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60 Batman's hill, and brought several acres into cultivation. Being sub sequently sent to Bagdad, in other words, obliged by Batman’s association to withdraw across the river, he cultivated, he told us, some ninety acres between Emerald Hill and the river. The furrows may still be observed. When, however, the messengers of the law arrived, they coolly broke down the fence and turned their horses into Fawkner’s cultivated paddocks. The story runs, that on the visit of Governor Bourke, he rudely, with his own hand, tore aside the enclosures of the squatter without leave. The superiority of the Yarra site was so manifest, having an abun dant supply of fresh water, that population gathered round, and the town of Melbourne arose. Thus was the visit of the “ Enterprise” made the occasion of the settlement of the metropolis of Port Phillip. Although Mr. Fawkner could not reach the new place until some six weeks after his five partners, yet as he was the prime mover of the undertaking, and, according to his own showing, the planner of the expedition, and the selector of the very Yarra locality for settlement, he may justly be entitled to the distinguished honor of being the founder of Melbourne. Mr. Batman was undeniably the Founder of the Colony of Port Phillip ; but, when a settler, he never interfered with public affairs. His rival in fame, on the contrary, has a name associated with colonial politics for the last thirty years. He not only laid the foundation of Melbourne, but he has been identi fied with the progress of the work at each successive stage. With all his waywardness, eccentricity and obstructiveness, he has proved him self a very useful and faithful public servant, and one whom a people should delight to honor. me. wedge’s narrative. As Mr. Fawkner has spoken of a Mr. Wedge, we would inform the reader, that that gentleman held an honorable government appointment in Hobart Town twenty years ago, and that he is now highly esteemed as an active member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. At the request of the author, he furnished a sketch of his early connexion with this country. He nowhere alludes to Mr. Fawkner’s accusation, being unacquainted with the publication of it, else he might be able to defend himself. It will be seen that he asserts Mr. Fawkner’s enter prise to have been, undertaken upon the strength of Mr. Batman’s
