INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 237, 6 October 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

;{ ;r {[ ;- > Adckxapd, Monday. A^tbe^peoing of the criminal sessions .this mofnlng;' Chief Justice Arney delivered the charge. He'congratulated the Grand Jury oafhe/act pf; there being only ten cases on the 1 calendar: ';.Hfe lamented there was a charge of murder, also the preponderance of offences against. the perso-j. . Few of the caaee demanded wpeeiaiaifections from the Court. Ifvre'qf'tue offences were, against property; of theseitSro wete committed by persons not belonging to thi regular body of settlers, and twrcncomsttinces of the other three cases did n^wcrrinf the : conclasion that there was a tendency crime Amongst settlers. The reintdhder ot bis Honor's charge was occupied by iSy details of three charges and in giving" sp7S9aTiMr6ctiont. "When asking a witness to speak up, his Honor eaid a juryman had asked to be excused on the ground of deafness, bnt h|a,reg.ueßth4d not been granted; nor had he hin>ielf XCbief Justice Arney) thought it necetsary to resign his position on the Bench j because he was somewhat hard of hearing" This remark of his Honor's is interpreted by gome- a* a contradiction of the reports current about bis intended resignation. i ' r "<:■'" ' ' . BtUFF, October «. i .lie Gothenburg arrived at the Bluff at 6 | ••in- I to-day. She left Melbourne st 4 p.m. on the 30th Sepiember. Sbe brings 9 saloon, and 27 steerage passengers, 250 tons of cargo, and, 110 rams, for all ports. T>- 1 •'- . . . i