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SHIP xrsws.

By The Canton Press, of date 25lh March, 1837, we learn the loss of the ship John Bannerman, Captain Wilson, off the coast Linlin. The chief officer, Mr. Shakspear, and four of the crew lost their lives by attempting to cross a shoal with the longboat, which swamped. She was subsequently got oil', and repaired, and, together willi tho second boat containing l8 bands, reached Lung-Muy ; several died during the passage from drinking salt water to allay their thirst, and seven after landing, from exhaustion. Tho King of Cochin China, upon hearing

of their dt's'ittite condition, issued ordert for their wa-its to be attended to, which were promptly obeyed.

Messrs. John Lord and Co, have receivod an iron steam bout por John, for the purpose of being outployed upon the

Parramatta River.

Mr. I'olaclc has purchased the brig Lndij Wellington, now at sea upon a whaling sporulation, for £5,600. Mr. P. takes all chances of the voyage.

Tho Frances Charlotte may be hourly

locked for from tho Derwent.

The John will discharge her cargo at the wharf of Mossrs. Aspinall, Browne,

and Co.

The Medway conveys 300 tons of flour

to South Amarica.

Tho brig Alice, from Canton, is con- signed to the house of R. Jones & Co.

Tho Vesper has haulod to the King's' Wharf to discharge.

The Brothers proceeds to England by tho way of China.

The Medora and Marian Watson hare both felt tho want of hands.

Tho John brings 252 bags wheat, and 177 bags flour.

By the Weekly Price Current, pub- lished by the sworn Brokers at Port Louis, bearing date from the lilli to the 1*7tli April, we havo obtained the fol- lowing intellieenco : - Syrup, 1st quality, 4 to 4 25 ; 2d ditto, 3 50 to 3 77 ; 3rd ditto, 3-37 t» 3t40. Tbere has boen n rise of 6 per cent, on quotations since the arrival of the Midas, from Launceston, on the 17th instant : -

FREIGHT TO London and other port< of Englaud,£4 1()s. ; Cape of Good Hope, £2 10s. ; New Sotilh Waloa, £\. Prim ago 5 percent.-Now South Walos salt heof, per barrel of 300lbs. 14§ to 15-50 ; ditto tingues, per dozen, G§ to 8-80.

New Snuth Wales Government Bills

upon London aro at. par. The following vessels weio lving ia the harbour of Port Louis : -Belzoni, Charles Ueartley, Nel- son, Edouard, Elizabeth, Abeona, Pe- gasus aud Avoca. From tho 15th Sep- tember to the 17th April there had been shipped at that port 56,310,9131bs. of

sugar.

The Australian is in error in staling that there was no gunpowder on board the Giiaffe at the lime she took fire. There were but ten tons on board, which our contemporary may consider nothing, hut we, us well as many others, bog leave

lu differ on that head.

A circumslanco has come within onr

knowledge which shows that the powers that be, do not consider that all parties aro competent to hold two situations with salaries attached to each. Some time since the situation of Superinten- dent of Hyde Park Barracks be- came vacant, and it was filled by a person who at the time held another situation ; it the expiration of six weeks a person was permanently appointed lo the situation, when the party who had aotedas ti warming pan during the period, very naturally requested that he might bo paid for his services as he had had to fill both situations, wheo ho was informed that it Was totally incompetent with the Government Regulations to hold two situations, and receive salary for the

sanie, in suoti a c- ">. :L;¿, ac^uc

is totally superfluous.

Yesterday the visiting Magistrates

went round to the various houses iu

Sydney for which applications for li-

censes have been made. The certificates bearing the sanction of the Bench will be delivered this day.

On Tuesday morning it was discovered upon opening the wards in the Parra- matta Jail, that three of the men that were there the overnight had broken prison and escaped. It is only a matter of surprise to us that any of the prisoners there confined can be kept at all within the delapidated walls. The sooner the New Jail which is tendered for is erected the belter.

To show to what extremes some men

will go to satisfy their passion for driuk, the following facts will fully suffioo : The husband of a woman who has a large family, and works very hard at washing for their support, found some difficulty in raising a supply to gratify his propensity, he thereupon drove his own cow to the pound, and laid damages upon it to the amount ot five shillings ; this the poor woman thinking was a bona fide trans- action, gave the money to the husband to release ; the five shillings soou went, when he drove the cow to Parramatta

and sold it; the money thus raised also went, and finding that all tue usual channels were dried up, he actually look away, from his own house, a quantity of linen, which had been sent tu his wife to wash, and pawned it !

On Monday night the house of Mr. Dunn, in Fort street, was burglariously entered by the front window being forced open, a writing desk, toa caddie, andu variety of other articles stolen. On Tuesday morning, between four and five o'clock, as Serjeant Ryan was going hi* rounds, he observed something dsrk

the quarries, which upon inspecting turned out to bo the writing desk in question. It was broken o| eu and thirty four precious stones had been abstracted. A man was seen hanging about near the spot, and was taken into custody.

On Tuesday we observed a fino young fawn hanging in front of Mr. Ginger's, the poulterer, in the Market-place. Tim is a novelty; but at all events it is the forerunner of our having venison among

other luxuries of the table.

The drunkards brought before the Police Bench yesterday were sadly out in their reckoning as to the punishment. In consequence of the Police Magistrates going round Sydney, Mr. Lethbridge took his Beat, and instead of the usual one hour, it was nothing less than four, and in some cases six hours in the stocks. if the paid Magistrates were to take a lesson from this, they would not be troubled with having so many cases of drunkenness to adjudicate every morn- ing.

On Tuesday afternoon a man was de- tected amusing himself by throwing stones over the wall of the Jail into the yard occupied by the women under sentence of transportation. He was taken into custody.

Tb o following c:so of robbory, at the

stores of Messrs. Brownlow and Co , was discovered on Monday. A person named William Hopkinson, the landbrd of a public,.houso on the Parramatta Road, went to the store of Messrs Brownlow and Co., and purchased ostensibly twelve gall.ins of rum, for which he paid Mr. M'Dermott. The cask which contained tho liquor was oapabte of holding much moro than the twelve gallons, A man namctlJohn Mosely,employed as n carter, was the person employed to draw off the the rum, and a youth named Lloyd stood by for a short lime, but, during the draw- ing of tim spirits, he was Called away by Mr. M'Dermott. Mr. A. S. Mason, book-keeper to tho establishment, on returning from the Bank, observed, as he thou'lit, a pound note transferred from Hopkinson lo Mosely, who put it into his pocket: thinking it suspicious, ho men tioned it to his employers, and the cask of spirits which was upon the rlray, ready for removal, was taken off, and its con- tents re-measured ; when, instead of twelve, it was found to contain seventeen Gallons. Both parties wore committed

to tako their trials.

On Tuesday Mr. Thomas Tierney Fergusson was brought beforo the Sydney Police Bench, by warrant, charged with fraud, by Mr. D. Jones, the linen draper, under the following circumstances : -Mr. D. Jones deposed that, on the 5 h instant Mr. Fergusson came to bim and wished him to casli a draft upon the houso of Fletcher, Alexander and Co.. of London, Cor £200, which ho stated ho was authorised to draw on account of his

mother's pension ; he said that it was his intention to open a store at the Murrum- bidgee, at which placo he had a sheep station ; witness agreed to accept tho set of bills by giving his own acceptance for £150, and goods for the romatoing £50, providing sufficient authority to draw was shown. On tho 7th bo again called, and left a set of bills for £200, when witness, being vory busily engaged, through his clerk, gave his promissory note at three months for £150. A few days afterwards Fergusson again called, and drew goods to the amount of £33 13s lid. Witness had remitted the first and second of the bills home ; since then, however, ho was of opinion that Fergusson had no uuthortiy to draw the bills in question; he had discovered that he hid no sheep station, also, that he had taken his passage io England in the Medora. Witness had called at the counting-houso of R. Jones und Co., when ho was informed that ho had left that employ fur the last two months, at which time ho stated that it was his intention to proceed to England ; he therefore charged him with fraud and cheating.

Cross-examined by Mr. Rodd-He had reason to think the bills were bad, because Fergusson had not left the authority which he said he had j gave the note and goods upon the representation of defend- ant-that ho intended to open a store at the Murrumbidgee; defendant gave no security upon that store, nor upon any goods ; witness novor said that he never saw any authority ; Fergusson showed him a lettor from his mother, signed E, Fergusson, saying that, if he wanted money, he was to draw upon Flet- cher; the authority shown was not the one tie expeced ; he considered that the bills would not be paid, because he had not a sheep station at the Murrum- bidgee, because he was not going there, but had altered his destination for Eng- land ; upon the faith of which the £200 was advanced, he said that he had drawn money before on account of his mother's pension ; he drew goods to the amount of £33 13s lid, saying that he o&pccted a cart to come from the country t> Sydney, to carry the goods to his store ; he understood that Fergusson had given another bill upon the s¡>me house, in favour of Mr. Maelzur. Mu Jones'clerk, named Williams, slated H at on the 9th June, Fergusson came to the house of his employer, with a set of bills for £200, drawn upon Fletcher and Co., and drew a promissory note upon Mr. Jones for £150, which witness took to Mr. Jones, who signed it; defendant said nothing about authority to draw, nor did he show any authority ; witness asked him if he had left the employ of R. Jones & Co., he said yes, and he intended to commence business upon his own account, to the southward ; he subsequently drew goods

lo the amount of £33 13s lid.

The Hench hold thai lhere was not stich a case made out as would cause thuin any difficulty in dismissing it, but they

would recommend that the offer of

friend, the Rev. Mr. Gregory, to enter into a guaranteo to pay the amount of the bills, should they bo dishonoured, he accepted; which being consented to by Mr. jones,Mr. Fergusson was discharged. Mr. Fergusson here handed, through Mr. Gregory, a letter 6jf his mother's, which we saw ; it authorised him to draw for money if he required it, but not to bo extravagant. The young gentleman's friends are highly respectable ; and, we are informed, that tho reason of his chauging his mind, to return to longland, was partly at the solicitait >n of his friond*, and tho fact that he had been stidden'y left some property by Ibe death of a relation. Mr. Fergusson sails for England lo-dav.

ARSON -A most villanous attempt to burn down the house and store of Mr. Milsom, of the North Shore, was made by his assigned servant Charles Rogers, on Tuesday night. It appears thal Rogers went into the kitchen and took from the fire a lighted stick, a fellow servant named Lomer asked him what he wanted with it, he replied that he was going into the bush to get wood, and he wanted to make some

tea ; he was subsequently seen by Lomer in the yard near the store, under which

he had dug a hole, a barrel of gunpowder was exactly above the excavation. Miss Milsom found upon going into her bed room that a fire stick bad been placed under her bed, and lighted wood in other

parts of the room. Rogers told Lomer

that Mrs. Milson had blamed him for taking some salt, and he would take care that she should lave no cause to complain again. Rogers has been fully committed

to take his trial. The prisoner has an extraordinary looking countenance, it is very small, and his hair short and bristly.    

On Tuesday night a man named M'Guire, in a state of intoxication, laid 'limself down upon the Old Race Course o take a nap. Upon aWaklng he found that ho was minus his hat anti boots. A prayor bonk, which he had upon his per- ron, hail booti left by tho robber, not having any use for it himself, and think- ing that M'Guiro might derive benefit

therefrom.

On Tuesday night a lamplighter   informed some constables that an old woman named Mary Parrott, had, while labouring under a mixture of rum and lovo, thrown herself into a well near the

Tanks; upon reaching the spot they   found the unhappy victim of Cupid and Bacchus up to the chin in the deep   recess of a well; out of which, with no small difficulty, they managed to remove her when at the last gasp.

On Monday a free man named James Hayes was apprehended at Sydney on a charge of murder by Mr. Inspector Jones. It appears that the prisoner was an overseer to Mr. Grose, at Menaroo, and that in conséquence of some suspi- cions ho eutertaiaod of his wife's fidelity, ho first dug the grave, then choked, and buried her, and immediately absconded.

On Tuesday evening, about 6 o'clock, a man named John Thomson was detected by Mr. K. Samuel, of George-streetj carrying off a mattrais from the door of his shop. He was given into custody, and, when brought before the Police, he said that he had loft his lodgings, and wantod.a bed, anti he really thought that ho had paid for it. The Bench aunt him to tell tho tal ? to a Jury.

Yesterday a man named James Lycitt, an assigned servant of Mr. Foley of Pitt-slrect, was brought beforo the Bench, charged with repeatod insolence and refusing to work, and also, saying, when threatened with the Police Office, that he " did not care for punishment." The Bench sentenced him to receive a

corporal punishment of 100 lashes ; to be returned to Government, and not again to be assigned in Sydney.

The two men-Francis Menagle for cutting and maiming, and Thomas Jones for highway robbery-who were under sentence of death, have had the capital punishment remitted, the former to trans- portation for life to Norfolk Island ; the latter for seven years to the same place.

Of all the disgracoful situations in the Town of Sydney, the " Rocks," as they aro familiarly termed, stand most con- spicuous ; who would believe in this enlightened era, in the forty-ninth an- niversary of Australia, such a state of things should be as to cause us to record that there still exists that abomination of rookeries the "Sydney Rocks?" The " Rocks" must be candidly admitted, by all hands, to be a nest of infamy-a nest of wretchedness and disease; indeed,the putrid, exhalations continually arising from the filth and rubbish to be met with in its purlieus is enough of itself to breed unwholcsomeness, not to mention any thing worse. Then again are the break- neck alleys and bye-ways ; and should

the traveller chance to he afflicted with sore feet, woe be to the luckless wight. Let us take a review of this subject, commencing at Gloucester-street and at tbe rear of His Majesty's Gaol ; can any i!:i.,b |i.i..i<rutiiira>|)c':; moro Ullioous - more unsightly? Surely this hanging, precipitous height might be levelled to a moderate extent, and moro in unison with the south end of that street, as one proceeds towards Church Hill, aud which certainly presents a more tolerable aspect. Again, traversing Gloucester-street to its northern end, what outrageous appeals are made to your senses ; good taste and decency are totally set at defiance ;: the state of things here, in faed, cannot but oxcite astonishment. Again, tra- verse the cross-ways and bye passages

as far as the Custom House towards George street and the ascent to Prince street, aud the inattention paid to the health of tho inhabitants from its con- tracted thoroughfares will be more par- ticularly apparent; as regards traffic, it is absolutely out of the question ; to at- tempt to take a cart down these lanes, is as impossible as lo tread the windings of Bulli Mountain, and thus this most valuable portion of the Town, which might, with a little pains taken in the proper quarter, bocotue the most flourish- ing portion of it, is allowed to remain in

a stato of tiesolation. Such a state of things, wo repeat, ought not to exist. We have heard much of His Excel- lency's wish to beautify the Town of Sydney. Wo pray His Excellency will begin his radical reform hete, in this spot-the work can bo effected. He has the means. The sooner this Australian St. Giles's nuisance is removed the

belter.

State of II. M. Gaol, June 21,1837:

men vronuu

Trial. 126 21 Transporintion. 0 30

Itemanded. 0 0

Hail,,. 3 10 I'onfiies. I1) 2

Labour. 2 S Ircned Gang..... 7 0 Interior.,...,..,. 6 0 ¿xaminatioa ................ 0 0 Death..'. t 0 Factory...... 0 1

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