Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1276, 18 March 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1872.

A case of a very extraordinary character came before the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Qolonel Whitmore appeared in answer to a warrant issued by the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wunganiu, '*tu he dealt with according to law." It appeared . tljat he was summoned some a.go to appear and give evidence foefare a in regard to some losses, sustained by a camp sut- \%%

burnt by the Colonial Forces on the West Coast. At the time he was not physically lit for the journey, and obtained a certificate to that effect, from T)r Russell, which he forwarded lo the Commission, at the same time offering to make his deposition in Napier. The receipt of the certificate was acknowledged, and lie was again summoned. He was still unequal to the journey, and forwarded a certificate to that effect, signed by Dr Spencer. On the 29th February he was served with a summons to attend at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wanganui, on the Ist March (the following day) to show cause why he should not be fined any sum not exceeding ,£2O for his failure to appear and give evidence. [The evidence of Sergt. Farmer, who served the summons, corroborated this part of Colonel Whitmore's statement.] He was next served witli copies of two warrants, in answer lo which he now appeared.—On examination the Resi dent Magistrate found that one of the warrants was deficient in an essential point, as it did not set forth that the particulars had been stated upon oath. The other warrant related to the summons which had been served on the 29th February, and in this case the Court decided that as reasonable notice had not been given, the summons could not be held to have been properly served. —His Worship, therefore, as the documents were informal, declined to act upon them, and Colonel "Whitmore (who was stated to be in custody of the Inspector of Police) was discharged. The following are the latest land share market quotations :—Caledonians, £U to £U 10s; Thames, £5 ; Tookey, £S 10s ; Green Harp, £6 5s ; All Nations, £4 10s ; Alburnia, ,£3 ; Tokatea, £2 ; Moanatairi, £2 12s 6d.

It is reported that arrangements are being made preparatory to starting a newspaper in the Waikato district.

A new seam of coal has just been discovered, reports the Otao;o Daily Times, on Government ground recently leased by Messrs Macfarlane and E. Martin, in the Kaitangata district, and within half a mile of the river bank, It is at present being opened out for the lessees by Mr A. Keid. The seam was found cropping out at the foot of the hill, and a depth of 7|- feet has been opened, but it is not bottomed.

On the 6th inst. an accident occurred to the coach running between Grey month and Hokitika, at a place between Arahuva Biidge and Waimea track. On the coach getting into a hole, the leaders bolted off, when the coach had to be dragged out, and was taken into Hokitika by the wheelers only. The Hon Mr Fox ami Mrs Fox were passengers.

There are but few instances on record of atones Laving l>een found in the heart, One of them rests on the authority of Joseph Lanozoin, who tells us of a woman who, being subject to fainting fits, at length died of them at the age of 33. Upon disseclion, three small stones were discovered in the pericardium. They weie greenish, and the largest of thorn weighed nearly two ounces. Burnet in the " Thesaurus Medicinse Practicye" relates that, on opening the body of the Emperor Maximilian 11., three small stones, each of the size of a pea, were found in one of the ventricles of the heart. He adds that that prince had often complained of a violent palpitation of that organ. In our days, Dv Steinlein has published a case of a similar description. A young man who had died at the age of 28, of tuberculous meningitis, was dissected, and manifest traces of an inflammation of the pericardium of long standing were discovered. In the cavity of the pericardium an irregular oblong body of the shape of a bean was found, measuring 12 millimetres in length by 9. in breadth by 6 in depth. It was perfectly free from all adherence, and consisted of a fibrous tendinous, capsule enveloping a stony nucleus.. The capsule was interspersed with calcareous grains, especially in the vicinity of the nucleus. !put in this case the heart presented another strange circumstance. In its muscular substance there

lay embedded a long thorn of prunus. spinasa, its point protruding into the right auricle^.