A SUPPOSED SLAVER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 130, 24 May 1876, Page 2

A SUPPOSED SLAVER.

,< r ! Our telegrams ■•■ from Auckland baye- • rCeenU^ ! led us to believe that a fullblown /slji-ver,* jn}7 the 7 shape of the achooner Vibilia, had arrtvsdo at that .- port.' W;vThe i following from = the Star ■■ ? contain^ fn|ler patUoularß, regarding | tije'^l|^J, . jf|p^,,j^h^h:o , .)ir* fo^aYs^'a "draw their own coneluaibhs :— ■*/ j A mysterious schooner arrived within the precincts of tbe port of Auckland yeßteXdayZafte'rldbon/aridranchdrefdZ > hear y the Bean Rock lighthoußP. She -ii; the TihTlia, aTschooner belonging t6 "back under command of Captain J. D.* i" Beeier.* JfcouWtf tm'Wm busi.ue^s' is at pr'eaeiiV uncertaValJf T^W vessel comes into port in charge of tbe ufaie^ I^r Nalz^y, A and a crew of Kanakas. The ma te T . states that the/ > captain cai led at .Suuday Islantla on the ' 5 th, instant lor '-water jaifd went ashbre with - the supercargo (Mr M'Gregor), j-,'tfte s - boats vraio (Mr Spetlngton), and ?a , They did pot return, aad they I' -mate kept; the vessel cruising; round the.] Zialand for three days, waiting for them in vain. There was a heavy surf beating on the 'coast of the island, aod the mate arriving at the conclusion tbat the boat hai been swamped and a'l hands lost, took command of the ship and, set sail for fAuckUnd. Very > heavy! weather bos been experienced during the run to ,this. r pp ( rt/aud, the Vessel arrives ip-^ disaj)ie(i ocpnditipn,0 cpnditipn, leaiing.^iih! joilsoj', fore-topmast, stay-sail / fore-topsail/ and jib^ahd' with her mainsail splits iHer'gaff and boom ' ! bave also been carried /away: v Sheis ; av6Vybld ! craft, and fiii ; no cargo ou board. While the vessel Was beating op7Dateclive Jeffreys paid -a jvisitlt'o'iilEfr^goiog} daiWh m ;ttie ;ss&& i toms launch. When the ..detective went on board, the mate, who appeared the worse for 'liqubr/at firsteViriced^a decidedrobjecuon .tig /answer, ..hto quea-. , tions,i but.ultimateiy the officer; obtained; following remarkable admissions:*-*-; He (the mate) was a, T lieo.tenant holding her M» jest's' Commission' ia the Naval. Reserve. He had formerly owned some vessels of his own, .and lately had sold one named the Ocean Pride to Messrs Turiibulhind' Got, lo'f Wellington, ;= £1 500. Captain Beeser/ ' who had :; command of the' brigantine on leaving Sydney, was formerly iCaptain ip ope ,qf bis (the mate's) own .vessels. Besides 'ijbimaelf, tbereZ were ibrily <thez Steward; and four Kanakas op board/ The vessel belonged to'zMr Kially^btiflE" iCoUsgei ywoploop^polop,: and/ 7had ..cleared . yat .-; Guam on the I3th- Aprils the day after: he joiried- heW ; ■ She was to go to the islajjds.fojf/p^ar^jheli. ; Th^y pat • ihtej Nprfol^ D rftlaud 'ifirjit,^ -anil - il»e^apfcsin 3

and th^| sa^\n^ehi afterwards attempted t^Um#|t Sunday Islahdw went ashore. jAtySuuday Island the csptainisaid hp must get)some water; the mate told him there^Was plenty of \ w^t|^!ast\him^Ml^y got to TaNHji but he perßisted^iW r going ashore. The* parly took with them a fowling-piece, two days provisions, snd a bottle of gin. Those on board saw tbem dia.ftppear round -a /: ,prpjecting. point, and after j that? neither ,hlardrn|r saw any-l thing of tbem. The captain took pens and paper with him and told the mate and— he ■end him instructions from the shore. During tti&u<tiine ,ih6y XvrerVi Wft»i!h3fe(. off tbe.island the surf.jßras so great qn_ _ The jocks^hafnihe^ matfl"'^^'''*^^* dejrl it safe|to attempt to land, and, moreover," hi had" no 'doubt but that <the boat >had Tjapsiaedjand the occqpants'hdeA drowned. ~He khew^hat the%i— pedition was to get niggersvyHe did not Jpinhej' know : butZhlmself was decei ved^cA:^ inspection of the vessel ab6ye and^below %eMlili*SiSfearf uld;atit*\ <if.- ; rbtthonesß >t of^»i,« on - which it was doubtlesß mtendaiu to feed the slaves., /^Fhe seams of he^-jsides are creariy^a^ing^and^her timb^ iscarcely hold log e thSrv Her sails and gekr, are . in a Similarly wretehsd condition, and bow en earth the authorities in Sydney lallewed her to pass muster ls_ a pussle. It/ is difficult to* b^rrevefshe^tfl^iave had^m'uch bad tier x io^ cod tend against )r .as. she would not stand much knocking about. _-.--•- -;z">

■ The eusiay on Wesleyan Methodist chap«l«, schools, ministers, houses, and „ organs in the United Kingdom, i iau^unlfdMih 1875? jtof JEs2B,j>92, of . whJcJLMsii'SloWas raised* by" voluntary contributions. The aggregate outlay on t^e objects spWifiedhss^am^unle^ ( t.he, last 21 year|,^o £3,689,056, find the entire-debt Wt the close of 1875 fas £894,^77. s , ! A 'Very funny thing happened/ illus- 3 -trative of Chinese customs, recently Z hear/ ihe 7famousodity(«C;Hong Chow. •• ~A wealthy married Celestial, who was Zpot btajß99<£ with a sweet voiced wife, concluded to try a second ve.#|gre/jgif. the greftt lotiery. Making, .the^ac^- ; quaintance of an oily-tongued tailor l ih>ough|the medium of /a 4 pair of satin breeches he bad ortfered," he was informed there was a, perfect jdivjinity^ ) nongiag Mthe 'iufctiU fcJ&Sfofe OS«OhTi marriage-brokor arranged the wedding; I that, 6ride7 T appeaCed in tbe orthodox scarlet veil; .the beauty with the lily ; feet reiired"t6 the Paucity 6£the?Vri^«^ chamber; the anxious a"d expectant f groom.lifted/ihe Scarlet veU/adcUitf Abe place of beauty he saw wrinkles of age; she was blind and deaf and dumb; tbe posr; old hft>gy ba4ybeen| used -88^1, toolby the gay and festive tailor/ who roD-^ bed his 1 new friend of the big pile of Mexican dollars he h"d given to him tobuy:/the bridal gitts; and theufdiaap-*: peared. So much for the charming ' Ghibesecustom of taking a second wife because you dp.npt r like the first, and of taking. r |ioy ' t^f, jf^oi"** ' ; i ing at her before ttie faial hoose )s. tied. z Grematiopi which has dropped out ofsight in .England, has received /a- fillip in 'Italy ''lately^ x% A <r Mila'pese"; nam^ ! / Alberto , Keller, . i?ho} d led. 7 in ( Jfanuary,! ( 1875, left s'uWiol £2,ooo forVithe erection in Milan' Cemetery of a<fefaiple< of cremation, ih ! which ho ftp»s* his remains should be burned on tlie^ first ahniversary of his de«th. The • yCouncilj afterysomeyhesitation, gave its consent to the ceremony, "wBicIT" t66IT place - otf~f tTe~ 22rd^81t^ I occupying about an hour, during whjch speeches oh tfie adyan^gis ojhj cremation ijero.^eHfereg.^j-^j At a meeting of the " Mersey Docks ; and Harbor Board on the 17th Fe'bru""' ary, at most: extraordinary memorial wW ;rea'di ) -'"li ( NrM*!«igiW A br nb Icbl Ihan--19,000; ,doefc >lti&Werig f w < ! 'Mj&ss ihe abolition of the machinery used on_ Jhe ,dock . qaay for . the purpose af / vn 5 ,. i t loadiag vessels. ri Xh^ rj . memorialists^ { urged thst , the machinery threw %m^ , .out of 'employment, aiid coffsequertiy imposed hardships utfdri'wßfkiog men. Some, discussion |ookT place , upon. the v \meu3orial,i the PPyelty c? f .. -vr men /} j eomo lapjusemeDt. „The Secretsryiwafi^. instructed to inform ! < the /memorialists^ that jhcirpetUion, could not be granted, , Qi? n Siinday 'week, \tj»'?il'.9^*i^*P?^ Cummins performed the ceremonyiaf-j consecrating the site of a new-Catholic church at theJLyelli . <Qn theyfojlowing . .morning (says a correspondent of tbe InaHgaihua Times) abb ther littlelinei-j dent caused a sensation; 1 Directly th# boa^&Bffei&wM ijmbW/ojf &Msfr&! church, Father Cummins, and two gentlemen for Reefton— Messrs. Mackay andt O'Day-^wiShlng tosbi ve> tbEcffhOjSjnr of carrying the first' iimber' for the first 1 : church.«t}ltTi4^B;jrepCi^eiad/!*e river, snd,. .large pieoes of wood on theirjSbQulderß^ carried them up-tbe, ; steep land and all through the town to .jthe site. S^ingjthat their <b,rave sires did not emulate the noble example, and . not 'Wishing i Reefton c to ' haveiall Otfre I glory; ( th>ee of 1 thW V*dibfc''-oirffcblio£ ladies^M&fatais L %kh,;iM«te">A<f c Cullen— saUied iorjb w lapd^ getting 1 • be-* ,'tween tbem {a Jargeapiece of timber,., •carried it to the site amidst the great applause of mSny and rthe daughters^ 6fj otherk W Wh'dui °thik bfave *»cl? Wis d ' well-merite^approach. [> ",' ; Z u . 'I^J '; v lu j 7 There is meiatinggoing^ on in ..thei'/AHokUad:; P'roviooe, whlj g ' respect to -which the Thames Adverr Uur remarks :J-^ Theije \ vsras ay^aige number^ ot European visitors 'on the ground *y6Me't ,( dfit'^ Ipoludi^a 1 fiifP^oT '• 'portion of ladies. 4 .The,war f dance,,witlr I .all its horrid gesticulations and offen- . -*-or-i Au>pjfi .cj.kj'A 's...Y^i\

. . , " — : : p jnve^display, was ,gone throu^hi with^ pre^ landing |p| theXvi^ifors. |tfd'the| i, |un^tunjl|| whW * w^erped^he opposing ' , |pa® ha^fSn^toJfcCe enured*! The| ] R^^^* l6^^^^ v^sJjarbaroullin thei Aextreme. He was kicked^edffed, and" jumped upon, as a punishment tor want of speed, or rather in the exercise of that privilege whioh -Maori oustom al--Jpws.^Some of the sights and.exppsur.es Suri^th^-wild dance sw|re spxrepuls^vej i i "that "some" of the laay"visi'tSnPwere v forced to blush, aud some fairly burst -ioto-4earß"™ We-wpoder-what-bußioess-I modest women had there at all all. — \mseiaVAN