LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 141, 13 June 1873, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL.

The Council met at -oC^clookl vMr Iyess moved : — " That this Council etrongly :disapproves : of ..the: .expenditure under thei htad. of A Cori J ti.ngen£kjSTofTjthe item* J v A'ntiWeiiar^itfn'^l^ 1 1'?^ "83,' ' U it appears that this sum was for a purpose entirely^ foreign |o |th| functions of the 8 ExecutWe I Governm^Kf thik Province, and had for its object the simulating of ,constijtutio,nal. pppujar ..actum, rby, a means calculated to" cast ' discredit upon this Province,- Yipjiv-'Cofltejj within it a feeling of distrust in' ouV institutions." He thought that th~e"~resplution was perhaps^infthe^wpjng b]aiid|t,\agd qlher memo&rV-of longer st^ndln^in^ilie CJotincil ; should have taken the matter up, but as none of them x; ap ! p i earea toVbe disposed to do so he had placed it on the paper. Some waggish individual* ha nqticed, had been tampering with hi|.re%ftluiioD, and putting it into a different form; this might have been the work of an 1 , ex-member of fhe Council, who had received £28 for his ;sejv^c|Efl imob^ajning| sipnntiur|ps,<pr of the jefiitorpof tUetEyeMfk M a M> Js 1 i° wJjiop^ ; ever of these two so called gentlemen it iwasowingj he«was nofeitmbe^eterr^d from lexpresßiDg his opinions, and as he believed, those of thousands of others. He could not tod sftb!ngly condeffiii 'the: acEib&V of the Government, which had thought fit to dip its Hand's deeply "intb^ne^Treasury chest for the purpose -of obtaining signatures to the^ant^sep^raliQjirpetUio.ni, He wanted to be assured that Bucbtathing should not happen again, and expected the ;of •"■ f tbb fr ' • ; gfila'flil'ds" f : in'emberW !in the step he,>rJkai :: taken. The amount expended - upon this petition, nam^ely^, ..£^B7,, w.puld have gone a long way 1 towards ' Supplying the much needed tracks- Jn_Jjha. out . .districts, and would have been much more profitably expended upon ttfenil vlf it had been knqwn;; how; {the jajgnatu^es |h;a;d;,. l?oen'ioK- c i tamed, the petition would have lost much of its, force,, . -He, would r r f un .^ver sqme- ; of the'n'ames'oVtbe'iyt. K TherV w'a^ihat'of Mr Franklyn, an old servant of the Goverriment;i wholhai] feezed ifiSOj^Mr t W. White, an ex-member of the Council, j€2Bv^tbe"re Wjaß'fenotiier- whblwasa^Bomifaee"' and connection of the Provincial Secretary, Mr J. Knyvett, and his being employed did 'mot JYefle'dt^mdcKricredir •upo'H iimttfi officer; there wasMrHibble, the collector of dog taxes. and. educatioiurates; and Mr fe^Burn, who ns at,the r time. of Hhß CUnciFald'WnoleiriveTlib'g S--to be accounted for by the supposition that there had „b«eu—a -- large..- consumption of spirituous beverages on the road. Qffiqerft[.,£o£, i( x the ....^GiO^fi^mentj,,,, h,qd been employed in ' this work whose situations wouM^^e be^^f jeopardised by the dismemberment of< thei <pr«SVibbe, and it was no wonder that they did their best to obtain s'ig'naVare'B'; 'e r^'e^i¥' : so'fne'bf v them were procured u'ndeFffilse pretences. His resolution^ :was -not worded^m'a Har'sh^ manner, and, although he did not think it, would-be passed, 1 he bad- n^-hesit&lioH E fn* moving it. . Mr ,Q''Cohob seconded the, resolution.^; The Secre'tM^ would not speak to the resolution, pat i-pnlv^ to the manner in which it had been proposed. On^several oc^Biop^j^l^jlyess,^^; thought fit 1 to make attacks upon the Governmept,- sometimes , in an amusi^gJ^; absurd', sometimes in an insulting way. He b,ad to^t hfisitated. to acpusAiAitbejf members of the Government of all that was base,tUnd,*'ciw'- ! ihiisi;Jimp«tttUoiis -J&A*.' minated in a.^arge tba,t,they had dipped their hands ''into Hhe" :J Prbfincial chest. insulting and blackguardly langoage, but iie^, trusted KWmtK#ea /1 wi9914: learn that that was not the way in which business was Usually 0 c6nS"ticred in this Council. M^j^i^^EßTppSs^^.pngly condemned the language and manner of the mover of the resol¥tron > ,'wEo*had adduced no 1 argumenf&f n its fav6ri(W| appeared '-ifl be actuated limply by a^dlsire to make political capital;: ited'; to 1 create arfeeHbg" of nastiness in the Council. Mr Donne thought "Mt } klthoop o there' k nligh } t be some- Blight) '.tnodicumv <ofv i seftsea '.fn.uthe resolution, that was not the time to discuss. be meant mß'&jfrepdniwKtch;^ 'estcfaJhe goldfields members^, nevertheless he was prepared fearlessly o to / p J iiV r nil !7: f'eto upon it. The lamentable.: ignorance? of facts displayed by the. mover ; was.only equalled by the indelicacy that had characterised the speecfe i^Swb^i ft|wgji^in ( |rjdu^. The manner. ) in^ wj^ich l|r Xvess had treated the'resibrutidir ! ms A such as to render ifcTtoJjally Q^w<Jit^y"oJ|th^^6iiflifl6r| ation f 8f" me Obrftcll. k -MTrfer Kelmng hoped that theV<3bbn6iU wouiaUreat the ; resolution with contempt. .The shallow did^ nol uj^^fltaralLtl.ela}^o^f aucl. of the question of the dismemberment of the province and the. nec&BßHy tuax existed for taking steps4Q_ pr-QTen tsi itvi nMn iQ'JSonok regretted .ihe, intempe/ate way, in T whieh^ the ■^solution-' had Yew disctissdd. ■ ? "He qbite^lcanfiiirred^ ;_with the.. ......state=_ tdent that thfi^j je^gendituije () incurred tijres tp jtb^jjpetition was ui^cpnstuutiona^j and unsrisef > and a^HdiHetedit .lo the Province, and he fsaredu^rec.uW'ence of it, since an agitajiog on residents on tne goidneld% o^as sure to occur i again, and he did not-4bink the Governfment wer§ juß.^fie<Jx ifl. upptf thet 1 public funds to check it. He was opposed

tb any dismemberment of the Prbyince, but thought that any public move in the direction of ; obtaloine ' it -should nol be stopped in (his iMm' Th^S?aß aj^eat and unnecessary traaiSderstiyilng bStiveen : the residents on^tne the tw^sides ofHhe ranges, which he was sorry to. see, as if a better understanding prevailed, there .would not be,; half so ranch claptrap ] talked. HeitUoujiM tbjbt the hea| di/played by Mr'^esi in moving the "Tesolu-'" tion was excusable, because he was deeply interes.te,d in . tho question of separation, and, naturallyV did not" 1 ike to see the Go* .^rument,-fltep ; pLng in with the public 'ftfnds" to 'oppose^bim. Id a matter of this kind he thought he ought to be fought with proper- and -leg ttiraate weapons only. Mr Gißits did Do^jtipprotye.pfi the|course adopted by the J&^vWnm^eni> .but would not. supporit^iyi'jfe^qiulipDf should; not vote at alii " Mr Burn said. that Mr Ivess was qntirejy riesgonsib.^ fqr any b^dxspiritjlji^t had been introduced. inta^tM^BleoWsiprir He did n.Qt)re;membei? ever having heard a resolution" proposed in so objectionable a f tpQ.e,;asfl.:roanne.ri: nHad<Mr dvess idesired to obtain?B>faiK f ©xpregsronTr6m^the Coun-^ ; cil-fofbttlieir.ttpinlbhlof : -the-'cpurse>pUrßiied !by the Government/' 'Ke ; Bh'6uld^ : inTme-' /diately after b^inrng-'ih^^reiurns, haye : m^lll^X^^t^ * v 'ot ! e 'of .".■* censure. Mrj | disapproved Ojf the.expendiiiice," ! h^ f tMoßktt6ltlfeat r th^d.(?u J ii^U t ''ha"d' 5 /alread^ e^pre>s,e,ds iKpPJP. 1 !? 11 ?'-? 111 !;^." 9 " matter, f.,iHe ; 1 wduWi «nd& r-'vWte - for.rithe'^e'solutiOn^i^Mr ■■} j Mr Reid approved P'f -the%i ! nut'e Ve^n'o^ i thought that Was -discernible- in the resor'btf« Hrftany 7 °d\sapproved of the : -m^^p§rji^^hic^.^ig||ad(^igje?3&~rpugh.tffqr£. ;ward, wb^Jf wa,s qqk,e)BuMotent to datnu^ iany chance of jib,': might have had. The virulent and strong expressions on personal .matlersA. made -Use lof by the ! mover were only ?Voriby'bf what Austra- ! lijiPtSiS?.QoJdt^c.aUi'a:"«orrobboree " between'^ I two old -washerwomen, neither the spirit nor the letter ; .bgiflg'^r ] n The,: i principle involved in the! resolution thajU ■■ popular j'sbe /aUo^ed to I exhibit itself without.. being checked by Government expenditure;- was%sound one, i but .the spirit Jin which it fras moved ! entjrely_pi i eveiQle.d .its_.receiving support, at . jthe hands^of, ,the JpouncU. jEt, Rooked as las though'the reaomti^& were moved merely ifor^the, sake. ; of//na^iflg political- capital} il icou.ld^;eerviß! poiigo.od purpose; k and ttfei jman-be^ttf it 1 11-Was' 1 -Was- t; Worded:' 'was 1 ; '^ 'great dealiW i tryin'g't6"ftfry" I nia i n' J '6f iO mere'' jordi'nar'yiihtelligence. Mr. Ivess, in reply, Isa-fd- that after- 73 ttie i "bGJffetings^h'e^hM received, be still rose to the surface ■Possiblyph^iihad iioot ? ;colpfin r g}£hre r that his shots'" 'should bo adminietered moro delicately, ibujt it^^hjßj :^©ipe4 jo.i fifctyuife' i fcy -ipracttc'ei'?: ;He had taken; $ ( strong) part^ in the separation petition, and. had been much jan^Qyjejl $$ fiftd-jthf GAverjimenti;c-p^)Osit»^s 5 h imi: oJii4te6fci VtWrgtobftc'-^f uhdsj i:iHe't«had^ honestly and fearlessly discharged "his" ;duty an'd ls 'he '^BVievi3d :Tr th ! e ! b ! ulk ro 6f v the people were wit ( h^him." Ijt might fairly be contended,*as ha^ b'^n^o'qW t^afc hapught!to^have^br^|hj^^a^tlie! 'resblution earlier ia^tli^^essipnjbut^forjrpot .d f puig so he had a'reasbn whica.at (he proper time be should con|eßSj-v]tq{^his constituents. He thought that, if his.resQlutigitt h,a.d jiot,beep,^expressed in, ip^e,Uigtble language, it was the duty of other, members to suggest - tbe^nficassary .alterations^ rnHe-bAped that - the whole of the vituperation had now been let .d^iand Hh&i JafjterYthWdivfs'ib^ the members of the Council- would be able to^ meM(againnin a^frieri'dlV' fepiritS ii i-^ ! H l o ) ]r^s T 6^l } lul^n i %a^ ir the^i|p l Sjrtf , tji^, fpj%|ng ; * resuU :~AyeV2; Messrs O'Conor .."Jan.d'ij p Ivess. Noes, 14; The Pr.ov ; in,c-j.a|^.§qHcitor, Provincial! j Secretary,, , '.Messrs,,. .Tarrant, ■ gonne, .& O. felling, Sbephard, Piji^rtoDjj^^pness, \ Wastney, an.^jM^emahon* — Mr Burn m^ve^":— jg^.jiifl^g^jpr the [ puperintendent be requested to pay out of~ the vote o| B (^ontingencies the sum of £25, ' |or expeJaaea.. incurred at the anniversary pf^je^pjvi.njjejFeb. 1, 1873." IMr iaßLßßS'liiD^leconded the resolution. , whioH was opposed by^Mr "Wlstne^ l^! r T 'P'Gosroß-, Mr Ivess; and Mr F. Kelling. vinci«r^¥bTexary, •raeA'iTOVilkcialSbndiiiSr, i Messrs Shephard— ao^oßuFn, Noes 7; Meesrß Gibi>^,r^jwiiaho^,;t;Baigent, F. Kelling, 0 Conor, VTastney, Ivess, and •Tarra^Qq^^^ pf the, P^oyiN^ Cial Secretay", it was resoly.ed:~=" That, member fo^GlbflHgalßay^lforaKe'i'abTe and ~ in. >w hjqkl ksMtWXU iorme a the duties of Chairman of Conamittees^—ThW l 2®pV!sf lfMoti'' 5 fiill was read th¥ sa^oiid''irmfe; committed; read ! th6 third time and passed.-— The Council .then . adjourned until this morning. ' : ' -,B3O>i:3ai«ssJt .4TATI?VI Mr O'Conor moved, " " Thathis Honor tl ie. (s^et^telnldQi r f'j^J>r«flpe^»rulis* t'requested to apply to the General Govern^aad report as to the be,st ; fBa i eaQs;p£. pro< tecting^he^-riyer bapk<at Westport, and at the. same time-to Jumish an estimate as to the COSt." r> Tl[e | PBO^INGr^jSE^PBTABT seated that the Sup|i^ntendent had already telegraphed to,, the General, government oh WW\WK tf-iOn • mdUßnV«ig^T !^ l |L''^4¥£R^ ft&o EdnnMM^^U^M third tiime. — Mr.O'CpWR wdvjd. :r^" That the thanks of thfe^&anctl bVl^aefed to Mr Jf W;^attoff~MmeMt6glcal and Analytic^ r Ojhemist, Nelion^foi^hil f ui|^arie[dpffort^ in bringing to light and illustrating the _v^ried and abqn'dlnWmiaeMVlp^oaiicta of this Prov4njßeK/partlioaiKrly//fpp. the^vefry wable j>,apers r submitM4 hy him on thei lsubrecir^to^V I Toint~c*6Tnmittee " ~x>f '" both HoBfeSSOoiH ttie^^M'iraaAs^mW : *t" Wellington." Asgfe I e)i x> t^ 6b L i division o^ If jfp §« Mr the- resolution. — Q& 7 r&f a 0 " of Mr vftonor the Superint^^e^jbii. requested to | again bring under' the attention of the

-.General Government; the necessity; gexists "for .eatly^tion in providing^the ' |Charl|stoa district with a cheap and female |sup^Pp^.w4|r^%'' : _> - :'.' '■/-.:■■ - .^l'.r •;,-.-. ;^_ % ' :: M '"'■■i^^^P+®A^ 10N '''- " ■■■' '.?L.” : \f--- l -'-~--S-~ *\ )^s;^ U perinteudeut entered^bef pounq^'C/hmmber^.' and prorogued theXJpuncii in "'.the fallowing '- speech :— "; '■■•■^.'' " y t- £'..-■■■■ ■ - I have assented, on bftAalf of his Excellency Jbe GoverDor^f/thejfollp.wing Acts passed in your present session'. An Act to amen/X the Nelson Highways Act 1 672. An Act to augend 1 the Impounding i ;& Aa. Ac^ie^eii^ the Cattle Trespass ; /__"*"■ 'Act. K> ".'.''_ "■'" ,'".''"'' ■..".'".*.. ;.'i 1863. , ' -:>'."-■ , ; ,:. rA)^a^A^t'io-ponßti^te-^ißtricts/wi^hj|n ; v .j ;! >t, J;Ke,, } .^Jspn,:G.oldfiolds/ : and io _| ' -;?!.: i.;i ; appropriate a.'portion T of the 3?r6-----i w.> Vinciaf EeVenue'-tq: the WakiuJ I t and maintaining of"?ufhVib 'Work's i tlierein 1 ; ■ , " -. ' < ]thp Revenue VmSfceiProvince of Nelsoii'.fGf the . ---_.*?: ■'.'n- y&vter&ihg^ihb'Hhtfijf-QtiaiLd&j .-ixui.-j/r u^f I j44feiir« l^e;';j^kii.^*§i eight ! .b a u i n.^r ) e i d ; ,an4jßeve'nty-ifpur I have reserved : the'fpllowing Act for the ejgnifilSation of "his" Excellency's pleasure thereon,^... ..., { _„.,,.„ ,: , An Actito alter th^^Eleciorardistricts and, number of 'members of thy i t>\ ' JPjroyiincial Qotin^H of Nelson. \ icJ.i trust that:7the,: varioua measures you ; KWe "g^spd; granting lqcol ; c^titf ol,pvjer the ia,^jrpj^ri|t|pQ i; .pr a ; .fixed y. proportion of | re.v^nae;/locßjiy^.rAie«ddtD .the:!inhabitantS ;of the Goldfields, giving increased repreisenta^oia^infyOuriCtuiJcft) tb:thoߧ Slistpicts, and 7 amending,the,Ed : ucatipn,Act, will be iproHuctiv-eoi beneficial effects-by removing jcftUJgsAdf : disunion' amongst lthff ipeople^ ■of the province. ■---■••- -.Th.^iiresotutiioris/yda' sba cocdially' agreed r ! to : >in I reference f> to the: corietroctiori of * a^ railway thr.p.ugh the heart; of^iifef Province, ;fteF6Mri.to o ßru^p^-^te iihmediately.comofuqiic.aliedtby.irafttotble Colonial ,Govefnmentj?and ; "I : rely upo» ; 'the merits of the ; i^qogpsalHasianj essential Imeass. of .colonisation in ) „th|s ;>^r : ovi ( nc9,/ i and as one important link irL the chain of communica-

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: SM^llt^fi^?W^i4i 1 ? 1^ 'pafeso the Jjiiosei^bdro^btfitis^d for l^^p^r^mis^P^are^nb^n to you^audcto usl fee ;^itcOM,ntered lay you in, the |o§B^ri^?bJ^ i depe^^e^ceiU^n; thie^Divine pror T^itn^\,tno wisdpm; that^ V**\ Sj^jmg^ppir^ttiaufcvrihe ) clerg-y fori lhs Jformnjjr^Hera/d, alluding £'£ta^l?e^^^ So %^f edjsf tl|Jg|p|F§^ly; ; pa^ifi^djCit^s hard .on, a mission. rej^^naiprp^^Bbiaiiiy^ *a^hiliif r to tb^ ir? Cnatiyea^LlßwmWo'bV tqlten eecaped with 'i_m-' Wcfespjrit of the New Zsa4 i|landißaj9;sjge ; j^tij^nv^^d by^he;pativ,cßi ,> : o r jttri^n'n less tMjate outrages are efFecldally; ?; • cpn|i;csiled r anaifßUjflipreHfie^? th'e^pMilion of : -more complicated j ! 6eritain . ;;^^rei^ja'njdj,;i(^t|iif B^)^^ cb^ncped; "ii : :^'iWijK^Jb^^"4ecided : ly a" atep^iriithe; 1 right ': piairectiorii^ Tfar'teM ga^Ktip^wpf^thef f |^JLej?^f^sadboej^hp^o«*c : t Bymp^thise| ::^ native =aribe^ ." is : lliinspK)Dibie s ;%'esuife" r bfi f^ |i tic^r e- hbpe 'on '.ine part ? pf^9»any cplp^?^! s ( V^^oilriind; grad iially agree^lK^t^MftHeyi f WHhdrti^l I^KelvEngiish :Wfj&s tffof; 1 of bourse^ ter-1 i : i j(^pypr^ of; therefore,' lewiil be; J^|^inW^|{reßp^|^fc|by^he';w &i H |^i^^ei^^Jyeh ,ifosi;pvQseoutaiaby| i*|iaew^9K,^ndtforyt&e'^ -'employs d^ Ki«p!)s;fl-/.a-^c: j 'S^jswJ^g?fg^ give's^ fth : e ; t)fV^ cojSy 'eVgatiptf Wpf}} } e Ht^^pk I /\iif~^^vJ?^rjgri|^ttn<ie};^;'^eicu<fiees/batM page; v I : .:_*'- <.;lin»i'i n' in ' ■„tf..*i ■■•JV{> •■<-fi»' !-tf/> .-'? i' t ;-. yiirt'"'.': ' :?M^^^^^^>Pt/^!^We&ry% 'llife^ii^er^agV- 1 f<''^j^e^p|f4thjejiiy6r as Iprie.Hjft^h9?:m6ffli formidable \ ■J :^ ca.iißes^6f dangerous diseases^ and the raopt?pro- [ •' : %lific£bf those melancholy fbrbodings, which are ' ; ft i^ote^Sill^flctrmagi^l^^ « J^e^ve fohyo -j^fixeespiyjß; -\ heAfe iropure-natmosphere, ; '^C^XtS^A^^l^iPT^^An^iifi^ exeitemfint;i /The i^^fifli^ha^ I'frflm/^ojl^ v ;<energy of the intellectual faculties andirfe^i^ithfe j memoryii ;,ißjfe<^)fen|#ely studying the j "?' feynstrjic^tions'aiul obediently,' putting them iv "I &> ■pra^ti^^tK^'ffi^fr^pndCfft wiliioon ,feel» pbn-r ggMentipf-a p;erfect r recoye^ l^ i '^; i5/!rnf ' ;j - :u \ptt \

toll you what hae been "'pan* Wfo^M^:'9^xM}^Z^P.iA^f§^ andi days to the settlers of ;Canibridge---and mark now, it is mainly a Bettlers* question— are about to erect a line of redoubts, each of which ." iibeen thinking^ that; it wjth tfie, « cisi»b(ißb|Mfeiii of these, the Government : /-ah : : .Act- making ifc/a'abis-j - demeanor for any European to sell articles t"p£ presjs^fobd, -utility, or luxury s: in fact, prohibiting all intercourse between the races till such time as the Maoris -- should r come tp; submit en ma«^ to the Queen's authority; and that any native found in any European settlement, or within a pro-, claimed line, shall be dealt with according, to law. Such a law would do more to change the Maori bearing than any thing, bebause, as a rale, they caniiot do withoofe European articlea. Many there are who. may, but to deprive them all of obtaining what they have been for years accustomed; to, would entail an amount of misery such '*'; "as • would do more to force a permanent pence than /all the fighting you can do in; ; the island, even if you could: increase ybnrj presentforce tenfold." ■* JTeiy -said ; >l,ki '? that would be reversing the * flour >n<3[; -sngar policy 'with a vengeance, and server' to illustrate the old law that ' extremes do] £; sbinetimes meet/ 7 *« Yes,'? said he, " you \ are Wright, .your policy/ hitherto has! b^ejß;toihe^;gi^.for /which jyou neither: .- exacted ,- ?noi^- expected L a-return, till ; you I have killed one of the noblest instincts of |. map, namely, gratitude $ till lt has become; a by- word. It was not always so. I well remember when the wildest native could manifest the most gratitude for a kindness i done to him, and was- ready to give you , ■. the [best he had in return^ ' A Hkaetless Cseditob.— A eaaa th at from the facts before the court, appears to ; disclose one of the most heartless transac- 1 tions ever perpetratedp was heard by his ] Honor Judge Pohlman this morning. II | , was an applicatiori for the discharge iof a j : • perspn nami^ J^bert Buchanan ; who had ! been T arrested on a warrant isaoed under a l fraud summons; at> the instance of a credi:to^^atnedj^amest Cam^ron^ the v fraud '■ aammonß having been issued on an order : ■^forfthV^jpiaymehfc/pfvXqsto''.' in an action. v The^ warrant for the arreat of Buchanan i h>^;been placed in the hands of Crawford, j one of the court baliffs, but he, haying heard that the debtor had been very ill, Vand also that he bad sick children even then irt the house, declined: to execute it. Mr Cameron, however, insisted that t^e officer ahoold do hia doty , and thereupon 'Itlw^htte^pjoceededi with him to the \ house ;^,:of Bochapan. They - found a Mourning coach at- the "door, and learnt that one of the debtor's children had died on the previoDß day, and that it was just ab^atiio be buried. Even in ! the face of this CJameron desired thex>flicer to proceed execution of the warrant, even : «if is rendered the attendance of the father at the grave of bis child impoeeible. To his honour be it said, Crawford positive refused fe do; anything of the sort, and Buchanan was conseqaently allowed! to go tbjlhejiuneral. Still Cameron was determined, and having kept the officer at the house until the funeral returned, had his anfortanate debtor arrested there and then, and walked off to gaol. This morn- ' ing an application was made by Buohanan's wife, and on her affidavit snd that of the bailiff, his Honor Judge , Pohlman , ao ting f nndet Vthe^utlip^ ordered the discharge ?of v the prisoner,— f^niaCj^ Times, alluding to the recent attack by natives on thV^^isiriy says j-^ "At the time that the enemy was making pretensions of soro-ing he was* preparing ; to j^W^he JKng f 8 forces, which intention he put into practice on Monday morning, The c sortie: was from Naqali, and was made against the Naitisiri division ,^liloli:'v%»;' giiite ■: taken by surprise, and the majority chowed enough uPW«enee^of mind to ran away. % Thoße Vyfe®f?l^. attaoki however, did "• W^l^^Wßit^n:?:'|a>;-;niake the i : ' bighesds' retreat, «ome seven of them being •- kiliedVi besides a iiamb^r wounded; Foor of the * ; jrilledjto^fejUJ in the Naitieiri camp were . t decently buried ; but eomc i'of tfa : M^S"§. allies i;\(a^. heathen ■as Navuj noqana)' thinking it fi shame that so much - good meat shoald go to waate, afterwards came and dug up and eat . the bodies. One of the Naqßli chiefs, who felt in the eiigagment, was buried with old Fijian honors, his wife and daughter, father and ™<$» ci » ; Mpg? ;Btranglea^ v and buried m the same grave with Mm." .'. A^ a man a»/colbnei/^ says a Philadelphia paper, :^s>|p: convey the idea that he is of a mild r meek,, and benevolent disposition. It i§ ; also an evidence that he never was a soldierVi For ins^c^v/iwe:; may recall

some of the colonels , of Philadelphia. , There are Colonel = Forney, Colonel M'Clare* Colonel M'MichaeV Colonel Scott, Colonel Mann, Colonel Fitzgerald, Colonel Phillips, Colonel Green, Colonel Fitz. Of what regiment? Api ye. • might mention many gentlemen of. high standing who have never been in ; the 1 army, end can only be called « colonel ' ad' & tribute to their antipathy to blood. If every colonel were a soldier, the standing army in Philadelphia would be a manaee to our liberties. Their number is as great as it was in San Francisco, to which John Phoenix bears witness to the following ! story s— The 'steamboat was leaving the wharf and everybody was taking leave , of friends — all but Phoenix, had no j friends to bid him farewell. Ashamed of his loneliness, as the b oat. sheered off he called out in k loud 'voice, * Good bye, Colonel !* and, to his great delight, every j man on the wharf ' took off his hat end shouted, « Colonel, good bye ! * " r Bus si an Fortifications.— The fortifications of Cronstadt, says the Eastern Budget, are being constantly enlarged. A new battery, with six moveable iron turrets, is being erected in front of the ||prt " Emperor Paul I." It 1b to be of the .same height as the Constantino battery. 2,750,000 roubles have already been expended on the work, which is to cost 3,000,000 roubles. On the southern battery (No. 4) an ironclad breastwork for nine guns is being .built at an estimated cost of 70,000 roubles; At Sebastopol, the harbor ia being cleared and deepened, so as to enable large ships to enter it; and the materials for such ships have already been sent to Nicolaeff, It is said, that the "entrance to the harbor of Sebastopol will be strongly fortified. The town itself is,,| being rapidly rebuilt, and; the population! has doubled within the last few years. Most of the new residents are Jews. Excessive Humanity.— Some members of the Austrian aristocracy, who were on a sporting tour in Turkey, were travelling one day on the railway between Tctierwoda and Rustacdje, which was constructed by an English company, but the employes of which are, for the greater part, nati?es. The train, to the great disgust of the sportsmen, who were longing for H shot at the game, which were to be' seen ■ flying about in large numbers, made but slow progress, and at length came to a full stop. One of the sportsmen, thoroughly exasperated, put his. head ..out of the window, and finding that there was no station in sight, cried to the guard, "Hallo," what are we stopping for?" " Excellency,'' replied itbe man, " point-... ing out in 'the distance several black spots on the rails, ''there are some pelicans on the rails, and we are waiting for them to fly off for fear of an accident." . A Middle-aged Man, calling himself W. F. Koaynnes, M.D., of intelligent physiognomy but seedy apparel, and wearing /spectacles, ' was charged (says' the Beaufort Chronicle J with unlawfully representing himself to be a; doctor, of medicine. The defendant, on being informed by the bench of the nature of the charge, at bbce admitted his gqiU, but insisted that he was a properly-qualified M I>. and had a diploma, r but, not one of : the ordinary parcbraeat kinfy for it was ! inscribed on the sfcin of his (breast,' the ( tatooiog operation {having been done at j Netley : Hospital, in 1364,^ when he Qualified . <,He was willing that any l ' gentleman J nominated by : the court ] should inspect j these qneerly - situates! credentials, but the court did not atf ail itself of the offer, | and told him that all the diplomas in the ( world would not. save him from a penalty if hie name was laot on the Victorian register. He was fined £5, but ' accepted j the alternate I Ararat' 1 g'a6!. : , J ' : ' " '" '' ''"J^" ■-■-■■' '■■ '-' >-' ■■'^'- - ni