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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1416, 1 June 1868, Page 4

GoM) at PAPAToiToi.—On Saturday, Mr. Paton brought into town a fine sample of gold from his farm at Papatoitoi. The gold was discorered by a man while digging a drain. Thk Watcs.—The cutter Asp returned from the "Wade yesterday, but brings no additional news with reference to the gold discovery in that locality. , BiiMAND. —A man named Jackett, charged, with stealing a pair of sugar tongs from the dwelling-house of Mr. Phillips of Quees-street, will be brought up this day before the magistrates on remand. Desebtion. —Two seamen of the Brisk were arrested yesterday morning by the police, and sent on board the Eosario, the Brisk having left the harbour before they could be put on board. , Foikt's Mknagebik.— -This exhibition and the performances at it will be held to-day under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor. StTPBBME CotTBT (Cbiminai. Sittings).—The Court ordinarily held on the Ist of June, will open this year on the 3rd, in consequence of the present being the week of Pentecost: Whitsun Monday and Whitsun Tuesday being holidays. The other Courts will sit as usual. An idiot named John Donald was brought np yesterday from the Bay of Islands, and will lje brought before the justices this day, preliminary to his being conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Eumsby invites tenders for a bankinghouse at Shortland for the Bank of New South Wales. Specifications can be seen at his office) ; Bhortlf.P.d-street. . Yolttxteebs. —The monthly parade of the Auckland Kifle Volunteers -will take place in the drill-shed at 7 p.m. to-morrow. Tkndkbs are invited by the Customs authorities to deliver on the beach at Tiritiri, 1000 feet of timber and a quantity of CQal tar. Mr. A. Dobnwell invites tenders for the removal and re-erection of a substantial building with lean-to, from Epsom to the Three Kings. Heb Majesty's Gaol Mount Eden. —Weekly State ending May 30th, 1868—On remand, 1 male; avraiting trial before Supremo Court, 21 males, 1 female; sentenced to penal servitude, 83 males; sentenced to hard labor, 93 males, 7 females ; in default of bail, 3 males, 3 females ; debtors, 2 males ; discharged during the week, 9 males, 2 females; received during the week, 9 males, 3 females ; total in gaol, 152 males, 11 females. —Thos. Young, Acting Gaoler. . We understand that a large gathering of the natives is to take place at Ohinemnri on Monday nest, for the purpose of discussing the desirability of establishing an aukati. The chiefs Te Hira and Taraia are to be present. The chief Moses is expected to oppose the smkati.

Sehgeant Bbouohtok. —This gentleman, the efficient instructor of the Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers, was entertained at dinner at Mr. Lewis James', Victoria-street, by the members of the corps and a company of friends. The manner in which this gentleman has discharged the onerous duties of instructor has won for him the grateful recognition of every member of the corps, and we understand it is the intention of Colonel Kenny to recommend him to the notice of the General Government as being worthy of substantial reward.

The Rev. G. Clarke, preached yesterday ; in the morning at the Congregational Chapel, Albert-ntreet, and in the evening in the Highstreet Chapel, to large and attentive congregations.

A fbw publications ago we stated that when Mr. G. T. Chapman applied to the General Government for assistance in compiling his Gazateer for the Province of Auckland he received in reply an acknowledgment of the receipt of his letter ; we should have used the word information instead of assistance, as Mr. Chapman had no intention of applying for pecuniary aid.

At the Police Court on Saturday two cases of drunkenness were disposed of in tho usual manner. Thomas Swan, a seaman belonging to the barque Charlotte Ann, pleaded guilty to being absent from his vessel without leave. Captain JBush not wishing to press the charge, prisoner was discharged with a reprimand. Reception of the Chief Justice. — A meeting of the members of the New Zealand Bar and of the legal profession, generally was held in the Police Court room for the purpose of considering what means should be taken to receive Sir George Arney upon hia return to Auckland after an absence of two years. The proceedings were strictly private, but we are informed that there was entire unanimity to give a cordial welcome to his Honor. Various proposals were discussed, but we believe the result of the meeting is that Sir George Arney is to be entertained by the Bar at a professional dinner, of which the time is not appointed nor are further particulars decided upon. A committee was appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. ILUUJOUEIN& a Dbsbeteb.—Francis IVjJpon, a resident in Chancery-street, and formerly a ship 8 cook, was summoned to answer the of assisting William Cole to desert from H.M.S. Brisk, on the 27th May, by harbouring and providing him with a change of dress; Falcon was not forthcoming, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. This offence is liable to very heavy punishment, as will be seen from the 25th clause of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, which is as follows :—" If any person not subject to this Act assists or procures any person subject to this Act to desert or improperly absent himself from his duty or conceals, employs, or contrives to employ anj person subject to this Act who is a deserter or improperly absent from his duty, knowing him to be a deserter or so improperly absent, he shall for every such offence of assistance, procurement, concealment, employment, or continuance of employment, be liable, on summary conviction thereof before a Justice or Justices, or before any person or persons or court' exercising like authority, in any part of Her Majesty s dominions, to a penalty not exceeding . thirty pounds." Otra Canadian settlers willreceiveirith regret the news of the death of Sir Edmund. Head, for seven years the accomplished and. agreeable Governor-General of Canada; he died suddenly at his residence in London.- He was

a most accomplished scholar, both in .the classical and modern languages, and it»was said that .no one in our time had greater '. mastery over the English language. Sir Edmund was the author of several works—*" Stokers and Pokers" being one which passed through several addi--son*.

The Eivbbbbad AtTHirEBOUs Sandstone.— The bag of stone bronght to town on Fridaj night by the Gemini has been left at the Ban* of New Zealand for trial. The stone is a sof sandstone, and a portion of it, taken from thi bag previously to its being left at the Bank was crashed and washed, and a small quantit] of gold was clearly discernible. , Kennedy's Bat.—The cutter Whitby is tin latest vessel arrived from Kennedy's Bay. Shi took about twenty passengers from Opotiki t< the new diggings, and has brought up about i dozen diggers from Kennedy's Hay, the whoh of the alluvial ground having been pegged off There is nothing of importance in mining mat' ters. Several of the diggers have found golc but not in large quantities. H.M.S. Bbisk left the harbour yesterday foi Sydney via the Kawau and Bay of Islands She had on board several Maori chiefs foi Russell. Boyal Alfred.—The new steamer built t< the order of Mr. S. H. Smith, by Mr. G. Bed does, North Shore, was launched on Saturdaj morning. Pull particulars will be found in oui shipping columns. "Wbeck of thk Blue Bell.—ln our shipping columns will be found the particulars of thi wreck of the Auckland schooner Blue Bell whilst on her passage from Norfolk Island t< this port, with a cargo of cocoa-nut oil, brandy rum, &c. The Canadian Government have appointee Sir William Page Wood, one of the Vice Chancellors, to the vacant Lord Justiceship witl Sir C. J. Selwyn (brother of Bishop Selwyn) Sir William was, during the Whig administra tion of Lord Grey, his attorney and solicitor general. His legal acuraen was extensive, anc so appreciated by the profession that the bull of the business was brought into his court, anc the Lord Chancellor was obliged to transfei some of the causes to the other Equity Courts Upon his appointment, Sir C. Selwyn gracefullj gave up the seniority to Sir William. The latf Mr. Western Wood, brother of the new Lord Justice, was a successful candidate for tho representation of the city of London in Parliament, against the late Sir William Cubitt, th« then popular Lord Mayor of London. Chables Kean at his death left property amounting to upwards of £50,000. # Her Majesty sent three times, just before his death, to enquire after the state of his health, and, upon his death, wrote Mrs. Kean a letter, expressing in the most gracious terms the sympathy awakened in her Majesty's miad at the loss Mrs. Kean had sustained. The Journal de Paris, in a very laudatory article on Lord Stanley's speech at Bristol, at a public banquet given to her Majesty's ministers, describes his lordship as " the wisest and most ipright., if not the most brilliant statesmen, not >nly of England, but of contemporary Europe." On Saturday last the manufacture of white mper was commenced afc Mr. Eamsden's mill, md since then a considerable quantity has been nirned out. This paper is of the kind on which lewspapei's are printed, and is of fair quality. [t weighs about 75 lb. to the ream, is of even ;exture,. free from blotches, and. has a slight ;inge of cream colour. If somewhat thinner ind tougher, with a better glaze, it would be as jood printing-paper as could be desired.— "krgus, May 14. tfABD Labob Pckisement.—We recently recommended the local authorities to employ >ur hard labor men on the streets of Auckland. The Argus, we see, takes a similar view of the lesirability of thus utilising prison labor:— ' The hard labor punishment at our gaols is s ? arce, and the fellows sentenced to it treat ii ivith contempt. It would be well to employ al short-sentenced men in the Melbourne gaol ir leepening the Yarra in front of Ramsden's paper mills. Tens of thousands of loads of eartl

want excavating there, which, if dug out and spread over the low ground between the embankment and the Sandridge-road, would fill up the hollow, and increase the value of the land. At the same time the river would be improved, and the increased space allowed for the flow of the water would act as prevention against floods. If the loafers who are now pampered in gaol were employed in this work for tenhoursaday, three months' hard labour would not bo sp lightly regarded as it appears to be at present." Nkws fkom a Fab Country.—Under this head, a Canadian paper, (tho Observer) has the following on the newspaper press of Auckland. —"We have been favored by an inspection of a copy of a newspaper published in the far-off colony of New Zealand. It was sent by a resident of that colony to a friend in Nova Scotia, and by him forwarded to a gentlemen in this town. It is the Wfekly Hebald, published at Auckland, the capital of the colony, on the 28th of September; and we have no doubt would astonish most of our readers by its size and the way it is got up, taking into account the " out of the way" place (as it is usually regarded) it comes from. It is styled the " Weekly Heeald, and Onehunga and Otahuhu CouEiEK and Geneeal Advetiseb," and following the title is a list of seventy places where it circulates, many of tho names, as is evident by their construction, being those by by which the places were known by the aborigines. The Heeald contains twelve pages, of six columns each, four being occupied by advertisements, and eight by reading matter. In typographical execution the paper would do no disgrace to England itself. It appears to be well edited, and is altogether as good a specimen of a " live 'newspaper," as is to be found in countries with far better advantages than New Zealand. We may give a few extracts from its columns at some future time. In the meantime, we may notice that in the news _ of the week reference is made to a Maori panic which had occurred during the previous week, but which the editor puts down as a senseless canard, for which he thinks there was no ground whatever. Thesceneof the rumoured attack was changed was from Waikato to the Thames, " the least probable of all the places against which the Hauhaus would be likely to turn their attention, as they would there receive a warm reception, and from a class of men they fear above all others.'"

.Foley's Menagebib.—A country correspondent, who visited Auckland for the purpose of seeing the "Lions," forwards us for publication the following acconnt of-what he saw :—The Lyon 13 the JCing of Becsts. Hie Concert is The lyoness, but She is not so nobel as The Lyon. If you want to see Nobility in a Beest you must go to the Lyon, but You must not go Alone, or you will Get et. The Lyon has 2 Roes of emense Teeth, and it is Treemenjuice to hear Him Rore. He has a long Tayle and His Propensateys are verry kannibell. The Lyon is menshuned in Scripsher and the lyon of Judy was much isteenejd. Hβ is now destinked, xcept in Babylone, anr , Afrikker, and the Zoolojikkals, and in Foley's show of Wild Beests where he is domesticatted and Lets A man look down his Throte which is a grate Blessing of providence and shows the supremmicy of the Huminßayce.

Me. Staffobd's Finance.—At the close of a long and able article in the Canterbury Times of the 16th inst., on Mr. Stafford's speech at Nelson, the writer says:—" It is difficult to find a satisfactory explanation for Mr. Stafford's conduct. He has placed himself in a very unpleasant dilemma. Either he is really ignorant of the financial state of the colony, or he has made a series of statements knowing them to be incorrect. He says that the colony can meet its engagements; he says that the provinces have been paid what is due to them; ho implies that the deficiency in the revenue is only £70,000; and we gather, from what he says, though there is a doubt about it, that he has not issued any deficiency bills. We have the best reasons for believing that all these statements and implications are incorrect. And, thinking so, we cannot believe that Mr. Stafford lis a fit man to direct the affaire of New Zea--1 land."

Bat of Islands. —The schooners Sea Breeze and Tauranga arrived in harbour from Kussell yesterday. JN o further fighting had taken place. The whole of the Maoris invited by Marsh Brown to the feast had left for their homes.

Cartwheels Pbomoted v. Chignons Resigned.—As Women will wear anything that is fashionable, however hideous it may be, it is only now that we have some hope that they will discard chignons in the colonies, because thejr are no longer worn in Paris. " Chignons," says tho Ladies' own paper have fallen; those abominations have at last come to grief, and there is scarcely one to be seen in all Paris. The fiat of fashion has gone forth, and chignons are abolished. The new way of doing the hair is to roll it up into a large flat cart wheel on the top of the head, coming to within an inch of the forehead. It requires no artificial aid. DINNEB TO yEESEANT BeOTJGHTON. —After passing through their aunual inspection in so creditable and efficient a manner, the members of the above corps commemorated the occasion by giving a complimentaiy dinner on Saturday evening last, to Sergeant Broughton, E.A., their instructor, as a slight mark of their just and well merited appreciation of his services, during the short time he has been with them. It is needless to say that the dinner was excellent, as it was held at Mr. James' Q.C.E. Hotel, ■Victoria-street, and was served up by him in bountiful style. Captain Guilding, Commandant of Naval Volunteers, took the chair, and Lieut. Feaion, A.N.A., the vice-chair, the covers were removed at half-past seven o'clock, and the cloth, was withdrawn at half-past eight, when the harmony of the evening commenced. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given by the chairman, and heartily responded to, after which the " Guest" was given, and drunk with cheers, and " He's a Jolly Good Fellow." The following toasts were given, and heartilyrenponded to:—" The Army and Wavy," " His Honor the Superintendent," " The Hon. the Defence Minister," " Colonel Kenny, Inspector of Volunteers," " Our Honorary Members," " Brother Volunteers/'. " Absent Comrades," "Our Officers, coupling the name of Major Tighe," " The Ladies," Coupling with it the name.of Mis. Stafford, for her encouraging speech to" the Volunteers at Wellington, "Our Visitors," "The Press," and "The Host." At the conclusion of these toasts the evening was enlivened with songs and recitations. The party broke up in good time, thoroughly pleased with their evening s entertainment.