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Evening Star, Issue 4075, 18 March 1876, Page 2

His Honor Mr. Justice Williams has reserved judgment in the salvage case— Houghton v. Galbraith. * Mr John .Alfred Cook, oUDunedin, was admitted and enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, by his Honor Judge Williams, on the I7th inst.

A whale-boat, supposed to have been capsized outside the Heads last night, was seen bottom up this morning. In all probability she was capsized during the heavy S.W. gale which prevailed yesterday.

The Supreme Court circuit sittings at Tuapeka are fixed for Tuesday next. The calendar is very light, there being only one case, viz, that of Walter M'lvor, a Waikaia Flat settler, for stealing sheep. The growth of the Roman Catholic Church in. Invercargill has been so great that the Bishop has found it necessary to appoint a second priest to .that, parish, In future Father Higgins will be assisted by Father O’Leary, - .

.A telegram'from Invercargill tells us that the Darrells opened there on Thursday in “Lucrezia Borgia ” to - a capital house, and met with a very .flattering reception. •«* ? arr * 8 » celebrated pedestrian, who will* be remembered as visiting Dunedin with F. Hewitt a few years ago, arrived in Dunedin yesterday. An interesting match is likely to ensue, Harris having challenged Davis, of the Circus company, to run 100 yards for L2OO.

From a letter placed in our hands, of which the writer is Mr W. MrSanguily, one of the survivors from the wreck of the General Grant, we { * Southland Times ’) learn that another attempt is about to be made to search the sunken vessel, and see if the gold shipned in her can be found.

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the infant female child of Ellen Knox, took place at Oamaru on Thursday. The father and mother of Ellen Knox, and the girl herself, as also Dr De Lautour and Mr John M‘Kay having been examined, the jury, after five minutes’ consultation, returned the following verdict“ That a female infant child .was bom of the body of Ellen Knox on the 22nd of February, 1876, and that its death was caused through suffocation, from the helpless state in which the mother was at the time of its birth.” The jury added a rider to the effect that no blame was attached to the grand-parents of the child.

• It is very strange that the Government have received no advices of the departure of the steamer from San Francisco with the February mail, though it was known that both the City of Sydney and the City of New York, the two new steamers built by the Pacific Company, were lying at the Golden Gate at the beginning of the month in readiness to take up the running. The ‘ Post ’ informs us that in the ordinary course the Colima should bring back the next inward mail from Kandavau to New Zealand; but it is understood that she will go through to San Francisco to resume her regular trade to Panama, and that either the Zealandia or the Australia will be sent down to Port Chalmers to take the next outward tnn.il,

Mr W. J. Steward, the late member for Waitaki, was presented on Thursday with a silver Silver and 250 sovs., as a recognition of the disinterested manner in which he had served the district in the late Parliament. Mr Gibbs made the presentation, and in the course of his remarks alluded to Mr Macandrew aa “ tkat wily old fox,” and to Mr Stout as his henchman. He expressed his unutterable astonishment at the way the constituency had turned round and elected two Provincialists. Mr Steward, in reply, stated that it was only the vote of two Maori members, in the Upper House which secured the. passing of the North Otago' Public Works Bill and the erection of the Oamaru Breakwater. The salver, t which is valued at 25 guineas, bears the following inscription This salver, together with 250 sovereigns, was presented to William Jukes Steward, Esq., by the inhabitants of Oamaru and district* in recognition of his services as member of the Legislative Assembly for Waitaki, N.Z. Session ending 1875.” e

Mr*Bright’s lecture at the Athensaum last night on “Materialism, Positivism, and Spiritualism,” was listened to by a large audience. Mr Stout occupied the chair. At the conclusion of the lecture it was intimated that Mr Bright was willing to a swer any questions, but there did not«appear. to be any disposition to interrogate him. Some amusement was caused by Mr Bright’s answer to Mr Lowry’s question, “Do you think it right to throw Yankee grab or dice at church bazaars?” and the reply made was, “ I think it is a matter which ought to be settled by the believers in Paradise.” The Chairman announced that Mr Bright would deliver an address in the Drill-shed on Sunday evening, and the lecturer said that he would then deliver an extempore address in more familiar language than he had adopted in his former lectures, explaining the position he had assumed, which he feared had been misconceived or misrepresented.

The Wellington bar appears to possess a few paltry minds, and occasionally their disputes enliven the usually dull proceedings of the local Polipe Court there. The ‘Post’ the other day reports a passage-ht-arms between the leading members of the local-bar. Mr Travers led off by accusing Mr Gordon Allan of being in the habit of using language which »had led another lawyer in court to designate him “ the most uncourteous man he had ever met with.” He was systematically uncourteous to every the Bar, and he (Mr Travers) muSt request him to refrain from using language of the sort to him. He was rude and insulting in his remarks. Thereupon the following short but decidedly sharp dialogue ensued:— “Mr Allan : And you are equally rude and insulting. I was taught my profession in a school where you were not. You are simply a solicitor, and you come here and practice as a barrister! lam not inclined to put up with any insulting remarks from you, so be good enough not to make use of them. You are not a barrister at all; we do not stand upon the same footing. Mr Travers ;My footing is equal to your own, and even superior, as is shown by my practice. Mr Allan : My practice is equal to yours.” Mr Crawford, R.M., managed to throw oil upon the troubled waters, and the case proceeded to its conclusion without any further wrangling between the legal gentlemen engaged in it. We see by the Wellington papers that Mr G. E. Barton has entered into partnership with Mr H..S. Fitzherbert, and settles permanently in Wellington.

The quarterly meeting of the. Leith Lodge, 1.0. w.U take place on. Mon lay next, at 8 p.m. A meeting to inaugurate a Band of Hope in connection with the Star of .freedom Lodge, 1.0. wilbe held in the Linden Schoolroom on Monday nest, at 7.30. ; ■ Two errors occur in our report of the state of the betting market, published in this evening’s supplement. “Traducer” should be Tadmor, and “Butterfly ” should be Templeton. Mr Chas. Bright w ill deliver another ad lr< sa at the Drill-shed, Oct igoa, to morrow evening, at 8 o’c’oofc, when he will explain and reply to objection* that have been advanced.

A. typographical err. r crept into our report of BascVs esse at the Police Court yes’erday Mr Harris is r.pored, in the course of his examination, to have said that the payments were made without the sanction of the directors; it should have been “ no payments,” &c.

It is now und> rstood that Sir ffohn L, C. Richardson has kindly consented to open the bazaar in aid of the building fund of Knox Church on Tuesday, the 21st inst., at 2 o’clock. From the known ability of Sir John as a speaker, we cannot doubt that the University Hall will be crowded on the occasion. A meeting of the members of the Royal . Black Chapter of Ireland was held in the lodge room, George street, on Friday evming, ip connection with the new encampment about to operned in Dunedin. Several Sir Knighis were present, and produced their certificates A communication was read from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sydney. * The Dayspting lodge, No 97,1.0 G.T, entertai ed the public with an open harmony mee - sng in the K* nsington schoolroom on Thursday, i'ome » f thp so gs and recitations were very well _ rendered,, Sister Lowe’s f contribution obtaining an encore. The proceedings, which were very epi. ited and pleas* nt throughout, were teiminat d by singing the closing ode, and the usual votes of thanks to the visitors.

The first number of the ‘ l icens d Victual* lei- 8 Gazstta ’ has reached us. In a temperately written introduc'ory article, the editor says : n the face of the efforts made by a smaller s c ion rf the community than th»t we represent to heap vituperative epithets on thoia enS u ;ed i! n L nd Bu PP o . rtill ? the liquor trade, tkr°. gh the<r own journals and in columns specially assigned to them in certain papers in tne Oelooy, it is advi-able to bhow tospublc the mju tice «.f the charges brou ht against respectable men, We condemn drunkenness as t ioraughly as any can, so also do tbos.e who. support us ; but we hold that um as at piesent advocate 1, hai failed, and will fail to the evils complained of on all sides. We seek the adoption of a middle coarse, the enactment and enforcement of such Isws as shall place the liquor trade entirely in th>bauds of respecttble persons.” - The paper is well printed by Matthews, Bixter, and (Jo.