INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 12, 13 January 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

j . Wellington, Friday.' The Hawea, after leaving Picton at three this inorning/ found the schooner Hannah Barreti onjthe racks •hrTory:Channel, with her rudder and forefoot "gonejj her copper nearly all off, besides being otherwise damaged; and the captain and crew had abandoned her. The Hawea got her off, and took her id-' tow, making the passage across the Straits in 12 hours. The Hannah Barrett was 'bound ■ from Lyttelton to Picton in ballait to load timber. At 10.30 on Wednesday night she missed Tory Channel and went into a false J?*y..,,.*?°ih v a U .hors >_were dropped, and next morning endeavors were'made-""fo" warp""-!-?-'' bui, both warps broke, and she drifted on to the rocks. The captain decided to abandon her to ensure the safety of the crew. She was owned by _Captain. Renner;.and„was-in-sured for £400 in the Standard and £400 in the National. Dr Legion .accompanies the Hon^George M'Lean to attend the' Australian Cable Conference.}"""'''"'! JS .-•-*,.- -v- .CHRiSTCHirac_VFriday. : A .pefeial sitting, of' the Court ;o£ Appeal was held this morning'before the C^ief Justice and Mr /Justice] Johnston* in tlie^-case of Regina y.- Wooagate* *:Dr. Foster and Mr Rogers appeared for the prisoner, who was convicted at Blenheim of the murder ofchis illegitimate child, invj-'-lonely part of Queen GhatflotfeSoundi The point raided by-his coup*sei were [I/Tihat jthe Shild.hadibeeir born alive. 2.'jThat there'wiis n_t;su__.cieit corroborative . testimony to enable; the case j to goto a juryon ihe prisoners opru'Tadmission, of gSilt. The'cas? was argued afc considerable 1, length by Dr Foster, Jrho quoted a large 5 number of authorities on the Subject. Ultimately ..the convictibnby the jury was affirmed! The only othjei. case befqre the Cojurfc .was that of T.-H. Knibbs,..convicted.here last;session of sfealing.a lette.; from.a private _box at the Post Office.-The point, raisied by counsel was that..the;, letter on bein^ pliced in .the letter-box, ceased to. be vested ih the Postmaster, who was the.prosecutor. Tfie Court held-tbis.nofc.tei.able, aiid affirmed the conviction by the jury. ?;,:,-:, „: -. '„. - 1 ',- -. _-•— ~*c _.. •:-DOTiEDikjFriday. v The Ciiurqh--Tru_tees; have recommended the'Presbytefian Sy^qd; ,to establish;.; a chair on nafcu^at-rscience in the' Otago! University out of the f unds'at its disposal foroducafcional purposes. .... ■■•! <" 7 : :::; J "AtJCKi.ANDj'-Eriday. Curtain does hot realise his position. He says he has done nothing to be ashamed of. The Kingites propose holding a meefciffgafr Waitara-inMarch. Tawhaiois-to.be presenc,,and the Gbverh6r is to tie invited r?- *...-"• A;_atisfactory settlement-is likely to be ; come to .between Broomhall and the,, Waste Lands Board jre land for,.-special, settlement. : Mr Bennett' telegraphs that the AIP England; Eleven will arrive at, Auckland on the 28fch, and play twenty local _neri_''" Jpp.'A^ ..TmAßU,;.Saturj^y. j; .There is great excitement here about the heavy assessment of rateable property in the Borongh;' A meeting of 4 500 burgesses wsuf- >' .held last nightrto protest against-the^ action -. of „. the Borough Council, and a Ireso.ufci._T . was passed in fAvbr of resisting ther levying ofthe rate. Much indignation is, caused by the Borough.Council.determining to spend £J369 "in ajTown Hall without tbe consent of the ratepayers. : " ".- ••'■ * •-: „.'*. : Judge Ward gave an important decision yesterday as to architects' charges. West, ;an architect, sued Cram mond coacH proprietor' for £66, being commission on~ £7650, the amount of the lowest tender .received for a" dwelling house, of which plaintiff had drawn the plans, but- which had not- been built. Crammond proved that he had only instructedWest to draw plans of a house to cost £1200, or £1500 at the most. The Judge decided that the plans of the, house should revert to Cramniond, and.gave judgment for th'_ de-. feiidapt with costs. . „ „.'*, ; In the case of. Sutton v. Duhn, the defendant was a well. to do farmer,who had. turned. his wife out of doors, and advertised' that he would. not; be responsible for her.' ■debts., -However,;.she got credit up. to. £.2 vfor necessaries, for' which Dunn was sued. - The, Judge "ordered him to pay, execution, to I ■ 'issue intwe^vp hours, ."'. Y a .]'' , | T i. :^ .',' "; • j v A.'- •■-■" - ■ Wano^stoi, §aturdayV r !"V The.'Awaroa .was towed to, sea. last t higi& She has .twenty excursionists for jthe regatta • . pn .board, amongst whom are Mr, and * MrsXC Cross, Mr and Mrs Garrett, Miss Williamson,"' Miss Thomas, Mrs TurnbullT Messrs Scown, Enfield, Colman,'apd Campbell."', } . . s r f