LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 65, 19 March 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I ChbiBTCHurch, 18th March. At the Supreme Court this morning, the disoharge of John Murphy was formally applied for, on the ground that a writ of error had so directed. His Honor, however, holds the conviction (and consequent sentence) to be good on certain counts, and the matter ifs again to be referred to the Court, and the application for rale nisi for a new trial was : refused, but leare was given to Mr. Harper to appeal. A man named Longmore made an impudent attempt to steal a cash-box at Botherfield's Hotel yesterday afternoon. He snatched it from the landlady, and bolted, but was soon ' caught, and to-day was sent up for trial at the Supreme Court. A respectable-looking young woman, named Soothe, was brought up at the Police Court to-day on six or seven charges of bhop-lifting. Her story was rather a sad one, as she appeared to have been driven to it. Her husband held id good position at Home, but is at present away from here, and her child having fallen ill she was tempted to commit the crime. The magistrate appeared to understand the pitiful circumstances of the case, as he sentenced her to a month's impriuonment only, on all the charges. Head-Attendant Clarke and Attendants Eastham and Lennon, of Sunnyside Asylum, have been awarded gratuities Dy the Government for special services under the following circumstance :— A lnnatio had barricaded the I dor of hjs cell, broken up the flooring, and armed himself with a piece of wood. In order to prevent the madman from hurting himself, or escaping, it became necessary to Becnro him at once, and the door was forced amidst a shower of wood, sawdust, and stones. The lunatic was not secured, however, till he had bitten and otherwise injured his captors. The attendants, according to the report. " behaved with courage and forbearance." DtfNKDiN, 18th March. At Palmerston, William Ernost, the borough clerk, has been committed for trial for embezzlement. This Dat. Mr. Downie Stewart withdraws unreservedly all statements made by him reflecting on Mr. M'Dermott's professional conduct, and regrets that under a misapprehension of facts he should have made them. The action will therefore be stopped. TiMART/ tt lBth March. The Eev. Father Goitonoirewas presented at Waimate on St. Patrick's Day with an address and purse of 112 sovereigns by the members of his late congregation. New Plymouth, 18th March It was reported some time since that gold had been found up the Patea River, inland of Hawera, by Mr. Barclay's survey party. A prospecting party has been out for a month on the land. One of the prospectors has interviewed the editor of the Herald, and states that the party made a most thorough search, but con id see no signs of " true quartz in any of the rivt-rs. The country as a whole is Very broken and poor, with patches here and there of passable land, but it chiefly consists of sand, stone, black slate, and stiff clay. Nothing anywhere is to be seen which would indicate gold being in the district. WANGANtii, This Day. The five representatives of the Wanganui Rifles who Tron tho companies' trophy at Nelaon wera challenged by another team of five chosen from the same corps yesterday. The match, which was under the same conditions as at Nelson, came off this morning, and resulted in a victory for the second team. The Nelson representatives scored 418 ; the second team Bcored 4i7, or 7 points more than the winning score at Nelson. Auckland, This Day. AH the typhoid fever cases in the hospital are convalescent, and no new case 3 hare been admitted ; one patient died last night.