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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 46, 25 July 1877, Page 2

The Connty Council will sit at the usual time and place this afternoon. Work is to be recommenced at once upon tbe Phosnix Company's lease, Murray Creek. The directors have decided to sink a shaft upon the reef, and tenders for the work will be called in the course of a day or two. It has been decided to give the old G-olden Treasure ground another trial. During the last nine months the holders of the ground have had one or, two hands employed pros* pecting, and ao the result the step indicated is to be taken. The remains of Mrs C. Go.thard were interred in the Keefton cemetery yesterday afternoon. The funeral moved at 4 o'olock ) and was very numerously attended. The members of the Loyal Keefton Lodge of Oddfellows attended in mourning regalia and marched to the place of burial. The burial service was performed by the Bishop of Nelson, assisted by the Rev. Mr Rutherford. P'ublio attention has once more been rivited upon the Just in Time Company, and Ihe demand for shares therm has caused considerable activity' in mining circles. Sales hare during the week past been readily effected at prices ranging from 14s 6d to 169. The bpinioa seems to prevail that the Just-in-Tirao and Fiery Cross are to bo the " comipg events" of the next summer. There is no doubt that they are two sold properties, and may be olasaed as amongst the safest ventures the i district offers for foreign capital. ; There was a sitting Qi|the Resident Magis» trate's' Court, yesterday! but the list was an unusually light one. Ifis Worship delivered judgment in "a number of reserved cases in which the National Bank as trustees were plaintiffs, and in which judgments were given for plaintiffs against the following defendants : Bergen, M'lnerhey, Lockington, and O'Han-' lon. The question of costs was reserved. This was the whole of the f business in the Magis trate's Court. In thMWarden's Court, a number of registrations wlrS granted to the Oriental Company. The application of — Martinelli, for a head of water, was granted. Protection for one month was granted to the Phcenix Company, such protection to date from the 17th July. Hans Jacobson and Thomas Cavell applied for protection for town allotments in Sinnamon street, which was granted. The application of Henry Jackson for cancellation of the Revival lease was called on, and as there was no appearane, the application waß#tp|k out. ; The oeremojp|pftfijiying the foundation stone of the n^;|^irdhig for the Church of England was performed yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of people. The ceremony according to the Church of England, was performed by Hi 9 Lordship the Bishop of Nelson, the service being interspersed with hyttjnsby the choir. The Masonic brethren inarched in procession-Jo the spot, and the Bishop having' con^^&dJfMr W. M'Lean, the head of' the Mj«j^NM|bs]3y in Reef ton, proceeded ' with thS^ntiMpo! the craft. Mr Warden Shaw presented a memorial commemorative' of the occasion, and which together with files of the latest papers was deposited in an aperture left, and the Bjt'dne- was then lowered into posiiion, and the ceremony ended. The Bishop then made a short address to those present.' He referred to the satifactory progress of the Church, and complimented tne members of the 'congregation upon their liberality in providing for the building. The choir then sang a hymn, and the ceremony 'concluded. The day being beatifully fine, Mr Barrowman, photographer, succeeded in obtaining an excellent picture of the scene. The Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Star writes :— There is, a 1,u1,l at present in political matters— rthe lull before the storm. Sir William Fitzherbert is still spoken of as tne coining Opposition leader. All, sorts of' opinions are hazarded to account for his assuming this role j in reality, I think the reasons are few and simple. First and, foremost he is pesonallyj and, one may' say, laudably, desirous of holding the position of Premier, a position which with all his length of service he has never yet held. And secondly, he, together with all thinking men, is disgusted ana" almost, horrified at the " Fantastic tricks played before high heaven' indulged in by the present Ministry, that he would like to see a change for the credit of the Colony, Ii it asserted by Ministerialists that Mr Fox is altogether with them ; this isi I think, extremely doubtful. It is true Mr Fox is well disposed towards them, hut it is Btated he wishes Mr- Gisborne to be ' taken into the Ministry ; should this occur, then Mr Fox gives a hearty support. G/is'borne knows a trick worth two of this, and declines the honor. 'Mr Vesey Stewart is liero finally arranging makers with the Government for the extension of the Katikati settlement. The Government ihave waived all their objections to the terms arranged by the Auckland lands Board, and those terms, with some very slight modification's, will now stand. The draft of the agreement is printed, and will be submitted" to the Auckland Board. ■ It has already been reported by telegraph that, in the case against the three women who i were charged with abandoui the child found

| in the porch of St. Joseph's Church, the accused were dismissed. Mr Joyce, who ap* peared for the defence, made an earnest and eloquent appeal on behalf of the accused. Allusion- wa9 made to the c Torts made to get' the" child placed in the Industrial School or Benevolent Asylum, and it was submitted that only when these efforts had failed, and the mother was unable to support it longer, did she resort to what she, ns a Koman Chatholic considered the next beat expedient. It was maintained that so far from endangering the child's life, as the prosecution contended, erery care was taken to place it where it would receive protection. The Eench differed, Mr Elliot being in favor of a committal, and Captain Baldwin holding the opinion that a sufficient case had not been made out. Und.er the circumstances, the information was dismissed without prejudice. A contemporary quotes from a letter writte 11 by the " degenerate " Earl of Eglinton (as it designates him), in which th.at nobleman confesses that he has " the bad taste to neither (sic) appreciate Burns' charaoter nor poems," and that under these circumstances, he " must beg to deolino subscribing to the proposed monument at £Kilmarnoek." There 19 no earthly reason why Lord Eglinton, who evidently feels strongly upon the subject of poof Robbie Burns' peccadilloes, should not maintain the courage of his opinions, and witlm hold his subscription for the " proposed monument ;" but it would have shown better taste had he left out his little fling at the morals of the poet. One would have fancied too that, being a dweller, as it were, upon sacred soil) the wealthy owner of the " Castle of Montgomerie," and the descendant of that very Earl whoso kitchen-maid or laundry-maid (I forget what was the exact capacity of " Highland Mary ") " kept company " with the immortal bard amongst the " banks and braes of bonny Doon," might possibly have liked to head the list, if only " for auld lang syne.V But there 19 no accounting for tastes or for the power of a strong conviotion 5 and though one has heard that noblesse oblige, one must lirst possess the noblesse, and afterwards an appreciation of the noble struggles of others. The members of the Bruce County Council decided |at a recent meeting that in future, when one member had occasion during the course of any debate to refer to another, he should do bo by merely prefixing the word " Mister '! to the name of the person he referred to. The use of the term Councillor was strongly objected to, a 9 it was not in harmony with several of the members' names. The Daily Times satirically suggests that probably, as one of the Councillors remarked, St. Kilda has had something to do with the decision.