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Colonist, Issue 795, 9 June 1865, Page 5

Addhess to Yottng Men. —In this issue is an announcement of an address to young men, which will be given on Sundny evening next, at the Temperance Hall, by Mr. Walter Douglas. The subject on this occasion is one which admits of much persuasive and effective speech, and should be well attended, especially by those to whom it will be particularly addressed. Postal Curiosities. —Generally in Great Britain, when a letter is misdirected or has a dubious directionithe people of tho particular office into whose hands it fulls write on it, " Try so-and-so street," or " Try such and such a town ;" and it is not until numerous trials of this kind have been made that the letter is sent back to its writer through the dead letter office. We remember seeing a returned letter which was addressed Brooke-street^ Edinburgh, instead of Man, Chester, and after the streets of Edinburgh had been tried in vain, it had been despatched to London, and more than half-a-dozen different places there were similarly tried before it was sent back to the writer. This is the rule at home. But it seiems different in New Zealand ; the rule apparently is, routine and the avoidance of all trouble. If this be so, how should we find in the Dunedin Unclaimed Letter Lißt for the month of February, of letters unclaimed at 31st of March, the names of the Hon. Wm. Fox and E. W. Stafford ? There are only two meu in the Colony bearing these names ; and one would suppose that it would have been a very simple thing to transmit such letters to their proper owners. But iustead of that, although the names are those of two ex-Premiers, the people of Dunedin Post-office are so " world forgetting," that they must stick these celebrities, who have been prominent men for nearly a score of years, amongst the unknowns and late arrivals, who have no local habitation. We are very much mistaken if such things are in accordance with Mr. Gray's orders. The ship Lancashire Witch, 1574 tons, Captain King, arrived in Auckland on 2nd June. She brings the largest number of passengers which ever arrived in Auckland in ono vessel, namely—49o. There were,: 12 deaths of children on board and 6 births.