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Evening Star, Issue 3842, 17 June 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Timabd, June 16. The Supremo Court sittings concluded last evening, after five days’ hard work. Davis, charged -with poisoning his wife With intent to murdei|her, got off, the evidence not sustaining the < indictment. Amongst the results of the s ssion was a failure of justice, owing to the weakness of the prosecution, four serious cases broke down on faulty indictments, and throughout the session the Judge, to a great extent, conducted the prosecutions for the Crown Solicitor. A commission to inquire into the condition of St. Mary’s parish church, Timaru, commenced sitting yesterday. The Rev. George Forster refused to attend or recognisj the commission, which he declares illegal. Much evidence of an extraordinary character has been taken. The court sits again this evening. Invercargill, June 16. At the Supremo Court to-day Morrison, who pleaded guilty to four charges of uttering valueless cheques, was sentenced to—first count, five years’ penal servitude; on the other three counts, one year each. Peter Jamieson M‘Gregor, for embezzlement, was sentenced to eighteen months, with hard labor. The punishment was _ mitigated on account of testimany as tohis previous good character. Canfield and Cavanagh—first, assault with intent to commit murder ; second, grievous bodily harm —pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a verdict against the prisoners on the second count, and they were sentenced to five years’ penal servitude each. The criminal sessions are concluded. Auckland, June 16. At the Supreme Court the Thorne bankruptcy case has been brought to a close. Judge GPlies commented strongly on the action of the bank in giving such enormous accomm dation, when it knew that Thorne possessed in reality no caputal; also, the system of honoring his bills, drawn on himself. He said it was not for him to enter into the question whether the bankrupt, as he believed, and as some might think, was morally right in paying, as he had done, those who had been led to give him credit through a large appearance of business sustained by the bank, in preference to the bank, which was acquainted with his position ; but lie must administer the bankrupt laws Taking the whole circumstances into consideration, and looking at the high-handed defiance by the bankrupt of the insolvency laws, but also looking to the unnecessarily long time during which he had been kept in Court, he would order that his certificate would be suspended for twelve months, which he considered equal to two years. Ho desired it to be so considered. Mr M'Cormick then made an application to examine the bankrupt relative to his transac tions with bis father, in order to lay the foundation for acting under another clause of the Bankruptcy Act. His Honor ruled that the application must be made by affidavit. _ Wellington, June 16. The ‘Evening Post’ last night gave currency to a minor that three millions of the late four million loan was deposited in the Bank of New Zealand at 1A per cent., but the report is not_ substantiated. Dr Featherston, Messrs Julian and Sergeant are the commissioners en trusted with the temporary deposit of the loan. A new edition of the New Zealand Handbook will shortly be issued. The ‘ Tribune ’ says the Government have their Constitutional Changes Bill ready. It says Mr Reynolds will certainly bring on again his Bill for the abolition of voting on miners’ rights, and for the concession of the franchise to lodgers, but it cannot say whether he will go further in the matter of representation. It in.j timates that a redistribution of districts, and a simple and more correct system of electoral registration are demanded on the eve of a general election. It says the Licensing Act of last session will be amended, but it does not hope to see a Bill introduced dealing with education in the Colony, owing to the present position of parties.

• June 17. In the case of Somerville v. Groves, at the request of Mr Travers, yesterday, in banco, the ride ald was made returnable at the first banco sitting in July. r i he Governor leaves Nelson for Wellington on Monday next. He will be entertained at a private dinner to-night. The Hon. Dr Pollen leaves NeEon for Wellington to-morrow. The City of Melbourne with the homeward mail reached San Francisco on the fith of Juno, four days before her contract time. Captain Eohaa dots not accept the adjutancy of the Dunedin "Volunteers, but remains Sub-Inspector of the Aimed Constabulary stationed in the Province of Taranaki.

™. ,Christchurch, June 17. Ihe public meeting last night to consider the new Education Bill was densely , iv-wded. ihe following resolution, proposed by Mr Wynn Williams, late Provincial Solicitor was unanimously agreed to, “That this meeting is of opinion that the amended Education Bill introduced during the present slttin" of tlm Provincial Council, will, if allowed to become law, ho seriously detrimental to the system of education intioduced by the Education Ordiiw Co i,'• ¥■' 3 ’ a A ld *r, also strongly of opinion that his Honor the the members of the Executive Government, and the ; members of the Provincial Council should mutually agree that the Hill be postpone*! until next session. The utmost unanimity prevailed all remarks against the education policy of the present Government, and favorable to the views expressed in the Superintendent’s mes sage to the Provincial Council, boina loudly •applauded. All remarks to the effect that if the Government do not withdraw their Bill the Superintendent should veto it, were also loudly cheered. Ihe 1 .yttelfcon Times ’ this morning pronounces the Superintendent's message a masterly and statesmanlike paper amf pres-ys a hope that if the Government do not vern p ' tW i t ie i Superintendent will veto it, and concludes oy saying Whatever Steals intend* nt!”’ ownpartwe agree w.tn tb e Superintendent in disliking the new Bill “ and then expresses the hope that the Government and Council will allow It to drop ; hjv lt contends that if they w not do so the Lupe nntendent should not t dec ihe extreme com se of vetoiim the Rill i', should rest satisfied with having laid hi, on the matter before the Council.

{From our own Correspondent.) A „„„ v • , Tokomairiho, June 17.

Two heavy failures are reported here. One is that of a produce merchant for L 2,700, most of whose liabilities were in Milton, and the other a well-known stock dealer for an amount not mentioned.