MELBOURNE (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) July 18.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2188, 26 July 1864, Page 5

MELBOURNE (FROM OUR OWN CORRE SPONDENT) July 18.

Ir T «ai enabled in my ] \st lottei to furnish -\ou \\ ith nnttei df stilling mte'c-t, J im now ilnn st •jt a lo^ to i,i\o 3on .vi-.tlmi'; nKo oi'iuaiy n~wAftei a<-toii,i, we aic told, como-. a cxhn, and \tnlj I m,i> «a} dming the Ixst foit'iiyhc we ha\e been ••ailing, on the miht ]>' icul ot -w itu-, 1> fmo the calmest of lAet/C- Out bank l.ihheis mid nun deiei-. ha\n\!_l>ceu s euicdin irxol iv ufc iv thci tn il, MdliomiiD Ins been Kfc in a st ite nt gentle dubiess without tlio sli_Jite->t bieath ( f .iiuiniti'in to s'ii i--, iin any one dnce ion Ku i tiet;i."t comicb quc-» tmn hi-, been f.l the pi, sent ]ml a nit. mil t!io infant talmoii ,»,■ ]cfc inn j",u led, w lnl > mire pxi ticu 1 u attention hi-- Icon pul to s« illnn^ rid tomtits , to. such i-. the prc'nn.U is.it, on nunn hue now amongst a ctit »'i settion tint the u>pcuancj of (.no of these mtoiashiig lii.il-> is h u!ed with i pji feet delight uul eothiisi.ism P.xiliame-it I'loio^uod unt.l tlie lit }>i«\ , it will jnobilily be ili«soHod. Sn Fiancis Mmp'iy, thcSpid er of tlio Let,iO (ti\o Assenili'y, his left heic fot Auckland, as eiiiinr-. sionci ippointi d by tlio Go' einoi to dctf lnniio, with otlui-> a|i]»(iin l el b\ the C!o\einois of Xe\, AVaici nnd T imii mi i, upon tne cijntal oF New Zexlind Sn l'l uioii \wlol his co »>-titiionfc-> bjfoip lew mg I have al->o to tell of at oth^i di_]uitu.c foi join city on a mission |c li vpi, is (jiute a^ nu poitant mit-.'uav i\fr l J itin,'n. llil;cciiis, i nlw \y coniiactoi, lias li ■<> cd tbe sr.is with the intention of tendeiai^ foi the c (Distinction of the Auckland and Duuy lt.nlnay In i<-fci 'iic. to t'u, moiU, the ])Cojile beie vhu take an lnlcie^tin such mittcis lia,\e been kept <[iute m the (Ink, and I think that it would lmc been bcttc i hid ~ome ])iitic.ulai^ been given as to the dcciintion of ciiiutiy, l^tls, mil woiks lequucd Had this been done thcie would, uiidouljtei.ll), li ue been yicitoi c nnpclition, as we ha\e n. gicat )n\ny tnleipns'iit; men in this colony who niijdit lino bi,cii uidncL I to tcndei had pioimucm.clH.cn [;i\en to the m it^ci On 'ihitisday la^t tba \edmi.iti-ation Society held then second dinnei, at fjcott s Hotel, and it was veiy successful His Excellency .Sn Cliailes ThiiLm; is foi himself golden opinions cveiywhcie ThJ itlic'ilvj lie 10 lo out twenty miles to lay the fonndition stone of a chinch at Dandenonjr, and then ittondocl the Acclimatisation .Society-, dninci on the following evening. I heai that S.i William Wiscinin is 501115 to pay xii a \ isit heic 111 the ' Cmagoi ' As 3'ct he li is not been t i this poitiou ot his sta'ion I undei^taml that i\[ajoi Heibeib, (J 1> . who foimeilj commanded the volunteer it T.iranaUi, is at pioent 111 this colonj-, .and tlicic is somctilk of his obtaining an appointment on the ■wd mteei stat> We lia\e now only one theatie open in tie tity 111 place of thiee Tlio o\ ci x season having been brought to a close at the Hayni.ukel that house has. Ken closed pi c\ ions to extensive altci itions being made. B.nlow has been qi\in« his cntti tainmtiit at the Piincess's, and is now peifoimmg 111 (ho sub mban distiicts, so that Mi. Kany Sullivan has the field all to himself Mi^s- Emma Neville his been engaged, and made hei fiisl ajipcaianco on Nitinri.iy night in ' 'Jhe Little 'lioasiiio/' and was tolci ably successful I lcjoice to sec that tlie AuclJand Cbambei of Comni'ice lias taUen up the question of dnect stcuri cnmmunic.i.ti.>n -nilh Melbourne 111 light eainesb, as it is a m.ittu which afh'ctstho Auckland mtie'ia. its in a ma'inei inn, edneelly th m the incicaiiti'epoi ion o£ this colony It is to than a question of the highest nnpoitinco tint they should obtain then mails and lnfoim ition by tlie shoi test 1 onto, -\ luoh is decidedly I>3 wiy of Melbourne instead of Sjdncv, but some gioiloi facilities foi slnpjiing inu-,t be xffmded 111 j'oiii liailjoui befoie tl'is c wi be caiaedout as at ])iescnt jnoiioi whuf accommoda'ion is the nihng complaint 'I lie ' Claud Hamilton' sails hjm hence iv a few days foi Auckland, and the lnteiun.diaie poits, and by hti will piocecd anothci batch of wi\<-s and families of militiamen stationed 111 Tuanaki Me^sis Woolley and Co alvoicise auothei ye scion the boilh foi Ancl<Und on the 10th, and the schoonoi ' Kuiny' is announced to sail foi the same poit 111 a fe» d.ij s Winino m.ilk'is- aie at piesonL i.ithei dull. S'.nie of tlie limited liability eompanits ai c doing w ell, and paying good dividends lo te sh ueh ddli-. At Wood's Pt.int, the new 151 Doiado business is quiet, but with the letmn of f-pung it is expected that matteis will bomoic bn-,k m this locality.

Mr E. Bowling lms had the honour of submitting his portrait of Ins llnyal Ili^hnosi the Prince of Wales, which he ha» [minted foi the Government o£ Tasmania.