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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1655, 8 June 1875, Page 2

Mr. A. H. Clark, of Waitekauri, sends us a letter with reference to the late crushing at Grahamstown, of stone from the Golden Point claim at Ohinemuri. He says : " All experienced miners pronounced the stone to be very valuable and clean of all metals. The stone was put through at Webb's machine, but did not shape • according to prospects, as there is every reason to believe that the stone had been tampered with by some interested party. The men who had charge of the stone discovered something was the matter .when the amalgam was reported, and were advised to take the gold to Mr. Severn at the Bank of New Zealand, who would be able to dis. co^er-what"' foreign Bubstance hajd , been introduced Vdifrfpg« the crushing. Well, ' what: is } the .result ,t ? Mr.; Severn at 'first _aid the substance was not gold at 'all, but if ifcl was left with him, to operate upon he -would-be able to discover whst it consisted of. \_!ff[er two days he couldn't Or wouldn't .give" "any satisfactory result—the. only thing, it was gold, and offered ( at the .yxjte of. £2 p_ -per oz. - Upon "t'hife effer being refused,'.he., at once advanced tha price- lis'-'__" per oz. ; but it was not sold, as it is going to bo tested elsewhere. 'Can you give' any reason why thdj p.riy.e rose so suddenly wh-n"'the first offer was refused. As there was a person! up here a few —days before the stofae wa^^seftt ,tp, iGrahanistown who made Lan 'absurd offer to some of tl(s shar-^b-d-rs in the Dan Leahy and Golden Point claims, which'was fqrj- bpth. claims to, amalgamate ..and? gi^e hina half the interest and the whole . management- of- the c6h<S_rrl',.M:.t¥'.ould then put; up a large-battery for the benefit of the , district. The object in tampering with -he stuff, was to make it appear' tha. the Golden i Point stuff was of very little account, but it doeSn^ go down, and to show the determination "of the men, they- have.started a vegetable garden, and. sent. c|own to Gra-ham-town for some Beed potatoes, so they mean sticking,, ( ip their interests for , some tjune> and it the interested' party'L 9 spoiie 'of domes up here and fancies. that he Has got ne% chums or natural-Born, fools :.|d : deal :$. i,th, he will find his mistakei..^ There-is<no blame attached to the machine when the stuff was crushed at that. Webb is quite jjajisfied that there^is, __q^ lead , oryanything else in the reef, fpom r what he has s«en of the stOnaT ' " ~ *" v :7 -sl_._ I ■-.•'."-. -j_ ■■-~, SSlips of this morning's Thames' Imtiertiser, brought by our pigeons from the Thames today, shew that our goldfieid's contemporary still defends the attempt to deprive the original shareholders in the Tairua Company of the legitimate reward of their enterprise. But for the employment of a prospector for months by Messrs Preece and Graham, Tairua would still be a terra incog. It is such proceedings as those lately developed at Tairua that have disgusted people with goldmining speculations, and the Thames is at present suffering from that want of confidence. We do not think the tone assumed by the Advertiser a creditable one. We know that ' people are often deprived of their just rights through some legal informality, but it is more the duty of a journal to advocate the cause with equity on its side than one which may possibly be supported by some quibble of law. The Government is justified in nsing every means within its power to secure to the original discoverers of the Tairua goldfield their first rights,

Tpie poor little children of Cyrus H^y,* tbel_re-raiser, as will be seen by the tele|j»in of our Dunedin correspondent, ware Icjund by/the police with their, mother inW.jtnost miserable position in Dunedin; an<|ii_vejjeen sent to the Industrial School. Thu^St; is that,the sins of the fathejr fall upofc the children. __rs Haley seems to have been attracted to Dunedin by that fascination which leads a woman to cling to a man she loves through good report and evil report,—for with three life sentences hanging over his head, Haley could 'hardly hold out any hope that he would be ablje to do anything for her support. She, also, has sunk in the scale of. human degradation, and is spoken of in the language of police chronicles as a woman of bad. and dissipated - character. . Without manifesting any feeling of false sentinient for a man so justly punished as Haley, it is impossible Fto look upon the picture; of wretchedness presented by the few lines of telegram published in another column without a feeling of pity. Their present position., must be felt the more keenly by Haley's - family from tbe fact that they at one time occupied a position of comfort and luxury.

The cross examination of Mr George Thorne, jun., concluded at the Supreme Court yegt'. rday afternoon,"abd Mr Whitaker applied for the bankrupt-discharge. Mr McCormick opposed the application, and the argument on the question was adjourned until next Tuesday. During the crossexamination yesterday, Mr McCormick said that he desired to shew that the bankrupt made away with his property after jb^s became insolvent for the purpose of making the bank his sole creditor. His Honor salid this had been admitted throughout the cross-examination. Mr McCormick,-a'po'. contended'that' Mr Thorne was1 Insolvent on the 2nd of January, apart from, the.lo.3s? on the wool shipment ; that he had nbt disclosed the true state of his affairs ; arid that he had concealed an asset of £100, drawback duty recovered by Messrs Ryan and Bell from the Customs. His Honor thought there had not been any concealment in relation to the £1001 j The last examination having now been passed, the argument of Tuesday next, will bring this protracted case to a close.

The vendor of liquor under the state laws of lowa, U.S., is held responsonible for civil damages in the event of any evil befalling one of hi. customers while in a state of intoxication. A case under this law bas recently arisen. One night last winter George M. Brown, a lawyer of McGregor, got drunk and slept in a gutter. In the morning he was so badly frozen that both of his hands and one of his feet were amputated. Brown drank at six saloons that night, and his wife has sued the proprietor of each for 15,000 dollars.

A monkey seizad with measles in Australia has been quoted in .support of the Darwinian theory, but in Massachusetts a house dog had the measles simultaneously with the children of the family, from whom he "caught the disease. He was carefully doctored, and wa3 getting • along finely, when one day he slipped out of doors and played in a snowbank. This indiscretion was fatal. He took cold and died. -

"■ Adulteration of food has been developed to an alarming extent in Paris. The great problem with many bakers there is to make bread in the shortest time possible, little Hour and much water. By the addition of one ounce of blue vitriol dissolved in one quart of water, the bread rises beautifully and^wcll, and each«pound of it retains an extra ounce of water. Alum does the same duty, and in the hospitals of Paris many patients are treated for alum poisoning. Milk is generally adulterated from one-fifth to one-half of its volume with water. It undergoei three baptisms — first, with the farmer ; second, with the wholesale ageat ; and third, with the retailer,,.

; The frequency of breach of promise cases in England has suggested the possibility of a Inew source of revenue. The Pall Mall Gazette says :—". It is surprising that among the many schemes for increasing the revenue in the-least irksome method to the community, the imposition on stamp-duties on offers of marriage has. never been seriously considered. There oan be little doubt that such an impost would not only be cheerfully paid, but would bring in a considerable sum annually to the Exchequer. It would, moreover, do more than anything" else to put an end to those ' breach of promise cases,' which give rise to so much unseemly mirth, and desecrate some of the noblest feelings of our imperfect nature. If it were rendered illegal to make a proposal or accept one except by a Btamp document it would be impossible for the most heartless trifler to get out of his or her engagement, on the'ground of no serious intention. Thi3 plan would, besides, throw a spirit of earnestness into social intercourse which is sadly required. Unstamped professions of admiration or affection would be looked upon not only as hollow flirtation, but as'_ttempts to defraud the revenue, subjecting the gay deceived to a penalty, part of which would go_to tieMnformer."

A bridal party from fEureka were stopped by three masked Bfien while on their way to the railroad, and their cj»jn aDdoother articles tajten "from them, The Sentinel says that when the stage overtook the party, and the ' friends were'givirto the "goodbye" at the ' Btage door, the newly-we^ded^iooked rather blue, not having asy breakfastsmoney ; but their sorrow was turned to joy when one of their friends returned to them; all their lost, money and jewehy^at the,same time inform-* ; ing them that the whole' tratwaction was a joke, and that the supposed robbers were /friends to all parties. The last seen of the 'bridegroom he was trying.; to find out where the joke came. in. ft

One of the latest European scandals is to the effect that the Duchess Sophia, youngest ; sister of the Empress of Austria, and wife j of. '■> the Duke d'Alencon an _\rleans prince, has fled to the United States, with Haufstenzel, a Bavarian photographer, with whom she has ' lpng been infatuated. She had, previous to her marriage with Alencpn, been engaged to King Louis the'second of Bavaria, but the I match was broken off on account of scandalous stories in which the same photographer was-involved. 4V' The public debt of France;-now stands at' £900,000,000, and the interest is over £33,000,000, being considerably the largest which is paid on any debt in the world, r'.'One half of the whole cultivated! area in Great Britian, or about 23,000,000 acres, is given up to permanent pasture*aiid meadow, , and the average yield of hay from4*,i,_:only 2,01 p pounds per acre. .. ~ ~"..; ..... Considerable surprise has been -"(expressed that Sir George Grey should have addressed a letter on political matters to the editor of the Wairarapa Standard (a country journal published 50 miles from the Seat of Government.) It may not be generally known that Mr Wakelin, the present editor of tbe Standard,, w*B iQ early days in the confidence ofl Sir George Grey. He was in 1853-4 secretary to Dr. Featherston, and previous to that period, editor of the Independent. He is an able writer, and his knowledge of the political history of the colony second to none. How on earth a woman can keep her gab going while holding a backcomb and six hair pins iv her mouth has always been a mystery and always will be. The prizes enumerated in 'the Stab last night as having been awarded to the pupils of the Hebrew School were distributed on Sunday last, when L. D. Nathan Esq., President occupied the chair. The proceedings were of an interesting character, aud were diversified by recitations, etc. The bootmakers of the city held a trademeeting last evening in the Wellesloy-street Young Men's Booms, which was well attended.—The shipwrights, also, met in the Albert-street Temperance Hall. Our reporter was informed that the business in each instance was of a private character.

\ "¥kb scene described in last night _ Stab is byl no means uncommon in the last train from Onehunga on Sunday," writes "A ij&_T4-Ot in Onehunga." The only amuse meptSoftered in that rural locality is drinking and this seems to be precisely the amusement which the excursionists most desire. As they pass muster as "travellers," the landlord can serve them with impunity before the very eyes of the vigilant police officer in the district. Constable Green. This is a matter which the proper authorities should look into, especially so far as concerns the preservation of good order on the train.

The -Fraternal" Home of Good Templars will hold a tea-meeting and entertainment in the Tempera_p;<? Hall, this at halfpast _ix o'clock.... the proceedings will be of the ordinary-Character.

- A workingmat. apparently, who had taken too much of that " which cheers not, but iftehtiM^BX-' was lying by the pavement side in Victoria-street last night, beating the air »with "his aif'm<4 muttering something about content.' '.i*'T_ it'the Cottage of Content you want?" ask-d a'poor woman standing by. "No," replied the prostrate, man, "I'm catching at content, but can't get hold on't." At this moment, a smart-looking constable 'came ' up;,.i 'when the "man muttered " contented." The constable lifted the prostrate man to his feet, and said— - '

'* Come along with me,- ' , And contented you shall be,",. and led the man, like a lamb, to the station? house.

The third annual meeting of the Auckland Permanent Co-operative building and Invest,!_ufnt Society will be held this evening in fTthp .Christian Young; Men's rooms, Wellesley- * street, for the purpose of receiving the ..annual report and electing officers.for the ensuing year.

* The ordinary monthly meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society was. held yesterday in the Museum Building. Tbe business was of the usual' character. The financial sheet shewed a credit balance of }£g99 O-.'Ud in. the•' Society's favour.' "The monthly accounts, £170 15s' 7d, due to the i ondon Society was ordered to be prid Some suggestions as to the manner of keeping the accounts were made iv a communication from Messrs Waymo.uth and White and adopted by : the meeting. The following persons were recommended by the society to be appointed by, his Honor the Superintendent as rangers of districts. Sergeant Cassells, for Alexandra ;, Sergeant Chitty, for Cambridge, Detective' Doolan, for Ngaruawahia; Constable Hoddock, for Hamilton ; and Sergeant Alath, for Te Awamutu. It was also stated that a number of hedge-sparrows were expected by the ship Caller Ou, which would be set at liberty in the district of Takapuna lake._ It was res.olved to send' the two' hundred pheasants now in: the aviary South and to Melbourne; and to procure some SouthAmerican apple trees from the latter place. Thanks were returned to Mr Just;ce Gillies? for some seeds of the Cork oak, and on ah application from Mr'Runciman it was resolve to send some fish and birds to Waikato a£early,as possible. ......... A. bootmakers' strike has occurred in connection with Black and Co.'s factory. Beyond the advertisement in another column, we have no information respecting the merits of the question in dispute, but1 we always hear with regret of the occurrence of such a ycomplete rupture' between employers and workman. It is much better, when practi: cable, -©^ settle these disputes by a friendly crjnference, or-reference to an arbitrator opitually approved of.—[Since the foregoing was in type we have been informed that the 'cause of the strike was a demand for higher 'wages, and that Messrs. Black and Co. 'claimed that notice should have,been given __d declined to 'accede to theh. request. As wittbe seen by advertisement, the ffrin. adveriiee for other men at the higher ra?e ot pay. The men on strike are technically known as "bench-hen."] - - ».-' .- ; ;

; A singular case, involving the rights of landlord and tenant, has arisen at the Thames, and was referred to in our tele- : grams5" ,last night. Mr Thomas Spencer, owner of the Paraw'ai Gardens, desired to get rid of two lessees in possession. Mr Cassiif^the principal one, quietly removed, but Mr Frederick Bennett, the other, refused to quit the house in the gardens occupied by him. 7"*'Mr Spencer engaged an ex-_ailiff named Frederick Mayo, and, accompanied by Mason (a bailiff of the District Court) and others, proceeded to Bennett's house, forced open the dobr. took out his furniture, and ejected him in spite of his remonstrances. Bennett retaliated by laying a criminal information for forcibly entering. hi 3 premises , against Spencer (the landlord) and Mayo, and" both were committed for trial yesterday, bail being allowed. The difficulty of getting - out an obnoxious tenant has always been one of the troubles landlords' have %o contend against. \ ■' .'•-.,. -..',,--.,. ... '..'". "Money,*' one,of the most practical-if not the most interesting of the late Lord Lytton's dramatic performances wa_~ introduced, at the Prince of Wales Theatre last"evening."' This play was aptly chosen. J. irs., it was a'dramaj1 of the higher order ; second, it. was the parting with the Darrells, And their special benefit ; hence/ the title" Mdney " was most appropriate. The pla^~was'well put upon the stage,' anos.eYelfjr»oipV^wd^en-'npon' doing his .or her best, so as ±6 leave a^jjfetfi'* sant impression behind. / Mrs Dar'rell, as Clara Douglas, evinced that" high, order-of appreciative talent .'which/enables. her -to, present (the- c_a_aoter_ she • undertakes,-jjEo, delineate'with such^remarkable fidelity.', M_L Darrell was Ti_l excellent cue as Alfred-Evelyn^ '• and played with his wonted- firecand'-energy of will. The^other represpntationß {such us Vesey, by Mr Deering ;" Graves,.', by. Mr Sam Poole ; Blount, by Mr. Aveling ;" Gebrgina. by Miss Steph^nson,' r >nd La&> FrahklinX by Mrs Jdnes£_ sejrved^.to .impart life and reality; to the sqenes. The playera metwith applatt»_; The house was one __*_he/best of ihe'se^soh,^ and shews that a highly moral with the better Buccess. Mrs.Darrell seemed a favorite throughout, if we may judge-from the feeling shewirtbwkrds her. - At the .lose, of "Money/ Mr.Darrell came t^efpre the curtain, and, in "the j"olht'names of himself and gifted wife, expressed thanks, and bade the audience farewe11......-. r "The Discontented People-.C-VNe'W'Zea-land," | will bp, rt.be subject, of: a paper-this, evening in the Newmarket Li.erary'lnstitute Mr Dennes will give" his limelight esh,ibi-. tion Jthis evening'; ih°'P__];_pnby- Hall, at the hour of eight. _.i The scenes .will b0 illbStrative of the scenery^ of the ittinited States of America, with a descriptive -lecture thereon.