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Evening Star, Issue 3629, 9 October 1874, Page 2

The letter of “ Amicus Cur rite ” will appear 1* marrow. We under tand that the Provincial Government’have accepted the design sent in by Mr Boss, architect, for the new Museum, to.be erected in Great King street At the Resident Magistrates Court, Port Cbaltoers, this morning, before Mr I’, e. Minsford,: R M., William Bean was died Ss, or twenty-four hours, and Alexand -r Hamilton lOs, or forty-eight hours, for drunkenness. .Last evening the monthly entertainment ■Msunnectipu with the school of All {saints’ Church was given in the echool-roow. Th^

WMWdance was (large, considering the weaker, and the recitations, songs, and concerted pieces were more than usually effective. The musical arrangements were under the direction Mqrdsch, therorganiab of AIU Whose- taleht> as afcconductor Vfis? styled Snailbh |C°|iitinsntal and Leyiil Gobiplayed* tor a fnlL parts of toe house Princ Ss’a Tast evening. A well-arranged and diversified programme was done full justice to, George Loyal and Verletti again appearing on the double horizontal bar, and with Zuila in their flying leaps. An afterwill be given tq-mnrrow, and ftR children' attending will receive - a ’gift. jl f " i'VjTv V » T • ; r The Immigration Department: have received advices eMibenrailiag-from- London ef\she Jessie Headman, with passengers fbr Otago... ihetotal numbec-of all age* is 32tt,equal to 2694 adults. 'J he number of mXn, is 129, of women 94, boys 44, girls 43, itfants not classified 11. Of these 52 men and 13 women are English, 33 men and 11 wo min -scotch, 23 men and 6 women Irish, one; Welshman, two Jerseymen, and one man and '■.ouo yvoman German - Their are —Farm laborers, 29 ; general"taborera, 34 ; miners, 3 ; ploughmen, 3 ; gardeners, 2 ; wheelwright, 1 ; carpenters, 3;. ■ -/a'sfitter, 1 } blacksmith, 1; tinsmith, I; . tinplate-worker, 1; engineer. 1 ; harnessmaker, 1 ; shepherds, 3; shoemakers, 2; printer, 1; bricklayers, 2; stoker, 1 j brickmaker, 1; tailors, 4 ; hair dresser, 1; tallow: ‘ chandler, 1; plasterers, 2; butcher, i j painters, 2 j mason, 1; baker, ,1.: shopmafa, I"; saddler, 1 1; warehouseman, T ; general servants, 21; mechanic, 1; housekeepers, 2; housemaids, 3; cook, 1; tailoress, 1 j weaver,. 1; silk winder, lj - railway porter, 1. T

The following finding, as the result ef the result of the inquiry into the collision bje-! tween the p.s. Gomerang and the lighter dope, oa August 8, has been forwarded £of the Inspector Of Customs, Wellington! -by ,; he Principal Colleetor at Dunedin (Mr 3 1 Mackwortbji— ‘Thatthe p. a. Gomarang. aftlr: entering Otago Heads, and when about the middle crbas channel of ! Port" thal'mers Harbor, came into collision with the barge lope, beating k)J the Harbor.': It cannot be satisfactorily gathered from the evidence whether thb/steamer! actekllyrab barge, or whether the barge drifted agamht the steamer.'’ - The' reanlt OL tbe the sinking of the barge. It is clear, however, that the steamer was eOming up the-dhannSel on her wrong side, and although the master, •f thlisteamer.alleges'he was .keeping her on shat side for the purpose of avoiding coming into coUMoffwith the sohodner Clyde, whiih was running down the harbor with a faff wind, the evidence dot-saiot "show th there was any necessity for his doing so, b it on'thd dohtrary tends to prate that-had t >e steamer been on her proper side no collision, •would have occurred. It appears that th/ .jnaatei: , pf the,steamer, after the collision t66k place, rendered all the assistance he could to save life and property. ” The Naufical (Captain Thomson), the above blpinibh, ; f /i•! '; j

At the Council meeting off. the Otago Acclimatisation Society'held’- yesterday Mr W. D, Murison in the. chair—there web present Messrs R. Oliver, P! C. Fulton, W. Mamn, H. Tewsley, W. Hepburn, J. T\ Thomson, and A. C. Begg, :hon.- secretary, A letter was read from the Auckland Acclimatisation Society thanking the < *tago Society for the present of trout ova forwarded to Auckland. The hon. secretary reported t hat a thousand treat ova had been sent to the Provincial Government of tdawke’s . Bay, it- having been found thpt tbpse taken up Mr Young bad been destroyed. It was decided that the Provincial Government should be requested to declajre the ensuing months of December, January, and February an open season for brown trout fishing ; and that a fee of LI be charged to any person desirous of taking out a license.- It was resolved that the Provincial Government be requested to appoint Mr James Wheatley a ranger in accordance .wifcq. the terms of the Protection .to-Animals A ct 1867! A report was presented’ to t&e effect that a good deal of shooting is carried on jin tbe husk at the back of Mr Burkfe’s brewery,'and it was resolved- that Arranger be appointed to visit the bush on both sides of the Pprt Chalmers Road, to. ascertain -to what extent the. birds—native and English!— are being destroyed. A s ib-committee, cqnsisting of 'Messrs Mason, Mutfhon, Hepburn, Pulton, and Begg,. was appointed to arrange for the , distribution, of the young . trout throughout the Province. ; It was ‘determined to ask the Pirovincial Government to issue’a in terras of-the Salmon and Trout Act, .18 7, prohibiting netting near , the mouths qf streams on the Northern seabp.ard, frpm Otago barber to the Waitaki, during the, months, of May. to October inclusive. A yery fine sample -of -Angora . wool, from. a.goat the property of Mr James, Wheatley, Kakanui, was t exhibited. The wool was of ten months growth, and realised 6s 6d per lb., in Melbourne, Mr Fulton reported. he had seen little chafiinqhfea, linnets, and goldfinches! in. his garden at Cayersham. Some accounts were tlien passed, and the meeting closed.

The following remarks were made by Judge Greason. in opening the criminal sessional Chistchurcb onMoh i ay:—A morngstthe ActSof the General Assembly of L st sesBieri, there is one to which X think it j is expedient to direct your as it Extends largely the summary jurisdiction ; of such of you as are in l the Commission of the Peace. The Act referred to is intituled the Justices of the Peace Aet Amendment I',ct. 1874 ; it enacts that the provisions contained in sections of the Justices of the Peace Act. 1865, from 82 to 66, both inclusive, shall, so far as applicable, extend and apply to larceny by a bailee (which was not punishable on summary; conviction), and to [all felonies which by the liarceny Act, 1867. are made puhifehablelike ! -simple; larceny, ahd to the several felonies and misdemeanours men--tinned or referred to id the- schedule to the said" Act of 1874; and it further provides’that the word * stolen ? in the Justices of the tho Peace Act, 1866, shall include 'em. ’ bezzled,’ and ' ‘ obtained by false pretences ’ does not exceed 20s ; that section 88 of the said Act shall apply only where the value of thr . propertystolen, embezzled, or obtained . by false pretedoes does not excised L 6 ; and that section 84 ofas the case may require; and that section 82 of the last mentioned Act shall apply only where the value of tha property stolen, embezzled, or obtained by false pretences the said Act shall apply only where’ the value of the property stolen, embezzled,: or obtained under false pretences does not exceed LlO. You ar j aware that section 82 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1866, empowers Ja Justice of the Peace in the case of a person charged with larceny of property nab exceeding 20s, where the case is of a trivial nature, to discuss it, even though a felony ma/ have been proved, and that se*. tion 83 enables two or more Justices to dual summarily in cases of laroeny where the value of the property stolen does not L 5 ; and that section 84 enables them to deal summarily iu cases of larceny wnerethe value of the property stolen does not exceed LlO, if the person accused confess the offence. The effect, therefore, a ct of last session as regards the three last-mentioned sections is to extepd the summary junadiGtiQn, which Jwtwes before enjoyed la cage’s of larceny

under tke of the 1866. to cases of, frauafileali conyertion. by bailees, of and Justioea-of the *• eadi 'Shoiild 4he distinctions between|Jh]iScseay, fraudulent cdnve.r a '^ a^e » pbproperty prefehces ; some °* are uotalways easy of ev en When chslirly: fixed in the mum; I think that Justices of the -Peace, in future, will be unable to^discharge their duties satisfactorily, unless they have carefully studied together with the ‘ New Zealand Justice of the Peace,’ ‘Archbold’s Criminal Pleadings,’ or some such text and;'iftl*xnay. judge*frotrr rthe mode in: W.lucb the .depositions are sometimes forWarded fcOrai country districts to the Registrar of this Court, I cannot help thinking that the pro visions of the statute which prescribes-’ the dutiJS lof; iflisticeß aB to- the mode bf taking -and transmitting depositions,- aijdalso to the; j conduct of criminal prosecutions published .P* itlie ■ Gazette;.bf Jan- i2d»;1873j.- ) al , e pften either overlooked or misunderstood. Considering ; the danger/there, always is, that ,the.;«nd& efe justice may be frustrated by even slight netlect in a matter where so much .carp required, I think it would be a wise measure oa the .part; of the' Government to provide for the Colony, hut more especially fir country disMbti,where,Cbdfts of Petty Stksiqns are held, clerks of the Bench who haye had . dome pfevdpus training .f<Ar the duties whiohthey a> e. to discharge,- and to fujr-biih-them not bnly with prinled iorms, bqt • abo .with i copies, of, “The New Zaalaiid; Justice of the Peactd,” and a'few other ' text ’ bbdka ffißr :refetenber. . Gentlemen, it would tak ) too much of yo.Uf dime Were ; X to advent -to-other useful Acts which have been passed during the |ast cannot help rfe-. greeting that the drupe expressed to you at : opr: last 1 eessioUf that, some, number of rthe .General n . Assembly ■ v would., introduce Ta. measure.amending the Lunatics Act, \yHbL, yiew .to; naaking. the, curative .treatment Ur [inebriates,.more not?, bedn refilised., i.The ,*iV|bjeut is, attracting ; attention, in. the. United ; .j^ipgdpm,, America apdThe Australian cvlpnies/jChat 1, f ! ee^, J sut , e it must, ere; long; f Receive thp consideration qf the ;Legbiature;gf ;the Colppy,... , ■

The Oxford Combination-Trdupe’willre-optn at the Masoaic Hall to-morrow.- There will be a for children, the afternoop, and another for adults in the evening. 1 We.hajvfj;received, from<Mx Joseph Braithwaite, corner of Fleet and High’streets, the ;You ng.Ladies’ Journal’ jmd for September. 1 A new tale is Anhouriceo-.i j