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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5759, 13 September 1879, Page 2

All the elections are now over,-with the exception of Coleridge and Gladstone, both places being .in the Canterbury Provincial District, and Oppositionists will probably be returned by both constituencies. As will be seen by our list, there are thirty-eight Greyites, forty anti-Greyites, and six who may be classed as independent or doubtful members. The Eastern and Western Maori returns are not yet complete ; but allowing both seats to the Greyite party, they would still be in the same position as the anti-Greyites are now. But if Coleridge and Gladstone should return two members opposed to Sir George Grey, as it is generally supposed they will, that would leave the Premier in a minority of two, if the dottbtfuls are not included. It will thus be seen that the Premier has failed to return with that “ overwhelming majority ” which he spoke so much about in the House, and afterwards during his stumping tour through the country since the adjournment; ■

Four members of the Ministry—Sir George Grey, Mr. Macandrew, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Thomson —arrived by the steamer Rotorua yesterday morning but there was demonstration of any kind to welcome the victorious chieftain or his lieutenants. Sir E. Dillon Bell and Mr. Edward Pearce were also passengers by the same steamer.

Mr. Edward Pearce returned to Wellington by rite s.s. Rotorua yesterday morning, after a lengthy absence from the colony. The D battery of Artillery (of which Mr. Pearco is Colonel) to the number of thirty, drew up on the reclaimed ground, and as the steamer was cominf up the harbor fired off a salute of fifteen guns. They then marched to the end of the wharf and presented arms as Colonel Pearce stepped ashore. That gentleman shook hands with them with great cordiality. The company was under the command of Lieut. Fox. A large number of the personal friends of Mr. Pearce were on the wharf, and gave him a warm welcome.

The following gentlemen have been appointed receivers of land revenue under the Land Tax Act of IS7B For Wellington and the Hutt, Mr. H. S. McKellar ; Greytown, Mr. H. A. Cowper ; Carterton and Wairarapa West Mr. J. T. Shaw ; for Masterton and the. Wairarapa East, Mr. J. Bagge ; Rangitikei Mr. G. Baker ; Palmerston North and Manawatu, Mr. G. Innes ; Wanganui, Mr. J. F. Moßath ; Patea, Mr. J. F. Long.

The work of driving the foundation piles of the new Wesleyan Church, Taranaki-street, is now progressing, and we understand that the ceremony of laying the foundation stone will take place in about a month’s time. Amongst the insolvencies reported from Dunedin” is that of the Rev. Father Larkin, who will be remembered in connection with some processions on the West Coast of the Middle Island during the prosperous days of the (midfields in Westland. The liabilities are set down at £I7OB, and the assets at £212. The rev. gentleman has been stationed at Tuapeka for some time, where he has led a useful and a blameless life. He is known to be generous to a fault, and took an active part in_ promoting the Roman Catholic schools in his district. But, after all, it does appear very strange to the secular mind to find either priest or parson “ overrunning the constable.

Sixty-nine of the immigrants who arrived here by the ship Pakaia were despatched last evenin'* by the steamer Rotorua for Napier.

The Western Australian telegraph line has been interrupted west of. Port Nicholson. Mr. G- W. Woon has been appointed sheriff of the district of Wanganui, Dice Mr. R. W. Woon, resigned. Mr. A. Dimant, of Wellington, and Mr. R. Brookinu of Napier, have bean appointed certificated acco ..ntants iu bankruptcy. Mr. E. S. Maunsell has been appointed native ageut for the Wairarapa district. Mr. G. A. Northcroft, assistant-surveyor, Wellington, has been appointed to lay down roads over lends which were Crown-granted in the Akitio district. Messrs, A. J. Whyte, F. Loudon, J. Coley, T. Easton, and A. Gray have been gazetted as members of the Foxton Local Board. A start has been made with the laying of the tramway line from the present terminus towards the Newtown Hotel. One hundred tons of steel rails have arrived by the ship Rakaia, and it is intended to take up all the preseut curves aud replace them with the steel rails.

Papers will be read by Drs, Kemp and Curie, and Mr.. J. C. Crawford, at the meeting of the Philosophical Society, to be held this evening at the Colonial Museum. The football match, Nelson v. Wellington, will be commenced at a quarter to 3 o’clock this afternoon, on the Basin Reserve. If the weather should keep fine, as it bids fair to do, there will be a large attendance to see the victorious team ’’ at home.” Crown grants are now ready for delivery to the undermentioned persons;—George Hunter, Horokiwi-road ; William Bassett, Horokiwiroad ; James Fillia, Makara ; George John Graham, Wellington ; William Henry Rawson. Wanganui, L. B.; John Nairn, Wanganui, R. B. ; Thomas B. Taylor and another, Wanganui, R. 8.; George Wright, Wanganui, R. 8.; William Kells, Wanganui, R. B. ; Henry Nathan, Wanganui, R. B. ; Stephen Newport, Wanganui, R. B. ; W. M. Smith and another, Ahiaruhe block ; W. M. Smith and another, Wharekaka block; John Milaome Jury, Wharekaka block ; George Henry Luxford, Whareama block ; Robert Miller, Wbareama block ; George Braddock and another, Greytown ; William Saywell, Greytown; David Noakea, Greytown; WilliamGreathead,Greytown ; John Wateraon, Greytown ; Andrew Clark, Greytown ; Moritz Hirsohberg, Greytown ; James Edward Chillis, Greytown ; George Gannon, Greytown ; John Ashmore, Greytown ; Henry Williams, Greytown; Isaac Fisher, Greytown ; Charles Clark, Greytown. Tenders for the erection of normal and common school buildings are called for by Mr. 0. J. Toxward, architect to the Board of Education.

Tenders for the stock-in-trade in the assigned estate of Hooper, Aitken, and Co., Ashburton, consisting of drapery, clothing, boots aud shoes, ironmongery, groceries, &0., will be received up to Monday next by Messrs. Turnbull, Smith and Co., of this city.

The polling for a member for No. 2 Ward of the Wellington District Highway Board, will take place at the schoolhouse, Pahautanui, to-day, between the hours of 9 a.m. aud 4 p.m.; for No. 4 Ward, on Monday, at the schoolhouse, Wainuiomata ; and for No. 6 Ward, at the old schoolhouse, Upper Hutt, on Thursday next.

We are glad to state that the Adelaide-road is at last something like passable, and the footpaths are now completed as far the Newtown Hotel. People in the city who wish for a pleasant ramble will now have an opportunity of getting a little outside the boundary of the city.

The Recreation Reserve at Newtown is now being laid down with drain pipes, and with the expenditure of a little more money jn ploughing and harrowing the ground, it could be made a very pleasant spot. It was a wise thing reserving such a piece of ground in a neighborhood which bids fair very soon to be a thickly populated one, “ The Ministry of Angels” will form the subject of a discourse to be delivered by Mrs. Hardinge Britten, at the Theatre Royal, tomorrow evening. Questions in connection with the subject to be discussed will be answered at the close of the lecture, and only a small charge for admission will be made. In speaking of this talented lady during her stay in London, The Tima remarked Whatever opinion may be formed of the faith in which Mrs. Hardinge Britten is such a devoted believer, none can deny that she is one of the moat powerful and fascinating orators of the day.” The “Australasian AB.O. Railway and Road

Guide” for September, published by Messrs. Gordon and Gotoh, Melbourne, is to hand, and considering the vast quantity of information which it contains, it seems surprising that the publishers are able to sell it at the cheap price of sixpence.

The following programme will be performed by the band of the Wellington Guards at the Basin Reserve to-day, during the time of the football match, Nelson versus Wellington 1. Slow march (H. Basquit) ; 2. Selections, “Genevieve de Brabant” (Offenbach), 3. Troop Review (Bonisseau). 4. Valse, “ Italian Bouques” (Riviere). 5. March, “ The Wellington Guards” (arranged by W. P. Barber). 6. Selections, “La Fille du Regiment” (Donizetti). 7: Quadrille, “La Uorille” (Bonisaseau). 8. Galop, “ Beautiful Danube” (Strauss). “ God Save the Queen.”

We have received advance proofs of a work about to be published in Melbourne' by Mr. George Robertson, to be . entitled “ Victoria in 1880.” -The literary portion of the work has been entrusted to Mr. Garnet Walch, and the illustrations to Mr. Charles Turner., Both the editor and artist have a wide reputation for ability in the Australian colonies, and as both gentlemen intend to travel together amongst the scenes to be depicted, the joint outcome of their labors will, we feel assured, be creditable not alone to. the enterprise of Mr. George Robertson, but to that youug colony whoso name the book will have on its frontispiece. The work will be published by subscription,the price to be charged being three guineas, and to non-subscribers four guineas. We are told that “ the binding of the work will be unique and costly, comprising a gold embossed cover with emblematic device and if we are to judge of the illustrations before us, such as “Victoria in 1830 and 1880,” don Bridge, Portsea,” and “ Fern-tree Gully,’ the better portion of the work will not be on the outside, as is often the case with some pretentious-looking works hawked about the colonies for sale. We trust that Mr. Robertson’s enterprise will be thoroughly rewarded. The publication will be dedicated to Mr. W. J. Clarke, M.L.0., who is the president of the International Exhibition to be held in Melbourne next year, and whose generosity has made him a general favorite with all classes of the community in Victoria.

The appearance of the reclaimed land between St. George’s Hall and the Government Buildings has been very much improved 'lately. The various footpaths of the new streets have been, kerbed with wood, and are now receiving a coating of gravel, some of them being completed and ready for traffic. Several sections of the land have been enclosed with paling fences, and the site of thenew Supreme Court House is a scene of activity, for here a number of workmen ate busy excavating for the foundations, while others are engaged driving the foundation piles. These of iron, and hollow, and after they have been driven a sufficient depth they are filled inside with cement, thus making a solid foundation. A large quantity of bricks are now stacked upon the ground ready for use as soon as the foundations have been completed. The business of the Resident Magistrate’s Court was transacted yesterday at the Athemeum before Justices of the Peace. The Court officials were kept waiting some time after the opening hour, no-magistrates being in attendance, but ultimately a bench was formed consisting of Mr. L. Levy and Major Heaphy. It is- a pity the Justices of the Peace do not endeavor to follow the example of our worthy Resident Magistrate, who is punctuality itself.

At a meeting held at Poverty Bay, for the purpose of forming a Liberal Association, Mr. Rees, in his charmingly modest way, is reported to have said that he often felt ashamed that the people, for whom Sir George Grey had sacrificed himself, should allow themselves to be led away. His opponents say “ Very well ; put us in, and we will carry yonr measures, but we must get rid of old Grey." He (Mr. Rees) might almost say authoritatively Sir G. Grey would when the triennial Parliaments, re-distribution _of seats, manhood suffrage, and fair taxation measures were passed. A cablegram in the Tasmanian Tribune of the 3rd inst. says “An English cricketing team, comprising Daft (captain), TTlyett, Lockwood, Pinder, Emmett, Barnes, Mortlock, Shaw, Oscroft, Bates, Selby, and Shrewsbury, have sailed for Quebec. They play all through America, and intend to proceed to Australia.”

We have received a supplementary prize list from the committee of the Melbourne Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, to be opened iu that city about the 23rd of December next. The value of the new prizes is set down at £ll3 ; the total amount of the prizes for distribution being £I3OO. The last day for receiving exhibits will be the 29th November next, A man named Anthony Anderson, a Norwewas arrested by Detective Sullivan yesterday evening, charged with being a deserter frem the ship Waimea. The man had been at larse since the 7th instant. He will be brought ; before the Resident Magistrate this morning. An interesting exhibition of Oriental goods will be opened at St. George’s Hall on Saturday next by Messrs. Kaurt and Ali, the proprietors. who arrived in by the steamer Rotorua yesterday. The exhibits are principally, we are informed, from Jerusalem and other parts of Asia. Thursday next will be the first day of the Jewish New Year, and in consequence the premises of Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co. will be closed on that and the following days.

There was a change of programme at the Theatre Royal last night ; but the humor of the piece—if there was any at all—was of the grossest description. The performance is one which no respectable person should countenance, and was so utterly bad and indecent as to be entirely unworthy of criticism. It is a pity that the police authorities cannot interfere and put a stop to such indecency and vulgarity as was exhibited last night. A man named George Briting was brought into town yesterday morning in custody, charged with house-breaking at the-Upper Hutt. It appears that the man was-a hawker, and that on Thursday afternoon he visited Mrs. Myers, a widow, and offered her some of his goods. Mrs. Myers did not purchase anything, but a neighbor who happened to be in the house at the time purchased a pair of earrings, and borrowed the money from Mrs. Myers to pay for them. Mrs. Myers took the money out of her cash-box, in sight of Briting, the latter making the remark that she seemed to have plenty^ of money in the box. Mrs. Myers locked the box, and put it away in Briting’s presence, and at about i o clock went out, locking her door. When she returned she found that the cash-box had been forced open and the money, about £ls in all, was stolen. She at once gave information to Constable Lyster, who arrested Briting. Upon searching the man a pair of pincers was found upon him, which corresponded with the marks on the cash-box. The prisoner is a man well known iu Wellington, he having some months ago. travelled about with a weighing machine. He was taken before Mr, Mansford yesterday

afternoon, and formally charged with the offence, a remand being then, on the application of Sergeant Anderson, granted till Wednesday next. On Wednesday morning a bird belonging to Mr. Earnahaw, liberated at Dunedin, accomplished the journey to Christchurch in 5 hours 1 minute. The Eastern Club had a pigeon flying match from Eangiora, 17 birds being entered, but the winner will not be known until the owners have met and compared notes as to time of coming.

Poor, old Kewi, who is the old lion of the Government travelling “ caravan,” was poked up the other day by Mr. Sheehan and made to roar at Kihikihi about the Hamlin telegrams. The hon. the Native Minister (remarks the Auckland Free Lance) again urged upon bis friend, we learn, the acceptance of a seat in the Legislative Council, which Kewi again declined. He was then directed to say, if

anyone questioned him about the interview, “that Sheehan had merely come up on personal business,” and he tells the story naively. The Hamlin telegrams it turns out now were written by Mr. Grace, the Hon. Mr. Sheehan’s man, and presented in English to the chief for his approval. He has since said that they contain expressions which he never used. They are but part of the systematic deception in all native matters which is now regularly prac-

ticed on the people. When Kewi heard of the “shooting” at the Thames, he said, “It is not in my district, I have nothing to do with the matter.” The statement made in our morning contemporary that he had sent men to watch the tracks is just a little fiction invented for the party by Mr. Farrell, of Kihikihi. Urged by his dear friends to intervene in the Thames business on their behalf, Kewi has had a bad omen and come to grief. Mr. Sheehan and the Premier might not unreasonably be expected to have flown to the bedside of their dear friend, but the one is off to Napier electioneering, and the other to Christchurch on the same tack. The Maoris are murdering each other in the North about Mr. John London's land speculations ; they are shooting Europeans at the Thames about Sir George Grey’s land speculations. The two Ministers having already been returned for one electoral district are off, at the public expense, to seek second seats for themselves in other districts. It is. not enough for our great men to have one seat, each must have two. Meanwhile, Mr. Sheehan has been good enough, as we are informed, “to throw the responsibility for the Thames outrage upon the whole tribe of the district if the offenders are not arrested,” and has himself gone to fight Mr. Ormond at Clive. Upon whom will the responsibility for the Bay of Islands murders be thrown I Two men have been killed and three wounded in John Lundon’s quarrel. This is what is called “ government” by Grey and Sheehan. The end has happily come, and it is about time.

The Melbourne correspondent of the Brisbane Courier says that Major Smith is rather smart at times. A day or two before his budget was submitted a reporter from one of the papers that daily vilifies him and his colleagues got hold of him and begged to be let into the great secret. “ Gome, Major,” he said, “give me an inkling. You know it does a fellow lots of good to get hold of something.” “ Well," said the courteous Treasurer, “ I don’t mind telling you something about the tariff.” “ Well, well,” said the expectant journalist, “what is it?” “We’re not’ going to tax either impudence ’or lying," whispered the Major, “ so you and your employers are [safe.” The New York Herald gives an account of a most unusual and exciting scene on one of the wharves of that city recently. It seems that British agents have been down in Missouri and Kentucky buying mules for the service of our forces engaged in the Zulu war. Five hundred of these animals were embarked on board the Ontario for the Cape, having been brought to New York under the charge of 20 young men, some of whom had suffered considerably from the proverbial “ cussedness” of their charges. It is added that “remarkably few injuries” were sustained by the men putting them on board the vessel ; and by the time the Ontario has completed her 35 days’ voyage, it is to be hoped, fur the sake of our troops, that the playful characterics of the equoasinine animals will be somewhat moderated. The intention to lay the foundation stoue of the new'Eddystonelighthouseon June 21 was frustrated by the gale and high sea, which made it impossible to effect a landing upon the reef. The Prince of Wales and his sons and the Duke of Edinburgh contented themselves with visiting the yard where the materials for the construction of the lighthouse are prepared. The Duke of Edinburgh has promised to go through the form of laying the stone about the middle of August, and has undertaken that the Duchess shall lay the top stone when the structure is completed. The new lighthouse will be 60ft. higher than the present tower, and will cost about £7 0,000. According to the Thames Advertiser the arrangement through which the local candidates were induced to retire for that constituency is such that it Sir George Grey should be elected for Christchurch city, they are to hare a fair field and no favor for the honor of his seat at the Thames, which will be given up for the representation of the City of the Plains. One of the advocates of woman’s rights in America —Miss Lily Duor, of Maryland—has (says the Argue Home correspondent) gone a little too far in emulation of her fellowcountrymen. She “ smoked incessantly, wore short dresses and a little jacket with inside pockets, in one of which she always carried a loaded pistol,” and she has been using the pistol She has shot another young lady because she declined to “ walk with her” just like a man. She states it was an accident, but it has been proved that on another occasion she fired a couple of shots at the same person, because she did not stop when called upon to do so, which was also like a man—a highwayman. A true bill has been brought in against her for murder, and she is now passing her time (in gaol) in reading her favorite poet Byron. Among her other accomplishments is jumping; we ate told she can jump an .extraordinary height. Though “ her personal appearance is hot prepossessing,” it is added “ there is much that is lovable about her.” Mr. Francis Sidey will offer for sale to-day, at II a.m., in Manners-street, the stock-in-trade of a pie shop; at 1*2.30, the yacht Blue Jacket; and at 1 p.m., at the Arcade, jewellery. Messrs. Ladry and Campbell will hold a sale at their rooms, at 11 &.m., of fruit, maize, produce, groceries, &c-: and at 2 p.m.. at the Horse Bazaar, Mannersstreet, horses, drays, harness, &c.