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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 333, 28 December 1860, Page 3

Death bt Drowning.—A correspondent of the New Zealander, Dee. 12, thus writes:— Dr. Thompson, in bis " Story of New Zealand," says, that about the year 1842 deaths by drowning were so frequent that the colonists got to call this manner of death a natural one. In the same passage he alludes to medical men giving up their profession and turning storekeepers, &c, but omits to state whether the said medical-men-storekeepers ever used their scientific information to endeavor to reousitate the apparently dead by drowning. The levity and singularity of the passage I allude to caused me to inquire of old colonists if such a thing as restored animation ever happened here, and I am informed that such a thing has never been known. Surely there is something wrong if suoh is the case ! Medical men in Auckland need not now turn storekeepers ; it appears the £ s. d. can be obtained by the legitimate practice of their profession. I hope I am misinformed; but if not, I must say I think our medical men are peculiarly unfortunate or . These remarks are occasioned by the death by drowning, this day, of a much respected young man; but as I am unacquainted with the facts of the oase, I do not wish to imply any censure to the medical man, or men, who have been called to this particular case. My remarks are general, and I believe express the feeling of a great number of my fellow citizens. Green Paper.—The Royal Engineers have received orders from the War Department nolonger to permit greea paper to adorn the walla of officers' quarters, and of other Government buildings. In some countries on the Continent* the police are stringent in refusing permission to decorators of the beautiful tints now brought out in this favorite color; and the attention of our own authorities has been drawn to it, from, the circumstance of medical men being called upon to treat officers for complaints, to account for the contraction of which they were completely at a loss. It is said that a gallant colonel of Woolwich, who breeds and keeps a large stock of choice canaries, was greatly annoyed in finding the most valuable birds drooping and dying by threes and fours at a time. At length his family being attacked repeatedly by throat and mouth complaints, apparently caused by arsenic, it was suspected that the deleterious substance was evaporated by the heat of the room from tha green paper on the walls; and this suspicion proving, on examination, to be well founded, the order above alluded to wu promulgated for future observance. Mr. Sewell—£Boo a-year.—This gentleman after opposing the Ministry all the session, has accepted office under that Ministry.—The following from the Government Gazette : —Colonial .^taryVOffioe, Auckland, Dec. 6, IB6o.—Hia ; ; &lleocy the Governor has been pleased to api^Ki Henry Sewell, Esq., to be Registrar-Genei V>f Land, under the "land. Registry Act, l&.V'-E* W» STAgKtfHH