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Southland Times, Issue 1298, 26 August 1870, Page 2

In the Auckland Tomahawk there is a good cartoon on the millions loan. The Colonial Treasurer is standing at a table, piled with money-bags. Around are expectant dogs, bearing the names of the provinces, Otago appearing in the i foreground a ferocious bull-dog. The Treasurer, is .presenting a bag to the Superintendent of Auckland, who holds -up his hands- deprecatingly, while beside him is the " Auckland" .dog, in l suppliant posture, hat in hand. The legend is : Mr GKllies — •" Throw money 1 to the dogs ! ~ I'll -none 'of it." Auckland dog— " Hold hard, Mr Super, I want my whack." !«."• '-'■ The Wellington "Evening Post says :— lt is commonly supposed that the whereabouts of Titokowaru is no mystery to a number of people, both European and Maori, on the West Coast. He is living, it ia said, quietly, in the Upper Waitara, with a small number of adherents, not being ablein his present reduced circumstances to maintain a large retinue ; while, since the withdrawal of the Ngatipqrous from Waihi, fears are beginning to be entertained that he may draw together the straggling Hau-haus now hanging about the out. skirts of the settled country, and again commence murdering and pillaging. At the same time we hare a highly-salaried Native Commissioner residing- at no great distance who professes to have great influence over the natives for the exercise of which we pay him. Why cannot he prove his" influence either by inducing the professed friendlies in Titokowaru's neighborhood to give him up, or go himself and secure him before he gathers strength ? . .. V .': ' The usual weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society- was held on the 22nd inst., Mr W. P. Porter in the chair. The members displayed an unusual amount of interest in, and appreciation of, £he subject under discussion, viz., " The Franchise." The leader detailed minutely his belief, and illustrated his position by reference to Southland government.. He opposed manhood suffrage, and the enfranchisement of women, advocating the adoption- of ; 'the ballot, and restricting the qualification of - t electors to those who pay £5 rental. In the home country, under that reptal, they were unworthy of-it, ( and it was imprudent to allow them to have a vote, because they 'would sell their right. The majority were in favor of oircumscribing the operations of women to the homestead ; and the ballot was the approved system of voting. Some very cosent reasoning ' was adduced.' to rebiutt the " limited immunity" arguments. New Zealand was represented by very little over a half of its number of inhabitants. In the formation of a new colony, -sayby HO' or 60 persons, would " one man be excluded because he had, only ss, Jv^th; jequal intelfi-" gence to the others, though they had 15s ? If (t waa the?right of every man to have a vbice in'the I government of hfs country, why deprive him qt

it, on the bare supposition that he will sell his privilege ? This non-enjoyment of the franchise by the one, because he might sell, should also cause the disenfranchi3ement of the other, who would buy. Might not the very bulwarks of (ireat Britain and our own country be contained in the proscribed ? The subject for next Monday evening wiU be 'lLprd Byron." The entertainment provided by the. Lancashire Bellringers has been well, patronised since; the ojjfer^ing night. ..The programme has; been varied each successive evening, and, ifVe&eto judge by ; the applause accorded, the audience have been highly pleased with the performance. Indeed, it^ appears wonderful how so much excellent. music can bs discoursed by .such apparently simple -mean 9i iJ; 4Co a keen* observer it be'comes' obvious that a long coarse of training must have been undergone, added to the possession on the part of each performer of a natural taste for music, before manipulation of the bells could be made to produce such results. The correctness with which difficult pieces of music are rendered is something to be really admired, and we would recommend those of our readers who have not yet patronised the entertainment by all means to do so, as a treat of no-common kind awaits them. The singing of Mr Daniels is above the average. 1 His fine rich voice and distinct articulation are well? T worth hearing, and tiia action in some familiar songs fairly carries his audience withhim t the result being that nothing short of another appearance allays the storm of applause at the finish of each song. On this head we would reaiark that; "a correspondent liaa, jWrittqn to \va t 'complaining of the demonstrativeness with which this is done, and we must confess that a little less noise would add to the enjoyment of a large portion; off the. audience. An annoying practice ' which" some have of " keeping time " with their feet is -likewise deserving of censure, and we trust that it will be less porsistently persevered in. The performances conclude every evening with; a laughable farce, which Bends the audience home in the height of good humor. It will be seen that the company propose performing in Eiverton on Monday and Tuesday next. , In a lecture on " Catching Cold," delivered by Dr Symes Thomson, at Gresham College, the pro* fessor cxplaimed by means of drawings the effect produced on the system by an attack of catarrh. : The minute vessels of the nose, throat, and chest become surcharged with blood, and if this congestion be' not relieved, inflammation ensues, and - ultimately derangement of structure For prevention of cold there is nothing like acoldlath every morning ; "it trains the vessels of the skin to ' risi vigorously into renewed action after the" application of a. .chill." Hot rooms should be avoided, the skin protected with warm 'clothing, and when the temperature of the air is between 32 deg. and 40 deg. Fahrenheit (which is the condition of atmosphere most liable to produce catarrh) a generous but careful diet should be adopted. . For . cure, the Turkish bath, or an ordinary vapor bath, is most efficacious ; but the action of the bath should be. supplemented by the administration of meat stimulants. Dr Thompson highly recommends Whitehead's solid essence of beef for this purpose, as it contains the gelatinous as well as the fibrinoug properties of the ; flesh ; and he cited a remarkable instance of the restorative powers of the preparation. A cupful of beef tea made from the. soh'd. essence,- .administered on the very day when he delivered his lecture, had in ten minutes diffused a steady warmth through the system of a patient who had been brought to the Bromptcn Hospital cold, -pulseless, and apparently on the brink_of the grave. Dr Thompson concluded by warning his hearers that colds, unlike eruptive fevers, the more frequently they recur, the more frequently they may be expected. Mr Macrorie will sell this day,- at the Galloway Arms Hotel, East Road, household furniture, dairy cows, "bullocks, implements, dray, Ac, without reserve. , . Mr John Hay, formerly of Dunedin, lias been appointed editor of the Wellington Independent. The second annual report of the Inspector in Bankruptcy has been published. The number of adjudications made during the year ending 30th November, 1869, has been 520, showing an increase in number over the previous year of' about 75 per cent. Of these 360 did not exceed £300 in liabilities. Canterbury stands highest in the list, and Otago next. Three-eighths of the bankrupts are drawn from four classes of the community — hotelkeepers, 64; farmers, 49; storekeepers, 46 ; and miners, 35, the .remainder belonging to 112 callings. It appears from a statement in the report that a larger number of . bankrupting takes place in New Zealand with a "population of 250,000 than in Scotland, with a population of over 3,000,000.