The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-16 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF -YEW ZE.IL.I 1,

We are favoured by the genirs:
New Zealand with a copy of oftici3l ',v..
principal reaulta of tho ceusta of the , •I)vy : iken on
night of December 19, 1867. The% r-',•.•
land, cultivation, crope, and h%.
census enumeration, the populat. i •:.
sive of the military and their famd:e, i
ginal natives) wee, in December, iv,7,
can be no doubt, however. that the t...!...•
ceeded this, as, besides individual omission+. Ca-.
negligence of sub-enumerators, or from other c • •
are almost insuperable difficulties in the way of
correct enumeration of the gold-digging
euch an enumeration been practicable the total wo.C. •
bably have been several thousands more thou it 6. Bi.• •
number, as they stand, show an absolute
compared with 1a4.4. amounting to 16,1;!S, or 261,4
cent. Of this population (lher) the Northern Isla.
;comprisitg the provinces of Auckland, Taranaki, W
lington. Mid Hawke's My) had a total of ;9.913, or
per cent. ; and the Middle Libra ;couipli-in?
viwes of Nelson, Mar borough, Canterbtry. ,i• %,;
Southlana). a total of 138.440. or 638; pc: :.•
whole population. The additieu of 1,14 ,or • • •-..
for the Chatham a ill bring oat th. . •
.5.4 al. yve.

Tai s.L.2r.ternt.7.l-3 w.re lustru..ted t • ir•
Ainbiti. in tin ir returns vi
ti t...wn in elkli pr•wine,
f.ll.,wing tit.:—Au
llymouth. . Wvllington. 7.i Ni,
t. 4;.) .
tL.n. . is ;. Inver ..t•
f...!u.1;,, in w

1. it. 'II:. :
• Ilitaren, w. men Lt. d iental•• ell:: I: : .
t.otal af ?lumber td l,d t •
.w nby the total of ..:"-
mak., mai males. The eelunltt. .
w a total • •

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7.•,.:•1 Of thi- -
1.141br i•-•;r1 rairo. and 1.1: • •
including tent... whiell numbered iltogetl:
Althtugh the ft.:tube:4 the
tton are not ascertained by the census el •-
t•iras .upplica from the native secretar -
basis for an atipmisiruate estimate of t!.,
respicts :lie provinces of Canterbury.
lull. a cnacceratiou described as a• • ,•:.•
in the early part of this year. which :
vim•es a total of 1.433. of whom 3-.l:i wore
females. above 14: and 213 mil., in 1 : c i. •
14 with Ave children •• sex not kn, en • Fr •
is with the province of Ne:-,n. :h.: :
the Chatham lelands, the nun:',. r. •!J! e i i
13,3•1 i women, and •-h::.ir
37.147. These. numbers. h. w .
aptioximate, and in one Jr tW.,
24 probably under-estimated. TA:ant t!
appear. however, they show an (estinittei.
lotion of 3.4.5-40 in the colony. This
population shown by the census. and th.: -•
then' families, would make the aggrepte ••• • •
inhalhtsut. *ANON' Zealand
Tlie total ittnuitary of land fenced-- •
acres; tu lath. 401).;i13 acre-.
1072,311 r. a 1:31.1 increased in t‘• .
an 1 the toad grantity sin for .•
wits 141.007 acres: in ti6l. 226,21.. lore. I: • •
3 42. 6.3.5 acres. had increased in l!tti; to •
aggregate numbers of live stock .4 ill kr.:l- ~•‘
poultry). which in ltiiit4werel.72NO:l3. :r. 1 su.. •.,' •
and in ltitit, ...1,a10.062, had increased in !•••:•:* • • s, ••
Taking sheep separately. the total numbei • '
which iu 1!4) l was 1.523,324 : in 1•4,1. -1.7••1• ••••
4.437.'::3, had increased in N.. 7 !, • 1••.

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Stith KEW. AIN'IDENT AT AN
ltfosiday evening List a shocking aocidc!.
California Works of Meows. ltroneutt.
severe, if not fatal. injuries to an :.'•
nemed R.,bert Pearsall, of 36. Queen
who was sadly burnt. He hail been e
turn with his father, and was overtiinn.:4
and only partly moldered tap cinder. tr in
iron waggon into which it bad been ran tr
furnaoc, when it rolled into some water which
lected upon the ground of the cinder bank. and it.'
masa exploded. The red-hot particles weir een..
great force against the poor fellow's body. and -
stantaneously his hair and the little clothing he ha
were on lire. All &Niue, and in great ..gony. he I • et`
shrieking, into the adjacent canal. He 11L.4 g.,t
mediately by some of his fellow-workmen. and liter •
tenderly covered over. as far as possible. with hi-
flannel jacket to keep the chill night air from lus
and quivering flesh. he was conveyed heave, and AL',"
afterwards attended by Mr. Bill. surgeon. The p.m' mi.'
is still iu a very bad state.— Welverliamptu,s
A Cow l'OtetniLD BY PANT.—On Friday.
4th inst., a cow, the property of Nr..l. Pryke,
ma
the parish of Wiekbambrook. entered the round-hoes:
his mill and ate from 21b. to 4lb. of old paint. which
been left there. On Tusisiay inerning, witwithstsal.a:
the efforts of Mr. Webb, veterinary surgeon.
beasts died from its effect& It is a serious 14.1.4 ?4'.6
Pryke, the beast being valued at h. -• Beer ~.Iw'
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.-{TIII3 DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
~@•torr Mr. Cornioassionor Holroyd.)
rx or. J. a. 11...RTODDLTIT.

'I fi.- hanky apt 3,-ked to be released out of Whitecross-
r. eh..n. he was detained at the suit of Masers.
i'ell:14:wood and Sons, butchers, of Westbourne-place.
lie come I..forr the court on a petition filed in forma
r.pine in which he is described as late of 14, Bloom-
r,..t.terrsoe. Paddington, afterward. of Forest-hill, and
•is of Itninswiel-road. Camberwell ; secretary to a
, institution (the name of which is not Riven).
t e are about 8601., the creditors being principally
Being asked as to the total amount of his
„Act. end of what they consisted, the bankrupt replied.
~.se money estimated at about 80W., upon which I
fr? rescut nimble to raise any. money, and am tuner-
/1:r Al what time it may be paid. '
epposition was offered, and his Honour, upon the
. ..41100 of Mr. Doria, made the order for the bank-
r•et Mosses
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.)
iS wy. SA YIIIi.L
_I(O6ES MOILS.

first sitting, the bankrupt being described as
rf ti, Lewin-street, dealer in woollen cloths. formerly
eassymg on the same busman, at 21. Gresham-street. He
w adjudicated at the instance of &creditor. and this is a
-eeotid bankruptcy. Proofs to the amount of about
1.000:, were admitted. and Mr. William Haigh, woollen
scent, of 13. Kingsstreet, was chosseu asuguee, the 27th
of November. at 1. being fixed for the next sitting.

LN RS JOSEPH PLOY.
The bankrupt was a grocer. of 23, Westbourne-place.
mid be came t,.•fore the wart upon a creditors petition,
•hat of Mews. Toms and Co., wine merchant., of Mark.
hat. No statement of creditors has yet been filed.
A.-4Pmes were (honer*. and Mr. Bagger, of the firm of
Honey and Co., arcountanta, wag appointed
“...er to the relate.

POLICE COURTS.-(TSB DAY.)

GUILDHALL.

CI.F.VPR DICTUCTION or A liner.
wee placed at the bar before Alderman
,!.iem Lawrence. M.P.. charged with being in the un-
Lend posyeesion of a book supposed to hare been stolen.
iniAgll Crouch. 269. said that shortly before 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon he was at the corner of Newgate-
:led, and saw the prisoner with a book under his
oat. He stopped him and aged him what he had got
Itaite. sad he replied. " What is that to you?" Witness
tsid. "It is to to me, I must know where you got that
beet from." The prisoner then said it was his own, and
tbst be had had it for three years. Witnees remarked
that it was very clean for a book that the prisoner had
bid toe three veers, and took it to look at, when he
-end a ticket on it for 2s. He then remarked to the rmi-
•rter that it was strange he had had the book for three
s, IN and bad never taken the ticket off it. The prisoner
c ha reply, and he took him to the station-house. The
r afterwards found that the book had been taken
nem Mr. Wheldon's shop.
'lobed Galen, shoputan to Mr. Wheldon, No. 4, Pater-
e --t, r-row. bookseller, said the book produced belonged
master. He did not know that it had been stolen
• •...! the officer brought it to him. It had been taken from
outride the house.

Al.!erman William Lawrence treated it as a case of no. u t.,t row.c.—i,s. and sentenced the prisoner to 21 days'
r...tx:eut with hard labour.
CLERSENWELL.
-!,: TITE KrneopoLrrAir CATTLE KARIM.

gt :fetcher, the proprietor of extensive sheep
.. • In tho YLvk-road. was summoned at the instance of
Art Committee of the City of London for not re-
sLeep from the Metropolitan Cattle Market
,r.• • t.r after the close of the market.

I; I. •!:.. «Inciter, defended.

r ;: • c..akrt rules the market closes at 2 o'clock,
ar. . : should be out at 3. In this ease,
..............e,m the sheep were found in the market
• rod 3.
-et up in all cases by the parties summoned
c :r it Kai the fault of the market officers that the
• rh. t not closed, as sales were openly made up to a
:,11,1 when the sheep were going into the
IS* only one gate was opened, great delay being
.t....oned. It was adm•tted be the complainant
• .1., d,•iendant had engaged two drovers to remove
. is. but they were not summoned, as he considered
• . • .....ereruiiint was in charge of the sheep. The
.!•.o said that the officers of the market took no
1. • : the saleemen breaking the market rules.
I:.:ketts said this was a very hard ease, for the
' t. who did not own the sheep, but only received
•• rut his lairs for protection, had done all he
:1 . comply with the market regulations and bad
•y-s 1 drovers to remove the sheep. If he had driven
• he would have committed an offence as he was
hover. All he was doing at the time was seeing
• • .: 4.- men took the right sheep as they had got mixed
.!. other drove,. . .

4r Cooke held that the defendant was in charge of
and ordered him to pay • fine of 301. and. the

11.-• money was at once paid.
WORSHIP-BISSET.
LA/LCZNY MOO • DWILLLI2IIO-1101:42.
Chart a Der ,a, a boy, who stated his age to be 19, but
elio it was seli-evidtut was not more than 14. described
the charge-sheet as an errand boy and living in
' :Hip-street, lloxton, was charged before Mr. Ellison
•h having stolen from the house 24 Union-street, a
diamond ring, s gold seal, ring, and chain, an onyx
and an accordion, value 61. or 71., the property of
n!) I.'ockburu.
prosecutor, a hairdresser, dep-..ed that on Tuesday
• last the prisoner came to his house, and repre-
.z
- • •:•: that he had been obliged to leave his lodgings,
.• I try,ecutor to accommodate him. After a few
-• .1 which prisoner readily answered, he took him
dger. and on Sunday the prisoner stopped in all
r •!. Mcnday morning prosecutor found be was gone,
• !irching hi, house found a drawer broken open :
• •..1e- of jewellery mentioned in the charge had
: • :: n theiefr,m. Several other little things had
: t together with au accordion. He gave in-
.. r. t••the police. and
• A.• 31; N. made inquiries respecting the
• • . %it!, ly traced him to a house where be
•: :e-field-street. City-road. On being taken
•••••:: . t.t told the charge. prisoner said he .lid not
• A t:oui•ted him to steal the things. When he
rings chain. and seal were found in his
' •!i• • • •,ad the accordion in the room where he

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4. : 1,,•1
1:. •: w • ' magistrate, who believed it impossible
. •! .w .r could Le 19 years of age, the officer stated
•. ; : rw: known to him, awl had been in the
. i! ,•• Waudsmorth for fire years.. lie only came
.• • • :!. Jote last.
sentenced the prisoner to two months' int-
, :wnt with Lard labour, and directed that the ewa
br,ught under the notice of Mr. Hayward. of
l• Aid Society.

' (E OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A
LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN.

NT-Inilay a serious charge was made at the
.3t rand Police-court against Captain William Henry
n:, the ship Evening Star, of Liverpool, for the man-
of two seamen while the vessel was on the
• ; from Sierra Leone to Sunderland. From the evi-
, • • d appeared that at Sierra Leone some of the crew
-I been in hospital ill of fever, and when they
✓ tit ou board were unlit for duty. Amongst
• eta was a man named Atkinson, ordinary seaman. He
:•,1 the captain several times for medicine, but that
e • • e.ed tam, the captain telling him there was nothing
, I,.itter with him. Atkinson complained several times
be could not do his duty, but the captain insisted
he must, and sent him aloft to grease the trysail
dome; while he was engaged on that duty
e slipped, fell across the pumps, and died from
ffe the e, ta. There was another ease of a seaman
named L 111111321. On one occasion, while this man was at
-.e• wiled, unable to steer from weakness. the captain
at him. On another he was sent aloft by order
the captain to grease the top-gallant yard,
ugh the boatswain remonstrated, and pointed out
..t be was nut fit. He continued to perform that
• ak, end was sent aloft again to grease the royal
• and because he was linable the captain compelled
1.4 u to -tand all the dog watch against the main rigging
e'ti. the grew* pot in his hand. The last ill-treatment
in the man's death. Re was sent aloft to furl the
✓ and he got partially up the rigging, the mate
..:nl lon.. when be could go no further, and the master
deied a bowline to be made, placed round Lannan,
',LI had hint hoisted to the main yard, where he
• with his feet on a rope, and his head and
t wit, Lestging over the yard. As the man was enable
to de5,..,-1.4. the master ordered the bowline again to be
ned ~,,:nd him to have him lowered on deck, but as
f‘guing down he slipped through the noose, and
",• t),,• and died soon afterwards. Lerman
Luring torephoze d injuries, the captain made a reefing
firm. in aocie rope, Lidened it round the man's ribs, and
e.,.1 tLat would be a good bandage. The mate deposed,
Leu the men compned of the effects of the fever, the
,'".lo.Aitt (Mc.. them suite, saying that was good enough.
110. Inagiwtrat.., granted a warrant for the apprehension of
,e
eantein ter a charge of manslaugh
Aft, j.

HVAN OF ftr. PAM:H.—In answer to in-
-91'„10.., this looming, it is Aged that no improvement has
,
"'Po I.lwe iu the condition of the Dean of St. Paul's,
who in AM in ft critical state, The very rev. gentleman
4, at Soaumghill, near Staines.
FATHER IGNATIUS AND THE HEBREW PERSRA-
tlGL—Thi.Reutletuan, whose name is again coming pro-
'`"noofil Wino the public, is about to receive five morn-
t'a,l of the Jewish petsuaaion into the church—" the
church," as Le describes it. They are to be bap-
f,,sd at the Laleham Monastery, and shortly afterwards
I', be calmed by the Bishop of Loadoa.