The Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2229, 12 September 1864, Page 4

The Daily Southern Cross.

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.MONDAY, SUPTEMJniII 12

Trn waul of adequate uupti^ialion bairacks m Auckland is one which 'ms- been long felt, .md lo we have aboady diav.n altentum , and wo must cvpie^oai siupn-c .'nd relict that nothing has been do"c as - et by the L'iovmciil Govcin.neut lo supply it. Tnis is a great oversight, it v. c miyese'i tp ply so mild a term to it, for theie i^> haidly anj thing that ran be woie piejud'tial to the calico of lmmigial'on thin uniting people lo settle lieic, and on then aunal foi them to ilnd that the Goa Oiii.nent ha\ c been so thoughtless as not oi en to pro\ ulc them w llh te.npoi.uy shellei foi" a fe>v d'js tiahl they aie enabled lo him r^und aa 1 ]ulgc n to -ivli.it uses iheir onei^ies ma*, be best applied The absence of such aeco nmoda' ion m any settlement not even so o'd as Aiulvlaul i^, \. ould sho\\ gioal n^lcHt, Kit here, wiclC lioiuj accommodation is so dillk'iilt lo be got, and when got, by tlio cxeic.^o of a good ckal of patience, m mo^l cise^-il a a oxoi^iLii't vent, it ib ton lime; wOl sc Tl is -well I'm« n what nciV colonels baio to sutler fiom the publicity «non to the fust Miipiess'Oii' of noTly-ai'ined linmqianti., and fioni what tiiual causes these impiessions nnj' be iuimed Ko doubt theie aie some pci^ons v, ho would nevei be o\ en if lli^y w re \>vo\ ided with the moat luxiuious atcomm'-dati jh lmmoduueiy they L"ided but it i-. not ol llie^e we speak, bin, of a I. 1 go proportion of nniiMginnts who at least lui\c 3uino claim upon the CovCui" meiit ilia 1 thej' shall not on landing be compelled cilhci to lod^e under the hioadcmopv of hciven, oi expand then little c n .pital inheivy hotel bills, or (\tnna>{!int house unla Pcihaps not half of the lrimigianls anne lieie would accept the accommod ition of the liind the Government would ha\o to oiiei , but thcic Cdn be no doubtas we have l npbed, th <t thcic is a luge pioportion of them that would, and that would be \ cry thankful for it "Wo can ica lily picture to oui'bcl\cs the utter confusion and peiplexity of a newl3 r anivcd lmmigiant — a mm ha\ uilc a wife and fannl}'-— w ith only a tew pounds in his pocket, after wandering through Auckland for tv\o or three days, and finding that he cannot get a decent house at a moderate lent io shelter him, and that no 'tops have been taken by the Government to qu o him temporal}' shelter. Tie feels preLl 3 much in the position of a oucsfcwho having been united lo his liiend's house lincK that instead of the piounsed hospitality lnsMsit i^ unuelcome An imruigi ml 111 this position is not likely to be in the best of humour The pitemal Go\ eiiimeut wlrch niMted him to leave, pcihaps, acomfoitablc hunt; at homo, his left 3nm to shiil for him-elf, ho feelb tint he has been unjustly dealt with, and liU ihst impressions arc carefully noted clo'Vi 111 letteis foi his fucuds mliiigland, aud nofcunfioquontly they find their way into the new spapers there JN r ow, this is far fiom ■what it should be, and it is most suicidal on the part of tlvo Government .Agents are now in Tirilain endeavouring to create the best impression in tho minds of the industrial classes there as to the eligibility of this province for settlement, and yet nothing is being done to gn 0 the immigrants when tlioy airivc even that i cry moderate amount of attention convoyed 111 the ovpiession of "pot "luck." They pass away a tedioin passage, pcihaps, in picturing themselves comfoitably housed, and commencing their colonial career ■« ith. a bright future before them, and then on landing their hopes are suddenly dashed by discovering to their dismay that they must cither pitch their own tonis, or submit to an expenditure of their little capital in a fardifferent manner than they expected, vi/ , 111 hotel charges , for the luxury of a house is only obtainedby patience andporsevcrancc — twonoble virtues, no doubt, but not likely to bo practised to a largo extent vplicn an immigrant is anxious to got aslioro after a sea voyage. In most of tho colonies, we believe, and certainly in some that we could point to, there are institutions called immigrants' Jiomes or known by some other name. These are used not mdiscrimi-

nately for all the immigrants that arrive, but for the most needy of them without money or without friends. They nro there accommodated with shelter and food, until they can obtain employment for themselves, and in some cases these insulations are mdustual ones, A\ hero the inmates aie exercised in their various trades, and, by tins means the chaigc of their support is considerably lessenod if nob reduced to a mere nominal sum. This is hardly a p.uallcl case Lo tli.it which wo arc writing upon, but nc mention it, though it ought not to be necessary to do so, as a precedent show in<j the attention which is paid by other Governments to the ■« .nils of newly .11 rived immigrants. But the immigrants amving hero a.c piobably of a belter or of a moie independent class. The riost of them sue able (o suppoit themsch es, if they could only get shelter to begin with Pining the last thico weeks bclneen 400 and 500 immigrants have armed, 1H I, of whom came in the 'Ironsides,' and 2V> m tie Toilland* Wheio these pei sons ha\e been able to slow themselves it would be haul to siy, but that they have experienced considerable inconvenience, and have had lo submit to a largo expend Ilino in obtaining shelter, anyone who knows anything of AiiclJ.nd must fully admit It may be s«id tliit theio ai" i'liuvgralion b.n racks hcie at present, but these, ns must be well k.iown, aie occupied by the soldiers' families, .Mid, e\en if they were not, the accommodation 1^ so limited, and «o disproportionate and In.lde4u.ite lo thcjiatuic of that w huh is rcquncd, that U ■would be a mockci y lo offer it as such AYe know that there is a great do il lo engigo the allention of Die ProMucial (To-. eminent at the pie>enl tune, but we submit tint no nice impoitanl subject could occupy it (.ban thai of providing tempoiaiy accomivodalion for tiio lai go number of lminigi ants eithci now on then v way, or who will slioitly k\nc home foi U 11& pio\ nice. The Go\ eminent have plenty of leseivcs in or in (he lminedi ite \ amity of tl>e ei'y, on winch comfortable and commodious banacks might be elected, and we aic quite sine it only remains for those at the helm ol public aflans to recommend Hie cxpendiluie to lia^c thcwoilc earned out foilhw llh.

Txrr; awaul of the Public J3uikhn«s Commissioneis has been made, and I lie pienminis ,vc, wo sec, to be paid on application to the BoaidSince the Boaul was 01 finally selected, have felt a ckep mteiest 111 Us pioecedin<,s, as no doubt many ol our loulcrshive also done The woik w'luk tho> weie appoMited to do, and the powcis with \. liich they were uneslcd, weie not malleis ol slight coi. sequence to us as a cominunif\ The. money to bo spent vas oiu money, and the baildm^s themselves weie to be either the ornament oi 1 the dis.'iguicment of our city "\'ie\\eil in this light, v,c can haully imagine that any citi/en has i"gaulcd with nulifk'ieiif i 1i 1 ll'e piogiess of the woik committed to the "Bo iid. of Public 15uiklin»s Goniiiiissioneis In all lcspeets we nvi->l siy we Hunk the gentlemen toi aung tint Bond lit\o de«ci'od well of the coMinunily at large fur the aei y busme^-hke w i> Miwluehthey ha\o set to woik on the duties committed to them The fiisi > -lep, of couis~, v, as to fi\. upon sites fui the haildiiigs nioic immediately wanted, and no think (lie (Jompvssionei s showed a vcif propci disci uninatio'i, not only ia the selection of mUs iiii'le by them, but ilso m t'lo .letcrmina'io'i (hey cwnci d to nuke rll the s tes only pait of one lai»e scheme whu'i should e\tcnd brjOiul (he,i picsenl lP^ans. possibly beyond the menus ot the pie>out £;cnoation, piopcily tj cany out Ko cily was probably ever moie I' l ted by nature than jV.uc!cland is to show ofl fine buildings to ad.a'ititre, 01 to beicndeiod hideous by ui^ly ones At every luiniu^ oucui-3 a site of so'uc liind so pi eminent and commanding that it Ci'iiimt be h'J I f tuc build'ii^ is beautiful, it must ado in il u^ly, it mu^t defoim the ncit;hbouilioDtl vuiiou 1 ,'iv hope of icdie»i Tlic neetssit}- \,hic'i led to the adoption ot the 'vciy heait of (he ci'y, and it-, most pio'iimeul posiI'O'i, as the rate 01 laii,'e bauacLs, has liappily b^en j ear by ear c,iowiir; less appaicnt, and 111,1 ymw be sudto Irive pi'-sed awaj r . The baiiwli.*, theieioie. should p ios a^ay likewise, and be on!\ r lemembeicd aloii'i with such defu id, in ills' oio as Jour and su^ar policies, milk punch uppl.ed lonalne.f, md the like remnants ot sc'ui-baibuisiii On Uu •. tlu Uo-mursioners evidently iee 1 on m foimui^ l^eir scheme for (he rei'i mption of Auikl mil fiom the iatc that seemed coi iin» on hci of bcins; i.ithout exception (he ii^he-t ci(y m Kew /jjalaud, and, what would be still iepio n ch, (he one for which native had done niOot, a, id which Jiad dine lea it ior it.e'f Pirate enloipi iso had boui^hi up i iosl of Auckland and pi n ate entei-priso-wns bun wUh a sublime enei^y ol puipose miendeim^ Aiukland as 1 ideous as ci cumstances would ,ulmit of J t qaite hopeless to ba\ c wh it was thus abso'bed, all that remained was to make the best of the residue TIII3, vee nu ;;lad to be able to say, they seem to ha\c succeeded m doing The scheme which they appear to Juno thought out is a conToichcnsi\c one, and if only iaitliLilly eaiiicil out cannot (a«l even now, and hi spite ol pinate cnlcipuse's best effoits, to !^ii r e oiu ciiy a fine appe v ance, quite equal to any of iK m.iU in lit s |>.'it of the woild To sketch tins pi ill would bo beyond oiu prc°en! ]>urposc and limits, so we can only say, belo 1 o ka\ mi; the "ii'ijeel, that « c think the piti/en'. of Amkland bavo reason to hope that the s'l'io (Joinmissioneis miy lia\ c the same cout'ol in the laying out of "Barrack-hill as an ornament", and not, as now, a deformity to their city The next step, after deciding upon a c;oneial plan, md upon paitieulai" sites for the vauous buildings, was to got designs for those buildings the money for which was in thoir hands. The plan of otTermg a premium for the best design is in fact the only way of doing this salisfactonly Of couiso theie aic difficulties and hardships connected Mith this, as seen fiom the architect's point of view, and ■some of these seem i pally senons , but, as far as the public is concerned, the competitive design system is the only one calculated to give any large amount of geneial satisfaction. Nine hundred pounds has been spent by the Commissioners on tin-; work of getting designs, and we think few w ill bo ready to say that we have not gained by the liberality of the sums offered. Tho fact that only one prize has been gained by a New Zealand architect seems to us clearly to show how r necessary it was that a largo prize should be offered Of course it would never have occurred to a man of any eminence in his profession in Sydney.Melbourne, or llobart Town, to compote for a pme not worth gaining. The pi-zes offered were not very large, but they have proved sufficient for the purpose. It is not our

place, neither is it our purpose, to criticise tlio award of the Board of Commissioners -, theso gentlemen are but mortal, and may of couisc have erred in their judgment, but at least they have this to say for themselves, that they have the great majority of the public more or less in their favour Wh.it is wanted now is to see something done. It is fortunate that some materials lcquircd appear likely to be more reasonable in price shortly than they have been for some time. Our pnucipal fear is that a sense of fitness, and a purity of taste, may have led the Commissioners to choose rather the best designs th.m the designs" most ncnily suited to the means at their command. If theso designs can be cai nod out then ■wo believe the public can have little left to desire in the matter , but it is nccessiry that the buildings should be provided. No sense of architectural purity and grace oughu to make us, or ought to have made the Board of Commissioners, forget this. We must have our Post-office and Custom-house Our Supreme Com t-housc is a crying \uinfc, and a place for the Governor's residence must be piovidcd. We cannot toll whether the chosen designs can be pailly built at first, or whether it is cvpected they cm be wholly built for the money. .Built, however, they must be somehow, and at once.

A meeting oE the Nixon Alemou.il Committee was held onSiluuliy, in Hie Chainbei of Commerce, to examine the coiiipetitne designs foi the memonal. Mi. Albjn MaiUu occupied the iliau A discussion .nose as to whether the designs sent iv, puisuant to tne last advertisement of the scuetaiy, extending the time, should be allowed to compete for the piemium, vhen it « H decided tint none but those {or\\ aided m aceoi dance with Iheoiigmal twins would beopeued. Aceoidiugly s ix competitive designs weie set aside, and the committee pioceoded to consider the meats of the remamdei. Theie wa^> 1 ttlo to choose fiom, and as a mattei of necessity the aw aid was made 111 f.voiu of ' ObehsU," tlie designers name unknown The obelisk is an imitation di wing of Cleopatia i Needle, the base is evidently an oi'giual design, and must be discarded if the committee finally deteimme to select tins obeh-k foi the iiiommieiit. The estimate of co^t is £490 10d , but it is v eiy vaguely stated. It is clear the aielntect did not give the subject any \Ciy close attention, md the committee resolved to m\ite him to meet them next Satuulay, and be prepaicel to fiuniJi an acciu ite estimate of the cost. Amongut the competitive designs were two sphnteied column-), a> pyuun.d, and two veiy handsome tombstones Of the designs exhibited for the memonal none of thorn pos-c^sod incut , and as we have said, Hit obclibk wa.i chosen because theie was nothing che to clioosc le was " If obson's choice" over again. The committee lcquested the st.ciot.uy to exhibit the picmium design in Uie Chimbei of Commeice, and the ownei-j of the unsuccessful di.au ings ma), by intimating then wish to that gentleman, h.ue then designs exhibited at the suue time 'I he pieuiium having boon awaided, the committee had no powei to onlei a genual exhibition of the designs, AVitli lLg-iid to the si\ uni.peiied design"., it it to bo hoped the} .-■l--0 will be exhibited, because although too late to compcle foi the picmium, it might happen that somo design of siipenoi meut amongst them would be chostn foi the mcinouil. Alottei \uj lead fiom the SiipeimtendLiit of Canteibuiy, enclosing a draft foi C2l, as the subscuption of that piovinee to the iSi\oii memonal. A conveisition took place legaulniL, the uisciiptioii, and the membcis of the committee weie icque"ted, at the next meeting, to be piepaied with copies of msciiption, fiom which a s' lection would bo m idc. '1 he business then core hided, and the meeting was adjourned till fcjahuday next at two o clock We call the attention of oiu leadeis to the letter of oui To A\< inuttu eoiiespoudent iceoidiiig the suilendei of a few lenek, and the anticipitcd sunendei of a Luge bod} of them r J he mo >t m tei eating fact m the letlci, houe\ei, is that Mi Mackay, the native nitcipictti, hui hid an mteivicw with William -Thorn p-ion, who appealed humble, and inclined to do vi hat it would h i\e been bettei foi him and In? people hid he donu long mo, hi>t which will be bettei late thuino\ei, uul th it i% suieivici. Ey tho ' \k-\apdm.,' which "imeil on Satuid.iy fio.n Tmiinga, we k'am thatall \,a->qmct theic, theie being no liiilh \\hite\oi in the lumui'i fiom Tauianga tint theie had been lighting The co-demicd culpnt MeLcan % as lemoved to the Stockade aftti lccciwug hm senti_uec on lluusday evening last, and at once placed m the coiulemned cell Hj a]ipeai-> to be bun)cd up liy .a stion;j liope that a icpuo\e will bo .irouled to him by his Excellency the Goveinoi, and on Rxtuidaj afternoon last spoke MD)3'sangimKly of it. He likewise stited that on Wtclnesday next his son and daughtei, Wilhim and Annie MeL n an woull wait upon the Go\einoi mil present a petition to Ins E\C"llcucy foi a iepne\e. Tho culpnt Ins been rdlo.v.d the unusu il pinile^'cof half an houi'b cxeicne in the jiid pel day, by ordei of Di Phils m, piovmci il SMigoon Tho "hip 'JMi'iy Wiiren' aiiived in liaiLoiu on S\tmdi\ aftcmooii, aftei a fill ]>assage of 112 days fiom CUav^seud. Duimg the na^--a«e one of the ■>came.i fell fiom the foiC3aul, and was diowned. The ' Maiy Wuien' bungs a Cjoucial ca'go, and foul cilmi an I Unity six second class passengeis. Tho following is a l'st of then hades oi occupations — G fiurur--, G labouieis, 1 cleik, 2 c.vipentei', 1 comliositoi aid one ligliteiman. We di aw tlie attention of oiu icaleisto the ]nehminaiy p-osptctus of the jManukau Steam Company, with i capitd of £20,000, m 2,000 shales of £10 each. Applications loi shaied will be leccived by the lion. societaiy, i\li Hodge, until noon of Monday, 2Gth instant €1 ppi sh.aio is to bo paid on allotment, and the lemiiink'i at such inlei\ais as nny bo deteimmed on U the in u t general meeting of the shaieholdeis. At the Supiemo Comb on Situidiy two cases o buigliuy .\eie disposed of the piiioners charged being Simon l'etci Liiins, John Nicklen, Mana Nicklen> Thomas Thompson, and John Loveman, aiiaigned on liidie'lmenU foi having on the 22nd M vy, broken into the warehousoof Mi Laune. Duiham-stieot, and of Mr. J. Cocln me, and stolen thciefiom vaiious ai tides of ineichandise. Thompson was acquittrd, the other pusoneis being found guilty on both chaiges. UiS Honor ic?encd sentence until tins lnoimng. The Ooiut sat fiom ten o'clock until seven, and was then adjourned until ten o'clock this uioiniug. It is beho\ed tho tnal of James Boyle, for the minder of jAodfiick Gieene, will be the lust cane called on this morning foi healing We learn that Miss^Aitkin, the colebiated tiagedienne, and Mi. Shiels aie about to visit Auckland on a theatuc.al loui. Miss Aitkm's iiupeisonations o Poitia, Lxdy Constance, and Madge Wildfiie, appeal to hive delighted Chiistclunch audiences , and Mi. Shielb has achieved a great success in se^e^al Shakespeaiian chaiacteis, his gieatesfc foite, it is said, being the repiesentation of Scotch ohaiacter, especially those of Bailho Nicol Jarvio and Dumbiedykes. A bai batons assault was made on constable Bieeze,, of tho Aucklind police foice, about tlnee o'clock yesleiday moining, under the following circumstances — Tlnee men, dicssed as mechanics, weie standing at the comei of Wellesley-stieet about that time, and weie causing some disturbance by the loudness of their conversation. They weie at (list quietly told*"by constable Bieeze to move homewaids, to which one of them ansneied veiy abusively, to the effect that ho could tell the constable hi& duty better than he knew it. Biewe then caught the speaker by the arm in oielcr to remove him, when lie immediately stiuck him x n the face, calling upon the other men to assist him, wlio at once complied by also taking part in the as-

sault. The constable for a time managed to defend himself fio-n the united attack with his baton, being afiaid, however, to use it too severely ; and at length, one of the men jumped up on his shoulder! from behinrl, and the otheis at the same tune rushing on him, ho was tlnown down and severely maltreated both, about the face and body, tlie men kicking him and Btriking him iv the face with their fists. After committing tho assault they weie moving away, when the one who had been, the fiisfc aggressor lemarked that he would " see what the wietch had iv his pockets," and btooped down in order to rifle them. As, however, he was inserting his hand into one of the constable's trouieis' pockets Bieeze, who had by that time somewhat lccoveied fiom the assault, oaught him bj the wnafc and screwed his aim louud, at the same time tin owing him do\\n and getting on topofirim. The man then shouted out for hi 1 ! comrades, who returned to lns> assistance, when the assault was lenewed. Iv the meantime, however, constable Breeze managed to sciatnble on to his legs, and at length make his escape fiom them to the Critenon Hotel, in Cook-street, and thence to the guard-room. We regret that as yet the peipetratois of this most cowardly assault have not been apprehended. Constable Bieeze is confined to his bed through the injuries he received, which are, however, luckily of no more seiious a nature than would be caused by seveie bruising. There is no reason to doubt that the men will ultimately be apprehended, ab Bieeze will be able to identify them. John Dosonga, a seaman belonging to the ship 'lionsides,' w.-u appiehended on warrant on Saturday afternoon last, ohaigedby Captain V.uix, of that vessel, with being absent without leave. A lather amusing scene occuired about 8 o'clock yesterday evening, of which the following are the details — Seigeant-Major Meiedith, in walking along the Queeu-stieet Wharf, about that hour, perceived what he at Xiist took to be tlnee females. His attention, however, being simewhat pait'culaily attracted by the peculiar masculine way in which one of them walked, he was induced to accost them, and on his doing so two of them immediately made off, leaving the thud to undeigo a somewhat closer scrutiny. The fan damsel appealed remarkably shy and aveise to coiueisation, and the Seigeant's suspicions being .".wakened, he subsequently anived at a satisfactory conclusion that the individual was a man dressed up most lavishly in female attire. He consequently rerao\edhimto the guaid-room, where he was accompanied by a numeious assembly of amused spectators. On reaching the guaid-room the nondescript piisoner was peisuaded to disiobe, and on the female attire (which is lepoi ted to have been most complete in detail) being icmoved, the late weaici appealed as a respectably diessed young ronn, who gave his name as James Connoi, a caipenter by trade; and thus ended a iathet unexpected denouement to a Sunday evening's frolic. John Ilemy was appiehended on warrant on Satuiday last, on the chaige of being a deserter from tho 70th I'egiment. The two piUoncra who escaped from the domain on Tuesdiy last, named lcspectively Richard Dumfrey and Michael Hemsley, weie ariested at Onehunga about seven o'clock on Satuiday evening by the local police, after a most dctei mined resistance, more especially on the pait of Hemsley, who made use of a sheath knife dining the conflict, but foitunately, vre understand, without cuising any seiious. injury to the pol.ee. The levolvei that was stolen fiom the warden at the time the pi toners effected their escape— the particuhns of whichl'ave been alieady noticed by us — has not yet been lecoveied The piisoneis have been b i ought to Auckland, and now remain in the hands of the police Whelhei they will be auaigned at the Police Court on a chaige of having effected their escape, or will bo handed over to the authorities at tha Stock xde, in oidei that they may be indicted at the ne\t ciimmal sittings of the Supi erne Couit, has not yet, we undei stand, been decided upon. It v> ill be seen by an adveiti-cment that a select subscuption ball is to be held at thePapakmaHotel, Papakura, by the non commissioned officers stationed tlieie. The advertisement states the hour when the dancing is to commence, but singularly omits to state the day. A singular advertisement appeals iv the Southland papeis, cautioning the public against purchasing certain laige blocks of land 'which, accoiding to the definition, appeals to include a great poition of the Middle Island TLe attorney for " thepiesenfc owneis" makes the following statement — "In the year 1532, by indenture of agieement, John B'.enkinsop purchased fiom the natne chief then in possession pll that piece or pp.icel of land lying at the head of Cloudy Bvy, computing the whole of the Whyrow Pluns. In theyeai 1838, by similar indenture, Thomas Jone3 puiclnsed fi oiii John Touaick, chief of the southern end of the Middle Island, all that piece of laud at Toistoisnvei, commencipgfiomtheentiance, extending twelve milss on the noith s>ule, and extending twenty miles inland. In the year 1810, John Jones sold to lAedeiick Wnght Unwin his one-half shaie in and to the island of Vavia, Poenamonoe or Kaikvldu, also called Middle Island, and also the island called Stewrit's Island, &c, situate between the degiee of foity and foityuiue south latitude, and one hundred and si\t\ -five .and one hundred and seventy six degrees of cast longitude. The above Unds have been legally tiansfencd to tire present lioldeis, and are registered in the EegisU.xi'b office m the Supreme Court of New fcouth AVales, in the 3 ear 1540." Mr Whyman is) to lectuio on his model of the Tabernacle of Isiael this evening in. St Paul's School100111, commencing at seven o'clock, and at the Presbyteuau School-ioom, Hobson-slieer, to monow evening, at the same hour Two biilois belonging to the ship 'Tiinculo' were arrested by the water police at Itingitoto on Satuiday night, as being deseiteis fiom that vessel. The IlaielocL Mail of the 31st ult. gives the following with legaid to the Mailboiough diggings •—"Our escort bi ought dowu 90007. of gold, on Monday lasr. It certainly is a decrease on the pievions returns ; but when the fact is taken into consideration that we have had the woist weathei of the season dining the last fortnight, it is only a matter of surprise that so much has been produced. This amount can only be regauled as the sale of gold foi the immediate supply of the wants of the miners , for our Deep Creek correspondent informs us an entile cessation of labour has taken place on all the livoi -workings of the district, sequent on the Hoods produced by the heavy lams, whose disastrous effects have been peiceivable through the province generally. We learn the Union Bank of Aubtiaha paid duty on I.OOOoz. transmitted from Havelock to Piclon, yesteulay, by escort. Other inbtitutions of the same kind should show by their action a desne to benefit the meicantile and mining community of the locality with which they identify themselves. " The Supeiintendent invites tenders to be sentiu to his office, until noon of Tuesday, 4th proximo, fiom peisons willing to coutiact for the labour of the erection of a pilot station at Kaipaia. Other particulars may be obtained at the Eugineer-in-Cuief's department A meeting of the members of tho United Cricket Club will be held at Mr. Coclnane's Auction Mart, on Thursday next, at 7 p.m. Gentlemen who do not belong, to other clubs are requested to attend. The Ilawle's Bay Herald of the 6th instaut says :—: — ' 'Alaigeexpoi t tiade in fat stock is now being canied on fiom this to the neighbouring provinces of Auckland and Otago, paiticularly the foimer. At present two steameis, the 'Star of the South' and • Beautiful Star, aie kept constantly in this trade — those vessels having sailed last week with close upon 2,000 fat sheep on boaid for the Auckland inaiket." In the Police Couit, jesteiday, George Sylvan, appiehended on wanant, charged by one Olive Dormer with having used thieatening language to her, was oidered to enter into his own recognisances in the gum of £100, to keep the peace for three months.

We have before alluded to the rumoured discoveiy ofgold in Southland. The Southland Times of Ilia S^m states that tellable information has beeu received of the discovery of payable gold near to Mi Rogers's home statiou, on the Mataura The gully in winch the discovery was made is about twenty feet wide, of considerable length, and 1 mis into tho Matauia. The fiist gold was obtained on the 10th •ultimo, and since that time seveial paifcies have been At work, making good washes. There are tlnee feet of wash-dirt and only two of shipping. The suixonnding country is said to have every appeaianee of ■feeing auiifeious. John Williams, apprehended on wairant, was found guilty, in the Police Couit, yesteiday, of assaulting ono Frederick Smith, by striking him in the mouth with a bone, theieby seveiely cutting it. Pusoner was sentenced to one mouth's linpusonment in the common gaol of Auckland, v ith hard labour. The Otago Daily Mad ot the 29th ult. is " infoimed, .on unquestionable authority, that amongst the lepturned diggers who anived by tho 'City of Dunodm* ■weie some wlo had been to the TeremaUu diggings, on the west coast of Cauteilnuy They repoit them as an utter failuie. Provisions veie unobtainable, and the single store had been rushed. The piospectois (ftom what cause we did not leain)had left; and the whole afT.ur was likely to piove moie lament ible than any rush yet known in New Zealand. We tell the tale as it was told to us, our iufoimaut, as we j before st.itfJ, being unimpeachable -, but uhcMiei ftiiothci side could be painted to this piotuie 01 not we cannot tell. It is, however, ceitain that numbeis aio piepaiing to stiifc on tho faith of the statements made by the Canteibmy journals. If they come to gnef,iu their expedition tluougli their piecipitancy, they have only themselves to blame. The Canteibmy Press of the 24th says • — ' A consuleiable number of diggeis have left C'liustchuich foi the West Coast diggings within the last few days. Yesteuiay a paity stai ted with se\eial pick-hoises, laden with necessaries foi the journey, with the iuteutum of crossing the ranges by the Teieinakan pass. It is still lathei eaily in the season to venture on the journey— heavy falls of snow may be met n ith for some tune yet, but the thoughts of such impediments as these do not seem to entei into the head of any one who is m seaich of gold.' " A man named William Wilson has been auested in Canterbury, and reminded to Punedin, on suspicion of having committed the minder foi winch Job Johnsou was tried and acquitted in Dunedm. He was iccognised in an accidental meeting on the road between Cluistchurch and Lyttelton by James Campbell, formerly a bakei on Millei's Flat, and is described as beaiinc; a great resemblance to Job Johnson. The following lesolutious with legaid to the piovincial loans weie caiiied in the Cuiteibuiy Piovincid Council on the 30th ultimo — " 1. That in the opinion of this Council, in any piovision to be made by the Geneiat Assembly foi securing pioiinci.il loans, the pimciple of the Financial Air.ingement of ISoG, and of the Laud Pievenue Appiopnation Act, ISiS, whereby the 1 md revenue of the lespective pio\inces i\as appropiiated to the service of such pio\mces, subject to tho existing chaiges, ought to be stnetly adhered to. 2 That the Geneial Assembly ought not to assent to the imposition of chaiges on the land revenue, to the piejudice of the lights so guaianteed to the provinces. ' The regular monthly meeting of flic Oneliimg.a Lodge of Freemasons will take, place in the Chmch of England schooh oom, Onebuugi, on Wednesdaj erenmg next, at 7 p m. The hiimonunn which was su'usciibed foi by the congiegation of the Independent Chapel, Onehiv ga, has been supplied by Mr Webb, of Auckland, H a cost of £70. It is a fine insliument, and complete in eveiy i expect, and it has given much satisfaction, we are mfoimed, to the pmclnseis and the cougre gation generally. The CantetluDj Press is generally amusing, paiticularly on Auckland subjects. JTeie is another specimen of oiu contempoiarj's jmte —" Om leadeis may possibly not have taken notice of the geneious and unaccustomed tnbuteof admuation which was p\ul by the correspondent of tho SoriHEiix' Cpos-^ to the Maous of Tauranga, in a lettei w lnch we le punted yesterday. It has long been settled that A uckLmd h the most civilized place in the vsoild. It is, we know, thenatuial and necessaiy cipit.il and mctiopohs of the COIOII3' — not only so by nature, but by the higher order of intelligence, and the siporionty of mind and manners which distinguish its population. With what inteiest then do we It-am that the natives of Tarn inga lme adopted the epecialtG of the Auckland people as the model on which to form themsehes 111 that new phase of existence into which the amenities of w u have tian&l ited them The intelligent correspondent of 0111 contempoiaiy lemaiks • 'The great de«i re of the chiefs and the.i follow cis appears to be to fix their settlements as near as possible to the camp' Clevei cieatures ' Who shall say that tinMaoris are not equal to anything af^ci this. Theie are two aspects of w.ir, as theie aie of any object looked at thiough the two ends of a telescope. Auckland has looked at it fiom one end, the Maoris fiom the othei. The Maoii Ins had the field glass uev. of war, Auckhnds view has been thiough the '/' piece. The native has been at the muz/le of the gun, the metiopohtan citizen at the butt Well, now the clever Xgaitei.iugi thinks he would like to change sides foi a little , be fnends with the soldieis, and live near the camp. He begins to see the leal uses of wai as an agent of civilization, and we cannot but tliink that hi, e^es have been opened by the \lslt which some native gentlemen paid to the metropolis the other day. It is impossible but that the leport of that Joshua and Ciltb of Maon land must have made a great impiession on the native mind. A town,— they said, no doubt,— if not flowing with milk and honey, still with abundance of every kind, including oranges. We doubt not that this new faith will be preached thiough the island, and a crusade w ill be set on foot to go and live neai the camp. How often have we been told that example is better thau piecept, but not often does one see so staitlmg au illustration " "Jocrisse the Juggler" and the burlesque of "Medea" weie the two pieces peiformed at the Theatie Royal on Saturday evening to a good audience As far as the acting was concerned in the first piece it was, as usual, very good ; as weie also the dresses and scenery. The builesque was fully as enthusiastically appUuded as was the case on each evening of its representation. Count Cdiistantine A. Klaperodi, 11 hose arrest and return we noticed m our last issue, was biought up at the Police Couit on Saturday, and remanded until Wednesday next. The pieces presented at the Piince of Wales, Theatre on Saturday night consisted of Shakespeare's tiagedy of "Macbeth," and the builesque entitled "Paiintifoozle." There was a veiy fail attendance. Lystei's famous opera company aie giving entertainments in Dunedin to crowdeJ houses.