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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 12 June 1873, Page 2

Valuable Library or Sir George- ! GREY.~Ar^recent yisitorntpr the VKawau furnishes the Bayof Plenty Timeiy, with • the .following list. of some -of the nipst; ''*l "'tV'!*'' 5 = p , .tK>,!ii.ii.. ri***'./^''-!'* '•*•>- /<■■">-*' l j valuable, .cpnte^t^^of ; Sir r G/p^'s 1 library years old, said to be the pest in the world, and a. , Testament, ,§ppjye^rß;p[di ;^ oth • illuminated; i'a' 'Coptic 'manuscript of St. j John's" G<*)spe! ; , grotesquely iyuSoinated, I and curiously hound in \^Ood; ah.Ab^ssjh^ ■ ian manuscript of the four §ospelsJ, also illuminated ;, -J Wi iOaxlfconVworSsj the first printedfla England $ ihi:l49QK atid-the only mapuseriji^in existence of the New Souths Wales""lanpage,' "compiled by' the-Revwß? &4MW alad -J , pr¥ S ahtßS" to Sir GeorgeMhH'gs-ft ii: rphis work Wot B Rpse-l"«ptly{uußui?cosßfullsr clafmejl bj^h^ New South Wales/^oi^erapjpnt. ■■ WtiMtiM «f^he^fieces.Sjt^ ~?bl :l redocrh^ the Volunteer ex^nditiire of the colony, a contemporary writes as follows s— " We I

may give a'Vfe'^figuj^irishowing the cost {V off the JYolunteeK forcer and the numbers i^mbr|§BJ:— g|q|p3lßt March 1872,, tbo ,Volu]fteer,BJpepMh^was as follows ;— ' Mtth Wiahd, Ife^f life, * 1004 cadets ; South Island, 20l>4^idtflts, 439 cadets ; total 6042 adults, 1443 cadets. This state- V ment shows a decrease of 225 adults, but Van Increase *6£ lf7|cadetii betWeTepftlse aflat -May, IS-ri^and'Mst&fercii;* 1872: S$V the Auckland Province, on the 31stMarch, .1872, there were 2882 Volunteers, of whom 1893 earned captation money iu^ 1872. Thus the expense for capitation money in 1872, in the Province of Auckland, was £3967 ; for the North Island, £7307- 15s, and for:' the :whble colony £10 ,329 T 15a.. .; . Tliis -is exclusive , of the whole expense of the staff, cost of" prizes, of annual &g. /JChe>vQte, for. Militia and'VoluhteerS in the North Island last year was £15,95-3 5s * in, the SouthI Island, ;£7545r^£23^q5 .*53. "}, .This,;use(lJ; tp.be i thought a good roun.d ; sum, in , the, : -> days before we had learned <to4alk of ten. millions as a trifle, and is a good round sum yet. We Should *■' like '-•'■• the colletitive Volunteer .force; of/t%Vconntry honestly to ""' put hand on tiearfc'and. ask, ',.** Ara I; w;orth £20,000 per ann urn, or^any thing ;like ; that mobfey, 1 as ;L a/ guard for -tbis much- loved ; isie ?" „ ,>.. ..^-.yf^iyy.yyy :'y ln : k A Shameful Elopement. — Another case 4 of' elopement has caused a. gebtle • flutter' in the ! jjospras "of/? aj^e^tion -of tier ' Majesty'svjau.bjects in this -part Vqt^the globe. Alas ! -fickle woman, not only in civilised communities is-, it. that thy inconstancy leads fb heart-burnings, But where . youth and beauty are set in sable; where a single blaVket'and bed r bf i fern ; constitute th r e' ; ;bri4al: couch, and 1 mother; earth, un-' carpeted,' the bedroom floor,—^even.Jthe^e, too-trusting lords, hayp ..cause" to r lamenfc their ' misplaced confidence. ' Id the fair regions of Orakoi dwoils' a grave chief, > whose name,, when .translated ".into the . '■■ Augta . Saxon tongue, is ChapmanJ, lived with the lady of his heart. Chapman is, an old nian, and his lady y?as'ypung, but £ he was a chief of note — the supreme "ruler Of 'the Orakei tribes in; Pahora Tuahere's absence. Tt was the l.ady-s;*duty,- therefore, tO bJBj loVin/ig ■aiad. obedient^ and -to esteem her husband highly. "y The lady had taken refuge f at Orakei, after deseHing her huEbahWat the Bay of Islands, -who treated ' her harshly, and Jthq stranger was taken, in,.:

; ifavorablesSye, -'i(j^^^ j^gj^^^j^-^^ 'of -respect; of love apparently yatt .BMop'tK^j|^iij©t^nfii?,i^ of Ibe chief Chapii|an. V lW Ja^^^^med^gjS contented apd bappy^ptil a^i^Dg^iierf vf?^ lieg© lord^ thiuking --to give her a pleaaant? ?) excursionp^ok her/toV.thp'^iCaipa'raCin'eet-^^C-ing a few weeks^ ago, wher^^faie i -'noiet -TBk—^"^'-!.-"- 1 yoiiag;: blade - wo6v wa8 J i^Uteli^UphifflP^ ; ;> charms. When paBßing^/:tfirpag]ii : -:..-^ucfe''fH'' : land on the L te'(urnjtj^urne^thiB\gayi"de- J ceiyer^persuaded her to elope with'him^^ ;,

$ yy and / '■worse/ than all, to take with, her: the //./ embroideired blanket also; The chief went kAyiioy his J /hbme/lamenting, : find held a consultation as. to /the course events had^t^ yy l!;/was-JdecldfedVthat/the lady should be re/a taken; at any ris^aiodVtoieffectVthiß object A//tt^ohief oamexto; town/ to-day,; accompa-v /SA/riisd |by several trusty followers. Like /;/ good 8-übjects, however, they determined ///^rst/tq/ as-certain ■ the; jaw On the subject, /; Md/^ere ; infOTmed lhat they must not use ///^y^ce^to/induce the lady to return to ;/y/iheic s^^ it was ////not bo much V the lady he cared abont, nor A/yyet the/blanket, but it ■ was the: idea of his jif/f/digniiy/ being so insulted. However, he ////remarked, that ■:<. he -would* not transgress ////the/1-awj Vif,the V lady bad not been within / yyi dur/bpu^daries; he would have seized her,:; V/.-J "hut/as'Jit'VwasV he would try the power of / /persu^ / :take: place, and thfe gallant who haa caused / /all the mischief will pay something as Wu / /for this .-, wrong,, /4nJii/.&U'/paTti^,-^ilh be / yß^t\&&^i^Aueklah^yStar,, / vVij ■ Extr^^^ Case,--- / / The .Hamiltonx Spectator, of the 1 7th J May; r^ of an adjourned inquest on V the body: of the girl. - ; . Clara J. Davis • The Spectator says that VtheVsinaple story of this/ child, whose life ////■waßV/B^'ddeijly.-.cut' short, as told by her / siaier, a baby; of still tenderer age, is quite J / affecting. The two had bWn left alone in ry the house, whilst their , mother went out yy to give music lessons, and the elder child, ; . , np% ■deceased, happened accidentally tb break a lamp glass she was engaged in Z jsleainng,; c^^iW^teyerlsHall Ido ?J shall /% c£tch/it£' ; exclaimed i the frightened child, who/thereupon J went into: the front room, yy and told/h^/siste^npt; to come in. What A ZetoeV did; there-is not satisfactorily proved, v / bUtfthejyounger child seems to have bad / an /idea- on the subject, for before her AY sister/entered ishe/hbticed three packets /of niicp/powder/(or vermin killer) behind : Vth"e/r-pipck/;.ih'/ the front room, and found xy that two packets were gone when deceased •/; Jycame^ut pf Jhatrropm;y She taxed Clara A/ ; witfi taking/ the powder, and the latter a "denied/doin^ minutes A; afte^ convulsions set iv, /ahd/the deceased girl,.; after; lingering for / *■•*-*, abOtii/six/hpu^ /Thia child had not been subjected to violent Ayilli'iißag&,/for;not/a scratch was found upon ■V; y i^ylbMyy The/jury returned an open :/ --l verdict^ Vto/the effect that death arose from :• strychnine, but>hpw,; or by whom ad///minißtered the.re= was.no/ eyidence to show ; / /attaching a rider V settings/forth that, in ytheir opinion,: from ;the /small quantity of /: ys.trycbnine taken, the. dose would not have. y been fatal had the body of the deceased /• b/een better nourished. ; The deceased was 'Aa^./ph/iidZ/of-VVquick susceptibilities, and a woman in i experience. - -A- . -y .-//'/AS/plid gentleman, has just passed away ..-..a ih/Ani.erica/ who, ; it seems-, claimed /the Vright to sit on/ the throne of England/ / ". The/ Ne-w J 'ork. Herald reports the death in/that city pf William Vßysam Grade, in a .his sey.eu.ty-first year. For fifty years, L ///-says/the./^craW,_ ; Mr- G-racie. believed - him;vZ/Belf.;'to.v;:Se//.th;e'/iinear descendant of the •/:^ //great and iinfortunate as well as royal y houses of Stuart and SObieski, and many // "^ Europe and AEurope/had ah abiding faith in his claims to the throne* of, Great Britain and Ireland. / /Mr/'^r^cie,'-Awho';palled; himself William the /Fifth pf;vEngland, was not unlike the late r Mr.. HbAce Greely in appearance^ but "his features' an were of the ti,ue i Stuart stamp.'' It is perhaps as well J that*: be/never succeeded , in establishing • his claim to the Crow he is > : -y : described /V'as ■■^being in manner a perfect /gentleman^; fujiof courtesy and chivalrous //notions^ and courageous in character, as no : Stuart/ everi faiied</td: bej v it is doubtful whet^yfrpmV his habits and temperament y;/heywpuld ever/have made a good constitutional monarch. Under his pillow; for years"? be had concealed an old rusty one-//-barrelled pistol and a huge clasp-knife, J/withwhich/he declared he would defend hw/life a*|ainßt the entire English : army. Jff*c6nversatibhh pf/the' practicability of landing , troops at different, /points to march to London and seize/the i Tower with the Crown jeWels: and the regalia^ and he also, "when under the influence of 5 liquor,? ha 4 a mania for i bortpvping money for which he really had / /no heed. V: About" twelve months ago he -/had- a^ difficulty >with a man 'larger than //himself, and who is not more than thirty;/five years of age, It occurred in the I /Washington Hotel. "The commingted blood of Arabella Stuart and John Sobfes^j A rose to fever heat," and the aged monarch" ; knocking his opponent flat on the ground' | V choked him vigorously. T^he remains of /William V. now rest in Woodlawn CemeAteryoAVy:.,AyA ;.._- --aDobing the/ last year there left the port *i yof/jNewc^^ /pur authority, the Post) for New Zealand A232Vvessels, carrying 101 ,605 tons 0 f eoaV to Wellington. These v^" t-. - A ;„ *v.« ! Zport 'of NewcastV -isels^paid m the j • :; -J-i a* y. x 7 * for tonnage dues, ! pilotage, harbor ,"*, A j s . jrtuai Bslod. E. ' - and light dues £2491 pi-obabl- -eh of these 252 vessels would fn'./j disburse £150 during its stay J Newcastle, making the following ■ amount paidZout of New Zealand to New .•' South Wales — Present cost at" Newcastle, V 12s) per V ton, for 101,605 tons of coal, - £60,963; dißbursementß of vessels, say £150 each, £34,800.— T0ta1, £95,763.

The Editor of -one /of/ our /exchanges/ has just.'^d-»his/-.fa^ily■.\BlDior'bed,' and makes the following remarks;— " Ring out , wild bells — and tame ones too— ring out the lover's moon— rring out the little slips and socks— ring in the bib and spoon; — ring out the musti— ring in /the nurse jr— ring in the milk and water;— away with pens, paper, and ink— my daughter, oh my daughter!" There is a great excitement amongst New South Wales Freemasons through the Bishop of Newcastle having prevented the Masonic ceremonies at Captain Beck's funeral. : j It appears that the cost of the/ recent; l outbreak of small-pox at Sandhurst, in-" pluding the compensation awarded to ihe persons whose J property w.as des troy cd* for ' Jthe purpose of^stamping out the disease, amounted to about £700. I The Russian expedition to Khiva met with a mishap at the outset. Tbe railway train, in which was the advance column, . stuck fast in the snow in a mountain pass, at no great distance from the "starting place, and bad to be dug out by a detachment following eleven days after. ;An old farmer "said to his sons :— " Boy's , don't you ever spekerlate or wait for something, tq turn up; You might just at well go and sit down on a stone in the middle of a medder, with a pail 'twixt your legs, aod wait for a cow to back to you and be milked .".J / r, . Juvenile Despebadoes.— Tho Paris correspondent of lhe Times writes : — The /most singular, recent criminal developement is„ that bf the youog « Che v aliers ./-of r the Casquette Noire," This was a band of 15 young robbers and murderers, including two women,/ of which the leader was a boy of 14£ years old. Nearly' all the members of the band were under 16, .the idea being tbat when captured tbe worst jthat could happen to them would be to be sent to a House of Correction. They wore a black cap with a red cross of recogni-. •tion, and were obliged by their rules to ■carry each a naked poignard concealed in their clothes. They are already ; charged with 76 robberies with violence iand ndurder, the plan being to get the j girls to decoy passengers, into quiet ; corners, where ihe boys -used to ' murderand rob them. It seems that the youth Gellinier, wbom the others called captain; /though only 15, inspired the greatest terror, owing to the ferocity of his character among bis comrades, being only equalled jin cruelty by his young lieutenant Renault. With characteristic baseness, instantly on beipg arrested Gellinier denounced all the rest of the gang, thus aiding in their /arrest, and being careful to point put those, who, in his opinion/ were the woVst. He exhibits the most hardened indifference, and seems quite convinced that his only ■punishment will be the House of Correction. It seems, however, tbat although under 16, the jury will be, called upon to : decide whether or not he had reached i years of discretion*, and if they find* tbat his youth does not render him irresponsible for crimes which seem to have been inherent in his. nature from his earliest .childhood, be/and his /accomplices jv;ill; : suffer all the penalties which the. Jaw would, under such circumstances, inflict I upon, men. -.'// /• ,-.