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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 895, 26 September 1866, Page 4

Supreme Couet. —His Honor sat yesterday to dispose of further civil business. On the applicatipii of Mr. McCormick, a writ of 7iaheas was Ordered to issue to bring up the body of John Priestley, i'n prison under a sentence of the Native Circuit Court The writ was inade returnable on Friday next. Two other cases were disposed of, namely, Earlier V. Tuckvrell, for maliciously obtaining, by defendant, and. causing to be exeeuted, a search warrant in. plaintiff's house* The jury found tor the plaintiff on the principal issue, and assessed the damages _ at nil. In the case of lou<jergan t. Foley, being an action for slander, a verdict was returned for tie defendant. A detailed report of the proceedings will be found in another column. Police.—There was no business of importance at the Police Court yesterday. Three drunkards were punished in the usual manner, and &, i>. Sandal was fined 40s. and the costs for slaughtering sheep on his private premises, Fowl-Stealing.—An old man, named Wm. Lindsay, was taken into custody last evening by the poljpe on the above charge. He will be brought before their Worships this morning. WWexak Tea, MEST.iNft.-r-The usuaj_ quarterly tea meeting was held last night in the Wesleyan School-room. There was a good attendance, and all seemed to have enjoyed a pleasant evening. The Kev. Mr. Bullet occur pied the chair, and several speakers addressed the meeting at .great length. A SOLDIEE belonging to the 50th Eegiment, whilst in a state of intoxication, jumped from off. the en; 4 pf the Queeii-street Wharf, and was narrowly rescued; from drowning by the second officer of the s.s." Auclfland aiid a policeman, detachment of 100 men of the 14th Eegiinent, which arrived by the Prince Alfred yesterday from Wanganui, inarched, from Qnehunga to Oiahutu during tlie day, , headed by'their fife and drum band. They -vpll shov'tly embark for .Australia/ : " Messesl Baetlett 'ajtd Peicb, photographic «rt;sts of Queen-street; have, we'see,'come fayouiably jginder the notice of the Sydney press.' Mr. 'Price if. nbiy on a visit to Australia, and Some of Bis oil portraits, execute 4! on phptpgraphs, have, as tney folly Sesijrye,' drawn fo'riij |he praise of JjTew South Wales' critics'. We have seen in Messrs. Birfclett and Pri;ce% studio, iii Queen-street, some beautifully exe.cuted specimens of this style of art, in Vtiich, to the minute correctness of the photograph is added finish and durability of the oil painting— a happy unipni The elegant and beautifully eseeutedlittle cameo photographs, now executed by Me. BartJett, are specially suitable, to be nnishS'i,ty iMr,Price,. as portraits to be mounted in bro6c;he§, lockets, &e, : MeSSBS. THEEELI. AHD TONKS Will sell to-day a selected assortment of groceries'and oilmen's stores,preserves,biscuite, oatmeal, corks, sun- , dries.

Masonic. Service) regular monthly meeting of; this, lodge will be . tJ4s,eveuing^in ; ::the Lodge-room, .Masonic. " Hotel, ait : 7 V... v^. v v-ir *'■■'". ."'. United GSickeT;. .Cj.Trti^'Fh.e: members of this club will meet to-morrow pvening in Cochrarie's martj. ait 7,.p'clock;, . : " The Battle EiEiD^The: JPdtl Mall Gazette says ff pmßphemia. describes as one of the most HWart-rendiig : sights imaginable the crowds of women; bp'tfr.Pfthe. highest and lowest classes, who, having.,rushed to. the scenes of carnage from all parts.of Worth and South Germany, are seen wandering over the battle-fields, through lazarets, and..hospitals,, looking for their fatherSj h.tisbands, brothers, and! lovers. The terrible, cries that every now and then strike the ear when; oneof these heartbroken, creatures . has suddenly .discovered her dearest friend imbng .a heap-of slajn> or dying on: the battle-field, or among the thousands ,sick, are said to shake even., those most hardened against all forins aiid expressions of human misery.. It is chiefly in Tiirnau, where the thousands, of wounded of Sadpwa at present are housed, and tended by the numerous sisters of mercy and Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, that: these scenes occur. Many of the poor ladies hav.e.to return, to theirhomes without finding those they sought, and the ordinary means of communication.being, very much interrupted, they often think themselves lucky if they obtain a, small seat On an ammunitioh waggon, or a yeiiicle filled with :convalescent soldiers rejoining ...their corps. "-' But they are everywhere treated kindly and courteously. Water Transport; — Tenders are invited by the Deputy-Assistant. Commissary?Geheral. Troup, for water transport between -Maungata-. whiri Creek and the Bluff, Waikatp, .from date ■ of acceptance till 31st March, : 186.7. Tenders to state rate per ton of 40 feet, and receivable till the Bth of October. Mau.ngatapu Murders. —We continue in our issue of this day the narrative of the trial of Levy, Burgess, Kelly, and Sullivan, the Maungatapu assassins. It will be seen that._ these men liave been condemned to expiate their rible crime upon the scaffold. The WEttiNGTON Manawatu block is as far from being purchased as ever. The Advertise}- of the 19th instant, says :.r~* ■" Parakaia, the chief who \< ill not sell his portion of the Manawatu block, has come down ..to town* and says that the selling party, when, pulling up the poles, threatened to fire upon Mr. the surveyor. He also, says, we believe, that they may do as they like;. he does npt care about the poles being, taken down, as the land is surveyed, but that, if hereafterj any trouble should arise, w<?, Europeans, will have been the cause of it." Our Wellington fellowvcolonists, we are glad to see, are improving upon the old style'of house which characterises the " Empire City." The Indepencle/it says We are glad to see that some of our townsmen have the good sense to erect buildings of a substantial and modernised character. We allude in this case to Mr. Gγ. Denfcon, whose building is now near completion. It contains a shop 30 feet long, .24 feet wide, and 12 feet high* together with a large room, kitchen, and staircase, on the ground floor. The first floor is divided into passages and six rooms, of which two face the street. The cor* nice has a very neat ,tppeafance, with lentils> modillions, &c., the centre of the parapet.being a pediment, with pilasters and scrolls, on each side Of which is a balustrade, giving, the whole a light appearance: The entire, height of the building is 32 feet and 52 feet deep, by 25 feet wide." The building is, of course, of wood. A seizure of an iflieit still has been inade by the police at. Christehurch. The modus operandi appears to have been of the most systematic; kind. A cellar had been slink below a house in which two stills were erected, the smoke being conducted, up the kitchen phinjney,. On the premises were found tubs containing wort, and all the requisite implements for conducting i most lucrative business. DANCEKOtfs Neighbours. — The following paragraph from the jLustraliaii shows the necessity of attending to the defence of our ports : —" Ever since the Crimean war the Eussians have never ceased their efforts to strengthen the fortresses and fleets on the Amoor. Erom Nicolaveitch to Sydney is about three weeks' steaming. 1 'Nearer at hand, the Erench are making a second Gibraltar Pf New Without having as yet attracted, any but a : passing notice frord the Australian press, tjjey havo erected, and are erecting, works which, hang like thunder cloud as ai perpetual menace over our ports; We may as well be prepared for all eventualities. If it be wise to insure against fire> it is certainly wiser far t.P insure: a nation." Fatal Accident in the Manakatt.— lt becomes our painful duty to chronicle another fatal accident which took place in the. Huia Bay oJtiie Manakau, on Monday mornings by which i man named Dajiiei Thompson lost his' life. The deceased was in the: employ of Mr. T. Is. Home, and was employed in falling and flbatiiig timber for. the mills of Messrs, Gibbons anil Co., at the Huia.. In consequence of the -late : heavy weather several logs broke frprn their ; moorings, and were drifting about the bay. On Monday morning Mr. Home sent, some of his men to saw those logs; the deceased, was one of the men employed at this work* and while standing on a log and endeav.priiig to make it fast he, by some means, iosfi his balance and fell |nto the water. The accident was observed :by twO men named Brown and Eisher, who at once put offto his assistance in a boat, but deceased being Unable to swim, had sunk to rise no more before they could render him shy assistance. Mr.Horne at once turned Out all his men to search for the bpdv, which was recovered after a search of about four hours,, The deceased bore an excellent character> and has.b.een much respected by his empioyers. In the evening 7 Mnllorne started for Ohehunga witli the body, where he .arrived about 9 p.m., and at once gave informatioa to the police, aiid handed the body over tp then>,who had. it removed to the Hpyal Hotel, to await an inquest, wßich mil be held this day ai 2'p,ia., before Dr. Phijspn, .. ' ■•.•■■■■-