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Fort Hamilton, which the Russians say haa been tikon possession of Lately by the British, where the China squadron is to rendezvous and where it is probable the Coptic ha 1 ! gono, ia thuH dosorlbod by Admiral Sir Edward Bolchor, B.M.S. Samararg, when commanding that vessel :— " The Port Hamilton group, lying N.N.E. £ E., 38 milea from the N.E. end of Quelport, consists of three islands, two large and one email, deeply indented, which form a well sheltered harbour within, named Port Hamilton, the entrance to which is at the south-east part of the group. These islands may be readily distinguished from the numerous clumps of islets and rooks in the neighbourhood by their greater size, as well as their peculiar position. Within Observatory Island, 3Coft high (west point, latitude 3i 1J N.. longitude 127 20i E.), a vessel may be safely hove down for repair. Wood is scarce ; freah water ia plentifnl and good, and easily obtained. Fish may be caught with tho seine. Although the natives wera very friendly, H.M.S. Saracen, in 1856, conld not obtain fresh stock of any description. This group, so far as their examination went, ia clear of danger on all sides, but is best approached from the S E. On entering the port, the only danger that does not show is the Saracen Book, with seven feet of water on it, lying at the entrance, two cables from the east end of Observatory Island. It ia a small pinnacle, steep too, on the outside, but may be easily avoided by opening the Gap Tree, or Aberdeen Island, a little northward of Observatory Island, before bringing Triangle Peak in lino with Eose Point, bearing S.S.W. Vessels may anchor anywhere inside the port. When working in, it should not be forgotten that the north shore of the entrance, nearly up to Shoal Point, is as steep as a wall, and that the Observatory Island shore is quite safe, although rather shelving. The three fathoms edge of soundings from Shoal Point extends more than half way aoross towards the west point of Observation Island, and there are only two fathoms water for nearly one-third of this distance." Mr. M'Kerrow, Surveyor-General, haa returned to Wellington from hia tour in the South Island, whither ha went on business connected with Mr. BaUanc3's scheme of special settlements. He has, we learn, obtained a conpiderable amount of valuable information, the nature of which, however, has not transpired. Dr. Gustav Naohtigal, whose death is announced to-day, haa had his name brought very prominently before the pnblio lately in connection with the German annexation of the Cameroona settlement on the west coast of Africa, in which ho figured as the German Commissioner. But although it is through his prominence in this affair that ho is best known, he had a national reputation ot long standing aa a traveller and a savant He was born at Eiohatadt, near Stendal, in Prussia, on Ihe 23rd February. 183-1, and having Btudied medioine at Berlin beoamo an army surgeon at Cologne in 1859. He soon removad to Tunis, whore he became second physician to the Bey. In 18u_9 he made his first journey into the interior of Afrioa, pushing hia way from Fezzan into the mountainons country of Tibessi, being the first European to penetrate so far southwards. Ho was also tho first European to reash Bornou. In 1872 ho undertook a journey from Bornou to Begharmi and the heathen slave-dealing regions south of it, and in 1873 he ventured on to Wadai, whero Dr. Vogel, the only white man who had preoeded him, had been murdered by the king 1 . From_ here he pushed on to Darfur, until that time considered an inaccessible country, arriving there in 1874, just before the outbreak of the Egyptian war against it : ho thenoe made his way to Khartoum and subsequently to Cairo. Dr. Naohtigal in his travels collected an immense store of linguistic, historical, and ethnological details, and subsequently worked them up with great precision and skill in a work called " Sahara and the Soudan : Eeßulta of Six Tears' Wanderings in Afrioa." The dootor was elected President of tho German African Society in 1876, and recoived the medal of the Fronch Geographioal Society. He was also Prosident of tho Geographical Society of Berlin. In March, 1882, he was appointed interim German Consul at Tunis. After the parade of the Naval Artillery Voluntoers yesterday, a meeting of the general committee was held, when coxswain Kabe reported that he had proceeded with No. 1 ontter and a crew to search for the missing men from tho fortifications, who woro eaid to be on Ward Island, but, on arrival there, he conld find no trace of thorn. On his retnrn from the island, he onoonnterod severe weather, which caused ono of tho shrowds to carry away, and the mast of tho outtor went by the board, tearing asunder one of the thwarts aa it fell. At the ordinary weekly parade of the Naval Artillery Volunteers, there were present Lieutenants Hislop and Wallace, Surgeon Gillon, seven i on-commissioned officers, and 53 seamen ; total, 63. The men were exercised at length with tho field guns under liout. Hislop, and in company exercises under Lieut. Wallace, while the surgeon was onpageJ in insrrnoting his ambu> lance Bquad in their duties. During 1 tho field gun exercise one of tho petty officers had tho misfortune to burst an artery in his right wrist, and Surgeon Gillon immediately took him in hand and placed him in the hands of the ambulance squad, who bound up the injured limb temporarily in a moat satisfactory manner. After the parade was dismissed a meeting of tho Shooting Committee was held, when it was decided to fire matches in Classes A, B, and C, at Polhill Gully, on Saturday morning and afternoon, at rangos 300 and 500 yards. At a meeting of the Leinster Lodge, 469, 1.C., held last evening in tho Masonic Hall, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year •. — W.M. elect, Bro. Patterson ; S.W., Bro. Ellison; J.W.. Bro. Grady; Treasurer, Bro. Goldfinch ; Seoretary, Bro. Clothier ; Chaplain, Bro Carley, P.M. : S.D., Bro. Joseph Harris; J.D., Bro. Treanor; Inner Guard, Bro. Godbor j D. of C, Bro. Fownes; Organist, Bro. Prowso ; S.S. , Bro. Arrowsmith ; J.S., Bro. Carney ; Tyler, Bro. William Harris. Tho " Silver King " is evidently having a most successful run, and last night the Iheatre was again orowded to excess, and many visitors were unable to gain admission to the lower parts of the house. The play is one which hits the taste of all olaaaes of the community, and the acting is excellent throughout. At the civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, judgment was given for the defendants in a case in which Wm. Geo. Goes euod Laery and Campbell for £i 12a 6d, valuo of a saddle alleged to have botn entrusted to the firm's groom. Judgment for £4 was given in the aotion of Henry Oakley v. James Godber, a olaim of £G for wages as an apprentice) ; and a verdict for the defendant was given in the oaee of Martha Oakley v. James Godber, whorein the plaintiff olaimed £& 153, as 19 weeks' board of hor son, who had bcoD an apprentice in defendant's employ. A some- what peculiar action was commenced in the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff is Isaac Plimmer, and he is seeking to recover from James Madden the sum of .£sl, being tho amount of money he alleges he is out of pocket through the failure of the latter to perform a contract. It appears that in March, 1881, Madden agreod to sell PJimmer 200 shares in tho Albion Gold Mining Company, Terawhiti, for £40, being at the rate of 4a per share. Plimmor paid the money, but immediately afterwards found that Madden did net possoes 209 shares, only 197 standing to his o.edit in the books of the company. The shares were not transferred, and in due course were forfeited for non-payment of calls. Plimmer now seeks to recover the £M paid to Madden, and .£ll as interest on that sum during the past fonr years. The case stands adjourned for a week. Mr. Shaw is for plaintiff, and Mr. Device for defendant. We hear that Mr. D. Sinolair, late of Wainui-o-mata, contractor for the Matton waterworks, is miking splendid progress with the work. Three days after signing the contract he was on the spot with a good body of workmen, being desirous of taking every advantage of tho remaining few months of fine weather. Mr. Sinolair has now forty piokod man and ten drays at work. The works aro boing carried ont by Mr. N. Marchant, C E., of Wellington, for the Borough Uouuoil of Marton. On several occasions Mr. Sinclair has been congratulated by tho people of Marton and the Press for the energy he has displayed and the straightforward and businesslike manner in which the contract is being carried out. Tho pipes have been orderod from Hope some time ago, and by the time they arrive the othor work will be well advanced. Eight months are allowed for doing tho work, and if tho weather proves at all favourable, Mr. Sinclair expects to get it dona within the contract time. A number of residents in Bouloott-street wero disturbed in thoir slumbers last night by the vagaries of come individual who appeared to labour under the delusion that a better timo to practice on the Scotch bagpipes than 12 o'clock conld not be hit upon. Tho music emitted from a set of pipes is better appreciated when heard at a distance, but when produced within a few yards ot one's bedroom at dead of night it is apt to prove exaeedingly disagreeable. The worthy who kept tho Bouloott-street people awake for an hour or two with his variations on the bagpipes has evidently little consideration for the feelings of his neighbours. Messrs. Jones and Ashdown are the successful tenderers for the supply of uniforms for the Harbour Board employes. The order is to be completed by the Ist June next, on whioh day the regulations respecting the wearing of uniforms come into operation. A boy and a girl, ohildren of the late Constable Doran, who died fonr or five years ago, were brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning, and charged with being negleoted persons within the meaningof the Act. The girl was committed to St. Joseph's Home, 1 horn don, and the bey to St. Mary's Orphanage, Nelson. The Manawatn Herald regreta to record the death of Mrs. Morgan Carkeek, after having given birth to twins, one of whom is also dead.