DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. - ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 16 Feb 1853 (original) (raw)

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DOMESTIC lNTELLIUliiNCn. |

ABSTHACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY. 'I

Jilt. J. O. COHEN.-At his Rooms, at U o'clock,

Patent Leather, Chamois Skins, Fancy Goods, Play-

AIEShRS. BOWDEN AND THRELKELD.-At the

Circular Quay, at half-past 10 o'clock, American

Tobacco; at the City Mart, at 11 o'clock, Roll Felt,

Beor, Phial Corks, I[y«makin Tea, Hops', at lu

o'clock, WooUashing, Weighing Machines, &c

MB. O. NJÎMTON.-At his Boom«, at 11 o'clock, 0118

bag« .Mauritius Sugar; at bis Salo Yiud, at 11

o'clock. Wheat and Flour.

. MR. MORT.-At his Booms, at 11 o'clock, Bank and

MB, C. MAltTYN.-At the Horso and Carrlnge Bazaar,

240, Pltt-strect, at 10 o'clook, Hunter River Horhos.

MB. E. SALAMON.-At his Rooms, at 11 o'clock, Fine

Gold Jewellery, Silver Articles, i-o.

MR. W. SHOPLAND.— On the premises, Bathurst-

street, near Castlereagh-street, at 11 o'clock,

MR. BURT.— At Stewart's Horse Bazaar, 208, Pitt-

street, at 11 o'clock, Horses, Dray, Box Cart, Horse,

Cart and Harness, Tilted Carts, Harness, &c.

MESSRS. MOORE.— At the Labour Bazaar, Pitt-street,

at 11 o'clock, Wearing Apparel, Pistols, Books,

Engravings, Paintings, Jewellery, Telescopes, Boots,

Shoes, Sundries ; on the premises, Prince-street, near

Mr. Cole's Inn, at 11 o'clock, Household Furnlture

Mr. H. A. GRAVES.— At his Rooms, at 11 o'clock,

MESSRS. PURKIS AND LAMBERT.— At their Mart,

at 11 o'clock, Drapery Goods.

SYDNEY GOLD ESCORT COMPANY.— We are

informed that the directors of this company

have completed arrangements for despatching a

second escort to the Ovens on Thursday (to-

morrow). A large amount of specie is pro-

mised to be forwarded by it. We understand

that the company contemplate arranging opera-

tions so as to have regular communications

every ten days between Sydney and the

CONCERTINA SOIREE.— Messrs. Waller and

Richardson announce another of their agree-

able entertainments for this evening, at the

School of Arts. The selections are from the

best masters, and display the good taste of the

ARMS ACT.— His Excellency the Governor-

General has declared that the undermentioned

towns come under the operation of the 2nd

section of the Act of Council, 16th Victoria,

No. 27, regulating the carrying of Fire Arms

and other Offensive Weapons, viz ;— Bathurst,

NATIVE POLICE.— His Excellency, the Go-

vernor General has appointed Edric Norfolk

Vaux Morisset, Esq., to be Lieutenant of the

third division of Native Police.

BINDA.— Mr. John Bray, junior, has been

appointed keeper of the pound at Binda, in the

district of Goulburn, in the room of Mr.

William M'Donald, resigned.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— On Sunday, three

clerks, belonging to the establishment of

Messrs. Rawack, Brothers, and Co., went out

to the Heads in a whale boat on an expedition

of pleasure, the boat being under the direction

of an experienced sailor. A sudden squall

arose and the boat went down. One of the

gentlemen, M. Gottfried Futra, uttered a

frightful shriek, and seemed to be dragged

under the water as if by a shark. The others,

after struggling for a considerable time, were

rescued by a boat from the Lighthouse. The

deceased was a gentleman highly esteemed by

the firm he served, and is deeply mourned by

a large circle of friends.

HIGHLY IMPROPER CONDUCT.— Complaints

have been made to us of the conduct of certain

persons, who it is said are unmanly enough to

shout at and otherwise annoy the ladies who

bathe at the baths, in Woolloomooloo Bay. The

parties so offending may not be aware that

their conduct places them within the pale of

GOLD and EXCHANGE.— The exchange on

bills on England has risen from four to

one per cent. discount. The price of gold

consequently increased, and we believe that

for the finest qualities £3 17s. per ounce was

A LARGER NUGGET STILL.— Private letters

received yesterday say that intelligence had

reached Melbourne that a nugget weighing

one hundred and seventy pounds had been

found about twenty yards from the place

where the last week's wonderful discovery

Mr. Salamon sold by auction, yesterday, the

cottage and land, at Pyrmont, for £1820.

RESULT of SALES.— Mr. Mort sold yesterday,

at his Rooms, Pitt-street, the lease for five

years of three houses, Lower George-street,

known as Underwood's Buildings, for a rental

of £635 per annum, to Mr. J. Gregory Hickey.

An allotment of land having frontage to

Bourke-street, South Head Road, of 29 feet,

at £4 6s. per foot ; and two houses at

CARELESS DRIVING.— A drayman named

Brooks was yesterday brought before the bench

charged with a breach of the Police Act, in

having so carelessly driven in George-street,

that the safety of Mr. G. R. Nichols was

thereby endangered. Defendant pleaded guilty

to the information, and sought to extenuate

his conduct by alleging that he was under the

influence of liquor. Mr. Nichols said that

this was the first time in his life that he

now appeared before the bench to prosecute

for himself ; and although he considered that

he had very narrowly escaped with his life in

this affair, he should have taken no further

notice of it but for the abusive language with

which he was assailed by defendant. He had

been informed that defendant had a wife and

children dependent upon him, and he should

be glad, therefore, defendant having pleaded

guilty, if their worships would take a lenient

view of the case. The bench thought it was a

case of such aggravating circumstances, that

for the protection of the public they were

bound to inflict the penalty provided by law in

such cases, namely, 40s., with 2s. 6d. costs, or

in default to be imprisoned for seven days.

In Re MANSFIELD.— Subsequent to Mansfield's

committal, on Monday, for the offence

of stealing a watch from the room of Mrs.

Neitcham, residing at Mr. Gover's, in Bligh-

street, (where Mansfield was a servant) a watch

was brought to the Police Office by a person

named Berry, at whose house it was left by

the prisoner on the night of the robbery. In

consequence, the prisoner was again brought

up yesterday, when the watch was identified

by the prosecutrix as her property. This

deposition having been added to the case, the

prisoner was remanded to custody.

ALLEGED FRAUD.— On the 18th ult., a person

named Walker pledged a watch at Molloy's

pawn office for 5s., and on either the next or

the second day after he called upon the pawn-

broker to say that he had lost the ticket, and

desired that the watch might be detained should

any one seek to release it. On Monday last

one Henry Cameron produced a ticket to Molloy

and desired the watch ; on being informed

that the ticket had been stolen, and that he

(Molloy) must detain both the watch and the

ticket, Cameron said thal he had bought the

ticket, and insisted upon the delivery of his

watch ; Molloy refused to deliver either ;

whereupon Cameron sought police-serjeant

Burke, told him of the circumstances, and

asked for advice, which Burke declined to give ;

Burke however made enquiry about the person

who was represented to be the party who

pledged the watch, and having found him took

him to Molloy's, where he found Cameron

insisting upon the delivery of the watch as his

property, having purchased the ticket ; Molloy

then gave Cameron into custody for fradulently

attempting to obtain possession of the watch.

Yesterday the case came on before the Police

Magistrate, Walker, the person who pawned

the watch, deposed that on

the same or the following day he

missed the ticket, but how, when, or where, it

passed from his possession, he could not tell,

having bren diinking; he did not tccnilcct

having seen the prisoner until he found him

dit>putm«; with Molloy about the watth, alleg-

ing that haunt; pin chase c1 the-ticket he WAS

entitled to receive the property it represented.

The Police Magistrat« called upon Air, J Min-

son, to ho appealed for the prisoner, to answer

the charge. Mr. Jqhnsui »ubmuted that nom

Walker'i» own shotting, .he hid no charge io

answer. His client was not charged wi'h

larceny; "Waiker would not venture to say tlv.t

a larceny had been committed; anti, ouch

being the case, his client's representaron of

having purchased the ticket must bo t tketi for

the truth, the contrarj not bting shown. The

whoie of Cameron's actings wereperfecth in-

consistent with the pret>umpti m that he lind

become pos-eased of the ticket in other than

an honest wny, and be>ond doubt he wa« en-

titled to an immediate discharge from custody.

Mr. Dowling yield d to the argument, and dis

obarged the prisoner. No order was made re

spei'tmg the tick, t or watch.

HIGHWAY KOHHEKY.- THE VAGUANT \CT.

-Timothy M'Carthy, Reuben Atkinson, Ifrnrj

Curry, end James Hughes, apprehended on

Sunday night by In-peetor Higgins, on sui

picion of having robbed a man named Nulty

of a £5 note and two shillings in silver, weie

ydttïsday brou?! t up pu'suunt to remand, and

discharged. M'Carthy was then arraigned

and identified by a young man named Wool

lard, as one of five men w.io shortly after miii

niiiht of Friday »topped him near the comer

of Pitt-street and ..larket-stieät, ami jobbed

him of a watch and chain, with a small sum

of silver money, He was takon by the ti roat,

almost choked, -received a blow on the head

which stunned him ; he positively swore to

M'Carthy as the man who hefore he was

siruck on the head took his watch and elfin ;

the others ho could not identity ; on

his re-toration to consciousness he found him-

self lying on the pavement near the Exhibition

Hotel. The ptisomr was committed for trial

at tho Criminal Court, to he holden in next

April.-M'Arthur, Atkinson, Curry, and

Hughes weie then again brought before the

Bench for a breach of the Vagrant Act, by

carrying unlawful weapons. (Two loaded

pistol.", it «ill be recollected, were found upon

the prisoner Atkinson when searched at the

watch-house.) Inspector Higgins, narrated

again the apprehension of the prisoners : he

saw them together at the corner of Goulburn

street and Castlereagh-street ; Suspecting them,

he followed them to Shaw's public-house ; they

said they lodged there; he took them into

custody on suspicion of having robbed Nulty,

and found the pistols produced on Atkinson.

Other evidence was taken to show that they

were inseparable companions. When called

upon to give an account of their means of

living, they each alleged that having recently

come on to Sydney from the Victoria gold

fields, where they had been successful, they

had abundance of means of support, and when

they had expended it they would work for

more. Atkinson called a man named Aiken,

who deposed that he and Atkinson worked

together at the mines, were successful, and came

together to Sydney, bringing with them 15 lb.

weight of gold dust, part of which was sold,

and part he still held in his possession. By

Bench : The pistols produced he knew belonged

to Atkinson, he having them at the mines.

Messrs. Dowling and Forbes held that a serious

offence was clearly proved against the

four prisoners, and sentenced them to

be kept to hard labour on the

roads or other public works of the colony for

the period of two years. As soon as the

sentence was pronounced, Atkinson said, " I

wish I had known this ; if I had there

should have been a heavier than this

against me." The prisoners were removed

from the Court to the lock-up ; when crossing

the yard, Atkinson made an attempt to

escape, by striking Sergeant Francis Adams

(who had him in charge) a severe blow on the

head, and simultaneously endeavouring to

trip him ; Adams, however, was not so young

as to be done in this way, but, throwing the

weight of his body upon Atkinson, both fell

together, and were in a moment surrounded by

such a multitude of police and civilians that

escape was simply an impossibility. It was,

however, a very bold attempt. Previous to

the removal of the prisoners, a by-stander

in the Court said that he knew all the

prisoners to have been convicts in Van Diemen's

Land, where he had mustered them ; and he

had no doubt they were runaways from that

place. He said something also concerning

Atkinson's witness, which, however, circum-

stances do not call upon us at present to

STEALING IN A DWELLING.— On Monday

evening a patent lever silver watch was very

neatly abstracted from the sitting room of Mr.

Lang's residence, Kent-street. No stranger

had been observed about the premises.

WATER POLICE OFFICE.— Yesterday, a Malay seaman

belonging to the ship Anne Lockerby, and who has been

in custody since Friday last, was brought before the

presiding justice, Mr. C. H. Chambers, on the charge of

embezzling the ship's stores. It appears from the

evidence, that on the evening in question the prisoner

was seen carrying a bag, containing some salt fish and

biscuit, by the private watchman at Lamb, Parbury,

and Co.'s Wharf, and was given into custody. He was

kept in the watch-house at the Water Police Office, until

Monday, when Captain Stanley not being ready with

any witnesses, the case was remanded until yesterday.

Considerable time was then taken up in examining

Captain Stanley, who could not swear to bag, biscuit, or

fish, and who again came unprovided with his witnesses,

or the stolen property. The case was thereupon

adjourned by Mr. Chambers until the police list was gone

through. At last the steward of the Anne Lockerby

appeared with the bag of tish and biscuit, the production

of wliteb, caused a marked sensation in the rourt room.

The fisbAWa* putrid, and '.ho biscuit scarcely lit for

human fgOjd. M. Cresar, the police interpreter, stated to

the Ijencb-Omt the prisoner ndmittcd that ho was bring-

ing the big ashore, but that it was with the intention to

produce it before the authorities here, and to seek their

protection against being fed upon putrid and unwhole-

some rations. He added, that six or seven

of the Malay seamen had died during the

voyage,«ad that the rest of the men entertained the be-

lief thai-It was the miserable food whlcb was scrred out

to them that had caused their death. ïho steward was

asked what value he placed upon the fish and biscuit,

but ho admitted that they were valueless; in fact the

stench of the fish in court was most painful. Mr. Cham-

bers held that the bag contained too much to be consi-

dered as a sample to be brought beforo a magistrate, and

sentenced the prisoner to bo confined in Darlinghurst

Gaol for 14 days.-Richard Brown, remanded from Mon-

day, was brought np on suspicion of being a runaway, he

having, when apprehended on Monday evening, produ»od

a termed certificate of a discharge from tbo chief officer of

the Hashcmy. There was no proof of his befng a run-

away, but the officer« of the IlaBhemy were present to

Çrovo that the certificate of discharge was a forgery,

his offence, however, Mr. Chambers did not inquire

nto, and ordered the prisoner to be discharged out or cus-

1'urkls and Lambert remind the public that they sell,

this day, at their Mart, at 11 o'clock precisely, drapery,

BilAJra.-wa are requested to remind capitalists, spe-

culators, and all having money to invest,of Mr. Mort's

sale this day, of a great number of shares in the various

banks and publie companies of Sydney. The sale will

be at 11 o'clock prompt, and tho opportunity thus af-

forded of becoming shareholders lu the Wy flourishing

proprietorlcs should be availed of. For particulars see

We are requested to call the attention of parties fur-

nishing, and others, to the Messrs. Moore's sale, of this

morning, which will take place, at 11 o'clock, on the

premiios, Frince-gtrcet, near Mr. Cole's Inn, and at tho

Labour Bazaar, Pitt-street, Tor particulars wo adver-

DUEADFUL OOTKAOB.-The residents of

Woolloomooloo were yesterday thrown into a

state of considerable alarm by the report of a

feaiful outrage which a., an early hour

had bten perpptrated at the residence

of Mrs. Miles, widow of the late Mr. \V. A.

Miles, Commissioner of Police. Attached to

ihe dwelling is a kitchen, over which is a

room occupied by the female servant, a respect

uble woman named Mary Ann Dunn, whose

husband is at the diguing«. On retiring to

bed on Monday nijiht, Mrs. Miles lockedthe

door of communication between the dwe'ling

and the kitchen, and placed the keywheie

Dunn would know where to find it, should t>he

have occasion tor it. Between two and three

o'clock yesterday morling Dunn was awoke

by a noise in the kitchen beneath, and rose

from her bed ; on looking out at the window

she perceived that ihe back gate, which

had been closed and locked, was standing wide

open ; ai soon as sho had hastily thrown a

garment about her, she went down to the

kitchen, and while descending the ladder a

light was suddenly extinguished; havng

reached the kitchen, she found the door com-

municating with the dwelling wide oppn, and

at the same moment saw n man leap out of a

kind of pantry ; not ni aU daunted, nnd with-

out making the slightest alarm, the faithful

servant, bent on preserving lur mistress's p¡o

perty, rushed forward ro secure the gate, so as

to prevent the egress, of the rubber, and on her

return encountered the rascal j he was them

o arrjing two hags one c ntnining linen and

wearing app.irel b¿lon.;i''.-í to Liiutenant Going,

of H M.8. Cilliopr, who resided on the pre-

mises, and the other, which the thiel must have

tiiken there, closrly packed with tea, siuar,

spoons, folks, and several anieles of jewellery.

She, knowing oncof the bags, seized holdof it,

To toke it away ; the thief let fall the plunder

and aitjcked the woman-first with his hands

&nd feet, but filially, seeing the woman's de-

termination, drew a knife, and inflicted five

desperate wounds on the poor creature's body,

and then decamped. This tragedy, it may b<¡

supposed, was not gone through without some

cries f i oin ihe poor mature, and an alarm was

made ihv a worn in had bren murdere !. The

report boon n-acl ed .Serjeants Ditchnm nnd

Cox, of the police force, who ol'course l"8t no

time in repairing to the scene. Drs. Nathan

and M'Ewan heing sent lor, bhorily uri i ved ;

the foi mer ¡jrntleman, who has buen most as-

siduous in his attendance on the poor «oman, is

of opinion that one of the ihe wounds, in the

infliction of which the instrument used liai

penetrated the li\vr and severely punctured

the gall bladder. The Bight Wornhipful the

Mayor, about midday, hiving bein infoimed

that ihe woman was dying, with the utinosi

promptitude proceeded to the r-hidenee of Mr.-.

.Miles, accompanied by Mr. Nicholas Nelson,

of the Pott Office Department, who in th ?

most praiseworthy manner volunteered his scr

v:c-s, tn reduce to writing thoipoor craitur-'s

djiig declaration as it fell from her lips. The

Riv. Mr. Priddle is in unremitting attendance

upon the gallant woman, rendering such spiri-

tual assistance and consolation as may fit her

fur the almost inevitable result of the cruel

and dastardly assault of which she is ihe vic-

tim. The lufllan is described by Mrs. Dunn

as short and stout, dressed in black or

daik clothes; his hat and boots as

as well as the bag he had filled with plunder

he left behind in his haste to decamp, and are

in possession of the police at St. James' station

house. No doubt can for a moment be entertained

that whoever the fellow may be, he had

a prior acquaintance with the premises, as

well as Mrs. Miles' habit of leaving the key in

a certain place, whence he took it for his own

convenience on this most melancholy occasion.

STREET ROBBERY.— On Monday evening, a

gentleman named Hodgson was knocked down

almost at the doorway of the American Hotel,

Lower George-street, and before he was aware,

the sum of £6 in notes was whipped out of his

WENTWORTH GOLD COMPANY.— This

company has been formed in Sydney, for the

working of gold mines existing on an estate

purchased by them from Mr. Wentworth, con-

sisting of 1033 acres of land, situate on the

banks of the Frederick's Valley Creek, in the

vicinity of the well known Ophir diggings ; the

deposits here are found in quartz, titania,

feruginous clay and iron stone ; the assays

from different parts of the lode have been equal

respectively to the value of £12,000, £2476,

and £66 per ton. From the direction being in

Sydney, and operations already commenced, it

may be said that this Company

starts with a better prestige than

many of its London compeers. The

shares are not to be disposed of under £15,

which is £5 premium on the original amount,

thereby showing that the Colonial holders are

not disposed to part with their interest, unless

at a profit. The property has been reported

on by the Government Surveyor, and the

indications are stated to be of the most favourable

nature.— London Mining Journal, October 2.