SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2040, 10 May 1875, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

(PBB PBESS AGENCY.)

Wellington, Saturday, 6.50 p.m. i Ycsierday in banco, all the practising barristers being present, Mr Bobcrt Hart, senior member of the Bar, was deputed to address bis Honor prorious to his departure from the judicial district ;over which he has presided ,for so many years. In the course of his address Mr Hart said, on behalf of the members of. :the Bur, that they looked forward to the prospect of his appearing again before them on the occasions, of the sitting of the Court of ippea l , to which they anticipated his Honor would bring the same earnest desire to ascertain right, and direct ;that which is just, which had characterised .his administration of the law during the jmany years he "had presided over the 'Supreme Oourtin the district. Mr Hart jalso said: I must not omit to notice the conferred upon tho Bar by iyour Honor by .your exertions and assist;ance in giving a beneficial and elevated direction to the' employment of their leisure, and by your constant kindness and hospitality.—His -Honor, in the course of-his reply, said: I assure you it is a source of great gratification to me to find my efforts to perform my olcial duties with a single mind and purpose jhave been appreciated by the members' of the profession who have practised before me, and I feel this gratification all the more because I am aware that, on some occasions, I may have been led, in the anxious discharge of my duty, into a certain impetuosity in expression or in manner towards the, profession, which msy hare caused some annoyance at the If it be so, I am gUd to know that, in any failing in this respect, I have the forgiveness of any gentleman who may have; at the time been annoyed. The kind words addressed to me by Mr Hart, on behalf of the Bar, are a more gratifying tribute than tho most flattering eulogy from some,, other .quarters. They show that my labours have not been in vain, and it is a great consolation to me at a time, not without its/troubles, to find that the profession recognises tile work I have dono.

TjMiurj, Saturday, 6.50 p.m. Second day's races. For tho Hurdle Eaco all horses wero scratched, but Mcdora '■' arid Alice Grey, Medora baulked at the sixth or seventh hurdle, leaving tho latter to come in alone. South Canterbury Handicap, two miles: Castaway, Sonnambula, and Golden Grape started. Castaway won as lie liked; time, 4m. lsec. Tradesmen's Handicap: five were scratched. Exile and Nectar only ran, and Nectar won easy. Consolation Handicap; Sonnambula, Waverley, and Golden Grape ran. Grape was nowhere, and Wavoiley ledto the turn for homo, when Sonnambula got on even tonus,.and the pair ran to the distanco post, when Waverley swerved under tho whip, causing Sonnambula to win.'

OiMABU, Saturday,' 7.10 p.m. In consequence of the heavy gale, all vessels in the roadstead were sent out to sea, In going out, the schooner' EldersHo'fouled'l oung Dick,' and stranded, ' Young Dick' was anchored in a dangerous position, near tho breakwater. 'I hero is a steamer in tho offing, which apparently lakes no notice of the signals for a lug. At 6,30 p,m, the 'EldershV was bilged, and canted .deck to the sea on tho rocks midway between the landingplaco and the breakwater; She will becomo a total wreck, 'Young Dick' got out clear.

Chbistchubch, Saturday,

Mr T. W. Maude, Secretary for Public Works in tho late Government, has rosigued his seat in the Provincial Council.—The greater portion of the birds imported :per 'Tintern Abbey,' 'and bfforcd for sale by the /! eclimatisation Society, ar6;' already bought up and liberated in various parts of tho province. -—The Press, ikis morning contains tho following:—" After his conviction Mercer wrote a great deal, including a'second letter to his wife, who resides at Emerald Hill, Melbourne, in which he states he has no hope, but is innocent. He speaks in tho most affectionate manner'of his little daughter; Helen, and begs his wife notlo let bis Spoor dear old mother', hear of hiseud, a'sjif she knows, it will break her heart; and, ho also wishes it .to be kept a secret, from his brothers and sisters., He also wrote to some friends in Melbourne, begging them to interest themselves ou behalf of his wife, and giving directions as to the disposition of his properly. His handwriting and spelling were fair, showing no lack of education,"