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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1979, 8 September 1869, Page 2

The English Mail.— The Rangitoto, wbh the English mail onboard, will leave Lyttelton to-morrow at 12, and may ho expected at Port Chalmers early on Friday morning. The Ketch Pearl. — As will be seen by our Greymouth correspondent’s telegram, this vessel was capsized whilst being towed across the bar. She was owned by Captain Gifford, who with the two seamen on board were drowned. Wo are not aware that the vess-d was insured, hut the cargo was insured in the New Zealand Company’s office for L 535. Accident.—A man named Charles Brown, servant to Mr Thomas Lewis, Tokomairiro, has been received i to the hospital, stiff ring from a co i pound f aebure of the thigh bone. On Friday last, as he was driving homewards from Waihola, be slipped from off his dray, the wheel of which passed over his leg, causing the injury above-men-tioned. He is progressing favorably. Political. —The nomination of candidates to represent the Wallace district ui the Assembly, took plact at Hokanui on the 3;d inst. Mr J. C. Brown was proposed by Mr James Rogers, and Wm. Stream, and Mr George Webster, by Mr Cuthb p rt, Cowan and Alex. M‘Neill. The polling day was fixed for the 17th inst. Mr J. L Gillies was requested to stand, but he declined, for reasons which he thus stated; — “1 consider our presentpositionis so cubical, that our feelings, nay more, it may be even our interests, must be sacrificed rather than give the enemies of the progress of the Province the opportunity of saying the pres nt agitation has been got up for political ends, that is to say private ends.” City Council. —The Council met this afternoon at three _ o’clock. There were presmt—His Worship t' e Mavor (in the chair), Messrs Dods, Fish, Griffin, M‘Glashan, Thoncman, Waite, and Wilkinson. A letter was read fr m the > ecetary of Land andWwks, refusing to construct new culverts in King street, an I permitting the removal of the old Water of Keith Bridge on certain conditions. The 'otter was referred to the Works Committee. A letter from Mr Cousens was read, complaining of rot receiving a license for ahon-e in Stafford stre t. The htter was received. A letter from the Fire Brigade, respecti g raising certain plugs, was re f erred to the Works Commits e.—Aletter from Mr Millar, late City Engineer, was read, accompanying a schedule of the levels of the st eets of the City, which he presented to the Corporation. On the motion of Mr M'Gla-dian, a vote of thanks to Mr Millar, seconded by Mr Walter, was carried.—Several letters were read from ratepayers, applying for leave to cart gravel, «tc.. which were referred to the Works Committee. —Re orts were rea l from Works, Reserve, and Finance Committees. and adopted. The Council were left sitting. Military Settlement. —The New Zealand Herald has a sensible article on military settlement. It advises 'he formation of a corps of New Zealand Rifles, composed of volunteers from the Imperial forces, the pay somewhat higher than that of British linesmen. The fore to be mainly ■tationed on the Waikato frontier and Tanpn.. 500 to be stationed at Taupo to make good mi'itary roads, radiating from thence, to receive a certain rate of pay for evi-ry mile constructed. After first or second ye a*, a portion of the force to be selected for good ■ onduct to have pieces of land near the garrison given them to cultivate; crown grants not to be issued till the end of service ; officers also to be given land on similar terms After the roads are made, it won! I offer every inducement to settle, and give facilities for working on flax lands, &c. Cheap Travelling.—On Thursday a bellman was employed to announce the fact that the s.s Prince Alfred and John Penn would take pass ngers to the 'lhames for two shillings. This sonorous functionary was succeeded by another to announce the add tional fact that the Duke of Fdinbnrgh steamer would take passengers to the Thames for “one shilling” The sailing distance to the Thames may be computed at about fifty miles, so that the fares are little less than a halfpenny a mile. Althou.h we are at the other end of the world, we are certainly keeping pace with it in the matter < f locomotion. The parliamentary rate ceases to be a wonder in the presence of such facts as we have recorded above.— N. Z. Herald.

Escort Returns.—Tho following statistics were lately laid on the ta 1 le of the House of Representatives, on fie motion of Mr O’Neill :—Return of Gold in the Province of Otago f r year ending 18th May, 18(39 Queenstown, 10,3750zs Sdwts; Ar.ow, 7,740"ZS 17dwt; Dunstan, 15,2420zs lldwts ; Blacks, 9,3740zs ; Cromwell, 15,1670z5; Manuherikia, 12.0250z5; 8t Bathans, 9,1100zs sdw(s ; Macraes, 2,4G50zs Idwt; Mount Ida, 20,6400zs 12dwts IGgrs ; Tuapeka, 24,8050zs Gdwts ; "’aipori, 8,7G50zs 17dwts ; Waitahuna. 5.6360zs 1 Sdwts; Woolshe<l, 87D«'zs Sdwts ; Switzers 7,179 zs ; Teviot, 1,238<iz-< Sdwts ; Ida VaTey, 2060zs ISdwts. Total, 150,8450zs 14dwts IGgrs. What may Happen to a Man in New Zealand.— Under the above heading, the Hawke* Bay Herald Mustratts how easily a man may got himself into a scrape through uiiacquaintance with the proviuonof the Arms Act. Our contemp .rary savs:-A good many of our rea ers will learn what is new to them when th y rea>l the following (30th) clause of the Arms Act 1860, now in force “E\ery person who shall remove or cause to he removed or at-

tempt to remove or assist in removing from one place in the o’ony to any other place in !,hc Colony either by inland carriage f coastwise any arms gunpowder or warlike stores without a license in the f Tin set fort' in t'u; said schedule shall I e guilty of a mislomeanour Provided that this provision shall not ext-nd to any person carrying ann for the defence of his person or for sporting.’ A subsequent clause provides that evcr\ oerson convicted of a misdemeanour under this Act shall bo liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding three years, aid to a tine noi exceeding LSOO, at the discretion of the judge. This stringent enactment was framed, as our readers know, t > prevent the sale of arms to Natives ; but, unfortunately, the clause is eanally apt to be infringed by persons innocent of such intention, A case in point has just occurred. P. Moroney lent a gun to his brother at Kaikora, who had some intention of buying it, but who subsequent y returned it. The more sending of the gun up the country, however, with out a licence, proves sufficient to have led to Moronoy’s committal for trial, and to his being rendered liable to a severe punishment. The annual meeting of the Citizen’s: Cricket Club wid be held at the Koval Hotel, Walker street, this evening We have been requested to state that persons desirous o ; becoming members can do so at the meeting.