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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3172, 29 August 1881, Page 2

The Napier portion of the English mail via 'Frisco arrived by the Arawata yesterday morning at 10.40. It consisted of 2154 letters, 479 books, 5037 newspapers, and 64 registered letters. After we went to press on Saturday news reached town of the death of the unfortunate man Thomas Cloud, who bad hung himself at Clive in the morning. An inquest was to be held to-day at 3 p.m. The coaching stallion Cotherstone, imported from Sydney by Mr G-. H. Thompson, of Christohuroh, arrived on Saturday per steamer Rotorua. Hβ will stand at Hastings this season at Hopkinson's stables. This fine horse bas never been beaten at any show at which he has been exhibited. Tbe secretaries of the Napier and Waipawa Football Clubs have been in correspondence in reference to the return match between tbe two clubs. The Waipawa men were desirous of playing on Saturday next, but this waa too early a date for tho Napier team, and as the following Saturday is mail day it will be necessary to postpone the match until the 17th of September. Great interest was manifested in the proceedings at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. A large crowd assembled some time before His Worship took his seat. Tbe interest, we suppose, arose principally from the expectation of hearing some of the evidence in the case of F. D. Rendle, but a remand was again asked for on the ground that the_ police were not yet prepared to go on with the case, wd the application we granted.

Mr H. Hill commenced his annual inspection of the district schools to-day afc Olive.

Georgo Clarice, who was remanded on Saturday for a wee., on a charge of lunacy > is reported to be, at, times, the most violent and dangerous man who has yet been in the Napier Asylum. Clarke wus a patient at the Ho.spita! a short time ago, from whence ha had t ■ "no removed to the Asylum on the representations of Dr. Menzies. On bein g brought before the Resident Magistrate he was ordered to be medically examined, but Drs. Caro and de Lisle differing as to the man's sanity he has been remanded agaiu 'or Dr. Hitchings' testimony. In the meantime Clarke is in the asylum.

Tho Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Amendment Act, as introduced into the Legislature by the Attorney-General, provides that the Kegistrar of the Supreme Court may act for the " judge of a judicial district where no judge is resident* and to have all the jurisdiction) power, arid authority of such judge," provided that no auch Registrar shall have power to make any order of Court, or to commit any person, except pursuant to the provisions of the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act amending the same. Eegistrara are also given full power to transact Chamber business.

Rendle, who was brought up on remand this morning on the charge of tempering with letters, is quite a young tuan. He came out to New Zealand in the ship Bebington in the year 1874 as a midshipman. He left the vessel here, and found employment as a draper's assistant in the service of the late Mr Plante. He was afterwards employed by Mr McVay, and having earned an excellent character he entered the Post Office as letter carrier about the middle of 1877. Through his good condust he was promoted to the position that was resigned by Mr Limbrick, and which he occupied till the moment of his arrest.

The following is the Waikato Times' account of the Maori King's visit to tLe Pakeha's settlements in the district. It is on hie wonderment at first seeing a railway train:—" When the train drew up alongside Tawhiao he became greatly excited, and his enthusiasm was manifest and unbounded. The train having been emptied of its passengers, the king entered at almost the last carriage, and went through each, jumping from one to the other, until he arrived at the engine. When going through the carriages his joy wan unbounded, and he tried to imitate the Pakeha talking. When he got to the engine he began to warm his hands at the boiler, scrutinised the machinery from top to bottom, got up beside the driver, and handled everything within h's reach, everyone thinking he would eventually succeed in starting the concern, and wound up with the ejaculation that it was the grandest canoe be had ever seen. When the train moved on he roared with laughter and waved his hands, exclaiming ' Kapai! kapai!' "

On Saturday evening , at the Theatre Royal the Lyons' Tourist and Pleasure Party commenced their short season. The house was well filled, and the varied performance appeared to give satisfaction to the audience. The first piece w»s one familiar to Napier playgoers, " Oonrad and Lizette. " The different parts were taken by the youthful members of the company, Young Parlato taking Conrad, Miss Tulloch. Lizette, and Manter Sammy M'Lean the popular part of Tim Flaherty. They all actad with success for people so young. The performance of the Wyburd Brothers was the portion of the entertainment, however, which took the attention of the audience. Their performance throughout was marked by a grace and ease which was truly astonishing considering the feats they went through. If some of the Napier rinkests would attend and take some wrinkles from the Wyburds, and by perseverance succeed in putting them into practice, there would be something worth recording about their ordinary meetings, and we should hear nothing of that utter rubbieh which is sent to an Auckland society paper, professing to be an account of what takes place at the meetings of this club. The Misses Horton, Tulloch, and Fox, contributed some lively songs, and the performance was concluded by a remarkably funny sketch by the Wyburd Brothers' called " Fun in a Rink. " The fun was kept up from beginning to end, and was greeted by the audience with, roars of laughter.

Lyons' Tourist and Pleasure Party ap pear again to-night at the Theatre Royal, at 8. A promenade dance -will be held in the Protestant Hall on Wednesday evening at 8. A meeting of the members of the Friendly Societies is convened for this evening, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of arranging for the annual fetes. A first dividend is payable to creditors in the estate of Edmond Bourgeois. Messrs Banner and Liddle sell to-morrow Hobarfc apples, butter, hams, bacon, &c, at 11 a.m. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman will sell tomorrow Hobart apples and pears, cheese, bacon and butter, at noon. Mr E. Lyndon will sell to-morrow several town sections in Napier, at 2 p.m. ; also a suburban section, and sections at Wairoa and Auckland, at the same hour. An adjourned meeting of the members of the Maraekakaho Library ■will take placo on the 2nd of September. Mr E. Graham painter, glazer, &c, has opened an establishment in the Shakespeareroad opposite the Survey Offices, and is prepared to supply customers at the lowest current rates, and to give estimates for work in town and country. District orders for volunteers are notified. A bazaar in aid of St. Paul's Church will be held on the loth of September. The time for receiving tenders for the erection of a building for Messrs Knight Brothers at Hastings is extended to September 7th. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.