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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6517, 6 October 1882, Page 4

Our cablegrams to-day state that Turkey is growing impatient to know when the English troops will definitely evacuate Kgypt, and that she threatens to appeal to the Powers unles3 England's decision is promptly given in the matter. The Times announces t'aat documentary evidence of Arabi'e complicity in the massacre of Europeans at Alexandria is iu possession of the English, officers.

The Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court were resumed yesterday. George Grey, a half-caste, was found guilty of stealing a cow and calf at Tauranga. John Gordon was found guilty of au aggravated assault upon his wife, Martha Gordon. The prisoner's defence was that bis wife was drunken t nd profligate. She is the same person who prosecuted a man named Hayes for an indecent assault upon her some years ago while residing at Hamilton. The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Joha Leydon, an auctioneer at the Thames, was indicted for " malicious'y and feloniously " wounding Michael O'Keefe in the British Hotel, Aroha, on the 16th of July last. Beyond the fact that there was a goad deal of grumbling by the prisoner, who was "excited" with drink ; a desire on the part of the landlord to eject him; a scuffle between the prosecutor and the defendant, the evidence discloses nothing material. The details will be found in our report of the proceedings. The question was wholly one of the intent of the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty." The following prisoners will be put on their trial to-day, namely :—Barnes and J lien, Mathew O'Keefe and Storey, and George Grey (second indictment).

By the B.s. Rotorna, which took her departure for Sydney last night, the NewSouth Wales Football Team were passengers. A number of Auckland gentlemen accompanied the visitors to the steamer, which was lying at the Railway Wharf, and ■wished them bon voyage. Mr. Raper,' tre understand, again expressed a hope that a New Zealand team might be sent over to New South Wales next season, and there is every probability that arrangements will be made for that purptse.

A hotel has been completed at Kirikiri,. Thames, built to the order of Hori Mattene,. a Maori chief of the district.

Th» barque Wnve Qaeen, iraitW Englis* vessel, has put in an appearance iron: London. Her passage out has occupied 107 days as will be seen from the report of tht voyage published in our shipping columns, and nothing noteworthy has transpired Tht weather throughout has been averaeely hue, and the passengers are all in good health. Captain Kelly, who has brought the vcfcsd oat this trip, is well known by many in Auckland. The cargo comprises.general merchandise, and is valued at £lo,lW. Mr C Dacre, the secretary of the Nortt Shore Regatta Club, has received intimation that two war canoes will be towed from tht Waikato Heads to Mercer free of charge I>> the Waikato Steam Navigation Company, and these, with another canoe lying at Mercer will be brought down by tram to Auek land in time to take part in the forthcoming contest at the North Shore Regatta. There was another full house in the theatre last night to witness the performance of "New Babylon." The excellent scenery and clever mechanism by which they arc varied appear to have completely " hit the t taste of the audience. The clever acting oi I Mr Bland Ilolt as the American Detective I of Mr. Doucla* as Ramirez the bp-.niaid ol '•■ Mr. Seagrave as David Ma'.tby, of Miss f Tanner as Eunice, of Miss Edwin a. Lena f Sparkes, of Miss Mortync as Madge Malt.y ' is deserving of praise. But, indeed, the ' company is so strong that the list of those who deserve commendation would fa.l a great deal of space. There is no question that the enterprise exhibited by this company constitutes a public attraction which is sure to I follow wherever merit is found. At a meeting of the Thames County Council on Wednesday, Mr. Porter moved, I ' • That a committee be appointed to draw up 1 a schedule of works required on the gold'i fields to be urged upon the attention of * the Minister of Mines. He understood " f that Mr. Bolleston intended visiting '. this district first, instead of going Sr-uth ! as usual. He moved that the committee consist of the chairman, Messrs. Bull. " Thorbura, Bagnall, and the mover, and that the schedule be submitted at a special : meeting of the Council previous to the arrival of the Minister. It was necessary to > be able to point out exactly what they I wanted at once, instead of leaving it to : subsequent correspondence, as on former \ occasions. Carried. ! The usual weekly meeting of the Auckland i Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Association I was held last evening, when the cliair was f occupied by the vise-president, Mr. H. * Buttle. Interesting extemporaneous speeches were given on the followiug subjects :—"Ads vantages of a Young Men's Mutual Improve- -; meut Association," Mr. Rowe ; " Punctu- ■> alitv," Mr. Cole; "Music," Mr. Lees; /■ "Literature," Mr. Cooper; "Love," Mr. y G. A. Buttle. A large number of mem- '■- bers expressed their criticisms on each ?"- speaker in succession. On Thursday even- '. ing next Mr. W. Johnston, sen., has kindly : ; promised to read an essay on "Mental i Culture." Some time ago Mr. Thomas Spurgeon, 7 pastor of the Wellesley - street Baptist :>. Ciiurch, invited the Rev. Joseph Cook, the \ well known Boston lecturer, to pay Auck•Js land a visit, during his lecturing tour in if Australia. Mr. Cook, owing to his pressing 3 ergagements in America, is unable, unf/; fortunately, to stay here and give a course /?-■ of lectures, but yesterday Mr. Spurgeon rex' ceived a -letter from him, to the effect - ; .i that, during thes.s. Zealandia's stay in port ?■-. at Auckland, as'he passed through, en route ~. for America, ho would be happy to give £■; a lecture. It is Mr. Spurgeon's inteution, therefore, to secure either the Theatre M- Rovai or the Opera House for the occasion, |i ami Mr. Cook will lecture (should nothing H prevent) at 11 o'clock to Tuesday morning § next, October 10, the subject beinc; " The %: Religious Signs of the Times." Admission ; * will be free, so that every opportunity will =!& t be afforded our citizens of hearing this *"* champion of the old faith and the OM Book. V Mr. Cook, thom;h nnable to remain for a -■:- time here, is desirous of making himself as ;'•'> useful as possible at the various stopping : &' places on his journey homeward, and there~:r fore has, at some inconvenience to himself, ■■-'-.■'arranged for the above lecture under sucl _-r hurried circumstances. Tha place of meet 4 ing will be duly advertised when arrange :'- ments are completed. During Mr. Cook": '{ lecturing tour in England, the Rev. C. II % Spur;eon placed his London tabernacle a sf the disposal of the lecturer, and where h< % addressed immense audiences. The friend "■' ship which has subsisted between the twe 5 distinguished divines has led to Mr. Cook's :i making the acquaintance of Mr. Thomas ":-' Spurgeon, and indirectly to the arrange- ,}''■ ments above referred to. '~f. A "Ratepayer" asks who is responsible ; for the lighting of the lamp situated at tho ■-*?; top of the steps leading from Hobson-street '■■.-. to Upper Queen street. Tha lamp, it is .;? stated, is seldom or never lit, and as there ?".- have recently been several narrow escapes :-■: from falling down the steps it is time thai % something was done in the matter. ■i> The Thames people still do not know what % to make of the proposals which Mr. Sheehan %■' has been telegraphing about, to construct Ij the railway from Kopua to Te Aroha. The fi-i following telegnm was received on Wednejjt day :—" Napier.—English agents advise me W they will reach Thames in about a fortnight. 5% Probably one will go on before them. If so, "i; will notify you." ■;5j A curious case was heard at the Resident T? Magistrate's Court yesterday. It wa3 an ■'-!■ interpleader case, and the circumstances were -r| these :—Mr. J. C. MacCormick, solicitor, got #into monetary difficulties, and a judgment ~v4 obtained against him was enforced. A Mr. a foreigner, to whom Mr. MacCormick was indebted for wages, purchased--*ft a portion of the property, but let it remain §in Mr. MacCormick's possession on a deed of agreement for payment of a monthly rental, Hj|the agreement containing a purchasing -?£ clause. The purchase money was £37. Mr. ,-■-£ MacCormick paid to Hammond £3S by .{iy* cheque subsequently, but this, it was alleged, vujwas on account of wages, not in payment ./;> for the goods purchased. The evidence of Mr, tM Hudson Williamson was challenged on the W; ground that it Was the privileged communing cation of a client to an attorney, hut it was ■VJ admitted. It was denied in toto by the whose goodß were in the possession >j5 of the bailiff, and without further evidence Court made an order that the bailiff JrSshould surrender possession, and that Mr. '. i';S-Murchie, the claimant who had exercised the l?* execution, should pay the costs. The case is .oSone of interest, and is reported in tho usual ,4 place. ' .:','j In the report of the proceedings of the j .-'Stßoard of Education, held on the 15th Sep"ijitember, the business relating to Hokianga | ££ and Hatea North was gut under the heading r.Kf of Hokianga. The mistake arose from the | '; ;* eimilarity of one of the names. The applica--s}r%. tion for Hokianga related to fencing, and \ that about the selection of a Bchool site by • : «s Messrs. Pearson & Yearbury should have been under the heading of Hotea North. ;J| On Wednesday last a poll of the ratepayij£? ers in the Mount Wellington licensing dis'■M trict was taken on the local option question, '■km and resulted in a decision against any inTkS crease of public houses in that district for the next threo yearn. ■M, Mr. Henry "Worthington has been elected 111 to represent the parish of St. Paul's in the •%m Auckland Diocesan Synod, in the room_ of «§' Mr, Willcocks, who resigned prior to leaving H| for Canteibnry.

The now Provincial Hotel, Princes-street which is to be erected for Mr. P. Gleeson, will have a frontage to Princcs-ttreet of 5' feet, the remainder of the frontage of th( blocu, 45 feet, being occupied by three shops. The hotel, on the ground floor, bus at th< southern end an entrance and passage lead ing to a sitting-room 15 x 10, and anothei behind 14 by 10. At the lower corner will he another cu trance leading to a sitting-room, 15 x 10, billiard-room 25 x 20, and dining' room 19 x 22. The staircase hall will branch eft from this passage, and will contain I handsome flight of stairs to the upper floor The bar will be situated in the centre of the frontage, and is 1.3 x 15. The upper flooi will be subdivided, to comprise eleven bed' rooms averaging 12 x 8, with two sitting' rooms 17 x 15. As to the exterior, the front of the hotel will bo divided into three bays, The ground storey will have rusticated piers at the angles, and the upper storey have single pilasters at the ends and coupled pilasters in the centre. The windows on the ground floor are semicircular, beaded with architraves and moulded keystones. The top windows are square-beaded with moulded architraves. The top cornice will be enriched with carved brackets, rnd the top of building i surmounted with balustraded parapet. ' The three shops (also to order of Mr. Gleeson) will each have a frontage of 15 feet and a depth of 25 f*et. In rear of each shop will be a sittingroom, with staircase leading therefrom to floor, which is subdivided into three bed-rooms. The style of front of the shops will not be so ornate as that of the hotel, but it will have nevertheless a neat appearance. It has not yet been decided whether to build the block of brick or wood, and alternative tenders have been called for. Mr. Campbell writes to us stating that his visit to the Presbytery was purely a personal one, and had no special reference to the present state of the Kaiwaka church, which he lejnrds as pertaining exclusively to the Presbytery and the people of Kaiwaka. A number of whaleboats are now in the course of construction at the different boatbuilding yards for the forthcoming ivgatta season. One boat is almost completed at Mr. C. Biiley'syard. Herdimensionsare according to the regulations of the club. The shipment of flour from this port to Sydney continues. No fewer than 1070 sacks were shipped yesterday by the s.s. Kotornn. From the commercial reports of the Sydney papers, however, it would appear that this class of New Zealaud produce is not at present iu favour, and the prices obtained there leave only a small margin oi profit. Mr. Robert Comer, the manager of the Pinafore mine, rcporta having discovered a new leader, showing colours of gold, in the intermediate level, now cleaned out, striking for the big reef, and that the crushing now poing on at the Herald battery is showing up for a general payable yield. The anniversary services in connection with Pitt-street Wesleyan Church will be held on Sunday next. Ihe Rev. H. R. Dewsbury will preach in tho morning, and the Rev. A. Reid in the evening. On the Weduesday following a tea meeting will be held. There were three prisoners in the lock-up last night, namely, one man for drunkenness ; Mary Feuton, for larceny ; aHd Wm. John lij-ttle, who has been again re-arrested (on warrant) on a charge of bigamy. The office of the Registrar of Biiths, Deaths, and Marriages has, it will be seen by advertisement in our columns, been changed from next to the old District Court build'niii to n room iu the Post-office building, Fort street. This will be a great accommodation to the public. The former place was quite out of the way, and was often found inconvenient for country settlers. A ewe on the farm of Mr. Ingle, near Martou, a few days ago gave birth to an extraordinary monstrosity. Like the Cycle pes of old, this lamb had but one eye, and that was in the middle of its forehead. To make up for its deficiency in the matter of eyes, however, it had two well-defined mouths, one above the other, but quite separate from e ich other.

The Atckland Weekly News (illustrated) is the largest and best town and country journal in the colony, and its *alue as an advertising medium is universally admitted to be unequilled in New The political, agricultural, mining, con- shipping, and sporting news of the week, and the fullest and latest cablegrams and telegrams are i.'iven each week, while tales, sketches, and all the usual features of a weekly journal will be found in its pigc3. Subscription: £1 2s CJ per annum in advance, posted to any part of the colony. To-day's Oiherver will contain :—The Story of an Unfortunate ; a Plea for a Fcmalo Ecforroatnry: the Ladies and the Contagions Diseases Act; Commercial Morality ; Forbidden Fruit; Extraordinary Poisoning Mystery '• a ilan Condemned to De.V.h on Circumstantial Evidence ; the Mystery Solved : full account of the Football Hatch : Latest Turf, Theatrical, and Ladies" Gossip; Fashions, AcThree pounds ca»h given away in prizes ; open to all competitors. See coupons.—[Advt.] Mr. B. C. Roberts, having become the proprietor of the Altcrt Hot-.1, Queen-street, draws the attention of the public to tho ample accommodation, A.C., which that establishment possesses. The Free Newspaper Reading-room, in conn-ction with the " Associated News and Advertising Rnreau of New Zealand," "Stichbury'a Buildings. Que»n-strcet. is a very useful little institution, and the nn!y p ikYc place of the kind in the colony. Tho Bure.iu was started here, on the American principle, sotr.e Eva years ago, by Mr. W. Bartlcet Langbridge, its present manager, a journalist of 22 years' standir.2 in New ZeaUnd. He has now about 120 news- | pipers, principally colonial, regularly on file, which arc alwavs open for reference to his customers and ! the public, with >ut charge. We frequently refer visit-irs to ' Tho Dureau " Reading-room, where they inv-inaUy receive courteous attention, Mr. A. Buckland'a first wool sale, this Season, is fixed for the 14th of November. Mr. R. Arthur will sell to-day a superior n«w 18-cir t gold keyless stop watch, jewelled in twelve holes; also, a lady's IS-carat gold huntingwatch, and superior colonial-gold chain, T, e sale takes place nt 2 p.m. The following tenders were received yesterdav by Messrj "w. K. Hammond and Son, architect*, for the erection of an hotel at Stokes' Point:— C. -Mills. £1300: G. Hatcher. £1170; I'. E, Brabazon, £11-J0 ; Keyes Brothers, £S7l. We are requested to remind the Lady Associates of the Young Women's Institute that the monthly meeting will be held this afternoon at 3.30. An advertisement in another column shows) where Mr. C. A. Simonsen, homeopathic physician, Ac., may be consulted. Tho third anniversary of the Alexandra L<v!so of the Protestant Allianco Friendly Society will be colebrated by a soiree, cODcert, and ball, on Tuesday evening, the 17th inst. A concert and miscellaneous entertainment in aid of Miss M. J. Willows will be given In tho Temperance Hall to-morrow evening.