INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 93, 19 April 1880, Page 2

IN TER PROV INCIAL.

Wellington, Saturday. It is reported that a valuable discovery of copper has been made in the Manawatu Ranges. A prospecting party leave tonight to make an inspection. A proclamation appeara in the Gazette calling Parliament together on the 28th May. At the Supreme Court, in the case of Schultze v. Corporation, an application was made for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. His Honor reserved judgment. It is' reported that Longburst, recently sentenced to ten years imprisonment and two whippings for rape, is suffering from heart disease. Should that be proved correct he will escape the floggings. Twenty-five men required for road making at Murimotu were selected to-day. A large number of men presented themselves for employment. John Frederick Thompson, on two charges of forgery and larceny, was committed for ' trial. On the voyage of the barque Portland, ■which arrived from London this afternoon, the steward, Edward Bowick, committed' suicide by taking carbolic acid. He had - been drinking fearfully. Monday. The injuries sustained by the Stella by her recent striking on,, a patch of sunken rocks off Cape Coamooroo are not so serious as was at ■ first expected. . The principal damage is a crack in one of the plates near 1 the keel, and amidships a, portion of the keel &rjns the aperture fgr th§ prppeUoj.'

was slightly cracked. Three out of the four blades on the propeller had small pieces knocked off. ■- i-^j^ Napier, Saturday. The police have returned after an unsuccessful search for a horse stealer, who is supposed to have stolen 12 horses. He was last heard of at Ornahu, and then got to Te Antu, where he stole another horse, and rode to Seventy Mile bush, where all traces are lost. Inspector Scully and Sergeant Mahon returned this morning after a compulsory trip to Auckland, on their way to Poverty Bay. The Hon. Mr Wilson left for Wellington ; and also several. Maoris in connection with the Karatiana will case. ; Dunedin, Monday. The trial of Butler was continued on Saturday. The Court was packed, and there was also a large crowd outside. The prisoner who did not call witnesses, at once entered upon his defence, and spoke for six hours in a clear firm voice, occasionally pausing to consult his notes. He criticised the evidence closely, and contended that nothing had been brought forward by the Crown to connect him with the matter.. He explained his attempt to escape from Dimedin from the fact that he believed the police were going to arrest him for burglary, aud that he was under police surveillance. On the night of the murder he affirms that he was more than half drunk, and away from the scene of it. The Judge, in summing up, was in favor of the prisoner. The Jury retired shortly after 6 p.m., and at five minutes past nine they returned with a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner displayed no emotion, and said nothing. The Court was packed, and an enormous crowd outside hooted on hearing the verdict, and also hooted the prisoner. No mention was made of nolle prosequi in the other cases, and the prisoner will now be proceeded against on a charge of murdering the wife. t Christchurcti Monday. In the Christchurch football Clubs match on Saturday, a player named Hay, broke his leg iv two places above the ankle. He was attempting to collar another player who had the ball, but the latter eluded his grasp aud the fell. Oamaru, Monday. It is reported that a woman who was in gaol # f or _ drunkenness killed her child by dashiue it against the wall of the room in which she was lodged. At the Wakanui Plains a man named Bennett, employed on a threshing machine, while making some repairs fell, and the passed over his leg fracturing it. Mr John Dixon, chief clerk ia the Lmd Registry Department, is promoted to Auckland. He was presented ou Saturday with a clock and silver mounted match box as a testimonial from his fellow officers. Hawera, Monday. The Parihaka meeting is over. Nothing important transpired, aud the Natives sliil have faith in Te Whiti. As the Constabulary camps have not been advanced for some lime the Natives believe that Te Whiti has mesmerised the Government and that they fear advancing into Te Whiti's territory. Judging from the rate the road works are progressing, about two chaima per diem, and allowing fifty per cent for wet weather, it will lake five years and seven months to complete the thirty mile gap between tho Constabulary camps, but the men are said to be usefully employed in clearing a breadth country ou each side of the road to benefit the future settlers or maoria . \