The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1870.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 737, 15 November 1870, Page 2

The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1870.

In our present issue we republish the European intelligence received by San Francisco mail, and furnished in the shape of an extra to our town subscribers shortly before three o'clock yesterday morning. The arrival of the subsidiary mail steamer Phcobe at Nelson, at 5 p.m. on Sunday, should have enabled us to supply the news about ten o'clock the same night, but owing to a scries of vexatious and mysterious delays, the full message had not been received in "VVcstport and Charleston until 1.10 a.m yesterday morning. About fifty words were received early in the evening, containing, however, nothing of importance, when the line became very defective and the signals undistinguishable. The message was subsequently transmitted to Brighton, and from thence sent forward to the northern stations. Yesterday the line was in fair working order.

Mr Warden Giles returned from the Inangahua on Saturday evening. Sergeant Kiely returned from the same locality yesterday. The population are in great spirits at the productiveness and richness of the reefs. A third line has been struck, between Anderson's and Murray creek by Shields and party, who have obtained a large body of stone and splendid prospects. This reef is known as the Bed Beef.

The European mail via Suez is due in Melbourne on Thursday, the 24th inst. Telegrams to Nov. 2nd, furnishing twentyone days' later intelligence than was received via San Francisco, may be expected. On Sunday evening the Athenaeum very narrowly escaped being burnt to the ground. It appears that a child belonging to a man named Brown, resident opposite the Athenamin, had collected a quantity of paper and chips, placing them against the building, and then set tire to the heap. Fortunately Mr H. Pain noticed a glare of light from a distance, and arrived on the spot in time to find the weather-boards charred. A few minutes later and intervention would have been too late. It would, perhaps, not bo altogether out of place to direct the attention of parents and guardians to the duty, which appears to be much neglected in Westport, of checking the mischievous tendencies of the children under their control. Until an advanced hour of the night portions of the town are infested with ill behaved young rascals, who are a nuisance to everyone, and who, if their course of behaviour is unchecked, are paving the way surely to a life of blackguardism. The children, doubtless, are not naturally bad, but if permitted to contract vicious habits, and to become lazy and impudezit, the parents can only blame themselves for their criminal neglect.

In consequence of the only business at the ensuing sitting of the District Court being limited to bankruptcy proceedings, it is notified that jurors are exempted from attendance. Tho following cases are set down for hearing to-day : —G. Limbrick, Cassare Nosei, Owen O'Neil, Duncan M'Lachlan, J. A. Carr, C. M. Fox.

A large snag, brought down by the la it fresh, and which obstructed the fairway of the liuller channel, was removed under the superintendence of the Harbor Master, yesterday, and deposited on the North Spit. A correspondent, signing himself " Private Tip," gives us the benefit of his belief or prophesy of the winners of the Melbourne Cap. He says, " Manuka wdl be first; Sir John, second; and Trump Card, third." A few days will determine how far his " tip " is correct.

His Honor Mr Dudley "Ward arrived from Charleston on Saturday. He will hold a sitting of the District Court at Westpbrt to-day. At the bankruptcy sitting's at Charleston on Tuesday last, Thomas Dollman, David Cunningham and George Meynell, unopposed, obtained their discharge. James Jenkins was set back until the next sitting, to rile a statement of receipts and expenditure. The discharge of Aiden Doyle was suspended for two months, and that of William Raid until the next sitting of the Court. There was no criminal nor other civil business, and the Court adjourned on Tuesday siiie die. MrCourtneynotifiesthat the tramway wi 1 be opened on Saturday next, between Westport and a short distance this side of the Orawaiti. The cars will run at fixed ii - tervals, making fourteen return trips daily.

treSVfe-LiTt-rcrcnriiMc-:—one~wm"rea'cii .Nelson in time for the sittings of the Supreme Court, and for the convenience of passengers will remain in Nelson until after the West Coast cases are disposed of, returning to the Coast immediately thereafter.

The " Examiner " states in respect to the resolution passed at the Superintendent's meeting at Westport.—" About twenty hands were hold up for the resolution, which was declared to be carried, but we are told that had an amendment been proposed, expressing- full confidence in the Superintendent, it would have passed." We can only form a hazardas to who may be the informant of our Nelson contemporary. In any case the writer has been grossly misled, inasmuch as the resolution was carried all but unanimously, two hands only having been held up against it. A walking match, for ,£5 a side, between two Charleston residents, Messrs Bavin and Ellis, came off on the Nine-mile beach on Saturday, and resulted in Bavin winning by about thirty yards. The distance was a trifle short of three miles, and the time, in which the distance was traversed was twenty-six minutes. Mr and Mrs M 'Gowan gave their farewell performance at the Masonic Hall yesterday evening, when a very attractive programme was presented to the audience. These talented actors proceed to Charleston by coaoh to-day, where they will give two entertainments—on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Volunteer Skene, of the Ist Westland Rifles, has, for the third time, won Captain Bonar's Cup, with the excellent score of 55 points out of a possible 60. Recent telegrams announce the death of Air H. S. Selfe, who for many years acted as agent in London for the Province of Canterbury. We take the following from the " Pall Mall Gazette," of the 7th September :—" Mr H. S. Selfe, one of the magistrates of the Westminster police court, died yesterday, in his fifty-ninth year. He was educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi, Oxford, and was called to the Bar in 1831 by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn. He was appointed to the Thames Police Court in 185(5, and transferred thence to Wett.ninster in 1863. He had bjen for years a sufferer from gout, and was taken ill about a month ago, but no unfavorable symptoms were noticed until about a week since, when general debility set in. Mr Selfe married Miss Tait, a sister of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who survives him, and ho leaves several children, one of whom is at the Bar, and another a chaplain in the Royal Artillery at Bombay." To the above we may add Mr Selfe acted for many years as agent for the Canterbury Province in England, and for the valuable services rendered in that capacity a piece of plate, and subsequently, in 1867, a honorarium of £SOO was voted to him by the Provincial Council. The receipt of the latter was gratefully acknowledged by tho deceased gentleman in visiting Canterbury contemporaneously in 186 S.

Mr H. 11. Lahman and Mr F. Guinness of Greymouth announce themselves as candidates for the representation of Greymouth in the County Council. An appeal has been lodged at Greymouth in a civil case recently heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Drury v. Guinness, and the requisite bonds have been entered into for the payment of the costs. The grounds of appeal are as follows : —l. That the plaintiff being engaged as clerk to the defendant for three years, and no time being agreed to for the payment of his wages, the dismissal of the plaintiff by the defendant for misconduct during the term of service is a forfeiture of

all wages due to him up to the date of such dismissal. 2. That the plaintiff was dismissed for misconduct, and this Court was of that opinion, as it reduced a part of his claim on that ground. Friday's "West Coast Times" contained the following particulars of the accident at the Taieri ferry, from which it would appear that the deceased Mr Eyrie did not meet his death by drowning :—" Many past and present residents of Hokitika will hear with regret of the death, under peculiar circumstances, of a former townsman, Mr Marcus Eyrie. According to our telegram from Duuedin yesterday, and a private telegram received by Mr Stewart, the local representative of the firm of Messrs Anderson and Mowat, Mr Eyrie wa3 accidentally killed by the upsetting of Cobb's coach on Wednesday afternoon, on its way from Dunedin to Clutha Ferry. The death of a young man like Mr Eyrie under such circumstances would in itself bo a painful incident, but there were surrounding circumstances which constitute it an incident of an extremely distressing character. It appears that Mr Eyrie had only on the previous day been married to a young lady who had been a youthful companion of his at home, and who had recently arrived in Otago, in fulfilment of an "engagement" which had been maintained between them for a number of years. It was while proceeding to his home at Balclutha, and while in company with his young bride, that the coach by which they were passengers was capsized, inflicting injuries on Mr Eyrie which resulted in death."

The " Lyttelton Times," of the Bth inst., says:—" For some days past a painful ju mor has been cm-rent that there has been loss of life at the late fire. It appears that a sailor named Johnston is missing. He

left Leslie's Hotel on the night of the fire, and went to the Queen's. Since then he has not been seen. His swag and other property are in Lyttleton unclaimed."

A correspondent of the " Sydney Herald," writing from Newcastle, states " that some excitement was caused there lately by a report that the steam tug Southland had left the harbor in chase of the Nil Desperandum, for the purpose of capturing an absconder from Sydney. The Sheriff's Deputy at Maitland had the same morning received from Sydney a writ for the arrest of a man named Getson, who had left the metropolis, with the intention of proceeding to New Zealand. It was soon ascertained that a man answering the description of Getson had taken a passage on board the Nil Desperandum, which was then miles outside the Heads. Mr Allen, the deputysheriff, at once chartered the Southland, and started in pursuit. The little vessel was put under full steam, but a stiff and favorable breeze enabled the brig to make headway, and she was near twenty miles on her voyage before she was overtaken by the tog and boarded by the sheriff's officers. Then every obstacle was thrown in the way of capture by the master of the brig, and Getson, having shut himself in his cabin, declared his intention of shooting the first

man who entered. Finding that it was impossible to eifect a capture, the officers were compelled to retire on board the tug, and returned to Newcastle without their man. Steps will be at once taken to arrt st Getson on his arrival in New Zealand."

The " Lyttelton Times" states that the number of houses destroyed by the late fire was 129, and the damage is estimated at over ,£IOO,OOO. Temporary buildings art h.'ino 1 pvoc,tc.d,.but. it. is iiiinnssibln to comig. j Jib ittrge neap oi gram nas been removed, a great quantity of it being uninjured. Mr Dransfield, of the Shades, has erected a good-sized house, and Mr Pitcaithley's shop is approaching completion. Handsome shops will ba erected on the sites occupied by Messrs Bunker and Ayers. We hear that Mr Pratt has purchased the ground on which Mr Walker's large stone building stood, and will erect commodious premises thereon. Mr Merson is clearing away the debris, preparatory to building. The Government Engineer has not yet been over to survey the block, but it is expected that he will do so next week, when all the buildings will be pushed forward. During the past few days, several tradespeople have had to call meetings of their creditors, and amicable arrangements have bean effected. Mr J. Kenncr, coal and timber merchant,.has most liberally given receipts to all his debtors who resided in the block. '1 he sum amounts to upwards of .£3O. Mr Edmcalp, brewer. Wellington, called a meeting of creditors on the 7th instant. His liabilities are stated to bo £II,OOO. The liabilities in the estate of Mr John Griffin, Dunedin, are £9OOO. A composition of 4s in the pound is offered. Respecting the alluvial wash recently discovered at the Thames, the " Advertiser" says:—" Half-a-dozen holes have been sunk to a depth of twelve to fifteen feet, the layer of washdirt being about three feet thick.

A miner, named Arcotti Pietro, was killed on the 7th instant, while working in Ins claim near the Big Dam, Waimea, Westland. The party are bringing up a tail-race to the claim, and while deceased and one of his mates were working, at a part of the cutting about five feet deep, some seven or eight tons of soft blue reef caved in, and buried Pietro, who could not be rescued until quite dead. Throe boys, two of them brothers, named Greenaway, and one named Maloney, were drowned on Nov. G, when bathing in the harbor at Napier. At an inquest held next morning, a verdict of "Accidentally Drowned " was returned.

The following Auckland telegrams are to November3:—The schooner Southern Cross, which has arrived from Norfolk Island, reports the outburst of a volcano at Sunday Island. The eruption almost divided the island, besides upheaving two smaller islands, and forming an entirely new harbor. A great part of the growing crops are destroyed. Hundreds of wild cats- rushed down from the mountains. Great consternation was caused among the inhabitants. —-H.M.S. Galatea and Clio are expected to visit Auckland in December, and it is understood that the Duke of Edinburgh will remain a month.—Mr Vogel addressed a meeting of the electors of City East. There were eight hundred persons present. In his speech, which lasted two hours, bo reviewed the policy of the Government, and defended their protective and financial schemes. At the close, a vote of confidence was passed. In reference to the late fire in Dunedin, tho "Times" is informed that none of the proporty destroyed belonged to Mr Keith .Ramsay. Tne origin of the fire has not been ascertained. The man Homan remains much in the same state as he was on Monday evening, but has become somewhat quieter in his manner, which is so far in his favor, since the skin of his body has been so badly burned that ho cannot be held. The doctor, however, still regards his recovery as being hopeless. Homan is about 30 years of age, and unmarried.

The following is the result of Thursday's racing at Christchurch :—Hurdle Eace— Sir Tatton, 1 ; Star of the South, 2; Trump, 3. Derby—Envy, Mariner, 2; Ba-

Shaw, 3. Jockey Club Handicap—Knot- ' tingloy, 1; Southern Chief, 2. Criterion Stakes—A walk over for XXX. Grand Stand Handicap—Lacenfced, 1; Peeress, 2 —twelve ran. With the exception of the hurdle race, tho racing was rather poor. Beauchamp, the Mormon Elder and Apostle, who lately endeavoured to gain converts in Wellington, is proselytising in Melbourne. At a meeting held by him at Carlton, he " stated most distinctly that polygamy was the essence of tho religion, and that he would state that opinion in public if his dislike to the pillory treatment of being pelted with bricks and rotten eggs was not so great." He evidently has j not forgotten the treatment he received in Wellington.