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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4820, 2 September 1876, Page 2

■At,;!,2.80 yesterday pfthe new Ministry waited upon his Excellency the Governor at Government Housp, arid their services were formally accepted. The 1 usual baths were taken. In the afternoon there was a'lengthy: Cabinet meeting. ; ‘ Brisk southerly winds set in. generally on Thursday p.tn., and during the night the barometer rose nearly three-tenths throughout the colony; the weather in the South continued threatening for a while, but - soon cleared,’and by Friday morning a further andrapid fall of the barometer had taken place at the more Southern stations, the wind backing into N.W. and N.E.’with very threatening appearance of sky; bymoon the glass at the Bluff had fallen to 29 inches, with strong gale from the westward; and at 5 p.m. it stood at 28'98, with every appearance of severe weather approaching. During the afternoon the sea increased very fast on the West Coast ‘of the Middle Island, and by 7 p.m. the glass had fallen there about three-tenths, and a heavy sea was running at Hokitika and the Groy, ; weather looking very wild, and winds -fresh'f rbra’ north-west to west. " Urgent warnings for'heavy westerly gales ' were sent to Southern ' stations, by’ 1 p.m. yesterday,' and Warnings for North Island ( stations, were sent during °the afternoon; but ho unusually strong gales had bbeh experienced rip to'a late hour.

The? police received information yesterday that a German had been killed that day by a tree falling on him, at-Horokiwi, ..near Mr. Cameron’s. | Am inquest will be held tq-day. vThelhandicap running'matcK,-which was to have come off oh Saturday last, .but was post, poned in consequence of the then unfavorable weather, will take place to-day. This match was arranged in -connection with - Mr. Wiltshire’s walking feat, and the prize is a very - handsome silver cup. , ; * ; . It is understood that the Public Petitions Committee were yesterday engaged in considering the petition of Mr. Coleman Phillips, and will next week bring up a report very favorable to petitioner. Mr. Phillips claims compensation for his ideas having been used in the proposals for a Polynesian Company submitted to Parliament three years ago.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday a number of cases were heard, those of vagrancy, drunkenness, and larceny. On the civil side in the following cases judgments were given for plaintiffs for amount claimed and costs;—J. Compton v.- R. M. McDonald, claim, £ls 17s. lid. ; Smart v. Seagar, claim, £sl 4s. 2d.; judgment for £26 6s. Bd. A few other cases were either adjourned or settled.

A General Government Gazette was issued last evening, containing Order in Council aside for the use of the Waipukurau Small Farm Association the.Tua Tua block, containing 2684 acres of laud in the Seventy Mile Bush; appointment of certain registrars of births, &c., to receive register books of other registrars; appointment of landing-place at Oamaru ; appointment of William Drake, public vaccinator at Awhitu, Auckland; Napier Municipal Corporation by-laws; &e. The Theatre; Royal was well attended last evening, notwithstanding the fact that the weather was ■ boisterous, wet,- and generally calculated to keep people indoors. The Globe Troupe rapidly advance in public favor, as they must necessarily do, because-no one who goes to see Miss Russell and the remainder of the-.troupe can possibly coma-away-without being thoroughly 'satisfied of the excellence of the entertainment. There should be a good house to-night; a. capital programme having been provided. -, The police received a telegram yesterday evening, giving a brief account of the accident to the Waifarapa coach, by which Mr. Toxward, architect, had one of his legs broken. It 'appears that just as the coach arrived opposite Roadman’s house a terrific squall upset the coach and turned it over the hill. No one but Mr. T’oxward was severely injured. The telegram further stated that the horses were going steadily at ; the time, 1 and no blame could be attached to the driver.

Weather permitting,' a scratch football match will. be played on the Basin Reserve to-day. A good attendance is requested, because an opportunity of practising should not be lost in view of the approaching .contest with the Christchurch’man, who are expected to arrive here on Tuesday or Wednesday next. The secretary, of the Wellington Football Club informs us that our expected visitors are not dissatisfied with the ground chosen at the Hutt for the.contest. They, thought the Basin Reserve a bad football arena, and it was for that jeasori that, a., more suitable one was fixed on, 'n ‘ ' ' i

Contrary to expectations the ’ Boulcottstreet school is to be Kept open by the Roman Catholic body, the connection with the Education’Board having been severed, and,,one of the Christian Brothers will take the place of Mr.'Hurley, who, we are glad to see, has been appointed' teacher of - the Kaiwaf a school under the Education Board, the late teacher having ’resigned in consequence of his failing health. Before leaving the Bouclott-street school Mr. Hurley received a presentation from the children in the shape of a handsome writingdesk and: a beautifully bound addition of Byron’s poems, ' ; ‘ '

A ludicrous incident in connection with the municipal elections.is related. A fervent supporter of one candidate was engaged with a roll of paper, a pocket ink bottle, and a steel pen, procuring the rest of 183 signatures, when, he was.beckoned across the street ,by a gentlebeck, and hastily thrusting the roll into the beckoner’s hand produced the ink bottle, dipped the pen in it, and offered every facility for putting down [another good name. But the beokoner put the roll, the bottle, and the pen.to one side, and served the fervent supporter with a summons to appear and show cause why he should not be ordered to pay the candidate a.,[small amount.'. The fervent sup-porter-cast the-roll'-to the wild north wind; broke the nibs of . the pen, crushed the bottle beneath his heel, and occupied ten minutes saying-what he would and - would not do for the candidate. However, the matter coming to the candidate’s ears, the whole matter was explained to be quite a mistake, and harmony once more reigns. -

At a meeting of the Education Board held yesterday ' there ' were present—Hon. Mr. ■Pharazyn (in the chair), and Messrs.. Andrew, Gisborne, and Toomath. The proceedings were: as'follow:—A letter was received from the Eoxton committee, complaining of the want of on assistant schoolmistress:; but it was stated, by the secretary that Miss Jackson, of ■Blenheim, .had been- engaged to fill the situation. —Application was made for the.erection of,a school at Halcombe, where a 1 free Site of an acre was offered, with £7O in cash, and £SO worljh iof-timber. It was stated that there are forty-eight children in the locality, and that the. number would soon be supplemented by the, arrival of other German immigrants. The Inspector, was instructed to visitjhe district and report.—A letter containing complaints against the teacher of the Olareville school, Taratahi, was received from Mr. John Vile, and was referred to Mr. Beetham, acting in concert with the local committee.—Mr. Toomath laid before the. Board a lengthy - letter,- written by- Mr. George -Louis Vincent, " complaining that'the Secretary had refused to give him a testimonial when he ' was an applicant''for Carlyle school, and representing that he l (the Inspector) had examined- the Patea- sohool and' been paid for the "duties.! The ’ Inspector explained, that' when asked to recommend Mr. Vincent he- could not do so; having no sufficient knowledge to go Upon, and that he had informed him that there were other applicants whose chance of ’ election Were greater than his. It was decided that the Inspector had acted properly in so far as objecting ’.to I ,give a recommendation where he had, nothing upon which to found it; and fur-, therj that : upon Mr.’ Vincent, making application to the Board he might' receive, a certificate of the manner in which he had been employed by the Board as ah itinerant .teacher in ,Whareama. A short discussion arose "as to whether the Inspector should be permitted to ; continue inspecting the Patea schools, and whether the resolution giving him permission to do so on one occasion shpuld bo held to be applicable to other occasions on which the Patea schools 'might require to be inspected. It was agreed that he should make formal application to, the Board for such permission when he next required it, and then the question as to the continuance of duties outside his 1 6wn office could be discussed. Some matters having been postponed, the Board adjourned until II o’clock to-day. By an Order in Council, dated August 29, rule 66 of the regulations made by the Order in Council, dated September 10, 1871, is thereby, altered as- follows, viz.: —Ammunition in. the following annual proportions, to be reckoned from the Ist April in each year, is allowed to volunteer corps of the several arms without payment, on the condition that such ammunition shall be fired off under the command.and supervision of a commissioned or noncommissioned officer. (Vide Appendices B and.C): —Ordnance ammunition.—Eor artillery and naval volunteers, per gun detachment (bandsmen not included), five rounds shot, five rounds shell, and ten rounds bionic. Smallarms ammunition.—For every enrolled member, one hundred rounds ball, and twenty rounds' blank; Cadet corps are entitled to half ' the above blank ordnance ammunition and. small-arms , ammunition. , Note.—Rifle and carbine ammunition is allowed to be purchased by volunteer corps in such quantities as the supplies in store may permit.

Arthur John Burns, Esqt, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the" colony. * •

It has been decided that the sale of.,the Wairarapa Carrying* Company shall come off on Wednesday, 6th September. , A mother who had gone out of her house in Glasgow, leaving whisky and aquafortis within reach of her children, aged 6 and 31 years, was sent to prison for ten days. A school of anatomy having been established in connection with the Otago University, Dr. Coughtrey has been granted a license to practice anatomy, Mr. T, K. Weldon, Commissioner of Police, being appointed Inspector. The famous London Tavern inßishopsgate is about to be demolished. It was recently purchased by the Koyal Bank of Scotland for £80,060 for the purpose of extending their present banking premises, which immediately adjoin the tavern. The’ sum which has been given for the tavern represents about £l3 per square foot. ■ The sanitary authorities in Greenock not long since, complained that they were unable to subdue scarlet fever in the town in consequence of the stupidity and obstinacy of parents who allow their children to mix freely with others from infected houses, and will neither themselves disinfect clothes and bedding, nor allow the authorities to do it for them.

On the Sunday previous to the race for the Lincolnshire Handicap, in which Lord Hoseberry’s horse Controversy was entered, the Bishop of Lincoln preached a sermon, taking for his text “Beware of Controversy,” little imagining the use to which a portion of his congregation, struck by the appropriateness of tlie text, would apply it. The Bishop is unsparing in his attacks upon racing and racing men ; hence the triteness of the text on the occasion ref erred to.

A man named Joseph Everard was taken before the Resident Magistrate yesterday, charged with having committed larceny at Jolmsouville. The goods stolen were of a miscellaneous description. There was a Bible and other books, from a philosophical work to a cheap novel, a lot of newspaper literature, some indiarubber piping (short lengths), much used, and one peppercastor, minus a top. There appeared to be a ridiculous vagueness about this kind of stealing ; either the culprit was very fond of reading and collecting small odds and ends, or he was too fond of pilfering to refrain from taking whatever came to hand. He was fully convicted, and sentenced ,to three months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, his Worship remarking at the time that it seemed to be rather a case of vagrancy than anything else. The Portland (Me.) Press says:—“More than six years since,' a New Brunswick farmer, living on the Upper St. John, took it into his head to build a vessel in which to take his family to Australia. He went to St. John, and there visited a shipyard for the first time in' his life, and examined the build of , a schooner. Returning home with a few tools and a book on navigation, he worked all the time he could get days, and studied, with the aid of his wife, his ‘ navigation book’ evenings. At the end of six years his vessel was completed.- During the spring freshets he floated the craft down to St. John. At that time he had expended every dollar he could raise, including the proceeds of the sale of his farm. The craft is said not only to be a great curiosity in point of construction, but has numerous inventions never before seen on a vessel of any land, which Mr. Draper, the backwoods builder, has studied out himself. Draper has chartered his vessel for three months, in order to get the means of taking his family on a trip to Australia. The vessel is of about 50 tons burden.” ,

There is a small shop in Edinburgh (says a writer in the Alliance News) which had been a spirit shop for fifty years, and the yearly rent of which up to only two years ago had been £l9. This was considered an ample rent for the premises. But so much more valuable have licenses become, that the owner actually demanded and received a rise of rent lately to £65. This owner then deemed it good policy .v.i >uc u,uci reaauy received £I4OO for it. The new landlord' at once raised the feat to £95 ; and, securing a small room above, added that to the accommodation, and coolly told the' occupier that his rent would now be £l2O. The rather hard-pressed publican was not quite prepared for this ; but another man was ready to give £l2O for the place, so that the man who had the license had to withdraw. He secured a place on the opposite side of the street, and secured also the transfer of his license. Now came the tug of war in the case. As yet in Scotland, it is the man, not the house, who is licensed, and a new license was wanted for the new tenant. The old man employed a lawyer to pleud that no new license should be granted, and even on appeal to the justices, it was refused. What is the place worth now for which [£l4oo [was paid ? Just £4OO barely. ■ The loss of the cleverly outdone ■ landlord is fully £IOOO. ■ The gain of the landlord of the new premises is just that sum. Notwithstanding that the past year has been comparatively unfortunate both in trade and agriculture, the incomes (observes the Pod) of nearly all the great religious societies show a most encouraging increase. The Bible Society has an, income of about £220,000, being the largest income that has ever been received in a single year ; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, £125,294 Bs. 9d., being (except in 1874, when some special legacies were received) also the largest amount ever received in one year; Church Pastoral Aid Society, £57,114 19s. 6d., increase, £5568 18s. 3d.; Colonial and Continental Church Society, about £38,000, as far as can be ascertained at present—excluding some special legacies received in 1874, there is an increase of about £2OO in the ordinary income ; London Diocesan Home Mission, total income, £5150 9s. 3d., including £2BOO from the Bishop of London’s Fund, increase £650 ; Irish Church Missions, £19,500, decrease £3500 (due only to the falling off'in legacies); Church of England Sunday School Institute, general fund, £1616 13s. 5d., increase £299 4s. lid.,' trade receipts, £10,378 16s. Bd., increase £1666 10s. 6d.; South American Missionary Society, £13,659 14s. 2d.,increase £2600 19s. Bd. The Scotsman says that various guesses have been made as to the amount of the deceased Mr.'Baird’s wealth and the income likely to accrue yearly to his firm. It is impossible in the meantime to give any idea of Mr. Baird’s private fortune; but it is believed that in prosperous years the profits derived from the concern of which he was so long the head exceeded a million sterling. As a landed proprietor Mr. Baird occupied a prominent position. In 1853 he paid £22,000 for the estate of Oambusdoon, in Ayrshire ; and, four years afterwards, £90,000 for Knoydart, in Inverness-shire. Six years later he purchased the estate of Muirkirk at a cost of £135,000, and he inherited from his brother the estate of Auchmedden, in Aberdeenshire, which coat about £60,000. Mr. Baird was also the possessor of smaller properties in Ayrshire, while other members of the family own estates in different parts of the country valued at no less than two-aud-a-half millions sterling.

The Home correspondent of the Canterbury Press, writing of unpleasant matters in London, says :—“ What is worse than all, however, is the revelation of the corruption of the ‘city editors ’ of our newspapers. Sampson, of The Times, is an old offender, who has already been condemned by the public voice, and we do not wonder to see his name down opposite several hundred pounds paid to him for an eulogistic paragraph upon Lisbon tramways. The muse of ‘ Marmion,’ who was stigmatised as being greedy for taking half-a-crown a line, lived in very dull days, and poets know better now where to send their pigs to market than even Scott did. But the highest rate that has ever been paid for literature sinks into insignificance compared with a city editor’s honorarium for his work of imagination. To ‘ make the thing that is not as the thing that is ' in prose, and among the commercial intelligence, is a feat that fetches about five-and-twenty pounds a line. Of course everybody is not a Sampson, nor is every newspaper a Times. The city editor of the Standard only got £SO, while the do. do. of the

Daily Jews thought bo little of himself and the respectable organ with' which* he was connected as to condescend .tcj take £2O. these papers praised the -Tramway Company ; and the Daily Telegraph is this noble exception which is able to congratulate itself, not exactly upon not having been bribed —for one of its subordinates did take a little money—but upon not performing the service'" for which the money was paid. Baron Albert Grant and Co,, in its case, got hold very literally of the wrong man, and greased the fingers of a news-' paper clerk who was of no use to them. But what a picture upon the whole do these revelations afford of ‘How we live now’ in the world of commerce ? I am told that under present circumstances proprietors of newspapers despair of getting men who are acquainted with the ways of the city, and at the same time well principled enough to resist the temptations that are continually thrust upon them, and which no amount of salary can make it * worth their while ’ to resist.”

The Paris correspondent of a Home paper writes :—“ A very popular, but blind Count lives in the Champs Elysees. Being witty and musical, his society is much sought after. He left Paris three months ago, and, on his return, called on a fashionable Marchioness who was preparing to go to a fancy balk She begged to be excused, but as he had an important message to deliver, he was shown in, and, being of course blind, he was asked to take a chair in her boudoir. Gossip ensued, and during the time the Marchioness, assisted by her maid, executed the mysteries of her toilet. Being ready to descend to her carriage, the Count stated he had been absent in London, and undergone a successful operation for cataract, and could now see as well as' the Marchioness. The latter shrieked and jumped into her carriage, without even an au-revoir tosher unwelcome visitor.”

In a match recently played at Prince’s Cricket Ground, London, between Middlesex and the University of Oxford, the remarkable total of 1217 runs was scored for the loss of only 21 wickets. In the first innings of Middlesex 439 runs were obtained, the captain (Mr. I, D. Walker) • putting together 110; Burghes, the only professional in the match, 104 ; and Mr. Turner, 82. In their second innings the County obtained 166 for the loss of four wickets, of which 79 were accredited to Mr. C. J. Thornton. But the -Oxford innings was a startler. The last wicket did not fall till the score had mounted to 612. The principal scorers were Mr. Webbe, 98 ; Mr. Heath and Mr. Briggs, 71 each ; Mr. Game, 141; .and Mr. Boyle (not out), 67. ' Only one .man failed to score in the match, and beside him there were only two who did not get into double figures. The match at this stage was drawn, of course much iu favor of the University. The performances of the batsmen in this match have not often been eclipsed. Last year the Royal Engineers at Chatham scored 724 for the loss of eight wickets, but the nearest approaches to the present feat which we can find mention of were in 1869 and in 1871, when two matches were played, in which 1186 runs were obtained for the loss of 21 wickets, and 1139 scored in all, -respectively. In the present case, the 1217 runs were actually obtained in about 17 hours, and the balls delivered were only 2210. The run-getting thus averaged 71 per hour.