LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1304, 3 April 1883, Page 3

LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

(FROM OVR OWS CORRESPONDENT). NAPIER, Yesterday. On Saturday last, whilst walking down Emerson street with some friends, Mr RamBay Sime was observed to fall, and inimedi- ■ ately after expired. Medical aid was 1 promptly in attendance, but arrived too late. • Mr Sime’s death was caused through the ; rupture of a blood vessel. The deceased I gentleman has been for some years past local agent of the Loan and Mercantile Company, ' and was widely respected. (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). AUCKLAND, Yesterday. A young man named Joseph Sheriff is missing from Lake Takapuna district. He was somewhat erratic. A number of the Takapuna settlers are out searching for him. At the inquest on the body of William Morrison who was found dead in the street yesterday morning, the jury returned a verdiet of found dead without marks of violence. The criminal session of the Supreme Court has opened. The Grand Jury returned no bills tn the cases of Nicholas Marsh, ex-con-■table, for rape at Maketu, and Hia, a Maori, for rape on a Native woman at Maketu. Chas. Werener was acquitted of charges of larceny and horse stealing, and Henry Whitaker Dunal, for larceny as a bailee, was sentenced to 3 years penal servitude. MrW. E. Barton, cricketer, was presented with a bat as the highest aggregate scorer in the trip of the Auchland representatives south. CHRISTCHURCH, Yesterday. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court opened to-day. There are 11 cases to be he&ni. Judge Johnstone in addressing the Grand Jury, said, “I am sorry to say that the calendar which will be presented for your consideration to-day is by no means • a light one, as far as regards either numbet or character of the offences charged, but, as I have often said before, I am unwilling to jump too hasty conclusions of the general character from such an occurrence as this. As to its suggesting the existence of crime . to a large extent in the Colony, I happened i recently to notice the returns given of the i criminal records in the year 1881, that while > the conclusion is safely arrived at that the ; tendency to crime is decreasing, favorable symptoms are to be qualified by a large number of convictions. The police have aecer- ; talned that a number of persons belonging to X, regular crime classes of persons, has dimin- ! 4 lahed, as also a number of houses frequented by them, while the number of convictions has considerably increased. The result i arrived at by persons, competent to judge, h that efficiency of police, and efficiency of present mode of prosecution are thereby • insnifested. A number of convictions, and j of committals for trial, is not sufficient there- ! fore to cause us to arrive at the conclusion I that there is an increase of crime." DUNEDIN, Yesterday. I The criminal sittings opened to-day, in his ’ charge the Judge said that the cases for the Grand Jury’s consideration were very few, . and of a simple simple character. Annie • Janna pleaded guilty to concealment of birth ■ and was sentenced to two mouths imprisonment without hard labor. W. Patter and T. Wright for housebreakkfer WerC * t 0 lour mont^ia hard ! " AGE ” SPECIALS. Per Waihora at Dunedin. LONDON, March 25th. Mr Bright in his address to Glasgow stu- ; dents contested that England in her dealings j the colonies, should be careful not to j adopt any policy which might be construed j as an improper restriction on colonial inde- • pendence, while at the same time it behoved the colonies to exercise moderation in their ' measures, and not seek to prematurely sever ■ their connection. He thought eventually | the colonies would become self-governing, j but it was inexpedient to hasten severance. It has been decided to re-open negotiations ’ for the establishment of a commercial treaty j between England and France. An interview between the Emperors of i Germany and Austria has taken place at Hubert in Prussia. Intelligence of recent explosions in London have aroused a strong anti-Fenian feeling throughout America. It is believed these outrages will tend to complete the destruction of American sympathy with Irish motives. Mr Parnell declares he has no knowledge of the working of secret assassination in Ireland. The Lord Mayor has opened funds for the relief of Skye tenant farmers who are suffer* 1 ißgprlvations, The French are blockading several ports of Madagascar. They have announced that they do not intend to attack Tamatave. Mr Parnell, on his return from Paris, de. livered an inflammatory address, in which he denounced the policy of the English in regard to the Fenian outrages. He warned the Government to take care how far they went in this direction, as the repressive system they had adopted would only encourage secret plods and lead to further outrages. An explosion of powder at Rome has injured the Rome Law Courts seriously. A conflict took place on the 24th March, between some Land Leaguers and a number of men belonging to Scot’s Greys stationed at Limerick. The skirmish lasted some time, and several men were seriously injured, and fatal results are apprehended. The Hon. Mr Sackville West has published a statement denying the truth of the rumor he had brought u.ider the notice of the Government the seditious character of the lahguage used by Irfsh Americans. Bismarck is suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis.