y separately published work icon The Colonist newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... vol. 1 no. 37 10 September 1835 of The Colonist est. 1835 The Colonist
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1835 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Notorious Watt, single work column
The Colonist reports that 'Watt's case, which has occupied the Sydney Bench for so many days, has at length been brought to a close'. Most charges against William Watt were dropped; the remaining charge was that Watt had not attended muster for over twelve months (a requirement for ticket-of-leave holders). The Colonist believes that the magistracy showed great patience in this case and asks 'would they have shown equal patience or taken as much trouble with any other ticket-of-leave holder in the colony?' The Colonist answers its own question: 'We think not; but our readers see what it is to be the ticket-of-leave manager of a favouirite paper in this convict-ridden colony.'
(p. 290)
Police Office : William Watt Again Placed at the Bar, single work column

A detailed summary of evidence given in the court case involving the Sydney Gazette's William Watt. The coverage is of evidence (from an ongoing trial) presented on 28 and 31 August 1835. Evidence on 28 August focuses particularly on Watt's relationship with a woman named 'Mary' [named as Mary Chapman in later evidence) who was sometimes to be seen at the Gazette's office (where Watt lived).

(As a ticket-of-leave man, Watt was not permitted to co-habit with a female convict; those laying charges against Watt were trying to prove that Watt was living with Mary. Those called to the bar included the Gazette's Edward O'Shaughnessy.)

(p. 292-294)
An Intemperance Balladi"I know, good folk, that rum is bad,", single work poetry (p. 294)
To the Public, Charles Macdonald , single work advertisement

An advertisement placed by Charles Macdonald seeking public support for the publication of his poems 'in monthly numbers, containing sixteen pages, at one shilling each'. (The publication would appear as the Sydney Coronal, beginning in October 1835.)

The advertisement was repeated on 17 September 1835 and 24 September 1835.

(p. 296)
X