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Evening Star, Issue 3288, 3 September 1873, Page 2

Sir F. D. Bell has coined the new word “ districtalised. ” “ The Palace of Truth ” still attracts large audiences; and, judging by appearances, is likely to enjoy the lengthened run it deserves.

Owing to the arrival of the English mail at the hour of sitting, the business which was to have been transacted at the Eesident Magistrate’s Court to-day was postponed till to-morrow.

We learn from a [private source that Mr Vogel, in the course of his speech on the Provincial Loans Bill, gave a most emphatic denial to the report that was made on the authority of the Evening Post, that Messrs Reynolds and O’Rorke intended, at the end of the session, to retire from the Ministry and accept permanent appointments. At an adjourned meeting of the consignees of the ship Dallam Tower held to-day, a letter was read by Mr G. G. Russell from Messrs Lorimer, Marwood, and Rome, her Melbourne agents, as to the present state of the ship. The Captain stated that he was willing to give up the goods on the payment of freight and general average contribution, and on receipt of a note giving him power to die-

charge in Melbourne instead of in Dunedin. A large number of the consignees intend '.'i tting oul tiieir goods immediately. 'l’hoso who have been complaining of the dearth of labor will bo able in a couple of days to obtain as much as they want. The Allahabad’s 220 immigrants are now in the barracks awaiting engagements; and the sooner they are engaged the better, for the Peter Denny has 340 souls on board, who are to be landed to-morrow.

There was a sitting in Banco to-day. His Honor delivered two judgments, and heard arguments in Regina v. Teschemaker, in which Mr D, Hutcheson seeks to question the validity of Mr Tescbemaker’s election as member of the Provincial Council for Moeraki. His Honor reserved judgment. The Masonic Hall case was adjourned for a week. At the quarterly meeting of the Otago Licensed Victuallers’ Association, held in the Fire Brigade Station last evening—the president (Mr Carroll) being in the chair—the business transact d was unimportant. After Messrs Buck and Hutchison had been appointed auditors, and a number of new members enrolled, the meeting adjourned. A mew definition, of the term “ Larceny” was given in the City Police Court this morning. William Ah Choo, a Chinese interpreter, fifteen years of age. was put into the witness-box to speak to the character of a brother Chinese. He was asked what constituted “larceny,” and he replied that “if a person went into a private yard, picked up a piece of tin which he thought was not wanted and took it away, that was not larceny ; but if he took it intending to steal it, that was larceny. ” This caused some laughter, and Mr M'Keay supplemented the opinion of this Celestial Dogberry, by stating that “That was a Chinese view of the case.” - The returns of the police arrests made during the past months are as follow ; Assaults (common), 4; do (on police), 2 ; breach of the peace, 5; do of Slaughterhouse Ordinance, 1; contempt of court, 2; damaging property, 2 ; disobeying summonses, 2 ; disorderly conduct, 8 ; drunkenness, 87 ; furious riding, 1 ; habitual drunkenness, 2 ; indecent exposure, 2; illegally onpremises, 2; lunacy, 7; larceny, 11 ; do from {he person, 1 ; do from shops, 3 ; do from hotels, I; manslaughter, I ; neglected and criminal children, 5 ; obsceue language, 7 ; soliciting prostitution, 1 ; ship desertion, 2; threatening language, I; vagrancy, 6. Total, 163. A man named John Eeid, brother of Mr Robert Reid, of Reid and Gray, who was in the employ of that firm as hammer-man, died very suddenly early this morning. De ceased, who arrived here from Oamaru about seven weeks ago, has been suffering from a cold for some time past. While at work as usual, about nine o’clock this morning, he suddenly gave a cry, fell down, and never spoke again. Deceased, who was forty-eight years of age, is a native of Scotland, and resided in King street. He was married about a month ago, and had complained of a pain in his chest, for which he bad taken “ Jung balsam” ever since his arrival in town. An inquest will be hold this evening.

The connection between diphtheria and bad drainage has been shown at Deniliquin, where the two eldest sons of Mr Robert Landale, of North Deniliquin station, were attacked with the disease. The Pastoral Timss states that a closed drain was found close to Mr Landale’s house, and from this cause it is believed the disease sprang. The Creswick Advertiser reports that a very fatal outbreak of this malady has recently occurred in the family of a struggling farmer, named Andew Quinlan, residing near Charleson’s, Green Hill. A son, aged eight years, was seized about the first of the present month, and died early on the morning of the 9th inst, A daughter three years of age was the next to fall a victim, on the following Tuesday ; another daughter six years old expired on Friday evening; one aged ten on Saturday morning last, and another on Saturday evening, making five within seven days. The third and fon th children only exhibited the disease three days prior to death. At the Edinburgh Free Presbytery on June 25, Dr Begg asked the Court to grant him leave of absence for about seven months It was known that for some time he had purposed to see his thiee sons in New Zealand, as in the event of his not seeing them soon be might never see them at all. He thought he could now see his way to go there if the Presbytery gave him permission. He suggested that Dr Smeaton should be appointed Moderator of the Kirk Session in his absence. In some respects he regretted leaving Scotland at this time, as he should have liked to have taken part in those interesting measures which the General Assembly had so wisely inaugurated in relation to the mining districts, and to those efforts which had been suggested by Dr Brown as to the training of students. “ Anglo-Aus-tralian ” in the European Mail says :—“ He will find the air of New Zealand a little more genial than that of his ‘ native heathand 1 should not be surprised if, true to the tradition of his race, he should resolve not to go back.” The Dunedin Presbytery met in the First Church to-day: present, the Revs. Dr. Stuart, Dr Copland, Johnstone, Watt, Will, Blake, Gregg, Gow, and Gillies (clern) ; and Messrs Martin, Miller, Rennie, Sounness, and Wales (elders) After the minutes of last meeting had been read and confirmed, the Rev. Mr Will was appointed Moderator for the ensuing six months. Dr Stuart stated that Mr William Currio John-on had lately arrived from Home, with letters and certificates testifying to his effi ciency and labors as a missionary, and it was his (Dr Stuart’s) opinion that the Church in Otago would be fortunate in securing his services.—Mr Johnson was received as a student of divinity, the following being appointed a committee te superintend the studies of the students: Messrs Stuart, Gregg, Watt, Will, and Copland.—A report of the North Taieri district was read, and a desultory discussion arose as to the maintenance of a minister there. It was eventually decided to disjoin the district from Whare Flat and join it to the Kaikorai, under the charge of the Rev. Mr Blake.—Mr Logan forwarded reasons for his appeal against the judgment of the Presbytery in his casereasons which we are unable to publish, as the clerk to the Presbytery declined to hand the document to the reporters. Yesterday morning a deputation from the First Church Young Men’s Christian Association waited on the Hev. A, D. Kininmont prior to his departure for Melbourne, and presented him with a greenstone pendant set in gold, and Mrs Kininmont with a beautiful greenstone brooch set in gold, and ornamented with a Scotch thistle. Mr C. Moore, president of the association, begged Mr and Mrs Kiuinmont’s acceptance of their gifts as a small expression of the esteem in which they held ■ them, of their gratitude for the valuable services Mr Kininmont had rendered to their Association, and for the intellectual feast his readings had afforded, and expressed best wishes for Mr and Mrs Kininmont’s welfare. Mr Kininmont expressed the high gra ification the deputation had given him and Mrs Kininmont, and said the beautiful gifts would be worn by them as pleasing mementoes of their visit to Dunedin, and of the attention and kindness they - had experienced during their stay.— [We received the above paragraph this morning, with a request that it might be inserted ; and, for the sake of giving the information to mpny who would not otherwise

know the fact, we comply with the request. But we mast remind the sender that three or four thousand people might have known it last night had the paragraph been forwarded to ks in time for publication, and as the presentation took place early during the day, there is no reason why it should not. As the readers of the Evening Stab number more than twice the number of both the other papers, we consider it only due to them that they should have information of the day’s doings if possible ; and if such intimations are witheld in order to give priority to the limited readers of the morning journals, wc shall in future decline to insert them.—Ed E.S ]

A public meeting will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow, in the City Council Chambers, to consider the best means of improving the harbor.