NEW SOUTH WALES

Colonist, Issue 60, 18 May 1858, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES

From the Sydney Herald we gather the follow-

itig:— The eight men.concerned in the Junior tragedy were placed on b'octrd that vessel on the 24th April. They left Darlinghurst gaol between two find three p.m., in; the prison van, guarded by a detachment of the mounted police, and were taken to Lady Macqilarie's Chair, where a boat was in readiness to ■receive them. From this point they were conveyed to the Junior,-Jn charge of Captain M'Lerie, inspector-General of Police, and troops ; accompanied by Mr. North, the Water Police Magistrate, and Mr. Jjrenan, Sheriff. They were placed in their cells immediately on their embarkation, and left under the surveillance of Mr. Reynolds, superintendent, and the five persons' ■who complete the guard. The vessel sailed for Boston on the 25th ultimo, under the command of Captain Gardiner; and Mr. Lord, who it will be remembered received a wound on the night of the mutiny, accompanied the ship as.second officer. Mr. Nelson Prevosf, first mate of the Junior, left this colony for Boston some days since, in the ship Indus On the mutineers finding that they were to be heavily ironed* some of them lost courage and wept bitterly< Plummer, the ringleader, observing the leg-irons were to be rivetted and clenched, complained that in the event of the vessel^ being wrecked, they would have no chance of saving their lives. The mu£iheers were divested of their clothing, and dressed'in!; the garb of convicts. On board the Juniojtppght strong cells have been greeted for their reception, four on each side. These cells are built between decks, and, while every attention has been paid to their cleanliness- and comfort, their- perfect security has been ensured by^mean^of strong bars, bolts, and doors etudded with nails. Full authority has been vested in Captain Gardiner as to the nature of punishment to be inflicted in case of any refractory conduct on the part of the mutineers. So long as their behaviour is orderly they will receive every indulgence compatible with their condition, including full diet from the cabin table, and a sufficiency of exercise on deck. The six guardsmen will be known ,by a badge on their dress to render" them distinguishable at all hours from the remainder of the ship's', company,. We are informed that photographic portraits of these eight men were taken prior to their departure, which Ire ndw in the possession of the Aindricaff'Consol.

The bonded storekeepers of Sydney have held several meetings, and have joined in a remonstrance to the Government, and a petition to the Legislature, on the subject of the charges imposed upon them, Avhich they contend, are unequal and oppressive. Tlie Government, it would seem, is favourably disposed towards giving them the relief asked for, but this relief must come from the Legislature.

The construction of the long-talked-of public baths has at length been fairly commenced. The Corporation has accepted the tender of Mr. Tyler for the construction of these baths, which are to be 300 feet in length, 125 feet wide, divided into two equal parts, and enclosed by piles driven four inches apart from, each other. . A new paper has been published in Bathurst called the Bathurst Times; which appears very well conducted and likely to succeed. The ( despatches forwarded by the GovernorGeneral to the Secretary of State, on the subject of Moreton Bay Separation, have been made public, with the exception of a few suppressed passages. T*lie substance may be briefly stated, and part was already known.- His Excellency recommends the Imperial Government to deal with tlie whole question at once, without further references to the colony. It is propdsed that, the government of the new colony shall consist of a Governor at £3000 a-year, with a Colonial Secretary at ,£I2OO, Treasurer at £1000, Attorney-General at £800, to form the Executive Council; an Upper House of 12, and an Assembly of 24 members. A Judge and Customs' Collector are already provided for, but it is suggested that a Surveyor-General shall be sent from England, at a salary of £1000. It is recommended that a sum proportioned to the population (viz.j .about £3500) be reserved for public worship. The papers respecting the division of the debt seem to shew that Moreton Bay owes £72,750 for immigration, but that the debtor and creditor account of general revenue and expenditure nearly balances. Of the general public debt, it was before understood that Moreton Bay would pay according to population as compared with New South Wales, thus : supposing the public debt at the time of separatidn to be nearly three millions, Moreton Bay, as having about a thirteenth part of the population, will commence with a debt, including the immigration debt, of about £300,00.0; no large amount for a colony with all its back lands unalienated, yet quite as njucli as the new colony can be fairly charged with.

"We understand," says the S. A. Register, " that a person in the colony, who has been connected in London with the Society for the Detection of Swindlers, believe,:? Miranda (who lately, defrauded the bank in Sydney to the extent of .£20,000), to be the son of a Scotch banker who has been long known.to th« police authorities as an accomplished scoundrel, lie is represented as a person of first-rate education and gentlemanly manners. His father has allowed him an income of £4QJ a year, but he has been leading a most dissolute life. He was understood to have been living in London, with an actress, whose name we suppress for the present, and who is now known to be in America."