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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CmcuiT Courts;— ^-After -the expiration
of tho : present', year, thb! Circuit Courts at th'o
Towns of, Borrima, Maitland, andj Bathurst, ro
SDGCtivelv. will ba holdcn as , follows : — At
Berrhna, on1 thb 3rd' dayof Fpb'rualry and.tho
Istday of 'September ; at Maitland, on tho 12th
day of February and the 10th day of September ;
and at Bathurst, on the -22nd day, of February .
and the 20th day of September. Provided,
that where any of those days shall happen on' a
Sunday,' tho Court shall be holdon on tho day
next fpllowing.— Government Gazette, Oct. G.
' His;. Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint. William M'Taggart Dorsdy,
Esq.,-, of Ipswich, to bo a Magistrato of the
Territory and its pependencies'. — Ibid.
INQUESTS.— Two several inquests were
holden on Tuesday, at' tho, lied .Cross, Lower
George-street, on the bodies of Clara and Emily
Davis, who, it appeared from the evidence, died
from injuries received by accidental burning.
The mother of the children, whose, affection can
scarcely be portrayed, deposed., that she dwelt
in a sort of cave near Bradley's Head, on the
North Shore, inclosed with slabs. The father of
the children, who is a shell gatherer, was from
home, and she went, to look for a boatman, who
was to bring her provisions, leaving the two
deceased children, (Clara, just turned five years,
and Emily, about eighteen months old, with
another girl named Harriet, about three years
of age, in bed, in the dwelling. There was a
small, fire outside the slabs. About five or ten
minutes after, she had left the place, the child
Harriet ran after her, and told her that her
sisters were burnt. On returning to the spot,
she found both the children lying on the ground,
apparently dead, and all the clothes burnt off
them. On examining them, she thought that
the youngest was quite dead; but the elder
showed some signs of life. There was no one
at hand to lend her assistance. She procured a
boat as soon as possible, and conveyed both the
bodies to Sydney; but the child Clara was dead
before the boat reached the stairs. The only
way in which she could account for the accident,
was, that the youngest child had gone too close
to the fire, and the flame caught her clothes;
and that the oldest had shared a similar fate
in endeavouring to put put the flames. Dr.
Mackellar, who viewed the bodies, certified that
death had been caused by fire; and a verdict in
both cases was returned accordingly. Great
praise is due to Dr. Mackellar, who, on the spot,
set on foot a subscription for the afflicted mother,
who is near her confinement, and we understand,
that he has collected upwards of £20.
-Police OrincE.'-^- There ivere'. only five
lrunkards on ?? the; tlist-i. yesterday, who -Woro,
variously .dealt with.; ;.-Vlary. -; ChUtlmii!i- Ann
ilickards, and June iWestrop, three drunken and
iotorious female's, were. sent to gaol, tho!ibrnier
or six weeks,' tlio two-laltbr for one month' each:
kValter Andrews was also committed us aro'srue ??
anq , yagaDonu, tor sixj weeks, Henry Ball, for
iittempting, to pick' thp.jjookot of. Mr. AVilliam
M^arthiir, was fully 'uoinuiitted ! John Farroll
WWjreinnnded ? on 'a ? charge 'of assault/'bn'Mr.*
rhomas 'Baker^tho'^publican, a.t tho corner of
Gebrgo .and rMarkbt Streets. - fit appeared that
the f prisoner, who , .was drunk,', wasj refused , ud
jiittaiico by Mr. Baker, into his 'house, j and tho'
orraer assaulted him with d stone, which' out hiui1
iii tlie : teiripje,' causing-'him : to -'bleed 'profusely^- '?
MrVBaker was unable to attend atthe fPoliuo
Office yesterday. , . Charles Austin; for an assault,
.vas sentenced to pay a fino.of ^fc'3, or. bo ssut .to
jsCbl for , six weeks; John ' Crane,': for ; ti ' liko
-fferi_co,' was fined 5s. ; and 4s. Od. costs, or to'-bb'
mprisoned for seven daysi'iv. George -Rigby,1 for
in assault, and Edward McMahon, for a breach
of the peace, were severally bound over.
COMMITTAL - On, Tuesaay',I)ayi(l ilfoses'--
yas coriiiuitted for trial/charged with' ' having
tolon- four \£1 notes, frditi ; a1 seaman*,-'ridmed'
ilfNoittp, on'Suuday niorning'lasti -about' tort
i clbWc. - ,It appeared/ that tho sailor had, in the
nornm-jj incautiously exhibitbd .his ,money, in a
idrbei^s shop, arid shewed that ho 'carried 'the'
amo.iii the bosom of 'his shirt; * The prisoner'
ollowed the prosecutor for.sometim'e.-till watch-!
tig) his. opportunity, he'mado drush at him.idnd.
uatched tho notes fromhis bpspm. Only Qs.Gd.
ir&s.'fbund on his person, when 'taken in charge -
utho was chewing' something at1 the liru'e
Jhiub ho swallowed, and some small bits of papei-'
/ere found in.his mouth. Tho prisonbr denied r
ie,;oliarge, andi:said that tho ;prosocutor was.
runk at the. tirao, and had made some purchases
iv which ho had not 'accounted. : ' '?
Onn Fellows.— The RevJW. II. Wood
ock.'and Frederic Uayne, Esq., had joined tho
looiety :of Odd Fellows,' of the Independent
)rder, in South, Australia. i -.. ,, .
' St* . HELENA.-^His .Excellency Colonel'
lameliii .Trelawny ,died at St.Holera-on tho
rd ^y* ol an attack of pnralysis, in hi3 64th*
.ear. llu is succeeded by LieutendnUColonel'
raser, R. A. The St. Helena Regiment wits''
mlor.ordors (or thu Cape. This is a tin o hody^
F. Mien, ajid .likely to prove a most ufficieiit
duitioiKto 'thu. force now on the fniiticr.— ' '
ottth African 'C'oiiwtirc'iul Advertiser. ' *' * ' ''' '
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