South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), Friday 8 August 1862, page 2


TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The House of Assembly will meet to-day for busi-ness. The principal question are the Treasurer's motion relative to borrowing £34,000 for public works and Dr. Browne's motion relative to the funded

debt, land sales, immigration, &c. We regret to announce the death of Mr. James Chambers, which occurred at his residence, North Adelaide, about 10 minutes past 5 p.m., on Thursday. Mr. Chambers was an old colonist, and from his con-nection with Mr. John McDouall Stuart, his name will be associated with the progress of geographical discovery in the interior of the continent of Aus-tralia. The cause of death was a carbuncle. Mr. Chambers was taken ill last Friday week, but no serious results were apprehended until Wednesday last, but since that day he continued to sink under the extreme prostration caused by the carbuncle. Dr. MacIntyre was in constant attendance, and Dr. Bayer was called in on Wednesday, but from an early hour yesterday morning no hopes were entertained of the patient's recovery. The annual ploughing match and show of horse stock and implements under the auspices of the South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held yesterday, in a paddock at Stepney, near the Maid and Magpie. The weather was delightfully fine, and the attendance was very numerous. The ploughing was more than ordinarily good, and the show of horse stock was excellent. His Excellency the Governor and several members of the Ministry and the Parliament visited the ground, and the occa-sion was in all respects one of the most successful of the kind on record. A lecture was delivered last evening at the Archer-street Chapel, North Adelaide, by the Rev. John Watsford, in connection with the North Adelaide and Brompton Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society. The Hon. the Chief Secretary presided. A report of the lecture appears in another column. The mining news this week is not very important. At the Duryea Mine the lodes are steadily improving; at the Karkarilla the same remark will apply, but the progress is perhaps somewhat more rapid ; an order has been received for a bale of ore bags. In the Far North, the Blinman Mine, belonging to the Yudana-mutana Company, is going on very satisfactorily. There are six shafts, varying in depth from two to seven fathoms ; 24 drays have been sent away loaded with 51 tons 8 cwt. 2 qrs. of ore, estimated to yield from 40 to 50 per cent. of copper, and 20 tons more are at grass. The total quantity raised to the present time is 91 tons, besides 50 tons of inferior ore from 20 to 30 per cent. of copper. The lodes being worked are represented as worth from £300 to £400 per fathom. The usual monthly meeting of the West Adelaide Rifles was held on Wednesday last—present about 30 members. The following was the attendance for the month of July. Hour of drill, 6 a.m.

During three mornings of the month the weather had been extremely unfavorable, and had materially affected the attendance. The third firing for the Company's medal was arranged, viz., seven rounds at the following ranges—200, 400, 500, 600, and 800 yards. The question of the position of those mem-bers whose three years had expired was adjourned until next month. The general remark was that the gift of an old rifle at the end of six years' service was not worth the acceptance, and if they re-enrolled it would have no reference to the boon offered. About one-fourth of the Company will have served their three years at the end of this month. Then are two or three ways of approaching the Talisker mine from the Adelaide road—one by way of Mr. Bull's Station, at the Blow Hole, and the other by diverging from the Cape Jervis-road, at Mr. Watson's farm (" Blink Bonney") and passing Mr. Turner's farm through the scrub for about four miles. The mine is only visible to those who approach when close upon it, as it is situated in a steep gully, and surrounded by high hills. At present the erections consist of a few tents, a blacksmith's shop, and a large slab store, house, and manager's office in course of erection. There are three drives on the side of the hill, from the two upper of which all the ore at grass (between 20 and 30 tons) has been raised. The lower level cross-cut is intended to cut the lode where ordinary experience would lead to suppose it might be found in most abundance, and expectation is highly raised as to the result of the cross-cut. It would appear that from 20 to 30 tons of ore is now at grass, the greater portion of which is valued at £25 to £30 a ton. The ore it is proposed to ship at a natural harbor, at the mouth of Campbell's Creek, to which place it is intended that a tramway should be constructed, for until this is done, it will be next to impossible to convey it by means of drays owing to the moist condition of the ground. A meting of the shareholders was held the other evening at Cape Jervis, when it was determined to issue scrip for 3,000 shares of £20 each. Information was received that 10 shares had been sold in Adelaide for that price, so that, estimating all the other shares at the same figure, the market value of the mine was computed at £60,000. The manager expects to have room for 40 miners in a week or two, and when the mine is in full operation that not fewer than 400 men will be employed. The Messrs. Bull are now working on a fine lode in one of their claims, and it is more than pro-bable that in a short time the combines polulations at both mines will be considerable. The following approximate return of the average prices of produce during the years 1856 to 1961, has just been published by the Government :—Wheaten flour, per ton, 1956, £21 5s. ; 1857, £19 ; 1858, £16 4s. 7d. ; 1859, £22 15s. ;1860, £17 10s. ; 1861, £14. Wheat, per bushel, 1856, 8s. 3d. ; 1857, 7s. ; 1858 6s. 8d. ; 1859, 9s. ; 1860, 7s. 2d. ; 1861, 5s. 8d. Bread, per lb., 1856, 3d. ; 1857, 2½d. ; 1858, 2½d. ; 1859, 3d. ; 1860, 2¾d. ; 1861, 1¾d. Bacon, per lb., 1856, 1s. 4d. ' 1857, 1s. 1½d. ; 1858, 1s, 2¾d. ; 1859, 11½d. ; 1860, 11½d. ; 1861, 11d. Butter, fresh, per lb., 1856, 1s. 6d. ; 1857, 1s. 6d. ; 1858, 1s. 11d. ; 1859, 2s. 1d. ;1860, 1s. 8d. ; 1861, 11d. Cheese, colonial, per lb., 1856, 8½d. ; 1857, 8d. ; 1858, 10d. ; 1859, 8½d. ; 1850, 9d. ; 1861, 8d. Beef, per lb., 1856, 5d. ; 1857, 5½. ; 1859, 6d. ; 1860, 6d. ; 1861, 4½d. Mutton, per lb., 1856, 5d. ; 1857, 4d. ; 1858, 5d. ; 1859, 5½d. ; 1860, 6d. ; 1861, 4¾d. Pork, per lb., 1856, 10½d. ; 1857, 9d. ; 1858, 9¾d. ; 1859, 9d. ; 1860, 9d. ; 1861, 9d. Our Yankalilla correspondent informs us that at a public meeting held on Monday, August 4, in the Court-house, Normanville, Mr. S. Herbert, J.P., in the chair, a resolution was passed approving of the division of the district into five wards. We regret to learn that Mr. Alsop, Secretary to the Duryea Mining Company, was found lying in-sensible in the office at about 11 o'clock on Thursday morning. He had sent his assistant out on an errand, and some person coming into the office found that he hd fallen in a fit. A cab was procured, and he was sent home. We have been asked to state by whom we were requested to announce that carriages should be as much as possible dispensed with at the funeral of the late Rev. T. Q. Stow. In reply, we beg to state that the request came from Mr. Conigrave, the under-taker, and our reporter, to whom the request was addressed, did not under each circumstances feel justified in refusing it insertion. No doubt Mr. Conigrave's intention was good ; he feared a crash at the Cemetery gates, and took what he considered the best means for averting it. Still, we are quite certain that the suggestion was an error of judgment, but our reporter did not feel warranted in refusing to comply with a request proceeding from the person who had charge of the funeral arrangements. We are requested to draw attention to an adver-tisement of the Hahndorf Silver Lead Mining Com-pany, which appears in another column. The drama of " Margaret Catchpole," and the comedy of " The Little Savage," were repeated at the Victoria Theatre last evening. To-night the per-formances will be for the farewell benefit of Mrs. Greville, and a " full dress night" is announced. The entertainments will commence with Buckstone's admirable comedy of " Married Life," and will con-clude with the Chinese Extravaganza entitles " Cama-ralaaman and Badoura, or the Peri who loved a Prince." The newly arrived Wax Figures now being ex-hibited at the Masonic Hall, Adelaide Assembly Rooms, are well worth a visit, and have excited the greatest admiration from a large number of highly respectable persons who have inspected them.

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