AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 4057, 26 February 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

We are informed by the ‘Forbes Times/ a New South Wales paper, that'an'individual residing pot far from ForbCs hastpmed out to be the person wanted in the matter of a legacy of something lie L 100,000.; We hardly feel at liberty to mention names ,at present, but the party is Well known. - For. years past he has earned an- honest livelihood by hard work, and has plenty of friends who will be rejoiced to hear of his good fortune. ' '

Mr Justice Fellows at present undertakes what is called ‘‘chamber business”iat the Supreme Court, Melbourne/ Some time ago. a solicitor’s clerk who had riot sufficiently recovered from thei effects of the previous night’s potations had occasion to wait upoi} one of the Supreme Court judges who hi ' 7^ote4V^Qr , and Who at once observed the condition of the unfortunate scribed With fixed eyes, and in a • sharp decisive tonis, the. learned judge exclaimed, "Take ybur dirty paws, off iny table, sir; and when next you appear herC come sober, sir, moderately sober, oV : at'all events as sober as you ban come.” 1 These three degrees were tbo much for the ‘‘limb of'the Idw/’ who left his Honor’s' chambCrfelameuting, clearly not seeing that there was Strother degree, namely, “as" sober as a judge,” wmch he'had' mso not arrived at. ■ 1 t “ Three Chinamen, named Po Hi, Ah Chong, and Ho Sir, prisoners in the Para/ matta gaol, ” says the Cumberland MeVcury, “ were at dinner together bn Tuesday, Jan. 25, when suddenly, and without the slightest provocation, Ah Chong jumped to his feet, and drove his knife into the breast of Po Hi, who immediately fell 'dead. Ah Chong Stood in a menacing attitude for some secdnds over the body’of his victim, and saying somethingin his own language, made a rush at Ho Su, and would have J doubtless murdered him also, but for another Prisoner named' Frost, who seized him with the garrotters* grip* when, after an ineffectual struggle to stab FrOst, he was compelled to drop his weapon, and was isafely secured. An Chohg was undergoing a sentence of seven years for manslaughter. ' He had previously been sentenced to five years on the road's for Wounding with intent. - An inquest was held on the body of Po Hi, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Ah'Chong, who Was committed to take his trial at Darlinghurst. He is, to all appearance, perfectly sane.” ' SCENES IN THE VICTORIAN ASSEMBLY. When the Opposition saw their doom in “the iron hand 7 ’ Of Sir James M'Culloch their manner very plainly showed that they did not like it. They indeed behaved in a way that wbuH have been a discredit to the inmates of the refractory ward of n lunatic asylum. The irritating cackle of Mr Gannson became more offensive than ever," and there was something almost touching in 'this young man’s last gleam of expiring sanity, shown in his prompt appropriation to himself of Mr M'acdermott’s remark about “idiotic drivel. ” Like Scrub, Mr Gaunson* knew that the allusion was pointed at him; Hie House laughed so cousumedly. ' Mr Longmore foamed and raved about the ‘‘ex-’ ecratiou of the whole Colony, ai feeling of which the hon. member anff his friends are likely to know more before they have done. Mr M‘Kean rushed madly about the house, flourishing • the obnoxious notice of motion, and ; bellowh g with. wrath. In : a transport of quotatio i: he ms---Sured theHonte tbat ‘f He was cah aconite Calm. He^ould.smile snd smile ’h- [anhon/ member—‘. 4 And be a villain.”) — at which both «|4p9 pf tbe Howe unitc4 pf

laughter. On which up rose Mr Qannsom , utterly innocent of Shakspeare, to protest ! that the words were““highlyuupaHiamen-^ House off under the peals of laughter he had Uncon-S sciously evoked; /Next, Mr M'Kean; iMho l spirit of the Yankee editor who crashed Jas | newspaper antagonists by delicately remark?mg ** he hadn’t got an aunt with aoookOye,** - significantly assured the House that his father-in-law was an “independent geutleman, at which the House-laughed'again. '' But it a laughing matter wheaMF Munroj the gloomy and sepulchral, arose W' speak. The h6n. member proceeded afconee.': to offer himself a bleeding and' smoking sacrifice, on the altar of: his country, ■ He inn formed*the House that he Was ready to be “cut to pieces,*’ “to be bound hand and~ foot,” or "have his tongue pulled out with, pincers,’’ he did not care which. ought “bind him hand and foot and put him in the cellar,” if they liked. The hon, ■ member’s voice trembled t as he made these patriotic offers, which, however, were not responded to. If somebody would ' only make him a martyr for his country, he pleaded, but no one undertook the: duty. Indeed, the - House showed so heartless a' 1 disregard of his pathos, that whenheonoe learnedly referred to the Premier as theDoge of Venice, and happened to pronounce the title “dodge,” hon, members ‘laughed,, and the affecting and lugubrious reference of Mr Munro to the Bridge of Sighs, to which he wished to be-taken, was considerably damaged. The quantity of patriotic* martyrdom that rhetorically offered itself to the torturers in the course of the evening was very extensive. , 4 ~m

N. S. WALKS AT PHILADELPHIA.'

Mr B. C. Holtermann, of St. Leonard’s, Sydney, a wealthy amateur photographer, is making a very extensive collection of photographs of the scenery and public buddings of New South Wales and Victoria! He has already expended nearly L 4,000 in carrying out his. project and has obtained between 1,000 and 1,500 differentuegatiyes, some of them of a great spse, Hc by , Mr. C, Bayfiss, who mis suppeeded in obtaining what is said to he the lacmst negatives in the ■world. It is a vie;w of Sydney, taken from the Nopth Shore, and. its sine sft6in by 3ft 2m. It is taken On a sheet ol plate-glass weighing 801bs. Notwithstandmg the immense size! of the photograph, till buildings, trees, andshippiug come outmost distinctly. Mr Bayliss.has also obtained ■ complete panoramic view ofMelbPurup. Mi Holtermann intends to exhibit his ®t the Philadelphia. Exhibition, and aften visiting Europe for the pnrpose*of ascertain] ing the latest movements in the photo! graphic art, he will return to Sydney, team there pprfect his- collection of Australasian views. He contemplates at sprue futurj exhibiting his complete collection it] England and onthe Continent of Europe. J

ak .OFnciAE '

A revolt in the Civil Service is as unex Sted as vrould be a, mutiny ip th!l nmel Fleet, and vet the papers rhcord « outbreak in the Muung DepajMent of i serious and unerampled enartteter. A hmnbe of the public tbewbsv risen against the permahent head, Mf;R. I Smyth, .and in so many'words have declare him a tyrant, and asked for hisdMdssa Since the day when the star of that b&iner geologist, Mr A. R. C. Selwyn/wanedbefo? Mr Smyth,’the latter gentlMMari 11 bak™, spered and waxed powerful!. Mr jSelwy nourishes certainly, But it is Canada; an oyer the geology of Victoria, its miifesah its aborigines, Mr triumpbah 1 if not supreme. Thera haVe beeh btotins froi without but they have "bfowh bVer.and it■ only a Short time ago. thkt the peAfaanei bead obtained from Parliw-thfini a increase of salary,- and still later he w popularly qominated for'‘the poM bt tl Lands Office given to Mr Archer.; Now tl danger that ' threatens Mr Smyth ik fro within. His own officers have ttimeft upc him, and the positioii of th©Se makes their conduct. more than usuiliv Mi mficant. The Mining Hfepartihfiilt an worked by men entitled W.ttie protection the Civil Service Act, ’ bht by imctiitoifii officers of anffo such i extent that, according fo the Royal Oommi sion ott the. Civil • Service,there wks ; but 01 Civil servant iu the ehtifo list bf twente-sew professional officers. The pbsitidu bf sup* numefaries is that they Min bb dismissed lu moment without compensation' ahd' Witho inquiry, at the insfonce of’t®e c ai the Minister in such c&tes id but inoth naine .'for the permanent head. 1 Thus 1 Sihyth has been invested with" pbWbfs v% the Mining Department whibh ho other oh of a branch in the iferVice not Mf Archer,’hot 'Mr Tufrief;n,ot Mr Higiubotham. These genUemencanthreat their Subordinates with a board; but t displeasure of Mr Bbvfodsly mea dismissal: Position ana ' ha upon Ms fiat. An. officef’ S6 pklcSd cot play tlfe'part’of ah ahtbcfatrifheliked, afl the hehksdol this; Ceriadhly he mitirt subordinates desperate. The have risen !mhst hkVe fdalißed that they'stakb their ehmlbymeiit'*x)nlß qfthe cbnltiet thhy nhve provoked.*