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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4541, 9 October 1875, Page 2

We have been requested to announce that the Marchioness of Normanby will not hold a reception this afternoon.

The Criminal Sittingsi terminated last night shortly after 11, when Eliza Smith was acquitted of perjury, after a three days' trial, during which there was an unusual amount of perjury committed. Mr. Buckley, who out of sympathy for the friendless outraged child had taken up the case, in company with Mr. J. H. Shaw worked strenuously for the defence, and succeeded in' uncovering the conspiracy which had been hatched to secure the release of the felon Cameron. [

■ The Wellington Tailgates Bui, as amended by the Legislative Council, has been agreed to by the. House of Representatives, and-mil therefore become operative- on; receiving the Governor's assent; As altered the Bill has ho . retrospective action 4*ve in that persons who have already paid money cannot recover. • , The Hon. Mr. Waterhouse has given notice that he will move on Tuesday next, as an amendment to the Incensing Act Amendment Bill now before the Council, the following clause :—f Any' holder if a license; refusing either personallyj' or through any one acting on his behalf, except for some valid reason, to supply lodging, meals, or accommodation to travellers, or supplying intoxicating liquors jto persons already in a state of intoxication, .shall for- each offence be liable on conviction to forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £10." A guardian is wanted for the Martin Grant Bill, or was wanted yesterday, when it was received by the Speaker of the Upper House, with a message from the other branch of the Legislature. Sir John Richardson asked who was in,charge of the Bill, but nobody seemed to know. Each of the Councillors smiled blandly, ■ but never a word said he, and the little Bill might have gone begging had not the Speaker appointed a day for its second reading. Having done so, he suggested that in future it would be well not to read. Bills a second time, unless their promoters elsewhere toojc some trouble to have them cared for in the usual way by some member ofthe Council.

"We observe, that the takings at the late amateur dramatic performance in aid of, the funds of the Benevolent Society, were. £54 3s. 6d. Out of this expenses, were paid to the amount of £3O 10s. 3d., leaving a balance available for the objects of the performance of £23 13s. In connection with this we have received "a" letter from' a correspondent signing himself " Amateur." Many of his statements and conclusions are premature as matters stand at present, and his communication cannot therefore be inserted. He asks, however, with some.degree of reason, that a detail of the expenses should be published, which it would be much better for the satisfaction of all parties to do, as such would doubtless remove the doubts which beset " Amateur," whilst, if this be not done, it will be impossible to exclude comment such as his.

. The following are lists of the . immigrants expected to arrive by the ships Herscb.aU and Howrah :—Per Herschall—Married, couples without children : 1 shoemaker, 1 coachman, 1 groom, 5 laborers, 1 farm laborer, 1 bricklayer, 1 painter. Married couples with children • 3 laborers, 1 coal merchant, 1 stonemason, 4 carpenters, 1 shipwright, 10 farm laborere, 1 groom, 1 gardener. Single men ; !. 27 laborers, 4 stonemasons, 1_ engineer, 2 carpenters, 2 cabinetmakers, 1 ironworker, 2 bricklayers, 2 woodcutters, 3 bakers, 1 groom, 60 farm laborers, 1 sailmaker, 1 polisher, 1 chemist, 1 bootmaker. Single women: 22 general servants. Per Howrah Married couples' without children : 1 carpenter, 1 butcher, 2 laborers, 3 farm laborers, 1 blacksmith. : Married couples with 'children : 4 laborers, 2 shoemakers, 6 carpenters, 2 navvies, I woOdcarver, 12. , farm laborers, 1 baker. Single men : 14 laborers, 2 gardeners, l 1 painter, 28 carpenters, 1 platelayer,! printer, 1 tailor, 4 lads, 2 miners, 1 groom, 26 farm laborers, 1 carman, 1 miller, 1 shepherd, 1 harnessmaker. Single women: 16 general servants, 1 machinist, 1 laundrymaid,"2 housemaids, 1 milliner, 2 cooks, 3 young girls, 1 housekeeper." . ; . , A New Zealand Gazette was, published last night. It contains :—Begulations for settlement on special blocks of land ; proclamation of lands set apart .for immigration purposes in the Forty-mile Bush, province of Wellington ; assent of natives bringing certain lands under the Native Reserves Act, 1856; Tairua District Regulations ; Provincial Acts of Auckland allowed by the Governor; Provincial Ordinance of Otago allowed by the Governor ; appointment of W. J. Moore, Esq., to be the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Kaihiku, and of John Stewart, Esq., to be Public Vaccinator at Helenaville ; names and addresses of general managers of the Foxton to Manuwatu and Wellington to Masterton railways ; appointment. of Percy Frederick Carlyon, Esq., and Henry William Northcroft, Esq., to be members of the Taupo Licensing Court; of William Fraser, Esq., R.M., to grant licenses in the Tairua Special Licensing District ; of William Henry Fowler to be a cadet in the Provincial Audit Office, Dunedin; of John Macaffer, Esq., to be Medical Referee under the Insurance and Annuities Act for Mataura ; Land Transfer Act and Mining Notices, &c, &c. The following appointments have been made in the Public Works department : —William Whitney Dartnall, assistant engineer, from Ist January, 1875 ; Laurence Oxley, mechanical draughtsman, from 10th May, 1875 ; Francis Horwood, clerk, Constructed Railways branch, from Ist July, 1875 ; Charles James Hollmer Playter, clerk, from Ist July, 1875 ; George Gilbert Simpson, assistant engineer, from Ist July, 1875 ; Richard Carrow, storekeeper, Constructed Railways branch, from 7th July, 1875.

The Wellington Literary Association will give an entertainment, on Tuesday, the 19th inst., instead of next Tuesday as stated in the tickets that have been justed. The association has been compelled to postpone the entertainment to the 19th inst., in consequence of circumstances over which they had no control. . When people went to the immigration barracks in Taranaki to hire single girls from amongst the arrivals by the Chile, they found the article in short supply. Nearly all the single girls had plighted their troth to the Bingle men during the pleasant voyage.

The railway works at' and near Palmerston are reported as progressing most satisfactorily.

An attempt is to be made to supply Feilding with water by means of artesian wells.

Land in the Patea district is becoming valuable. Some purchased at £5 an acre has been sold at £l5O the quarter-acre. A meeting of the Education Board was held yesterday, but the business was small, and of a formal character only. The adjourned prize-firing meeting of the Rifle Association will take place this morning (weather permitting), at Polhill's Gully range. A money-order office and savings bank will be opened at Hyde (Otago) from the Ist November next.

Letters of naturalisation have been granted to Charles Ahrens, of Oxford (Canterbury) ; Eugene Frilay, of Invercargill ; Jacob Nathaniel Ellenberger, of Kaiapoi; and William Tiesler, of Timaru. His Excellency the Governor has confirmed the sentence of the Court in the case of the collision between the Young Dick and Jane Spiers, and the certificate of Samuel Gordon is suspended for three months. They have had a court case at New Plymouth lately as to the quality of some bacon sold at auction. Rashers of the bacon were frizzled, and tasted by the magistrates before: deciding the case. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before J. C. Crawford, Esq., R.M., John Pearon was fined 105.,-or forty-eight hours imprisonment. Thomas Kirkby, for a similar offence, was dismissed a caution. There were three civil cases, all of which were adjourned. Last evening the sensational melodrama "Robert Macaire," and the burlesque " Aladdin, or the Wonderful Scamp,"' was produced at the Theatre Royal with tolerable success. This evening the Darrells open a season, commencpg with- ", Macbeth." Mr. and Mrs. Dari'ell are so capable of doing justice to this magnificent tragedy, that a full houseis a certainty. . _. ■ . , The s.s. Napier on her last trip to Foxton took up the pure-bred bull Duke of Ancaster, lately purchased by Mr.-; Dalrymple from Messrs. Bethune and Hunter, of this citiy.' The Duke of Ancaster was brought out in the Williain Fruing for. "Messrs. Bethune and Hunter, and the enterprise of these men will, it is seen, have a good effect in improving the stock of this province: ■ :• ; ' The opening match of the cricketing seaspn will be played this day (Saturday), on the Basin Reserve 1 cricket 'ground, between an ! eleven of the Wellington Cricket Club and a similar number of the officers and crew {of H.M.S. Sapphoi The game will commence punctually at 1 p.m., and should the weather be propitious, a good number of visitors may be expected to be present on the ground in the course of the afternoon.

i , "A,- Land jof Our Own j the- South, S.ea Colonists' Hymn,'' has been printed and published by Robert Burrett, stationer, Larabtdnquay, Wellington. . The words of the song, 'as is well known, -are by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Esq., M.H.8., and run with great smoothness, whilst they are not devoid of vigor and sentiment. They have been set to music to a good old English tune, and have received publication in that form. The publication is altogether very meritorious. A good story (says the Herald) is told by the' busybodies in Wanganui| of a somewhat well-to-do farmer, who carries on his' operations riot 100 miles from the Ketemarae district. Having been very successful in the early days of the Bendigo diggings, and also in labor times in the farming line, he became, properly speaking, rich in worldly, store. Something,, however, was wanting to complete his happiness, and he began to feel "single blessedness a fib." J}etermined on giving the ladies of Wanganui a chance, he mounted hia horse and rode hither, where he had not been for upwards of two year 3. As he walked slowly along Taupoquay, intently scrutinising each lady passerby, and hanging his head, and muttering something when they passed,, one may be excused for having looked rather intently at him, and for having endeavored to fathom the meaning of the strange muttering. - : The farmer stopped near a weU-known corner," arid our informant, pretending to be looking for someone behind, listened, quietly, and heard the following exclamations :—" Great heavens ! what heads ! what dresses ! what walking ! and what vanity !" Stopping a moment to recruit breadth, he went ion;" "I'll go and marry a Maori woman first." Our friend, thinlqng himself safe no longer, passed the stranger quickly.' * He" was gazing thoughtfully at the pebbles at his feet, and looked very much like a ruined man. On inquiry it was ascertained that that strange, rich, single farmerdeft Wanganui for his quiet home on Saturday evening last with the full intention of spending the rest of hisdife a, recluse". So now Bome of the ladies of Wanganui have had the Golden Ball thrown to them and have carelessly let it glide oyer their shouldor._ . Verb Sap. , :■..,.,. , j

The settlers at Palmerston, says the Wanpanui Herald, have just received the best possible pro.6f of the inability of the Provincial Government to carry out the works for which money was appropriated during the last session of the Provincial Council. '., The; Provincial Secretary had been applied to in regard to the erection of the Manawatu bridge, on which work a sum of £6OOO was to be expended. The reply is just what we expected it to be. The Provincial Government have no money, and imply that the-General Government are responsible for the work remaining undone,] as they are not allowed to enter into contracts unless they have the money. ; \Vere the Rangitikei and Feitding settlers to inquire ab|>ut the Rangitikei bridge, they would probably (receive a similar answer. ,It would be absurd to believe that such excuses can blind the settlers. The Estimates have been nicely buttered ybar after year, but nothing extraordinary was ever done, nor was it intended to complete a large number of the works the appropriations for which stood most .prominently, in the EstiThe settlers in these districts will have to wait quietly till provincialism has expired, when then-wants are likely to be attended to..