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New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1189, 5 September 1867, Page 3

Ail Saints Paeish Meeting.—A meeting of tlie parishioners licld yesterday evening, in the Church of All Saints ; the Kev. R. N. Bree, incumbent, in the chair. The chairman explained to the meeting, the formula necessary to be observed in the election of two Synodsmen to represent the district in the Diocesan Synod. It was suggested that., as a number of persons were present,, an expression of opinion . should bo taken :is to the names of the three parishioners most suitable to fill the office, and these, it was agreed, should be written at the head of all voting papers furnished to the electors. The names of the following gentlemen were then proposed and approved, namely, Mr. A. Boardman, Mr. Von Sturmer, and Mr. McKinstrey.

PORTBAITS OF MAXIMILIAfa AND THE EiIPBESS Caelotta.—By tlie. Panama mail a gentleman. in-Auckland received from Paris carte-de-visite photographs of the late Emperor Maximilian and lus wife the Empress Carlotta. These were banded to Messrs. Bartlett and Co., and from tliem bo lias produced photographs quite equal to the originals, though these latter hare evidently come from one of the first studios in Paris. At the present moment these portraits possess more than ordinary interest. Seeds.—We observe that Messrs. R. Baird and Co, wholesale and retail seedsmen and produce brokers, announce their, intention of shortly opening a warehouse,' in Mr. Stichbury s new buildings, for the sale of farm, .garden, and agricultural seeds of every variety, and also Australian wines, of Lin derm an' 3 celebrated vintage. ; Supreme Couet.—»The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court were continued yesterday, when the whole of the remaining cases on the calendar were disposed of with the exception of the charge of arson against Stephen and Jane South, which will bo heard on Monday next. Walter Isaac JJonchaise was arraigned on the. charge of having by means of certain false pretences to one William Fraser of Tauranga, obtained from him a cheque for the sum of £5, ivith intent to defraud. At the outset of the case Mr. Brookfield applied for and obtained to substitute the words "£5 in cash," instead of "a ■ cheque, &c." The- case then proceeded until arriving at a stage in the prosecution, when the whole case turned upon the production of a certain document, by means of which the prisoner was alleged to have obtained I the £5. Mr. Brookfield proved that notice to produce had been served on the defendant on' Saturday last at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and thereupon proposed to call secondary evidence as to tho contents of the document, when Mr. Wynn objected on the ground that the notice had been insufficient to enable the prisoner to procure the required document from Tauranga. After considerable argument, his Honor ruled that tho notice had been insufficient, and the case for tho prosecution consequently broke down, the prisoner being discharged. The OiiiuoE or Pebjury.—At the Police Court yesterday, the charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, preferred against Mr. Dunnet by Mr. Mark Somcrville was withdrawn, and the defendant released from custody. The perjury took place during Mr. Dunnet's cross-examination at the Bankruptcy Court last week. A full report appears in our other columns. Five members of the Paris Bar, who disclaim belonging to any of the political factions passing under tho name of Orleanists, hare petitioned tho French Senate to permit tho remains of Louis Pliillipo to be brought back to France and interred in French soil. The petition says : " It would be worthy of the Sovereign who now' presides over the destinies of France to give the ashes of this unfortunate Monarch a- sepulchre in France. We demand that the remains of Louis PVillipe shall be brought back to France. Louis Phillipc when still young fought for Franco and for the Kepublic at Jemmapcs and Yalmy. During the eighteen years that his reign lasted 110 sccured to Franco the blessings of peace. He managed the public fortune with tho strictest economy, and it is he who made Algeria French soil." It is not known, as yet, what disposition the Senate will make of this petition. Sib George Abney, the Chief Justice of New Zealand, our readers will be glad to learn, has returned to London.from Italy, completely recruited in health. It is also satisfactory to know that the lawsuit into which his Honor had been forced through tlie action of the defendant has terminated in his favour. The defendant's conduct was considered to bo most vexatious, and he .was ordered by the Court of Chancery to pay all costs, &c., within three days.

Editorial Doings..—Before you go for an editor, young man, pause and take a big think J! Do not rush into the editorial business too hastily. Look around and see if thero is not an omnibus to drive —some soil somewhere to be tilled —a clerkship or some meat-cart to bo filled —anything that is reputable or healthy, rather than going for an editor, which is. a bad business at best. We are not a horse, and consequently have not been called upon to furnish tho motive power for a threshing machine -but we fancy that tho life of an editor who is forced to write, whether he feels like it or not, is much like that of tho steed in question. If the yeas and neighs could be obtained, we believe that the intelligent horse would decide that the threshing machine is preferable to the sanctum editorial. The editor's work is never done. He is drained incessantly, and no wonder that he dries up prematurely. Other people can attend banquets, weddings, etc., halls of dazzling light, get inebriated, break windows, and enjoy themselves in a variety of ways, but the editor cannot. He must tenaciously stick to the quill. The press, like a sick baby, must not be left to run itself even for a day, somebody indignantly orders the carrier boy to stop bringing that paper, "There's nothing in it; I won't have it in the house." —Artemus TPa/'d.

Skbvajttqamsm in New Zealand.—A new Hokitika contemporary, the Golden A.ge, remarks: —The ISfet thing in servant girls is perhaps the best out. At Greymonth, two or three days since, a lady advertised for a servant in the following terms: —" Wanted a general female servant by a lady who can obtain a three months' character from the last servant who left her employment. Any female desirous of service will be waited on by the lady at such time and place as may suit any female condescending to accept employment. Wages to be paid no object." We were not awaro that servant-girlism had reached this pitch at the Grey; although we can say it is nearly as bad in Hokitika. In one case where a young woman applied in answer to an advertisement for a servant, she was asked what wages she required. " Two pounds a, week, ma am," was the reply. " Two pounds a week!" exclaimed the lady, " Why that, with your board and lodging, will quite equal three pounds, which is very little short of what my husband receives from the Government for fulfilling very responsible duties." " Well ma'am," was the rejoinder," lam quite thankful to think I'm not tlio gentleman's wife. May bo he 11 be better by and bye," and the young woman retired, as she could not tliink for a moment of accepting twenty-five shillings a week, which was the offer made her.