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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5431, 23 August 1878, Page 2

The Municipal Council met yesterday. The business transacted was chiefly of a routine nature. Councillor Diver’s motion in refer---‘epee to borrowing £l5O 000 wis adjourned for two mouth*. A report of tlje proceedings appears elsewhere. ~f . • The Hon. Mr. Fox will ask tho Minister for Public Works to-day,—Whether tho following words were used by him at a banquet at Dunedin in March last, as reported by a shorthand reporter for tho local Press : “ I confess that I am not without hope that there is now a public opinion being engendered throughout New Zealand which I trust may yet compel the Parliament to restore to tho people those privileges of which they have been deprived, and to restore those provincial institutions of which they have been deprived, uot probably exactly as they were, but institutions greatly improved aud more adapted to the altered circumstances of tho country.” And if ho used those expressions, what he meant by them ? There was considerable laughter in tho House when the last sentence of the question was read' out by the hon. member for Wanganui. The Public Petitions Committee dealt yesterday as follows with the undermentioned matters : They recommended that the sum of £2O be paid to J. D. Leya for loss of time aud expense through his being arrested on a charge of which he was innocent. In reference to the petition of Mr. Joseph Pearson and other inhabitants of Oxford, Canterbury, praying that a branch line of railway be constructed to connect Rangiora aud Oxford with the Malvern railway, the committee reported that it was a question for the consideration of the Government. A similar report was made in rc the petition of Robert Miller and fortyfour other inhabitants of Okawa Valley, praying for a sura of £ISOO to assist in making roads and bridges in their district. The petition of James Lawson and other settlers of Vincent County, for a bridge across the river Molyneux at Alexandria, was referred to tho Government for favorable consideration. The petition of Robert Reyburn and 464 other settlers of the electoral district of Marsdea was dealt with in like manner. The petitioners pray that a section of the Northern , Trunk Railway, from Wangarei to Kauro, be constructed as early as possible. In reference to the petition of J. Shephard and 522 other inhabitants of the District of Nelson, praying for the extension of tho Nelson and Foxhill line of railway, the committee reported that the subject was one for the consideration of the Government, and that the committee had no recommendation to make op the subject. On the petition of tho Right Reverend Bishop Moran and 328 other Roman Catholics of Otago and Southland, praying chat their schools might be placed on a footing of equality with all other schools supported or aided by the State, the committee reported that as the subject-matter of the petition was one of public policy the committee did not consider it necessary to make any recommen datloa to the House further than that the petition be printed. On the petition of John McFarland and 149 other residents of the Kailangata and Wangaloa Districts, praying for the construction of a lino of railway from Kaitangata to Wangaloa, the committee considered that tho question was one for the consideration of the Government, and made no recommendation upon it. A telegram was received yesterday by the Inspector of Police from the constable stationed at Carterton, to the effect that on the previous evening a man named Matthew Wild had been violently assaulted by two men, named respectively Thomas NeiUon and Carl Jensen, who wore subsequently taken into custody. Wild is stated to have received a dangerous wound, extending for five or six inches across the crown of the head, and the report of the local surgeon, under whose treatment the man now lies, is said to ho that the patient is in a very critical condition.

When tho Souse was considering a motion last night for tho second reading of the Wellington College Acts Amendment Bill, the Hon. Mr. Stout was very hard on the New Zealand University. He’ said the report of tho inspector on the Wellington College showed that the system of joining Grammar School work and University work had proved an utter failure, and this was tho case throughout tho colony. It was clearly proved that they could not get grammar schools to do Grammar School work and University work at the same time. If all tho money that had been frittered away in the payment of examiners and in holding meetings of Senate, had been expended in tho payment of professors to i»ivc instruction in tho higher branches of education, some good would have been done to tho cause of higher education in tho colony, but as it was, the attempt to do Grammar School work aud University work at the same time had been, like the New Zealand University itself, a huge failure. Tho steamer Arawata took to Nelson yesterday the football team which is to do battle for Wellington in the forthcoming match with a team chosen from Nelson College. The names of the Wellington team areas follows:—Messrs Coopor (captain), Crawford, Drausfield, Gair, Field, Gore. Kird, Taylor, Snow, Morrah, Moorhoiwc Height, and Luxford.

The offices of the Ct y Council will he closed on Monday next, iu consequence of removal to the new building. Tenders are invited for various works at the Mount View Lunatic Asylum. Full particulars can be obtained at the Public Works Office. . The subject for discussion at the meeting of the Wellington Literary Association on Tuesday next will be as follow* “la human conduct more influenced by the fear of punishment than by the hope of reward ?” The football match. Athletic Club v. Wel‘ington Club, has been postponed until Saturday, the 31st inst. There will, however, be a scratch match played to-morrow, and intending players are requested to be on the ground at three o’clock p.m. sharp. The Suez mail, which arrived by the Arawata yesterday, nine days in advance of of the contract time, comprised 382 lectors, 35 books, and 478 newspapers via Brindisi, and 283 letters, 146 books, and 1625 newspapers via Southampton. The thoroughbred horse Castaway, own brother to Lurlino, bred by Mr. Nosworthy, is advertised for sale at “ Tatters ill's, 1 ” Christchurch, ou September 7th, by Messrs. H. Matson and Co., iu pursuance of instructions from the Middle Park Company. The under-mentioned cadets have been appointed in the Surveyor-General’s Department :—Charles Alfred Melville Crombie, Wellington. Date of appointment, 15th July, 1878. Albert Edward Ashcroft, Nelson. Date of appointment, Ist August, 1878. Another tramway engine was landed on the wharf yesterday from the ship Medea. During the afternoon one of the engines iu working order drew it to the company’s station in the Adelaide-road. The name on the new engine is the *,‘ Zealandia,” Notice is given in yesterday’s Gazette that the appointment held by C. O. B. Davies, Esq., as interpreter under the Native Lands Act, is suspended for three months, and that a similar appointment held by James Grindell, Esq., is suspended from and after the 20fch inst. An interesting lecture, on the subject of ‘‘Woman’s Influence on the World’s weal,” was delivered last evening in the Wesleyan schoolroom, Dlxon-streefc, by the Itev. A. Reid. At the conclusion of the lecture a collection was made in aid of the Thornclon Sunday-school building fund. The Native Affairs. Committee reported yesterday, ou the petition of Riwi Taikawa and four others, to the effect that the petitioners have a right under the Native Land Act, 1873, to require the Government to make certain lauds iu the Otauga Block, Whangacei, a permanent reserve for the petitioners. A return of lands sold and deposits received in the Provincial District of Wellington during the month of July is published in yesterday’s Gazette , from which it appears that 1643 a. Ir. 28p. were disposed of. The recei its in cash for the above period were £l-18 10s. 7d., and in scrip £3O. The Waste Lands Board held their regular meeting yesterday. There were present:— Mr. Holdaworth (the Chief Commissioner), ; Messrs, Bunny, Mason, and Pearce. It was stated that the land sales held since last meeting amounted to 1361 acres, on which deposits amounting to £2649 had been paid. It was aLo mentioned that scrip would not be negotiable at the sale of the Patea Harbor Board’s reserves.

At the Imperial Opera House last evening the “ Irish Heiress ” was performed, Miss D’Arcy making her first appearance and creating a favorable impression as Kite O’Brien, Mr. Hoskins taking the part of Charles Paragon, and being well supported by the rest of the company. “Py 'inalion and Galatea” followed, Mias Colville playing Galatea, Miss Til'y Andrews Cynisca, and Mr. Hoskins Ohrysos. The performance ran very well throughout, and was well received by the audience. To-night the “ Heir-at-Law” (Dr. Pangloss, L.L.D. and A.S.S., Mr. Hoskins,) and the “ Happy Pair” (Constance Honoytown, Miss Colville,) will be played, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor, when we expect ■to see another crowded house. • During a disen.'-sioa on the Public Works Committee’s report last night Councillor Allan suggested that the names of all streets in the' city should be affixed to the corner houses. His Worship the Mayor suggested that the matter should be left in the hands of the City Surveyor, as at present. There were several streets in which there were no houses. Councillor Allan said that the Council should at ouoe send Home for a supply of enamelled plates for the purpose. Councillor Diver said he considered the idea a good one. The matter, however, dropped without anything furl her being done in the matter. Mr. Woolner’s bronze statue of Captain Cook, says the European Mail of the 22 nd inst., which was cast by Messrs. Cox and Sons, London, is now temporarily erected iu Water 100-place, the Government of New South Wales, by whom the commission was given to Mr. Woolner, having granted the sculptor permission to exhibit it i i Loudon for two months previous to its shipment for Australia. Captain Cook is represented as having just discovered, by moans of his glass, the laud of New South Wales. The extreme height of the statue is 16 feet. Mr. B. J. Duncan will soil by auction, at half-past cloven o'clock this morn ug, SO shares in the D’Urville’s Island Copper Mining Company.