COROMANDEL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 45, 8 May 1862, Page 3

COROMANDEL.

(From tlio Southern Gross, April 22mL) "U e desire to draw attention to the letter from Mr. You i einpsky, which appears in another column. Hie testimony borne to the auriferous wealth ot Coromandel by that Gentleman is most important. He is a man of acknowledged ability and of great personal experience as a gold miner ; and any statement coming from his pen should be received with attention. \Vc agree with Mr. Von lempsky in the view he takes of the proximate future of Coromandel. The prospecting difliculties of the country can only bo overcome by united eilort and perseverance, and the diggers at present in Coromandel never need expect to step into a ready-made gold-field in that district. There is work beiore them ; but there is gold for the industrious man. The success that has attended those who have —and they arc very few in comparison with those on tho ground—proves the wealth that lies buried in the soil. Gold has been found, and will be found in Coromandel, in situations where, scientifically speaking,there ought to have been no gold. Hut it should be recollected that this is a volcanic country', and we have proof, at no great distance that tho volcanic action has not quite ceased: p will, therefore, be apparent tliat the geological p] I(; nomena of gold countries not similarly infin f , nC( ,cl by volcanoes and earthquakes, cannot be t n | ;on as a guide for anything here. 1 here • i . f gold in Coromandel for all who Pl 5 there is an excess of tmibor; carriage is nv adable at'all points, delight fid climate aml abundance of 1 f“ 1 '' a *" 1 , wo see no cause for men grumbling p ai ° anxious to test tbo matter themselves. uwe nrc awnvo p )e mn j or ;ty of'the diggers decline prospecting tlm bnsb on their own account they require aid. Well, it is a question with the people ot Auckland whether they will subscribe to the support and payment of a working party, whose exertions si mil bo devoted to the development of a gold field. We confess, on a careful review of all the circumstances that suggest themselves to our mind, that we cannot advise this course. We do not think, looking at the nature of the country, that very much move can ho done by a few men in prospecting. The cutting of tracks though (be bnsb, and the construction of a landing place at Preece’s Point, with a jetty perhaps at Mr. Beeson’s, appear to ns works which the Provincial Government might judiciously undertake, and which could be done at a trilling expense. Access could then be had to tho interior of (he bush and across tho range, while facilities would be given to land goods at low water for the supply of the mining population. With tracks through the bush, tho willing diggers could prospect on their own account and fix on the locality that pleased them best. But there is an expenditure which we would recommend —namely, that sneb men as those composing Mr. Murphy’s party be enabled to continue their exertions until the “find,” which thev anticipate at no remote period, reward their exertiors. Wo write in this strain, because we believe in Coromandel. We have no doubt of the existence of its auriferous quartz reefs : and although surface diggings have not been dovolped to any extent we believe on the authority of Mr. Turton. 8.M., and Mr. Yon Tcmpskv and there is good reason for supposing that surfacing in (lie gullies w'b also pav. But we do not desire to sec the nubile funds needlessly wasted. .Tnstieo should be done to (he men already working to develope a gold-field, and facilities should like wise be given to other? to explore tho country; hut wo protest against a repetition, on any scale, of governmental interference with prospecting, which will, ns in the case of the CSOO so recently expended, produce only' dissatisfaction in tho minds of non-par-ticipants, and lead to hut. little substantial results. Tho reward of ;C2 000 for tho discovery of a payable gold field ought it self to sufficient be inducement. Wo trust all the diggers at present in Coromandel will give it a fair trial. In the event of a temporary loan being required for provincial purposes this year, wo would suggest to the provincial executive the propriety of setting apart a sufficient sum for the works in Coromandel we have indicated, and which, sooner or later, must be entered on.

The death of the Pope is an event which may be anticipated speedily, and it can scarcely fail to hasten the crisis of Italian affairs. Independently of his advanced age, and the infirmities which have notoriously haunted him through life, his symptoms now indicate disease of the heart ; and the medical calculation is reported to he, that, while he can scarcely last a year, the catastrophe is most likely to be soon and sudden. The betrothal of the young king of Portugal with the Princess Marie-Louise-Alexan-drine-Caroline, of Ilohenzollern-Sigmariugen sister of the late Queen of Portugal, is announced as having taken place. The princess was born on the 17th November, 1845. The anniversary banquet of the Australian Association was held on the 12th of February. The Duke of Newcastle delivered au important speech on democracy. The O'Donoghue was called to order in Parliament for a breach of privilege in sending a hostile challenge to Sir 1 chert Peel. A gentleman asked Nanny Locliford why the Whigs, in their mourning for Queen Anne, all wore silk stockings? “Because,” says she, “the Tories were worsted.” A young fellow, fond of talking, remarked, “ 1 am no prophet.” “True,” replied a lady present, “ no profit to yourself or to any one else.” “Mama,” said little Nell, “ought governess to flog me for what I have not done ?” “ No, my dear ; why do you ask ?” “ Cause she flogged me to-day when I clid’nt do my sum.” Theodore Ifook, being told of the marriage of a political opponent, exclaimed, “ I am very glad, indeed, to hear it.” Then suddenly added, with a feeling of compassionate forgiveness, “ and yet J don’t see why I shoidd, poor fellow, for he never did me much harm.” ■“ Jt is very curious,” said a young lady, “that a tortoise, from whom we get all our shell combs, has no hair.” A military officer in Texas boasts, through the papers, that his men “would rally at the tap of the drum.” Perhaps they would rally still more promptly at the tap of a tavern. A Difference. —“ Pa,” said a lad to his father, “ I often read of people poor hut honest; why don’t they sometimes say rich but honest ?” —“ Tut, tut, my son,” replied the father, “ nobody would believe them.” Kxtkkme Politeness.— -A ragged little child was heard to call from a window of a mean-look-ing house to her opposite neighbor—“ Please, Mrs. .Tones, Mother’s best compliments, and if it’s fine weather will you go withher a-beggingto-morrow?” A Goon Commencement, —“ Mrs. Spriggs, will you be helped to a piece of the turkey?” —“Yes, ray dear Mr. Williams, Twill.”—What part would you prefer, my dear Mrs. Spriggs?” —“I will have the two wings, a couple of the legs, a portion ol the breast, some filling, a little gravy, and a few dumplings to begin with —as I have felt very unwell all day!”