MORE CHINESE GAMBLERS.

THE ALBANY POLICE MAKE A RAID.

A NARROW ESCAPE.

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(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

ALBANY, May 2.

' Ten Chinese- were brought up before the Albany Police Court, to-day, charged with gambling. Sergeant Farley and two constables surprised defendants and three others,' who escaped, playing fan-tan. The defendants pleaded guilty. The owner of the house was fined 41, and the others were each fined 20s.

A man named' Johnston had a narrow escape from drowning, on Saturday. He fell overboard from the cutter Eva, during a drunken row, and was rescued just in time

to save his life. ; -

Delightful weather prevails here.

IN our last issue, writes our Victorian contemporary, the duty devolved upon us of chronicling the death of Mr. James Mitchell, of Northampton. We were not in possession, then, of a knowledge of the circumstances connected with the sad occurrence, but the few. particulars relating to it have since come to hand, and from these it appears that Mr. Mitchell passed away quite suddenly. It is true he had been ailing for some time previous to his death, but his condition was such as to cause no alarm to his family, and therefore when he complained of being seriously unwell on the afternoon of the 21st instant, and in a few moments afterwards expired, the shock to his wife and relatives was a terrible one. Mr. Mitchell was only 46 years of age, and had the respect and esteem of every one in the district, whose good opinion was worth having He was a brother of Mr. S. Mitchell, J. P., of Northampton, and had been h resident of the colony for over 20 years, during no small portion of which term he acted with immense credit to himself, as mining captain for various firms, at the Geraldine and Northampton mines. Latterly he had devoted most of his attention to squatting pursuits, while he also conducted the Miner's Arms Hotel in Northampton. The funeral took place on Friday after noon last, a large number of persons paying the last tribute of respect to the deceased's following his remains to the grave. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. Burges, W. Lucas, H. Snowdon, and C. Cripps. In the absence of a clergyman, the burial service was read by Mr. Hasleby, the State-school teacher, at the conclusion of the service in the church, the " Dead March in Saul" being played on the harmonium by Mr. Boileau. A post mortem examination of the body, made by Dr. Laffan, revealed the fact that death had resulted from cirrhosis of the liver. At the coroner's inquest held subsequently, the jury returned a verdict of "death from natural causes." Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Mitchell, her large family, and the many relatives of the deceased in the sad and unexpected bereavement they have sustained.