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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1306, 23 January 1868, Page 3

The steamers Midge is-ad Enterprise returned from the Thames last evening. There is no news of importance. Messengeb's Claim.—Yesterday one of the shareholders in this claim, Mr. (irme, shewed us two specimens of quarts: taken out of this claim during the last week. The specimens are full of gold, one of them weighing about 2-J- lbs., and estimated to contain about five ounces of gold. About one hundred tons of quartz are ready to be crushed, which will be put through Mr. Graham's machine when it is completed, in about a fortnight. .N one of the stone has as yet been crushed, but we have no doubt, if what we saw was a fair sample, it will realise a very handsome dividend to the shareholders. Ebunswick Hall.—Madam and the Misses Carandini, with Mr. Walter Sherwin, gave another of their popular entertainments last evening to a numerous and appreciative audience. " Another concert will be given this evening, in the Brunswick Hall. Important to "Wine and Flour Mehchants. —We call the attention of flour merchants, wine merchants, bottlers, publicans aDd others to the large trade sale of wines, spirits, ale, Ac, and flour, ex Jubilee, from Lyttelton, advertised to be held at noon, to-morrow, by Mr. S. Jones, at his mart, Queen-street.

New Hush.—The Westport Star of the Bth instant says, rich quartz lias been discovered on tho Caledonian Lead, and an extensive rush has taken place. The news caused considerable excitement, in town. The Brighton Times says—" Shares have changed hands on tho IJublin Terrace for £350. The men are making .£ls a week per man on this clu'*m. A very healthy state of matters is observable on the Belfast and Daylesford Terraces, which still continue to maintain their population. A STiiAKGE instance of injuries .inflicted by running foot races, is narrated by tlie Tuapeka Press, which states that a miner named Cousins was running a race at the Blue Spur on Boxing Day, when he fell down and broke his collar bone. Owing to the largo increase to the number of celestials in t tngo, the Dunedin Bible Society have made arrangements for distribution of tho Scriptures translated into Chinese. Pai'akuua. —There were two cases heard before ilie .Kcsident Magistrate on Monday. Sweeney v. Wilson claim ,£5 (Js, his Worship dismissed the ease, the Court having nojurisdietion; each party to pay his own costs. Alorgna alias Maurice Walsh, was charged by George Nyo, with stealing a coat and a pocket-book, contain, ing letters and papers of value ; sentenced to two months' imprisonment in gaol at Auckland. I'olick. —Two tin fortunate drunkards -were punished at tho Police Court yesterday, and Francis Falcon charged with stealing a quantity of wearing npparol from the Mechanics' House of Call, the property of Thomas Powell, was remanded until to-morrow. Tniv Otago Government sot an example in utilising tlie labor of their gaol birds. We learn from tlie Otcu/n Uiiili/ Times, that instructions have been given by tlio Provincial Government to the Governor of the Gaol, toeinply the prisoners in filliiitr up the swamp adjoining the Hospital in King-street. Taukang.y.—There is no special news from this district by the Wellington. We hold over our correspondent's letter till to-morrow. Tiik Wellington Voxt says : —" The hotelIrccpcrs of the South must dec-ply regret to hear that a meeting has been held in .ilampden (Otago) for the purpose of funning a " .NonSoeiity," tho iiuturc and object of which willl bo learnt from a compact or bond which was numerously signed, and set forth that all present pledged themselves to abstain from treating their neighbours, friends, and acquaintances, to liquor of every sort. Tin-: Tiiamks. —The s'.s. Tauranga arrived in harbour yesterday morning with 4;i(i ozs ]7 du ts retorted gold from J'arrv's claim, it is probable that and her 200 ounces'will be forwarded early next week from this claim.

Pnovixn.vr, Ci.uxcir,. —The Council met yesterday at the usual hour. After the replies to questions put to the Government by Messrs. (Jarleton and Crcighton, which wih be found in another column, tho t'ounril proceeded to tho consideration of Mr. Davy's resolution. Mr. Carleton moved as an amendment the first of his well-known resolutions that the " existing form of Government of the province should not continue." 'lhis brought on a debute which opened up the whole question of Government in the colony, and a debate followed, which lasted from a little after three o'clock until half-past nine —nn adjournment for an hour only intervening. The discussion will be found in another column. The Council adjourned at half-past nine o'clock, till three o'clock this day. Ciiallkn'oe. —The following notice appears in our advertising columns :—" The undersigned hereby' challenge.-; the best shot in the Auckland Hifle Volunteers to a friendly rifle match at the ranges fired for the representative match, or from 200 to 700 yards, five shots at each range, Hythe position and targets, with Government rifles.—William Sly, .No. 2, Scottish Hifles, Dunedin, Otago." A Native Difficulty Satisfactoeily Compeomised.—A day or two ago we witnessed an amusing scene at the Maori market place. Several natives were squatting about and basking in the sun in a variety of picturesque attitudes, while here and there kits of luscious looking peaches were exposed for sale. A pakeha fruit hawker, who, like his darker brethren was endeavouring to " turn an honest penny," invaded the sacred precincts of the enclosure devoted to to Morpheus and Ceres, and after a careful rcconnaisunee of the apparently slumbering guardians of the kits, proceeded surreptitiously to ascertain the quality of the fruit; very cautiously he abstracted a peach which had attracted his predatory attention by its size and ripeness, and was in the act of devouring the forbidden fruit, when an old grizzly-looking chief, who seemed to bothe guardian ogre of the place, opened his eyes, and after glaring at the disturber of his slumbers and plunderer of his kit, scrambled to his feet. ■Seeing the turn affairs were taking the pakeha proceeded to evacuate tho enclosure with all possible speed, but being somewhat impeded in his retreat by a basket of Cape gooseberries which he carried, he was soon overtaken by his pursuer, just as he had succeeded in getting outside the entrance. 'J he pakeha was attired in a koti roa, i.e., a garment approaching to the ancient swallow-tail cut, and the Maori adroitly seized on this appendage in order to detain the despoiler. The latter made determined efforts to escape front the clutches of his captor, but in vain, and after an ineffectual struggle he resigned himself to his fate. A parley ensued, and the matter was ultimately compromised by the Maori consenting to receive a handful of gooseberries as indemnity. Dental Amalgam.—A young lady who had been languishing for several years in St. Louis under a mysterious disease which baffled the skill of the most eminent physicians, it has been ascertained by a dentist, was dying from a slow poison, distilled through the system by the amalgam with which two of her teeth had" been filled.