Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 68, 1 August 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

— <$>— — , LYTTKLTON LAND, JIIMUMNO, AND ].NVK«'I> mknt Mouiotv,"- 'l'lio UMiiul monthly meeting will liikt! place Mild evening, at Mio Coloiilhlh' Hall, Hank uui'tow— -John Smith lUtcliio, of Clir.JHtchiir.ch, bilker, Jiiih Hied a declaration In nimtimiiea of (ho JtuiikrupUsy Act, 1807, thai ho in unable to meet hln engagements with hl» vvut\\U>r». Mr IkmlWd In HollolUvr for the bankrupt, Tun Hoiitiihun Hiviiiih. — A gentleman who arrived In town hint evening from the Houth, infoniiH iih thai, tho Hvorn aro low, I'ijih/Hj Mkhtinii, — Wo observe that no mention in made In Ilio advertlrtoment of the time oil tho mooting, Wo undci'Hfand that (ho chair will ho taken at kcvcii. IMim.ro lloMD.w.—ln a (huctttt Inmiod yoHtonlay bin Honor, tho Deputy-Superinten-dent;, dl recto It to bo notified that Thursday next, August <!, will ho observed a« a public holiday, In honour of tho birthday of bin I loyal lligluuwi tho Duke ol! Kdinburgh, Tho public olllcoh will ho cloned on that day. TllM C/ANTHUIWIIY RaII.WAVH, — A G(MllO ffwiicd yoHlerday, notltlou that Mr Henry ThoniHon \h appointed trafllo manager of 1.1 tci Lytlollon and ChrlHtohurch mid Groat .Southern Railways tho appointment to lake effect on and from Auguul, 1 j alm> that Mr (.), 14, Dolmoii, 0, X,, Ih appolnlod Jtoddont Hn/jflnooJ 1 of! tho Canterbury railway*, TiiiaTitu UoYAt,.— A company Htyling Mienim-lvon tho Empire Vnrloty Troupe, announce their Inunllon oil opening tho Theatre Unynl, thlrt evening, lor a nhort houhoj), 'i hoy arc t.nUn>ly »uw to ihto j>jvrt of! (ho colony > hut judging fruui ilio pr >• gramme Ifttiucd, their talent is in Hlrlot keening wiih tho title adopted, hulng of a very divorfllllcd iiftturc. AfliintJHTON, — A mooting of! landed pvoprJctoi'H and Imwuvh in tho above district wa« held on Tluuwlay aftonioon, at the Ahlihurton ArniH Hotel. Mr 11, 10, Alport, proHldlng, to coiwldor tho practicability oJCoHtabIMilng »' m>ur mill. Tho mooting wan unanimous an to tho nooeiwlty for a mill being erected on the Anhhitrloii, and a committee wan appointed to take Iho neeeflKary ntopn to CttlTV Ollt tho UMlcrtiiHiw -Mr Irvlnri io nvk an Hcorolary and convenor, GAor, Khtijrnh.— Wo aro In receipt; of tho Chi'lKtehureh and Lyttolton gaol roturiiti for the month of July. They whew that in tho formor there were M piim>norn~ 1!) ma-lon and 111 feinaloM, 01! tho malon 11 were at hard labour, and it undergoing ordinary liiipiiHoninont, whllttt one ol! tho Jlomalon wan for trial at the .Supremo Court, and the remainder at hard labour, In Lyttolton, !).') malcrt were, Imprisoned, 10 of whom wore for trial at the Hupreino Court, (J.'l at hard labour, ami 1U debtor*, Tho dlnehargorf for the month wore Chrl*tehiirch 10, and Lyttcllon 21. Licotuiu;,— -The Hey Mathow Maxtor delivered bin Hccond lecture on "Ham the Major and Ham the Minor," In the Town Hall, la«t evening, to a fair attendance. Tho dial i 1 wa!4 occupied by liln Honor Mr iJUHtlco OroHHon, who wuld Jie mod willingly acceded to. the nui\w»l to i»'(,',slde on thin occasion, bocaum: he lielloved they would derive both InHtruellon and enlerlalunient. Ho wan qulto *vi'« that they would (hid In JohiiNou many (|iialitloH alike dewervlng of! their admiration and Imitation, wliero It wan jxwhJWo to Imllale them, AllhoiiKh thoy might not he nl)lo to linKato hln IndoiuUabki energy, lilh manly ludoiiendenco, and lilh raulincHii on all occiw'lonw to maintain Ihucaufuiol! right, limy could admire tho tendernom and HimpHcity which were united In hlrt eharacler, JJe doubled not that all Mil* great man* qiiulltlen would he presented In a proper manner by (he rev. lecturer, Tho Jtev. M. JJaxter, in the courHO oJ! his lecture, remarked upon tho worlw of I)rn l'arr and iloliiihoii, and devoted a connldorabUi jiortfon of It to the character* of both men, oh indlvldualH and author*. He quoted largely from Jlomvcllj and exorcised mich a wlno and judlclouti Hclcctlon iim to render the dlHoonrrto uxceodIngly InleroHlliiK. The original matlerwa* well and ably written, He referred at considerable lc.ugi.b to tho honevoleut Hph'lL of ho(h Parr and Joliiihom «»-tlio latter moro piirtlciilarly— and chwed lilm lecture by an account of their deceano, J '»»•)• lit tho age of 70; ami .lohiiHon at 7f>, The lecture was* very attentively llMlened to, ami fi'M{iw.ully /i|)|)laudt'd. 'T)m Hay. T. It. li'lHhor proiioHcd a vote- of thanlw to Mr JJaxtcr, wlifcli wa» nccomiud by hi* Honor, and carried ttnanlmo\i*ly, Mr Baxter then proponed a vote of thank* to the chairman, which was Hcconded by Mr li'lnher, who expreHfied lilh gratification that a gentleman occupying ho high a position an judge, had licon found moat willing to ]>i*c»ido, The vole of thank* wan carried amid applauno j and hi* Honor, In returning thank*, mild he would bo unworthy of occupying tho portion to which Mr FMior had alluded) If ho did not connent to prcfildo on Hiich an occ/wlon a* Mil*. Tho nett prcxieed* of the two lecture* are to ho handed over to tho Benevolent Aid Society.