Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 268, 23 March 1869, Page 2

Local and General.

f\ Cricket. — It has been arranged that the conquering match between the U.C.C.C. and Albion Cricket Clubs shall be played on Monday ne.\ r. AFARTMr NTS FOR THE DUKE OK EdlN*-: •burgh. — The Provincial Government have engaged aen in oi rooms at the Clarendon Hotel, for the accommodation of his Koyal Highness during his visit to Canterbury. Kaiapoi Bohouoh Council. — A full meeting of this body took place last night, but pe-nding the result of Mr Wynn Williams' Application for a new trial, heard to-day before the judge, in banco, it was determined -to adjourn till Wednesday, the Mayor, in the meantime, to see the Government in regard to the bridge. Vg' Illegal Practices. — During the sittings /ih Chambers to-day, his Honor remarked that Borne one was acting illegally in preparing papers in bankruptcy cases, as he Observed them to be nearly all in the same - handwriting where bankrupts were not re- ( pre?e»ted by counsel. He thought the legal profession should take some steps for their own protection. The Royal Reception. — The route which the procession will take upon the arrival of Prince Alfred has been decided. Upon - Ihe arrival of his Royal Highness, the prooession will start from the railway station •«p Manchester street, through StAsaph, High, .and Cashel streets, along Oxford Terrace West, through Market place, along Colombo .atreet, and thence to the Mayor's dejeuner M the Town Hall, by High street. The addresses will be presented to his Royal -.Highness in Cathedral square. After the dgeuner, the Royal visitor will be escorted to liatiraer square, to witness the volunteer review. We believe the erection of an arch across Colombo street, from Mr Gee's corner - to the one opposite, is in contemplation, the funds to be raised by subscription, and the City Council purpose erecting one at the en- ■ trance to Manchester street, another at Cook -and Ross' corner, and a third, near Mr -" Sandstein's shop in Cashel r street. Gazette. — A General Government Gazette was published on the 19tti inst. It contains r. proclamations declaring the jurisdiction of - ' tiie Resident Magistrate's Court of the Blenheim district, and that of the Kaikoura dis- • trict, to be extended to £100 and £50 re- - selectively, on and after the Ist proximo; the - appointment of Messrs A. Domett, M.L.C., W. B. D. Mantell, M.L.C., J. C. Crawford, R.M., as examiners to decide on the com- • .parative merits of the essays received by the Government on " The means for securing - the permanent settlement of the mining -population of New Zealand," &c; the ap- ■\ pointment of Messrs B. C. Haggitt, J. T. - Thomson, and G. Cook, as a commission to inquire into and report upon the mode of preparing Crown Grants ; assent of - the Governor to the proclamations issued by the Superintendents of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland; under the Diseased ••• Cattle Acts ; announcement of the return of Mr Thomas Birch as member of the House of j "Representatives for the city of Dunedin ; withdrawal by the Government of the authority held by the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay as its agent on the East Coast ; appointment of William Gibson Inman of

Akaroa, as n Justice of the Peace ; of Lieut. Henry William Packer as Captain in the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, (date of commission, 13th February, 1869)."