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New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 326, 10 July 1849, Page 3

CALIFORNIA -LATEST INTELLIGENCE, BY WAY OF AMERICA.

The Gold fever besets th.' press as wc'l ns Hie public. AH the newspaper columns ght er with " Gold,'' 11 Gold," " Gold." The lioslon Herald (and no o'ln-r paper has the news) thui discouisjg upon the brilliant 6hitii»» theme:*— " Highly Important from California! — Great JEu~ ri ement amontr the People! .'—Gold Region ln« cxhaxiitib^ ! ! ! "By the arrival of the barque Ariel, Captain Tudachcr, we ate p aced in possession of despatches fiom California to the veiy latest dato, anil a little later, the Ariel sa.led from Province-town on a whaling voyage, but has returned with a cargo of gold das', va'ucd at 7,500,000 dollars., bcsidoß a quantity of hidej and tnllmv. " When Cnptain Tndachcr left San Francisco the people were reluming from the gohl washings. " The excitement was tremendous. " Not finding vacint store-houses in which to placo tki precious metal, the people were piling it up in the public streets, as tom-cods used to be of yore, in the street! of Wateito«n, M'lis. Barricades erected of solid ingots of gold actually impede the travel. " Iron had )>ecome sea cc, and nails and bolts manufactured out of pine gold w.«re in common use. "Sever.d whale ships, their bottoms having been scraped in crosiing the bar of the harbour, had been ri.fi((cJ with gold slicatiiiner in place of copper.^ '• A raiir iad from San Franoibco to the washings was already begun, the rail* of which were fab icated out of the puiest gold. Some fears we.c euteilained by Gov. Mason, that they would not prove of sufficient strength. "A Rolden gridiron is among the mojt common articles of domestic economy. "The Culifornian buffaloes are Icillcd with golJfii bullets cast in golden mould-, (witli a tiill ng alloy); the Cdlifornian ducks and pigeons are brought down wilh golden hail-abot A foundry of goldt-n cannonballs is about to be established under the direction of Colonel Stevenson, the celebr it<d pipe laying engineer. <• P.S — Captain Tudacher says, that while in Auri. fera,|he gaw a criminal executed for stealing a tenpenny nail, who was stuffed to death with diamond 1 ?, administered with a golden ladle as large as a kettle drum."

Curious Erratum.— The Editor of a country paper, speaking of the people of Fiance, says, in a beautiful fulminating leader : " When tiio Provisional Government promised the labouring clasaea that they ihould never agnin want eiihei wot k, or high wages, them asses adua'ly oelhvul it." We thought this i\il her strong, and a lit' l* 1 ungramnatical, whe-i the next week's piper contained the following:—" ISnatum,—For ' them nsscs' in our last, read ' the masses.'" li.wevi'v, there is n deal of coarse tiuth wrapt up in a bit of bad grammar sometimes. For ouiselves, we decidedly prefer than asses A letLcr posted on the lOih of January, r.l St. John's, New Brunswick, at s veil o'c'ock in tl.e evoiiii)^, by the route of Liverpool, readied Leeds at five o'clork in the morning ol the 23rd, having completed the distance in twelve and n half day-, including a piissagq Of 200 miles across the ice n Jbith Amiric^

THE SISTERS OF MERCY AT DEVONPOET. INQUIRY HY THE niSHOV Or r\RTER. A fhw d?ys ago the Bishop of Exeter paid the inhabitants of Plymouth an official M^t, in order to investigate snmo chnrjre of Popish practices brought apninst the Sintois of Mciry, a benevolent Association of Protect ml W;o9, tVoT. The inquiry tqs cauicdon in 'he Mpf'innic.' TnslituV. winch wiss crowded to excess on tli" ocen^nn. The witnesses examined were 'I ice firls, rnwcJ Saiah Ann Chrkff, Mary l'ncbett), -■nd Sclinn Jones, who hod icsMcd in the Oiphans' Home, and detailed ih? nnlure of the religions <>b* sn ranees whi'-h they lml seen practised there. Their evidence on uoroc points wjb denied, bul they proved that the "Orphans' Home" contained an nr.itoiy, ■wherein wns an altar, ornamented VwiOi^ a cross, flowcis, nnd painting of !hc Virgin and Child, nncl of Christ blessing l^tle chil«'rni. Tl-cy s'a'cd that Dr. Tiucy, who v.ated Ihc-U.tcis of Meicy, was tilled "father" by them; that one of them, nam"d Miss Sellon, wa3 "called tlic Lady Superior ; a? d that, they nil bowed on enluing o\ leaving the oratory.^ Miss Sellon gave evidence as to the character of the institution which she and her sisters intended to ioun-J. They did not wish it, u io be s'milai to the convents or nunneries ol Roman Catholic countu'pi, but to resemble Protestant societies bearing similar titles which existed in some of the catitoiw of Swilzarland. Miss Sdlon, aftei her oral examination, read n very long paper in cle f ence of hei tl( nnd the otbc Sisters ot Jlcrey, and which wis Pstencd tv vith trucli attention. The «itnc e s3B were interuvatcd nctotilj by tlv Bisltop and the Clergy of his Diocese v-ho suppoit his views, but the Rev.'j. Hatchard and others, wlure opinions do not quite square with those of their spitiUnl superior. The following Htllc cample of the style in which (hi inquiry was conducted is instinctive :— Mr. Ehvoithy: Is there a complete histoiy of the F<thcrs of the Church in MisoScllou's library ? — Miss Sellon': There i-j.— Tlie Bishop: I rijoico to hear it, and I hope the Clcigy of this neighbourhood will avail them* selves of these books. I pronouncing judgment on the result of his investigation, the Right Key. Prelate Paid : <« I came here with a feeling as impartial aa it was possible for a mnn to feel : Ido not soy that I came absolutely impaitiul — I should blame m>&elf if I had ; I came with a feeling of veneration for the young Indies. I go from this meeting feeling I know not Low to express fhe admiration which I have of their conduct. I know I may bo condemned for expressing lhat opinion—as a Papist, a favouicr of Papists cnrouraging Popeiy in my Diocese, because I stand forward ; ond while I am, by God's mercies, to preside "over this Diocese, ne/er shall I cease to express my regard for the conduct of that wise anl virtuous— l had almost said thai angelic woman. (Cheers, hisses, and laughter.) I wish that Rome things had ncvei occurred; I wish that »be oos^cb and flowers had nevei been placed theic. (" Oh 1 ob 1" and chceis ) 35t.it I won't lieat that a? f? subject of censure. I venture to hope that they will be removed, and that they will not be allowed to remain there nto the scandal tbnt lias been raised by it. (Miss Sjlion here bowed acquiescence.) For on", I rejoice that in England there is established a Sielcrbood of Mercy. I hope they will not g"" e up that title, however it may be ri.. tliculcd either by the press, or any other power— l hope they will iclain the title of Sistcia of Mercy. Miss Sellon will go from this room, not as a Sister of Mercy, but as a Martyr of Mercy ; ehc rises before us —she makes us feel what poor miserable things we are compmed with that lady who sits t'leie. (His es and laughter.) I consider it nn honour to have the reproach of those who fan express reproach on rey attempting to do justice to that excellent i&ily.'' — His Lordship then thanked the meeting for their genera' consideration, the Port- Admiral and Major* General for having honoured him by being; present, pnd expressed a hope that Mies Sellon would give herself some repose tfter this, bo as not to jeopardise her valuable life. Revival or the Office of Abbot in Evgi-axd, —The ceremony of consecrating nn abbot took place althe Monastery of Mount St. IJci nard, In Charnwood Forest, on Sunday, when the Rev. J. Palmer, otherwise Father Bernaid, the superior of that monastery, was installed in that office, and presented with a crosier, ungs, mitre, and gloves, each of which were separately Wcsscd and sprink'cd with holy w ter by the Romanist Bishop of the middle district, Dr. Ullatborne. This being the first occasion of the kind in England eincc the Reformation, some interest was excited in tho neighbourhood, and a few Catholic gen» llcmen finna considerable distances were present to ■witness the ceremony. Bishop Waring was present, Imt took no public part in the proceedings. Several other Catholic clcrpysren were present, as wete also Abbot Bruno, from Mount Mallcry Abbey, county of "Watcrford ; and Abbots Augustin, of Bellefontainc, nnd Ma\imo, of Melleray, in France. In the course of the proceeding's the B'shop delivered a brief addresi, in which he congratulated those of the clergy prosmt that, after three hundred years of desolation, it bad pleased God to renew in their midst the ancient office of abbot, and that there waft in that neighbourhood a» ovincr of the soil (alluding to Mr. A. L, Phillips) who •was raising up the ancient Abbey of Gqarcndon, at Mount St. Bernard. He alluded to the exertions the Abbot elect had made in establishing end conducting lhat moua&tery, and exhorted the monks and novices (fiom 30 to 40 in number) to i mitato Father Bernard in his seal and good v/oilc3f The rcremony occupied rather more than three hours.*— Globe, \ Manslaughter at a Marriage.-— The following details are from the (Belfast) Noythem Wh'uj: — At a coroner's inquest, held onTuesduy, at Whitchousp, before J. X Jackson, Esq., coroner, and a jury, the following painful occunence was detailed :— A wedding, between Cunningham Greg Robinson and Margiret Lewis, took place on Monday last. Between G and 1 o'clock in the evening a number of boys and girls absembled (as had been the custom on similar occasions) about the door whci c the newly-married couple end ft iends met to pass the evening, and commenced cheeiing, tin owing stones, and kicking at the door with great violence. The brides:i oom and his two brothers feeling irritated at the conduct of the paity outside, sallied foitli on several occasions, and dispersed the crowd. Two shots having been fired outside the door, and some of the windows broken, Cunningham Greg Robinson took a bayonet from a chest in the house, aud attempted to get out at the front dooi, but was prevented by the parties ineiile, wheieupou he rubbed out of the back door, and, af-or being absent a few minutes, relumed by the Jiont door, in company with his two brothers, with blood on his forehead, and the bayonet stained deeply with blood, and stated, "be had given something to somebody that would keep him fiom his woik for some ilnys." A few minutes afterwards, William Lindsay rame into the house, and said that a man had been f mud murdered ; and on exaininatioi V\e dead body of ftcovge Cunningham was iound with a wound on his ' person, penetrat ng through the Lip into the abdomen, which occasioned almost instantaneous dca*b. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Cunningham Greg Robinson, aud against Alexanc&r liobJnsou for aiding and nssistin^ therein. The coroner immediately committed them to Carrickferguß gaol, to takg ilieir tu»l a* the ensuing assizes,