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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4489, 3 April 1876, Page 2

The Quarterly Criminal Sittings of the Circuit Court for the Northern Division of New Zealand will commence this morning. The Grand Jurors are requested to attend at 11 a.m., when his Honor Mr. Justice Gillies will open the session with the usual address. We have already published the official criminal calendar, but it is probable that two or three cases will be added to the list. With the exception of two charges of murder, and a charge against four persons for a criminal assault, the calendar is comparatively light, - in respect both to the number of cases and the character of the offences charged. It may be well to remind all persons who are required to be in attendance that the Court sits every morning, after the first, at 10 o'clock. A fine '"will be incurred by jurors who are not in attendance when called.

*nthori^' ,a -"*- Al --^- i ' r -»t;^- 0 Tjnr,--*.™,™*. have received a telegram Wheoro, stating that he had seen Hone te One, who told him that the Maori Kin« is still wavering in his opinion as to whether he will give up the murderer Winiata, or afford him his protection. Information has also been received from a native policeman, who says that at a certain village in the Waikato, he saw Winiata at dinner. He does not give the name of the village, and says that his companion, being afraid of the murderer, persuaded him that it was not Winiata they saw. He allowed himself to be deceived rather than venture an encounter single-handed with Winiata, but is, upon reflection, satisfied that it was the murderer they had seen. The reports do not throw much additional light upon the matter.

Last evening the Kev. A. Beict delivered his farewell sermon in the Pitt-street Wesleyan Chapel, to the congregation of which he has been the pastor for the last three years. All the seats on the floor of the building were fully occupied, as weil as several forms which were placed along the aisles. The. rev. gentleman took for his text Romans xvi. chapter 25fch, 26th, and 27th verses, '' Ifo'w to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my Gospel, aud the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: to God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever, amen." The address was eloquent and impressive, and was listened to by the numerous worshippers with rapt attention from beginning to close. The speaker did not allude to his approaching departure from Auckland, as had generally been anticipated. A meeting will be held in the schoolroom tomorrow evening, at which no doubt Sir. Reid will take the opportunity of delivering a valedictory address. Various selections of sacred music will be rendered during the evening by the choir. "We understand that the Marchioness of Normauby, accompanied by her son, Lord Hervey Phipps, paid a visit to the Orphan Home, Parnell, on Thursday last, and expressed herself much pleased, not only with the healthy and cleanly appearance of the children, but also with the state of the dormitories and other rooms through which her Ladyship was shewn by Mrs. Cameron, the matron, to whom great credit is due for the present efficient management of this excellent institution. On leaving, her Ladyship requested that a holiday might be granted to the children in honor of her visit, and this request will be complied with by a treat on Tuesday next, when the children will be taken to the Domain to enjoy themselves with cricket and other games.

The progress of the iron horse into the | Waikato is beginning to produce improvements and effects thai will ultimately add considerably to the prosperity of this fertile district. As a natural consequence, with the increase of population, the townships are gradually being enlarged, and old standing businesses proportionately increased in value. Amongst these may be mentioned the Koyal Mail Hotel, at A'garuawahia, lately purchased by Mr. Hoag, formerly purser of the JRowena, and latterly hotelkeeper at the Bay of Islands, but who is now compelled to relinquish the business owing to his presence being required in England, in consequence of his father's death. If the hotel falls into proper hands, there is prosperity in store.

In reference to the account of the fatal accidentto Miss Crago published by ns, we are informed that it was inaccurate in one or two points. It seems that the elder sister of deceased did not let go the bridle-rein until her sister had fallen off. The carter spoken of was not present until after the girl had been carried into the field by her mother and sister. The pony trampled on the child's head, and fractured the skull in. several places. ■ ' . , •, -.'; ; The schooner Alarm has cleared out from the Thames for Xevuka, Fiji, with 18,000 feet kauri timber; shipped at the Hauraki Saw-mill Company's upper mill. -■- j 'The'schooner Colonist went up the Eiver Thames.on Friday to "receive a cargo of tim-' ber from the Hauraki Saw-mill Company's yards.

Compulsory education is now strictly enforced in Western Australia.

The stabbing case at Onehunga assumes a much more serious aspect, in consequence of the death of the man who was-stabbed. A Coroner's inquest was "held before Dr. Goldsbro' on Saturday afternoon, upon the body of James Williamson, who -was stabbed at Onehunga on the evening of February the 28th. The deceased, after lingering for more than thirty days, died at the Provincial Hospital on Saturday morning, and the Coroner was at once notified of the fact and a jury summoned, in order that the inquest might be held before the commencement of the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court. As the man Antonio Marco, who is accused of causing the death of the deceased, had been committed to trial by the Bench at the Police Court upon the charge of ;stabbing the deceased, .he was not present during the enquiry. A writ of habeas corpus '. would have been required to obtaiu his release from the gaol, and this would have been expensive, and the delay in order to have obtained it, might have seriously complicated matters.' In the absence of the accused, the case was conducted as fairly as a judicial enquiry under such circumstances ought to be. The witnesses spoke without any personal feeling, and -were not pressed for evidence. Upon the conclusion of the evidence, Dr. Goldsbro' directed the jury as to the distinctive characteristics of murder and manslaughter. The blow, he said, was a hasty one, given probably in a drunken squabble ; and although the. Grand Jury might reduce the charge to manslaughter, he thought the duty of the jury was clear to return a verdict in accordance with the evidence, aud the authority shewing the difference between the offences of murder and manslaughter. The jury, without retiring, brought in a verdict of '' Wilful murder" against the accused Antonio Marco. The Coroner's Court was held in the sitting-room of the Old Men's Refuge, instead of as formerly in the Hospital, and the alteration is a decided improvement.

Unfortunately for the Commodore of the Australian Squadron, and the officers and crew of H.M. s. Pearl, the man-of-war haa been ordered into quarantine on her arrival from Sydney and Samoa. This order has been issued by the Central Board of Health on receiving a re|)ort that one of the crew on b»ard the Commodore's ship -was suffering from scarlet fever. In obedience to the order, the Pearl steamed down to the quarantine ground early yesterday morning. It is to be regretted that Commodore Hoskins is to be thus inconvenienced on his first visit to Auckland harbour, especially as we understand that his visit here has some connection with deciding as to the advisability of making Auckland the Naval Station of the Australian Squadron. Possessing decidedly one of the finest harbours, and perhaps the finest climate in the world, no better position could be chosen. The change has long been advocated by Naval officers. Commodore Hoskins, in studying the health of the officers and men in Her Majesty's service under his command would do well to appoint this harbour as a sanatorium for the Australian Squadron to recruit their health after lengthy cruises in the malarious and sun-scorching tropical seas.

A Wellington telegram in the Otago Daily Times gives the following explanation of the Hon. Mr. Swainson's appointment to the Executive Council:—"Mr. Swainson's appointment is entirely non-political. He is not in the Cabinet, and has simply been, appointed a member of the Executive Council to enable routine business to be transacted in Auckland while the Governor and Dr. Pollen are absent from there. He has for years been a member of the Executive Council as the General and Commodore were, but doubts have arisen as to whether the appointment needed renewal with each new Governor, so he has been re-sworn. .

The following is the contents list of No. 2 of the A'citf Zealand Magazine.: —l. "A JPW-W Hie Tongue," bv JT_S.. Onapman, ii.sq. \L.. "u."ne~cmauen Universe," by Kev. Thos. Roseby, LL.D. 3. "New Guinea," by E. W. Alexander, E.R.C.S. 4. "National Evolution in New Zealand," by John H. Shaw, LL.B. 5. " Our Representative System," by Robt. H. Eyton, Esq. G. " The Unification of the Colony," by iter. David Bruce. 7. " The Problem of Poverty," part ii., by Professor D. Macgregor. S. "Some Posthumous Poems of Miss E. M. Hamilton."

Previous to the departure of the Episcopal Missionaries for Melanesia, Holy Communion was administered in St. Sepulchre's Church. The .Revs. Still and Palmer were present. Although the attendance was a small one, it was thoroughly representative. Tiie Revs. Hassard, Purchas, and Nelson, aud membei's from nearly every church in the city, and also from Parnell. Epsom, and Onehuuga, partook of the Sacrament together. The llov. Mr. Dudley was celebrant, aud Mr. V. E. Rice aud a small choir led the choral part of the service. A few remarks upon their community in faith, fellowship, and work, were made by the JSev. Mr. Dudley, who also reminded them that the day upon which thoy had assembled for the farewell communion was the anniversary of the birthday of the Bishop of the mission in which they wore engaged,—Bishop Patteson, who had lost his life whilst engaged in the fulfilment of his duties as a missionary.

At Dunedin, on the 22ud ult., the City Coroner, Dr. Hocken, held au inquest at the ! Hospital, touchiug the death of William Piyan, aged 10 months, the infant child of Mary Ryan. The Coroner explained that he thought it right to bring the case under the notice o£ the jury, though he did not know much good would result from it. It was the case of a child ten months old, whose. mother was a woman of ill-fame and intemperate habits, and who had lived by prostitution since her husband deserted her some months since. The child had latterly been in the care of a woman named Pavely, who had had to take it to the hospital. The child was retnrued to its mother a week ago, and several times since then the mother appeared to have taken no care whatever of it; and she was found yesterday carrying it in her arms dead. The question for the jury to decide was whether death had been caused by the neglect of the mother. No doubt there had been neglect, but whether there was sufficient neglect to cause death was the difficulty. The child was in the last stage of emaciation. After the evidence had been heard, the Coroner said the mother had, apparently, been careless aud negligent, though one could hardly say so far as to cause death. The child had, apparently, died from diarrhcea; but the mother was deserving of censure for not taking better care of it. It was to be hoped that they were to have no cases of babyfarming, and it was as well to let the public know that such case would be carefully sifted. The jury found that deceased died from diarrhcea and exhaustion, and concurred with the Coroner that the mother was not free from blame in not taking better care of I the child.

The Wellington Post lately published, from its Dunedin correspondent, the result of the Dunedin Cup, although it was known the Dunedin telegraph office was closed till 5 o'clock. Mr. Lemon made a strict investigation, and found that the correspondent had induced one of the Telegraph lads to leave the course and go into town and send the message, although the office was closed. The boy has been heavily fined.

The Shortland Saw-mill Company have x very large stock of: sawn timber on hand, suitable for every description of trade, as well a3 » considerable number of logs at the boems, but have suspended cutting at the mill for a short time to effect repairs and improve the floatage in the Kauaeranga Creek. ...--. ...

A telegram sent from Wellington to Isielbonrne became metamorphosed in transmission. - One telegram reads as follows:—iWork being abundant at the Thames, and scarce at Wellington, the Government offered to provide free-passes for ISO. men engaged by the contractor," &c;, p &c. ■■" >;. J .'Cowie,'for many years "the Assistant-Inspector of the Union Bank of Australia in the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, has been appointed Manager of the Union Bank in Sydney.

— The notorious Captain Haye»j who "about ,15 years ago ran away with the Estello del Norte from Adelaide, has been lately tried at Hong for piracy at the JLadrones. He is said by the Hawaiian Gazelle to have "returned to his habits of predatory violence and licentiousness. A list of charges against him now on file in English and American admiralty offices, and officially certified by Captain Dupnis, of H.B.M.'s ship Rosario, includes larceny on the. high seas of 200 dollars' worth of property from the wreck of the brig Kamehameha IV., in February, 1S71; his sending ashore, in March of the same year, and bringing off the chief of 'Pingelap, who was forcibly detained on iboard the" vessel until a ransom of 5000 'cocoanuts and two women should be paid. The natives not being able to comply with this demand, he released the chief upon the receipt of about 4000 cocoanuts aud one woman. Also his robbery of Daly's agent at Marakei, Gilbert Islands; and a number of other lawless acts, which a regard for decency compels us to suppress. ) The dramatic season that will be inaugurated to-morrow evening at the Prince of Wales, is likely to be more succesful than any which we have had for some time past. Mrs. F. M. Bates will appear for the first time in Auckland as " Queen Elizabeth" in a legitimate play so entitled. The lady's performances are spoken of in terms of high encomium. Mr. R M. Bates, who is also an actor of great merit, will appear after eleven months' absence. To the strength of the _ company is added the very decided ability of Miss Lizzie Morgan, who also returns from the South.' She has an excellent voice and fine taste.. She has achieved quite a reputation for rendering some very charming ballad music. Mr. Arthur Inglis, although unknown by name to most Auckland play-goers, is not without favourable antecedents. He was stage manager for the Allen Opera Company (Miss Alice May) who were hero two or three years ago. The services of the general company are retained, so that pieces of merit should be placed on the stage with thorough efficiency and completeness of detail.

At the Police Court, on Saturday, the charge of indecent assault preferred against Thomas Mulvaney, which had been adjourned from the previous day, was heard, the result being the prisoner was committed to gaol, to await the criminal sittings of the Suprame Court, which commence this morning. The peosecutrix (Mr. Bowman was deeply affected during her stay in Court, and it was with difficulty that her evidence was obtained.. After completing her statement, she said she hoped the disgrace and. obloquy she was enduring in having her name connected with such a case, would be atoned for by the chances of others of her sex being assaulted in a similar mauner being materially lessened by the punishment of the prisoner.

The oyster season was opened on Saturday, a fact that was apparent to all by the numbers of this shellfish, which were exposed for sale in the windows of nearly all the eat-ing-houses and fish-dealers' places in town. The supply, however, was not equal to the demand, the consequence being that numbers of the lovers of this delicious bivalv, who appear to be well-renresented iu Auckland, had to suffer disappointment in their anticipations of tickling the palate with their favourite dish. We have no doubt, however, but that the fishermen in the course of the ensuing week will exert themselves to satisfy the longings of all. We regret to announce that an old woman named Margaret Coppel, 70 years of age, has been missing from her house since Saturday last. She was last seen by her daughter, Mrs. Pearson with whom the old lady resided, at her house, at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. She was observed two hours later on the wharf by several persons who knew her Vm^'ilS.— Ar •*] ,e Von>an was of a weak and childish turn of mind, it is feared that she may have tumbled off the wharf aud been drowned.

We beg to aeknowlege receipt of copies of the Church Gazette and New Zealand Fresby-, ieriati Magazine for the current month. Both periodicals contain a large amount of denominational news besides a fair x>roportion of selected matter. The fair sex were in the ascendent in the matter of lawlessnes during yesterday, no less than four of them being located in the Police cells at a late hour last night—three for vrgrancy and one for drunkenness. Only one man was iu custody for drunkenness.

The Melbourne Argus, of the 21st March, has the following : —" On Saturday morning, at about 11 o'clock, Constable P. Walsh discovered, hidden under a heap of rubbish in Carlton Gardens, an elderly woman, who gave the name of Maria Travers. She was in a dirty state, and suffering from hunger, and said that site was married, and was six years in New Zealand in a benevolent asylum. Some eight months ago she was shipped off to Melbourne, and told that her husband would meet her at landing, but ho did not turn up. He kept a little shop or woodyard in Little Malop-streot, Geelong, and she found him out, and wrote to him, but got no assistance. She was kept by her sister, a widow, till last Thursday, when the sister being no longer able to keep her, told her she must go, and she went to the gardens and lay down there till Walsh found her on Saturday. Walsh locked up the woman, who was, at the City Police Court, yesterday, remanded for a week, that enquiries might be made for her husband, Michael Travers."

The time having concluded for sending in i claims to vote, tho next proceeding is the revising. The appointments of revising officers have been made by Mr. Justice Gillies, and are notified in the Gazelle. Mr. JET. C. Lawior is the Revising Olficer for all the districts of this province, except the East Coast, where the duties will be performed by Mr. Hopkins Clarke. The New Zealand Gazette notifies a sale of land under the New Zealand Settlements Act, to take place at the Waikato Lands office, Auckland, on the 3rd of May. The Wellington Post, in chronicling the departure of the " three able civil servants," says:—"The Commissioner of Annuities (Hon. W. Gisborne), the Secretary for Customs (Mr. W. Seed), and the Secretary for Public Works (Mr. John Knowles), leave for Canterbury by the Phoebe this afternoon on a mission of great importance, although their employment therein, as we have already pointed out, is of very questionable propriety. The object of their journey is to visit the several Superintendents throughout the colony, and take counsel with them, with a view to the preparation of estimates as to the cost of the provincial departments which the General Government propose to take over in the event of the abolition scheme being fully carried out. We do not anticipate that much good will come of tho mission. The Superintendents should be communicated with directly by Ministers, and not by Ministerial subordinates. How-

ever, in any case, three very estimable gentlemen -will have a pleasant trip at the sxpense of the coloDy, and return much refreshed in mind and body. The illustrious triumvirate Trill first interview Mr. Kolleston at Canterbury, and then Mr. Macandrew at Dunedin, afterwards taking the rest of the Superintendents in. turn. 1 * In a New Zealand Gazette of March 23, the members of the Licensing Courts of the different districts of the colony are appointed by the Governor. The Australian Sketclier of March 18 contains some excellent pictures. The one on the front-page—" Entrance-to -Milford Sound," drawn.by Mr. John Gully, being especially ■worthyof.commendation. ; ~., ~..- I. .■; A. correspondent sends usla; cutting from the Glasgow Weekly' Mail, byTwhich we r orjaerve'/'that''that'newspaper has "copied J. G. S. Grant's absurd ■ and violent letter aboutthe'colony. - ••- - • We have received-from the Government -Printing- Office-' a sheet containing* the tariff of rates under which telegrams are transmitted to places within the Australian colonies.

The Coromandel Mail has a hunibrous arti cle upon thediffcultyof m that district. Hero is au extrac*-i_Tha Coromandel JTatfuuder its present ijronrie torship has existed six months como- to" morrow. Now we know it is quite usual'W newspaper proprietors when they report of themselves at stated periods to teU their readers Jiow they have doubled their circuX--turn, how their advertising supporters-have-increased -how they intend to enlarge th- ir paper and We have nothing of that kind of thmgto boast of. Wehave a lares Jree circulation ; but we have a poor vavir ■ one. In Coromandel proper; and upon thhills; m the flats and the' valleys and in back settlements, only about one in every six has paid his subscription. -Wo had durh)»' the first half of our six months existence a fair share of advertising support; but have received no money for the use made of our columns. We have eked out an osisteme. upon "contras." We are open to confess that we have been allowed a fair supply of tea and sugar and general groceries ; of breadand butcher's meat, aud other household and domestic necessaries in return for newspaper subscriptions, advertising and job printout but we have received no money. \r« i a> .g paid no one aud no one has paid us^v iu the manner indicated ; and last SE._iday afternoon it came about that our hands iq the office positively refused to take for their joint weeks' wages a ton of firewood, two hundred weight of potatoes, twelve full-grown vegetable marrows, and an order we could have given them on a blacksmith for a set of horse shoes. We pointed out the ingratitude of their behaviour, but they were obdurate. iThey said they wanted money, and they did not intend to leave the office until they not it. We said, under those circumstances, thV' perhaps it would be as well if they sent for their lidding, iv hil o we wou lJ go out an( j. lookup a little cheap furniture for them so that they would be able to make themselves as comfortable as circumstances would permit. The extent that the "contra" business has been carried on in this office is ibeyond ordinary belief.

A supply of the new bronze coinago hi- •. arrived at Dunedin, per Manlesden, from London, and can bo had on application to the Collector at the Custom-house. On the ,24th August last, a proclamation was issued declaring the copper coin of Great Britain.' and Ireland, in circulation within the colony, to bo no longer current.

It may, perhaps, be interesting to some of 'our old identities, who have known TVe )in»ton from its infancy, when an acre o£ land on Lambton Quay was worth about £5, to learn that the ground occupied by the Empire Hotel was sold yesterday at the rate of £25,14G 9s 2jd per acre.— Argus.

The Otago Daily Times notices that some specimens of Auckland pottery-ware hare been shewn at one of the warehouses.

Benjamin Maclean and Thomas Monin,. Esqs., have, been appointed members of the . Local Cattle Board of the district of Auckland, under the Diseased Cattle Act, IS7I.

The steam launch Elsie was detained at Mercury Island on her voyage to Tauranga.

Messrs. Samuel Cochrane aud Son wfll hold an extensive sale of freehold city and suburban allotments, at the Land Mart, Fortstreet, to-day, at noon. The mine, engine, boiler, poppet-heads, &c, of the Nonpariel Gold Mining Coin,]>any are advertised for sale by Mr. E. Biuney, on the 19tb. The monthly meeting of Lodge Ara w™. be held in the Masonic Hotel, this evening, at 7.30 o'clock. The schooner Melaine will be sold by auction by Messrs. B. Tonks and Co., at noon to-day. Tenders are advertised by Mr. Mahoney for the erection of a two-storey brick building in Princes-street. A notice is published that creditors of the JNonparlel Gold Mlllluf; mualjiiovc before the 27h April.