The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4308, 21 October 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1882.

: In consequence of thej pressure of news we are compelled to hold over the leading article intended for this issue.

The Civil Serriee Examinations commence on Monday next at; the Custom House, under the supervision of Mr E. F. Tiz&rd. For the junior •xsminatioo Masters Cecil Adams and Jos»ph Whitaker, pupils j,t*the High School, )*v» entered; arid for tls senior, Master J. S-Biirns, an old prize and scholarship winner, also from the High School, will compete. The junior examination commences on Monday, and the senior on Tuesday next.

. Bichabd W«tfc, son of Mr W. H. Watt, M.H.8., was thrown off Dianthos, in the Hack Hurdle Race at Wanganui yesterday, with concusfion of the braid as a result. He is still in a precarious condition.

Thb old shoemaker, Mcltonald, who was "ftnod-*LoiQnie.j;inaajßgo_far "procurLig__drink_ \ for Patrick Kelly, against wl»om a prohibition ■ order was in existence, and given a month" to pay it in, applied to-day for an extension of time. He told a doleful stfcory of want of wotV, and' protested his innocence. Mr K'enrick advised him to change his trade if he could not do better. A fortnight's farther grace was allowed him.

Two boys named Campbell, aged about 15, •ons of Mr Campbell, of Tararu Eoad, had a narrow oacape from drowning at about ha'f* past nine this morning. They were putting out in a small flat-bottomed dingy belonging to Mr jSllis, in order to board a larger boat 1 belonging to their father, which was anchored some distance from the shore. The sea wei rather rough, and came in to such an extent | that the boat was filled before the larger one i was> reached. They managed, however, to ; keep themselves afloat by holding on to the dingy till a boat put'off from the schooner Marion and brought them up to the wharf > The dingy was afterwards picked up.

Ik the case against the licensee of the Shotover Hotel to-day, the prosecution called a witatff named Timothy Donovan who, it soon became apparent^** not desirous of affording muQbunformatioa—none at all would evidently have been more "to bis taste. Sergt.-M«jor Kiley informed the" Court that be would have to treat him as • heetile witness, as when .spoken to by the police be declined to afford

them any information until he went into the witness box. Mr Miller rejoiced at this determination, regarding it as the correct procedure, inasmuch as no one had any right to be called upon to do bo, the witness box being the proper place to state what one knew. His Worship thereupon came down on the learned counsel's knuckles like a "thousand of bricks," and ex: posed the shallowneßS of such an argument; It was, he said, the duty of all citizens to afford the polioe eyery information in the interest of justice. If this man had been outspoken, the case might not have been brought at all. Mr Miller said he had never seen the man before. Mr Miller is like Csesir'a wife of course, but still it is quite evident that Mr Donovan had not been so reticent to somebody connected with the defence, for the learned gentletnanj although he had never previously seen Donovan, was able to ask Mrs French some questions relative to an interesting conversation which he presumed to have taken place between her and Donovan, and stranger still, the unsophisticated Irishman deposed to the exact language that j Mr Miller had attributed to him when cross i examining Mrs French.

Thb Wesleyan services will be conducted to-morrow by the Bey; J.Whewell and Mr Win. Price.

The anniversary sermons in connection with the Babtiat Sunday School will be preached by Mr Bamford to-morrow, and the Eer. C. E. Barley will address parents and scholars in the afternoon.

In the Shotover hotel case to-day, one. of the witnesses, a well-known miner, was asked what condition he was in at the time of a certain occurrence. "I was no more drunk than I am now," was the reply, which our reporter.thought very equivocal. He would be eorry to assert that the witness was drunk in the temple of justice, nor yet would he have gone so far as to risk his neck on his being sober. History repeats itself: this was the penny showman over again. That personage was asked by the good little boy who took a great interest in the pictur- of the battle of Waterloo exhibited at the ' peep show,' " Please, sir, which is Napoleon and which is the Duke of Wellington ? " He enlightened the youthful knowledge-seeker as follows: "Which ever yon like, my little dear. You pays your money, and you takes your choice."

The funeral of Mrs Gillespie which took .place this afternoon was very largely a*tended, many of our leading' citizens availing themselves of the opportunity of shewing by their presence their sympathy with Mr Gilleepie in his bereavement. We are informed that on Sunday week the Rev. H. Bull purposes preaching a sermon having reference to the deceased lady.

Youbg Worth and the girl Davis, recently convicted for indecent behaviour in the Botanical Gardens, Wellington, have been released, pending the result of an appeal against the verdict. The ground of appeal is that the evidence adduced did not warrant a conviction in point of law.

The following entries for the Spring Meeting, Auckland, were received last night:— Trial Stakes—Lady, Kalo, Katipo, Billingsgate, Sish Girl, Amazon, and Merlin. Welcome Stakes —Mitrailleuse, Snider, Musketeer, Fish Girl, Nelson, and Waipiti. The following are the acceptances for the Spring Handicap :—Maori, Kalo, Kenilworth, Yatapa, Tim Whiffler, Yuba Bill, Angler, Paramena, Chequita, Fitz-Hercules, Lara, and Venture. *or the Hurdles —Sir Wolseley, Chanticleer, Harkaway, Angler, and Rawenato.