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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1962, 19 August 1869, Page 2

Appointments. His Honor the Deputy Superintendant lifts appointed Mr D. Stronacb, of Ida Burn, and Mr R. Stewart, of Hawsburn Station, —Sheep Inspectors, without salary. The s. s. Maori.—This fine little steamer cleared the Customs this afternoon on her first trip to the Northern ports, having on board upwards of 100 tons cargo for ports between Dunedin and Lyttelton. She is commanded by Captain Malcolm, late of the p.s. Wallace. The Telegraph Department.— The General Manager of the New Zealand Telegraph issues a notice that on and after the Ist proximo telegrams will be received at the station (Dunedin), for Auckland, to be transmitted via Nelson or Napier by the first steamer to Auckland, of which due notice will he posted. All telegrams must be prepaid, and bear, in addition to the tariff charges, the full rate of postage from Nelson or Napier to Auckland, City Police Court, —At this Court, this morning, before James Fulton, Esq., R.M.,—Lewis Jungc, for allowing horses to wander, was fined 12s 6d and costs. < atherine Ainsley, an incorrigible, was sent to gaol for three months, for being a habitual drunkard. Mary Price and Thomas Pavelitch were charged on the information of the inspector of Nuisances with keeping pigs within the City boundaries As the nuisance complained of had been r moved, the cases were dismissed with a caution. Acclimatisation Society.—A meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation

Society was held this afteanoon, there being present Messrs Murison (in the chair), Eccles, arrick, and Captain Boy^. The honorary Secretary reported that four cock and 13 hen pheasants had be’ n turned out at Coal Point, where they had been forwarded under the charge of < 'aptain Tall, of the Taiaroa. Amongst the correspondence read was a letter from the Colonial Secretary, stating that the rules of the soon ty would be published in the next number of the New Zealand Gazette. Mr R. Chalmers of Taranaki wrote applying for tench. It was resolved that the writer should he informed that the bon. Secretary of the Society was not in a position to comply with hia request. A letter from Mr W. Black, Oamaru, acknowledging the receipt of L2 18s (id in nayment of hawks’ heads, was read. A letter from Mr A. Gr gor, Clutha on the subject of pheasants, was read. The hon. Secretary reported that three partridges had been given to the Society by Captain Lovell, of the ship Challenger, in exchange for two brace of pheasants. One of the birds had died in the aviary on the grounds, and the other two had been sent to Mr Telford, Otanomomo. It was resolved that the cock and four hen pheasants should be sent to Mr Telford, Several accounts were passed for payment. A letter from Mr Clifford was read. He wrote that while in Melbourne he had procured eight hares, which would be forwarded by an early steamer ; also that he had received a male swan (since received by the Omeo and forwarded to Mr F. Fulton). He anticipated obtaining a larger supply of trout ova than on the former occasion. The meeting then adjourned.

Late Governor of 'Tasmania. —The honor of knighthood was refu ed by Colonel Gore Browne while in the Colonies. At her Majesty’s express request he lias since accepted it. Return of Killed and Wounded. The following return of the numbers of killed, wounded, and prisoners, from the Ist Mav, 18G8, to the end of June, 1860, has been’laid on the tale of the House of Representatives :—Colonial forces, 98 killed, 101 wounded. Civilians: males, 14 killed, 4 wounded; females, 9 killed; children, IS killed.—Total killed and wounded, 244. Friendly natives: In warfare, 90 killed, 20 wounded ; not in warfare, 30 killed. Total 152. Rebels, killed and captured (actual) : killed, 279 ; captured, 242.—T0tal 521 The number of killed in actual warfare is then as follows :—European Colonial Forces, 98 ; Friendly Natives, 90.-—'Total 188. Rebels known to be killed, 299.—Balance in our favor, 91. A correslmndeiit in the Nelson Examiner , writing 011 this subject, points out that with regard to wounded it may fairly be concluded that the rebels would suffer in an equal proportion to ourselves, so that as our wounded amounted to 127, the following rule of three sum will give the probable loss of the euemv :—As 118 kdled : 127 wounded : : 279 rebels killed = 183 rebels wounded ; which being added to the 2/9 killed, gives 402 as the total loss of tie enemy in killed and wounded, to say nothing of prisoners. And the only note we have to make is, that such return may be correct, but so far as the rebels are concerned it is pure guesswork. Justices of the Peace.—During the consideration of the Petty Sessions Act Amendment Bill in the House of Kepi'osentatives on the 28tb ult., Mr Cracruft Wilson sai l —“ If any honorable member would bring forward a resolution f»r purging the list of Justices of the Reace of the Colony, he would have his sup ort. He knew from what he had heard of several persons on the list thac the Colony would be benefited by their being removed from it, and in his opinion the sooner it was done the better Mr Dillon Bell followed and said “He was glad the attention of the House was directed to a matter wh eh, at the present mom-, ut, was a crying evil to the country. As one of the oldest Justices of the Peace in the country, he constantly felt, and did feel now that the bench had been disgraced by s-me of those who had obtained the commission of the Peace. Not very long ago ho had heard a report of one of the Justices of the Peace having been found one day in a state of drunkenness in one of tte principal towns of the Colony, and that on the subsequent day he had taken his seat on the bench as a Justice of the Peace, and fb.ed other people for being drnnk. He had made inquiry as to the accuracy of the report, and found that it was true. He hoped that the House would legislate on the matter, and that there would be some support given to the Government to take steps towards purging the commission of the peace, and only placi g persons on it who were really fit to administer justice.

We have been requested to call attention to the announcement that the premises over SteinhofFs, the tobacconist, have been opened as a chop and supper rooms. A MEETING of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association will he he ! d at the lied Lion Hotel, this evening, at half-past seven o’clock.