CHARLESTON

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 397, 7 November 1868, Page 6

CHARLESTON

The Committee of the prospecting asssqciation, met on Tuesday evening, at the Melbourne liotol. There were present, Messrs ILonnelly (in chair,) Neal, M'Carthy Behan and M'Parland. Mr M'Carthy inquired whether it was* definitely arranged how the money in bad not was to be expended. He thought that it would be more advisable and advantageous to tbe public to have the amount expended in cui ting tracks through i!io back country The other members however were ii favour of sending out a prospectiu; partyanda motion to thiseffect madeln Mr Behan and seconded by Mr M>c Parlane, was carried. Several applications were then read from persons who volunteered their services on a prospecting party. It was resolved, ■'that tbe following persons should form tbe two parties which should be despatched: —David Angus, Daniel Sanderson, Samuel Tarten, Fredrick Nye, John Barns, and William Osborne, and that they were to receive 90s a week per man, and to find themselves in every thing. Messrs M'Carthy and Behaia were instructed to carry out all necessary arrangements relative to their immediate departure. It was then resolved that the dramatic entertainment kindly volunteered by tbe Histrionic club should take place on Monday evening the 9th inst. The bal masque, held at tho Casino dc Venice on Monday evening, was, as had been anticipated a great success. A large number asssembled on the occasion, and it need hardly be stated that all enjoyed themselves

In the Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday, James Walsh, charged v, ith being drunk and disorderly, forfeited his bail, 40s. Aug as Mac Kinuon, charged as a vagrant and dis-

orderly character, was remanded until Thursday. Robert Kynue, was charged with having violently assaulted Sarah Liddle by seizing her by the throat aud nearly suffocating her. The prisoner was sentenced to one months imprisonment with hard labor. A charge of vagrancy was then preferred against the prisoner, and upon this charge he was sentenced to two months imprisonment with hard labor The following eases wero on the civi list : Heale v. Bennett, claim £2B 10s. Judgment was entered for plaintiff by default in amount claimed and costs A similar judgment was entered for £l.O 10s ii/tho case of same plaintiff v. Dodd. Lew's v. Mrs Fitzgerald alias Launby £2 LO for damages, judgment for plaintiff by default in amount claimed and'eosis. Shauahan v. Mountain, claim £lO Is. ; set tied out of court.

In the Wardens Court, John Boyle and Party v. A levander Ogg and Party for unlawfully breaking through their dam and causing damage to the amount of £2O. The complainants were :iou-buited, owing to their miners rights having expired at a date" prior to that of summons. John Hairold and party v. Jones and party, another case of alledgtd injury to complainants for defendants not allowing water to come down the creek ; adjourned to Thursday.

The Hospital Committee met on Thursday evening, at the Melbourne Hotel. There were present —Messrs McCarthy (in the chair), Bowman, Bowcu, Behan, M'Coy, and Masters. Tenders being called for supply of the institution from November Ist, IS6S, to March 31st, 18G9, the following were accepted, subject however to the proviso that those who specified three months in their tenders should enlarge the period to five months:—Grasquoine, for groceries, &c. ; Maginn, bread; Proffit and Humphrey, meat; John Lewis, milk; Behan and Kelly, coal and fufsl; and Bain and Tyrrell, printing, advertising, &c. After a few matters of a minor nature were discussed, the Committee adjourned for a fortnight. A moonlight ball was held on Thursday evening at the Bace Hotel, Nine Mile Beach, with what success I do not know. If the serpentine manner however, in which some parties returned thence in the early morning be taken as an evidence of it, it must be concluded that the '' rosy" was imbibed pretiy freely, no matter at whoso expense. The disgraceful conduct of one party of " roughs" deserves to be recorded. These individuals could not navigate their way to their chambers by the ordinary mode of the King's high-way without deviating from their course, and paying a matutinal visit to a number of houses. This was done for the purpose of souudiugthejwc/Zfa with an instrument which resembled a superannuated cornopean. Of course it was all for sport, and excessive boisterous laughter accompanied each sound of the instrument. JLord Byron says that the " devil is in the' moon for mischief" aud if there is auy truth in

tbe observation, those persons must have been, if not Bacchus-afflicted, at least uioon-stricken. The mining population are again crying out for water, many claims being already at a stand-still owing to the want of that productive element. The Kynnerslcy Banquet, at Brighton, on Monday evening, was it appears a success. About GO sat down to table uul after the banquet dancing was inlulged in till a protracted hour of the morning. At an inquest held at tbe Melbourne lotel, on Thursday last, regarding the death of the child William Osborne, who was drowned in a shaft at the Darkie's Terrace, the following depositions were taken : Robert Speer deposed—l am a book-keeper in tho employ of Parker and Garside. About two o'clock yesterday I heard a woman scream. I opened the door and ran out. Saw the mother of the child whose body has been shown to the jury near a waterholc. I ran over to her, and when I got close to her she screamed out, " My child is drowned !" I looked into the water and the child lying near the surface of the water. 1 stooped down and took it out. It was quite dead.

Ellen Osborne —I am the wife of William Osborne. I last saw my child William alive about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, playing in front of the door with a little boat. 1 went to look for him to come to his dinner. I passed by the waterhole and saw his hat floating in the water. I looksd again and saw his head. I screamed for assistance, and he was taken out of the water quite dead. He was four years aud one month old. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence.