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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7221, 17 July 1884, Page 2

Whilst publishing in full the evidence taken in Hr W. Wabino Taylor’s case in the Bankruptcy Court, we have hitherto offered no comment on the extraordinary statements made, and probably shall not do so. Only one of two suppositions seem to ns possible : —Either the bankrupt has been most grossly misrepresented, and in that case he has been the victim of a series of libels, which it would be cruel and criminal to repeat ; or else the statements made were true, and in that case he was guilty of such gross frauds and misappropriation extending over a period of some years, that justice would demand that he should be fortwith prosecuted criminally. On the latter supposition the comment would best bo made by the summing up of a judge and the

verdict of a jury. Under any circumstances the fact, which Beems to have been admitted, that his personal expenditure averaged £IOOO per annum was discreditable. No man in the colony haa a right to spend money at that rate, unleas he has actually realised so much property that there is % moral impossibility of his being affected by the fluctuations of business or the depreciation of real estate. We commend this case to the serious deliberation of those whoso duty it is to institute criminal proceedings. We also trust that no sentimental considerations will deter the Official Assignee, or any one else concerned, from pushing the inquiry to the utmost, in order that justice maybe vindicated. Meanwhile we withhold further comment, as we think it quite essential to the cause of justice that the person implicated should meet with the utmost fair play while the investigation of his peculiar and ominous case is going on.

It Is reported that "another change in the hospital staff is pending Ur Key worth having, it i-i said, sent in his resignation as house surgeon. We hope it is not true. A writ haa been served upon Mr W. Price, of Messrs Chapman and Fitz Gerald, at the instance of Mr George Fi«hev, for the recovery of £SOO damages for slander. A man named Kichard Webb was arrested yesterday afternoon ou a charge of obtaining money under false pretences by issuing valueless cheques. The cheque! in question were presented at the Bank Hotel. At the meeting of the City Council this evening, tenders will be considered for the lease of the fish market, the lease of section 39 (Te Aro Pah), the maintenance of the Ohiro-road, the construction of a culvert in Woodward-street, the formation of Gleubervieterrace, and the supply of 2000 yards of road metal.

The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for the l)nehwood contract of the Picton-Hurunui railway Accepted—Parker and Maddock, Blenheim, £17,746. Declined—John Whittaker, Dunedin, £17,949 ; Matboson Bros., Dunedin, £23,391 ; George Mackie and Co., Balclutha, £25,071 J G. Watson, Dunedin, £27,968.

To-night and to morrow evening the great Stereopticon will be exhibited at the Atheticeum Hull. The entertainment will consist of a number of views of the chief places of interest in London, Edinburgh, and Scotland, a grand display of statuary, colored effects, and an optical illusion, perfected by Professor Faraday, designated the Phenakistoscope. Fifty prizes will bo presented to the audience at the close of each evening’s entertainment, the principal prizes to-night being a new silver watch and a drawing-room clock. It is related consuming Mr Tennyson that he had just gone to lire near Blackdown, and one night be lust his way while rambliugabout. A woman standing at the door of a cottage did her best to see him right, and iu doing so described one corner of his own house, saying “ You will sea it as you turn the corner by a clump of yew trees. Some one’s come to live there from Lunnon. They say he’s a queer ’uu, He's a actor, or does writin’ or summat o’ that sort ; but he’s a queer 'uo, ’o is. Ho goes about more like a beggar nor anythin’ else.” “Oh,” said Tennyson, “have you seen him ?” “ No, I can’t say us I’ve seen ’uu ; but that’s what I bear. He goes about just for all like a beggar.” At the Resident Magistrate's Court yeater. day, before Messrs Baker andHalse, J.P., two first offenders, belonging to tho b.b. Ruapehu, were find 5* and 20i, for being drunk in the streets. The heavier penalty was inflicted because iu that case disorderly conduct was proved. Robert Kirk was brought up on remand charged witli stealing a gold watch and £9 from the person of Beruard Clarke on the 13th instant. Chief Detective Browne applied for a further remand, which was granted until Monday, bail being allowed in the amount of £SO, with two sureties of £25 each. Mrs Towersey was charged with allowing offensive matter to remain on the street. The cft*e was adjourned for a week. Eustace Da Bathe Brandon was charged with keeping an unregistered dog on the 26th ultimo, but the case was remanded until the 30th instant on the application of defendant, Felix McCarthy, T. J. Gley, Wishart, and W. L. Buller were fined 10s and costs, and W. L, Buller and Frederick Martin 5a and costa for tho same offence.

A Pahautanni correspondent writes :—A meeting of members of the Church of England was held in the eburebroom, Pahautanui, ou Thursday evening, July 10th, the Rev. J. Blackburue, in the chair. The chairman said that the meeting bad been called for the purpose of setting on foot some organisation for carrying on church work in this portion of the Porirua Road Missionary District. An Act passed at the last aessionjof the Diocesan Synod gave him power to establish some local organisation in the district. He proposed to form a vestry, consisting of two churchwardens and five other church members. Mr William Stace bad consented to act as his churchwarden, and it would now rest with the meeting to elect a churchwarden to represent the parishioners. On the motion of Mr Stace, senr., Mr Charles Carter was unanimously elected peoples warden. The following are the names of the other office-bearers elected at the meeting. Vestrymen : Messrs T, Smith, F. Brady, William Taylor ; draper, D. Cook ; auditors : Messrs J. Pearce, C. J. Hansard. A special vote of thanks was passed to the ladies who recently held a sale of work in Pahautanui, and devoted the proceeds to the improvement of tho church, both inside and outside. A vote of thanks was also tendered to Messrs W. Stace and T. Smith for their post services as honorary collectors. Some few days ago, an Auckland telegram referred to a farmer, named Macrae, who had been a sufferer through agrarian outrages at Mangere. The Herald gives the following particulars :—“ It appears that some time ago Mr Macrae drew Sergeant Green’s attention to the dangerous state of the gravel pit in Mangere Mountain, in which a man and burse were killed, and another nearly killed. This, be alleges, drew on him a certain amount of odium and annoyance from some of bis neighbors. More recently, the local District Board erected a fence on a public road adjoining his farm, which has caused him great loss and annoyance ; for the Highway Board, as be alleges, illegally collect a revenue by issuing depasturing licenses to allow catle to graze over the roads, aad these animals, being stopped by the fence referred to, break into his paddocks and destroy bis crops. Only the other day he found no fewer than 14 horses in bis paddock. He has had therefore. In self-protection, to commence impounding trespassing animals, but, before doing so, he applied to Mr Robertson, chairman of the Highway Board, asking what was to be done. The chairman denied all knowledge of the erection of the gate and fence referred to, which Mr Macrae alleges has the effect ef turning (he trespassing cattle into bia cultivations, but Mr Robertson said he was only one member, and could do nothing. On the 29th of June (Sunday), Mr Macrae found a valuable bay colt, bis nroperty, dead, apparently choked or strangled, and on the following night a bay colt had its belly ripped up. This animal Is still alive, and is being treated by MrKinlocb, veterinary surgeon. On Saturday last, Mr Macrae was sent for hurriedly, and, ou reaching bis home in Mangere, he found that a splendid grey filly, rising three years old, and which he valued at £4O, was shot dead through the bead, the bullet entering the temple.” A fashionable marriage, the preliminaries of which bad for some little time been the topic of conversation and bad been looked forward to with pleasurable anticipation, was celebrated yesterday afternoon at St. Paul’s Church, when the nuptials of Mr Augustus Edward Stanley Carr, manager of a Bank at Invei cargill, and Miss Florence Edith Pynsent, daughter of Mr C. P. Pynsent, of Clifton House, Hobson-streeb, were celebrated. Although the weather was wretched, the church was filled to its utmost capacity, the majority of the congregation being ladies. The officiating clergyman was the Rev G. S. Walpole, incumbent of St. Mary’s, Parnell, Auckland, who is in temporary charge of the parish. Punctually at half-past 2 o’clock the bride, leaning on her father’s arm, and attended by her bridesmaids, Miss Pynsent (sister of the bride), Miss Williams, and Miss Maude Williams, entered the church and proceeded to the altar rails, where she was awaited by the bridegroom and bis best man, Mr 0. Tan* cred. The bride wore adress and square train of ivory white brocaded and plain satin, trimmed with Brussels lace and wreaths of orange blossom*. Her ornaments were a handsome gold necklet and diamond locket, the gift of the bridegroom, and a bracelet set with diamonds, a gift from the mother of the bridegroom, The three bridesmaids —Miss Pynsent (sister of the bride), Miss Williams, and Miss Maude Williams—wore cream-colored surat dresses and sapphire blue velvet bonnets, trimmed with pearls and hyacinths. Each bridesmaid wore a brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. The service was full choral," the musical portion being under the direction of Mr Robert Parker, Cathedral organist. The. hymns sung were Nos. 350 and 351. A very large assemblage of persons awaited the departure of the wedding party from the church, and during their progress from the vestry down the aisle, Mendelssohn’s “ Wedding March ” was performed. The happy couple, attended by a largo number of guests, returned to the residence of the bride’s parents, where the usual festivities were indulged In.

Members of the Athletic Football Club are requested to attend practice this afternoon. In vLw of the Senior Cup contest next Saturday it is desirable that all members should give every attention to practice, The following tenders have been received by the Public Works Department for the blinding metalling contract on the Pukekohe-Waiuku-road :—Accepted : Anthony May, junior, Waiuka, 4s per chain. Declined :T. Carden and S. Fiavielle, Waiuku, 4s Cd ; G. T. Holme?, Waiuku, 4s 91 ; Newdick and Johnson, Waiuku, 5s 5d ; S. H. Crawford, Pukekobe, 9s ;J. Moore, Waiuku, 12s 6d; W. Howard, Pukekobe, 17s 6d. The death is announced this morning of the Right Hoa. Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl of Cowhy, He was a nephew of the Duke of Wellington; was born in 1804, and after education at Eton, entered the diplomatic service. He has been ambassador at several European Court*, his last position in that capacity being in Paris. He resigned the post in 1857. Ho was an honorary D.C.L. of Oxford.

A meeting of the Lumpers’ Union was held last night, at the Fire Biigade Station in Man-ners-street ; Dr, Newman, the president in the chair. It was announced that the membership at present numbered 114. It was resolved to present Mr Gardner with an address and a testimonial, in recognition of his valuable services to tha union, and he was also elected an honorary life member of tho union. Some routine business having been transacted, the meeting terminated. At tho nomination for Thorndon on Tuesday last, Dr. Newman, in returning thanks for his unopposed election, said that at present a conundrum was being propounded iu Avickland to the following effect : Why is it likely that Sir George Grey, upon his taking his seat in Parliament next session will resemble a Manx cat ? Dr. Newman did not propound the riddle, but the hou, gentleman certainly left it to be inferred that the Knight of Kawau would find himself in the same position, as to a caudal appendage, as the harmless, necessary cat of the Isle of Man.

In tho Araay Estimates for this year £57,000 is the sum provided for defraying the charge for Divine service for the troops. This amount is altogether disproportionate to the results accruing from the outlay. There is no real spiritual life iu the army. With a few notable exceptions, the chaplains are not hard-work-ing men. Compared with the weekly labors of a parish priest, their work is child’s play. It begins with one or two routine services on Sunday, and ends with, perhaps, a visit to the cells or a Bible-class on Saturday. Occasionally a funeral intervenes to break the monotony of the week. For performing such purely formal duties as these the chaplains receive higher rates of pay than officers of corresponding rank and service in the army.

The Isle of Man (says the St. James’ Gazette) ought to bo more correctly styled the Isle of Women, since it Is only in the kingdom of the Manxmen that the claims of women are properly recognised. By way of precedent to the Government, which has the Franchise Bill in hand, it is pointed out that when the Manx Legislature had before it the question of Parliamentary reform, it dealt with the question of female suffrage as well. In 1881 the House of Keys passed a Bill which conferred the same electoral privileges ou ivomeu as on men. Bat, enlightened as it is iu other respects, Man still groans under an Upper Chamber; and that body refused to pa?s the Bill iu its entirety, and only allowed a £4 ownership qualification to give the vote to women. However, even this is something. The adjourned meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held last evening at the Post Office Hotel, Mr C. Hendrey occupied the chair. The consideration of the answers to questions issued by the council to candidates for tho ensuing general elections was then proceeded with. The lists handed in were dealt with collectively, and the full replies read and discussed seriatim. Ultimately it was unanimously resolved, “ That Mr William Hutchison, for South Wellington, and Mr John H. Shaw, for the Te Aro electorate, be the candidates recommended by this council as thorough representatives of the industrial classes, and worthy of the support of all unions affiliated with the council.” It was further decided to call upon all working men iu these electorates to record their votes in favor of the candidates mentioned, as they bad pledged themselves moat strongly to support measures of moment to all wage-earners. According to a very pathetic report sent by Lieutenant Frederick to the Moscow Gazette, there will soon be no Kamscbatkans left iu Kamschatka, The population in a district larger than the whole of France, which was ouce above 50,000, had in 1880 fallen off to 6200. The only occupations of the in* habitants are shooting and fishing, Their food consists almost exclusively of fish, for the annual incomr—of any one rarely exceeds sixteen shillings, for which nut even 401 b of fiour can be On the western coast things are even worse ; the mortality in these parts is even greater than in the east. On the Commodore Islands, however, which are separated by a distance of hardly 300 kilometers from Kamschatka, the population is flourishing amain under the benevolent supervision of an American firm. It is very sad, no doubt, to read of the dying out of a whole people ; but considering what Kamschatka ia, mankind dees not suffer much by the extinction of the Kamscbatkens.

Mr Justice Denman, sitting in the Chancery Division, gave judgment upon an actiou brought by Mr Edgington, a clergyman, against five of the directors and the manager and secretary of the Army and Navy Provision Market. The company was started for the purpose of securing premises in Regentstreet, London, occupied by Messrs Newman and Co., the well-known jobmasters, aud carrying on thero the business of a co-operative store. Mr Edgington alleges that ou inaccurate statements in a circular issued by the defendants, he advanced money on the security of debentures, and in consequence of the alleged misrepresentations he now asked for the return of the money. His lordship, in a judgment extending over three hours, dismissed the action against the secretary and manager without costs, bat gave judgment against the five directors lor £ISOO, with costs.

Tho report of tho Public Works Committee, to bo submitted at this evening’s meeting of the City Council, ia as follows The Committee beg to report—l. That they have given instructions that notice be served on Mr Saunders ou the 15th instant to forthwith put the temporary flume at Wainniomata iu order, failing which the Council will take legal proceedings against him. The Committee beg to recommend that the following works be done : 2. Cambridge-terrace, drainage between Col-lege-street and Lorue-street, as per drainage report ; estimated coat, £l6 10a. 3. Lambtonquay, block crossing across, opposite Laery and Campbell's, to be 6ft wide. 4. That the application by Mr McDougall, to allow retaining wall, Ellice-streot, to encroach on footpath, be not grouted. 5. That the lastitute of Architects be informed that the council see no reason to take action re their allegation as to Mr Kerslake undertaking architectural work. 6. That tho application of Mr J. E, Hayes, for relaxation of building regulations re their premises, Lambton-quay, be granted. 7. That Mr Cbatfield’s application on behalf of Messrs Thompson, Shannon, and Co., for relaxation of building regulations re proposed building In Brandon-atreet, be grouted. 8. That a reply be sent to the Inspector of Police that they have found no cause of complaint re the state of the Morgue. 9. That Mr T. W. Hall of Sydney.street, having written re an alleged nuisance on and from a right-of-way, he be informed that the council can take no action, such right-of-way being private property, 10. That two councillors be authorised to sign, ou behalf of the council, agreement with Mr Seager re lifting and reinstating part ot the Te Aro trestlework. 11. That accounts amounting to £531 12s 6d be passed for payment.

The American sporting writer, though original, is not elegant. Following is a specimen of his handiwork At 11 o’clock the horses were called np and given the word for the first heat. They got an even start, but the speedy Spiff quickly drew ahead of Byron, and was about to take the pole, when Williams began his jockeying privilege. He let out a wild, Apacbe-like yell, that sounded as if all the tules on Union Island had caught fire, or the spirit of some ark-dweller bad returned to plague the living with shrieking demonology, Burke’s Spiff quivered as the unearthly screech smote the affrighted air, his tail flew up, aud the cords in his neck bunched like as if be had an attack of apoplexy. His beautiful trot was instantly changed to a stagger that lost him much ground. Steadily oil Byron (fifteen years of age last Christmas), glided along past the frantic Spiff aud the ruffled Burke. Before the latter got hU horse to a trot again old Byron’s tail was bobbing along seventy-five yards ahead. To overcome this distance the speedy Spiff settled down at a determined gait, and when the half mile pole was reached he was trotting alongside of old Byron, who was travelling as if he was leaving all the bay and oats in Christendom behind him, with no prospect of either ahead. Around the far turn aud into the home stretch the horses came at about even pace, but Spiff began to forge ahead as the straight was reached. Again Williams let loose the fearful artillery of his lungs, aud poor Spiff came as near fainting as a horse ever did. In vain Burke invoked blessings on various things. Spiff was unequal to withstand the nerve*destroying speeches that old Byron’s driver poured into his ear. The result was that while Spiff was being pulled to a trot, old Byron came under the wire, winner nf the first heat in the remarkable time of B'l7i<

His Honor Mr Justice Richmond, held a sitting of the Supreme Court iu divorce and matrimonial jurisdiction yesterday afternoon, when Mr Hall moved for a decree absolute in the case of Emma Harris v. Edward James Harris, in which suit a decree nisi was granted so far back as May, 1830. His Honor, although he stated that he would not absolutely refuse the application, remarked that the delay of four yeirs which had intervened since ibv rule nifl bad been granted was excessive, and wai calculated to raise the suspicion that in the interview something might have occured which would render it improper to grant the application. The delay certainly ne«ded explanation, and he considered that an affidavit should be tiled with a view to prove that no condonation of the offencahad occurred disentitling the petitioner to relief. Mr Hall thereupon applied for an adjournment for a week which, being granted, the court adjourned. From a few notes by “ Atlas ” in the World in reference to tho Australian cricketers, we* extract the following :—“ When such au eleven ai that pub in the field by tho Australians is beaten by au innings and 115 runs (in the Marylebone match) it must seem ungracious if not absurd—to tell the victors that they should have done better. Dining the course of the two innings of the Australians, enough catch-, i were missed to have lost a match in which ordinary appetites for scoring had been displayed, ... It was a misfortune for Australia that Midwinter was uuable to bat, but he alone could hardly have turned the tables. ... It must be some consolation to the Australians that they defeated Surrey with considerable ease. Although H. J. H. Scott made a good innings in this match, I am not inclined to regard him and Cooper as improvements upon Horan and Masaie, whom they replace. The sturdy batting of Horan and the dashing brilliancy of Masaie will be missed more than once before the tour is over,"

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