TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1212, 25 December 1882, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FKOM OUR OWN COB RESPONDENT.) I Auckland, 24. j Thomas Priestly and Mrs Hugh , llanu'ton \v.".vo brought up on remand . at the puii'-'o co art, before Mr J-joth ' Smith, 8,M.. charged with the wilful : ' munUii- 01 Hugh ''amiiton. The court • and r-v-. o i.;! t jj- were thronged by a < larn-e assemblage to see the prisoners. | Priestly seemed to have l-ecovered Ins health and, as before, manifested no appearance of tremor or discomfiture. He surveyed the crowd with the utmost coolness. Mrs Hamilton did not once look around her, but she was quite composed. When the charge was read Mr Tyler announced that he appeared , for Priestly and Mr Tlieo. Cooper an- ! nounced himself as counsel for Mrs Hamilton. Superintendent Thomson at this stage of tlu enquiry said, ■ "Your Worship, I am not prepared to , adduce any evidence, raid, as I indiei- i ted before, I now apply for a iV.iher remand till to-morrow, ( Saturday ) week, Since the lasfcadjouriiriifinb was made a post mo; ;e,in examination had taken place, and without anticipating or disclosing its results I m.iy say they fully confirm me in the course I have pursued in causing the prisoners to be arrested on the charge of wilful murder. I feel satisfied with the correctness of what I have done. The remand was granted. i A case of alleged seduction is set , clown for hearing at the civil sittings of the Supreme Oourt, damages £500. j The plaintiff Adam M'Cluskoy, has '■■ alleged in his declaration that dofen- '■ clant Edward K. Gilbert, seduced his daughter, Fanny, who has given birth to a child, the defendant denies all the ! allegations. Nelsov, 22. In the case Williams v. the Queen, ' the Judges summing occupied an hour , and 50 minutes. The jury then retired, ' and after an absence of nearly an hour returned their verdict that the sun- i pliant in consequence of the injuries \ uvutiViifd "uiferod. damage and loss to ' the amount of :Cl,oOO. : The O-iri'ialdi r Limnrinl Committee ' have received sub-script ions amniniting , to .£sl 1:2=; Gd, and at a meeting to- j night it was resolved to send an order I hoim: for a bust of the late general, to j be placed upon arrival in the Canterbury Museum. 23. The Collingwood correspondent of the Colonirt wired last night that the j chenest lias been successfully made at \ the fern works, and the tests hive j proved highly satisfactory. The iirst j shipment is being sent over in the j steamer Lady Bird. Duxedins 22. At the distribution ot prizes at the Chi-istian I'.rothcrs School to-day, Bishop Morau again denounced the j present '.:,'<. :\x • sv^tt'in of education, and stated tint nvetin^s w-.jrn inio'.uloil lo j l.» lir-l-1 by [ho C:itho;iL'3 t:!V.v.v;h«.ut i tlio Colony prior to tin" 1 ivrA session of j Parliament to urgo th^ir ei:-im ; : to oon sideration at the hands of the state. N.M'IER, 22. At the conclusion of Mr. W. 0. Smith's address to his constituents, at j Waipawa, a vote of thanks and confi- j dence was passed, and an illuminated address signed by 75 electors was presented to him. The railway employees gave a gold watch in recognition of his services. GISBORNE, 22. An attempt was made to burn down I). Hoy Ws hall last night. H. Nevil Thornton, th<> Kc<j;iic artist, was at work at the time in the hall and noticed a liirht un'lef the. st;ige. On examination "•■)]' Thornton discovered several i iir^.t.'.l ("ni--:!es a. r .;ai::.-.t. a li'vtp oi" I vnbbi.-h. T!.e police have a clvt 1 to j tile perpetrators. j Wellixgton, 2P>. The public have nou hoard tlic last of the whi.-kcy case. The prisoners, j Tiioi)i]>?on, Morgan, and Tnylov v.'fve

admitted to bail on some of their friencU entering into bonds that they would surra) 'lev themselves if the amount of then ne and costs were not p iLI within a certain date. The men now iind themselves triable to collect suJlieic-nt monoy for the purpose, and \ are willing to sufuT the term cf imprisonment imposed upon them if the magistrate will sign the warrants of committal. This the latter found himself apparently unable to do, as the men cannot be arrested after having been found guilty and discharged from custody, and it is the intention of the crown to sue for the amounts. Mr Shaw intends to defend the actions, and believes he has an excellent defence. The further development of the case will be looked forward to with interest. Sir J. Vogi-1 is to be banquetted on his arrival h< v re rn->xt week. The distilling plant r eon sly seized atPorirua, was auctioned to,day, and realized j £GO. ;