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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 35, 20 August 1864, Page 2

The steamship William MisMn, which came into port this morning at "half-past two o'clock, -will leave at ;the same hour this afternoon for. the Bluff. She is engaged to'assist in the raising of the Scotia, and all those vwho" are desirous of ■witnessing the interesting proceedings should avail themselves of this opportunity of being on the spot. The -"William Miskin mil return to Inrercargill on Monday,* if, as is to be'hoped, the attempt meets with success. We have to acknowledge receipt 6f a-humber of plans of the recently surveyed township of Queenstown, formerly called Ngaruawahia, at the confluence of the Waikato > arid Waipa rivers. They have been sent to us from the General Government Survey Office, Auckland, for circulation^ and we have accordingly to ."intimate;that they maybe inspected at the various-booksellers' shops in town, and at the office of the Southland .Times. The day fixed for the auction sale of the sections is the 9th September, and- the upset prices and other information may be learned on= application at the office of this'paper. ■ '■• ■ -<■■*■■ -■J^ v An open-air meeting of the; unemployed took place in Dunedin, on the.lsth,inst., and was convened and presided over by the notorious Jameß Gordon Stuart Grant, as usual. From the remarks which fell from the lips of the various speakers present, it would appear that Dunedin must be in very much worse straits than Iny.ercargill, bad as it is supposed and believed to be. The following resolutions were in due course proposed, seconded, and adopted: —"That, "in the unanimous and mature conviction of this as-' sembly, the sufferings of the working classes of Otago are very great, and are daily becoming greater and more insupportable; and.^that in Dunedin particularly there are one thpujarid unemployed men, who are able 1 and MUingit^work, but who are unable to obtain any sort of employment to sustain the breath of life id; iiiemj and to keep themselves and their families..from disease, starvation, arid a premature grave." "That a deputation consisting ~of six men be appointed as a committee, to "'wait upon his JETonor the Superintendent,^^) ascertain; df him if it is the intention of the' Government to; onenup, without delay, some public works^';i:: ;" ReVolved, —That the laboring classes shalkmaintairi- intact the eight hours' system, as the apple W; their eye, against any Government contractor or master that may demand eight or nine hours daily. That they" shall treat"any man, who shall work more: than, eight hours daily, as a common enemy to his order. THat they shall regard; the-man wj&o shall demand more than eight hours as the vilest wretch, that crawls on God's ...earth," ■ ,Tha respliitions having been caiTied, the meeting appointed six men as a deputationto'waitibritheSiiperintendent, and the meeting quietly dispersed. Mr. E. D. Haygarth took his farewell benefit at the Theatre Royal la^st night, but we regret to say a very poor house greeted him on the occasion. The' performances were weU r selected .and-*,well played throughout, several gentlemen airiaieurs lending their services' in L ;the j cpmedy of " Still Waters Run Deep." The Ghost appeared in the first act of " Faust and—Marguerite," and in the burlesque of " Lord Lovel," m which latter piece Mr; Haygarth personated ; Te';iZ;a^y Nancy Bell very cleverly. Miss Hetta Fleming takes her benefit on Monday evening.' ' The volunteers met last night for drill in the usual place. ...,......_,.. A very painful case of suicide occurred in Dunedin, on. the 15th inst. Mr. Joseph Woolf, well known as a brewer there, had engaged a bed at. the Shamrock iHotel, on Sunday night, and early on the following morning he destroyed himself by taking strychnine. 'The: unhappy man expired in about three quarters of an hour after it it was discovered he had .taken poison. From letters•' produced at" the inquest, the cause of the rash act was believed? to be his pecuniary liabilities. The jury returned a verdict to the effect " that the' deceased haft' poisoned himself while laboring undeV temporary insanity," and accompanied it with the following rider:—"JThe jury desire to express their opiniori^hat sfeps should be taken, as soon, as ?possible, to prevent the indiscriminate sale of poisons which has hitherto» existed in the Province.", .The, coroner said it would be forwarded to the proper quarters. : At the Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday," Dr. Murray, the. Hospital surgeon, appeared to sustain the release of a" lunatic, named'Allison, ; he being apparently of a quiet- and . peaceable disposition, although evidently far' from' bemg^quite ; sane. Mr." Harvey, solicitor,"being in couftfi.t'lKe* time, mentioned to the Court Boine circumstances as to the violent and dangerous-character.of-the. pranks Allison had sometime previously played in his h(juse,.and thought? the Bench, should; consider the case well before setting, him at large again. Dr Murray said it was a hard case, Jor the wife .who was dependent; on him-'for her?subswten^j? The Bench, after considering the case, deferred ' the release of Allison at least for a- time. The fpllbwirig!extract fronf the, OtSgc^Baily Times of 18th irist,. will /prove of "interest to our' readers: —" By the'mail from England, advices have been received by-the-Royal Commissioners of the New- Zealand* ExhibitionjrthatjMri A. S. Grant has been appointed by Earl Rusßel^' Agent for the Commissioners inCParis. The Secretary of State, for India /in , .Council-.promises^"a, valuable collection 'of "tEndian" marinfactrdred larticles, as well aß~ffi~"considerable number of .classified spocimens .of., raw produce im-, mediately available"for" 'export *-7fr6iri'V"'lndial" iThe Lords of' the .Committee ,of Council _ on, 'Education wnl "contribute a series of v examples^ illustrative of the course of instruction pursued .in,, |the Schools of Art^ in England/ which received ;asßistance;ir6m. Governmerit, in 38 frame's." J.ThJir Lordships express their pleasure in contributing, [arid their entire concurrence *n the opinion as to 'the very great value ?6f such exhibitioris asfthe one •to be held'iri New Zealand. Further applications ihave been made through. Mr. Morrison for 4000 'square feet additional of floor room, and 2950 feet hanging space. This class of goods "to be from ! ateam machinery" to manufactures, all of very ■ character." \ By proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, of Saturday, 30th July, the forms for taking the 'triennial census are to. be delivered by the subtenumeratore, at the dwelling-houses in their respective sub-districts, Between .the fourteenth of November and the, first-of December, both days ' included, of this year, an'd^xe-received on the 2nd December, .or as.Boan afterwards as possible.

We observe from our. Bluff telegram that the operations for the raising of tho Scotia off the rock, .will bo proceeded with to-day, and if all goes right, that she will be floated off to-inorrow-or Monday. '.:.■; . ■': / ' T "We are informed by Detective Thomson, who has just returned: from a flying visit to the various settlements about Stewart's Island, that a three-masted schooner-, of 200 tons, named the " Jqlmßullock,'V was successfuly launched about noon on Tuesday last, at the upper end of Patterson's Jnlet ; and the .occasion being regarded, as an important event in/the history.of Stewart's Island, Tfrhale boats continued to arrive on the scene from noon of .the pi'evious day, bringing residents (both old and young) from all parts of the Island. The' schooner just launched is said to be by far the largest yet buil^here, or in the province, to which it now' belongs. She is the property of Messrs. Bullock, saw-mill proprietors at Patterson's Inlet, and is built especially for the timber trade, having stowage for about 105,000. feet of sawn timber. Mr. Thomson states that upwards of 100 men are employed by Messrs. Bullock in connection with, their two saw-mills, which are three miles apart, and they turn out on an. average about 12,000 feet 'of- sawn stuff per day. All hands were granted a holiday on the day of the launch, and the weather proving as favorable as could be desired, the sixteenth of August, 1864, was quite a gala day for the islanders, and dpubtiess will be long remembered by them in after years; when the work of settlement in Stewart's Island is something different from what it is at the present time. The WaTcatip Mail, of 17th inst., reports very encouragingly of mining affairs at the head of the Lake, and recommends this district as well worthy a trial by all those dissatisfied with their present claims. The only item.of_impertan«6 fo«m Maori Point is the/ large, return recently gat out of Barrett's claim.- For four day*' work the party washed out 127 ounces of geW. The river had fallen very much, and' many parties had entered on their claims i again. The Niagara claim, on the Arrow, had fellen in, and incurred serious loss to the owners." " • . / y ■*■■.- The following is the state of H. M. Gaol, Invercargiil, for the. week ending 19th inst : — Sentenced to hard iabor, 17 ; imprisonment only, 1 ; committed , for trial before Supreme Court, 2 ; debtors, 5 5 lunatics, 5 ; total, 30. Received during the week, 3; discharged, 4j decrease for the ■reek, 1. A gentleman, lately a resident in Inyercargill, "but now in Picton, writes in the following terms to a friend here : — "This is not the place people imagine by any means. I was never so sold in going anywhere, as in coming here. There is very little doing, and there will .be less. However, there is a chance of the place improving, provided gold be struck heavy, and there are numbers of parties prospecting in every direction. Some good gold is being got at Deep Creek, but it will only last, at furthest, six months. JRttmor is constantly busy with accounts of new rushes and gold brought in and sold by dark parties, who will not say where it was procured. "Whether to believe or not, I don't know, as, owing to the nature of the country, parties could work for ever, and not be discovered unless by accident ; but lam rather inclined not to believe in them. Th« diggers are leaving, and many whom I knew in . Victoria, and can depend on, say this is this is the wrong place. Those who are in a business do a little, and keep on trusting for a new rush, or else can't leave, having spent what tin they had. . On the whole it is a poor, mean place, and the' only thing in its favor is the climate, and that can'tf be surpassed. ' Should , anything occur to alter my opinion of this Province, I shall immediately write you, and you may depend on what I say being correct." . A meeting to promote the formation of an Auxiliary Bible Society for Southland, took place on Thursday evening, in the We«2eyan Church. His Honor, Dr. Menzies, Rev. Messrs. Sfcobo, Shaw, Bethune, Tanner, Searle; and Messrs. Bonar, Tarltpn, and.Eerkina.were .present, -and took part in the proceedinge. After His Honor had announced' the business of the meeting, and made some remarks on the great benefits resulting from the establishment of Bible Societies, the Rev. Mr. i Shaw moved the following resolution : — " That an Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society be established, to be called ' The Southland Auxiliary Bible Society.' " The Eev. Mr. Tanner seconded the resolution, and Mr. A. Bonar spoke in its support. The Eev. Mr. Stobo moved the Becond resolution, as follows : — " That this meeting recognises the obligation resting upon all Christians to aid in the distribution of the Word of God, and pledges itself to united effort on the behalf of the Society, to earnest prayer for the Divine assistance and blessing." He said there were two objects dear to every Christian man, and especially every Christian minister — Ist. That every one should be able to read the Bible : and 2nd, that every one should have a Bible to read. There were two hopeful circum- j stances in connection with the present meeting, being corresponding circumstances to those which arose leading to the formation of the parent society. The first was that this auxiliary wa9 being originated from a belief in the actual necessity for such an institution ; and the second, that the movement is entirely Catholic. He would take this for a motto— 'The Word of God for the people, and the people for the Word of God.' The liev. C. Searle seconded, and Mr. Perkins supported the resolution. The following committee was then appointed to carry out the views of the meeting, viz. — President, . His Honor the Superintendent ; Treasurer, Alexander Bonar, Esq. j Secretary, W. Russell, Esq. ; and Messrs. Tarleton, Bout, Harnett, Perkins, Yule, Ross, Watson, South, White, and the clergy of the various denominations in town ex qfftcio. A vot<?of thanks to His Honor for presiding concluded the proceedings, and the meeting terminated. A decision of some importance was given on Wednesday last, by the Resident Magistrate, H. M'Culloch, Esq., in the case of Murdoch v. Roebuck. It was, as previously reported, an^ action to recover the value of a bowling alley' restricted to come within the jurisdiction of the Court to £100. The evidence brought to bear on the case was taken down on the previous day, and after the counsel on either side had addressed the Court, the magistrate reserved judgment till the following morning (Wednesday), The arguments on the defendant's side were to the effect that the bowling alley, walls and roof, were put up as accessory to the floor, which, by agreement, had been decided upon as a trade fixture, and liable to be removed. The plaintiff's counsel combatted the arguments of his learned friend, and maintained that a bowling alley was not absolutely a trade fixture in the business of an hotel. The defendant had been keeper of the hotel, and not the proprietor of a bowling alley. He contended that the building could not be removed. The Magistrate ruled that the defendant could not look upon the alley as an accessory to his trade, and had, therefore, no right to remove it. He gave judgment for £80 and costs. In the Civil Service Estimates for the current year, we observe from a home journal the following item, viz., — " Schooling and return to New Zealand of Wif cmi Repa, £200." We learn from the London Examiner that Mrs Goring, a sister of the notorious Major Yelverton, resides in New Zealand. _The gallant (?) Major himself is reported to be in Australia. Latest 'northern advices inform ua that the diggers, numbering 300, on the Buller and MataMtaki diggings, on the West Coast of Nelson, are doing welL The news fronvthe Grey River are not so favorable as the previous accounts warranted us in expecting. ' : Messrs. Dabymple and' Co. have been the succeisful tenderers for the erection of the new post office, in Dunedin. It is to be built of stone from Oamaru, and the expense will-be £22,960. ■■- The Oamaru stone is said to very much resemble the Bath etone, in England.