DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. - Sales by Auction advertised in this paper which will take place between this and our newt publication. THIS DAY, - The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) - 20 Oct 1838 (original) (raw)
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Sat 20 Oct 1838 - The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842)
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Sales by Auction advertised in this paper
which will take place between this and
By W. Hebblewhite, at his Rooms, at
Eleven o'clock precisely-500 fiue
By T. W. Smart, athis Roomq, at 11
o'clock precisely - Assorted Merchan-,'
By T. W. Smart, at his Rooms, at 12
o'clock precisely—Valuable Freehold
Property at Hinton ; also, desirable
Leasehold Property, known as Syrett's
By T. W. Smart, on the Premises, at 12
o'clock preslsely -Building allotments
By W. Hebblewhite, at his Rooms, nt
11 o'clock precisely -Woolpacks, and
Woolbagging, Saddlery, &c. Sec. &c.
THE ABORIGINAL PROTECTION SOCIETY.
-This Society has been formed for the
purpose of bettering the condition of the
Aborigines, by watching zealously over
their interests, both spiritual and tempo-
ral. We hope that the Society will meet
with such encouragement and support as
will render the benevolent designs of its
members easy of accomplishment. Two pub-
lic meetings have already been held, and the
claims of the Aborigines on our attention
have been powerfully, and, we are happy
to say, successfully advocated. While
alluding to this Society we have a few
words to say to the Rev. L. E. Threlkeld,
one of the speakers at the public meeting
of the Society on Tuesday night. The
Rev. gentleman is reported to have said
that " the Editors of the Colonial news-
papers were guilty of criminality in the
sight of God for endeavouring to poison
the minds of the public and excite their
ire against the native tribes." So far as
we are concerned we repel the charge
with a flat denial ; and we do not, there-
fore, consider that the Rev. gentleman
was justified in dealing out his wholesale
denunciations against the " press ;" the
more particularly when we remember that
he was at the very time aware of this
Journal having ever advocated the cause
of the Aborigines ; and when he was also
aware that the Editor is one of the mem-
bers of the Committee of the " Aborigi-
THE WILLIAM ROGERS. — The accounts
which have been received during the last
few days continue to be very discourag-
ing. On the 10th inst. there were fifty
persons sick. The Government have left
nothing undone to stay the progress of
the disease. Three surgeons are now
FREEMASONS.-Arrangements are in
progress for the erection, in the Town of
Sydney, of a Freemasons' Hall. A pub-
lic meeting on the subject will be called
before anything is decided on.
IMMIGRANTS.-The late arrivals have
brought to the Colony a serviceable sup-
ply of mechanics of all descriptions. At
the present time there are about a hun-
dred and fifty mechanics and farm la-
bourers without engagements in the
Emigration Barracks : also, a number
GENERAL FAST.-His Excellency the
Governor has directed that Friday, the
2nd proximo, shall be observed through-
out the Colony as a day for general fast
and humiliation, on account of the pre-
sent almost unprecedented drought. The
several clergymen and ministers of reli-
gion are requested on that occasion to offer
up prayers for a seasonable supply.
APPEALS.-During the present week
several appeal cases carne on before the
Court of Quarter Sessions against the
decisions of the Police Magistrates. An
appeal was made by James Rech, late
landlord, of a house known by the sign
of the " Tumble-down Dick," who had
been fined ¿610 and costs for suffering an
inscription to remain over his house sig-
nifying that he was licensed to retail wines
and spirituous liquors. Appeals were
also made by Roberts, an eating-house-
keeper of Pitt-street, and Clarke of
Cainpbt-11-street, who had been fined .£30
each for sly-grogselling. In all the cases
which carne on the Court confirmed the
A cow of the Durham breed, imported
by Mr. T. W. Smart, per barque Hope,
produced sixteen quarts of milk each day
THE CONCERT. - Miss Wallace's con-
cert of' vocul andj/istrumental music waa
held in (he saloon' of the Royal Hotel on
the evening of Wednesday last, and
passed off with flie greatest eclat ; in
faot it was universally allowed to be the
best musical .treat that has ever been given
toan Australian public. Miss Wallace's
voice has much improved, and the manner
in which her songs were received must
have been highly gratifying io lier. The
lion of the evening, however, was the
amateur : fhisv gentleman sung two songs'
with great effect, and was rewarded
with a vociferous encore in both. As we'
do not intend on the present occasion to
write any thing like a critique on the
performance, we sliall only briefly say
that-with the exception of the gentle-,
man (Mr. Worgau) who sung und
accompanied himself on thepiano, whose
voice we do not admire - the whole of
the performers acquitted themselves
admirably, and gave universal satisfaction.
We must not omit mentioning that the
two overtures, the first by Mr. Deane's.
company and the second by the ¿30ih
Band, were played exco dingly well, and
were as well received. We congratulate
Miss Wallace on her great -success in so
ably catering for the musical entertain'
ment of the public, and trust that the
patronage which has been extended to
her talent and exertions will be a sufficient
inducement to her to get up another
concert on the same respectable footing
THE LAW OF APPRENTICESHIP.-Yes-
terday a youth named Edward Brodrick
was brought before the Police, charged
by his master, Mr. Alexander Andrews,
under the following circumstances :-Mr.
A. stated, that a short time ago, being in
dread of being arrested, he went up the
country, having in the first instance di-
rected Brodrick, his apprentice, in the
event of his shop becoming closed, to go
to Mr. Cole, grocer, of George-street,
and stay with him till his return. On his
return he found that his shop had been
closed, and that Brodrick, instead of
having gone as directed to Mr. Cole, had
entered the service of Mr. Stirling, of
George-street, grocer, from whose place
he refused to return to his master's ser- .
.vice. Andrews added in answer to ques-
tions put by the Bench, that his shop was
still closed, but he wanted the lad's ser-
vices in making up the books; he pro-
posed to keep him so employed until his
affairs became arranged, and then if he
should not be in a condition to carry on
business, to return the young man to his
guardians. Ile observed that he was not
in a condition to teach his apprentice any
thing further, but he could not make up
his accounts without him, and he consi-
dered the keeping of books part of his
business of grocer, in which way he
would have employment for him for some
weeks further. The Bench (Col. Wilson)
asked the young man if he was willing to
return to his master's service if he was not
punished that time? Brodrick replied,
he was willing to go back if Mr. Andrews
could find work for him in the business,
which while he was not following he
was forgetting. The Bench remarked,
that he must return to his master, and be
completely under his controul ; if his
master had any fault to find with him, he
would bring him before the Bench, and
he would be punished immediately more
severely than he would have been at the
present time. Brodrick observed, that
Mr. Sadlier, his guardian, had already
commenced an action against Mr. An-
drews for a breach of his agreement, and
on account of his being a man of intem-
perate habits. Colonel Wilson said to the
boy "judgment in this case is remanded
till this day month, you are to return to
your master's service, and if any com-
plaint is made against you, you will be
punished. Judgment is remanded for a
month, and that judgment will depend
upon your behaviour between this and
then." The boy was then discharged.
The Government Gazette of this week
contains the copy of a warrant or order
issued by the Queen, giving authority to
the Justices of the Peace in this Colony
to enlist and swear in soldiers under the
authority of the provisions of the Mutiny
Act. How far our native youth will be
disposed to avail themselves of the op-
portunity thus offered for entering the
ranks of the army remains to be proved.
POST OFFICE.-The Postmaster Gene-
ral has made arrangements to receive
letters for England and foreign ports up
to 8 o'clock on the evening previous to
the sailing of the vessel, on payment of a
small fee, This practice is adopted in
MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS.-Mr.
N. L. Kentish has published a prospectus
of a series of four lectures he is about to
deliver at the Mechanics' School of Arts,
on New South Wales, its present state
and future prospects. The first lecture
will be delivered on Monday evening.
The lectures aro intended to embrace the
subjects - Immigration, Transportation,
Legislation, and other matters.
MUSICAL CLASS.—A meeting of gen-
tlemen interested in the formation of a
musical class was held at the School of
Arts, Pitt-street, on Thursday evening.
About thirty gentlemen were present, Mr.
R. Windeyer in the chair. It was resolved
that a class for the encouragement of vo-
cal and instrumental music should be
formed, and about a dozen gentlemen im-
mediately signed their names and became
members. A committee, consisting of the
following gentlemen was appointed :
— Messrs. R. Windeyer, Sea, Worgan
and Spyers, to draw up rules and regu-
lations and to report the progress at a
general meeting, to be called on the sub-
GRANTS or LAND TO MILITARY OFFI-
CERS.-A short time since a discussion
took place in the Council on this subject,
it having been mentioned by one of the
members that orders to select lands as
grants to military officers were frequently
disposed of, and that the same member
had seen an advertisement on the subject.
It was the opinion of the Council at the
time, that the sale of these orders was
against the regulations, and would not be
suffered if known. Notwithstanding,
since the conversation alluded to, adver-
tisements have appeared offering for sale
orders to select land as secondary grants
and as officers' privileges.
TitE SUPREME COURT :-The Court
was,occupied the whole of yesterday with
the trial of the case Davies v. O'Ferrall,
an action for false imprisonment, arising
out of the celebrated Beilby affair. At
eight ' in the evening the ea«e was con-
cluded, the Jury returning a verdict for
the plaintiff-Damages £800
NORTOLK ISLAND.-Two Roman Ca-
tholic priests, Messrs. M'Encroeand Gre-
gory, have taken their departure for this
settlement in the government brig Go-
vernor Phillip, where they will "remain
some' time in order to improve the moral
condition of the prisoners.
THE COUNCIL.-The Legislative Coun-
cil will meet on Tuesday next, in pursu-
ance of adjournment, for-the purpose of
again bringing forward the Crown Lands
Occupation Bill, which was objected to
by one of the Judges as containing un-
constitutional powers granted to the
Commissioners of Crown Lands.
ROBBERY BY SOLDIERS.-Between the
hours of eleven and twelve on Thursday
night, some soldiers were detected in the
act of stripping a man of his wearing ap-
parel in the rear of the Currency Lass
public-house, George-street, opposite the
gaol by Inspector Fitzpatrick. As soon
as the fellows saw the inspector, they
made their escape and ran in the direction
of the rocks. Fitzpatrick made an alarm
of " stop thief," and at that moment a
constable came out of his house, being
about to go on duty, and stopped one of
the men who was found to have a shirt
concealed in the breast of his jacket. In
their flight, one of the soldiers dropped
some papers, part of them belonging to
the man they had robbed, and others
were found to consist of an order for the
escort of a prisoner from Windsor, by
Corporal Blake and one private of the
80th regiment. The man who had been
robbed, was found to be in a state of in-
sensibility, brought on, it was supposed by
the constables, through drunkenness and
ill treatment. He was removed to the
watch-house and medical assistance sent
for ; at one time his life was despaired of,
but soon after he recovered sufficiently to
give an account of himself. His name
is John Rellis, a discharged soldier of the
96th regiment, and he had only that day
landed from the Calcutta, emigrant ship.
He was found as described with only his
trowsers on ; his hat, coat, waistcoat,
and shirt had been taken from him ; the
latter of which was found in the posses-
sion of Farrel. This man Farrel is the
same soldier who, about two months ago,
was charged with having made an at-
tempt to rob a man on the South Head
Road, in company with another soldier,
but was discharged for want of proof, al-
though the suspicion against him was
very strong. Rellis was so ill yesterday
that it was found necessary to remove him