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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5280, 14 January 1879, Page 2

A notification appears in the last Gazette that Robert Stuart, Esq., has been appointed Registration and Returning Officer for the Electoral Districts of Napier and Clive for the election of members of the House of Representatives. The man supposed to be insane, for whom a hunt has been made for the last few days in the ranges at Woturu, some 19 miles from Waipukurau, has not yet been captured. The person who first gave information about the matter is named Hooper. He says that the demented man stated that he was searching for one Muir, whom he intended to kill. Instructions have been sent to the police in the vicinity to search for Muir. We learn from Gisborne that a man named Peter Regan cut his throat, and is now in the hospital in a dangerous condition. Bulwer Lytton's celebrated play of "Richelieu" at the Tlieatre Royal last night attracted a well-fllled house, although heavy rain fell before and during the performance. Mr Hoskins' impersonation of the grand old Cardinal and Prime Minister of France was a great treat to witness, being a splendid specimen of acting and elocution; he was called before the curtain at the end of every act. Miss Colville represented Julio de Morteinar with- much grace and feeling, the character being particularly suited to her. She was warmly applauded by tho audience. Chevalier de Mauprat was played by Mr Hodgson in a most talented manner, his acting at times fairly taking the house by storm. He has previously appeared in the character in Napier^ but never with more success than last night, when he was an admirable support to . Mr Hoskins and Miss Colville. The other parts were also successfully played, and the piece went capitally throughout. To-night two comedies will bo produced, " The Jealous Wife" and the " Serious Family." As to-morrow night will bo the last opportunity of witnessing the acting of those popular artistes, there will doubtless be good houses on both occasions. A telegram we have received from the Bluff states that the Australian news received by the Ringarooma, which arrived yesterday, is unimportant excoptthe following : — The Victorian police have arrested a large number of persons, under the Outlawry Act recently passed, on suspicion of their being bush telegraphers for tho Kellys. Most of them are confined in Beechworth gaol, and a detachment of artillery has been sent up to protect the gaol from attack. — Governor Robinson is in Melbourne, where he arrived by the overland route from Sydney in 24 hours, the shortest time in which tho journey has yet boon done. We understand that the Rev. Mr Irvine, whilst he was in Wellington, submitted a scheme to Mr Kenneth Wilson, who is relinquishing his post as Principal of the Wellington College, to join him in the Napier Grammar School. Mr Wilson is an accomplished scholar, and would doubtless bring many boarders with him from Wellington. Mr Irvine was also successful in getting a competent man for tho office of Assistant Master in tho Grammar School, which re-opens on Monday week, the 27th instant. The Pakeha Maori, Moffatt, whose claims to property of immense value in Vt ellington are now exciting attention, is said to be at present residing with the Chief Manihera, at Papawai, near Greytown. Messrs Routledge, Kennedy and Co. will sell at 2 o'clock this afternoon in their rooms, Tonnyson-streot, a quantity of furniture, the^jproporty of a gentleman leaving Napier ; also, 14 cases of ripe apples .iVom Wairoa,

We have to acknowledge the receipt, from the local secretary, Mr Frank Pell, of a copy of the rules of the New Zealand Rifle Association; The book also contains a large quantity of information in reference to the first annual prize-firing competition, to take place at Nelson next month. Copies can be had from the local Secretary. The Wellington Post says:— "We observe a series of well written and well reasoned letters in the Sydney Morning Herald, on the land systems of New Zealand. They are signed "Peregrinus," and, we believe; are the productions of Mr Montague> who was recently in this colony as the agent of Mdlle. Charbonnot. They display keen observation, and. that practical scope and application which mark an experienced Press man." Tho Post is in error. The articles in question are from the pen of Mr W. W. Carlilo, late of Napier. The' writer of " Local Gossip" in the Dunedin Age says 1— " During the Highland sports on the Caledonian Grounds, the pipers and other musicians were marshalled by a well-known leader of Presbyterian psalmody. An old lady, who makes it her boast that during the last ' twal yeara' she has never c travelled oot o' sicht o' Dunedin,' enquired, ' What body's that wi' the big paunch, wha struts sac proodly in front o 1 the music' ' That,' replied the wag accosted, ( That's the new Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson. ' ' Dear me,' said the old lady. c dae ye tell me sac. An' is he really sic a graund musician that he maun march at the head o' the kilties I What big chuffs he has got. I'll warrant he can sing when he likes, for he's got a singin' mouth !' ' Sing, woman !' said an elderly man, evidently her husband, who stood alongside listening, ' sine;, ye gowk! Is it any woilder he should sing when he's bred and born a precentor.' " The Lyttelton Times of a late date says: — "The members of the Charitable Aid Board appeared to be fairly staggered at the amount of distress which they are called upon to relievo. Tho year just closing has not been an exceptionally hard one for the poor, yet the amount of relief afforded by charitable aid has nearly reached £300 in one month. Half of this was given in the shape of rations, the rest in hard cash." Mr Thomas Kempton Lunor was elected Mayor of Greytown on Tuesday last, polling seventy-one votes, whilst his opponent, Mr P. H. Wood, polled only forty-eight. Says the Wairarapa Daily, before the crowd, which was remarkably well-ordered at the time of the official declaration, dispersed, a large particolored baloon, bearing in large letters the name of the new Mayor, was inflated, but owing to a deficiency of gas after a brief and erratic career found secure lodgment on the roof of the church — a beautiful exemplification of the attachment which should subsist between Church and State. The Marlhorough Express says: — Monster claimants are getting fashionable now, and even quiet Marlborough is to have a turn with other localities in this experience. From a Wellington telegram we learn that one of the vagabonds who live among and prey upon the native race has set up a claim inter alia to 18,000 acres in Wairau Valley. We shall have more of this shortly ; at present we have but scanty information. At the Victorian banquet to the Australian cricketers the Bishop of Melbourne said he accepted the task of proposing the health of the team because he had always been a lover, and, in his early days, a practiser of the game of cricket. • (Cheers.) He thought it was one of the noblest of games. In the first place, if a man would attain any proficiency at cricket he must keep a quick eye, a strong free wrist, and generally a sound physique; and a man could not do these things unless he had what was the grandest quality that lies at the basis of a strong character, viz., self-control. Then, again, unless a man was prepared to obey the commands of his captain he would not do much good in the field as a member of an eleven, and when he had learnt .to obey the commands of his captain he would begin to cherish a healthy contempt for the spurious land of liberty which consisted chiefly of an idle and capricious self-will. (Cheers.) Again, he believed that the game of cricket presented as few encouragements' to that great bane of all public sports — gambling — as any game he knew. (Renewed cheers.) The gambler delighted, to have a larger margin of chances in any game which he wanted to bet upon, and a vicious gambler liked to have a chance of foul play. Now, though it was said that there was a glorious uncertainty in cricket, yet he ventured to say that the average performances of such an eleven as that we sent to England were a certainty. (Cheers.) Their play was not likely to leave much margin for gambling. They might doctor a horse or they might bribe a single jockey, bnt they could not doctor, and thank God they could not bribe, eleven English gentlemen. For all these reasons, therefore, he had a great interest in the good old game of cricket; and in the next place he demanded — he did not think the word was a bit too strong — he demanded the admiration of these colonies for the manner in which the Australian Eleven had upheld the noble old game. (Cheers.) He followed their course, at first with as much anxiety as interest, because, although he knew they had gone to England intending to do well, he was also aware of what temptations a peculiar mission like theirs would be surrounded with. He had, therefore, at first a certain amount of fear, but in a little time his anxiety vanished ; for he saw they were playing the game in a fine, free, open, and generous manner. They were taking no mean advantages. If they won they bore their victory, not with the stoicism of the Indian, but with tho ruodesty af the Christian gentleman — (cheers) — and if they lost they took their beating like men, and instead of being cowed they were stimulated to further and better endeavors . ( Applause . ) He ventured to say that the conduct of the Eleven was altogether admirable, and ho believed tho best proof of it had been given by their having won the admiration, not merely of enemies, although that was hard enough, but of beaten enemies, which was the hardest thing in the world. The following extract may serve to show how the Chinese, when in sufficient numbers, form themselves into separate communities exercising the powers of life and death. It is taken from the Oregon Standard: — " On Friday last one of our city undertakers was called upon to bury a body from the hospital in rear of the joss house. At the appointed time he called, and placing the body in a box, conveyed it to the morgue. Upon examination it was ascertained that he had been choked to death, the marks on his throat and neck being plainly visible, and they wore examined by the Chief of Police. It has been said that there is a Chinese secret court in the joss house, who conduct their business on a strictly heathen plan, convicting and executing their victims in private, then causing the bodies to be carried away and buried. Our city is of sufficient size to compel certificates of burial to be given before a burial, in that way placing a stepping stone to the detection and punishment of crime." The managers of all the banks in the Hamilton district have received a caution from the police department. It is thought (says the Spectator) that a raid may be made on some of the financial establishments between Hamilton and Warrnambool. Managers are therefore requested to keep their powder dry, and otherwise place themselves in readiness to give the bushrangers a warm reception at this festive season of tho year,

The cost of the projected harbor works at Hokitika is estimated at £31,000, and the first section, for which Mr W. Smith is the contractor, will be completed by the end of 1879. The following from the World.is the latest mot attribiited td the English Premier. Hearing that Mr Gladstone was staying at "Wrest Park, the seat of Lady Cowper, Lord Beaconsfield said, ' I suppose he thinks that I — the wicked — will cease from troubling, now that he — the weary — is at rest.'