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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4985, 15 March 1877, Page 2

The ordinary meeting of the City Council will be held to-day at 4 o'clock. Appeals against the valuations for the Country Districts will.beheard at the "Resident Magistrate's Court to-day.. The following persons will be brought up for trial at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court,-which will take place on the 4th April :—George Chandler, house-breaking and false pretences ; John Alexander Gordon, forgery and uttering ; Peter Bonnelly forgery; Thomas Hawkins, alias Stevens, house-break-ing and robbery ; Jehn Thorjie, from the person ; Richard Gordon, horse-stealing. ; It is with pleasure we observe all over the city signs of street and drainage works. The Corporation are certainly making praiseworthy strides in advanpingjjthe interests of the city ; contracts are going on. in various parts, north an'd Bouth, and about half a dozen tenders for street improvements and sanitary works will be before the Council for acceptance today, among which will be considered the construction of a new road by an open cut or tunnel between Tinakori-road and Sydney-street. Doubtless'the opening up of this street will be looked upon as a great boon by the Tinakori and Karori people especially.

[ Mrs.' Scott-Siddpns will make her debut at the Theatre Royal this evening in "Romeo and ; Juliet." It, should be unnecessary to do more than simply draw attention to the fact to ensure there- being an overflowing house. Mrs. Scott-Siddons is famous the wide world over. ; It may be noticed that several gentlemen amateur musicians have volunteered their' services during the season,- and will play selections of the latest overtures, in donjunction with the: orchestra.- ; At'the'Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday a notorious'old man named Taylor, who hasj according to his own story, seen out the three score years aud ten, and cau't'.'wdrk in thel world any more, was brought up on a charge of. vagrancy. It'seemed that, on the night previous he made his appearance at the station, and , not go away, so the police locked him up, knowing that such a course wzw the inly one that wpuld satisfy him. Messrs. Dransfield and Wallace sat on the bench yesterday;' and they adjourned the case for a day, in order ' that Mr. Crawford might deal with it.

The following nominations were' received last night for the 500 yards handicap to be contested at the Thorndon Baths on Saturday: i—Messrs. Alex. Miller, John Taylor, William James, W.'.'.Masters,'..Miles J. Knubley, A. McLean, AG. Withers, IT. E. Nicholls, C. jCrooker,.J.-Luke, W. A. Nelson, James Smith, John Dormer, William Gandin, Edward Butts, Henry-Turner, -and John Geary of H.M.S. Sappho. Numerous entries-, were received for 'other-eventspbut as they do,not close until (Friday eveniug;,'the list'will not be published till Saturday morning, when the starts to be given in the handicap will be declared. The ■task'of'bringing'the'numerous competitors together will be a difficult, one, more especially las some have not hitherto taken any part in Iswimming matches here ; but a close and ex[citing race may be expected; The members of 'the committee hayepromotedthe3esports for the ipurpoße of encouraging boys and their elders Ito learn to swim, and they Beem in a fair way kdseduTe"'"some racing. One event, 'which does not appear in the programme, will 'be-a'match between a'man aud a Newfoundjland dog. j Writing, of the case of Pooley, the English ; cricketer, who committed a violent assault re- ' ceutly,'the'Lyttelton Times says that the Court 1 was densely crowded at the hearing of the |! case.; against pooley, the. English cricketer, charged, with assaulting Ralph Dpnkin, and in 1 a cane,in which Eooley and Bramhall were jointly charged with wilfully and maliciously damaging clothing'valued at £36, and certain plans and tracings valued ,at,^6o,'the property of the aforesaid Ralph Donkin. In the former case Pooley was fined £5 and coats, and in the latter the defendants were committed for trial at, the next 'sittings of .the Supreme Court. The defendants were liberated on bail, each having to enter into his own recognizance of £2OO, and to find two., sureties in £IOO each. Messrs"." J. Hirst and W. Haddrell were sureties for Pooley, and Messrs. J. Hirst and Ji Qram.Sheppard for Bramhall. -Tlhe.'Chicago -Minstrels again appeared at the Odd Fellows' Hall last night, the performr ance, which was for the benefit of Mr. Wallace, boing witnessed by'a large and appreciative audience. The < Minstrels will extend their season: three nights more, owing having -been- complete -their- business arrangements for showing at Mast'erten. Last evening'a loaded "waggon from Messrs. .Donald Vile .was just leaying town for the country, when one of the hind wheels rolled off. Quite -a-i crowd collected at the spot, near the theatre. The trip had to be postponed for-a time, :

Mrs. Scott-Siddons arrived in Wellington from the South yesterday morning. ; Tha February number of the "New Zealand Jurist" is to hand]* and, as usual, contains a quantity of useful and interesting matter. :.'' Last week a pigeongram was conveyed by' one of the Auckland Star carriers 100 miles in three hours, or twice the speed of our railways. Owing to yeßterday being the Hutt Court day, Mr. Crawford waß absent from the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington, and no civil cases were heard. Daniel Davis us to return his sincere thanks to the captajn. at the b.s. Agnes for the very handsome! preggnt of £5, received through Mr. Gannaway,';' given for Davis's assistance in trying to.save the unfortunate man who lost.his life on Sunday last in landing the end of the Cook Strait cable. We have received by the mail the first number of a new religious periodical, published in Melbourne, entitled "Words of Grace." It is illustrated, and got up much in the same style as the well-known " Sunday Magazine," but it also contains a brief epitome of news respecting the doings of every Protestant denomination in the colonies, not excepting New Zealand. The enterprising proprietors of the Evening Post have imported a folding-machine, which was used for the first time yesterday. It is a beautiful < piece of machinery, and saves an immense amount of time and labor. The papers after being put through the printingpress are placed on the feeding-board of the folder, and are received by the "fly-boy" neatly folded and ready for ißßue. Thuß labor and time are saved. The New South Wales Cricketing Association last week passed the following resolution: —" It having been publicly notified that a match is about to be played between the AllEngland Eleven and a combined team of 'New. South Wales and Victoria, this association desires to place it on record that the same has been arranged without the intervention of or any reference to the Association, or in any way under their auspices, and that the same cannot be regarded as a match in which the chosen representatives of New South Wales take part."