CANTERBURY.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 3

CANTERBURY.

Inquest.-^-An- inquest was.'hei&.on Tueßclay^ October 23rd, at Bruce'sHbtej^Akaroa, before-1 F. Watson, Esq., T&-M'; and a'highly 'reapectable jury on the' 'body of. Maldploi McKinnon, -who:, md committed,suicide by hanging : ;;himse,l£ on * he previous: Sunday, at his Statiop/Island; Bay,; From the' evide'ngfl'pf GathisVinel McKinnoo, the, daughter (if the'deceased, Mi*. the ne T jhe^pi^ev^eceasißpi, ; au^Mt'James Wright, it appeared that: the deceased was a man pf violent temperi andhhad 'repeatedly threatened tp ake bis own life and that of othersjof his family." Chel witnessed^seated...tbeir,'belief^that the de-' ieased was not ,aLways;of saneimindi' The|tiry eturned a verdict to the effectthat the deceased iestroyed himself whilst'femporafily insane.^''- 3

Show of ; &rcfcK r^ Riccarton.—GoUfltBarton Farrn,jsituate4.:in the above locality, was ■>n Monday last the centre of attraction^ hotCKaly^tb ourselves, but to^mkray' other gentlemen; resident in and about Christchu'rch. V^..^R.;j Cator.Esq., the; present .lessee, ; hayjng |nyited; ari'idspectibn -of-sbrnV ybung stock afpijesen't d^- ; (lasturing: pn this: p/bpjsr ijfi , iand ; which the: .itfspring of «* Peer '* ; aud JoAer. thorough^ br|<| |ijo'rsesiV ,Weigjadly obeyed,;tbe courteous Jinvi- - ation'; and after a most'kindi?efceptipii('by 6ur. worthy hosti and doing-ample justice" to; th;#' many good things that in the True spirirofi 01d H]nglißh-:hdspitalfty,it;he- had? provided for! 'his. liLUnierous gu'e'Bts,..'wa'p'roceeded; under his jguid^ncfl itonthe lowerpaddoik! wherebtheji ajtockin questiqdt were ;assembkdi"' They-;1 consisted •ot; tenl fd'alsi s;iX;;of. which .'claimed the1'", peer*: ;aa; ''fn'eip ■'f(tre.^''a! nd[ ) '' were .'..^ißtiiiguisbable.'r.'.fpr their; beauty! size,'aibdi action;;, of the other four, pne ; _we noticed in .particular, a fiily, -got by Cossack: (owrt,; i; bro|;beri tp, t - Zoe, .late .winner of thte, , 4.u.stral\an ,C|oiampipnf jStake^ f Qutfpf; the iwweir,J r , orjed'^Qare.? Its,jbigli,descent was,detected1 at a,, glance,, and divided the suffrages of the cpmpal'j^' between- herself1 fand^ two beautiful foafs',' the progeny of Peer. One of these is the ipropeTty of ;C,apt. £C.ip^J and such |ooii•:.:' fidence Jias,. its jpwnej; in it^fu^urerpeffqrmances-/ :thafc hef has auth^y|sd(l ujl,t*'o stg,tej.tßat jbej will j be prepared to matcblltV.wtien~!tbree...]rears| old,v agajns.t any. of the same family foaled this season. Wenextproceeded ; t6'p^y;qur.^ ffiW received us very good, humoure'dlyjtjan^jftg ■ far.'^qiu'|judgmeriVgoes,'-is certainly one ojf th<a handsomest horses ever imported iuto any colony. •, After a further inspection ? of Mr. :Cator's ;w^ll, a/rknged farm,^'- we 4 returned homo; pleased with;'ali! w^ad ; seen^,.^nd fully jcpn-! L*^ibc'ed "I(l^Buch^ajls 1 ,I)e r ' : a' pndjd and pjrofi't to this Province; bati< weibcannpt ..help adding that great oversight "isI'committed, in, while taking such care td; iinb6rt!:b i o^ l!'blii j t first jolass' horses, bo little atteaiion^^ titeMand quality of mares, and uatilrthiaJs done We sha^^be/a4ong^'way!oEperfe'ctldti:^'*S'tefltfflj•dl.'^i!l

;■■':•■.;(.:■'■>';;.■ ,;'-^ rmtU.-.i ■ ■■>>■ '■ -"■'■■■■" , : The^Melbourne Argus says.the Greatlßritain, steam-? ; ship, ,tgc>k; fter. departure Jtqnt Hyson's, Bay bji^rjlime?*.lo.ruG.Qli'.aniJi I&yevpcibl^a lull. ship. Shf car- , riea^liS-pasgengers and 119,000 ozs. of gold—nearly' half,^ million sterling! ■• •.-■■■u2-7 i .>>'>*■ RE7/'PrBRT)NTEr;=TA^ ilengtlii^o'vfifr peikiiidpiAki tWMvtWtyopte bas,j been compelled to ceaße from .iactjye dut^.! He )preached/his last sermon in Haworth ChurcEon i»^y>sttod,2l«t:J^y*^We-bulievelhat4hfrilev*>Mi'«4fi--coljji'husbandioft Charlotte; Bronte ;(CuiirerßeU),j vill;