VICTORIA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 377, 6 March 1863, Page 6

VICTORIA.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Melbourne, February 26th,

Tho Registration Act has been the occasion of one or two disgraceful scenes in the Assembly. The Ministry brought in the measure with a view to amend the inconsistencies 01 the present act. and whilst giving every man a vote, provide against that system of personation so prevalent at tho lust general election. The opposition thought the bill was a direct thrust at .manhood suffrage, and carried onsneh a system of opposition during the first night of the bill in committee1, that the house did not rise till early next morning. Strangers were compelled to withdraw, and the scene that followed beggars description. This bill has however, gone on safely,and is almost through committee, great progress having been made lust night. One clause deserves notice.

Ny elector may obtain a right to vote if three months resident in any district, on application 8 days before iin election. 'This'was altered most unaccountably on Mr Henles' suggestion to 2 days, and as a matter of course the1 Ministry acquiesced in this to them* so desirable object. The result will be a.greater .premium than ever to : perjury and personation. Cbstelio and his clique will only require in future to apply to the Registrar two days previous to any election, for a ri^ht to vote, and say they have been resident three months. They will then, by telling, this lie become loyally entitled to yotu, and can turn any elect'on much easier than before, as. who i.s prove they were not resilient in aiiy large thinly scattered district to which they way have gone in numbers purely to return a nominee of any particular paity. '.■"..'■

The Assembly hitve sent home a remonstrance against transportation being'restimsd to auy part of the Australian colonies.

The boat race for LlOo a side, ami (hi championship uf Victoria, to which I alluded in my lust, came (iff <n Saturday, hud ended, alter n gallant stniKgie iv the victory of the Sydncv man M'G'rath. who "■distanced his opponent, Ralph by nbout two lengths • Thy defeat of Katah completely surprised the Victorians,"and-it considerable sum of-money changed I.ancU on ucoomit of it. ' :..-..■, ' •■ ':■■ :' ;"•■."-. .- • ■ ■■

Clio H.M.S. SLt.lras left here on Tue'sdiy with the hornewiud mails, and the officers saved from the ill-fated Oipheu*. In various quarters a subscription is now t;oiii£ on for the relief of the widows and children of those who perished in the unfortunate vessel. ■.-.-...'•

So; far as I can learn nothingl" further has been done;with the damaged tea, ex Kats Hooper, to which I before■ alhidfad." "' It has not yet been taken out of bond, and there is every reason to balieve that the individual who bought it, finds by this time that lie has been rather too close, and overshot ' his '•'mark. I)r Jfacadam has' examined it; anil in his reports states that in addition.to its'being damaged by sea-water, it is impregnated with opium and other .deleterious compounds, "ho its'to make it alt -gethcr unfit—in fact highly injurious' for consumption. It i? more than probable that as the purchaser of this tea has been so completely .checkmated here, he will endeavor to ship it off to another port, where the health authorities are not So active, or the public not so careful as to what they drink.

The frequency of fires of late has ''caused 'many ofonr insurance Computes to feel very uneasy. In spite of die most rigorous examinations\bf proposals, ; and the rejection of all. hazardous risks, the profits of some of them are reduced to nil, and in one instance at least there has been a. swinging balance oil the wrong side of; the ledger. The. companies' ■seem to' think that the only wav to remedy this state of things, is to increase .the rate of pveniinm, and I believe they have all agreed to sink the' eonipetition as regards rates, and for the fiiture have one uniform scale, and which will oe considerably higher than hitherto. The majority of tradesmen and householders are considerably annoyed at tho 'course tha companies have taken, and a meeting has been held lo protest atruinst it ; but, owing to the paucity of the attendance, nothing of consequence was done. If the companies'should persist in altering the rates, I there v.nild be ii line field for aii independent company to start ; but thcrti is little doubt' that the ieast .signs"of. such a- thing taking place j womUI stiffiea to break up the confederacy.

Two or three eases in our Criminal Courts have been cxci ting a considerable degree ofintertsst from the parties having- moved in very respectable society. One has been that of William Watts,, of Geelong, formerly an auctioneer, and a very old and well-known resident. ' lie iias been living of late in Dnncdin, and is, ; no doubt, well known to many of its inhabitants. The churge brought against him was that of fraudulent insolvency.' and, after a careful trial, lasting nearly the whole of the day, tlie evidence was found too strong against him to be rebutted, and the jury, after half an hour's consultation found him Guilty, ami he was sentenced two years' imprisonment. Watts .was almost paralysed When lie heard his sentence, and ■he had to be supported from the dock. Hiswife, recently confined, and children are, I am told, altogether unprovided for. Another has been that of a squatter named M'Dean, residing at Woorooma. who was tried for perjury tinder'the following circumstances:-—Some time since he engaged one Cumeron as station-keeper at a certain rate of wages. < In a civil trial at the Supreme Court last November he swore that lie never agreed to pay this sum—.£3oo a-jear—but only half ths amount. The. evidence was very conflicting, and though the Judge evidently leaned towards M"Bean's side; the" jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence will be passed upon him this morning. A third case has been that of one of the under-masters of the Church bt England Grammar School, who 'has baen. caught in the very act of rifling the pockets of his friends at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Considerable .losses had been sustained for some time past by the members of the club, and at last it was decided to set a detective to work. He secreted himself in the building, observed the schoolmaster at his handiwork, and then pounced upon him,' He has been committed ior trial. The celebrated criminal libel case of. Ilanify v. O'Farrell comes on to-day. From the standing of the defendant, the trial is exciting gn&t interest.

The Sydney team have refused the challenge s™t to them a few days.since, and u!l hope now of a fair and decisive install- is now done away with. They ignore, the telegram'sent by Gilbert, uiul consider that it was altogether unauthorised. A great deal of unary correspondence Ims passed between ihe cricketers, and lias also appeared in print; ifa mutch cannot' bt.- contested without: these unseemly disputes, it. is to bo wished that; another may never take pUice—und it is highly probable thitt another will not for some length of,. time. Mr Coppin has now returned to the stage for Rood, ami appears nightly for the present. AC the Haymiu-ket Theatre, where, in conjunction with the' Lancashire IJelhinscTs, lie draws very good houses. His Crcniorne Gaidens are in the market, but I have not heanl whether the purchaser has yet been found. Tlie Christy's Minstrels still continue at' the Theatre Royal, ami enjoy a iarjre ntoomit of tins public favor, by whom their buffoonery seems to be highly rclMicil. The Princess" is not so well | patronised as ilurinjx the. last season. At present the "Idiot ot the Mountain" is being performed' there, and though n dr.una abounding i" sensational scenery, it doss not appu.ir to bu duly uj>- ] preeiateil hy'tho theatre-going public. Dr. h. L. , Smith's Polytechnic has come to an untimely1 ctl( i—at any rate for the present —on account of— according to this Doctor's statement—the hostility manifested to it by a portion of the Melbourne press. This Melbourne Philharmonic Society give their concert of the season next Tuesjlny, when the " Creaton" will be performed. The members have been workinir most assiduously at. it tor some time past, &ud there is iitllo doubt but that the performance will shew the fruits of their labor.

Among the improvements that are c<)ing on in die neighboroood of Melbourne, is the erection of a commodious bridge over the S.iltwuter River, connecting that hitherto ungat-tit-ulilo village. FootscravJ with the metropolis. Tlie formal opsuiug will ttike place next Saturday, when the Governor has promised to t;iku part in the ceremony. A regatta and other sports will conclude the day's proceedings.

But a short time sinuo our country.friends" were complaining'of'the. excessive heat and drought:. Now, in some parts of the colony, particularly; in Gipps Lind, (where the effects of the bush tires were most severely felt) a gveat change has taken place, and the property left by the fires has in a. great measure - been destroyed by water ; serious'floods baying taken place there, and a considerable amount of ■■ damage uone. Such an occurrence is very.uuusual at this early season of the year. ' <■ "• ....„..., ,■. . ■■■ .

Owirigto the plentiful downfalof rain, accounts from the various gold fields sini much more favorable than they have been lately. The I/ihilaborough field is looking up ngain.'sorne goo I finds have been coma across in the neighbourhood.'' In tliy vicinity ot Dano'ly sc\crui nuggets hue lieon found, and imiiiii'; operations .ire bung earned on with ren-wcil vigour. Two of tiio companies at Uutherglen vie doing veil, .m.l li.ive beau p.iMiig good dividends.. Tlvj floods in Gippi land have seiiously incommoded the miners, and s-übjectid tliern to gic.it loss ami it will be -ome little time bufore mining operations can bj H'sumeJ. An enterprising ltulividuil of tic name of All.m h.is been prospecting m the v-ild country louml C.ipe Otw-.i/. Thoii'h on his fiit.t torn succLSsiul in finding p>M. lie ius not been *o fDiciinatt: on In- second journey, ana has rotuincd to Wair.n.nbool without lieiiig able to find gold in a payable quantity. The"ALclim.iti/.ition Society rre very b'isilv at work in their li-sptuive sphcie , .md cveiv tiesli ship brings some usoiul ani.ii.il to Melbourne. In their fresiilent, Mr K. Wil,ou, iln-y h.ivp ft most iiidtl.itig.ible l.ibJincr, who loses nil oppoituiutv of toi w.irtlni" .Lintliinp. wliptniT bird, bi'.ist, mbect, or fish to tlu- Society. The L'tjurian lues lccontlv senv. by linn .uv il'.nnj well, ati.l bef.iic !o i<? th'eii nnmbuis will be vuiv much inultijilu-il The llo^.il I'.uk begins to pliant q me an atti.wtive apptf.iiiiiu1". and theii-1 i no pl.nu m the via ntv of Melbourne wlmro an hour iouM lie moic piofir.ilily spent. Tuc nay in w|ii"b the diffifiunt uinnil'i .ire loii^cu mill t.ike'i cue oi reflects great credit on the oHi'-ors of'tiiu So«oty. __

A Cruel Trick—Mrs Hornor, a widow lady, who was a teacher of dancing has been cruelly tricked out of her little fortune by a treacherous friend. Her husband, just before his death, in 1856, gave her some American bonds, worth, as he thought, about. L3,000, to be realised for her future subsistence. She took them to Mr Luff the elder, a piano-forte dealer in Great Russell-street, whom she had known for some years before. He sold them for L2,300, or more, but never handed over that sum to her. He gave her a L50 note while her husband was on his deathbed, and at the same time, in the presence of his sonMr George Armstrong Luff, a parcel was put into her hands, which may or may not have contained the rest of, the money ; for she did not open it, but left it with old Mr Luff, at his desire, "for fear she might lose so large-a sum." After this, her husband's relatives claimed the bonds as theirs, and brought a Chancery suit against her. Old Mr Luff, by whom she was ruled in all things, introduced her to his attorney, and she was persuaded to go to Brussels, escorted by young Mr Luff in order that the Chancery suit might be compromised by Mr Luff's paying for her L500. But the old man still delayed putting, her in possession of the value of her property, and, being a widower, deluded her with proposals of marriage, which she accepted, having already lost two husbands ; but he found various excuses for not fulfilling,any of the promises he had made her. At that time (1858) he formed an irregular connection with another woman, with whom he afterwards went to live on the Continent. Before leaving this country, however, as Mrs Horner pressed him for her money, he assigned all his stock and goods in Great Russell-street to his son. The son had been in partnership with the father till February, 1860, when they executed a deed of dissolution of partnership, transferring the whole to the son. The question now for trial was as to the validity of this deed. Mrs Hornor having sued old Luff, and got judgment by default for Ll ',160, some of the goods in the shop, to the value of L600, were seized, and sold in execution of that judgment. Mr G. A. Luff, the son, now brought an action of "interpleader,"; alleging that, as the goods belonged to him, and not to his father, they had been seized in; error. It was alleged on her side, that the dissolution of partnership was a mere sham and juggle to defeat her claim. Mr Justice Crompton, who tried the case, observed that, if the transfer was really meant to take effect, though with the object of defrauding a creditor, it was valid in Iaw. This was the sole question for the jury, however they might sympathise with the poor lady who had been so infamously treated by old Mr Luff. As the evidence rather tended to show that the transfer had really taken place, it might be best for Mrs Hornor's interests to compromise this action, as between her and the son. This was agreed to, each party taking L300, but without prejudice to any further proceedings she may take against the father, or any claim of her's upon moneys belonging to old Mr Luff in young Mr Luff's hands.— Albion.

.Discoveries at Suez—The excavarions in the canal, it is said, have led to the discovery at Gizeh of a religious edifice as large as the Louvre, and which must have been constructed more than 5,000 years ago. At Karuack, also, a temple, the circle of which is stated to be four kilometres (two and a half miles), luis been dfieovcred, andaaotlier at Edfou containing twenty saloons. The walls of the letter edifices are decorated with sculptures,', hieroglyphic, and piiritiiigs still fre«h. They must be exceedingly iuterebtiiig and impoi-tantj bat nothing is sA>X as to their nature. — BuilUeri

LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET. By the Author of "Lady Lisle," "Aurora Floyd," &c. (From the Sixpenny Magazine.) CHAPTER. XXVI. (Continued.) SO FAR AND NO FARTHER The square parlour into which Robert was ushered bore in every scrap of ornament, in every article of furniture, the unmistakeable stump of that species of poverty which is most comfortless because it is never stationary. The mechanic who furnished his tiny room with half-a-dozen cane chairs, a Pembroke table, a Dutch clock, a tiny lookingglass, a crockery shepherd and shepherdess, and a set of gaudy-japanned iron tea-trays, makes the most of his limited possessions, and generally contrives to get some degree of camfort out, of them ; but the lady who loses the handsome furniture of the house she is compelled to abandon and encamps in some smaller habitation with the shabby remainder —bought in by some merciful friend at the sale of her effects—carries with her an aspect of genteel desolation and tawdry misery not easily to be parallelled in wretchedness by any other phase which poverty can assume.

The room which Robert Audley surveyed was furnished with the shabbier scraps snatched from the ruin which had overtaken the imprudent school mistress in Crescent Villas A cottage piano, a cheffonier six sizes too large for the room, and dismally gorgeous in gilded mouldings that were chipped and broken : a slim-legged card table, placed in the post of honor, formed the principal pieces of furniture. A threadbare patch ol Brussels carpet covered the centre of the room, and formed an oasis of roses and lilies upon a desert of shabby green drugget. Knitted curtains shaded the windows, in which hung wire baskets of horrible looking plants of the cactus species, that grew, downwards, like some demented class of vegetation, whose prickly and spider-like members had a fancy for standing on their heads. The green-baize covered card table was adorned with gaudily bound annuals or books of beauty placed at right angles; but Robert Audley did not avail himself of these literary distractions. He seated himself upon one of the rickety chairs and waited patiently for the advent of the schoolmistress. He could hear the hum of half-a-dozen voices in the room near him, and the jingling harmonies of a set of variations to De Conte, upon : a piano, whose every wire was evidently in the last stage of attenuation.

He had waited for about a quarter of an hour, when the door was opened, and a lady, very much dressed, and with the setting sunlight of faded beauty upon her face, entered the room.

" Mr Audley, I presume," she said, motioning to Robert to reseat himself, and placing herself in an easy-chair opposite, to him " You will pardon me, I hope for detaining you so long; my duties--" "It is I who should apologise for intruding upon you," Robert answered, politely; "but my motive for calling upon you is a very serious one, and must plead my excuse. You remember the lady whose name I wrote upon my card ?" "Perfectly." "May I ask how much you know of that lady's history since her departure from your house '" "Very little. In a point of fact, scarcely anything at all. Miss Graham, I believe, obtained a situation in the family of a surgeon resident in Essex. Indeed, it was I who recommended her to that gentleman. I have never heard from her since she left me." " But you have communicated with her?" Robert asked, eagerly. "No, indeed." Mr .Audley was silent for a few moments, the shadow of gloomy thoughts gathering darkly on his face. ''May l ask if you sent a telegraphic despatch to Miss Graham early in last September, stating that you were dangerously ill, and that you wished to see her ?" '"Mrs Vincent smiled at her visitor's question. "I had no occasion to send such a message," she said, "I have never been seriously ill in my life." Robert Audley paused before he asked any farther questions, and scrawled a few pencilled words in his note-book. .

" If I ask you a few straightforward questions about Miss Lucy Graham, madam," he said, " will you do me the favour to answer them without asking my motive in making such inquiries ?" "Most certainly," replied Mrs Vincent. " I know nothing to Miss Graham's disadvantage, and have no justification for making a mystery of the little I do know."

"Then will you tell me at what date , the young lady first came to you?" Mrs Vincent smiled and shook her head. She had a pretty smile—the frank smile of a woman who has been admired, and who has too long felt the certainty of being able, to please, to be utterly subjugated, by any worldly misfortune.

" It's not the least use to ask me, Mr Audley." she said. " I'm the most careless creature in the world; I never did, and never could remember dates, though I do all in my power to impress upon my girls how important it is for their future welfare that they, should know when William the Conqueror began to reign, and all that kind of thing. But I haven't the remotest idea when Miss Graham came to me althoughI know it was ages ago, for it was the very summer I had my peach-colored silk. But we must consult Tonks—Tonks is sure to be right."' Robert Audley wondered who or what Tonks could be; a diary, perhaps, or a memorandum-book-some obscure rival, of Letsome.

Mrs Vincent rang the bell, which was answered by the maid-servant who had admitted Robert.

"Ask Miss Tonks to come to me," she said "I want to see her particularly."

in less than five minutes Miss Tonks made her appearance. She was wintry and rather frostbitten in aspect, and seemed to bring cold air in the scanty folds of her sombre merino dress. She was no age in particular, and looked as if she had never been much younger and would never grow older, but would remain working backwards and forward in her narrow groove, like some self-feeding machine for the instruction of young ladies.

"Tonks, my dear." said Mrs Vincent, without ceremony, " this gentleman is a relative of Miss Grraham's. Do you remember how long it is since she came to us at Crescent Villas ?"

"She came in August, 1854," answered Miss Tonks; "I think it was the eighteenth of August, but I am not quite sure that it wasn't the seventeenth. I know it was on a Tuesday." " Think you, Tonks ; you are a most invaluable darling," exclaimed Mrs Vincent with her sweetest smile. It was perhaps because of the invaluable nature of Miss Tonk's services that she had received no remuneration whatever from her employer for the last three or four years. Mrs Vincent might have hesitated to pay her, from very contempt for the pitiful nature of the stipend as compared with the merits of the teacher.

"Is there anything else that Tonks or I can

tell you, Mr Audley?" asked the schoolmistress. " Tonks has a far better memory than I have."

" Can yon tell me where Miss Graham came from when she entered your household ?" Robert inquired. "Not very precisely," answered 'Mrs Vincent. "I have a vague notion that Miss Graham said something about coming from the sea side, but she did'nt say where, or if she did I have forgotten it. Tonks, did Miss Graham tell you where she came from ?" "Oh, no! " replied Miss Tonks, shaking her grim little head significantly. "Miss Graham told me nothing; she was too clever for that. She knew how to keep her own secrets, in spite of her innocent ways, and curly hair," Miss Tonks added spitefully.

" You think she had secrets, then ? " Robert asked, rather eagerly." "I know she had," replied Miss Tonks, with frosty decision ; " all manner of secrets. I would'nt have engaged such a person as junior teacher in a respectable school, without so much as one word of recommendation from any living creature."

"You had no reference, then, from Miss Graham?" asked Robert, addressing Mrs Vincent.

"No,"' the lady answered, with some little embarrassment; "I waived that. Miss Graham waived the question of salary; I could not do less than waive the question of reference. She had quarrelled with her papa, she told me, and she wanted to find a home away from all the people she had ever known. she wished to keep herself quite separate from these people. She had endured so much, she said, young as she was, and she wanted to escape from her troubles. How could I press her for a reference under these circumstances? especially when I saw that she was a perfect lady. You know that Lucy Graham was a perfect lady, Tonks, and it is very unkind of you to say such cruel things about my taking her without a reference." '

" When people make favourites they are apt to be deceived by them," Miss Tonks answered, with icy sententiousness, and with no very, perceptible relevance to the point in discussion.

"I never made her a favorite, you jealous Tonks," Mrs Vincent answered, reproachfully. "I never said she was as useful as you, dear. You know I never did."

" Oh, no!" replied Miss Tonks, with a chilling accent, "you never said she was useful. She was only ornamental; a person, to be shown off to visitors, and to play fantasias on the drawing-room piano." "Then you can give me no clue to Miss Graham's previous history?" Robert asked, looking from the schoolmistress to her teacher. He saw very clearly that Miss" Tonks bore an envious grudge against Lucy Graham—a grudge, which even the lapse of time had not healed.

'"If this woman knows anything to my lady's detriment, she will tell it," he thought. " She will tell it only too willingly."

But Miss Tonks appeared to know nothing whatever; except that Miss Graham had sometimes declared herself an ill-used creature, deceived by the baseness of mankind, and the victim of unmerited sufferings, in the way of poverty and deprivation. Beyond this; Miss Tonks could tell nothing ; and although she made the most of what she did know, Robert very soon sounded the depth of her small stock of information.

"I have only one more question to ask," he said at laat. "It is this. Did Miss Graham leave any books or knicknacks, or any kind of property whatever, behind her, when she left your establishment?" "Not to my knowledge," Mrs Vincent replied. " Yes," cried Miss Tonks, sharply. " She did leave something. She left a box. It's upstairs in my room. I've got an old bonnet in it. Would you like to see the box?" she asked, addressing Robert.

" If you will be so good as to allow me, he answered,."I should very much like to see it."

"I'll fetch it down," said Miss Tonks. "It's not very big."

She ran out of the room before Mr Audley had time to utter any polite remonstrance. "How pitiless these women are to each other," he thought, while the teacher was absent. " This one knows intuitively that there is some danger to the other lurking beneath my questions. She sniffs the coming trouble to her fellow female creature, and rejoices in it, and would take any pains to help me. What a world it is, and how these women take life out of her hands.. Helen Maldon, Lady Audley, Clara Talboy's, and now Miss Tonks—all womenkind from beginning to end." Miss Tonks re-entered while the young barrister was meditating upon the infamy of her sex. She carried a dilapidated papercovered bonnet-box, which she submitted to Robert's inspection. Mr Audley knelt down to examine the scraps of railway labels and addresses which were pasted here and there upon the box. It had been battered upon a great many different lines of railway, and had evidently travelled considerably. Many of the labels had been torn off, but fragments of some of them re-, mained, and upon one yellow scrap of paper Robert read the letters TURI. " " The box has been to Italy," he thought. "Those are the first four letters of the wordTurin, and the label is a foreign one." The only direction which had not been either deii.'ced or torn away was the last, which bare the name of Miss Graham, passenger to London. Looking very closely at this label, Mr Audley discovered that it had been-pasted over another. " Will you be so good as to let me have a little water and a piece of sponge?" he said, I want, to get off this upper label. Believe me that I am justified in what I am doing." Miss Tonks ran out of the room, and re-, turned immediately with a basin of water and a sponge. " Shall I take off the label ?" she asked. " No, thank you," Robert answered, coldly. " I can-do it very well myself." He damped the upper label several times before he could loosen the edges of the paper; but after two or three careful attempts the moistened surface peeled off, without injury to the underneath address. Miss Tanks could not contrive to read the address across Robert's shoulder, though she exhibited considerable dexterity in her endeavours to accomplish that object. Mr Audley repeated his operations upon the lower label, which he removed from the box and placed very carefully between two blank leaves of his pocket-book. " I need intrude upon you no longer. ladies,' he said, when he had done this. "I am extremely obliged to you for having afforded me all the information in your power. I wish you good morning" Mrs Vincent smiled and bowed, murmuring some complacent conventionality about the delight she had felt in Mr Audley's visit. Miss Tonks, more observant, stared at the white change which had come over the young , man's face, since he had removed the, upper label from the box. Robert walked slowly from Acacia Cottage. " If that which I have found to day is no evidence for a jury," he thought, it is surely euough to convince my uncle that he has married a designing and infamous woman." To be continued.

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE

We publish for general information; the New Rate of Postage in force from and after April 1, 1863 :— NEW ZEALAND, RATES OF POSTAGE CHARGEABLE ON LETTERS, NEWPAPERS, AND BOOKPACKETS POSTED IN THE COLONY. LETTERS. —INLAND LETTERS Not exceeding 1/2 oz ... ... .. ... 2d Exceeding 1/2 oz., and not exceeding 1oz. ... 4d " 1 oz., ,, ,, 2oz. ... 8d And so on, increasing fourpence for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 2.—To the United Kingdom. By Southampton or by direct ship— Not exceeding 1/2 oz.. . . .. 6d Kxceodina i oz.. and not exceeding 1 oz. ... Is. „ loz., „ . 2oz. ... 2s. so on, increasing one shilling1 forevery additional ounce or fraction of an ouuee. By Marseilles— Not exceeding .J 0z... .. .• •« 9<J« Exceeding j oz., and not exceeding i oz. ... Is. i „ Adz., „ „ j}oz.. Is. 9d. „ 4 oz., „ „ 1 oz. ... 2s. v And so on, being an addition to the ordinary postage : at the rate of threepence per quarter ounce. ■■ ■■> ■ 3. -To British Colonies and Foreign Coustsiks : Not exceeding Joz .. .. • • ■ . . • 6dxeaeding .} oz., and no exceeiing I oz. ..; Ib,' .-,1 oz.. .; .. '2 oz. "■-.. .■•&.:!► and some, increasing one shilling for every additional -■:■ ounce or t'racluiu.oi' an ounce. i (S®" Except in the following casesj where specia ' ates are payable. •' i.—'Hu the Continent of Europe via Trieste. , Not exceeding .} oz .. .. .. Is. 6d Kxceediug 4 oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 3s. : ~. 1 oz., „ „. 2oz. ~ -6s. And so on, increasing three shillings for every addi- -, tioii.il ounce or fraction of rin ounce. ; O.—TO SVUIA AND TtJIIKKV. '.' Letters will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa •• unless marked for transmission via the United Kingdom), and will be charged as follows:— ~. Not exceeding £ oz. ~. ». * ... lid !.. • Exceeding | oz.. and not exceeding 1 oz. ' Is. 10d; - And so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for ? every additional ounce or fraction o an ounce. . ■■ ,; 6—To CIIISA AND TIIK KaSTKUN ARCHIPKIjAQO. ..'■ ■'.'. i Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, ; L oi any part of China or Japan, the Philippine inlands* j'nv.i, Sumetia, Borneo, L.ibuau, rhe Moluccas, and rfi.nn, ar>! phanje.ible .ir- follow s : - Not exceeding Jo/,. .. .. .. .. It- ' Kiceeding i oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 2s And so on, increasing two shilling tor every add ional on tic orfraelioii of an ounce. ' V. -To Naval OmoiSRS on Pokeign Stations. ' Letter.> addressed to Olhceis serving on board any 1 Her Majesty's ships on a foic'gn station, when sent through the United Kingdom are chargeable follows :— ' ' No execcdin 0r..... ... ... ... la Kxceediug i oy., and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 2s. • ~ " oz., ~ „ 2 oz. ... -Is, And so on, increasing tn-o shillings ior every addi. 1 tioiial ounce or ii.iction ot an ounce. • ■ i B.—To Naval Sjiaviik aki> Soldikr?. Letters sent to or by Seamen au-l .Soldiers in Her Majesty! service will be ti.ins'.nittcd within the Colnny, and between the Colony and any Post Office 1 in the British dominions, at :i charge ot One Penny, pLovided •that the follov.'ing regulations are ol)« seived :— 1. Each letter mu^t not exceed half an ounce in ! ' weight. 2. It must be superscribed with the name of the v, riter, his description or clam in the rpisel 5 or regiment, mid tigned by the oilicor at the ; me in command 3. The postage mus-t be pre-paid. Every letter of this description, posted or rf» ■ ceived in tliis Colony noi in accoiviaace with the 1 fbiigjiiig regulation, will he treated as au oniinftry • etrei--9 Lr.iTERS. ■ Letters on the public service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, are exempted from the pajment of po«-tnge, if bs.iring the »orJs "On Her • Majesty's Service," arid llie si^riiittnre of the officer in command of the foice on'the service of which th« letter i>s desi>.itchcd. Bat such letters cannot bs tatiiMuiltcd hy auj irregular route, <ir o'ue entailing ' td'iicional e-cpei.se on the Colonial (lovemincnb. Letters o". the ]tu)>lic scmcc of the General tJovermneniof the Colony arc transmitted free by po3t, if boiring then aids, " On the Public iService only,' and the signatuie of some officer of tho General wo | vL-rmuentauthoiihOil to fi.mk oliicia.! letters. 30. —RuaiaiKr.KD Lbctrks. Legcstration Fcj .. ... ... ... Is iv ailditio'i to thi or Unary piit.:i>;e chargeable ou any other. K\.cept in special ca^e-., as shibited iv table ( bubjuinpd. NRWSPAPKKS. Toanyp.utof tho Colony, if published iii the Cuiony, and posted witiun seven dajs irompuDliiMtiou .. .. Free. If noi published inthe Colony, or not poited witlnu seven days from publica- , ■ tiou, each .'. ... .. .. .. •"■■ld, i 2. To the United Kiiigclon.wiSouthampton, or by direct, bum) ... ... .. Free; To the United Kingdom, via Marseilles, each .v .... ' '..■■■■ SdL, . 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, each ... ... . ... ' ... 2d. i 4. To fyna and Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), not exceeding two ounces ... ... ... ... And so on, at the rat f one penny for ever addi tionat two ounces. Note.- For the Postage chargeable on Newspapers,' foi warded to other countries through the United Kingdom, see Üble (A\ subiuine 1. UUOK PACKETS 1. Tj any pint of the Colony, or o the i United TCin.gdo'c, via Southampton Not evyeediue 40/ ... ... ■ ... 4d, Exceeding -1 o/.., and not exceeding Boz .. Bd. „ 8 oz., „ „ 1G0z... Is. 4d.J ' And bo on, iucieasing eight pence for every additional half-pound, or fr.ietiori of irilf-.i-pyund.. •2. To the following Britisii Colonies— > ' > Ascension lonian Islands Bermuda Natal British West Indies New Brunswick Canada' Newfoundland 1 Cape of Good Hope* Nova Scotia, : Falklnn I Islands Priuee ISdwatd Island ; Gambia St. Ileloua ■ - I ItoM Coast Sieira Ljone Heligoland Vancouver's Island 1 Not exceeding 4 oz. . ... ... . .... : 7d 1 Exceeding 4 oz., and not exoeeding S oi. , ... Is. 2d Boz.. ~ „ lt> oz. ... 2s. 4d. and so on, incret&ing one shillin<r -ml tyro pence for •, every half-Dound. or fr.icti.vi of hilf a-pound. piii:p4vmbmt v-/ stamps. All letters, packet-., and ne\vbpi!>ers pasfce-J in New Ze.ilaii'l, must be prepaid by affixing pottage abels tl.e colony of su'liciaiit v.iluo. loose i.^TrKiw. ' - • ' All letters received from bsyoud se<is,at any Port ' Office in this Colony, w'lich have not been regularly ported at the pl-na of despatch (loose letters), - are cliurgcible with full po-,t-u;e, accoi-.ling ,to.the, r.ite» esUh!i,hul by the toiuguing tables, unless they , - are ietteis which it i-- not compulsory by law to BonJ . by post, iv which oas-e tlisy are chargalble with the inland rate of postage only. INSIWIfiIEST IMTMEST. ' ■ " I Letters and |).iokot-> h.iblo to moio than one i-ate postage, and .fldrosW t-J plaoe-! within the Colony, or to the United Kin«'lom, it boartng at least a i ingle rdt°, %\ill bo forwarded aii'l olwpged with the pos-tage - doiiaicnt, and another s>ingle rjte ;« a fine. Letters 1 s .iiul packets v> addrosse I, and baaiing less than &,-... single rate of postage, and all letteisand packets: i', otherwise addressed, not bcaritior the full posfftgo , chargeable, will be dutai"ed and roturnwl to tlw sendor in all oisesi irheie pi'acticible. NawspapoiM, if ported v.ithout prspajniiiit of the full amount'© postags ehirge/ible, cm neither bo forwarded to thei destination nor i 'tiu'iiej to the sender; but will bt delivered or forwiydol to the jwruon addre^setl, on application, witlnn&ix months, at the office whurg siiise were pastel, and payment of the deficient ■'• postage in .stamps. . . . SIMISTKATTOW, Any peiKou can have a letter rojyisterod hy affixing: on it by mean's of th<' proper labels the amount oi the 1 registration ibe, in addition to the proper postage, and presontm^ it at a Post Office during office hours t^ ! and at least one hour before the t-losinff of the mail by' ' I which it is d&ired to be ti.Hismifled. Every pre--"-caution will by adopted to t'usure the sofp delivery ot j i rejrUtereil letter, by enteiing it on the letter hi)ls,< '^' and obtaining; areedp't for the on delivery. As the Post Oitieo, however is not resp>msib!p for the loss ot < any letter, whether re^ist»red or otherwise, persona J sending bank notes or drafts are advised to take the numbers .uid particular*, and to cut the note* or drafts in halves, an.J to spml them by different post.

-':> ..._•■■ : •■ ■. , CONTENTS With the 'above: limitations/ a packet-book may ■ , contain any number of separate books, maps, pnpto, or, pliototrraphs, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written on, or plain, ,• (exclusive of anything in the nature of a letteT, •' whether sealed or open,) with the binding, covering,' or mounting attached or belonging to such book, • print, map," or photograph,, and all thing* legit* taately appertaininar, to or ■ necessary for the trans- •" mnsion ot any ehiHased literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names ana ' ■ address of the sender may appear on the cover. GBOSBIE WARUi Positinaster-Gnsiiil. ■ >