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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 August 1864, Page 2

" -~-:i m'i^iV.'i, el' 070G& A special meeting of^the-Towmßoard W»|f held 4a!s't eveniiig, c to take into "consideration J 'tne "advisability of making* pro\ Lsion 'for liquidating the . * debt of Messrs. H^lVand^facdpnald, * (^nj^c^jtaj^After ca^idei»Me;_isc_Bsion_bn th» ' financial condition of trie Board, in which, several • members repudiated! €he principle of_ per--/pjial „ liibih^jymit;.;: ' was's Iresolyed& stliat^ a megtingf <j-be « . cbnvenedri. fo^i-td-mbWow^ Weriing (under the provisiona,of_trie Town Board Ordinance) to authorise., trie, immediate-v. collection, of the amended Toira rate-.- _l KriarioiaJ~Corin_ittee, oonsisfcingr-j oorf r .Me, 8818 -, Lumsden . livesey, and Reynolds'w-ti alao"appbiritedr^ *' " .if. .iO

We have received reliable information triat paygbliibastbe^ln found within a mile and and a .M&i of Mr. Rbgerelhoriiri*tation?oi^^?!Ma Trie gully in w,hich trie discovery was made is about twenty ! fe'et' wtde, of considerable length, and runs into" trie Mataura. Trie first gold was, obtained on lptriinst., and^irieeCtlStiime reverall parties ri^ve been at, workj^making good wages. ! Triere are three feet of wasridirt, and only two of stripping/ The surrounding country has every! appearance -of beinff auriferous.?"/* ";. j . \l\\ ; j -I .<*?. •; f\. "V ? V/'.-._4._A..r'.*.S- }. ■"' We observe that it is announced? to. v giyo^anamateur, concert to-morrow night, in the Mechanics' Institute, in aid of trie Cburch pfrEpgland funds. f> ; : i 'jlJast'-igri.;' 'm'ore^riaririniavorage: riouse asgenibled at trieTrieatrp ßoya! pn/-trie loccasion of ; Miss '-Hetta 1 Fleniing's farewell benefit. Trio open- , "i_g'-i ' piecb ''• '■ Arsis I iri.e , I pppuhvr, ;>,: melq-drama" " of -- " __e*_teaft r bf MitUotlnan/^a dramatised" versbfi" Ijof "Sir. Walter- Scott's _fihbui J tele of | that -name: ,jeanie r X>ean3^yfti.a .-personated"' by Miss Elbise.- --'; Ju_o;to,perfectioni her 3 fresh' arid natural Scottish 'iicceri^beiiig^spmething iwhicri -is- seldom to be the stage; witri the JDuke. 'of'Argtjle and Qjueeti\Caroline was peculiarly well played, arid gave : the"^eatest; satisfaction to the aridierice.^ri^sßjCassyiMattriewsfappeftred as! the !^Q«eenl t n _fo^]Haygar,th played the part of ■ Fffie's ) father, ondLthje^Z/aird. bY 'ibumbiedyJces found ah ' a_ msing'.eriough, r b.utj un-Scdttish, "representative , in^ ___>.{_s.'! B. , Dale; o Several amateurs took part in '-the' piayt :i Trie farce of " Nan, trie Good for Nothing," was announced.. r to conclude! the rper-. foxxo _ a C-B. ' '• -'"* ■"' | "*';.. __, f. .,..-; j :o /Ehej-following' l^paragrapri ' r frbhi . trip London ' ; 2%00ff i ..pf>: June 257bn' the 'subject- of j trie Iriterjpontanental Telegraphy' s_bulcf prove of^[interest to rpur j readers :—" The proposed' Inter-Continental Tetegraphp-wh^^ will comI'plete trie- circuits of 'trie'world, was ' rebentlyl the. subject of diseussiori'iri trie -few Tprk'Criariiber of ■.CJommerce. ilt appears that Russia/has undertaken a line of 6,000 miles, from Moscow, to the Pacific Pc«aii,;..at: : tb.e mouth, of trie Airibor, jof which r A,000': mile's, :frbm 'Mbscow to Irkutsk, are in operation, and that she has granted to Mr. P. M. Cpllinßij.of.rNe'w; York, : a cbncesßiori for triirtythree years to, exfend triis line up to and across Be_r_ig*s' , i3&aits^ arid then .through her -American territories {o f, t_e xroritier of British possesaions, Si^^ distance' ! iri all of 4^500 riiiles i that the British Government have granted a.similar privilege ' down 'trie ribrtrierri frbritier of trio United States, arid that an applicatiori, is riow pending in trier Washingtbri Congress for like, permission through that r cbuitryj trips "cpimecting the wriole : telegraphic r sysfetri 'of Europe^arid Asia witri the : telegraphic : system of America. The Chamber unanimously resolved to meiabriaiize the President and botb^Hbrises of Congress in favor of trie undertaking. Trie full completion of '., trie project may, it is alleged^ be expected Tvitbin three years. The total distance overland by way of Behfihg's . Struts', .wriicri are only thirty-nine miles wide and 160- feet" m depth, will be about 16,000 miles; and; it. .is". asserted that messages have been repeatedly .sent, during the present year, from Boston to' San FrancißCo, a distance of 3,ooo miles, .in ; two;_iinuteß." '■' ■'*; ' : issue we gave a description of the launch oftliescliooner " Johnßullpck," at Patterson's Inlet, Stewart's Island.: At that time, however, it was not discovered that a sad episode attached to the ' rejoicings: of the. day. After trie proceedings were over, and many had made too free with the enemy "that '-"-Bteals away men's brains," trie multitude betoottriemselves homewards. Among the visitors, were a party bf four men, who left in a small dingy, and; from allwe can learn, riiuch the worse for liquor, have" not been since heard of; and, from the subjoined report, it is only top probable triat they must have met witria watery grave. The ,».s.- ißuby returned from Stewart's Island on Satur,daymorhiug,andcbniniunicatedthesadintelh"gence. Mr. Samuel Taylor, manager of Messrs. Bullock's saw-mills, reports to tlie head of trie Police Department at Invercargill, as follows :— " It is my painful duty to inform you that four men have been drowned in Patterson's Inlet, somewhere about- trie Nuggets. They started from this iniliin a dmgy, andit is supposed that the boat capsized with them. The accident must have occurred somewhere between severi and eight o'clock on Wednesday evening. Myself and others riave been dragging the bay all day yesterday with four boats, but riave not been able to find the , bodies. We have two boats engaged dragging again to-clay, _6tri instant, but up to trie time of -my vmtirig rip trace .of them can be found. The boat in, wHcri, trie jUnfortunate ,men were at the 'trine of trie capsize was found amongst the kelp yesterday mbrriing. The names of the men are— David M'Xenzie, aged-50 years; James Daly, 35 years ; Joseph Hadden, 28 years ; Michael Morrison, 40 years. M'Kenzie and Morrison have eacri left a wife and child.!' ; We reprint an advertisement which appears in the London Times, 'relative to trie £3,000,000 loan:-—" -The undersigned Crown Agents for the Colonies, -acting on behalf of the Government of New Zealand, and with the sanct : on of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, >now offer trie first instalment of trie above loan, amounting to £1,000,000 sterling, to public competition by tender. The' debentures are for sums: of £500, £200, arid £100 'e'ac_, with interest cpripons attached^ redeemable in : fifty years from the 15-ri" July next, and bearing interest from the same date, ; at the rate of five per -cent, per annum, payable half-yearly,, on the 15th January and 15th July of each year.'' Both principal and interest are made payable, at the offices, of the Crown' Agent for the Colonies, in London. TeridersYin accordance with trie annexed form, Tfiirbe received by the undersigned forrtlie whole or 'any portion Of trie, loari, not being, less trian £100, until one p.m., on Tuesday, the 12th July next;'. Every 'tender should be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to "The Crown Agents for tlie Colonies, Spring-gardens, Lbn"dbri;" with tlie words, •' Tender for New Zealand 3Loan^ written, on.trie .outside; -All -the tenders received" will be opened in the presence of the -Finance Minister.rof New Zealand,* and of such. personß interested therein as may .attend at the •.offices of the- undersigned.: "precisely at 1 o'clock on trie 12lb.^p^^The' debentiires ,wiU-then be allotted to the highest bidders, provided the rates offered are not below the minimum, which will be : fixed before) the' opening '-takes- place, in.the usual manner. Tenders at a price including. a fraction of a Bhilririg r ipther tiian sixpence, --will riot be accepted j and in the event of an equality of tenders, beyond the -mount to be" issued, a pro rata disr tribution on such .tenders will be made. Five per cent. ; of trie purcbase money must be paid into tlie Bank of England as~soon as the allotment is made, ; and trie balance, in two equalportionsiwitriinteryals of 14 days between each. Tlie 'debentures will be delivered at trie 'offices of trie undersigned; in excliange for trie Bank receipts. This loan is secured . on the general revenue .of the colony of • New Zealand, wriicri, as will be "seen by trie following Btatement, is far more trian sufficient, after^prpi •■ viding for all? existing ' liabilities of trie General Government,! to defray such a charge. The Act, moreover, provides for the, annual , payment out of trie-revenue i: 'of tne colony of a ..- sum of- money equal to tlie one per cent, on trie^-'atnount 'i^wefl/fqr'trie.forriiatibriy. .imder proper., trustees, of a 1 Sriik^g l^ndjifor* i'trie finaliHquidation of trie debt:- r (Here follows a table showing the re venue, -, and"' r expenditure, for, "-., , ? four. , , years, ; : , 1860 to •1864): ; • Trie jonlyVexistingr . ; loans .; of the General Government of New Zealand are issued: under -trie; guarantee pf . the 1 ' llmperial;jGovermrien1 Imperial;jGovermrient i in 1857j" ; arid £150^000 isauedf:under:the J Bole guarantee of 'tlie Colonial r^pvemWentidn ■ ' 1861. ' The ; annrial ' charges jin respect r of ..both i 'these loans are 'included in v the ,ampri^trpf;expehditTire-abovelsta^ Tlie suvplus- ' 'revenue .(which in future will' be applicable to, trie loan ; -ripytoffered); ; has hitherto been i disposed • of annually xambng vthe several pfbvihei^ Council s ;bf r trie,C!plony. ?prirtrier riiformatiori'vvitli regard; ;to ; jtrie[financjial condition of 'trie'Colbriyj'may be iad jpn applicatipn to * the undersigned, frbm: Mioni foriris of tender may also be procured :— Penrose G. Julyan,)W. C^Sargearint, Crown Agents for the .C#lonies.:n .Offices of trie Crown Agents for trie Cotbriies, Spring-gardene, y ; Londonyi 25tri Ju_e,,,

It is notified that tenders will be received at the Superintendent's office until noon of Wednest J 24triinßt.,^for:the4onstruction-pf -addition-'. *^o tlie ' Telegraph Office, Campbelltown, and that and! specifications .may be ..seen at the Provincial Engineer'B Office. ;, A rumor prevailed in towri on Saturday triat a man* • in;>Pee-:BtTe^ iriissing, and^feara were entertained that he- might have. ..accidentally . got fiutp.^trie^Puni {Creek. ' All -ppreriension, 1 .; however,* was 'allayed ! on,- Sunday ■ evening/ when be returned home safej arid, sound. V He riadbeeh~forty miles into trie country, witri a ; dray.' ;'----.* r - ,-"^-'*';''--'-/ -.. - - j- /yyjyy '.?/ At . 4.SP,\On trie nibrning ; of • the 21st, a iriost diabolicaLattempt was made to burn down the -premises of Messrs; BeidandDSf Own, storekeepers,'' on!th.e,';Nbrth..^ad,-,r l-It-ieemiitriat Mr. Rodd on trie nigritrin, /question, shared the jbedroom of Messrs.. R^id arid;Brb^. -. He -was aro used at trie > above ! _ieritio'ne_ 'riour' by a crackling noise, accompanied by astrongsmeU' of fire,! apparently proceeding from that-part of the floor immediately berieatri.rilm], -He alarmed trie other inmates, and oh ''going outside discovered that a quantity of shiavings, saturated with oil, had been thrust under trie house '.'and set fire , to. Mr. Brownfsucceeded in^'reriioviig tlie burning mass before mucri mischief.was done to the building, but in the effort, severely burnt his arm: "' Had the .fire: remained undiscovered for a few minutes longer, notriing could have prevented the entire destruction, of . the .premises. . It is supposed that the "intention of the perpetrators of this piece of villany was torob the store durbig the. confusion caused by the conflagration. We sincerely trust, tliat' trie police may ( .... succeed in bringing trie soouhdreis to justice. We have . seldom, if ever, heard of a" worse case of arson, trie lives of trireo men'haying apparently no value in the eyes of the would be robbers. - Trie Dog Ordinance is being rigidly enforced in InvercargSl. Several parties have destroyed trieir canhie'pets^ In preference to paying the registration fee of ten shillings. It is to be hoped they will use their influence to induce their friends to follow alike course. . 1 Trie Otago JDaily Times, of trie 19thjinst'.,ghas trie followiug : — "No fewer than six young boys, the eldest of whom, could- not be rilor^ than, 15 years of age; were brought before? the; Resident Magistrate yesterday morning, charged '\vith theft. The first three, named James and William Hbwall, and James Marshall, were charged with having stolen a laboring man's tent and ; blankets. After removing the tent, they coolly pitched it within about three hundred yards of , the spot froih wliicri they had taken it, and were found hvinginit. WillliamHowall,theeldestof the three, was sent to prison for ten days, Marshall for seven days, and Jas. Howau for two days. The second three, named Edward Pinch, Harry E. Bayliss, and Daniel Thomson, pleaded guilty to Btealing a blanket. It was stated by the police that the boy Bayliss had already served a sentence bf triree months in Pentridge, and the Magistrate said he was aware that tliis boy was qidte in- , corrigible, aud bad become unmanageable by his parents'. He was sent to prison for one month, a r, .d the other two boys for two days each. In paas'ng sentence on these boys, the Magistrate regretted that he had no proper place to send them to. They were likely to beeMioo much worse in the gaol, as it was not possible in such a crowded place to make auy classification of the premiers. He had no alternative but to send fie boys to prison. The adjourned charge of criminal assa- Jt against Charles Williamson, Warden iv charge of the Upper Shotover District, was called on, and His Worship gave judgment. He considered that a prima facie case riad been made out against the defendant, and he, therefore, committed him to take his trial before the Supreme Court. The prisoner was admitted 'o bail — himself in £100, and two sureties of £50 each." In the Station Report of Messrs. Wright, Robertson and Co., of Dunedin, we find. that the Blackmount Run, in triis Province, belonging to Mr. C. W. Ligar, has changed hands for £10,000, the run consisting of 49,000 acres of country, and 4000 sheep. The purchasers are Captain Brown and Mr. Stewart. Trie following interesting notice of a recent very important change in the law of partnership in England, proposed to be made by a Bill now before Parliament, will be interesting to men of business. We quote from the City article of the Times : — The Partnership Amendment Bill, which passed its second reading last night in the House of Commons, proposes to afford tp commercial houses the facilities which, in almost every other part of the world, are enjoyed under the commandite system. It provides that any person may place a specific sum of money in a firm, and become a partner with liability limited to the sum: thus embarked. Such limited partner, however, is to refrain from all participation in the conduct of the business, any departure from prohibition is to render him forthwith liable as a general partner. He is also to become -liable if he allow Eis nam's to appear in the title of the firm. He is to be entitled from time to time to examine the books, in order to ascertain the amount of the profits or losses, and after his withdrawal from the partnership he is not to be liable for any debts except such as wero contracted previously to such withdrawal. In constituting a limited partnership trie following particulars will have to be furnished wk^hin fifteen days to trie' Registrar of Joint Stock Companies : 1. The full name and place pf business of each partner, and whether he be a general or limited partner. 2. The nature of the business, and the place or places at which it is to be carried on. 3. The name of the firm in which.: the business is to be conducted. 4. The amount to be lent by each limited partner, and the -time or times at which it is to be repaid. Trie dissolution of a limited partnership is to take place at the date fixed for trie repayment of trie money, or on the death or bankruptcy of one or more of trie general partners. The partnership _iay be 'renewed on a fresh registration, and also the sum originally embarked may be increased by a further loan on fresh registration. Any clerk or servant may, under this Act, be allowed to Bhare profits without incurring the liability of a partner; but, except that he will, unless a stipulation be made to the contrary, be entitled to ascertain trie amount of profit^, lie is not thereby to acquire any of trie rights of a general partner.- The regiater books of all limited partnerships are to be open for inspection at the office of ; trie Registrar. The Bill likewise provides that partnerships may hereafter sue in the name of the .firm. . These provisions merely remove liabilities "which ought never to riave existed. So far from "there 1 being 'anything immoral or against the public welfare iri loans being made to commercial persons in consideration of receiving, a fair share of the' profits wluch ' ar.e realized .trirpugri their agency, it is a most natural arrangement, and a law which prohibits such loans, unless they are coupled wdtri; a condition that the lender shall become liable to- the whole extent of his fortune,. is inconsißtent with every principle of commercial freedom.':, At the same time that ;it prevents i persons, who. are entitled to support and encouragement ' froih obtaining aid that would otherwise be: accorded to them ; it leaves trie field open to. unscrupulous adventurers, who will pay any- fixed pterins, however , preposterous, and assign any security within trieir reach, to get 'whatever sums triey may desire. Trie result is, that, when .a- break-up; occurs, parties' who have maaVtrieseloaris are found to have absorbed trie best portion; of trie assets, and to riave made exorbitant profits, and no loss, .while if the transaction riad been as nb^ proposed, on the principle of sharing profits/ trie whole assets would havebeen divided among, the ( general creditors, and the lenders would, not have received, a farthing until tho creditors bad had '20s. in the pound. Another 'feature, hdwever,lof the existing system is, that, it strimUates the harpies, who furnish. ,means to unscrupulous persons to^ encourage a course of reck-: . -lessMsTT^Kereas,lf trie" lender was interested in a division of jfOnest lie would riave. every motive for keeping vigilant watch, and to encourage respectability and prudence on trie part of those to whom he had committed his funds. The .business^ atl the- Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday was. of a very trumpery character, and r pf rl interest, to trie, general public

The next of the series of evening, 'lectures Vibe delivered this evening, in St. 5 Paul's schoolroom, corner of J)ee -and Leet: streets'," by " "Dr. J. F. Deck. He lias chosen as a subjecb— " Oxygen as an active agent," and will illustrate his lecture by a series of experiments. . We would particularly draw the. [attention ?~oC stockowners.to; the fact triat cattle-stealing is on the, increase in the Province. Warrants are now, in the hands of trie police for the apprehension of two offenders in .cases .of this kind. Itis trie duty of any ono missing cattle, to lose no time in communicating with the. police, as the chances of capturing the theives are thereby, materially increased. The "Slaughter-house Ordinance," which rproj vides for the registration of trie ; brarids, &c,i. of 'cattle^ slaugritsredS'wiU'be'fburid; of great service in checking the spread of "tliis evil." j ;!"' M-_ M A gentleman who has just returned from a visit .to the" BlufF, informs lis triat in r thise days of enlightenment, the inhabitants '.triero have had the privilege of attending divine service by-clergy--men only tliree times during the past eight months! There is a church there, so it is evident that the Campbelltown people are riot the stumbling blocks; and it is -a- matter of surprise to {many bow . service, on ■ alternate Sabbaths, if not on every. Sabbath day, should not be performed. Tlie population of the township is pretty large, besides ; wliich, there are hundreds of people; along the line of railway, and within walking distance of Campbelltown, who would be benefitted" by a different state "of matters. From all we can learn, 'the people themselves are willing. Can a niinister not be found ? In illustra- , tion of the feeling of mariners visiting the Bluff, our informant remarks tliat at trie breakfast table on Sabbath morn : ng| last, the i master of a vessel asked if there was a minister stationed there. The reply he received was in the negative; upon wliich he exclaimed, iri surprise, triat trie Bluff was trie only port he had ever visited where he had not found a minister! Where such a siate of matters exists, blame must necessarily attach itself to one party or the other. Who is to blame in tho present case ? We regret to intimate that up to this time no intelligence has reached us respecting the safety of one of the lighters wliich left Invercargill wharf ten days ago, for the purpose of assisting in the raising of the s.s. Scotia. It is to be feared that unless the men had got in safety over to Stewart's Island, that both lighter and men must have gone down. That this is the case seems most probable, as the Ruby, on its return from Stewart's Island, on Saturday, brought no tidings of them.