MULTUM IN PARVO.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 114, 23 November 1858, Page 3

MULTUM IN PARVO.

Many of the diggers who have returned to Sydney from Port Curtis complain of the wretched accommodation with which they were furnished on ship-board, after paying upon an average £10 for passage money to and fro. Vessels fitted with 20 berths have proceeded out to sea witli as many as 90 passengers on board. A new quartz reef of more than usual'richness has been" discovered at Biirrendong, New South Wales. . . • A despatch from Sir E. B. Lytton, received at Sydney, states that the Imperial Government are not prepared just yet to remove the' obstacles which 1 exist to the separation of Moreton Bay from New South Wales. A young man named James A. Turner has been committed for trial at Melbourne, on a charge of forgery. It appears tint by imitating the sig-natm-e of his employers, Messsrs. Walsh .and Sons, of Collins-street, he succeeded in drawing .£309 from the Bank of New South Wales. When apprehended lie gave up about £258 of the amount. The Tasmanian Parliament have voted £7500 in aid.of steam postal communication vri'.h Great Britain. The -'proposition was carried by a bare majority of I.' Mr. L. Estpg3, the contraotor for the magnetic telegrapli acro.s King's Island, is about to commence operations. He was in Launceston on the 15th ultimo procuring provisions, &c, for his working party. : The ship Grand Trianon was well-nigh meeting with^ a serious mishap on her voyage from Port Curtis to Sydney, having got ashore upon Break Sea Spit. Fortunately the Wonga Wonga steamer hove in sight, and seeing the ship's dangei^ gave such timely assistance ss enabled iki Grand Trianon to get an offing and resume her voyage. The Rev. Thomas Biariey was entertained at a public breakfast in Adelaide, on the forenoon of the 19th ultimo. The Soufh.-Australian Legislature lias voted a sum of "money for His exploration of the Barrier Ranges*, in the neighbourhood of which, It :M believed, gold exists in quantity. The country referred to is that which it is proposed should be handed over by New Sjuth Wales to the southern colony* The K Illawarra Mercury (N. S. W.) mentions that t!>e aphis has appeared in several portions of that district, causing great destruction to the growing crops. Two bills are at present before the select committee of the Tasmanian Parliament* one of which contemplates -the establishment of a Tasmanian Council, of-Education, to consist of fifteen members to be nominated in the first instance by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council ; -the said body, to have power to confer the degree ©f Associate* of Arts upon •■all. students wha have passed a satisfactory examination. Mr. Peter Roberts, of Hobart Town,, proposes, that the whole penal establishment of Tasmania be removed to Flinders Island. The following is said to be a sure remedy against the aphis or cabbage insect:—To six quarts of soft water, add half-a-pound of black (i.e. soft), soap and a quarter of a pint of turpentine. Apply the mixture to the stems and leaves with an ordinary paint-brush, pr, better still, a small syringe. An association has been started in England for the purpose of "raising the character of the mercantile marine service." "It is to be hoped the projectors will not lose sight of poor Jack." The great Devine case is again underweight ia the Sydney Supreme Court—the plaintiffs being about to enter security for costs, pending the result of an appeal to the Privy Council. A person signing himself Robert Greathead, in a communication to the Sydney Herald, charges some of the country P.M-.S with employing constables to lacquey about their residences, cart bricks, and perform other work, receiving meanwhile pay from the public for what they never perform—police duty. His sable Majesty King Kamehamemaha IV. has lately taken possession of two islands in the Pacific, lying between the 16th and 17th degrees of north latitude. The Newcastle (N.S.W.) people have held another public meeting in favor of railway extension, and seem determined to hammer away at the Government until their just expectations are realised./ A tremendous fire took place, in August last, at Port Elizabeth (Cape of Good Hope), destroying property to the amount of £80,000 or J90,000. Borax powder is now used very extensively on the continent to "soften" water intended for washing linen. It is also represented as being of great utility in the purifying of water used for making tea or coffee. Three white men have been murdered by tho" blacks, on Mr. Archer's station, in the Port Curtis District. The British ship Rodney, and the Dutch barque Oliver Van Noovd, were both wrecked, in Juno last, on Kenn's Reef. Both ship 3 we're bound for Calcutta. Fortunately, all hands were saved. From the financial statements made by the Colonial Treasurer of Victoria, it -would seem that that colony is out of debt, and will have £400,003 of a balance at the end of 1858. ' The first sod of the Great Western Railway was "cut and trundled" by Mr. Cowper on the 27th ultimo, at Parramatta, N.S.W., with the usual ceremonies, in the presence of a numerous assemblage. The works are to be proceeded with immediately. The flagstaff, formerly situated on the round hill. !at Newcastle, N.5.W.,. has been removed to | Nobby's Island, anci now stands in the immediate i vicinity of the light-house. ' : The Corn wall Ghroniclo states that; Professor Anderson, the celebrated wizard, has~affik«iMn . Tasmania with his family, and that ho is about forgive a series of performances. The Miner's Eight (Victoria) announces the discovery of a nugget of gold weighing 440 ounces, which had been brought to Castleinaine from the Jim Crow district. A passenger fron^ Melbourne to Liverpool by the Royal Charter complains through the Argus of wretched accommodation, shortness of pro visions, and other inconveniences to which himself aud his fellow-passengers were subjected on their voyage homo.