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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1402, 15 May 1868, Page 2

Kennedy's Bay Gold.—The sample of alluvial gold brought from Kennedy's Bar, has been tested and proved to be far superior*in quality to the usual run of the Thames sold. It is of 20 carat fineness. The Auckland Club was opened to its-mem-bers for thp first time yesterday, and iras visited by a fair number of its supporters. Tke Gbey-stbeet Fibe.—The Southern Cross we understand has compromised—by the payment of £50 —the action for libel which was about to be brought against that journal by Mr. Fleming, for reflections cast upon his character in connection with the late fire: II ee Majesty's Bibthday will be celebrated by their Excellencies Sir George and Lady Bowen, who will give a grand ball at Government House. "We understand that a very large number of invitations have been issued to the principal citizens and residents of the province. Thbratening Language.—Daniel Brett w&3 taken into custody yesterday upon a warrant, for using abusive and threatening language towards his wife, farah Brett. The civil business of the 1? esident Magistrate's Court will, after Monday next, be transacted in the Supreme Court-house, Eden-street.

Another Case of Drowning.—At about 8 o'clock yesterday morning the body, of a mail was found floating in the harbour on the western side of the Queen-street Wharf, by a person named John Williams, who was sailing up ths harbour at the time. Williams immediately towed the dead body to the watermen's stairs, where it was soon recognised. The unfortunate young man wasrecentlj employed by the Customs authorities as shipmaster, be was a native of Kotomah, one of the Fijis, and was about years of age. His name is John ITewa, and his duties were to look after the cutter .Ringleader, a vessel seized by the Government a few month* since for smuggling. > ewa was first missed on Tridfiv morning last, when the dingy in which he used to convey himself on board, was found by some boys near the wood wharf. Tj* e schooner Kauri had left the harbour on the previous Thursday night, for South Ses Islands, and it was thought that he had stowed himself away on .board. .When the body was brought to the wharf, the police boat was lowered, and it was conveyed to the dead-hou=e iu Official Bay. An inquVst will be held to-day-Supreme Court. —His Honor delivered judg' ment yesterday in the- protracted case v. Smith. The facts and arguments in this cas have been several times published ia this journal' His Honor said he felt obliged to allow tM demurrer, but he did so with great reluctance.

Bankbxtptct.—His Honor held a sitting yesterday in. the insolvency jurisdiction of..the. Supreme Court, when the following cases were disposed of:—Re Daniel Simpson, Epsom, contractor, liabilities, £1117 14s. lOd.; assets, £1033; adjourned. P. S. Mackenzie, liabilities, £643 Is. lOd.; assets, £140; adjourned for a fortnight. He John Graham, liabilities, £37,106 lis, lid.; assets, £8760; adjourned for a week. In the ease of James Palmer, being an application by Mr. Wynn for nullification of bankruptcy, the order was made conditionally upon filing certain affidavits. The case of Berwin and Mendelsshon was further adjourned for a week.

Oxehuvga.—On the night of Monday the large stone building occupied by Mr. S. H. Smith, and situate near the new wharf, was burglariously broken into by the lock of the front door being forced. An attempt was then made to enter the office, but whether fie burglars discovered that there was nothing in it worth stealing, or for some reason best known to themselves, they contented themselves with breaking a pane of glass in the window, and there was the mark of a match having been lit first inside. There was nothing in the store but some machinery, which, of course, was of no use to gentlemen of their description.

E esident Magistrate's Couet.—A notice has been posted up at the Court House, to the effect that from and after Monday next, the Civil Sittings and business of the Resident Magistrate's Court as well as the District Court, will be held and conducted in the building lately occupied as the Supreme Court, in Eden-street.

Police.—There was not a single charge on the Police sheet yesterday morning, not even a solitarv devotee of Bacchus being sent to take a change of air at Mount Eden.

Bt the ship John Temperley, which. arrived last week from Calcutta, there has been imported into this colony a pure Arab stallion of highcaste pedigree, and one, moreover, who has gained some distinction there by his successful performances on the turf. The arrival of an Arab horse of this character calls for special mention, as no doubt the original introduction of the blood in England tended more than anything else to the improvement of the racehorse. Such a horse as this should get admirable stock for the Indian market, as any horses sent from here with a strain of Arab blood in them always command a high price there. The pedigree accompanying the horse, with its parchment and seals, and sworn translation, is quite a curiosity in its way. —Australasian, April 25.

Fiji Ghog.—The correspondent of a Melbourne paper gives the following description of the liquor obtainable on the islands. It says " The drink to be obtained here, besides water, is a kind of grog called vangona. It is made of a root, and manufactured thus : —A Fiji man sits down and slices up the root in small pieces, which another nan at oace pnts in his mouth and masticates. A fter being well masticated the result is dropped into a wooden bowl, and water added to it. The man who has macerated it with his teeth then kneads it well with both. hands, and strains it off through fine grass. The liquid residue is then this vangona—Fiji grog ready for drinking. I shall bring some of it bottled up for yon Melbournites when I come. It will be a new thing for Morton and Joske, andmay become as popular as the Ballan waters. It tastes very like soapsuds, and it does make the natives drunk, though the whites, myself included, seem never ahle to drink enough of it to get exliilirated: we only get slightly sick."

Mohttment to Captain Ibvixg. —By the arrival of the schooner Clyde, from the South Sea Islands, yesterday morning, we learn that the European residents at Borotonga have erected a monument to the memory of the late Captain James Irving, who was washed overboard from his own vessel and drowned, during a heaw gale off Eorotonga, a few months since. Captain Irving was a gentleman well known and highly respected by the shipping community of Auckland, and had gained the esteem and respect of every European and native settler at Borotonga and other islands of the South Seas. The monument erected to his memory at Eorotonga is very creditable to the settlers there, and must be gratifying to Mrs. Irving, who has been left a widow with several children.

Choice Fbuit fbosi the Islands.—The schooner Clyde arrived in harbour yesterday morning with 50,000 oranges and a few pine apples. This is the first shipment of oranges we have received from the Islands this season. The oranges were very carefully shipped by Mr. Hassall, and hare arrived here in splendid condition, being superior to any that have been landed here for'many months past. At the present time we have but little fruit in the market, and the high price asked for apples, and the fact of no other vessel likely to arrive here with fruit, will, no doubt, ensure a gcod price for the cargo brought by the Clyde. Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., agents for the vessel, notify that they will sell at their mart to-day the whole cargo brought by the Clyde.