MAJOR ELRINGTON. - The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840) - 18 Sep 1839 (original) (raw)

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MAJOR Elrington was lately one of the most re-

spected magistrates of the territory in this co-

lony; but he has, we understand, suddenly

thrown up his Commission of the Peace. We

should like to know distinctly the reason of this

extraordinary proceeding. It very seldom hap

pens that a magistrate in such a colony as this,

resigns his commission without some serious

cause; we will not be satisfied until we know all the

ins and outs of this business. We understand that

something unpleasant passed between the Gover-

nor and the Major respecting a convict,- whom

the Major refused to recommend for his ticket

on the ground of suspicion of having dealt dis-

honestly with his master's stock, but to whom, it

is said, His Excellency, on the man's own ex

parte statement and complaint, granted his ticket,

after he was turned into Government by the

Major as unworthy of such an indulgence. This,

of course, if true, is quite sufficient to explain

the resignation of Major Elrington; and we

wonder, what sort of spirit any independent ma

gistrate could have, who would tamely submit

to such unceremonious treatment at the hands

even of Her Majesty herself. We can scarcely

believe that Sir George Gipps could act so un-

courteously to any private settler, much less to a

magistrate of Major Elrington's standing and

respectability. We cannot think that His Excel-

lency could so far forget the etiquette of office,

not to speak of what was due to the feelings of

a gentleman, as to do, without adequate inquiry,

what he knew would virtually amount to an

official censure upon the conduct and ho-

nour of a magistrate. If it was not His

Excellency's fault, there must have been some-

thing wrong about the Major's magisterial con-

duct, which we should like to have explained.

We expect to hear something more definite re-

specting this matter soon.

CHIT CHAT.--The protector, says Sir George,

shall never receive another line from him ; he has

burnt all his paper, and sent his quills to the

blacks for spear points.-The Auditor General is

decidedly disappointed; he says it was not fair

for Mr. Berry to hold out hopes of'another 150l.,

and not propose it after all.-The barristers are

raising their fees. We heard a solicitor say that

a late declaration was marked 18 guineas, a price

never heard of before. There are plenty of bar- I

risters now let the solicitors patronise the juniors.

-Newman Noggs says-that in his days lawyer's

clerks did not drive their cabs or sport tigers; he

doesn't think they do now anywhere but in Botany

Bay.-The Vandemonians talk a great deal about

the Charter and State secrets, and all the rest of <

it. There's nothing like patience; the Charter

must and will be ours, and neither Sir John nor

Sir George can keep it a secret- longer than the c

Colonial Secretary pleases.-The South Austra

lians say Mr. Jones is a false prophet, and intend

to serve his effigy.as; the Canadians did Lord

Brougham's.- Mr. and Mrs. Bushelle cleared

£140 by their Concert at the Theatre. - Miss

Fernandez gives a Concert on Friday at the Old

Court House, and pays Mr and Mrs. Bushelle

£15 for their professional assistance. Miss Fer-

nandez is a stranger; we hope the public will

treat her liberally as she deserves. She has

spared no expense in getting up this, her first

Concert, and we understand she is a first rate

TaEV CTORITfi TIiEATR,.-On the evening of

Monday liiist two??newi:pieces were produced at

the Victoria with considerable success and ap,

I probation, to wit, the NAVAt ENGAGEMENTS and

My h'NEhznoUiR'si WIFE.: Both of these are I

light comedies,? and ?.ir ltl e merit of brevity, I

gaiety, and humour, a?id of containing a good s

practical lesson. In: the former a jolly old Ad- 1

miral is: foolish 'enouigli i' think of marrying a v

dashing young girl fresh froni th6 boirdinig..scliool; s

while- his son; :;ia'ieuteiianit'in the Navy, is ab- f

surd 'enough .,to fall'ih loe with, and to propose a

marriage to, an elegant. widow turned.of forty. f<

The chalrater !of Ad??ralji}ngst.on was per- a

for;ied by? ?fIr. Knowles in ,allnost as good style n

a- he does 'tht ofir ee," Teazle? and in that ]

hlid i ed1y ? ai fuaiz ' . lieutenanit Kira~~n c

-fthid"l~li Ot-lle .ht h fc r 5fi li'd?.dir , w e thought]

the character wanted that. individuality which i

would lavere made iit the popoer :counterpart of ]

the Admiiral, or in other ?ords--a genuine chip

ofthe old block.-2iary .Mortimer'the romantic t

young'lady enamouied of ,the Admiral's title and i

rank, was: perfortned by Miss Winstanley with s

considerable zest: her dress wis graceful, and c

throughoui.the piece'she sustained with propriety s

and effect the manners of a well-bredl young lad) I

oft a ljuoyant and lively spirit; ilirs. Poentcir, c

the fascinaiitig widow of a deceased Colonel,; was

played' by M?rs. Thompson, but there was not

enougli of the hauit lon in her style and manner I

to do the character justice. The plot, if plot itt

can 'be called, is sltnply this: the old Admiral v

Sand the young Lieutenant meet atrPorzsmouth c

inthe same-Hotel, in company with their respec- v

tive intendeds; and the upshot is; that the parties I

i see the incongruity of their choice-the sympa- c

thies of nature, as well as afeeling of prudence

I and;:propriety, recall them to ai timely sense of

the folly and absurdity of their proposed matches

the Admiral, in short, at length hoists his flag on

board the forty gun frigate, and surrenders the '

tender to the command of the gaillant Lieutenant

-his .dear boy Tom. ,iM. Falchon as Teddy,

the Irish waiter, showed some broad humour in

one or two of the scenes/' On the whole the

t piece went off well, and deserves to be repeated.

Mr N GNErnoURts WIrE.is to be performed again

on Thursday evenitig, which will afford usan

opportunity of noticing it critically in our next.

In the mean tiune we must say, it is a very laugh

Sable piece, and will, no doubt, draw as good a

- house on Thursday as it did on Monday.

ARGYLE.-A gentleman who has just arrived

Sfromn Argyle, informs us that the crops irn that

direction look beautifully-that vegetation pro

mises to be very abundant, and that it rained

Salmost constantly for a siccession of days.

I INTERiR..YAss.-The accounts are still very

unfavorable. The late rains have done a little

good. Wheat and Flour are quite unknown at

present.—HUME RIVER.—The blacks are spear

ing the cattle in all directions, A shelherd in

the service of Mr. Hunter of Broken River,

was barbarously murdered some weeks ago, and

his sheep driven off.. They have not been dis

covered siuce. The country howe'er is in a fine

state, pasturagerich,and the sown crops exceedingly

Sfine.-GovsuLBaN.-Heavy rains, crops inprov

ing; buildings increasing; country free from

bushrangers.-Bv?NGoNI.,.Plenty of rain; pro

e misiug crops; every prospect of a fine harvest,

and a plentiful supply of pasturage. Seed Pota

toes not to be had. There will be plenty of hay.

-MIARULAN.-Plenty of rain, ereeks overflow

Sing, crops looking well. The constant rain has

enfeebled the-lambs; some have died, but every

thing looks well on the whole.-LoWER HUNTEnl

' r-PATERSON.-The crops look splendid-ever3

thing promises a rich harvestl-lBushrangers trou

blesonme-very !-JInGLE, M. P. C.

SCARGO OF TLE HoPE.-We hlave received a

d catalogue of the cargo of t.e Hope, from Val

d naraiso and Otfahpife$p wi,;r iC In t )a ni.,,

auction, to-morrow, the 19th instant, by Mr.

n Polack (the proprietor), at his Bazaar. The

e principal part of this valuable cargo consists in

wheat of excellent quality, and amounting tn all

Sto 1618 bags; also 60 bags barley; besides 70

- casks beef, 16 barrels salmon, 20 casks pig.

Y cheeks and tongues ; ogether with various quan

Stities of stugar, molasses, arrow-root, cocoa nut and

sperm oil, &c. &c. This is both a seasonabie

e and valuable cargo, and will no doubt prove as

profitable to its enterprising importer as it is ac

ceptable to the colony, The wheat is but a

e moiety of what the market requires at this urgent

season.; but it was all that could be got, it is all we

- can expect, and it ought therefore to be esteemed

- the more. As to the state of the South Ame

I rican grain market, and the diffculty with which

- even this cargo was procured, we refer to the

- letter of Mr. A. Salmon, the nephew of .Mr.

Polack, who effected the speculation, and whose

I communication on this subject appears under the

head of Original Correspondence,

SALE OF HORSES.-.h hor' hs

imported per Hope from Val e'rs ?

by Mr. Polack yesterday, at hPai s a'as

ized the following high prices:. aza~,

1 Grey Gelding, lichard Jos

1 Brown ditto, D1)to.;.. , Esq.

I Chesnut Mare W. Hart, .F'." 3;

1 Black dlitto' Richard Jones £ i: '

1 Ditto, .1. Armstrong, Esq .. 4

I Black Gelding, Richard Jons, E ..f

1 Brown ditto, George Hill, eq. 41

I Brewn Mare, RiehardJones '

I Brown Gelding. Mr. Webb Esq' 0

1 Grey Geldtug, Mr. Keck . 41

1 Iron-grey Gelding, G. Went o 0?

I Bay Geling, S. A. Bryant, E

1 Black ditto, Mr. V;. Solomon

1 Iron-grey ditto,:D..Egan, Esq, G.

1 Grey Mare, Richard Jones, E . 7

I Grey Gelding, Mr. Webb...., 3

1 Brown. 'illy, Robert Jones . 700

1 Brown Mare, Mr. Gaunso q **

1 Bay Gelding, Saddle; and Bridle, to

1. Skew-ball Poriy, : r: Keck,:. 4

1 Grey. Mare, Mr. Webb.... " 0

1 Brown Mare, -Ditto .;.... " 40

I GreydittoMr.Holmes.,, .

NEW ZEALAND.D We have been

with the following extracts of a letter fron

Zealand, which gives a most deplorable

of the country, especially in its social carl;

--" The state of society in New Zealhari

plorably low-low even ' beyond th:

reach of comparison,' the caunibali' o

native horrid and revolting thoughl ithi

a whit more repugnant to the feelin4Sr

lized man, than some of the daily un

practices of the white populatiou. The il

sions and propensities of our nature ail

allowed to expand to their most fearfuladf i

dimensions:. Crimes of the deepestandha.

dye are not-only-every day occurrences, bI

even talked and boasted of by the eanailo

they were the perfection of excellence ilsed

greater thie villain the more disgusting the '

guard, the worthier, the cleverer, and theb

the companion is the man reckoned. '

serting nothing but the truth when I

offences most justly deemed in Englaund

of death, are here the boast of him who1

trates them.' So completely and tha,

will even the nature of civilized man b

changed when left to itself without the fear

vengeance of an offended law, or the rept+i

of our fellow men. It will, and'hasintl i

of crimes transformed itself into a condi;i

more debauched than any thing natural sur(

has hitherto produced.. Thenatural savageco

his barbarous, and it may be. murdernou

with a degree of simplicity, and even inoc

consequent upon his state of ignorance,

the civilized savage exerts a degree of ing

in devising, and a refinement in execudtin

edness wholly unknown to the other. Tiat

I a state of things should exist in New Zealr

perhaps after all not so much to be wood

when wie consider the materials from whli

ciety is here:formed, and the helplessco'*

of the country in regard to law, or the per

qf uellinig the vices, of its inhabitants. I,

[Bay has hitherto been reckoned the soil

the weeds of vice flourish most, but her offp

N.ew?:Zealand bids fair to rival her in this re

It is well known, that the former has foran

ber.of years transplanted some of her chl

spirits into this country, when they hate f

proved by the luxuriance of their growth, i

wisdom of the choice, and the adaptatioa of

soil and character of this country to Botanya

productions. This is to all intents and ourq

a sublimate of Botany Bay, a sort of eia?ti

for her scape goat male pastors, her lazy

away sailors and mechanics, her iraol

A reat many,, eople fron Sydney hare ofl

you Rill soon, see them back aga, ,

with the country. ,It; is 'almost imp,,l

buy land in this place." It takes sucha

find out the the real owners of the soil.~

write you more fullv by-and-bye, in the=

time tell your friends uot to come here-S

is bad.; 'but this is worse I Preserve tu

savage natives a~ ni Europeans! I ihavetra

over a great' pait: ob" the country; the i

see tihe less; I like it, and .I thank mty

I am not doomedioliveind' die in sucian

BooKs".-We beg to direct the attentionol

lovers of literature to Mr. Tegg's recent im :

tion of new:publicatidons and other 'du

works. Mir. T. has stillremaining for sale,i

of his late .coisignmeut of splendidly

works by standidar 'authors for oram.

libraries;. all of ?i?h are belling off at pr

DaRnUnENo 5s's.-Adams, a seaman, lat e

the Henry Wellesly, died in tile WartchO.

He entered the Sailor's HIome oi Saturdaya

was thouglht itisane, although he appeared eai

It was proved on the inquest that he had il'

drunk for a fortnight previous.-The bodyg:

Constable Hlickey, who Ifell overboard ml

drunk, was found and an inquest held onit

Mondav.-A man in the employ of Mr. Sn

more got drunk anld fell into a waterhole on

Liverpool Road and was dromned.-Frde

Mason and Hugh M'Lean, convicts in the

-vice of Mr. Broad, received tweoty-finel

each for drunkenness last week-not enou.

John Kelly, ticket-of-leave holder for P

Smatta, drunk and disorderly, reprimanded

discharged at the request of the constable,

THE NEW ARMY LIST We have been fa

voured by Mr. Tegg.with a sight of a copy of

The New Army List, compiled by Lieutenant

H. J. Hart, 49th Regiment. As a specimen of

the interesting information it contains, we offer

the following extracts from its account of the

50th or Queen's Own Regiment, which is now

stationed amongst us:-Lieutenant Colonel Ni

cholas Wodehouse, 32 years service on full pay

--Ensign, December 18 1806; Lieutenant

August 31,1807; Captain (p), SeptO ,I

1811; Major (p), April 18, 1821; L

Colonel (p), September 2, 1824; Colon

nA28, 1838. Josepl Anderson, K. y l ?U,

- the Peninsular War—Ensign, June 1816?

Lieutenant, October 6, 1808; Captain, January

20, 1814; Major (p), February 16, 1826; se-

rvice 32 years full pay, 2 years 4 months half pay

Thomas Ryan, K. H., served in the Peninsula-

Ensign, October 10, 1805; Lieutenant, April

28, 1308; [1808] Captain, September 30, 1819; Major,

August 13, 1830;. service 34 years full pay

William Turner, served in the Peninsular

severely wounded at Vittoria—Ensign April 9,

1807; Lieutenant, August 26, 1808; Captain,

November 4, 1819; Brevet Major, January 13

1837; service 32 years, full pay. Again ??

28th Regiment; Colonel Paget served in the cam-

paigne in Flandlers and ll ontau " ll;

e was present in the naval action off Cape'

n cent in February. 1797; il the acti laI??

13th and 21st March, in Egypt (in tle lCas

was wounded); the ijlvesunent of Cil';

Alexandria Sir Ed ward lost his right armt

- action at Opor:o, 12th May, 1890, and "fec

a medal for Corunna f Major Crummer was

e wounded in the Pyrenees; Major Irwin

s severely wounded at Vittoria and at d

- Captain Moore was severely wounded at Barba

a rossa; Lieutenant M'Phee was wounded at

Waterloo, and Captain Hunter was severly

wounded in Spain, in October, 1813. the it

1 Regiment; Major Bunbury has beet at the f'

- 32 years, and was severely wounded a tihet

I sage of the Nive. These extracts relative to the

veteran officers we have amongst us.

the interest of the work. The author deserves

great praise for the pains he has taken, and the

book is immeasurably superior to the Army

CATTLE SALE.-Mr. Polack's- sale of Mr.[
\Ventwvorh's stock, which was postponed on ac
Count of the non arrival of the Steam-boat, took
place on Saturday. The following were the lots
and the prices they fetched.
10 Iheifers to J.Lyon, Esq. at £15 0..115 0
1"2 ..* .Dr. Sloane .... 10 0..120 0
10 ........C.W.Adams,;Esq.12 0..120 0
10 ........ Thos. Keck ......12 0..120 0
10 .....-"J". R. Lyon ......11 0..110,0
10 .... Thos. Steele..... '1 1i:.11i5 0
10 ........Alex.Taylor . ..i1 o0..110 0
10 .......Alex-Taylor .... 110. 110: 0
10 .Thos.Steele-;''.1'1O 15??15'0
10 ..."..;:C. W.;Adams ...1 ' 10?;?115 0
60 Cows .W. Leslie.. .i... '.80 10.510 0
20 ........ J. R, Lyon ... 1 . 10:i 170 0
20 ........A. B.Spark.. :- 1 1??0 60 0
100 ...... R. Murphy 6 10':650 0
469 Ewes.... Dr. Sloane . ;..: 5.586 5
£3,261 5
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.-Has resolved
upon the commutation of the sentences passed on
the following prisoners to be transportation for
life, viz :—Wilson, Barry, and Bolton, convicted
of stabbing with intent to murder Thomas
Lynch; and Thomas Parry, convicted of an un-
natural offence. The latter prisoner has been
sentenced to be confined in a solitary cell every
night during the remainder of his life.
HORSE POLICE.- The Vandemonians have
just had a new force " clapped on them," in the
shape of Horse Police. The newspapers say
they are the very beau ideal of horse-marines.
LIE.PooLr..-The Town Committee of Liver
pool have requested that the Sydney papers will
contradict the report of the Legislative Council,
ulhich says that Captain King presented a peti
tion from the inhabitants of the district of Liver
pool praying against Colonial Distillation. -