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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5303, 10 February 1879, Page 2

We regret to state that Captain Smith, of the steamer Mohaka, fell from the topmast of the vessel into the sea. when nearingthc Porangahau bar on Saturday, and was drowned. The body was washed ashore yesterday, and will be brought down to Napier and an inquest hold bofore Dr. Hitchings, coroner. From Woodville some particulars have been received of tho discovery of human bones in the bush. Mr Holder having reported to the police that he had found a human skull on his land, Constable Ironson proceeded to the place and dug .out some human bones in a very rotten I condition. The skull, however, is perfect, with the exception of the jaw. In order to get at the bones the constable had to cut through a large tree which was lying on the ground, the bones being underneath. This would seem to indi- | cate that the person to whom the bones [ belonged when in life, had been killed by the falling of the tree. The Stewart family had an excellent house at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, when they presf nted their entertainment entitled "If." Like the " Rain- ! "bow Revels," "If " is merely a medium ! for the display of the varied talent of Mr Richard Stewart and his charming and clever daughters. A London .lodginghouse keeper (Mis Maggie Stewart) has a number of lodgers and their visitors who are most amusingly personated by the several members of tho Stewart family. One of the lodgers, a New York belle (Miss Maggie Stewart), conceives the idea of getting up the performance of " Cinderalla" aided by the servants in the house, and it is carried out most divertinglj\ One of tho servants is the cook, and "in this character Miss Docy Stewart's performance kept the house in a continual roar. Miss Maggie Stewart played tho Prince with great spirit, but her impersonation of "a thweet thampleof thentiment" was even better. Miss Nellie Stewart sustained five characters — a maid of all work, Tiger Smarty, Lord Fits Blazington, an Irish flower girl, and Cinderalla — and in all five she carried the house with her. • Mr Stewart was, as he always is, the finished actor in each of the characters he delineated, the best perhaps being the Marquis de Millefleurs. There were a good many songs and a good deal of dancing ; all good, though we must confess to a preference for tho operatic selections which were artistically rendered by Miss Docy Stewart. The entertainment altogether was the best we have witnessed in Napier, and kept the audience thoroughly amused during the whole time, without cessation. To-night is the last of the appearance in Napier of these clever artistes, when "If" will be repeated. In the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning, John Whelan and Richard Whelan were brought up charged with having, on the 6th February, forcibly entered certain premises at Taradale, the property of William Hawker. Mr Macdonald appeared 1 for the prosecution, and stated that an important witness was absent, and could not attend that day. He would, however, go on with tho case if tho Court chose, as he was of opinion that he could adduce sufficient evidence, even without that witness, to ensure a committal, if not a conviction. If the Court decided to adjourn the case he was quite willing to agree to it. His Worship thought it better to adjourn the case for fuller evidence. It was accordingly adjourned till this day. The prisoners made application for bail. His Worship said he should take bail of £50 for each of the prisoners, and two sureties of £25 each. Inspector Scully informed His Worship that the police had in possession the sum of £44 which was found on the prisoners, which might be accepted as bail if His Worship thought proper. Mr Macdonald stated that prisoners had promised to koep away from the premises in question till after Monday. They were therefore admitted to bail. There was no other business. Tho Consolation Prizes, for all nonwinners at the late Rifle Association meeting, were fired for on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in the first prize, ii2, being won by Mr S. Hooper, with 44 points.; the second prize, £1 10s, was taken "by Mr Pell, with 43 points ; and the third, £l, by Mr John Chicken, with 41. The ranges were 200 and 400 yards, seven shots at each range. Major Routledgo was tho officer in command of the firing, Sub. -Lieutenant Batham, of the Engineers, being squad officer. The following are the scores : —

Mr Cornford made application, in the R.M. Court on Saturday morning, for bail for Denis O'Brien, who was brought up on remand charged with having set fire to the Konini Hotel on the 25th ult. His Worship said as the charge was a very serious one, ho would require the accused to find bail himself in £500, and two sureties of £250 each. Mr Cornford replied that his Worship's decision in the matter of bail virtually meant that the accused should go to prison, as it was hardly likely a swagsman could find bail for such a large amount. On Inspector Scully's application, the prisoner was remanded till to-day at 4. p.m. Bail was eventually found for the prisoner. Tho inquest on the firo will bo resumed, this afternoon at 4 o'clock* -.^^

Wo duvvt. tlie atlenjion qf SJoniboM of tho Napier Latia find Mjlding Society, No. 4, to an. advertisement in another coliumi intimating that the business ox the society will, in future, be held in the office of the Hawko's Bay Permanent Building and Investment Society, in Browning-street, The office will he open this K evening for the receipt of tlitJ ilsital Subscriptions. A nlait itamild J; % Seal', tinj of the' immigrants oy tlio Acla7iiant, was brought to town on Saturday evening, having boon arrested at Hayelock 911 ttio charge of passing valueless , chqq'itcs: n He will bo brought Hji Ah BliH R.M. Court this niorning. At a general mooting of the Wanganni Rifle Volunteers on Friday evening last it was resolved— " That a subscription list bo opened for the widow and children of Sergeant Kclaall-, of Wapiory who was killed a short time back while marking at the Napier rifle range. The Herald says:— "The action taken by the Wanganui Eiflo Volunteers in this matter is to be heartily commended. They propose to raise a sum not loss than £10. If every volunteer company in the colony I will show the like practical sympathy j with the bereaved family, substantial ; help may be forwarded id thdniu "There ard several , anecdotes told about the attempt dn King Humbert's life at Naples," observes thd Pdll Mall Gazette. " One is that Signor Cairoli, who according to etiquette should not have sat opposite the King when the young Prince was present, made themistake on getting into'tho carriage, and when he found it out wished to change ; but the King said ho might as well stay whore he was, and so by an accident he was able to seize the assassin. Tho mistake seems too happy, however, to have boon altogether casual. Another story is that the King said, when he reached tho palace^ ' It is only a scratch ; lam good for another man yet.' A good deal has been said about the young Prince showing the ' indomitable courage of his race,' whereas he probably understood very little of what was going on, though ho showed a natural childish ■ eagerness when, with all coremony, the knife found on Passanante was shown him for identification by crying out, "E questo !' (that's thp one), while everyone else was maintaining it could not be tho one. The Queen, it seems, did show wonderful courage. Perhaps if her Majesty, like many other people, knew that tho attempt was to bo made, it was a, relief to know it was over." : Here (says "Atlas") is Prince Bismarck's view of the English statesmen: — " Whenever I come to close quarters with the English Government and I feel its pulse, the more I am struck with its complete want of systematic and consistent ideas. They waver ; and you find that there has been an election, or a meeting, or a newspaper article, which has thrown them into a panic. It is just the samo whether Lord Beaconsfield or Mr Gladstone is Minister. No Turkish. Pashas are more afraid of the Sultan than these English Grand Viziers of public opinion ; and unfortunately this Sultan is not less capricious, or less uninformed than the others." Someone having observed that Lord Beaconsfield was a great party leader, and that Mr Gladstone was a great financier, the Prince added, "If Lord Beaconsfield really deserves that reputation, he must lead his party much better than he does his country ; and if Mr Gladstone's finance is so admirable it must be conducted xipon very different principles than those of his foreign policy." Another musical prodigy has appeared in America in the person of a boy named Master Gaorge Fox. At a recent private performance he played several original selections on the pianoforte, composing as ho played. He played the bass accompaniment to a brilliant waltz played by Mons. Mazurette, and after that the boy improvised a Avalts of much the same style. He then called off by letter the keys on the piano as they were struck singly and together, chords and discords and haphazards, the boy standing ten feet away from and with his back to the instrument. The audience were invited to accompany him to the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, where he would give an exhibition on tho pipe organ. The audience at the church consisted of between two and three hundred people, amongst them boingmembers of the press, tho bar, the medical profession, and the clergy. Professor Apel manipulated the stops, and for fully fifteen minutes the boy produced a voluntary at once classical, difficult, and entertaining. He next played the bass accompaniment to a melody performed by Professor Apel without an error. He played an original melody, while Professor Apel played the bass accompaniment, and then he dashed into an impromptu composition replete with beautiful waltzes, marches, and andante passages. He continued for about fifteen minutes, when suddenly he stopped, and saying, " I haven't got any music," clambered down from his seat, and the entertainment was ended. Master Fox cannot read a note of music, is but two months over seven years of age, is a handsome boy, well proportioned, with no look of hard study or premature age, and without doubt is the greatest musical phenomenon that has developed in this country since the advent of the famous Blind Tom. — Detroit Free Press. At Inglewood, Victoria, a great commotion was caused during a concert that was being held at Tatchell's Eoyal Hotel, by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp, which broke on the floor, the kerosene igniting and spreading along the floor. One young woman, whose dress caught fire, was severely burnt about the body and logs. There were about 200 persons present, and a regular stampede (as in ! all cases of this sort) was made for the j door, which made things worse by stopping up the doorway. The floor and j some forms were charred. The unfortunate young woman was taken to the hospital, where she was promptly attended to. An offer of £850,000 is said to havo 1 been recently made for the London Telegraph, and declined by its proprietors, Messrs Lawson, Levy, and Co. As the Telegraph is rated fourth in value among the London newspapers, it would appoar that the journalistic market is at least " firm " over there. The Times is roughly valued at £5,000,000, the Standard at £2,000,000, and the Daily News at £1,000,000. The price asked for the Telegraph is a round million. The circulation of these journals is given at 85,000 daily for the Times, 145,000 for the Standard, 184,000 for the News, and '• 200,000 for tho Telegraph. In point of advertising patronage the Times exceeds all the other three combined ; the Standard surpasses both the News and the Telegraph, and the former leads the latter. The paper of least circulation has the most advertising patronage, and vice versa. An exchange mentions a thrilling incident that occurred recently at the Niagara Falls, when a young man named Charles Addington, of Buffalo, playfully lifted up the little daughter of the lady who was with him, and said, "Hi, now, lam going to throw you in !" The child with a spasmodic leap, escaped from his hands, and fell into the fierce current of the river. "Oh! my God!" shouted young Addington, and he sprang in, with hopeless impulse, to save her. In less than a minute both these waifs upon the rapids were borne over and mangled beneath the Falls. A new Synagogue, said to be one of ! the finest of its kind in Europe, has just been opened at Warsaw. It has cost, 1 the Jeioish World says, no less than I £48,000, exclusive of the cost of site, which was 70,000 roubles. Bleeding at the nose can be stopped by tolling a raan that his parents wore born in a poorhouse. His nose will stop and yours will begin.

Soine. lucky minors at Dunolly have . " struck J^heay&'l. $°* twelve years the Queen's Bu'tiit% QoWpVtay fojtVe kept til exploring for tho rich rtwf WfcloK t&o 1 instinct of tbe true rain or told thorn Was 1 somowhero thorn or thereabouts. Their fortunes ran so low that at ono timo the manager could not get credit for a few loada of firewood. Last year £78,000 was paid in dividends. At Ultd Mffiborti'ne District Court, on tlin 7tli Jdniidifi Mi' 3d\iH . Cfoil w^rty, the promoter and nidrtigcr off ctf 4tiri Australian 1 Eleven cricketers, Was stfccj: by a 1 yduth nclnated Charles Boharaier for assaulting, him oil ttio .Melbourne cricket ground on last Thursday af temodii; Mr Eobert Walsh appeared for tho co'mplairlarit, and Mr Purves for tho defence. Mr Purvos lria'dp" an offer to his learned friend tdWithafaNv tlie cross-summons brought by &onway AgeMat Bohanier, providing tho other side did the slanlfl. He thought it was a case in which eaoh side could bear and forbear. Mr Conway was connected with a nuinbor of gentlemen who had cast a lustre upon not only Victoria, but also, iipon all tho Aiistralias. Mr Walsh regretted 1 thrtt his instructions prevented hint frdm' entertaining tho suggestidn thrown o"ut by his learned friend. The case then proceeded, the prosecution calling Charles' Bohamer, a youth of about nineteen years df age 1 ; who doposed that he was a gatekdopJer at tho Melbourne Cricket Club's, ground, on January 2. During thd afternoon 1 of the day in question the defendant presented himself at tho gate of which witness was in charge, and endeavored to pass in. Bohamer stated that, not knowing Conway, he refused to admit him without a tickot. Witness alleged that defendant then forced his way through the gate, when complainant held hini by the arms. The latter then twisted Bohamer over his thigh, and threw him on the ground, in which position defendant struck him with his umbrella. Witness did not know Conway, and Mr James, the overseer of the money-takers, coming up, recommended defendant to go round to tho pavilion entrance, which advice was followed. Iu cross - examination, Bohamer said ho did not scratch Conway on the face. Witness evoked considerable laughter by stating that not only did he not know Conway by sight, b\it he was equally unfamiliar with the features of Mr Allan, who, according to the learned counsel, is the "premier lefthanded bowler of the present century." Mr Purvis looked aghast at the admission, but contented himself by ejaculating that witness was a pretty specimen of an Australian aative. Mr Smith, tho overseer of the checktakers, proved having witnessed the assault, and also to having heard defendant say, " You are a lot of blackguards. I will go into my own ground, and I defy your red tape." Two or three other witnesses for the complainant proved having witnessed the assault. For the defence, Mr Purvis said that the other side had not proved any right to collect money for admission at the gates of the M.C.C. ground, which, in effect, was a public reserve. Moreover, Mr Conway had not struck a blow until Bohamer had first committed an assault by holding him by the arms. The Bench dismissed both the summons and the counter summons.

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