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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3625, 23 February 1883, Page 2

There "was a clean charge .sheet presented in tho Resident Magistrates'. 1 * Court this morning. The fresh in the rivers is again bringing clown quantities of logs and drift wood, ■which the action of the sea is depositing un the beach opposite the town. Messrs Large and Townley and Mr MoYay have granted their employees a half-holiday for Monday afternoon next in order to enable a. cricket match to be played at Petane between the two establishments. Mr 11. H. "Wall lias sold his business to Mr P. F. Collodgo, who takes possession to-day. Mr Wall, we arc glad to hear, docs not contemplate leaving Napier until next spring, about which period lie will resign his seat in the Municipal Council. The rain that fell yesterday and to-day has had the effect of Hooding the rivers. This morning the Tutaelcuri was bank high, and tho Ngaruroro and "Waitangi were considerably swollen. At Tareha's bridge tho water was up to the verandah of the Shamrock Hotel. "We loam that a handsomely illuminated address, as well as a watch and pendent, subscribed for by over sixty members of the Napier Working Men's Club, will be presented to Mr "W. Hodgson at 8 o'clock this evening in the club hall, in recognition of the many valuable services rendered to that institution by 3fr Hodgson. As there seems very little probability of the M-Gutlier clearing- up sufficiently this evening to induce people to leave their houses the entertainment that was announced to have taken place this evening-in St. John's school-room under the auspices of the Napier Christian Temperance Association has been postponed. It will most likely be held this night week. The following nominations for the three Licensing Districts Committees were received to-day at noon by the Returning Officer .-—Messrs J. D. Orniond, J. 11. Coleman, W. I. Spencer, Rcchab Harding, and R. Price. The same candidates were nominated for each district, and there being no other nominations the above will be the Licensing Committee for the three districts for the ensuing twelve months. A very sudden death occurred at Taradale last night. It appears that a man named Luke Maddigan, who was employed as a laborer at Messrs Gilbertsoii and Dixoii's, was taken ill with cramp yesterday, and in consequence was removed to his home in Taradale at about !2 o'clock. Temporary relief from his affliction would seem to have been obtained, but at 0 p.m., as he was sitting in a chair by the lire in his house, Maddigan suddenly fell to the floor dead. An inquest was to have been held on the body to-day.

It will be seen in another paragraph that, with one exception, namely that of Mr J. A. Smith, the new Licensing Committees for tlio three licensing districts of the Borough of Napier are composed of the same gentlemen who were elected without opposition last year. Mr Smith would have been re-elected, but his appointment as an Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, for which ho receives a trifling remuneration, disqualified him under the Licensing Act.

Respecting , cumulative votes, Truth (London) says :—" The cumulative vote at the school board election is a mistake. It is obvious that a 'board may be elected of members each representing a small minority and that the candidates of the majority may be entirely excluded. All these fancy franchises are quack nostrums. The only right of a lonal minority that ought to be recognised is the right to convert itself into a majority."

The Colonies and India draws attention to a fact which should not bo lost sight of by householders. Every landing of every liouso in which mineral oils are used for lighting or heating , purposes .should be furnished with a scuttle or bucket of sand. Sand, if thrown upon burning oil, disintegrates it and puts out the flames, which water used in small quantities tends only to .spread. Indeed, to "put the Thames on fire," with plentiful supplies of mineral oils, would bo a much easier feat than to put out an ordinary conflagration.

Hen , Most, the noted Socialist, has visited this country (writes an American correspondent) and lias lectured in New York and Chicago. In the latter city the Anarchists paraded under aims, ai;d marched in procession to the place o i meeting, lighted by toivhcs. The speech was an incitement to anarchy and crime. He wants the land deluged, with blood. He says it is the duty of the poor to kill the rich and distribute theirproperty, and set capitalists and bankers to work on the roads. Such harangues might lead to revolution in Europe ; here they ai>c laughed at. The country is fast passing; under a government by corporation ; and it will be against this cruelly unjust, and selfish impersonal power that the people will revolt, unless redress by legal methods be had.

Every notable event notches itself in the calandar of time. So in the medical Avorld Wolfe's Schxaits signalized an epoch, and will live as long as humanity is capable of appreciating its miraculoiißly curative poAver. —[Adyt.]

A daring robbery has just been committed at the Cathedral of St. Denis, Paris. In the absence of the watclunan, the sacred edifice was entered by thieves, who, after scaling the balustrade at the entrance of the choir, broke through the three gates of the Sacristy. An entrance was then effected into the small chamber containing the royal treasure. Having picked some GO locks, the thieves secured and carried off 35 objects of great value. Among these are 'seven royal crowns and coronets, including those of Louis XVIII., of the Duke de Bourbon, and of the two daughters of Louis XV ; also, a number of sacramental vessels of beautiful workmanship. The intrinsic value of the articles stolen is estimated at 100,000f.

The following paragraph from the Sydney Morning Herald, shows that disputes between judge and counsel are not confined to New Zealand:—A novel point was raised rlnriug the hearing- of a case before Mr Justice Field and the former legal member of council. Sir Fitzjames Stephen, namely, the proper course for a b wrist cr to p\irsuo when he lias sarcastic remarks addressed to him by a judge. Mr Vaughan Williams was addressing the Court, when the judge interrupted him by intimating '' very strongly" that the Court had made up its mind. The following conversation, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph, eusuod :—"Mr V. Williams understood from him that his lordship was of opinion that ho had occupied too much time.' Mr Justice Field : ' Oh, dear no ! You have only kept us an hour and a half.' Mr V. Williams : ' I scarcely know how to deal witli a remark of that kind. , Sir Justice Field: ' Oh, go on ! We have four more hours to sit.' Mr V. Williams: 'I was going to say that I hardly know how to deal with. sarcasm coming l from a judge. The ordinary way is to meet it with the same ■weapon; but of course that would not be respectful on the part of an advocate towords a judge." The learned counsel then proceeded with his argument.

Plum-pudding, says the Lancet commenting on the middle-aged prejudice against this popular item of diet, is a highly efficient food, yielding a force equivalent to 250 food tons. It is also an admirable veliicle for the administration of fat, an article of diet as a rule usually objected to by children. Plum-pudding , , in reasonable quantity, is certainly to be preferred to the so-called "wholesome" cakes, which have a little fatty matter in their composition. A good wedge of cold plum-pudding is not an unwholesome lunch for young and growing lads to put in their pockets when out for a day , s skating or hunting. Elderly too, are often able to compete with tho young members of the family in the enjoyment of Christmas cheer in a manner that amazes middle-aged relations. The fact is, as has been happily pointed out by Professor Michael Foster, the digestive elements are long preserved, so that a man who in the prime of manhood was a martyr to dyspepsia, by reason of the sensitiveness of his gastric nerves, in his later years, when his nerves are blunted, and when therefore; his peptic cells are able to pursue their chemical work undisturbed by nervous worries, eats and drinks with the courage and success of a boy.

For some time past the Russian Admiralty has been considering a project for increasing the fleet of the Baltic by tho addition principally of light cruisers ; and for constructing a strong ironclad fleet in the Black Sea. The following programme for ISS3 has now been drawn up:—ln all nine war vessels are to be built, seven for tho Baltic and two for the Black Sea. For the Baltic are to be built two ironclads at the Baltic works, estimated to cost 2,800,000 roubles ; ono cruiser at the Novsky works, to cost about 400,000 roubles; two cruisers at the Baltic and Nevsky works, to cost SOO,OOO roubles, and two gunboats at other yards in St. Petersburgh, to cost 415,000 roubles. For the Black Sea two ironclads are to bo built, one at Sebastopol, by the Russian Society of Navigation and Commerce, and the other at Nicolievsk, at a very heavy cost, the total for all the nine vessels being 7,469,043 roubles. The real cost will, of course, far exceed this sum. Measures are also on foot for considerably strengthening the forts at Croustadt, in consequence of the lesson taught by tho English bombardment of Alexandria ; and a well-known military engineer is now being- consulted on the subject.

A correspondent writing from Vladivostoek to tho China Mail, November 22, says:—" During-the summer a boat was captured by some pirates in the immediate neighborhood of Vladivostock. A small steamer, with soldiers on board, succeeded in overtaking- and capturing the robbers, but not, however, "without wounding the steersman through the neck. The robbers had tied up and drowned the crew—six men —and as they saw their capture was unavoidable they throw their Winchesters overboard. All the robbers were brought to Vladivostock, and the man wounded through tho neck by a shot from, a Russian soldier was taken to the hospital where he was cared for. A short time ago, when the fellow was nearly recovered, he was taken out for an airing - , escorted by a g-uard -with fixed bayonet and charged gun. The convalescent was dressed in the hospital garb, consisting of a long gray clonk; and on highway he suddenly turned round upon the gallant soldier, threw his cloak over his head, and, twisting it round, made it securely fast. After accomplishing this feat lie made himself scarce, and has not been heard of since, notwithstanding the earnest inquiries of anxious friends. It seems the fellow is a robber of some notoriety, as a reward of 2000 taels is the honor bestowed on Ids head by the Chinese authorities."

Are you troubled with any affection of the Liver ? If so send at once to Professor Moore, of the Medical Hall, Waipawa, for a box of his Podophyllin Pills. Podophyllum is the most reliable liver stimulent and alterative loioini within the whole range of the vegetable kingdom. Controlled and modified in action by the addition of other vegetable active principles, Professor Moore's Podophylliu Pills are perfection.— [Advt.]