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New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2788, 4 January 1873, Page 2

The Aborigine arrived at Hokitiki yesterday, from MelbourDe, hating left there on the 23rd ultimo, and bringing with her a copy of the Argus, of the 21st, containing English cable* telegrams to the 19th, or two days later, than what have been published in the colony. France is in the throes of a dissolution, and Thiers' reign ia very uncertain. It is probable he will resign. (Should he do bo, a revolution ia imminent. The Committee of the Thirty are in doubt. At the last hour when the telegrams flashed French intelligence through to London, the Committee were discussing which of three alternatives should be adopted— Ministerial responsibility, a Second Chamber, or a complete change of Constitution. The latter means anarchy, confusion, and bloodshed. In London, Wallaroo copper is quoted at £90. In America, Colfax has resigned the Speakersbip, and will fill the editorial chair of the Tribune, vacant by the death of Horace Greeley. Colfax is a very able editorial writer. Hie views are those of Greeley, somowh&t modified, and not tinged with those eccentricities which so greatly marred the departed editor's writings, and lessened the influence they would otherwise havo carried with them. The Australian telegrams to band, under date of 20th and 21et ultimo, contain two important items of intelligence. One is the discovery o? rich finds of malleable copper at the Moonta mines at Adelaido, with diamond oxide in considerable quantities. Further particulars are required to enable us to form an estimate of the valueof these discoveries. The people of Adelaide always over-estimate their importance, and by cauiing a large amount of wild speculation, generally, in the end, bring ruin and commercial disaster on thoniselvee. The other item of intelligence is that pleuropneumonia has broken out amoDg the cattle in tho city of Adelaide, the fact having been proved by post-mortem examinations. There is, fortunately, no cuttle traffic between this colony and South Australia to cause us any immediate alarm. But pleuro-pnetimonia is cue of the most infectious diseases which attack cattle, and it ie hard to say, when once it lias broken out, whero it will end. -Mr. Vogel has been severely taken to task by tho Melbourne jlrfiis for what is considered his presumption in his circular addressed to Earl Kimberley upon Intercolonial reciprocity. He is charged with arrogating to himself as being the exponent of tho opinione of millions of people, inetead of a comparatively small section of coloniste, comprising the population of New Zealand. Our Colonial Treasurer will, probably, not meet with so warm a reception in Victoria as was given him when he last visited that colony. A rery melancholy death by drowning occurred at Waiuku on Sunday morning last. Two young men, in the employ of Mr. J. Hedge, went down to the Wuitungi Bay to bathe, when, unfortunately, one of them, named Willium Sutherland, was drowned ; the other, Benjamin Bennett, having had a very narrow escape. It appears they went into the salt water, and, as the beach shelves down very genlly, he traversed a long distance. The two men kept going out farther and farther. Tho deceased asked Bennett to come on, when suddenly he reached the channel, and got over his depth ; the other man also got into the channel, but had the presence of mind to turn round, and made a desperate effort for the shore, which he succeeded in gaining. He at onco dressed, and went and told whut had happened, when search was at once made, but the body was not found until Monday morning, when it was discovered floating on the water. It was first discovered by one of Mr. Craig's boys at the flax-mill, Waitangi Bay. On Monday an inquest on the body was held, before Captain Harris, J.P., acting coroner, and a jury of twelve, of which Mr. A. Campbell was chosen foreman. Benjamin Bennett was examined, and staled the occurrence as narrated above, Tho deceased was about 17 or 18 years old, and had been in tho employ of Mr. Hedge for nine or ten months. He was a steady, hard-working young man. The jury found thut the deceased, William Sutherland, was " accidentally drowned" in the Waitangi on Sunday, the 29th December, 1872, whilst bathing. On Monday evening, after the inquest, the remains of the unfortunate young man, William Sutherland, were interred iu the Waiuku cemetery. Through the want of a resident minister, tho burial service was read by Mr. Barriball, sen., in an impressive manner.

"Wo have been requested to give the particulars of the accident which took place on the Ellerslie racecourse on Wednesday, by which Alre. Allan Tuylor was thrown from her horse, and the pony ridden by the boy Crow wuß killed, as reported by us in our yesterday's isune. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Allan Taylor were riding leisurely along when three boys came riding furiously full butt towards them. Aβ Mrs. Taylor wheeled her horse to the left, to avoid the impending collision, the pony Kauri Gum, ridden by Crew, struck heavily against Mre. Taylor's horse's off quarter with its breast. The latter horse was thrown bodily over, and the lady unhorsed, but, fortunately, she sustained no injury. The horse ridden by Crew (which was to have been entered for the pony raee) fell like a stone, and died the same night from internal injuries. It will thue be seen that the accident arose purely from the fault of the boy Crew. Wβ are informed by Mr. Taylor that the three ponies referred to wore nil to have taken part in the pony race, and that they were taking what is termed " a preliminary spin" round the course.

A good many persune wero down the wharf yesterday for the purpose of looking at the Dakota. It seemed to bo tbe general opinion that this steamer whs considerably larger than the Nev&da, which was lying about two hundred yards higher up the stream. The impression wae erroneous. The E' ;kota, Nevada, and Nebraska are sister ships, with only a few tone difference in their register. What advantage there is in thie respect is in favour of the Nevada, which is the heaviest vessel of the three by a very few tone. TUe Dakota, however, was yesterday light, and the Nevada deeply laden with coal for the voyage to San Francisco, and this gave rise to the generallyexpressed opinion. It is admitted on all hands that the Dakota/ made a splendid passage from San Francieteo to Auckland, but the officers of the Nevada are convinced that that veesel will do as we'll "when she has received a thorough overha ol lit San Francisco. Final performances were given at the Theatre and the City evening. The " Japs" were very well but the Diorama was but thinljM patronised. The entertainments were of tee usual character. To-night they will yielcf? to tho superior attractions of the Circus,\wl>icli -will be the or.lv ylaee of amusement o5??n-

Our correspondent at Omaha saye the following ie not to be omitted from our columns, or the matter excised. It is to be ineerted in its raw state—pure and " simple : —Boxing Day will be long remembered by the settlers in this district, not more on account of its " hallowed associations" than the treat given by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Clarke. Invitations had been sent a fortnight previously to the number of nearly 80, so that it was expected that a large gathering would take place. Nor were we deceived, Uβ, about 2 o'clock, large numbers of males and femalee were seen approaching in every direction, every one dressed in superfine holiday attire of the latest Paris fashion. Every family in the district wae represented, and several from a distance. In the afternoon games of every description were got ud, and every one joined in heartily till the cfoth was spread. The table was ■erected in the open air, as was the proper thing to do, with the thermometer ready to burst its bulb. Over seventy sac down, and tho table was loiuied with the good and some of the indigestible things of this life. In the evening the company were invited into the largo room, which was very tastefully decorated with evergreens and fl.igs, including ferns and other forest offerings. After the company were all seated, the violins were produced, and dancing cominenc.-d with a set of quadrilles, after which followed -polkas, waltzea, and the Inncers, interspersed with songs, recitations, &c, whieh were well rendered. It would be out of place to mention any names when all did so well; all that they require is a little more practice, and then they would compare favourably with, some of your Auckland dancers. Anyhow, it was kept up without flagging in the slightest till the break of day. After thanking Mr. and Mra. Clarke for their most excellent entertainment, every one departed, having thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and will long remember the occasion as one of the " hallowed associations " connected with tho season.

Tho progress of the whole southern colonies is indicated by an iucrease of revenue throughout the whole of them. New South Wales was for a long timo the exception. At length tho Sydney leading journal has it in its power to declare as follows :—For the last ten years our successive Treasurers have had great difficulty in showing ever eo smiill a surplus, and tax after tax bae bad to be imposed or increused to bring the revenue up to the standard of expenditure This year, however, the Estimates have been far surpassed, and bo far as can be calculated at present, the revenue will be at least £550,000 in excess of that of last year. One effect of thia sudden increase has been to discharge the greater part of that long out-standing deficiency which for the last ten years has been the bete noir of succeseivo Treasurers. We can now report that by the end of this year nothing will remain of this troublesome debt, but some treasury Bills to the amount of £334,600, and which do not fall due till the middle of 1874. The Church Gazette must have special interest for its patrons and readers this month. It has now reached the seventh number of the second volume, and appears to be fully established in public favor. It eontaius the list of appointments for the month, the examination of the Sunday-school scholars for the Bishop's prizes, also the examination of theological students, and parochial intelligence. A very interesting paper, giving an account of tho Bishop's visit to Norfolk Island, is full of interest, and is from His Lordship's pen. There is a very sensible arricle upon the Education Act. It exhorts teachers to be earnest, for the religious education, so-called, has been hitherto a failure. It recognises a crisis, but it holds out the hope of much advantage accruing to education, if laity and clergy will co-operate in securing the attainment of religious instruction for children. The news is judiciously selected, and the notices of new books and miscellaneous extracts are carefully written and compiled. Edward Constable, a settler, was brought, on the 28th ultimo, before the Resident Magistrate at Waiuku, charged with stealing and branding a red strawberry steer, the property of Martin Mucnarnura, also a settler, living at Waiuku. After a very lengthened investigation, in which numerous witnesses — both for the prosecution and defence—were called, the defendant was discharged from custody. The Court, while expressing a decided opinion - that the beast in dispute belonged to Macnamara, considered there was not sufficient evidence to show the beast was clearly branded by him, and consequently dismissed the charge. At the same time, they wished to state thut, if the charge had been proved, they would have felt bound to visit the defendant with the full penalty the law would allow, as they considered the practice of sending out men to sweep in every unbranded beast they met on the runs, whether cuttlo or horses, to be most reprehensible. Our correspondent, writing from Waiwera, states that Boxing Day, in that district, was most agreeably spent by the residents. There were a series of races improvised, which went off in the most spirited manner. The amusements of the day were brought to a close by a ball at the Waiwera Hotel, at which dancing was kept up during the watchos of the night. It is pleasant to record (our correspondent proceeds to say) that throughout these sports and amusements all was good nature, everything went merry as a marriage-boll, one and all had met together for a grand festival of liberty, fresh air, fun and love-making, and of the latter there should have been a fair sbare, as the springs at the present time can boast of very many beauties besides those of its landscapes. Here our correspondent merges into the pathetic. We have heard several persons lately expressing an opinion on the question of the Dangerous G-oods Act, especially with referenco to the storage of gunpowder. It may bo remembered that at the late fire in Fort-atreet, great fear was experienced amongst the crowd in consequence of a report that gunpowder was stored in one of the warehouses. Well do we remember how, on the explosion of a cask of spirits, the people ran in all directions, believing that the first of the powder had gono off. The Dangerous Goods Act limits the amount of powder to be stored upon any premises—and the amount is, we know, very small. Wo trust that the Inspector appointed under the Dangerous Goods Act looks carefully after the matter, and takes good care that no one exceeds t'ue amount limited by the Act. One of her Majesty's lieges, summoned to attend as a juror at the Central Criminal Court, at Darlinghurst, the other day, sent a letter to the Judge, earnestly begging to be excused on account of his great weight. This stout party pathetically stated that he was twenty-seven stone weight, and could not possibly stand the fatigue of a whole day's martyrdom in the jury-box. The lamentable petition of the obese juryman created some merriment amongst the case-hardened Court officials, but the circumstance stated was kindly allowed to be a valid excuse by the courteous and compassionate Judge. Hereafter, when any "lean and hungry citizen" shall vainly eeek to escapa from the anxieties and responsibilities of jurydom, hie sympathising friends will say of him, as Cassius did of Ccesar—"Would he were fatter" We are informed that, pending the settlement of some dispute as to the due fulfilment of the contract by the builder, the new ferry steamer Takapuna has bean seized by the directors of the company. Last evening, Mr. Collins, the under-sberiff, placed two men in charge of the veßeel, and informed Mr. Niccol of the nature of the legal proceedings instituted by tho directors, and quoted to him the clauses of the Act empowering the seizure. The case is scarcely likely to be settled without the intervention of the Supreme Court. At the Police Court, yesterday, some ten cases were disposed of. Out of this number, however, there was not one charge of drunkenness ; but several of the offences were committed under the influence of intoxicating drinks. Three inen were punished for assaulting the police. Joseph Couzens was charged with using threatening language towards his wife ; and the reniuinder of the cases were breaches of the City By-laws, for which the 1 U'.'f.'tv.huits were mulcted.

We take the following from our Tifames morning contemporary, brief particulars relating to which appeared in our .yesterday morning's issue;—" A painful accident j accident occurred on .Wednesday, at the Tararu rifle-range, to a boy named James Middlebrook. A Volunleer named H. R. Jury was practising at the range. The proper marker was in the mantlet, and the youth went there about the time firing commenced. Instead of maintaining a safe position, to the right of the mantlet, in the safest spot, he got into a eomewhat exposed place, and a bullet which had been fired glanced off a stone in front of the target, and struck the boy on the right arm, between the elbow and ehoulder. He was taken to the hospital, and it was" then found that the bone was broken. The bullet hae, however, been extracted, and he is progressing favourably. It is not expected that amputation of the arm will be necessary. The boy is about thirteen yeara of qge, aQ d employed in assisting some bushmen at Tararu, his parents living ia Auckland."

A very terrible and fatal accident has occurred at Sandhurst. A number of boya (snys the local journal) were amusing themselves, as they had frequently done before, in'climbing up and down the ladders iu the shaft of the South Koch's Company's claim,; Long G-ully, when one of them, James Odgers, fell off the ladder, and in his fall knocked his brother off, and both were precipitated to the bottom, James being killed John Hubbard, miner, with the father o: deceased, went down and found Jamee dead, and his head all smashed, while the brother, Benjamin, was lying Btunned on the top of him. They were carried to the surface, and medical aid sent for. It appearedi that the shaft had not been in work einco January last, sand the ladders came up above the brace, and that the mouth of the shaft; was not covered; also, that boys frequently played there, and often were warned not to do so. Had the shaft been covered, no warning likely to be unheeded would have been necessary. Our Waiuku correspondent writes, on the Ist instant: —To-day being New Tear's Day, the scholars and friends of the Waiuku Wealeyan Sunday-school assembled in the fields of Messrs. E. Hamlin and Dickson, near the Waitangi. The weather was-beautifully fine for the occasion, and about two hundred people met. During the day the children were regaled with cake, ginger-beer, &c, to their hearts' content. There were also many kinds of sport for all classes, 3uch as cricket, French tig, swinging, foot racing for the children for lollies, and scrambling for nuts, &c. As the shades of evening began to fall, the assemblage gathered and sang " God save the Queen," and gave three cheers for Messrs. Hamlin and Dickaon, and to the ladies who provided the treat for the children. The gathering then began to wend its way homewards, well pleased with the day's amueement. "It has been flippantly said ' New Zealand has no flower equal to the dog rose. . Those who have seen the gorgeous pohutukawa, or its still more beautiful northern ally, Metrosideros diffusa, the lilac colored towui, and several of its kindred, the starry renga-renga, the pnowy clematis, the fiery clianthua, the elegant thwaai (Ixerba brexioiites), the kowhai, and many other plants, far from rare in this provinee, will certainly have formed a different conclusion." This is what the compiler of the Flora of the Province of Auckland says in a local almanac, but many people ask and no one appears to be able to tell them what is a Metrosidcros diffusa. The following is upon the authority of a Wanganui contemporary:—A wealthy banking corporation long and intimately connected with New Zealand is seeking to acquire an extensive landed estate in this district. Some 30,000 acres is the limit we believe fixed. Action in the mutter, up to the present, has been confined to negotiations having been started with the various land agents, respecting the available country in the- market. Such large holdings are objectionable, the only favourable light in which they can be regarded being the extra revenue derived from hitherto waste land, towards the Highway and Educational rates. We would remind the owners of vehicles plying for hire that tbis is the last day of grace allowed for the registering and licensing of vehicles, and that after to-day all who have failed to comply with the provisions laid down in the City .By-laws in reference to this matter will be prosecuted. Anyone failing to have his vehicle duly registered and licensed renders himself liable to a Sue of 40s for each offence; and the same remarks will apply to porters, who are henceforth to be licensed, and wear a number or badge, as the law directs. The cause of protection is beginning to assert itself in South Australia, although that colony has long held to free-trade principles. At a large and important meeting held there lately, the following resolution was unanimously carried, on the motion of Mr. Lawson : —" That it is the opinion of the meeting that this colony should be placed upon an equality with Victoria and New Zealand as regards breadstuff's, by placing an import duty of 40s per ton, to be levied upon all wheat and flour imported into this colony, including the ports in the Northern Territory." Mr. Stanley's eagerly expected work, How I Found Livingstone, is now so far advaueed that Messrs. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., of New York, are able to promise its publication before the middle of November. Sow I Found Livingstone is a complete and consecutive narrative of Mr. Stanley's notable exploit, and has been entirely rewritten by him for this work. It includes a large number of thrilling incidents never before published, and is the only record of his adventures vhich is published under his sanction and authority. We learn by the arrival of the schooner Julia Price, on Tuesday last, that when that vessel was at I/evuka, a few days after the arrival of the Sea Gull from Auckland, she was specially chartered to convey four men to Samoa. The money was paid down, and the men landed on the beach at Samoa, from ■which place they probably made their way to Sydney. They were in all probability the noted Green Harpers who got away by the Sea Gull. The Julia Price has been engaged in the labour trade since^ leaving Auckland. A sensational story como3 from Sheffield, England, to the effect that a lady there has just met, in the person of ja minister of the gospel, a burglar whom she several years ago discovered nnder her bed one night, as she was about to retire. She gave no alarm, but knelt and prayed so fervently for the reclamation of sinners with guilty purposes in their hearts, that the burglar left her unmolested, and from that night dated his reformation. A blue book has just been issued by the government printer of Victoria on the religions of the people, from which we ascertain the exact numerical proportions of one denomination to another.within the colony. Thev stand as follow:—Church of England, 35.2*5 per cent.; Roman Catholics, 23.32 ; Presbyterians, 15.44 ; Wesleyans, 12.38 ; all others, 13.11. The firemen belonging to the Phoebe who struck for work are not, we notice, to have it their own way. They have been replaced, by temporary hands. The work not calling for Bkill, and requiring but very little experience, will be as well performed by the new hands as by the strikers. It wae a jocular saying of a minister now no more, when the editor of a certain paper affirmed that he always supported the Government when he thought it ia the right, " Wβ don't want to be supported when we are in the right; what we want ie some support when we are in the wrong." ■ The Dedwood Highway Board seem determined that they will not be behind hand in the matter of gaslights. They have fixed two more lamp-posts—one tit the foot of Eranklyn-street and College Road, and another a short distance higher up, in College Road. One of the events competed for at the Mauku races, which were held'on Boxing Day, was a race for a purse of sovereigns, open only to horses the property of aettlew owners of forty acree of land and under.

A correspondent of the Spectator gives the following description of M. Thiers :—lf the term "dwarf" did not usually suggest deformity as well as littleness, the popular epithet Nain-geant would perfectly apply to .M. Thiers ; but be is a symmetrical mite, neat and dapper, though, like Sim Tapperitt's legs, " stupendously little." I hardly knew how little until I had chanced to notice that Louis Blano standing beside him looked tall in comparison. With his dark withered face, his bright spectacles, his tiny figure, his steep > head, thickly covered with hair like white snun glass, and his figetty little hands—which*, a3 he contradicted the speakers flatly and frequently, he pushed up and out before him, reminding us irresistibly of Mi*s Mowcher— M. Thiers enthralled our attention. Even with the assistance of bis hair and his complexion it is impossible to believe in his age, ',his vitality is so real, his eprighiliness is so ■remarkable. He get* lost in a crowd, he climbs into his scat like a child ; he squeaks like Punch feebly represented by a tired performer; his most impressive remonstrances againet the facts and figures of commerce and the deductions of its chambers were delivered like the utterances of a penny trumpet in trouble, his gestures resemble those of a refractory child refusing to be " dipped," and yet he is an impressive little man, and though he did not believe in railroads in 1840, and never could speak a word of English, and seems to English people hopelessly in error in hie protectionist policy, his very obstinacy is interesting. He, at least, is painfully and desperately in earnest. He talks a great deal, and there is a perpetual coming and going about him, until the seance formally commences, and gradually the whole of the Salle is filled.

Our contemporary the Taranaki Eerald keeps its own special weather reporter, and right well he does his work. A few days back he described a broiling hot day so naturally, that one reading it. became so oppressed with the heat as to go out in search of a cold plungebath and iced drinks. Now we get another description of Tarnnaki climate. The weather reporter-recumbent on a verdant bunk, utters the following :—What delicious, do-notbing, Italian weather this is ; the only thinge that seem to possess much life are the everlasting flies. One can almost realise the lotus-eater'e dream, when lolling upon some shady bank with eyes half shut, and nothing to disturb the current of one's thoughts but the lap-lap-ping of the river, or the whisper of the leaves overhead. Thie reclining under the treee, with bright eyes around you, is after all worth a little trouble, is it not ? Lazily eating strawberries and sipping claret is not such hard work even for a Sybarite. To-morrow, we shall have to sit in dusty offices, and cast up accounts, aad make bad debts, and be thoroughly practical and business-like. The following cold-blooded atrocity is given in a Victorian paper : —We heur from a correspondent at Gladstone, whose veracity ie undoubted, that a youth, holding some appointment in the Native Police, has been amusing himself by shooting several aborigines in cold blood, apparently without the slightest provocation. It appears that he took away two black boys from a stockman, who was en route to Milton with some imported bulls, kept them in handcuffs all night, and next day took them into a scrub, and shot one dead. Ho then went to the head station and fired into the native camp, killing and wounding several more. The matter was reported to Mr. Rich, the resident police magistrate, who is gone out to hold an inquest. Our informant adds that Carry, the murdered boy, has been in Mr. J. A. Turner's and Sir M. C. O'Connell's employ for years, and no charge has ever been made against him. Our Waiuku correspondent says : On Saturday Mrs. Colclough (Polly Plum) paid us a visit and gave a short speech, and sang several songs. There was not a great number present in consequence of it being known only among a few that she was coming. I believe there was a fee charged at the door, and the amount; taken there was handed over to Mr. A. Campbell as a donation towards the new school-house. Mr. Crispe, " Old ' Practical," accompanied " Polly Plum," and held a short argument about " woman's rights." There were between forty and fifty present. Songs were sung by other gentlemen. Your correspondent was not present, and is writing only from hearsay. At the Sydney Police Court a man named Grant was charged with using obscene language ; after hearing evidence their worship asked the prisoner if ho had anything to say in reply to the charge, when Mr. Grant informed them that, if they kindly permitted him. to go this once, he intended to leave the district, as he was not going to be humbugged by the gaol accommodation any longer. At the same time he stated, that being both a Quaker and a Cathoiic, his moral character was above suspicion. Their worships discharged the prisoner on condition that he would leave the district and not return for two years. A Sydney exchange says :—The lovers of art will be glad to hear that Mr. Raworth, the New Zealand landscape painter, whose admirable exhibition waa recently open at Mr. Sandon's, in George-street, has established himself in No. 155, Castlereagh-street North, next door to Dr. Moon's, where he has re-opened his exhibition, under circumstances qreatly conductive to a beneficial study o£ his paintings of New Zealand scenery. The Mount Albert Wesleyan Sunday-school held its annual festival on Wednesday laat, at 10 a.m. The scholars assembled at the chapel, and thenoe marched to Mr. Allen's farm, where they were met by a number of friends, all of whom spent a most enjoyable day. The Rev. C. W. Rrigg, accompanied by Mrj. Rrigs, visited the scholars during the day, An exchange from Hawka's Bay Eays: — gentleman connected with the Bank of New South Wales, we believe, is at present in Napier, his mission being to institute inquiries with the view of enabling the directors to determine whether it would be desirable to re-open the branch of their bank in this town, now closed for a considerable number of years past. The Argus reports that a son of Mr. Betteridge, who is now at the township of Laura, on getting out of bed the other morning, saw his dog watching it. The bay lifted the clothes, when the dog sprang into the bed and pulled out a ennke about six feet in length, which was speedily dispatched. Some town sections in Taranaki have been sold as high as £12 10s. per foot. Taranaki is looking up and iron sand is the cause. Land jobbers are buying up allotments and holding for a, rise. The whole talk now is " how much a foot for your lots ?" A meeting of persons interested in the opening of Ohinemuri waa convened at the Pacific Hotel for eight o'clock last evening. From the large number of persons so interested at the Thames there will no doubt be a good attendance. The R. M. Court eat yesterday for the adjudication upon small debt claims. There was only one defended case, Marshall v. Horsey, in which judgment was given for plaintiff, for 303. The remaining cases possessed no features of interest. A meeting of the shareholders of the Scotty's Hill G.M. Co. was convened to be held at the office of the company, Insurance Buildings, yesterday morning, but it lapsed for waut of a quorum. The Wairarapa Standard, a gossipy journal, SB ya : —Urgent entreaties have been forwarded to Dr. IPeatheraton to keep his temper, and on no account to give up his appointment." A brother of the poet Longfellow ia likely to settle in Melbourne as a Unitarian minister. This is the brother to whom the poet's pathetic versos refer in one of his earlier volumes. The possibility of an union of the English and American Presbyterian bodies is looked forward to. A writer in the Jewish Chronicle calculste--that in the year 1880 the nation of Israel is to be restored to Palestine. A woman died recently in Boston of smallpox who had only twelve weeks previously recovered from anattack of the same disease.

g|| The Parliamentary rote of £4,000 for ex--13 penses connected with the Thanksgiving Cere--111 inonial in St. Faul'3 Cathedral for the recovery f|§ of the Prince of Wales, proved insufficient. A H supplementary vote of a further sum of £2,600 |H has therefore been required. HH The mail by the p.s. Nevada ■will be closed 111 at eight o'clock this evening. The Nevada lip leaves to-morrow afternoon, at five o'clock. JH The settling-night for the iato races is fixed Wβ for Saturday nest, at 7.30 p.n.,:afc the Auck--3| land Hotel. : Wa The Scottish Volunteers are to parade, in ji the Albert Barracks, to-m:irrow (Sunday) WR morning, at ten o'clock. iji The coal-luinpers deny thai; it was impos§ll eible to engage men to coal the Dakota. Pβ William Shaldrick gives notice that he inW& tends to apply at the ResideuO Miigistrate's Wgt Court, at Waiul:u, on the 31et instant, for Bfi the transfer of tho licence for the Mauku Hi Inn from himself So Michael Daly. ||§ The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders IB °^ tne C rown Pr'nce Gold Mining Company |B is convened for Monday, the 13th instant, at 11! the Queensferry Hotel. & : The first general meeting of the Auckland j§!i North Shore Steam Ferry Company (Limited) gi' will take place on the 13th instant. Ip Tenders will b« received at tho office of the HI General Government until the 13th instant, HH at noon, for the works required to complete pSf the quarantine station on Motu Ihi. f** Notice is given that debts in the estate of H. P. Cohen remaining unpaid on the 11th instant will be sued for. lif The settling of ail events connected with JS§ tho Ellerslie Races will be made at the Auek- §§| land Hotel this evening.