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lUGUST 29, 1868.e second 1 of thepassed a ndent of Goverii-thiq de-t object iimteishHe be-scessary.0nses as aad also that dis* ibers did 3isquali-nan the leaphy),fe by dia-tn their3. Therevhen an re was a i Sieyes, France, ave theconductsorption vn at the W a paper a Comp-) did not position ZealandGovern-bed into ntfeixian trwinians to therad ren-proposedlents for the Ge-of their. Com-3-overn-•etrenchiim twohe hon,taperin-r heads exoeed-orthernHampers badmission,he Go-1, mem-CCfree historyservices eelance 16 motto ider for lerior to , and in?iog inr andHea thin pro-r.) At of the balls of ved the ngland, Vernier is of his ommis-larmeraof the etty ofitiuned ► Carle*ie hon, !) The ak himighten-genrte-i. Butineiple s inte-t *untry,h theirwholeMr, Djiloy Bell : Was there not a telegram sentto M r Strode ?Mr, feTAFFORB : I am not absolutely certain_ that there was not, (Ob.) Ae the financial operation of last year, there never was a more judicious or a more equitable financial operation pei formed, andafter iqjes would acknowledge that it had saved thecredit of the colony. The New Zealand Bank had barely one-tenth of the interest held in provincial bonds. The other nine-tenths were held by the public creditor. He (Mr. bcfford) had a sincere conviction that the operation was most beneficial to the colony. Even the hon* gentleman himself—— Mr. Fox.; I do not say the operation should not have been done, but, if done, it should, have been done for * commercial consideration, I complain that such consideration has not been obtained, andthe result is a loss to the colony of nearly £500,000, (Cheers)The Hon* Mr, Stafford : A familiar acquaintance with the feeling of the money market, and with that of the public creditor, enabled the Government to understand what could be done quite as well as the boo, member opposite. As to the bill before the House, if it did not go far enough by not excluding Superintendents, the Government would have no objection to go so far with the hop, gentleman, if he wished it, (Cheers a oft laughter.) He did not, however see any satisfactory reason for adjourning the debate. He was afraid, however, the discussion had gone out of the four corners of the question which was being debated. (Hear, hear.}Mr. Stevens objected to the financial position of the colony being made to govern its political opinion. He felt dread and alarm on account of such financial operations as those of last year* There were certain contractors against whom the colony was to protect itself, and other contractors against whom the colony was not to protect itself. (Hear, hear.) Be did not allude to the Bank of New Zealand particularly ; it might be the same with any bank, (Hear, hear.) There ought to be no mistake about the matter; it was plunder ©£ the colony. (Cheers.) As to the bill before the House, he was disposed to support the second reading of it. But the real interest which [ appeared to move provincial officials was not mentioned. They had an interest in combining. That would not cease, whether provincial officers represented parts of provinces, or other peroua. Asto the Westland BtlJ, it created a new province, with a nominated Superintendent, and no more.Mr. Macandsew would support tha second read-iog of the bill for a very different reason from that which influenced other hoo, members. He believed the provincial system, was languishing, but languishing for want of a stimulant. There was really no reason why the bill should not exclude Superintendents, and even Provincial Councillors, bo that therewould le nobody left* So they might bring the whole matter to a red actio ad ahsurdum.The question that the bill be read a second time was put and agreed to without a division..Tuesday week was eventually fixed for the committal of the bill.MILLERS AND BAKERS RILL.The Hon. Mr. Richmond explained that this bill proposed to check a class of frauds which Were probably well knownAfter some discussion the bill was read a second time, and ordered to bo committed on Tuesday next.LIBEL BILL.Mr. Vogel moved that this bill be made an order of the day for Wednesday next.Mr. Haughton moved that the bill be committedthat day six months.Mr. Reed seconded the amendment.Mr, Campbell thought the House was taken by surprise by the amendment.Mr. Vogel said, that there would be several opportunities of legitimately opposing the bill.Mr* Babhton, after some discussion, withdrew his amendment.The bill was ordered to bo committed next Wed-nesday.GENERAI, AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS,Mr, box moved that the names of Mr. W* H* Harrison, Mr. McLean, and Mr* Carleton he added to the committee on General and Provincial Government accounts.—Motion agreed to,The House adjourned at half-past o’olook.A1.11 hBfe heareneral,tletnanber for wittytletoansb. If e moreaid not rich he he bill ie, and inciplefe pro-lorrupt e prin-lad »nsue—a terest. inoial”Whatriserestwith; of all y and ightin 1 by a iorrupt ligible aimednately■ogressitself,ur offficersad a id ten to be mb of to ei-it had beard ion in ;t was pd by titude fch the[O two actualluded,id out I of aty the out* id theidog; s the an in 'racial with rfcookLd nott any ie re-i; he emO‘ nip at tgaio;eers.) e wasfc Was ; like hinjgain.louse■er of eoa-ie forigainMr, for aE ad-iomeefore great E the 1 as-tever ativeipen-uponMr. putnmi-pon-■i1ENGLISH NEWS.ALLEGED MURDER BY POISONING OP A GENTLEMANFROM NEW ZEALAND.An inquest has been held by Dr, Lnkester, under very peculiar circumstances, at the Globe Tavern, Derby-street* St. Fan eras, London, on the body of Mr* .Philip John Mirehouse, aged twenty-nine. The deceased had been abroad for some time, but returned from New Zealand last year worth a considerable sum of money. After a very short illness in England he died without making a will, at the house where he was living with his wife, whom he had not long married. A certificate was given by the medical man who had attended him durin? the short period of three days that he died from inflammation of the bowels, and on the 1st of November,1867, he wae interred in the Great Northern Cemetery. From certain circumstances, which were not all lowed to transpire, the relatives of deceased suspected that his death had not taken place in a natural manner, b«t that he had been hurried out of the world by poison, and they therefore applied to tbe Secretary of State for an order for the disinterment of the body, so that an official examination might be made as to tha causa of death. The Secretary of State, however, replied that he had no power to grant such an order. Application was then made to Dr. Lankeater ; and, upon a demand being ma le for an inquest, the coroner made the required order, and on the 2nd May last, after the body of deceased bad been in the grave bix mouths and a day, it was disinterred in presence of representatives of alL parties concerned. Dr. Anderaon Smith, who attended deceased prior to death, removed the viscera, and, having sealed them up, conveyed them to Dr. Taylor, of Guy’s Hospital, London, for analysis* The jury having been Bworn in, they proceeded by the Great Northern railway to the cemetery at Colney-hateh, and went into the cataoombs of tbe cemetery, where the body had been laid out. This was in such an advanced state of decomposition that only the beard could be distinguished. Tbe jury having returned to the Globe Tavern, King’s-eross, the inquiry was proceeded with. Captain A. VV* Mirehouse, of Brighton, brother of deceased, said My brother was twenty-nine years of age. He followed no profession: lie was agentleman. He died on 1st November, 1867* Ilast saw him alive on the 8fch October. I was telegraphed for on the 1st November, but when I arrived I found he was dead. I did not see him during bis illness. I had reason to suspect that he was poisoned, and that was why 1 wished for the inquiry. —Dr. Anderson Smith deposed that on’the 29th of October last be was fetched to deceased at Woburn-cottage, Duke’s-row, Eusbou Road* Deceased was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his face was flushed and red. He was quite sensible, but did not like to be disturbed; but, m answer to questions, he said he had pains in the bowels and stomach. On the morning of November I he died. Witness gave a certificate that he died from inflammation of thebowels, and the body was buried. The symptoms, although consistent with poison, were not consistent with corrosive poison.—Being in attendance at the House of Commons on a speaker's warrant, Dr. Taylor was uofc present at ihe^ inquiry; but, his written report of the analysis having been sworn to, it was received as evidence. The report detailed very minutely the appearance of the internal organs and their condition, and stated that, although teats had been applied for arsenic, mercury, and antimony, no mineral poison had been detected, The coroner haring pointed out that there was no evi- j deuce upon which to proceed further, the jury returned a verdict that deceased died from inflammation of the stomach and bowels. They appeared, however, very dissatisfied with the evident mystery | which still clung round the case.extraordinary divorce case.In the case of Dering v. Bering and Blakeley, Capel and the Queen’s Proctor intervening, which lately came before the Divorce Court, Edward Cholmeley Bering had obtained on the 21st of June last a decree for the dissolution of his marriage with Mary Harriet Dering for adultery with Theophilus Alexander Blakeley j but the respondent’s parents, the Hon. Adolphus and Charlotte Mary Cape!, had since intervened, and alleged misconduct, connivance, and collusion. The Queen’s Proctor hid also come in on tbe part of the Crown and filed similar averments. The respondent was originallythe wife of the late Viscount Forth. She had filed apetition against him on the ground of adultery and cruelty; but the Queen’s Proctor intervened, and procured the dismissal of the suit on the ground that she was then cohabiting with Mr. Dering* Lord Forth having afterwards died, Mr. Bering, on the 29fch of October, 1861, married the widow, and last June he proved that she had eloped with Captain Blakeley, the inventor of the ordnance which bears his name, he himself a married man* The Attorney-General now appeared on behalf of the Orowo, and said he should prove that the intimacy between the respondents in the present suithad been such that th© petitioner—-who, knowinghis wife’s history, ought to have been especiallyjealous of his honour—must have been perfectly' cognisant of the relations which existed between' tbtm.-’-A number of witnesses were examined.— For the petitioner, Sergeant Parry contended thatthe evidence of connivance had completely brokendown. Nothing vihatever hail been adduced to ihoiv that Mr. Bering had suspected bis wife’s guilt till after her actual elopement. The learned counsel read a letter from Mr. Capel (who now charged the petitioner with connivance), expressing in tha bitterest terms his sense of his daughter1* misconduct and ingratitude, and bearing testimony to herhusband’s unvarying kindness and indulgence.— Serjeant Parry then tendered evidence on behalf of the petitioner, after which the Judge Ordinary summed up the case. Having traced the history of the married life of the parties, he proceeded to consider tbe evidence adduced in support of the levaral pleas put upon the record by the intervener*, With respect to the charge of the connivance, which hedefined as **knowledge with acquiescence,” he pointed out that there was so little warrant for it that the Solicitor-General in his address to the jury practically abandoned it. No more serious charge could be made against a gentleman- but as the ground for the charge in this instance was the supposed desire of Captain Bering to get rid of his wife,it was impossible to sustain it in the face of the foot that after she left her home he followed her to London, sind did all that he possibly could to induce her to return with him.—The jury retired shortly after twelve o’clock. About one o'clock an intimation was conveyed to the Court that the jury were agreed upon three of the issues, but that they could not agree on the issue of the “misconduct conducing to adultery.” Under these circumstances they wished to know if tha parties would receive their verdict. This was declined, and the jury retired again. At half-past one o’clock they came back with a verdict for the petitioner on all the issuei, adding, however, that he had been guilty of great want of caution.— His lordship said he concurred in the verdict.THE SCENE AT THE LAST PUBLIC? EXECUTION INENGLAND.A bill has passed that future executions in Fug-land shall be conducted in private. The last criminal executed under the old law was Barrett, for the crime at Clerkenwell, The following description of tbe scene is from au English journal:—f* With the first sound of the bells came a roar from the crowd outride, and a loud continued shout of ‘ Hats off J’ till tbe whole dense, bareheaded mass stood white and ghastly-looking in the morning sun, and the pressure on the barriers increased so that the girl* and women in the front ranks began to scream and struggle to get free. Amid snch a scene as this, and before such a dense crowd of white facer, Barreit was executed. Bis clergyman came first. Barrett mounted the steps with the most perfect firmness. Thia may seem stereotyped phrase, hutit really means more than is generally imagined. To ascend a ladder with ons arms and hands closely pinioned would be at all times difficult, but to climb a ladder to go to certain death might try the nerves of the boldest. Barrett walked np coolly aod boldly. His face was as white at marble, but* still he bore himself with firmness, and hi* manner was as far removed from bravado as fear. We would not dwell on these details, but from the singular reception he met as he came out upon the scaffold* There was a partial burst of cheers, which was instantly accompanied by loud hisses, and so it remained for some seconds, till as tbe last moment approached the roars dwindled down to a dead silence* To neither cheers nor hisses did the culprit make the slightest recognition. Be seemed only attentive to what the priest was saying to him, and to be engaged in fervent prayer. The hangman instantly put the cap over his face and the rops round his neck * Then Barrett turning spoke through bis cap and asked for the rope to be altered, which the hangman did. In another moment Barrett was a dead man. After the bolt was drawn and the drop fell with the loud boom which always echoes from ri, Barrett never moved. He died without a struggle. It is worthy of remark that a great cry rose from the crowd as the culprit fell*—a cry which was neither an exclamation nor a scream, but it par* took in ita sound of both. With the fall of the drop the crowd began to disperse, but a large number waited till the time for cutting down came, and when nine o’clock struck there were loud oalls of * Come on, body-snatcher 11 * Take away theman you’ve killed 17 Ac. The hangman appeared and cut down the body amid such a storm of yell* and execrations as has seldom been heard even from such a crowd. The body on being taken down was placed in a shell and removed to an adjoining building In the presence of the sheriffs and under-sheriffs, tbe governor, the prison surgeon, and the ordinary. The rope having been removed from the neck, and the leathern straps by whioh the leg3 and arms had been pinioned, the surgeon certified that life was extinct. The expresiion of the face was marvellously serene and placid, and the features composed to a degree irreconcilable at first sight with the notion of a violent death, though the lips and parts of the forehead were unusually livid.”A TRUE LOVE STORY.The anecdote related not long ago in the Time* may be eited to prove, if any proof were seeded, that women do not always show themselves uaworthy of a man’s faithful love. Ia a village in Somersetshire, two lovers, posaeising no means on which to live, agreed to separate: the man asking the woman to wait for him a certain number of years, after which she would be free, if she thought proper, tomarry another man. She affirmed, however, that she would wait for him till death; and he went abroad. Several years later, a gentleman returning by train from London to Taunton had a companion in the carriage whose complexion and manner excited his curiosity. He was swarthy and sunburned, in the full vigour of manhood and strength, but excited and uneasy, with a wandering eye and twitching feature*, especially when they entered Somersetshire. At length he found it impossible to preservesilence, and asked the gentleman if he knew a certain village near Taunton. “ I live there,” was the reply, “and am just returning to it from town.” li Then,” said the young man, with difficulty restraining his emotion, u do you know such a one 2” mentioning a young woman’s name. 4f Yes—per-and he could get no “Married, you would ask,” said thefectly well.” “Is she further.gentleman. “ No ; she is waiting for her lover, who is gone abroad,” ft That’s me 1” exclaimed the man with enthusiasm, “ Thank God, she has waited ! for I am come back to marry her. ” The sequel may be left to conjecture.A DANGEROUS RIDE,As a passenger train was running between Shin-clifTe and Sherhurn stations, on the Sunderland'branch, a man was observed beckoning to someplatelayers, who wore working on the rails, as if something of an alarming nature hid occurred* To their astonishment,' they saw a child sitting quite uu concerned on the footboard of a carriage in anapproaching train, without any apparent fear. Thoengine at the time was travelling at a very great speed, but on the train passing the curve, one of the men, named Nathan Ward, snatched the child off as the carriage passed. It was afterwards ascertained to belong to Mr. Smifch, the station-master at Shin-cliffe. The little boy had been playing about the station, and when the teaio was standing at Shin-cliffe had got on just befora ifc started, without having been noticed by the official.SINGULAR ACCIDENT,A fatal accident of a very remarkable character isreported from Lancaster* An inquest has been held in that town respecting the death of Robert Town-ley, a youth, aged seventeen years. The deceased was a clerk in the employ of the Lancaster Banking Company, and it was a part of his duty to remain after the other clerks had left, at closing time, for the purpose of making the strong room secure. One afternoon he stayed for this purpose as usual. In the strong room there was a trapeze suspended from the roof, and the junior clerks were in the habit of amusing themselves by exercising upon it in their leisure time. The deceased was noted for his sJdll upon the trapeze. About two hours after closing time the cashier, who had been to dine, was surprised to find the hat of the deceased hanging in its usual place in the office. He ordered a search to be mads, and on entering the strong room they found deceased hanging by the nook to a rope which had been fastened to one of th« rings of the trapeze. He was quite dead. It appears that he was fond of practising on the rope, and often hung upon a noose by tho chin. It is supposed that he wa* doing thii on Tuesday, when the noosa slipped against his throat and strangled him before he could take hold of the loose ecd of tho rope, and so release himself, A verdict of “ Accidental death ” was returned.notice,M. HORTON BUSBYRESPECTFULLY announces to his friends and customers, the ladies and gentlemen of Auckland and its vicinity, that he has REMOVED the AUCKLAND VENETIAN BLIND FACTORY from Wellesley-street East, to No. 172, Quoen-street, nearly facing the Old Court-house, two doors above Messrs.^ Owen and Fendelow’s,Ironmongers, where he will continue to make every description of Window Blinds of the best materialsand workmanship at the lowest remunerativeprices for ready money. The Trade' Supplied as befur^. 172, QUEEN-STREETi
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