Hobart Town Daily Mercury (Tas. : 1858 - 1860), Saturday 5 February 1859, page 3


GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE G. W. WALKER.— Yesterday afternoon at half-past two o'clock,the time appointed for the funeral of our late esteemed fellow-citizen, the mournful cortege formed at his Iate residence in Macquarie-street and proceeded to the burial ground of the Society of Friends at Providence Valley. The train was preceded by a hearse and pair followed by three carriages containing the female members, including the children, of the deceased's family and then came the mourners in the usual manner two and two, consisting of one hundred and twenty citizens of almost every class and denomination, and comprising the most eminent of our population. Merchants, Bankers, Public Officers, Shipowners, Clergy, and many tradesmen, who vied with each other in testifying the last respect for the mortal re-mains of a truly worthy man. The procession was closed by twelve carriages, some containing mourners, but the majority having been sent by their owners as an additional mark of respect to a lamented friend. " Life's fitful fever over" there is left but one proceeding—to mark our regard and esteem for the character of the de-parted, and this was sincerely and emphatically shown for George Washington Walker.

MURDER AT LAUNCESTON.—Some time ago we noticed the murder of an old man of penu-rious habits, named Phillip Phillips, who re-

sided in Lower Brisbane-street, and who was killed on the 18th of August last. No clue had been obtained to the perpetrator of the foul deed, until a few days ago, when a man named W. Archer was apprehended on the statement of a neighbor named Ellen Moroney. This woman was examined at the Police Office at Launces-ton on Tuesday last at some length, and the main point in her evidence is the following :— I heard his wife tell him that old Phillips had said he would go to Mr Irvine and get him dis-charged from the treadmill ; the prisoner said 'the b ——— old wretch ! he shall never get me or any other man discharged after this night;' I heard nothing more that night ; the next morning I heard the treadmill bell ring ; while the bell was ringing the prisoner passed by me ; I was standing opposite my door ; he went by me, and I saw him turning into Phillip's gate ; I stood and saw him come out again ; I should think he remained inside between 10 minutes and a quarter of an hour ; he passed me again and went back to his own house. The further examination of witnesses was postponed to Wednesday next.

BETHEL UNION.-The Rev. R. Maclean is expected to conduct tho services to-morrow nt the Hethol Chapel, New Wharf.

SOUTHERN TASMANIAN CRICKET CLUB.— The match to-day, Married v Single, will com-

mence at 1 o'clock.

AN INQUEST was held yesterday at the Wa-terloo Hotel, Murray-street, before A. B. Jones, Esq, Coroner, and the following jury: -Charles Colvin. Foreman, F. Moore, C. F. Cresswell, T. Downie, H. Young, J. Gillon, and Thomas Levinton, on view of the body of David Howard coach trimmer, aged 35, who was found

drowned in the River Derwent near Pavilion Point on the 3rd February, as notified in our issue of yesterday. It was proved in evidence that the deceased left his residence in Bathurst-street on the previous evening, and not returning home, search was made for him when his clothes were discovered on the beach, and his body after dragging the river for several hours was found drowned, and removed to the Hospital. There was no evidence to show how the deceased got into

the water and there were no marks of violence upon his person, nor any reasons to suppose that his death resulted from foul play. The jury after hearing the evidence of Dr. Smart and that of other witnesses, returned a verdict

of found drowned.

THE FRENCH AND THE ROMANS.—The French empire is unpopular in Italy ; tho Roman go-vcrnmcut is embnrras«d, mid it is a subjoct ol jdeep sorrow to the tender heart of the holy father to find that nothing can calm the pission of hatred between the Itomnn and French arm'us. They pelt each other with stone*, and sometime!, stab to death in tho public streets. The Swiss nrmy does not appear to mind tho hostility b.itweon them, but is popular with all pnrtics. Tho French general lins command over the tin ce armies in the holy city t ho has pos-session of fortifications and artillory, mid com-pris nil to wenr French uniform, and play Fi oneil musió. Although foreigners uro some-times shocltod nt tho bloody faces and broken noses of the so'diers, they seem amused by their abusive language. The Homans tell " the dwarfish Fionch to go homo to infidel France." Tho Fi eneh reply that " Home is n city of tho French empire, nnd has been so for centuries that the cowardly, degcneinte Hom-ins, liko tho Jews, n-o unworthy of a city ora country." I um sorry to s ty those sentiments of French domimtion uro not confined to the army ; every Krenchinnn you nicol maintains mid propagates tho samo doctrino.-The Honan Correspondent of the Tablet.

EXPENSIVE PRACTICAL JOKE.-An Arbitra-tion enso lins boen settled at Windsor, in which the plaintiff, n farmer at Bedf nt, sought to recovor .£2,030 damnges from certain ollicers (ninnes unknown) attached to tho 2nd Regi-ment of Lifo Guards. From what wo (Bed-ford Mercurg) can lenrn, tho defendants, on ttitir return from tho Derby in u drug, throw something at tho plaintiff, u hieb struck him in the oj o, und depi ¡ved hiin o si¿ht, and to avoid other proceedings, it wns at ranged to sottlo the matter hy arbitration. Mr. Buck hind was cmpoBu ed to act fcr the plaintiff, mid

the lion.ColomlGood for tho defendants; hut as these gentlemen could not agree as to the value of an eye, Mr. Trumper of Dorney was selected as referee, who awarded the plaintiff £700 ns compensation for the injuries recolvod.

TERRIBLE AFFAIR.—The world of tuft-hunters Is in ngonles, its o gnn, the Couti Jtrirnal, hiving horrified it with the fallowing paragraph :-'. A terrible affair is impending in consequence of the discQVeiy said lo have boen mndo by tho 13iigliah portion of tho family of n lady lil ely married tq nn Italian Prince, and which fills will) dismay eyeiy member of tho high race to wliich the linly belongs. The title of Ibu soi disant Vi ¡neo is said to be of lato pu eli ise, and the Prince liiius If, not many veers ,igo, a cook ii) tho service of one of tito duo» in* Lqndon. Haying boon despatched to VicnWby ¿he'club upóii some errand in connec«

¡tioalwith hi« culling, ho entered into a specula'.' 'tion in sheep, and in a very few years, realised the splcmlul fortune of which ho is now master." —[Be it observed, it is not said that the man is 'worthless or dissipated ; perhaps Hint would not have boon considered an offence, if he had only 'been " nobly bom." His sole offence is that he has made his fortune by industry.-B H.T.]

THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND.—The following letter has been addressed to all the newspapers by the president of the Fund:—Sir, as it does not appear to be generally known that some assistance it granted by this fund to soldiers and sailors who have bren wounded and invalided during the operations for the suppression of the mutiny in India, may I request the favour of

your giving publicity to the fact that on the pro-duction of the requisite documents and recom-mendations applicants of this class ere placed on an allowance of fld. a day for three months, in addition to their pensions from Government, in order to assist them whila endeavoring to pro-cure soma employment. A1 portion of the funds at tho dinposil of tho Relief Committee has been set ash'e for this purpose, but few claimants have hitherto come forward In pro-portion to the number contained in returns re ceivMl from the Wnr-offieo 1 um, sir, your obedient servant, Thomis Q. Finnis, President. 27, Cannon-street, C" Oct. 22.-Borne ¿few«

Oct 25.

¡ANCIENT COINS.-An interesting antiquarian disco* cry has just been made at Cowlam, near Driffield, once a village with Its church, but now a large farm, in the occupation of Mr. Simpson. Several of Mr. Simp-on's men were ploughing in a field, «hen one of them, a youth, ploughed up what he took to be * piece of tile He stop-ped his plough to examine it, when'he found that it was part of an earthen jar filled with small circular pieces of metal. He look them to be gua waddings, but, on closer examination, he found they were coins. H° felt much elated with his discoiery and called to his companions. A scramble for the treasure then took place, each trying to get as many as he could, and the vessel was broken to pieces. It appears that the coins had been buried in an earthen Roman jar, and covered with a | iece of slate. There were several hundreds ofthe coins. We have seen a few of them. They are Roman coins, such as are frequently being dug up in all paris of England, billi singly, and in carlile» vessels. As the Romans quitted England in the early part of the liltli century these coins have lain in the ground for the last 1300 or 14(10 years at the lent. They have the heals of a number of the Roman e nperors upon them, with their rames and other inscriptions and various devices, very neatly and delicately executed. Most of them are small, few of them being larger than a half-penny. We observed two of them with heads which did not appear to be exactly ofthe Roman "cut," and we find, on lefcrrlng to an old work, that their history is somewhat curious. They bear the names and pro61es of Magnentius and Decentius, two usurpers under the Emperor Constantius, who reigned about the latter part of the third century.-' Yorkshire Gazette.'

DAUNTLESS ENTERPRISE.—An extraordinary, instance of female intrepidity has come to our knowledge. A woman, with two young children one of thom an infant, made her way overland from Adelaide on foot, to join her husband in Kyneton. She reached this plico on Friday, and succeeded in discovering the residence of her husband the following day. The narrative of this overland journey, we fancy, would throw some of our public explorers completely into the shade.—Kyneton Observer.