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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 189, 12 October 1866, Page 2

We have had an opportunity of inspecting^ the designs for tfee monument intended to 1 be i:erected to the memory of the men who were " murdered on the Mauiigatapu. These designs to the number of fifteen, have been exhibited for a day or two, in the library of the Nelson Institute. It is our intention to mention the designs in the order in which the visitor finds them, on entering the room. Each design has a motto appended to it. 1. Justice and retribution is the first. The work is stone. It is a square platform formed into four steps, and surmounted by a. circular pillar. Height 16 feet. Cost £150. The- structure is massive, and' intended to be lasting. It is in imitation of the ancient obelisk. 2. Motto five urns. Stone work. ■ A square platform formed into steps and surmounted by a quadrangular pedestal, the top of which -is decorated by an urn, eacli side containing a semi-circular cell filled up with another urn. Height 8 feet. Cost £15u. 3. A. M. Stone work. A square platform formed into steps and surmounted by a pedestal with a square pyramidal obelisk,the plinth of the palisade in brick work. ' Height 24 feet. 'Cost £200. 4. Morte. Stone work. A square platform formed into steps and surmounted by a quadrangular pedestal, the end of which is an urn. Each angle of the monument is abutted by another small 'pedestal surmounted with another urn. Height '8' feet. Cost £150. 5. Design without motto. A quadrangular pedes- , tal platform, with steps suraiountedby a quadrangu- • lar pedestal and pyramidal obelisk, ornamented with five urns, one of which forms the finial. Height 27^ feet. Cost unknown. . ■ , 6. Cross. Stone work. "An hexagorial pedestal with circular platform basement, surmounted -by a conical obelisk, old Gothic style. Height 21 feet. . Cost £200. 7. Broken column. , Stonewprk. . A quadrangular pedestal and basement, surmounted by a broken column of composite order. Four urns round the basement. Height LO feet. . .Cost. £150."..' 8. Retribution. . Stone work. A quadrangular basement, the whole to be surmounted by an obelisk, with foundation colored black. Height 151- feet. Cost £140. 9. Parallelax. Stone work. A quadrangular obelisk, the finial of which is a cross. The " dado " of the pedestal is encaded by four pilasters, the capitals representing flax leaves, old Gothic style. Height 17 feet. Cost £150.-----10. M. M. A broken column, composite order. Quadrangular square pedestal and basement. Height 17 feet. Cost £150. If 25 feet high, cost £220. 11. M. M. M. Brick work. A pentagonal monument, old gothic style. Height according to scale, 40 feet." Cost £150. 12. Taranaki, No. 1. Stone work. A broken column, composite order, with square pedestal, decorated with garlands. Height 15 feet, Cost £169 9s. Height not stated for cost of £300. 13. Taranaki, No. 2. Plain stone work. Square obelisk. Height 15 feet. Cost £150.' Height not stated, if cost £220. 14. Taranaki, No. 3. Stone work. Square pedestal surmounted by finial representing an urn, with garlands and other decorations. Height 12 feet Cost £151 15s. Height not stated, if cost £250. 15. Memoria in Eterna. Colored design. Stono work. A perron with three steps leading. to a pedestal, surmounted by a pyramidal obelisk, the whole of pentagonal form ; foundations and cylindrical vaults in brick work. The section drawings show the different stones fastened together with cramp irons, and the interior filled up with concrete. Height. 10-i feet, £150; 18 feet, £215 ; 23 feet, £270. \Ye understand that the committee will meet this evening, and select oue of these designs. They will then cause fresh specifications and working drawings to be^ prepared, and call for fresh tenders, and no doubt compensate the designer for his trouble. The committee will, no doubt, seek the aid of competent judges in making their selection, and will not make the question one of expense, as. should an expensive design be deemed eligible it will be easy to obtain the additional sum that may be required. It was not possible for oiie person to hear . all that the condemned men said on the:scaffold, as they were sometimes all speaking: at once. A person who i was in ■ the yard and close to. the scaffold informs us that he distinctly heard Kelly say to Levy, "Never •= mind Phil, Dick did all .he could for us." Telegraphic communication has been suspended the whole of toVday . * ■', ■ - '"■"' The"hew tariff-has the following alterations in it: — Axles, arms, boxes, the cwt, 25.;

-arrowroot, the lb., O^d,; • • arsenicy\the cwt., 45.; biscuits.' -Jilaini the cwt., 35.; butter and -cheese, the lbl,<id.; candied peel, thelb., 3d.; cards, playing, the pack,' 6d.; carriages, carts, wagons/ad valorem, the 5 cwt; chains, over ■-§, free;;' haberdashery, silk, the foot, 55.; tobacco pipes, ! the foot, 2s.^; salt, free.; sewing machines,. free-; shot, the cwt., 105..; 'silk, manufactured, the foot. 10s.; mixed do., 55,; vinegar, the gallon, 6d. The proposed tax on bonded warehouses is as follows-: 'containing under 200 tons, £25 -per annum-.; 200 and under 500, £50; 500 and under 1000, £75-; 1000 tons and upwards, £100. The other day, says the Timaru Herald, we. were shown a very -fine specimen of the avoset, which was shot at the Washdyke ■Lagoon by Mr. ; D'Oyly. We believe -that 4he avoset in New Zealand is the rara avis of the colony; and as some of our readers may not have seen one of these birds, we : give a short description below from* a good authority. " The bird," says -the writer, li whose great singularity is in the form of its billj&is aquatic, the shores of the ocean and the banks of the estuaries being its favorite haunts. On the shores of the Caspian and the salt lakes ef Tartary they are abundant ; they are widely distributed through the temperate climates of Europe and on the southeastern coast of England they are occasionally found. The avoset is about eighteen inches in length, very erect, and has legs unusually long for its size. The bill, which is three inches and a-half in length, turns up like a hook, in an opposite direction to that of a hawk or parrot, and is flat, thin, sharp, and flexible. The plumage is black and white, tail consisting of twelve white feathers ; the legs are of a fine blue color, naked and ■well calculated for wading; the feet are pal■inated, but not so much adapted for- wading as supporting the bird upon the mud. -It feeds on worms, &c, which it scoops out of the mud with its bill." We learn from the West Coast Times of September 25, that the new structure for the use of the members of the Church of England, is making rapid progress. The building has been much needed, as the Court-house was both an unfit and inconvenient place for the celebration of Divine service. The Southland Times states that some three years ago a pair of red deer were imported, and let loose on Messrs. Holmes and Barnhill's station. For a long time nothing was seen of them, no tracks were discovered, and it was considered that some mishap had caused their death. It is satisfactory to be able to state that they have not come" to grief. A young deer, not more than a few days old, has been seen at no great distance from the locality where the imported deer were set at liberty. The extraordinary power of sight and hearing possessed by these animals will account for the supposition that they had not become acclimatised, but had died. out. The Eev. Mr. Watkin, who has been lately preaching in Wellington and the neighborhood, left for Sydney in the s.s. Ruahine. The N. Z. Herald of the 28 th ult. states, Mr. Whittaker's motion for the division of the Northern Island into two provinces was, it will be seen, lost ; but only so, we understand, because Wellington did not think the time was ripe. If needed, it could, we have good reason to believe, be carried with ease next session. The Express says : — Mr. Redwood's noted entire "Bay Middleton," was sold in Wellington by Mr. Dodson, through the medium of the telegraph. The purchase money was £100, besides expenses. We, Lyttelton Times, have, been favored ■with a view of a very handsome ring, which lias been presented to Dr. Haast, our Provincial Geologist, by the Emperor of Austria, in recognition of the services which he has rendered to science. The ring. consists of a large emerald set in two rows of brilliants, and is enclosed in a neat case. The value •of the gift< is enhanced- when it is. borne in • mind that his Imperial -Majesty has, at this moment, many important state affairs to regulate, and the gracious act of thus re^ membering a savant in a distant land is the more to be appreciated.

The Independent says, in reference to the ■new mace of the House of Representatives".: — A great wit and deep thinker, Sydney Smith, once said that one great proof of the •civilization of England was the respect paid ■to the Constable's staff:; we trust that the Speaker's mace, an' emblem almost identical ;in form aud significance, may be equally fortunate with its humbler original; and truly represent that rule of order .and willing obedience to law, which is. the great distinction between civilised freedom and savage -license. , .