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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2312, 27 March 1876, Page 2

There wore no cases for hearing at tlie'Polfce Court on Saturday. .;•..'.■

From our telegrams elsewhere it will be Men that the San Francisco mail Bteamcr'was.duo in Auckland yesterday, in ,consec[uence ; 'b£ having left San Francisco a day before her usual timo. Up to the time the Telegraph Office closed last evening was no sign of.the steamer in Auckland.

Th« Rev J. Cruinp, who is about leaving this circuit for St. A Ibau'a, Ghristchurch, in accordance with Wcsleyan usage, preached a farewell sermon last evening "in the Grahamstown Church. His discourse was founded on. |he 7tli verse of the 6th chapter of.Galatiane. He was attentively listened'to by a large congregation. The Rev R, S. Buhn. (late of Coroniatnlel) succeeds Mr Crump, i valedictory soiree to the' outgoing iriinfeter will bo given next Wednesday.evening in the.Shortland Church. We understand' Mr'Crurap leaves the Thames the following day. •'-■■'•- .

- From our advertising columns if will'pe seen that the third'anniversary of the Northern Pioneer Lodge of Good Templars will be held in the : Templar Hall this evening.''"We notice that the orthodox soiree is on-this-occasion departed.from, frnit refreshments (during an. interval) taking its place, j 'This lodge possesses a splendid piano, which, in the hands of the choir/leader (Mr T. Bell), is ;a, great attraction to the meeting..' Judging by the'success of the last Templar concert; we anticipate-a largo Attendance this evening.

Elsewhere, In our report of the meeting of the Local Board of Health, we publish the opinions of the five medical gentlemen practising at the Thames as to the time which should elapse before a child who had' scarlet fever or who resided in a house in which scarlet fever had been prevalent might be admitted to BcfiooL The old adage of Jl -doctors differ,"'was never more clearly No two agree as" to the time which ought to be allowed to elapSb afier a patient had completely recovered.' < ; As the question is one of considerable-importance to the community, it.would have been.' much 'more satisfactory had the opinions been; less varied. It is no wonder, under the circumstances,: that the Local Board should decline fixing ; any: limit at all as a recommendation: to, the School Committees.

On Saturday another of -those ''accidents against which due ought'to be taken, occurred at. the native -'.rifle,range while the Thames: Scottish Cadets were, firing. A s'plinter from a bullet struck a member of the Native Volunteer Force who was in the mantlet, and inflicted a very severe wound'on'his wrist, through which the piece of lead penetrated from ; front to'back. l Hewasat : once taken to town, and his wound was attended to by Dr Lethbridge* This is the-third accident from similar causes which has occurred.at : this rifle range. The attention.;of Jlajor-Cooper,and those in authority has beenfrequently drawn to the.wautof sufficient protection.,in .themp *fclet. Some .time or other a man will be tilled, and. then due precautions will be taken, and strict compliance with, the regulations enforced.

The schooner' Alarm,'- which recently arrived in; Auckland from Levuka, after discharging cargo, wine to the Thames-for the "purpose of loading a cargo of timber for Fiji. • She was piloted to the ; upper mills yesterday by Captain •Best. .■.;'■'■■"'>;■'■• "■' • : - : ' ■-•:i.-kiot

The Herald, in referring to?the weather, says:—"The weather yesterday was somewhat stormy, and was bitterly; cold." ; During the day there were several sharp showers of bail and rain. It is not often in the middle of winter that hail falls in Auckland; but to have a sharp shower of hail in the beginning of autumn is somewhat remarkable;- The storm on Wednesdiy detained the steamer 'Durham' at'the' Thames until Thursday morning;; and consequently'she was unable to'take up her trip yesterday, This caused considerable inconvenience, as by it all communication with-the Thames was closed from Wednesday night,- and the first boat from: Auckland,.will, leave this evening.-.Yesterday, there -were more than twelve pertbnß who desired, to leave for the Thames, aud;weie ; unable, as thestormof the 'previous day prevented the boat continuing Her regular daily trips'." ■-•••.-'-'■ ■'■;■'''■"•'

Atelegram from Wellington to the;AuoMand Star says;—" Our Botanical Garden has for some time been put to vaßt uses, and has been steadily getting worse and worse, aud to-night the Post "fiomeß out 'and Bays, •'•• Things have 'come to such a pass that no woman can be seen' with safety to her reputation; entering or leaving our only public gardens. 1 Steps are about to be taken to prevent the-evil complained of. On the next day the; following was s'ent:-"lhat'atrocious. Post- paragraph about the Botanical Gardens was noflong in bearing fruit. A very respectable-looking! couple wero this morning brought-up'before the Resident Magistrate for indecency in the Botanical Gardens, and sentenced to a month's imprisonment each. The publication of such a paragraph has been loudly condemned on.„a)l sides, and the sentence given this morning is considered perfectly staggering. .Mr Travers prosecuted on behalf of .the : garden authorities, The real cause-of a'l this'is the incorrigible nose-poking proclivities of the head, gardener, who occupies himself' principally in dogging couples visiting the.gardens. 1 " . , i:j ', ;

The ship' Brodrick Castle, 1 .whiok arrived ia Auckland on Thursday,' left London on the 7th October ffer.delay has been owing to .having been disabled o|. thfßay of "Bißcay^; compelling. 'iiftrJolretura in"tow;bf and' ; b£o'\iraa taken into' .Plymouth to; re'tiit.'"She lefMgaia bn : tlie 14th December' for 'Auckland, 1 ' and'Aa consequently made the passage in 99 daye/;'The 1 Brodrick Castle; is a new'ship of tjjp tons, She' b'rineja Hhe; following passengers :—First C'ass: Tbomas' Harb : utii : 'And'family (9)i'Misa 'Skelttii, Miß3 ,r fes6J?;',ChVrle's i'larke, v 'Mirs Martha Clarke,' Misß ; 'B.' f MoKcohnie, il Frank Mitctiel), Marian MitoHell,"Mr'B W.'li; MitcKell, GeorgO M. Hamiltonj-Mr Clegliora jand a number of iDimigrants.^i.aho v (following ■ deaths occurred during the voyagee ;—.Dco r 3o,< 1875, Johu McGrath, 1 "age 5 : months,' cofisuaptiorf Feb.; 22,.1876, IpnMcSrath, aged7,month?,' consumption ; ; Jan. 12/ Haiiriah' "Wilsouy 33 yea>B single,, rheumatic fever. There were no births.: After leaving Pjyraoutbj tiad'fins weatheracroES the Bay I oE -Biscay, >'■ arid as far'alMadeira. 'Sighted the'Tsland•on'ChriskmsDiy. ..OnHhe day before passed a large wooden sliipiiff ballast lying on her beam'ends and abandoned. All her boats'were gone.'•Passed>icl6se*il'nder:lier stern, and made'out.hernameasthe ■■'Sp euhoc,' of Dublin. -'.';"■'

Captain Fraser has given £5 to have the Katikati Channel staked,

The Oross of Saturday, in it 3 commercial report, sayai-'Business, generally speaking, has shown some improvement during the week, and the Thames mining advices being somewhat re-assuring, are calculated to give presently a greater impetus, and restore that confidence which has been notably. wanting, especially during the last two months."

A, 'telegram from -Rotorua on Wednesday Biys':—" His Excellency the Governor left for the Wairoa yesterday, where he. met with a hearty reception from the Tuharangi tribe. Loyal speeches of welcome were delivered by the leading chiefs.- The Governor replied iu. suitable terms. Bis Excellency, accompanied by the Hon Dr Pollen, Lord Phipps, MrLe Patourel, Captain Maling, and other?, started or Roipmahana to-day." Ihert'are, it "seems, unemployed in luckland. The Herald of Saturday contains the followingt —-"Long before the usual period of the year, squally weather-has set in. This is subject.for regret, not only because useful •workshayoof necessity been suspended, but became ag'reat number of men have, at a very unfortunate time, been thrown out of employ. Th 6 works at Fort Britomart, the' construction of Fort-street, the works at Freeman's Bay, the cutting in Hobson-street, the formation of the road by-the beach to Parnell, as well as many other i useful works, have, been o;f necessity temporarily. Buapended. ..-- !

■ : " Some men are born Methodists, some " Presbyterians, we Baptists, and they could ■ not well he anything else," Bald the Hon. S. D. Hastings, in a speech at the formal opening of the Congregation*! Church, Beresford-street. It would appear, from a case which came before his Honor Mr Justice Gillies on Friday, that the same remark is equally applicable to some who belong to the "United Church of England and'lreland." Asettlerat Onehunga, named McCutcheon, who wastte owner of Borne real and personal-estate, did what most prudent ' men similarly situated would do—viz., made a - will. Being apparently of a far-seeing turn of mind; be bought in his last will and testament to provide for a variety of possible continagencies, and, being also a Btaunch Protestant, -and as such strongly opposed to the " damnable heresies of the Church of Kome, • he determined to prevent the possibility of the name of McCutcheon being sullied by any ■apostacy on the part of his descendants. With 'this view he inserted a proviso in his will to the effect that his legatees, daughters, , should only enjoy the proceeds of the estate.so ' long as they continued in the besom of the faith •of the Mc'Cutcheons; that if either of them entered into the hjmenial state with a Roman Catholic, she would;forfeit all benefits under the will; and'furthermore,'if both exhibited such a predilection for heresy as to prefer Roman Catholic husbands to the orthodox article, they should be debarred,from, all participation in the estate, which should be given over to some charitable purpose, according to the discretion.'of the ; executors. The testator/ : however, in his zeal for the" United Church of :: England'and Wand," appears to have over : j " looked some other contingencies, and', in conse- ■ quence the aid of two gentlemen learned iu the law,,anda judge of the Supreme Court, has been called in to interpret the testator's real '' intentions '&b to the ultimate' designation' of • the property. Both daughters having married •Blahnch'Protestahts, 1 the soul of McCutcheon may rest in peace, but the question now ta be settled is this: did the testator mean that the daughters should only enjoy the annual proceeds of the estate during their lives, or that as soon as they are married in the ortho- , dox manner, the entire estate should be equally divided between them ? Mr Justice Gillies thinks that at the first blush the fermer inter--pretation- should le put upon the will, seeing that there is still a possibility, however remote,' ' of one'or both of the daughfcors' being inveigled into Popery' before (death. The knotty point will be decided next Wednesday. The idea which the late Mr McClutcheon hit upon is by no means new, but it shows that even in these days there is a'more, intimate connection between the vanities of this world and the pre'parationsfor the. next than tome couleurde rose theologians would have us believe. In these day's,, when so many ingenious methods have been- invented of insuring all the risks that flesh is heir to, why has not some one started a «< Protestant-descendant Insurance Society?" We throw out the.idea for What it may be worth.— Crosi. ..

The 'Bluenose' arrived in Hamilton from Ngaruawahia on Thursday afternoon, and after a few minutes' stay went on to Cambridge, having on board the body of Mrs Eobinson of that 'place. It appears that Mrs Eobinson, whose •husband's death at Cambridge was only repor-! ' ted about a fortnight ago.after the funeral, not feeling very well, went up.to the Hot Springs . at Waiwera 'for a- change, arid returned to: Waikato on Tuesday. She came up in the ,' • Alert,'; which-; vessel broke down near Kan- " giriri, and her passengers were transferred to the ' Bluenose,' Mrs Kobinson amongst the rest. : The. .'Bluenose' then started, having several ■ barges in tow. Mrs Bobinson becameseriously ill on board, and the 'Bluenose' at once cast .Off the barges and came at full speed, but Mrs Eobinson died before reaching Hamilton and' medical assistance, .The deceased, though t uifce a yoUng woman, had been suffering, we are informed, from heart Times. ■

Some devout believer in the Native Department—probably a well paid one—Heads the following letter to the Gross, signed "Observer":—"Sir,— Noticiug in the Thames Advertiser and the Auckland papers another long -tirade of abuse levelled at Sir Donald McLean's department, and written by a gentleman hailing from Hikutaia, it seems right the public should know that the writer of the aforesaid tirade hasbeen more or less involved in cattle trespass disputes with his Maori neigh' hours. And I believe it will be found that these quarrels'have much to do. with his well-known 'hostility to 'thepowers that be,' and Sir.P. McLean in particular, About_ three years, ago a similar.cattle trespass dispute on the West Coast might have involved the colony in another costly war but for Sir Donald McLean's moderation and firmness. In this case a settler named Campbell insisted on grazing his cattle on Maori land which wasnever alienated. The owner of ; that land objected—just as a white man might object—and because the interloper had to remove his cattle, he : forthwith became a furious enemy of the Government and the Native Minister. One need not be an admirer of the present Ministry to see how easily a disappointed man can, when it suits his views,. manufacture a ' mountain out of a molehill'. Knowing something of the circumstances—the, endless Equabbles, &c, between the gentleman hailing from Hikutaia and his Maori neighbours—l, for one, should be inclined to receive Ms political grievances with •'greatcaution.' Possibly an inquiry, lately ..presided over by Colonel Haultain (a disinter- ; estei person, I am sure) went against the gentleman' hailing from Hikutaia, If so, we bave notiar to seek for the hostility evinced for :'the powers that be,'in every line in his late ; letter to the Thames morning piper."

A fine barque was recently wrecked in the •Humber; and four lives were lost, The wreck occurred on the Old Warp Sand, about eight miles west ol Hull, ; This Band is very danger-j bus, and if once a vessel strikes upon it, there 'is very little chance of her coming, off again. The barque in question is the 'Cora Linn,'a vessel of. 467 tons, hailing from Shoreham, and commanded'' by' Captain Henry York. Phe arrived in the Hull Soads from Lyttelton, New Zealand, laden with a ; cargo ol wheat, which was to'be delivered at Gloole. At eight o'clock ' in the morning she le't the Hull Koads for her destination, being taken in tow by. two tag ' steamers. Air went well for about an hour, and then tho barque struck the sand, The tide was running strong at the time, and the vessel at once capsized,' The captain's wife and two children were in the ( Bhj|A cabin, and so sudden was'the disaster ' thav\hey were unable to make their escape, and the three were drowned, An apprentice, "named William Swann, of \horeham, was also -; drowned. : In October, 1869, a French vessel ran';iip6ri the fl'ime Band, and three or four lives were lost.- This vessel gradually buried "herself in the sands, and was never again seen,. - ; ••'■;' - ' .

MrH. Andrews, head master of the Wesley' College, Melbourne, was fined £5 at the Police Court for severely flogging one of his scholars." ■

It is reported that one of the members of the firm, of N.-M. Rothschild and Sons, the great capitalists in London, is about to pay a visit to this colony at the invitation of' Sir Julius Yogel. It will be remembered that this firm provided the wherewithal in return for our debentures, in the last four million loan; and it is possible that the visit may,, in a measure, be made with a view to ascertain the sufficiency of the security, not only for the money already advanced, but the capacities of the colony to repay any loans in prospective. The acquaintance of a capitalist, who can write a cheque "off the reel" for four millions sterling in payment of the Khedive's f-'uez Canal shares, and. who has vested interests in nearly every Government loan iu the civilised world, is worth courting. Possibly Baron Rothschild will be lionised and feted on his visit, and. as the family have the credit of always hanng an eye to the main chance, there is a.probability of his negotiating in his tour across the American continent for the purchase of the Californian quicksilver mines, in order to again secure the monopoly iu that mineral. Verily,.his' advent to New Zealand may influence our gold mining operations and scrip marktt, Like Mioawber waiting for something to turn up, we shall watch for the arrival of the billionaire with interest. -Herald, .

A telegram from Coromandel on Friday says:—"This morning between two and three o'clock there obcurred a heavy frost, and a little snow fell. Last night there was much lightning and great atmospheric and electrical disturbance. All of which means had weather in the immediate." .

A telegram from Wellington informs us that Messrs Gilchrist,. Watt and Co. have been appointed the general managers of the Pacific Mail Service, in the room of Mr H. H. Hall recalled. We were already aware that this gentleman had taken his departure from Sydney in the 'Colima,' hut it was only surmised that, he had received his dismissal. The fact is now known for certain, and ve,ry few will be sorry to hear it. After the scandalous transactions in which Mr H. H. Hall was known to have been concerned, and. with rumours of still more discreditable connections flying about, it was a pity that the Pacific Mail Company Bhould have made such an indiscreet appointment at all. It has cost them dearly, however, for they hav* lost about a quarter's subsidy through the absolute refusal of the Sydney Government, to make any concessions when the accident happened to the 'Colima' and on other occasions, ■merely because Mr Hall was the man it had to deal with. His removal will undoubtedly tend to popularise the service.

Kangaroos are sold in Paris as food, having been introduced by several landowera into their parks. The flesh is considered a great dainty.;

Talk about women having no voice in politics.: There was " Fanny Lear." alias ' The Pbosnix,'alias Miss Blackford, the beautiful but bad daughter of tha American clergyman, who went to Russia, turned the head of the nobility, and became the mistress of the nephew of the Czar.: Having had a quarrel with her imperial lover she comes to Paris "and. published, his, love! letters to her, in one of which he speaks of the Suez " the road which our soldiers,will some day follow to take India from the English.'' . AllEuropereads Miss Blackford's book, and among the number Mr Disraeli, Premier' of Great Britain. He reads the above sentence of the Russian' Prince, works one eye, says "aha": and-straightway,sends a mau down to buy Egypt's canal sbs'res from the Khedive, Russia is forestalled, .France furious, England. jubilant,' all on account of the beautiful American and her book Is there a moral in all this or not? -Cleveland Leader, ' :

: Details of a most unfortunate occurrence in which an adventurous irishman took a prbmi-i nentpart, has been sent ine by~a friend campaigning with the Carlists in the north of Spain. In the frontier towns on French territo-y political feeling run? high, and there are often inter changes of warm words, followed in some instances by hostile meetings. A recontre of; this kind has just taken place with a, fatal result, the survivor of the duel being oue of our countrymen whose name is very well known in the South of Ireland, where his relatives have long taken a lead in local politics, It appears that after dinner in a hotel the conversation turned on Spanish politics, with the final'of a disagreement. In the midst of the arguments the Marquis De a "grandee" from Madrid, retorted rather angrily on Major L , an Irish 1 officer—a Cork man, I be-; lieve —in the service of Don Carlos, and a 6harp reply ended in the latter getting a glass of wine in his face. Blows followed, and after a vain attempt to settle the altercation a duel was arranged; L consenting to fight with much reluctance. His courage was beyond doubt as' he had left the British army, in which he held a commission, in order to join Bourbakie's army .during the Franco-Prussian war, and had; received the decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honour for his valour while commanding in the rear-guard on the disastrous retreat into Switzerland, He had also been decorated by Don Carlos, and had been promoted to the rank of m&jor for his gallantry at Sommorostro and at the battle of.Alsussua, where he was wounded in the anklo. The duel was conducted with chivalrous courtesy on both sides, and the first interchange of shots having been ineffectual, the seconds decided on a second lire. The next bullet of Major I< pierced the brauvof the Marquis, who died a few minutes after. No one regretted the fatal result more than the survivor, whose conduct throughout the affair was warmly commended by these who took part in the meeting.. Major L was recently in London on a mission on behalf of Don Carlos, and I may add that he visited some time ago on the same errand the city which his late uncle represented, •