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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 102, 11 March 1864, Page 3

Notice is given that an examination of those teachers who may be desirous of acquiring certificates from the Board of Education, will be held on Monday, 28th hist. Cokomandkl.—The ' Wanderer winch nrnved vestcrdav afternoon brings with tier t>oß ounces- cf cU-aci-d .ccW, th* rredurt d ihs

»a»vu>jijjggi|iA;,iAM.«iiw.)ii..^uuifJJMiJJ^J».iiiJin iihiiwilMWUlWiFgCT j " Southern Cross" claim (No. 4, Driving Creek.) It appears that this company have deferred crushing the remainder of the stone got ready, until some little alteration has been made . in the pipe that supplies the water to the machine. The above quantity of gold therefore was the result of only 48 hours' crushing. From No. 5, good stoae was again being taken, and it was expected that another crushing would shortly take place. A share in this company (No. 5) has just been eold for £100, the purchaser paying £5 in addition for tho share of gold not yet divided since the last dividend. It is but lately that nearly 900 ounces of gold were sent up to town from this claim and lodged in the Union Bank. We are sorry to learn that Ihe delay which has taken place in the crushing of stone from No. 4 has arisen from a very severe accident which occurred to Mr. Wanliss, whoso arm was severely cut by falling over broken glass. Accident.—Another horse and dray has just had a miraculous escape from destruction, attd I'rom the same cause—backing over the roadway into the tide. Yesterday afternoon a hone belonging to Mr. Patrick Graco was drawing a load ot timber along Custom Housestreet, and when nearly opposite the stern of the ' Sandfly,' commenced backing, and the dray toppled over tho sea wall. Luckily tho timber on the dray caught between the sea wall and the wharp of the 'Sandfly; this canted the dray and horse completely ovor and broke the fail turning the dray upside down and leaving the horse upon its baek. The animal was taken out uninjured, as was also tho dray. The tid> was out ut the time.

Diorama.—Last night, the sad exploratory history of those devoted men, ifewrs. Ifurk'o and Willi!, was illustrated, at tho Brunswick Hall, by what we should call a Peristrephic Pnuoraiua, with musical accompaniments from the band of the 50th regiment. The subject in too touching, too difficult, for any mere pictorial representation however excellent, and such being our conviction, we were not disappointed at the character of the exhibition. There were marked Australian features in the several divisions of the views, and there was a very large find attentive concourse of spectators to pass their opinion upon them. Mr. Everiste has had great difficulty in making an appearance so soon after his arrival, and we arc informed that those who visit the performance on Saturday evening will be greatly pleased with the more effective manner in wlii.-h he will be then enabled to present the Diorama to the public. Proffssor Bjclkw will positively give his last performance for the benefit of his pupils, this afternoon at 4 p.m. As full and perfect instructions can be given b3 r the Professor on all the mysteries of his system in one lesson—the opportunity of acquiring his method, may ye't be taken by those who have not hitherto learnt the art of taming and subduing their wild or unbroken horses by kindness. To-morrow evening Professor Below will give an open performance, when the priee of admission will bo reduced to five shillings, aud the proceeds devoted to the Soldiers' Families' Relief Fund. "Wc do not know how long Professor Be lew may conteinplate staying in the country, but as the termination of his performance betokens a limited stav, we would make a suggestion which, probably, will meet with some supporters. The Government lias now a great number of horses employed besides those of the Cavalry force, and many of them, though iino animals, have been sold by nervous owners for some vicious tricks, or some defect which only experience has made manifest. Moreover, the men employed are, in only too many eases, ignorant of the* proper method of treating a horse, and thus aggravate the animal's vice instead of subduing it. It is known that by wrong treatment of supposed incurable defects, many valuable horses are lost to the Government, which under the care of properly instructed grooms or drivers, would have been saved. We, therefore, suggest that before Professor Beiew

takes Lis departure, it would not be money thrown away for the] Government. to employ him in giving a course of his instruction to the men employed in the management of Government

horses, teaching them how to cure those that are vicious, and inculcating, generally, some, knowledge of his valuable system of horse-man-agemcut. Even should the outlay be considerable, it wotdd amount to nothing, compared to what is lost by mismanagement. High Tides.—As though in corroboration of a prediction on the weather, copied into another part of this paper, the tides in Auckland harbor are most remarkable. Yesterday the tide rose to within 4 feet of the planking of the Queenstreet wharf, and at low tide had fallen i;o low as to render it quits impossible to land in small boats at the east stairs. On Saturday however at 9j a.m. will be the highest tide, and the lowest at 3i n.jn.. r.hen if :>. r.oleaster set in, which is not unlikely, owner.-: of timber, firewood, Ac, may find the wharf cleared without going to the trouble and expense of procuring carts to do it for them.