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City Police Court.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3.

Before the police-magistrate, J.H. Wheel-Wright, T. and T.F. Merry, JJ.P.

ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT.-Arthur Rowlinson appeared in answer to this charge. Mr. Swanwick defended the prisoner. Constable Masterson deposed that, from something he heard on Thurs-

'daY evening, he went to the house of the defen dant, and saw a crowd standing outside; he spoke to Mrs. Rowlinson, and immediately after wards heard three shots inside the house; he and George Aitken then went round to the back, and Aitken opened the door; defendant was "standing on the floor, with a revolver in his hand; he (defendant) addressed Aitken, saying, "Where is your warrant?" at the same time presenting the revolver at Aitken's body, and said, "I'll shoot you like a dog;" a struggle then ensued; and he (witness) sue .eeeded in wresting the revolver from the .defendant, and Aitken being released then went outside ; the defendant then threatened him ' (witness), and he arrested defendant, and With the assistßTJoe of Aitken; took trim to the watch house ; be searched him and found about thkey cartridges in his Docket; four chambers of the revolver were loaded when he examined it: it was a six-chambered revolver ; from surrounding circumstances he apprehended that a felony would be committed in defendant's house. George Aitken was next examined, and his evidence was in the main a corroboration of the constable's. The charge made was withdrawn, and the benoh ordered the defendant, on information : signed by his wife, to enter into recognisances to keep the peace for a period of six months, him self in £20 and one surety in £20. He was further charged with destroying police uniform, and was ordered to pay Is. fine and 10s. the value of the destroyed uniform. AOOBAVATKD ASSAULT UFO" A CHILD.—John Quail, on remand, appeared charged with wis offence. Lucy Quail deposed that she lives with her father and mother in George-street; on Tuesday evening, January 28, her father beat her with a strap which had a buckle on it; he did not say anything when he struck her; he struck her several times on her bead and body, which caused wounds ; her youngest sister and brother were present at the time; after be let her go she ran out of the house round to the back, and then came to the front, where she saw Mrs. Clanoey; the blood was then running down her neck and head ; her father beat her because she hit her sister and threw her box on top of the bed. Mary Clancey deposed that on Tuesday evening, the 28th of January last, she heard Lucy Quail screaming, and saw her running up to her ; she was cut and bleeding from the head ; she took her into her own house; prisoner followed, and threatened to murder the child. Dr. Thomson deposed to having examined the child ; he saw blood upon her head, the scalp being cut; there were eight small outs, none of which exceeded a quarter of an inch in length, but two or three of them had penetrated the true skin ; the girl was in a weak and nervous condition, and appeared to be suffering from a shock; the wounds were not dangerous; she was necessarily under medical treatment for three days; the wounds must have been inflicted by some solid instru ment, such as the buckle of a strap. This closed the case for the prosecution, and the bench sen tenced the defendant to six months' imprison ment, with hard labor. The Mooloolah Murder.—"Captain Piper," alias " Prince Alfred," an aboriginal, was arrested by mounted-constable George Smith on Saturday last, and brought before the bench charged with the murder of William Stevens Constable Smith deposed that he saw the prisoner at Cobb's Camp at 11 o'clock on Saturday forenoon ; he said to prisoner, " What name belong to you ?" prisoner replied, " Prince Alfred, baal Captain Piper sit down with me now—altogether lose that name, new fellow name now ;" he then said, " I shall arrest you for murdering William Stevens at Mooloolah;" prisoner said, " Baal me do it any more, baal me do it first time; Tommy Skyring hit him first time, 'long a neck, with tomahawk ; me and Johnny Griffin took soup aud damper ;" he then locked him up with the assistance of three settlers; he produced the

warrant signed February 28,1866, and signed H. H. Maseie. The prisoner was identified by William M'Gregor, who was in partnership with Mr. Lowe in 1866. Mr. Lowe also identified him m " Captain Piper," mentioned in the war rent. The prisoner was then-remanded till next Monday. Thubsday, February 6. Ihdecknt Assault.—Davey, a South Sea Islander, wm charged with having attempted to commit an indecent assault on Jane Clark, a girl about 13 years of age, on January 81. The apprehending constable's evidence was taken, and the prisoner was then remanded for seven days for the production of evidence. Scbauno Saddles.—Janes Brennan, on re mand, appeared in answer to a charge of having stolen a saddle, the property of the Brisbane Co-operative Butchering Company. Detective Nethereote deposed to having gone to Thomas Owen's shop, George-street, and taken possession of a saddle, which he took to the Detective Office. Thomas Owens deposed that he bought the saddle produced in court from the prisoner on January 20 last, for the sum of 12s. John Smith, a drover in the employ of the Co- operative Butchers, deposed that he went to the Detective Office on January 4, and saw a saddle there which he iden- tified as being the property of the Co-operative Butchers; the saddle in court is the one. John Buchanan, manager for the Co-operative Butchering Company, identified the saddle as being the property of that firm, and valued it at £6. Prisoner was then committed to take his trial upon three distinct charges of this nature, at the next sittings of the Southern District Court.

The first attempt of our Metropolitan Muni pal Coiincil to operate under the Local Govern- ment Act has not so far proved an unqualified success. The extreme kindness of the late Colo- nial Treasurer in providing them, free of coat with plans for a somewhat expensive scheme1 of drainage for the Valley has been the cause of ntraeh worry and no little mystification to oilr 'worthy civic represeritatives. Some amongst them.seem to have been taken possession of by the idea, that the adoption of that particular plan was a necessary preliminary to borrowing the money. It does not appear to have occurred'io anyone that, as the scheme was considered objec tionable on account of its expense, the greater portion of which would be incurred to drain land outside the municipal boundary, the simple coarse to adopt was the one pointedly re> commended by the Colonial Treasurer on Wed nesday—namely, to prepare their own plans for the drainage of the Valley, and when the consent of the ratepayers was obtained, as required by the Local Government Act, to apply for the loan and guarantee' the interest of 5 per can t Instead of reducing to writing the arguments Why tVe Government should pay for the' drainage of larid outside the municipal boundary, and submitting them1 to the Cblonial Treasurer, the more business>Uke plan will be now to do what should hs* been done *t first, and either instruct the Oltfr Engineer to prepare plans, spedfleatfotif, and estimates, or oft* a premium fdr the best plan and invite other members of the profession to compete. ' tt only rests with, the council to adopt a scheme of drainage, to provide for the payment of the interest, and, the ratepayers ap proving, to obtain the £20,000 to start the works at once, and to carry them out under their own control. The need that exists for providing em ployment, no less than the urgent necessity, from a sanitary point of view, for draining Fortitude Valley, should «pur the council to use every effort to start the works without further delay. Ait aboriginal who for some time past has gone by the name of "Prince of Wales," but who first became known to fame as "Captain Piper,*" was arrested at Cobb's Camp recently, and was last Sunday evening lodged in the lock up, Brisbane, on a charge of murder. It will be remembered by many of our readers that about the end of February, 1868, the publio of Bris bane were startled by the commission of a hor rible murder by the blacks at Mooloolah. The victim was William Stephens, a botanical col lector in the employ of the Government Gar dens in this city, and from all that was elicited about the fatal occurrence, it appears that he left Lowe's store, Mooloolah, on February 23, on his return to Brisbane, accompanied by one of the blacks whom he was in the habit of employing to show him over the country. The name of this aboriginal was '• Tommy Skyring," and two others named "Captain Piper and "Johnnie Griffin" left the store in the same direction shortly after Stephens' departure ; but they had been sent on an errand to Kinman's station, where, however, they did not put in an appear ance. On the following Sunday poor Stephens was found in a waterhole dead, with several tomahawk gashes about the neck and face. It was supposed at the time that the three blacks had agreed to murder the man, and share his property, and one of them, " Tommy Skyring," upon being arrested, confessed that thin was the case, but stated that Piper struck the first blow, while he and Griffin engaged Stephens in con versation. Skyring died a natural death in gaol, and we learn that Griffin is also dead. Piper was captured shortly after the occurrence, but contrived to Blip through the handcuff* and escape. After thirteen years he is now again in the hands of the police. . A Gayndah correspondent writes :—" A few days ago this town was visited by two gentlemen —Government officials—who have examined the country between Gootchy and Miva, thence to Kilkivan, thence to Boonara, and down the Baramba to Gayndah in order to discover the best track for a line of railway. They were much pleased with the site on which Gayndah is built, and speak in high terms of the agricul tural lands through which they passed on their way here ; and in every way suitable for small farms—a veritable Qosben, a land literally flow ing with milk and honey. These lands will shortly be thrown open, when in all probability an exodus from other parts will set in, which will be the means of infusing new life into our moribund though pioturesque little town. We have had some splendid showers during the last few days, and vegetation is making rapid strides,"

In accordance with a battalion order calling a special parade, about 200 men of A, B, C, and D Companies Q.V. Rifles last Thursday evening assembled at the armory under command of Major Snelling, Accompanied by Acting-Adjutant Hut* ton. Captain Macfarlane was in charge of B Company, Lieutenant Thynne of A Com pany, and Lieutenant Oxenbould of C and D Companies. The battalion was formed into columns of companies, and was marched down to Petrie's Bight, accompanied by the battalion band. Here they ware put through a number of column and battalion movements, all of which were performed in a creditable manner. They were afterwards marched back to the armory, and before dismissal were reminded of the inspection parade before Colonel Scratehley on Saturday, at which they were all requested to attend. No. 1 Battery, Q.V.A., and band, under command of Captain Webb, marched over to South Brisbane, where they went through a number of field movements in a satisfac tory manner, afterwards returning to the armory. >Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Batteries of Artillery, the Engi neers, A, B, C, D, and E Companies of the M.A. Battalion of Rifles ; and Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Com panies of the Cadets, are ordered to parade at South Brisbane at 430 this afternoon, for in spection by Colonel Scratehley,' RE. The men will be paid for their services, in aoeordenoe with the regulations. A pair of runaway horses attached to a car riage caused some excitement in town on Thursday afternoon, but fortunately did no harm. It ap pears that the carriage and horses, which belong to Mr. S. Davis, were standing opposite the Civil Service Co-operative Store, in Edward-street, in charge of the driver, there being no one else in the vehicle, when something caused the horses to start off at a violent pace, at once throwing out the driver, who states that at the moment he was arranging the cushions behind him. The horses tore along Edward-street at a furious pace and safely turned the corner into Alice-street, kept along Alice-street to William-street; again they turned the corner in safety, and maintained their furious pace until they reached the inter section of Queen-street Here there arose a dif ference between them, one attempting to go along the North Quay and the other wishing to turn into Queen-street This caused one of them to fall, and shortly afterwards the other, when several brstaader trushing up Secured the animals by their heads. With assistance at hand, they were got up again and it was found that one of them had been badly cut and bruised, but neither the harness nor the carriage was at all injured. Mr. Walters, of Charlotte-street,volun teered to drive the horses back totheir owner's   establishment in Edward-street, and this he suc oeeded in doing, although they they at times at tempted to get away again.   A TmtORAM was received lest Thursday by the .Customs authorities stating that while the cutter Prospect, of 11 tons, laden with sugar from the Herbert River for Cooktown, lay at •ndbor off Hinchinbrook Island, she was attacked by the Macks.- The- Prospect had a crew of twelve men* who were in the cabin when the blacks came on board, and who,fired, pn then through the scuttle. After some time the blacks left the vessel, taking her bolt with1 them. In the encounter ttw captaitt Was slightly injured. A search, was made for. the, boat necfe day, hut without success. There is no doubt that the natives in and about the Straits want a sharp lesson, but in this instance there seems to have been a culpable want of vigilance on the part of captain and crew. No watch kept on deck apparently, and nothing known of the;, natives' approach till they were actually on board. The Prospect's people may count them, wives very luoky that they were not.roasted tn their own ship. We suppose the blacks failed to remember how easy it would be to have done it. The sittiug- of the Toowoomba Circuit Court commence on Monday next, before his Honor Mr. Justice Lntwyche, Acting Chief Justice. The. following are the criminal cases for trial:—Ed ward Rheese, manslaughter; Richard Hogan. arson ; Billy Button, an aboriginal, murder ; Daniel O'L. Creed, criminal assault; Serioo, a. Polynesian, unlawfully wounding; Walker, a, Polynesian, assault and robbery ; Serioo and Walker, unlawfully wounding. The only civil oase for trial is that of Cameron and another v. Glass, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of £2493 2s. 6d., amount of a dishonored cheque. The following are the cases for trial sit Ipswich, on Monday, February 17 :—George (Jeer, laroeny (three charges) ; and Hemy Best, larceny. At a recent meeting of our Local Board of Health some of the members dilated t>n the dangers arising from the practice of diluting milk with impure water, and one of them piteously appealed to the milk vendors to use boiled water if they must adulterate the milk. Ho doubt this little episode has been the cause of much anxiety and misgiving to the publio as to the quality of the fluid for which they are mulcted in sixpence a quart Death could hitherto lurk in the cream ewer without any chance of detection ; but now, thanks to a dis covery recently announced in the columns of a German paper, a new and delicate test is placed within reach of all, so simple that everyone can use it. A well-polished knitting needle is to be dipped into a vessel of the milk to be tested and immediately withdrawn in an upright position. If the sample is pure some of the fluid will hang to the needle ; but if water has been added to the milk, even in Bmall proportions, the fluid will not adhere to the needle. The following are the cricketing fixtures for this afternoon:—The First Stanleys and the Alberts will resume their match at the Hamilton for the challenge cup. We believe that a scratch single match will take place bs tween the same cl bs at. the conclusion of the above game. The First Waratahs meet the Brunswicks at the Stratton ground. The Second Stanleys try conclusions with the Kedron Club at Eedron, and the Second Waratahs have ar ranged to play the Leichhardt Club at the Green Hills. We understand that a cricket match between the officers and non-commissioned offi cers of the No. 1 Artillery Brigade against the men of the same battery, will shortly be playtxi at the Hamilton,

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