A 8k»l»ton Found. — The " Waitangi Tribune" reports that on Thursday last the remains of a ninn wore found on an island in the Waitaki, ft few miles from Btation Peak. The onljr clothing on the bones were the decayed remains oft pair of moleskin trousers, boots and socks, and a bolt around the waist. The remains were brought to Waiinato on Tuesday evening by Comtable Loose, of Waitaki, for burial in the WnimaU Cemetery. The appearance presented it that of a mummy, the skin being still on the bones from tbe hips to th« shoulders, and it is [ thought that tlio man was aboro tbe middle i age. We hare heard nothing about an ; inqusst on the remains.
Th« Traitob Motpatt.— The man Moffatt, who vii §o severely reprimanded and sen tenced by Judge Riotmond, «eems to hare boon manufacturing powder on a very large •oole. During tbe bearing of the charge •gainst; him in the Resident Magistrate'! Court, Wanganui, the following memorandum wai produced, signed by the priioner him lolf, showing the quantity of powder he made.* at Waikato, vie :— "Ootober, 1491b, 1671b, 2671b, 8911b, 3221b, 7621b, 1781b, 6431b, making a total of 28641b of powder. The receipt for powder :— Blb of saltpetre, 1 Jib of pnpapa (sulphur), Bilh of charcoal. William Moffatt." The prisoner was captured bjTeo Too, up the Wanganui rirer, by a small body of natives sent after him. Though surrounded by a large body of natives, for whom he was in the aot of manufacturing powcUr, he made no resistance whatever.
