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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 June 1864, Page 2

A general meeting of the .contributors .to the j Benevolent Asylum, took place in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute yesterday evening, at seven o'clock. H. M'Culloch, Esq., . (in the absence of the Superintendent and Mr. Healc, Deputy- ! Superintendent), was -voted to the' eliair. The chairman stated that Mr. Heale desired him to apologise in his name for; Ms! abasuce, and to express liis regret that business at the Bluff, in i connection with the . wreck, of T .the , .steamship ■, Scotia, prevented Ms being' present. Mr. ■ M'Cullocli then stated the object of the meeting, | which was the appointment .of a Committee who ! should properly, organise the Institution and : ; place it on a satisfactory" footing, 1 so that if might answer the ends in view. 'A discussion then took ■ place as to how -this committee ought to be . formed. The Eev. Mr. Tanner proposed a committee of six clergymen: with one- layman-fifom each congregation, making twelve in all.? The Eev. Mi*. Searle objected' to this as- being: one of too denominational a cast., ■and' suggested' :< that ministers of all religious persuasions.be .members of Committee, ex-qfficio;. --.with,- ' twelve- lajTiien^as associates. • The E/ev/Mr: Stbb'o - agreed- witb/thfe rev. gentleman's suggestion, as^to .twelve'laymenforming part of the conimittee. : .^r..,Mu>rajr, ;^;hp took part in the diaciissibn, and-had;drawh up'a resolution, .which had : subjeqte'd^isuccessrre ambndments, now em^ealn^Xm^ioii,,^ genera^ views of 'the, ■ ■ meeting..; ■ ,Tlie, .^resolution reads thus -.—" That a'co^mitteeibe/formodof'.the. officiating' ministers i 'of f aU« ; %engwuy-pe^aaiioM residmg [in Inverckrgulf -"ftiacf" twelve o lsfymbn, who, togother with a"*We3ident. and. treasurer, (chosen °as associates" of • >tHe^ afime^^Mt mate rules for: the.imauagement!; of^th : o Jns^itatiimQfor receiving yearly sub^oriptiona.jand donations, and , fOrapErppmtingaxg^sn^^fo-c^^bloEU^^B; 11 .

The Rev? f -Mr. B tolro •■ seconded the ja^ft^leas|ifcv' resolulS'djr, which grgs pujtj^to the f iomng^^^' and carried { unanimously. ''The meeranllßhpn Jpf| proceeded to » .the £ appointment *of W^^^^'MSBi mittce^of Jburtcon^ lay 'members, m. *terms^9s!pF/ the foregoing ,-Tesolutidn,^f "'apd'^ the^S^^^^^ are Ihe names of the>gentlcmen appointed :— Dr. Menzies, Dr. Murrayy'Dr. Grigor, Dr. Deck, Jtfessrs..^Tarlton^vMiGtilloch^^Hari^tf^ff?*fa9, .Mueller, Trew, Healcj A: Sonar,* sen, ißicMrdson, 'and'*Briglit.' ■' A s'lib'scriptaon list" was operieU and -a-xramborehrollettt^ Mr. Callow- oJlo^iaMeS- m'tHe^suin of £24 12a., being the proceeds of the late^ AniSeurTDramatie performance, ffdiviwMch' t&ic* meeting 2 returned its best shanks.; - Miv Haraett : likewise harided> in jon behalf of Mr. Steel<the;sum'of &£, ; as the proceeds of his concert, arid* received Itlmnks^bf 'the meeting therefor. There being no other business^ beforo . them, the proceedings then terminated^ a cordial ivoWofr&ailks' hara^^^^rStiHiPcl inman for hia cq^dxict'in^tlip cliair n j| ~ our report-of-the-officiaKnquiry publishetLin Satedojf Sjissuej into the rqfr cngMsfcto'ao? "attending the loss of the barque Star of Victoria, two verbal mistakes pecrurred.. > In. the evidence of Mr Bray, the words "when I'saw tfte engine &et" .sHould^caß; *when \BMr th<? : mizen soff an<| |v Charles. Miirray'se-vicfence/tlie; expression,' ? judged tlieseajvery Keavy^" should be \^jinding-Xh.&, sea very heavy. JH ,, /r ,^ - n , T ,; r t ?;v r M: , ? : : :. r nomination i and election of ,. a representafeiye •fo'f Inveriiargill in, ? the..i!Erojincial CouncilCof Southland, in room of - J.-HaiTeys-Esq~resigSecl, took place at the jscliobL-libuse, Tay-streefc, on Saturday -last," the '4thiinst.f s at" noon£ >,Very fe^ persons were^present.'aridJbHe^proceedings were of a mere formal character^there being no opposition to the r re-electioni > e-election' J of^Mr.* i Haafvey, m'-wlibSe 'favor' 'a requisition" waTgoTujTw-ith a view to Ids again accepting .tlieTvabaiiib e'e^fc.'s Tlio Eetuming Olllcer haying briefly. intimaied'tKe^ object o£ meeting, called upon-thSsb'pifes'cnt to nominate'a Biily qualified . person ,tp_ represent district. Mr. HemyJaggers then'prdppsea' James Haryey, •Esq.j as a ; flt anct proper ,persqn,>and his nonmiation was secoiide'd ' by .'Mr. Wiiiiam ' (3|arthwaite. No other candidate b'pirig,proposcdj. the Eetui'ning Officer., .deqlared Mr. );.d\4y^' elected, on vfhich.. that addressed a- few^f grateful words to the meeting jffor.- tho, honorrcohferreS. upon him. . ; JEe, concluded by 'moying- a; '-vote • of thanks to the Returning 'Officer; rafter which the proceedings - terminated, the whole having~occupied but a very. 'few^minutes.- ' -' . : ■ Through "tlie I khidhess >'6f-'- Mr. - ' Surman : tlio retui-uing- officer ''for 'the ■WnUa'cetown *' Electoral District, we are 7 "enabled to* state; that at the election held there yesterday; Harry Armsti'ong, Esq., was unanhnously'appointed to the vacant cjlairin the Pfoviricial' Couricil of Southlarid, 'as represeiitativo of _ that^district His. nomination-was-pro-posed and seconded^ jby;.;Messrs; W. 3T. Oldham and Greorge Brown rcsj>cctiveljr, and np s opposition being offered, the Returning^ OiEcer then cteciarocl Mr. Armstrong duly elected.,.. Several rgcntlemen having bi'iefly addressed the' meeting, the proceedings tonninated.. , . :; , .jv „,./% j. i:1 . i The company at the Theatre Eoyalj-perfdrmecl last night to a very good houser" There'Svas a seasonable change rin. the (progi-amme," the curtain having risen to the. Serious Family, xp. .which the risible faculties of the audience-^ were constantly kept in fidl play. Mr. R. B. Dale^s, Aiuinadab Sleek delighted the house amazingly, and everything passed off well, eliciting frequent; and hearty applause. The C&rsican Brothers formed the afterpiece, and went off as. well as on previous representations. . - '■' .;■;• ■ ! - At the Resident Magistrate's Court^esteFday, a youth named' Elphinston'e Diidney, who lias been recently residing in tlie.Prince' of Wales Hotel, was ' fully comittitted for trial at the criminal sittings of the Saprome Court here, for /forgery. Bail was refused. % ... .„ ..„.,. The election of three members; of .the Town Boai'd of Invercargill. took place ;.yesterday, in the office of the Board* Tay -streets The niembers who retired where Messrs. W. >H. .CaliJer, Samuel Beaven, and C. H. Reynolds.-' There was but a scant attendance on the 'occasion, and everything passed off very quietly.- Mr. Garthwaite proposed and Mr; 'Hargin seconded, the : nomination of Mr. Moffat. ,^lr. Moffat proposed,, and -Mr. Garthwaite seconded, the noinination of -Mr.- Reynolds. Mr. Garfchwaite proposed and Mr. Moffat seconded; the nomination 6f ; »Mr.'VDavidL Smith. There being no opposition offered, the Returning Officer declared Messrs. -feiTat, ■'Reynolds, and Smith, duly elected; and the': meeting thereafter dismissed. - - r ' r . :;i, ;.;:.; i. -? ; f |.|" At the instance of. the Sub-Collector of Customs, I. N. Watt, Esq., will hold , an "\ enqnify into" the loss of the steainsliip Scotia, at ;; tliec- CoiirtHous*^ Campbelltown, on tiie- 7tb.;irist. „" "^ j'-;'.' ',' _ ' , ■ . A geiitl&man of tliis town, who has just-re-turned from Pictbn," ha^' fiuAiished us with the following particulars of the state of matters' Jthero. He states that whiie there 'the river rose'' so liigh as to : rcu.deraU.J:lie;,ri>:ei'"clann3 impossiblo to bo worked. .The miners had' petitioned. the Marlborough Government to find; thenrin employment, as without some suclr' provision 'they would starve. All wko.haye r the aneans , to 3 . enable .them, toleavo the'Proyiiice are doing "so. " He saw several par.ties from Invercargilli wnb were' doing' but little, aiid -\vislied^ tEems^lve*s","baak"again in Southland. Provisions, he states, were rea'sbnable in price, aiid ' in ; gobd aupjly^and. /personally "saY very little drunkenness. ' '. Tli(3, is fish, wild pig, and bread! ITne." "small- 'fishlis .easily-obtain.-able, and are in great' ;plenty;ff Bread was being sold, at Is- Od-r - : the fpur-poundjlpaf.;. vNo -large finds were reported during bis';stay there, andVt^o Government gold-escort had heen, discontinued. i The ensuing , sitting .of tlie^Siipreme Court will I -b&heldhere,we are informed, on the llth-proximo. The criminal attmgslwill'commencei that'day, and as Effie calendar is sa<heavy5 a<heavy onej' will; occupy^ mSatt ! likelilibbdi ; ; 6f ;i The civil sittings will commence bn'tho' lßth. day of July, i next, and will^in all'probabilityf take up anothor "Sveck'.^We"iSnderstand th"at the "fecently'appointecl Judge for the Otago and Southland District (Mr. Justice Chapman)^llfpre*sideJ'at the Court. He is si^ti^gj.and^^^sifMlD^e'im ,durm^ T the^.cn- '< sun-^ Justicfe ,'Cliapnian has/Been apppinited yverr opportunely— foij -&GA : regret tp teaxn'^that; ;his { collcague,i Mr.* :Justiee ; >Riclimdn(l', has been confined, to the: ihouse for some weeks prst, •tlirougbf severe 'mdisposTti^ fo^ed tfiatTris^proposedpiatquarterty circuits of tlie Supreme Co^^wii-£vf|er our next: circuit, be beld regiilariy 'bi^w^ls^at the gpldfialds. The holding of Q\§^f§£ta^i\ln9P only' prove a jgrcatboon-tpthe^ubHc^butw^ in efiectiii^ a large ;%avm^iasthK^ubli&iexpcnt&- --■-.- - ■ • - '■«"— ,*,-■■ t .

A Coroner's Hnejul'stf Vaa lielA by J. M. Watt, EstJ?r*oft' the"body* of -\¥mr Httglifsr*-who i "wa9 > found dmdiiivthe ; GplA&n-Ag&vJipfel on the 2nd instant. After the -evidence of Mr. Smidth, landlord of the, liotel/ .and flDr. Campbell, who made a post mortem examination of the body, the jury- returned a- yetdict that %3 deceased met his death on the 2nd inst., at Campbelltown, by the visitation of God. ; ; . The Argus says :■ — " For some days rumor has been busy with the name of- a person who, for some years past, has been well known in commercial circles as the manager of large properties, and the trusted agent of many friends. We havtf refrained from ialluding to 'the ■current gossip, but there is now no longer reason for concealing -.that Mr. Gteorge Millar, late of Rokeby Hall, Collingwood, is the person' referred to. He lately sold his house and- furniture,, and. ;.left Melbourne, ostensibly for Castlemaine, where he was interested in'a; brewery. ■'{ Not returning at the time he was expected, inquiries led ' to' the belief that Tie had left the colony. On Friday last his estate was ,«eauestrated, and a warrant -is now out for .his apprehension as an ' absconding; insolvent; The names of three or four gentlemen are mentioned for whom he acted as agent in matters of rent and' money, and who are involved to the extent "~ of £10,000, £8,000, and £6,000 respectively! Ifr.is Junderstood'that-a deficiency nas-tb be made up o£ at. least -£310,000, /but. we learn that available assets to tho_cxtent of £8,000 to £10,000, Tvero discovered in the course of Saturday. It is also supposed that- the person referred .to has with him a very large sum in gold. .The matter is in tho hands pftho; detective police."" "• : , ; from Jtfdbourne .inform us that the Lloyd's Association of that port was formally inaugurated (hi the I7tb> ultimo, when v a Standing Committee of 'twelve* members' was - appointed, consisting of four each from the shipowners, underwriters, and merchants; of ith'e port. Eighty members were reported to -have joined, and more were expected 1 to enrol themselves. " : " - . Captain Brandt, of the Swedish ship Peru, reports having called "at tlie Cape on' his wuy froni Gothenburg to Melbourne, and finding the" Alabama coaling there. He further reports that this renovvned cruiser requires overhauling, and that her speed had greatly decreased. The Chinese appear^ to be clearing out of. Victoria at the present time by the shipload." The Danish ship, °Jbrgin Bruhn, recently sailed for Hong Kong with. 230 Coolies; and another vessel was expected to be required very shortly for similar employment. . ■ „ .. . The NgatiruuriuiSj says the JSTew Zealand Herald, are now again, it "is asserted, complete idolaters; worshippers of thedevil, or else of the Mormon angel Gabriel. They have taken to" decapitation of the dead, arid even, it is darkly supposed to cannibalism ; and it is a well-known, fact, that the nieu who cut off the heads of Captain Lloyd and his nien, licked the blood from off the tomahawks w|th r Avhich th 6 act was cojicinilftecl. tTlibir prophet raves in gibberish, which is supposod to be English, and a proof of the inspiration of his followers is the power of uttering this gibberish. The Argits of ; 28tls ; ult. says,' '^We have been requested by the Mayor of- East Collingwood, to acknowledge tho receipt of the following subscriptions towards a'furid for paying' the expenses of Mrs. Merric and her four children -to New Zealand :— Mr. E. P. SV Sturt, £1 ; and Mr. Robert Eerr, treasurer to 'the Collins-street Baptist ChapeL £1. At the last meeting sof; the East Collingwood Councfl, £5 was voted for. the same object.,. This, we aro informed, is. a. most cruel case of. wife desertion, and one. which strongly appeals to the , bimevplcnt. The unfortunate woman' for "two years has supported hers -If and family by 'her own industry, whilst her husband is reported to be living in 'affluence at Dunedin. She is now to enervated r tb continue the struggle, and exists ' almost solely oh charity.' As the law now stands, warrants ibr wife desertion arc hot executed-in-New Zealand. ■ ■-- - t :TfaiLyttdt6n<-Times:o£ the. 24th >nlt./ has the following short but, read aright, very expressive notice of the birthday' of our most Gracious Majesty I Queen! Victoria. : ''"This"- is the 45th anniversary of Her Majesty^ Birthday. God save het Qttekk !" .",;.-■ . : We beg to_direcit the, attention .of. p.m* ..seafaring community, to the ".Notice tq Mariners," emanating from the Otago Government, wliich will bo found in another column. It refers to the; distmguisliing color's of the buoys and beacons, froni the first anchorage 1 'up to Dunedin bay, and should prove of much use in the safe navigation of the channels there. ...,..,, '^A recent : number of the Neto Zealand Herald, (Auckland), relates the clever capturo,of,a.thicf there by a police constable named Clarke. — As willibe seen in our police report of to-day a ycry clever capturo was made by. Clarke, 'one of the poh"ce, of a man who liad stolen a quantity of linen from a line in a back yard in Albert-street. The linen was stolen, information 'given to the police, and the articles fo.irnd liidden. in.a particular spot. Suspicion had already been, aroused against a particular individual, and upon the bundle found by a civilian being brought to constable Clarke after dark, 4ie at ance took it back to tlie spot'wliere it had been found and mounted guard within tljree yards of tlie bundle, watching it from half-past ten at night until five in. tlie .mdrning, at wliidi time thesuspected person^acepmpanied by another man came, and were in the act of moving it when the constable springing foi'ward arrested the thief at once— the other "escaped, but as lie is known must speedily be captured.. The culprit taken was brought up yesterday,; convicted and sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment. ~ "■ : Wfe A 3£wve ix> actnowledge receipt of the fourth number of the Southland \Tolice Gazette, a serial containing* subject matter of considerable interest,' In addition to conveying in a manner at once concise and free; from technicality—^instructions* td the uninitiated how;to proceed for tlie recoVeryfof stolen pr6perfy,pr the apprehension of. offenders! —it gives, under proper headings,, all; the noticeable " police events," 1 and in tabular forni a Hst of delinquents, with- 'their niarM, ! 'nizinbers, and general appearance, who have shared, the^.sopinewhat^ meagre hospitality of Hi. M.'s gaol during the past months " Missing friends " alad find a pla<fe; and these, together with •"gentlemen- illegally tit large," are described with a minuteness calculated to 'startle the individuais themselves if "they chanced to scan the pages of the Gazette; The work is one of great utnity-^-arranged with a due regard-to the systematic classiiicatipn; of crimes and offence's.' " It is, we are informed, compiled by. Mr. TThomsonn n chief; detectiyo officer, on whom it reflects gre'afc credii ; safely congratulate thd Commissioner of Police, on. havingj gecured for bisdepar&eiittWseruee'sm'so efficient an aide dejeamj)*'_ [•l^SjL.'^~-~~—*-—' ---—.= ~— — • — — .

The Hamilton Spectator has the following : — * "-A^lßry^remapkablep'pliaße of religious belief --was elicited" aijraaonquesthgld on Saturday last, by the coroner, at Herren Huth, Mount Rouso, on the body pf a German (farmer, named George Kargor, aged sixty-four. The deceased had been ill for some time, and gradually getting worse, but as he belonged to the : brotb.erb.ood of the Moravian Christians, his family sent for no medical aid, it being against the tenets of that religious body to allow any medical interference in cases 1 of illness or internal disorders. The man gradually grew worse, and died. The evidence of the clergyman is singular, and will illustrate the peculiar views of the society. J. F. Erumnow, on afiirmation, said — ' lam a Moravian minister. Deceased was a member of the society here. When he was taken ill, we did not send for a doctor, as'oiir'rcligious principles do not authorise the calling in of medical aid for any internal complaints. We would do so : for a . broken limb . or an external wound. If we bad sent for a doctor in the uresent case', we woidd have been breaking the laws of our church and the rules, of the society. ' Was with the deceased on .Thursday evening, and gave him drink. Did not think he was going to die. Until the last three. days he. could always eat his food. I would not have sent.for, a doctor r even Had I thought lie was in a dying "state. "Wb administer no medicine for any internal complaint. I do not believe that -a -doctor or medicine can prolong life; it cannot be proved.' It happened very strangely that in tins particular case the deceased was really suffering from a complaint bqyohd the'^igach of medical aid, for, according to the evidence of Dr. Govett, the man died 'froni enlargement of. the heart, and that medical aid could not have prolonged life more than a day or two. The jury returned a verdict of ' Died from disease of the heart.'" ■ The Sydney Empire has the following remarks on the trial; of. Gardiner, the' bushranger :— "The Criminal Court at Darlinghurst was densely crowded on the 20th May, during the trial of the above prisoner. Mr. Justice Wise, though still suffering severely frpm_ indisposition, occupied the bench ; and though his patience was severely tried on several occasions by the., senior counsel for tho defence, ho displayed throughout the whole; of the laborious sitting the most painstaking attention and the,, strictest impartiality. Tho opening address of the Attorney-General was brief and dignified, containing nothing that could tend to' inflame: the minds of the jury against the prisoner ; _ his examination and crossexaminations were /also conducted ?in a quiet and business-like mauuer. He, exercised his right of challenge only in 'three or four Instances, whereas the number of jurymen objected to by the j>risoner was very large. Mr. Isaacs exhibited his i usual unfortunate propensity for poor jokes ani ad captandum diffuse eloquence, and for embroiling 'himself ,■ as anuch as possible' with the judge. Mr. Dalley, who was also for the defence, followed the bettor example set by tho AttorneyGeneral. The sympathy of the crowd on one occasion displayed itself by actual applatise— -not, indeed, of the prisoner himself, but of the counsel who was defending him. Tho court, during the day. was not so quiet as it ought to have been,* and a great portion of what the witnesses said was barely audible to the reporters, whose sanctum was invaded, and their attention distracted by many persons who .had no business in their box. The efforts of some o£ the constables to procure silence were so ludicrous as to cause a great deal more noise than they suppressed. At the conclusion of tho evidence the jury were conveyed 1 to the Metropolitan Hotel, and Gardiner, after the Court had been cleared, wa3 removed. Throughout the entire proceedings he paid the greatest attention to every word that was spoken, not only by the witnesses, but by the judge and tho counsel, and; communicated very frequently ! with his attornoy. He would occasionally glance round, and seem to recognise some person in the court, but his attention was immediately redirected to the proceedings. His 'features and manner evinced great anxiety, although he did not appear to bo by any means protrasted or overcome by the 'painful ordeal through which he ■vras passing. The Syd)iey Morning Herald of the 19th ultimo says : — Messrs. Freeman Brothers have just im- ; ported an apparatus for the production of panora- \ mic photographs on a larger scald. Ordinary cameras do not take in more than thirty-three ' degrees on a flat plate, but' by means of the camera invented by Mr. Sutton, and made by Mr. Boss,? the Messrs. Freeman are enabled to take in an angle of at least . 10Q degrees. The most remarkable par,t -is. the lens,- which is globular, and filled with .water, .the plates and other parts of the apparatus being made on . a corresponding curve. The compound lens consists of two thick concavoconvex lenses of glass, the curved surfaces of which are portions of concentric spheres, the common centre being a point in the axis of the compound lens. The lenses have their concave surfaces opposite to each other ; the space between them is filled with water ; and, by careful adjustment, the compound lens is rendered ' achromatic and ■ convex, so as to produce photographs of a very | superior kind. The spherical' aberration is re- ; duced, and there is a contrivance to give sharpness ; of outline to distant objects. 'The Messrs. Freeman have already tested this new instrument, and ; produced 1 several very beautiful photographs of scenery in the vicinity of the harbor."