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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 846, 13 April 1871, Page 2

We do not usually think it worth while, to notice the frequent mis-statements of facts which appear in the columns of our evening contemporary, but we cannot allow the earnest endeavors of the Eeception Committee to make the festivities in connection with the Governor's visit as popular as possible, to be thwarted by the misinformation and unfounded comments upon the action of the Committee which appeared in the Evening Stctr last evening., .It is not true that the price of the tickets for the citizens' ball has been fixed at .the sum mentioned, nor is it true that the tender of Messrs Gilmey Brothers has been accepted. The Committee ascertained what the cost of a first-class entertainment would b,e, and they found that the lowest tender would, if accepted, make it compulsory to , charge a high rate for tickets. The Committee, however, although invested with authority toact as they deemed, best, have decided upon a more modest form of entertainment, which will afford the opportunity for all classes to share in the festivity. . . „.-.,. ... .••„.,...■;. •;■• • . ■„••■ :'. George Brodie, Esq., Accountant in Bankruptcy arrived by the Kennedy yesterday af ternoooj on his annual tour of inspection. There was a sitting of the District Court here, yesterday, before his Honor Judge Ward. Jeremiah "Creed, of Napoleon, was charged with unlawfully wounding Bernard Candau, by striking him. over the head with a bottle, on the morning of thie 28th Marclu He was found guilty, but recommended to mefcy, and was sentenced to four months' impnspnment with hard, la"b ; br. The Courb ' was adjourned, to Monday next, when a number ol o^poaeA bankruptcy cases will be ' heard. An Auckland correpondent writes :— "Our unemployed have got notice that the Government of Victoria would provide passages to that Colony tor such unemployed as may choose, to avail themselves. of tbe privilege; Of; late, owing ip heavy gold yields, and other fortuitous, circumstances, work is more abundant; and as Victoria,, at present, does not seem to be the ;Wprking man's paradise that some imagined, emigration from Auck: land has received a check. ' ' ■■. We-take the following from a Thames paper :— An instance of the manner in which the maiket has been "rigged" during the last few days, which was brought under our notice yesterday, is not by an} means a solitary one. .. A " speculator " asked a broker to procure him a Caledonian at L7O. The broker promised to do so, if possible, and after the lapse of a few haurs met his speculative friend with the intelligence that he had been unable so procure one. " Oh," replied the speculator, "never mind, I've bought at L6O,- and copld buy now at L 55." "Well," replied the broker, ..." then I suppose you can sell at L7O, and make 140

profit." " Yes I can," replied the speculator, "and make money at it." "Well," said the broker, "here's a deposit, and I'll take two." The speculator replied that he could not sell such a small lot, but would trade for six. The broker, who had an order for that number, offered t6 close, and give a deposit, the balance to be paid in naif an hour. The speculator, who possibly never had a share in the Caledonian in his life, made some excuse, which was not intelligible and disappeared, leaving \Vhe broker mournivg his fate at having spent so much time to no purpose. There are a number of similar speculators around the corners, talkiug largely of the cloudy character of certain stocks. It has been suggested to us that such individuals are supplied with some "weighty reasons" for performing what, cannot by any means be construed into -a; "labor of love." A new fire-bell has been hung by the Corporation of Dunedin. It weighs 6cwt, and , costLs9. . . We understand that the cousecration o i the Rev. T. S. Nevill, the Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Dunedin, will take place at Dunedin, on Ascension Sunday (21st May). It is ' expected that the Primate, as well as the Bishops of Nelson, Auckland, and Wellington, will be present on the occasion. Our Dunedin contemporary (the Evening Star) has committed the error of crediting us with an article on the Revenue which did not appear in our columns. We have a decided objection to beii g held responsible for any article which betrays so great an ignorance of the laws of political economy as the one in question. A medicinal hot spring has been discovered a day's journey from Napier, at Tarawera. It is said that it is hotter than one can comfortably bear it, at the point where it issues from the ground. It is situated close to the new track. There is another still larger spring in the neighborhood, which is, besides, more valuable on account of its medicinal qualities, but its whereabouts have yet to be found out. The Thames Advertiser in some remarks upon the census says :— Probably few places in the world could, for its size, show such a miscellaneous collection as the Thames gold fields. We have Germans ;from every state in the Fatherland,! Frenchmen, Italians, > Spaniards, Poles, Greeks, Canadians, Yankees, Chilians, Africans — men from nearly every place, and from every zone. All sects and varieties of sects are represented, even to "Mahometans." Democratic institutions do not suit- the views of that class which, happening by the force of circumstances to be first invested with legislative power in New Zealand, now finds the people distributing political power over a wider surface. Mr Carlton, the late " Father of the House,'* who was recently defeated for the Bay of Islands, in his speech as a defeated candidate, said : — "His only remaining link oi connection with the Colony •was now trofceo, fov i\o -would i^eveT again contest a seat, He had prophesied long since that New Zealand must follow in the wake of the Colonies, where all was ' bottom upwards ' — where the uneducated classes had taken command of the educated. The latter had made a better fight here than elsewhers, but must inevitably go down in the long run," Mr J.. R. Fairlie argued at the; British Association that a three-feet guage line could carry, and had been proved to carry, two and a-half times as many tons of traffic as were now, for instance, carried over the four-feet five and a-half inch guage of the ITurHl- Western- Ha.ilu7ojr, ax>A. tliia w'illiout an additional charge for haulage. Every inch added to the width of a guage beyond, what was absolutely necessary for the traffic would necessarily add to the cost of. construction, increase the proportion of dead weight, increase the cost of working, and in consequence increase the tariffs to the public : thus, by just so much reducing the width or the line, railways could be made cheaply, and at the same time thoroughly efficient. There was no country too poor to have railways sufficient for its requirements, and they furnished the cheapest possible mode of transport. The Neio Zealand Herald, of March 25, publishes the following from its Tauranga correspondent : — " It was reported on Saturday last that Rewi, .he Ngatimaniopoto chief, with 300, and another Waikato chief with 200 Maoris, were then at Taupo, with the avowed purpose of cutting .down the telegraph posts, and it was Mr M 'Lean's intention to use the firmest measures to prevent such a proceeding. Of course, resolution on the part of the Defence Minister, met by an active rebellious spirit, accompanied by remarkable military . skill and bravery such as Rewi is known to possess, can only result in a collision — and a collision likely to be serious. I am, however, diffident in writing about Taupo news, : as I cannot tell how far the communication may be anticipated by means of the wire. : lam, however, well informed that hostilities will occur very shortly of an unusually serious character., though it is expected that the scene of operations will be at or near Tauranga. We have not had so important a demonstration since the memorable Waikato cam-, paign. The Nelson Examiner, commenting upbri the interesting letter; upon the resources of the Grey Valley, which we published yesterday, says.— "The, River Grey, for a time, with suitable vessels; may be made capable of a large trade ; but the great work in the interest of New Zealand, is to make a harbor at Point -Elizabeth, as mentioned by our correspondent— a measure we were the first to advocate. Here is a bay already sheltered by outlying rocks, easily capable of being made a harbor of refuge— the only one on the western seaboard of the island until you reach Milford Sound, towards its southern extremity — and the nearest point to the Australian colonies. From Elizabeth Bay to Melbourne is as easy a passage as from Newcastle, and would, on an average, be made in as little time. Coal ; from the Grey district could therefore be delivered in Hobsoj\'s Bay as cheaply as | from' Newcastle* while the quality is all in favor of our colony. It is impossible to conceive coal capable of being worked uncier more iavomhle^cirenmaiances than ! the Grey, or of being put more cheaply on board ship, if proper means were taken for the purpose." ■ In the interesting lecture delivered by Mr Thomas Hughes, just, before his return to England from his tour in the United (States, he made some remarks on the different policy adopted by the very rich Americans and the very rich English in the use ;of their wealth, when it is once obtained, which require at least some guarding' before they can be fully accepted here. Mr Hughes observes that iv England, directly a man has made a considerable fortune, his object,, in an aristocratic society like ours, not unnaturally is to found a family. For this purpose he must buy au estate arid make a "place," must live after a fashion to which he has been by no means used, and devote iunnelf to pursuits quite foreignto his tastes, in the hope of getting into country society, which is very exclusive, and leaving 'to his son a recognised social position, with perhaps a > baronetage or peerage to support it, To this end the original fortune- | maker must usually make himself very miserable, sacrifice himself in fact to his children,

and probably in his own person hardly succeed after all. A great part of his wealth is sunk in land, a greai part in the expenditure necessary to keep up the state of a large , landed propriator^ and for great public objects * he has very little; indeed left. The wealth, in short, goes to paving the way for his children from the society of the bourgeoisie to the society of the aristocracy, a considerable part being sunk in agriculture, and in buying power over rural districts. • In^ democratic America, on the other hand, where the founding of a family; is never heard of,* flAid a inau is well content to leave moderate fortunes to his children, if he has. any, the great ambition of men of great wealth is to distinguish themselves by some public benefaction for; which the State or municipality will be grateful—benefactions such as the building of the Cornell University, the founding of new hos« ! pitals, the gift of a threat hall to any city for political and social meetings, and other munificence of the same kind. Mr Hughes vastly prefers this mode of spending great wealth to that which hoards it to sink in great estates, : and believes the rich men of America get a great deal more real enjoyment out of their ; gigantic fortunes than the rich men of Eng- : laud. ' • Our lady readers will be interested to \ know how St. George's Chapel at Windsor was being fitted up for the marriage of H.R.H. the Princess Louise to .the Marquis of Lome, which had been fixed to take place on the 21st of March last. The preparations comprised a canopy 6ver thi steps of the grand entrance at the west end leading to the nave of the Royal Chapel, opposite the Horse-shoe cloisters ; it would be 53ft in length and 16ft wide, so that the Royal carriages might drive under in case of wet. On entering the Chapel there would' be a temporary room erected on the right-hand side fo" the special accommodation of her Royal Highness's bridesmaids, near the cenotaph of the late King of the Belgians, opposite to the cenotaph erected by the nation to the memory of his consort the Princess Charlotte of Wales. At the south entrance of the Chapel, facing Henry VIII. 's gateway and the Castle Guard-rooms, another portico 53ft by 16ft would be placed similar to the one erected at the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, for the convenience of the company who might be honored with an invitation to be present |at the ceremony. A gallery would be built near the altar, between the Lincoln Chapel and the altar immediately fronting her Majesty's private pew, for the accommodation of about 100 of those personages connected with the Duke of Argyll's family. Another covering would be placed of similar dimensions to the two former at the entrance of the cloisters, which would connect the Prince Consort's Memorial Chapel with the east end of St. George's Chapel, and form a convenient entrance to the former chapel, which is fitted up as a reception room for the accommodation of the ladies. The outside of the three porticoes would be covered with canvas, and the inside lined -with crimson, cloth, aud decorated. - . The objection of the Natives to Her Majesty's mail being sent through their territory has been repeatedly evincedin the case of the mail between Auckland and Tauranga. The latest " difficulty" is thus described by the -Thames Advertiser :— Mr Hector M'Kenzie, who left the Thames on Saturday last for Ohinemuri, in order to cross over to Tauranga on business, returned last evening, having been unsuccessful in the attempt. We also learn that the English telegrams forwarded on Friday last by special messenger did not leave Ohinemuri until yesterday (Tuesday), and were then smuggled away, as we shall show. The messenger, after leaving a second time by the gorge track on Saturday mornIng succeeded in crossing pare or uu« raugeo, but on arriving at a large creek which he attempted to swim, he was carried away by the, current, and compelled to return. He w*s too closely watched to attempt another start. Mr M'Kenzie waited in order to-cross over with the Ngatikois, forty of whom had been staying at Ohinemuri, and were returning to their regular residence at Waihi yes* terday, but Te Hira obstinately refused to allow him to do so, telling him that he was a dangerous man, having; brought the telegraph to the Tauranga district, and being a Government man..; Mr ■ M'Kenzie pleaded hard to be allowed to pass, and though Mr Louis Dinars told Te Hira that he had nothing to do with the Government, and'was not going to spy out the, .nakedness of the Tand so as to take the " wire" over it. All in vain. Dihars remarked to Te Hira that the Government would take up the matter, and that he would yet be sorry for what he had done in stopping the xa&i\, and preventing people from using ihe road. Te Hira replied, "When M'Eean was in Waikato he said not a word about Todd's murder, and he will not say a word about this !" We prdnouhed Te Hira a close and accurate reasoner. The road is barricaded at the Paeroa, and armed scouts are constantly on the alert to pounce upon any passenger and drag him before Te flira. The Ngatikois, who were "returning to their own district, were politely informed that- if any of them attempted to return by that way they would be shot, .so exclusive is the tapii put upon the track. The bearer of the mail and telegrams, who had risked his life by flood and field in attempting to get them over, bribed a Ngatikdi, who adroitly «oncealed her Majesty's mail in his blanket. Te Hira will certainly be very wroth when he hears this, but we will not reveal the name of the man who has done this service. A. mailman arrived there on Sunday from Tauranga, having so far eluded detection and stoppage, but on his arrival the mail , was taken = from him . by Te Hira. One report is that the mail still lies in Te Hira's whare, having" been confiscated, but another report is to the effect that Te Hira sent it back to Tauranga yesterday morning. At all events, it has never reached its destination. Mr Tuckeyand Mr War-, brick left Shortlaud for Ohinemuri yesterday, on. the^ forlorn hope of persuading Te' Hira. They have simply no chance with a . man of whose style of reaspningithe above is a specimen.