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Evening Post, Issue 86, 19 May 1865, Page 2

The brigantine Scotia, 104 tons, C. W. Bartlett, master, put into this port last nightj at twelve o'clock. She left Melbourne on 3rd May, with two passengers and general cargo, for Nelson ; but on reaching Port Philip Heads was detained five days by head winds. On entering Cook's Straits, shipped a heavy sea, holf-filling the cabin with water, when the captain bore up for WellingtonWe have been favoured with Melbourne pipers, but of an old dace. The City of Dunedin, p.s, Captain Boyrf, from Southern Ports, arrived yesterday aftern )on, bringing a few passengers and large cargo for this part. After discharging she proceeds to Nelson and Hokitika. Her news anticipated by the Otago, which arrived yesterday forenoon. The ship Ravenscraig, Captain Jeffrey, from Port Underwood, arrived in the forenoon to day. She is without news of any description. It will be remembered that, upon Archdeacon Jacobs declining to accept the see of Nelson, the Bishop of London was requested to nominate a clergyman for the office. His Lordship, we understand, has accordingly nominated the Rev. Andrew Burn Suter, of Trinity College, Cambridge, Incumbent of All Saints, Stepney, to the Bishopric. The reverend gentleman, who is represented to be in every way qualified for the post, has ac" cepted the appointment. — Lyttelton Times. Supplying the public with amusement is pretty hard work in town, but those who follow that vocation, and hare to travel in the country Jistrlcts, are frequently terribly put to it. Here is an instance :— Mr. Birch, whose entertaining powers have been fully tested during the hundred and odd nights he has performed in Melbourne, is now travelling through the country. Early on Wednesday m 'rning last he and Mrs. Birch started in a vehicle from Pleasant Creek to Landsborough, en route for Avoca. At half-past six p.m., they found themselves near Navarre, and were fortunate enough to get a direction to keep perpetually going till they readied Landsborough. Faithful to their instructions they kept going till nearly midnight, when the horses gave out, and they had to " bus.h'» it for the night. Nexl morning found them 40 miles from Avoca and 11 from breakfast, which they did not reach till afternoon on Thursday. The trip thus involved a fast of 30 hours, and exposure to the wretched rainy weather that prevailed. This, added to the losses arising from the non-fulfilment of any engagement, is what may be suffered in Victoria. — Argus. Christchurch was scandalised on Wednesdiy by a report that a magistrate had been '• taken charge of" by a constable, for being drunk and kicking up a row at three o'clock in the morning. Rumour says the constable whs dismissed the service the next morning for insubordination. It looks queer. — Lyttelton Chronicle. Owing to the extended jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate lightening the causes

under the Debtors' and Creditors' Act, his Honor Mr. Justice Gresson has signified his intention of hearing cases under the Act once every six months instead of at intervals of three months as heretofore. This will greatly facilitate the winding up of insolvent estates, and will shorten the process by about two months. — Canterbury Press. The Molyneux Mail gives the following account of a fatal accident to the ferryman, at Manuherikia Crossing:—" On Sunday morning last, at the Manuherikia Crossing near Blacks, the ferryman, whose name if Fritz Meann, was washed away while in the ait of crossing in the ferry-boat. It appears that the river was running very rapidly at the time, and although the unfortunate man seized the rope to which the punt was ;ittached, the force of the current .Iraggcd him under the water. The body has not yet be n recovered, but on the afternoon of the accident the body of a man was seen floating down the Manuherikia, past Shennan's Station, which it was presumed was that of the unfortunate ferryman." We (Mail) regret to say that an accident occurred at the Heathcote End, fortunately unattended with fatal consequences. The reports which have been circulated are, as usual in such cases, greatly exaggerated ; the facts, we believe, are, that a man named Dufty, being employed in making charges for blasting purposes, carelessly snuffed the candle in bis lantern with his fingers, and by some means ignited the powder from which he was filling the waterproof charge bags. The fire soon caught the bags already filled, and eventually reached a lorry onwhich was more powder. The men at the tunnel face, hearing the explosion, made a rush to get out, and unfortunately reached the lorry just as the powder in it exploded, by which accident they were much scorched. Immediate mi asures were taken for procuring medical assistance with such success, that in less than three-quarters of an hour Dr. Rouse, from Lyttelton, and Dr. Leach, from Christohuch, were on the spot, and rendered every assistance. We believe that, although one man is much cut on the forehead, nothing more serious than a severe scorching has resulted to five men. A remarkable memorandum by Mr. Weld, concluding the set which have appeared as a Parliamentary paper and been lately published in our columns, is given below. It means that General Cameron is dismissed frsm the service of the colony. The General has expressed so contemptuous an opinion of the colo.iists and their Government that the Governor and bis advisers have declined to mate use any longer of services which must be rendered with reluctance and antipathy. Aye do not wonder at the course taken by Mr. Weld ; nor are we surprised at Sir Duncan Cameron's hostility to the colony. The General came here with a reputation as a soldier ; he might have been placed where that reputation would have been added to ; but lie has been by ill-fate stationed in New Zi-aland, to conduct a war against the natives With forces and on a system which could not succeed. Besides, he has bot'n hampered and embarrassed by conflicts between the Imperial and the Colonial authorities. He bus railed/ and he may be personally to blame in oomt measure } but, il: so, it must lie remembered how disheartening his position has been. He he has been a victim to the ineffioacy ot regular troops for a Maori war. lie leaves the co ony at odds with its Government. His time has come for leaving it, and we could have wished that nothing of the sort hid occurred to embitter the parting. When lie is none, we hope that General Cameron will be remembered as a gallant soldier ot her Mij est y» who, with the rest of her Majesty's troops, vv.ts hardly spared from England to be of no use in the colony. But that does not justify his language towards the Colonial Government ; and Mr. Weld was right to deal sharply and promptly with so gross an offence, even from so high an officer.— Lyttelton Times. In Philadelphia there is a company organised to manufacture fuel out of the dust of coal. They have discovered a process by which the dust is formed and kept in a compact mass, and their experiments pr»ve it a a fine fuel. It burns freely and thoroughly, and gives out as much heat as a solid anthracite. The coal dust, we understand, can be purohased at the mines, where there are immense quantities of it hitherto unused, for the small price of 40 cents per ton, or one dollar per ton if sifted, and io is estimated by the very intelligent persons engaged in the enterprise, that a ton of solidified coal dust can be sold at from four dollars to five dollars per ton. — Mechanic's Magazine.