ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIX, Issue 6872, 9 March 1883, Page 6

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

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WBSCE Of TB» WILD DBBB. Loxoox, Jan. 25. Thodimtrou* wreck of the Clyde emigrant •hip, Wild Deer, en the treacherous «a«t o t the County Down, must have sUtUed many ia New Zealand who were expecting friends and relatives to rejoin them its her. **h* «*• a fine vessel of 1016 tons, built at Glasgow, and owned bv the Albion Shipping Company, fho sailed from Greenock-for Otago under nberier to (he New Zealand Government on fridav, Jan. 12. but encountered boirierou* weather a* *sm as she got into the channel from the Clyde. A heavy tea prevailed, and when eight cam* on the wind blew half » •tit. Toe vessel then lost her course, and drifted, striking on the North Bock, a dan* werous r.-cf about throe mile* from the vtllage of Clougbroy, shortly after ll o'clock at night, The jssweageiu, teO in »U, hsd reti.-cd to rest, but ware awakened by the ehock t and a general sar.tr ensued. A rush was at Ouse made for the hatchway*. The officer* implored the terrifies paewtigcr* to swnsans below, »>• tiring tT.flc. that there «m immediate dargvrj but lie panic in the paH occupied by the female* was ro g«at that the door* had to be locked to prevect them rushing on deck. The darkness war *o thick shat the poriUoa of the chip could not be ascertained j but signal rarkete wen* employed, and were promguy a&swrred from she Coastguards Station. The atatioi: ruasd pal off. b«» hod to return, as their boat va* «• . exswiiitaotaly made, and at 3odock ia the MSinniag they rtartod again i and after four bc-uji’ hard rowing, rsaehad the ship al daybrook. Some fisbmaen’s boat* came awogride, and in these and la the ship*# five boats (tie sixth wo* rendered usriese by the fall of the ariamost) the pamneer* crero oil Unceri safely, and were conveyed to the tiny rilkge of Oloaghroy. The place only ©cfetaic.* about 20 small housee. ’) he Frroby* terms minister of the district throw open hi* church for the accommodation of the ebim nrrte&ftd many of the® roicaioca tharo unrii arrangtsaeo*# could bemad* for coisTieyifflioe to &Uwt* 'With tbo h#«p of n Jars* ouostily of straw, they mode themtelws rothey could. It wat provider.usl that no live* were lost- Had the officer* not eucweded in keeping the poe* IOMN down below, many must have been injured 5 a* soon after the collision the mam- »«;. fell over the side. The passenger*, after spending Sunday night at Belfast, where .hey were accommodated in the Sailors' Home aad in lodging homes, were token on to Glasgow in the steamer Dromedary. They anil be re-snipped on board the ship Caroline, which sails ahocthr. The emigrant*, who are ehiefiv Beateh, bitterly complain of the exorbitant demands mads by the owners of the fishing boat* which pal off to tender assistance. Owe of the crew remarked that he had been wrecked no lew than seven times, aad yet had never witnessed each aa amount of harbaritv aa was displayed by the County Down men. He alleged that wire their boit* went alongside of the stranded vessel, they coolly demanded £1 per hood for every nameger lowered. They then lowered their d#sc,nd* to £5 for every-15 paarongers token ashore. “ Finally," added one young Scotchman “I told them I would ga them 6sfor tekir.* me ashore, an' after #omo higglin' they agreed to® thot ” The vessel will became a total wreck, and the prospect* of eavj* g much cf the cargo, some 908 tons, esM'stisg of wbisky, dry goods, and pig iron, is u-.fatuurmbic. Captoin J6ba Kerrwae ia charge of the vessel. She was insured in Glasgow and Liverpool for about £14.000. Tee Wild Deer carried a crew of 41 men. COMING SMIG2ANT3. Agect'Oeeersl it despatching emxgrax.* »Vj.p* to the Colony in rapid •uoeeseioa. lb? j'langitiksi will saQ from Plymouth for AufV - .ad t»-cav with 300 emigrants, of whom ISC - single women- The Oxford start* on lie f iewiog day for Wellington, with aboat 3CO ineieding ICO singls women. The Wac.-a sal's a week Inter, with 250 emigrant* for Canterbury, includin'? 150 single women, and the forcline tails from tfeo Clyde in about tar** weeks' lime with 220 intendmg settler*, chiefi -- the shipwrecked paseengevt of the Wild' Deer. These are the only fixtures at present. THE WAITANGI TREATY. At the Bojal Colonial Institute on last Tuesday evening, Mr Frederick Young rood an interesting paper received from Sir William Fez, entitled " A Chapter in the History of Hew Zealand: the Treaty of Waitongi" The Duke of Manchester presided. The object of the eaxay wo# to clesr up some popular misconception which exists with reference to the transaction, which ia but little understood outside the’ Colony crncerced. When Syd cev Isiwhaoga aad bis companions were in snglaod the Treaty of Waitongi was the assumed basis of the relatione exiting between the Maoris and the Britseh Government. Sir W. Pox points oct that the righto of the Grown were derived from the discovery of the island* by Opt Cbok, some 71 years prior to lie conclusion of the treaty. He traced the vacillating policy by which the British Gove* nrneet nearly permitted France to seize tha islands, and the tortuous and questionable meant, culminating is the treaty of Waftongt, by which they sought to ro-ertablith the Sovereignty of the Crown. He showed how li.uk importance the Maoris attached to that instrument, bat contended that it wae too late sow to deny the validity of the treaty, however questionable may have been the means by which it was negotiated, or however little ft may have interested the Native*. He explained in a most lucid maonrr what the “ confiscation" policy of the New Zealand Government really was, and the measures token and in process to place tbs Native* ia possession of large portions of territory which hod been justly forfeited lev art* of r*billion. The_ Native#, be considered, bad fceec treated with great clemency 5 and there wae no real injustice in treating the present position *c a final solution of past difficulties. There feed been no practical itriringemeot of the spirit of lbs treaty of Waitongi, and aa the whole it mizht be elain>ed lor those who colonised New Zealand that there is no instance in history of an aboriginal race having been treated with more bumviity and jaitioe than tne Hew Z««Ur.Oev* have been by the peaceful invaders o--> whose behalf that treaty was segotLsted Mr Yonug mentioned that Sir Dillon deli had written to him that ha deeply Tfgf'’ '■ d hi* inability to bo present j but his mvdicsl adviser had prohibited him from aUeudim, rod bad ordered him a period of absolute rest, a* be had injured hi* health by overwork. The Bishop of Nelson some what adversely criticised the paper. Mi Pharswjn read an extract from the Neu Zealand That*, giving thecharoeter of fiydnej Tai whangs. TBCST AND LOAN COMPANY. An extraordinary general meeting of share holder# was held in London on Jan. 24 of th( New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, iii diaries Cliff ord presided. He stated tha tbs Compani** orofits were amply suffloien to pay the u»ual interim dividend of 20 p® cent.’ Sharecoidert expressed the hopv tha 1 the whole cf the new capital would be eal!e« up. '.the Chairman replied that this wooh be dmc, two call* being made,one duel April and another in July next. He forth# stated that £IOO,COO of the Reserve Fund ws iavetlefi in England. Mr Bowen, the maaagei retnree sext week. ITEMS FSOM I H BLAND. —XEEBIBL DldidESß. w LONDON, Fsb. 13. Al a BsMting held in London on Joe. 801 devil® mean* to* r *^® J °* .f l L* r ®* 11 . J Ireland, Mr Jastm Muoarthy swdbeeolio mtsd that the p«ch of b «p to February or Wroh. MrOMtonnell, MP made a violent attack ontk e < Skriera^oehM the rouroe of which be to spare for ba;cnrting»gyptten*.hutwr for the relief of wank lb* Maj or of Lreg has bare asked to open a rebel ftu*d» «oo auroramenl is diroetly appealed to. The who o$ the worth of Irsland la in a moetwresehl couditwm,owing to the complete deeteoetloni the groin crops la September by atewsod

and the rot Hag of the retire potato crop, caused by oouetsmt toiae. In one plaM sure gaesral desUiatire prevails, that SS tone of Indian meal pot weak is required to keep Ike people barely alive. Despair It storing everybody in the fore, Reports reached align on Jon. 13 of deaths by starvation it the island of Innismuraay. A man wae found starved . to death on the 6th id Longhrea, County. Galway, and al the enquiry by the Door Law j Guredlrei, it wee found that the sad eare was j only one of many. A crowd ofhungry people fathered in (rent of the residence of toe »« Dugjrin, Bomre Oalhulic Bishop of CSoufert, •» Sunday, Feb. A aod the Bishop had to inform them that he aod his priest* hod distributed every shilling available. The opening ©I relief works, in the Bishop's opinion, woe toe rely resource left to relieve } their suffering*. A sum of BSWOOlefl from the DnehoM of Marlborough Belief Fund, is to h# devoted to assisting Irish emigration. O'Brien, editor of the Dublin f/*ikd Irithman, was committed for trial on Jan. 22, charged with seditious libel. He wee electee M.F. on the 214 h, over John Walsh, by a majority of si*. The Jury disagree© on Feb. 10, and a new trial woe ordered. A hurricane in Limerick, on Jan. 26, occasioned serious damage. Houses were blown down, red the vessel* in harbour suffered. A Urge bog near CosUereagh shifted its position on Joa. 26, causing great sxci'ement. Apprehensions were fell for the safety of a portion of Osetleresgh. On Jaa. 4 Judge Lawson gave Judgment against Davitt, Healey, and Quinn, forsedi(hjbi language. They were ordered to find security for their good behaviour, or to go to prison for six months. Mr Joseph Oowen, M.P. (itediesl), telegraphed from London hi* resdinert to hreoffi* a bond, but Ui* parties refuted to take boil, and wen sentenced to •dlitary oosfinsment at bred labour in Sitmainham gaol Judge Lawson said, in giving Judgment, that he never read more biaspbemout language than Davitt's. 'Die Bight Hon W. E. Forster, epeak log at Leeds to the liberal Club, on Jan. £B, eaid Iredred should have the same franchise u England and Scotland, and be made one country with them. (Cheers.) The Irish people ought to be treated as we treat ourThomas' Biggin* end Michael Myna were bmigod oa the morning of Jan. 17 at Gal *ay far complicity in the murder of Muddy. Both men walked firmly to the scaffold, and died without a struggle. Neither mad* a statement, bat daring their csnfinemsnt both expressed penitences. Small interest was taken in the execution, and bat few persons were present. , „ At Tralee oe Jan, 23, Faff and Barrett were hanged for the murder of Thomas Brown, near Castle Island. They protested their innocence to the last. Only 50 persons were iaride the gaol, including Faff’e wife. The local workmen refused to erect a scaffold at Tralee, and Harwood, the public executioner, had to bring carpenter# from Dublin for the purpose. Upon the arrival of . Marwood at Limerick, ea rmte for Tralee, the police had great difficulty in protecting Mm from the mob at the railway depdt. B«portere were refused admission to the execution). In Switzerland, a great lend slide occurred In Haitoy Faargio on Jan 18. The village of Mara was completely destroyed by a groat re*ju of earth, rocks wad trees dislodged by a recent snow etorm. "" ----- ■ J