THE LATE RIOTS.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 50, 17 January 1880, Page 2

THE LATE RIOTS.

At the trial of the Timaru rioters, the Resident .Magistrate read the following letter from Thomas O’Driscoll, proprietor of the Hibernian Hotel, to Mr Maurice Moymban, Waimate—“ Dear Sir, —I am informed, on the very best authority, that the Orangemen are going to walk on tot. Stephen’s Day, at Timarn, so if you will tell some of your friends to come to help to obstruct the rnllians, we Timarn people would be greatly obliged, as there need not be any fighting, only to stay their progress, ns I expect they are only preparing the way for Cbiniqny. lam sending an account every where I can. They are going to inarch under the protection of the Foresters and Odd Fellows, so Mr Harney was telling me this day. So you see that they will march if they arc not stopped. Hoping that you and your friends are enjoying good health, and wishing you a merry Christmas.” After the hearing of evidence, the Bench unanimously decided to commit all the prisoners (viz., Thomas O’Driacoll, Lawrence Towers, Patrick O’Shea, John Denehey, and Maurice Moyniban) for trial at the next sitting of the District Court, Timaru, on the Ist March. Upon application being made for bail, the Bench fixed it as follows ; O’Driscoll, two sureties in £250 each, and himself in £SOO, and and all the other prisoners in their own bond of £IOO, and two sureties in £SO each. The following are the names of the Christchurch rioters who were brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court : Michael M’Avey, Thomas Hanley, Patrick Cuddihy, Michael Conolly, Walter Teague, Thomas Magner, Patrick Shanahan, Edward Murphy, Thomas Keeley, Charles Gfawlcy, Michael Rook, John Mahony, Stephen Barrett, Stephen Ryan, John Flaherty, Thomas ’Wood, Michael Leary, and Arthur M’Mahon, with riot and assault; and John Barrett, with aiding and abbetting After a considerable amount of evidence bad been taken, J. Barrett, Teague, Ryan, McMahon, Mahony, and Gawley, were discharged j but the remainder were committed to take their trial at the Supreme Court. From a Press telegram, we learn that the Supreme Court trial was concluded on Tuesday, when all with the exception of Murphy were found guilt} 7 . The Judge, sentencing them, drew a distincton, and gave Hanley, Cuddihy, Stephen Barrett, and M’Avey eighteen months each, and the other seven one year each, all with hard labor.

CRICKET. Fhom the following list, which shows the results of the various matches played between Victoria and New South Wales, it will be seen that, whilst New South Wales has won 11 times, Victoria Inis been successful on 13 occasions, and that the last event has been the greatest victory ever won iu an intercolonial match: March 1850—Melbourne : New S. Waies won by 5 wickets.

Jan. 1857—Sydney: N.S. Wales won by 65 runs.

Jan. 1858—Melbourne: Victoria won by 171 runs. Jan. 1859: Sydney: Victoria won by two wickets. Feb. I860: Melbourne: Victoria won by 09 runs.

Jan. 1801: Sydney ; Victoria won by 21 runs.

Jan. 1802 : Melbourne: Victoria won by 10 wickets. Fell. 1803: Sydney: Zn.S. Wales won by 84 runs.

Doc. 1865 : Melbourne: Victoria won by one innings aml 20 runs. Doc. 1860 : Sydney : N.S. Wales won by one innings ami 13 runs. Dec. 18(17: Melbourne: Victoria won by seven wickets. March 1869—Sydney: Victoria won by 78 runs. Fob. 1870—Melbourne : Victoria won by 204 runs. March 1871—Sydney: Victoria won by 48 runs. Marcli 1872—Melbourne : Victoria won by one innings and 26 runs. March 1878—Sydney; Victoria won by 24 runs. Doe. 1874 Melbourne: N.S. Wales won by six wickets. March 1875—Sydney : N. S. Wales won by 77 runs. Dec. 1875: Melbourne: N. o. Wales won by one innings ami three runs. Peh. 1876—Sydney; N. S. Wales won by 105 runs. Dee. 1877—Melbourne; N. S. Wales won by one innings and six runs. Peb. 1878—Sydney: N. S. Wales won by one wicket and two runs. Nov. 1870—Sydney; N. S. Wales won by 32 runs. Doe. 1871) ; Melbourne : Victoria won by one innings and 96 runs.