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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6827, 4 October 1883, Page 4

A Ministerial crisis is impending in France, arising out of the recent indignity to which King Alfonso was subjected during his stay in Paris. Ministers are said to be squabbling amongst themselves as to who is to blame for the unfortunate and disgraceful occurrence, and our cable message mentions that President Grevy has threatened to resign. On the other hand the Ministers complain of discourtesy on the part of the President towards them, and also accuse hint of undue interference with the official actions of his son-in-law, M. Wilson. King Alfonso has returned to Madrid, and has received an enthusiastic ovation. His Majesty was cheered all along the route, and curing the ciayheldan op<m reception at the palace, in which thirty thousand persons are said to have taken part. Sir Stafford Northcote li3s been visiting the Isorth of Ireland, and a fete is being organised in his honour in Belfast. The Conservative party are displaying gres.t activity at present, in view of an early general election.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court were lesumed yesterday. William Burns, aged 58 years, was found guilty of a common aseault noon a ohild four years of age. He was charged with indecent aeeault. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one year s hard labour. James Murphy was tried and found guilty of au unnatnral" offence at Whangaroa. The witneaeea were .ill Maoris (4), Dot the prisoner said they had formed a plot against him. He was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Four-men named Wright, Small, Home, and Ryan were put upon ti.eir trial for " robbery with violence" upon the persou of John Carrol, a. settler o£ Pukekohe West. Mr. Earl defended Home and Ryan, who were acquitted. Wright and Small were found guilty. Jlis Honor deferred sentence until this mornirg. A meeting of the Domain Bcarcl was heia yesterday afternoon. The proceedings were mostly detail, and contained little of public interest. It was decided to remote the old Observatory— to demolish it, in fact—as it had become dilapidated and a nuisance. JLlie lease of the Domain Gardens to Mr. iJrewin for a term of seven yeara at £40 a-year was confirmed, and he was allowed to otiiise a smal! section between the Gardens and the Cricket Ground, on condition that it was to be given up when require*. It was slated that the Domain ranger, Mr. Goldie aid been very successful in raising cinchona plants irom seed, and that from SOO to 900plants had already been priekeci out A number of these planta will soon be ready for distribution. At the meeting of the Congregational Home Mission on Tuesday night the Secretary Mr. J. Milne, atated that the church building on the New North-road (not the Onehuuga site) had been sold, and the proceeds applied to the purchase of a site at Mount Eden.

A meeting of the Presbytery w*.s held at &t. Andrews Church yesterday.' The business was of an ordinary character. A report of the meeting will be found in another column. When the alarm of fire last night brought Mr.Dargaville's meeting to an abrupt conelusion, Mr. Laing was about to pit the following resolution to the meeting: "That with a view to securing and preserving the unity of the wh'.-le colony, and! a better administration of tho Government, it is desirable that there should be a reform of the constitution providing autonomy for each of the two islands of New Zealand." One of the buggies of Mr. Irwin, the livery stallekeeper came to grief yesterday, the nonvs in it boltina down Durham- street, and commg into collision with the Archhill omnibus of the Northern Omnibus Company. B.th the buggy and omnibus received some injuries, but the passengers in the latter escaped. Air. Meysey Thompson, of Te Aroha who had hired out the busay cot some slight injury on the head, when the horse bolted at the outset, and he cot the •■vound dressed at Mr. Sbarland's, chemist, A serious aceident occurred tj. a man named Michael Cronio yesterday,, While wheeling coals from one of the vessels on a plank he fell off, sustaining a nasty BC3IO wound. He went to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to, A mason named J. Bourke had a narrow escape of receiving fatal injuries on Tuesday, while working on Mr, Cosgrave'e premise* through a bnck falling front the scaffolding and hitting him on theiead. He irecsivecfi severe scalp wound, which will incapacitate ~ him from work for a few days. '

a t> w;Hh living i Q a house Amannamea died in Cbapel square, off Wyndn a been nddenly yesterday =«£ and for moire a resident here for ■» On Sunthan a year has been in iHJ«a t Qn day last, bowevw, *"jw*« J a ticket for Tuesday Father VW*r g« medica , but the Dispensary, so aa » e uaed that day It does not seem te have d chiWreu Deceased leaves a «»« atten . ]ed by * As the deceased had not e o med medical man, it " Dr prison, Coroner, Ssl l3aW&"-» «» Clanricarde Hotel, two o'clock. . « i • »Jioie name we could not ascertain, A I* , '. W j „„ Ms head in Queen-street yeswas pitched on n ,s w Xmson's, tobacconist, *$?*'■s*, ahorse barebacked, which had W h.lβ nd.nga bore sfuntd! but subsequently was able & proceed to his home. t importance to conA case of tb<3 Supreme Court, iectiouers was beW ' v plaintiff in Bun e din,afew tos »g ot^r o{ Cqs Hudson v. H^ 0 ° ver £* sum U f f.25 Os 9d, to rWdef£d»t had charged as duty on which the o d wag candle( i pee i. Martl , experts gave evidence as to the Kt TquXn »d *. majority of them that it was drained peel, and reS, further process before it could be S peeL Mr. Stout appeared for the gtatiff. and Mr. Haggitt for the defendant, Sd the latter read extracts from Webster, Latham, and other authors of dictionaries, with the view of showing that the article m question was candied pesl-eeeing thatithad been "nreserved with sugar. Mr. btout pointed ont that hams and jams were preserved in sugar, and he eugcestod that one could not well describe a lam as " a candied ham." His H nor held that it would be straining language very much to say that the dried skin of a lemon •was "dried lemon." Looking at what w/s called the dried peel produced as part of the Bamples in Court, ha thought it was not candied peel, as it had not that white and angary appearance that one always understood by the term "candied." Judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs. Among other concessions made by the Telegraph Department, the telephone charges lave been reduced, as from the Ist of October to £12 for the first year and £10 for- the second year. Subscribers are charged only half - price for communicating through bureaus. The mileage minimum is extended to sitniles, and messages will be sent that diatance for the minimum charge.

There is little to add to the acc.ant of the fire in Wyndham-street, published m yesterday's issue. The block of buildings was owned by Messrs. Glenfield and Mason, who had £200 on each shop, or £1000 in -ill, with the South British Insurance Company. Mr, Jacobs estimates his loss over insurance at £70 Mr. Cavanagh and Mrs. Buckton place theira at £250 and £100 respectively. Mr. Shove's premises have been injured at the back, and he puts his loss at £50. The "obtrusive starling" has got into the roof of the Supreme Court building, and make 3 such a perp-tual chattering that it is extremely difficult to hear in the Supreme Court the acoustic properties of which are bad. But it is not the starling alone that is in fault; the sparrow is quite as great a chatterbox. Other birds also assist. Injunction won't restrain, nor writ of prohibition reduce them to silence. The owl has been seen upon the hideous gurgoyles at night. No wisdom of the Government has apartments in the building now.

At the Police Court yesterday, the Resident Magistrate sentenced a man named Patrick Cairoll and a woman named Walsh to twelve months' imprisonment for a gross case of indecency iu a public place, and another mnn named Mclntosh, who resisted Detective Hughes when he was arresting these prisoners, was fined £1, or in default fourteen days' imprisonment.

We are requested to correct the statement that the Rev. Lloyd Keating has laboured dnring the past three years in Dunedih. It appears that Mr. Keating has resided for a year only in that city, and in that short time succeeded in erecting a large chnrch in the North-east Valley, a oubnrb of Dunedin. He has been appointed temporarily to the parish of St. Thomas.

The last night of the Hiberuicon at Abbott's Opera House last evening was well patronised. As npon previous representations, the whole performance passed of most satisfactorily. The company proceed South by the Manapouri to-morrow.

Tie October number of the New Zealand and Australian Bee journal has been published. The Editor reminds hi 3 rea.'.ers that as the season appears to be a little backward, the swarming in most districts is not likely to begin before the latter part of the present month. He urge 3 that everything should be in readinees for the events when they occur. The entrance to hives should be enlarged as the weather bf conips warmer, and all grass and weeds growing about apiaries should be cut short and ktpt in a i tidy condition. Surplus boxe3 may be put on as soon as honey is being gathered in fair quantities. A new kind of swarming and driving box is described by a correspondent, T. J. M., of which the Editor approves, and thinks the information supplied is timely, as the season is clo3e at hand when the information will be required. Mr. L. J. Baguall, Thames, describes the making up of hives in the flat, in wliich readers -will find useful hiniss. Mr. George Stevenson, Gisborce, detaih bis rather unpleasant experience with sending honey to the London market. There are many asefnl hints in this magazine which those owning bees may seek for in vain elsewhere.

To-night at the Opera House ia to be tendered the farewell benefit to Messra. B. B. Euiisell and Barry O'Neil. Mrs. Lachlan McGowan and the principal members of the dramatic company which played with W. E Sheridan, the tragedian, will appear ic the emotional drama, " Lost in Lomlon," afttr which will be given a series of dances and Bongs. Miss Greenlees, who is acknowledged to be a splendid dancer, has kindly consented to appear. Mr. Lisaant, so favourably known as a principal member of Simonsen's company, will give some of his famous solos, and Mr. Michael Anderson is also to sing. Mr. Russell has made a special study of the principal characters. Mr, Barry O'Neil will sing gome of hia most celebrated songs.

Anguste Baffin, lately publican and storekeeper at Ngunguru, was arrested on board the Hawea, at New Plymouth, yesterday morning by Sergeant-Major Pardy, on a telegram from Superintendent Thomson informing him that Kaffin was on beard, booked to Kelson in the name of Andrews. £213 was fotmd on KafSn, who is charged on warrant issued in Auckland on Monday, Ist JES-tant, on the sworn information of Mr. Arthur Heather, merchant, with fraudulent insolvency. An excellent description of KalSn ■wa3 wired to the New Plymouth police from tho Auckland police department. Mr. Coleman is the solicitor for the prosecution. Baffin will be brought on to Auckland in charge of Sergeant-Major Pardy.

The following telegram from Sandhurst ! appears in the Age :—" Aα extraordinary affair, which has created great excitement, occurred at Ironbark on the evening of September 16. A young man named Henry Keast attended the revival sei vices at the United Methodist Chnrcb, Ironbark, and appeared to be greatly affected. On Sunday evening he listened with deep interest to a sermon by Mr. Gill, a layman, and during the devotional exercises he suddenly rushed forward and threw himself before the •• penitent form," declaring that he felt his sins forgiven. He then appeared to go off into a trance, his face becoming rigid. He was removed to his home, but not to return to his senses till long afterwards. He then declared that he had been conducted by an angel through heaven and hell, in both of ■which places he had met several acquaintances."

There were in the losk-up last night three persons for drunkenness ; also Mrs. Mary Martin, a respectable-lookiDg young woman, charged with larceny of a silver lever huntiug watch and gold chain, value £20, the property of Georce Cook. It appears that the accused is a barmaid at the Scotia Hotel, and the prosecntor was in there having some drink, when he suddenly missed his watch, and accused the yonnj; woman of taking it. She was subsequently arrested on the charge, but the evidence seems very slender againat fcer. Her husband is at present away at Ifspier. The Sydney magistrates are determined to put down obscenity in public places. Il"rederick Mildwater, for an aggravated case ci exposure and using obscene language, was sentenced to six months' bard labour, with twenty-four lashes added. ■ ','■. John Beid and Co. direct attention to their sale of MOpletama *j ascites on Friday, oom »eacSßgMt?reft*Mu.