THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER "Vrite sans peur.” WANGANUI, SEPTEMBER 18, 1862.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 6, Issue 309, 18 September 1862, Page 3

THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER "Vrite sans peur.” WANGANUI, SEPTEMBER 18, 1862.

The General Assembly, ■was to be prorogued last Monday. H s Excellency the Governor was to start immediately there .after for this place- He was to meet the Otaki natives yesterday and is expected here oh Saturday, by which time, no doubt, arrangements will,, have been ■ made for receiving him worthily. it will be seen from the copy in another colum of the bill which. had been introduced into the House of Lords before the June mail left, tha f the New Provinces Bill is in future a dead letter, that the of hew provinces .rests with the General Assembly aa -before, and that there is no change... as was understood in \ the relations between Superintendents and the Governor. The Superintendent may no% however take his .seat a,t .the ordinaiy meetings of the Provincial Council.

Ifcom Otago the'.accounts are not so oxciting; Laage numbers of disappointed diggers hare returned fro® St. Dunstan’a, which seems, to be. a..circumscribed field. There is besides a scarcity of took, and provisions are very high ;’.flour. 2s fid. per. lb. A new field has been discovered near the Mataura, about 150 miles distant from Duns tan. A party had obtained 2£ lbe. of gold in 3 weeks.

It will be observed, from an advertise-, merit that the Wanganui Steam Navigation Company has' .met with such general approval that all the shares have been taken up, ani that there is Still' a demand for more. In ednsequence a meeting is to be held to-morrow to de-. cide Whether the shares applied for shall lie dealt with a* is usual when th* capital is fixed at a certain' amount, that is, allocated by the directors ; or whether s larger capital shall be embarked in the Company’s - business," ' both' of ' which modes of procedure, will, we suppose, come to much the same thing, unless th* operations of the Company be . at once extended more widely than wa* at first proposed. The feasibility of the scheme is confirmed by. the fact, that haA.trhid; Company not been foamed, Capt. ’Lainsj| 6f the Heron, intended selling nia vessel and putting a steamer on between this and Auckland.

I We believe some complaints -have be.en made that the scheme was laid before; the meeting convened for the purpose of con sidering it into * complete a .form that thc-ro was no occasion for the. shareholders to deliberate and plan.. Even detail was minutely entered . into ; , and nothing was wanting to the setting of the, affair afloat but the concurrence of those invited.' jt"'Seemed to us at the time that thanks were duo toj the gentlemen who had been at the trouble to make the necessary calculations and conduct the preliminary negociations, and unless-this part of the .business had been done the scheme would not have met with such a decided approval and success. W herever there is doubt as to what i to be do e, there will necessarily be hesitancy on the pert ' of the public in involving themselves in any undertaking. But When there is a plain and miuute statement made of the amount of capital needed the time it is to be paid, and of the exact article that is to be bought with it, as well as-of the time of its arrival - here—whan a plain and business like statement of this kind is made, there is no longer reason for doubt and hesitation. ‘ People at once know what is to bo done and how it is jto be done, and they can decide whether tlie matter is worthy of the* encouragement. '6o.it was in this case ; and instead of any complaint being made of the 1 thorough explanation made to the meeting of what was proposed, there 1 seems rather reason for congratulation, that there a e uieu in the place, who knowing that the general prosperity is coincident with their own, are willing to give; others the benefit of their experiencu and business connections, • •'' . *• '

One of the. Provisional Directors mentioned to us that he regretted that a gentleman in business here, who has . long been intimately connected with the Wellington Steam Navigation Company had not been invited to the meeting referred to. We are informed that the omission was intentionaL, :It was not thought, that a gentleman who had. so considerable pp, interest in another could be very ,faiWurably inclined to one which will be a Irival-In l ori i e part' of its 1 tradeq ’and that to; invite him would be almost approaching to. insult jrdtxbeing. those considered friend ly to the undertaking who were asked to .be present: '' On the other hand it is said -thjat-.tlib: .which we refer, might hare taken an interest in the new concern over; .the. way, and that at any rate it would have been but courtious to give its principal an opportunity of refusing an . invitation. \\ edo not intend .to give an opinion on the point. It was from no want. of courtesy that omission wa* made ; but from a Very natural conviction that to. invite the gontlemen reerred to., would be altogether & work of supererogation. The*e little matter* do not perhaps deserve the attention we have given them ; but jstill it is desirable that nothing should mar the ha»mony and' unanimity , by which this ithportant 'commencement Of; .steam navigation iii cohneOtiod - with this .port aho.uld .-be charaoetrised and we hope these"' explanatory' remarks may partly serve to-ahew that the preliminary step* have been taken with judgment and discretion.

LOCAL IKTTLLIGtEIfCB. IIFSIDEST MaGIssTBAT* ? B CoUliT — Sept. 11. Jnhu W. l.ktk l , licensed victualler, was Sued J> 3 for delating; for -about ten minutes to give lb* policeman aduiFsiou to •his* honee on the Sunday evening previous, there &*iiigV'noise of quarrelling in the •hon?e. F. H.'Watts was fined £l for loading his hor'ii* on the footpath' in Taupe Quay. •Sept. S, iVnnis Crowley was fine ! .£lO, oy,ii? , 'defau’t renteuced to two'months’ itnt>r:'dijincut with har i Übo'ur, for' assaulting :: Paired couetabl-) ('oaklcy. The prisoner was taken in charge by the policeman as he tvaT ■ijs'urbiiig Cupt. Wilson while deliver his lecture on Friday afternoon, Jand in his way to the police ofTide made his escape going into the ferry boat where he threatened to rip bpewCoakley if In* toiiriied him Reiug followed, he jumped into the water and went along the-side of the river to near the’ market 1 place, where the qw‘Herman **'- cured him, hut was wounded with the knifin the hand, Sept. Id. F. H. IFutts 0. W m: KelU. 'i he complainant, accused the defendant of taking away a bullock Talued at £7 belonging to him. It apj>eared that the bull- ck had'been brought down because' it could not be separated from two cows which defendant was bringing in to he killed; Ail three were put into the slaugloe -house and were visible to every body from the Tuesday to the Thursday, . The man who shoots the cattle'was told by. the defendant, not to kill the bullock, but shot it by mis- , take. ’ I). S«ali bad seen the beast, taken' down and. enquired about, it.. Thereupon on the Monday,'Mr. G. Robert** went to complainant., explained the circircumstanee aad offered compensation. At; ,fir*t complaiaant ogrewd, but afterwards asked £SO. It wa* prored to have been purely a mistake and that defendant did not try to.conceal the fact, aad had no other inlentiuij than to pay for the bullock. The case was dismissed. Tin Govi»»ob’« Visit. —We underatand .there ato be a meeting of Wanganui . inhabitants this evening at the Rutland; Hotel, at half-past seven o'clock, . for the purpose : of making arrangement# ( for .welcoming His Excellency Sir Geo. Grey again .to thia part of the province of Wellington, : and we have no doubt there will be a large attendance. Mesmerism.— -Capt. Wilson, we ob serve, give* hi* last lecture this evening, and it should be; attended by all who wish to gain sonie knowledge respecting •the'interesting subject, which Captain Wilson discourses on so instructively, and illustrates'so'amusingly.

The Natives. —We beliero about 400 King natives came down to Kaiwike on Tuesday, from Taupo, Piperiki, and othei up river pahs, heeded by Hori Patene, Pebi,. Tahana, Ropata, Tamati Waka and other chiefs. They filled several war canoes, in one of which there .was a long pole, erected, and froni its top was flying a large pennant about five feet long,. and twc». feet broad at the broadest part. It ie of a red coloiir, with a white square cenlr , in the middle of which is a black circular piece, through which passes a black cross. The whole of these' canoes being together, and all keeping time together With their paddles, formed a very beautiful aad exciting spectacle in the long reachei of the picturesque Wanganui. On their arrival at Kaiwike they landed, and above one hundred marched in procession to a house just built for Tab ana, named Kiritahi —one skin—before which stood a flag staff, which they saluted by bowing in front of it. About 200 were armed with fowling piece*— some of them old flint muskets—but there was uo firing. It appears that an unfriendly feeling has arisen between the King men up the river and the Government natives in this : neighbourhood ;V and that this armed demonstration is intended for the Government natives, not for the Governor or the Government. On this ac.ount they will not meet the Governor at Putiki, but are anxious to meet and converse with hiin at Kaiwike. I hey will boist no flag, but will tell ,their grievances, and hear what ha-has to say: Our town has been, considerably enlivened these few days by natives going about, who have arrived for the meeting. Large quantities of flour' and other pro-'

viaioua have < been .. purchased, and it would appear aa if they intended to have several days’, talk with their old friend Governor Grey.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, - v.

Thb Nativb. Dirjficultt

\ '""'Wjmguniis Sepfe 131962 s pir, I was much pleased with your, proposal inja late issue, that the money proposed toba . Borrowed by the present ministry should-'be chiefly spent in roadmaking. I believe opening up the country by roads is the. only way in which the native difficulty can be settled ; and that it ‘may be"’Settled in this way; possibly without bloodshed, but certainly, and as you say finally, within tha time duringjwhich.the troops are to continue ih the country.' It would be desirable, ; howeycr, to have.the work done in the most thorough and economical manner ; and I doubt if it would be so if the Government were to undertake it, as you seem, to propose. Economy would be best ensured by handing over the work, to one, or more large railway contractors,- Sir Morton Feto, for instance or some other of his profession, would just as willingly make roads ih New Zealand, as railways in France qt Denmark. Aa he could not well survey the ground Before engaging in the work, some latitude might'be, allowed in respect of the cost; but if-tbe number, of miles wanted were given, _ he could give ah approximate. estimate of the‘expence, and he'might be willingto contract for the-whole at so. much per ton of rock and .earth displaced. -1 have no doubt that his firm would not hesitate to engage to put 5,000 - mep to work In the course of a few months and to keep them .at their work till the contract was fuliiML -’TIiS Great 4 Eastern might bring tnem out, or in -default 'of her;/being;; available,g6od sailing vessels could very easily andspeed--3y be obtained. Once landed here, - this body of men could.be'set to work at various parts of fcheisland, fn , parties of ‘ 600 .to 600 men each, and roadmaking would go oh at railway pace. ‘ The lifies'Of road should be through the heart of the dbiintry, and ‘bo 'aa to open it up from end to end

! The following are the lines which might in the first placefbe made—w the more important of them, .if; the time or funds were not adequate for the whole.

*1; The military road lately made from Auckland to the- Waikato, might be carried up the Waikato, and on to Napier, much in the line by which the .overland mail is at present carried. . . . 2; A line might be carried up the Waipa, across the coiintiy to the head of the Wanga- : nci : (the; distance Jr >m the head of -tne ! Waipa-ict the. bead; of the Vy'anganui being about three days’j ourney to the natives) with , branch roads to Whaingaroa, Kawhia, and." ; New Plymouth, on the one hand, -and one ; or two cross roads to the Waikato line on the ; other. ‘ 3. A line starting from the Waikato road at the .north end of Taupo lake, carried along the western ■ Bide of Taupo, united to the -road between the-Waipa and the Wanganui, and coming down to ; Wanganui, either by the little Wanganui or by tno Wangaehu, or

• by both. ; •" 4, A road from the western to the eastern side 'bf ' the island by - Rangitikei—-the ioute -which Capi Rhodes proposed to make, a bridle-path by, in last Session of the Provincial Council. . 5. /• A- road through the Tara-nia range from Otski to the Huffc ’ 6; Thare should also he a road cut from New Plymouth southward through the bush oh the east side di. Mount Egmonk : I have not. mentioned coast lines, because I do not think them so urgently, necessary, and because, when these are formed they should be railways, aa communication interrupted by them could .b'ebarried oh. By" steamers, i If 4000 or 5000 men wore brought out, and set to work in parties at each end of; these various, lines, assisted by as many "natives as liked to' Volunteer for the work; and covered by asmany'ttdopfcj 1 Relieve that tbe Maoris would offer little or no resistance, convinced of its hopelessness. These lines opened up would make.a war hereafter impracticable-; and it would be Tendered still more bo by the various additional '.lines that would soon be made .either by the natives or the Government."

Not only would the facility for military operations which such a network of roads would give, render a rising impossible, but the immigration which the opening of the country would induce, would render such an attempt altogether improbable. . Part of the expence ‘ might be paid if desirable in land. ... I need not point out tho benefits which such a body pf _ immigrants would , confer on the countiyi I Lefeme’add, however, Sir, .that 1 have so littlo faith in •t])©.., energy or, enlarged views of the Government that 1 do not expect them to change their small pottenng system for such a comprehensive. and efficient, scheme of-pacification. ; . .. I.am . ‘ • ' ’ ‘ r Your Obedt. Servant, : A;Ma» or Paxes. Haohi Dbpkfdatios. Wanganui, Sept. 12 1862. Sir. I rfecoived a nota on Sunday, stating that some natives had stolon my horso and sold’ him for, Six Pounds. * , X proceeded to town the first thing on Monday morning, - ahd to - my surprise' when I got' there the polio© had t.»ken no stepsfeither to secure the thieves or the stolenjproperty. They.,bad been made acquainted with the whole‘affair. '? I remonstrated With the Resident Magistrate on the gieat danger of delay, and wished him to recover'the stolen horse bv getting the police to take -of it. -He said that ho would not be: dictated :to by me. . * 1 then went across the river with other two men to look at the horse,-and we all knew him td be, mine./ ,We then returned back to the Courthouse, .and,after there some time the Resident Magistrate ana the two Maoris that bad stolen the horse came''out of a- private room in , the . -1 was called in. Tho Magistrate then asked me if 1 could swear to the horse being my property. I told him that I could. He .then-said that it mnat be a mistake on the part of the natives. One of them Baid that it had -been running along with his horses for three months, and had done his mates a great deal of damage. I wishedfhis remarks to be taken notice of, and stated that I could- prove he was not speaking the truth; but they were allowed to go away without.the .slightest reprimand for stealing a horse that did not belong to them and making false statements before the Resident Magistrate. They made no excuse. So it appears the police will not take possession of any stolen property, if stolen by a native anef that it is quite sufficient for a native to declare that he did-not know whom the horse belonged to, 'toclear him of horsestealing, and this, declaration was made after having sold the horse and spent the money. - There is another matter, of great iipportnnce, which .the. Magistrate entirely overlooked in this case—proceeding against purchasers of stolen which is a great check on thieving. .:• Within the last few weeks I,have,, had three Native cases before the Resident Magistrate, and the only case taken down in writing was one of house-breaking, where the guilty parties could hot be : dome'at. The other two important cases of horse stealing and the attempt to murder were not taken, down by him. I am v ' ' ■ * " Yours &c. Joh.vJacK.scßn.

The Town Board. - V Wanganui Sept. 15 1862. -. Mr. Editor.—Will you allow, me Bpace in your columns to controvert your rep^tk ß . hi your leading article of last week’s paper, relative to the Memorial sent .to the Governor to . prevent the- Provincial; Streets Sewerage •and Drainage. Act: being.proclaimed for, this Town. You-state, but one third of the electors could be induced to sign tbe Memorial. I am not . aware any persuasion but that .of mere asking fo,r signatures, was attempted; but-,1 am told on. good authority that. intimidation, by., one of the so-styled Commissioners was used to prevent names being obtained. Now, as to the number, -if but 60 freeholderssigned the Memorial many more wished to do so, but their names were omitted for want of time to collect their signatures you perhaps, are not aware, that the Engiish statute law of Sewage prevents Commissioners, (who are appointed by the Chancellor on taking oath &c. and not in the loose way attempted here) from commencing any new works, except by the consent of three-fourths of the freeholders in writing therefore one-third opposed to their purpose would be a sufficient number to prevent them from acting. In consequence I do not clearly Bee how. tne intention to cut a drain through the Industrial school ground at the expence of the inhabitants can be carried out by . any Board of Wardens acting Under a New Zealand Provincial authority, excepting by tbe consent of the Trustees who are liable to the’ expense. \ • - ‘ Now, let me state the objections made by Commissioners appointed in; 1834, to enquire into tbe state of the English statute law of Sewage. After a careful investigation they gave their opinion “That the law was especially'deficient in the want of publicity and ‘responsibility ; there being some of the Trusts in which the courts are not open to the public ; and where the right of the ratepayers to inspect the accounts is not admitted : and that tne law was also defective in equid ♦/ .-( ( rateige wiih inequality of advantages” Considering the powara of Sewerage Comir - issionera are so great, I cannot think it right to introduce them .into a Email place like • this, where one small level only requires freeing from surface’ water, and which could be done at less expense in labour than the machinery would amount to for carrying out the pnrpore of the Board in its appointment of the various officers which would be required. I am Sir, Youra Obediently, o>'B Who SiGKBb Tni Memorial. [The only point in which the writer of the above letter touches on the article referred to, is that regarding the signatures. Our words •were “its proposer# having obtained by representations in private about 60 signatures" ; and we do not s.-e that this statement is Controverted”] • ■ •• . '.’•WELLINGTON. (Ftm «*r etpo Corretfcmde**.) September IS, 18(J2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | Legislation in a hurry has been the characteristic of the week ; has produced a singular crop of laws, and will necessitate m a future session a series of acts to amend acts. After a vigorous opposition on the part of many of the members of the House of liepresentatives, amongst whom, lam happy to say, the Wellington members are conspicuous, the standing orders were suspended until Saturday inclusive, to enable ministers to shovel in, and shovel through the House a heap of bills, some of them of the gravest importance and most complicated nature. In order to facilitate business, the most rapid utterances of the chairman.of com mittees, and the most ingenious devices (including the putting back of the clock) have been employed. In this spirit the Native Lands Bill was received witlT amendments from the Upper House ; egreed to (though none approved of them), in order that bis Excellency might submit amendments of his own. '1 he chief alteration made in the Council was the making the 2s. fid. per acre, payable on the issue of the certificate of ownership t-o the native proprietor, instead of on the issue of the crown grant to the purchaser : , and as this was meddling with the money clause of the bill and a breach of privilege, Carlston moved a resolution condemnatory, which the House, (with Mr. Bell at its head) affirmed. 1 n the evening the native minister introduced a message from his Excellency recommending that the half-crown clause should be struck out, apd the-substitution of a lOp.c. tax on the issue of a crown grant, and of 4p. c. on every subsequent sale. This was strongly opposed, on the ground that the Anania <encl Sapphira principle would reduce the purchase money to an almost invisible quantity, < and not rob the provinces of .revenue ; and also on .the ground that it would be unfair to tax such property as might happen to be brought under the operation of this act in perpetuity,, while all previously acquired land . was to go untaxed. It was pretty generally condemned, the ministry did not approve of it, yet it passed the fHouso ; and, at half-past 12 p.m. was sent up to the Lords, where it narrowly escaped beiug thrown out, the speaker’s east? rig vote alone saving it. Tlie “ strong” government, which it was hoped we had at last got, prove! as co hesive as a' rope of sand. <*.fter a series of changes'; when the ministry received the "accession of VNard and'- Wood, and later s ill (only yesterday in fact) of Mr. Sewell, as Attorney General ; it ■ was supposed that we had now got a cabinet that would stand the wear of at least six years ; but this morning, to the surprise of most peo le, two resignations are announced—Sewell and Russell—and uneasy and restless symptoms are exhibited elsewhere, Whether there are only a portion of the series of ingenious moves by which Messrs. Stafford and Wh't aker are eventually to be exhibited to an astonished and disgusted community ; time will show ; meanwhile, ii the House should pass no.vote of want of confidence, 1 think the public will,. .

'I he arrival of four'Bfceaiuers on i hursday—the Baugatira, from Sydne-v, the Queen., from Auckland, ail'd the Storm Bird, from Taranaki, (all bringing dig gers fbrthejSuith) and the Airedale, from Otago, made the port quite lively ; and and the news of the wreck of another line steamer, the Lord Worsley, on the Ngatmianui coant, ridded to the excitement. .1 presume youf.will reprint the deeply iutei cx'ing aceejm.t . of this

unfortunate v , o<X3ui - . .wafiiia! ; me to bring; . my ; letter to a close, as you -will doubtlessly, * have little room ; to - spare, and I will merely add. that in the evening a letter from Colonel Warre to his Excellency, was. read;to fche> House• and one of the membersfvolunteered thu. statement that the private" lettefa in- , farmed him that, the Kingitee were, less . extortionate than tha friendly natives. The million; loan schenie Has collapsed ■ into half a million..; and;.its tjion preset ts a- different aspect ..ta the magnificent prospect of roads inter, minable, and immigration innumerable,, dimly shadowed, forth in the ministerial statement. ” ' .v ; "* " The 1500,000 is proposed thue to be divided ‘I aranaki relief ... £200,000 Less already advamred" ; 25,000 £175,000 Commissariat expenditure/ :• «>*. ./• ~ .. - claimed by Newcastle, . .150,000 I325;000 and the remainder, after oertain deductions of uncertain amount, to" I e expended in the construction of r ada and bridges, with the consent of the dififW rent provincial govern men te. • MISCaLIANB'OCT,.The Convervagione * was a decided success, and results in a handsome .<?>.n\ tribution to the funds of the A then®um r bo many persons attended;’ that It was deem id advisable to open , the robmaagain on next evening at a reduced raf , r and very many availed themselves of the, privilege. . The bold experiment of your spirited' community excites more admiration than, sympathy in the breasts of of the New Zealand team Navigation Company, nevertheleßs, the - impression irevails, that you have done the right thing, and that the steamer will be a great advantage to the district. Cattle are still being-'inquired for, andhigher prices will be obtained, Baconand hams are woath la, r and butter is unobtainable, Rotato-ea were up to £6 lUs., but the avcival of the Sea Serpent, from the Chatham; has caused »=,. decline.

WRECK OR THE

LORD WOE SL-E Y,

The steamer struck at'Namn, on a rocky shore'at la. ; m. of the lst' inst;, and lies there; Ihe passengers were all safely landed,'and started with their effects, in drays provided by the natives, for Taranaki on the sth. They arrived nsxt evening, and were very hospitably received.. The nat vee plundered t e vessel; There* were only one or two guns. Some lead had been thrown into the sea-. The gold 1 on board (3000 ozf.) was caved by the enargy of one of the passengers, Mr. R. Graham. The passengers had to pay toll.of 5s each; and were charged heavily for the drays.

The following particulars ot this disae--trous occurrence, are taken from tko* Taranaki Herald of. Sept. 6.

To (he Editor of the Taranaki Nmv.

Sis, —It is my painful-duty to inform you of the wreck of the s.a. Lord Worsley in Naina Bay, 11 miles south of Mount Egmont", on Monday, Ist September, at l'3u a.m. - ;

•The Lord ois’ey left Nelson at 1 p.m.., with, afresh breeze from SiW 1 . set all sail and shaped course N. by" W. for 70 A . W;,-whic}. course should hare taken the ship 10 miles clear of Cape Egrnont, and I particularly cautioned both the helmsman aDd officer of the watehnot.togoto7cawa.id of her course, and-when .the officer called me at midnight he told me she had gone to wnidward of her course all the time ; I went on deck at midnight, and was keeping a sharp look out, ‘ and could see nothing of the land until half-past 1, when a .-mart shower was passing, I-suddenly saw tbe land ahead and clouded ; put the helm hard a-starboard, and reversed the engine to full speed astern; a henvy sea strek her on the port bow and sh® fell off, when she struck; kept the engine full speed astern until the propeller broke ; she then grounded fore and aft on a rocky bottom, and immediately commenced to" fill, with water; prepared boats and constructed rafts ready toVnd passengers and crew at daylight, which, I am happy io say, was’ done without accident.

I remain, Ac.,

James Bowdbt.

Since the cassation of hostilities, ti e inhabitants of Taranaki have not been so excited and concerned as they were on Wednesday morning last, when * it became generally known that Mr.' karris had received intelligence from the natives at the Poutoko pa that a threemasted s ‘atner, with’a large number of passengers cm board, was wrecked oh tho- ■ coa si at the Nnmn, i.bout 45 miles 1 to tie j south of New Plymouth. This was'all ! the information the letter contained; j and, us Mr. Parris hud started early in the morning to endeavour to gather further tidings, the excitement and ■ suspense was intense among the people, who i were to: bo seen in; knots in the streets, discussing what vessel it could be, .and r. how it fared with the crew and passen- r gera The excitement was increased ! when it was known that Mr. Parris had A returned on finding that, he would nt.fc be allowed to- the gate at;Puketehe,_ the southern boundary of . Tataraimaka. ,It soon got spread about;that an expedition whs; preparing:to proceed to the succovir of '.lhe 'Sliip.wrflCikcd-..:people j ; cart*

I and bullocks were. warned for immediate ■ejvicepaa in days of old,' and ordered “to -ba ccc,when a horseman i arrived 'in cowsrto- say that a boat was,’to i be Been pulling up from 1 the south; This proved to' be the'case; and, shortly alter a boat Was seen ' coming between the Sugar Loaves. -When ' it drew near a cargo boat'‘was launched and pu led out to meet it and' brought its crew to land, * -when it became known that the ill-fated steamer was the Lord Worsley, wrecked on Monday last at 1 ‘3O am. Ihe boat (the-ship’s dingy) brought Captain Bowden," hia Second mate, and three of the crew, who with much difficulty and .some 'danger- had come round Cape Egnio'nt in an opeh boat, in .order to report the lo& of the steamer. A light S. E. wind was fortunately blowing, and thus enabled ' the dingy to reach this place easily after doubling the Cape safely- Captain Bowden’s account of the wreck of this vessel will be found in our correspondence column.^ The information gleanec by us is that the Lord Worsley lies, in Namu Bay, in about 2 feet of water when the tide is out, and that although lying with rocks through her bottom is not likely to break up- There were in all sixty people on' board,'principally passengers for Auck land and Sydney—two ,only for this port, Messrs. A. King and Cay lard. The Lord Worsley was on her way to Sydney via this port and Manulcau with the homeward English nr.a Is from the South, ail of which are in. the wreck,, together with the mails from hence on the 25th 'ultimo.; Captain. .Vine Hall is passenger, and also two Auckland members of tie General Assembly .who curiously enough were [shipwrecked in the White Swan in going down to the assembly and now again in the Lord Worsley in coming up from it. The Lord Worsley had but little cargo on board, principally chrome ore, but besides the mails she was taking specie and gold dust. The passengers, among whom are seven ladies and some children, are. safely housed by William King, Matakate, and Iris hapu, who I' have' lately come over to. the governI ment, in a small village near the wreck ; I the crew live on board.

Among the circumstances connected ■with, this unfortunate occurrence several are singularly opportune and should be jietedjjJ Ist. '1 he steamer has gone ashore on almost the only part of the coast ■where she would not have been dashed to pieces and evevy soul lost on the extensive reefs which surround the coast, and lies in a comparatively safe .spot. 2ndly. She is •on the only spot on the coast between here and Wanganui inhabited by friendly natives, who from all accounts have behaved in a kindly and hospitable manner to the shipwrecked people. Srdly. The weather has been unusually fine. If it had not been so, Captain Bowden could never have got up here, and we should have been without any reliable information to the present moment ; and if it had not unfortunately happened that there was no vessel to send to rtheir aid, the crew and passengers ere this would, have been here, or on their way to Manukau.

The arrival of imr ca;>!ain jieous with tiiat of a letter from some • King’ natives at Kapoaiaiu, that the iivi would assemble to bring up the shipwrecked people—that as they considered it was a mate moan a, n disaster on the sea, they would assist to the lest of their power. The expedition under orders was. however, already,* countermanded, it was not considered judicious to endeavour to force a way to the scene of the wreck. On Ihursdaj morning, Colonel Warre, his Honor the Superintendent, Mr. Parris, Mr. Gledhill, acting Lloyd’s agent, and Captain Bowden started overland hoping, no doubt, from the tenor of the letter from Kapoaiaiu that no opposition would be offered to their journey down to onr unfortunate countrymen who must be in painful suspense arid are looking anxiously no doubt for succour; but they returned after a fruitless attempt to pass the gate. No inducement would make the gatekeepers 'allow tlie party to pas 3. They.told Captain Bowden to return to the wreck as Jic left if, viz., by sea, ami were very insolent because the party refused to pay for going up to the gate. A iarge board is stuck up at this place with a scale of charges ranging from Is. to <£soo. -The latter sum 13 to he paid by an European policeman shouid he wish to pass by that way. d 2200 is the toll fixed to be paid by a magistrate, and <£.s by a maori policeman. There are several of these gales between this and the scene of the wreck, and it is estimated that it would,eost £ISOO to reach it! The Rev. Mr. Whitely endeavoured to pass this gate on Wednesday on his. way to the Namu, but was sent back therefrom. Great anxiety is now felt for the shipwrecked people, who have been thus completely cut off from any communication will .the town for five days, and who are entirely at the mercy of the natives, in a British colony fifty miles from a garrison town. A letter was received this morning by Mr. VV. Carrington from Ropata, who started for the Namu on Wednesday, that he succeeded in passing the gates, ami that the shipwrecked people are on their way to i .vrn, and would sleep last night at Kapelitaia, 30 miles distant. We may therefore u.<pect to see them to-morrow or Monday. ' ioy are C'-miug up iu twenty carts, with b»"age, mails, &c. The wreck is left in Eirge.of the diets, Wi : Kingi Matakat-n, Eli Arama. Karaka. The surf boats lef Ell morning early for the Namu, ns it has found impossible to communicate by Hui. We hear that the . toll fixed by tlm Hnivcs.at the gates to he imposed upon the H.ty is ss. a head for each person, and Is. Hjh for the carts. Ewe are very glad to hear that, through E exertions of one or two of the most Badly and energetic of our fellow-citizens, ■revision Jias been made for the accommoEtioo of our shipwrecked countrymen,

Oiil* tftwt hag the character of inhospitality, but ’we think the same will- not be said of pur people. We hear that the following are some of the passengers — A French sister of eharity, Captain and Mrs. Campbell, ami 2 children, 1 male and 1 female servant, Mrs.’ Wilkin and daughter, Miss Briggs, Mrs. Trail, Mrs. White, G. J. Taylor, K. Graham, Capt. Butler, Capt. Hall, Doyle, Bloke, Ampthi 1. King, mud' Gay lard.

It is our duty this week to record the "most unfortunate, loss of another steamer, the Lord Worse’y, under circumstances almost as inexplicable as those which led to the wreck of the White Swan. Such account of it as we could get, we have given above, but it is very" meagre and is contained almost wholly in Captain Bowden’s letter. This letter is a simple statement of what did happen,mot why it happen* ! ; the main fact of the vessel having got 20 miles to westward of her course in the run over fiotn Nelson is left unexplained,' nor is the explanation even guessed at. But whether it arose from faulty compasses, careless steering, or an improper allowance for tiltleeway made, does not matter much to us at present; we shall heir more of that, hereafter, and it will be waste time to speculate on it at present. Nor is ik necessary for us to expatiate on the serious inconvenience the loss of this most useful vessel will occasion to the colony in many ways; nor on the .distressing condition of her passengers and crew. These are sufficiently obvious. The point to which, we desire to c.dl attention is the curious state of things which, when a British mail steamer is wrecked within 50 miles of our se tlemcnt and ganison, leaves to unfriendly or hostile natives the whole business of dealing with (lie case, and pree!tides us from giving any help except by open war.

The disaffected natives in a letter from Hone Mutu expressed their int-ntion of bringing up the shipwrecked people, ami their goods ; hut, at the same time, they have maintained their hostile attitude by persistently refusing to allow any European to go southward to the scene of the wreck. And even now these people are on the road up, and it is said are to he allowed to pass the gate on payment of a line of five shillings each, they are not through yet, nor is it quite certain they will get through without difficulty. We hear this morning that the only things the natives have taken are two guns and two swords; these were declared to be contraband, and could not. he allowed to pass through the Icing’s country, and it was intimated that they must he given lip. which was nccording : y done. We hope this disaster will'show, even to those who have not yet di.scoveied it, the great awkwardness and inconvenience, to put it on gnunds easily appreciable, of having so near us a large tract of country through which it is ■ impossible' for my Englishman to pass, even to the succour and relief of those cast away and in distress. That some of the natives in this case have treated them kindly, some helped them to conie up, and others allowed them to pass with only a moderate fine, is nothing .to the point, unicss it. can he shown they will do so always. If, as might easily have happened, the wreck had taken place * little north or south of Te Name, or if the numries had not been in the humour to tmW them humanely—not an impossible supposition, as among these very men are those who committed ti:G Omata murders —what would have happened then 1 Sir George Giey said last summer at Wuikut i that no road which lias once been open shall he closed against any one. If it is true, as is reported, that his Excellency is coming up in the Storm Bird to-morrow, he will have a fair chance of ascirtainiag for himself whether or uo his words hold good in Taranaki.

7o the Editor of the Taranaki Herald,

Sin, —A circumstance occurred to-day in the p.ovince which deserves to be known, not only to the inhabitants'of tins ruined and apparently neglected settlement, but also to the colony at large, and also to the Imperial Government. I shall simply narrate the facts as they occurred, fa ml leave comments to others, as to whether a small number ’of half naked savages (by some called liege subjects) are to stop up the highways, by imposing such absurd imposts as they have exhibited. ■

Tlie screw steamer Lord R orsley having been wrecked on the coast, about halfpast 1 o’clock on Monday morning,. Ist September, forty-five miles south of this place; aud I. N, Watt, Esq., (Lloyd’s agent fir New Plymouth) when called to Wellington to perform his duties as our representative in the House of Representatives, having appointed [me as his sub-ageut during his absence, I deemed it my duty to proceed to the wreck. On Thursday morning, 1, in company with our Supeu.itendent, Mr. Parrb, Native Secretary, and the Captain of tlie unfortunate vessel, who had come up to New’ Plymouth by boat yesterday, at great risk to himself and crew, to biing the mournful tidings, proceeded overland in hopes that, under such distressing fcircumstauces, our coloured law-givers would relax some of the rigorous exactions and allow the captain and myself to pass along the road ; but no, although there are more than sixty souls thrown on shore in such a helpless co alition to shift as best they can in our coldest season. There is one fortunate feature in the case—namely, that they have f lieu into the hands of a small tribe of natives who are nit rebels to the Queen. Vo one must communicate with th * snfierers if the rebels can help i*. We have no steamer ;to serve us in this dire necessity, and both wind ; and sea render it impracticable to attempt to boat there. Should a boat be able to reach abreast of the place ; with the present westerly wind, landing would be very Wei had travelled about 15 or 16 miles

when we arrived at the'boundary line fixed by the natives as our limit; A very rude fence had been erected no natives were present. Leaving all of us outride the Mr. Parris proceeded forward'in search of the toll keepers j he soon returned, saying: they had removedthe line a little further , south. We then proceeded with him until we cume up with the King’s representative with his back against a large sign board some seven or eight feet high waiting to receive the fees and issue the passports to all they suffer to pass.:. Mr rf Parris only sued; for the captain to be permitted to pass,’'but he was positively forbid to cross the boundary even by paying the published fee. This sign board is fixed to two"poles. 'On it is written a table,; in black letters on white "ground, of fees, twenty-one in'namber, varying - from one shilling to five hundred pounds, according to the character or standing of the traveller. A Dative policeman is rated at five pounds; an European magistrate at two hundred pounds; whilst a European policeman is rated at • fl’ve hundred pounds. Mr. Parris pressed that Captain Bowden might be allowed to pass to the scene of disaster. The native then asked how he got to New "Plymouth, when he wai informed he had come by sea—“ then let him go back by sea,” was the reply. We were then informed that we must pay for having come as near to the line as we had, and if we went off without paying it would be for him to settle hereafter.’

I am, Sir,‘yours, &c. F. U. Gledhill New Plymouth, Sept. 5, 1862. P.S.—I should have stated we were perfectly defenceless, having no arms with us. NEW ZEALAND BILL Wo give below a copy of the Bill, of which the information was brought hv last mail, that it had passed its second reading in the House of Lords. A Bill intituled an Act respecting the establishment and government of Provinces in New Zealand , The preamble mentions the repeal of the 69th section of the Constitution Act which authorizes the General Assembly to constitute New Provinces, and 'the passing of the New Provinces act which, transfers that power to'thc Governor, and then declares it expedient that the act passed in the • previous session of the Imperial Parliament intituled “ An act to declare the validity of an act passed hy the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled ‘An act to provide for the Establishment of New Provinces in New Zealand,” should be repealed, and that fresh provision should be made respecting the Establishment of New Provinces in New Zealand.

The provisions of the New act are as follows : 1. The said last-mentioned act of Parliament shall be and the tame is hereby repealed.

2. The said “New .Provinces act, 1858,” (except so far as the same shall have been altered by any act subsequently passed by the said General Assembly), shall be and be deemed to have been from tho Date of the passing thereof valid and effectual for all Purposes whatever, and all Matters and Things done under and in pursuance of Authority created or given or expressed to be created or given by the same act shall be deemed to have been of the same Force and Effect as if the said act and everything therein contained had from the above-mentioned Date been actually so valid as aforesaid.

3. Subject to the Conditions hereinafter mentioned, it shall be lawful for the said General Assembly, by any act or acts to be by them from Time to Time passed, to establish or provide for the Establishment of new Provinces in the Colony of New Zealand, and to alter or to providc-fi r the Alteration of the Boundaries of any Provinces for tlie Time being existing in the said Colony, and to make Provision for the Administration of any such Provinces, and for the passing of Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government thereof, and therein to repeal • r alter any of the Provisions of the two first hereinbefore recited acts of Parliament relating to such Provinces, or to ihe Superintendents and Provincial Councils thereof.

4c. It shall not be lawful for the General Assembly to make any Law inconsistent with the following Provisions ; that is to say,— . (1.) In every Provinco of Now Zea land there shall be an Officer designated the Superintendent, who, unless any Provision shall be made to die contrary in any Act of the General Assembly, shall be capable of being elected and acting as a Member of the Council of the same Province : (2.) No Provincial Law shall fake effect until it shall have received the Assent in Writing, either of the said Superintendent or of the Governor of New Zealand : (3.) In giving or refusing his Assent to any provisional Law, or in reserving the. same for the signification of the Governor’s pleasure, the Superintendent shall conform to such Instructions in Writing as he may from time to time receive from the Governor: (4.) In case the Superintendent shall % Assent to any Provincial Law he shall forthwith transmit to the Governor an authentic Copy thereof: (5.) It shall be lawful for the Gover- • • nor at any time after the date of such Assent, and until the

montfiSafter such authehtic 'Copy of Provisions! Lkvr'shall have been received by him to declare by Proclamation his Disallowance of Buch’ Law, aiid such. disallowance shall make void and annul the same from and after the day of the date of ■ such “Proclamation or any subsequent day to be named therein: (6.) It shall not be lawful: for the Council or other Legislative -Btfdy of any Province' to' pass 'or for the -Superintendent or Governor to assent to, any’ Bill appropriating any moneyTo the public service, unless the Siiperintendent or Governor shall first have recommended to, the Council to' make Provision for the specific Service to which such Money is -to be appropriated, and no such money shall be issued'or made issuable except by Warrants to be granted by the Superintendent or Governor : (7.) It shall not he lawful for any such council or other body as aforesaid to pass, and for the said Superintendent or Governor to assent to, any Law which shall be repugnant to the Law of England or to any enactment of the said General Assembly.

5. It shall not be competent'to the Governor of New Zealand to .assent to any Bill passed by tin; Legislatui'e of New Zealand which sha'l repeal of alter any of the Provisions of the Nineteenth C ause of the first hereinbefore recited ac of Parliament, but the said Governor (unless he shrill refuse his assent to such Bill) shell reserve the same for the signification of Her Majesty’s Pleasure.^.

6. So much of the two first hereinbefore recited acts of parliament as is inconsistent with, the Provisions of this act is hereby repealed. 7. Subject to the provisions- of this act, and of the said New Provinces Act, the said two first hereinbefore recited acts of Parliament shall apply to ail Provinces at any Time existing in New Zealand, in like manner and subject to the same conditions as the same apply to Provinces established by the first hereinbefore recited act of Parliament. 8. In the construction of this act the Term “Governor” shall mean the Person for the time b ing lawfully administering the Government of New Zealand. AUCKLAND. German Immigrants—An advertisement appears iii another column stating that. Mr. C. Petschler has been appointed agent in Auckland for the well-known Hamburgh house of John G Godeffrev and Son. From the opening of this connexion with Auckland, we anticipate a considerable extension of our foreign tra le, and accession to our numbers. Owing to the publicity given to the scientific results of the ' Novara’ expedition, the capabilities and climate of New Zealand are well known to most Germans ; and a recent article in a leading Prussian periodical indicated Auckland and the North Island of this e : Guy, as the most desirable location for such Germans as desired to make a start in a new country. The American war has checked the flow of German emigration to America, and we now see indications of its being turned hitherward. Messrs. 'Godeffrey and S>n are owners of a laige fleet of vessels, piling between the Australian ports, San Francisco, ami the various South American commercial cities. The principal Australian ' trade is with Adelaide, the German element prevailing largely in South Australia. Not fewer than five or fdx of God-ffiey and Son’s ships make Adelaide every'l year. Vessels at greater intervals are dispatched to Sydney, Melbourne, and Muretou Buy. When Sir George Grey was governor at tlm 'Cape, this Hamburgh h use alone sent out over 3,000 immigrants, who were found to he a valuable acquisition to that colony. We hope that Auckland" Will attract an equal, if not a greater number of ?uch useful settlers.

'Hie pioneer ship to New Zealand, the ‘ Adolphe,* Cross, master, was to sail for Otago in July, ami having landed freight, and passengers was to sail thence for land. The second ship is to make Auckland the first port <>f call, and so on alternately. Southern Cross Angi. 25. CoitoMANDKL.- —By the Thames, which arrived yesterday, we hear that Gibson's party struck a rich lead from the reef, and obtained from it 173 nzs. of very valuable specimens, containing it, is said over 50 percent of’gold. The late news from Otago has decided some of tlie wavesers to,proceed to ,those diggings, lmt, nil those who ate' really working at Coromandel are satisfied with thoir present prospects ami location.— siHcklander Sept 2. Mr. M Lean returned from C< r mamle! on Thursday evening, and we are glad t ■ find that lie has been successful in still fur flier throwing open that distr’et. to Europeans. ' paring this last visit, he has con .eluded the purchase of nine thousand acres, ami is in treat}’ for a block of from fi.'teen to twenty thousand acres more. The land was the property of Taraia’s tribe, ami of the Mercury Bay natives. The rea iiness with which they have consented to alienate so extensive a tract, more particularly when we consider its reputed value, is nio.-t. gratifying, ail'd certainly speaks well, for the general disposition of those natives. : We are informed likewise that the Chief. Commissioner has succeeded in introducing something like order into the arrangements of the township at Kapanga, where the native owners have leased several allotments to Europeans. Main roads one chain broad have been laid out, and the whole of tlie 1 space likely to be occupied by buildings cai;e fully subdivided, ami houses are already making their appearance. Indeed,’from all atcuv t% it appears that there is ovary pro

lability of an important settlement at Coro* mandei very soon becoming a large fact. The natives generally evince good feeling towards the diggers. —Southern Cross Sept. ■2r - THE NEW ZEALAND MAGAZINE. The starting of monthly magazines has' been quite ah epidemic, of late in England. It would appear that the disease has reached New Zealand, and the first symptoms ‘ have appeared in the shape of this monthly periodical. We have received the first two numbers which contain a good selection of articles on interesting topics, and a considerable amount of the light reading without which a monthly periodical,,,could not expect much favour. Among the useful contents are short practical papers on horticulture, which are to be continued; a brief account of what a University in y/uckland should be ; the commencement of a history of New Zealand, beginning from its discovery by Europeans; first experiences of a settler; and a very readable review of two accounts of the Taranaki war which have been published as books. Among the lighter reading we find sketches, of past generations of the niaoris, nights by the cainj ing fire, which consists, 01? rather is to consist, of a series of stories told by a party of surveyors on one of their surveying expeditions ; a maori tale of the leg. ndary school; some pieces of verse, which as the choice samples out of a hug* number of specimens of the article received, do not augur much for the poetic inspirations of the contributors; and last bu\ not least, the I'ale ofti;e Magaz e,(“A Roiiin. ; S one”) which the Editor desorioes as very interesting, and in the first two chanters of which we are introduced in nuda-i res. They contain a sufficient amount »1 stir and movement to excite ciuiosity and awaken the expcctation of something sti 1 betier. A selection of prose ami pen try‘from other Mian New Zealand sources fiif up the two firs! numbers, and we must confess that with them the'products of the New Zealand mimi do not bear a v**ry favourable comparison; but this was hot of course to be expected Some of the writers are evidently mot accustomed to the pen, and the contributions we suppose are not paid for, so that a comparison wiih the practised writers of England and America-is scarcely fair.

On the whole, these first two specimens of /his attempt to foster literary tastes among our population are such as to recommend the undertaking.to the pub-ic. If a fault might be hinted, .we think it Is that there are too many articles, and that t! erefore they are 100 short. This of course ensures variety ; but no sooner is one’s attention gained to one topic, than it is hurried away to another, and little or «no satisfaction is obtained.

Each number contains 48 pages large octavo ; and is published at the low-price of Is. for which it is sent .post free. For its neat getting up and good typography it reflects credit /both on the publisher, Mr. Chapman, and the printers, the publishers of the Southern Cross. By the bye there is a new mode of spelling “Calvinism’’ which might be read as "Galvanism, and is evidently not an Auckland error for it is repeated. Is if one of Dr. Beecher’s startling effects 1 The following extract from a short article on the “ Apple Blight” may be interesting “It has bee n stated by vegetable pbysiolo gists that in all deciduous trees a supply of sap is stored in Autumn for the production of leaves and flowers in Spring; but that little addition can be made to this supply of sap.from the fall of the leaf until the bursting of the bud ; and that if the tree is deprived of its sap during the season of rest, it Cannot produce leaves and flowers in perfection. ■ . : 1 “ Now in this Province, and in all couutries possessing a similar climate, apple trees infected .with the blight are being continually robbed of their supply of sap, or vital principle, not only during their season of growth, but that of their rest also : . and being so robbed, it i 3 impossible a tree can flourish many years. In England, on the contrary, the severity of the winter destroys the insects on the trees, and partly so on the roots, and not until the trees are again in leaf do they reappear ; consequently their winter store of sap is preserved, and the trees are capable of producing their' leaves and flowers in comparative perfection, and their lives are therefore prolonged. “ The. above is the only explanation I can give, but I believe it to be a true|one,*of the rapid decay of the apple trees in this Province. A question has also frequently been asked me, i.e., “Is there any cure for the blight ?”” My answer is, I know of no perfect curebut blighted trees may be preserved for years, by washing them annually with a strong, not too strong, solution as : soon as the leaves begin "to display their autumnal tints, and by partial washings at other seasons ; but to do so conveniently, the trees mu3t be grown as dwarfs.”

FANCIFUL INSANITY

The following amusing instances are

given in a paper in All the tar Bound. An educated man, whose iiiind had a philosophic turn, believed that the entire surface of the globe was formed of thin glass, beneath which he perceived and traced serpents of all sizes without number. He trembled and feared to tread, on the brittle expanse, lest it should break and he should fall through and be devoured by the monsters lie saw beneath. Another man of letters fancied that his legs were made of glass, and that they would inevitably break if he rose from his seat and stood upon them. A poet of Amsterdam carried the notion further, for he absolutely could not be induced to sit down—under an apprehension that his brittle and transparent foundation, if it touched a chair, would be shivered to atom*. A once eminent painter remained a whole winter in bed, imagining that his bones were as soft and flexible as wax, and that if he attempted to stand upon them they would give way .under his weight, and his body would sink down into a misshapen mass. Others, have fancied themselves made of butter, and have been , fearfully apprehensive of melting away. Mr. Ha slain mentions tin- case . of a man of letters who, in addition to wearing a thick flannel night cap. always s ept with his head in a tin saucepan, in order, ac he said, to

exclude themtrusions of the sprites*. The feature in the human face vcLtfh has occasioned most uneasiness minds of madmen has been the nose. One: man believed that his nose had ' grown to such -a./.. size, that be was afraid of stirring out of doors, or of being seen in the streets, lest people should tread on it as they passed- him by. Another imagined thas his nasal organ dangled from his ; face like the proboscis of an elephant, and that it was constantly so much in his way at dinner, and he could not prevent it from dipping into and floating in the dishes. We read of a man who not only saw-but felt, a pair of stag’s antlers growing from his forehead ; and' of persons of both sexes who fancied themselves .

grains of -wheat, and were in constant apprehension of lieing gobbled up by fowls. In an Irish ' lunatic asylum there were, not long ago, three patients whose insanity assumed a-most whimsical tui*n. One was persuaded he was an umbrella, and would remain for hours lying up against the wall in a comer of his apart. inent. Another fancied he was a clock, and would repeat - the tick and motion of the pendulum until nature -was exhausted. The third patient believed he was a hen, engaged in the process of incubation and used to remain for hours squatting over imaginary eggs. The quiet perseverance of this poor lunatic had something so indescribably earnest about it, asalmost to neutralize the ludicrous effect of the prolonged and barren process in which day. a id months wr; consumed. A patiem from Berkshire, in Bethlehem Hospital, felt convinced that he had been hatched at his father’s door by the sun, and that he had commenced,his existence as a flea, but had been, when two years old, metamorphosed into a boy. Another believed that he was Atlas, carrying the world on his back ; and always expressed intense alarm, lest it should fall and crush, not. ouly himself," -but all mankind.

A French bishop said lately in a ser mon—“ Let women remember, wliil e putting on their profuse and expansive attire, how narrow are the gates of Paradise.”

Deception in the Sale of Orange Blossoms. —lmmense numbers of socalled orange-blossoms are sold during winter and spring in Covent Garden market for marriage occasions. How, it is very rarely that the real orange-blos-soms are sold at all; the flowers so-called are the produce of the love : y evergreen called Gardenia citriodora,which is grown in a moist stove, and, with good treatment, blooms most profusely. This may be grown as well in a warm greenhouse ; but it will not there bloom during the depth of winter. Scottish Farmer. 1

To Preserve Milk from Souring for Several Days. —Put a spoonful ®f horse-radish into a pan of milk, aud ifc will r main sweet for several days. .

American Preachers.-—lii a recent sermon, Parson Brownlaw is said, to have told’ his flock that he would have them fight the Confc derates till hell froze, and then fight them on the ice while even the Rev. 11. Ward Beecher indulges in images needlessly irritant to the nervous system ; for example, “ This is God’s saw-yard. He is sawing out timber : and you are that timber. To-day he is ripping you with the saw. Tomorrow he is smoothing you with a plane. The next day he is rubbing up the surface with so ne kind of a rasp. He plies you with hammer, and nails, and screws, and. bolts, and . all sorts o,f instruments.” We should not steep under such preachers, but we. should do nothing half so good,- Spectator.

MARKETS. Wanganui September 18, —Wheat 6s barley fis, oats 6s, maize 6s per bushel, flour (at Netlye mill) £l7, (in town) £lB per 2000 lbs, potatoes £3 per ton, bread—4 lb. loaf lOd butter wholesale Is 4d retail la Gd. per lb, bacon, wholesale 8d per lb. Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Foresight.— Many slight [symptoms forerun most disease* and should never, in any case, be neglected. In diarrhoea, especially., the earliest symptoms must be checked, or the .disorder will produce most unfavourable events. When swelling tenderness, flyiug pains, aud incipient irritation . of the bowels display themselves, no treatment for. safety and certainty equals rubbing in Holloway’s Ointment.- It should be thoroughly rub-' bed over the abdomen, at least twice a-day, and * flannel should then be worn next the skin, .to prolongjthe friction, and maintain the temperature. The Ointment alone will arrest diarrhoea ; but its curative powers will be augmented, if Holloway’s Pills can be taken likewise. Holloway’s are the only reliable remedies for every bowel complaint. . 52

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