MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 145, 17 June 1878, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

\[BeforetH. E. CoriSs and jJr,ld«dson Es<is., J.J.P.] "~" P&?*Edwin Lymond was charged with obtaining ytnoney^ under false pretences from Jacob Mosespof Hokitika, by telegraphing that .goods to that yaluehadbeen forwarded to him Bunny appfear&l for the? prosecution. -At-the-requesfc-of'-thelprkonaßj -Whofestated that he wished to obtain professional assist' ance, the case was .remanded until 3 o'clock, when the priaoner'-^pleaded guilty. Inspector Kiely statedjthat prisoner had been twice convicted of similar offences at Weatport. Prisoner told some cock-a-bull story about a friendly arrangement between himself and = the' prosecutor, by whom, it was denied. He then called Mr Burrell to speak to his character\vho said that he could say-nothing in his favor. I""* "' :i"'i\ c -:""\ l \^s ;■ Prisoner: You flight: to jbethja last/man to * turn against *'jne;— Witness "Because you robbed me?— Prisoner: No, but because I saved your life, and was always honest and just towards you. . The Bench considered it a very gross 1 case, and "sentenced the prisoner to one year's imprisonment with hard labor.

The Turkish war is said to have cost Russia £90,000,000. One Russian out of every six \sent jnto Turkey s was either/killed or w^oundAn "Australian, named Harry"~Maynard, is , .signalising. .himself, in Erancisco^aa a, prize-fighter., In a glove fight with an Irishman, Farley, he nearly killed hia opponent. Bishop Sejwyn'sjdeathiwaa noticed at considerable length in all the- leading English journals.' The ßirmingham ~P&ily ;says :— "Bishop Selwyn Was ''k ri&ri "who wrought with his trowel in one hand building up the walls of Zion,' whilst mi the other s hand he held the sword to defend her from the horde who hang around eage££or destruction and greedy for plunder. His toil was ceaseless; and the eleven year's in Lichfield proved' far moie wearing than the twenty-six in New Zealand,\t here his Ufa had been freer and spent more in the open air, with less of desk-work.-In his last illness bis mind wandered back to his Southern life, and dwelt upon the promise of that salvation which is to be f a light to lighten the Gentiles; " and upon the urgent need for forwarding the work,of our missions. Almost his latest words were spoken in the Maori language, to him familiar as English, declaring "It is light." So the light came to one who had always earnestly desired, it, and who had done his work abroad and at home as an honest, upright Englishman and a self-denying minister of distinguished wisdom, faithfulness, and zeal." The Daily Telegraph says :— " He almost lived in the saddle, and carried on his mission with a fervid enthusiasm and a contempt for luxury and ease that allied him with the apostolic fathers of the ancient rather than with the chiefs of the modern church . . . As the Bishop of the Black County, he had to deal with nearly as much Paganism as surrounded him in New Zealand .". . . . gradually he made a perceptible impression on the dark mass of savagery around him-, and latterly he could always calculate on attracting a large audrespectable audience of these rough toilers. The Spectator speaks of him as " the atheletic Bishop who could .swira, and build, and find his way. through the land in a wild colony," and one whose:' genius suited hini better for muscular Christianity and a genuinely'paternal despotism: than for intellectual disputes and constitutional policy.' . . . . The chivalry ot the man was indeed one of .his most remarkable characferistics." The Morning Post says : — "Altogether he was the most noble type of man, and an exemplary Bishop." The Standard says that he was "as. frank and fearless in the exposure of \vhat he believed to be abuses, as he was unwavering m bis defence of what he believed to' be' the truth." On Saturday last at 630 p.m. seventeen of the A. C. •Force, with Captain Marshall, were despatched frbm the Waihi Station to somewhere near Opunake, thirty miles distant. It appears that Mr Good, "of; Taranaki, had forwarded cattle to be depastured on land belonging" to the Chief Honii -Pihania. Natives on the Plains objected.; Government was communicated with, -and the result was that a body of the A.C. Force; were sent on to the Plains to prevent natives interfering with- the cattle; - The cattte are on ~Houi Pihama's land, 'and interference by natives will not be allowed.— -Patea Mail: On the occasion of afire the members of the Brigades employed are sometimes harassed and annoyed by the too close proximity of. .the crowdthat invariably assembles upon the alarm bjeing given. The following hint from the 'London Glohe may prove serviceable:— -". The great object of the firemen is to keep the ; crowd at a sufficient distance. This may be done when an adequate force of police has arrived, but it is. then too late, and the fire may have taken; such hold on the premises that all the Brigade can do is to prevent it from extending to other property. The Glasgow Fire Brigade have hit upon & happy way of keaping the crowd at a respectful distance. Attached to their new engine is a small hose.- This is under the charge of one, of the engineers who commences operations in an innocent ■ ; and tentative'sort of manner.' He first begins by gently watering a small space in front of the engine, as if he 7 were operating on a flower bed, but presently extending his circle, and shouting ' keep back,' he gives the hose free swing, and the crowd is driven back by ' the irresistible impulse of selfprotection. ' The police were at first disposed to resent; this invasion of their province, but a brief experience convinced them of the value of the little hose, which in practice has been found to do the work of fifty police-, men, without the same risk of collisions and the 'free fights' which appear to be. the ac?.; companiment of every .metropolitan fire^".~.!M Bismarck ia credited with Minting to the German, capitalists, bankers. and money-: lenders generally, not to have anything^to do with the Russian loan. It ia, barely; \ possible that the wily Chancellor became convinced that nothing but. the want of money could bring the Russian Government to a state of feeling in which some con cessions for the sake of peace might be admitted. Undoubtedly- the position forced upon Russia to maintain a large army upon a war footing, has been and is a costly one, not much less than that of actual war. But England's peace-upon war basis costs her but little above her ordinary expenditures.v\lt is noteworthy that, the great|Hothscbild3. also refused to have anything to do with the Russian Joan, \