Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 28 November 1903, page 12


FIFTY YEARS AGO.--XXVII

THE " COURIER " FILES OF

1858.

(Our extracts to-day are from the "Courier" of 26th November, 1858.)

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

November 19.-Souvenir, from Sydney, Captain Witham. Passenger : Mr. Menan.

.November 20.-Tamar, s., from Sydney-, Captain Ellis. Passengers : His Honour trie Cluel Justice, Captain Daveney, -Mesdames Daveney, Clarke and _.ukc, Alisa West, Messrs. Moore, Dillon, Pureloy, Faucet, Reay, Stephen, Millord, Pershouse, Hume, Hoyl, Jones, b. Mohan, C1. Walker, btone, and 20 in the steerage, two constables and two prisoners.

The Zone " made a splendid run of seven days from Moreton Bay to Melbourne.''

LOSS OF THE KETCH AURORA.

"We regret to announce the loss of the ketch Aurora, belonging to Mr. W. Wilson, of this town, on Monday last. The Aurora was returning from the Hay loaded with shells, and wiien near the river bar began to lill rapidly owing to some bevere strain. Mr. Wilson and his two men had barely time to get away in the boat when the ketch sank. The ketch Sarah and cutter Cleveland had . been engaged for the pur-pose of attempting to raise the sunken ves-sel, and it is much to be hoped, ior the sake of the owner, that the attempt will

be successful.

HABEAS CORPUS,.

In the leader on " The Late Circuit Court," the " Courier" mentioned the pro-ceedings on a writ of Habeas Corpus as proof of the soundness of the paper s con-tention on the subject of stipendiary magis-trates. " Here we bave a man committed to gaol, and condemned to hard labour contrary to the Ia«v of the land. A second warrant is scut down to replace the first, and a third to replace the second ; yet the very latest document is at once re-jected as illegal when brought before a proper tribunal ; and the very conviction upon which the warrants were founded is pronounced to be as invalid as all the rest of the proceedings. The man gets his liberty after having thus been under re-straint for about two months, contrary to the law of tho land. There could not be a better plea for stipendiary magistrates, who would devoto a little more attention to the statutes."

ABSENT WITNESSES.

The " Courier" had some time before urged that the witnesses in the case of the murder of Mr. Trevethan by an aboriginal should bo secured. When the case vi as called on " they were not forthcoming .... and all tho Crown counsel could do was to get the recog-nisances estreated-a procedure which, in the caso of many men in the bush, must bo a perfect farce. The prisoner is remanded for six months, and at the end of that time he will probably be added to the long list of aboriginal offenders who have already escaped tho penalties due to their crimes. The laws of a country should bo adapted to tho ex-igencies of the times ; and it seems highly desirable that some more serious punishment than an imaginary forfeiture of £40 should bo inflicted upon persons who shrink from giving their testimony in cases of mordor. We look upon such persons as but little better than accessories."

A SAD CASE.

A case of alleged manslaughter from t_e 'Burnett district was lried( the per-son charged and his victim being men of good position. The case was one of shooting while Buffering from mania caused by drink. The " Courier" said : " It is far from our wish to add one feather's weight to the deep .remorse which must exist for this fatal event ; bfet the succession of tragical in-cidents that have been recorded in the local papers within the last three months, and all either remotely or directly con-nected with excessive habits of indulgence in intoxication, should operate as a solemn warning to others who are on the same path. In the bush, owing to the absence of all ordinary means of diversion, the temptation to drink has great power ; but we may hope that the striking and melan-choly examples that have lately been afforded'" will at least have due effect on those who should lead the way to better things/'

THE CAROLINE IMMIGRANTS.

The immigrants by the Caroline pub-lished an address to Dr. John Scott, the ?argoon superintendent of the ship, thank-ing him for his kindness on Cue voyage, and Dr. Scott replied in appreciative and reciprocal terms.

A letter signed "T. W.." South Bris-bane, 25th No\'ember, complained that the writer had gone down to the Caroline to engage some carpenters, but was told that they were under a promise to work for the Commissioner. " T. W." protested against any functionary going to the Bay to obtain promises " from 'the immigrants before the public could have an opportu-nity of even speaking lo them."

LATEST NEWS.

By the Vimiera there arrived at Mel-bourne from England, Mr. G. F. Leslie, M.C. for Clarence and Darling Downs. He remained at Port Phillip expecting to meet his brother, Mr. Patrick Leslie.

Dr. Lang had returned to Sydney by the ship Duchess of Sutherland.

Mr. John Rose Holden had been ap-pointed a nominee in place of Mr. Henry Hughes.

Flour was quoted in Sydney at £27 for fine, and £25 for seconds.

OPERATION FOR ANEURISM.

Deligation of the femoral artery in the ' gi oin ior a very large aneurism of that

vessel was successfully performed in the Brisbane Hospital by the vmiting surgeon, Kearsey Cannan, Esq., on the 22nd Oc-tober last, and the patient left the hos-pital last Monday quite recovered.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Henry Buckley was sworn-in as a nuigistrate of the territory.

The latest intelligence of the escaped aboriginal murderer "' Sippey" was that he had rejoined his tribe.

Mr. Stephen Mehau had contracted to run the mail between Drayton and Wambo during 1854.

" Lunacy.-Having laboured through the laborious nonsense levelled at us in the 'Free Press' of Tuesday last, oui- pity has been strongly excited. The writer should lose no time in getting his head shaved."

The Chief Justice, in closing the Circuit Court, said that though crima generally appeared to have decreased in the district, " drunkenness was too prevalent, and an he looked upon this as a main source of crime, he should consider it the happiest day for the country when the importation ' and consumption of spirituous liquors

should entirely cease. Such a change .would be better in every respect for the happiness of many in this world and the

n6X ' SOME ADVERTISEMENTS.

George Raff and Co. announced the fastsailing Al barque Blackfriar, to sail for London about 10th January.

Alexander Knowles, late accountant in the Bank of New South Wales, had estab-lished himself as an auctioneer and agent.

J. Richardson had admitted Mr. 1). R. Somerset as a partner in his business, which would in future be that of Richard-son and Co.

Russell and Taylor, of Cecil Plains, wanted two good stockmen.

George Adkin offered £5 reward for in-formation which would enable him to bring to justice trespassers on his oroperly known as Gallagher's Paddock, near Forti-tude Valley.

Frederick and Francis Bigge requested that all cheques signed by them be pre-sented at the Bank of Australasia, Ipswich.

Philip Pinnock and John Vaughan had entered into partnership as graziers under the title of Pinnock and Vaughan, Bromel-

ton. '

R. J. Smith announced that the Town Marie boiling establishment would be open for the reception of stock on the 1st Feb-

ruary.

G. Walmer. Manchester General Store, Warwick, offered drapery and general goods, wines, and spirit«.

W. A. Duncan, " pro Government Resi-dent," offered for sale by public auction a pair of millstones belonging to the^com

migsariat.

W. P. Douycre, of Bigge's Camp, was conducting an establishment for breaking - in and training horses.

Just as when coffee failed, and tea got depressed, some Ceylon planters began to , think of mining for plumbago (and twenty

ytars ago for gold), so in the Malay Pen-insula, where coffee has failed, tin has been searched for, and in some case« with marked success.

Professor Dugan, of the Konigstuhl Obt aervatory, reports that he has discovered

by means of photography a small new planet, 9deg. north of the Equator. Its brilliancy is of the 12th class.

'' Alice Ia Coming," says the " Manila Times" in large type at the head of a column on its front page. This is merely our contemporary's, way of saying that President Roosevelt's daughter is about to pay a visit to the Philippines.