LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1167, 5 October 1882, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). WELLINGTON, Oct. 4. At the Supreme Court, Robert Littlecott, convicted of stealing a horse, cheques, etc., was sentenced to six years’ penal servitude. Johnathan Adams and Genevieve Elizabeth Adams, his daughter, were indicted on a charge of falsely conspiring with others on the 18th of February, 1880, to wrongfully charge George Longhurst with having on the 15th of February carnally abused Genevieve Elizabeth Adams. The case occupied all .•ay, and is not expected to conclude before to-morrow night. AUCKLAND, This Day. At a meeting of the Presbytery a letter was read from the Victorian Insurance Company in relation to a claim made upon the Company by the Rev. Moses Breach, of the Church of St. Andrew’s, New Plymouth, stating their belief that the Rev. Mr Breach had no legal claim, as the church was burnt down maliciously during the disquietude which then existed in connection with the church and congregation ; nor, in their opinion had the trustees any legal or moral claim as they had failed in their duty. The matter would be laid before the directors ra? gratia for their consideration. A motion was carried that Mr Breach be informed that it is the intention of the Presbytery to investigate certain charges to be brought against him,

DUNEDIN, 'Phis Day. i A strange occurrence is reported from ; Mosgiel. Early on Tuesday morning Mrs ! Burnett, the wife of the Constable, feeling restless, awoke her husband, aud asked him to look through the house us she felt uneasy. : Burnett rose aud looked into the different rooms, aud finally into the room whore lay : the corpse of the late Constable Onsell. As he opened the door he saw a blaze, and • quickly perceived that the house was on 1 fire. How the fire originated is a mystery. : A candle had been left burning in the room, while the fire was on the floor. There was a sheet over the coffin but the flames had not reached it,