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Otago Daily Times, Issue 70, 5 February 1862, Page 2

AA'e yesterday inspected Mr. E. Chambers' Hydraulic Quartz and Stone Breaking Machine at work, and wen; highly pleased by tho suece-^ful manner in which the operation is performs;!. Great ingenuity is displayed iv tiie construction of the machine, to which immense power is given by the alternate displacement and return of a.!>mall quantity of water in two cylinders, working two sets of iron jaws that crmh quartz like nut crackers. The m echinc may be made to reduce tpianz to fine powder, hut the present, one ha? been uridc for breaking it down, instead of calcining if, Ivefore it goes under the stampers. It is expected that, this mode wili effect a saving of three shillings a ton. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the working of Mr. Chambers' maenine, as f.iv as wa' could test it, aid we should think it likely to produce a revolution in quartz mining. The following is a more technical description:—Mr. E. Chambers' Hydraulic Quartz and Stone-breaking Machine consists of a compound lever, acted upon by a hydraulic ram on each side of the fulcrum, which works upon two faces, in-ido of a largo iron frame which is made proportionately strong to bear resistance in working the lever, Tiie rams are seven inches in diameter, acted upon by a smaller one, one inch and seven-eighths, and driven by a crank whose motion is regulated by two fly wheels, oue on each side of the frame, this crank giving a seven inch stroke, and moving the lever out and in alternately seveneighths of an inch, this amount of travel being necessary for quart;;; for Milestone, seven-sixteenths of an inch only is required, giving a loss throw, and, consequently, increasing the power of the machine. But this seems to be of secondary moment, as the power of the machine is so little affected by either quartz or Milestone.

The Marriage Market.—Who dared first to say that marriages were made in heaven ? We know that, tliere are not only blunders, but roguery in the marriage ofiice. Do not mistakes occur every day, and are not the wrong pet pie coupled ? Had Heaven any t/iiiig to do with the bargain by which young Miss Blushruse was sold to old Mr." Hoarfrost .' Did Heaven order young Miss Tripper to throw over poor Tom Spooner, and marry the wealthy Mr. Bung? You may as well say that' h irses are sold in heaven, which, a= you know, are gr lomed, are doctored, are brought to tiie market, and warranted by dexterous horse-vendors as possessing every quality of blood, grace, temper, age. Against these Mr. Greenhorn lias his remedy sometimes; but. against a mother who sells you a warranted daughter, what remedy is tliere / You have been jockeyed by fdse representation into wedding for the C icilia, and the animal is yours for life. She shies, kicks, stumbles, has an infernal temper, is a crib-biter—and she was warranted fo you by her mother as th - most perfect, good-tem-pered creature, whom the nost timid might manage ! You have bought her. Sh is yours. Heaven bless you ! Take her home, and he iniser,ib!o for the rest of your days. You have vi < redress. You have done tlie deed. Marriages were made in heaven you know ; and in yours you were as much sold as Mo3es Priniv jflSfljaa-ndicnJifl bought the gross of green spectitelcs.

CHA'.IBRitS' MYDRUJT.IC QUAIITZ AND STONB BREAKING MACHINE.

are long overdue, and we woui.l earnestly advise such of our readers ns arc iv ihi.t portion, to at once pay this debt,-wliich they cannot lint admit to be a.just one. If they do not tho aid of the lav." will certainly be called in to compel them, and then in addition to the original sum they will have the heavy coats to pay as well.

It will be seen by ;>.n ofiieial notice published elsewhere, that the" mtils per Aidinga will close this day ; for registered letters aud newspapers at i p.m., and tin- ordinary loiters at 2 p.m. AYe understand that Dr. Purdie has resigned his scat in the Provincial Council for the Western District. A new writ has been issued, and the noininafion is fixed for the 24th inst.

If we may be allowed a suggestion to tho new Resident Magistrate, we would counsel the establishment of a poor box in connection with the Police Court. Many offenders, iv trilling cases, might ba allowed to escape the annoyance of conviction, by vohuilarily depositing a donation in tho box. * Tn a place where there is tin entire absence of charitable institutions, and where the population is so mixed and so hastily and ill organi-ved, the opportunities for the use of the funds are unfortunate!v not likeiv to be uufrequent. _ "...

Yesterday some fragments nf auriferous quartz sail ta be* from a roof in the ncigbourliood of Waitahuna, were left at our office. AYe were in formed that tbey were taken from the surface at a spot lying nearly midway between Waitahuna, Waiporu, and Nugctty Gully. The specimens are smai!, but are well impregnated wilh small particles of gold. As three-storey buildings are now becoming very common in this city, we would wish to urge upon the Town Board, or the Government, tiie great want of a fire-escape." Were a fire to break out in the lower storey of one ofthose buildings, consequences which it is frightful to contemplate might ensue, owing to tlie want of an escape. Anyone who witnessed the rapid destruction of tlie wooden buildings at tiie hue fire will easily understand that all chance cf escape from the upper lioor by the usual means, would, in all probability, be cut off, ere the frigiitenedinm.atcs recovered sufficient presence of mind to avail themselves of them. Tiie cost of n patent fireescape would be trifling, audit might be entrusted to the custody of the police. We hope that, instead of shifting the responsibility upon each other's shoulders, either tiie Town Board or the Government will lose no time in obtaining one.

A miner met with a serious accident at Weathjjrstone's on Monday, by falling down a 00 foot shaft. Tho extent of his injuries hud nit been ascertained, but very little hopes were entertained of his recovery.

An extensive bed of lignite has been disco\ ered about half a mi ie below the junction of Gabriel's and AA retherstone\s. At present the discoverer has sunk about three feet through tlie seam, wliich is very solid and contains large quantities of gum. 'From tiie tlie samples obtained, it is believed tlio discovery is a valuable one.

Several very valuable sites on the lOast side of Princes-street are to be let, by miction, in tlie Land Ofiice to-.liy, at 12 o'clock. They are to be let for a period of cue year, and have each 10 feet frontage lo ihe street.

AYe have been shown a very delicately executed photograph ie g.'oup, representing tlie Speaker and all the members of the New Zealand House of Representative-.. The whole picture is on so minute n scale that tiie " counterfeit presentments" of the fifty four members together with

those of the Clerk of the House and the Sergeant at Arms, in all fifty six portraits, are condensed into flic space of about four inches by three. AYe may add that tlie portraits are all remarkably clear mid that some of them have been recognised as being fiv.st rate likenesses. The picture wliich is entitled tlie Key to the New Zealand House of liepresenlatives is mounted on a paper on which are printed the names of the members, nil of

which are numbered fiir reference. This interesting and useful work of art is published by Sir. Crombie of Auckland.

Sevcnd eases of considerable importance to a number ofthe settlers in thie Province were tried in the District. Court yesterday. Tlie Government sued several of tho assisted immigrants for tiie amount of their passage money, and obtained judgment against them, with tlie addition of between .»J5 and £0 "costs. No defence was attempted, and iv olio case where ;»rt of the money v.-.is paid into Court with a rerpiesb for further time for tiie payment of the remainder, the Provincial. Solicitor at once acceded to tiie request. An immense sum of money is at present due to the Government from immigrants whoso bills