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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4297, 21 August 1875, Page 2

A very melancholy case came before the Police Bench yesterday morning. A highly respectable married man was found wandering through the thoroughfares of the city labouring under the impression—at one time that he was King George the 111., at another that he was Kapoleon Bonaparte, and in possession of immense wealth, which he freely offered to bestow on all who came near him. The police took the unfortunate man in charge, when upon the joint certificate of Drs. Lee and Bayntun, he was ordered to be conveyed to the \Vhau Lunatic Asylum. It is to be hoped that the sufferer is but temporarily affected, and that by tender and judicious treatment he may be restore-I to his wife in fall possession of his mental faculties. The return football match, Parnell v. Ponsonby, will be played this afternoon, in the Domain. Play to commence at 3 o'clock. These Saturday afternoon matches are stirring and exciting times to all kickists, and anxiously they await the time for the ball to be set rolling. From what may be judged from the last match between these two clubs, this will be no exception to the rule, and, from the names, neither side must let a chance slip. Parnell: Messrs. Blaydes, Coates, Cotton, Gossett, Gossett (sen.), Haultain, Mowbray, Peacocke, Killings, Tonks, Tonks (sen.), Ilobertshaw, Von Tempsky, J. Philson, and Wooclhouse. Ponsonby: Messrs. T. Macky, J. Macky, \V. Jones, T. A. Jones, Herries, Wilson, Dunnet, Townshend, Lewis, Gleeson, Sutton, Haultain, King, Yates, Dignan, and O'Sullivan. Lads, "away you go !"' "Up and at them !" "Is ever say die !" Shew your visitors there's pluck, courage, sinew and muscle to protect fair ones from any foreign invaders. The business of the Police Court during the past few days has been comparatively light. The only case of interest brought up yesterday was a charge of uttering counterfeit coin against two young men. As it was believed by the Police that the coin in question had been offered and refused in several instances before accepted as genuine by the prosecutor, a remand was granted for the purpose of making enquiries. This is not a case of passing base coin manufactured for the purpose of what may be termed " smashing," as the coin in question consisted of an imitation half-spade guinea, evidently made for the purpose of disposal to vain people who take a pride in ornamenting their watchguards with trinkets or rare coins, especially when the same, apparently valuable, may bo obtained for a mere song. The Daily Telegraph of the 20th June gives the following account of the sale of Marlborough gems : —By order of the Duke of Marlborough, the celebrated collection of antique and Cinque-cento gems in cameo and intaglio, formed in the last century by George, third Duke, and including the celebrated cabinets of Thomas Earl of Arundel, in the time of Charles the First, and of the Earl of Bessborough, has been brought to the hammer. Yesterday was the first of the four days appointed for this great sale, at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, in King-street; and the business was disposed of in a summary and remarkable

manner. Mr. Woods, on ascending the rostrum, announced that liis grace had taken the highest opinion he could obtain—that of Signor Castellani—as to the value of these gems, and the great Roman jeweller had advised him that they were fully worth £35,000. This being the case, the auctioneer had to ask whether anybody was prepared to bid an advance on that price. Mr. Agnew inquired what must be the bidding, and wa3 told that it must be in guineas. Thereupon he instantly called the sum of 35,000 guineas; and, after a few moments' pause, and an intimation from Mr. Woods that the bidder could not be kept waiting, the collection was knocked down in one lot to Mr. Agnew, amid loud chcers. The sweets of eventide at Port Darwin are thus described by the Northern Territory Times :—" First the mosquitoes sweetly Biug the evening hymn, and then proceed to extract their gory repast from the prostrate form. Friendly rats gambol over his stomach, troops of dogs outside avail themselves of Dr. Watts's permission to bark and bite. Stray horses of the coal-tar breed scrub themselves against" his sleeping caboose, and then go round the corner and dance the fandango on piles of bpuilli tins and broken bottles. He knows that the crickets are devouring his inexpressibles, whilst he feels that cockroaches are making hearty meals of his toenails." The Hobson Company of Rifle Volunteers had a march out with their band last evening, and proceeded down the wharf, where proceedings were enlivened by martial music by the sad sea waves. When ordered to fall in, one of the company fell out, and tumbled overboard- With great heroism, another of the company, named John Wilson, dived off the wharf, uniform and all, after his comrade. He succeeded in bringing him to the surface of the water, and various devices were resorted to by other members of the company to regain the pair. The football match between the Auckland and Grafton Clubs will be played this afternoon, on the ground adjoining the Choral Hall. Auckland team: T. Henderson (captain), Pottar, George, Philson, WTiitaker, Adam, Ellis, Caverhill, Hales, Hedley, llussell, Gudgeon, Woon, Sharland, Carter, and Henderson. Grafton: Snodgrasa, Nolan,' Burgess, Whewell, Bodle, Ring, Copland, Moss, Orchard, Rose, Ewen, Castelli, Beale, White, and Mason; emergency—Green. The . match commences at three o'clock. The Government of India are prepared to purchase about 1000 horses suitable for army purposes during the year 1875-76, and their requirements during the following year wUI be about COO horses.

The following notice to intending . tors at the forthcoming Philadelnh;.? tion, tD be opened 10th May ami i 10th November, 1876, has b£en iL^** 1 "General Kegulations: All exhibits be forwarded to the Commissioners at \v lington, through the local committees w the 15 th November, 1875 S ° re mittees will take steps to insure that colli!' tions from their respective province .1 reach Wellington by that dlfe exhibit must be accompanied bv * ° ! /k 1 X ritfcen des , cri P«°ns. stating Va w and by the name and address of the in foil. If exhibits aro not intended ; competition it must be so stated bv thl exhibitor. If more than one exhibVpacked in a case, it will be advisable to oil tingjush each exhibit by a serial nnm W package must have affixed to it a Ltfii or mark, shewing the province from whS, it comes, and the serial number of tpackage All expenses of transport jf* after exhibits are received bv lonl'" mittees, will be undertaken by the C missioners; but all expenses up to the timl of their reception by local committees win have to be defrayed by such committee" The collections sent from New Zealand wfi be confined, as closely as possible, to the rli products of the country, and articles manufactured from them. The exhibition of miscellaneetis articles—unless illustrating the history of the country or its sceiierv— will not be encouraged. It is very neee«sarv to insure that nothing is exhibited which is not first-class. Exhibitors, especially of wool, should, therefore, be very careful in their selection of specimens. The prinei'<al articles, the collection of which the Com missioners would drge, are as follow--(the maximum and minimum (piantities which will be received are also given, where limitis necessary):—Gold: The Commissioikn will obtain specimens from the Bank of Xeir Zealand. Grain : Maximum, A bushel; minimum, bushel. Wool: Maximum, CO lb- • minimum, 40 lbs. Coal: Maximum, 50 lbs • minimum, 25 lbs. Timber: Series of nni'. form samples only. Sections with the bark on and only half the face polished, the other half being left in its natural state. Specimens to be not longer than 3 feet! Flax : Dressed fibre, maximum 50 lbs ; mini" mum, 30 lbs. Hope, and other manufactured articles. Kauri gum: Maximum, 50 lbs. ; minimnm, 30 lbs. This is much used in the United States, and a carefully-made collection would be of importance to the colonv. Tanning barks, leather, dyes, paint. Pre' served meat: Maximum, 50 lbs. ; minimum, 30 lbs. Wine, beer, and spirits, in bottle: Maximum, 2 gallons ; beer in wood, maril mum, 18 gallons. Tobacco leaf and cigars : Maximum, 10 lbs.; minimum leaf, 5 lf»s.; cigars, 1 lb. Mineral waters : Maximum, J gallon. Minerals and ores. Works of art: Only those illustrative of New Zealand scenery. Miscellaneous articles : Only such as illustrate the history of the country or its inhabitants. If such specimens of the raw products of the colony ag are enumerated above are not freely given, the Commis. sioners will take into favourable consideration any suggestions made by local committees as to their purchase. The Commissioners will use every endeavour to provide against the loss or damage of the collections, which will be duly insured, but they will not hold themselves or the Government responsible wr any damage or loss. Any exhibits not • absolutely given to or bought by the Commissioners (unless the owners expressly desire that they be disposed of at Philadelphia) will be returned to the local committees at the expense of the Commissioners, who, however, will not be responsible for any damage or loss. " In case it is found impossible to forward samples of wool from the clip of next season by the loth November, the Commissioners will receive such exhibits in Wellington up to the 10th December ; but no other exhibits will received after the 15th November. In the event of proposed exhibits of wool not being received in Wellington by loth November, or by the local committees at such time a3 they may appoint before that date, duplicate lists and descriptions of such jjroposed exhibits must be sent in full to the Commissioners by 15th November, just as if the exhibits themselves were sent, in order thit their description may appear in the official catalogue. Local committees will, at their discretion, accept articles for exhibition, subject to final revision by the Commissioners, as space for exhibition is limited. Local committees are recommended to appoint sub-committees to assist them in seeing that none but first-rate specimens of raw products are forwarded to Wellington." The following is taken from the JS'ei'un Daily Times :—" Cn the 27th of May last, a3 some of our readers may remember, Mr. John Gordon Giliillan, of Wanganui, was drowned En the Rotorua Lake, whilst on a pleasure trip with Mr. G. Kemp, of Marlborough, ind Mr. J. Langley Adams, of this town. The two last named, with great dirticulty

saved their lives, as accounts of the accident shewed. Mr. Adams is brother to Mr. Acton Adams, of Kelson, and is well known in the province. By the courtesy of the latter gentleman we are permitted to publish the subjoined letter, received from hi 3 brother, who fortunately escaped. It is dated Ohinemutu, Rotorua, 13th June, ami runs as follows : —'My dear Brother, —I got your telegram. It was just a fluke I got to shore; still it's nothing tome, I've hadsomauy near squeaks. The seas were fearfully heavy and short, giving us no time to breathe between times. Gilfillan was a splendid swimmer, has done his fourmiles, butdidn't takeoff his boots, and lost presence of mind. "When the canoe first swamped I stayed behind, taking off my watertights at the bottom of the lake, and didn't overtake my companions for three-quarters of a mile. I had my little dog on board, and Kemp cast him off with ten yards of rope to him ; he came to me in the heavy seas, just drowning, and I waited and took his rope off* put him on my shoulder, and struck out for the canoe, fitting on the canoe, the seas broke five feet over our heads, and she rolled over about every third sea. Kemp was just off as we landed, but a Maori carried him to Qenemoa, or Amohia's hot-baths, and saved his life. Tea Maoris put off in their war canoe, Popokorua, 120-ft. by 6ft., but were washed out, and the waka filled. The sea gets up oa Rotorua in a quarter of an hour. I was fourteen days on Mokoia Island. Burial Gilfillan at Mr. Chapman's old mission station, Te Ngai, and read service over kirn. He was brother to Mr. Allison, of Avondale. We had two months' Icai on board, and till had money and clothes. We lost the lot, and go about the Maoris lent us.'" ! -A. spiritualistic cure is claimed" to have, been performed at Dunedin by a cprrespoli* dent of the Star, who says that his wife, being then in a very hopeless state of decline, the consequence of lung-disease of several years' standing, and all other available means having failed to restore her to health, resolved likewise to try spirit cure, and attended the circle of Mr. Jackson, Great King-street. She attended twice, and with the best results. On the tirst occasion the co:itrolliflg spirit—a doctor, without—after giving a description of her illness and its cause, prescribed treatment. He requested very particularly that his prescription should be observed in all its details, and that at the expiration of two months she was to return to the circle. His wife carried out these instructions, and at the end of the term named Ag.tin but this time much improved in health A change in the treatment was next and under, it she now almost quits ■ covered. Another correspondent 4 'tops this letter, by stating that his heart, liver, kidneys, and brain were irreparably diseased when he was induced to* try th e spirit cure, as dispensed at various bars ia the city, with the most beneficial jeaults. The Sydney Morning Herald of the inst. gives the Customs revenue for the si* montEs ended June last as £400,150, against £401,234 for the first half-year in 1574, and £525,022 for the corresponding portion oi the preceding year. This information i 3 furnished to the public just thirty-three JaJ 3 after date. We usually are enabled, by courtesy of the Customs authorities, to lish the Auckland Customs returns tbe w following thrvt ov. they itjrvV v; 1 -

An invention of a purely scientific chaJ£ r of which Mr. Wilson, the Govern-,,/,-nmnecr, is the autho- and patentee, WL (sivs the Melbourne Age of the 30th Srimi" W on Saturday at the foundry u x . asrs Formanand Co., the makers. It f iusist , of a compound safety valve. The Emitted defects of safety valves are briefly •V ' Xhev are costly 111 construction, not ( snl'lieiently Obedient in yielding to the ad- • ,-ted weight put upon them, and when they J 1 . act they do not open the aperture utii'ciei'itly to give the necessary relief, nor do thev return until the pressure of the steam in the"boiler has fallen below the weight on the valve The new valve overcomes these ob\vtions, and can be made at about two-thirds i|7e cost'of the best regulation valves. The principle is as follows : —The cross section of 'ho valve shows a piston it\ the form of the o ipital letter T. The two arms of the T tit -o the sides of a cylinder in which it can rise the 1 There is au open space above the '•apital of the letter, which, in fact, divides tin- cylinder into two chambers. The cross line of the letter at the base rests on an ijt i'i• ' of largc'dimensions. The steam is admitted under the capital lid over the base of the T. It is obvious, :liereforo. that as the mi'orlicial area of the capital is to the ii'ise as -isto 1, that the would be driven r.'ptlie cylinder into the ;nclo ? ed chamber •ilfove. 1 lut to prevent this a small aperture is made in the capital of "he T so that the can enter through tl e capital into the u ,,|,er chamber. By this means the equilibrium is maintained, and the base is driven hard down on the orifice of the waste pipe. The column of the T is hollow, and is provided with a small piston, which runs up the column, right through the capital, through the upper chamber befor-i mentioned, and at the end of the pis'.on the requisite weight is placed. Suppose the pressure a boiler is weighted to be 45 lbs., a weight of 1 o lbs. will keep the piston (one square inch) down ; but when the pressure of steam ill the lower chamber exceed-i that amount, the piston rises sucl opens a valve, through liicji the steam in the chamber above the capital before described escapes. It is clear, then, that the pressure of steam below the capital must be much greater than that above it, because the aperture through which it passes to the upper chamber is t< o small to allow it to till the upper chamber as fast as it is discharged bv the valve that U opened by the loaded piston. When the pressure in the upper chamber falls below lialf that ill the lower, the whole figure T rii.es in the cylinder, and the large oritice mler the base of the figure is exposed, and the surcharged boiler relieves itself. The above description merely states the principle. There are many details it is unnecessary to describe. Messrs. Form an an Co. have made the valve tried on Saturday in a most satisfactory manner. It \cas weighted to carry 45 los. At that weight the big valve opens to fourth of its diameter, and when it is held down until the uauize rises to 47 lbe. the roar of steam on the release of the auxiliary valve is enormous. But in no case did the gauge indicate less thai? 45 lbs. after the blow-off ceased. A more sensitive or obedient value it would be unnecessary to construct, and Mr. Wilson mav be congratulated on the success he has achieved. The valve of the invention as a means of saving life is vt ry great.

The fate of even brilliant actors is often extreme!}' sad. The world will never tire of reading of how poor Mrs. Siddons, driven from the London boards by a failure that was not her fault, tramped about over the country for years, till at last she had another chance at Drury Lane; and then, supported bv Smith, Palmer, and I'arren, she won tho most brilliant success, and then went home to a plain supper, her old father shedding tears of joy as he sat at the table too delighted to eat. Edmund Kean, ai unknown youth, acted at Dorchester one rainy night to a bouse almost empty, but roused himself to the utmost "to act well bis part." One of the three men in the boxes listened in silence, but when the play was over invited him to break j a?t next moraine, and staggered him by saying, "My name is Arnold; 1 ant the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre. ' On the boards of London he was ridicule 1 by all the actora because he was so small; but he put so much genius into his performance that before ho nnished the first act he had triumphed, (iarrick acted in an unlicensed theatre at the east end of London one night, ii e was short of stature, and his name was not given. When he came on the stage the sight of tho asdience disconcerted him. In a few minutes he recovered, and was . : l;chard himself. All the tremendous passions of the lusty, savaee monarch swayed hi? body and appeared in his face, but the audience hesitated till when, after dismissing th . deputation, he dung away the prayer book, then the whole house burst into rapturous applause. From that moment his star sufferi 1 no eclipse.— Stage Recollection*.

A well-known writer, in g ring some hints ] on journalism, observes :— 11 The journalist must necessarily develop qualities and capabilities of a very peculiar order. These qualities are, generally speal' ng, great clearness of judgment, great rap dity of perception, the instinct of truth, tlio tact of novelty, and the faculty of exact app aisement. Besides this, the jouualist is forced to acquire the art of presentation. His raison d'etre is his power of exposition. He is necessarily an artist. His work, ho > ever rapid, lnust come up to a minimum of iierfection. What a casual writer will I'll' ar to shape iu six weeks or months, the journalist must know how to shape at once, ai d satisfy at once a standard of proportion, adaptation of means to ends, how to develop and how to condense —how to create-a living whole out of scattered materials, how a larger whole into a smaller, yet still lhing, compass. The apprenticeship of a journalist is harrassed with cire, his task, his grinding, his remuneration, blood drawn from stones ; and if the prizes of journalism rise once in a generation even to the steps of a throne, the blanks are infinite, the calling obscure, the end—pence from a charitable fund, and the ashes of a brain."

In the New York Bay cemetery is a tomb, and within rests a metallic collin and an easy chair. Twice a week there comes to this chair a middle-aged lady, who quietly unbolts the iron door, seat 3 herself in the easy chair at the head of the coffin, and mentally converses, as she thinks, with the dead husband who lies by her side. The constancy has been persisted in during the past eight years. So accustomed are the keepers and workmen of the cemetery to her coming that they now think no more of it than of any other regular occurrence of every-day life. The husband died while on a visit to-California, and was sent back to his wife in the metallic coffin in which the body now lies. The features are said to be as natural as on the day of his death.

Madame Bres, a French lady, who has obtained a medical diploma, has been appointed physician to the Harem of the •Sultan of Turkey.

Divine service will be held in the following pUces of worship to-morrow, Sunday, as under: —Pitt-street Wesleyan Church: Rev. A. Reid, morning; Rev. J. Nolan, evening. Grafton Road Wesleyan Church: Rev. J. Nolan, morning; Rev. A. Reid, evening. Parneil Wesleyan Church: Rev. H. H. Lawry, morning ; Mr. Jessop, evening. Congregational Church, Beresford - street: Rev. Warlow Da vies, ALA., morning and evening. Wellesley-street Baptist Church: He v. P. H. Cornford, pastor, morning, " Christ, our Righteousness evening, "The Righteous Scarcely Saved." (by request). Lome-street Hall: Rev. S. Edger; morning, " How Heaven is Gained evening, "On Taking Pleasure." Newton Hall: Service at 11 a.m. and G. 30 p.m.

The Devonport Hall, North Shore, will be opened to-morrow in connection with the Wesleyan Church, when the Rev. W. J. Williams will preach at 11 a. in. and 0.30 p.m.

A public meeting of ratepayers has been convened by the Mayor, on Wednesday evening, at the Mechanics' Institute, to consider the advisability of bringing into operation, within the city, the Public Libraries Act, 18G7. The- partnership between Messrs. Vickers and Davies ha* be-:a