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at le 4!iatt. UNKcIowN 'PoIT'L.AND.--t is some whlat eiterftanining to observe the igno rance which' exists in sume pnrts of the colony relpelelin' the Poitlenid portion of the W\estern District, and from parts not so for off,, but intt. we 'might expeCt a better anfurumation. Here we have 'an Ararlat 'paper who has occasion to speaook of Ararat in" comlpai.on with the port towns of the Western Province, expressing his uninstznc'ed idea of the relative importunno of the" "three towns thus --".Ararat is a town containing quiite- as mnoh ' prop'rty as Poitland or Belfusr, or even Warrotnkbool.". What a depth of bathos is in thatL oi ecen \V arrnam houl." TrIE A inAT IRodis.--lol ii it that the GOverniwnut' in "theiri description of the tunin.road froim ilellust or.Wauraam bool to Araiet, speak of it as in the Portland district, not even 'the Portland .nay bhut the 'ortland- district ? The evil of this,is, ithat it is made to nppear thlat the money granted on the Aarutat road is spent for the benefit of Portland. 'Tliis is a 'mistake. The Portlhnd district properly so called, hias no interest in the road ifrain 'Delfist and Walrnmebool to Arnroatj and Iho large sums spent upon .that road are not expended fur the bene fit of Portland; TlE LAND BILL.--'The ilargo,)untitv of filue land atlobtt Merino, Iigby, lfabuor nod other parts of the I'o, tlnd district that is iow being pushed abundantly into the market by the Governuient, suggests the idea that the snleable land will soon lie all sold, so that by the timie Plarlia ment will be' unanimous in allowing a Land Sides Bill to ;Pass, there mily be no land 'tha is weith pnrchasini left to sell. CoAonI .ATASTtoI'rIE. - Firotm the Ararat Adeoi'tiser we learn the following accident :--On Saturday morning the Lainplough coach nmet aith un ixtr]eordi nary, nnd, serios nccidelont. Our readers will remember' the deluge of rain that fell in this districe on Friday night and Ibefote daylight -on Saturday morning. It ruined in :a pitiless stream for hours. The effect df this was that the small creek on the Arirat side of Mr. Gower's house, which is situated about teni miles from Ar iiimt,t became enlarged to the pio portions of. a river. The dliver, Mr. Green, believed that he could get through it, rand so prushed the horses boldly at it. 'I'ley reached about the middle in safety, but: here it:wus so-deepl that the horses lost their footing and. the coachl was i~ moveab3 :stuck. .'here were three pias; sengers in the vehicle, ntod their posiuioo was now 'becoming 'ralher critical and any tling bit' plesuint.; they were relensed, I o'wever, liaon their position by a bullock drty?, which wreit. into the stn ellli to letfli them off._ This was effected with perfeclt, sntet', but ino sooner were the lpsseugers out oft the cich tolian, tdeprived of its bhal last it fluoted in the water, turned over and becaie: it. vreck. With great exer t:on and considerable presence of mind, Mr. Greent minaagud to ielease the horses and 'get' them ashore with safety. All chance of-resecuing the coach uintil the flood receded was given upi, so Air. Green started off witlh the mail bags on horse back. On arriving at Colli. r's however, lihe succeeded in obutiningi a slpring cart, uit h which lie finished the journey to Liamploeigh. A few hours later the coach was rescued, and the next morning broug ht into Arirar. It hal not sustained any very serious dnaiaige. ARTIFICIAL INLAND LAKE. - TheI Ararat Adcertiser reports the following interesting incident.:-About the very last thing one would ibe inclined to expct ill i loeality so far inland, and po·seOsnig so little nitural water us Arar'at, is anything in the wayi of boating, antd yet Ararat possesses nuot only a boat, but acte ally a sailing vies,.l, atiif what is of tjaltl r iinportance, a lake \wher'upo to s:ll Io - 1 'The like is the 31uiniciipal Daii, to tlo t north of the townsl.ip, and i1 very fiue1 sheet of waiter it is. It was only littishe,i about a week ago, and it is lreadiy lull l -the rain of the last few idays hi:vint caused it to ovetflow. It has it depth oli nine feet in the deep,.t plrr, and Is so t extensive that a walk Ioiiiti It is sonme exercise. On the, boso of this sails Ararat's onlle vesil-a Loat about tea or twelve fteet long', :ntld ho:ting o0 two esails it .spfeds away in gall.nt s 'ylo. I 'l'Thei owner of tihis m:i?lue Ilopert!, we un dersitlnd, is Mr. lie-my, and we ,ro Pis'J t,.ld that it is the pIoductiuon of str etly local inlldtlry. llTh ralii Clectioin ,111 filling of this dam is a polufo wil.it could yet be done with the Goverimitlent gi ott towaudnis stoliltg storLi wliitlir befrie thi ,plproach of" netx afnlf r, Ie', we h;" ii lurye u I ly ol w'Clt?rretiliiiet ill :l-Istlb- tial Ia re'tse voilr, at Ii coI (Iif nort lllilch over It Iulidiet toullU , aid the wisol eiompleteudl •and stocked Citt, slteru in a few wse-es. Tli iFLtm tt.-lTle hllow lg is re potd tlif tbo late ht-vy talls oh ruin it I Liimplou-ih :I-,o' ti(i past tw.o days tL t I'in|-lt{l ovi tr tlIs Iit-IIC l hi s bcei esxced- i og?- liy es . eo imilICi St li, e IC c 1et ii. co:.itildeubl, .nie!l of th, IU·t 1Ist crecik. Early on Thu,,hy m,,rnin?,- thL ,llel - I cour-u 't tile clo-l-ig i,]:u Lad swollen to netmily 40 feet iu dt1.,1 Ind 1 h1 wateri being in parts mobe than fiur let diep - oend aet.d ,a ,,c,,, tlhough L oth difficult IIlit it W tsi l ( tlill S li: s ICl Ii; tloe tilJvs r could imeaagg to g, t his vShichk ., 1eoss iii safety. "'Iie i u,, 1c11-s ,I,,: pihi between ithe lit Bet and Jl:,,1k I reik i-, tor u11dt the 11 O-t Witchltld thait can btw cutI.csived. RIFLIlE COIIPs UNJll~o nM.?l'Lthe 1r3uUls trick iii lJ'i-ti g,, is e 1" u i s I . lltale er deiouiucing the grey colour ,of th Uiltlh, Col p unlilolrl,.

IM?tt.'iANT5.-W" ,tre able to r'upor't tls t ntialber of Ienttll isigrntIts, ai pIortiont of thloset just arrived aIt Melbournt by the Ataoanta, tlay be ixlpected to arr ive it Portlnhd on \Wrednesday icext. They are re ported as a sfiuperior class of iuitligratlts, andl their urrival will lie a timely bilefit to thtis town. SAI? or STOCIC AT WitunatIuStIAMOOL. Messrs. Craig and Atkinson realisedl the fol lowfing pirices at Mr. Hies Jenkin's sanle on Mondlay lst ; tnilch co\ws, £4 to )£9 I's; working btullocks,£18 to £Ž7 5s. per ipair; draughlt hIorses, £51; two year old colts, £28 to £415. Hoase Dzsr.es.--lt is reporteil fr'o-i ILampllouglh that II mlost alarnint g 'ptidettic is spreiunig uiionig ortes in this district. Ullt til other l'day a i tormiiicelrt', namtt'ld aiidiimii, residing on ithe aet BAit Creek suffu·red i very serious loss in contseqa.'ltnc of it. Three horacses which he hadl turned out to graze wcre suddelnly attcked by n kiind of splnas iin tlh stonltcllh, laind each dlty suibseqiueti to thelt attack saw one lhorse die, until thie wlhole three lhadl expired. Coltje:ttre is almtost at fault ts to thi cause of the iwholesale disense, and irmedlirsal science sellms to lie wlholly so. Horses thait were tli.cdig ilslout the bailieks oi the lhit Bet, bilunging to other resilets have been equally fflucted, and since lust Motndua week no fewier' tlian twelve horses lnhave flIlen victiims to this inisidious and it'tl clhlolic. 'IlThe otily cause to whIichi it is ascribdtl is, thalt Ith LgroundI aibouiit wIhere thlesI iailil cases lhave occurred is infected with corrosive sitibliiint, i gireat qualtity of' vwhlicih inas been usyed tby ti qiintlers to lIpurif tliheir flocks of shelel of the scab, itandl from' the gIrOu'ld tihe Oist has spreal to the griis, the consumiaption of whlichl so itrn'ieg :nteld, by ti' Ihorses his provd fa tal to tlhem. It cannot be that the water hais conveyed tlhe poisoi, as the recenlt floodls ihavie surely swept iaway to the snea the foul and imllrlg nitedl stagiunt ipools routld ablout sttiins. On clWedntesday iaother horse ttthat lihad been tledingi on the banks ol tihe Bet ]let was ittack id, auld is this day (rlhursdiay), inetrly lelitict. 'Thel. owniers of hoises iibout hlrue iro becominig quiti ilari'ned at the whlolcelle destruction of horsell, shl by the uow epidemic. ., NArroNAL BANK, Ti. -G A.1tII:n.-- 'W undersnlld that Mir. Grnv, the intaniager of the tew branch of the Nitiional Bank st Mt. Giambier, Iliomn ourt corrcslolnent nlately mentioned as from Robe Town, was formierly connected with tli Bank of Austrilsini, sutc cessively at their Launlcestn, Sydney', and Adihlnide branches, nnd was litterly in clharge of the Gauwler branchl of the Natioitil Buiik, whenctit he has been instructed by tihe dlirectors to openl a branclh at Miount Gamsbicr to mtet the requirementts of that loculity. La~uieL.ovo l Diso1sos.--?A corresllondetll of the IArarat Adiertisuer, writing from Lamp loughl replorts:--There is an very filne sttlluh of goll in tile shape of a rctosl it' cake now' beinga exhibited in the window of the Loitlon Chartered Baink. It weighls 5i ozs., ind iwas procured frout '24 to'ts of ccln'ent, taken fromi the " cemttt ipatch." T.le crushinig llwas efficted by Lo 'is Jalcs and Co.'s mIachile at Avoca. C~OLLIEICTION IN AID OF TItt. PoPE AT \VAt11tNAlloi0oL.-A collctlhli tl WSs made, ays tln lrurrnambool E"xamine,, lit the Roman Custholic Clhurich oni Sabbath last, in aidl of the Pope, when upward''s of £50 was t'iisetl. SALE o1r LOUTIt 'rATrio.N.--\Wo have beeNt requested to tdraw :ttentiion to the alteeration in dlate of slde ut Louth .tation. The sale wtl tak finci in tli1t 1 lih Juie, ilstelid of the 2itd, as origiually advlertised. , ClulrrlrN. AT O.)smlo.--'T'he Onlo corres Ipndttlent ofi il, , teIs ' t.uirt (arldti wiiits. A\sl talking of C'l',tialss wi al'e thre:ltceted hli'e with l uls lt ,ahl! iniiiigrltion if those durk visaged ons ofl thie cast, uttl ncred, it is llid, bh tii sicciss oi' Sote of their brCtherelli who Il'ft Owo for Ilcelichworth a fitw weeks ;Igo to sell theiir guil. ltiAtween 80 uitd 100 haue arrived incu 1 lst writi, aind 200 Ieor. are exlected ; the other dliggi'rs of coursce tdo tlot like tltcii, ai tihey have the credit of b ilng rnthier light lingeredl, tlte particullrly clever in tlapltitsg oither ilellns rces to get walter for themssele.s, buit us yet tli' piolice liave tuil no case against them. Th'roe is a little more ini Illnatitl i rll illini'g tlistters tiln g tht' l'nuropc ans atnd somte f'reslh clims opeicid witlh very lir plroslects. PI'F:noailuIA.SC.-- WVe understuitld the comic iigir Thatcher and his cotnlut y contemlilate a visit to P'ortli'nl. 1. s.vAsT JFiry.- The .luter qf el5hlutt rcliorts :--'lThe Jclt. is iow netirly comljetlce, anlld tlhe ir'onl rails for tht th ratllvway halve++ ;r ri'cid. As the vote ltor the txtcs-iou of the cetty hih, betn ultlroplriteld, we ure iilurmeiiiJ that tlie BIriidge coiintictiiing it withli the tontl vtill be aiot cOIIIIIlCi'I, so tit ii short tnit this work will be tivaihlale for shiplting pposes. In order, however to guive fiility to exilortrtirs, thro shotll hIte storars erected oi thi reserved crown land adtjoitinig as in tlhe etIte lit a\VtrrltsuI1boul ; wtiler' the sites are lea-cerl iby the A.unticijpl Council, aiiI to pre verlt further thlay, wte iwouil suggest that ool' lMuiiciaitl Councd Ihould iaply folr a grantt if L iortion of this- lind, while ofleriii tici litlh Ihr triade would b a i solurce of reveClilne of tlo Inunicipnlity. iTt IATtIi tteIeI- N-CIItit. - Thc (;G' Lsig .hid'icrti.sir 'a iys :--.\i C. It. Swyer, C.E.: was among lme witnesscs ]ately e~x anlit'il by the select colltinittee i' l thi rii il i.ny contriact. This gi i.lntihman tills ai crieious ,tor?+, if aotht-ntic, ought to al rc. t the uttelntdoU oft'he {Gov ernmenlllt. Hel[re it is:- "As to ttoise ntiechaniial drtiught-tntuen, I pris-te ithi are olsv reqouir'd fiutr the pur cI o" drasti-g t 'gtles and carriagis, ant matters ot that hibi, which a,. ?,ade in IEnltsl, 're thlety nit i-Yesi tly have nci (ii . 'iusio ti tettil drawings of eigitCs lltnd ear rialgs. I knoitw for i fuct, tholre has been iorn Inrltn dolue tlhroughh eullding ' rawiigs ,f| the imvir 'v'n of Mr. Bruil or the cotsult-tl ingeng twtrin l";glarnl to rnakvarny ahtvration I inl tht: a eli il .; Slnt outt hI+rl',+ l ul| if thy had titi no t rawir g-ti atll. I havc t -i' htll ,' Irt l iillil the parti,,s who have omd,. tha e t.t+ine,.. Addrileswd to whoUmi !--I wotuli rathei r lOt s',y, atln thentr-it i-ho mu kes thoti elngines vii -' ?o5Ur I 'ciillOtivtt' Ilmulttirs lire IlUltltNigit ill it qntir "uy; ci:ih's o1 ialtiqitateil enlgillti' Itre si'l, hIltrI, no tIave IollO io\\ir to lllak,' any alterations, nud the only re.-ouree 1,,It is to mak, thy hI-t it a biad titing, nlii the con-lt vqu+,nc! i, \ on get the ,hdl f.;hine.d elnirm,,? that yc o u +?eld not we at heal,,.' Tl'lat 1 kilow aii f tLL: , Ill I rctie'tiII ter whll u ilt , t II/':t I Oapnet' (calle oat hel'e J?'It was tonishd;t~ ; I tuid tho-e cnginiiies iri put on o?te 'idl' whe'l I tilas lit homie, tvo yi.ars ugh. Wituhtt was the date lot tho.cor)un, eOsl tions ? -Vitti tihe last fsiw inonth.' All the wit te-ses eCnulr ii saying that lr. h)arbyulhiro's di'earttentst uras mImcli over lttianiei,.

IOr'y sttated :-T'hie maovement aunion tiu .elbourne bakers, to deliver themtcelvc s from tirt opprei.sion, of Sunday labourO lung Iou' ll, and COitllol) ry 1 5si, ]lnce w i ll tie emtplo'y Pr., is patthel'og btr'tIegthl. Ailother Intoting"o of the ''opeil'tlive blIkt,'' was helhd I:st evening, at Fruz#iz's Hotel Little Collins-street, rind tite attendance was prettty numerous. The chair way taken by Mr. T. Lader, UI.L.A., who, in opening the business, expressed his sympathy with tho movement and his hopes for its success. Y r. Scott proposed antd Mr. Dreltnanl secondedt, a resolutioln condomtnatory of long houors of labour, iand declaring that no operative baker should work longer than from 4 a.m., till 4 p.m , with one hour in the evening for •'sponging." Messrs. Slade and Rice supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. lMr. Hlutchlin then pro. posed, and Mr. King seconded, a resol. lion condetrn tory of Sunday work, except for tlhe purpose of "sponging or feitrentatatit.n." Several pertsous spl)ke in favour of this I:rincilie, ant the t motion was Igreeid to sem-s. con. The third and lust resolution was otne condemnatory of the reg'ulation which compeolled the opera. tive bakers to slee?'. in their etmp:oyers', premises, and it was proposed by Mr. Cnmeron, and seconded by Mr. Blaines, and supported by MAr. Gorry and others, :ll being master bakers, and carried un. nimtously. Some conversation ensued reepecottng the circularl which had been Iorwau tied, by those joining the movstent, to the trnlsters, expressive of a refusal to work unless the regulations complained of were abolished. It was stated that a largo number of masters had ag?eed to the nrranlgement, and their writtn. consenlt was handed in. Several other onmployers stood up thean tnd there, and annoulnced their adherence to, the pro. posed alteration in the position of those they employed' . The requisition to the comnsutmers of bread, to use their in. fHuence in fsyvour of the movement, Ihaving bren signed by the chnirtman, the prooceeJingos terminated. MlOUNT GAMturtn MIAJL. - Our Mount Gamblier correspondent reports:-" The mail arrived yesterday at 20 iminutes to 3. Thel u:l nillltl imust have mlet with an accident, for he came ill to thei Mounta with his head covered weith lnldtiages."' ACCIDENtT TO TIIFE JTUDOR AT IAMILTON. -T'he Ianilton ,.ectator reports the follow.. ing accudet :--ll~ Ilolnor left town on Satur day, itmtiediately anter the closing of the Court, accolmpanied by. Mr. Ileynes, the Crownt Prosecutor; but had not proceeded. hi'r, whenl the uarrluge, in.crossing over the little gully at Blergiu's Paudlock, where the -road has been Iltily fencud in, the springs broke ccith the jerk, and the machine broke down. his l loior and the learned Crown, Prosecutor had to wtalk the whole way buck to town, tadl once more invite tile kindly ho, pitality of " min e host," Mdlcoltm.

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