Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 89, 26 August 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

Ma<hßTp.iiia&.— -Thoro wcrono police ciwos at tho Chrlatohiiroh MftglfllmloM Court tlii.i morning, POI'UI'AR ESTISIITAIMMIJNTB.— ThO prOCCOlls falcon lost night' hliow that upwardn oE 420 porsoiw ])ftld for admlnslon. A gcncml meeting of tlio committee was held at White's Ifotol this afternoon, for tho nurposifl of conwldorlnff what obj<ict tho Hiu-pliw fund sliould bo dovolod to. The question had not boon doclded In timo for publication In to-night's Ihhuo. Wo havo boon shown tho programme for next Tucmluy'H onlorlalninont, and wo aro jUßtlflod In Haying that It iiossowoos great ■f.eaturoß of attrftollvenoss. Tho ticket!} will bo on salo by momber.B of tho commUlco in a day or two, Hui'jtiiMM Couht.— .Tho criminal Hitting* of, tho Supremo Court will cotumonco bcl'oro Mr .Tustlc.o OrosHon. at tho Old Town Hull, at 11 o'clock, on Tuesday morning next, Tho 'following Is a lint oil poi'aoiw committed for trial i;— From tho Chrlfltchurch Court— Wllliftin O'llrlon, aHsault (not tried last sonBlon) ( Thomiw iJrown Ham. ombo/zlcmcnt (two chargoH) i James Connolly and Kilwnrd Samson, liouHc-brcivklng j Jamos Smith, lavcony from a dwelling j .Tames Booth Edward», forgery and uttevlng j Ilenvy Montgomory and John Lambert, larceny, and obtaining goods by falHO pretonceu 5 Bridget IPorrlck, larceny from a dwelling, Vrom the LytteUon Court -Edward Genet, t;inbo?./.lcmont (two charges). From tho Uangiora Court~Thoma« V, King, larceny of timber. There In alno a committal of a man from tho Timaru Court on tho charge of bigamy. MicimNcm or OnnniTOitfl.— A meeting of oredltoi'B in tho cwlivto of William Turton, butchei' and nlorekoopor, A.shburton town« Hhip, wa« hold at tho Hoglstrar'H Chamber at 11 o'clock this morning. Tlio linbillikv) In thlfl oHtuto aro oathnatcil at £7'M) Hh 6d, :vml tho AHHotn at MM 4ft fld) (Wflcloncy, £lfl-t 10h 2d, Creditors proved l<j tha amount of ift-W ICb lid, Mv J. K. Qraham waa chosen triwtoo { and' Messrs John Craib Angua, fladdlor, and Shaw Cronlund, hotolkeepcr, Huporvlsors. Mr Jlamford Is HoHcitor for tho baiikrupfc, A mooting of creditors In tho estate of Thomas Kcllaway was held at ouo o'clock. Tho llabllltlos aro estimated at (fiOU i;Jh fid—and assets at &'2QG 10s Od j dcficlonoy, ifi'lOß 2s Bd, Creditor proved to tho amount of AIM Os, Mr J, V,, Oraham was 1 choHon triiHtoe > and .\f«:-wi'« William Gavin, tailor, and James iloldsworth, draper, Huporvlsoro. JJifliioi' HAiirKR. — Wo remind our roatlorn that a Bpoolal florvlcb will bo hold In St, Mlolhiol'h Church at U. o'clock to-morrow morning, After wards an address will bo prcHeulod to his Lordship by tho Very Hoy. tlio Dean of Chrlfltchurch, on behalf; of the clergy, Tho flltfclnga will bo free, In tho ovoning, a Hoolal gathering will take place. Tea will bo on tho tables Jn tho Old Town Hall at half.* past Blx o'clock. Aftor tea, a public mooting will bo hold in tho New Town Hull, at which Mr tt. J, S. liiirman will preside, An address of wolcomo and congratulation will bo presented to tho Bishop by tho various ohuvch officers on behalf of! tho parishioners. Numorous addresses will bo delivered, tho, inoflt noticeable of which will bo ono from tho Bishop, explanatory of tho proceeding^ at tho Pan-Anglican Conferences, Mr St. j Quonlin J)iw undertaken , to carry out tho j arrangements for tho accommodation of visitors, and tho decoration of tho hall; and' vlr Gco, confectioner. Colombo wtrecfc, In the contractor for mipplylng tm «»d tho et cdciun. A choir, coinposcd of representatives from the hoy oral parish choirs, will perform selections of music at intervals during tho cvonlng. Emotion oit CorjNCiiir,.oKS.— An election of CounolllorM for tho city will U\tu ]>laeo on Tliurflday, the 10th day of September, Any person desirous of nominating a candidate must do so by leaving at tlio odlco of tlio Town Clerk, boforo 4 p.m., on Tuesday, tho Ist of Boptcmbcr, a nomination paper, In tho form, or to tlio efl'cct given in the 9th schedule to tho Act, and such nomination paper must bo bigncu by not less than threo persons, duly qualified to voto at tho election, anil also by tho person named therein us candidate Wednesday, the 2ml Hoptoinbct') will bo tho day of nomination, Tho throo members who retire (by eflluxlon of time), arc his Worship tho Mayor, and Councillors John Anderson and llcury Thomson. They aro all eligible for reelection, Wo underntand, however, that nolthov tho Mayor nor Mv Thomson will consent to bo nominated. Mr Anderson will bo proposed for re-election. Tho Mayor will, notwithstanding, continue to preside over llio Council until his term of office expires, and his successor Jh elected, At tho present lime ho has two votes — ouo as a Councillor, and tho other a casting voto as Mayor, but during the interval between tho 10th of September and tho appointment ot a. now Mayor, Mr Wilson will possess only a casting vote. Tho Kaiapol ami Lyttelton elections will tako phwo on tho same day,