The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1889. EARL ONSLOW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3095, 4 January 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1889. EARL ONSLOW.

DowxivO'Stiieut lias been good to us by sending out as our new ruler Earl Onslow. An English nobleman, if lio d"es not happen to be a'geiitlenian, is ii despicable person, but when, as in the present instance, the man ol rank possesses a high culture,social distinction and some capacity, as n politician, his title enhances liis'other merits, Englishmen it has been said " dearly love a lord," but it may with justice hi contended tlnit very many lords are worthy of the sentiment of affection which is extended to'them. A pedigree does not always, do as much for n man as fur a horse or a sheep,' but it does a good deal, and it has been observed that a team picked from the House of Lords presents a finer set of men, both physically and intellectually, than a set selected from tho House of Commons. Governors of Colonies like New Zealand bate, as a rule, little to do beyond signing their names to- formal documents, attending banquets nittl entertaining persons, .who are entitled to speoial attention. It is said, however, that Earl Onslow will have a special mission, viz., to bring himself en rapport with colonial thought, so ilint when lio re-enters political life at home lie may »ssist in maintaining a good understanding between Great Britain and the Colonies. His mission will not bo to flit from one gorgeous Government mansion to another still richer gnternatorial palaoo, and in his old age retire, a worn out potentate Oil a fftt Jraporial pension, Jlc is the first of a new and qnprotess ional order of Governors. TJieold order commenced with, say tbp Windward Islf# or Nova' Scotia, and worked np to Victoria the Cape or an Indian principality, the new order is to spend a lew years acquiring colonial knowledge and then wing their way back to London and tako their place among the legislators of Westminister when they wilt speak with authority as men possessing a knowledge of both the now and old world. It has been thought by. many that the colonies should send their best men to Great Britain and place should be found for them there in the Imperial Parliii ipil, but on tho whole it is as well for tliciii" to taep tjipir best nmnat home where they are sorely needid, and allow the task of wedding the Empire to be undertaken by such i men as Earl Onslow. .

Wp learn tlmt W, Guilsell who was r 'cently killed at Mangamahoe, had Ujj |ifo jnsured for £2Q,O/ • ' flpvernment Have agreed to er/int SO.OQC) roiiiiM i.f aiiijtjiiiiition to." the Nevy JSenlatHji iiiflu isolation'for its loj'-hcuniiiig competitions, resident at Lambton, New South ; Wales, iMmptl J, JOuiiiinjngß, a bkb ainitli, f;C years of age, has just been apprised tliAt, a? the result n( eleven years litigation, lie is possessorof enfa'es and money in Seotlacd valued Lt oyer £1,(100,GOO sterling, The following notices ot motion liave been given by tho undermentioned Councillors, to bo dißcursjd at tho next pieeting of the Horough Oiiuneil, By fir jCarpil-" That the Council at their i.iext 'sjtiiji", jptg pnnsjderation a watpr Bunply for firs ratingMjshing piirpa«3, Jly Cf Cnjlpn—- 1 -TlV.it the jiriee of gas be reduced in tei| shillings (ipsj, per thousand feet fur {ijhtliiK piifpo.ses and to nine shillings (!).•) por thousand feet for conking and motive power, to commenco from Ist April, 1889. •

A young man named Frank Keevo was committed for trial at 'Wellington yesterday,, .on achargo of forging two ciieppg * r flr ami ■ The Sydney customs teyenue from January to 30th November,' JBBB, was U.6!)9,28(1, asagainst L 1,790,589, being afalijngoff uf L91,3!?3. - The fate Prllice Schwarzenberg, wltosS landed estates wert so enormous as to b,e c.iligfl t||e ,'lsippiro lefy b foriupe of 4'IO|OQO,OOp ftpnt wlljoh a sum of £BO was befipenthpd to the poor, of Vienna. That was his sol? charitable bequest. .'J.

The native Haivaimns are said to .be disappearing yety rapidly, and it will not be lopg hu£bj-<j' flje rnce js Their Innghago is sttll rpiite gotierally spohen, but as English is the laiigpage of the Court the native dialect is bound to fall in decadence' ■'

: fjip ivregk of the steamer Tararea. Nt Waipapapa point in 18BVjs rfcejilied .'by. the death, at the age of 39, of (|re Paddon, of f ortrose,' Qn'tbat oacasiim, whpn sl|e was of fin j physijjue apd i) - splppdid hnrsewontaii, sfte jode pv§{ , wpgh country, and thrpush a number; qf streams, with food and clothing fur the eurvivbr; while she tool; an active part in., tho task of dressing for burial the bodies tint were washed ashore.' For her services on that occasion she received

• A Htngo reliearsiilof" I'attoncuwill lieltl, this 'in uce. Hall, Cliaj el-Etteot. »*„ Oiil' new, Governor, 'the Earl :of Oiiblow, ia li'P.Ut Graud Wai'don of the Masonsof England, -i A ploughman named JamesDoylo, was drowned at Moliiika, near Napier, jesterday,

, Mr Bluckett retired from the position of Enginecr'in-chiet on tiio 8l?t ult. Mr. liluir, the Assistant. Engmeer-in-thief, iN-niiw temporarily in

During the .put year, the,. Dunedm. Dcnovoknt trustees relieved 4(150 persoiiS,jbeiiig an incroaM: of ■ 316 ou the previous year. -v, >■' The editorajiip of tlie new Melbourne jwpjar. the Evening Standard, lias been offet'fdto and accepted by Mr G, M, Road, of the New Zealand Herald, Auckland.

The Theatre Boyal Rink was well ■filled last evening with skaters, mid the "merry pnßtime" waß indulged in to their heart's,content to soine aplondid music by Pearson's Band. ■

The tender of Messrs Udy and Gallon X)f Mntara\ya, for timber, has been acceptod for the Welling on.ilailmiya. ' Robert Utfnry Elfiotte,. and William Tooi'ood, of Feathurbton, havo. applied fur a patent f*r Elliottc aud TougoodV liigii-Wiiter pressure flax or fibre : wasliiug machine,

It is ruuiored that ; two well-known ii\\vniill tiniiH in tHo Ciutorton district, loiiteinplate: removing their plants'to tliis'cnd of the Wairarapa. One. o! the' mills will start operations on tlio Upper Waingawa, and the other oii-property lit Weraiti. near lMastertoii, .

A meeting of delegates of the Wairnrapn Orickot Association takes place at the White Hart Hotel, Carterton, on Wednesday evouiug next to arrange matches.

|sir MoroH .Mackenzie's honk hasaga'nbeen allowed free circulation in Germany even in tlio Uvw in wliich it was confiscated. ■' We hear that the Wairarapa Standard published at Orcy'own, and tho Wairapa Ofiservei'i issued at Cartorton are about to off thoir tri-weekly garb and conio out as dailies.

Mr F. Speiir, the Eyo Specliliat, now in Masterton,"wlioho advertisement appears, in another column, hails fr»m Dublin and not Dunodin as was inadvertently stated in our last iasue.

' Tho export of gold through Natal and the Cape in October amounted in value to more than £93,000. This is tho largest yield tor one month since the discovery of the South African, goldfields,

Mr H, Peterson according to promise, notifies on our first page that he will in futuie conduct his business on tho ready money system. ■ The whole of his largu and \yell assorted Btock will ba r -mai kod in plain figures, from which no discount will be allowed.

A man can be kept in food in Japan for Ijss than 13 a year, and an outlaj of 25s will supply him with clothing f»r sovfial year.i; lie" dresses from the ou'side, putting on or takui» oft hi* outermost garments nccotditiitfo thestatoof weather; his bed like tlio Chinaman's, is a mat.

Writers on diet have agreed in describing mutton as tho un-st 'valuable nf animal funds. Heef may be mure nutritious and. perk mure stimulating, but mutton, iii addition to possessing sufficient nourishment, has a readiness >f assimilation which makes it most easily digested and .most centributable tu health. Mrs E. Taylor, of the Local Fruit Depi't, is the first tu exhibit fur sale locally grown ripti apples. Thoy are ol txcellent quality and were grown at Mr Taylor's orchard, Mukora.

Mr F. Harrison is tho successfu 1 tenderer for the construction ofaculvert and (lain at Black Creek, Fernridgo. [here were ! four applications ranging fi oni £SB 10s to £67, the former pi ice being that of. Mr Hairison. A-number of forged National Bank one pound botes are being circulated in Dunedin, ten" having iboen detected up to the present.' The forgery has been done by photographing the notes. •. lu the Christchurch Resident Magistrates Court on Thursday, I'etev Paske, convicted of playing;an.illegal game on tho Christchurch racecourse with a wheel and table called " fly," which the pnl co showed could bo manipulated by tho owner for his own advantage; was fined £20..

The Supremo' Court of Utah lifis pntpred its pal judgment and decree in favor ol tho United Stateß Government iii the suit instituted by it atjaihst- tlw Mormon Church ti; obtain the dissolution of the ohilrch and to have its property declared escheated to the Government, The defendants will appeal against .this judgment tp the United States Supi enje Court. A story flint the late housekeeper at Warwick Castle left £70,000 to Lord Warwick in; pure fiction. The poor woman had nothing to leave, as she was nno .ot tlio victims of the Greenway failure, A former housekeeper at the t-HBtlu left Lord Warwick about £SOO, but that was many years ago, , T*o girls named' Gariiham, aged 10 and 12. were convicted at Napier yesterday of' stfaling, and were sent to an industrial school. The father was found guilty of receiving tho stolen goods, and was sentenced to four months imprisonment.

A curious invention has beon pro'dliwd in the shape of a noiseless clock, ! for use iniiro especially sick rpon|s. |ji ! iiiaco,of the usual pendulum, tho hands are set in motion by tho unrolling of a chain, the end of which is fastened to a buoy, floating in a tank of liquid. The latter escapes at a uniform rate, and can be utilised to feed a lamp wick, thus giving tfiij appntus the double thaiiap. tpr pf'ploojc and

k young gijl, aged hvolve. years, jf.esldiiig at PraHran, was recently put npffur ohkiroforra to have borno teeth extracted,. The phlorufprin way (idminitt'ered, and the teeth wore drawn, but about five minutes after the remoral oi tho last tooth, and after she hud made a very feeble attempt at clearinn tho blood from her mouth, sh" camo faint and, suddonly expired. All efforts to restore,animation were futile.

At the-'preaeut' moiiioiit an.. electric is being qhnwn'front the St Catlielitie'a Point Lighthouse, in the Is'e.of Wight, the f'ull'pmver'ntensity uf which W.-ib.recently stated by Captain Sydney Wej)l), the p|ipi|tyijw«ter jf the Trinity ftoujo/fo lie equal in illumtnnciilg pqwer to rather ffloro'than 7,000,000 oahd'os, Every half-minute, m lnut-fnr the lieht tto<v revolves—a'mighty'flash of. five seconds' duration sweeps around the sea, and is visible at distances t-hnfc aeeins inorediblo. It is actually the most intensely brillaut light in exietenco, and gne wtiioh tlio coujttry . $ r ptltipie trniiqn iti'ny Mrtainly feel proud to aoe on itagliures', " '

Wo; are requested to remind our readers 01-Messrs Lowes'and lurnsgale to-morrow. Their list will embrace new' and second-hand : t\jr nitpje p.f pypiiy description, poultry, producfi, and sun dries,

A little son of Mr/W, Dixon, .of Masterton,'met w.th a painful .aocidenl'at Manricevillp yesterday. . Ho was racing' up and down a steep hill vith cotne other c|]ijflre|i. apd-flof lifting able-to keep ]ils> legs, fell and rolling down at a rapid pace struok ngaipst a log which dislocated his, shoulder bone. ,The'little sufferer was brought to' Mastertpn wlito the injured litpb was promptly attended tPbyPrßpsking. .;

An elopement of a .tnarrieil Maori woman with-another young pian of color is reporfpff "from 'fe ffl'-itj, iiear Qlad' stonJ r The ' husband, v ; with (several other. natives, are' scouring the vaiiouß pat s in this noigbborhood, but fe far have been utißUoeessfnl in tracing tho eri'iiig ones,' To ; : aid their-flight, o valuable hnwe belongingtoMrPike was stolen, and ■ on, this : steed' the pair are suppoaed'lo have Wdouble banked " and iDMIe off in,He diewtoa of tho Tauera.

• Tlio Treasurer nf the MMlert'on'Hov Thorn ia. HibhingvAVaironga, .'and his employees. ' , s ~ | rTha.ordinary fmrtnthly riieofing, of tlio i Mastertoh -Town | Lands- Trust .takes place thiß evening. i

'Athletcs.ara reminded that'thp nominations : for tlio' OwtmtoU Sjiorta olnee i>n tlie 21th. met j eirunn to bo sent to tlio Secretory,. Mr - llevcor, Empire Hotel, Carterton. .

, An accident , happened in a -lingular manner atWaituna; near Waitnahyto a young mnh named Henry Weßtphall, on "the" 19th pt'comlipr, ■ and resulted' iti' a broken leg, - Wo9t(jhftll and some comp:imona were measuring to seo who had the longest legs, and while Weat'phalll was holding his tip ;to be measured he' fell, withsumeof the others on- tiip.of hint,, On trying to rise, he lound his leg was broken, :

A meeting. of the Masterton Park i Trust was to havesbeen held yesterday but the memberßhavlng ascertained that lan hi i occurred in,the notice convening if, allowed it. to lapse. I Another meeting will be duly convened at an early date. ■<'

' Wo notice that the prVmotera of Vh On tortun sports andmvraioi hav- mad the Aniivcrfary of' the yilu j uf £lO, also that they offer £5 for tiltin;, in the ring. Evidently they are 1 n#' atf&id of making an' attraction,' and not doubt they will have i largj liumuer oi nomiiiu.uns. : . ■ ■■- ■

■' The. crops of wheat aud oats on' the Upper Plain aro looking simply magnificent, especially on the" property of M. Hessey. 'Tho latter aro' "strong an', healthy and have every appeiraiico ofyielding a tremendous harvost. From all parts of the Wairarapa we continue to hear- most tayorable reports _ot a bounteom supply this season, which will equal, if not surpass; any previous record. With every ' prospect of high, prices our farming industry '■ will'Undoubtcdly help us over the proaent. depression. Mr.T. E. Price, our, local photographer,, has on view, in his window some nicely executed grotips .of .the Wesleyan Sunday School child ron, with j-tbuir parents jind fr eadsi,- which were, photographed by .him on tlie pareoimse. ground last Boxing Day. Tliere is .every, probability ot a new Wesley.™ Church' being opened shortly at Mauriceville. A number .of settlers in that district have been interesting themselves in the movement, and when the matter was brought up at a meeting of the Mrtstorton Wesloyau Trustees this week, it was unanimously dooided to accede to the request,' so soon as a suitable building was agreed upon We w,ish to draw our readers attention ■to the programme of the sports and the old English Raines to ho hold in Carterton on Anniversary Day, Full particulars of the eveuta will befound in another part of our paper. Tho Vports" are altered by the addition of an half mile handicap, aud increased prizes are adatd to tho high jump. The programme is a very attractive una and we hope tho olkts of tlio different commit, toa will bo appreciated -at their full value. I •

The water reservoir at Mo'ntroux, Switzerland, fur tho services of.the electric railway, has hurst, Several houses have boen swept <i\vay by tho escaping rush of water, and ten persons are known to have perished. The railway line near the scene of the disaster has been rendered impassable by the water. Villages on Sonzier, i'ertit, and Vuarreimos have been devested by the rush of-water, carrying with it a mass of pebbbs, Several of the inhabitants were Swept out of ,their beds by the lined,

liarge shearing tallies are common controversial topics amongst station hands. According to.tho Belfast (Victoria) Gazette, " Btiino smart. work had been done during the past week at Lauaulac Station, Pensliurst. Tho nunes of the three men are worthy of month®, who tn one. day shoro nearly 600 sheep, and within thoshearinghours -viz : John Donnellv succeeded in shearing 230 sheop; James Howard, 181 [ ,tnd William Phillips, 186; .total, 596. Wo have been assured that in one of the aheds in tho district recently, three men—J. Baker, J. Frazer, and j. ■Johnston-fur three weehß averaged 1100 sheep per weok, about 188 sheep a day per man. Tuiß was considered excellent wort, .'There are some remnrk'iMy smart young ine'n with the shears in the Western District, who have oirned up to i's per week at some of the sheds."

The following story of the late -Mr Levy, of tho Daily Telegraph, from onu tfho visited his bedside, has been published:—Wtien lie waß earliest attacked with the disease that, proved fatal, he concern d the odd notion that ho had remaining only a certain limited-and clearly defined stock of breath and strength, ai);l Ipi watched over the expenditure munh on the principle that ho used to examine bills of expenses. He lay fin liis bed, would neither spenk nor move, while he breathed as economically as possible. Aiarme-1 by his condition, the family scut to London for a great doctor, who came down and oxaiiiiuod the patient as well as his apparently comatose state would porinit, "Oh, lie's all right," said the doctor, aloud. "Ho b year« to live yet." "Whati" said the (rid gentleman, suddenly popping up from the pillow where ho had laid dumb and moluinless for the greater part of the ilny, "aren't I so bad alter all?" "Not a bit of it," said the doctor, cheerfully. "Thensoomowalk,"hesaid, and jumping out of bed he skipped round tho room.

A Lnmlqn letter ws ;-S(]oiii]jy thevfl can to no "doubt that bpth Ltit d and Lady Onflow will bo great acquisitions to the colony. Spr Ladyghip is »ii admirublo Iwttw and a. lift of a "lion" lmnttr as wull. Her dinner-parties am equally remarkable for tho excellence of the ciiwiieand the cosmopolitan tor of tjio giieitt. To bo qualifje'd for a Seat itt the hqsjiitahl p B.oara in Richmond terrace niie must .ho SQ)Hf6oiy pr have rfofic wljnt/iiiattei's littlo. Sir William Ktzherbprt cuuidno doubt a t<i!p mifplii about Lpdy Oiiuloiv'a dinner parties as he was irioro than unco her guost whilst over hero attending the Colonial Cmiforenco Twelve or thii ten .vears ago Lord wiis ono of the "olden youth abmit town, stud enjoyed au acquaintance possibly more extensive than seloot, . He never raced; but coaching was,and is his chief amusement, and his splendid team ot hays are the pride of tho Four-in-hand OlubV Since his marriage, Lord Onslow hav settled down, and dijvoted himself afornly To piJiljcß, Ha admirer nf Loril j?iiutiiford, anil' 1 aco.eptpd New Z. aland niftlniy nt'hia instigntion. Tenfltys ago His Lordship had almost resolved not to leave England, and when taxed with being about tu accept a colonial viceho dciiicd if, Sovijrtliejefs, 'three days later the'appointment was antigu^d.

. During the past month lour sltowrosm w'b il ii!y a t uded by ■ largo numbers of ladies intent rti inspecting and-piirqliasini; tHe'att active itcm>'in the'millinery' pd maiMe department al fe llouau Wellington, .

Jn'tnii ljtcry we were, fortunate in being able'to,e>,a : :tly Suit tho tas'eof our patron", and foi' atyln'; faVhion, md the haVwr.nioua Wending ci'lure, we aro ns yet nnrivillt(\ it) tho city,'We have still the Banjo ability tnd means at our cominaud.tod (luring the present month shall show some special novelties In ladles' tiimmed hats, at Te Are Bouse, Wellington, ; •. ; . V . Oar mantle and costume department has also been the scene ol great activity, '. \Ve have sold an apiitt'g nu'mbor <>f ladieaV jaok'.ts w tlie most fashionable djacripti^i.aflqSur.posmnieahave.beenthe subjects of; much - admiration ,nt Te Ani Hons?, W^liti^tpn. ■ We hays a %y lot of ladles' cm-. tuny St in §ll SjffV'P' wot fabws,an(} in a e»i Tarjpty of gfyies, comprising' pputs I ,>-pliy , s, Ba!een : 'br6ohe, Swiss embriodetjed, veilings,' Pongee and itarty s'lks','"ranging'-from 5s M to tix guinea", at Te Aro Houss, We linpton. We.cordjally invito auy visitors fiom the country who may be Staying f r a iihilein the city to visit our wiv-n every attention and civility «ill bo shown, without nttemptiug to pr.ss pqroka.flj, Xo. Aw&tjw,

'To info row,id .tlm ordinary monthly pny-dny of the Maatertmi and Qrevtown Building Societies, ■■ :■ .<■■■- ' ■ ■

At Dingle,. (C'uuntv ■ Korry) Presontrnunt Sijasii.na: Loid Veutry w.-is awarded £5 compensation lor tho l'issbf ii Spaiiish ass, iiv«r.which paraflia ivai thrown' and ignited, burduii! the animal dreadfully. Tlio total acrq,>.go Jumlor hops in England iistated at 53,400 acres, and tlio estimated. :pro<"iuco is 281,2!llowt„ siiuiif,' an average yieid of 4,81 cwt. per aoro, ,Thp yields for liout hiVd Horo-■ ford aro less than fiKiircj being pnly 4CBewt. por aare respectively-; whilo; that of Sussex is much" abovo it, being 0 dlcn-t per acre, V ■;"•, VA writer iii the European Mail says'; ■Sir Jtihii Hall 'las just arrived among us. onoo inoro. Lidy Hall and her daughter preceded him. about a month MtK Sir John does; liofc contemplate slaying' Iwro very long, and meaus to return in timo for the next session of the New-Zealand Parliament,v , - ' . Notice ii given in another column, of a meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, Mastorton, on Tiieiday, 15th inst., at 4.80 p.m., to receive statement of receipts and expenditure of the Trustees of the said Trust of. last )ear. ' Spanish politics have been thrown into a st-ito of considerable esoitemunt by the publicatiotwif the statistics relating to thn. ro'igiiius urdara ill Spain, There are 221 monasteries in tlio land, 200 having been built since 187(i, rlth a total of 4220 monks, Thoro ire also 1100 Convents with' 25,000 nuns. Tlie Oiiuse of tho alarm -lies in the faot that rtier orders are alnioal entirely CarlUt .' The Royal Agricultural Society ot Enslm d hiis held forty-eight shows, at .vliicli it has raid out in premiums' and expenses 375,7(16 dols, till cents, and has .received 198,483 dota r.O cents leaving a balanre of 177,313 dols. 40 cents spent for tho purpose of bringing sound agricultural teaching te every district in the. kingdom. It offered this year 20,000 in premium's, besides which, 5,000 dills, were offeied by other interests. The following temi will represent tho Mastertou Cricket Club ugainst the Eketalmna Club 10-morrow on the Park Oval;— Bremner, Iftgulden, Jackson, Kibblewliite, Mahoney, McKenna, 'MoKenzie, Matliias, Moore, Perry, and Puwiib.ll. The match will commence at lmlf-past ten. Members aro requested to turn up at five o'clock this evening for the purpose of prepiruij* th' pitch, The Russian Government has inti mattd to certain steamship nav gitioo companies of Odessa engaged in carrying trade that, beforothe first of January next, thoy must rid themselves of thosij of their partners—active or " sleeping "-who aro-not .Russian subjects- This measure, will bo a very great blow to sumo English merchants, at whom it is principally aimed, The liltlo Princess of the Netherlands, when she becomes Queen of .Holland, will be one of tho richest .sovereigns il not the richest sovereign in Kurope. The civil lint of Holland, ivhich is secured on the revenues of Borneo, is very large —.0,000,1)00. per. annum, it is Enid. The Duchy of Luxemberg pas-en to tho Grand Duke of Nassau, aud then becomes a portion of the German Empiro; but tin'.-King-lorn of Holland, not coming under the oueration of tho Salic law, deeendstn tho Kinit'a little daughter. She is a bright, intelligent, elaver child, with a jond deal of character and doter mination.-

A sad example of the tragic cousoquetices which sometimes ensue on' the wi- ked folly of practical joking comes tu us from Ireland, Miss Milligen, who has just died nt Kilkeel, County Down, wits out walking a fortnight'' Finco with two lady visitors, when suddenly. they were ►tartled to see a man in . front of them, who brandished aknife, exclaiming atthesametimn, "I'm Jack tho Kipper." Nut unnaturally the thrba young ladies were terrified attlionntieiol the infamous Bcom'idrel who thus tried to pcrsnnato the Whitochapol murderer, and Miss Milligen biicaino hysteiicd. Fevor followed on the nervous excitement set up, and now; at the age of 21 she has succumbed to the sickness, Mo punishment 'an be to severe for tho miaorcaut, for whom the police ol County Down are nuw looking. ■ . The trial of Stephen Cutler for tho murder of a Chinaman in Market-lane, Melhiurno', has been concluded, The case for tlw proseoutiou was that tha prisoner and another man, not in oustody, were bent on annoying tho Chinese in tho lane esrly on tho morning of the 7th of November, and being disappointed of tlipir.vlotims through ill of th-iiue treating-,within "their doors they fell in with tlie deceased AhGynng aud worked tbeir malice: upon htm.. Gyiing-was knocked down,, kicked, and juihticd upon, and • succumbed. to hi* Wounds,' before lie could be taken to the hospital.. Cutler was followed and arrested, and a number of witnesses Bivore to h>s identity with, the deceased's assailant, but almost as many witnessos-camo torward for th) defence and sworn it was a man who wasaway that did the deed, The jury, after retirement of an hour and a half, returned'with a verdict nf acquiltal. This morning's Times states that tho abolition of the Public Works Department it now virtually; accomplished, All that romninsia a more,remnanr.awaiting the final dissoiuti n. which is depend dent upon certain other arrangmeuts not yet completed. From the 2nd instant, as the first workng dav of the New Year, tho Lands and Survey Department-ti-ok over t.i>e charge of the roads and bridges nf the Colony, and of the rota tiuiißiiftha Public Works-Donavtmoiit with local bodies in tlieno respeo's. A circular will bo iisuud immediately to all local bodips informing them of tho change, and directing them to oommuicute with (he Lands Department in future with reforenco to thoso mutters, Ihe Lands Department has al6o taken over the' l mnempl'jyed"ati(/ their management, whioh has liitVrto beon in tho hands of the.Pqbljo Works authorities, apd a circular (similar to that relating to tap roads pd bridges) will be issued intimating to tlje local bodies the alteration which hasbeen made.