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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2093, 20 January 1870, Page 2

Mr. Henry Talbot. —This talented actor sailed from Auckland for England by the Countess of Kintore last week. Fambournb , Road District. Messrs Robert Macauley, James Martin, Hector Brown, Thomas Wheatley, and James M'Cartney, have been gazetted as members of the Local Road Board of this district. Acclimatisation Society. The usual weekly meeting was held this afternoon. The attendance of members was small, and no business was gone into. The manager, Mr Clifford, reported that 75 trout had been placed in the ponds on the estate of Mr J. Fulton. Government Land Sale.—A land sale was held at the Government Buildings on Tuesday last. A town section in Hampden, containing three-quarters of an acre, fetched LIS 15s. Several lots of agricultural land at Tuakitoto and Moeraki districts were sold at LI Is per acre. Anniversary of the Colony, Saturday, the 22nd inst., will be the thirtieth anniversary of the Colony. It is to be held as a holiday at Wellington, but wo have not heard of any other province intending to do likewise. Educational. — The Secretary of the Educational Board announces that the Education Board will shortly forward an order to Britain for a fresh supply of hooks for the public libraries of Otago. Library committees are invited to send to the Secretary, as soon as possible, lists of such books as they may wish to be procured for them by the Board. Christchurch.—The following telegram was received to-day by' a gentleman in this city from a friend, .which we publish, as, if it has nothing else to recommend it, it hears internal evidence that the writer has been to the races. It is as follows :—“Flying Squadron in . Prayer meeting last night in Town Hall. Public baptism of infants by Admiral to-day at two. Childrens pc-nic aboard flagship to-morrow. Kuottingly 1. Will return immediately.” New Church, East Taieki. —The foundation stone of a new Presbyterian church at the East Taieri was laid on Wednesday afternoon, by the Rev. Mr Will. There was a large number of clergymen and others present on the occasion. The building will be a handsome one. It is designed by Mr R. A. Lawson, and Messrs Hunter and Cooper have contracted to perform the work for L 1750. The amount subscribed towards the building fund is LIOSO. Depasturing Licenses. —The time for taking out depasturing licenses has been extended to the 17th February, and the following notification published by the authority of the Chief Commissioner of Waste Lauds For the convenience of settlers, licenses may he obtained, and the returns deposited, at the police stations at Oamaru, Hampden, Waikouaiti, Outram (West Taieri), Tokomairiro, Waitahuna, and Balclutha until 10th February next. After that date the returns must be sent to this office. After the 17th February the lists will be completed, and the Waste Lands Act Amendment Act, 1869, will be strictly enforced.” Cancellation of Pastoral Leases. —The Provincial Government Gazette, of the 19th inst., contains a proclamation cancelling the lease of Messrs Campbell and Low, of the following Crown lands, viz “All that parcel of land in the Province of Otago, containing by admeasurement two thousand five hundred (2,500) acres, more or less, being part of Run 244, and situate in the Tiger Hill Survey District: hounded by a lino proceeding from the Manuherikia River at the Flaming, near the Upper Gorge, due south for a distance of thirteen thousand six hundred (13,600) links ; thence due west twentyone thousand nine hundred and fifty-two (21,952) links ; thence northerly and easterly alon" the Manuherikia River thirty-sea en thousand (37,000) links to the starting point.” Tin: Waste Lands Board. A meeting of the Waste Lands Board was held yesterday'. Present —Captain Ihomson in the chair), Messrs Reid, Duncan, and Hughes. T. Corbet applied for section 53, block 8, Pomabaka, put up for sale as land of special value. The request was complied with. R. Gibson’s application for permission to cut flax on section 21, block 11, Otokia, was granted, with the understanding that no exclusive right was given. D. Sinclair s application for section 5, block 3, Wyndham, was referred to the Chief Commissioner. E, Attwood’s application to purchase certain sections of the village reserve, Toitois, was not granted. The land to he sold by auction as soon as the survey had been completed. Mr J. D. Ross obtained a sawmill license near the Hawea Lake. The application of Mr Butemcnt for land in Gleuorehy ■was granted conditional upon Mr Rees not advancing any claim to the same. A. J. Smyth’s application to purchase sections 2 and .9, block 8, Tapanui, was not granted, the land to bo sold at the quarterly sale. The

application made on behalf of the Forbury Park Company to purchase 16 acres of the sandhills, Ocean Beach, was not granted. R. Lancaster’s application to purchase 10 acres of the mining reserve, Cookston district and tlio Warden’s report were considered, and the application declined. Cable and Lrnmmond’s application to purchase 2784 acres of block 15, Maungatna district, at 10s per acre, was referred for enquiry to the Chief Commissioner. M. Malnghan s application to have the price of section 1, block 9, Queenstown, fixed by the Board under clause 51 of the Goldfields Act, was referred to the Secretary for Land and Works. Management of Pasturage within Hundreds. — The following is published in the Gazette. of yesterday Every person depasturing or desiring to cattle upon the unfcuccd waste lands within any Hundred shall, on or before the first day of February, IS7O, and on or before the first day of January in every succeeding year, furnish to the Waste Land Board a return in the from or to the elTcct of the Schedule, hereto, showing the number of acres of land owned or occupied by him, tbo number of acres owned or occupied by him (if any) unenclosed or available for pasture, and the number, description, and brands of all cattle depastured, or intended to be depastured, by him within the Hundred, and any person depasturing cattle upon a Hundred failing to make such return as aforesaid, or making a false return, shall bo liable to a penalty of L2O, to be recovered in a summary way. Each license-holder shall be at liberty to depasture, free of assessment, one head of great cattle, or five sheep for every ten acres of unenclosed land, owned or occupied by r him within the boundaries within which cattle may be depastured in the Hundred, provided that such liecnseholder shall prove to the satisfaction of the Waste Land Board that such freehold land is within such boundaries, and is open to all cattle depastured on the Hundred. No diseased cattle shall be depastured upon, nor shall any pigs or goats be allowed at large within any Hundred, and any person or persons who shall turn out or depasture any diseased cattle, or suffer any pig or goat to be at large within any Hundred, shall be liable to a penalty of L 5, to be recovered in a summary way. In the event of scab breaking out in any flock of sheep which are being depastured within a Hundred, the Waste Lands Board, in conjunction with the Government Sheep Inspector, shall take such steps as they may deem necessary to eradicate and prevent the spread of the disease. Any licenseholder depasturing sheep upon Hundreds shall do so within such limits as the Waste Land Board may appoint, and in the event of such sheep being allowed to trespass beyond the boundaries so appointed, they may be impounded in manner provided by section 13 of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866 Amendment Act 1869.” The Law of Libel. —Mr John Stamper, solicitor, furnishes the Bmce Standard with the following definition “1 am requested by your readers here to semi you the law of libel. By the jaw of this free country, every court of justice is a public place, where every man, woman, and child has a right to come and hear and see what passes, and, when they retire, to speak truly and fairly of everything they heard and saw, and also, if they like, to comment upon the judicial proceedings of the court — in doing which, if they should think that either judge or jury was mistaken, there is nothing illegal or objectionable to their saying so, provided it be done temperate’y and in good faith. And, however a report of what had passed in such court might possibly affect the character of au individual, be he plaintiff or defendant, yet, that individual has no cause of action, if it be fairly and honorably done ; more especially if what is stated he the truth a legal justification for any words which might be complained of; for (according to Chambers’ works) “ it would be a monstrous thing to allow, say, any veritable knave or impostor to call another man to account for having said, unavoidably perhaps, and in the interests of truth, that which is indisputable. As the law now very properly is, men of all kinds and descriptions must he content with being called their right names, without having the assistance of a court to help them to damages ; for, if true, there is no injury, if no injury there is no remedy.” Nelson. — 10,000 oz. of gold were shipped from Nelson during last week. It is currently reported in Nelson that another rich quartz reef has been found about three miles nearer to Nelson than Nuggctty Creek, in the Wangapcka district. Sheep in the Province.— Tlie return of the number of sheep in this Province to the 30th September last is given at 2,371,376, and an increase of over 13 per cent, on the previous year. Youthful Vagaries, —The Bruce Herald is responsible for the following ! “A case of youthful maternity has occurred not a hundred miles from Tokomairiro. A girl aged only 12 years and 3 months has become a mother. Both mother and child are doing well.” Earthquake in Fiji.— The Fiji Times states that an earthquake has been felt on the Upper Eewa River. Mr O’Sullivan, writing from Nai Siga on October 11, says ;—“There was an earthquake here on the 2nd hist., about noon, the like of which I have never experienced, and I assure you I have felt some severe shocks of earthquake in New Zealand, The vibration was something similar to that of a ship settling after encountering a heavy sea. It lasted for at least eighty seconds. I thought the Fiji houses would tumble down every moment; they have, however, stood through it, although in a slanting position.” Mount Ida Jockey Club Races.—These races took place on the 13th and 14th inst. The following is a list of the various events, and the order in which the horses were placed the first day : —Maiden Plate of 30 sovs : Laverty’s Zoe, 1 ; Allen’s Hawkdun, 2 ; M ‘Kay’s Shepherdess, 3. District Handicap of 100 sovs : Taggart’s Excelsior, 1 ; Hazlett’s Novice, 2 ; hider’s Lady Bird, 3. Hurdle Race of 30 sovs : Stephenson’s Sir Charles, 1 ; Patterson’s Nigger, 2 ; Foster’s Charley, 3. Handicap Trotting Race of 20 sovs : Jcpson’s Moschen, 1.; Packman’s Rattling Jack, 2 ; M‘Kay’s Lady Syntax, 3. Hack Settling Race of 20 sovs : ’Roderick, 1; Black Doctor, 2; Barelines, 3. The result of the second day has not come to hand. The Late Captain Hannah, —The Hawke's Bay Times, 6th Jan., says“ It is our painful duty to record the sudden death, on board the Jennie Ellingwood, of Captain David Hannah, the well-known coast pilot,

who brought that vessel from Dunedin. Capt. Hannah had not been in good health for some time, as he was suffering _ from chronic dysentery, but on the morning of Monday he was seized with an epileptic fit, speedily followed by another, which proved fatal. Dr Hi tellings was in attendance at tho time of the second fit, but professional skill was then (>£ no avail. Capt. Hannah was much esteemed in this port, where he was far from being a stranger, having brought up (besides the Jennie Ellingwood) the William Cargill and the Undaunted.” Death of Mr F. Howson. The Omaha Daily Herald , of tho 18th September last, reports'the death and Masonic funeral of Dir Frank Howson, the well-known vocalist, the brother of Madame Albertazzi, and father of the Misses Emma and Clelia and Messrs Frank A. arJ. J. Jerome Howson, who composed tho well-known Howson Opera Troupe. Deceased, who was 52 years of age, came out to Australia in 1842, and was for upwards of twenty years a conspicuous member of the musical profession in these colonies, where he has been associated with Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Anna Bishop, and Lady Don in the production and performance of operas and operettas. About three years ago he sailed with his family for California, where he and they were eminently successful. While in San Francisco ho was attacked by illness, and was proceeding by easy stages across tho continent to New York, in order to obtain the best medical advice, when he received the “fell arrest” of death. The Missing Child.—The Waikouaiti Herald, 19th inst., says—“ After five days of painful suspense and uninterrupted search, the remains of the missing child, the daughter of J. W. Murdoch, Esq., R.M., of Goodwood, referred to in our last issue, were found on Sunday morning last on the Goodwood Beach, at a place known as Bobby’s Head. At about twenty minutes past 12 o’clock on Monday, the 10th inst., the little girl was last seen alive, and from that time until about the same hour on Sunday last, no traces were discovered of her, and the wildest excitement and apprehension existed, and vague rumors of foul play were afloat. The result of the inquiry held on the body on Monday last will, however, set all doubts on this head at rest. * * c How the child got into the sea remains a mystery, as, for its age, it was a very bad walker, and could not walk any distance without resting. It is supposed that the poor little thing, which was in tho garden at the time its mother went to visit a neighbor, must have strayed away, and, having lost itself, and wandered about until it had either fallen into the sea or creek, and been washed where found. The distance from where the child was discovered and the residence of Mr Murdoch is about two miles. The state of preservation in which the child was when found is accounted for from its having been for some time in the water. The Cost of Monarchy.—The most expensive of all monarchies seems to be that of Russia, which costs considerably more than that of France, while that of France may be placed side by side with that of Turkey. In Russia, royalty costs L 1,700,000 a-year ; in France, L 1,400,009 ; and in Turkey, L 1,320,000. Other European nations indulge their sovereigns with much more modest figures. Among this less expensive class Austria heads the list, providing for the maintenance of the Hapsburg LBOO,OOO a-year. Italy comes next, with L 640,000 ; then Prussia, with L 480,000 ; while England provides something like L 470,000 for _ its royal family. Among the cheaper sovereignties, the dearest is Bavaria, which sets apart for royalty about L 250.000. Portugal follows with the moderate sum of L1.‘13,000. Holland is content with an expenditure of L 100.000; Norway and Sweden with L 52,000 ; Denmark with L 48,000 ; Wurt-om-burg with L 44,000; and Rome with L 40,000. In round figures, the kings and kaisers of Europe cost us Europeans something like L 8,000,000 a-year paid to them for their own private use.