THE Otago Daily Times. DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2059, 10 September 1868, Page 2

THE Otago Daily Times. DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10.

To the majority ol readers,,the moat initeresting notification in the Suez tele.grams is perhaps that'which relates to the j Duke of Edinburgh., His Royal Highjness is to visit !Ne\r Zealand after all. I The palatial residence erected" for^hisreiception in Wellington, will T suryiye, the, i jokes of Mr Fitzgerald and Bishop ! Selwy'nj arid1 with a 'little scrubbing aid • washing will still'testify-to the; loyalty of (the Province.: Dunedin will also, be called > upon to build a mansion for the reception iof the Prince, ■ iand bur "local authorities ■j will thus have an ojpportunity of display- | ing taste as well as zeal. The next telegrams -.may 'possibly inform; usTthat the Galatea is under.weigh;..in.six months time this magnificent ship may be at anchor in Port Ghalniers. The Prince is evidently fond of an active life. After his lengthy yoyage in the Pacific, accompanied with the Berious fatigues of his reception "in^alFflfdcze^^^ have felt noJnclmation^fpr a^siinilar trip ; forsometimetocpnae.;Jtwasi^m6ur^ .he..wo.uld be desp^t6heoV|oJ^ia after his returnffoni Australia; bvtfr.weaY&-gowJk>ld "IHaThe ia toVyislit'Gptfay^pan i : and llew ZeM^id. inliia'will be touched a^n;b^"ly^^iffier:b^6^aM^ :■ he|dQeki ; re^cji^w^Zealaiiidj.ai'ia, iobe] Hoped-"tKatithpcoloiiists will profit by the' lekpeTience-of-lfeel^ •; say,;,that,ihey r^^iH-leay^ ?rinc4 its || nauoli as_ possible to Moose;^'ihiss^owii! methods"" of uerijbymeni?|^;abstaiDing \ from j r maiif;>sd^^ loyalty within tne'bounfds'pr^reason., -Tjie Irenzied^/exhibitions jia^jiie, neigh^pr^ng colonies.have..Mduglit^doW^updn, "them i the'ridiciile of;.leading English journals;! andtiiow 'that the .excitement is over, the'l that loyalty v .oyerdpn^:.is Tery 'nearly as; bad as loyalty.underdone. i

■^O'lmpep^r^<Aß^dn]~ma^raTcelatingj :to JSeyr. ZealandfliavejjaSsid1 tiheL .Com-' jnons... lOrfe M them .'refers: to; * the rap-! pointment of members of %he: Legislative! Council. It will be recollected that soinej nine months'ago, 'tKe "Attorney General ofi tte colony raise^ra -question-as to-the validity of" the appoitftmeiits to seats inj the Council. ~Th£' points 'taken by him were these: firss, fihat^hejnstrupaent undeij the sign manual to the (Governor, autlior-i isirig 'him 'to iasumifion-persons^ to-'-tn'ej Legislative Council, shouldJaaamerthd persons to be summoned; and secondly] that persons^' Bummoned ■ before;'-the execution of sucir- instrument and not expressly, re-fl^mmoned :^terw^ not- -be'^ considered' s legaUy ■ ■ appoinited, The....appointments. were made under - a section in the -Cohstitutibn;Act-providing that Her Majesty should'1 authorise tbe Governor to summon such persons as Her Majesty shall think fit. Mr Peendeegast considered that the proper construe - tion of this; section' required that the persons summoned1 should be specified in the instrument under the- sign manuar. He also argued that, as the Act did no^; enable Her Majesty to delegate the]|)ower of selecting Legislative, Councillors to any other person, ;that power can legally be exercised by herseE only. ..The objections taken seem to have been confirmed; by the Law Officers of the Crown; and in consequence, of that confirmation ' the . Act alluded to in our telegrams has been introduced into the imperial Legislature. A second Act sets; at rest the question as to the powers of r our Legislature with -respect to abolishing Provinces or altering their boundaries. This will remove the County, of We3tland difficulty from the path of .our legislators. The Act in ques tion, judging from a draft .of it transmitted to-pur. Government by the Duke of, Buckingham some months since, is very brief. It simply .enacts that 'the General Assembly, of ISTew Zealand shall be,d.elemed to liav.e, and since the passing v of .tihe-ponstitution Act ti> have had, the ■power, ot abdishing any Province at any time heretofore established, or which may be hereafter established in New Zealand; or of, withdraVing therefrom thfe' whole- or ; any ; part, t of the: territory ! comprised , .therent/and of passing laws for th'epeace,

o>3er, and good government of the terriv ;tory withdrawn from, or ceasing to form t '.pp-rt of, the territory of any such Province—whether such territory shall iqjr ! shall not be included within the limits of •any other Province of New Zealanjdj'ii;^; The prorogation of Parliament tias^ptii an.end to those political,4iscuseions"flrhtclf have bf late disturbed the serenity of the ,' -Commons to so unusud., dn extent)- i We

shall iear .no-more i qrawhile qf:the; Irish

Church or of theV:SußJ?jeijgOXj£Bill, except in; so^far -/as-may relate to-occasional

publfc meetings. ;J''A singular index! as to'

the state 'of public opinion on these niatt6ta-'is.'afforded fey'the* meeting at thiildliall, wliere ' the: Lord' Mayor, *Vho presided, was struck. It' is hardly |p ;be supposed that such a meetingwas largely attended - by* the f roughs''" wlio 'Have figiired.so n^uph.iir receiit discussions on Reform ; _and if on the other hand it wag attended by what are termed.the;respectable classes of society, their conduct on the occasion ; is a, curious. exception ;to the ordinary .rule. The Queen's.Speech anrioimces' that \ there is no reason to;apprehend an European war, at present. Expecting as we have been to hear by evejry mail that ; war had broken out between France and Prussia, this information is satisfactory.; - The. opinion it expresses is confirmed by the fact that the French army, recently increased to .enormous proportions, has been -largely xeducedi•! France: and Prussia have been Watching each: btherf "both, being''tinWilling, to: set'the examplei of disarming ; but France, ,it. seenis,. has at lengfc!hi.grbwn tired of it, and has commenced the ioperajtion >yhich,anno^unces.peace to Europe. pCheipolicya.ofutKe.firitish! Government, we'sire;jfcold ys}R the, jtiaintentaice of peace. ;: A! paragraphan the; Speeoh was jdevoted to the.refutation;of- the argument fthafe j jthe-,, Abyssinian . Expedition was ■undertaken for political, -purposes.- T|ie iimmediale return ,pf'the army, after, the jdestruction of Magdala,^ is certainiy (conclusive on that .point. There! are, few (instances. in, history of military expedijtiohs 'set/-on foot, at a cost of many imillions; of \- money,, for ; ; purpose ] of ! releasing a!felv^ captives from the hands of la savagel This'i may be termed' war'for an.'^idea/ as Louis Napoleon phrased it; jbut such aii ridea would > probably not j warrant! an'expeMiVie.n^ 'in tlie eyes of that very practical ruler.

I Jb6ffdriv:Gra}wfors was commenced in'the ! Supreme Court yesterday ;' and it was only i part heard when the Court *was^ adjourned, [ aCtiftlf-piist four o'clock. It is' a- trial, of .issues directed hi:an Equity'suit, for the specific^ performance of an agreement1 for a lea^e of part bf r the pJaintiff'sbuUaing,"at the corner of Princes, and Moray Place. The case-forthe plaintiff was not concluded yesterdayrr-^ltihas been arranged that Campbell v. Petckell shall be the first taken of the SpecjaJ,Jury,,Cau,ses., \ r , , ,- '. \ = . A lecture was delivered on Thursday evening last, ; at,,Tokomairiro, byltlie"Rev. M. Wsfct > "ronr.the7;" Mosaic Becord.' ;;The inclemency "of the' weather .u'nfoi'tjinateiy had i the" en^ifofdargely diminishing the'numbers of:the]exp!ected audience.'' The chairiwas oc-1 -<rapj^by^>^Bdw«i^^ close 'of thri lecture,, ;a .vote of ihait^a to Mr \ Watt was proposed^ by^ Mr■■■ M'Latchiej Tand i carried. : by^ acolamation. Intimation was i lecture^ would be^delivered i by^e^^^^aiies^WeatrTaieii^?.'' "" ' : \^meeting ofihe Waste ilaiid, : jipard was! ;We^e' preseh^'the' CHief Commission^ (Mr Wi. H. cCutten), the Chief Surveyor' (Mr Tfioinson)^ 'MrG-}' tJurii \ can (Secretary;for•:Eand:-and,WDrkfisJ, and! Mr-Hughes.. Theiminutesof the lastfneet-1 ing were read and confirmed: The application of the_Ew Father .Williams, for leave-to purchase Sections,s, .6, .15, and 16, Block 23, i granted^; ; Mr.Oonnell ap- j plieti^for. a^ecpiisideratipii of, -the; applJQation mkde b^Ji yoh<TxiDZ3lmann,for a depasturr jbglea.seatWakatipii. ,The jßoardjpepolved to adhere to its former decision,*'' ;-It was resolved to take'in to consideration,i^nappli-' inacte on-'-'behalf of; Messrs -Low^and] -Macgregor. iori^lease at Mavbra^ take »Dis-1 trict. The Wardens of theJDunedin Hundred; applied <to" ascertain whether the Town; Belt' was to be 'considered a3.unfenced land within! jshe'lluidred. ;s The Board deplhtedtp es-l ;>presß;an opinion.,' M? Jack,: on: behalf 'pi Mrj ,Halston,l applied to purchase ; ,a'section in' Alexandra. 'It;was resolved to:have a sale1' by auption.. Wi \jDbdsoii. aske41for;ai'licensel toVoccupythe government JReseiJvej.B. 6,! Portobellp. f Mr;i)rjver;:alsb jputiiv &n;ilppli-; ca^ion/for ;the Bam'epiece of ground;■• The1 matter- was; adjourned. Leave -to purchase 2d' acres of- Bush- fieserve, Tdi-toiaji was granted ,;tor .Mr^^^ter'vdßobso^.UiThe:: con-; sideratipjaof appHcatibnsrfront-Mr Street for -lease~of' :Boat Hai'bor- -Eeserve,™Bloek' 3,i Otejfopo ~y and from; Mr T. M^Kenzie ; for Quarry Eeserves, Block 4, Otepopo," waa postponed. . The meeting was adjourned, j

The busmessof .theJßesideDtt Magistrate' 4 Court, Port Chalmers,,yesterday* consisted of two civil cases. The first, Taylor v. John! son,.being a claip for Lp Is;; 9d,; for good? supplied, for which a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. Robertson v. Freeman was a claim for the1 value' of 'a j pig shot by defendant. The ownership of the pig was'disputed,; and the plaintiff was nonsuited. J. Fulton, Esq.', R.M. was on the bench. ! ■ ■.■ '.;•■ ;.- <:i •■_ > ■

Therewas '.*,&'. fair house, at .[t he Princess Theatre, last ; evening j and ~* • The Chimney Corner" was repeated, with the other performances .of Tuesday evening. — This evening, the drama will again be piayed ; with,the farce of "A Regular Fix," and Mr Taylor's stating entertainment. ... :

A letter from an old Hamilton resident now .in ,<Japan , has been published in the local journal. It concludes with the following advice to intending emigrants to that country!:—-" First andforemost, to all young ■men who think of coming in search of situations, don't come. To; business men,-with moderate; capital, don't come here. Why? Because, owing to the internal dissensions of the natives, and of civil wars, produce .is pre-* vented coming from the interior: thus the large mercantile houses are at a standstill, and are, and have been, discharging their clerks and. assistants, : having nothing for them to-do;; and even .when jclerks arewanted, , they : are all sent specially out irom home. ; Those that are in business are all men oi yety large capital, and are able to stand a little reaction, taking into consideration the - past prosperous times.' As for tradesmen,.there is no branch p? trade in which .a Japanese or Chinaman cannot successfully compete with Europeans, as

they can mfflke anythin^from a pattern. .A natiyife^tailo^lciin rn|ke^. t pavrvofj trousers eqi^al ttf anything ; in BK|uiton, forv2s(6dV so Jyouiban judgeikrom |||fe Livui^ Sg'veV &e&r) , NuAibe^s of yoijtfg menuh|^|e been herpj froS^^lJo^nej|^dvretur^^i4^B' "gy^ after'waiting ii'ere for months fo/a ("fiit^Stion, backed up even with letters of 'recommendation.-tactile._ Jirst houses .here. ;Ypu ,Qannp\Jhere,.. when' ha^.'.up| diggingV-'Bhepherding, ; spliiting/:"or; baliockV :driving,;^s,;m-;Yictpria;j ; ThererareiQpne but;, mercantile, pitrsuits open' to whi|e people, so that when a young man's money-runs out, GrpdihelpiiumI.'' ~j.',a'£.\~ VVln n ,t-Irl;I.I;f.A'V.i".v ■ i (Ameeting of !the; Poyt'C^l^era-Towy Council was held in the Town-Hall, on Mpnday evemng.s' Tli^ jniinutegi"of the last meet ■ nig being, reacl .jand'T cpnfirme'd," : "soveral accounts wore passed for payment; A letter was ,read, f^om thp Trustees' of J/ Millar, F.S.A.jclaimingasum oftinoney for professional se'rvicea. •' After disci&sioh, the ' Council wen}; (into Committee, during .which krangera ; were i excluded. < The Council' afterwards'adjourhed.until three o'clock pri Tuesday afternoon, when Mr Millar's letter and other'matters ( were taken into consideration?-—-- -- ■.■......-. .i.<;.... ...;.. J....- . „ .'..' "'

I ' A.lecture on Benevolence wak^ejiyfered I>y Mr Charles Smith, itoalarge and'appreciative in tjie, Port! Caalmei's Mechanics' Institute, on Tuesday, f vaniag., The.subject, prlbhough a;dry one,' was well-handied by the lecturer, ..who; ;intersperßed; 'amusing. vand? interesting anecdotes throughout. LAt the bonclusipn J? !a vote. :■&'; tliankalto:^MtiSmith;, jwas proposed by Mr Fernie,. and ioarried by jacelamation.- --• Mr Smithj in acknqwiedgingjthe' ffianks, that a; judicious oenevo(lent, spirit ' n would tef .evinced towards the jßeilevplont;lnstitute, '&§ he was a^are' that1 Jsubscriptiqns woul<i-shortly be-^ jfrpm.;'■ all.jijongirega^pha^' ; The iOapfc;; Thomson; announced that the next ilecture would'take place on the 22nd insb. r-

Subscription lists have been opened in Wellington, for the purpose oi!compensating, jin some measure,"the officers "and"crew"oi;'the" Taranakif^the loss sustained ty, 1 ing of that vessel. Subscriptions wili be rejceived by Captain Beison, Mr Dransfield, jand;at the omces;of each oflthe Steam Navi{ jgation Companies. The officers and crew-of (the s.s. Rangitoto have opened the list with I liberal contributiona./. ;: o-; • Poverty Bay has be^n proclaimed a. militia 1 district, of which, i Captain Bigga is created j Major. The militia have been; called out for j active service. vi.,*-;. Si.ii.,!-" . •■ ..,• j The Bruce Herald:, draws,attention to the j dangerous condition ,of . :the bridge, over jjSalmond's Creek, on the Main Southßoad. !It appears that a few days ago, the Rev Mr I Todd had a narrow escape from a serious aci cident at thia part;of the road; owing to the [ narrowness of the bridge.^ ■■<■•■- .' ■>.

A good example for diggers'has been set by the shareholder^ of ] the : Prince Alfred Company, Kelson Creek. They sent LlO to the Treasurer 6i thei Gre^ -Riyer Hospital the other day, intimating at the same tinie that an annual payment to the same amount would be sent as long aai their clainl lasted. Holutika is exporting native timber to Melbourne -»- red pine and.lance .wood having already been shipped for 'the jnanuf&cture of furniture. ,: ... .. . , ...

The cutting thronghKof,the South Spit at ' Hokitika a has been 'proceeded | with, it being anticipated'that the' work ! *Wi)uld, r be.sp.-iar completed-as .to allow of! water being adniittedlMb it by the close, of j lasf jpaorffh^ !i The'aniou$ > trdf"nipney~Y6sed^"Sy | the Council for the undertaking: having^eeri j all;;p.xpendeU,^^^anfadditi^lijU^snm of LSO was j /; :v ;;'i , "T;7'7'.: i j { "■. A large.^* sea dSviL," ,'^hich was captured off i | the mouth of; |he :iotara river, has been ex J hibj.ting lately in Hok^xtika. i

' VThei plahXof thfi"New: Zealand^Cel^ .was \ sold by auctibn on^t%4th inst. at Hokitika.! The Westland Observer regrets the demise! of the Celt. ' apatriotic and chival- j rous attempt at • 'national' journalism, and j the cessation of its publication willbe felt as! ,^l^s^yma^'m;Ne^ZealaticL^' ■; ! ' The yictprian (Jovernmenthave decided! ffeb apppint.Ttomigratipn,_C6nTn^sioner§, who! are to act ha conjunction, with the Agent- i Generalrpi;the.-,..Colpny ml, London..' The! naiaiies 6f th 6 • gentlemen '"selected will be! announced as soon.as the ameHdedlmmigra-j tion Regulations havej ,be^n: framed!.'; .".'■ li \

A correspondent of the local journal:wants' to know why the 41b loafi should be selling for Is in Oamaru when: the charge is only 9d; in Dunedin. <: : •, \

From the report, of ithe department o£ "BMc> -Works ,i£. South Australia, for 1867,' l w^;lpa^^tHat.^liere',are .fifty^i^lmilea;; of -railway open,in that colony, the revenue from whicli was; Xl^s^B3; and f the' expenditure J L1i9,325. , The total number of telegraph sfcajbiqns"in operation :M. sixty-four, the number of miles open being 1113. -The net i revrenue.irpm this" department was L12,673J the/expenditure,; exclusive of constructionj I being;Li4,iso;; y U-Ji ? .:; ■;*'■[-..;':'^ u^'. '■ ■\;'^The most importa'nfc^rush that has ever 1 taken plape.inj the^^j^ewEiyer)District'' ia described by the nlccal-icorrespondent of th^ C^ey'"Biver The; scene'is: thus 'describedi^^hen'thfere^'the first sight thai meets the leye ia, ; thb7highj wprecipitous reel over the* creek;; yearly one hundred feet peijpendicular.;; jmdonthe top of this are to be r seen, tb,^,tunnels^which! atonce' remind one ef some of the gigantic works, that are carried, on in Victoria. "I.found all the.men on the terrace iu%high spirits, as on the previous day they had all been .enjoying' themselves at the r christening of two golden claims. There is no doubt that a.very riph patch of, grouiid has been opened here by Couch and Co., who commenced prospecting about the beginning of.Eelruary. ' They found payable gold on the edge of the reef, and followed it till-they were rashed, about ■ St. Patrick|s Day. Some time tin June, they were taped, off by Cavanagh and'C'p., and ulbimately lost their tunnels through pegging in too much ground, as they had taken their claims for sixty' feet p:-r man, supposing the ground to be over fiity feet in depth, wliich, when it came to be surveyed, proved not to be the case. However, the ground -which they have now bids fair to be very rich, as they washed out of sojie three loads of stuff Bozs. 15dwts., on the day I was there, whiih I had the pleasure lof seeing weighed. It is' most difficult; to describe the

course that,.gold Las yet been traced; it must * suffice to say, that, . on. tie western point of the terrace, M'Gowan and Go. have payable - gold ;-the-next claim going eastward, is Gafney : and Co., who are reported to be; 6a very good gold ; then follows Smuh and Co., who, al-ro, report saySj-are. doing1 very well ; then comes Cavanagh and Go., vfho cannot work, on account of ait injunction, pending a suit between them and; Couch, and 'Co., for compensation for the los 3of their tunnels,-

&6.;rCduchjancl Co.'s claim then follows, the;;i*ospbc^;Vof which I have abeady spoken?; "WKel4ri|^ claim, (No. 1) comes ne^^hibjhis^^rably spoken of. These cI?^; tayb all;g6t gold by tunnelling from tbe'&gftfr^ef creek. The railway fromtGreymouth to the Grey Coal MiaejuUl shortly be commenced.

- i The. .Westpbrt; EveiiingiStar vpf thel 24th' i ultimo giyqs the. following account of some new leads^which haWbeen discovered in the th^ day,* oneI'of'■the partiea^who^ha've beeir'tati- I nelluig fro'm'lJeaa'pa^s Creek7"m'"search"spf~ the leads of gold ,'on ..Giles's Terrjac'e, strapk' one of the leads. 'Other -parties are advancing satisfactorily; with! the work.of form"ing their tunnels, and, in a short time,, the leads will, np doubt, be thoroughly "tapped^ at both ends—that 'is, .at the southerly fend, where.„ Evans; ( Luke^r. and others are tun4eljinf~frpm: the Qrawait^T and at the' northerly; 'en^'whereof iie. lead is out off by -Deadmitoi'S "- Creek; On the. terraces beyond Creek, e^aims^ are being taken up, • and .we'beUeveithat for! upwards of two miles north of .the ,Oray?aiti ground hasjbeen pegged,'■ b^./Qf''' course.it jwill be several months yet before' all these; parties oan/repch the goldj but %ere.is pvery reason to. believe that the ground is of such' V character, that, after that is done,• It"will afford;employment to "a large/ population for bany months^ o^seyeralye'ars;:^ 'It m;ay^b^ thattheleads-willrunout, but the striking bf'; th'e ;goldif;fr6in - !l>ea^Wah's''lSreek/gives gi-eat reason to thirik' that. supiL ~wili' jnpt Ibe, (found to be the. case, ;and^tha,t the. lead will 'stall! be followed for a' considerate distari'cfi northward. "" ' ";'.•.'•',","•-•. 1" '■•'*■: -' i.'rN- '"■• . .-•••-