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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2503, 23 February 1871, Page 2

A New Definition.— A correspondent of the Thames Advertiser explains the letters M.H.R., placed after a man’s name, to mean “Miserable Honorarium Recipient. ”

Regina v. Barton. —This case-was gone into in the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before A. C. Strode, 1' sp, E.M. Mr Mac osey o’ jected to its being gone on with pending an argument on the application for a rule to bar proceedings in the Supreme (Joint. The evidence for the prosecution is likely to he very lengthy, as the whole of the print ng and literary staff of th e Daily Timex, Mr John Hay of the WeUinyton In dein-ndent, and the lion. Mr Gisborne are ‘Uimnoned as witnesses. We are unable to print the report to-day, owing-to the arrival of the English mail. Wreck ofthe Banshee.—Ongoing to press last ni .lit, information reached this office ( Wo>kouaili Herald of yesterday) of the total wreck of the Binshec.-from Pictpu to Dunedin, laden with timber for Messrs Guthrie and Asher. The vessel struck Dang r Reef, near Ehag Point, and although after striking she showed signs of forcing ahead and clearing herself, the injuries she had sustained were of too serious a nature, and she immediately began to break up, when the crew, whi. hj comprised the maste - and four hands, were obliged to abandon her. I nfortunatoly in lowering the Coat it tilled with water and sank, each of the men being loft to Jook out for himself. The crew consisted of master, mate, two aMe-bodied s-aipeu, and coolc. It is feared that the mad.er, Fckhoff by name, is the on’y survivor. Oja coming to the surface the master and Murphy, a seaman, managed to keep themselves alloat on a portion of the wreck, and ultimately recovered the boat, keel upwards, up n wh : ch they floated for some time, until Murphy, becoming exhausted, sank, and was seen no more. The vessel struck about 10 p.m. on Monday, and from that time until about live o’clock yesterday afternoon, Eekhoff continued floating along the coast until carried onto some rocks near Tumai, where he succeeded in gaining terra _firmo, and made his way to Waikonaiti, calling in at a Mr Muir’s, from whom he received every attention. The remainder of the crew—Rent, the mate, Walsh, the cook, and Alexander, a seaman—were last seen cling to the wreck. Sergeant Gobden immediately, on receiving information of the wreck, despatched Constables Fitzpatrick and Finnigan to the scene of the disaster. University of Otago.—We do not know whether the University Council dtshe to have in addition to its officers a journal specially to chronicle its proceedings, but it would seem very like as if that were the pase. It is only with the greatest difficulty that y,'o can learn anything in connection with this body, and oftentimes we are totally kept in the dark as to its proceedings. An important meeting of the Council was he’d yesterday, hut it was not thought necessary to extend the usual courtesy to this journal by informing it of the hour of meeting, in which case, we need hardly add, a reporter from this office would have been present. We see by the report furnished to our contejqpprary that the principal business was the consideration of applications for the Professorship of Natural Science. There wore 23 candidates for the chair, 21 being resident in Britain, one in India, and ope in Victoria. It was unanimously resolved that John Gow Black, Fsq., M.A.,D.Sc. of the University of Edinburgh, and Lecturer on Natural and Physical .Science, be elected to the Professorship of Natural Science in the Otago University. The Secretary laid on the table a letter from Mr Auld, the Home Agent, intimating the acceptance by Messrs Sale and Shand of their appointments to the chairs of Classics and Mathematics respectively ; and that Professors Sale, Shand. and Macgregor would leave Britain in time to begin their duties in Dunedin about the end of May. The correspondence commit tee were instructed to advertise widely the proposed opening of the University in June next. It was remitted to the finance committee to take all necessary steps for the proper fitting up of the University building for the use of the Professors and ihe’r classes. It was resolved that an adjourned meeting of the Council should be held on the 3rd inst. for the purpose of appointing a Chancellor in the room of the late Rev. Dr Burns.

Tuk Mount lim Election. The IVtukoaaiii. Herald explains the manner in which Mr Mcrvyp’s success was chained. It says it was not supposed at Nasehy that he would have the slightest show until the evening of Wednesday, 15th inst., the day before the polling, when the miners held a meeting for the purpose of choosing which candidate they would support in opposition to Mr Macassey, who was reported to be too much of a squatter’s advocate to suit their views. At this meeting Mr Haughton, who was on an official visit, was called-upon as a friend and adviser to address them, and threw the weight of his influence in favour of Mr Morvyn, The result was that when the friends of Mr Macassey attempted to address the assemblage the miners would not listen to them, and Mr Pratt not being present, hut on his rounds iu the outlying districts, his friends saw it was useless iu the humour pf the meetirg to attempt any diversion ip Ids favor, and a resolution pledging the miners to unanimously vote for Mr Mervyu was carried with acclamation. Immediately afterwards emissaries were ’ ds?

spatohod to St. liathatis, Hamiltons, an d other place-', to inform the minors of these places Of the proceedings which had taken place at Naseby, and advising them to act similarly, so as to be certain of defeating Mr Macassey. Next morning Mr Hertslct, in a printed address, announced his retirement in favor of Mr Mervyn, and all sorts of imputations were freely cast upon him as to bis motives in so doing. The following extract from the Mount Ida Chronicle bears upon a portion of the above remarks :—“ At a meeting of the miners held at the Victoria Hall, on the evening of Wednesday last, to determine upon the candidate whom they should support at the late election, Mr G. E. Haughton, Commissioner on the Water Supply, addressed the miners in an eloquent and telling speech, strongly urging them to elect Mr Mervyn or the other local candidate (Mr Hertslet), and pointing out the ill effects which would accrue to the distret by electing a lawyer from Dunedin —a nominee of the squatters. We think that if Mr Haughton lias re illy any business to do he would be better employed in attending to it than in acting as be acted on Wednesday night last. Mr Haughton is an astute politician, and a pleasing and fluent speaker, and have no hesitation in saying that his—in our opinion - very uncalled for and improper address on Wednesday evening last tended materially to lead the miners to record their votes in favor of the successful candidate. ”

The Naval Brigade meeting Will muster at the Old Jetty at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) evening, for practice in launch.

The eighty-fifth monthly meeting of the Second New Zealand Building and Mutual Investment Society will be held at the office, Temple Chambers, Princes street, to-morrow (Friday) evening, at 7 o’clock.