TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3253, 10 July 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

' '• / Hokitjka, July 9th.

I tendent, three County Councils, and Road 1 Boards, was condemned, but it was resolved that a Superintendent be elected by the people, and that the County Council bo abolished. A Committee was appointed to draft a memorial to the Government, aiid to secure the co-operation fo* other places on the West Coast

! At* the cattle sales to-day, four mobs , fetched from 25s to 30s per 100 lbs. Fat sheep would command a good price, as there are none in i he market.

LECTURE.

The Hon. Major Richardson delivered a lecture on "The History of British India," in the lower hall of the Athenaeum, last evening. The lecture was under the auspices of the Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society. Mr John Bathgate occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance.

The lecturer began by observing that, | in speaking of British India, he spoke of a country containing no less than 250,000,000 of inhabitants, subjects directly or indirectly of Her Majesty, ami which contained, the ruins of enormous cities which sufficiently attested the amount of population and comparative civilisation which existed at a rottiotu j>erio(l among the progenitors of the pre- j sent degraded-race of barbarians, ilie subject—embracing so long a period of time, and containing so many varied and commingling events—-?was a large! one, so he, following the order of time, and the chain of history, could only sei»c here and there an "incident, a people, or a campaign, to lead tip. to the central object in the picture—the subjection of Indiato British rule. The subject he divided nndo.r four heads, namely:—The first, from the earliest period known, when the Hindoos migrated from the central plains of Ania, and occupied Northern Hindostan, to the invasion of India by the.Moslems, in the 10th century; the second, the several dynasties which governed Hindostan till the death of Aurungzebe, in 1707; the third, the nominal sovereignty of the successors of-Attrungsn.bj, to the present time ; and fourth, the history of the British in India. India, he said, had ever been, the land of subjection, and its history was the history of conquests. He gave a most interesting sketch of Indian history from the earliest times, detailing the various conquests of successive invaders, the c mtpae&ts of the British, the revolts and their suppression, and the heroism displayed. He also referred to the religions of the natives, and hoped that good would arise from the present intellectual and religious movements amo g them, and said that the British occupation of Indiahad. been fortheirmorai good. Hemade humorous reference to the fact that when British sway was being extended over India, a scientific party, or an envoy with a Royal present, went to an unconquered potentate, and a commercial expedition came next, and after treaties of good faith, and promises not to look on each other's territories with envious eyes, were duly entered into; the military expedition came, and if resisfemce was made by the monarch whose territory was being appropriated, he was fought and conquered. Alluding to the operations of Russia, nea*r India, and on the Black Sea, thelecturerreferred with some apprehension to the fact that, while all the peoples of Continental Europe wer'6 befng trained to the use of anus, Britain rehotl only on her fleets whereas military forces might bo suddenly required in these times, and should be well trained.

The lecture was listened to with fixed attention from first to last, and a vote of thanks was heartily awarded to the lion; and gallant gentleman. A similar compliment was also paid to the chairman.

Wjsu-inoton, July Oth.

North's public-house and two cottages in Tory street were burned down to-day, The ship Excelsior and barque Schiehallion arrived to-day from London. Both bring railway material, and the lattor also brings 124 immigrants for the Messrs Brogdon.

Auckland, July 9th.

Mrs Gardner, the landlady of the boardirig-houae in which Thompson lodged, died from small-pox last night. The house is shut up and the business ruined. Gx*eafc commiseration is felt for Mr Gardner. The Chairman of the Harbour Board has applied to the Colonial Secretary for instructions to prosecute the Nebraska for false representations on her last visit. •

■.„ Mr Sykos, an old f Coromandel setfcler, is deaci. He was riding, when his horse ran against a dray, and he (Mr Sykes) had his leg broken, besides receiving in ternal injuries

The excitement jn the anare market is intense, and business is paralysed. It was officially stated by the Chairman mid Directors of the Green Harp Co. th-it the amalgam was;2ooo fppvefy ilrom the' first 50 tons of stone crushed. It was found, however, to be loaded with copper, and is not expected to -yield 76 Amices of gold. The claim owes £800, instead of being in a pQsitipn,to \ ay..a. and ( a call will proiiabiy be rhad^. ' It is srrjJposed that the best stone was robbed. Shares are at 10s, for smpjlparcels. Subscriptions to the amount' of £150 were collected to-day, to prosecute: the la&s Directois criminaH

any. , Caledonian anares have been sold today at £15 10s, Moanataiari shares at SA 17s, and Bismarck shares at £2 15s. > A miner named William Evana has been killed by a fall of earth in a mine.

, ~ ';. r TAUBAJfOA, July 9th.

The sympathisers with the Maori King living round Tauranga, have proceeded to Tokangamutu to. attend the great meeting of the Kingites touching the Native Minister's rerent visit to the Waikato. : Tlie Arawa natives, are alarmed at the spread* of, the small-pox, and have ex-" pressed their airxiety to fee Vaccinated. The Government have promised to have them vaccinated. , Mr La-agbridi;© has to Auck-. land, to procure,plant for starting a new*-', paper in the Bay of Plenty; 1 ''"'

jQerywouth, JulyJßth. :

At the public meeting last night, it was resolved unanimously that steps be taken to, have, the. iwhole-ot the, Wea^ Coast " gotdfields placed under"one system of, Provincial Gov^rnnaent, Mr Harrison's xecommendaJabn 'to^'n.' iihinate a Superin- r .•'■..'•iiii-i -' >,<iri'l '\ '