LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 221, 9 October 1873, Page 2

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

"Wellington, Monday. The Supreme Court Criminal Sittings commenced to-day. Judge Johnston, in the delivery of His charge, congratulated the colony on passing an Act lor the Regulation of Prisons. Ho laid the further delay in the introduction of a system for the cla^'icition and industrial education and personal amendment of t lio prisoners would bo culpable. lie hoped the colony uuulJ profit by the lessons emanating from th© Intern •■•anal Fciu>|> utiary Committee, recently held in the Inner 1.-mple, Lou ion, and published in the volume of the Transuct. -n* of I !u- Congress. Judgo Johnston detailed the result of I. c 1 ilwunj of the Congres?. and gave a nummary of tho paper ronnibuteo by Sir Walter Crofton. The system introduced in Ireland had three flta«;e», and had stood the test of 16 years' experience, and proved a success. There was only one ca<e, Ulntclilord and kelson, on a charge of perjurj. Blntchford wus fourid not guilty. Nolson pleaded gui tj. and «ai sentenced (o a fortnight's imprisonment. New Plymouth, Monday. The Ironsund Company have iixed upon a silo for their furnace. Air Parrii htis concluded the negociations with tke natives for the purchnsß of blocks of land back to tho mountains. [ The niilH'esnrereliirninn from the Parihikn nioeting. They I speak of To Wlnti as a fanatic, and declare thai- To Weiti's , inu nonce ia gone.

Owing to the Taranaki leaving without landing her cargo, which lias been carried backwards and forwards several times, the importers held a meeting and waited on the agent, stating that it wns their inti ii ion to bring nn ncfcion against the coinpain for di-U-ntiun c>i goods. Wluiig.niui, Tuesday. It. i-, reported lliat Mr Tribe, M.H.K, is about to start ft paper here. The Police hive captured the young man ltobinson charged w.t'i rape on u young girl aged 11 years. Lytlelton, Monday. riw Punjaub. immigrants are daily improving. The Lvtli'Hon Volnntcer Artillery annual dinner took place on Friday night last, and was a great success. Tuesday. ihe ship l'mipub ha? been admitted to pratique, this morning. The ini migrants are improving. . n Christchurch, Monday, lho Criminal SessmiH of the Supremo Court opened this morning. The eileiuLr includes the following cases: — Forgery, 1 ; embezzlement, 7 ; uynatural offences, 2 ; manslaughter, 1; horse-slealing, 2; bigamy, 2; sheep-stealing, 1 ; house- breaking, 1 , breach of Marriage Act, 1 ; larceny by bailee, 1 ; total, 22. Ju Ige Gresson in his charge, said it was deplorable to tee so many frauds at a time when all working men could find employment at highly remunerative wages. He pointed out that many could earn sufficient by working half-time to keep them, while others who work lull tune, were able to spend their evenings in a public house, wasting their substance, injuring their health, and leaving their families in a worse state that if wages were lower. Personally, he thought forgeries and embezzlements, which had been bo frequent lately, were mainly attributable to money spent in self-indulgence, caused by abuse of high rate of wages ; at the same time he did not desire the rate of wages to be reduced below what employers could afford to pay, but he would like to iee frugality, and a desire to acquire real estate by workmen encouraged. Port Chalmers, Tuesday. Thick easterly weather. Dunedin, Monday. The clearing-up for the Cromwell Company, for the last; week, has given from 80 tons of stone crushed 200oz of gold. The escort for the month is over 3,0000z of goldTuesday. The Government have secured the services of Captain Hutton, the provincial geologist, to be placed in charge of the museum. The OorernmeDt reoommend tho Unircraity Council to omploy him as lecturer on geology and palaeontology. Tee Rev. Dr Bjjgg, of Edinburgh, has arrived here. The Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court commenced yesterday. The Grand Jury found no bill against King, for manslaughter. P. W. Armstrong was convicted of larceny, and sentence was deferred. Daniel OBrien, for stealing from the porson, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Bobinson, mercer, for indecent assault upon a child, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Bluff, Monday. The s.s. Tararua left Melbourne on the 30th September, at 1 p.m., and arrived here at 7 p.uv on the sth instant. She brings 23 saloon, and 30 steerage passengers, also 340 tons goods, 40 rams and 2 horses, for all ports. She sails ior Dunedin at 4 p.m. to-day. There is a strong easterly gale blowing.