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J3oinel tti t itcleInetUt ec. Cnrr CnAT.-An inquest was held last Saturday, on the body of a man named John Smith. who was picked up floating this morn ing. It appeared, about three weeks ago the deceased was in Cadman's boat belonging to Government, which upset, and the deceased was unfortunately drowned, The Jury re turned a verdict of accidental death.--Poor old Billy Blue, who was committed to Jail on Friday evening, for nonpayment of a fine levied for harbouring a prisoner of theC rown, was discharged on Saturday. Mr. Pitman kindly stepping forward and paying the amount, 26 dollars, and three and nine pence costs.--Shinglera are asking ten shillings per diem for their labour, besides having their food found them.-A woodmnan appearing the other day to give evidence in the Police Ofilce, made his debut with a new pair of Woodstock vellowv gloves.--The South.Head road is in. fested on Sundays, with a set of fellows, some with guns pretending to shoot, and others with formidable bludgeons.-The present system of treating runaways, appears to have a good effect. They are punished for being at large in Sydney or its environs, and returncd to the Bench nearest their gang, to be dealt with for running away.--On Satur lay, Alexander Law, mate of the Volusia, was fully committed to take his trial, for a brutal assault on the person of Alexander Simmonds, an African Cook of the aforesaid brig.-The house of Mr. Asbury of Prince street, was entered on the morning of the 21st instant, but the timely return of his ser rant prevented the depredators carrying off the spoil.--The stores of Messrs. Lamb, Bu channan and Co, were also stripped on the evening of the 22nd.-Mr. Dixon of the Steam Engine, has commenced slaughtering on a large scale like Mr. Terry, and Mr. J. J. Moore.--Large quantities of tobacco during the last week, have been shipped for V. D. Land.--The Sydney. lamps are in a most de. plorable state.--Flogging has of late come more into vogue at the Police Office.-The Bank robbery is still undergoing private in. restigation.-13y accounts lately received, it ap pears the natives in the vicinity of the river Man ning are troublesome; three stock-keepers have been killed and devoured by these cannibals. (We don' bhelieve this. Ed.)--The 'asmanians appear to have a pique agasnst this Colony, for a number of passengers who had intended to visit this port were prevented, by the description given of New South Wales on their arrival at Van Diemeu's Land. (We think the Van Diemen's Land people perfectly correct. Ed.)-A mill, as boxing is now called in slang language, which had commenced near Sydney, and was proceeding in fine style (fancy) was uinfortunately interrupted by the arri.' 'vil of the constabulary.-The Magistrates are ranch engaged in private investigation ; scarcely a day passes without one at the least taking place. 1The Supreme Court opens on the. 15th of August for the trial of criminals --The shingling of the new,Catholic Chapel goes on very ,lowly.-A spe cial private meeting of the Magistrates took place on Tuesday morning ; subject of debate a muystery.---A man named John Iasces was picked up the other day in Sydney, who is appears for merly belonged to H. Ar. S. Success from which lie deserted previously to her leaving England An attempt was made last evening to force open a cellar door, belonging to Mr. Bax, of George Street, but being disturbed, the thieves made off, leaving a screw driver behind them. Mr. Meehau's Estate was sold by Public Auc tion, under an execution of the lSheriff at the ltoyal Hotel. The following were the prices and purchasers. / Lot 1. - - £210 -.. Mr. Hodges 2. - - 510 - - Mr. Malcolm 3. . . 1,000 . . Mr.D. Cooper 4. . -" 600 -. . Ditto' 5. - - 310 . .- Ditto 6. - '410 - - Mi.r.T. Wlls ,.7. .- . 500.. - - Ditto . £3,440 Stig. The Auetion was respectably attended, and a large qunntity of refreshments were prepared for the visitore. 'fThe room closed with Mr. Bodenham selling an estate of 500 acres on the Liverpool.road,. which was purchased by Mr. Meehan for £210. The Masonic bull was numerously attended Mr. John Stephen was present in a very su. perb dress. The decorations of. the room, pind the.wholo euturtpoWneat 'gave the greatest ItjiItiC?Tl?t

SYsYa Poutsc.--,.Thursaay IfPet.-Da- . kfc'D .ermott, free, upwards of 70 -years of age, was charged on oath with stealing from the house of Mr. Bloodsworth, in O'Counell-street, one quarter of lamb, value 3s. and from the pre. mnises of MDr. Peareon, of Pitt-street; an iron weight, to wit, 251hs. He stated in his de. fence, that he discovered the aforesaid articles lying on the ground; and considering that it was a pity. such a good joint should be left for the dogs, and that 251bs of iron should be left to rust, he took pity thereof and placed them on his barrow, when Mr. B rudely charged him with stealing the aforesaid quarter, and con. signed him for the night to durance vile. The Bench committed him to take his trial. The lamb was ordered to be preserved in the best possible manner. Monsieur Girard, bread contractor for the Commissariat, appeared to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Christopher Leary, his assigned servant, for throwing soup in his face, striking him on the breast, and puncturing him in the arm with a fork ! The charge not being substantiated to the satisfac- tion of the Bench, he was dismissed. The boy was then placed at the bar, charged by his master with insolence, and was sentenced to bread and water for six days. ' 'Thomas Best was charred with running away from an iron-gang, to which he had been sen tenced for three years at the last Criminal Court, for which he was. ordered to receive fifty lashes, and to be returned to his gang. ?oi DAY WEa K.- Stuntmel Hansford was fully ,committed to take his trial for robbing the garden of Mr. Laidley, of young pear, apple, and- peach trees, 'and selling the same to Mr, Mc'Laren. Thomas /Mc'Carthy was charged by Mrs. Spoonmer with entering her house on the even. ing of the 23d, and taking a Dutch clock away .which she stated was her property-but it ap. pearing she had lived with the prisoner for up. wartl of nine years, the case was dismissed, the man having seized the clock as his own, and marched off with it in triunm,h. A large number of petty cases were disposed of, and the Court closed. MONDAY.- W. Johnson was charged with being on the premises of Mr. O'Shaughnessy on the night of Saturday last, and threatening violence to one of his apprentices. Sent to gaol as the house of correction, and there to be kept to hard labour for three months. Il'illiam Blinlslade was placed at the bar, charged by his mistress with being in a conti. nual state ofintoxication and disorderly. In his defence, he said, that Mrs. Rainc, to whom he was assigned, had ordered him to steal some bricks to build a pigeon house, but his conscience militating against such an act, he refused, and was threatened punishment, which was the cause of his being given in charge ; for following this line of defence, and not proving the same, he was ordered to receive 50 lashes, and to be returned to Go vernment. /I'illism Hands, an old hand on the town, who has just obtained his freedom, was com mitted to take his trial, for having 90 pairs of shoes in his possession, the property of Messrs. Lamb, Buchanan, and Co. and f.,r which he could not account further than that he bought them. Joseph Maarhs and Frederichk Aorgan, two snips, were charged by their master, Mr. Smith, with having a preqile**tion for showing science rat all hours of the day, to the great injury of his business, for which they were ordered, the first to seven, the latter to ten (lays ou the tread-mill, as a means of expen. ding their excessive personal vigour. Nearly thirty cases of drunkenness were then disposed of, and the Court closed. TUioDAY.--William Long was fined six dollars forharbouring a prisoner of the Crown. William Roberts, for serving two prisoners be longing to barracks with half-a-pint of rum after eight o'clock at night, was ordered to pay a fine of eight dollars and costs. Francis ifennigan, free servant, for absenting himself from his master's premises, daring which period they were entered and plundered, was sen tenced to be sent to the gaol for seven days, and mulcted of 20s. of his wages, John Realer, free, was brought up by warrant for absconding from the employ of his master, Mr. Johnson, and was sent to the gaul for one month, and there kept to hard labour. Joseph Dunn, a runawdu, from Richmond dis trict since March last, and who within that period had frequently been before the Bench as a free man, with a false certificate, was ordered to so journ for sic months at an iron-gang. A prisoner, for a nameless crime, was sent to an iron-gang for two years. George Grundy, assigned to Alexander M'Leay, Esq. was ordered to an iron-gang for 3 months, or stealing a quantity of fat from a batcher. The Committee of the Chamber of Comn merge (if a society containing about a fourth of our respectable free trading population can be called ElI'E Chamber of Commerce) met the present week, and went on in the usual oficial way. What isthe reason thdis Chamber was always a poor dwindling drivilling half starved thing ? Because it had its origin in a job, and in an aristocratical spirit. A few soi-disants, tobacco growers, sea.captains, and others, who arc nowlending our authorities by the nose or ears, met together about five years ago, concocted laws to suit their own interested viepvs, and then (as usual)called on the nio, as they term those who pay the piper, while the great Tobaconists dance, to casl up. if these men who tihus lord it over the paying people of Sydney, would be pleased to call a general meeting of the mner chants and free shop.keepers of the town, and leave the assembly to choose their own repre sentatives, a real Chamber of Commerce might be got up. But we hope the Sydney people will give no countenance to the pre. sent Chamber, begotten as it was in arrp gance and jobbing, and conducted as it is by high tory politicians, and the creatures of an unpopular Government. Mr. Frazier, colonial Botanist, has returned from Moreton JiBay, laden with botanical spoils. We know of no public officer more entitled to public esteem than Mr. Frazier. His works show his zeal for the Government hie serves, while his urbanity and attention to visitors and persons who desire to make use of his labours and propagate valuable grasses, plants, ,and trees, command.universal respect Espidnage.--This systemt is not confincd to free: Colonists, but:extends to prisoners; not to Convicts in the Sydney Barracks; whence? an insurrection is trumped up once a year bi the underliugs, to please (ae they think) thebo higher powers, but even to iron gangs in remote parts o( the Territory I ,lohn ---, nicknamed slack tie aIger, for being auilty of having Te ?.ydney Monior in.his possession, wvas bro/en, he being at the time.Ovtrseer. Captain Dumaresq comoing up one day, the nmal pulled off his hat, and the noble spy-er seeing the word Monitor inside his beaver, ordered him to 'draw the paper forth, t~nk it from him, au4 .a gldorQd himnt i¢itout fux!tac ~grcrnont

With r.fernce to out leading artlclhiu a; last number, respecting. Denuil Mc'Hue. t3rl' ?'L followviug i a copy of a letter aeat to his waib';: through " His Excellency's pleasure," andw% certainly 'think the argumeut.antl m princip?kl= t contained therein an admirablep? mpeclmn o Dair}man's equity, consisteaey, and ieavon. : lence. Ann Mc'Hugh, IWith references to your memorial of the 19th? Instant, soliciting to have your husband Denni . Aoc'llrIgl assigned to you, I have to acquaint ytou, that on enquiry into the means he would-.i. have of securing a livelihood even if he w .er, assigned, I find, that it was his intention to' withdraw some money which it appears belongs to him lodged in the firm of Messrs. Cooper and Levey, for that purpose ; and I am there. ' fore directed by the Governor to acquaint you, that no money can be paid to him while he re. mains a. prisoner of the Croren. By .His Excellency's Conmmand, ,.4ALEXANDER J'LEA? Colonial Secretary's OfJice, October.25th, 1826. . On Tuesday sailed the ship Eliza, for Lone :,': don via the Isle of France ; passenger Mr. John Stephen; late Registrar of the Supreme - Court, late Clerk of arraigns and assize, late Compnissioner for granting hail and for ta.' king aflidavits, late Cominissioner for gran ting tickets of leave, laec Commissioner of Crown lands, late Justice of the Peace and late, but should have been noted early, secretary to the Governor's Jockey Club, in the absence of a 1Theatre, which was deemed by His Excellency too immoral';. whereas the little gambling drinking eourtizan-ship and blind Hookey on Sundays, which take " place at those Races which His Excellency exclusively patronizes by his " illustrious'' presence, (to use a favourite phrase withl the courtly Editor of the . oflicial journal) are coamparatively harmless, and by their, promotion of hdarity, redeem them -no. doubt from their baneful consequences onu Society. Withrespect to the worthy Pluralist above-mentioned, (pluralist in honors not in pay) we understarnd, he returns home to lay before his' Royal Muster (of whose Ho'useo hold he is a Member), the ill treatment which he conceives. e has met with from this Govern. ' : mtnent. But Mr. S. blames our chief Butlrrs and Bakers rather than our Pharaohs. Iris odd ': that Pharaoh's dairy-.men never excited the royal displeasure ? We can only account for it on the supposition, that they were a sort of Scotchmen, and were equally with modern Sawney, a cautious canny race l

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