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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 109, 8 May 1874, Page 2

Some of the Chiueae passaagers by the Tolcatea, says an Ofhgo contemporary, sre evidently keenly "fel|ye to the advantages of trade. A numuer of them paraded the streets ye3terdoy, offering for sale highly-ornamented slippers, baskets, . • Silk-handkerchiefs, and knick-knacks o't' va^ous kinds, A small crowd collected occasionally, «ud the Heathen Chinee contl'ived to make a few sales. When the-sderaand was good, tbey asked and obtained " three bob" for small white silk handkerchiefs but when buyers were few. they were satisfied with 2a 6d. Among the articles offered for sale were several rings, composed of a greenstone not very unlike the New Zealand jade, but of a lighter color. We believe that these rings aro much prized by upcountry damsels in Otago, who wear them as bracelets.

Arthur Orton in Newgate. — Alderman Sir Kobert Garden has visited, as ono of the visiting magistrates, the convict Arthur Orion in his cell, in Newgate. Sir Robert found Orton engaged in picking oakum in the cell, that being ths accustomed task to which every prisoner sentenced to penal servitude is invariably suhjected after conviction, preparatory to hia reraovnl to his permanent place of confinement.' The convict, for the first few days, wore the clothes iv which he appeared on his trial. This is contrary to ail custom in Newgate, but in this case, irom sheer necessity, a departure for once was made from the ordinary rule, for the reason that there waß no prison dress in Newgate capable of being adapted to the convict's leviathan/ dimensions. Orton is said to have been in very good spirits, all things considered, and to have entered freelyf and of his own accord, into conversation with the visiting magistrate, saying in effect, among other things, that surely " the people of England " would never submit to what be called the injustice which had been done him on his trial. The convict, on his arrival at Newgate, having stated in answer to a routine question, among others, that he w-as a Roman Catholic, was "excused from attending the ordinary religious services in the prison on Sunday. The prisoner stoutly refuees to answer to the name of Castro or Orton, but willingly responds to thßt of Tichborne. He has sicca been supplied with his prison dress, which consists of a light brown woollen cloth blouse, knee-breeches, ribbed worsted stockings, common leather shoes, and a cap with a little--knob at Ihe top without a peak. He has been closely Bhaved and had his hair cropped. His shirf-sleeveß measure/ thirty-seven inches round, the muscle of tho arm being twenty-seveu inches, while round the chest he is fifty-Bix inches. He does not pick anything like the portion of oakum allotted to him ; his fingers are somewhat delicate, and the tar is very trying.. He has hitherto maintained completesilence, and considering all things, takes kindly to the skilly. When his new dress was brought to him lie appeared to falter a little, but soon regained bie^ self-possession, gome of the police who accompanied the prisoner from Westminster to Newgate have stated that in the first instance he exhibited a certain stoicism, but before he arrived at Newgate bepan to show symptoms of depression. Ho was silent while on his way, speaking but twicp, and theu only remarking on the heat of the van; presently adding that it was almost too much for him. The prisoner has a wife, who has not 'lived with him recently, and four children, the eldest seven years of age. It is proposed to raise a Bubßcription for them — Home JYews.