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NEWCASTLE.
(From Oie Pilot 0/ Saturday.)
Apparently Newcastle still offers attraction to*
tho " cracksmen" whoso exploits were recounted!
on a reoent oocasion. Yesterday morning Mr,
Porter, general dealer, of Blane street, found, ort
going to open his shop door, that the baspv
of the look had been most cleverly removed,
by sawing off the projecting beads of th»
screws which held it. This discover;
at first sight of course aetonisbed Mr.
Porter not a little, for although thieves had
evidently been at work, he remembered eucla
gentry were more given to breaking in $h*a>
out, when in search of plunder. However,, the«
explanation was soon arrived at, for on further
inspection, it became clear that the thieves hal
got in from the baok, through an unfastened
kitohen window; passed through a passage,
entered the shop through an unlookcd door afe
the further end, and for some reasons best
known to themselves departed by the front.
Mr. Porter had only a few coppers in money ia.
the shop, and they were untouohed,. and thor
stock was also undisturbed, so the evident-bur-
glarious intent of the entry had been, rendered,
futile, probably on account of some alarm t Mr.
Porter and his family sleep upstairs» and about
,3 o'clook in the morning, Mrs. Porter hear-
ing a noise woko np her husband, tpinto»
ing it was the signal of the ,baktP
who supplied the shop with bread,? ard
this led to Mr. Porter looking out, of the wi¿V»
the noise of raising whioh most likely saveall»
gooda, for the robbers «haying ontered so, easily
from the baok as desônbed, oould hwdl»
have bad any other motive in troubling t«
open tho front door of theshop, than the ideaos
oarrying off a considerable parcel. The expert
manner in whioh the Borews holding the hasp of
the look were out off (probably with a ojockr
spring saw) is sufficient evideno« ot the "lualftjr;,

.i

Tí the rogo»» wh» hal beca at work : but it is

semarkable that, after all, the trouble taken I

rat quite anntoeitsary, the fastrning of the door

»Xil^P'y * Pu '"b'ck carpenter's lock, which,
Mb inside, could readily be opened by draw
TsTnandle back.

io Collaroy took away, yretcrday, 4 bulls
.{the property of Mr Durham), and 8 head of
Battle, for Mr Whito The Kembla had on
Tward 14 head of cattle and 4 horses f jr Mr.
Darharo, and 4 head of cattle for Mr. Waddell
Tin Morpeth took 10 heid of cattle
atna 3 horses for Mr. Dumaresq ; 2
Imliocks, (weighing 1809 lbs each), for
J3r Hungerfotd; a beau tittil Arab entire, for
Sir  A. Dangar; a splendid red cow, for Mr
"White, Edinglassie; 3 hornes for Mr Cunning

ima; and 4 stag hounds, for Mr. Mcintyre, j

-Muswellbrook,

litrom the Cftronfcte of Saturday )

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t The first instalment for a supply or water so

I *bo city is now beiog furnished by the Corpo
I aation. In Darby-streot, nearly opposite tbo A
1 A Company's engine house, a publie well is
I Ibeing sunk, and excellent water has been struok
Ijdat a depth of less than sixteen feet.

I A m»n named Andrew Chesterton uarrowly
IxBcaped being drowned, near the A A Oo's
lahoots, on Thursday morning. While near the

§»dge of tho wharf, at No 2 shoot, he s tumbled
|«ind fell into tho barbour. The occurrence was
llbrtunately observed by several men coming
I from a lighter, else Chesterton, who cannot

|«wim, must inevitably havo been drowned. |

? IVhcn got out.of the water he was unconscious,
land remained so for nearly half an hour.

I We are informed on unquestionable authority

I that the new regulations with respect to the |
iarimming of coal by the Government contractor ,
fare not attended with either the economy or
itdispatohi which ihavo been urged in their favor.
?ThjkStag, barque, a regular trader botweon this
Hflgprand \Vallaroo, carrying 660 tons of coil has
^Ketrovcr thirty hours getting her cargo in and
tarimmsdj^whilst undir tho former usages of the
'»ort her average time was eighteen hours, and
Soadiog then at night. For the last seven voy
.jages this has been her time.

1" It would be a groat convenience at the Port

«f Newoistlo if wind aad weather on the «oast

Xavere posted at the Totegraph Office on
pen tho tables prepared foii tho purposo
pjrreat interests are frequently;, at stake and
Sglependcnt on the weather, maro particularly
|j¿t an important seaport liko tbfis. As neither
any labour or expenso of any oossequ noo is in
llrolved in the recording of thisgvaluable infor
rpiation, we trust it will be attended to The
|«aty is regularly performed a| the bead telo
^graph office in Syd roy, and wet- think it is not
^«nreasonable to ask that it should bo performed

,aaere.

l|2 The output of ooal for tbo week ending Fri
«ay, April 21st, was 16,302 ton*, of which 508G
Jtons were sent to Sydney, 3247 to Melbourne,
j$95 to Adelaide, 700 to Colombo, 931 to N,l
"ion, 688 toNcw Zealand, 311 to Lyttclton, 249
¿*o Wellington, 238 lo Hobart Town, 152 to the
?2Biobniond River, 650 to San Pedro, 925 to

pBaigon, 555 to Manila, 623 tp steamers, 1043
Jbomeoonsumption. The quantity nfcokeshippod
Ums 12 tons from the Co operative Company and
¿so from Messrs J. and A Brown's colliery
|9Dhe A A. Company sent 4248 tons, Wallsend
jSáBS tons, Lambton 2246 tons, Waratah 2126
»ens, Co-operative 3386 tons, Anvif Creek 459
pans, J. »ni A. Brown's collier« 1355 tons.

§M Ifbom the Netcautle Il<rald oßSaturtlay ) I

¡g Til o worxs in course or progress at mo

pPallsend Company's now tunnel have been
pushed forward bo vigorously by tho manager,
afar. Neilson, that the railway will bo
Ißniehed in about two wcefis, whilst the
preliminary work required [¡to Bend coal

po market is also nearly cbmploted. We
¡?nay mention that twenty-fine now hopper
jejraggons bavo just arrived from England, for
f£he company, ex Tasmania, and] 25 others are
«npeoted by another tailing vessel daily, when
áíbey will then havo about 300 good substantial
"praggona,-which will make the rolling stock
sarórth, in round numbers, Bomcthiog like
ÍE40,000

3&ftWe regret to say that the Wallsend Col

3¡ery has not beon working half-timo recently,
'¿brough the slaoknces of trade,-there being
«BoaTccly any ve;sola in ¡.ort to load Wallsend
ppml. They havo a great many orders on hand,
Jkowever, and anticipate doing thoir usual ex
pwpaive business during the ensuing winter.
ÍJJSíe Co-operative baa worked lull time for tho
jgjnek, aod have sufficient orders on hand to
3teop them in full swing during the coming week.
tM}>>¡ ift-om Monday's TSIol.)

P^SVeek after- week wo hear of tho migration of
?pótsiderablc numbers of our mining population,
m3 they do not all appear to ho directly bound
Jto the new gold-fields whioh have beon disoivcrcd
sa Queensland and tbo Far North. Somo go to
||7?otori», others to Auokland, others to Adelaide,
ud others again to the tin mines of Tasmania

SfYesterday morniog a young man was enjoying
JKs-jnorning swim at .the place known as the
BÉflkBeacb, and, whon nearing the breakers,
K^tbajt'bis strength waa failing him, and that

phis -waa being carried ont by the tide. Messrs.
¡Jh. Bennett and Ryan, of Mr. Bennett's Com-
pany, boar'iDg ories vi distress, swam out, and
Spoceedcdio bringing the unfortunate fellow to

more. Reseucra and rescued prooeeded to a
mittago oloso by, where theyireoeived tbo stinm
wints their exhausted condition demanded. Mr.

air. Bennett is the nephew of Mr. John Bennett,
jjppio, as is*well kni,^n, has succeeded in saving
?lio lives of-28 persons.

HH ttoanttht Newcastle JleraJd'Of Tiiesday )

ÍTho train, whioh usually arrives in Newoastle

10 30 every evening, was an hour late last,
ening, not arriving here until 11 30 The.
tention was.oauscd by agrestinumber of pas-'
agoTS travelling at tho present<reduoed rate of j
res. There «were eleven carriages in tho train,
1 of whioh were densely packed with human
Snakes would not appear to bave gone to their
|-«nter home yet, as one of the black apeoies took
f|gN>fage one day last week in the boneo of a miner
|iíi«ned Thomas 'Clough, at Wallsend. Varions
fjäfforts were made to dislodge him, taut without
¡aurai!. On Sunday morning a large crowd as
¡pMnbiedj intent oh driving bim out of his ro

»freat. Part of the flooring was pulla«1 up, and
¡¡?bob .other action taken as was thought best to
tgpalodga^hiai, when the varmint, not liking the
Mia, put his head out .of a hole, and had it blown
BVȴ by the contents of a gua. He measured olose
fis four feet in length.

Wa On Sunday morning last a lad, aged fifteen
QVeâ^^whose ñamo we have not ascertained,
NhSwrRj escaped being drowned at the rear of
BpBT>i&pital, but wasresoued from avery peril
pppna position by tbo gallant conduct of Mr
?Robert B. Hoguo, of this city. It appears that
?ßir. Hogue, Mr. Scott, and the bid referred to,
Pfrom the rooks on the beach, «hen

oto the drawbaok which sets past
the left of the Hospital, After

feg^rhfWiiuli in.

?line trouble the two first; named reached the
rook The lad, however, seemed to make no
headway, but rather drifting out, when Mr.
Hogua went to hia assistance, and after a hard
atrugglo against tho current succeeded in bring-
ing him to xhoro Both were muoh exhausted

with their severe exertions. We are informed

that this ia not the first time Mr. Higue has
distinguished himself in this manner, and hope
that his gillant hehiviour will not go unnoticed
by his fdlow oitizjns.

(H-oin tha r*>J of Tuts loy.)

Wo are informed by Captain Campbell, of the
Co-operative steam tug Southland, that for some
diya past ho has seen tcvcral seals near the
o last, and on Sunday last, whilst about 2 m les
milo-; to the cistwaid of Red Head, three seals

oamo so closo to his vessel that had be been in ;

possession of a gun ho oould havo shot them j

with ease

(.From yesterday's PUoUi

Tho Collaroy was crowded again last night,
with visitors for tho Sydney Exhibition. Tho
night train from tho North brought a largo
number of passengers. Wo suppose it ig of littlo
u^e again calling the attention of the A. S N
and II R N. S N. Companies to the over-
crowded state of their boats, and the necessity
of putting on extra boats during holiday times;
but surely this overcrowding is of sufficient im-
portance to aitruot the atteution of the Marine

B.ard

Yoaterday several Beaman wore offered the
ourront rato of wages, £4 10a a month, to ship
in the Bedfordshire for San Francisco, an offer
which several wore glad to accept. - Like the
proverbial dog in tho danger, Some dissatisfied
sailors, who would not work uuder £5 a month,
threatened all sorts of pains and penalties, if
tbo mon who wero ongagod should ship in tho
Bedfordshire About sixty or seventy gathered
outsido this office, expressing their disoontontin
murmurs loud and deep. Fjfpally, thoy ad-

journed to tho Hill, whero a ffeo fight wia in-1
dulgcd in, and whero, we arl happy to state,
the £A 10s men oame off victorious.

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