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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 31, 11 August 1864, Page 2

By the arrival of the steamships Hero and Phcebe we are put in possession of our usual Northern files. The extracts we give elsewhere will be read with interest. The Rifle Volunteers met as usual for drill last night, in Colin JN". Campbell and Co.'s store, at the corner of Dee and Tay streets. After drill they marched to the Prince of Wales Hotel, where a meeting was held for the purpose of considering the uniform to be adopted by the compaay. Captain Harvey occupied the chair. Six or seven of the members appeared in uniforms of various kinds, but after fully deliberating on the subject, it was decided that the uniform to be adopted should be that usually denominated as rille green, with red cord edgings. A discussion then ensued as to the expense of the uniforms, and various suggestions on the score of economy was urged — as, for instance, having the suits made in Melbourne or Dunedin, in place of Invercargill. At length, however, a Uniform Committee was appointed to take this matter in hands, and see it carried out to the beit advantage. The committee consists of Meßsra. M'Donald, Grigor, Hatch, Wade, Bull, Rodd, and Paul. The subject of a brass band for the company was then mooted, and a letter from, the Provincial Brass Band was read to the meeting, Btating the .terms on which they. were willing to lend their services. The conditions laid down by them were the following, viz. :— That the debt of £32, »til lstanding on the price of the instruments, be paid by the company ; that they should be provided with full dress uniforms ; that their instruments should be entirely under their own control; that all new music should be provided by the company ; that they should only attend on full dress parades ; and that the band-master should be recompensed by tiie company for his services. These con-, ditions the meeting unanimously set down as. preposterous, and not to be entertained for a single instant. The question of a band, therefore, wa» • shelved for the present. It was likewise stated that a full attendance at drill is particularly requested, and if the average attendance came up to sixty, they vould be entitled to Government assistance in thanaatter of their uniforms. The next meeting for i&JL will be held to-morrow evening, in the usual -plsse. The Superintendent of the Province of Otago has just returned, per the s.s. Phcebe, from his mission to Auckland. The Otago Daily Times, in reference to this ? subject has the following : — '•We are permitted to say that the Superintendent's mission to Auckland has been attended with entire Buccess. The Government have undertaken to introduce as a Government measure a Bill for consolidating and guaranteeing existing Provincial Loans, coupled with the \xnderstanding that there shall be no further Provincial borrowing without the sanction of the Assembly. In the meanwhile, should the exigences of the Provincial Government make it necessary, money will be advanced by the General Government to a moderate extent. It is not, hewever, likely, that this accommodation! will be required. The Ordinances for permitting the debentures to be sold under par, have received the sanction of the Governor, but it is not intended' to act on them. The debentures will be held until they recieve the General Government guarantee, when 'doubtless they will secure better _ prices. - The- Criminals' Ordinance is to be left to its operation, and the Government are going to send down for the use of the Volunteer Artillery Corps two twelvepound Armstrong guns." The third of the course of evening lectures was delivered on the evening of Tuesday last,, in St Paul's School-room, by Dr. J. Rutherford Ryley. The subject chosen was "The Nervous System, a. Vital Telegraph." At the hour appointed & numerous audience was present. Mr. Chas. B. Kingman.. presided on the and introduced the lecturer. Dr» Ryley then proceeded to give a most ■ interesting discourse ,on the;higher. formation iandj functions-of the human frame. He accompanied his remarks by a series of illustratious, whichtended considerably !to elucidate .his .text. .It is. very gratifying to observe that the evening lectures are.. accomplishing so completely :.; the. jobject.: for' which they are designed,,;*.'^ the providing ; o£ a profitable means of spending the longhours of . win^ ter evenings with entertainments at 'once jcalculated to.instruct and, edify,' aß ; welljas;pleaße,\the mind. The large audiences show, that the public of Inver-, cargill fully appreciate thedesigns; pf the prompters, and are desirous of their being carried/.puti to a - successful issue. The |next lecture will be delivered; ''m'the Scoteh. ; G^ '"seriV on the* 'evening iof Tuesday,' next. ""Sayings' Banks." ' 'This will* cbm'e in verjv opportunely/ as an institution of that kind 1b -npwi on .;the i ; : point op beings esfablishedin ; lnvercar— gill. .. i ,£ihJ:L <jdl ihh^-'^Li ". A correspondent of the,fsLiH^«eZ^cj!C3Cit?iinen'W Mpnfjthejupppintmept of rJ Mr. W. H.iPillietj|lately our fellow-townsman; as Warden for the Marlborough goldfielda. We have not seen the appointment^in the Government Gazette. The same journal speaks of the diggings as progressing farorably.

Thd Provincial G-oiierjmeni @atette, of- Tiles* day, .contains a proclamation' by His Honor the Superintendent, proroguing the Sittings of tho Provincial Council. ** ' The Honorary Secretary to the Benevolent Insti-^ y tution calls for tenderß for the supply of flour, tea, sugar, salt meat, potatoes^ 1 and sago, for the use of that institution. ,The time for -receiving such tenders expires to-morrow. - Tenders are called for' the supply of groceries for the Hospital, and -will be received at the Superintendent's Office till noon of to-morrow, the 12th iustant. A scheme for a railway from Auckland' to Wellington, passing through Taranaki, is contemplated in the North. On the subject of railways, the New Zealander says that— -" A Mr. Hulke, from Melbourne, has made an offer to the Government to make a railroad from' Taranaki to Wanganui, so soon as the state of the country will permit of it. It is to be a single line, capable of carrying an engine of not less than 15 tops, f but the offer does not include stations or rolling stock — the line to •be given up piece by piece as completed. The payment asked for is hind, at the rate of an acre j and a half for each pound sterling expended by them in making the railroad up to £4000 a mile — that is to' say, that each mile of railroad" may cost 6000 acres 'of land., but cannot cost more. -It ,is proposed that the contractors.should not take the whole' of the land adjacent to the railwaysb"ut should take^it in blocks r alternately with the (Government." < r A special meeting of the Town Board waa convened for last nighfc but up till three-quarters of an hour beyond fih4h6uF%ppipm^E''a^uorum' : 'waai^-^." not present, and no busmess'^was^ddriei ■'■: The'i '-■ members present wpre Messrs. Clarke (chairman), Smith, livesey, and Jaggers. The object for . which the meeting! was "caUeH" was to take' in tp - consideration whatj steps .ought to be .taken^re- c ■ garding -the- action pending- in/ the T Resident .; Magistrate's Court; in re Hall and M'Donald ». the Town Board; \ s _ . We {Qtago. Daily Times) hearthatthe'Assem-' '• . bly, after, all, isjaotj likely to^ meet, till.. February,, - umeßs;som"epfessmg'6ccasibn ? snouTtd arise to alter the present, determination .ofi.thev.Grovernmenfe.*:.' . It wiU be convened to meet 'at Christchurch, , unless the •Commissioners appointed to select the >:: seat of ;(3-oyernment Jgive in their decision in favor of i! Nelson or Wellington, before that time. At either ,of these places there^are chambers^ erected; suit-; -{ able for the Assembly to meet inj, .so, that in the event of the decision ■being'made,' thsGoverriment ".'._. will be- enabled to! give it, immediate effect. His, , -Excellency the Governor^ wh^~nitenaV' being a ' '-■> large contributor to the Exhibition, is down to open it, | after which he will visit the goldfields. T^e'beginning'jofj, nextyear^willrbe \/\ ■ quite a gala time for the Middle Island ; besides ■the Exhibition;* there will be the Canterbury Champion Races. } The hotel accommodation of Dunedin and Clyistchurch is likely to be well 'tested!. „ ( I ''■ r ' A -' r '-" : '-''■ ■■■' :■■■■"■■■■• y l -- The extended; time for lodging tenders for the *■ supp'lyand delivery! of between two.and three, hun-i •-. ■ dred tons of Newcastle (N.S.W.) coals, at the jetty ;_ h . v expires tb-mbrrow,; at noon. The tenders are received at the Superintendent's office. ,'UI .H'sX\ I ■-■. ..'■' A complaint, at the instance of Mr. Alex. M'Leod, was preferred .against Mr. D.. Miller, junior (a brother member of his in the Dunedin Town Board); in. the Magistrate'siCourt there on ! the,4th.inst., for having made use. of abusive, threatening, and insulting language" at a meeting of the, Board, contrary to the third; section, of the Vagrant Ordinance. The Magistrate found the charges fully borne 'out by evidence, but was com* pelled to dismiss the case, as the Board room could not be considered a public place within the meaning of the Ordinance. v • , ./...-• • ,-.. . A meeting of the trustees of the Southland Savings' Bank will be held to-night, in the Treasury Chamber, at seven o'clock, for the transaction of business in connection with the establishment of this institution. '< . .. ; ■.■: ■••.... A meeting of theiSchool Committee is called for Monday next, afftwelve o'clock noon, in. the Me- . chanics' Institute, to hear appeals against the Educational Assessment. cixai ; A sad and fatal affair has occurred «l Ifaikouaiti. i A party of diggera encampad for the night near a= large tree, at the foot' of "which they lit their fire; and on its being burnt through, it fell and killed two of the party. At an inquest which was held, a verdict was returned of " Accidentally killed by the falling of a tree." An~ -important notice to storekeepers has cjustjs'vbeen, issued from tile Sxorvey Department. Jt is. . to the fbllpwing effect, viz. — tlrat — "On and after the 15th August, 1864, all vouchers for,;; atores supplied to Government surveyors must be accompanied by corresponding orders (signed by "the' officer' in charge of the respective camps) or, they r i: will not be certified: All vouchers must be made up to the Ist 'of October, January, April, and July, and sent to the Survey Department." • . ■: ■ ■ We observe ' it isj intimated that Dr. Deck will beat the school-house, Long Bush, at 10 o'clock, : and at the Police-station, Dacre, at 12 o'clock, on "Monday next, the 15th instant, for the purpose of vaccination. ■; ; --..... The Otago Daily Times reports the following painful case of suicide, which occurred- in ; Dunedin on the morning of the vTth-finst.-,: — :"Avery painful case of suicide occurred early yesterday morning, in Dowling-street; Mr. James Grey Iriglis, a civil engineer of considerable ability, who was .well- known formerly in Ballaarat, ' came to Dunedin about eighteen months ago, and obtained ' a situation in the Projvincial Engineer's Office. Subsequently, when the department of Marine Engineer was established) Mr.. IngHs was tmnsferred to tliat office ; and he remained there until about six ; weeks ago. Then jhe was either engaged, or had an almost certainty . of : being engaged* to take a principal par;fc in a survey: of— a portion- - of the coast of Otago. Mr. Inglis was 'a man „_ ■who secured at least the esteem bf all who ' became acquainted (with him." He"~was "in "the" strictest sense honorable in all his dealings ; yr and he was keenly sensitive; 'especially in' monetary matters, j He had one failing. He" occasionally, 1 but ;"ndt *soften;rdfank deeply. .Mr.-T Inglis, there is reason" to believe, has of_late become somewhat involved in debt; but not to an extent that need have t 'c2iusfecl Tsim anything i Uke serious uneasinesß.- -Indeedf we 1 " understand, ~ that he possessed property at home and,tat all--:, events, he is related 'to some leading merchants, in . Glasgow." -Mr." Inglis had been Jiving, in Dowlirigetreet, nearly opposite the Catholic Chapel ; ! knd the house adjoining' 1 that in which he lived, has -lately -been unoccupied. , He^had not been at hii ; lodgingß since Friday.-.- Early-yesterday 'morning 4 a man went-lobkihg at the unoccupied house;" and there he foundj Mr. Inglis hangmg ,from a beam. The man, instead of at : once applying a knife to the thin (rope which' held-the .body; went off-'tb'-ldbk !for'a policeman." He found Constable Maloney near the top of the steps ; , and the officer hurried to the house and, cut down the 'body. It was still warm. The face waa fearfully blue with ' blood ; but subsequently, there was a reflux, and the countenance, was left bloodless and tranquil, there being no' trace of mental anguish or bodily pain. "The ears still remained' suffused with blood. The body was removed to an out-house-bf: tk«: Oriental Hotel ; and Mr. T. M. Hocken, the coroner, will hold an .inquest' to-day. The most probable account-of-this most lamentable self-destruction is that the deceased, became^ morbidly excited as to his position pecuniarily,; that this led, him 'to.drinkexcessivelyj then — the end. He will be sincerely and\deejply mourned by many here and in Victoria ;- and the s next mail will convey most grievous news to his relatives at Home." ; "At tha ' inquest .which was held on the! following day, a verdict was returned to the effect that the deceased hanged himself while in t a state^of temporary \ insanity. ,'•' ' ''- ' r ; ~ J^ *" *" "' ** * Charles .Melbourne, the colored steward "of the William Miskin, narrowly escaped being stabbed - at Dunedin, on the evening of the^ifoinst. He was in company with another Colored' lrfan "named Geo. Beauford, when some dispute arose between" jthem, and^)ut.,fqrfthe jmte/fejenceOtfta. constable, who took Beauford into custody, the end of th» affray would have been serious, It appears that he became quite frantic, and attempted to stab both Melbourne and the constable. Two knivei were found in his possession.

' A grand Masonic ceremony 1b announced to come off in' Dunedin to-day, when His Honor the Superintendent of Otago is to be installed as- the First Provincial Grand Master for Otago. The arrangements and preparations are said to be of the " most costly description." tn the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, Messrs. Hall and M'Donald appeared as plaintiffs in an action in which the Town Board was defendant. The sum sued for was £70, beings a. sum deposited with the Board on talringup a contract in February last, for the formation of the Speygtreet footpath. The contract was duly completed, but the Board had appropriated this deposit to their own uses, and were not now' in a position to refund the money. The; case was adjourned for a day, vdth a view to enabling the" parties to como to some understanding or agree^ jnent in the matter. The -other business before the Court was of an unimportant character^^ A new weekly journal, to be called the" Leader," will appear in Dunedin on the 13th inst. It will be issued from the office of the Ofa^o Mail.