PUBLICANS' LICENSES.

Colonist, Volume V, Issue 468, 18 April 1862, Page 2

PUBLICANS' LICENSES.

On Tuesday last licenses were granted to the following persons. Very little complaint was mado respecting the management of the houses during the past year. In fact, some complimentary observations were made from the bench on the proper manner in which some of the hotels in this city have been conducted. CITY. Wakatu Hotel .. Edward Mills. Marino Hotel .. .. Charles M'Geo Trafalgar Hotel .. Charles Harley Masonic Hotel .. Charles Gentry Bank Hotel .. .. Edward Everett Royal Hotel .. .. Joseph Porthouso Golden Fleece .. George Richardson Mitre Hotel .. .. Henry Jasper Miners' Arms .. .. J.L.Newman Anchor Inn .. .. Stephen Adams Thistle Inn ~ .. Archibald Banks Prince Albert.. .. Joseph Edwards London Taven .. Henry Hudson Steam-boat Tavern .. Abraham Bush Albion Hotel .. ~ Frederick Stock Pier Hotel .. .. Joseph Winterburn "Wine and Spirit Store. Henry Baly. STOKE. Turf Hotel .. ~ Margaret Beach RICHMOND. Star and Garter „, Robert Disher Plough Inn .. .. Moses Coleman Wheat Sheaf Inn .: Robert Woolfenden Red Horse .. .. Lucy Kite MOTUEKA. Swan Inn .. .. Daniel Talbot UTPER MOUTERE. Green Man .. .. Henry Talbot

Permanent Building Society.—-A. meeting of the shareholders of this society took place on Wednesday evening, April 16th, for the purpo c of adopting the rules, electing a solicitor and twelve members as directors. John Sharp, Esq., was called to the chair, and read the rules (about one hundred in number) to the meeting, which were adopted, with a few verbal alterations. Two gentlemen were proposed for the important office of solicitor to the society, Mr. Adams and Mr. Connell, when the former was elected by a great majority. The following members were chosen as directors for the ensuing year: their names are placed according to the number of votes: Messrs. Rout, Burn, Drew, Shallcrass, D. Burns, Watkins, Thornton, I. M. Hill, Barton, Stringer, Cooke, Bailey. Tliere were eighteen proposed, and the chairman gave a casting vote in favor of Mr. Bailey. Before the business was actually over a rush was made to the door, and a vote of thanks to the chairman was given in the uproar. We cannot but think that the preliminary committee, and the sub-committee especially, who have taken so much pains and spent a deal of time in the revision of the rules deserved the usual compliment. These are small matters perhaps, but everything should bo done with decency and in good order. Nearly 1800 shares have been taken. Next Monday is tlie day appointed for the payment and realisation of shares, at the Temperance Hall, at seven o'clock in the evening ; and iv future on every third Monday in the month.

Inquest.—An inquest was held by the coroner at Motueka, on Monday last, on the remains of William Bundy, the particulars of the discovery of which we gave a short time since. The "erdict was as follows :—' The remains ofthe said ~\ illiam Bundy were, on the Gth day of April instant, washed up by the sea on the beach at Motueka, but by what means the said William Bundy came to his death there iv no evidence to show.'

The Steameu Undine. —We are glad to hear that the alteration of the screw of this little steamer enabled her to go outside the harbor ou Saturday afternoon at good speed against a strong flood tide. She passed round the Airedale lying outside, and returned to the wharf in a very short time. We ibelieve that sho proceeds to the South in a few days.

Revising Officer.—Thomas Connell, Esq., has been appointed, by his Excellency the Governor, Revising Officer for the following electoral districts :—Collingwood, Motueka, City of Nelson, Suburbs of Nelson, Waimea, Picton, Wairau.

Tea Meetings.-—We remind our readers of the tea meeting advertised to take place this evening, at the Schoolroom, Spring Grove, on the occasion ofthe eighteenth anniversary of the Spring Grove Wesleyan Chapel. Another tea-meeting will take place at the Town School, on Monday evening next, in connection with the Nelson School Society.

Thk Deer. —We have just heard that the buck was seen in Richmond yesterday morning, near Ranzau, and afterwards at tho back of Mr. M'Rae's, Richmond. The does and fawns are still on the hills near the College.

Sir John Franklin. —We aro pleased to learn that a statue of the late Sir John Franklin is to be erected on a portion of the site of the old Government House at Hobart Town. The situation is an appropriate one, being in a central and conspicuous position, and in the immediate spot where that excellent man and upright ruler spent the term of his Tasmanian official life.

A Hint. —The Leader (Australia) says:—But what is truly discouraging is the corrupt spirit betrayed by so many ofthe men who thrust themselves forward in public to take part in the management of political affairs. Honesty seems unknown to them. The shameless audacity which is manifested by men raised to the most responsible political position, in abandoning their avowed convictions

of a former period, in betraying their party obligations, nnd in violating their election pledges, is absolutely astounding. It exhibits a moral rot that has something of the convict taint in it. It would seem as if the very atmosphere of politics engendered turpitude that could not be eradicated. Everyman who is now most prominent in riveting squatting bonds upon the popular interests of this country, has risen to note by means of his violent denunciations of the squatters and their grasping aims. Exalted by popular favor however, each of these apostates, the moment he has got on high ground, at once betrays his currish nature, and turns round to snap at those to whom he owes his exaltation. It is a pitiable exhibition. It will sow broadcast a feeling of unbelief in the efficacy of constitutional efforts for the redress of political grievances.

Pig Nuisance.—ln tlie Auckland Police Court a person was fined for allowing his pigs to roam about and destroy his neighbor's property. A correspondent of one of the papers thus writes on this case :—I shall say nothing about the gentlemanly conduct of the defendant's counsel during his examination of the pursuer, as the line of demarcation between the liberty and the licentiousness of the bar is very difficult to define, although it is easily observed when civility terminates on the part of ' the lawyer,' and impertinence begins. However, the pursuer deserves praise for demonstrating to the various pig manufacturers in Auckland that they cannot be allowed (as hitherto they have done with impunity) to keep animals for a public nuisance and the destruction of their neighbor's property. _ Club Law.—A Sydney paper has the following little scene of 'high life":'-—At the lass District Court Sir Frederick Pottinger, Baronet, J.P., and Sub-Superintendent of the Mounted Patrol at Burrangong, was defendant in an action for assault. It appears that the complainant, Mr. T. 11. Watt, had called him a swindler or scoundrel in a billiard room, and the defendant struck him with a cue, and pushed his head through a window pane. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one shilling.

Legal Advice.—A man from the country applied lately to a respectable lawyer for legal advice. After detailing the circumstances of the case, he was asked if he had stated the facts exactly as they occurred. « Oh, ay, sir,' rejoined the applicant; ' I thought it best to tell you the plain truth—you can pit the lees till't yersel.'