Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1302, 18 April 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1872.

The steamer Eangatira left Wellington for this port at 2 o'clock this afternoon. There were no cases in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The annual licensing meeting was held this mornm* in the Court-house, the Bench consisting of H. B. Sealy, Esq., R.M., J. Anderson, Esq., J.P., and S. G. Brandon, Esq., J.P. There were no nevr applications, and all those which came before the Court were granted, as follows: —R. Barrows, Commercial Houel, Port Anuria; H. Beukers, Ferry Hotel, Western Spit; W. Britten, Clarendon Hotel, Napier; H. O. Caulton, Albion Hotel, Napier; T. Edwards, Shakspeare Hotel, Napier; H. Ford, Masonic Hotel, Napier; H. Fletcher, Exchange Hotel, Nupier ; B. Franklin, London Hotel, Port Ahuiiri; J. Gray, Forester*' Arms (late Settlers' Hotel) Napier; J. Lear, Napier Hotel; W. Mayo, Empire Hotel, Napier; J. M'Murray, Shamrock Hotel, Tareha's Bridge; J. H Trask, Crown Hotel, Port Ahuriri; W. Villers, Petane Hotel. The weather during the last day or two has been such as to warn us of the approach of winter. A bleak souther has prevailed, accompanied with heavy rain. There was no appearance of a change up to the time we went to press. The barque John Knox, from Newcastle, has arrived at Lyttelton with the telegiams by the Suez mail. From the Herald telegrams we take the fol lowing : London, 23rd Feb. Wool sales closed natter. Most descriptions a penny lower from the highest point. 5,000 bales laken for export. The next sales are to take place on the 18th April. The probable stock is 200,000 bales. —March 8. An attempt, happily unsuccessful, has been made upon the Queen's life, by a man named O'Connor.—The Tichborne claimant been nonsuited, and arrested on a charge of perjury.—The Alabama claims are exciting great attention. A correspondent at San Francisco has forwarded to the Daily Southern Cross office a piece of rope made from New Zealand flax, and which he states is used in California for hay-baling. He represents that it will realise 15 cents. [7|d] per lb. if made from flax. A very courageous and gallant act was performed by Mr Thomas Russell at Auckland on ;he 7th inst. It ap pears that a little girl named Ellen Gallaher had fallen into a well some 17 feet deep, at the rear of a house in Symonds street. The screams of the mother brought two gentlemen on the scene, and Mr Russell at once thre - v off his coat and descended the well, holding on to the bricks in his descent. On reaching the water he seeured the girl, and, a rope being subsequently lowered, both the girl and Mr Russell were again drawn up in safety. A letter of thanks from the father of the girl to Mr Russell U published in the papers. At Melbourne, a man named "Whelan, a letter-sorter, has been committed for trial on a charge of stealing the contents ot letters. The evidence is almost conclusive of guilt. On the night of the Bth instant, the Golden Calf Company's enginehouse at Grahamstown (Thames) was partially burnt down. The fire raged fiercely, and the machinery became red hot. For a time it was feared the boiler would burst., but this was happily averted. The poppet-heads caught fire, buc were extinguished. The damage is heavy. The ropes and winding gear were burned. Two men below were rescued after the fire. They were pulled up a distance of 350 feet, by hand. The Central Italy plant narrowly escaped catching tire, as the wind was blowing in that direction, and drove the flames close to the plant. Statistics published on Boxing Day, 1871, show that 35,275 persons ate their Christmas dinner within the walls of the London workhouses. The new Archbishop of Paris has authorised the priests of his diocese to let their beards grow,.

" The cry is, still they come." The New Zealand Herald, 4th April, says: u We have heard, on excellent authority, that Mi John M'Leod, M.H.R. for the Bay of Islands, has been appointed, or is to be appointed, immigration officer in British North America, and that his resignation is to be left in the hands of Ministers to do with just, as they please. The law does not compel a member to resign his seat on taking a non-political office; it only provides a penalty for sitting and voting while holding a paid appointment. "We have likewise heard it hinted that a gentleman who formerly represented a Northern constituency is to be sent to Treland on the same errand. May they prosper !" The same journal of the 11th April say*: —" We learn from a private telegram that Mr J. M'Leod denies having accepted office under the Government." An English paper says :—A woman who was apprehended in Liverpool the other night for pilfering butter from a shop naively remarked, when arrested, u Tf 1 did not steal there would be no work for the policemen." We have often heard of honesty among thieves, but never before of the philanthropic .spirit which, if we may believe Sarah Gardner, prompted her to tind employment for the police. The magistrates, however, cannot appreciate her good intentions, and have sent her for trial It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollection of our former life.