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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2636, 20 June 1877, Page 2

A meeting of those Shorfcland residents who wish to oppose the removal of the Resident Magistrate's Couvt from where it is now held into Grahamstown was held last night. Only a few persons were present, and it was decided ■[:> call a public mtl-ig for Friday even'og at the Oddfe'lows' Hsll. Richmond street, at 7.30 o'clock, for i.7i\';b o.r considerhg ihe matter. •'

To-day is the fortieth anniversary of the proL-.aication of Her Majesty ss Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, she having ascended the throne en the 20 h Jix.e, 18S7.

Abeand new flag was hoisted at the Borough Council Chambers to-day. It is a white ground, with the Borough ceal in the centre. It is not a particularly attractive lookingpieoe of bunting.

„ A MSETiNa of the Pumping Arrangements Uoiunr'ttee r f the County Council was to be held this afternoon for the purpose of conteirng' with Mr Warwick Wesion re contributions agreed to be KP.de by tie c 0 roanies towards the expenses of the pumping arrpagemenis.

We would d,raw attention to the IV aval Br.gaJe onlc in another column io.* attendance ol' .men for boai duty to-mor;.'ow m-I'ltinf;'. "V7c believe the oVjeoL'is to •ravey His Wovship the Mayova.i'd other local i-ja&iiees to the Siv^pho oa a ; eremon'al v'sii. Captain Djj,by.

Tji'3 annual soiree oc the Loyal Waikato LoJge of Odd Fellows will take place at the / cademy of Music tl; is evening. Tea will be provided at lia fpasfc six o'ciocic, and there will he son> addresses and music thereafter, t'-e cv. '-

ing's entertainment to conclude wi; a dance. Tiie Mayor has consent 1 o preside.

Me James Cbaig- sold by auci.: j.:~iday fI on the premises at Tei'aru, the iivoliold property and dweJlinj* house of Mv James Stewart. The bidding cpiMmenCwJ at £180, and v\ as rapidly run up to £24), at which price it was bought by Mr William Rowe, jun. ire .

The only business at {he R.M. Court this mornirg was an application made by Mr Curtis for an extension o? lime r-viz. uutil three o'-lock—for tire c^osjvg of his house, it being used to-ni^ht >ov tie Odd Fellows' ball. On the fee"of £i being paLL ihe application" was gn.uted. Capt. Fr:.ser was on the Becc.-u

In cor<seque j* jvi t'te tn^eeieo v:s: cf H.M.s yajpi-'O, a:ivi c,, lirtgunderiusLactions from tbe Hs-bor Master, Captain Best, (notwithsl. ding the sillj sk- ement of the Advertiser to lL coniiary) the Harbor crew were engageu for several hours yesterday in making soundings near the fnirway Buoy, which lies^about 5 miles off the Goods Wharf iv tbe centre ■>f the channel of the Thames river. The greatest depth they obtained was 15 feet, ')ut there is water as deep as that at ebb tide on tho other side of the bar.

"With The Australasian of June 2 was published an excellent map of the seat cf the war between .Russia and Turkey, showing the positions of the armies. The fortified towns, towns where engagements fcnve taken place, other towns, railways, province boundaries and boundaries of empires are distinctly shown, and in the body of the map the dates of the different movements of the armies are shown. The map is excellently engraved, and it is printed on thick paper. If colored it would make an excellent reference map, and would be worth mounting.

The lady correspondent of The Australasian in li3i" l^ttor iVom London says :— The eldest granddaughter of the Queen has just been betrothed to Prince Bernhardi, of Saxe Meiningen, who is a cousin of he i- owa. The Princess Charlotte of Germany is not quite 17, the Prince Bernhardt is just 26. The marriage will be oiie "of inclination." The young lady is not at all handsome, but she has much of the intelligence in her face which distinguished her mother's, and she is highly educated. She is a great favourite with her grandfather, the Emperor of Germany, who is very proud of her talents, and who was much delighted to receive, among the innumerable birthday presents with which Le was overwhelmed on his 80th birthday, a very pretty "copy of verses " from his granddaughter.

His Wobship—a provincial one—left his home betimes for the avowed purpose of attending a coursing meeting. When he reached that home once more, it was 3 a.m. the following morning, and, terrible to relate, Mrs —— was sitting up for him. With calm eyes and ominous quietude, she remarked that it "must have been rather difficult for the greyhounds to course in the dark I" He assented with expressive thickness of utterance. " John," she said. " you're intoxicated." " 'Toxicated—nothing of the sort —perfly sober—going skin this rabbit— prove it." And he hung up on the verendah the hare he had prudently seciri'ed. in the market place of the Great Centre. He didn't skin the hare. He abandoned the attompt after half an hour's effort, and went to bed anathematising all hares with skins so hard to get off. In tho morning a long-suffering wom:,n discovered the hare with far unruffled, but the pdnt sliced off-2ft. of a verandah post. He s:;d at breakfast that yorne drunk era ruffian mist 1 aye come in dirking the eight at'l tlcae .he mischief. And | his wife agreed wlih him.—^Egles.

A EBKGious gu; ld, entitled "The Society of the Lova of Jesus," has been establish :d in a We*fc End suburb. With the exception of the vicri>—r. young manall the members are females beiween 16 and 30. Amongst. their agreements are the t no roexbey shall read'any book not submitted to the vicar or-'ady warden, that the 7 shall dress simply; and moderately, abstain from ■. all improper amusement, aad never of free cuoice attend a place of worship which is not fa union with the Church of England.

7s an article wlach appeared in the Pailjr Telegraph a few Cays, a^o says the corespondent of the Australasian, on the subject of acclimatisation, in-which special reference was made to Mr Edward Wilson's efforts, io was stated that a couple of green and yellow Australian paroquets which made I'leir escape two or ta>:ee years back from a cage in Ul3 neighborhood of Lincoln's Inn Fields, hpj bred and multiplic:' '„<> such an eitent as almost to drive the sprrrows from that metropolitan c sis.

The N.Z. Herald, yefemng io tfo case of Victor Le Croix, p.iie.oied at the Tlismes on warrant for disobeying a subjeena of t!ie Auckland Resident Ma&istiate's Court says :—Le Croix's evidence was, we believe, unimportant. He had not the means to come to Auckland; nor could he procure his matter's permission to do so. It was not therefore his fault that he disobeyed the summons of the Court, but this it appears is not admitted as a plea. He was arre^tsd on warrant and brought to Auckland. He may get back to the Thames before Jackson's trial comes on, but it will probably be to find his vessel gone, and his employment as well as. his back pay lost. He is a foreigner, and therefore is much more likely to fail in finding oiher employment. The mere Court expenses will not pay this man for his losses. There is a screw loose somewhere, and we believe it is on the Magisterial Bench, or between that and the Police Department. A question might arise whether, r.fter all the evidence, this man was necessary to the case for the prosecution, or whether it could have strengthen'J. it in aiy way.