# The Chronicles of Early Melbourne/Volume 2/Chapter 58

​CHAPTER LVIII. THE NATIVITY AND NON-AGE OF MELBOURNE JOURNALISM.
SYNOPSIS:—The First Manuscript Newspapers.—Fawkner's " Advertiser."—The First Printed Newspaper.—Demise of the " Advertiser."—" The Port Phillip Gazette."—Arden and Strode. —" The Port Phillip Patriot."—Fawkner Redivivus.—" The Port Phillip Herald."—Cavenagh and Ken: — " The Weekly Free Press.—" The Times."— " The Standard."—" The Courier."—" The Albion."—" The Observer."—" The Port Phillip Christian Herald.— " The Church of England Messenger!'—•" The Melbourne Family Herald."—Mr. Finlayson and " The Temperance Advocate."—" The Victoria Temperance Pioneer."—" The Telegraph."—" The Melbourne Weekly Despatch."—•" The Times" Gives Up the Ghost.—•" The Herald" Changes its Name.—Its First Publication as a Daily.—" The Melbourne Argus."—Mr. William Kerr again at the Helm.—Sheriff's Sale of " The Melbourne Argus."—Demise of " The Melbourne Argus."—The First Appearance of " The Argus."—Wilson and Johnston, Proprietors.—Wilson Committed for Libel.—First Appearance of" The Argus " as a Daily.—Demise of " The Gazette."
mO branch of this work reveals more amusing reminiscences than the early journalism of the city, its humble origin, and the obstacles that beset the birth and growth of our first newspapers; the petty feuds and rivalries that distracted the little commonwealth of our "Fourth Estate ;" the personnel, peculiarities and bickerings of the proprietors and editors; their abuse and "slang-whanging" of each other; and the narrow and distorted views they took of the responsible positions they filled. T h e proprietorial and editorial squabbles were, however, matters of little or no m o m e n t to the reporters, or " Recording Angels " of the period, w h o usually fraternized in the most agreeable way with each other; and so long as they got through their week's work, and drew their week's money, troubled themselves not a straw about the contentions of the higher powers. They were a light-hearted, easy-conscienced, free-handed lot, w h o cared not a jot about the atra cura, and all the troubles in its train. Regardless of to-morrow, they took each to-day as it came, and so m a d e their pilgrimage through this world with an average share of its enjoyments. M a n y a queer and racy incident might be recounted of them, a few samples of which will crop up in a subsequent part of this notice. T h e first Melbourne newspaper (as it must in courtesy be styled) was a miserable " rag," a sheet of what was known as uncut foolscap, ruled and bi-columned, and presenting eight columns of very inferior reading manuscript matter. It was brought out by the irrepressible J. P. Fawkner, w h o would be always first in everything, and thefirstnumber was published under the following style and title :— THE M E L B O U R N E ADVERTISER P O R T PHILLIP AUSTRALIA No. i, written for and published By
J O H N P. F A W K N E R . January 1st Monday 1838 Melbourne V O L . 1st.
The caligraphy is the most creditable part of the affair, except that as it is evidently transcribed from Fawkner's " copy," it treats all the laws of punctuation, and some of the orthography, with supreme indifference. Fawkner, though a m a n of m u c h reading, or rather miscellaneous " cramming," had no culture, and his weakness for capital letters and no stops or pauses of any kind in his very profuse contributions to the colonial Press stuck to him during his life. T h e Advertiser is a small Fawknerian Epitome, for with the exception of a long mercantile advertisement from Mr. W . F. A. Rucker, and two
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and a soldier—and Fawknerism glimmers through the rest of the advertisements. T h e "leader" is a most unique specimen of bombast and bumptiousness overlying a thin stratum of truth and prophecy, and as the oldest " Literary (?) Curiosity" in the colony, it is well worth reproducing in these pages. T h o u g h generously promised to be " given away to householders " a charge of sixpence per copy was made, but in -consequence of the manual labour involved in working it off, the circulation was limited to about a dozen copies, and the public, instead of indulging in a free read, as at present outside the newspaper offices, were obliged to go inside Fawkner's Hotel to ascertain the " latest intelligence," where they had the Advertiser as a counter-lunch, washed d o w n by a shilling's worth of tipple. A few numbers only of this " weekly " were issued, and I believe there is only one set of it in existence. T h o u g h not easy of access, I was fortunate enough to secure a perusal, and a cursory review of a periodical so rare and exceptional cannot be devoid of interest. N o . i (at least the copy before m e ) is wholly in Fawkner's handwriting, a legible scroll enough, but with a character that to a close inspection evidences a certain nervousness on the part of the quill-driver. It is a sheet of paper bi-sected with red lines, and consists of one leaf (two pages) and half a leaf, or one column, on the third page, the fourth being blank. S o m e Assistant-Editor appears to have attempted a revision of several of the Fawknerian expressions, but only to render them mostly undecipherable. N o . 2 (8th January) shows some improvements in get-up, appearance, and penmanship. The foolscap is of better quality. T h e whole is in Fawkner's writing, and very legible, evincing no sign of the sub-editing disfigurement of the first number. There is an increase in advertisements, including a lengthy catalogue of commodities on sale at Batman's store. S o m e of those in N o . i reappear, and of course had to be re-written, as there could be no " lifting of type." A Mr. Weatherly intimates that " h e sells the best wheaten bread at the lowest possible price, and, to those w h o wish it, he allows one month's credit," an agreeable bit of intelligence, no doubt. A blacksmith and farrier (name not given) had his forge in full blast adjoining Fawkner's Hotel, south side of Collins Street, between Queen and Market Streets, and his advertisement tersely announces, " All work of the above branches performed quickly and neatly." T h e veterinary surgical fees are not stated, probably through professional delicacy; but some of the anvil prices are unmistakably specified, as " Horses shod, cash, 7s. 6d.; credit, 9s. 6d.; all other work in proportion." T h e Fawkner Library, previously noticed, appears to have assumed a circulating character, for the proprietor thus appeals to his constituents to roll up and wipe out the arrears scored against them :—" Those of the Subscribers w h o took Credit when they favoured the establishment [the library] with their Support, are most Respectfully informed that it is usual to Pay up all arrears at the beginning of a n e w year." Amongst the shipping items, the " T a m a r " is reported as having, on the 7th January, arrived with sheep from Launceston, and by her came a Hobart T o w n paper. There is no "leader," to make up for which is a "Poet's Corner," embellished with an original effusion of two verses commencing' •' Oh! what a pure and sacred thing Is beauty curtained from the sight.—"
and they are simply eight lines plagiarized verbatim from "The Fire-Worshippers," in Moore's Lalla Rookh! T h e only local news consists of an unintelligible narrative of a murder committed by a convict named Cummerford, w h o is thus described:—•" A light well-made youth about nineteen he has rather a prepossessing look and a very Mild Vice, small fine Neck and remarkably large Upper H e a d the lower part is very small and the chin recedes towards the Neck so as to make a very strange appearance when looked closely into." This "small fine N e c k " was afterwards stretched by the hangman, for Cummerford was arrested by two bush-hands in the employment of Mr. W e d g e — one of the earliest settlers—shipped off to Sydney, and tried and executed these. N o . 3 (15th January) is of same size and appearance as its predecessors, but written by an amanuensis. S o m e of the advertisements are repeated, others are new, and there is a " Poet's Corner," ​consisting of some commonplace unacknowledged stanzas in a moralizing and abstract style. T h e news items consist of a notice of the first overland mail to Sydney, a meteorological m e m o , and some shipping records. T h e following " M a x i m s " are given for general information :—" T h e triumph of w o m a n lies, not in the admiration of her lover, but in the respect of her husband; and that can only be gained by a constant cultivation of those qualities which she knows he must value." " F e w faculties more deserve or better repay cultivation than that of the Imagination—it is the soil whence flowers and fruits equally spring." T o provide some light reading, and to exercise the ingenuity of the readers, an agreeable diversion is effected by the insertion of "riddles," viz.:— i. What letter 2. 3. 4.
of the alphabet goes all round Great Britain? W h a t manufacture has an old hat had ? W h e n is a boat not a boat ? W h e n is a man's face like a Jewish priest ?
It is intimated that "any answers pertinent to the above will be gratefully received up to the 21st;" but it does not appear that any had ever been sent in. T h e following excerpta are copied verbatim et literatim:— N o . 4, 22nd January.—The specimen before m e is inscribed "Office Copy," and there is on it the clerk's marking of the advertisements for re-insertion or withdrawal. This evidently belonged to thefiledset. After the first number, the leading matter seems to have dropped. This is a very poor affair, the most striking feature in it being a Fawknerian notice in this strain:—"To let A substantial Weatherboarded house, 27ft by 14, divided into T w o rooms below and one upper R o o m the whole length it is well floured Bricknogged and plastered enquire of the proprietor." It also contains a sporting notice of an intended race-meeting to come off on the 27th at Fawkner's Hotel, and a couple of small shipping matters. No. 5 is mis-dated January 1st instead of 29th, and shows no improvement. It has its " M a x i m s " and "Poet's Corner," and announces the arrival of the Sydney mail on the 28th, with newspapers to the 12th. There is also published portion of a notice from the Sydney Government Gazette (22nd November, 1837), relative to Immigration and the discontinuance of the Assignment of Convicts. It mentions that the Melbourne Races (thefirst)were to be run on the 7th and 8th March. No. 6 (5th February) is more of a newspaper, for it records two or three occurrences, the most sensational being the perpetration of an outrage thus described:—"Sunday night or early this morning six prisoners of the Crown absconded from their respective Masters Taking with them a large Boat belonging to J. P. Fawkner and a Mariner's Compass." Amongst the advertisements is one of " £ 2 reward offered for black painted Boat with a red Streak Square Stern—Stolen from bank of river. Apply to T h o m a s Field." Doubtless both refer to the one transaction. No. 7 (12th February) is bordered with a ruling of red ink, and the writing is Fawkner's own. T h e following, from the advertisements, deserve re-publication:—" Derwent Bank Agency.— T h e undersigned hereby gives notice that from Thursday next, the 8th inst, he will receive deposits, and discount bills and orders for account; and under the responsibility of the Derwent Bank C o m p a n y at Hobart T o w n , V . D . Land. W . F. A. R U C K E R , Melbourne, 6th February, 1838." "Intercourse with Williamstown.—The undersigned begs to inform the public that he keeps a boat and two m e n in readiness for the purpose of crossing and re-crossing passengers between Williamstown and the opposite beach. Parties from Melbourne are requested to raise a smoke, and the boat will be at their service as soon as practicable. T h e least charge is 5s. and 2s. each when the number, exceeds two. H . M ' L E A N , Williamstown, 9th February, 1838." No. 8, February 19th.—There is evidently a new hand, or rather a copyist, at the helm, as the writing is fluent, and as legible almost as print. T h e copy, however, is impressed with a melancholy remembrance of poor Fawkner, for written across thefirstpage by his "vanished hand" are the two words "Parlour Copy," making it evidently the sheet kept for hotel use. The advertisements are on the increase, and include an official programme of the first Race Meeting to come off in the Province. ​N o . 9 (26th February) contains some corrigenda of the Racing Prospectus issued in its predecessor, and revised schedules of articles for sale at the stores of Batman and Rucker. T h e only item of intelligence is the following, which is an average sample of Fawkner's composition :— " O n Friday last the 6 Bushrangers w h o some time past stole a Boat from this T o w n entered the H u t of M r O'Connor's Station near Western Port and took 3 Guns one Pistol a quantity of Gunpowder and Shot Pr of Boots S o m e Flour, Tea, Sugar, & c upon M r O. C. urging the danger of being left without firearms they promised to return two of the Guns and Pistol, they behaved very quietly and avoided all that Brutal conduct which so frequently Attends such exploits." T h e "Poet's Corner" is garnished with a lay of " T h e Lover to his Intended," thefirstverse of which is so amorous or rather erotic in its phraseology as to render its production here undesirable. The last verse thus reads literally :— " Sing me to sleep Thy Cadences Shal be the music of the breze T o fill m y sail and waft m e on Until some halcyon Shore be W o n While Love and Hope and Plesure beam The guiding Stars throughout m y Dream."
No. 10, 5th March, has a fair show of advertisements and nothing more. The boat notice of the M c L e a n w h o ferried passengers from Williamstown to the beach is written one and a-half times. O n the third page appears the following extraordinary "postscript," evidently scribbled in hurry and rage, by Fawkner, for it is in his handwriting, and in appearance very much as if his hand shook considerably while he was inditing it:— " This number was not fully Written out when press and Type arrived, and No. 10 was printed, But unfortunately was lost or stolen, and so lost to J O H N P. F A W K N E R ,
May 4th, 1838."
The commas were put in by some other person. And so end the MSS. productions. All the foregoing numbers are inscribed under the title in Fawkner's writing as " John Pascoe Fawkner's Gift."
THE FIRST PRINTED NEWSPAPER.
Whilst Fawkner was working away with his pen-and-ink sketcher, a rare stroke of good fortune placed him in possession of some used-up type and an old press, which had been superannuated in Launceston, and he was in ecstacies over the valuable "find." But though the "pica" was there, no regular "picanier" or compositor was to be found. After much hunting up a very "grassy" hand, in the person of a V a n Diemonian youth, who, seven years before, had worked for a twelvemonth at " case" was ferretted out, and h o w he and Fawkner contrived to get the paper " set-up" is one of those mysteries which time has never unravelled. T h e Advertiser did, however, appear in all the battered glory of half-defaced type, and itsfirstissue contains an agglomeration of news almost as seedy as the letter-press. T h e leader thus concludes:—" W e earnestly beg the public to excuse this ourfirstappearance, in the absence of the compositor, w h o was engaged. W e were under the necessity of trusting ourfirstnumber (in print) to a V a n Diemonian youth of eighteen, and this lad only worked at his business about a year, from his tenth to his eleventh, 1830 to 1831. Next the honest printer, from w h o m the type was bought, has swept up all his old waste letter and called it type, and w e at present labour under many wants; we even have not as much as Pearl Ash to clean the Dirty Type." ​I have met with but two numbers of the Advertiser in its altered guise. One is dated 9th April, 1838, as N o . 15, vol. 1, and is printed in very abominable letter on some material resembling old half-baked coarse tea-paper. It is a small 'single sheet, not m u c h larger than its first parent, but altogether a marked improvement in style. Its "get-up" could not be compared with any newspaper n o w in existence, but large allowance must be m a d e for the circumstances and exigencies of the times in which it lived. It is all very well for the denizens of the present day, the readers of our morning and evening journals to laugh scornfully at the Fawknerian efforts, but the probability is that they would have done no better, possibly not so well, were they contemporaries of the plucky and redoubted "Johnny." T h e motto of the rehabilitated journal was " W e A i m to Lead, not Drive;" and a "leader" regularly appeared but it was in reality little more than a paragraph. In the present instance the subject was a castigation of the Government for wharfage neglect. Amongst the advertisements are three, which as the first of the kind in the country deserve special mention. M r . A. J. Eyre, of Collins Street, intimates his being about to leave the colony, and all claims against the firm of Wilson and Eyre, and himself personally, are to be rendered for adjustment, and all accounts owing settled forthwith. Christopher Poining had " c o m m e n c e d as T o w n Herdsman, and is ready to take charge of milking cows or other cattle by the day or week. Terms is. per head." T h e first auction sale is thus launched upon public attention. " G. Lilly, Collins Street, offers for public competition some dairy cows, perfectly suitable for the use of private families—are perfectly quiet and gentle, having been broken-in at a large town dairy in Sydney;" also, "gentlemen's, ladies', and children's wearing apparel, after the cattle sale on 24th April." There is, likewise, a short summary of English news, and extracts from the Sydney journals. T h e paper n o w has a regular imprint o f — " Printed and published by J. P. Fawkner, at the Melbourne Advertiser Office, Melbourne." T h e terms were 10s. per quarter if paid quarterly ; if paid yearly 50s. ; single paper is. Advertising : 4s. for every advertisement not exceeding eight lines, and 3d. per line after. It is announced that the "columns of the Melbourne Advertiser are m u c h wider than any other colonial newspaper." N o . 17, 23rd April, is enlarged to a double-sheet or eight pages, and gives a rather lengthy precis of English intelligence. T h e " leader " advocates an increase to the Government Survey staff; and a " leaderette" sets forth the wants of Melbourne, from a resident Governor to clearing the streets of tree-stumps. Both seem to have been written by Fawkner, but are revised by some mending hand, and the first is tolerably well done. Various items of colonial and local news are given, and there is an excerpt describing the " outbreak of Civil W a r in Canada." T h e Protestant Bishop of Sydney was then on a visit here, and some of his movements are chronicled. A- ship of war, the "Conway," arrived from Sydney. There is a good show of advertisements, including a notification, the first of its kind, viz, H . Kettle, Painter and Glazier, w h o " c o m m e n c e d business in Elizabeth Street, and hoped by strict attention to gain the support of the public." A reward of £2 is offered for the recovery of a lost gold ring engraved with a heart and cross; and H . Cooper had for sale claret and bottled sherry in three dozen cases, and Malaga sherry in casks. T h e imprint is transferred from the tail to the head of the paper, under the title ; and the place of publishing is given as in Flinders Street. A n elaborate scale of charges with conditions is put forward as a postscript in diamond type, viz. : — T h e paper was to be published every M o n d a y ; single copies, is.; quarterly (if paid when called for) 10s. ; credit, 12s. 6 d — o n l y two quarters' credit given. Advertisements: Subscribers, 4s. for first eight lines, every additional line, 3d. ; non-subscribers, 5s. forfirsteight lines, every additional line, 4 d. Advertisements received till Saturday evening at 6 p.m., but persons wishing to do so could, on paying an extra charge of 2s. 6 d , have the privilege to "insert a short advertisement on a M o n d a y morning before 8 o'clock p.m." Mr. Bonwick, to whose interesting work I a m indebted for some items of information about the Press up to 1840, supplies a few amusing details of the first three newspapers, the Advertiser, Gazette, and Patriot. T h e Advertiser no sooner appeared in an imprinted form than legal obstacles interposed, and led to its suppression. B y the Colonial law, a printed newspaper required to be licensed, and the Advertiser was not licensed. T h e Press Laws of N e w South Wales were then ​Tf-'S . '. K
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ARRIVALS, n l ' n " f ' m * " ; ' *uh«d.r _ o«„,d*eil4w / ; ,*w April 2. /o 9rA. T h e wood butld.ng. are W O N . « , , , „ , i u c ,eu»r.ll, .
lean sue. In ,** persons w h o lave beer, absent only . &p*nj. Whitinp, Sheep, from do. few days on tlte.r return espres. p!e 88e d ietlhg&l ,«, >ft*-rj ,-«,ro, Laatrjr, Mtecliandfer, from « e b a r t T o * n , ,.nseal he very evident »u»»oceiP«nt jof this flonrishin ftnd rasseit|;ers. but newly.settled town. Adelaide, Merchandise from launceston, About 180 allotments bare been sold here, and the firt '< 1'amar, Shtep, h"om George Tu<vn. hundred in June lS37-U,e eighty lots in November las, , . DEPARTURES. - a n d a.ready more than two hundred buildings £ l o Atjnihi Culler, f.atsnctrsion. ready (or nearly so) for dwelling in. Jndwf , tieorg. T o w n , it. bailait, Ihese f,w Allotments cost the PecpU above &xrn Hentj) do. in ha last, Thousand I'owute.-vhat Colony of Britam can equai ttlM frntrrj, izej Laui ccston, wool, 62 La!a«. for enterprise mid industry. Jetnifiic do. ENGLISH NfcVPS. _ THeSp.BtJti W«n.-Thedeieai ofiSie Hriiish frffion at Andnato
iscalrolaiedto dispuii ilte CiirUtinos, «lio. n-i sil„i„„ a , 0j . - i w r hatried of the Brithl: iroons, arp <juu«. » u 8 r e u) die »eni.es tentietfd b? litem. T h e L e g i m di..pi.Jt .1 gnai bib» t ,y. A ! c n e ., stood the brunt of a supeiinr lorce, and oilow.d iisell io he Cui io W E AIM T O LEAD N O T DRIVE, I itcss. H a d the Spaniarda >l.e»n anj iliing tike anrii aalldoirr lite* W s have seen and had some conversation will, 'u «„,,,•<on!d mil have li»»o had n o * to deplore die |.t«aetue c, ».Vi ( a . m a n lately returned from South Australia. , I B ^ a losin the neiftl hontho-.d ot ibei. capi.al Etei sitting a r pe«, 6 »,, :.t |„ than:,,, Government there have cot a „ „ . l bl citnlnsioii in ftlalnd, end none tun loit-s.e (he n,,f|,oi. T : csiih u m goods and ( m o n g e r s from the vessel, ., ° ptcaili olCailosis not die onls ihmg u,e.idrri. c. ii'(i,.acie*arn«li,«d cf Jt-BOO. and that the charge of w h a r T . f expense of, and -eveial airesis have isken |.|aee o, pa lies <i,»»ei led. Z*. s e OI ua.eigni is lo ailmire on Cnadaifina a.,d die noilhirn <iiain of , ,, ,, _ ,
.iKtnntains which rons wilbin Iwtnlt miiea ol A/oiltid, e.hilt t-.-tji^rg, .1 Melbourne, where as jet nulhing ,,» been done ,n be u k e e po»ses>.loi> nf Toledo, and seenn » flic r. m e of At.dulaua and
Estratnailura. D u n C m l o s and th^ Infante'wiI tnjcfc n., a renin,! e8 - W e respectfully call ,„? L « e Z n of f. r " " "* - j!U«i!;on, MI ssto co-Oj eiale vtidl ellhei a.aij, o i m o . e dlfc'li Jirun «- '.Ins fact. particular., at m u ^ J t ° ° ^ Alatirid, wh 1 n lint orras'i.ti .rT^is. 'J'he ohjeci of the Catltsi* in to per on. who lanu must wade ashore through wafer .nd prevciil die (J.ietn ftfgen! and the bah) W o r i n fiom r e m el-.jr lo mod. „r else pay fc, being c e d .hrou.h if. " II * « . ™ t'aniz. sn tm dot.hi l.o'd Palmeriooti tvouici add |ieiaevere tn tits blind polity, arid coh'inne to i'pttoid a numia^l Bintioii y. l.ttJij « ...ft „ r;, and Constoaently ipu,ed f|„j,h J*J * Cat!o« is not siisjons lo ha-ien mailei• out ol iheirdnacunts* tii3 . i..,,r/7«lnc!i vrant ttt.gh, be remedied i„ one short ^access appear* reitain, an,I )* hus onls so ^neid i.t'si. .1 a t..;.ifi«e month. I wenly ffovvt, servant. „r«r. i . . ,.r some nitu.viai d evenl lu secure it. He «ill lit., <:i|, /. Madrni, ttte 8 le rft d co..ld effect th,.%ery desiralfc end Tie's ' " ' 'I'i he will ittvea, it ; and unltss Lord 1'olnier.i,,,, stud, assistance lo .esparcdlromthe „ork they ar.now ^ ,'Z'JZl die Quetn,lie will enter i> alien, vei lie thinks hi. P O H T L O S L — Li.bon, Sept, 1 9 — II.rib oi u beii lo die dirrnr..^. T h e Q n r . n ha« he. n s.dely ttelivertd of « Hide printe, ha ,<;»...ii( ,, f&i i« our l ounden d„,v a I *„ "J^™ *™ s"b'-'- «e hi» fs'her, and plump as bis m o i her, hc^,,, p,rd origit.dy by oUr7^:, :r^:;:: ^ K C * F T . — T h e Mag.ittti.in oi r, rrmrrre io rnclard is ,, ,-,,ai;. . poweilidly in Kny, i. All In.Miie.s in Alexandria i« at a -lutd.tn". .JrWrd at bis e v p e n c e since A l o n g , , s , , ,' ' d e s t r o y e d w e fear b y l h l boatmen ' i n ' ^ , * £ £ public ronfid.nre annihiai. d Surh is .ihe .coici.y.oi geotl pa1, er iliai large n m u t a n r e s in ,»retie lad b u n le,tr 1> m a d e in Lt'glicia r. nage of .he gonda .,.-,„..,«, ,,.„, the^I ,ch,f * e "ilitsin a liwn, and os ..^e labnr .,t , i • '•"-'toe' and Maiseilles- T h - Pacta «i!! not >elt lii> la-ee M u k »if t o u t * roii.if one ol 00,1'fO bal. i, lor Itss M a n 10 si.d ( n. -e vliij't,' I «.,' - r y Kreat, and can b dor, by " °! ZtZ*
T »hdi 11, bed. ihiiiku of effering j,im rnme ll.a.i eitl t tbolers. 'I |„ „ •••" •«> otne, cipence.w* do t ,,, ,.,,"' '"nt"""">lis.- m i lot n a i,.us5( li, n ,-j, a oion 11, past, tiuiein) ollir fc ai . •„ of'rade is tqn^!| du)!. Sv.1v2aa1.ssn — I h e Fwiss Astaeistion <or do 1'n rnotir;. of Pi b . the master or capiat,, is (V,.r 6u „ nca„fiim^^ [n lie Wellare held ilnir meeting -iliii sea. arfi.mtn. 'II,. toti-.y pioposts III ilteil m- re partit-idatly (he inn»i,.-.imi OIJBI,., p,.i„ , ot en nal imp., n a n re ; itopniar etiiiraiinn, naiit-iisl It dn^i -. st it I.a ben plan ( f relief for lie | om. O n die M.bjeci 11 edntVus t, d,« •r iriy rente to an .msnimens rrsnlmion dial mi etiht-sii...) v.s tf He G.tvrr.tme,,. baye ,,„ p,J,ol, . „„, / ' "^ S si.y value, if i' did nol p n po.e rrt'i^l t., I»t v a i i. n 0i,.i m i p n , ni „j as the ptisnaty objrri td i't p'mieatears. Ztllwt p,r, frt in s?i e;A|i. t. bad sent in a treatise to cot d. .'tin any inn lie rear eon die p a n of G o vernment in WHtieis connn-red vtitli Hie c o n law.. I.ni. , i rtc " » ' ' dibe he a<'m tied the ptcnliar posMi.n of ^stiixtr an.1 nn.le it df-i sb,e io lonu n.ogasuits of Hour a« a jiro,lsHU agani!l (imes of And tl.is too, in a pon, ., here the quarter's cnginfn, and
d u e s (all but h i t * shot i o i £ . O O O ,a« £<i X P E I Q H S I S E S m ^i n o t , — T h e O X Jn,iie« of 11 .r C ' ren% B e n h act ro.litis* lo a"i-ei.l oshge, rtnives annua h Bf ( hristrrjs li.nr s a tls of broad elodi f m m (!(a. tvSell Hall, a"d it.ir'j sit leans of ensloil... Ac, Ac.. .1 |, ,„„ces.0„ ,„d George T0,v„ Tie ..•par. m i si nt. d I.. Inn by Ihr r(l:nrs . n Ihe plen s,,li of Ihe t nun. ou. tola, ... 4 «,«j | fc 3 d , ,„„ .,..,„ ,,, J-'.u. h Puisne .l.tdge .eeises anndally, ac< nrdiiig tc ancieAift.?.?,•.a small silver [.)aie and riclfkru h-aves of tagai, )i.ei- m t d by (bti. ifi"««!. |,„. .p.aka v,,,,,,,,., .„ „:v„„rul lbriI'J , r t o "i. the plea side .if die Court. ^colt,,,,,,,, a h u ,„t r^rfl.ty „|,ich induces H t „ | , . B „ 6 „ . Gl( V B JU;.. I — In I to Qneri.fs Brnc h e.eiy co^n«i I tttin m«l es a motion on die 'a*t (lav of term, wbelbrf ii be an or1^ ,l»lfii«io.nor io tti k»- a role lo sin w rsnse alisoluie, pass 2>. r 0. die fits' m»itir.,j and Is. lor PS' h snertd'og, 'Ihe R.olley is colieclrrl by Mr- Al.'ri.-tce, PS .Ippioy far die fmsier, ens lie hsnds it •>:er to tl-e c'eik of T,,Kt„„„of M, ibonrne „ rapidly ircr. a.irg in popn'alb. jntpnr J.idee. T h e woftpj is tlisirilioied by die Judges iaclia.ils. -.... .i.„ ,.,.,.,,„,„. •!•,„. „ BlI)li , l , , , „ . , ) l * „ . . ; „ ; , , „ In d p Ksihtqnp. ilu motiry is t ollt-t ted bt tie nsb-is, and far the i« 'i : m brick hous.g in „,„,), , ( l n t Cl ,|,ln r u 0 : e ( t iM, • an,, pin post, bai ibp eherce is Is. lot , a- h ftio/ion. K n s s f K . — 1 lie ti'inj.nred death oi Abd-> I Kad'> is enn'rai'irrcd by the last a.'vt^es ft. in Algitts. The t ^nip ol flee'n a li^'1 I'.'tr* stfa.lt.tl by 5,000 l:o:s- raan ol A'l nil's simt, *iu to p.lcs.s.f, t pnlsrd v i h lohs. 'I lie people of 'lifers voold in.i a, ki •*•)»,'re die trt aty, a...( piiil ri tused It. allovt iht Vi^neh io <r*. i s bti. « . A N I i ..Kadi i .'O'.lil" llieiefire be tbligttl ;o go end .v a'n iltj Heals io Ihe p joi'itii. .-• !.l ib*i V sin. e. tifo.eil e I'.iefh ' ,«.** 1st •-• _ %.s-:e« ••«•, el 111- p'ai t. Ifer VtHe K.ssin » a d I* :»ilti#-
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