The Westport Times. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1870.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 642, 7 April 1870, Page 2

The Westport Times. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1870.

We understand that Judge Clarke has telegraphed to Charleston his decision upon a special case stated in reference to the imprisonment of the Southern Cross Company's workmen for their continuing to work after being restrained by the Warden. His Honor's decision appears to be that the claim might be worked until a proper writ of injunction is obtained. It seems doubtful if any Court can, under the circumstances, interfere by injunction. Tho Westport portion of the English mail may be expected by the steamer Murray, which ought to bo in port by the time we publish. She left Nelson on Tuesday forenoon, but it blew a stiff gale of wind during that night, quite sufficient to detain even the Murray, excellent as are her seagoing qualities. Tho Registration Officer (Dr Giles) is at present occupied in making up tho list of electors for tho now electoral roll. There have been 350 application forms lodged at the offico in Westport, several of which, however, have been made out in Anc way

informally, many not signed and others not properly attested. We believe that the electoral roll for Westland North for the current year will number over a thousand. It is notified in a recent Gazette that the gold-mining loases of John Shearer and John Gidley of ground situate at Dawson's Terrace and Deadman's Terrace, Charleston, are declared forfeited, the lessees having neglected to take delivery within a reasonable time. The application of Robert Tennant for a lease of 10 acres at Addison's Plat has been withdrawn, and several leases of ground in the same vicinity are forfeited, particulars of which appear in our advertising columns. The proceedings in the Eesident Magistrate's Court on Monday last were limited to one case of drunkenness, in which the defendant forfeited his bail. In the Warden's Court a number of applications were struck out. Registration was granted to William Boyne for a branch head-race, 300 yards in length, from a dam situated in a gully at Giles Terrace. The American Glass-blowers gave their first of a short series of entertainments at the Masonic Hall, Westport, yesterday evening. The exhibition was highly entertaining, and appeared to givo general satisfaction. The company will give two more entertainments in Westport, on Friday and Saturday evenings, in addition to a mid-day exhibition on Saturday next, at half past two. No one shoidd onnt to take advantage of these opportunities of seeing the art of glass-blowing skilfully illustrated, nor should they miss the chance of securing, as they may, more or less valuable mementoes of the company's visit.

A new harbor light has been received by the Maid of Erin, from Melbourne, for use on the South Spit as a guide to vessels entering the Buller. It is understood to be a powerful light, visible for a considerably greater radius than is the light of the lamp ac present in use. By the schooner Maid of Erin, Messrs Tonks and Hughes, of the Empire Hotel, have received another of Gregory's superior water-color paintings, speciaUypainted for them by that artist. It represents the Flying Squadron in Hobson's Bay, with the training ship Nelson as the centre figure. As a marine picture it is spirited in design and ably executed. A caso of considerable importance was tried in the Warden's Court, Charleston, on Tuesday last, in which Hunter and party, who hold a prior right to eight heads of water out of Deep Creek, were the plaintiffs, and Haines and party who have constructed a dam in the creek, wore the defendants. The complaint set forth that the defendants had failed to comply with an order served upon them to let clown the water to satisfy plaintiffs' superior right. The damages were laid at £l2. According to the evidence of W. G. Jackson, witness for the defendants, the dam had been constructed for the storing of storm water only, and such alone had been stopped from flowing down the creek. William Ireland, one of plaintiffs' witnesses, believed that plaintiffs' supply of water, since defendants' dam was constructed, was equal to the supply during any previous ijeriod, but it was not regular. The Warden gave judgment for the plaintiffs for each party to pay their own costs. F. Carrington, Esq., Superintendent of Taranaki, has offered himself for the seat in the Assembly, vacant by the resignation ~S TIT..J T> Mr J. C. Brown is likely to be elected without opposition to fill the vacancy in the Assembly caused by the resignation of Mr J. Cargill. One quarter of a ton of quartz, from the Never Despair Gold Mining Company, Wellington, yielded 2dwts 21grs of gold of poor quality. The result is considered satisfactory. The early closing movement has been adopted by the drapers of Wellington. A Thames paper states:—A trial lot of about 3 cwt. of quartz, sent hero to be crushed from the Province of Nelson, was put through at the single stamper battery of Souter's machine, but was found to be non-auriferous, not a single speck having been obtained from the parcel. As an instance of very rich quartz in .Otago, a Cromwell telegram of the 16th March states that Logan and Co.'s washing up for the week ending on Tuesday gave 2000 ounces of amalgam, being at the rate of ten ounces of gold to the ton.

A company, entitled tho Lucky Hit Company, has been formed at Collingwood to test the value of an alleged rich quartzreef in that neighborhood. The Marlborough papers report that gold-bearing stone has been found near Famall's, Kaituha Valley, and near the Devil's Arm Chair, on the IST.W. side of tho Wairau River. Messrs M'Leod and Atkinson are now going on with two works of public utility—the erection of their new wharf at the end of Kennedy-street, and the construction of a groin on tho beach beyend the end of Pal-merslon-street. The gentlemen who have been nominated for tho Thames Mining Board were Messrs Chantrey Harris, William Sowerby Greenville, Edward Henry Power, William Hawkos, James Sutherland, W. H. Oldrcy, John Pearson, Alexander Hays, Daniel Grove, Patrick Nolan, William B. Henderson. Only seven are to be elected out of this number. The other night, says the Charleston Herald, a scoundrel attempted to steal the contents of the amalgamating ban-el at the Southern Cross Company's machine. Sergt. Lambert's brother, who was on duty at the time, detected the fellow in the act, and attempted his capture. He decamped, however, and has not yet been captured.