will attend, by permission of Colonel French. The dinner will be on the table at seven precisely, and already the names of about two hundred of our most respectable inhabitants' are down upon the list. The more youthful pottion of the community are invited to wind up the day's festivities at a Ball, at Mr. Clarke's Assem bly Rooms, in King-street, where we doubt not the fair of Australia will muster in bright array. The bill of fare provided by the Acting Proprietor of the Victoria for the occasion is vety attractive; and the Pavillion of Signor Dalle Case will be open, with all the charms of its novel performances, to add to the already varied amusements of the evening. Illuminations at the Theatre, Gas-Works, and in many private establish ments are in preparation, and we expect our streets to exhibit a dazzling and exhilara ting spectacle. Good order and good hu mour must be the ordar of the day, and these, with fine weather, which we trust may be allowed us, will we anticipate ensue   to all a day of enjoyment, which may long   enjoy a pleasant place in our memories of the past. Illuminations— The interior and exte rior of the Victoria Theatre is to be bril liantly illuminated with gas device, in honor of the Anniversary. Messrs. Ceres and Golander's confectionery establishment is also to have some brilliant exhibitions, where gas is also to be brought into requisi tion on the Parisian principle. Seiuous Accident.— We regret to state that K Fitzgerald, Esq , has met with a severe accident, which will prevent his attendance at the Anniversary Dinner. Mr. F. writes to a fiiend. — 'The accident at the present time is truly distressing, as it prevents me from meeting many of my friends at the dinner on the 26th, The glass having struck my eye, I was deprived of sight for two days at present (Sunday)   I am- able to see a little, but am compelled to remain in a dark room, as the least light effects the vision. We -are credibly inforrned that it is not the intention of Mr. Miles, the Super tendent of Police, to prohibit the display of fire works on the Race Course, on Wednesday Evening next and feel confidant in  

statiug that Mr. M. would rather promote than check the rational amusements or the inhabitants, so long as they are conducted with propriety and consonant good order. That most beastly of all nuisances, the open drain im Hunter-street, of which we have so often spoken to no purpose, has been extremely annoying to the neighbour hood within the last few days. We really are indignant at the scandalous neglect of the authorities in this matter. We under stand a petition for its alteration is in course of signature, and not before it is high time. To-morrow evening is the last night of performance this season at the Theatre, and is appropriated for the benefit of the Acting Proprietor. The bill of fare is well selected. ' The Ocean of Lllo ' is first rftto' nautical drama, and 'Bombastus Furiosq's' vagarius are well known to play gtmrs. The enturtainments consists of tight and slack rope dancing, and a gentleman ?mined Phillips, sings two celebrated Nigger songs, after the style of Rice the great American Actor. Mr. Knight's exer tions during the past season are well known to those who visit the Victoria, and no doubt ho will be rewarded with a full house. J. T. Wilson's Ai'i'Aina. — Tho total of tlobts represented by dlllbront persons, pur suant to Mr. Dillon's nclvortUmnont for tho 20th instant, oxcoodtul £5000, and thoso n Hairs seo'.n now llkuly to bo brought to u eloso, as Mr. Dillon statml that the provisions of tho Now Insolvent Liw wore nbuiulautly sufTlaiout to oompol not alone all tha otit stnudlng funds being brought in, that nre tangible, but also to enforce tho attondunco bofore tho commixHlonui', of all pnrtius iu torustad, so nt to obtuin from them, vivil voco, tliusa accounts and oxplanntlons, which It has been found nttoudod with suuh per plexity nnd oxponso oven to try'and obtain, by less summary means ; nor will It bo pos sible for nnv claim to bo established an en tltlod to a dividend out of the funds, unions the Commissioner shall bo olonrly satUflud of tho jtujtlco of that olniui. Thu nuuancu

of iho insolvent affords no impe.liment to the case being concluded, as this Law, like (he English Bankruptcy Act, enables the Commissioner to proceed, whether tho insol vo|it be poisonnlly present, or not. The early return of John Thomas Wilson to the Colony is howover expected. Tho courso meant to be pursued by Mr. Dillon is, to apply for Wilson's being declared insolvent, u iid or tho Act, and to follow out its provi sions, whoroby a sum amounting, with in terest, to little; short of £10,000, will, il is believed, be mhde immediately available ; and the circumstances under which an obli gation was entored into, although not ful filled, as to payment of 15s. in the pound, will, with a clear elucidation of the justico and legality of various claims made against tho estate, but questioned by the creditors, be fully investigated. These several matters will form tho ground of the proceedings in the Insolvent Court, and if attended to with promptitude, seem to afford every prospect of an early and a final adjustment of those concerns; nor could there be a better me dium for investigating questions of the kind, as Mr. Korr, tha Commissioner of the Insol vent Court, unites in his own person all those qualifications us a practised banister and experienced arbitrator, which will en nble him at onco to detect such fallacies as mny bo advanced in supporf of any claims, which tho bulk of the cieditors may considor unjust. Windsor. — Mr. Laban Wliite brings to tho hammer, to-morrow, several small farms nnd building allotments in the neighbour hood of Windsor and Richmond, which for quality of soil, and eligibility of site, nrn rcnorted^tb be seldom equalled. For full particulars we would refer purchasers of such properties to tho advertisement, where every particular may be learnt. Tho salo takes placo at twelve o'clock, Newport, Lake Macquarie.— This placo is progressing A very nice trade in shingles is springing up, but thero is an insufficiency of vessuls to take them to Sydney. One or two put on for tho place, drawing not more than nine feet water, would do well. Farms nre springing up on tho banks of the Lnke, at Newport, and presenting an appearance which no one would have drenmt of a few yoars ago. Tho entrance is still believed to bo bad, but tho notion is nn absurd one, which timo is gradually, but effectually, removing. A few fishermen would do well at this place.

A Cricket Match, which was played at the Hyde Park Ground between the Australian   Club and the Military, we give the result below. The play, on the part of the Austra- lians, was, on the whole, good, although, symp- toms of want of practice were very visible, particularly in the bowling of Rowley, the crack bowler of the Australians. The batting of the boy Thompson was exceedingly good, and he bids fair to take the lead amongst his country- men, in this department. The batting on the part of the Military was tolerable ; the bowling, with the exception of Mr. Orford, very middling, and their fielding wretched. The Military, having won the toss, the Australians went in first ; and the score, at the close of the game, stood as follows : - AUSTRALIAN - First Innings.   Sheppard --- 0 --- b. by Orford     Davis --- 6 --- ditto ditto Sadler --- 25 --- c. by Benham Thompson --- 11 --- b. by Orford     Rowley --- 8 --- run out R. Still --- 7 --- b. by Allen Clarkson --- 6 --- c. by Wise Bennett --- 2 --- run out Byrne --- 15 --- b. by Orford   Fulham --- 8 --- ditto ditto     Boyle --- 0 --- not out. Byes --- 48 106 MILITARY - First Innings. Benham --- 0 --- b. by Rowley Timms --- 9 --- c. by ditto Orford --- 12 --- c. by Sheppard     W. Still --- 0 --- c. by Clarkson Wood --- 6 --- b. by Rowley           Rance --- 1 --- c. by ditto Atterbury --- 0 --- c. by Clarkson     Smith --- 6 --- run out Fensom --- 3 --- b. by Still     Allen --- 1 --- not out   Cotton --- 0 --- b. by Rowley. Byes --- 9   47         AUSTRALIANS - Second Innings. Thompson --- 2 --- c. by Timms     Sheppard --- 0 --- b. by Orford   Rowley --- 7 --- c. by Wood Clarkson --- 28 --- b. by Orford Sadler --- 2 --- c. by ditto     Fulham --- 1 --- leg before wicket Bennett --- 2 --- b. by Orford       R. Still --- 0 --- c. by Wood Byrne --- 13 --- b. by Benham     Davis --- 6 --- c. by Rance       Boyle --- 1 --- not out. Byes --- 15 --- 77 MILITARY - Second Innings. W. StilL --- 0 --- c. by Davis     Orford --- 28 --- leg before wicket Allen --- 1 --- b. by Still Smith --- 3 --- b. by ditto     Timms --- 6 --- c. by ditto Wood --- 0 --- b. by Clarkson     Benham --- 0 --- b. by ditto. Atterbury --- 0 --- st. by Still   Cotton --- 2 --- b. by Rowley     Rance --- 6 --- not out Fensom --- 1 --- b. by Rowley. Byes --- 8 55       Australians - first Innings --- 106 second Innings --- 77  

183 runs.   Military - first Innings --- 47 second Innings --- 55 Total --- 102 runs. The Australians winning by 81 runs.   [From tho Cornwall Clironlcla, Jan 8.} THIRTY TOUND COURT. It is gratifying to us to be enabled to state, that tho local Government has favorably noticed tho memorial forwarded from this town, for the ex tension of the Court of Requests from £10 to £30. rho following letter has been received from tho Coloninl Secretary by Mr Uocher, who drew up the memorial : — Colonial Secretary's Office, Jan. -t, 1842. &in — In reply to your letter of the 18th Oct. last, forwaided with n Petition from the Inhabit ants of Launccston, In favor of extending the jurisdiction of tho Courts of Request to tho ro covery of claims amounting to Thirty Pound*, 1 nm Instructed to acquaint you that the Lieutenant Governor having had the subject of the Petition under consideration In tho Executive Council, has directed the Draft of an Act to nmend the Act by which Courts of Requests aro at present regulated, to ho nropnrcd by the Attornoy-Ouncrai, nnd thnt the enactment shnll provide for tho appointment of two Commissioners, ono for the Northern and tho other for tho Southern sldoof tho Island, whes: Courts will bo held In the several districts nnnied In tho existing Act, at tho snmo timo with tho Courts of Qunrtcr Sessions, with n jurisdiction extending to tho recovery of claims not exceeding Thirty Pounds. — 1 hnvo the honor to be, your very obedient sorvnut, John Montacujk. CJins. A. W. Ilochcr, Esq. , [Wo copy tho abovo from a Ilobart Town con tomporary, with a vlow of onco more calling upon our Governor and Attorney denornl to adopt a a similar courso.'' Tho enlargement of tho Juris diction of tho Courts of Requests from CIO to JC30 would ho pf Immcnso scrvlcg to the public,-— E». AU8T.]

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