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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1439, 26 September 1872, Page 2

The English Mail via Suez was due in Melbourne to-day.

A recent issue of the Tirnaru Herald gives the iollowmg account of a rattening case which took place in that district a few days ago :—" We had supposed that outrages of this description were confined lo the old country until a few days ago, when we were disagreeably surprised by a case occurring in our midst, and which for obvious reasons we have abstained from mentioning before. The short tacts of the ca-jc are as follows :—Mr P. D. M'Rae, contractor for the Saltwater Creek bridge, finding a difficulty to get a sufficient number of skilled workman to carry out the masonry work of the bridge abutments, was under the necessity of getting two more men from outside the district. This, it appears, gave umbrage to some of the local men, and one of them waited upon the new arrival and offered him <£s and the cost of his passage il he would gO away. This he declined to do, and the result was that on Saturday night some person or persons got possession of his working tools, valued at .£3, and made away with them, so effectually that although a strict starch has been made, no trace of the articles had been found. But the scoundrels did not end here. Mr M'Pae also shared their displeasure, which they wreaked by splitting a large worked stone, worth at least £5, which Mr M'Rae will be at the cost of replacing. No clue has as yet been discovered as to the perpetrators of this dastardly outrage, but we hope that they will be brought to justice, and receive the punishment they merit." A late writer in Hie Mining Magazine, speaking of the impolicy of the Victorian idea of offering a reward for the discovery of a diamond field, says : —" So long as the great cry bi ings diamond-seekers together, no matter how little profit resulis, the discoverer gets his reward, the Gevemment profits by licenses, and the losers are only.the poor unfortunates who have a right to look to the Governnieut for protection against the frauds of crafty adventurers. There is a well-known story of the discovery of fresh bread and cheese wrapped in a cotton handkerchief during the experimental borings in presence of a company from London, in a Welsh load " mine." When the cheese came upon the auger, it was promptly an nouueed to be a new kind of clay \ but the crust and the cotton were not so readily accounted for. We shall suspect crust and cotton when we hear of a diamond rush in Victoria, unless the news is accompanied by the certificate of a geologist of whom something is known."

We (New Zealand Herald) are glad to learn that Mr S. K Hughes, solicitor, has received from her Majesty's Government the Admiralty Medal, for •services rendered at the Bay of Islands, in 11. M Ship Hazard, so late back as 1845. Mr Hughes was present on several occasions when his ship, was engaged with the natives at the Bay of Inlands in 1845. He was under fire on the Hth March 1845, for instance, when the Hazard, lying about 100 yards from the beach at Russell, was attacked by a body of rebel natives numbering about 2,000, and when the ship had to be hauled oft, as the Maoris were able to rake the decks with small arms*. Mr Hughes also acted as a volunter under Lieutenant Philpotts, for the purpose of scouring the bush near Kawakawa, and served during what i* generally known as Heke's war.

A newspaper is about to be established in Paris in the interests of Free Tra.de.

The Wairarapa Standard delicately hints to '* I. 0." ;' c Wo cannot conscientiously recommend your hanis and bacon until we have been afforded the means of testing their true worth." Sensible Standard.

An atrocious act was perpetrated at, Waihi a few days ago Mr Chubbins,. of Wanganui, found a valuable draught horse lying dead in a pool of blood, one of the hind legs having been nearly severed from the body apparently by the blow of an axe.

The Australasian publishes a long letter signed "V. 5.," the -writer of which states that if the owner of a station will send him a cheque for ,£lO,, and a selector one for .£3, he will pioniiso him immunity from infectious diseases for all time to come for his cattle*

The following anecdote is related by the Tuapeka Times ;—-There is a man, living at Lainmerlaw, whose unexampled woes merit the greatest commiseration. Some few weeks ago, while on a, visit 1o Waipori, he fell in with a number of friends. An extensive patronage of the various hotels followed, "which, resulted in the hero of our story, who. is ordinalily quiet and well-behaved, developing pugilistical tendencies, inimical to the "peace of our sovereign Lady, the Queen, her crown and dignity." Before he had an opportunity of doing any mischief, the vigilant preserver of law and order marched him off to the Camp, where he spent the night On the following morning the constable liberated him on his undertaking to appear and be punished at thenext Court held in Waipori. True to. his promise, the man came in on the. following Friday, but there being no Court his journey was fruitless. The two following Fridays he appeared at the Camp with the same result. On the fourth Friday he again came in. A well-known and worthy J.P. was at Waipori on that day. To him the delinquent presented himself and wished to be fined. The J.P. was staggered at this: unusual request, and asked the man what he meant. The man gave an explanation of the circumstances, winding up with the urgent appeal to be fined, "for," *aid he. "laraa working man, living six miles away, and, can't afford to come in every week." The J.P. being of a philanthropic disposition, expressed his willingness to giatify the man, and told him to get the constable, and he would hear the charge. Here another ditficulry aro<e —the constable was away on duty elsewhere. The J.P. then suggested that somebody should be got to make the charge. The man accepted I his suggestion with celerity, and immediately

pi oeeeJed lo procure s-ome one to prose* cute, After a considerable search he found an obliging individual, and the pair presented themselves lo the justice. An information was drawn up, but when the individual who had consented to act as prosecutor was required to sv.ear to the charge, he flatly refused to. do so, as he knew nothing about the affair. This, of course, precluded any further action being taken in the case. The delinquent was awfully disgusted, and after fruitlessly endeavoring to get the justice to fine him, offeied to deposit an amount to cover any fine that might be inflicted. This offer could not be entertained* and be had to. depart without having had his desire gratified. Who will venture to say after thia that the digger is not a law respecting; individual .

Ad audacious swindle has just been perpetrated at Luxemburg. A Jesuit announced the approaching arrival of a Persian bishop. The venerable personage appeared in due time—a man of grave aspect, and with long white hair and board, who was received with the utmost enthmia-rn. Monseigneiu' officiated in the cathedral, and as bw celebration of mass coincided with the period of general confession, the faithful contributed their offering* liberally* He collected more than 15,000 francs. In addition, in going home he entered ihe shop of a watchmaker, and atter having given his beneJiotion to the kneeling family, purchased a beautiful gold watoh, which he took with him, leaving a deposit of 20 francs and promising to send the rest of the money. The Oriental prelate having departed,, a rumor became current that he was in reality a Jew of Munich, a well-knoWU and adroit swindler.

The most extraordinary recipe we have ever met with appears in a late issue of the New Zealand Herald. We give it verbatim :—" To Preserve Leather. —Take half a pint of linseed oil, and half a pint of neats' foot oil and boil them together. Have the boots dry and free from dirt, rub them well with this mixture before the fire, until completely saturated, set them by for two or three days it possible. All the Reds of Europe—all the sworn devotees of the mystic Mary Ann, eat of the common vegetable. Their oaths are strong with it. It is the food, also, of the common people of Italy. All the social atmosphere of that delicious land is laden with it. Its odor is practical democracy. In the churches all are alike; there is one faith, one smell. The entrance of Victor Emmanuel into Rome, is only the pompous proclamation of a unity which garlic had already accomplished ; and yet we, who boast of democracy, eat onions in secret. —'My Summer in a Garden,' by 0. D. Warner."