Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1303, 19 April 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1872.

Up to the time of our going lo press there was no appearance of the s.s. Bangatira from Wellington. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning there was one civil case— Haurangi v. Davie, a claim of the yalue of 200 posts, plaintiff's property. taken by defendant from the Waka Block. The action was undefended.— Judgment for the amount claimed, with 18s costs of Court, and Ml 10s costs of witness, The British Trade Journal, January 1, has the following ; —"The death of George Hudson, ex-JEtaiiway King, during the past month, naturally suggests the gigan'ic enterprises which his name and energy were once powerful enough to float into prosperity. His failures are remembered to his discredit, while his successes are ungratefully forgotten. Upon the lessons inculcated by his rise and fall, financially and socially, we leave other pens to moralise. Enough for our purpose to direct attention to an adaptation of a much more antiquated invention than the iron horse itself; and one that is likely to prove quite as useful, in certain circumstances, and at an enviously reduced expense. This is no other than an economical one-line railway, which has been introduced to public notice as Buiiable for Jndia by Mr J. L. Hoddam, Director of Public Works, Aleppo, Syria. It will also serve as well for eolonial districts, and other sparsely populated communities. Constructed on the primitive principle of the wellknown mule and panniers system, it is simplicity itself. The back and body

of the animal are represented by a wall about one yard high on the average, and about one foot thick, on the top or ridge of which a single longitudinal rail and sleeper is to be laid. This wall is, of course, continuous, and may be considered in the light of a deep rail. The rolling stock answers the purpose of the panniei*s, and consisbs of double arranged in pairs, one on either side of the wall, and connected together at the top only by a roof common to both, having a free longitudinal passage about fifteen inches between the two. The ingenious inventor represents the waggon when mounted astride the wall in this way as having its two halves hanging on either side of the wall like the legs of a man on horseback. Each carriage at the under and inner side near its base, is provided with horizontal friction wheels furnished with springs which preserve the balance by pressing against the wall. When the speed is considerable these wheels will not touch the wall at all, or at least very little. The locomotive consists of a pair of vertical boilers, one on each side of the wall, and the horizontal wheels are so constructed as to grip the wall between them and thus overcome gradients steeper than even those to be found on Mount Cenis. The brake is* on the same system of adhesion ; the carriages accommodate eight persons, and the waggons carry two tons; and may be run on this single line principle at a speed of twenty miles an hoar. Sidings are provided for by means of segmented turn-tables furnished with one deep rail. Earthworks will scarcely be requited; and great economy is promised in the construction of the line in rocky countries, where cuttings and tunnellings are so often ruinously oxpensive, and . where earth may be awantmg for embankment. Moreover by the addition of vertical wheels to the locomotive and carriages they may be adapted to any guage of ordinaty railways, or they may travel on common roads. On the score of cost this scheme should, if foctnd otherwise useful, prove attractive to the capitalist. The cose of several lines has reached as much as ,£150,000 per mile, whereas the assurance is tendered that by this system a single railway can be made at fiom £SOO to £I,OOO per mile. There are many parts of Scotland and Wales where locomotion of this kind could be tried with advantage. Mr Hoddam finds in the East a wide field for its introduction, and should his plan succeed there, it is sure to be adopted nearer home. Meanwhile, however, there is nothing to hinder, but everything to encourage, its being practically tested abroad."

The disaster at Warwick Castle is regarded a* a world-wide calamity, and it is proposed that the restoration shall be effected at the cost of ihe nation. At the meeting of the Warwickshire Agricultural Society, the Earl of Warwick, who presided, said (he loss sustained had been a heavy blow and shock to himselt and his family ; at the same time he was thankful for what had been preserved, and he hoped to continue his residence in the county, notwithstanding the destruction of his property. A young man named Frederick Jones, only twenty-one years of age, was hanged by Calcraft on the Bth January, in Gloucester Jail, Jones had cut the throat of a young woman named Emily Gardner, whom he had been courting. The crime was committed on a Sunday night, in a dark lane. Jones afterwards went home, and told where the body would be found. His statement then was that the girl first attacked him, and that he got the razor from her and cut her throat. After his conviction he made a long statement admitting that he was jealous, that he himself took out the razor, and that as the girl would not say that she cared for him he cut her throat. He also admitted that the wound on his face was self-inflicted having tried to commit suicide; but his heart failed. He is stated to have been tc very penitent," and to have deckled that his crime was " due to the cursed beer." An American editor says he once partook of a beverage so strong, that he could not tell whether it was brandy or a torchlight procession that was going down his throat. Laving hearts are easily wounded.

Contemporaneously with the flourishing state of all our great industries, (says the British Trade Journal, Jan. 1),, there has been a great significant advance in the price of commodities. Although neither uniform nor universal, it is nevertheless very striking in the majority of the first class articles of commerce. Resolved to its first cause, the rise is only to Ik? accounted for on the ground of an increased demand. Wool has gone up from <£l3 per pack eleven months ago, to £2l 15s, at which it is quoted while we write. Tin and copper, too, have risen about .£2O each. Without going into minute details, cotton, wheat, and other staples have experienced a similar and higher change. According to the Economist, which rightfully, speaks with authority on such subjects, the augmented demand is due to "three causes," combined in their operation, viz., "cheap money, cheap corn, and improved credit." Discussing the general question of whether this rise will be permanent, our contemporary thinks not, and enters into abundant speculations, which would be more valuable if they did not mingle so much with the exercise of the imaginative faculty. Where his reflections take a practical turn, however, their soundness is indisputable, as when he remarks that the " exact effect of a great brisk trade throughout the world is to invest English sa\ings in that trade, and to create, new loans, from England to. foreign countries who are concerned in that trade. Inevitably, therefore, the causes which gave us that unusual command of the precious metals cease, and there arise in their place other causes which tend to give a less than usual command of them." In any view of the case, caution is necessary in dealing with commodities at their present exceptionally high values.

The house in which the elder Orton and his decendants lived (says the Eastern Post), is not far from Wapping Old Stairs ; it stands on the right hand side of High-street, Wapping, 69 being its number. Tt is an ordinary sized four storied dwelling, with a low fronted mean-looking shop below, in which the business of a bootmaker is now carried on. Near it is the Union Flag and Punch Bowl, which was much frequented by Arthur Orton. At No. 69, some 20 years ago, old Orton was doing a tolerably good business as butcher, chiefly serving the ships in the river. He was reputed to have amassed a large fortune out of it. At this time the family consisted of Mr Orton and his wife, several sons, including Charles and Arthur, and two daughters. Charles assisted his father pretty well, but Arthur did not, and preferred any kind of occupation to that of a butcher. Arthur was the youngest son, and the old man had a partiality for him ; besides, he was the best looking and best favored of the family, for he was not born with a traditional hump-back peculiar to the rest. This hump was a strange affair. Old Orton had it, Mrs Orton had it, and an Orton who had it not, was scarcely regarded by the neighbors as one of the family. Arthur's favorite house of resort was the Union Flag and Punch Bowl. His principal companion was a young man named Field, who was some time back drowned in the river. Of his many associates lew now remain, but there are two who affirm that they could swear to him, living or dead, by a certain strange mark left by a wound on his left leg, how received they do not say. It is said that Charles Orton, who had been placed in business as a butcher in Kingsland, was the first to circulate the report that the claimant was Arthur Orton and his brother.

In consideration of a costly present which Mr Joseph Pease, of Southend, "Darlington, has made to the Spanish nation, the young King of that country has conferred upon him the Grand Cross of a Spanish order, and Mr Pease, who is a Quaker, has agreed to accept the distinction. The present is a large number of copies in the Spanish language of Dymond's " Principles of Christian and Political Morals."

It is stated that the King of Spain has offered a lieutenant's commission to the Empress Eugenie for the Prince 1 m penal*

The Spectator says a—The papers arediscussing, dpropos of the reward to. be given to the doctors in attendance on the Prince of Wales, the whole question of honors for the Medical profession. A baronetcy, it is said, such as the public expects to see given to Dr Gull,, is hereditary* and as such,, sometimes,, inconvenient, while the Crown is reluctant to enlarge the Order of the Bath. It is therefore suggested that a dector or two might be added to the Privy Council. We question the wisdom of the suggestion. New patients- would scarcely seek a Right Honorable, while the distinction would be much lees valued than either a baronetcy or K.C.8., because it would not affect men's wives, who, after all, are the persons most interested in these middle-class decorations. If there is any real difficulty in the way—and there are too many baronets by half —why not carry out the idea once attributed to the Prince Consort, and found a new Order, to. be bestowed for scientific or intellectual services ? Why not the Order of the Rose—the ancient emblem of science—• as well as the Thistle ?, " John Bull" publishes an on dit that the present Earl of Chesterfield, late an officer in the 29th Foot, cannot be found. The bulk of the late earl's property goes, to his sister, the Countess of Carnarvon. The Alliance News, says :. —Almost,, if not quite, the first bill laid upon the table of the House of Commons, this, session,, was the Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill of Sir Wilfrid Law=ion. On Tuesday night, Sir Wilfrid gave notice that on the following day he would move for leave to introduce thebill ;• and on Wednesday he obtained leave, and the bill was read a first time without opposition. The second reading was fixed for Wednesday ( .the Bth of May. A young man, 28 years of age, and servant to a cigar manufacturer, was* lately sentenced to. six months' imprU sonment with hard labor,, at the Middlesex sessions, for stealing t^o-ounces of tobacco, value 6d, the property oi his. employer. He had pleaded guilty of taking the tobacco for the purpose of "a smoke." He had previously borne a good character. The judgepassed the above sentence on the .ground that, ; "if all the prosecutor's servants, stole the same quantity of tobacco it would become a serious, thing." So i£ everybody were to beat his wife it would " become a very serious thing," but when a wife-beater is brought before a magistrate for half-killing his wife, he never by any chai;oe suffers for the hypothetical sins of others, and the wort-it punishment he ever gets is—exactly six months' imprisonment with, hard labor.—Echo. A " British Workman " public-house-was recently opened in Lees-road,. Oldham, amid a large gathering of people,. The premises had been previously used, as a beer house of bad repute, and in consequence of numerous convictions against the occupier the licence was taken away. On the second floor is a. room set apart for lectures, and social, meetings. There is also, a reading, room replete with daily and weekly newspapers, with popular magazines and periodicals. Other rooms are set apart for evening classes, and one apartment. is specially reserved for refreshments,, tea, coffee, smoking, &c. The place has. undergone a renovation at a cost of .£SO, towards which about .£l6. have been subscribed. It is intended toestablish .similar houses in different parts of the town. After the opening, ceremony 25Q people were regaled with tea, and a public meeting was held in Townfield School, presided over by Mr T. Emmott, J.P. Sir William Stirling Maxwell, in thanking the students on M,onday, Feb.. 0, for his election as Rector of Edinburgh University, spoke in favor, of admitting ladies 10 the studies of medical and surgical science, and said he-, must hear more convincing argumentsthan he had yet heard why they should, not learn the scientific basis of an art, of which they were so often empirical, professors. The students were very noisy. Pride is a sure evidence of weakness.. Teach your children to help themselves—but not to what doesn't belong to them.