AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 3413, 29 January 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

A most determined bigamist made his appearance before 'the: Melbourne City Court oh January 6. The prisoner, who is a sharpfaced 1 about 40 years of . age; L named Andrew D. Young, arrived ia the Colony by the Donald M‘Kay ,in October,' 1857,: he being ship’s, ’ carpenter. ■. Immediately after arriving- in. Melbourne be married a. woman named Margaret Borrowman, who , was a passenger by the ; same ship/ They .ljyed‘, together till 1863, when. Mrs Young,: haying become partially bjind, went; to 1 Scotland, where sha ia now living with her mother. In June, 1865, the. prisoner, married ay oung woman named Jane Eliza Fpnnan, in . Gippa Land. He lived with,sber tiiL the end of 1867, when she .-was; obliged,.from bis .cruel treatment, t<\ leavp him, and had, since then lived as lady’s-maid -in Sydney. The prisoner had'sihee married, a.third time in Yass, New-South Wales. : -Full proof was giyenpf theraarriagejofthepriaoner to Margaret Bor rowman and Jane Eliza Fennan, and he was eommitted.for trial.,;;,: ;;j- •,. . /,://•’/

. The ‘ Cornwall Chrpniplp’ - announces > the death of Mr 'T. Greg«on. at Richmond, at thp age of. 76 years;; +Mr■ Grevsen,was one;of the patriotic six who, with the late Bir Richard Dry and others,, asserted the independence pf . the Anstraliag from control of the Imperial Parliament. The same journal reports the death, of' Mr Satnuel Hannaford, librarian’of the/ Hobart tfown -Publio LiIprary. , . .- : _/ !, /| / , /:://’ ’ The' * Lauribettbn EiWmifier ' fabticb?' /an abominable instance pf adulteWtion *‘la few days sineb// .a‘wpiier' : in/ Wellington street jmtehaaedV'pppple of’/kegs, which* had been.' uhed in/ a' public. house ii Launceston,: oh is to contmn'rnfn,' the oilier knoetihg 1 ' off 1 the head! of ;,clhan it pnt, it was found to contain the remains of abba* half .a|,pGondpf tobacco ! .Curiosity tcmpted Wa;%; f tAtf.'lliß Head 1 out. of keg," when*/ to His surprise,/ the reniaihs of abbin ! two 'pounds' of tobacco' w4fe foand IV7* have [’often ‘ heard /of " adulljeratibns in the liquor trade, Hut were ; hot' / aware that ii was/ , c^ftitA- 1 p.n:‘.t0.../this"extent!.!// /As 'tin Vefijr’"' trttly * remarkeci, there is ho knowing * how’ 1 inariy pobr./fellpws had hao heads ajteh drinking of the contents of these 4;r - * / :v l „/:’.. The > * Shqalhaven News ’ gives' the follew-' ing particulars of the fire at Boolong 00 Wednesday, the ,14th inst. , The premises W, four, separate buildings; and werfe occdpied^by 1 Mr Stewart^^and^^-his-tfireesons. A bent - half-past dine on Monday night Robert --‘Btewart - ahd father Retired to* ibsf ’tn /th/eir ;,sepai«te hedraoms: ShorTtly JameSj 'who had/been from horaej in/ and'*the house 1 being in : darkness, he, struck a. match to light the kblposehe lamp'; but finding'll ebipty he procured the can of kerosenewhich was in the house, and whilst pouring the/ lamp,, he,was hdldiag a lighted 'toatciyid HisTiafid, ; whicVdroppecl on the floor, where a quantity of kero.ene had fallen. By spipe ,unaccountable mean> the kerosehe/ in'the can 'and lamp ignited, and.in less ;time than, it takes to tell it, the room was iu flamea.. James Steyyarfc made a tush put of. the house, bdVdid not escape xidthbnt being frightfully burned on" the foot,‘ add hahd. When 1 he got outside he was sb distrifeted with pain, that 'he threw himself into a deep water hole 'close fo.the hoaaa' in order 1 to' get relief; whenbe he actainbled ptitf more dead than alive. Robert ■ Stewart, ' who was in another . room in bed,' bnt aWake, ■'.mSnaged - to escape 1 /through the' Window witheut 'bißing burnt, but bis hands were''after#hrd« 1 terribly cut. THe manner" ih wbicl? thfe flames spread rendered it impossible to reach ■ the bid mkn’s bedroom 1 through the doorway. The sem or Stewart is very- old/ ahd infirm, and ' the flames had burnt to hi*-robin, when" Robert smashed the window from the outside;-nut* ting his Stand'severely, and the two brothers managed to-'get:their father eat of the windpw/bui not 1 before the old- mau Was'also frigbfully burnt bmthefabb, back and bands. There V«re- ! twoi flaska bf gunpowder-in the house, which exploded, and added'considerably to the 1 conflagration;' Mr Stewart 'and two of the children have since died;*;

Judging from a debate that ' took place in i the New South Wales Assembly very lately, i themembers of that House are not ad vane- j mg in politeness. Col. Onslow, in the coarse i of/the discussion upon Captain Kossi’s ' referred- to - 1 aistateraeut. made iu a public, journal that the present Assembly was - the most degenerate aetofmen. that ever met in ; Macquarie street. When this statement was quoted, a Mr J. Smith endorsed it, and characterised bis: fellow-members aS the greatest lot of ruffians thakeyer, met in the Assembly, and he declined to; withdraw hit remark. Later on in the debate Mr- Farkes gave.' Mr Teece a flat denial, and this was. capped by a Mr Hoskins, who remarked that nohody would believe the denial.' MrJ. S. Smith then attacked Mr Farkes, asserting? that .the i Colonial Secretary was one of the lowest individuals in the annals of the country, i>2The words were reported to the 1 House,'■ and i eventually _ Mr Smith said that iff he:had ! used offensive words he begged to-withdraw them, and express his regret at haying used them.- -They Were provoked by some personal remarks < made towards him.' the Colonial Secretary. . He did nofc>;usei.the Words imputed to - him J bo ; used much stronger woyds. And hp,might say. that if the forms ofth? House would permit r he would use much stronger languages He then withdrew the expressions, and apologised to the House lor having usei.t&am, The Launceston papers report that the charred remains of a man had been .found in the bush; on* the Bast Taroari and they * have been found to he those of a an old raan named Edward O’Donnell, who resided near the mouth of East Arm, oh the Taojar.. Deceased..was a farmer, and was last, seen,alive three days before, besting out a bush fire an the back of his house, which wasjjn danger of coming into, bis paddocks, and as his remains were found someV distance, away, it is supposed he wentdown, the bush,; probably to look after the fences, ; and that his clothes caught in endeavoring to, put put a fire. Being an old mad he had pot strength to escape, and thus met a horrible 4eqth, ,the bnsh fire having passed,over him, as : shown by the state of the ground. The ex Treasurer of Queensland, Mr J. B. Bell, has adopted rather a singular proceeding. He has published, tl}e, resolutions approved of by the ,late Gaainet,. and which was to have been brought bisfore the jpsrfiiament for the revision of the, Queensland tariff. The abolition of. voiiorem duties was to have been a gradual process. , l?rom and after r the Ist of -April, machinery for manufacturing,and pastoral purposes, steam engines and boilqrs, salt and New Zealand . flax; wereto be admitted duty free. On several, other articles tbeduty Was to be reduced by quarterly instalments, and' on lgf.4r the' duties wpreto entirely cease. Dqties ; tp the extent of L132,< Q0 wer§ inn tended tO. be abolished dqring lSfi The indComifig hfiniatry inteqd ta follow in the * f <their 'predebessbrs. : Mr MaoMconstituents, at

Ipswich, for re election, after his acceptance of ihe office of Colonial Secretary, stated that the policy of his Government would consist mainly in the opening of large areas of land for free' selection, and for this purpose all the lands comprised within the ten years leases Would be resumed. A bill would also be;introduced dealing with dummyism, and the public .works would be vigorously proceeded with. They would" make cheap rail- ■ Gytnpie, Maryborough, Mount | Perry, Bundaberg. They would recover ; the Gilbert goldfie’ds, and , restore order Telegraph. lines should extend to all goldfields, and a uniform charge should be made throughout the Colony, H/e would double the goldfields reward, immigration would be continued on a large,scale, ai d the revenue derived from the " lands would be devoted to that purpose. They would reduce gradually, and finally abolish ad valorem duties. A combination match -was played at Warnambool on Jan 15, An eighteen, including Cooper, Gaggin, Conway, and Allan,: played an eleven which included Wills and six Englishman MTntyre, Greenwood, Os-r cro *t» Japp, - Lillywhite, and Southerton, : The eighteen made 172, Cooper (.who- repeated his Melbourne trick ■of hitting bis , wicket) contributing thirtynine, Gaggin' forty, and Dennis, a -.War/ nambool player, 23. The eleven only made' 26, Greenwood being the only Englishman who scored. He made 16. MTntyre, Oscroft, Jupp, Lillywhite and Southectpn were each credited with ducks’ eggs. '.. Date accounts from the Palmer River dig- 7 ?'ibgß are not-very favorable. A telegram jfc be ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ states that a letter appeared in the ‘ Brisbane Courier ’ of, Wednesday , last, signed by ten returned miners from the Palmer River. They assert that not an ounce of provisions is purohaseable on the field. " The estimated amount of gold to arrive by; escort is said to oe absurd,, and it is alleged that so far from the Palmer, being. the. best, goldfield ever found in Australia, it is very little above the average of the northern goldfields. The c very shallow and easily worked out Most of the returned diggers did fairly at the Palmer, and intend to return after the wet season, but they warn people not to go I without imoney, htnes, and, firearms,...,- - '■The. piscicu tnrists of Tasmania may be congratulated on their success, as, the salmon now seem fairly established in the Derwent Star’, says that, Dr Whitcombe received a telegram on /Friday from Dr. I \J.oore„of New; Norfolk, stating- that Sir I Officer hiad netted and caught a saljQoh of weight. A salmon 0 i eleven weight wascaught on the' sth in a net in the Derwent, near New Norfolk 1 A fresh tract of, country -is reported as * having, been discovered in: Western Australia. | Jir® ‘ Perth 1 nquirer’ says that a settler at I Nprtbain, has recently taken an exploratory (trip to the eastward of. that district, and; has , fuund a fioe.tract of pastoral country., "the ; formidable oeft of scrub which has been 1 touched in several, places by-former explon rs ' was penetrated, and behind it a. well watered, /grassy region, was exposed to view. -Runiuing through th e kiddle of it a large: fresh - I , Y a te r lake is said to exist, of such an extent ithat its limits were not observable, even jwhen looked at from a bill,of considerable j “lavation.. The pasture, is reported to be exand large. numbers, of , stock have already been stationed upon it. | The players-t<i do battle for New' South ’Wales against the Englishmen are Bannerman, - . Coates.. Fairweather, Paithfull, : Di |Gregory, E. Gregory, Hewitt, Iceton, Laujreoce, Moore, Uliver, Peacock, Powell, jSpofforth, ftheridan, N. Toomson, Tindall, jand Woods; with’ Massie and Hands as (emergency men. Coates has been chosen | captain. 1 We (* Age*) Have been requested 1 ,to contradict a statement which has appeared iin some of the country papers/ to the effect gentlemen and professionals of the ("l'*® n glaad Eleven are not on good terms [Many other statements, also of a damaging • [nature, have appeared, and'/we are' informed [that, in the majority of cases/' the assertions | are entirely destitute of truth: Great ex jcitement prevails .in Sydney as to the apiproachmg match with Mr Grade and his iteam. Every facility iu the way of holidays, icheap trains, etc., has been' given to* the /cricket-loving folks 0! New South Wales, jand a brilliant result is' anticipated;' The imatch was to commence on the Albert ground on the 24th inst. : !

It has been rather warm in some parts of I Australia lately. Jn, V ictoria the tempera-r iture hanging .from 105deg. to 112deg. in sthe shade for days together has been nothing unusual; and in South Australia it occa ’sionalJy registered |lßdeg. and 120deg - A ;pnvate letter says Small birds fell dead jin all directions, or flaw into houses to take jrafuge from the fierce rays of the sun.” * .The attempt to collect a sum of money in 'Victoria in aid of the fund now being raised in, England for the purpose of setting up some memorial in honor of the late J. S. ‘MU!, has not met with a large measure of success,.bet ween Ll6 and Ll7 only having been subscribed, j As illustrating the changes in,the value,,of squatting stat ons m the Faroe district. New the ‘Fastoral Times ’ mentions ,that at a recent Government sale, Gooni run; .on tfie Faroe, thirty-five square: miles in extent, and having nine i years; to run, only realised 26s,.theup8et price. 1 4f e>; aU the ,labor expended .over the Bill to provide education for the young in South Australia that, measure has come to grief in (the Upper Houuse. Many objections, were taken to its provisions, but we are told that “ it was the costliness of the new system which frightened the representatives of the “wealth and-intelligence” of the Colony. : One hon: .senator denounced the attempt oh the part of the State to instruct the people as “ apiece of-arrant impertinence.” to -be hoped that 'the district ' be' represents la -proiiu of him- The'judges’ salaries have-been raised, and now stand at L 2,000 for the Chief Jusjtice and L1,70Q esob forlhe puisne ’judges.