The Westport Times. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1869.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 476, 11 March 1869, Page 2

The Westport Times. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1869.

A requisition to Mr W. Pitt, requesting him to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the vacant seat in the Provincial Council at the forthcoming election, has been numerously signed and presented to that gentleman. Mr Pitt has not yet signified his assent to the requisition. It is more than probable that the seat will be contested by two, if not more, candidates. Mr Dreyer's friends are also desirous that he should enter the field, and a, requisition with that object is in course of preparation. The name of Mr Reuben Waite,one of the Buller pioneers, has been mentioned, and Mr Crate is expected to arrive this week, whether with the intention of seeking parliamentary honors or not, is not yet known.

By the arrival of the Charles Edward, last evening, and by the courtesy of Mr J. C. Paton, we are in receipt of Wanganui papers of Tuesday. The only item of intelligence worthy of notice is that on Sunday last a despatch reached Wanganui which brought the startling intelligence that Te Kooti was about to start for Poverty Bay with 700 men to join Tito Kowara. It was further reported that their two forces are to. meet somewhere in the Rangitikei or Manawatu districts, but doubts are expressed as to the truth of the story. Before the Charles Edward left it was gossipped about that Te JSooti was even then within forty miles of Wanganui,

A good illustration of the permanency of the Lyell and Upper Buller districts is the fact that several storekeepers have, during the past week, taken out business licences for twelve months. The quantities of goods being sent up are -weekly on the increase, and storekeepers would do well to provide themselves with good stocks while favorable weather lasts, as it is not at all improbable that, after so much dry weather, we may have weeks during which it will be impossible to do any river carriage, and with a rapidly increasing population light stocks will soon run out and prove as disheartening to the miners as they will be unprofitable to the storekeepers. The Warden's Court was occupied for a number of hours on Tuesday with the hearing of a complaint against Brown and party, by Perry and party, both of Giles Terrace, for the occupation of more ground than they were entitled to. The Warden inflicted only a fine of Ml, and gave orders for th e pegging of the claim in proper form ; both parties bearing their own costs. We have to omit, from this number, a fuller report of the case, as well as our report of the proceedings in the Eesident {Magistrate's Court.

George Jones, who was apprehended in Westport for a burglary in Wanganui, who escaped from custody, and who was recaptured and remanded to the Wanganui Eesident Magistrate's Court, has been tried at Wellington before Mr Justice Johnson. The Crown Prosecutor accepted the plea of guilty of larceny, the premises from which the goods were stolen not being a dwelling-house, and he was sentenced to twelve imprisonment. By the same court, one Thomas Murphy, against whom there was a previous conviction, was sentenced to six years' penal servitude for stealing a saddle and bridle. Detective Lambert attended the court as a witness in Jones's case, and returned to Westport by the Kennedy.

We understand that it is in contemplation to give an Amateur Concert in aid of the Hospital funds. The public have been without any entertainment of the kind for some months, and the funds of the institution have also been without any material additions for an equal period. For both reasons, the concert should be a success. It will be seen by advertisement that the Adelphi Theatre, in Gladstone street, is to be sold by public auction, to-morrow, at two o'clock. The title is guaranteed, and there will probably be some competition for this property, which is centrally situated, and well suited for the transaction of a large business.

There has been some extensive cattle-steal-ing at Wanganui. The parties implicated aro understood to bo in custody at Wellington. The police in Westport wero communicated with, with the object of tracing the cattle, and a bullock bearing the brand specified has been found by Detective Lambert. It was among the number landed by the Wallabi on her last trip to this port. Members of the Westport Kifle Corps are required to attend the drill-room on Friday evening, with their arms and accoutrements. We hear that the miners on Giles and Hatter's Terraces are desirous of playing a cricket-match with the Wcstportians on Easter Monday. They have not yet made a formal challenge, but the cricketers of Westport may accept this intimation as equivalent to it. Preparations are being made at Addison's Flat and Charleston for the forthcoming football match to take place on St. Patrick's Day, tho 17th inst, between the Addison's Flat and the Charleston men. A band of music has been engaged by eaoh party, and one or two applications have been made for leave to erect booths on the ground. The match will take place mid-way between Westport and Charleston, and if the weather be at all favorable, a great gala-day is expected.

The Rev. W. Harvey will hold service at G-iles Terrace on Sunday next at 11 o'clock. The name of the man who met with the fatal accident in the Mohikinui river last week, was Frederick William Brendt, a native of Mecklenburg, Prussia. He was commonly known by the name of Bismarck. His body has not yet been discovered. A Suez mail will bo made up at the postoffice here, to-day, to be despatshed by the steamer Murray to catch the Gothenburg at Hokitika on her way to Melbourne, as it is not supposed there will be any steamer leaving the port in time to catch the Alhambra at Nelson. During the hearing of the case of Perry and party v. Brown and party, in the Warden's Court, on Tuesday, and while Mr Tyler was addressing the Court, a spectator—one of Brown's party—referring to a remark by MiTyler, exclaimed " It's false." The Warden : Who is that ? Constable Williams : This is the man, your Worship. The Warden: Take him into custody until the case is closed. — At the close of the case, the man was brought up, charged with contempt of Court. Mr Horne explained that tho ease had caused considerable excitement. The defendant was not in good health, and, in his excitement, had made the remark. Tho Warden accepted the apology, and inflicted no punishment, but expressed his determination to maintain the proper respect due to a court of justice, and to protect counsel from such interruptions as that of which the defendant had been guilty.