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SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, TEItrnSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1 80 4r dextrous workmanship and I thin. -ijfia brain and skilful fingers must have been unite! in the same person, for a -mere oopyintrtrork-man'. could' iave' eyolye'd. ftujch ife and beauty from the dead mass under bis hands. The judgment passed upon it by Mr.

Roberts, the artist, is that It th? most elaborate work, as well as the moa exquisite in i file no the rocky Path, and followed bv a I I tram oi cameu wiui vnsw vouio auu uaggaKo. The that tbture wm pothidg i brilliant abeut a. thim but they were well mounted, and in spit of) the storm they made a pretty Oil 'getting down to leveller country we passed some camps of Bedouins or with their flocks and herds' scattered' about I and at I aaw? operation TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. i OUA COJJPOMDBMTt.l WEST WAJTLAND. I Wednesday, 1 p.m.

AT the nomination for the Lower Hunter, Mr. Burns returntd without i'f vWednetdey, 6 'Mr. Rotton has1 contented to etend for Bathurat, and, Mr; Kemp la well supported, a close oonteet it expected. ui I its detail, ofnythinr of its kind ini the world; I The pencil can convey but a faint idea of its One scroll alone, of acanthus leaves of making butter by" ehakiug '-milh: I wiut groups or children and panthers might form inva goatskin' suspended1 ftprh itself." It is mueh to be desued that the epening up of the plain of Buka (an- sOmeeornpetentphotograperwouldtakethiidoor-cicntrr called Ccelo-Syria) with the ffreat rains 1 way iff hand beforeit become a coninlete ruin. a catastrppbe probably, not very distant, I.

ror me nuaaie stone. we itntei tjas slipped down between the ethers an now hanas by a sugm ana precarious ac wouia bf very diflieult to photograph this interesting subject. on account ion a wait tnai Bas been' built in'front of the. portal, so near ar not to-allow sufficient scope for a camera; Bat a section of the border be' managed, -enough to shovr the general a ir A little to the'east of the main pile of ruins stands a small eiroular temple, much shattered; but still of singular beaut Miss-Beaufort i 'convinced if was intended for a ktetk or boudoir for the gods, when they left the- Great Temple fc to take a ilittle reorea tipnl'fr vin deserted" mosque in- thia vicinity counted about thirtv pillars of granite, and porphyry some of them-surmounted by beautiful -Gorinthian capitals of limestone all apparently- taken from the temples. The last place I visited waa-" the limestone quarry, about half-a-mile distant, which.) Jiad furnished materialev; of the temples, A huge stone has been cut from ther of Baalbek, and wjrit jcrest, of Lebanon oeyomi, was very nno.

tne rpiRl. at four and alter seeurinpr (with some little difflCuhvVa bit of 'camiinii-ffr6und. at once set to work upon wis majestic remnant of sntiquny, seeking first to obtain a notion of, tne Peneral PIa' leavjngra more minute inspeev I ai nay1 1 3th, Neither pen nor pencil cari conve a just idea of the grandeur and beauty of jthis- piie. pr. rums ana imagination even can scarce picture its glorious magnificence-; when it first stood, put perfeot from the artist's Surely the' worship of Baal ithe Sun-god' was never at KorKeous snrine.

uiien as, aj -wautea amontr i 1 these shattered triumphs of architectural skill. wonaer ana picasnrer i felt tnanuii naa neen lea to. extend mv tour thus 1 "With Damascus I had not felt altoiether satisfied; oriental city far behind Cairo. The plain- doubt for 'beauty and and it is. wenn seeing wnat mere water can, be made to do but the country round Sidon is about equally beautiful and and is; so fromj the dantly aU the time and labour ef the jotuiey.

For architecttirar cOncentidris Combininit irran-' ami vauns. jjatuooK, uowover. repays noun- deur of design' with richness, trrace. and variety of details. I have ieen nothintf to And then' the great stonesT What courage and -manly vigour1 there must have been in tho world when men dared to handle such eieantic crushiDir massei crashing mentally.

soUo speak, as well as physicslly. In one wall, there is a leneth of 190 feet 8 inches formed of just three stones- one Deing iixty-tour feet and the others a very little i They -are about, thirteen leet square, and placed twenty feet the Underneath, there, is a stonejof JstUl vaster dimensions sixty-nine feet lonsr. eizhteen feet broad, and thirteen feet deep, containing, Ha brought away some chips of other building mciciu.c, au.aiu cuuio leet, oi seua maer. i stones the and- afterwards found the specific gravity of one of- them to ba 2.64 taking this to represent the density 'of Uhe largest stone its weight would be no less ihan ho tons far heavier than the largest mona lilh Known in Egypt, In the north wall of- the ancient platform of the temple there is a tier of nine stones, eacn averaging thirty-one feet in length, nine and a half in breadth, and thirteen m' depth. This platform (which is about 1000 feet long) hr thought to; be of much greater antiquity than 'Ihe; Roaan-Corinthian.

temnlAii built on- it, iwhich 1 date only from lt, a 1 aciiuuu utruiury oi law linnsuau fawiwjauaj amis Atiay tu. iox ge a genuine specimen of tha Cvelorwait aynhifjuftntai of the Phoenicians i while the temnle of Baal piuuauijr: aouxu ineuv on mis; vast Dass ment lias utterly disappeared. The ascent tn the platform and approach to thaJBreat Trhnl had been a noble flight of steps (now gone), and a msenificent portico facino? the aunt. Th bases of twelve columns in. this portico are yet in their places, and the chambers in the winirs irl.

'a? waaauw. rnin inia we 7 pass eritQ' a six-sided: aboui-'WfXifeet ouiiuunueu oy puiarea recetses ana chambers much ruined. of this court we pass bv a present a picture -of tinfular, maffniftniiniua The columns in front of the recesses had bein mosfly of Egyptian of these! are now standing but; of theml lie tcattered about; some have- been re-erectek in a neinhbourincr mnannn. anil anma said to be in- the mosnua of 1st. ipopms at "Wa anW Approach the Great Temple been surrounded y.

fifty our Cdrinthiaa columns of majestlo size, the largest probably in the Only six of these columns Tare now i They ere about twenty-two feet in girth-near the base; and are said to be about eventy-five feet in height, bui some authorities' include the entablature (fourteen feet) in this measurement The capitals and entablature) ate very rich and beautiful. one of the ancient examples of the 'Corinthian stvle noirin 'ti'iyfi-:) in -trijAA'ri. A little to the: south of the Great Temnle wtancsj a smaller eommonlv called Ttha inot positively small, for exceeds the dimensions of the Parthenon at Athens, being 227 feet leng by 117 feet It is the most entire fabric in the great mas i of Ta. uiiis, ouu in ornamentanon ttiere is a wealth grace beauty that fcan scarcely be imagined. Of the forty-two pillars A ntunrlcrl if nl J.

uu vvaiiu buouv eixiy-nve net mgni mat once sur- capitals, and architraves, in most picturesque i I measured a ftuoint eegmeni oi a piuar ana twenty-one feet long and, six'ffeet two inohes diameter: a piece of ian arohitrave (beautifally i seulpturedl I rjfade. fourteen hv ai and j. T. I uiu uy aivwj nu, omno oeionging to tnein-. I eiue enutoiaiure was ratner more tban twelve feet, annan kn iWtAV 1 a is P1 rifuia at the S.W.-anltle-of this temnle aVwa wiae portal into a great quadrangle 440 feet long and 870 feet "wide; "eneompassed by recesses and nicheB even, in their turn I I I I I I at I THE meiided Mr.

Oatley and Mr. Lyons, and there both life craUesoea polled many more; votes tbn ne oio, sar. vauey boiiib via ana Mr. Lyons iw, to VS bus, xis aowever, lay vnin tar, uaut worn se waa veil auown, inert ne nad neen neat supported. Beballevtd feeihouH be able to work oordlally with Mr.

Oatley. (Oheua.) Bitherto the elebtors bad been dlafranebUed, at their members bad almost alwaya toim agauw eaon oiner, bui uaiaiaie oi tnioira.woniii exbtno longer. For hit part ha thould do all he oould fer the electorate and for the country aenerelly. Before oosoludug. be desired to aay that one olrcnmttanca which had done him a great deal of Injury in thla election waa nia nommauon ror ane electorate With tradera, and the' nomination "for- Hartley he jlaw was niguy nonourea being placed In so high a dhIUou on lie poll.

In eonclaelon, he tendered them hie moat ooroiai menu lor me poetuon tney bad claoed him In, (Beaewedebaaiing) i Mr. Ltons said he wu neither turprbwd nor disappointed at the result of this sleotioni and, as far aahla feelings were concerned, he was quits aatlaned. (Oheers.) iAt the request, of- many sleetore, hs i had been iv duoM to oontert the eloolloB, which had been oondnoted fairly and honeally. He believed thayhadire tnrnad two good men, who would serve them well. Bear, hear.) Be did not think any gentlemen oould tepnarat the electora of Canterbury beUar than they wostd.

(Oheera. To those gentlemen who had supported hlffl he returned hit moat eordlal thanka. "(Oheert.) 1 Mr. BontBTt said the elaolon had discharged their duty In a moat stedltaMe manner. He was vary lad that they had aleoted Mr.

beoauaeihe believed he would make his friend, Mr. Oatley, da hla duty. (Oheera and laughter.) In Ihe tnoceat of Mr, Lucaa he loll ss maoh pleaaure aa though he had been elected bbnaelf. Althoogh glad that lis frieodj Mr. Oatley, had been elected, he ehonld have preferred to see Mr.

Lyons seaoctated with Mr. Lucas, kaoauM be believed, they would hare dltcharged the reepon. dble duties devolvug upon them aatlafaotorlly. Bo far ss he wss eenearaad. ther had bMnkhul is him In rejtotlrg him, for hla eleotioa would have eatelled a oon- slderable pecuniary lost upon him.

He tl the support they had glren him, and now I out regret, (Oheera.) thankea them for he retired with- i Mr. fimia. whoaa tmannH wmm ihm if mat Sap a mm deal of merriment, said hs attributed the small number of votee polled for him to Ihe fao that a felts oharge was made ageintt him on the day of nomination. (Oheera and laaghter.) That Individual should now answer far hla utterances, Mr, Bides retired amid laughter and em-futieii, Mr. OAnaTmevtd'aTeto of thanketo the Beturnlag-Offloer for hit Impartial eonduot during the eleotion.

Mr. Lyoas having seoonded the motion, It wee carried with enthuelsalle cheering, i Mr. LmanaioMTH said they would asetpt hit oorllel thanks fer. thanrv flattaifaiv wiumar in hhk had beta resalved. Hla duties, aa retamlnK-offloer.

i In volved much trouble, sad anile'y. He waa very glad that the eleotion had been so well eoadnotetLend that such good order bad been observed, i He had not beard one oomplamt. He now 11 proposed three oheera for the newly elected members. The cheers thus called for wn hMrlll mtrm. anil tka eaU of Mr.

Luoas, three were givsn.fot tbe fietombg- Tblt brousht the erceeedlsn in a nlnxu mni ih mm. fiuuiue, DumoennK aome ouu Dersone. ottDertea. 1W WIIVW1BK IB' Ull a retell of the polling at lbs dlffeit polling places: H'i; Barwoofl Botany a Boad It Caatertmrr 19--Cook'a Elver Dam SI Tin Doek Boekv Point Boad Fetmhun, St ft Bt Ftter'a South Head 0 nTnyaniqaarc. BTdanr 101 i JWatarlooEatate.

II I wavtiley II 0. Total ST LKONABDB' BLB0IION. Tub eleotion for 81. Leonaida task nta. ezoited a sood deal of ulanai k.

The pollhae not yet been declared, but the aumbaa of Tt Korth 109 Byde 174 Honter-eHUl 2 Manly Beaoh 268 16S 22 20 30 61 t-i t'. 648 I' pereturtti for Fltl Water have not yet been received. tharaoankeno PHOT a MBBT1HO Of ffenllAmn lmtMrtA tnJ nLTi'J1 a'. at the Ohambar et an-ro- yeaieraay aiieraooa, for the purpoaa of 00a-Hdttlogtht preeentatate of elloUga, Vufof derW. meaeurea for lie tfflolaaoy.

Theae'warTrtout flftylSa' EJSE? ome at motile oMhapSt oonpulea, aadtha ahlpplcg he neetlng ahould be plelponed thauhh. "rjr" -11 1 Ta73 wen uosutjoc OOIQ, sUlnlhelr power to make the ayttem work wall; and on the Goyern .1... i i u. mcni rvmame lae eaa Miae tm h. Z7 oaja ago, tne waa off Ihe ml etwee time before aha could eater; the hatehaa were batlaned down, and Ihe teat wan briTlu.t.ZVl irVr Aja eaptala ezpeotad, from the dlreoUont he tttd It IU BOS fife ftif him lift Anmsi In T-i.

1 KZMhw.fU,D blen for tbaopRortBBltyofmaaJagtheeoaaf. I unu uaugni, aa men wae to larae an at-tendanoe, Ihe butlneas oftha meeUng ahoull belrooetded. Mr. J08BPB. M.L.A..

tvmtmrA hi tl kJ'JT01' bat the oplnlou ol the maVtlng be taken aa to ahathar Uum itunta ji vwiuk hi ui auaenoa or uantAin tdUweSw: ttimotto rO'adjounu. juumuiom. and VThe rneenag wai tttrtuponVatjonn'rf -SHH-S! IMPORTED HORSES, BY THB DUNCAir -I DUNBAR, and W. nfouriaane or hiij ,1. ST "aj oa'e, non-l-nooff the libel by PfJ' of Mantaeld by Pllho da PuleT thi Libera dam Iky; Pantaloon (by Oaatnl) out of PaStlaaJe! atiter to Touchtlone.

(21 Dam tadv Bale hV M.I.. Molooh, out of Mire OMon by Partfteau BMirt bnthw ehropablre, the noted tlaeplecoS; horif isd to oi i8? wo. reara old oolt and a Ally, 2uJ1Sl Suffolk breed" It ii Maoarthut had the al Infthe all of nnunymamoonior Bunolkvi ,1 heree oolt obtained the animal ti. .1 iHl near Voodbridae. anon ajo nenaieenam Ihe beat part ol tha jom.

ttJtnroytt.1 ta-TW T2 nTtXe laatanyct tbs noted raoe ef oart horaee hava hunim. vloualylatroducad tato thlt paHrt thVootonyt j' LI8T OP POITATION'8 TO THB ATJ1TR AT taw (PertreUpanelrpti A km BM' tu lubTh.Tn I 1 yatftia), by Mr. Bam Wlaneft. A collie, by tie Bev. W.

leMe. wtee tcaneeepbtUe bbx, eylir, CarW A wllaeelewerwottaeea, Dr. jW.antami "kr Mr, ri: if. onle? a. neweomeat aCniaiaat fiarrla HII 1 ent 'Pi-i li I c.O." tM L.

.9 1 64 9 '-Mir l(10 il III 9 19 9 61 100 9 9 ei (i i ji aia i 49 0 0 51 I 7 0 79 7 'l 0 9 I Bt3i J. is B- ii S''Vi i i 70 i uso tf 41 4 9 i. vH 4, 19 9S7 1J. 785 St nfuhM hni tew svusytauj lttODUe i OS XOUOWIOsT JjpedUree of tha Ihorough-bred horn brown tbocOT.h.bred hor.e7teleoted by Mr. JemeTalao" NOMINATIONS.

AND ELECTIONS DUBINO A A'-1 1 tui y.TH PBE8EN WBEtb (Ol Haetiey. Polling day, Thureday, 8th instant Tna Lowbb day, Thursday, Bth Inatant. I Tb WiLHAMs. Polling day, Thnndty, 8ih ATBicars ciuums. jrouug atj, rriaay, vianiun.

ins iiujiTBB. rolling oay, jrnaay, vtn inttani. i Bkaidwood. Day of nomination, Thunder, 8th io etant. of nomination, Brakl wood.

JJpUing aaj'aueaoav, totn ti i lLUVAUA.Mn nf nominitfnn. Thnradav. Bth in. atant Place of nomination, Wollongong. Filling uny, oaiuraay, ivMiwieni, Tm NxrBaw.

Day of th icetanr. nace or nommauon, renntn. rouing day. Satuidar. 10th Injtant.

I Tbb Timdt -Day of. nomination, Thursday, fthr inatant Flace of nomination, Tumut. Polling dky. Saturday, 10th inatant 1 Tub Woixombi. Day of domination, Friday, 9th intunt.

rlaoe of nomination, WollombL foiling day, iSthinttant." Nbw EKSitAMD. DaV of neminatlon. Saturday. Wide Place of nomination, Armidale. Polling day, 24th inatant, Tbb Day of nomination, Saturday, rum inatant, fiaoe or nommauon, vsgga vvaggai Polling day, 24th instant Tbb Mubbat.

Day of nomination. Saturday. 10th 'iniUnt. Place of nomination, Deniliquin. Polling-.

dav. Satli ttiatHlt; -Jl LivBBPooi. Plaimb. Day ot nomination Saturday! rum riaoa ot nommauon, xamworuu Tbb HASTutot. Day otnominaUon.

Saturday, 10th foiling uay, aia lllBtaiu. inatant, i-iaoe or nomination, ran saacauaiie. rOUWE OSV. Xttn minni. I oita ioth inaiani.

nace oi aa. aav. Z4tn Inatant' Tbb Booaic. Day of nomination, DMHHITl 1VW Dubbo. Polling: inttant.

Place of nomination, day, 22na instant CANDIDATES FOB THB LBQISLATTVB .1: 1 n.t r. Koef', i Bleetorata. aumbenb, Oaadldatee. Arnla TTWij, Balneal. 'V I.

Mr. jr. Kemp, Mr. Batten I Thefiogan Braldwood a air. uiit air.

j. n. nonoia Mr, J. P. Joacphun, Mr.

M. CHatre Mr. A. Monti, Mr, Oamdaa oncrwiQ, aar. 11.

aoDtria, air, Cerooar TfaaOlarcnee. Eden Mr. BUmiiMUl 1 Mr, B. Bugh, Mr, Paten Mr. Emt Mr.

F. Etmltii Blnrla, Bartlev I A. 1 Hr. Laeae. Mr.

A. Brown TheHaitlesa 1 Mr. Flett, Hr. W. Thurloir, Mri MH, aw.

buwub- 1 Mr, Mate, Mr. Aaher, Mr. W. ThelAwerHuater The TJpper Hunter 1 Mr. A.

II. lauiti. Hr. Wtvtam I Mr, Daagir, Dr, Qordon, Mr, antes Illawarra Kiana 1 jur, a. 4.

Stewart, air, r. uioorae I Mr, ne PhlUpauat, Mr. Parkea, The I Ltveipool FUtoe Kaat.Meaoaarle. 1 I.yaob i 1 Mr. John Lleja a Mr, Mr, Ottmmuise, nr.

neat, Aa nr. Mitlatiaa Weet Meeqnarle Eat Bllnil Mr, Driver Mr, J. A. Dovnioir. Hr.

Dodda Mr; Straebae. Mr. f. RochMta. Dr.

Litldell. Mr. B. Let, Mr, P. Ortsn Mtneroe sii' T-' Morpeth 1-Mad gae 2 The Murray 1 The Morrumbldgeo.

1 Karelian :1 nr. moariDO, nr. w. uratuuna Mr. J.

Campbell, Mr. Keatlaf Mr. Terry Mr, E. Ludale 1 UactAa. i Mr.

Lean. to I Mr. Hurley Mr.i, 1. T. Bvaii, Mr.

T. Shepherd, Mr. a W. 81nsl Mr O. Saaadert Heoneu, Mr.

O. Bolton, Mr, HcweuUe KevBnslAnd North omberland Oranae The Fatereon Patrlok1! Plaint Hr. Hr. K. Foiitar, Mr.

Cooper Mr, Porlonn Mr. Arnold, Hon, Eater 1 it-- a Mr. J. O. Wftltar.

Rnn. J. II Wl.l 1. B. WBc r.

a. wry, air. u. campbelk Hr, Shoelhatcn Tenterfleld (fearomnt Welluirtoa Mr.T.Oalratt 1' .4. I The Hon, J.

Martin, Mr, 0, bow- U. UUEUUD DVDUnU per, 1 1 tlf.a.ni.11 I Th William." .,1 1 nr. mutant v. Btrrdikln Mr. Vf eat I fUUuiia' Burdtkla Mr.

Vfeat I I Hr.Edtford.Hr.L.Boatt 1 Mr. Pjfcea, Mr. Har bottle tt I w7j, WhltSald, Mr. 1. 'Browne xaaeriaua Oold Fltlda South MfMMT awBaan mbob 01 wv xate Aaafmuy.

MEMBERS RETURNED. East Byeaey Chartea Cowper, Mr. Caldwell, Paddltoatmi' -r at. mXt It Bidaay, Hr. Eobtrtaoai T)r.

I Hr, Pmraattar i-. -MnBrmaa, Mr. Paraatl wvaaaueawa 'j tit SB Fa TVaUKOT Ceatral Cnnberlind Mr. Hay, Mr. Haepheraon Xba Hawkaalmrj.

-L. Mr. PlddlagUa, Mr, Ctumeea? Mr. Smart Mr, s. a Browa 3 Mr.Tuaka Mr.

Alflundar Newtown St, leoaaroa 7. Ooulbani CaautbBry; TkeHanter V. Mr. Oatley, Mr. Loeat Mr.

Baraa ABBTBAOT'OP BALB8 By AD0TION THIS DAT MB, a. woosihc-ai aia Mart, at o'clock, Hmtt, Vakiaiea! T. I "V'S bie Buaar, at'U a-olook, Beram. I inn nameaa. he Sale Tarda' at KEBjeS PITT AND Mr.

Joan Pillatir'a TT FULbAQAJU-At hla Varla. at llVnlntk. P.i Pai 'olm Tarda, at II o-iock; M.BpPi.S!iiWJ? UBlTJiTVTa 3V rter-put o'clock, Wool and ShoeDaklu. 1 aiEssiu), DURHAM AMD the Ctiambtr of Com- MEaSHSBieHARDSok ARD WHECHrth, Ctrabw SlSSaSm- atquartar-paat Cd-ck, Wool aad SheecaUjuu HESBBS. HOBT AND COAt tke Ckambar oti OoaSSTrt charter-put o'clock, Colonial Copper, Wool, aad Sheep- 0lEEVE -Al ''W FaUagar'a, at llo-cloek; Pat.

HHi H. COCKBURft.Al kta nobtaj. GxnKn.L at 11 o-elock, Hranbold PumiUro, Bcoka, Sewliw tlacbi. ini Dalrv PrrWln(. la, luafSLiusLU ahd tbelr Hirt, kt 11 MBSSSS, OBAa M0OBB, AND their Bobma, it O'clock.

fUlisU.nahiai Tirtiwa tL-J-eVkrOrta. cioSrrfA.iPi'HS IfR. T. iinwrmaj lA w. Sa: -wiiAHir-ai tJirj anaira.

11 ft'SlAAaT JW aahww tN A i.1. 1 1 1 a Farm, rvtan Plalnat Ut.M lJj MB 5- tWchataier of Ooaimeroe. at ottartar. ri i nooi ana eiiatpaaiBa. HB.

B. tbe Chamber of Dxnm MB. a coBSNrAt his Room a. 11 tfdmik. i.

I nAl i i tVd. ooom, maa Bona r'Jlrt AAVERACK. At Mr. Bluehard'a haul, Wlr lf clack, Honaea and Lead. Maeaturletraat.

Wlrid BUaAB OF COLONIAL MANTJFAOIDBE ttE.j uuaiMtnn ilnidT oommuidi th msarkst of nVk 12" Kowf the "rli thit SuTaatS ta tyZZZZLrUF' vw srowutaaoeaia ftir tha naa of thaixool. there meat either be aa arm or I mart be hr taarrari.vJpi2 jatureftk.taT.i"vr-J?"-'V!. lurmauoa or ua niarAk l.fZT. kT'tlTlot aomacapUuUoti aad JafemailoB whew and bow tha produce of au(ar wlU eqail or ao- Kweiw mf mjw iniartauh oi U1B nn inn lata iopren WmH matier; aad eat at reat tha donate of the to piibuin pur bcturtt, fannen ftlfrjM 1 1 alaat tairAniA rntai.r odonned by their pin MtriOliC Til ttf the. IM.ffM.

IwLaXP. uf Pin or mtlM. TAkln aniallfmni mtutr MYlnr or pwit would muIa. Bamea Km Ua. Non-one milUtMi toon projjry ofib.

airlccu.rtot?mta Sbff ZZ rZZ, Maary only to form a a email attl. Abauttwoar.l,lkl.! ItkaWti tViatto Ta.4 a. 15. p)V dSaiwtimThiT2 eoMioared eoaal to tk, mi KZZZC J. lidead Mlal wA Ihsa waa.i VtMthet Hie Bnva tiu.

WHalradTA read ttuaaair op? Jal My; Mart win prove neaeeifnl la tatab- I Ueaad ap- IWL maa.nnM BRADLKT AND ttrlr BooBia, at KB. Al- hla.Xfrdt, at II JcParBtUV iphlet, wltkdlractlotia fMibTsroV aid taanul I ti mlsht be ln4UId to air. It a trUL JSiT. I the ST "fit v.f& We i. I tSZFwSJ- W'OTSS'f iSitVStJSSS, fffS lmh.U.p7nulc'ab.rinVSk eX'tSS kPcVSSi a iSrtaiatitJ' mm aM MaftKEJSiS.

atUbUehata tha ap! r'lV!" nwoemaaloiuiaaniriir were oat, Ti? vKuiuitn id jsimi uaiyiri. aa HUDUiaa I I I to a or and U.Ji rode iui and or ui Irnrl I the on rest hill lain eHheX.iya, It mlsht eonferai aaMoiiai.tibaraeter for thBt'flf Uia banlr Baou iBtrTlaeerUtnly'iiotwaiithiriii-reeoBwee. 'M mm an wt caiarpriae arouaea mponans nsaiie wowa wwn WATfFABINO -Ka. I tvixl conclude inj notice of Dsnasctu with a parsgraph from; excellent i'MlibUcal tie, tearches of, Df. HobinBon pveniging, hpw ever, that if he had to describe the eity now he.

mignt moairy Bomewuet ms view or its qos-, untied' protpemy'. ristare to have', marked out' the! (Dot aa eke of aa important and such it hag always bean, irom the earliest ages. ineoiaestcttyin toe world; 'unlike most other ancient cities, its prosperity has been comparatively uninterrupted; Irl. -m -V fl.j anewaveeox many wars nave, roueu. over city and the plain have often been deluged with Dlood but the tracee of war ana pillage nave never Ion jr 'remained.

The course of its history has been even. rarely been Auewy pas uwa even. oaf nf a tYtifyhTiy smrkiaa hni: vothAf fh wmtmiiif a peitr kingdom' or of a subordinate provinces Hence, though an oriental city, it has never equalled a Nineveh or a Babylon in. the great ness of its power or the grandeur of its' nor does it now resemble tbem in the depths of tnetr rau or tne extent or their it nu nourished, while' they have 'fallen and even now conunues nounsn amia au tne neglect and nmroaainn if TnrUiah.tniarala The olnrtr. of Damascus is itspbndid rJlain, sparkling and gushing with streams and fountains from the Barada.

I Withoub the waters of this river ithe plain would be a' desert; with them it is an, earthly paradise, luxuriating; -with fields of the heaviest grain, as also with groves and orchards ir i- TL va wu aiaicBi. jtiuti. i jtniuHvue tnuia a gonif- me eye oi tee whole May 11th. In starting for Baalbek we left Danasoos by the same, road, by which! we go that we enjoyed again the magaili-cent view from and now we eeuld look, upon the city with more intelligence, and trace out with more interest its individual features. Turning to the right before reaching the bridge of the, Barada' we wound about among the.

bare 1 white hills for 'nearly an and then northward for fan hour more on', the'; still barer1 plateau of fr Sahra, ci where. however. we had the noble Hermon -to till we turned westwara ana southward into a vauey under vine and fig cultivation, which led us down to the Uarada. ihe scenery here was very grand. From the belt of dense foliage that half hid.

the noisy torrent in the bottom. of the glen tere rose mountains ana great precipices ol limestone and conglomerate, some-2000 feethieh. Bva precarious path, sometimes almost, dangerous, we maae our way up the picturesque nver Side to Am Pijeb, the most wonderful fountain I ever saw leaping out at once from the rocks and stones a'fuil-grown turbulent river, boiling buq roaring uown its snort course thtrtv feet wide and three or four deep to join the a. i- waiMio, va uiuceu Aa in ana mala bouaCo, Massive remains of buildings of unknown antiquity surround the snot and the whole is overshadowed by fine trees, such as walnuW jjujjior, pmne, wuioiy, wun Drown jsgeea 1 '11 xxr ivboo wnviu auuva resieu oesiae the great spring (twelve or thirteen miles from Damascus) nearly an hour, and then continued our course up the valley, which was still mde green by the waters of, the, Barada, these were now reduced to comparatively small compass, -ai one Tice the vallev. onenedtaut a considerable width, and with its villaees.

viuiMiu, wiu vuraiuoiue, Aormea a very pipes-ing scene, A. few miles above Fiieh we crossed the stream by a stone bridge, near to eomeold. rums passed tne site ei tne ancient city Abila about a mile further- any and recrossed to ne leic dudic or tne river, just where it tumbles down cascade after issuing through uuiuw Koriro ionnea nv rioitv nreeinitaiia rocks. road led us next through a 4eep cutting' in- the rock, which bote Latin iosdrip-lions of date about 164 and then Uhe valley out again, and 'gradually widened -into the blain Zebedanv. I In course or IWO xlveT'lOTmed I Pwtty waterfalls, of- which the "uppermost twratitw f-f hint.

A fsa.x tne course of two mUes the river'fbrmed some ras V. aiuo atguv, i-e now, diverged from the river and kept along'the margin of the cultivated 'plain for about seven miles to the villaeeof Zebedanv. the laat mll tWO beinff in a areen lane amnno yii-h Unrl vanea louace aa around namtar'na poolfa nd; tiny; cascades of sparkling I wstr- ,1 noticed that many of the molbirry trees and some of the walnut had1 their leaves Blackened by, frost; this plain; being about 04uu net above the the iemnarAtiiM frequently be; Among the aaanuium bhu roses ,01 tne and ithe delicious odour wafted to us from the gardens beyond, 1 would have gladly lingered, had itjnot uoeu mat neavy storm-ciouos' hung over the verberattog among their cragsi 'makibg it expedient for' us to hasten to our camp for shelter. us'suwuiiiiK uiuuufctuue. ana Lannasr wabiva.

The tents were pitched" on beautiful gifcen meadovysurrounded by poplar and willow trel. having the centre a clear spring oyer- Duauuweu uy 7 a large asn tree ana a wilipw. Other smaller sprines were1 icattered ahAnt. forming collectively a good stream, one of the highest sources of the Barada. It was pretty late before-we reached this nleaaant ft tun in a trr at.

A having ridden nearly thirty miles through ihe. grandest and most varied icenerv we had mat I rvu ui tue, country, MaV 12lh. Weath, aiaer ciouay, and I ture of the air at 6 a.m. 146 I showery temperature of uegreeswniie that -j 1 r'" a.e;aa i UP "and out of the Vallew.nf. 7.hmAm au cariv stan iwe followinit the hitrhest nutrient tniama nt fhl Barada, and enjoying from time to time beauti-.

i views nackover the)' green valley we had left, stretching away to In two hours so we came upon, the small upland -plain1 of Surghaya etony and bare and traversed it in about an The Immediate neiohtinhrhAnA) mo vmtge wee green ana pretty. Large springs about it gave facilities for Irtigationl nd unnea to form tributaries of 'Htaf i.rn.J t.i' w.vbdv tt awi niinu uaianan joined a which, we by a Roihan bridge; then? turned down the narrow kad vriuovra. sycamores." nntihtra (t-n i law ki- bottom, of the? ant iiinii.iS contorted strata of limestone showed themselves ine precipitous sides. midday and-refreshment ander the shade of a llrge' n.8"o -ttnermomrjtei at boon only 48 Vtand to th nghfct A severe squaU of windlahd; came upon, na here'beatlng i right our. faces, and ne craggy top ol the mountain, we''Jtaat At toe Folio Court to-day Tory Important dtou given agalnal-tlii lessee of the markets, who summoned Hani, Croaker end Co.

for the dues amounting to 3d. put head for cattle aold in the yardt, Mown. XJioaker and Co. realited piyment, and the 3ench, In consequence of tonu informality of the law, decided lh their favour, It if probable that an appeal vwlll be made to the Supreme Wedneidav. 6 p.m.

state of the poll at the election' for Ooulbora f-mu declared thia evening. for Mr. Alexander 278, 3fr. Dlgoam 172, and Mr. Sibley 1.

The successful waa drawn horn In a carriage by hi aup iHwotii GBASTQN. Wednesday, 1 p.i It ia a'tated that Mr. Charlea Cowper, in a telegram to Alderman white, nominated Mr. Lejoook a caadi, "date for tali constituency. Great disgust ii felt hen at Mr.

cowper attempt to dictate to the Mr. BllgVS committee are working bard, and are Wednesday. 3 n.ml At the nomination for Patricka Plains there waa a ntuneroue attendance of Mr. Wilton and Waller ere nominated the show of hand waa tIn favour of the fotmer, and hit return. la looked upon mynierepponera at MELBOURNE.

(. Ui; Wednetday.7 ni. 'The Melbourne and Hobaon'a Bey Hallway Com. many nave declared a dividend of 10 per oent. -The Qovtrnmmt ffanfte contain, a proclamation prohibiting pilots from bringing in Federal or Con federate vetiela of war having print.

The Supreme Court hu tueteined the conviction of a woolbroker eonviotcd of drying wool on Sunday, on tntgrounauie.il waa not a worn or neceaaity. Ihe National Grain- Show will be held at Beilarat. i Prizes amounting to 600 are to be offered. Open to au tne colonies. At GoldebioogVeyfOoi sale 1800 bales were placed to Hd.

fleece, 10d. to 28d. aooored, aoa. In the Ammbly the aecondeading of the Land hat Men moved) the debate ia now soinc on, The Government have determined not to permit the attemptea ucreate of iquettere' renUIe. The Oodo itlonhave held a private meeting to cohalder ielr oi acuon, JTlourateady at 21 10a.

for Adelaide; fifty tout were placed at that figure. Maize, St. 3d. Kerotene 1 enquired for 1 460 eaaet of DOwner't changed hands at 6a. and 200 eaaet Oriental brand at 3d.

1000 quarter-barrelt of powder on time at 9JJ. City of Adelalda eaOi on Saturday. DUNE DIN (Yu MAjbodbiii.) the Omeo, which arrived thit morning; we have pipera ultimo, u. The Chamber of Oommeroe have memorialited the "General Government to continue the tuhaidy to the sail (teamer between Otago and Melbourne. The having- called for tenders for the con-u of the mailt for only tlx menthi, it tuppoted to be a provition for the poedblllty of the General JAawmbry ratifying Waid'e oontract for The Ciamber of Commerce approval of the Panama mute, but eoniidert that the intercolonial mill la alio necetaary.

i lie vunedin markets- wen. quiet, i Breadatuffi Biignuy loweri The Canterbury Champioii race meetlnir it attract' leg a good deal of intereat. The latest betting to 4 to -1 tgaintt Otto, to 1 againat Lady Bird, 6 to lagalnat nam, iv i agunai vuoount ana Mourmahal, and 18 uii agauw onuieiagn anq uungarribee. () nd Mabjolm, from Bydjaey, 'if i i'f'L I QUEENSCLIFF. a-: Wednetday, 7p.m, with deals, is order I to ui i rois a DiPAToEa.

Alma and Bright Planet, for Nei A tlon to-day ths teat Preclota realUed ai iouowi. jsxtxa superfine souchong, i 6i. per cheat, i U. per half-cheat Finest breakfut congou, 8 2a. per cheat Boxea extra auperfine gunpowder, 2a.

ioid. 300 boxts finest toented orange pekoe, 21186 New whektii wganung come in, a small quantity wu quoted u. waeai, la. to js. 3d.

AnnrvxD. Margaret Davit, from Melbourne. Cmaxp out. Conatanoe, for Auckland. ELECTOEATB OF CANTBaBTJEY.

'iJxcLA: pontes for the election of two members to ropiimit tr. r.USL.P1? "rtay. he state eSine uU wat BATIOIT OFTII POLL, 'unuiuiraa-OTnora, at a lew mlnatta altar aavaa bs bige EI 1 Li i1" ,1 887 1 i i 78 iona 87. ftff. -m 4r is 1- MM HHmUWHl .1.

SmUm JV.n MB It WM BOW 01 flQtT It and John Loots, boa.dtdyebettd to MW OATT t.V. i L-'ji Jk la "rUW oewrreBoe. Mlh nblln "wn at (a. lur mtnw aaM reorivea iirJT.yi lZ voa oi any of the candidates, ai lapr1tth.ful. an he vmwtf Hi where hs bed reoalvaa a vary hbaaount oi fJPPoH.

BevruveryiitoutalwthM thtv nad MtamS waicj. prou paniiM. acanii. i uie tMunln iWwSM filial ''T'f? thought r. UlfnM k-.

native rock and roughly squared, and -then left to astonish future travellers it is about six ty- Seet loD8 by seventeen feet Tfide, and fourteen -deep, Much ef the limestone need in mpie is or very line quality and in excel- leDtpreservation its texture hard and compact yewwish white, deepening by expo- suie warm brown. Some of; it, however, muen corroded by the action of ithe weather, On the north side of the smaller JempleX noticed lDM uie oases ot tne columns- were almost ag perfect and fresh-looking fas' while the snaits aDDve them were much decayed. These temnles." av Dr. ftnliinann Wnthaf wonder of past centuries, and" will continue to be the wonder of future generations, until barbarism, and earthquakes shall have done 'their last Vforh. In vastness of rfan.

combined delicacy of -they seem to surpass all others in Western Asia, in Africa, and in They are like those of Athens in lishtness. but sur pass them far in vastnesa they are vast and massive 1 like those of Thebes, but far excel them in- airineeg and Maundrell says oi- me xempie, 01, it strikes the mind with an air of greatness beyond anything that I ever sawbefore, and is an eminent proof of the magnificence of the ancient architecture." Wood and Dawkins, who were here in 1571, and who published afterwards a splendid volume of drawings' to illustrate, the remains. say When we compare the ruins of, Baalbek wun tnose or many cities which we visited in Italy, Greece, Bgypt, and other parte of "we cannot help' thinking i them tho boldest plan we ever eav attempted in architecture." Ai that time- there were nine oolumns of the great ''peristyle standinif and twenty-six-columns 'of the peristyle of the smaller but 1 an: earthquake which, happened in, 1,769 down three of the larger and seven Hof the smaller columns, besides doing much damaee It waa this earthquake that caused the middle stone of the Mautiful portal to slip down between its fellows; and' the slightest additional -shock will likely complete the destruction of the lintel. MERCANTILE AND MONEY ABTIGLE. i lili.il.i..

.1 Th amount of Customs duties paid to-day is aa follows asiouows. Ui- Braady ti.i,-t M9 It 4J2?" Bratroat ai ims SI SM II 16IT 4 IS- au a Wiaa Tobeooo and arms' Tea Coffee aafl eklebty i.i iv-: Boaar. DanflMd Opium Pliouie i -BT IT. T4 19 xonu reports held to-dav an extensive, sale of teas, groceries, fruits. ueuig cununuauon' or nis yesteraay sale, large parcels of teas, ex Beaton, were nniited at reduction on late sales the prices obtained roiiuea irom- to lus.

to per r.hnofc T.t p9roeWof were placed-at 'market iwi nauii va time tne iiae nas, ex.ismuie Mathilde, were not submitted for competition. out will be sold with the remainder of tho Beaton's cargo on Tuesday, The following quantities of coin were cleared the Customs' to-dav 10.000 ma, irtunsron, ror AUCKiana and 10,000 sovereigns oy tne Uity. ol Adelaide, for Mel- bourne. The meeting advertised to be held this. afternoon with referenct to the outside pilot service was, owing to the absence of Captain, Ipoetponed tiU' Wednesdajt-uexti i (ff a ne arrivals, to- nay nate'been tha.BIaeluvalT.

AJuui.uii,.wnu au cargo ot1 general merchandise; the ateamer' belonging to Company, from Glasgow: and tho tons sugar We have snat.a;' frrftii7' rkAUA a avJkl N-Z-. to. 1 IV lMtly. Southern Otou sayj aa ixibiami. unearulMy to tha fatrara ot thla BrOTlaaa.

tbmariTar.fi pSum. r. ia neetipi a a a prokaMUty that aoawthliut wlU ba nana ta v-taitakwaa aataa .1 aay ban acme eSeat In fanprorlat taabMeaf aa aia may tha tacreaata luppllaj mulred. at CtaTatmu tXc TtaraTara SI i JTV ercnmiatae on bead, but ua market la wk orwioeaaad astrlta there are vary heavy stookacA aiihin. ak.

iM.ii. hera are bravy itcokaoCsTaaariaaaad protMona, aad prloeareeUaea aaa. sBwwtwr. aaow, a ax abla Hdaatimi fraan thrv. Bnnm3t t.

-J eale vaty macaw iSaaw, kewever, ahow. a aetulder. ootea ta atir pnee There mma ah. .1, ivFiuw aw porter, waw at about titotaM Maruu'a -braady la worth from la fd to Da awr anllim. ana iT.

uauwiaa, loicaaw CDOTlb loe a. Ictcbea about 10a Bd in if. ani-otiinK "1 on prtvtoua uotatlima Comiaon brudlea are uealeable at any i nauir icppuna with rum, autha demand IVltaaltau, the troope aaiea th nifnaloal aoamir.T,A aVZL- mux bl la the. hand, of- cm Srm. BJm baa atlabtTy teereeeed la erica alaaa thai n.wi.

iL' tny Utile teod riw In the aiarkeu bat pJmty ol tafetkreAuaUly. kat aouroa la vary treeUy 'KJaeed. K.Titi.v!'.?1 PP1' who aerate, l7i3ryiianUty eurplleu, ad Ika Wavarley la deny npaoled Iraea Ik ali-tatimi la YiZZ7T.JL ii i aa ta laanoaT inm tain a aw ih iiw anieu lon- Aa ntarda auutelal aaatun. wewraat Ul kUlaarak vadin net: there are ao ikllcna.ta thane prob irobebly Ja aot aaa aa? imraaa la-da d-Bs w.h fettiiil pitl wlsee hue Tor eome tkitwai offrit-d ama YainAh. an aWnri aa.

waa no deetteaHl. Ttte ramatat oi uaa aaat ar Oorataaaiui ao -ittiiDstcn la aaaalts aaaiaty an aoariQ, nni nm a tit narUeatar bfaraalaryadtaMaaw II a AunVlaiw ft im tVi'aeeaeattp Utonipt acUonla the arejent lAta tat I i' sur. i RVU atiAOU sa 11 In AuutirisaW a.la;i'i vstetat. 1 ei -iSiAaiaitBiteA the of. tid uiHls to say, DStween tBukaa.

and'; the followed down one rfthee.at.r.,71ihi; B'w -these waters tan, by, Uos four A. atrip of verdure. tnd. It wdnderful and striking in the world Jt I awtvaw- aava iuiuuidu uiunuinr lis 1 1 ri tai -vranvtiDafin aubbb, coiossai iragments or snaits. Huge capitals that look when On the ground out of aU proportion with the airy columns that rise-up beside them; gigantic architraves, friezes, andceilings, all exquisitely Sculptured It iS 0Ve thia aaWdnlTay eM" on 'firtt, entering the sacred'' ty.U i The whole of thiabuadingexWUd my aJriira tlon greaUy, but its portsl1 1' may.

say lingered long atey.lt. ahd retutned gain ana again to least upon. the prodigal enrichment i of ita artalntin-a, Tbe doorway (tWentyon 'fees wide attAlprtirv. jwo nrronnded by richly cttrved tow Un Into ai, rwprttrnts -me oi tnese compartments is filled with uut runnir it nvnnmatit of nei wong leaves and luoklna; tb fruii aitu ngurci iHiing in tne same attitude. compartments vontala ears of 'wheat, fruits, 9 YefmeA ntnas of ronvenUonU vihnU iwsev orpament A-' oi 1 iuDtare.1 I A7flS a wnoiaaoinc.

1 "luninnai 0.auiaUMauuMiMui nl. i w.taaxtW rK'iVJW'rUiV CValr wseveral otjtnh ttm mild I 7.. eUaJ aaT aft vaaf rliilJ I I' vji.a t. Kill 1 Slini'l 1 yw Wllllimir Tlini.ll ii.ArM.u7ti' qilolf wtA 'K ii i MvJ rf.a,', a. 1 I u.

3 to a iteasS rfknlt'lcei I i i i I v' i. I -A Hs vJ lanra ttllaa tNtaia. and Has (t Amman jtw I lwwiwwww Mawaa i IMwr.