The Hon. the Premier will leave for Ills private residence at Kawau on Thursday or Friday next—most probably the latter. It is understood that Sir George Grey will remain in the North for several weeks. The Hon. the Native Minister made strenuous efforts to leave for the South by the Taupe on Monday night, but was prevented from doing so by a press of business connected with the department over which ho presides. The Hiuemoa returned from Lyttelton yesterday, and sailed late in the afternoon for the same place, having on board the Hon. Colonel Whitmore, the Hon. Mr. Sheehan, aud Mr. Russell, of the Native Department. Yesterday a deputation, consisting of the Hon. Mr. Gisborne, the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, and the Rev. Sir. Paterson, waited on the Hon. Mr, Ballance with reference to the Thorndon school reserves. The deputation was introduced by the Hon. Mr. Gisborne, who said that they had come to nak for information on the subject of the promised reserves, and if possible to obtain such a title as would enable them to commence building immediately. The Hon. Mr. Ballance informed the deputation that as he had some doubt about the title he had referred the matter to the Solicitor-General. The question was whether the Board could get the title now, but if this could not be done, the Government would have the difficulty removed next session. The contract would not be completed for about three months yet, and the Solicitor-General was of opinion that it was not desirable to hand over the reserves to the Board until the contract ' was completed. He would communicate with the Board as soon as the Government were in possession of the Solicitor-General’s opinion. In answer to a question from the Yen. Archdeacon Stock, the Hon. Mr. Ballance said that this year the Board would only get their quota of the £IOO,OOO voted, but for next year they had power to obtain advances on their quota of the two years’ appropriation of £200,000 made this session. The quota of the Wellington Board would be about £IO,OOO, and they could expend this amount by obtaining the necessary sanction provided by the Act. Replying to the Rev. Mr. Paterson, the Hon. Mr. Ballance could not say definitely whether the Board could sell these reserves in order to obtain more suitable sites. He saw no objection to such a course, but at present there was no power to adopt it. After thanking the Minister for his services in the cause of education generally, the deputation withdrew. For persistency tho Maori race is not to be excelled ; and during the session, and tho past few days following its prorogation, the life of the Native Minister must have been anything but a pleasant one. We have it on good authority that even before he has finished his toilet of a morning his sleeping appartment is besieged with natives of all degree*, having grievances either against the Government or individual pakehas. At breakfast he finds it necessary to maintain a running dialogue in the native tongue with those who seek redress of wrongs either real or imaginary. When ho comes down to the Government Buildings it is with difficulty he forces his way into his appartment on the Ministerial flat ; and when there he is scarcely allowed to draw breath before he is besieged [by jhis colored acquaintances. Yesterday he tried bard to get away, aud bolted hastily from bis own room into another further along the corridor. There was the usual rush after him, and just when the door was on the point of being closed, a woman with a piccannini on her back a la Maori, insisted on being admitted into this haven of rest, and neither the messenger nor the fact that her infant’s head had comeinto violent collision with the doorpost, prevented her from thrusting a dirty-lnoking and crumpled document into the Minister’s hands. This may be all in perfect keeping with Mr.’ Sheehan’s notions of personal Government ; but to ho bored perpetually in this manner must be, to say the least of it, exceedingly irksome. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyu, M.L.0., has presented to the Wellington Working Men’s Club tho handsome sum of £2O. We understand that he expressed himsolf much pleased with tho success which the club had met with up to the present, aud promised that should the institution require any assistance at a future time, if he were appealed to he would endeavor to reader it any service iu his power. This generous action of Mr. Pharazyu speaks for itself, and needs no comment on our part. The club had to go to a very considerable expense in furnishing their new premises; but a few such gifts as that which wc have now the pleasure of recording would soon enable the members to pay oil outstanding debts and to call all the furniture of the chib their own property. Mr. Lee, tho Inspector of Schools, is now conducting tho annual examination for classification of the pupils. The city schools have passed most creditably, the scholars showing that the course of instruction is sound ; and Mr. Lee is now engaged at the schools iu the districts iu the immediate vicinity of the city. A new edition, octavo, of Mr. Buchanan’s work on New Zealand grasses is in the press, and will shortly be published. The Government find that the quarto edition is too expensive for general gratuitous circulation. The splendid plates in tho quarto editions are being •reduced to octavo size by means of the photolithographic process. A meeting of the Kaiwarra Local Board ivas held on Monday evening at the schoolhouse. There were present —Messrs. Hirst, Phillips, Taylor, and W. T. Wyatt (chairman). The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A tender, being the only one sent in, for fencing a portion of tho old Poriruaroad, was opened by the chairman, aud it was accepted—that of Mr. J, Dooley, £3 7s. 6d. for erection, aud £2 7s. 6d. for repairing. The Board agreed to rent from Mr. J. Thompson a ! piece of land for a public pound ; and Mr. J. L. Lay field was appointed poundkeeper. After some other routine business had been transacted, the meeting adjourned. A gentleman who has lately arrived from tho West Coast supplies us with the following news of interest in reference to mining enterprise;—The prospectors at work along the new road which is shortly to be opened up between Ross and Okarito are showing great diligence, aud arc evidently well acquainted with their work. As they arc all experienced minors, aud are taking a good deal of trouble, there is no doubt they are getting a good reward for their trouble. The minora at work in Butchers Gully, in tho ranges overhanging the ICanieri Lake, are doing well. The Kumara is very flat for want of a deep sludge channel to intersect tho deeper part of the leads. The miners find working tho mines under the present system very expensive. The Golden Point claim, which njarks the extension of the Reefton diggings iu a southerly direction, is looking well, and a couple of tons of stuff tho other day yielded (iOoz. of amalgam. As to the coal mines at Waimungaroa, the Otago company is hard at work at its tramway, a very difficult aud expensive work, costing as much ( as £IOOO a; chain in some places. Tho Wellington company is tho only one putting out coal at the present time. The others are either considering their position or doing preliminary work.
A peculiar case occupied the attention of the . dissident • Magistrate yesterday. Mr. Roskrugo, of the Audit Office, sued J. 11. Williams, a ticket-taker at the Theatre Royal, to recover 17s. Od. under tho following circumstances ; Ho'alleged that on tho evening of the 16th October he gave defendant a pound note and asked for a;tickot for the stalls, the price of which was half-a-cro\Vu. Defendant gave him the ticket and tjneo half crowns, but plaintiff replied -that that was; npt the right change, and demanded ten shillings njore. Defendant said he had given 17a. Cd., a'half Sovereign and three half crowns, and ,thereupon an altercation arose, and plaintiff declined to take tlio ticket or tho 7a. (id. Defendant in Court yesterday declared ho had given the rhdit change, and as there was po corroborative evidence tho Court gave a verdict for plaintiff for Vs. Od., hut with no coats, Mr. Edwards, on behalf cf plaintiff, demurred to being allowed no costa, but the Resident Magistrate was obdurate.
The case of Regiaa v. A. H. McLean, for forgery, terminated yesterday iu a verdict ,of not guilty. His Honor Mr. Justice Gillies expressed hia concurrence in the verdict of tho jury, and the accused was discharged from custody. There was some applause ip Court at tho announcement of the verdict, and on the liberation of the prisoner from the dock.
The nisi prias sittings of, the Supremo Court will reopen at 10 o’clook'this morning, when the case of Taylor v. Sim will be tried before one of the Judges and a common jury. Mr. Hutchison, one of the candidates for the Mayoralty, met a meeting of ratepayers at the Princess Theatre, Tury-street, last night. There was a good attendance, aud Mr. Henry Anderson occupied the chair. The candidate at some length entered into a long explanation of his views on matters mimiclpa l , being at times rather severe on Mr. Dransfield, his opponent. A vote of confidence and support In favor of Mr. Hutchison was moved aud those in favor asked to signify their approval. The chairman, perhaps to save time, and no doubt very judiciously, did not enquire if any one was opposed to it, but declared it carried unanimously. Henry Carter, contractor, of Wellington, yesterday made an application to Judge Gillies for a certificate of discharge in bankruptcy, and there being no opposition, the application was granted. The Theatre Royal was again crowded last night, when Messrs. Loon and Kelly’s Minstrels and Opera Boulfo Company gave their second entertainment. The same programmo was gone through as on Monday night, and the performance was every bit as thoroughly enjoyed.
A concert will be bold at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, opposite the Porirua Hotel, on Thursday evening. Wc understand that Miss May Bell will take a leading part in the entertainment,’ aud that a number of leading amateurs have promised their services at Porirua,
Wc have been requested to draw attention to the Wellington Horticultural Society’s advertisement, which appears in another column, announcing the first exhibition of the season, to be held in St. George’s Hall, on Wednesday, the 20th instant. The schedule this season is particularly liberal, and we direct attention to -the special prizes given by various gentlemen iu the city. The Young Men’s Christian Association has now been carrying on operations in many directions, with results which cannot but be gratifying to all interested in the social and moral improvement of the masses. Expenses, however, arc incidental to their work, which are not fully or nearly met by members’ subscriptions. Aid, therefore, from the public is always acceptable, and necessary for the continuance of the good work so successfully commenced. It is a matter of pleasure to us to be able to record the donation of £2O to the funds of the association by the Hon. Mr. Pharazyu out of his honorarium for the past session. We hope his example will be followed by others.
Tho Cricketers’ Association announce the last of their pleasant concerts for Thursday next, and from tho programme already advertised it will bo one of the grandest of the season. Mdlle. Alice Charbounet has not only promised her invaluable assistance iu conjunction with Miss Neville aud H. Montagu, Esq., but with great generosity has placed the Opera House at the service of the committee. It will he seen that the list of lady and gentleman amateurs comprises all tbe old favorites and several who will make their first bow to a Wellington audience.Miss Lizzie Morgan, with her usual kindness, has promised her assistance. Tho concert is under most distinguished patronage, aud wc hear that tickets are selling very fast. A moat enjoyable evening may bo looked for, aud we trust that the effort > of Ithe committee will be rewarded by a crowded house. That there are iu Wellington, despite tho oft-repeated assertion to the contrary, some who can appreciate what is reelly good in music, was abundantly proved by the hearty and spontaneously enthusiastic applause which greeted many of the pieces in the really fine programme of Mdlle. Charbonnet'a fourth concert at the Opera House last evening. It was as creditable to tbe good taste of the audience os it was a tribute to the actual genius of tho young aud fair piauiste. Her first piece was an elegant morceau, an “Andante de Concert” by H. Herz, evidently rendered with the true spirit of the composer’s ideas. In marked contrast was the grand fantasia on the septet from “Lucia,” by “ The spider-fingered L ; szt,” as facetious Punch once called the prince of piauo-executionists. Tho fine air “ Chi mi frena ” rolled clearly through every part of thj piano. In the grand concerto in G minor it was positively astounding to see a young girl play this great and difficult work without a note of music before her, never hesitating when to break 'in on the harmonies of the other instrumentalists. Mdlle. Charbonnet concluded the concert with a delightfully tripping galop of her own composition, and the audience could not resist encoring tho brilliant little piece. If the pianiste has more of such compositions we advise her to play them occasionally. She would certainly be the richer for it. Of the vocal pieces Miss Neville’s “Avc Maria ” (Gounod) with its lovely prelude for violin (Mr. 33onuingrton;, and pianoforte (Mdlle. Charbonnet) may be classed as not only tbe best of the evening, but as a very elegant piece of vocalisation, full of taste, expression, an I feeling. It was repeated at the unanimous demand of tbe audience. We have nob space to do justice to the other pieces sung by Miss Neville, or to tho very delightful singing of a young lady amateur with a rich contralto voice, aud the two ladies joined their voices very effectively in the beautiful duet from Maritaua, “ Sainted Mother.” Mr Hollister gave “ The Yeoman’s Wedding” and “ The Standard Rearer ” with some effect. This was a thoroughly delightful concert. Mdlle. Oharbonnet’a benefit and last appearance iu ‘Wellington will take place on Friday evening.
Mr. Val Yose, the ventriloquist, and Mn Bush, the husband of tho well-known .Madame Cora, called in to-day on passing through the town to say that they had been unable to procure a building in Wellington suitable for their entertainments, and they were therefore now about to proceed to Napier ; from thence they will go to Wanganui and on to Auckland. They expect to return to Wellington about the end of January, aud hope then to find Wellington pleasure-seekers less well supplied with public entertainments. Two of our contemporaries on tho West Coast are apparently jealous of tbe reputation of their rival harbors. The following advertisement appears in the Paica Mail: —“Wanted, two or three strong men to tow the a.s. Clyde out of the Wanganui River to P atea Heads. Apply—Pafcea Merchant.” To this tlio Wanganui Chronicle retorts—“ Wo may inform * Patea Merchant * that the Clyde could easily have got oat of Wanganui, but conld not get into Patea. His attention is also called to an advertisement in another column from another merchant.” Tho advertisement runs—“ Wanted, two or three strong men to widen Patea Channel at the Breakwater. Apply to Patea Merchant.” We wonder who will pay any applicants for the job ? An exchange says ;—“Will ‘a farthing damages’ carry costs ? It is now settled, not without much trouble aud three trials, that a farthing carries costs, unless the Judges on the trial certify to tho contrary. Iu Garnett v. Bradley, tried at Shrewsbury Assizes, Mr. Justice Amphlotfc declined to certify. The taxing master allowed full costs. Barons Pollock and Huddleston upheld bis decision in the Court of Exchequer, whither the defendant carried the case. The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment of the Court of Exchequer ; bub Lords Hatherley, O’Hagan, Blackburn, and Gordon, in the House of Lords, reconfirmed the master’s action, and so for the future equity aud common law agree that a farthing carries costs.”
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