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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 478, 23 May 1867, Page 3

Death of the 110-T. James Alacakthtjk. S T dRe T Morning Herald; Zitu^ April, says:—Anoticehasjustreached us of the decease of Hr James Maearthur of Camden Park— a name that awakens many coionial memories, and which will remain in the history of this country as long as it anal! be inhabited by civilized m a ’T iho large circie in which Air Alacarthur once moved as an active and prominent member oi society has been much by removals and death.' Yet~7io* demise could have created a more general feelum of respect! ul regret. Air Alacarthnr was present at Divine service on Sunday. He retired for the night without discovering any symptoms of pun, and unusually cheerful. Soon after attention was drawn to hna by a tremor followed by stillness. A light was brought. The lime of his ueparturo had, however, come, and without recognition of those around him or symptoms ol agony he breathed his last. A disease of the heart, which had been manv yeais in tile course of development wa« we understand, the cause of his death-one \vhich terminates suddenly so many valuable lives. The loss of such a man must [always be considerable. The influence of ilns reputation and character was alone a jpuoho blessing. No one enjoyed more jcompletely the confidence of his triends. !He has left _ a widow, and one darurlitcr .recently united to Captain Onslow, of the Aioyal i\ avy, and brothers wiio tread i closely upon that period which marked tin | wars ut his pilgrimage. . . . Thus, I one by one the men who have founded the ; coiony and established its fortunes are ; passing away. The interest of Hr Mac larti ur iu the country was intense and j anient. As a landlord he was most con jside.-ate and forbearing, and immense .losses were borne by him with eheerfuines;.w.mrothey were inevitable, and without ; resentment even where they were unju--t .In religion Air Alacarthnr was a man of , large views. lie looked through forma to I the great principles which constitute the lvalue as well as the authority of the j Christian religion, 'i hough warm in con[detuning as a legislator that which lie j believed to be evil, ho was distinguished dor the calmness and genuinene.-s of hi.temper, and the dignity and modesty ol [bis self-appreciation. Ao man was’less [prone to gtvo oll’euco, or to take it, ualesj under the conditions in which nequies 'ence | would be meanness. It i«satisfactory ilia: jho passed from this world without pain, [for though survivors would like to hoar (the last whisper of a parting spirit, and |tu find on the dying tongue the accents of j kindred affection and religious limu- Air i Maearthur s transition from time intoeterI nity could only be regarded as singularly happy. He liven a useful life und died m G od’s good t imo. The poet said wisely It matters not at what 1; :ur of tlie ,lay . Tile righteous falls a-deep. Ir-aili cannot como To him untimely, who is lit lo me.”

| Goi.d Discoveries in Auckland.— The .Vow Zealand Herald of the Till inst. Ihas the following arlioleThere seem» more probability now than ever that a rich alluvial gold-tickl in the Province of Auckland is likely to be developed. In two separate instances wo h ive proof of the existence of these gold-fields—the one at or near Tauranga, Hie oilier at the Thames. ■We wero shown on Monday a gamnlo of alluvial gold, flat and scaly, an ounce, perhaps, in weight, sail to betaken from the former, and learn, from good authority .that the existence of the deposit, had been lor some time known to three members of the militia regiment stationed at I'auraniM, old Victorian miners, who have been working quietly for some lime past, and havoj ticeinnuhitcd what in digging parlance is called a “ pile, - ’ The oilier discovery is at the Thames. A gentleman called at our office yesterday with two fine samples of cold, one surface-washed, and the other a rich piece of gold-bearing quartz. This gentleman, who has long known of .the existence of a payable gold-field in the Thames district, told us that if the Super.-, intendeut would secure his protection for six weeks on the ground, ho would look for his reward there without asking the £5,' ! 00 offered by P-e Government. In our opinion

tae o -i; k;;t to secure t;v_> numolesicd working of this rich go d-dlcld (and from what wo have soon mid heard, no doubt it is a second Ei Dorado) would ba bv purchasing, not the land, but ilia right of digging, front the natives. It is impossible lor I ho Superintendent to grant protection to any person without coming to definite arrangements with the native owners, if such arrangements can be made, and tve believe they may, the ground would be thrown open for prospecting to the public at large. There is no doubt that me native mind in the district referred to has been very much disturbed by unprincipled parlies, who have told the natives that an mil us of diggers into their district w.-uki very ouuk.y drive Unnn away, deprive them ol their lands, and prohabiv of their u omen, lite confidence lelt bvtlte natives in the return of .Mr IVilhamson to office tias, we believe, materially modified these prejudices on the part of the natives. When we hear a man saying he will not ask for the reward, but is willing to look for his reward in the ground, it sounds honest, and fo us appears ns if there were really and truly something creditable in tile whole thing, even though it may not be advisable to fall in exactly with his wishes. His Honor, we understand, wili leave no etons untamed to bring these gold-fields into work, and we understand

that the chief Paul has undertaken to use his influence, which is great in the Thames district, to cause the promulgation of the offer of the reward of £5,000, and to induce, the principal chiefs to lay aside their former prejudices against the opening up! of the gold-fields which undoubtedly exist! m their districts. This is one way in which the services of Paul, as advising and assisting the Provincial Executive, may be brought into action. It is childish to say tnat tn.es irruvincial Government have

no concern witix native affairs.” Here is an instance in point, of the value of a native chief acting with the KTrcntirn.

A Kowax Galuolic Uisiioi' u-v Fesiax-i ISJI. —A discourse of Bishop Aloriarty, iul the cathedral of Killamey, on Sunday,j 17th February, has excited general atteu-j tionfrom the vigor with which he denounced! the Brotherhood and all who have joined; it. The denunciation was rendered morel emphatic by the circumstance that some! of the younger members of the congregation | rose and left the chapel during its delivery, t’he following aro tho closing passages oithis remarkable address. Having praised tho people of Kilim-nay for generally holding aloof from the conspiracy, Dr. Aloriarty said; —“Notwithstanding your good conduct, there is that of which you have reason to be ashamed. There is an absence of manly outspoken public spirit amour you. You hate outrage and disorder, bur you do not show yourselves like men on the side of law and order. You need not make Fenians afraid of you. You seem to halt between two sides, as if you were afraid of them. Why is it that the authorities and the gentry do not trust you with arms on sue!; occasions? I know every decent man would use them. But this :s not enough. The world should be convinced that such is your temper and spirit. You arc afraid of the Fenians. All tlii; must change, and you must so think and speak and act that every evil-doer will be afraid uf vou. . . . Another advice 1

give you. Keop in your houses at uight,' and send this advice all over Ihe west ol the county. The military must bu sent in search of the fugitives. Now, if any poor 1 peasants were so foolish as to leave their, homes through fright they would necessarily be suspected of complicity in Fcnianisiu. The soldiers will not hurt you' unless they llnd you in arms against the (jueen. One word against the prime .movers of this mischief. It we must con-' denu. the fo-dish youths who have joined in this conspiracy, how much nm-t wo not execrate the eondnet. of ihose designing villains who have been entrapping innocent ■muth, and organizing this work ol crime I Thunk (jrod tiicy are not our prop!-, cr il tiiey were, they have dost the iris'i character m the cities ol America. Jitu beyotui them there arc criminals ol a in' deepen guilt—the men who, whi e they send then nine? into danger, are fastening o.s the spoil in i’aris and fS'ew York —the excceaole swindlers, who caic not to endanger the nocks of the men who trust them, who care not how many are murdered by the rebel or hanged by the strong arm ol the law, piovnled they can gel a supply ol dollars either lor their pleasures or their wants. O, kind's heaviest enrso—ills Withering, blasting, lilighluig curse —is on them. 1 preached to you mst Sunday oii| Ilia eternity of Hell’s lonue.us. liumua| reason was inclined to say —‘It is a hardj word, and who can bear it t’ i*at wlieni we look down into the lutltomless depths olj this infamy of the heads of the Fenian conspiracy we must acknowledge that eternity is not long enough nor lie 11 hot enough lo punish such miscreants.”