THE Thames Advertiser WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1874 .

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1859, 8 July 1874, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1874 .

;Thb scandals of the Native Department ;are beginning to create a large amount \oi attention' meiHbws 'of the ! General Assembly, and there appears jto be a reasonable hope that , some : good .may arise, fromine-recent-disciis-(sion of the question which has taken | place in this province. But we fear ithat the members ( rwill; preI pared to g6 to the'root of tKe evil, and jby refusing to grant money for the de- | partment, except forispeoific purposes to I be named in the Estimates, at once put a ! stop to the bribery and corruption | wHich' "are CT r 'so e j ' ek 66 n 8 ivel y"'practised 5 among us. In a recent, speech, in the Provincial Council 1 ! 3lr"RkileJ i btfo ,,J of the members for the Waikato, gave a number of instances .where bribes were given to the natives in a manner which can only make.them despise the Native Departtaerii;, alad ! 'everyone' with it. We could, of our own knowledge, add some instances quite as bad as any of tho.-to - enumerated :by Mr Roche, but we see no hope of the I scandals being brought before the General Assembly, unless a select com=mittee is Appointed, wUb'full pojyer to icall for persons and papers.. The I Wellington correspondent of the j'Cross/ in -writing :1 on the business llikely to come before the Assembly, jsp.eaka as follows .of native, jmatters:^.

: As far as I can make out, native matters are jlikely to occupy a good deal of attention duripg jthe session. The stoppage of themain'mdbeitween Palmerston aucTßull's, in this province, laud the impending trial of the well-known ' Alexander Macdonald for shooting one of Cobb !«nd Co.'!s coach hbrae'j'ou 'the'niaiii'roadi and jowing to the . same difficulty, must very soon j engage the attention of the house. " The settlers {in the district unanimously blame the Native !Minister aud General Government, but, as far as jl can make out; somewhat unjustly.' However, jthe fact remains that the Maoris are masters of jthe situation, and that a road which cost the ; province £15,000 to make (out of the proceeds jof the sale,of jthe : Waugaaui .Bridge)-ia now jrendered'iijeless' to the public', 1 owing 'to the ; natives having blockaded it. This causes great public inconvenience, as the coaches and all : travellers [have to make.a detour of jUp'wards'of "eleven miles.' Altogether, "I fancy that' there will be a good deal of native talk before the ' session is over. . A motion recently brought for* :ward in ■ your• Provincial' Council] '-'and the ■ speech which accompanied it from, I think,-Mr Roche, have attracted some attention down here, and we are to be referred to.. The land ; purchase scandals also will probably cause some talk, and 1 hear rumours of a certain ex-Premier I, in onslaught on the"'Qovernmeni in connection with" a reported sale of some large blocks of confiscated land in your province to a party of speculators, j said to.be-connected-with.a.well known local i monetary institution.

The latter part of the paragraph probably refers to a large section of country near Cambridge, of some 40,000 acres in was'long ago purchased from tbio Government, and which ia now being drained. The price was, we believejlffive Shillings per acre, and at the time the purchase was made it was not regarded as a very advantageous !• bnfc,.* but' 'sihce-i the Yalue of laud has greatly increased. We confess,:that.we r,do not care how soon the' entire "country is in the hands .of private persons, and out of the power of both the Government and . the natiyes,* vWe ahall'then iee thecountry 1 bpenfed and the land offered for sale, but at present the Government neither seemed disposed to buy the land themselves nor permit private persons to acquire it. They obtained a large loan by the sanction of the House, ( and pledged themsolves to spdnd ; it 1 acquiring 'a : landed estate for this and other provinces, but so far they seem to have, squandered ; sums in' acquiring' Mi\l'pitches' of worthless m

The "recognised organ of the Catholic party/inlhis'.colotiy, the A New Zealknd .Tablet/ professes to be well informed on Auckland matters;' and tin its last issue published two letters from correspondents iii this ! 'province on the Education Bill which recotttly came before the Provincial Council. Of course we can only look* for a general i 'sjptem qt

education, from a sectarian journal like the Tablet,' and from those who contribute to its columns. The writers, however, in their zeal for the Catholic cause, make■; attacks upon a public man whiclithey ; are scarcely justified in doing. In reference to the Education Bill we are told that-—

This Bill, like the former one, denies all justice to Catholics. It compels them to con* tribute to the support of schools to which they cannot in conscience send their children, and withholds from them any share of the educational funds of the Province. At the close of the , debate, Mr JV Sheehan, the head of tho Provincial Government, " being a Catholic, thought it necessary to make some -apology; for b'einginstrumerital' in ; oppressing 'a rfd insulting his co-religionists. " He said. his" instincts were witH'theinV biit' his sense of "r^ht''or justice compelled him'to go with the Secularists; It occurred to me - that: there 'was one way in fhich he might, prevented his Jnstinc.ts : donflrctibg'witH his sease of justice. 1 & might have adopted Mr'Forsters iprihciplej and given both Secularists and Denominationalists fair pjay.; jMr Sheehp's.notiqns;;pf tju3tice. mustibe very peculiar and : • ; the grace to admit, howeyer;' and it is a very important admission withi reference to the future of this! i question', ! -J that':. 5 .-the 1 Denominations had strong claims on the educational funds at the dispdsal-iof .the' 'Government,,' Yet '- the admission does not come with' ; good grace. It has been estortedlfrom him by the ■force* of - public;opinion/ at ithei'closo^of. debate. V'" ' '

_ -Another correspondent* sainS issue, in '\yritingjof the supporters of the bill,.remarks £ '' On.^the? other, sid9;.was a ; mfltley crojvdjiand' . among them lam sorry to say was seen, on,e,; • -Catholicjra stray,aheep .from the •Cathplic.fbld; •ifM r Sheehan. It; "must (to,,- . the. real' Catholic body of • AuoklandT^pri ra - ■of thisjcolony —rto.:^ ee 2 a. Catholic. ; gentiemaa<;ia ;■>' the position of Mr "J. Sheehan ; this occasion^; He is ; .-.dastroy^dathplic sohoqla iu:concert i; mth.\Mr, B^id) ; of ; the ; - \wjfw-pi■ i:who) .has. ppr^itted,'his" journalLto'be jaada, tile, aspersions on°tte Cathqlics'.ofj ■ the whole .British .Empire. .iMr .Sheehan and ; he are indeed a noble,pair of brothers,. We' r dci ' hope' fcha(; j jsuch' T atfcacka ; as :' theie : ffn'th'e ? chamcter6ifa public'man, on account of his religion, will be discountenanoedj ■ -andi we' are much surprised tp see them published. According ''to 'the' dictum'here laid, down a man ceases. - v be $~ Catholic when he support ;ajseoulari sysfcem! r of / education,^o.Vv "*« ~ 1 ia >.

.\yfeiA V -i-===. ' 7 i;,'.'. ■■■ •iW.'iJil;. for' tfie''d6spatch of Dull 'up 'to' ent 1 ~ : had beyond',merely formal matters. The debate .on theaddrejs in reply was fixed to come I flrahamstown• -escaped .whatmight yihave i proved a yery serious conflagration on Monday |nighty ,pr..early,,yesterdaycorning, -.when-, the'"S .one of the rooms of • tile British ; Empire'.Hotel, corner,eF Owen';arid J Abrafidiii | lojind, on', fire,', 'It!; appears 1 that - :shortly after the Servanti retiredio'rest 'onefof' jthem heard a footstep coming'up' stairs.' This ! was nothing unusual, as one of the lodgers [niided''Johb Cleave 'und'the proprietor of the i hotel, were working night shifts in the Dauntless ;tribute, and;,the; sorvant supposed- theywere retjirning liqme. She called out to them Jo — shut the : door,'and took no more notice." Shortly" af^rwrardi : Me'sara Sawyer/(the proprietor)'and ! Cleave returned to the'hoW; a"dd"Mr CleaveV on entennghis'bed-room;found the olothea "ou fire,; Jb appeared as <if'a'lighted',match ; had been • thrown > on - the .ire "bad j penetrated three blankets, bus -'had not broken' iout into"a blaze;/before ittwai discovered. It |is difficult to account for the occurrence in any ' other way than that some acquainted | with-the premises' Had entered the room for • ! thievish;-purposes,'- and : 'being- disturbed; - had : hastily] Iretreated, "-thtowing > down: -thevmatch :whioh'.!:h6'heldi'in''hi3'''hand. No property ; appears been';lo3fc,;.but f had 'the'men'-' inot returned-so'opportunely'the building l would l *' i doubtless; have taken 1 fire; -and the whole I 'block ' might'have been destroyed; s lThe 3 polic3 :( Weaken communicated with* on ; the matter* ;'?•>

| 1 The 'struggles oi- a,'druuken i the police are surely. jßffira whioh'shouid'^o^esis"' ; [little attraction ior 'the. gentler . biit with := isom'e : wotaenihese' appear to / - | possess interest;" n 'TeiFerdiy an unfortunate in?' jebriate was arrested by two-policemen in Upper | Albert-street. He struggled : frantically for ■ jfreqlom, but,the guardians. of t.ha)paacei sue- < jceeded in getting the-handcuffa oa him afte; '.dragging him to the ground.:r In the meantime-,; • la'large number .of. women, were, eagerly Viewing? :j. jthe,',proceedings, and did 'not approve of. .the ! treatment" he received at "the hands<ofythe , :policemen. 'C'

I,; ThetVulcan mine/an . Upper f-Tararu,'was ■at 2 .one time considered one of-the most promisin" (properties on the Thames, goldfield, -As the ■ j pioneer mine of a large district it first gained | favour, and afterwards, ! when'it proved the ! starting-point for another large district near the | head of the Pnrn,' it was still more'prbmihehtly * j brought before : the public. . The Government t stepped: in. at the solicitation of shareholders"' in this and other mines,; and made 'goad roads, ' • intending in .course of time to substitute a horse traiaway,; >> The .company, at . considerable ex* pense, erected a crushing,mill driven by a turbine ii wheel. A large extentof driving was performed, but . although "good payable: gold ;was struok in the'upper working's, it did not appearto carry, downwards. Repeated failures /disheartened' "the shareholders. tHe.neighbouring claims were abandoned, : and jtfteralori? struggle the. Vulcan Thymine 'and' plant were yesterday sold, under distress war> rant;- by - Mr Oraig. >• -The time was 'the 'firiit M6toffered, but for .this claim, the scrip of which once'spld readily at £10,' there was not a single bid, 'The auctioneer<then'sput^the two lota together,. the .crushing.,, plant .of -9 , head aof stampers';'turbine and gear, witi the mine, and iheiot was pnrchased by MrWick; ot the firm' of Brown andjCp,,'Tararu,-for £120."

""A'NewChum" writes:—"To the' Editor. Sir,—lf pressure on, the space in; : your, papers • allotted to ( cbrrespondence:be mot toojgreat, I . would wish through;your;columns to elicit: au[ expreßaiott ; of opinion-from mine.manpgers'jor - J .to judge,, on the following; 1 ■ A'shaft having been sunk famine to a certain depth, giving a blook - av%il r £ ; - able t along;the reef of say 600 feet,, with-backs." of say' 7P: feetji r and the whole. of > t the : therein,'asfar:as.could be,entertained known ( to'be.payablei':which will pay -the - shareholders; best, 'to ' exhaust the block in two months,' or)' to prolong the time of extraction overa space of sjx'or nine months until another blockj is>ready ».?v: for on ?' My,own opinion is that the; speedy separation, of the preoiqus .metal from t|e quartz, will give the. beat tOjßhace- - holders, always , presuming that,.a safficipnt re^|' serve'fuiid be kept in; handifor; the prospective' •• worjw..'j'Jfjf reasons are, that there areWtam' - expenses j. common to ,both, vjz,, to,, the - short and. • the .long- period, such as management, bracemen, '.blacksmith?,-r ; andV : .expenses, &c., at, the mine, and,, amalgamators, 'to., at the battery, as tha-same*' ,number .of men in'.each place can ace for, 40 %ad of stampers as -well as 15 or 20; the on'yvv extWlabour being the.mining of the quartz.andy > carlage to battery. If suoh cjse,' why ; [in'.'.' tljo name of fate qrines iutthis . o^are,minea ; to,beonly; workedforjthe benqft of" ' habitues at scrip corner. But as I-said the;-' commencement,/1 only ,to;elioit opinioas > from those more competent.to judge than is '-Ay New Chum,"' ■ . ■ .j-'. ( , i Jk i' . > The, s.s. f Ladybird' arrivedJntheMjnuktti • v , on Montiy from the South. Passengers »lc"' ■ : and Airs MoElroy, iSnglwh -Opera Troupe (Si), Giptain Liiklator, Messrs Bnt£ Biton, Marten | Weston,; Kaafeejr KM; $oji J fa thi steerage* , v

At the sitting of the Supreme Court in Christohurch-yesterday, Mr J. Walmshurat, who recently arrived here in medical charge of immigrants''per ship 'Isle of the South/, was found guilty of the charge of larceny as a bailee and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, Prisoner converted wines and stout put on board aS medical comforts to his own use, and deprived sick passengers of the same, Complain t was laid 'against him on arrival, and the result was as above-mentioned. - As there;J are ;several. new,; '.features in the Highways' Act bow in operation, we may point :out the most important,,. in,view of the approaching election of boards for this district. Clause lO.proyides that every person of .the age of 21 who shall be liable to be, or have heen, rated under this Act for such.property as occupier' or owner, or who has : paid his rates, is eligible, to. vote or-become a member of,the Board/ QdVerhment'bfficers in' receipt'' of over ! £100 per annum excepted. -At the first meet- : ing such duly .qualified person shall have one vote' oulyt' - 'After • the J; first -meeting; every ratepayer assessed.at : £l„or under,'. shall have one .vote,; t 'Over,.il and not £3, two. voteV; and^'not exceeding' iC,,three l yot'6s;<" |l dveif' v £6 .aiid nob exceeding'-sGlO; four ■ votes; over £10,;aud ; not ..exceeding £15, :five votes; and over £15, six votes. Kvery proxy form used shall'be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or Eeaident/Magistrate, in writing under the hand of the At ,the .first meet; ing! to 1 , lie fixed by the majority may fix the nature and amount of the highway rate to be levied.. Persops voting who are not qualified shall be subject to penalty of £20.^Any .vacancy occurring in the . Board, ~ the'same stall be filled up'by the ratepayers in meeting assembled, '^in r> th'e same manuer' as an; annual mee.ting.,v ! Any. .person .interested in,a. contract directly or indirectly in the gift of the Board, shall not sit, under a penalty o£ £50, to be recovered in.a'siimmaryiiwiiy i.by- any ratepayejr, t jßoard's,. Engineer shall report,, thaFaiifworKshould ndt' be underliakeh'i'' the BM'JU^ivt-pcocee^wiw. the same, unless the ratepayers, at ; an, annual or.'special meeting; sanction the.same.

Theseal-of thejhames Borough Council has, been made in accordance with the design lately approved of by' the Corportion.. It is jthe same .siieas'tHi'sea'^if"the.'Auckland. City' Council' and Harbour Board,' and is a very neat and appropriate design; There is on.it an embossed shield,' on:which are. emblems of progress—a railway and a .ship—and besides .these there are represented on] the se'ai mming 't'ools and mine' macbineryi^''Th^seal | has been manufactured by Mr.l^(ns}ideniidgr;-$(. thfa city, and is a. very creditable piece ,of workmanship. :It leaves'a clear impression,(and does credffc'to'the ■ '3 ....- lipUx

yhere.was: a.qurioqs. qae_stioa < yesterday in the Grand jury-room. In considering the biil-sehtr:upiagainst-.:Alexanderrßrown;:: the. question arose whether - certain _of Grand .Jurors should inquiry. Among these were Mr owned the premised alleged b,egn fi[ed, ; the ; agents and; maDager3iQf.firQ,^surMce,companie3 ; pffering. aj reward of £500, then the gentleman _whq ( ,.was bail for the young pian charged,.... It was sagJury consulted the Chief Justice on * the. poiiitj ..shareholders* of the' panies should bq included;, Hfis Honor thought' ;th^t"where ,the, direct a person so : .ad jutlicate. Amongst the inmates at the .police station last night, was a woman just arrived by - the. ' James Wishart,': who was locked, up by the police for being drunk.- It is to be hoped that there are hot.many more ■ like her amongst the crowd, for her. manner. at the • station ; would lead an ; observer to-the:opinion that .Totbi.ll Fields -had,-on somei-past.occasion,marked her for her : own." • ;,On beiDgj broAight into the guard-room this woman drew'a short, dirty, black pipe-from.;her- pocket, and,lighting the same with perfect, sang froid, asked, the constable!,",what he was going to,charge her with. 1 ' In fact, the whole conduct of .the woman showed that she was perfectly familiar with the scene before her.—Eerald. •

: There is no longer any hope that Jaraei Kenworthy, whose loss in the hush has been already announced, will J be recovered alive' Trooper Moody relumed Jast night from the.search and he considers there is no-'ike'ihood whatever .of his being found living. .The unfortunate man came over from Melbourne two months ago bringing his wife and child with him, and; the 011)6 of the bereaved widow is really a pitiable one. Among]absolute strangers she has been celling everything in ; her possession to keep them, and the ~yery bedstead was sold to .pay her husband's passage to Mr" Dargaville's plaee on- the Kapara where he had obtained employment. Mie.isnow utterly destitut 4 , and if there can be any conjunction of circum'tances that should'appeal to the heartfelt' sympa'hy aniTpity, it is such a destitution with such a Borrow-It will' afford us sincere'pleasure' to . redeive any assistance that the kind-hearted may be disposed to give for'aljeviatihg 'this case of most poignant 'distress.—Auckland'vSter, •

His Honor in passing sentence in' a case at the Supreme Court on Monday, said he was aware that in all cases of assaults it had ..been the custom _to treat such cases, much more leniently tliaix*.'"pffericeaagain sfc. property. It had always seemed to himself that it was a wrong principle.'' These' remarks of our Chief Justice are very'noticeable,' and call attention 1 to one of the greatest blots upon our judicial gystem.' An 1 instance lately oacurred here in which one man received a month for committing a savage assault,, and another three months for stealing a sausage, sit is to be hoped that his Honor's remarks will not be lost.—Auckland Star. - ' , , '. L The s. s. '.'Pretty Jane' left Auckland on Monday for Napier via Qisborne. Passengers—Mr Kaafcwood, Mr and -Mrs' Crawford, Miss Franklin, Mr Armitage, Mr and' Mrs Christie, Mr and Mrs Smith; Mrs: Scrivener, and 3 children, Mr Adamson. Steerage-Captain Watson and W. G.'Band.'.!.,: . ,■

The Prince of Wales Theatre,, Auckland, was opened on Monday evening for-on;opera season, and, :as might be .expected, was filled with a , fashionable : and thoroughly • appreciative audience. ': The opera selected was " Maritana." The stage was strewn with bouquets at the conclusion of the opera. While the prima donna is sure to be the reigning favourite (says the JlcriM), the company, as a whole, is entitled to the/ ment of,; rendering English opera, by carefulness in detail, with thorough completeness of general effect. ... .

A pushing registry office-keeper, whose name is, perhaps, oftener.before the public, through the medium of the Auckland press, than that of-any other-tradesman ; we know, writes as follows in his labour market report- for' July " The arrival of a large body of immigrants by : the '• Eooparell,' and; a' few days since by the 'Loch Awe,' has-not, as on former ocoisiong, affocted my books. in the; slightest degree, the inquiries for female servants, nursemaids, and thorough farm labourers'who can plough and milk, heing as'numerous as ever, As regards the disappearance of the sinsjlo female immigrants as servants, I will give an .instance out. of many,, by way . of- illustration;: A farmer,; residing --about fifty miles from Aucklnnd, twelve months ago wrote me for a servant, I sent him one. A few. months after he .wrote me for another, the former one having been married; to his eldest son-r-I sent, the, second, and-aome time - since- she married to another of his, sons'; I have now sent him a third, and as he has other sons I fully expect to have, the, pleasure of sending him a fourth, and it may be. a fifth. . This is no fiction, but the sober, honest truth; so ye red-elbowed, hard-working, tidy, buxom dairynnids come out any number of yoij! It cmnot be too often repeated that the' Colonics' look, as n arowly into their domestic character as ever they, do in the old country."

The labour test is being tried at the Immigration Barracks, Dunedin. A number of the says the to', "struck," and when ordered by the barrack-master refused to do any work. -The ru'es provide that while in barracks fchey must work four boifrs a day, and if they, refuse to do so the authorities hayo power to Btop their rations. Theysabaeqaeut'yreaunjed work. A man iu Chicago is reputed to be" so witty thathis wife manufactures all the butter which family 'ttsei.ro«the cream of bis jokos,;

"An ingeniously contrived and pretty little mail taUe (says the Few Zealand Times), has been issued by the Postmaster-General. It is ca'led the combined Australian and New Zealand Time-Tabje, 1874,' and while it : gives the dates of the arrivals and departures of the mails from and to New Zealand by the San Francisco,, the Suez,'and Torres Straits routes, it. also gives the postal , rates for letters, book packets, and. pattern parcels and newspapers, and also an almanac for the year.' Yet the whole is printed on a small card, which folds into three, arid fits most ' conveniently in a waistcoat, pocket. This bijou timo-tible has been very'neatly .'printed yat' the Government' Printing Office, and will be' found very useful," • '■

Tho London Times has a long article justify-, ing the Immigration Department in New Zealand and castigating Dr. Featherston.: It says, it does not clearly, appear whether the Agent reads despatches, nor what his action may be, but his.reticence is certain. He has been lectured. about Asiatics,' ballet-dancers, ,Whitechapel Boys, Mrs Howard and her Cork women .proteges, and ; all other subjects .connected with the department. ... .

The 'Post s ijs: —The Mayor, of Waujanai is likely; to ;haYe some rather hard work shortly. ■ •Snme debentures—3oU—hav.e'.to beissued, and this involves 12,300. signatures by His Worship,, each debenture laving, coupons, and , each 'cqu'ponand each. i deberiture i ,reqiiiring',.to. be signed Worsllip r ,Thetis, 40x300 x 300 = 12,300 "If His Worship deyotss.his valuable time' to' the'work at the rate of i hours per day,, and places his. aufcograpH, at the,,rate,of, 6 per rMniite, the work'in 8 (lays,, 2(Hours,''lo'minute?'', : '' j The:.following intelligence from New Caledonia:; iajpubJishedilitt-' the Sydney'.'Morning Herald:—" Tha f Sibylle' left Brest on the Ist of February, to.acb:as. convoy to 200 ckportHs: about to ..be .taken: to New,. Caledonia. She arrived; at .Oran on the 16th of February, and | left again on the 22nd,. to return to. Toulon, . where she arrived ,on the'2nd of March. / The 'ileeste' takes the place of. the • 'Sibylle'.at I New Caledonia asa man|s;war."'j ■; At.a meeting of the Canterbury Jockey-Club, held..on the; 10th of i June,; it was decided that, iii iconformity ..flith;Dunedin, Auckland,, and Melbourne rules, race-horses s foaled after; the Lfirst of .January, :1875,.'date their, ages from, the; first of .Auguflfc,.instead,of the.first of July,, as. '>. :j; : ... ' : At: the 'Diihedia ;. Police'*Couvt on the 25th ultimo,' Dr.' Guthrie Carr appeared in answer to au ! information charging; him with'-'giving a .stage entertainment 'without" holding'a' license 'for that''purpose, r -contrary"-to' the Licensed' Tkeatres . Ordinance..: The. doctorj.';,defended; himself on the ground trhat he. did.not hkfseances.icame'within 'the., meaning :of,;the t Aict. ; i The ; magistrate, after,, an inquiry, , said, tlii? appeared to be,a lecture on,phenology,.and he was afraid he could not stretch the law,upon the'point., ~fle would not, in this case, decide the question altogether; but he had his doubts. .whether this' kind of entertainment came within: :'tie Aefc'-: The sweeping olause at the:endjmust not, be taken 1 .'by.; itself, but should ,be takqn t9; mean those defined,iu the. Act. Peeling people's bumps was not astage playx, (Laughter.) He would.hear apy. evidence.that; mjght .be adduced. Informant 'stated . that on, Saturday hi visited defendant s place of amusement offi-. daily, and 'during the first part of, the evening ;was;edified : wjitK,a, sterling;lecture on Manhood." In the second part there was no lecture, but .what he.considered a farce in every sense of . the word,, there; being, .about a dozen persons dancine; and..singing f,under the influ;, erice," he was told so, bat could not believe it. .Some of| them .he knew to be townsmen; Professor. Sykes.also presided at the piano. It was. tlie.musical parthecomplained of ;■ thedancing, and .singing. Mr Bathgate said he would, dismiss the case without prejudice, and recommend defeadant,.to decide.; against himself in the matter by paying the fees. This , the doctor said he would do. A second information was withdrawn.

• A- young Hast Indian boy, named Noah Uzwera, has been charged in the Christ.church Court with wilfully placing stones on * the- railway. He did so immediately before a train : came up at the rate of from thirty-five to forty miles an hour, and his excuse for his couduct, when-arrested,''was an extraordinary one jjetective Walker in his evidence 'saidl arrested the boy this morning on the warrant produced.- I went to|jßurnham, and saw the boy at hi? father's house. I asked him why he put the stones on the railway, and he. said he was only playing. I a-ked- him why he went behind the gorse fence for to hide, and be said because he would like to see a good smash. ; I said how wo.uld you like your father to have been in the train, and he said that would have been bad. .. In reply to his Worship, the boy. said thit he was only playiug. and wished to see. a "smash.! 1 , Sir Cracroft Wilson asked the boy, if he know what' "smash" meant, but he did not seem to understand the_ meaning of the word. The boy was about six years of age., In reply to Sir Cr.icroft Wilson, the father of (he boy again .stated, that he beat the boy. very severely immediately after he had, been told that he had placed stones on" the line! Sir Oracroffc Wilson, at the request of his Worship, aaked the father what security he could give tha'' the boy would nofc'be guilty of this offence again. He replied in the metaphor of his language, "If he does, lata your'victim.' 1 The witness also said that he was aware of the enormity of the offence, and that loss of life might haveresaltel.; In reply to his Worship (through Sir Cracrpft Wilson), the fa'her of the lad said that he would not only enter into a bond to pay £20 that the offence should not occur again; but if it did, he L (liis Worship) might also " hang him." The necessary bond' was entered into and the boy was discharged.,,,.