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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Jolly Passholdees.— On Monday last, at
the police office, Peter Cain, Thomas White,
'William Shane, John Cameron, John Conway,
James Birch, and Christopher M'Ginty, pass
holders in the service of Mr. Ronald Gunn,
of Pcnquite, were charged with absenting
themselves from their authorised service. They
all pleaded 'not guilty,' except Cameron . Tho
defence they set up was an unfair deprivation
of proper rations ; and that they had suspended
their labours until they had consulted with
their master relative to the subject. The
pencil considered the defence untenablo and
insufficient, and ordered Birck and Cain to
three months' hard-labour in prison, as ring
leaders, and tho others to seven days' solitary
confinement each.
An Object to be Pitied.— A young woman
named Mary Ann Salmon, whose personal
appearance betokened excessive dissipation,
appeared before the police magistrate on
Wednesday last, with an infant in her arms,
charged with being an idle and disorderly per
son, and having no visible means of subsistence.
The police magistrate pointed out to the de
luded creature the error of her way. He told
her it was a dreadful sight to see a young wo
man like her— and a mother— an habitual
drunkard. He would look over the present
offence, upon the condition that she immedi
ately proceeded out of Launceston.
Making Himself Scarce.— At the police
office on Wednesday last, Mr. Robert Jones,
landlord of the' Fern- House,'- charged a man
named Thomas Mih-ott, with leaving his
service without his consent. Mr. Jones' infor
mation further proved, that tho accused had
'ired with him under the assumed name of
A/iomas Hudson, and that ho had received £2
ou the strength of his engagement. During
Mr. Jones absenco one day, accused ' took u
his bed and walked,' and Mr. Jones did not see
'un again until he was upprehendod by war
rant. The bench sentenced Milrott to one
calendar month's imprisonment.
Navkwtiok of the Murray.— Tho Liver
3-ool Albion, of tho 20th December, has an ac
count of Captain Codell's expedition, and con
S lt.«u »e jead ™th intense interest,
'owiorcsnadows the stupondous results which
?nay be exported to flow from opening up the
Resources of this tie largest of Australian
SptiAKERSmt- OF THE. LEGISLATIVE COUN
CIL. — It is rumoured that Mr. B. Dry, contem
plates resigning this office.
Public Meeting at the Temperance
Hall. — The Rev. Charles Price delivered an
interesting address at the Temperance Hall,
on Tuesday evening last. The subject was the
' Maine Liquor Law.' The inclement state of
the weather accounted for the thin attendance.
The Tasmanian Band, under the supervision
of Mr. Walker, played some select airs of his
arrangement. Mr. T. R. Girle's performance
on the Sax-Contra Bass, was not only credit-
able to himself, but to Mr. Walker, who has
introduced the differently constructed sax-horns
into the band.
PRELIMINARY MEETING, to consider the
proposed extension of the Representation in the
Legislative Council. — A preliminary meeting
for considering this subject was held at the
Victoria Hotel, on Wednesday evening last.
Adye Douglas, Esq., occupied the chair ; the
attendance was not so numerous as was anti-
cipated, owing to the inclement state of the
weather, and it was deemed advisable to ad-
journ the meeting until next Monday evening,
at the same place and hour. We earnestly
solicit the attendance of every well-wisher to
the colony on this occasion.
Official Appointments. — Wo perceive
that Dr. Bowring is to succeed Sir George
Bonham as Governor of Hong-Kong, and
Chief Superintendent of British Trade in
India, and that Lord Harris, whoso period of
service as Governor of Trinidad will shortly
expire, has been offerod the Governorship of
Madras. Mr. Edward Johnstonc Manley is
appointed Colonial Auditor, Van Dicmon's
Land; Mr. John Forstor, Accountant of
Stores ; Mr. Francis Smith, Solicitor-General;
and Mr. Edward MacDowell, Crown Solicitor.
Mr. John Sadloir has resigned his pott in tho
Ministry, as one of the Junior Lords of tho
Treasury.
South Australia. — From the Adelaide
journals to the 10th instant. The ZYmes states
that tho masons and carpenters at Adelaide
were about to strike for an advance : the for
mer had demanded an increase from 15s. to
16s. 6d. per day. The carpenters threaten to
emigrate to Melbourne if a considerable ad
vance be not made to them. The navigation
of tho Murray is to be continued as far as
Moorundec, throughout the year ; and a new
iron steamer is to be placed on the Upper
Murray. The Executive have advertised for
a loan of £60,000, in sums of £15 to £50,
to carry on the railway between tho city and
Port Adelaide. No rate of interest is fixed,
tenders being invited from intending subscrib
ers.
The late Rains. — Hadspen bridge is al
most submerged. The driver of the Westbury
coach stateB that he saw innumerable sheaves
of wheat floating down the river with groat
volocity on Friday last.
An Abscondee.— A pass-holder named
Joseph Watson received sentence of twelve
months' in chains, at the police office, on Mon
day last, for absconding.
Cowaedly Assault. — A pass-holder named
John Brown, was convicted at the police office,
on Monday last, of assaulting a very old man
named Laughlin White, with a bludgeon.
The cvidonce disclosed that accused would, in
all probability, have killed prosecutor, had it
not been for the timely arrival of constable
Rose, who took him into custody. The bench
sentenced Brown to eighteen months' impri
sonment. On Wednesday White came to the
police office in an apparently dangerous state
of health from the injuries he had received,
when Mr. Gunn procured a cab, and had him
conveyed to the hospital.
Quarter Sessions. — The sessions com
menced on Tuesday. The cases for trial were
few and trivial. William Jackson, stealing
£1 from George Nixon. Not guilty. Wm.
Stanley, a young man, who arrived, free to
the colony, stealing a quantity of leather from
his employer, Mr. Hargravcs, Longford.
Guilty. Seven years. Charles Reid, stealing
a shawl, the property of Wm. Webb, Long
ford. Discharged. William Crook, pleaded
guilty to stealing ten £5 notes, four £1 notes,
and other monies, the property of William
Barnett. Sentence 10 years. Michael King,
stealing coals, the property of B, Bunco Har
vey^ Two years imprisonment. Evan Brim
lett, and James Money, larceny. Remanded
through the absence of witnesses.
Mr. John Morgan. — A local paragraph
in reference to this gentleman, which appeared
in our issue of Saturday, the 18th instant, set
out by stating that ho was 'probably known
to the public, &c.'— it should have been
'favturably known, &c.'
Supreme Court.— Tho Supreme Court sits
for the trial of civil cases on the 3rd of next
month : criminal on the 4th. There arc only
eight cases at present on the calendar.
Assaulting a Constable. — A man named
Thomas Dillon, was charged at the police
office on Thursday lost, with assaulting Con
stable O'Neil in tho execution of his duty.
He pleaded guilty. The constable explained
to the bench that the accused in conjunction
withothers, was insulting females in the street
on the previous night, when he took him in
charge, and while in custody, Dillon bit his
finger and tore his clothes. Tho bench ordered
Dillon to pay a fine of £1 and fifteen shillings
costs.
The Roads to the Burial Grounds iu
this town and subboubs are represented to be
in a most dilapidated state, and it is feared
that in the winter they will be impassable.
We call upon those authorities who have
cognkanco ovor tho various resting places for
the dead to look to their several charges and
attend to their duty. Such of the burial
grounds as come under the authority of the
Municipal Council, we have no hesitation in
pledging ourselves that they will not be
neglected.
Embezzling Monies. — A pass-holder
named William Grimlin, in the service of Mr.
Lamb, was charged at the police office, on
Tuesday last, mm embezzlling certain monies,
the property of his master. It appears from
the evidence adduced, that Grimlin was em
ployed by Mr. Lamb to drive a water-cart, and
that lie had misappropriated certain monies he
had received for ?water. Tho prisoner pleaded
not guilty at first, but .on Mr. Lamb threaten
ing to call in several customers to prove the
correctness of Ins accusation, Grimlin admitted
the crime, and received twelve months' im
prisoument.
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