THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1285, 28 March 1872, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

(NEW ZEALAND HERALD, MARCH 25.)

We learn from a source likely be well informed that the main features in the mail arrangement entered into by Mr Voge!, representing New Zealand* and the contractor, Mr Webb, with the Yictorum Government, are these:—

1. Melbourne to be the terminus of the line.

2. Auckland to- l>e ike first port of. arrival, and last port of departure in< New Zealand.

3. The ocean steamer on arriving at Aucklan 1 and landing the New Zealand mail and pasenger>, to. proceed to. Melbourne direct; returning on the outward voyage by way of Port Chalmers thence along the New Zealand coast,, collecting the mails,, to Auckland,, from whence she is to take her final, departure.

4. The Victorian Government to contribute an annual subsidy of <£25,000' towards the line..

Substantially this embraces beitarterms tlxan we had reason to. expecfc from the Victorian Government. Sofar a u New Zealand is- concerned, it should be satisfactory. But no doubt the Victorian Government reserved the agreement for ratification by the- Parliament, which is not at present in session. We apprehend-no great difficulty in that inspect, however, inasmuch as the subsidy is relatively small 1 compared; with, the commercial gain of Melbourne of becoming the terminus of thefornian and New Zealand line of American steamer I *. Melbourne has long striven to become the commercial centre of the South Pacific ; and by cutting off Sydney, as sheeffectually does by this arrangement, from direct participation in Mr Webb's, line, her merchants will have gone "as long way towards accomplishing, their, object.

The two juvenile bushrangers, Doolati and Jone<, whose exploits near Sandhurst have been chronicled lately, were finally dealt, with at the Circuit Court on Wednesday, when a painful scene occurred. In passing sentence, his Honor Mr Justice Williams said he was grieved to see before him two. young boys charged with such a long catalogue of crimes. It seemed as if they were full-fledged bushrangers-, using pistols with the same freedom as sugar-plums. He assured them that it would be a long time, before they again obtained their liberty to abuseit, and endanger the lives of peaceable people. The sentence of the Court was, for the first offence, horse-stealing, two years' imprisonment each ; for the second, robbery under arms, six years each; third, robbery under arms (or stealing from a dwelling), six years, each; and Jones, for housebreaking, three years, hard labor in each case; each sentence to commence at the expiration of the other. Jones thus obtained seventeen years, and Doolan fourteen years' imprisonment. Immediately (says the Evening Star) the sentenoe had passed the lips of the judge, a heartrending shriek from a woman filled all who were in the Court with horror and commiseration for the stricken one, who, we are informed, was the mother of the boy Doolan. The poor woman tottered feebly out of the eourt-house, uttering shriek upon shriek, the burden of the almost demented one's lament being, " 0, my poor boy, my poor boy I" The truly unfortunate parents of this lad would appear to have diank deeply of affliction lately, as not only is this, their eldest son, sent into a banishment with scarcely a prospect of ever seeing him asiain, but it will he remembered that they lost another son, who was d>owned in the reserve some short time since, and more recently still another of their sons was afflicted.

An American gentleman reeeni-iy purchased a dead whale, and wrote to, the editor of the local paper how to preserve it. He was advised to "put the whale carefully into a bottle, cover it over with spiiits of wine (strong whisky may do), then cork, and seal up.''

An Ohio woman was so amiable at, breakfast that her husband took the: coffee to a chemist for analysis*