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The leather manufactured by. the Patent
Oompreased'Tje'ither Company isijertalnly vwy beautiful and
appearsllkel) to bo adapted for »variety of purp-isei, a» It Is
possible to Imitate the ¿rain of some of the most exjxitislve
«roods, and the le»ther-so manufactured- -when properly
polished cannot p-»sslbly be detected from the wood it Imi-
tates, and henee we «hould fanoy would come Into goncral
use amone cabinet make's, as the leather Is sa hard that It
can be planed like wood. The pnbllo will shortly hal o an
opportunity of Inspecting some beautiful samples.
On Saturday evening the'Morton Amateur
Dramatic Society Rave a very suooessful entertainment In the
Masonic Hall. There waa a large aUendanos. -The pieces
that wereplajed were the dram» "AU that Glitters is not
Gold," and the farce, " The Steeplechase." Between the two
pieces MU* V. de Vero sang a song, "Barney O'líen," and
Mr, E. W. Woodgate performed a solo upon the Ilute. Tho
society's orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Henry Graham,
dtil much to render the entertainment, a BIICOCSI. The per-
formance oommenoeil at S o'clock, and ended at the usual
hour.
The Royal Magnet Variety Troupe have
performed at the Sohool of Arts during the week before
liishlonable and well-flllnil houses. The graceful ami daring
lady pi mnast, Lottie, exciting the astonishment and admira-
tion of ovcry spectator hy the performance of her Mirions
arti on tho trapeze, fte The ever popular Miss Lizzie
Watson has continued to amuse and defiant the audience hy
the spirited rendition of tho popularous songs oantalnod lu I
her varied repertoire. MIBS runny Bara Is ulso a great ¡
fal nnrite with tho audieuco The celebrated negro melodists I
Unokle} and Holly wcro nightly encored In their songs and
dances, Mr. Frod Clifton gives his characteristic songs with i
great vigour, and Hinno wonderful gymnasts Frank and
Victor ottolte tho wonderment or the audience from the daring
and grace dlsplaied by thom In their performances. The
businessmanngpr, Mr. P. H. Kirby, leaves nothing undone
to ensure the comfort and convenience of the patrons of the
Hull, so that on tholr visits to this popular enter-
tainment, they may sa<ety caloulutoon spending a most agree-
able evening.
The following theatrical gossip appears in
the Molbonrne'^iei-Mr Harwood left Lindon on Wo'ln«s
tlay evening, for Parla en route to Brlndlsl, where ho will
e«tch the mall steam-r. He has engaged far the Tli-nt-e
Royal, Mr. B. Falrelougti, a tragedian nf high reputation here,
who pi i> ed Iagn to Mr. Bandraann's Othello, at tho Lyceum
a few yetna baok with great suoossi. and who will go out to
Meltimirue in oompanv with Mdlle. Eugenie Legrand, a
tragedienne who has taken first honours at the Odnnn mil
Vaudeville theatres In Parla, Mr. Bart. Rees, who brought
out Ma lame Anna Bishop and John Draw to Australia,
now goes out as agent for Mr, Falrelougti, and with his
principal, will leave this In about a month. Tour
popular manager has also mario oiigagnmonts with Mr. and
Mrs. Ballan, formerly of Drury latta ? Mr, and Mrs. Dampier,
the former of whom wa» highly recommended to him by
Madame '"eleatet Mr. Edwin Shepherd for the pirti noblet,
the Durallt slaters, Miss Johnstone, also a dnnuuu, and a
pupil of Mi Milan« t Miss Louisa Crawford, for (uvenlln busi-
ness and burlesque, and several other of leaser nota. If Mr.
Harwood has been unsuccessful In Inducing any of tho fe<*
flrst-clas« actors and actresses we possess to emigrate, It has
not been through lack of energy and eloqlienoa. But the larg«
salaries they get hero and In America leave little Inducement
to thom to risk a long voyage, and tho ordeal of Australian
criticism.
The attention oi the pu olio is dnccted to
tho wry numerous uxturcs mudo by Mr. Julm Bennett fur the
entertainment oT town and oouuti¿ visit*tra during The up
prouchlug holldirv* Besides the pmtomimeat the Victor.u,
there ure n. aueren concert on Christina* night, hlppodnmto
Hpeclaclesut the Exhibition, Ac ,&c
The public generally -will íegiefc to h cm ih.it
M. Compagnoni, the ceicbruted con feu. mur nu I pr-vu'ere
departed this ufo on Bunüuj morling The dietasp t mii
overtaken b3 uii illness ol un uiarnitng desuriptit it on **i ur
du\ night, and thurestilt was tutul AT Co¡n|ut'iH ni « IM at,
the he id ol tho piorpsiinn lu Sjdnoj, unlit will DO «lill'u nil
to predict who oin lill lil« placo ut MU» '11 Minions in future
On Saturday last the committee, who -were
siicoLHsfnUii securing the*re-oleetim (»I Mi. Janus M< ninian
us municipal ropnsoiitm)\u for Oipp*T\ ard pa\«hlm a com-
plimentary p!o nie ut Cl"iitatf, Mlddlo Huruour, in c ii
grutulutlou ol his -Jechon to (lit, M.iwmlty Hie suumcr
tjgnet made two trips during tho e tri j pat lof the du>, und,
uiiint^td about 180 ladies and fentltmeu toihogiounds ut
Cloutât f, 11 rihit-rj thin theie ira» two steitn 3 acht*, with nth ti
visit" is lhuiigh the sun raino out \iry str« ng, a fluoseu
tree/e kept up t loughouttheduy \Iutt> ol thocnmpunj
dispoittd themselves lu tho shade ol the tites tliutfringo the
shore* of tilt» ground, while tho morn \outhfiil of tlie
pirty wfre nfc mil swing in tho dancing pavilion
tothonieir> muso of the German Ü ntl At about J 80 p m
the ufttnp»n\ lúcumo seuted in the luncheon pulliou, tho
Mnjoi in th« cliiir. On his right MI S seated Alderman Mer
ilmau, M t\or «leu, und on the lett tho lit u Juhu Suthu
Und There wee also present ML mi s Ganeit uitd GItrkt.
M L V 's , Aldonnen l'aimer, Day, Green, Maze, and
Steel Alderinim oould WHS uiiuvoida'iy absent Xheiu
«usa banqutt provided comprising ovtr\ dil I racy of tim
scuHOii, and tho uruui&cment« at iii« lesthcbttirdwue-r fthe
kind that is 011I3 to be found when Compagnoni is the cute ret
Imj good thugs having boen freolj partaken <f
touHtlng in bumpers of rhumpaguu LI mintuced, \\/
.The Quern," "Prince of Wale«« und Kuyal F.tnlU/
"His Exedleio) B>r licrcubfl linbuison " lim «hair
mau then pfopo ad their " Guest» Mr. Alderman Mer-
riman (.Ma\ortsltct> * H« had known him for u period of over
twenty retire, und 111 his early dajs bo had hit out and
fituiiigleà on through life to the proud position he had now
at n'ued Mr Merrin, m had bein a-workmun, a lurg» Pin
plomer of labour, and a meralinnt, and he was now.
about t« tilca office us Mayor of till** ci tv, an hotutir
worth figh ing tor. Ho (the chairman) waa proud
of his cnllea-ïuf, for he wits not merely a speaker, his career
had pro\cd lum to boa thorough worker, and he was sure
their Miest would feurlessh continue to do his duty as well as
anj in o or ti id hitherto don?. Ho (the chairman) wus o >ufl
dent that thone who had \01td against their guest would
soon be f »und supporting hint tooth and nuil lue tou«t
wa» given with tinto cheers Mr Mel rim ui ruce ten et uro
thuiks amidst great clnerlug if« w« H proud at having at
mined so high a pt s ii on, mid it ga\e him \erj creal | Io, inure
toHflfl so many of his friends urnuu 1 him that«ht^, some of
wlmm ha I been his astoelates for the past thl-tj or forty
3 e ir« That his coud net h id met w ith approval w as ev Ident,
for he hid three times been elected as uldeiiuau
He was Jint possessed of nm gi eat amount of oratorical
powers, but h id sufficient understanding, hnuuit\,und fall h
fulness to dUchaige his dut) with credit to htmself and
honour to lil« postion and he wished It to bo clearh under
stood thdt vrlntover ill feeling innr have existed over his tlec
tion, ho wished it to be forgotten, foi: he freely forgot and
lurga ve His brother aldeimen, ho hoped, would not
expect too much of him he would help them lu whatever
wo» necessary, but at the same than mitta adhere to hJsdutj,
Tn rnholiislou, hehnnrtllv thanked them for tho kind manner
in wliinh they had drunk the toast Mr Kobert Stewart pro
XHtne 1- . lim Parliament of New South Wales ' The H*ii.
J Sutherland returned thanks lu u lengthy speech, fol-
lowed by equally Ieugth\ romarks from Mr Garrett, MM* A
Mr ilnoth ¿two the ** Mun dpi. lufttttminusof thoo »Innv,"
to which the chairman responded und shortly afterw ir Is tlie
coin pan v broke up arriving in Svvdne,j at a most oom enieut
nnd s isonable hour
A somewhat linpoitant equity suit -was
adju Heated on Siturday lait, bv the J?rlmary Judge in
Equitj, Mr Ju«tice Hargrave The suit was Instituted bv
th« Coinmarclnl Bank to force Mi It H Sempill, who Is the
o flic al assignee of tho Insolvent rstate of one J. W Jxm t, 11
sign certain convey anees of some property reooiitlv owned bl
the Insolvent, utid known as Sidmouth Vallfj, near Ilithm-At
willoh propert> had '»»en sold by the soin requeH of the
liank.and without the conourrcitco of Ui Setup ii Accord i
ing to the evidence adduced, it appeared that In November |
1909, Mr. Lowe being In pecuulJij dlfllctiltlcs, indued the
bmk to grant him an overdritt dcnosltinir with the bunk as
suwrlty the deeds or Sidmouth Valley Eututo, and an equit-
able mortgtge to the bank, ono of the provisos in this
mortçtige being that Mr Lowe, whenever requested bv
tho bank, shoul 1 completo a legal mortgage with power
of sale lu the event of default of paj ment
In August, 1870,Mr Lowes ulTulrs became so mnbarras-o I
that he was com pt) led to take udvnntage of the protection of
the Insolvent Court by sequestrating his estât« The amount
of principal und Interest dne to the bank nt this date was
L17Ô7 Os Id, and there was a mortgage of another part of the
said property to a Mr. M'Philiamy for Lfi-tU .Is Both thc«o
creditor's claims were admitted at insolvent*»« meeting of
creditors, and the bank estimated their tccurltyut L1-50O, ai.d ¡
Mr. M'VhillauivhisatLlÄO Ultimately, Insolvent*«personal
estate having been realized, the mortgagees wert* paid about
16«j in the £011 the balance oftheir unsecured claim* About I
March, 1871. tho bank, to ensure a clear title, forwarded n cm- j
ve vaneo of the rqnlty of redemption for Mr. Be^'pHl's signa-
ture. Mr, Sempill thereupon informed the bank tint Mr.
Lowe, the Insolvent, had given formal notice of his Intention
to roaHr« his estate, and unless insolvent took active steps ?
to effect such release he would plu«* the property in the '
market for sale. Early in August. 1171, Mr. Sempill'*! ¡
« solicitors demandod mid obtained particulars of th» scnrl
1 ties held bythebink; and as Mr. Lowe neglected to bring
( about a release of his estate, Mr. Sempill instructed Mes-41*.
K1 chu rd-«on und Wrench to sell the property. A few days
prior to final arrangements fur such sale tho bank, without
consulting Mr. Sempill,orUeied Messrs. Oakes, of Bit-hurst.
todUpos« of the property, which they sold on the IVh ot
October, 1871, to two purchasers tor L'-iUll lOi, out of u hieb
amount the ha*ik promised to pay Mr. M'Jflit.luny Li3o, K«
that, alter deducting the two claims, auctioneers* charge» and
ex pot» ses, thom was nothing coming to »ho other creditors in
the estate. In due course conveyances were tcndeied to Mr.
Sempill for completion, which he declined to execute, on tho
ground that tho sile was effected without his consent, and
consequently It was au imprudent salo, being mad**
when he ; had entered into arrangements with h .*
own a nor i on eera to test the value of the property. A good
deal nf correspondence ensued, which resulted In Mr. Sempill
absolutely refusing to recognise the sal«, und tis th« plaintiff-*
malnUln their light to w\\, and tho defendant's ctuicuriein e,
they brought the prcwntMilt to define such right. His llon-r
readily dismiss I th** bill lil»d by the bank, li« aild Mr.
Sempill liad no per»mmUt.terest to serve, therefore, li« had
sctfd impartially. Ev«r\ step lie hld Liken was right und
proper for the protection oí th« ere Ii tors. It was not cn CM
r-roved that he had a «-sen tod to the numil sale, and nun ifh«
lad, bo was not bound by the sale which took place on tin*
Sth Ootobor. 1871* as he was entitled to select lils nun
auctioneers, and udopt such steps us he has donc, t 1 tMisnr .
Ids realising the full \1I11 * of the projK.rty. He th .ugh* tin
evidence for the plaintiffs did not HU'»stan ti at o the* r altvgi
tions contained In the pleidings, and tt appeircd to lum that
thov had aotod with n h gh lund In the matter, rspfclally bv
briugiug tills equity ?«it- Mr. "Darley and Mr. Owen ap-
pealed for the buik; Mr. -O^id'm for tho defendant. Mr.
Sempill.
It is not to be wondered nt perbap-j, says
l<ia 7°>!niitjH/i dummer, that tho tin itistrirt nt [meru.I
should prove leis satjsuictnn torhn«u who aro »r have bein
trj mc tn u in tho «milis of the tickle goddess in that looilltv
th III «tis at first nutlelpated. A gctitlf.in.ui who returned
li »in lhere j «ti rdiit Infinin* ni ihuta completo nhiiiige foi
thu «Oise has overt»ken thu town und district The Svdnev
lieople wlio u«ed to be owning mid Rning hy »corcl almost
di'h*. have got tirod of their pcregri-uitlans, and now perrit«!
i i oniiutilttg their locomotion to tim limits of George mid
Pitt-street. Not long «Inca It »us hardly possible to g>-t
even »finding room In ft puM'o In Inverell, but now
the town teems absolutely' deserted, and as much
norommod itton an any 0110 could need can bereidllv prn
'ourcd. In fiiot, to use our informant's words-" You would
not seo a soul in the ,hon«e for hours " Woi k lins been «M
ipeifdedto an alarming extent/very little tin Is being n t lined
uiilessjji ina or two claims, and «n en from thora sufficient Is not
procured lo pay for tile capital invested, ticore* of mm urn
walking abqnt destitute and wholly linallie to obtain emplo) -
ment.'many of whom ara betaking themselves to tlmir old
gamoff shepherding, which Is held to bo far mora profitable
There has been a great deal of rain about Inverell, and the
country is in a mnstbnggy condition. ;
The Mill End Observer s tatet, :-A few fine
dava have brought about a -reaction on Hawkins Hill,and par-
ties are to bä seen wending their way again to the scene of
mining operations, ,W« saw.some fair stone taken from the
Crown l'rlnee claim-on tho Frenchman's -»ein, likely to go
about 2or or Sor. ThoBtar of Pcioo are adding to their heap
of quartz, and°wlll soon have a goodly show. Thora la a rare
show of stone awaiting cra«hlng nt Paxton and Holman'*,
but we have had no opportunity of firming any opinion of
the quality of the stuff. A new t ein has been ont on Raws
ttlome's, -frith good gold showing In It. Sinking Is stilt con-
tinued, and stone Is being brought to the surface. In tho Star
of Hope (Bej era and Holterman's) during the last fortnight
water noa been very tranblsomc, but it Is well under now,
and work progresses again steadily. Ona of »in perpendicu-
lar shaft* linvingherm sunk through th*» unrferlaj'workings,
it has besomo necessary to Insert two large props In
order to make all secure. This being done
-and It Is a. task of som« difficulty-the logs «f
timber being no less than 19 feet long by l8 luches In diame-
ter-quartz will be raised simultaneously from the three
prlnofpal -vein«. There nre about 70 tons «f the auriferous
stone now on till platform, Inoliidlugabitit a anuplo of ton"
of flrst-elass quality In the treasure-mom, mid as many hun-
dredweight of specimens, In tho safe, soma nf which are
nearly all gold. The next cruthing, willoh is to take place on
or nbout the fltli proximo, will it Is confidently expected, pro
(lúceos greata result as the last, for tho claim everywhere
Inoks as rloh asevcr. The last now vein which was opened In
the 300 feet level shows gold woll throughout. The average
Is t> totltnotuw, and when opened deeper Itls expected to ne
oomt much Hoher. It being generally believed that Mr.
Holter-nan is about to proceed to Europe, wo ore requested
by that gentleman to state that ha has altered his Intention
for the present, having embarked In an ontcrprlfo of some
?magnitude at Mullion, Ironbarks, where his occasional pre-
sence will hu required for Boms time to nome, The Great
Northern Amalgamated ore pushing on with tho westerly
drlro. which' Is In about 30 feet. They have been muan
troubled with water, but It Is now lessening. The Great
Exhibition are still sinking through hard country . the pre-
sent depth Is about 3.13 feet; water, about the sámeos usual
and making about 100 gallons an linuri the maolilnery all In
»xcollent condition. At the Frenchman's they have just
finished crushing 49 tons, which hare given 73o»
or smelted gold. Still stnplug quartz, and- timber-
ing a portion ol tho shaft preparatory to further sink*
lug. Prosent depth of shaft, 100 lost. Tippet's are driving
north, and ".toping out north nnd south ; tho vol 11 Is very
thin mid the country hard, water has been very troublesome
during tho late rains. Reports from Quartz IIIdgo are reas-
suring. On Gross's lease eight mon are working, and two or
three tons of «tuft h.ivo boon sent to Bydnov lo be tested.
Blnklng has recntnnicnood, nnd activo work Is relng done.
The adjoining claim, belonging to Crookett and Party, Is
being prospectad. Homo nice specimens have been fnutid. A
eontraot on tho Good Hope lease (10 acres) lias been let for
100 feet for drlvlnv u tunnel. The politlón alionen Is a nood
one far the purpoio, and Crow'« vein will probably lie out
at a depth of ISO feet, from the surface. It Is also expeled to
out two or threo other veins, and t hero Is another vein run-
ning lu«t below the mouth of the tunnel willoh It Is thought
It will lie doslrablo to prospect. Mining prospects aro looking
up In this locality, and Quartz Ridge seoms to be going
abo id ; It only »quires the Investment of the capital
promised to tho Lord Nelson, Great Republic, and Clarence
Favorite, to ensure success to the district.
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