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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3196, 26 September 1881, Page 2

I———————————_■— A slight shook of earthquake was felt in Napier at about 11.30 this morning.

We are requested to remind Municipal Councillors, that tho adjourned meetingof tho Council takes place this evening at 8 o'clock.

The district of Woodville has been brought under tho operation of the Highways Act, 1871, and the first meeting* of the ratepayers is appointed to be held at the school-house, Woodville, on Saturday next, October 1, at 4 p.m.

It is stated that Sir G. M. O'Rorke will be asked to stand for Napier. We fail to see the object to be served by his candidature. Sir G. M. O'Rorke isnot a local man, and that is one of the objections urged against Mr Buchanan, but at least the latter belongs to Hawke's Bay, and unless a town resident comes forward hB will practically have a walk over as against any " foreigner" who may be induced to offer himself esa candidate.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., ELM., S. W. P. Peddle was brought up on remand charged with cattle stealing. Mr Lascelles, for the prosecution, asked for a remand until Monday next. The remand was granted. Hannah Wilson was charged on the information of Mary Rose with using threatening language. Evidence having been given by complainant and seveial witnesses, His Worship ordered the accused to find two sureties in £10 each to keep the peace towards all Her Majesty's subjects for a period of three months, and pay costs.

His Worship the Resident Magistrate having; declared Mr E«nonf to have been improperly elected, Mr Graham becomes the representative for the North Ward. Mr Renouf's disqualification, therefore, being established, the resignation of his seat was an act of supererogation, and no extraordinary vacancy occurred by so doing. Mr Graham, in law, was in fact the only candidate, and accordingly was the only one who could be elected. We understand that a petition is being prepared praying him to resign, and judging from the polling at the last election it is pretty certain to be both numerously and influentially signed.

The F. Battery Artillery Voluntesrs paraded in front of the Fire Brigade station yesterday morning, and marched to St. John's Church. There was an excellent muster of the corps, which was under the command of Captain Garner and Lieut. Pell. The band, under Bandmaster F. Tankard, played two nice marches. The following is the parade state: —Present: 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 3 sergeants, 2 corporals, 23 gunners, and 11 band, total 41. Absent with leave: 1 lieutenant, 1 sergttnajor, 1 sergeant, and 6 gunners, total strength of Battery 50. The officer commanding the district and the* drill instructor also paraded

A person of the name of J. B. Dawson, an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum, made his escape from that institution on Thursday at 2 a.m. Dawson,_barefooted, was met in the street by Mr Laurenson, the night watchman, and was detained in conversation until a cohstable came along, when he was quietly taken to the lock-up, and subsequently returned to the Asylum. The method adopted by Dawson to effect his escape requires very little comment. Dawson cut his way through the ceiling and roof with a penknife, and occupied four days in the operation. We would merely ask how it occurred that a lunatic came to have a pocket-knife in his possession, and how was it that an apartment occupied by a lunatio was uninspected for four days ? It is said that Dawson is not a dangerous man, but is subject to fits of insanity, in which he will destroy everything he can lay hands on.

A Woodville correspondent writes as follows :—" We are all laughing up here. Mr Sydney Johnston has enlisted the services of the ladies on his behalf, and people were called upon last week who never dreamt that their humble homes would ever momentarily shelter such aristocracy. The wonderful interest taken in our welfare is just now astonishing. It was hinted to Mr Johnston that he would gat a vote or two if he would get his bush section felled. The bait was aotually taken, and the trees are to be levelled to the ground at this the wrong season of the year! He appears to be a wonderful politician does Mr Johnston. While here he talked about the advisability of getting the railway linked on to Palmerston as soon as possible. Just as if that is what we want. All we care about is the NapierMasterton line. Of course the Palmerston route would suit the Johnston's West Coast property all to pieces. Mr Johnston is evidently an infant in politics. Mr W. C. Smith's supporters are not numerous in the bush, the most of us at the Woodville end being simply amazed at his brass—l was going to say cheek."

A meeting of the committee of the H.B. Jockey Club was held this morning. Present: Messrs Coleman, Birch, Murray, Douglas, Fitzßoy, and J. N. Williams. A letter from Mr Danvers, asking upon what terms the club would be willing to let the course at Hastings for a meeting to be held about Christmas, was read. Resolved that the rent of the racecourse for a meeting to be held on Boxing Day should be £75, subject to conditions named by the committee. Applications from Mr Hill and Meesrs Cohen and Stock for permission to work totalizators at the spring meeting were read. Resolved that each be allowed to work one totalizator. The charges of admission to the course and priviliges were fixed, and will be advertised. The hour of starting the first race, the H.B. Guineas, was fixed at 12.30 p.m. It was resolved that member's tickets be issued in a new form, and that free admission of members be allowed only on production of the ticket; also that the committee will not refund money paid by members at the gate-or stand consequent on the non.production of the ticket. The rules for working the totalizator were arranged, and the meeting adjourned.

The annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Cricket Club was held at Beecroft's hotel, Hastings, on Saturday evening. In consequence of the inclemency of the weather there were but few members present. Mr W. Beilby was voted to the chair, The balance-sheet was read and adopted. The hon. secretary (Mr J. H. Williams) reported that, though the balance-sheet Bhowed a small debit balance, there were several of last year's subscriptions unpaid, and they were all good ; that during the past year several new members had joined the club, and that the ground was in excellent condition. Mr T. Tanner was unanimously re-elected president, and Mr J. N. Williams vice-president; Mr J. W. Tartleton, of the Bank of New Zealand, was elected bon. sec. and treasurer, and the following gentlemen were elected a committee for the ensuing year :—Messrs T. Bishop, E. D. Tanner, J. H. Williams, G. Nelson, C. A. Fitzßoy, W. Beilby, S. Scruby, W. J. Birch, R. Braithwaite, H. D. Knight, J. Moore, and the secretary ex officio. A cordial vote of thanks was accorded the retiring secretary and treasurer for their services during the past year. The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected members of the club :—Messrs Tartleton, Warren, Chadwick, Dixon, and W- Heslop.

Mr W. H. Leake's short seasoD commenced at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening under the most unfavorable circumstances. Saturday night is never a good show night in Napier, and the inclement weather of last Saturday evening was sufficient to keep all but the most enthusiastic play-goers within doors. The piece chosen by Mr Leake for an opening night was the American drama "My Partner," a sketch of the plot of whioh we have already given. The drama possesses very considerable dramatic power, several of the situations being extremely effective, and the dialogue decidedly above the average. -Mr Leake, although commencing with a somewhat sensational drama, is by no means a sensational actor. There was a quiet earnestness about his acting of Joe Saunders that was remarkably telling, and when opportunity offered he gave evidence of power far beyond the requirements of the part he waß playing. In addition to Mr Leake's careful acting there is the ohana of a wonderful voice, which he

knows how to manage with effect. To Miss Watt-Tanner was entrusted the character of the heroine, and it was played with a moderate amount of success. The Posie Pentland of Miss Knight was full of life and vigor, and her appearance ou the stage at once imparted an invigorating atmosphere to the play which was very refreshing. The Grace Brandon of Misa Adelle was a graceful and charming piece V of acting. Mr J. P. West as the traditional American politician did admirably; his inflated political harangues were given with / great effect, and altogether Mr West sue- J ceeded most thoroughly in representing a Major Henry Clay Britt, redolent of patriotism and whiskey. The Josiah. Scraggs of Mr Sefton wasj as might be ex* pected, a thoroughly careful piece of acting. All the other parts were well-filled. Tonight " My Partner " will be repeated. The Wellington Post says :—" By the last San Erancisco mail news has been received to the effect that Mr AlbertMartin, son of the Hon. John Martin," of this city, has again distinguished himself in connection with the examinationof students in medicine and its allied sciences at Guy's Hospital. From the list of medallists and prizemen for the session 1880-1, it appears tnat Mr A. Martin has secured the "Michael Harris " prize, and the first prize (£25) for second year's students. New Zealand will justly feel proud of the successes being achieved in this way by her sons in the Old Country. The Auckland Star sayst—"The iie . schedule of customs' duties introduced by Major Atkinson in the House of Representatives should materially cheapen all calicoes and prints, which will in future be admitted duty free, thereby escaping an impost of 16_ per cent. It is whispered that one or two soft goods firms got wind of the proposed changes and bonded the articles which are to be exempted very freely, effecting a considerable saving; that other warehousemen, observing the move followed suit. All Auckland warehousemen, it is understood, will come out of the changes pretty well, while Wellington and Dunedin men have not been so wideawake, although of course the intimation given by y Major Atkinson in his financial statement f of the intended abolition of duty on certain articles put all more or less on their guard." After a lapse of several years the Lady Godiva procession was revived this year in Coventry, in presence of nearly 20,000 persons, many of whom came long distances to witness the pageant. Lady Godiva was personated by Mademoiselle Minnie Seymour, who, clad in a tight-fitting flesh-colored suit, with short muslin petticoat, was mounted on a handsome grey charger. A number of historical characters were represented in the procession. There were also children on horseback and representatives of friendly institutions, the whole presenting an interes- j ting spectacle. * On the score of development, Australia and New Zealand should certainly' give their attention to emigration, else they will have a large territory languishing for population by-and-by, and dwarfed by overpowering competition in the United States. Now is the time to gauge the future. The creative power going to America;is something for Australasian statesmen to ponder over. Forty-five thsusand eight hundred and fifty-two emigrants arrived in New York in June, making 225,060 for this year, against 165,054 for the corresponding period last year. The steamer agents says that the movement will continue at the]present rata during July and August.—European Mail. Sinoe his committal for trial for the murder on the Brighton Railway, Lefroy has engaged himself in an elaborate correspondence with his solicitor and his immediate friends and relations. In that correspondence he still persists in hia innocence, and is as emphatic as ever in his repudiation of the plea of insanity which has been suggested on his behalf. The ; officials of Scotland Yard are still prosecuting their inquiries with the view of dis- ■>"' covering the missing watch. They regard this as a most important piece of evidence, but are afraid that all trace of it is lost, and that the prisoner has destroyed it. The . search for the pistol is still continued along the line by the servants of the railway company and the East Sussex Constabulary. On August 6th, a melancholy acoident, the indirect result, it is believed, of a practical joke, occurred off Plymouth. The Orient Line [Mail steamer Potosi, having been cleared for Australia, left the Sound at 12.30 p.m. Half an hour later, when four miles outside the breakwater, and proceeding at the rate of eleven knots an hour, a cry arose of "man overboard." The starboard lifeboat was being lowered, five men seated in her, when the forward falls became entangled, and all the seamen were precipitated into the water. Three of the hands were rescued, but Edward W. Barkley, A.8., and Walter J. Dodge, 0.5., had disappeared. The boats cruised about for ninety minutes, when, 1 nothing having having been seen of the unfortunate men, the Potosi proceeded on the voyage to Adelaide. It is thought the affair was a silly practical joke on the part of a passenger. Great excitement prevailed among the 350 passengers, who orowded the vessel's decks. General Chester A. Arthur, who succeedto the chief magistracy of the United States in oonsequenee of the death of General Garfield, was born in Albany in 1831, and is consequently in his 50th year, nearly the age of the late President. Mr Arthur always took an active part in politics, his political life beginning when, as a boy of 14, he proclaimed himself a member of the Whig party. He commenced his bnisness life by beooming a partner with Mr E. D. Culver as a . -M lawyer in New York, and afterwards ob- * tamed considerable legal celebrity by hia connection with the Lemmon stone case.. He was a Republican from the time of the organisation of the party. He was Quarter-master-General of the State of New York during the war, and afterwards retiring into private life he formed a law partnership with Mr Ransom. Mr Philips, the District Attorney of New York, was added to the firm, and General Arthur now stands at the head of the firm of Arthur, Philips, Knevals, and Ransom. He always took a leading part in State and city politics. He was appointed collector of the port of New York by President Grant. 21st November, 1872, to succeed Thomas Murphy, holding the office until the 20th. July, 1878, when he was removed by President Hayes beoause he was accused of being in the way of tho success of the reform of the Civil Service. Being a warm personal friend of Senator Conkling, he has managed much of the Senator's politicial buisness in New York State and city. Public feeling is likely to be warmly excitod against his accession to power, there being a strong antipathy to his political principles among a large section of the American people. Mr W. H. Leake in " My Partner" at the Theatre Royal to-night at 8. Mr W. Routledge will sell to-morrow, at the Criterion Hotel, the privileges of the H.B.A. and P. Society's show, and the Jockey Club's spring meeting, at noon.' Mr E. Lyndon will hold his monthly land sale to-morrow, when sections in Napier, Hastings, Awatoto, and Wairoa will be / offered at 2 p.m. Messrs H. Monteith and Co. will sell on the Ist October, at the Masonic Hotel, the privileges of the H.B. Racing Club's spring meeting. Owners interested in the H.B. Jockey Club's spring meeting are reminded that certain payments must be made at the Criterion Hotel not later than 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The prospectus of the Napier Recreation Ground Company will be found in another column. a Mr George Smith, of Hastings, inserts a notice relative to his entire horse. ' > A committee meeting of the Holiday Association this evening at 8. This seasons hatching of young trout are for sale. The dates of the probable departures of the Silver Cloud, Mary Wadley, and Frank Guy, are inserted. Messrs Blythe and Co., are ' selling

children's boots, all sizes, at 4s 6d per pair. The official notification of the constitution of Woodville as a highway district is gazetted.. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted" column.