THE NOKOMAI DIGGINGS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 224, 8 September 1862, Page 5

THE NOKOMAI DIGGINGS.

The discovery of a new gold field in the ieinity of the Mataura, which was: reported y our Southland correspondent, and parcnlars of which";'appeared, in our issue of Saturday, has been-authenticated-by one ol lie prospecting party, Mr. .James Lamb, who as made arrangements with the Government >r an extended claim aa a reward for the iscovery. The locality Ls as originally stated y our correspondent, Moa Creek, a branch 1" the Xekomai Iliver, and on the run of Mr. ohn Cameron. The account given by Lamb 0 the Gold Fields Commissioner, on Saturay, was to the following eilcct: — Lamb is one of a party of six miners, ive of whom are Victorians, one a brcigner. They left Invercargill about 7 or 1 weeks ago for the Wukatip Lake, for the mrpose of working at the diggings there* "Jot liking the look of the place, they did not et to work there, but crossed the Range a ittle way, prospecting as they went the Maaura and the Nokomai to Moa Creek, on .'ameron's station. After prospecting from he bottom of the creek near where it joins he Nokomai to the head, they set in there, mil after working about three weeks, they >htiiincd about 2K lbs weight of gold. The lepth of sinking was about throe feet on the :reek side, the bottom rotten slate of a greensh color. There is about 20 acres of timber it the head of the gully. The gully is said to >c about. .'Jmilcs long, and has several branches, ill appearing equally auriferous. Lamb and lis mates have named the pi ice '• Victoria Gully." The discovery is thought likely to turn out well, un.'l the Provincial government arc dis-|ia-iud to use every exertion ti develop it. The i'hii-f CununWiouer of. J'ohce, Mr. Hranigan, •itarfs t:t-duy to personally visit the sp?)t. lit' Im* been appoint! i Coinink-«in:ut oi'the gold llfldrs sr» a.* to enable him to put in lorce tlie ruL'i ■of the gold liel-.l*. and to take what -..other sf<jj(,-< he fin.ls ncces-ary. lie will only reiniiu on the new field a few days, when lie v;.tl probably cross over to the Dnn-trin Diggings—a distance of some 2> or ;>0 mile?. There h likely, at first, to be- quite as great a scarcity of fo->>d at the M"ataura as there was nt the Dunstan, so that persons proceeding there should carry provisions to last them a few week*". We had an opportunity of conversing with Mr. Lamb, one of the prospector?. I lis m--t- - j —five in number—he has left on the ?' *■!. ! Their mines arc John Dickton, Ju*eph M - < ahal!, Samuel Luxton,. Thouvft Maxted. : A Anthony Waiti\ "They "tatted from It. cargill, intending to in ike the Wnkitip, ,t were iiidtitvd to prospect on tun side the 11 ,i----trrnra. They found wherever they trkJ. The country,' Mr. Limb thinks '* likely looking." He and Isis mUe* have-worked in Victoria, heuce they called the gully v The Vicloria." The di^gin^* will probably be known as the Nokoumi. There is plenty of water on the ground, and for some time to come an abundance of fire-wood at the head of the gully. THK KOAI) TO'-TltK NOKoMVI. We are enabled through the kiudnes-t of Mr. Gillies, surveyor, to give some general information as "to the existing routes to the Nokomai, which we believe inivbe thoroughrelied on, as Mr. (Sillies i^ well accjuaiiite! with tlu: whole of the country to be traversed. Of.course, the distance from luvorcargiM is somewhat -shorter than that from Durifdin, but "Mr. Gillies assures us that there h cither an excellent road, or" a well-marked track throughout from thin city, along which Oniys can at once.be taken without anything like real difllculty. The distance may be set down as 170 miles, thus cornpo.-sed :—• Miles, Duucilin to the Molyneux Ferry. - C>s The Ferry to the Wuiwera - - 1G AVaiwera to the Wnruna - - }'2 Waruua to the Waipahi - - 6 Waipahi to the Waikaka - - 15 Wniknka to the long ford on the Matatua - - - G Mataura to a point within three miles oft" M'Kollar.y station - - .12 Thence to the Nokomai - - 'J. 3 At the Waiwera there is an accommodation house,"and the mad thence keeps to the right of FulUt'h station (I'opotuna), and those of .llie.h and Teschmakcr." A capital bridge over the Wairuna has just been completed. The ■ Waipahi is not one of the easiest rivers to cross, and a foot bridge at least is needed there. After leaving this river, the Conical Hill is kept on the right, and the station of Roberts and Begree is passed. The dray road here is an excellent one up to ncartheWaikaka, but in the length between that river and the long ford about £500 would need to be expended to make the road really good. It is quite passable, however, at present, for drays or vans. At the ford there is a good accommodation-house;'-and quitting it, (on Nab's station being passed within two miles) the road, now on the westerly side of the Mataura, nins near the Wairnca hill and up the Waimea Plain, to within three miles of M'Kellar's. Here it strikes off again to the river, which is followed for about three miles, and then crossed. Thence the easterly bank is kept; and the first stream met with, running into" the Mfttnura from the north-east, is the Nokomai. The Dome and Steeple bills are unmistakable landmarks, and the road lies i between them and the Mataura. Some .15 or 20 miles might be saved by using pack horses, «nd striking off near Power's run, about half-way between Kobcrt's and Begrec's station and Waikaka, crossing that river near the East branch, posing between the Wakaia and Pyramid Ilills (which are prominent land marks), then crossing the Wakaia river, and following up the easterly bank of the Mataura. The ground is very rough, and there is no track, but pack hot1 > h have traversed it. For drays it is iuipr - ticable. The terms agreed to between the Provin ' Government and Mr. Lamb on behalf of o discoverers, are—an extended claim of 40,*;uf) square feet, " conditionally that such extended area shall be held to be in full of all consideratieuß for the said discovery, and in lieu of any

pecuniary reward." The following particulars are from the Southland News Extra, of Sep. 2:—. One day last week, Mr. Lamb—who, with bit; mates, fias been for aaverai weeks fi-jsickinjy for gold i in the Upper Matrtra district (which comprehends that part cf the W.ikatipu district where Mr. J. H. Stirling and the Rivt-rtou parties of prospectors were at work)-—brought iato town, anil deposited in the Bank of New .Soiitlj WaU-s, a &plendid sample of nuTOfcy go!d, wuh'biuu 2 lbs. 4 oz. 2 dwts. 14 grs, wiu.'!j_ had been got by hn mates while he had been <i-y.\n ia Invercaryill. " Almost wherever they tried they found gull—and within this Province as well a-» beyond Its boundaries. At last, the prospectors hit upon the gully in which this gold was found, hast of the Nokomui river—the trully running N. and H. with a stream called " Moa Creek '' running into the Nokomni at the Eastern bank of that rivt-r. Immediately upon their hitting t!iL> gully, and Beein^ how rich it was with gold, t::ey sent down to town for Mr. Lamb, who at once went up to the spot to confer with his mates. • Meanwhile, they had found this 2 lb. 4 oz. 2dwts. and Hex*, in the course of three weeks- tilth* only implements being 1 pick, 1 shovel, a small tin for washing the sold, and a "lons torn" made by thenisulvos out of the trunk of an old hollow tree. The party actually at work consisted of duly throe mm. Mr. Lamb naturally, at first, wished to keep secret the ([precise locality where his party had procured this at !ca<t. until he had secured for himsi.-lf and them a working claim from tho Government of Ot-injc, t!ie Moa Creek divings being in that Vrovince ; and with this view, we hear, he is now oa. his way to iJunivlin. But the sample parcel he had brt)ii«ht down v/ith him having bwn slwwn to a member of tb't Provincial Gr/ernmcnt of Southland, Me Lamb was communi<;ated with at once, and a:«mi<;d that, upon his disclosing evorythiit^ O!iu-.;r-tel with the matter, the Southland CJovennnant would scud up a constable to pr'itj;:t th» party in their prospecting claim until ti.fi'-could be tnk*:ij imdi-rrhc charge of tin oflicers a ; .:-poi'itod by the Ota.ro Government. Upon ro«vjivia»; this a^s'irancv, Mr. Lamb at once explained t.'ie whole of the f:i'.-u n.s v: r: haw mrrat-t thi-in. ad wo ,-tr,.. iisiunnod tint he sw;, ie; l f (l |! y C onfld.jut l.hitthft/'Mo-i Creek" »o!d lienl will*prove both an extensive nntl remarkably rich ono. Mr. A. Jarnu'son, tho Manairer of the Invercargill Urani-h of tlio Hank of \ t -w So'uUi Wales.—by whom w<: wi-rc .-.hfiwn Mr. L«.mb's ri-iily splendid s-imj»l«;, and wild ha* had coiihiderabls oxjit-rit-nc • a-s a ic'ildbuyer mi the v,iHo:m ii;.!:i,H of Victoria—.stater! that tlj.« truld is thi best tint kv h:>* yt sce:i jji New Z'-aHsi-l. In apjit^iraiM*-? an I ij<>aHty it is xnrn-<; 5iU«; the *' litirfka" aitl lii?!tdi"."» j.;o!<l than a?;y whHi hn<t I hith'Tt) b-t-;i f-iurid in tiii-; O'lbny ; —and p'old of a j»ri»i'i«i>ly .similar dpscriptifm was i.btaincl by Mr I L:':u'> frnm str-.'t'TH witiii?' t'.if: Pj-i>vi:jcj of SonthI iniid, as lie ca='!t'!*.' f.>.-:t"d tb'-m on hw way. Trie | u'.-nura! t"ha**a'*t"r of tb; Mo.-t (Jwi'U. <snbl tuu'y be- iuf«rn*il from the fa-t, that :;ix of the pieces taken from the *iri);ik- Wi'i:rli.»d half an < unc-. ThoF:;tup!o br-'iU^h dowii i>v Mr. Lamb was of tie < description called #'"coar?e <.''>! d was no I '• line" or scaly i;old j:i it: it c.ju-i-,tt-l wholly of i smal( nuir ;«*tty birnpri—s ime ju laf'y »w fr.tui ti rii I t«> f.»ur p nnyvvtlurbu t-aeh. Tlf; (iii'r:r-i s.uik f.-om tV.r.v ti i'-t'.r fif(;t, at which d,-j»*h th.-v cniiic :-> n *\ itv bot?o!i; • • tin k;.I--- !if;!jo cr t .:;k. Tbty Kiuni it I rather wr-f -hiking ,-it this —;utH i,;ntly h> to j roiiiire'1 -,' ?.f [mniji'ii,' to enable them t>> work! «'Hci'?«*!- i!c thy r-cjiiiific -A ti«« u« of tir.\ pumps . '.j^ easily xatdt?, besides beh;£ Siqiit'.'r to '•• ctrry. .'•■ .:•• t-j)riiu' op< »s u;» an i the .sutnrji.'r ad- { van>':'. • rx- ■'; aHI m•>■.-. |»rr»is.i:Jy income dri«-r, , an 1 th- -i-inj; crtnscjuciifjy t;iui;;r." J Svvri . .'ullir.i of a iike c)ianii*t«-r run into the ?ii!lv | in whvii I'-i-i irn!l-.vt« (ib'i'r.i: j. Ti.c *li-f.ine-i fr-tn \ Mr. Ko-'-r ' suui; ii; a!-.^1, nine miie<: fnm Mr. ! — Oafii-i >iV :tv.:.i.!, tjt -luir over Sa-M'i.- Hill i:» a; N.W. iH,.-'-ti t : i, It i> only t// i :;n 1 a iiiir' liiii.;-- —but i J,'"inu r-':i:i'i by tb.; er.-tk JV.j-ii Mr. ('i'nrrOii'H iit-.i> ; t it U *\k »»i!<r>. 'ih..' !-.-,t plan is ti fiAhtv, the p:e*-..t I dr:iv-:-jil troia Mr. K<...-:■.-■-' ::;^i Mr. (ii:utro:i'a. <J,il' m >-i i:i!!>f.!t»nt fii-.-t "h, thit there ar.« Miiue fAcntv a^ren «.f l{ir,;:,b:i..b r.t th»- h-a-l of the Tiir- ♦•.-itinirv i^ r-:.*ru .• { by Mr- L-»»!;! to pnin:s,j ff)ii;it!j w.-li n 1 ra;i!i I ; >,'.:'• Nuk »ii;ai t j "jireM-tit i'l.iic'hu i!M ijui'e a- «-n,--'ur.n rin^ vi 'die diir^rr as the M-/» f.'r.^k— a>il Mr. /..«K»!a-f ii<= dvibt thru will >i• found in tb • !vt>"; mih of th.< s-.uv quility n-* thru ■«'•* iinwl from M»i ''r,t.-k. T«i^re i< a supply of I provi.'<i<:is and otin-r t.»r.:-* .f-tiJJj.-iuijt i\>r |>r>\v-ut | [ want.-.: t> b: !:nd at Mr. J. Juy.;,.'-, store ou slr. | Ko^t-rh .si ition. I in i ■ ■

—- ■■• — ; j RESIDENT M.Vi.ISTUA.TK'S COURT. | {Befj-f.J«vin fiiMi-s Km)., 11. M.i I Frihav, Sevt.

Dklwkex.vk-,*.—Juim Kendall, who x.v 1 he had just n-tunici from the in.-w ii"u;i>!»«s, mjw fi-ttti l«t;. for b ••«„' drunk. Fr.uc>« Ilirl'y, wlo, while ti;i v, hrok.? ;i window «r l.? l/uioii .Mote!, w;ss fined -2<>ri. ! nr. !<•*... I t N'ri.-Axcr.. -~Th" luiihrstio" clnr;^ arrnirist Jn::i^ \ <'!!i-«r;cy, n-,vi ivj, ,rt- tt> i.aye I* ■•mi ab.-i'i: I. < [Vti. <-.\H};s. M'T.>l v. Th- Su r.-i-ir.r.i !>■::, w i-i j./sr-t)a--;l to Monday. '' ' Hi.- v. Mi'e-i.—-J,t lament fir th- aun-nnt r!.-»irn->l; «-.v,otiti-,n t<> U> ijfhy»d fur n nv.-k, t-, ~ii;.Ll^ th<- (',•• ten lant to brin.- an -n:i\-,n :\t ,-vi ulll^.-I wt oil', of which, notice had i.ot l*wn n. H. (». Haiitliv.fi. i),ivl-..-~A <-!ihu f> I/l'l) for j hutch- r't im-nt, the «!«■;" sn!;i:it .1* iac-1 his lia'.jlitr ] cx.-f'pt fur IA V v r iJ.-t f-ir the aai-nnit d.-iimed. * I Mi!!..-rfc Co. v. ,\. SoW-.-i.—Mr. M'Gr.'_'nr wru, j f»r tU- j.'ainti.T., a.j.l Mr. W.irl fir the -Jefi-ndrtnt : In J:nui;try j.ut, thi il.f.-n lint l-ou^ht couv u«>)!s j fr mi the j>!;»in»:tr-j, which i!i"Sii'i>.i a ca-y of rj'lTl-*l, 1 whtVli t!i-; plaint-fin-<-ii<l, r-mt-urif 1 IS '2lh tui.", ami j 7,"i lUi tiri*. The Wit <.f ] irti-al;irs v. -i-i to male out. ! ti.it i.i :ui iinir tip th • itani-:. th" "J-.i. V.n-i \\;-n> tn-utc.l ! :is Ht>, so tint t.'u-ti.'.il <.f cj,ili-> \v;h rr.hired hv ! 4H!!,, of th-- vubii' of IX *2^, to n-.- >ver whli-h. uiir a.-iion _vv:ts l,n>u ;ht. On th<> next iby. tlic <l>fo;i 1,-snt \<nll t!»>- umoMiit »f tit.- isivoifv ; fmt th ■ j>! .iatitF at. j the (•arlie-t ni itu'-iit infonm-J hitu that there had Ihvh au ai-oMent'i' un lt'r-«-!i;ir^. Tin? (l.fi.nsiant'H e&*: w-'is, that :i;i 5..-m as pos-iiiiif, he co.nmuiiioaU-il with th<; {H-rs j;j up the fuuntrv to whom th? «*:w? was fco!'i, i that it rofi'nii'.fil nuiy "j; 2iii tins, k« thrit th-» ' urununt paid fir, v.;is lh:it which was reftliv tie- j livr-rcfl. " j T/ie .M.'ei'-tiafc thought f!.at the cv.; w,v not ts- ! t:ih!i-h<-:f. n-.-fDi-e it c-.ii!d l>u li.'-i.i-d, the man who j o;h-ii;'! Vie <m>^' ■•( c-ib-> must nt** ikJ an I sta'.'- whn', I it CJiitaiiK-1. It rouM lv ro-«c:;r.l wheru-ViT that | man came \o town. Mr. M'(in.'?i;r : We hnvo clearly [irovcd our c.n,^ ; tin- |;arti.-u! .:■- v.cro correctly jrivc'a to the v. fcnil.int, at th<; timv of the > a'o, ami it U v.ul the custom of men'lirt'if i to i>x:nutne every Ijok or cs*-i tsiey sell. ' Tho Ma.i.-trate : A ini-ro!i;int dolivtrs gotxls accorslin.j; lo invoice, hut is liable if they arc not as iej»r."M>iit'i|. Mr. M'Un^'or: We have certainly established a priuui Jticif oaso. " j • Th« Ma.'istrate: And have accepted payment of i tie f.nialler sum. Mr. M'Giv^or: You arc asking us to prove a . nc-i-'Htivc t The *aid it w.i;! nselcss to ar^ue the , matter. Tho piint of law was as well established as 1 any point could Im. The en«e was dismissed, i \Vynn v. Cartrill and otliers. This claim for rent F arose out of a dispute connected with tin- sale of thu | estate and effcots of one Knox to Mr. Nitlian. It turned upon a purely t<-c!micnl jwint; and aft«»r a | }?<>o-.l deal of ar^uiut'jit by Mr, Cook for the plaintiff, i - and Mr. Kfluyni for tiie dt frndants, the Ma^i-strate ! • saidhe wo»M r..-*«rv» his decision until he had looked j 1 into the {■; - h^ariujr ou the point, nnd c-yuuiiuedthe j L. L' ■.. Madame Hubert.—Withdrawn. j J. A. K. Haird v. Walter (two ' > cases). \- jisscd, tlicre biinji no appearance. ) J. Pat- uv. Smith, Bros., was also dismissed, f neither p ;.y appearing. \ George Q'.iek v. Win. Hay.—A claim of £S for n | f month'n rent r>f No. I*2, Arcade. The property had i • been assigmd by Oc<. Moore to Quick, but the hit--2 tPr has gnue to the digging-*, and his wife applied for '•, the first month's rent (in advance) since the assign- | t inent. The principal point involved in a lonp hearing, and muni diis'ni.s.sion between Mr. Barton (for the phihitiif) and the Sla^istrate, was as to whether sufficient, proof of t!ie nsManment was civen to the c defendant, whose account was that he offered to pay s Mrs. Quick as soon as such proof was given. Verdict for the amount claimed, -Mr. Barion undertaking that j - the defeuila'.t should nut lie asked to pay costs. ' Vofcel v. Hay.—Thia wns a claim for £16 53. Gd., r the defendant" denyiiur his Jiiilnlity except to the s amount of 3s. o'd.. which he had paid into court, g " for papers wiid to be missing from parcel opened by . mistiike in my s-hop in the Arcade. 1' Mr. Ward i, stated the case. The plaintiff, Mr. Julius Vogel, is in the habit of receiving jiaroels of newspapers from c Melbourne. On tiic oveninc; of the 21st August the >' Aldinga arrived at l Jort Chalmers with the English j y mail, and, as upon all similar occasions, there was j h gteat anxiety to l»c lin;t:u themarket with tlie Kiiaii-b papers. Mr.'Hiid. shipping reporter for the DaVy Times, came up in the Pride of the Yarra, bringing , a parcel for the plaintiff, whicli Jlr. Keid brought ashore in a special Iwnt. He crave instructions reo specting it to one of the plaintiff's clerks, and proif> <'f:c<!cd on to the office, where, soon after, lie learned ,j that the parcel had not been received. A messeuger was then sent to the shop of the defendant, a news l" agent in the Arcade, to ask if anything was known iof the parcel, the reply being ia the negative. Mr

Reid went to the shop, and after a conversation he saw amongst some other wrappera the one which had been round the plaintiffs parcel, and which was very c early directed. Ifcwasnot alleged or suggested for tho plaintiff that t!ie parcel was intentionally taken from tha Jetty by the defendant' 3 servants, or that, wben opened, it was known to belong to the plaintiff. The boy who took it to the shop, said that it was delivered to him by a boatman, who cal'ed out that it was for Hay; and as for the opening of the parcel, it kerned to have been done by two or three persons jil:it!y, in the harry to serve customers. Tin defeni!:aif offered to select the plaintiff's papers so soon as Mr Farjeon, manager of the Daily Tunea went to him on the matter; but this wa* not possible because the invoice was not to hand. Meanwhile the sale of the papers to the runners employed by the plaintiff, was prevented, although the runners had been specially summoned to ba in waiting; and the plaintiff had consequently paid them what they would have made by tho gale, had the papers • been received in due course The defendant had verbally offered to Mr. Farjeon to pay the invoice price of the papers, winch was refused, and the amount sought to be recoyered was the value of the whole at ruuners' prices. Tha Magistrate said there could he no question as to the liability of the defendant, up to the amount of the invoice price of the newspapers; but he did not feel >o sura as to the amount of dealers' profits, hn!f of which he should allow. Verdict for £13 14s. 7.^1. and costs. Burke v. J. C. Jones, LI, & R. B. Martin & Co. v. the same, L 2 23. 3d.; Watson and Kerr v. Arnott aal West. In each case there wa3 a verdict by default. M! landrps3 and Co. v. Fuller.—A claim on a cheque wa*s disnoigsed, in the absence of the plaintiff. Lazarus v. Simpson.—Dismissed, neither party appeaiiig. Sidney Smith v. 11. D. Maddoek.—A claim for LO 3-j. Gd. f the amount paid by the plaintifl for the repair of lib cut, which was damaged at Caversham by the defendant on the 16th August. The plaintiff's cm was that while ho was driving into town with i<iilk he met the defendant, who w;>3 riding on hosvjkißk with two friend:*. The defendant and one of la.- other riJi.-rs got upon tJie wrong side, and in pacing the cart struck it with hh leg, ciusi'i^ the cart to jerk quleklv round, so | as to «ii;i? the ofi-ax'e. The defe-dant'a teg was injured, and the plaintiff brought him into tjv.-u in a li^iit waggon, winch in; borrowed for the purj.-.sj ~f iiriiigin-4 in the milk. The defendant's version »b that, the plaintiff was on the wronjj side, that t-> avoid him li« ro»Je ofF t!ie road on tiie private pr Ujtriy of the owner of the Elephant and Castle, i :ui(i fh'it no collision v/ould have occurred if the phdntiffhad not, quit* unexpectedly, turnetl off filsj t-jwarU the h't.l, B>/ the collision, the defeneant j w.-i* I'uuni ,ui-l thrown from hh horse, ami stunned by j the fall. " i f Mr. Harton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. ilas^itt fjr the defendant; the latter gentleman <wmiri..rntin<j upon the great iusprobability of a cart-axle l»*in- b.uken through contact with a {rcntleman's Un'X. Tinic wu.h a £.->od deal of evidence given. Tiie ! Mn^istnite di-juw-ei tbe cas*, with costI*, beiievini» that both pariies h.v! l^«n t3 blame, and that it was ! v- y cfcrtain the p!aiu;-ifTs being on the wrong side of i tu-; rtKi'i led to the accident. i

• _ I SATLBIUr, SnPTKifEKR 6. | (Before Jy]i:>- GIM.IES, Esq., K.M.) I

IJr.L-.KKEsxr.s3.— Martin Brantie was fined 20.-. and ■ to ,*, ihr beinir drunk, iv default of payment to be j »i.]iri>f>ael 4i hours- " \ "ill son om:NC'i3.—M>. Lusovnbe, architect, was j c-'-tirjioJ by Constable Nbuon with obstructing thH fofpaib in Prince-* .strtet. The defendant said that j Ij • oijt.-ii.-itil the authority <>f the Clerk t-> the Town j J*/crd f,r (iejw^itiujr sotn« timber on land in Prinois- \ •:r.vt, nenr Jetty str«t-the a-jjomiri* -round b<-irr.r ! ..-JVJT.-1 with stones Ijeloir.rinjr to the H-rard. Hi { i/he defendant) was builjin- lanre premises on the ■ .Mnnse K«erie; and nothinsi but the want of laborers I lia'l h-l to more t'm?>-.r l>;in^ placed iv Priac&s-streei j th.tn was ne.j-Je.-l for the proj?r£ssof the building. He I wouM have tl».» obstruction removed in Iwo da* s. He j hal trk-1 to wll sotuo of th^ timber, so as to" gtt it away from Princes-street. ' (;on.-t:u.!e Xiuion sihl, that tlie Clerk to the Town ! B^irj never g.-ivc |;;nni.ssion Tor tlie Princes-street ; f'AjtpatJi to be used as a timber-yard ; but on Thui-s- ---•- tln.-rc ww a tlr^ o:: t!ie defendant's stack there, an: n.fii^«'t!n,t the timber -aras to be sold. —The Mfr.'iinnik: a'lowefJ until Tuesday for tte abatement of the nui-anc?. Jam-* Mathesin was chanfed with notprnperiy aUtiidinir Vi bis hoj^e and cart. The defendant said ih'U the h"r>e and cart wore only left outside a store wiii!; lie va-Jtruo'aetirig business*inside.—Mr. Gillies jxAtj^ae I thf? case, reuiarking that he did not kno.v «hit rui.; Mr. Stmle had laid down for dealing with MS-h uu-au:T£, an 1 it was very desirable that decisions shoall hj ur.ifjrm. Jcj-j iih Hud.'joa vs charged with roliin? a barrel i-s .Ivtiy-itrc-t, contrary t>" the 14th section of the Constabulary Force Ordiuance. It ai'jwirV.l that the defendant had rolled six or .sc-vi'U !>arreU of al-» from the London Auction K(.»oai< <..•! one Ah; of the stn-et l> thu (Jafe <le Paris on the o*,';i.-r, and he said that he did not know he va-i (ioln•.vtom^', as th<i barrels were pot acro.v> and into the c.'U.-tr i.f th>> Cafe d.? P;;rLj as c-xpeJitiously and ear«--j'l'ly .r« p-jA-ible. -The Maj;istrat-i could nor feel satis-fi-,.4 th;it rtilling a brure! aennw a street was such an • ib-stru'.-ii'tn psw,-vs contemplated by the 14th section. Tlif wonts wer*I—** Any1—**Any person who shall haul or dniw, l.y hiiusrlf or his .servant, upon any pa:t of a sire, t or public place, any timber, sto.-ie, or oiher weiuhts, oiliiirwi.^e thmi upjn a whipleil carriage, or sha'l .-ut»*t;r tiie sinie to drag or trail, or handover ruch eirriu'jre, to tlie obstruction or injury of tie said struts or road«, shall be liable to a fine of 40s. over ai.d alwve the dausrise 0.-ca-ioii'.d thereby.'' fh.re really s*.<*mod to have l;».-t;n no obstruc-tion'causcd nor «bina^e done in this cn-v ; and the summons mast be dismissed.

THE NATIVE QUESTION.

(From the SeUon Examiner, August 23.) j In narratives of shipwreck nothing is more re- ! markahle than the striking contrasts which pre- . sent themselves iurhe different behaviour or ships* crews, under apparently very similar circumstances, and the great degree to which their safety ar destruction deyends upon their own conduct. We make th« n murk as very applicable to our own circumstances. Our little sute vessel is | among the breakers, whilst.thegreat three-decker, j lit-r consort, rid-.-s safely in the offing; on our own conduct, our own decision, our own calm, steady, temperate and persevering adherence to one sett'ed and pre-arranged course of action, mainly depends, humanly speaking, whether we fchall ever get out of the broken water, or save our ship, our crew, and our cargo. The crisis has come upon us unprepared ; and found us divided in opinion, if not positively separated in two hostile camps, on all the gre.it public questions which so loudly cull for our decision. Shall we unite, or shall we separate ; shall we have peace, or war ; shall we drift unresistingly on the current of events, trusting that " something will turn uj^" or shall we brace ourselves up to do the work before us ; knowing that There is a Providence which shapes our ends Rough hew them as we may ! We have now before us all the materials for coining to a decision. We have authentic reports of the natives' condition and feeling, we have the Governor's plan for keeping the peace between us an them, we have the intimation from the British Government that we must henceforward trust to ourselves alone ; andjre have their recommendations as to the course we should fol- j low. First, we must agree among ourselves. A ' common danger threatens us all; a cotr.mon disci lion calls upon all for a common union, and an eflbrt in common. If we are burdened with a heavy responsibility, the Philo-Maori party is left without appeal against our decssion, whatever it may be ; they are in need of us, for, without our help, the fruits of their labours will never gladden their hearts ; and we need them no less, for they number among them some of our ablest, most self-devoted, and single hearted men, through whom and by whom we must work upon the native mind, if we intend working at all. Time must have removed some delusions from their mind respecting the native race, as well as some misconceptions from our own. We have reasan U) think it is so, and that we may arrive at sonic common starting point, and look" for some natural co-operation, We have always respected their motives, and their foremost man has, in a few forcible sentences, put down the European calumny which blaokened our reputation. " I have never known," said the Primate of New Zealand, in a public address delivered at Nelson, " since the colony began, a single act of wilful injustice or oppression committed by any one in authority against a New Zealandcr £ and again, " in practice their rights and liberties have been maintained invioIntc". We acknowledge them to be a fine and improvable race; but so aro the American Indians, the inhabitants of Java and Sumatra, the ltnjpoots, the Seiks, and Dr- Livingstone's Africans, All we have etcr contended for is that

they are not an exception to general rules ; tliat with the virtues, they have also the defects of other lialf-civilised people ; and that, in our dealings with them, we cannot altogether afford to disregard the lessons which experience has taught us elsewhere. If "parties are equally balanced, witbiu the Assembly, let public opinion bo fully iuformed on the questions at issue, and then let the members be sent back to their constituents. Knowing hoY much depends ou their " decision, it is presumable they will select the most competent men they can find, and then pronounce decidedly on one side or the other. Whichever way they determine, we should regard it our duty to follow, for it cannot b^ one which is radically bad. The inslincts of largo bodies are, for the most part, In favor of what is just and true, however individuals or parties may Ixj led astray by their passions, the prejudices, appetites, or immediate self-interest. "Were it not >o, the general faith in the government by majorities, would hare expired long ago. And the limits within which we have ihe liberty of choice and action are, after all, not so very wide or indifinite. The cries which divided Lhe Assembly into the two parties, of war at ail ri3k, and peace at any price, are well nigh extinct; for all equally deprecate a renewal of the contest, if it be possible to avoid it; and would unite, whether England desert us or not, in resisting a savage inroad, or repelling the causeless agsrres* sion with which we are even now threatened. But, supposing the present hostile feelings of the natives to go smouldering on, without bursting into a blaze what should our course be? We know what Sir George Grey has rocomtnendei : forbauance under poovocation to the utmost limits of our endurance ; resident government officers among the natives to exercise such functions as they may be allovei U perform ■ and paymenss, or subsidies, to influential tri'»;-s or chiefs; nominally for public services; Wo may assume that the £30,000 required fur the>e purposes will be forthcoming. So much is grunted him ; but all his suggestions as to the Fubsidiary parts of iiis scheme are absolutely iv:.- ' gative;!; namely, the maintenance of a lur^e military force, the formation of military roi.is, and the civil employment of military men', lint, lastly, whilst all this is refused, we huve, in>: c-al, a lecture upon our own duties, which would have been mori in place, and more likely to b-3 accer-:-sible, if teompar.-ie:] by die oiii-r of efk-'ifial assistance, then whan coupled, as it now is, with the virtual admission that the energies of Greit ■ Rrnaiu is overtaxed; a,:d that, ii-ie Impcrkl Rome of old, she must withdraw htr troops, and leave her youngest eoioiiy and latest acquisition to its own resource?. Those resources, ie is more than intimated, are untouched. The funds from land wibs. anl tlis provincial revenue, are availaqle at oace; and wo cap incaease, it is fai<l, both our general and local taxation, whilst je niomhe.it.irv relief of a :o in" is alluded to in term.; that show ;:o Irnpcjial guarantee is to :;e exptctel. We own wo are glad of this ; bal officers ari a: wars calling out. for more money. The vulgar exne.lk-nt of a loan is always acceptable to the unthinking, anl to those who have not the moral courage to ra';ct a difficulty, or look a danger fairly i-J the face; and, though we do not :ilac& our present Premier i:i either of these clas-os, we ar cafraid that his oil Pococurante habits have, Ii this instance bwa too much for b.Uw, ana liirst he has taken i\m first, realit:;:, an 1 easiest mode whim occurred to him, thoj^hlt ii neither the !*=•: n r most statesmanlike, to save himself the trouMo of thinking. Sir George Grey mr.st modify his play 3. Depsived, harshly and uujustiuahly deprived, of the support anl countenance he- Lad » right to expect from home; without "the stalling exhibition of strength," and the men whom ha had reckoned upon, he can do nothing with the disaffected tribes, who will take neither our advice, nor our recommendations, nor our officers, nothing but our money. It is no good policy to force ourselves upon them against their determined opposition ; it subjects our Government to insult, and its' officials to outrage, whfch we cannot xiow ; resent or effectually punish. But we can, by i contrast, show what that frieudship and Goj Tenimeut are worth which they repudiate. iWe may concentrate our efforts en*the frienilv j tribes to the northward, and wait till experience J has taught its own bitter lessons to the n>-;I----j contents. We may withdraw altogether from | men who retreat as we advance, and resarJ our fairest proffers with suspicion or contemnr. A * I proclamation might be issued stating that as | neither law nor justice can ba obtained In certain. I districts except at the cost of war. an 1 :x eerhtii increase in the evils cornphiined g.% we relinquish the eifort and retire, calling upon all well affected ■ subjects of !.er Msjesty lo come out from a;nong i them. But as it would be unjust to place the j cvi! nnd well disposed on the same foc-ns^, aul I our settlements would ho sujoct to perpetual inj cursions unless we lock some precautions, we ! should require a cordon ganitaire, as the French j call it, or a few strong military posts on our i f-ontier, which r.euc should be "allowed to pass, I save the missionaries, and those &w proved | friends of Government, who might be both j honored and gratified by the distinction. The gieat difficulty isT&ranaki. Placed in the midst jof the most turbulent districts, it must be te for ! years to come, a source of expense and a provc- | cation to hostilities, whilst no reasonable nre-pect; | exists of returning prosperity or a resumption of I n?n;vful pursuits by its settlers. '. irv.it emergencies require greae sacrifices ; cad we believe we ought to abandon it, both for our owa sakes and for their ultimate advantage. We | have rich and fertile land enough on our own West Coast, with its open •ila-ii-s, its forests, its mines of coal and its iiol.J to !:■;;>: j up to them for j the. 75,000 acres they relinquish, and £100,0;S0, or j double the sum, would be well expended in making up to them for their losses, and in recognition of the sturdy spirit of self-reliance and the uncomplaining resolute determination, they have shown to hold their own at all hazards. But advantage was not taken ol these qualities when they might have turned the scale in our favor; and now, if we cannot insure them efficient aid, or give them peace and security, it is our duty to help in removing them to some place where we can. Whether k would be possible to make an exchange we know not. Would Archdeacog Iladrield and his flock move to Tarauaki, where all is ready to his hand for trying independent Maori Government on High Church principles on a great scale, and let our bold brethren of New Plymouth become the frontiersman on the South, with Wellington to back them iv cose of need ? We know not, bat it might be tried. Left* to ourselves, we must coueentrate. We cannot defend our out-settlements by ourselves. Those who choose can hold them by the strong ami, with such he!p as we caa offer. "Stiii less can wo undertake the hopeless task of guarding the sheep farmers of Wairarapa. The frightfu! expensa and rubious sacrifices such an attempt muss eutail upon us. would lead, before long, to a revulsion of public feeling they eonld nt withstand for a moment. For we are alreii.lv taxed fully up to the level of the adjacent colonies : any attempt t9 increase our revenue, after absorbing all we raise at present for the General Government, and when we w ere called upon to take the whole burden of our Provincial Government ujwa our own shoulders, would not only be highly unpopular, but would ultimately fail. Let the truth be' told; the great mass of the colonists of New Zealand are uot ia a condition to make such sacrifice*. These must fill upon those best able to bear them, the oaly really prosperous classes, the flock-owners and lar^e* landed proprietors. But anything is better than getting into debt; purchasing a short and temporary respite at the expense of permanent embarassmeati If when we have cut down all our local expenses to the lowest figure consistent with our real wants, which are but few, and eaa all be summed up under the three heads of roads, schools, and constables, we still fiud further exertions required, we must look to the solid and realized property of the country to supply us:

"Ise Sutor Ultra Crepidam."—This wel*known saying, that a shoemaker should not so beyond his last, originated with ApeUes, the celebrated Greek painter who set a picture which lie had finished in a public place, and concealed himself behind it. in order to hear the criticisms of passers-by. A shoemaker observed a delect in the shoe, and the painter forthwith corrected it. The cobbler cauie agaia the next day, and, encouraged by the success of his first remark, began to extend his censure to the leg of the figure—when the angry painter thrust out his Lead from behind the picture, and told the shoemaker to keep to his trade, j