NELSON. Bun Mountain. (From the Nelson Examiner, July 11.)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1317, 31 July 1860, Page 3

NELSON. Bun Mountain. (From the Nelson Examiner, July 11.)

The Director! of this Company have advices from 'Nelson,' of the 30th of January, stating — ' I. /We have cut the chrome lode in the deep level, which thus proves the ore in depth, and it of the higheto'importance. This level/ is 28 fathoms below the Urge deposit of chrome 'already known, and 25 1 fathoms 'below the /upper level,, which it also in. chrome ; and, •from" these fact*; there can be no doubt now of" the practically' inexhaustible quantity of chrome ore on the r ptqpetty."' '';,/"." „ ' - j < '2. Mike North f Copper Mine the lode ha> at length ,'beea^ ca^on^he level, whichiwa* driven' l\ fathoms. This when first 'cut was 'disordered,' but on driving . north, towards the shaft, has become regular, and is l|, -to 2 feet, wide? "St solid'mundic, with traces of copper! v ore^Thi* 'lby< witi be continued 10^ fathoms to the' ■ 'sfiM/at £i per fiithom,' in which direction it will 'pro! "; $. Cpatractopi *M bringing down chrome or* on

bullock* until , you authorke'the construction of tho wdlway, and tie ore is of excellent quality. ' ' I beg to iffy that chrome does not exist at the Croixelles, notwithstanding the assertion to the contrary by the Chamber of Commerce, as Dr. Hochstetter, who laid at much as he could in favour of ,the mineral wealth of the province, did not allude to the chrome ore at Crbixelles, and I also could not find any there. I. A new lodge of splendid specular iron ore coated with oxide of copper hsw been discovered upon your property. In Europe this would be very valuable, but at present it is useless to us ; however, as it may lead to something, it shall be explored.

The "Wairahapa. — We have received several communications from this district relative to the unprotected state of the settlers, which, however, mutt stand over until our next issue. — Wellington Advertlter. The GbneraXi Assbmbm.— ln the event of the members leaving for Auckland before the next publication, we take this opportunity of impressing upon them the desirability of not Toting, in. any case, an Appropriation Act which shall cover over a longer period than required for the return of the writs for the new House of Representatives. — Ibid,

The Sicilian Struggle. — (" Morning Post.") —It was the separatist character of the Sioilian movement of that period which enabled the late King Ferdinand to crush the revolt With such severity. At the time when all the forces of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies were required to act against the common enemy, the "Sicilians unfurlsd the standard of revolt against their own king. They proclaimed the restoration of that constitution which, after all, only embodied popular rights and recognised national privileges of a far more ancient date. The Sicilians, in thinking first of their rights as Sicilians, and only second of their interest and duties as sharers in the national war, then thought and acted with sagacity and prudence. They believed, and the event amply justified their belief, that to surrender at discretion to the King of Naples, in the hope that he would wield the undivided power of the state in behalf of the Italian cause, was but an idle and vain illusion ; that in so doing they would only sacrifice Sicily without serving Italy. But in the general excitement and enthusiasm of that period these practical and rational views were scouted throughout the rest of Italy. The Sicilian insurrection was then regarded almost as an act of treason to the common cause. The efforts made in resisting the King of Naples were deplored, asbeing thus withdrawn from 1 the common stock of Italian patriotism and valour. The constitutional struggle in the south was branded as a calamitous diversion from the national struggle in the north of Italy. The Sicily of the present day seems determined to avoid the possibility of becoming exposed to a similar reproach. There, as in Central Italy, as in Lombardy, all separate plans are subordinated to the necessity of uniting the whole Italian people under the Sardinian monarchy. We hear of the immense population of Palermo pouring out from their houses at a given signal into the streets and squares, and there making the air to ring with the shouts, " Long live Victor Emmanuel 1" They are done for ever with the Bourbons i The struggle may be protracted ; the insurrection may be suppressed only to break out with redoubled fury ; the royal troops may hold the towns, whilst the guerilla band sweep across the country : there may be bloody executions and inhuman massacres ; but the one great and important fact remains undisputed — that this is but another and legitimate phase of the same national movement which has already led to the incorporation of Lombardy and Central Italy with the dominions of the Sardinian monarch.

How the Union Bank Frauds were Discovebed. — The " Argus" says : — We extract the following particulars of a curious circumstance which led to the discovery of the Pullinger frauds upon the Union Bank from a private letter received in Melbourne by the Salsette, and the writer of which is entirely reliable ■ — " The Union Bank fondly supposed that they had a balance, or reserve fund, in the books of the Old Woman in Threadneedle-street of over half a million, while they really had little more than half that amount. The way in which the fraud was discovered was somewhat curious, and I happen to have some private and peculiar information on this point. I dare say everyone will soon know all about it as well as I. These are the facts . — Mr. David Chapman, about whose connection with Messrs. Davidson and Gordon you wrote a. bitter article for the " Standard," and who, you may remember, swoie he was not then connected with Overend and Gurney's (although for how many houra the connexion was Revered we know not, for he as now the life *nd soul of that respectable firm), determined to be revenged on the Bank, bq he got his partners to consent that he should withhold a million and a. half of bank-notes from circulation for ten or "twelve days. In order to do this, of course the firm had to obtain advances from divers bunks and other sources. Mr. Chapman's intention was to paralyse the Bank of England, as I have been given to understand, and to present the £1,500,000 for payment all at one time. Well, Mr. Chapman wrote a polite note (among others) to Mr. Scrimgeour, tha manager of the Union Bank, requesting to be accommodated with the loan of £300,000 for a few days. The manager called several of the directors together, and took counsel. 1 hey said, ' We have a reserve fund in the Bank of England for over half a million ; by all means let Messrs. Overend have the money.' A cheque was accordingly forwarded, duly presented, and paid ; but to the intense horror »nd astonishment of Mr. Scrimgeour, the next morning comes a formal note from the ' Old Woman,' suggesting to them (the Union Bank) that they had overdrawn their account to the extent of £9000 and upwards, and that she would feel obliged by their making it good at their convenience. The} say that the Bank of England never before permitted a customer to overdraw his account, and their allowing it in this instance only shows how highly the Union Bank stands with the ' Old Woman.' An investigation followed, and Pullinger was arrested."

Cbinoline Yielding at Last.— ln describing the ceremony of opening Parliament, and the crowds of fashionables having the right of entree, who occupied the benches in the House of Lords, the Times chronicler says • — " As the ladies sat closer and closer together, first six, then seven, then eight, and at last nine upon a moderate bench, a great light flashed upon all beholders, and they saw that the reign of crinoline was over — the literal and metaphorical iron despotism of fashion was broken at last. The exceptions to this rule, it is true, were neither few nor unimportant, but still they were the exceptions."