WHAT MAT HAPPEN TO A MAN IN NEW ZEALAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1079, 31 August 1869, Page 3

WHAT MAT HAPPEN TO A MAN IN NEW ZEALAND.

A good_ many of our readers will learn what is new to them when they read the! following (30th) clause of the Arms Act i 1860, now in force :-— Every person who shall remove or cause to be removed or attempt to remove or assist in removing from one place in the oolony to any other place in the oolony either by inland carriage or coastwise any arms gunpowd er or warlike stores without a license in the form set forth in the said schedule, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. Provided that this provision shall not extend to any person carrying arms for the defence of his person or for ' sporting. —A subsequent clause provides that every person convicted of a misdemeanour under this Act shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding three years, and to a fine not exceeding £500, at the discretion of the Judge. This stringent enactment was framed, as our readers know, to prevent the sale of arms to natives; but, unfortunately, the clause is equally apt to be infringed by persons innocent of such intention. A case in point has just occurred. P. Moroney lent a gun to his brother at Kaikora, who had some intention of buying it, but ■who subsequently returned it. The mere sending of the gun up the country, however, without a license, proves sufficient to have led to Moroney's committal for trial,' and to his being rendered liable to a severe punishment.

'The American man-of-war Kearsage, which sank the confederate cruiser Alabama off Cherbourg, and which has lately been oruising amongst the South Sea Islands, is expected to visit; Porfc Chalmers at an early date. The Gbeat Diamond has arrived in Sydney, and got. into difficulties. It was sent down by weight per escort, in the usual way, so that if it really be a diamond arid worth the quarter of a million at which its value in that event has been estimated, it will certainly have been treated in a most careless and off-hand manner. Along with the gold, received by escort, it went to the Mint, and there it has been impounded, and will remain until security has been given for the payment of a duty of one-eighth per cent, on its actual value. It is thus undergoing an enforced detention from the want of bail, being treated like a bad character whom it is unsafe to trust at large. Rather a shabby ■way, one would . think, of treating the king of gems— if gem it be. Imagine the Koh-i-noor being locked up, and a refusal given to liberate it without sureties for its behaviour. However, this detention of the stone by the Mint authorities has caused considerable disappointment, as no one has yet been able to see it, still less to form any judgment of its value. — /Sydney Mail. Pbesebved Meats. — On Thursday last were exhibited at the rooms of Messrs. Mort, by Mr. Augustus Morris, specimens of meat preserved in London, in May last, by some simple application of salt and lime. They have travelled by the mail, exposed to all the changes of temperature incident to that route, and although unprotected by tin or special packing, have arrived in perfect condition. Beef and mutton are both reduced to one flavour — that of ham ; and it is said in that condition fetch a high price in the London market. A mutton ham was upon the table, for which Mr. Morris, in its uncured state, gave lOd. per Ib. After being subject to his process, which he represents to be simple and inexpensive, the ham was raised in the rank of consumable articles to a substance worth 14d. per lb. Hams of this description are considered to be superior to pork hams, and arenow much in request. Bibs and other joints of beef arc similarly palatable, and should the precaution of packing be thought desirable for tho home voyage, double refined tallow supplies the proper material! Instead of deploring tho fall in the price of wool, the sheep-owners would do far better to adopt a mode of cure that is capable of affording them some substantial relief, and the meat-preserving companies lately formed may find a fertile field in this application, to which a portion of the means entrusted to them can ' be diverted. — Sydney Mail. The Paedoned JPenians. — Mr. Kinnealy, the forgiven Fenian who had been with us the last week or two, proves a little rusty after his confinement. A humble petition to tho Government shortly after his arrival was followed by ten days' law being allowed him, this being the pc- - riod he himself requested. The ton days elapsed and. two or three days' grace, and yet Mr. Einnealy remained. Captain Stan dish sent him a polite reminder, and the reply was, " Oh, you know where to find me." Mr. Kinnealy was accordingly • arrested the night before last, and remains in custody. Mr. Duffy brought the matter up in the House last night, but made out no case to show that the detention wks Unwarranted. It would appear, indeed, that the whole facts were not laid before him when ho consented to mention the affair in the Assembly. The arrest was made by Inspector Ilyall, in tho library attached to St. Patrick's Hall, Bourkestreet, west. No warrant had been issued, but the prisoner was arrested on a charge of being illegally in the Colony of Victoria contrary to the Act 18 Vie, No. 3, entitled, "An Act to prevent the influx of criminals into Victoria." Mr. Kinnealy was afterwards bailed but by order of Mr. Call, in two sureties of £100 each. Mr. Winter, secretary of St Patrick's Society, .': and Mr, D,anl. Bi'ophy, of JBallarat, became ij.JUis sureties, and he was liberated to ap- : pear at the City ; Court on the 10th inst. — Melbourne Age.— -[A late telegram is to the e&'ech that Kinnealey has been ordered

to find sureties to depart from the Colony within a week.] Steaji Subsidies.— The present steam subsidies will not be renewed after the expiration of the existing contracts. This was effected by Mr. Macandrew's first resolution, which was carried by 32 to 13. His second resolution, with the intention of providing a substitute in a subsidised service via San Francisco, was also carried ; but, as the Colonial Treasurer said, ifc may be looked on as an abstract resolution, since another session will have opened before any arrangement can possi- I my be made. — Independent, August 26. A Flannel Manufactory. — We (Canterbury Press) are informed that on the 19th instant, a now ship will sail from the old country, commanded by Capt. Rose, late of the Mermaid, and which will bring to our shores 280 Welsh; immigrants, the larger, proportion of* whom are about to establish a flannel manufactory on the Heathcote, whilst the remainder will embark in farming pursuits. These new comers will, wo believe, receive a hearty welcome on their arrival, commencing as they will a new branch of industry, and thus affording valuable aid in developing the resources of the province. -, The , Taeanaki. — The operations for rjaisjng theTaranakiaro still going on favorably^ and it is expected in a few days to lift her'over .the bank now in front oi her, towards tho shore will pc move t&fidi-^Posi, August 26.