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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 317 He d. nth May, 1890, at his residence, Harton Hills, aged 84, having resided in the colony of Victoria for more than fifty years. HinEflW. This family is of Scottisli descent. William Cakmichael, Esq. of Abington, CO. Lanark, m. Elizabeth, daughter of . . . Williamson, Esq., and was father of the late William Cakmichael, Esq. Arms used — Arg. afesse., wreathed az. and gu. Crest — A dexter hand and arm in armour, erect, holding a brolcen spear ppr. Motto — Ready, aye ready. Residence {oi the late Mr. Carmichael) — Harton Hills, co. Normanby, Victoria. %eal ot Clobellp. ZEAL, HON. WILLIAM AUSTIN, of Clovelly, Lansell-road, Toorak, and of Bank-place, Melbourne, Victoria, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, member of the Legislative Council of Victoria ; territorial magistrate for the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland, director of the Mutual Bank of Australasia and the Australian Mutual Provident Life Co. ; h. 5th December, 1830 ; is unmarried. HinEafiE. " John Zeal, Esq. of Knowstone, co. Devon, England (where he was a man of some posi- tion, and where his family had lived for many generations), the grandfather of the present Hon. William Austin Zeal, m. Mary Lear, of Exeter, co. Devon. Arms used — Az., a chev. between three griffins^ heads erased arg. Crest — A demi griffin, collared and chained. Motto — Mora trahit periculum. Residences — Clovelly, Lansell-road,Toorak, and Bank-place, Melbourne, Victoria. MOORE, HON. CHARLES, of Moore Court, Springwood, Blue Moun- tains, New South Wales, member of the Legislative Council, h. 29th August, 1820, at Ballymacarne, Cavan, Ireland ; m. 2nd August, 1883, Annie Hill, eldest daughter of A. C. Montgomery, Esq. of Ryde, Isle of Wight, B.A. barrister-at-law, but has no issue. The Hon. Charles Moore was educated at Drumkeen school, and at the age of 12 was sent to the care of his brother William, a linen and woollen draper in Cavan ; afterwards entered one of the large commercial houses in Dublin. After having engaged in other businesses, he determined to emigrate to Australia, and left Plymouth, September, 1849, in the ship " Minerva." On his arrival he settled at Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales. Mr. Moore was elected councillor in 1860, and mayor in 1863. In 1865 he offered himself for election as alderman for Bourke Ward, and was successful ; elected mayor of Sydney, 9th December, 1866, which office he undertook without the usual salary, and was again elected mayor, 9th December, 1867. During this term of office it devolved upon him to receive the Duke of Edinburgh, as chief magistrate of the city, and to invite him to lay the foundation stone of the present Sydney Town Hall, which ceremony was performed 4th April, 1868. Mr. Moore was a third time elected