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Floral Society. — To-morrow is the Day
fixed for the floral and horticultural graim
show of (lowers, fruits and vegetables, in
the Market buildines. The Society has
been very liberal in its arrangements to
gratify the public of every class with a
gratuitous view of their interesting exhi
bition. It is to be hoped that the Subscri
bers will bear in mind that this is the day
they should pay up their subscriptions—
nothing can be'done without money, and
unless-cMir hint be attended to we are ap
prehensive that this useful and interesting
association will fall to the ground. We hope
therefore that those persons who have
pledged themselves to its support, will not
suffer themselves and the colony to be dis
graced by the occurrence of such an event
Dealk'bi/ Drowning. — John Errin, car
pcuter of the Hero, Captain Itvan, now
lying at Newcastle, fell overboard and was
drowned on Thursday last. The body has
not beun found although every exertion has
been made by Captain Ryan 'to. recover it.
Hint to the Town Surveyor.-— We beg to
call the attention of the authorities to a
dangerous hole, opposite the farrier's shop,
in George-street, facing the Royal Hotel,
caused by the falling in of a barrel .drain
over which the soil had been worn away.
On Thursday a valuable horse nearly lost
his life by thrusting' his leg through. The
animal, however, after some difficulty, was
extricated, and the depth of the hole ascer
tained, by means of a long scaffold pole,' to
be eight feet.
The jlrzl stune of the Roval Rxi-Lan» I
has, indeed, been laid. But, at what t' I
mote period can the public hope that th' I
building will be completed i' Experienc! I
has shown the extreme slowness w;t. ?
which the construction of public builuin-, ?
advances. Over what a protracted period I
of time has the erection, for instance of B
the New Gaol, or Government House ex B
tended ! There can be no reason to doubt si
that, unless some spirited exertions are H
made, at the outset of the present under 1
taking, the commercial world of SviW m
will not be afforded the convenience of the R
Exchange till four or five years have 9
elapsed. Surely, it is strongly-to be re W
commended tha't thiityor fortv free able ?
mechanics, of the requisite trades, should ?
be, without loss of time, sent for from ?
England, under a contract, to finish thii S
building. To take this step would in no I
degree be injurious to the community. }t J
would be money well laid out. ForJ even ?
supposing their work, as regards the Ex- I
change, to be finished, their labour would ?
be advantageously turned to many other 1
Government works, of a similar description B
and steady sober men of the trades re- a
quired (i. e. stonemasons, carpenters, &c i
&c.) it is well known, can perpetually earn I
high wages, as there is a constant a'nrl in. I
creasing demand for their labour. We I
should be glad to hear that this hintmi»l,t I
take effect in the necessary quarter. ° I
Novelty.— Mr Lee, his dogs, &c. &c I
have returned. No doubt, he will meet with I
a ready engagement at the Victoria— in 1
fact, it must be admitted, that he is the I
best sterling player and most useful man 1
that the theatre ever could or can boast of- I
Compositors. — Two members of the I
'Combhation Society' employed at the I
Gazette o'Jice, were sentenced to two months 1
each upon the treadmill, for absenting I
themselves from their hired service on I
Saturday last. . |
Tea must come down ! ! ! A vessel named I
the Soundraprovy, arrived at the Derwent, 1
on the 22nd ultimo, with a full car-*o of I
tea, from China, reported to have 'been 8
purchased from the Americans. 1
The Australian Auction Company have £
leased, for the term of seven years, the two I
houses that Mr Wyatt is building, nest ti- I
the Bank of New South Wales, at the rent I
of £800 per annum. Mr Wyatt has en- I
gaged to get them completed early in I
the ensuing month. ' I
Mr Lyons sold, yesterday, seven thousand I
bags of sugar at the 'average price of I
£22 10s per ton; also, 290 thousand f
Manilla Cigars, from 51s to 62s per I
thousand. I
The Indian Ponies, ex Strathfieldsav I
are to be disposed of this day at the Aus- I
tralian Auction Company's Pa'ddock. Thev |
are in excellent condition and some of i
them perfect models. ' I
Ship Newt.
The Steamer Madagascar. — We some
time ago mentioned that the Government
was about to send an officer of experience
to the Isle of France, for the purpose of
purchasing the steamer Madagascar, which
our brother of the Hurkaru thought a
useless expense ; and that the Government
of the Isle of France were just as capable
of ascertaining her merits and sending her
here as any one who could be deputed from.
Bengal for the express purpose. However
that may be, and we are not disposed to
differ much from the Hurkaru — our con
temporary will be glad to learn that the
disadvantages, whatever they were, of
that plan are likely to be obviated by the
proprietors of the Mudagascar — for we
have been informed that thev are on the
point of sending the. vessel liere in the
hope of meeting with a purchaser — we are
told that the Mudagassar was to- leave the
Mauritius about the beginning of this
month; and if she make the best of her
way direct for Calcutta, we may expect her
very shortly. We have not hoard that it
is the intention of her owners that she
should touch at Ceylon ; but as the Ceylon
papers have mentioned that it was the
desire of many persons on, tho island to
endeavour to secure the Madagascar for
the use of the Ceylonese, and as the Bom
bay Chamber of Commerce have been
concocting^ a plan for Steam Navigation
betweeu Bombay and Ceylon, and the
intermediate ports, it is possible that, if
they could purchase the Madagascar cheap
(and we doubt not, but she might he had
for two thirds of the estimated cost of the
one they propose to get from England),
they might be induced to compete with us
here regarding her purchase — and if they
were to succeed, the disappointment would,
iu some degree, be -softened by the con
sideration that her services, on 'the other
side of India, would be most beneficial to
the commercial interests of the various
Poits of the Malabar coast. The report
of the Sub-Committee of the Bombay
Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of
the proposed Steam Communication we
ha%'e alluded to, will be found under *.he
Bombay head. — Calcutta Courier, Sept. 17.
[We have noticed some time siuced that
this boat was sent for by Messrs J. Lord
and Co, for the colonial trade. — Ed],
Letters from the Mauritius mention, that
it has been determined to send up tho
Mudagascar steamer about the end of last
month. We may therefore ' look for this
vessel via Madras in about a week or so.— -
Ibid.
The Sarah and Elizabeth, from Calcutta,
reports, that the Roxburgh Castle, Cum
berland, had sailed on the 25th October,
for London. The Lonach sailed for Sydney
on the 20th November. The - Seppings
sailed, iu company with the Sarah and
Elizabeth, for the Mauritius. Adelaide,
Tamar, and Northwodd, was fast loading
for this port. The William, arrived yester
day from Launceston, reports, Arab, Cygnet,
and Vibilia, had sailed, previous to the
27th, for London; The Lady Emma bad
been capsized by a sudden puff-in the river
but was soon righted with little damage.
The Arabian, Captain: Cains, arrived at
Launceston on the 22nd ultimo.
Arrivals at Hobart 'Town, January 18.—
The Geetry whaler, from Havre, with oil ;
20th, The 'Navarmo (French whaler), with,
oil and bone ; 22nd, The Soundraporvy,
Silverthorue, from China, with tea; spoke
the Caroline, from Sydney, bound to Bata
via; January 24th, The Dunkerquoise,
? , wi'th 2,000 barrels oil ; she left
Havre de Grace, on the 30th May.
The Hope lost, dating the heavy squall
on Saturday evening, two 35-barrei whales ?
from alongside ; the Governor Halketthad
also the like misfortune of losing three of
about 30 barrels each.
Country News.
[raoM oun own correspondent].
Muitland. January 30.:— All Maitlaud is
afloat — thelong talked of flood has at length
reached us in earnest; the road from the
Green Hills to the extreme of Maitland is
completely flooded, and Morpeth, East ami
West Maitland are now alike visited by
the same element. M-uch damage has been
already done to the growing crop* of
maize,' and wheat stacks upon the lower
ground are in danger of being swept away.
We have as yet no news from the country,
tho mail from the Upper districts not being

able to foiil the riv*r; a mail from Dar
lington arrived to-day tin horseback ; the
postbov was obliged to make a circuit of
Hfteen 'miles, and was nearly drowned in
crossiuff Black Creek ; he reports the river
was still rising at Singleton, and that all
communication, with the Upper districts
was completely cut off. There are upwards
of forty drays with wool unable to cross
the river ;— you shall have ample intelli
gence in my next. The bridee which
divides Hast and WestMaitland is expected
every moment to give way — it totters
already, and constables are stationed there
to prevent drays from passing over — a good
substantial bridge ought to have been built
there long before this. We hope it will
be done as soon as the flood subsides.
Windsor. — Mr Laban White had a very
extensive sale of stock in the quiet country
town of Windsor, on Satruday last ; he was
honoured withan excellent attendance, and
liberal buvers. We give below the prices,
which must convince stockholders, that the
present time is the most advantageous to
dispose of their over abundant stock ; the
great demand for horses for South Austra
lia, Port Phillip, New Zealand, &c. must
ensure good prices, and public Auction is
the best method of seeing the real value,
^ir W. commenced with the stock of the
late Mr Williams, viz: — a bay horse to the
Rev Mr Styles, £39 ; chesnut do. Mr Ar
gent, £46; bay colt, MrKer, £39 10s; bay
£jiy, — Mossman, Esq, £21 ; brown filly',
Mr C: Way, £43 ; brown h'llv, — Mossinah,
Ksq, £27 '10s; black filly, Mr Thos Onus,
£55 ; chesnut colt, Mr Argent, £26 ; ches^
nut filly, Mr Argent, £32 10s ; chesnut colt
MrHadley, £44 10s ; brown colt, Mr Perry,
*£4l 10s; bav mare and foal, C. Thompson
Esq, £70; dun colt, Mr Hoskinson, £33 ;
-brown colt, ~Mr 'Isaac Cornwall. £1810s ;
black fillv, — Mo«sman, Esq, £29 10s; grey
colt, Mr' W: Williams, £26; bay fillv, —
Mossman Esq, £42 IOs ; bay filly, — Mos
matijBsq, £2C 10s; brown colt, — Mosman
Esq, £25 ; brown fillv. Mr Charles Hughes,
£45; bay colt, C. Thompson Esq, £51;
black co\t, Mr Argent, £36; brown fillv,
Mr C May, £37 10s ; bay colt, Mr Hadley,
£32 ; chesnut ma,re and foal, S. North Esq,
£76 ; bav mare and foal, Mr Stewart, £50.
After which hesold the following on account
of the estate of Mr George beymour: —
A bay horse, Mr Pern,-, £41 ; brown horse,
Dr Dow,' £47 ; bay do. Mr James Cullen,
£45; strawberry do'. Mr.fatnes Gorrit k £47 ;
bav do. Mr Honnorv, £27 10s; bay do. Air
Pe'rrv, £41 10s ; bnv do. Mr I. Wood, £26
10s;'broivndo. Mr Sherrif, £28 10s; bay
«lo. Mr J. S. Hall, £51 ; bay horse, (fistula)
? Mr Thomas Jones, £20 ; bay do. Charles
jEather, £25 10s; grey colt, Mr Gownlorke
£28 10s ; growing- crop, tnaize and interest
[in unexpired lease, MrPender, £70; stack
hay, Mr Booth, £65 ; 1 gig, Mr I. Wood,
£21 ; small carriage, Mr I. Cornwall, £26;
[horse, gig and harness, MrNbrris, £51 10s;
jmare, — Mossman, Esq, £35; Jerry Sneak,
JAlr Joseph Onus, £164; 11 head voung
tattle, Mr C. May, £41.

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