Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 50, 11 July 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

c-_ En'thutainmknt. — An entertainment eonidHtlng of vocul muilc and reading* was given in Iho Congregational Church, Ferry Jload, o» Thursday night, und was very numerously attended. Amongst tho readings were " The Memoir of Abraham Lincoln," " Tho Mchesfc Mini in our Village," and several poetical selections from favourite authors, They were all most effectively rendered by Air J. P. Jameson, and listcucd to with tho greatest attention ami evident pleasure. Tho musical portion of (he pr«>graniino was carried out by member* of the Ohrlstchureh Congregational Church Choir, Mr Woodford providing at tho harmonium, and Mt* Jones rendering very material assistance as violinist. The readings mid music were agreeably intcrripemed, and met with tho frequent, applause of the audience, A pleasant and instructive evening ww brought to a termination by the flinging of the National Anthem. Tho proceeds of the entertainment are to bo devoted towards liquidation of tho debt on the church. Tub moot IndbhvNdbkt Towx in New Zi;Ar,A ]>,— lt appears Unit there* is one town In tho Auckland province consisting of nine houses, and thai tho principal circulating medium in un old abiding with a hole in it which pauses from band to liiuid with great regularity, doing tho (miiro Uiuloof the plueo. Happy fellows who live tliero I The bailiff who wmihl luvy would stand but little chincc ot tho "shll'lng with the hole iv it," ami yet tho cry for looul self-government hiw been heard and felt there, A fottunAto wai l^iU of that town writing to tho New Zealand Herald, on tl>o 24 i1l ultimo putt it thus :— " Sir— The town of liiiglan consists of nine inhabited houses, yet by tho indefatigable oxerliona of Mr Jilandon, tho very talented manager oi Messrs Owcuand Grubam's store, we have now a lown Hoard, and are u.mosaoil, and, m I believe, in tliesu bad times blessed with a rato of three-halfpence in tho pound. No doubt It i-t nothing to tho linn of Owen and Gruliivm, but in a place like thi* a nhilling with a bole through it keeps making its weekly turn round, each pcrton taking it in its turn j it in, I can assure you the chiet oil' uliitlng coin in the placo, do." Qoi.i) in I'kuu.— According to accounti lately mailo public, but which perhaps, p.trtuku of tho exagi{uration customary in uueh matters, tliurc nro gold deposits in Peru equal If not superior in richncts to any yet discovorol in inlifornla or Au.itraliu, About a year uro tho Peruvian Government «ci>t an expedition to exploi'o tiia northuru part of that country, on tho banks of tho rivers MiU'uuon and Marona, which are tributary of the Am:izon. A steamer, called tho Napo, wu» cmploycdi under Uio command of a Mnjor Vufgatt, wliomc ofllol.il report, roecntly insuod, In alleged to show that " immense quaiiliticfi of gold exist in tho region through which tho explorers puaacil," tiuch in tinahundanco that an Indian utingonly a almjilt* wooden tray for waihlng tbo gi>ld dust can gather ocvcral ounecM of gold iv two or throe hour;*. The savages are fierce, and uuy Uola'.cd parties are exposed to great danger irom tluir attacks, "but thosowlio will vunlurotoromain only; aj few ditys mny guthcr with the groatcut facility! extraordinary quantities." At New York the intelligence hud created un impiVHaion that many persona would at onco bo attruotcd thithar. fttujor Vurg.ifl is understood to bo anxious to ronew his ooarcb, and tho New -York Commercial Aduertiaer contains tho following paragraph on tua subject t — Tld« discovery is of tho greatest importance, and may becomu of tho moat fijrloua importance to tho Peruvian Government* Now that, thanks to the enlightened liberality of tho Kmpcror of Br.tv.!l, tho navigation of the Anui/.oti is frco, it is only natural to expect that numcroim adventurers will bo found rushing to tho new gold regions by way of tho Amazon, and it remidn» to be seen whr«t further action the Peruvian Government will tuko in tho matter. Previous to the overthrow of Prado, it bad been decided to tuko tho necessary flteps lot tho further exploration of ths aurifcrot!9 regions, and the Government bad aUo under iv conslderuliot) tho measures which ie would bo advitablo to adopt for tho protection and government of tho immigrants that it was expected would soon How in to the now gold fields, What tho present administration will do is,of course, uncertain, but Its action wIH bo awaited with considerable Interest."

Meeting of Creditors— >A meeting of creditors in the estate of Alexander J, Leslie, was to lute b«en held at the KegUtrard Chambers at 11 o'clock UiU morning, hut no eioditoM aitcmleJ. Mr Joynt is solicitor for the bankrupt. Gnr.Y Co.\i. CoMr.vxr. — The directors of the Grey Utvcr Coal Company held their iHiial meeting at M«s.-st» Wil.-um ami Al port's room. High street, yesterday afternoon. Mr 11. T. M. Aynsley in the chair. Mr Ollivlcr tendered his resignation of the honorary secretaryship to the company; the rapid increase of the duties devolving upon him rendering It imno&iiblG to continue to illsohargo thorn without interfering with moro important personal matters. The resigna* tion was accepted, ami three applications for the olllec were read, The director* dcelded not to accept any of thorn but to advertiso foraproporly qualified person, at a llxed salary of £100, togotlier with some other pecuniary advantage. It vms decided to advertise for an engineer to lay out Hnw of railway from the mines to tho shipping wliarf at Groymouth, with tho subsequent view of receiving tenders for their immediate construction, Satisfactory reports of the trial drives, and the diameter of tho coal were received and read, from the local committee at Greymouth, Messrs Olllvlor and Nathan were elected directors to till vacancies which had occurred from tho recent resignation of two members of tho Board. Tho meeting then adjourned, Manduvilus axd R.vxoion.v Hojvd Board. — An ordinary meeting of this Hoard was held at Hangtorn, on Monday last, the hon, G, L. Lee In the chair, and Me=wr* Jlowron, Threlkeld, Howard, and Peareo, also present. The minutes of lost meeting were read and conllnned. Tho chairman reported that ho had written to the Oust and Oxford Koad Hoards, asking If they would assist in erecting the proposed bridge over the Cust on Hit; Rangiora and Oxford direct road out of their portion of tho main roads grant. la reply he had received a letter declining to do so, hut no communication was yet to hand from the former, The Surveyor* report was next read. It stated tliat a portion of the Umber for the Cust groin had arrived ; that Messrs Newton and Barnes had replied respecting the pile-driving apparatus; that another set had been offered to tho Hoard for £40 ; that the wet weather had prevented the mc-talllng of the soft place* on tho Oxford ami llangiora road, but that the side ditches had been cleared in order to drain the water away, and ho recommended that the whole of tho road from Mr Gow's to section JWS2, about 100 chains, should be farmed, as it was in a very hid state, and such a proceeding would be cheaper and better than making short distances where only most required ; Mr Wright had completed Coutt-V Mill Bridge, and the approaches had been formed according to agreement by tho residents in. the vicinity f Mr Helmore had inspected tho Cam drainage t about 20 chains of the main drain bank had been damaged by the Hood, nnd tho water-course was again silting up at that spot, as it would constantly bo doing unless tho mouth of the drain ia deepened— a further fall of five feet been obtainable — nnd widened ; tho bridge at the mouth of the drain and tho one near Mr Stonyc^ mill had givsn way ; the planking had been removed from the former in order to prevent accident, and Mr Stonycr had erected a temporary titrne~ turc in place of the latter ; the road repairIng contractors had been instructed to lay 85 yard* of metal on tho Rangiora and Woodend road, and it was desirable that the laying of a still further quantity should bo authorised ; some lwulders bad been ordered to be placed In tho ruts on the Oxford and Ohoka road, near White's farm ; some pipes crossing the road at this point caused the water, from their inability to carry it off quick enough, to back up on to the road, and it would be advisable to replace them with a small bridge ; several portions of tho Island part of the North road had been repaired, but there were many others requiring immediate attention : the metal on the Island road from Mr Travis' to Mr M'Leod'a required raklng,and some other repairs doing. The report was considered seriatim, and it wiih decided tiiat the Chairman should obtain an Interview with Mr Helmorc ; that tho surveyor should inspect the pile-driving apparatus offered for £-10, and report upon It at next meeting ; that ho should also liave the hank of the drain repaired and a new bridge erected at the mouth of the watercourse t that the recommended rcp-iira on the North and Island roads be effected) and that tender.-* b«; invited for keeping the Island portion of the North Road in repair, and for erecting tho suggested bridge near White's farm. Tho consideration of forming the Hanglora and Oxford road was deferred until next meeting. Mr Hevell had an Interview with the Hoard and requested leave to erect a fence across the main drain reserve. Tho surveyor was directed to inspect tho places with discretionary power to grant the request — if not considered objectionable, the usual conditions to be compiled with. Mr r.y nskey also waited upon the uoard and offered to metal the road nenrtMr Stonyer's mill for the amount retained from the original contractors for the work. The olrVr w.-m declined, and tho surveyor wan directed to request the contractors to continue tho work. A request from Mr Harnard for permission to cut a drain in the road in front of bh premises in Itnngiom, was referred to the Hurveyor, Messrs Doak and Chapman applied for llmlwr for a foot -bridge near Doekoy creek, offering to erect it free of lost, If such was provided them, The application was granted, the tlml>er to be taken from the foot-bridge washed away from the Cust. The imposition of tho annual rato was next considered, nnd it was decided that 3d in the & should be levied upon all assessed property in the district, Leave of absence during the sitting of the General Assembly was granted to the cliulrman. Accounts amounting to £68 7a were ordered to bo paid, and tho Board then adjourned till Monday tho 2oth inst.

Ait'oiktmbnt.— Wo understand tlmt Mr Mnllct, of llokltllcn, liiw boon appointed olfirknfi tlio JtcnfdonC Mnglfltnvto'rt Court, Christ.church. X, A Monur, Noti«is,—A. friend from Nolson ' flfifiurc'it Hio On I.}/1 .}/ Jtiucr Anjm that tho following h «ti exact copy ot a wrkton qtiurtlfon put by n member of tlic Provincial Council roprou-nilnK tho Bnllur district, to Iho Provincial .Solicitor ;— " VVhotliot* i£ a member nsked i!(l(X> for a dOrtirnblo comttrumlon or nnylhbig, mid another member Hiiyn C.'JOOf), WhKhfcr, that in to nny, what, nhoiild it be, it tho iimoimt of the Government which It In expended on tho construction of Iho tiling required XI O,OOO, which it w<t'i llio Government hud tho power thitt could havooxpondo I It, and what wan tlio right, whluli It wan tho Provincial Holiciior, form) explanation ?" luiiflti Imn.vx ny l)iaoi;it« to Auoicuno, —Tho Noulficrn Grow of Uw B.'ld alt. ««y* « — /Tliu fltwunor John Pcmi arrival yo^urday In -tli« Manuknu from West port and No'hoij, With 100 .Ifugorn. Hhoroturnn to N'olflon nt 2 o'clock to-day, for tlio purpose of bringing A fllmilar numbi'Miid wo also learn that Uigm. Wallaby may li« expected at Oiichun^'i to(lay svftli about 120 pnsMongcrs. Our Wont Coast neighbours appear flnddonly to Htivo awakened to a sense of tho gamifrio rlolinonA of tho Thanion goldflold s and it would seem that thoniflh which In now Inking pliicota not likely to a'Htfo all ftt onoo. Tlio miserable weather which ban prevailed at Westport for fioino lima pant may in a mcn.iuro account for tlm lnrjfa number of flitf^orn leaving tluU oplioro of cntcrprlric. ExTKAonm.VAHY Chaiioi',,~A letter in iho New Zealand IhmUl of 20th ult., from Tnuranna, nnnounofls the arrival Lhoro of a prospecting parly on the 10i.li Juno, which loft wnngnnul on Iho Oth May. They glvo tho following iiocount of their journey •■— " Went up tho VVaugauul river In eauoos «s far hs iTcritfiiiltni, and after projecting there, woro flattened thorti wan no gold there. On mo down the river to I/ondon and travelled through tho bush for four days, Whan wo ongnuoil tho ennoeii at Waiiganui, Captain McDonnell told tho n«tlvou not to talco u,i. At Londm wo wero told not to go on.au Captain McDonnell had mild ho, and that ho witn appointed by tho Government Ho atoo nlatod that ho liad been MinHiKli to Taupo, and the natives had given him ponnlaslon to go through /igal/i, hut It would not bo safe for iiH to eroHH tho Ilaii-liiiii country botweenthnt place nnd Taupo. Thin was unlruo, for We did not moot any llau-lmiis— no native at all —between Wnnganul and Taupo, When wo got through Iho bUHh wo mot Homo natives— Captain MoDonnoll bad gono on boforo— and Choy showed us tbo wrong road, mlidondlng tin by putting tin on tho road to Napfor, instoiid of that to Tnupo, whloli tlioy mild Captain McDonnell liad told fhom to do. Thin throw U8 acvon dliytt out of our way, and canned uh tr> cotwiiiiKJ hovoi) dayii' provittionn inoru tban noeofliiary— a very Bovi-ro lohh, as wo had to carry everything with un.—VVhllo on Mm road to Nnpler— tho wroitfj toad — Captain McDonnell met tin, and luniead of nutting no tifjllt, (inlaid If wo had anon lilo men, knowing at the Htuno time that bin men had taken tbo othor road. Tho nutlvcn told uh Unit ho had nont lottorn all iilon« tlio roiid to Ml thorn to mink-ad UA, Wo Mhould ntato that wo had Maori piWHCH Kivon to un by a man whono brother wm with Captain McDonnell, which pamiofl, wo thought, woro to allow uh to jmihh through the dlotrlai, but whon m*o aot tlieni tranfllftted wo found they worn tolling tho Maorlit to bownro of. hh, for that we wero nil thlovcifl, Wo could not account for tlio oppoHitiou wo mot with from Ciiptnin McDonnell, except that ho wan actuated by joiiloimy, and ambltloiifl of earning tho promlned reward of £lfiO(>, bcoauno wo woro h pnrly Indopj-ndontof tbo committee— defraying our own oxpcimcfl. Oxnii BoiiArKri,"-"MrOarl .M<;haf<ir,tlio great pedcutrlau traveller, arrived In Nnplm* o» the iidlh ult., overland from Wellington. A correspondent of tho Ilawhe's Hay Herald, writing from Waipiikuraii on Juno 22, ihti« doflcrlbcfl how bo fared on tlio journey s — " VoHterday forenoon Mr Hobafcr, tlio woll known travtllor, arrived at tho Tavlsloek Hotel overland from Wellington, Ho loft that (tll-y on the -lt!i Juno, and ban walked moflt of the way, nn in bin ctjutom. Tho bad weather detained him at fiovcrnl ulaccH on the road, but lie reached tho iumplliiulo ronidoneo of Mcif*»r« Iliinlor on tinnihty yvwU, where ho Hloppod tlio nlgltt, and noxt. day wai< kindly brought on by ihem to WallhiKford. Mere lie wan detained four dayn l>y tho lieavy ralnn, and on ilio Ill'Lh day nttom]>led to roncb Wnlpukunm ; but tbo country w«n ho flooded near MoLuotur-ftla Iliut, after bolnp; four bourn in tho water nnd noiirly drowned, ho bad to return to tho lirldgo Inn at nightfall. On Snturday bo reached Mr Nclhou'h at Arlington, whoro ho wan moHt kindly ■ received, and ycftlorday eamc on here, Our lioHt at the Tavihtnek, with 111 u WBual liborallty, not only ontortalned Mr Schafor RMtultounly, hut gave him a trlflo (o forward him on his road, uh the tinfortuunto traveller bad loot what money ho had and inoftt of hid ftp/ire lliingM, whiliit Hinmgllnß in tho water tho other day. lie in at nreimnt the giient oil Mr Ituimell nt Mount Herbert, and proceed!! to Niiplor 10-morrow, Htnyln,< one nl|?ht wlih Mr Wllllamc, of To Ante, Tho Maori mailman, who iinpponod to paw while Mr I chafor wan utmslc in tho wator, unable to got on. anked XI to carry him over i on hiii horKC, ana would not help blm for Wm, A Maori pasnlng vrnn ftlflo naked for übhlaliiiico, but after oxnminhig tho eoutonifl of Mr Sehnfer'rt poolcolfl, declined nil holp unlonn ho gave him money, ot which ho bad nono at the time to give. Tho oll'cr of bin vnlu»ble I oonipniiH nrul n pair of new boors wora not I Bufllclont--ho Gonllniicil to domand money, I nnd Hum wtnt on lilh way. During bin oiny ) nt a village, not fifty miles away, Mr bebafor j vrafl charged XI 1-lnO), wlilcli cxbnuatcii nil '; Ills means, nnd ho wn» nllowod to proceed ; on bin journey during tbo Into Inclomont weather on foot — the loan of n horao which , he nuked from tho innkcopcr to carry him : through tho wnter, somo three mlloo off, being • refUHcd."

\ Not Bar.— A rather good rcd-tapo stor/ U goiup; tho rouudii at invoroarglll ju«t now. It, in to the efl'ect ihat n Kuinkiinan rurthed Into a iolograplj oflko in an inland town, a mlnuto or two boforo \\\m a.m., to nsk, " lias (,|, 0 _ arrived af; ?" Tho opora tor, doHlvoiw to obllßO, Iliudied tbo question nloiiK llio wlro to iho port iv.mwl, and rccolved tho following brloi 1 , Imfc rather uiMatl«--faotory re])ly— '* Not nino o'clock yot 1" Tho operator and ojiui'tot lool<o.i at oacli other, nnd could not holp laughing, although tho latter wiih really in a hurry? ilo had to wiilfc bin two ii i i f i Ti ten or no, until tlio ollklul ivt Iho other cud hud mi tin Hod hlm.solf (hut " olllco bourn" had )comin<:n<wd, and thon learned tbiifc Iho vcflfusl bud arrived curly that mornIng 1 . Captain lrAYua,— 'lonio tlmo ago Ifc was Htiilc:! that Captain I lay on had turned up HK-iln. Tlio Olai/o Daily Time* of Juno '27, miyti ;— Ah thcniHeoniri to 1)0 fionia doubt an to tho fnto of Captain liayea, pi'i«hnp« tlic following information received yesterday from Mr William Joyce, will not iho mnttor nt rest. 110 rniyn that provloim to liinvlng this Kijlfl in tho outter Lapwing, Hint hooonvorsod with a goutlciiuui who wan an oyo wknuHuof nduel, nt 'I'atiua, New Hebrides, betweon Captain Ifnycn of tho Komi, and bio ohlof officer j both particn landed, revolver in hand, etopped Ufteen paeon from ouch other, back to back, turned round, flrod without aim, the onpUln'M «hot minted, while the ntale'H took doadly effect. Tho mato at once look to tho boat, went on b^itnl, and proceadod to nen,

Fr.VANOiAr, Po«ition ov NAPir,it,-~Tho Uuw/ic'h Jhiif Time* gK'OH tlio following outline of Ihd financial poiillion of that province ; <)u Tliiirdday tho Council met at ;j p.m., nnd went Into 'Commit too of Hupply, on Iho motion of Mr Ormond, who then mnd 1 ) lii-i flnanclnl ntatemout, It rthewed that tbo revenue of, tlio province during the pafli yenr had not cquallcl iho o«!.lnmto, nud that the 6X|;<jii<Jlturo had oxeceded tho receipts by the num 0rX2201. liv laid tbo Mtlninton for tho comingyoaron thol»»l)lo, nndexplniufld thutall tho Hrtlftrlci* of ofllcfcM above X'Jfii) had bwn ro> diiKiiii 80 per cent., nnd iho oxponsos of dc> pnrlmcnlH eatimaled ho low that no further rod notions* could bn mridu without ivbollHhlug them altogether. Though thin had been done tbo margin between ontlnmlod rovcuuc and expendlluro Wrt» Htlll very Blight, nnd after paying nil iioconmiry charges tho whole Amount available for public workn and undertaking! during tbo year would bo XBI2B. On tho motion of Mr Hucbmiivu tbo (wlluintoa wero referred to a ilnntico commltuio.

Ay Knomhh lloMicflTitADi— Tho following nkotoh in taken from a Htory '" ' v I'toent i/umbor of All lh« Yew Hound. Tt liad all tho peaiio and plenty of an Khrllhli farmlioimo, wlillo for oyeH that nought more they would find enough that wan plcturenquo in llio orchards ruddy thlckoin, where tho Him iitruck ilro on froHty mornlngn $ in tho wldo paniuro landn Hloj>lng to Mm uodffy rlvor, wliero the cowh cooled tholr foot on auttry cvcnluga. You know m woll n» 1 tbo ourioutt howery garden beyond tlio lower window of tho parlour, ntookml with rlohoH and ftwe.li? of all klndrt, roWH oil bouh»v«B Ktnudlng in tho Hiuii ro«<:H and raupliurriaa growing nldo by Hide, Tho breath of thymoand b.ilm, lavender and myrtlo, waH alwayn in tlmt parlor, You know the nlieopfold and tbo paddock, tho old treo over ' the went gable whoro Iho owl nnido bin nertt—tho owl tlmt übo<l to come nnd flit on our Hobool-rooni window fill! nnd hoot at night. You know tbo min-<ii'il wliero tho oorcnmlng |icacoolc uhcml to perch and Hpread lilh tail; tho dove-cote, whom iho fdlvor-ncckH and fan-tallH uncd to coo and ruillo tholr featborH, You know too, all tbo quaint plannlngft and ncoldonin of tho old liouho t liow tho flory (U'eepei 1 ran riot through tbo Ivy on the dark walhi, daug'iug itH burning u'roiithfl ovor tho windows bow tho ball door lay open nil day with the dogHHlccping on (ho broad door-slop. Alho, within that woro loun dark piiH»ng(!», roonm svlUilow-celllngflj a mop up bore, and a «top down Ibcro; flrcnlacoH twlHtod Into odd cornom, nnrrow-poiiUui.l windown, and wide latticed on on, Qkttino a (.•atmnt.— Tho Ht LouU Democrat ban tbo following i— LiiHt frill one of our wealthy olUhoiw, who ban mado n fortuno an a baker, took bin family to Now York, 'and nut up at the Metropolitan Hold, While looking at tbo nlgbta of tho metropolis ho heard of n wonderful patent b^ky-oveit, which wast tho envy of all tho bakew of Golbnm. Out' biiket* paid a vlult, to thu hoitflo svlioi'd thU ovcti wan in operation, but wiim not nllowod to moo it, nud could loiru nothing of tho principle on which it wait ooiiHtruotcd, 110 fvlt bin Quillet prldo wounded at thfti rebtt/T, and roAolved lo fathom the myHtory of the oven at a'l hazardti. Going into Cbatliiun airect ho imrehancd a unit of old clothe*), and rcturnod to tbo bula-ry and applied for n uUuatloii aa journeyman biikei 1 , Tlie pvopritstor svhh in want of a good Kroucb baker, and gave our friend employment at fifteen dollarx a week. In about Uirco wvv.kn our roMolule bakor had learned all about (be ovon, and flatladed biniHell! Hint It wnn n gr<Mit invention and worth a mint of, money. 110 naw tiio pntenteo and purclniHcd tliooxclu»lvo right to into the oven In tho Slalo of MlhhouH. Ho then returned to the bakc-nhop and tolil tbo lionk he iniiHt leavo. ' Don't leave,' mvld iho boHtj, 'you'ro a good baker nnd mUt me exactly, nnd I will Jnorciwo your wagon to twenty dollnrrt a week rather than have you quit.' That la not oiiourli to pay tho expenses of my family,' mild tbo journeymnn, 'and I mtiHt go out Went nnd Hu-k other employment,' ' Why, how much doo« It cost to keep your family ?' 'I am paying fifty doll/it'H a day nt (ho Metropolitan, and 1 don't think you will bo willing to inorcnao my wngoi to that nmoiint.' ' Why, who llio dviltio aro you ?' ' I tun 3 G , oil Ht Louis ftml I bought \\w right to uho your patoiu oven thm'o, and I Intend to put up a dozen or two of thorn, and wonld lilco.to employ you (iH foromnn,' Tbo Mow York baiter had nothing more to say, and llio two frloudn wont to tho Metropolitan, ami had along tu'k OVOr a bottlo of cliampagno."

MAOisi'KiitAn,— 'lliftro wore no caHos nt th« ChrUlohurch Magi<lralo'« Court tliio moi'itiug DaIIIY BllKAl) WITIIOUP YKAHT.— SoiUO ymn hliuhi, when uifiTinontcd bnvul was (li'fit becoming known, 1 had tried it vi.tv aiiccosHfully in tho following mannvrj nnd I. havo ftinco been told that an nlmom similar motlioil of .preparing It Io common in many romolo )r\vti both of England and Ireland, where it f.ialinoAtiinpo^iblu to get n conntant Miipply of yciiMl'. JJlcnd well to^cihcr v tuaspoonful of pounded flutjar, nnd llfty gnilurf ot' tbu pnrost eurbonnlo of hoili; mix a flaltspoonful of salt with a pound of Hour, and rub ihy soda and miunr through a hair tilcviinto It. Htir. nnd minglo them well, nnd mafco thorn quickly Into a llrm but not hard dough, with Hour bultvrmllk. Hako Hu. loaf well in i\ thoroughly boated but not (lureo ovon. In n brick op in a good iron ovon, a few minuted loan ihan an hour wonld bo mitllolent to bnko a loaf of fllmilar weight, The biiilonullk should be b'pt till it U (juito acid; but it miiflt never bo In the slightest dogroo rancid, or othorwltio bad, All uufcrnionted bread, it muxt be repeated, Hhould be placed In tho ovon directly it In made, or it will bo boavy, Ifor a lurgo bnldnjfi nllnw rather lons than an ounco of uodn to tho gallon (7 lbs) of Hour, A Tun* to ]?KtwfA,— Tlio following In an extract from the letter of a young olHccr employed In L'crfila on duly connected with the Abynolnl/m Twin. l Tnuwpori Corp* : — Hhlniz, l)\:b, 28, 1868. — *v u ]iu<l a very trying journey up lieto from ;Hushlro, but did the dl»liuioo(100 miles) In eight dayn. I never travelled neroim worse oountry| in my llfo j tho roads, if you mny dignity by hiicli a naino mero' mulo trnuktt, appi-atvd to k-twl iicroaa tho most »toi>y gr«»und poHnlhlcj t<i dotcct, Wo had to climb acrom) ihreo or four Kbnu(H, one of them no fltcop nnd tbo put I) ad narrow that two mukm oould not pithH ditch other. At ono part of thin piuw wu bad on ono sido tbo nhcur rock running up houu) '100 foot, nnd on tho other bund a drop of Homo 1500 feet. Juhl nixuu thin Hpot one of tho hoMOrt «ot to work kicking, and making Itiielf generally diaagrocablo. About halfway up, wo got among tbo unow, and tliouoo in hero wo Inul about a foot of frozen anow and ico on the road, and Hyvcral feet (loop oft' It, I found tho glace vury trying to my cyofl, afl tho huu hlioiio brliibily iho wholo wnyi my face, too, wan blistered, and tho skin of my iiohc taken off to a griovous extent, At one place wo onmo upon tho frctth • pug' (track) of n lion In thu hdow, Ho must havo hoan n good big follow, iw ho liad bi'okon through tho frozen ornst of .nnow, which boro mo with case, and I am no fonther. V^o nro hero nt Shiran, some 8000 feet nbovo tho.Hcn, fl<) you may Imagine tho 'climb wo had, 100 out o£ tbo UH) mllox being ovor lovol ground. I never wns among more bountiful and tiro nil seeonory in my llfo Uiii'omaullo an X am I could not help going Into raptures' nfc tho cnnivniifteral nt MtoanKliotol, whoro wo arrived jmt ns the fiun was iiotlingi Ikblud u« roHO the puss up iho side of tlio hill, fioino 10,000 foot high, with ranges of IiIIIm covered with biiow, nnd whito puitUn juiling out of. them, jimb catching tbo hut raya oil tho aim. Immediately In front of us wan a lovely valloy, of which wo could boo thu wholo extent, Tho boundary of this valley opposite to us was a rldgo of bills running up Hhirply into tho sky, nn-i notched like a kuw with groat regularity j tho beauty of tho view ooiHlstcd cbloily In tbo rapid change* of colour produced by tho Helling nun on tlio snow-clad hilto tvud valloyfl. My travelling companions woro very pleasant fellows, ojpeelnl'y tbo Deputy J)lrt i otor«(3cnoral of tho Imio-lfluropoau Teloxruplu who is now on bin wny homo acrosH Porflla. Wo rodo tho whole way up hero, doing from H to 30 milos n day, n«cordlii(y m tho caravanserais were placed. Wo had no tents to put up In (licho by no mcniiH luxurious abodes, I thought of Tom Mooro and Lalla Hojkh, oflpcclully nt Dbalnby and Korzoroom, nnd havo no doubt that a month later tho ncmery will well doservo all tho ruptures hu went into. I am told that thon tho wholo hlll-sl 'cs will be covorcd with n perfect carpet of lloworu, I (miiio up in tho (lowth of winter, yet tbo Hcenory Avnfl ns beautiful a» I have nttompt«;.l to describe After Htayln« hero n day or two, wo Htartod oil! with two oillcors of tho Persian Telegraph, on tholr road to Ispahan nnd Teheran. Wo accompnnled thorn as fnr uh IY-rsopolls i tbo two /ormor pursuod tholr journey to Ispahan, L — nnd I returning to Hlilrn/i, Pcrsopollo irt about na inlios heuco at tho end ot a bountiful plain among tbo billH, lit thu foot of ono of which tho ruins 110. All hint night, from n distance, I was di/mppolnti'd at their size, but on netting nearer and finding tho colossal character of tbo masonry f«lt very differently. Tho ruins nro thoHo of ihroo palaces of Durlim ami Ai'taxorxcß, Tlio Mussulmans bavo dofneed all llio bnH>rclloffl of nny slzo, but tho emalk-r onoH roinain us jxd'feet nnd well-defined and with edges iw idmrp ns wlurn cut nearly ityjuQ yearn ago. About 10 pillars of tho large hall Hllll romain stnndiug ( tbono nro 75ft high, nnd nro beautifully curved, M'liiy Imvo boon shaken down by enrlhqunkofl, to which thin part of the country 1* Kubjcct, n heavy shock having occurred hero two days boforo om 1 nri'ivnl. Among tbo names enrved on tho blocks of basalt out of which four winged bulls aro out I saw 'John Mnluolm,' 1800 i ' lt'crrk-r,' Hlr Jlarford Jonofl,' ' Vnmbory,' &c Kugliflhiuim-liko. I added your liumblo servant's autograph. Tho wholo palnco must have been bountifully polinhcd in former days \ ovon now, In parts secure from tho notion of tbo wentber, the stono rotalun part of its original polluh. The material Is oxcocdlnHly bard, yet tho cnrvlng 1h very delicate, nud most of. ic would put to ehnmo much of tho scutpturo which dlnilgnrcs London, Inm llvldk with tbo Nawrvb J.iflkr Koolio Khnn,tho British ftgont at Shlcaz, who lias mndo njo very oomfortablo. I do not j flponlc much Pot'fllnn, nor docs tho English nor Hindooßtnnnco, but, I, having two Arab Korvants who speak Poraian nnd Illndoostanco, imd got on vory woll."

Missions.— Tho directors of tho London M'Hrtfonury Hocloty have ordered <i now«liip of! Mc-sirn Hull, of Alterdton, to replace the John Wllliam«, which was wrecked flame ilihq fllneo. The vcmcl Is to lie a tlin'onmntod Nclionner, clipper build, and of 230 toim. lU*r C'tliiitvtcd cost Is jCSOOO, and oho mis to ho reudy by July. (} uiut Yiki.i) <>!' Ooi.n.— The New 'Acaland //<;/•«/</ published un extra on June 19,<:0 itnliilug the following intelligence :— A specimen ylold from iho Tupii bouts anything yet heard of In tho district, It ii ihl« ; from a piece o ( Htone, from the Ool<K>u Point, T«pn,w«>lfililn{» S, r )jioiiiii)H;ivolrdiijK>ip, u'a.qoru.qlieil.aivl yiolileii 19 Him troy woiglit of gold. In our own neighbourhood, Dm Young May Moon have Imil i\ crushing nt ScrtnlmVs, which g\ra the rcmilt of 10 o^,l to tho ton, Hr, John's O.m>i;t Cows, — Tills corps ooiUimioM to make most satis factory progress In drill, and notwithstanding that many have been dlaml.iHcil from Iho runki for various rcaHnn»i Iho number of bona fide member* ntlll conllmui.s ivt between fifty and sixty. The wJiolo of Iho ofllecM und non-eom-miaoued odleors have boon ii|)poiuted ; and tho total attendance of all ranks at the blM'cokiy parades Is seldom below forty, The ronimlion of a life and drum kind for tho. corps, mooted sonic timn ii^o, but lately in abeyunoo for want of; funds, Is now being practically carried out. Tho necessary instruments have been purchased, anil }>lv I'ooro has undertaken the instruction of tho boys, An entertainment Uln contemplation for tho benefit of tho fund*, and will probably lake plaoo during tho latter end of the prettout month. li i ii in i mwiwm— — l ————————