SYDNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 177, 7 June 1864, Page 3

SYDNEY.

Tn noro it tlie eourW-sy <>t C.'npinin Barnes, ol the 'Aideliiide Hell." we have been placed in possession of a Sydney Murnint/ llcrtihl_ol the —one dav later news than was received in Auckland by "the 'Airedale.' The paper was received by Captain JJnrites yesterday, from the ' A led;t,' which vessel has arrived from .Newcastle with call lc, after a nine day's run. The Australian telegrams, and market reports will be found elsewhere. The Si/ituri/ Morttin// Jfcriihl is still loud in its denuneiations ol the sympathy shown Gardiner, and very justly attributes the tone of public, feeling lo the large leaven ol convict blood which 'characterises society in Sydney, beyond what if does in any other port ol A us! ralia. l.et it be remembered, says the J/cnr/tl, that 11111.-h more than a hundred thousand persons have been transportetl to these colonies since their foundation lliat of these senile tens ol' ihousands must si ill survive— that their ideas have penetrated all the ranks ol life with which tin 1 V have become for the time more prominently associated. Not, indeed, that oneIburlli of those who ha\e been transported are admirers of crime or wish lo see its com i 11 nance, luit litis impossible for contact wil li criminality to long exist without il certain degree of moral ohtuscness | \Yc arc sorrv lo learn that the Keaus are still in Melbourne.' their ilctcnl ion being caused by ' severe illness of the lady. They had intended ; to embark lor Sydney, and proceed via taliloi- • iiia Ibr Kngland. Mrs. hc.-m was slowly reco- ! coring, but not sullicienlly so as lo allow ol bet j being removed. i The decease of the Very Kevd. J. J. llicrrv, | Konian Catholic Missionary Apostolic ol -New j South 'Wales, has occasioned a general feeling of ■ grief.This gen lb-man was very generally esteemed, i'lle died it his residence. JJalmain. on the 2oth. j lie had attended the levee at Government House (a levee was held in Sydney 011 the Queen's birthday by her Representative) 011 1 the previous day, aiul appeared in his usual I food health, it is supposed that his death was i 'caused by disease of the heart, ihe Revd. I Father had followed his holy calling in tlu

colony of New South Wales sinee the year 1820, and was 73 years of age. We take tlie following from the Hcratd In April, 1815 Mr. Tliorry \vus ordiiitiod a jiries! by the Most Rev. Dr. Trov, of the seo of Dublin, anil liis lii>t mission Wii.s to his imtivo city, Cork. I; was here t hat the r«;vereiul, and at that time yout itful priest, first formed tin* lesolutiori to visit Australia, and devote his Berviees to the Roman Catholic convicts ui New South Wales. In tin* year ISIS, Mr. Therr was introduced to the Rev.- Mr. Flinn, wlv had pi - viously been on a mission-to New South Wales, buc was compelled to leave the country through what has boon considered a very arbitrary act of the then Colonial Government. Mr. Flinn gave sufficient reasons to induce Father Therry to succeed him as Human Catholic pastor in Australia, and he Fot sail from Cork in January IS2O. He reached Sydney alter a .passage of nearly fivo months—a not very long voyage in those days. Divine Service according to the rites of.the Tvoman Catholic Church was'first performed by him in a temporary and liumble wooden chapel in Pitt-street, and subsequently in the old ( ourt-l.ouse, and finally in St. Joseph's Chapel, at present a part of the priory of St. Mary's Cathedral. On the 'J!>th of October, IS'J9, Father Therry laid the foundation stone of that edifice, which was regarded as too extensive in its proportions, but be has lived to see extended still further, lie made great exertions in New South Wales hi behalf of the Catholic orphan children of t hat .purl ion of lbe viccriate. X misunderstanding arose between Mr. Therry and the local Government on the establishment of Protestant parochial schools, and foiuo expressions were ma le use of by him in reference to the subject which became the basis of a charge made against him, and which resulted in liis being deprived of his olliei.il appointment as Colonial Chaplain. In however, the salary was restored to him by order of the Imperial Government. In INJiS, .Father Therry was scut to Van Diemen's Land bv the most liev. Dr. folding, then Pishop of Jlit-ro-Cesarea. liis labours in that colony were earnest and incessant, lie had also similar difficulties with the Koinan Catholic orphan question in that island. Jlc wrote letters and petitioned the Governor and Legislative Council, but in vain, and finally memorialised her Majesty 011 the subject, and his memorial was not only immediately attended to. but the justice of Ids claim was also fully recognised. Kor some years past the Very Pev. Father Therry lias oliiciated at St. Augustine's Church, Palmuin, where be was universally respected by all classed of that district, ami the people of this colony. In disposition he was extremely amiable, and liis Christian virtues had won the warm friendship of many whu differed from him in religion. He Ims been properly termed " The Patriarch of the Koman Cat hoi e Church of Astralia." The Ifwahl contains the following by way of Launceston, respecting the salmon hatching in the Jiiver Plenty :— The L'Kuict'.slon Jura miner of the '21st instant, makes the following report of the progress of the Salmon experiment : —"On Wednesday morning there were about one hundred young salmon in the ponds at the Piver Plenty, and" these are likely to be rapidly followed by many more. The present estimate is, that (lie ova will yield about twelve thousand salmon. The hatching of the trout was completed ht.M week, but their number is not stated. It is added, however, that the little fishes are remarkably healthy, only one out of the whole number hatched having died."