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Evening Star, Issue 3604, 10 September 1874, Page 2

We thank the Government Printer for Parliamentary Papers, received by the Alhambra. Cases involving charg-s of obtaining moneys under faL-e pretences to the extent of L2 or 1.3. may now be dealt summarily with in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, as required by the Justices ot the Peace Act. M:-jor Gordon’s recklessness in expressing opinions, and hia unfitness for the office he held, have, says the • Tribune,’ been practically acknowledged by the Defence Minister, who has quietly ignored almost every recommend a', ion made by Major Gordon in his report. A Home exchange states that sentence of outlawry was, ou 23rd June, pronounced in the High Court of Justiciary against an Edinburgh detective named Clyne, who has absconded. He was charged with having received LSO hush money from a woman he had arrested fsr stealing JL2SO from an Irish farmer. A lecture was given in the hall of the First Church last night, by the Rev. Mr Fraser, on “A summer Furlough m the United States.” Mr A. C. Begg presided, and there was a numerous attendance. At the conclusion a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the rev. gentleman for his interesting lecture.

The funeral of the late Mr John Harland, who died suddenly of apolexy, took place yesterday afternoon, and was largely atfeenaed. A number of the members of the f1.0.F. of Court Pride of Dunedin, and Court Robin Hood, Pore Chalmers, followed the remains of their late brother. The Rev. Mr Lteson read the burial service. We understand that Professor J. E, Cairns, of Belfast, Ireland, a relative of the Lord Chancellor of England, and of the new Governor of Queensland, will contribute to the ‘Fortnightly Review’ an antagonistic article on Mr Froude s I eland An exceedingly able article on the same su’ject, by Mr Leckie, ■■., appears in the July number of ‘ Macmillan’s Magazine.’ The Wanganui ‘Chronicle’ reports that but little speculation bas been entered into by the “ turfites ”in Wanganui. I few bets have been made. A gentleman styling himself one of the betting ring, having heard that tairline was scratched for the Melbourne Cup, took the field against her, laying Llt;0 to a box of cigars, Papapa and Lurbne are backed there at evens against the Sydney favorite Goldsborough. The Wellington ‘Tribune’ asks “Isthe Luna maintained at the expense of the Colony as a pleasure yacht for the hou. .1r Fox? It really looks very much like it. Lat-ly the Luna was sent up to Wanganui with the hon. geuticmau and his wife, although other steamers were also leaving and wh n Mr Fox wanted te come down the Luna was also placed at his disposal. This is rather too much of a good thing.” The question was raise ! in the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning as -o whether a tradesman could be prevented from working on Sunday. Mr Barton, who d* fended, submitted that the Engl sh law was not applicable, and that there was no Colonial law to meet the case His Worship, in the course of a long aarl able reply, held that it was especially applicable, as it was an object in the Colonies to have th > hours of labor leadened instead of working the whole seven fia\s, hub dismissed the case as it was the first of the kind.

At the sitting of the Supreme Court today, in Banco, his Honor Mr Justice Chapman heard arguments in the case of Isaacs v. Gallagher. It arose out <f an action brought on a bill of exchange for Ll5O, at the last sitting of the Court, when a verdict was given for that amount. Mr Stout appeared in support of the demurrer to bs argued, and Mr Macassej with him Mr Chapman, in support| f the plea lings.. The question raised was whether the lunacy of a plaintiff abates or discontinues an action. Judgment was given for the plaintiff upon the whole record. There was a very heavy criminal list brought before Mr Bathgate at the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. H s Worship took his seat on the bench at 10.SO am., but had not got through one-half of the business at the luncheon adjournment. After the Court had resumed two indictable offences were gone into. The one was a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, preferred against Sydney George Alexander ; the other, an unnatural offence, against a Chinaman. Alexander’s charges wore further adjoun ed till Tuesday. The case of unnatural offence was being proceeded with at four p m., the Court being cleared of its occupants and the ease heard with closed doors. Mr Williams, the secretary of Madame Arabella Goddard, who arrived in Melbourne on the 24tb ult., has informed the ‘Ago’ that the re son for her somewhat sudden departure from {Sydney arose from her having been asked to play with artists of such inf-rri'»r standing m the musical profession that she feared the per o-usances would result in a fiasco. Mr Williams also states that prior to leaving Sydney Madame Goddard received anonoymous letters threatening her with a shower of eggs oranges and carrots, if she again appeared in the metropolis of New South Wales. The statemeut that Madame Goddard had written a letter to Mr Bennett reflecting upon n itive talent is flatly denied, inasmuch as she never wrote any letter whatever to that gentleman. The following particulars of the death of the late Mr David Hunter are taken from the account of the inquest, as given in the ‘North Otago Times’ “Griffith Roberts, foreman of the works, said : On SepL mber 2nd I saw the deceased, Davidj Hunter, at work on the ‘ traveller.’ He was working on one of the girders, going towards the shore. His foot slipped. He clung to the girder for a short time, but fell into the Waitaki. When he fell I threw a life buoy wit' in two or feet of him, and called out for the boat. He appeared to try to swim with the current. I called to him to try and get the buoy, and stop Swimming. Hu told mo tlie day btfore th t ho could not swim. The girder he was walking upon was about niuo laches wide, and thbre is a rail in the centre of the girder. No One wa* within thirty-three feet of him when he fell. The rail in the centre is about two inches wide. Go would have had only nine feet to walk to gbv to the lart cylinder. Thera is no proteotion on the girder, and it ia customary for pedple at) work to walk On the girders, j think a jilaalt tfai ahbtfid htfvp b&to

Smith’s Combination Troupe submitted tbeir third change of programme at the Princess Theatre last evening. The opening item was a new duct, “Domestic felicity,” in which Mr St. Vincent and Madame Montebello took part. Airec afterwards walked across the dome of the theatre with bis head downwards, hut whether it was owing to the startling nature of the feat or to any other reason, his efforts were not received with anything like the applause to which he was entitled. In his balancing acts, however, he was more successful in gaining the plaudits of the audience Val Vose, the ventriloquist, appeared with his old models, but to make this part »! the eutertaioment a thorough success, it will be necessary to introduce a few more local hits. The De Castro family appeared in several new feats, and' were heartily applauded ; a* d two new* songs were well rendered by Mr St. Vincent. There was an excellent attendance in all parts of the house. The same programme will be repeated to-night. To morrow evening our friends at the Port will have an opportunity of witnessing the psiformance, as the Golden Age will make a special trip, leaving Port Chalmers at Or 15, and returning after the entertainment.

A concert, in aid of the Sailors’ Home fund, was given in the North Dunedin rillshed last evening. Considering the object, the attendance was not nearly s > large as we expected. After considerable delay, owing to the non-appearance of some of the vocalists. the chair was taken by John Marshad. The performance was opsned by Mr Sykes w th an overture on the piano ; after w (rich the Scotch song 1 ‘ Come under my pldHe” was given by Mr Denovan. The various songs rendered throughout the evenii‘.g by this gentleman were brimful of humor, and tickled the fancy of the audience immensely. Madame Jeanette had four songs a lotted to her, each of which was rapturously encored, and in every instance gracefully responded to. “Sweet Spirit, hear my prayer,” was perhaps her best effort, Mr Gooid sang “The Village Blacksmith,” but it did not produce a very striking effect. M r Connolly favored the company with that touching melody known as “ Paddy’s Wedding,” the tune of which so pleased the audience that we are under the impression a considerable number of people were unable to r.strain their feelings, and joined in the dance. “ Walking in the starlight ” was given later on by the same gentleman, and was well received. Some comic songs by Mr Warren made up the p ograrame; and after singing a verse from “ Aul>i Lang Syne,” the shed was cleared for da icing. Evidently Mr Onslow believes in the Tichbourne claimant. The following is from the ‘Ballarat CourierMr Bardwell his received the following letter with reference to the Tichbourne case by the last mail: - ‘ R< vky, -iresford, Hants, 16th June, 1874. My Dear Sir, —1 have not r plied to your le. ter in reply to mine, because I have been waiting with great anxiety to hear from you about; Messrs Throckmorton and the Osprey. Will y>u kndly—if yo i have not done it already—wi l you ask Messrs Throckmorton t - s write me fully on the subj >ct—a letter I publish to the world to show an innocent man is in prison. Please ask Throckmorton, or the Melbourne official assignee, to forward me all copies relating to the Osprey and shipwrecked sailers, and please oblige me by a full account yeursslf. Everything .is devoured with interest h-re, is this sad, sad case. Should you ever fall on the track of A. Orton, please say that I wifi give him LI.OOO, and Lord Rivera LnOO. to come to London and prove himself the son of George Orton; a free pardon, and free passage to return to Australia. Should you ever find him, and will telegraph. L|will pay all expenses by telegram on the bank at Melbourne, Trusting you will not forget the matter of Throckmo ton and the official assignee in Melbourne, and hoping to hear from you by next mail.—l am, yours faithfully, Guilford Onslow.’ We understand that it is Mr BardwelTs intention to comply with the writer’s request, as far as he able to do.”

It will b-2 remembered that Captain Jacquemart, of the French war vessel La Vi re, w.is asked to accept a service of plate, purchased by the people of Otago, in recognrion of his services to the passengers of the wrecked vessel Surat. By the rejulaturns of the French Navy Captain Jacquemart could not accept the gift without permission from his Government, and application was made by the Governor, through the Colonial Office, that that permission might B lv f®- Tll e ‘ New Zealand Gazette’ of the 3rd mat. contains the correspondence on the subject. Under date June 6th r arl Carnarvon wrote saying that a despatch had been received from Lord Lyons, the English ambassador at Paris enclosing one from the Use Gecazes granting permission. The correspondeuoo is merely offijial. The following is a free translation of the letter of the Duo Decazes, addressed to Lord Lyons, under date 23rd May, 1874 “M. L’Ambas-a-deur,—Your Excellency has done me the honor to inform me that on the 30th of last month the Provincial Government of Otago offered a service of plate to M. Jacquemart, captain of a frigate, in recognition of the assistance given by the officer commanding the Government vessel La Vire in taking on f ™ P as , 3en ß? rs and their equipments of the Euglish snip Surat, wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. Yon have kindly explained to me, at the same time, the desire to be assured of the consent to the arrangement by the French Government. The Minister of Marine and of the Colonies, to whom I communicated your obliging letter, has informed mo that be very willingly authorises Captain Jacquemart to accept so honorable a token of gratitude from the Govern nient of Otago, and appreciates the intention of the gift, lam happy in giving this information to your Excellency.” nS 6 ,? tar .°it9. tago ’ L 0 - L - “eet in the Oddfellows Hall to-morrow evening. Mr Fish will address the electors in the Masonic Hall at 8 o’clock on Tuesday evening The third popular entertainment by the All paints Young Men’s Association will be given m the schoolroom this evening. We observe that the business of the Union Bank of Australia was removed to-day to the new premises in Princes street, adjoining Messrs A, and T. Briscoe’s warehouse.