ozs. |
dwts. | ||
Calcutta, per Cornelius Strait, | 2,387 | 0 | |
Sydney, per Telegraph, | 3,546 | 15 | |
Sydney, per City of Sydney, | 3,000 | 0 | |
Total, | 8,933 | 15 | |
William Clarke and Sons, Gold Brokers, 86, Elizabeth-street. |
In another place we read a pleasing account of a Philharmonic Society; the theatrical performances; the Victorian Exhibition of Art; and also, sketches of Australian zoology. These we extract in like manner, to prove how our words are borne out in reference to the steady advancement of the colony: —
The Philharmonic Concert.
The wettest night of this most wet season tended very considerably to lessen the éclat that would otherwise have attended the first of the three extra concerts announced by the Philharmonic Society, which was given at the Theatre Royal last Friday, and a notice of which was accidentally and undeservedly omitted in our Saturday's impression. Not only did the unfavourable weather prevent the assemblage of a crowded audience, but it seemed to have a dispiriting influence on the exertions of the amateurs, which was not dispelled till Madame Bishop's brilliant execution of Guglielmi's Gratias agimua roused the dormant appreciation of the audience, who burst forth into enthusiastic applause.
The stage was fitted up with good taste and effect, as the choir of a cathedral, at the end of which stood the Society's organ. But Thursday having been an opera night, and the erection of the organ therefore delayed till Friday morning, it was found impos-