VICTORIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 107, 4 June 1853, Page 3

VICTORIA.

The intelligence received from Victoria (says the " Nelson Examiner," from whose columns we copy a few of the following extracts,) shows that the search for gold is still carried on most successfully in that colony, and that the price of the metal is as high, if not higher, than at any former period. The continued influx of persons from all parts of the world causes a great demand for every description of produce, and the prices given are most encouraging to those who give their labours to the soil. Unfortunately the moral aspect of the colony is not so encouraging as its material one, aa a perusal of some of the subjoined extracts will show. Ballakat, March 3. — There are at least 6000 m?n at Yuille's Flat, but fortune seems very much divided, many blanks and many glorious successes. At the Eureka there are rumours of some rich ground being discovered by persons desirous of J keeping it secret. At Penny Weight Hill, gold in many places is found as thick as plums in a rich Christinas pudding. The late Mukder at Geei-onq. — An inquest was held' at the Derwent Hotel, Bates Ford, on Fri-

day-, the 4th March, on the body of John Shannon, who was murdered on Thursday evening. It ap"peared that deceased came from Mr, Selick's, Buninyong, to Bates Ford, on that day, and left his horse at the inn. He afterwards called, and took tea with Mr. White, butcher, and remained till 8 o'clock, when, as he complained of fatigue from riding, he was in the act of leaving. On opening the door, several men appeared, inquiring if that was the butcher's shop ? Deceased replied, " It is, mate, walk in." He then passed one man on his way out, when another of the party stopped him by placing his hand on his shoulder, and pushed him back into the roora,sa)ing, " You are just the man we want,'' forcing him towards the fire-place. Deceased seized the handle of a spade for the purpose of defending himself, but was thrown down, and the stick taken from him. The man who appeared the ringleader fhen ordered him to come towards the door and be searehe'd, asking, " How he dared to resist," adding, " I'll give you something for yourself before I leave this " He then ordered him to keep his arms above his heid. The accomplice who threw deceased down was then ordered to do his duty, but, as he hesitated, the other took him by the sleeve, and presented a pistol to his breast, saying, " Do your duty, sir, and search him." Deceased then said, "If you want my money, I have a£2 note in my pocket ; take that, but do not kill me. I have given my other money up." On completing the search, the man said, " I have got it — it is finished;" and on the sign from the leader went out at the back door. The other then turned to the man who guarded the front door, and who had all the time kept a pistol presented at Mr. White, and gave another sign, who likewise left the room. He then presented a double-barrelled pistol within six or eight inches of the breast of the deceased, and fired ; deceased fell forward on his face, groaned, and died. He then twice called, j " Barry, it is finished— we'll be off." On leaving, he J desired Mr. White, his wife and children, to remain in the house for half an hour on pain of death. None | of these were searched, neither was the bedroom entered. Mr. White observed six men— one was placed outside the front, and another at the back door. The perpetration of the robbery and murder occupied about ten minutes, during which time Mr. and Mrs White were threatened with instant death j should they remove from their position, The party, j who did not appear to have travelled far, seemed to have some knowledge of the deceased, who had stated to Mis. White that he had brought down £49, but ! did not say with whom it was placed. On a post | mortem examination by Dr. Walsh, he diseoveied ! that two balls had entered the chest, about four inches apart, one of which was found in the left I lung ; the other passed through the body into the \ road. The jury returned a verdirt that James Shan- | non was wilfully murdered by a man unknown, aided ! and abetted by others, likewise unknown. j Illness is again afflicting the diggers at Mount j Alexander. The prevalent diseases are di.irrh.osa, i dysentery, and typhus fever. The escorts from I Mount Alexander and the Ovens arrived in Mel1 bourne on the sth instant ; the former brought 4538 | o<:s., and the latter 12,550 ozs. of gold. Very flatteri ing accounts of the Ovens have anived by these escorts. j Stubbs.& Son sold yesterday, before a numerous i attendance, the Melbourne nugget, weighing 371 i ounces, to Mr. Bedgood, at 795. per oz. ; a smaller \ nugget of 142 ounces at 795. Gd. per oz., to Mr. Sutcliff, the biddings being remarkably spirited. — \ Arjus, Maich 5. j The Geelong Adoerliser says :—": — " We are informed I that new diggings have been opened to the eastward !of Crpswick'b Cieek. About 700 men were at work. The sinking is fiom 12 to 15 feet, bottoming on pipe j clay, washing stuff varying from 10 to 15 inches, like j that at B.illaiat, and hard to puddle. One piece in the sample we saw from Cresvvick's Creek weighed about 15 ounces." The number of persons who arrived in Victoria, from various parts of the world, during the week ending 19 th February, was 3502. A man, named Robert Cresford, was found bar- | barou&ly murdered near Kinlochewe Inn, on Fiiday i week last. Another man, named John Shannon, was murdered at Bates' Ford, near Geelong, List week. The perpetrators of these horrible deeds have not been discovered. A person named Mr. Maunsell, a gold buyer, was lately found murdered between Canadian Gulley and Evoka ;* another was found in the same locality hanging on a tree with his hands tied ; the body of another man has been found in a waterhole, in the same neighbourhood, supposed to be murdered. HoiwißLn Aitair. — At a late hour on Wednesday evening we received information that the dead body of a man supposed to have been murdered was found in the bush about five miles from Aitken's gap, on the road to the diggings. Several masks of violence were perceptible, and part of the unfortunate man's face appeared to have been beaten in such a manner as to render it impossible to lecognise him. He is supposed to be some returning gold digger, who has fallen a victim to the lawlessness of the times. From February 8 to March 12, 1853, somewhat less than five weeks, 196,816 ounces of gold were brought down by the various escorts, or about 43,000 ounces per week, exclushe of what was brought down by private hands. In the fortnight ending the 23th March 57,058 ounces were brought down by the escorts from Mount Alexander and Bendigo, 10,475 ounces from the Ovens, and 8,334 ounces from Balarat ; making a total of 75,867 ounces in the fortnight. This return of 38,000 ounces per week shows that the gradual decline in the Victoria escort returns, which has prevailed for some months, is still continuing. The escort at one time last year averaged 80,000 ounces per week for several weeks. During the fortnight 4,137 persons arrived in the colony (by sea), and 1,254 left, showing a gain of 2,883, or 1,430 weekly. During the fortnight there was shipped for London 24,U00 ounces gold per steamer Melbourne, 40,300 ounces per ship Queen of England, 21,0'K) ounces per ship Enchanter, 20,300 ounces per ship James Alexander, and 11,000 per ship Beukh— a total of 117,000 ounces. This, with

the shipments to Sydney, brought up the total ship* ments during the year 1853 to 637,293 ounces, valued at £2,389,852, taken at £3, 15s. per ounce. A Government land sale, lasting five days, has realized £80,000. Among the lots some small building lots in the suburbs of Melbourne, described by the Argus as low, swampy, and unhealthy, brought above £2000 per acre. The Argus urges on the wealthy men of Melbourne the duty of at once commencing the erection of additional buildings to meet the continually increasing wants of the city j as a matter of profitable enterprise, certain of an immense and immediate return. It complains that the prevalent spirit is that of locking up uselessly the enormous gains of the merchant and trader. The most striking thing in the news from the gold fields, apart from the finding of one or two more nuggets at Balarat, of no great size, was the discovery of new and rich diggings at Sandy Creek, about 20 miles from Bendigo, and the country about which was reported at Mount Alexander, about the middle of March, to appear as extensively and richly auriferous as Bendigo formerly was. Thousands of diggers hastened thither on learning the news, Mount Alexandee, Forest Creeek, March 14.— Since my last communication very little of general interest has occurred. The diggers are much on the move from this place to Balarat and Bendigo and back again. Still the old diggings in this quarter find favour with many. The last year's diggingsin the neigbourhood of Golden Point are being reworked with great advantage ; in many instances asmuch as from five to six pounds weight being taken from one claim. Se\eral other places are turning out well ; and it is reported that yesterday a party on Murdering Flat took a nugget weighing thirtyseven pounds from their claim. Tent robberies are still pre\ alent. On Saturday night a man was shot in the act of entering a tent at Castlemaine,- Hehad been one of the party, and owing to a dispute? [ had separated from the others. Availing himself of his knowledge of the place where the gold belong ing to his former mates were deposited, he attempti ed to enter by slitting the tent, but being heard, was , fired at, and met his death.— Argus Correspondent. j I have just heard of a six pound nugget being ! found in a gully immediately in front of the Argus j office.- Ibid. j Pinkerton, the man who murdered Mrs. Smith j and her infant at Biighton, near Melbourne, after Mrs. Smith had repulsed his improper advances, had been tried at the Criminal Sittings, found guilty and sentenced to be hung. j The captain of the Doloves, from South America, i which arrived at Melbourne on 30th March, informed the Argus reporter that he had not brought any alpacas, but that a passenger of his, Mr. Ledger, who owned 400, was willing to bring them to Australia if he found a market for them, and had proceeded to Sydney to make enquiries. I The number of shares taken in the Geelong and ' Melbourne Railway is now upwards of 5,100. ! The following vessels were to sail from New York for this poit:— Scargo, 29th November; the Eagle and Bothnia, 900 tons; the Albus, 29th November, for Port Phillip and Sydney; the Glance, 1000 tons r | for S)rlney and Melbourne, 4th December. A ' monthly line of steam and sailing vessels for Austra- • Ha, via Panama, is advertised, one of which, the St Maiy, was to sail from Panama on December Ist. ; Melbourne Argus, March 0. ; SYDNEY. I Emigrants teom England.— The ship Resolute, 1 800 tons, Commander E. O. Lewis, arrived in the 1 Sydney harbour on Monday, with 136 passengers j and a miscellaneous cargo. Her passage has been i a successful, though a very tedious one, dating 153 j days from London, 133 from Plymouth, and 44 from [ the Cape. In a sanitary respect, only two of the passengers can be reported as sufferers. The " sufferings '' most particularly prevalent amongst tho steerage passengers have been confined to the hard provisions which the present emigration system seems to prescribe as fit and proper ; still even of , such, we loam there have been shortcomings of late. j The list of passengers exhibits the following analy- ) sis : — Single young women, fourteen ; widows, two ; I single young men, forty-one; youths and children, j (two thirds male), thirty-nine ; the rest comprise , married couples, husbands supposed to have tickets | of leave from their spouses, and wives professedly iin search of are-union with their masters. Amongst 1 the intending visitors to the gold regions are Lord 1 Henry J. Scott, a younger son of the rich Duke of Buccleugh, attended by chaplain and valet, and having as companion Lord Schomberg Ker, brother of | the Marquis of Lothian. Their lordships have ma- ' nifested during the passage an excellent social habit. ' It is undei stood they are absent from England for ' about thiee years, and that they purpose returning from hence by way of India and Palestine. Amongst 1 the other passengers, whilst there are several who j have filled a very superior position in Englishsocie- , ty, many tradesmen' and mechanics skilled in various functions, form the principal portion, whom a versatility of talent predisposes to an application to any < puisuit offering itself, which, at the bame time that ■ it is eligible, shall piove most imiiing by its remuneiution. With joy they exerted for two clays past a strange vision in the misty distance of the land I which shall soon he, alike to themselves and their I Mum- countrymen, a. bourne of future well-being in an emphatic sense. Squalls, whether intestine, or social, or physical, and made upt)f the doubly impetuous brief gale, are hoped to be now proved worth enduring for the promised future. The Resolute is, we understand, appointed to make a passage to Madras in a ft>w days. She is A 1 for thirteen years, and has a cautious captain. When off Cape iiuisterre, she was struck by a very heavy Bea on the j 6larboard side, which swept the decks fore and aft, broke a hencoop on the poop, washed away the foremast binnacle, stove in and washed away five deck ports, drove a large quantity of water into the cuddy, and poured down the main hatchway perhapa atun of water, which, besides causing intense con-- . sternation, did a -deal of damage to the contents bff^ boxes in tue adjacent cabins. — isyd)imj Empire, r

( Continued from the First Page.) sat down amid " deafening cheers" from his partisans. Mr. Gladstone rebuked him decorously, and replied to him very effectively. The division was taken, nominally on the housetax, but really on the whole financial scheme— and the votes were, for the Government, 286 ; against, 305 ; giving an adverse majority of 19. Lord Derby's view of the character of this defeat — as " really intended to prove the want of confidence of the House of Commons in the Government" — and of the combination of parties by which it was effected, is to be found in a remarkable speech delivered in the House of Lords. The movement succeeded. "I felt," said his Lordship, " and my colleagues felt with me, that no option remained for us than that of tendering to Her Majesty the resignation of those offices of which we were no longer able to perform the functions with satisfaction to ourselves, or so as to carry out our views and projects." Her Majesty entrusted the formation of a new Cabinet to the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Aberdeen ; but the Marquis was prevented by gout from undertaking the task, (not to speak of his having already signified his withdrawal from active political life) ; and the duty devolved on the noble Earl, who, though nearly 70 years of age seems to have shown no lack of energy in its performance. The rumour of war had excited serious attention, although Lord Malmesbury,in formally announcing to the House of Lords the Proclamation of the Empire in France, stated th&t the Emperor had declared very pacific intentions. Louis Napoleon is too well known to permit of much weightbeing attached to such declarations coming from HIM. The following paragraph from the " Spectator" gives a view of the preparations for national defence which were in contemplation or progress :—: — The " Times," followed by the " Herald" and " Standard," has kept up a series of announcements respecting an immediate increase to the forces of the country, with a corresponding increase to the military and naval estimates. The public must expect a very large increase indeed ; hut the scale of it is only indicated in particular items which are let out by degrees. The " Herald" proclaims that " the vote for the steam marine will be comparatively enormous," £380,000 " for steam machinery alone." It is understood that as soon as ministers have obtained the assent of Parliament, the entiy of seamen and enlistment of marines will proceed. The number of men to be added to the navy is 5000, to the marines 1500. By this time next year there | will probably be about twenty two-decked and three-decked war screw steamers afloat; and machinery for eight screw line of battle ships has been ordered of Messrs. Maudslay and Mr. Field, and Messrs. Perm and Co. In the Ordnance there is to be a very considerable increase, 2000 men, 1000 horses, 200 guns, with carriages and ammunition waggons, the latter to he ready by the end of winter or beginning of spring. No mention is yet made of any increase to the Army, but great activity is noted in the movements of the different regiments. There must also be an increase for fortifications. Orders have been issued to begin, and to hasten, as much as possible, the construction of batteries on the Isle of Wight; a very proper point for special activity, but of course not the only point. Altogether, we must understand that the journals have not yet been enabled to announce the total amount of the naval and military increase, considerable as it must be from the items already before us. That very successful and radical reformer, the Emperor of Austria, is now on a visit to his brother potentate, the King of Prussia, in .Berlin. The visit is supposed to have political objects, — the principal being the settlement of the customs' union question, and the adoption of some common system of action in regard to the French Emperor. Major-Gen. Sir R. Nickle has been appointed Commander of the Forces in New South Wales. Trade was exceedingly brisk in England, and the gold mania was as intense as' ever. The wool sales continued to progress favourably, and high prices ruled, particularly for fine wool. A committee of the members of the House of Commons had engaged an artist to paint a full-length portrait of J. Hume,. Esq., M.P. It is stated, on reliable authority, that the Rothschilds have withdrawn their money from the French Funds, in spite of the most strenuous opposition to prevent them, and that they have re-invested in American securities. Are the prudent capitalists afraid of a political or a commercial crisis ? Of course a large number of smaller capitalists will follow their example, and, as a natural result, there will be a panic in the already over-inflated French market. Rumours to the effect that war with England was inevitable had occasioned a heavy fall in the French funds. The steamer " Geelong," from Greenock to Australia, had been lost in the Bay of Biscay, passengers and crew saved, but none of the cargo. In the obituary notices we observe the names of the Countess of Lovelace (Lord Byron's only daughter), Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Admiral Cookesley, Lieut.-Gen. Wemyss, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Peter Borthwick, Esq., M.P., Earl of Shrewsbury, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Bouverie, Major-Gen. Addison, and Dr. Mantell, the geologist. The speech was not read by Her Majesty in ; the House of Lords until a quarter past two, and not a copy was issued from the Treasury previous to that hour; yet so rapidly was it transmitted by the wires of the submarine telegraph, that its receipt was acknowledged by a return message from France at five minutes past three, and a summary of it was posted at

the Borsenhalle Exchange Rooms in Hamhurg early in the afternoon ! (From the Lyttelton Times, May 7.) The " Hampshire," 672 tons, Captain Reynell, anchored in our harbour yesterday morning:. The " Hampshire" left Gravesend on the 10th December, and, having been detained in the Channel for several weeks by south-west gales, Torbay on the 16th January. She has had a favourable passage thence of 110 days, with the exception of a heavy gale off Desolation Island, where she was compelled, although the wind was fair, to lay to. Stewart's Island was sighted on the 28th April, and Port Cooper Heads early yesterday morning. The " Hampshire" brings 39 cabin and intermediate passengers, and 15 in the steerage, mostly all for this settlement. The cargo, also, we hear, is chiefly for this Port. We have been favoured with several numbers of the " Times" to the 10th January, but the incompleteness of the files disenables our giving any connected report of the news. The Earl of Aberdeen had completed the formation of the Ministry, which, according to the " Times," was regarded with favour and confidence by the public. " If," says that journal, " England does not love a coalition, she has been at particular pains to conceal her dislike. The re-elections of Lord Aberdeen's colleagues are not quite over, and there may be some quarter in which the suppressed flame of latent discontent may break forth ; but hitherto all has gone well, and disapprobation has been confined to the speeches of Lord Derby and the columns of one morning and one evening journal." The severest opposition was to the re-election of Mr. Gladstone, for the University of Oxford, but at the close of the poll on the Bth January, he was 87 a-head of his opponent, Mr. Perceval, a gentleman who, according to the " Times," is only known from the fact of his " having a father 40 years ago, but what and where he has been in the long interval, we ask in vain." The following is the list of the Aberdeen Administration : — First Lord of the Treasury—The Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Chancellor — Lord Cranworth. Chancellor of the Exchequer — Mr. Gladstone. Secretaries of State — (Home) Lord Palmerston ; (Foreign) Lord John Russell ; (Colonial) The Duke of Newcastle. First Lord of the Admiralty — Sir James Graham. Postmaster-General — Lord Clanricarde. President of the Council — Earl Granville. Lord Privy Seal— The Duke of Argyle. Secretary at War — Mr. Sidney Herbert. President of the Board of Control — Sir C. Wood. First Commissioner of Public Works — Sir W. Molesworth. The Marquis of Lansdowne. j The above form the Cabinet. In addition, we believe the following appointments have taken place: — President of the Board of Trade — Mr. Card- I well. _ _ I President of the Poor Law Board — Right Hon. M. T. Baines. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster — Right Hon. E. Strutt. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland — Earl St. Germains. Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland — Sir J. Young. Lord Chancellor of Ireland— The Right M. Brady. Attorney-General for Ireland — Mr, Brewster. Attornej'-General — Sir A. Cockburn. ! Solicitor-General— Sir W. P. Wood. | Judge-Advocate-General — Mr. C. P. Yilliers. Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies — Mr. F. Peel. ! Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs — Lord Wodehouse. Secretary of the Treasury — Right Hon. G. Hayter. Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control — A. H. Layard, Esq., R. Lowe, Esq. The Quarterly returns of the Revenue were J most favourable. There never was, says the " Times," in our recollection, a more prosperous statement. The increase isupwardsof £500,000; and this in spite of the diminished duties on su- | gar. A frightful railway collision occurred on the 3rd January, on the Buckinghamshire railway, in which seven persons were instaneously killed j and many more seveiely injured. " The trains met as two squadrons of cavalry charging each other might have met on a battle-field." Of six men in charge of the engines, five were instantaneously killed. Fortunately there were ! but 21 passengers, else the tragedy would have been yet more appalling. Vaiious parts of England have been visited with great floods, which have inflicted an immense amount of injury. A hurricane burst over London on Christmas Day, more severe than was ever remembered. The entire roof of the Eastern Counties Railway Station was lifted up by the force of the wind, and the new Crystal Palace, now in course of erection was greatly damaged. Lamps were blown out, and chimnies knocked down in scores. (From the Sydney Morning Herald, April 26.) The " Harbinger," the first of the line laid on by the General Screw Navigation Company, left England on the 10th February, and while she was at the Cape of Good Hope, the " Queen of the South," with news to the loth February, arrived there. By the kind attention of a friend who boarded the " Harbinger" for that purpose, we are in possession of two packets from one of our London correspondents, containing English newspapers and two letters, which will put our readers in possession of the principal events which had occurred.

The " Adelaide" left England on January 3rd, and was 67 days to the Cape, arriving there the same day as the " Queen of the South," which sailed February 15. Defective coaling arrangements were the cause of the detention. She will probably arrive at Melbourne in the course of this week, as she was to leave the Cape on the 25th March. Parliament re-assembled on the 10th February. On the 11th, Lord John Russell made a brief statement of the course he intended to pursue with regard to public business. The navy estimates were to be produced on Friday, and the army estimates soon afterwards. The number of men not to be increased at present, but the grant to be increased, for which "satisfactory reasons" are to be given. The Jewish Disabilities Bill is again on the * carte.' An important measure on Education is to be propounded, which is described as being more useful than pretentious. Transportation to Australia is to cease forthwith, and the whole question of secondary punishment reconsidered. It was intended to follow out the arrangement of the previous government, and send no more convicts to Van Diemen's Land. The Marco Polo, which made such a rapid passage to Melbourne, has had an equally favourable return to England, having arrived at Liverpool on December 27, in 75 days, with Melbourne news to the 11th October. The Marco Polo brought £100,000 in gold dust on freight. She also brought 50 passengers, several of whom have large sums of money; one of them is reported to have £45,000 on board. The voyage out and home is unprecedented, having been accomplished in the remarkably brief space of 5 months and 21 days. The outward passage occupied 68 days and the homeward 75 days. During the voyage she made 315, 318, and 306 miles for three days successively. Going out, she sailed from the parallel of the Cape of Good Hope to Port Phillip in 32 days. Heavy bets were laid upon the Marco Polo against the steamer home, from the fact of having beaten her out. The Marco Polo was built by Mr. James Smith of St. John's, New Brunswick, who also built the celebrated ships Tippoo Saib, Ben Nevis, and Alfred. From France we gather no news of importance. The Great Northern powers have recognised the new Emperor ; this recognition is stated to be accompanied by certain reservations with reference to the numeral attached to the title of Emperor and the hereditary power. The Emperor was to give a series of entertainments on a large and expensive scale. The splendonr of the Imperial Court bids fair to outstrip all that has been before it, and those whose emoluments are high are obliged to spend every franc on them, unless they resolve on keeping away from Court receptions. The parties who are most gratified by the Emperor appearing to insist on the public money being spent in this way are the tailors and t modistes,' who must be making fortunes. A few years ago — say even this day five years | — M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was three years in arrears of rent in the parish of St. James. He could not pay his tailor's bill or his upholsterer's, or his wine merchant's bill, or meet one- half of his engagements in the City or the West End. In the new Ministry there are unquestionable elements of strength and stability according to the present aspect of parties, including, as the list does, the most eminent and experienced of both the Whigs and Peelites, — that is, if men who, in past times, have been so frequently opposed to each other can now agree to act together in harmony and mutual confidence. The " if," however, in this case suggests, we think, a doubtful, if not improbable, issue. As respects the Colonies, while we could not but appreciate highly the diligence, straightforwardness, and manifest desire to do right so far as his information and opportunities permitted, by which Sir John Pakington's brief official career was characterised, we are disposed to anticipate good from a Cabinet in which the Duke of Newcastle holds the Colonial seals. Both he and Mr. Gladstone have turned much attention to the affairs of New Zealand, and, on the vital subject of the New Zealand Company's debt, they evidenced, throughout the discussion in June last, an insight into the question, and at least a readiness to investigate the charges brought against the Company, from which we may expect that they will promote the searching inquiry which cannot issue otherwise than in a demonstration of the unprincipled wrongs which that griping and fraudulent Body has inflicted on the Colony. Mr. Frederick Peel, once more the Under-Secre-tary for the colonies, did indeed strenuously defend the Company during the debate on the Constitution Act, but at that time the Company's great patron, Lord Grey, was his Chief; and, under new circumstances, and perhaps with additional light on the subject, he may take a different course. So far as talent is concerned, he is generally regarded as giving high promise, — as being indeed the only one of Sir Robert Peel's family who can in any considerable degree be said to inherit His abilities. — N.Zealander.