NEW SOUTH WALES.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 243, 17 February 1860, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

- (From the Sydney Era.) Saturday, 15th, to Friday, 21st. January. The Nicholson Ministry have carried the second reading of the Land Bill in the Victorian Legislature, without a division. As the steamship City of Sydney was proceeding down the harbor last Saturday evening, on her voyage to Melbourne, she ran into a boat containing four men and a woman, belonging to the Joseph Gilchrist, an American ship. The boat was capsized, and one man drowned, the rest being rescued by a boat from the Venilla, An inquest was held at Balmain on Saturday last, upon the body of G. Hay,ward, a lad> seventeen years of age, who was drowned in Darling Harbor. Deceased and his master, Mr. Moodie, a butcher, had been to Sydney to procure meat, and were bringing it to Balmain in their boat, when a sudden squall struck her, causing her to heel over and fill with water, and sink. Mr. Moodie managed to keep himself afloat until assistance arrived, but] his unfortunate companion perished. On Saturday a little girl named Lettey fell into a well, situated near the corners of Pitt and Spring streets, and before she could be extricated life was extinct. The well is situated in a position most dangerous for children, being.totally uncovered, and unenclosed.

The annual examination at the Destitute Children's Asylum, Randwick, took place on Monday, before Sir William and Lady Denison, and a targe audience, comprising many members of the Legislature. The visitors expressed themselves much pleased at the progress of the young pupils. A meeting of the inhabitants of Woolloomooloo was held on Monday evening, and a petition adopted for presentation to Parliament, praying that body to authorise the construction of a semi-circular wharf at the head of Woolloomooloo Bay, as speedily as possible.

On Sunday a little son of Inspector Games of Goat Island was drowned. He was playing by himself in a boat moored close to the island, when he fell in the water. The accident was seen by .his sister, who was out in a boat at the time, but before she could reach the spot her brother had sunk to rise no more.

Three candidates have already made their appearance to supply the vacancy in the representation of Canterbury, caused by the retirement, of Mr. Flood, viz, Mr Lacas, Dr. Sherwin, and Mr. G. Smith.

A man was recently fined 40s. at Newcastle for attempting to jump from a railway carnage whilst in motion. The individual was a foreigner, and his- only reason for the foolish proceeding was that his hat had blown off, and he wanted to regain it.

A correspondent of the Goulburn paper reports the discovery of an extensive goldfield :*ct Gibson's Plains, on the Snowy River. Three men, he writes, , obtained £60 worth of gold in a fortnight, and a rush to the new field is commencing. . Mudgee is beginning to patronise liberalism rather extensively. A new weekly journal of'"liberal" principles has appeared, bearing the title of the Western Post. There is already one liberal journal established in that town.

Interpreter Davis, appointed by the Government to examine the two girls recently discovered on Frazer's Island, has expressed his firm conviction that both of the girls are the offspring of white parents. The girls themselves sayt hat their parents were black, and the eldest sister asserts that she remembers the birth of the younger girl. Both of them have expressed a desire to return to Fraser's Island again. An accident of a serious nature happened an Tuesday last ( to.a son of Mr. Richard Hill, He was in a gig waiting for t his father, at 4he top of King-street, when a baker's cart, coming at a furious pace from Macquarie-street, struck the gig, and, pitched out its occupant Into the road. The wheel of the baker's cart passed over his leg and broke it.

A meeting of the members of the Church of England was held in the infant schoolroom, Castlereagh-street, for the purpose of raising a'fund to maintain three clergymen upon the gold-fields during the ensuing year, the religious wants of these districts being no longer supplied by State aid. Sir D. Cooper acted as chairman, and, after a very telling address from the Rev. H. A. Palmer, who .for eight years has acted as a chaplain on the gold fields, resolutions were carried in consonance with the objects of the meeting.

A fatal accident occurred at Petersham on Monday last to a man named Camerford. He was coming through the bush with a dray load of wood, when the vehicle was capsized by coming into contact with a root, and the unfortunate man thrown out and killed.

A foreigner named Garibaldi, who is said to be a brother of the great Italian patriot, made his appearance at the Central Police Court on Tuesday last, charged with attempting to shoot himself. The prisoner is in the employ of Mr. Chalder,* Cook's River Road, and is, it would seem, a victim to the tender passion; having paid his addresses to a servant girl in the same establishment. His dulcinea slighted, him: so finding his passion not reciprocated, the ardent Italian resolved to put an end to his existence. In the course of the investigation come doubts were expressed aa tQ the prisGaqr'f sanity j tyut Mr. Oliajder

said that the man had been in his employ for three months, and had during that time shown no symptoms of madness. The doubts entertained of the soundness of his mental faculties; were certainly justified by the circumstances under which he was arrested, viz., in a (state of1 complete nudity,, with a pen in his hand and a brace of pistols before hini, concocting a letter to General Garibaldi, lite eminent brother (?) The Bench ordered him to find sureties to keep the peace for twelve months, or in default to be imprisoned for one month. An inquest was held last Tuesday,; upon the body of Ana Jackson, vvhodied whilst in the Benevolent Asylum. From the evidence adduced, it appears that the deceased was a widow, of idost respectable character, supporting herself for the last eight years by means of her unaided industry. Lately, however, she became quite destitute, and falling ill; was, ad-, mitted into the/Benevolent Asylum, where she expired. The medical man expressed his ( opiniph that her illness was caused by defective ventilation, a damp residence, and a want of proper medical treatment. Oh Saturday evening last; v fireman pn board the City of Newcastle disappeared.* He was with the vessel when she left Sydney, and his absence was not observed until the steamer approached' Newcastle. It is presumed: that he fell overboard unobserved during the passage; A fencer, named Mort, on the Lower Murrumbidgee, a few days ago struck a stockman, Thomas Mullagaii, on the head with a gunwood rammer, inflicting most dangerous injuries. He had been drinking with the man, and a quarrel.had ensued between them. The drink, apparently the real source of the dispute, had been fetched by the men from Gillenbar, a distance of fifty; miles.

Mr. Nicholas Troy, a settler on Kyamla Creek, met with his death on Saturday last, in consequence of being capsized whilst driving a cart, which, coming in contact with a sapling, was upset, and fell upon' the; unfortunate man.

"The charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, preferred by Mr. Charles Poole against Mr. S. Colville, lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre, has, after a lengthened investigation at the Police office, been dismissed. -<■■•.■'■

Saturday, 22nd, to Friday, 28th Jan. The action of libel against the proprietor of the Ittawarra Met airy, Ha worth v. Garrett, has been decided in favor of the defendant.

An inquest was held before the City Coroner last Saturday, on the body of a child named Cleerkin, who was drowned by accidentally falling into the water from the wharf at Ultimo, near the Darling Harbor Railway.

On Monday last a man named Siattery died in Darlinghurst gaol of delirium tremens, brought on by intemperance. The deceased was formerly a member of the .Police force, but was dismissed for drunkenness. . , ; .

A son of the Rev. C. C. Kemp, of Nevvr town, has been severely mutilated by the accidental explosion of a gun, whilst out shooting at Cook's River. Two' fingers of the right hand were blown away, and it was found necessary to amputate the left hand at the wrist. ~

In order to test the value of the Port Curtis Grold-Fields, a company has been started called the Canoona' Gold-Fields Mining Company. There are 10,000 shares, at £1 per share, and a steam engine and other appliances are to be brought from Sydney, to carry on the intended works. .......

The. Municipal Council of. Sydney has authorised the payment of Civic funds of the cost incurred in defending actions against James Murphy and Thomas MKeown, Esqrs., in the matter of the recent election of Aldermen. -

Telegraphic communication between Maitland and Sydney was opened on Monday last.

The. Speaker, Sir Daniel Cooper, announced to the House on Tuesday last his intention of shortly resigning the post he has so long filled. Rumour has named either Murray or Piddingtbn as his successor.

A sad accident'happened on Monday last so Mrs. Brownlee, Marshall Mount. She was standing against a tree watching her son, who had just mounted a restive horse wHen the animal commencing to kick and plunge, got his hoof entangled in her dress, and before assistance could be rendered had dashed her against the bottom of the tree, killing her on the spot.

Several, cases of diptheria, says the Groidburn Chroriich, have occurred lately in the district.

A nugget weighing 240z, was recently found on the Lower Turon by a Chinaman, who sold it to Mr. Short, Dublin Tavern Sofala, for the sum of £82.

A young Jew, named Nathan, commit-: ted suicide by swallowing strychnine at his lodgings on Sunday morning last. The poor fellow had been out of employment for some time back, and had been living with a relative.

The lllawarra Mercury reports the finding of the body of a male child last week in Wilshire's paddock. The poor little thing, had been dreadfully mutilated by ants, and presented a shocking spectacle. It however when discovered exhibited signs of life. A married woman named Sadlier, has been arrested upon suspicion of being the mother of the infant. ....„'.

, The body of a man, name unknown; was recently found in a water hole, near Ithe Blair Hill station, Armidale district. It appears that the unfortunate fellow had been seen a day or two previously wandering about the locality in which his body was found, and from his wild behaviour and manner towards those whom he ad-: dressed, it is imagined that he was laboring under a fit of what are termed ttje