The New zealand Herald SPECTEMUR AGENDO. AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1864. SYDNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 252, 2 September 1864, Page 4

The New zealand Herald SPECTEMUR AGENDO.

AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1864. SYDNEY.

Givo every man thine ear, but few thy voico: Take cnoh ninn\s censure, but reserve thy judgment, This above all, —To thine ounsclf bo true; And it must follow, us the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."

13V tlio ' Day Dawn,' wliicli arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Sydney, we are placed in possession of Sydney news to 1 lie 2-i-tli, anil oi'Melbourne papers to the .191 h nit. The market reports ami telegrams will be found elsewhere.

Flour, it will be seen, is lower even than it was at our previous dales to the 17th. and may be quoted now tor best brands at from ,C.17 to £19.

Qhero has been, we regret to say, a recurrence of those fearful Hoods which have already devastated so fair a portion of New South Wales. 'The Macleay river had overflowed its banks and had swept before it the property and produce of a whole district.

r J he following is a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. "Warne of Warneton, to a member of the Sydney bench, describing the devastation and ruin in his vicinity.

"Warneton, j\tigust, ]tiG4. My dear—, —A frightful rhnnge has come over Hi is oiiiv j)i'o.'-|)C') , otif part, of (]ie rivi'i*. Tlic (lootl lias s\vrj>t. away vxk'l'x house ;iml bnm on I}i<• (':il]ilinu jiroj'i rl v, ar.tl .-omc on l'tuijl;;i, ancl even tiling betwecn here and Hi'ljiruve. j liad to semi a sledge with a I >c-:t 1 011 'J morning to r(>cue \our tenants at 1 i m-rowell ; even tliiiifr is destroyed tl'iere. I liere 111 e inure than LM;O men, uoinen, uiul eliildren look ill" to liie lor bedding, {'lotliiii<x. and ibotl, Kone ot 1 have saved evin a blanket, or anything hut wliiU they j-iand upright in: of course, they liave neither nu nev nor property. J have only one ton of Hour in the .-tori'. 1 have given nwav all my blankets and rugs, f-cnie of the foinier oti my bed. Could von not interiere on behalf of the Government., and order supplies lor this starving; population —ttarving from hunger and cold. 'the s.s. Kaiitilus and her punt, with (he Wary, are stranded 011 tlie mainland opposite my p'aee. a Beene of dewistation never was seen. Yours in haste,

AVAKNK, 'lho Hinder litis also again Veen Hooded and a amount of damage lias been experienced 1 y 1 lie settlers. It is r.inui-ino Io j'i i;di lieu 11.31 :< i,l sci, mat - tors passing in our midst made by southern journals. 'I lie tollowiiiir front a Taranaki correspondent to the, JJitnctlni 'J\mcs, has found its way into the Sydney papers. The colonial journals should look with suspicion on such ■morccair.r. "What could an obscure individual in Taranaki know of such a matterr and are there not: opposition journals in the South who are only too anxious to procure such information. AVe need scarcely assure <uir readers lliat we know the rumour, as it is called, to he entirely without foundation, in laci a hoax, an understood thine; between editor anil correspondent—the object—io be copied into home and colonial papers. The letter containing the canard is dated .luly 2Sth ; the General is still h\ A m-lilaiul Should rumour lie correct in her surmises, this may be the laM letter void of of interesting incident, that 1 shall tor tome time Juivc to fotward you. It is reported that General Cameron, villi reinforcements, will arrive in Taranaki during the ensuing week. 'Ihis may be the ense, provided the disturbance between the Governor and his Ministers does not cheek proceedings. 'J.lie report here is to the effect thai fair George Grey had sent ibr the Ministers, to whom he presented the conditions of peace to be uilcred to the unlives. They at once refused to ratify them, on which Sir George Grey cot-lly Mated that lie was about to leave Auckland ior three davs, when on his ictuin, if Ministers still persisted to oppose Ins wishes. iL was his intention oi at onee "sending home iour regiments. _-Ul this quibbling tends not only to disturb the native mind, but to cheek all endeavours thai might be made by the settlers towards re-establishing l heni.-elves on their farms. Of native news there is little or none to relate. The expected Maori king has not yet arrived on Ins visit io 'William King.

(ircut el!'nrts ;ire being tiKule to Ikt Men Jlall. but us vet without tuuvess. The •M.'iivngu c;iri't's|Kfiult'iil. off he .}?;.« C'vurier, writing on tlie I.'itli nil, .s;iys :—

I'or li e hist, lew weeks the police have kept well on the tracksoi, and thereby much harrasscd, this scoumirct. i hear that, he is getting highly exasperated from the way that, some of his choicest camping places are being beaten up. jlis scouts have now plenty to do. llail swears thai some one must have

1 come it.' on him. lie hlamcs Pat sy U'M alcy, consequently he has threatened to pistol liim tlie ih'st opportunity. J«"or myself, I don't, believe that, I'atsy is tlie informer ; the sole reason for tliis suspicion of Hall s being that ever since .lohu O'Alaley was shot dead by iM r. Campbell, his brother l'alsy bus conducted himself—particularly in ail bushranging associations— in tiie most circumspect, manner, and it. is a hard case for a young man, when trying his best to become a rcs-cclable member of society to be threatened and perhaps seriously injured, if not i illed, by an irreclaimable, rullian, who ought, to have been tiihbeUcd long since. There are many (juict parts of New South \\ ales front which two or three mounted police could easily be spared, and there is no pari of til;) colony where they would have a better chance of distinguishing themselves ami benefiting the public tli in in tlie bush and on tlie roads around (irogan. I'csides, as it is well known that, licit Hall lias only on • area of operat ions, it would he good generalship on the part, of tbe Colonial Secretary to condense his forces therein ; which area, as f once before remarked, may be compared to a triangle, having Marengo as the centre, Yass the. apex, and l'"orbes and fiat hurst the extremities of its base.

.My way of .Sydney we liavc Melbourne papers to the and Tasinauiau Id the tlu: 20th.

From the Argux of the 19th, we lake tho following— W r e 1-cgrct to have to record the death yesterday, at St. Iviida, of Dr. S. A. Patterson, late of 11.M.C.5.

' Victoria.' Ihe deceased gentleman served with the ship with credit in the New Zealand -war, and iu the expedition to the Gulf ol' Carpentaria. .Roberts, the great billiard player, had been beaten at Ballaarat. It must be remembered, however, that lie gave his opponent 500 out of LOOO. The following account of the liiateh is from the Argus : —

Huberts made his ilehut at Ballaurat. on Wednesday. 'J lie attendance was very large and select. "• t ho champion allowed Mr. Wright GOO out of 1000; lull 1 Ills," says the «S'far, '• seemed to afford but little hope even to his admirers and supporters, if any, thai lie could successfully weather the contest, and in the height, of speculation long odds were oliered in favor of the champion. For the lirst quarter of ail hour the play was very even, and neither player seemed to gain much advantage over the other. Wright was remarkably steady and cool, and played well accordingly. The champion did not, apparently, attempt to exhibit any of his great hits; but at length, as if warming up to the game, he struct out with greater force, every hit telling upon the score ; ami at the expiration of the first half-hour he

had made 11G points against forty-one iy liis opponent. At an hour after starting Roberts had mauc 285 points against ninety-three by Wriglit, and at half-past nine o'clock the numbers were 387 and 718. Alter this AVright improved his play considerably, and made si inc very tine strokes. 'J.he champion kept playing stcuitily and gaining at every break; but. it was not till ten o'clock, two hours alter starling, that lie reached 500 points, Wright thin having made 240, the game standing 7-H) to 500. At this stage there was an adjournment of ten minutes for refreshment. Oil tlie game being resumed, Wright played with considerably more success, and at every stroke gained ground ; in fact, for some lime lie continued running up his score with little or no intermission, amidst loud applause. 'Ihe champion's previous good luck seemed to have deserted him, and, though making good strokes, lie was being gradually overhauled. The play confinucd thus for some time ; and ill proportion as Wright's score increased, the greater became the excitement, for the game seemed all his own ; and ftt half-past, eleven o'clock he had 95G points against 7!) I-. ltoberts here made a break of 50 points, but ill-luck afterwards set in against him, and his plucky adversary was 'gradually increasing his score, until at length, having remhed JJiJO- he concluded the 1(100 without dropping his cue, Roberts's score then being 870. The game was concluded at a quarter to twelve o'clock, and Wright was loudly applauded. He certainly throughout the game played with great skill, and conquering Roberts by 124 points, has more tliau sustained his reputation as u first-class player."