Edwauls, advanced to meet the bodies at the entrance, and pie ceding the first coffin, that of the Rev. T H Camp bell, read, with a clear sonorous voice, theintioductoiy sentences of the bui ial service, "I am the Resmiec tion and the Life," &o. At their conclusion, the organist commenced playing the "Dead March in Saul," and in the meantime the coffin had been deposi ted on tressels immediately in fiont of the nltir. It was followed after a painful inteival by that of Mis Campbell, immediately behind which was earned the little coffin of her baby, aged hva weeks This sad spectacle seemed almost too gieat a trial for the feelings of many present, and some quitted the church, — while all gave evidence of the painfully excited state of their feeh,ugs} - Jn slow succession Came 1 the rest o! the

THE FATAL COLLISION AT PORT CHALMERS THE PUBLIC FUNERAL

AYe are indebted to the conitesy of Captain Ander son, the agent of Messis Cole, Hoytand Co., for some iiiteieslmg and lite inclination lespectiug the new Hush to the Hog Bum. Captain Andeiion, who has only amveJ dnect frwm thegolu-held, left the Dunstan at 3 p.m. on the 6th instant; leached Shield's, distant 32 miles, that night. Passing thiough Black's he found the newly opened diggings theie almost desei ted. The next diy he tiave 1 d to the scone of the new Hush, taking the iiaclc down the Ida "Valley, distant 21 miles fioin Shield's (or Row land's) station. Scveial heavy creeks had to be ciossfd, and the roid generally was feaifully had. On lunching the nish he found five gullies had .ilit idy been opened, two on eithei side of the piospectoi's (Paikei't.) gully The msh was exten sive, and between the vauous gullu s, in the distnct, of which theie aie about a dozen, weie veiy promising looking " nude" hills, picsenting aunfeious indica tions. There weie about 900 mincis on the giound when oui informant leached it on Monday, and eveiy body spoke hopefully Captain Andeison himself tried two oi thiee holes in each gully, and found the coloi veiy readily in e\eiy one. lie desciibes the eMstenco of bouldeia, which easily detached fiom the soil aie all mine oi le«s coveicd with specks of gold. 