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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 300, 28 October 1864, Page 4

Tin-: r;:ovixfi.u, CorNcii..— In the Coiuicii. yesterday. Mr. .Newman replied to ;i ion I rom i\l r. O'-Xcill. 11 nit it: was not ill! ended t«> use the ' M iti-ion' lnilk for the confinement of tli<prisoners now in the city gaol. when (lie silo was disposed 01, unless i|, wore found absolutely necessary, which lie did not think would be tincase, as arrangements were being made lor increased accommodation at the Stockade. and at t,lie new lock-up adjoining the police ollice. In reply to a question I rom Air. Hall, he said itwas the inteiniou of' the Government in n lew days to provide lor the settlement of disputed land claims by a proposal to constitute a permanent .Hoard to whom ihev could lie referred. With reference to Mr. Hall's questions on the subject of the Russell coal mines, lie said that a quantity of coal h:ul been got. some of which would be sent to the Olago Exhibition, and some had been .submitted to various consumers lor experiment. Jhe petitions ol W. Simons. .1. and L. J iddy, G . 11 ill, and Sophia G ivy were referred to Committee. The motions of Air. V» ynn, lor production ol the official correspondence relative to M r. Austin, the vctcrinary siirgcon, and for the printing of tliaf referring to Colonel Kenny's claim, were agreed to. Mr. Hall's motion for production of 'the tracing of portions of the Trunk line of the Great .North -Road was adopted. Also those of _M i. Carleton lor copies of correspondence and legal opinions concerning the refusal of land grants to claimants. Messages were brought down from his Honor on Ihe subject of the expenditure for the .Inspection of Diseased Cattle, and to the correspondence relative to the appointment of the Chief Engineer. The first Mas read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the keccni Appointments Committee. The second was laid on the table. The Appropriation Hill, with the Estimates lor the year, was brought- down. ordered to be printed, and to be. read a second time toibiy. The House went, into committee on the Municipal Police Hill, wJiich after considerable discussion on the clauses, was defeated upon a motion that the Chairman do report progress. -1 he Council adjourned at half past 4 o'clock". Thk Yl'l.vkk'ton Ari'KAL. —The following are the remarks of the Thins on the issue of the appeal as regards Miss Lougworth, who has lost.

ao honour in losing lier marital name : —"lt may be doubted whether, on the whole, »MlSs Eiongworth onglit not to congratulate herself on the issue of this prolonged .litigation. . Oil, the whole, tiie majority of the judges befol'o whom her case lias passed have 'decided in hei" favour, arid it is impossible to suppose that the estimate of liei; character will much depend on the accident iliat of the judges who heard the argument in the final.court there was a.majority at three to two against her. .And if faihire be no gl'eltt hardship, success would hate been fatal. It can jievc;!' be desirable to tie together in indissoluble iniius a mail and woman who are wholly estranged from one another, and the fact that this particular appellant was Sie man would not lessen the truth of the general proposition. Whether.she Were successful or unsuccessful, the character of her intercourse with Major YelVerl'on would always have been a subject of debate. Instead of being tied to a man who must by this time be hateful to her, she is now free, and has Avon the sympathy of thousands who, rightly or wrongly, will always regard her as tin ih'|ViW>tl woman-." , . - '• ' Accident ax 'iQATIhtJJfOA.--A bushman, whose name -is 'at present unknown, met with a serious accident on Wednesday evening at Onehungu,. The sufferer was engaged in making hir- bollt fast to the wlui ri\ when kUeeling down intent upon hiw work, he struck liis head with inimctise CoV'ce against one of the piles of the \v!t'riVi, and very seriously injured himself; Tiie Titeatkkr. —Bol-li thp .Ulentri'eili 'establishments of this t'il.y .pbvye'd the same, pieces as on the jiV-evioiis evening, and both succeeded ill Vei'y good audiences. ;.The actors fn ent to have wamie.d Jo their parts in oiie v':lse as in ; the other,, and thi\seen/Hi elVccts go more smoothly by repetit.tu'A. We may congratulate our fei!ow-\:it'iy.ons who are dramatically given oil having so good a choice of enlel'tftiument now nightly provided bv thuill. lli:iii:i-;\v (ViNuttftUAi'iojf.—We fake the following {Volh the Jfobart Town- Mercury of the I'itli lnst.: —On Friday evening, the t'Otlvttf September, the new year of this body 'commencing, most of the members with their families were assembled by hppoiiitment in the ante-rpowv of the Sjiiagogue, when before the commencement of the service, Mr. L. Sussmavi., the lion. Secretary of the congvegiitioh. read and presented. tlio following address to the Uev. Mr. Goldreich : " Jieverend and dear Sir, —The ladies o',' the Hebrew congregation, of this city avail themselves ofthis festive seasonlo present toyou a new surplice as a small mark of the regard and esteem in which you are held by them. 11l the short time of your sojourn here yoH ha\c endeared yourself to everybody with whom \'ou have been brought in contact by the assiduous and in every Way satisfactory manner in whieh you haVe discharged the many onerous duties devolving upon yoi:. and ; n giving you most heartily the. compliments of the season, thev wish yon every success and happiness this world e;;yi bestow. I have the honor to remain. Reverend and dear Sir, on behalf of the ladies of the Hebrew congregation, (signed) Leo Sussman. Hon. Secretary. Airs. P. Bevy then handed the surplice to the liev. gentleman, who expressed his gratitude for the compliment paid him in a most feeling and impressive speech. The congregation then repaired to the synagogue for service, which was opened by the We". Mr. Gohlrcieh, with an Knglish prayer, very suitable for the solemn occasion'. Tin-: W'oukivi; JdA.V's Gai:i>i-:>\—An observant person perambulating the streets of the outskirts of the city, and those thoroughfares which are not in crowded localities, cannot fail to remark the diversity which exists ill the appearance of the patches of ground in which the cottages are situated. In some, he will perceive small portions in front of the houses cultivated with care, and stocked with flowers, all beautiful, and some of even a choice description, the ground in the rear, if there be aliy, being devoted to the culture of culinary vegetables, with, pel haps, the currant;, gooseberry, and raspberry, and some larger fruit trees. In others he will find every available space occupied by useful herbs and vegetables, peas, beans, cabbage, onions, lettuces, radishes, &c.. while in a great many he will find no cultivation at all. but weeds in abundance, particularly the marsh mallow, plenty of stones, and heaps of rubbish. We need scarce!}' observe, that these several domiciles a/ford some indications of the characters and dispositions of their respective occupants, the one representing the frugal and industrious, the other the lazy. idle, and heedless, if nothing worse. The benelks derived from these small gardens are very considerable. In the first place, there is the advantageous usi of the fruit and vegetables, useful not only in a pecuniary point of view, but as affording generally, or at least in the estimation of tlu owner, a better article than can be procured in the market, and without the trouble of purchasing it. Then the pleasure and healthful recreation deduced from cultivating the ground is nc moan feature in the benefits derived, for this can be managed in such a manner as not to interfere with the working hours of the occupant; an hour or two now and again between whiles will go tar towards stocking a small piece of ground, and in this as in other cases, where there is a will there is a way. and the result is calculated to afford no inconsiderable profit as well as pleasure. The mere temporary occupation ot many of these tenements is a bar with some persons to any care or adaption of the ground, but ill any ease the employment ot cultivation would be a healthy recreation, and would occupy time which might be spent in a worse manner. We should like in see some encouragement given to the working mau iu this respect. Gn more than one occasion, we believe the Horticultural Society gave a prize for the best kept cottage garden in or near t iobiirt Town, but. perhaps, its funds are not siiflicicnlly ample to revive this practice. We have, however, several affluent and philanthropic gentlemen among us, who would do good service by rewarding industry in this manner, and by thus exciting competition in the right direction ; the prize might still be left to the adjudication of the Horticultural Society, or in :iny other-way if the donor preferred it.— J lobar! '/'turn J/a-rirru, Oct. 4. iii-:sidust Alacmsthatk's Court. —His "Worship was engaged the whole of yesierdaj' in hearing civil actions; no less than -1-5 being set down. Assaulting a Svveuioi! Officer.—Two articled seamen, attached to the ' Jumna,' were sentenced in the Police Court yesterday to eight weeks' imprisonment with hard labour tor having assaulted the second mate of that vessel. S'i'im mm. a Pa in of Boots.—A mau named Frai eis Gorman. formerly quartermaster, attached to l lie " Kagle Speed,' was apprehended yesterday afternoon Ivy Constable Donnelly on a charge of this nature. It. appears the accused was m a state of intoxication yesterday afternoon about, two o'clock, when he took a'pair of boots that were hanging from a peg outside the shop of Mr. S. Al. Green, bootmaker, Q" l ' l '"' st,n et, and, secreting them under his coat, was about to walk .-way with them when Air. Green observed somit'iing suspicious about his dress, and i hereto re stopped him. Kpon search bo found the stolen property upon his person. The prisoner wi'i be brought before his Worship I his morning. Wi: have been requested to state that the members of the United Cricket Club will meet (or practice this afternoon, on their priictee ground in the Domain. The match between (he United and .Auckland Clubs which was to have been played last Saturday will take place (o-morrow, wickets to be pitched at one o'clock precisely. A\ YoS'N v Hazlkokn.—This case came on for hearing at the Resident Magistrate's yesterday. The action was brought by Mr. 12.' W. Wynn igainst the Commissioner of Crown Lands Auckland, to recover the sum of .Co ) amount

of damage alleged to have bceii sustained by tlie plaintiff iri the cohseqtien'ce of the detention bfa Cr'owfa grant. Mr. Merrimaiipartially cohducted tiie case on behalf of the plaintiff, find Mr. Crawford for the defendant. The counsel for the defence admitted that the grant had been detained by the Commissioner until certain Government.fees,were. Jiaid upon it, and this being clearly .proved from the evidence of Mr. Hazledeh and Mr. Warner, the whole ques- , lion resolved itself into a legal point. .Air Wynn stated that the action was brought, purely upon public grounds, and he trusted it would not be thought that in bringing . tlie matter before the , public that it- was done >thro\fgli any degree of spleen, cause l ! by the late discussions at tlie Provincial Council. He merely wished to have the question settled for the sake of benefi- ■ ting poor emigrants. Suicide.—A melancholy event of this t'Jiantci ter occurred yestel-dily lutcrnoon in Auckland. A. yoUiig luaii named Samuel Wakejian, 17 veats ; of age, was a riioi'eantiic clerk and a new itrrival ■ >}y-. thi) 1 Nurnti' Ifc appears the unfortunate follow resided at Ford's boarding-house, opposite i the General Cameron .hotel, Albert-street, and ; was employed by a jeweller as salesman, or what is hlot'e gene rail}' termed, town traveller, ; the deceased being intrusted With jewellery to a considerable amount. Until, the last fortnight i l:is money ftiidters has bScn liigliljr satisfactory i to his empl'oj'eK Soiii? I't'w hays ago however he;, jh ihafcjhg his return, failed to account lor a , gold biooch and geneva, at ,-t5, ; whereupon, liisi. employer informed Wiikenan .that if' the amount wfis hot made good within a ; fortnight he snould hand the matter over to the ■ police? This, we presume, prayed upon his . mind, and is the only reason W'e can assign for • the rash. act. 'On Tuesday afternoon lie puri eh'ised two shillings worth of strychnine from ; Mr. Delattre, chemist. Queen-street, stating that he wanted the poison to kill rats ivitlij and yesterdiiy afternoon; is supposed to have takeii : ii portion 'of it himself. Ah inquest will be held • this morning. v ... Bank of JS'ew Zealand'.—The general nalf- ; yearly iueoting of the shareholders ot the Bank f of JSew Zealand *.vill beheld this day, at tlie - B-tiik Oliices, Queen-street, when the report ot . the directors will be read. We understand that - there will be a dividend declared at the rate ol . 15 per cent, per annum. ■s In he AloKiiis Henry.—A meeting of the I creditors of this estate will be held this afiert noon, at U o'clock* in tlie ollice of Messrs. I Ividiuiis and Dowdcir. i P-IJiNEi.L l*oAi>.—The twicc-adjoiyncd ~mcet - | ing convened to take place at the Presbyterian I I school-room, P;;rnell,-to take into Consideration s I the ~formation of the Parnell lioad across i j 'Aleehunirs' Bay, is advertised to be held on s Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock, and in the t same place. Tkndkks for the filling up and draining the I lower part of the Customs yard, will be received - at the ollice of the Collector of Customs, Until :■ noon of Monday next.