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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 82, 27 July 1868, Page 180

Me Peabody and the Pope. —A cor-. respondent who sends ns his name denies upon good authority the statement going the round of the papers,, that the great American philanthropist “ left the Pope £200,000 on quitting Rome.” The Italian papers report more accui-ately a “a gift of 10,000 dollars for one of the educational institutions in Rome, by George Peabody.’* —English Paper. \ Sudden Death at Onehunga.—We : regret to have to record the sudden dhath 1 yesterday of Mr.Buckland, third ofScer on board the s.s. : Airedale, now in the port of Onehunga. It.appears that the deceased had been engaged on board",the ship during the day, until about, six o’clock, ■ when he returned. home to his wife, had his tea, and just a little before ' eight o’clock he was in' the aot of readihg.tfie paper , and smoking a pipe, when he fell buck and expired. An inquest was held,, we believe, this afternoon, but there ! cari be very little doubt that . the verdict will be that of death; from natural causes.—* Ereniug News, 15th July. ‘ \""7 Anotheb Death by Dbowning;— We take the following; frota the New Zealand .Herald, 14th July Captain Baker, :bf the fore-and-aft schooner which - arrived in harbor yest«ardajr:7after- : noon from Napier ; via the' coastj informs us'that whilst lying in Hick’s Bay day last, the topsail schooner Captain ' toil,' pnt, ;in fand -reported’‘; a ntbst choly'casualty^ : D.ori Was running; tb^th'e'southw*dd'6efbre : a heavy breeze. ;; and? ’’ waw*engaged 'thelihamsai], when the C/Msell, by some xuiK ' fortunate chanceibst his hoid or footing and : fell JoyerboardT : sea tu \runnmg ( sb£. ; . iiighi - and the * so * strong, the ; vessel travelling Water at a;; great rate,' thaß c^though J ,eyery J effbrt waa made* to' Bave disappeared almost instantaheduslyiOaptaihMartih'de-' sired that the' accident should be reported in ! - v.- v--1