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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 52, 4 March 1867, Page 2

We (New Zealand Advertiser) are indebted to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary for the following iuf'ormaiion : — By the last mail from England, Lord Carnarvon has intimated to the Goveuor that the latter was to understand that (with one exception) he was uot at liberty to exercise auy control over the movements or disposition of Her Majesty's troops, and that Lord Carnarvon "would request the Secretary of State for 'War to inform Major-General Chute that (with the same exception) the disposal of all those troops would hereafter rest exclusively with tl.at officer; that it was not his duty to seek the Governor's authority for moving them, but that he was at once to concentrate them in such a manner as would he most economical and most convenient for embarkation, and then to embark them as speedily, as he could obtain transport; that [the Governor's duty would be confined to that of providing to the utmost of his power that General Chu r e should receive every facility that theColouial Government could afford him in giving effect to his instructions ; that it would rest with that Government to be prepaied for the consequences of a wiihdrawal of troops, on the propriety of which the Imperial and Colonial Governments were agreed, and 011 the faith of which Her Majesty's Government had entirely ceased to interfere with their native policy. The Otago Daily Times reports a case recently decided in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin. It appears that the Captain of the ship Elodie sought to recover from Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co. £100 for freight on a quantity of sugar shipped at Mauritius for Dunedin. The vessel had put to sen, but had been obliged to return to Port Louis, when the sugar in question was found to be damaged, and was sold. The plaiutiff on his arrival there, had tendered the net proceeds of the sale, and now contended that the sale at Port Louis, being with the consent of defendents' agents, it was tantamount to a demand for re-delivery, and freight was due upon it. The Magistrate held that the freight was only payable upon delivery, and the sugar had not been delivered. Judgment was given for the defendants. A competent judge, writing concerning the new wheel lately erected at the Scandinavian works, Skippers, says : — lt is upon the principle of Whitelaw's re-action wheel, commonly called the Scotch turbine, and has only two jets. It is three feet in diameter, working with a full or column of water fifty -four feet high, and performs 300 revolutions per minute; it is calculated to drive 80 head of stamps, with, amalgamating buttery — being about 30 horse power. I may call your notice to the ease and rapidity with which such a wheel can be made and put to work to replace another or a broken one, as it only occupied the labor of three men two days of eight hours, with time to spare, to take out the old wheel, put the new one together, and place it iv its position. Such a work, if /or an ordinary overshot wheel of equal power, would require the hard labor of many weeks, and great expense. I may also say that the wheel was constructed under the direction of Mr; Smith, at the Vulcan Foundry, iv Dunedin. "Ha!" exclaimed Mr. John Thomas, the footmau, standing with his coat-tails drawn forward, and his back to''the'kitchen fire. "I've heered a good deal about the cattle complaint, but am 'appy to say it 'aven't yet attacked my calves."