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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 192, 12 March 1868, Page 2

St. Patrick's Day in the Morning.—Tuesday will be the anniversary of this memorable Saint, and to any one who has lived in Dublin, what a host of association does it not bring up, of Lord Lieutenant processious and b.ills, and the never to be forgotten review in the Phoenix. To the t 'ue Irishman, it is the day of all days iu the year, and is more observed than the patron Saint's day of either Scotland or England. In spite of Fenian trouble?, there are a good many good men and true, who hail from the Emrald Isle, and we trust that the hatchet may soon be buried in England, for internicine war can never successfully obtain for Ireland an adjustment of her grievances. Eli rtation. —In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, Mrs C. E. Evareste has postponed her lecture on " Eiirtation" till next Friday evening.

Pic-nic to White's Tea Gardens. Next Tuesday, a grand pic-nic to the above gardens is announced. The gardens are situated in the Lagoon, and have been both tastefully and usefully fitted up by the proprietor for the purposes of pleasure parties. At Christmas tide great preparations were made for a pic-nic, and although the day was put off from time to time, wet would prevail, and all the proprietor's labor and money was throw away. We know of no place in the neighborhood where so pleasant a day could be spent, and we trust that the holiday-seekers who patronise Host White may have the satisfaction of enjoying a happy and shining St. Patrick's Day. The Orawaiti. —Since the bridge was formed over this river, a small township has commenced on this side, and in course of time we may look forward to this being a suburb of Westport, as it is, private residences, are gradually extending towards that river. Street Improvements.—The work of filling in the street near the Courthouse is gradually assuming a finished appearance, and Gladstone-street will, when all the improvements are complete, he a street both for width and general appearance, second to none either in We3tport or other New Zealand towns.

Mining Laws.—The Commissioner, T. A. S. Kynnersley, Esq,, has been eugaged during the last two days with Messrs Lightband and Broad, Wardens, in matters relating to the revision of the present mining rules and regulations. To-day he starts for G-reymouth overland, on an official tour. BUBIAL OF THE BODY. FOUND UP THE Bulleb Riveb.—Constable M'Mahon has just returned from his visit up the Buller, where he had been sent to have the body of the man found on the banks of the river interred. He reports that he found the body about thirty-five miles up the river. It was that of a male, 6 feet 8 inches high, of stout build, and very much decomposed, so much so as to destroy all chance of identification. The body had no distinctive marks on it, but had an old drab silk scarf tied round the waist, and a leathern sheath attached, also a pair of watertights, very much worn, no other clothing of any sort was found. The constable being unable to remove the body, had it interred near the spot. It is, perhaps, in the memory of our readers, that some time ago two diggers were drowned whilst crossing the river Matukataki, during a flood, and as the spot where the body was found was below the junction of that river and the Buller, it is more than probable that it is one of those unfortunate men. Coppeb Mine in Auckland.—A correspondent of the New Zealand Herald has forwarded to that journal specimens of silver and copper ore from the lode of Williamson and Smallman's at Waiomu. The lode is three feet wide, and crosses beach from the sea, up to the hills. The mine is leased for a term of years, and it is the intention of the proprietors to commence operations at once. About 30 tons would soon be ready for shipment to Auckland, for the purpose of sending to Australia, in order that it might be thoroughly tested, &c. ExtebminatingMosquitoes.—Carbolie acid has been successfully employed in New Jersey, United States, for exterminating mosquitoes and flies. A small piece of cloth saturated with the acid was hung up in a room, and in two hours the flies had disappeared. A pretty and well-dressed young lady, after looking at several pairs of gloves, lavender-colored, in a shop lately, shocked the assistant by asking the assistant which he thought the "lavenderest."