Commissariat Supplies — Tenders will be received at the Commissariat Office, until noon of to-monow, for the supply of bread, groceries, firewood, and candles to the detachment of the Whau Block-honse. The conttacb is to commence ou the Ist October next. ; Arrival of Alpacas for Melbourne. — The ship ' Jiiha Fanner' arrived yesterday morning from the West Coast of America. She is destined to Mel bourne, and has culled hero for the purpose of obtaining a supply of water. She took her depar ture on the 16th Juno fiom Calrija (West Coast), where she h.ul taken on board 315 alpacas, consigned to Messrs. Clough and Co., of Melbourne, but owing to the bad condition m which the animals were shipped, and the tempestuous state of the weather after the vessel sailed, a gieat nuniber of them died, and up to the piesent time 100 have been lost. Tho gieatest caie and attention has been paid to them tlnoughout the voyage, and 215 have ai rived in splendid condition. This is the fiisb instalment out of 1500 alpacas which have been ordeied for Melbourne. The vessel will proceed to her desti nation in tho course of a few days. Sydney Empv c, Sept. s tli. Last Good Friday.— Good Friday in this year fell ou the 3rd of April, the precise date of Oiu 1 Lord's crucifixion. This coincidence has only taken, place once in tho present centuiy, and that was iv 1801, — Cow t Jonvnal, An eldeily maiden, who has suffered some disap pointments, thus defines the human race : — Man — A conglomei ate mass of hair, tobacco smoke, confusion, conceit, and boots. Woman — The waiter, pel force, on the nforesaid animal. Husband — An instrument constructed to growl over shirt buttons that "ain'fc theie." Wife— A machines for darning stockings, sewing on shut buttons, and making puddings and other things. Child — A compound of delightful and distressing elements. .Baby — An inyention for keeping people awake at night, and for the aggrandisement of the wftnhtrwomtn.
