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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 173, 29 July 1870, Page 2

A protest against the result of the recent election at the Thames has been forwarded to the Returning Officer, on the grounds of alleged intimidation-having been used against the supporters of Mr. Tookey. Householders should keep a look out ,for thieves, Who seem to have a penchant just now for eatables; the meat-safes of Mr. Thornton, of Remuera, of the Auckland and Q.C.E. hotels, and of a house in Jermyn-street, having within the past few nights been all relieved of their contents. *^The Thames Directory for 1870-71," which we have just received, appears to hp ft careful and exhaustive compilation

of the trades and names of the residents of our golden city. It is compiled and published by Messrs. O'Leary and Oakey, and printed by Jones and Tombs, and corapris3s Shortland, Grahams town, Tookey's To ni, Tararu, Earaka, Parawai, and other- suburbs. It registers over thirteen hundred names, with occupations, which are;' arranged alphabetically by streets and -by business, with a list of officials and public buildings. The work is exceedingly* carefully and neatly executed, and, being only two shillings in price, will, we have no doubt, be in the hands of almost anyone interested in the Thames townships. ,

The footpaths between the cemeteries are, we are happy to say, in course of restoration, if not of construction, by order of the Provincial Engineer.

We are glad to see that our North Shore friend- are showing signs of life, and the Devonport Literary Society is again moving. It has just elected its office-bearers, and a paper will be read by Mr. Mays at the next meeting, on Tuesday.

Last night the debating class in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association discussed the question, Whether it is desirable to have a revised translation of the Scriptures ? After an animated debate, the meeting separated without coming to a decision.

The Carandinis gave some of their best selections last night, which were well received, nearly every piece demanding an encore. Mr. and Mrs. Winter assisted, and met with well merited applause. Tonight Madame Carandini takes a benefit, and should the weather continue fine, she may be sure of a crowded bouse.

At the Theatre Eoyal last evening, the "Dowager" was repeated to a very excellent house. Miss Gougenheim played remarkably well, and the other parts were fairly rendered. "Lady Audley's Secret" followed, and gave Mrs. Jackson an opportunity of fully displaying her abilities. Her impersonation of Lady Audley was exquisite, and drew forth the ecomiums it so richly merited. The other characters were tolerably well sustained.

We perceive by advertisement that Mr. P. H. Lewisson the well-known lapidary and colonial jewellery manufacturer, has in his possession one of the largest pieces of greenstone that has yet been discovered in New Zealand, weighing no less than over 1500lbs. Before Jong this stupendous specimen will be shaped into hearts, lockets, and other appendages.

A well-known actor in this city is the fortunate possessor of a recipe for silvering. Applied to vessels of the inferior minerals it imparts that bright and lustrous sheen for which the product of Nevada is unsurpassed. Not so, however, when applied to the precious metals. An aged female in this city is the fortunate possessor of a teapot of veritable silver. Relic of earlier and happier days, it i 8 cherished among her household gods. Attracted by the fame of the wonderworking tincture, she lost no time in procuring and applying it yesterday to the ancient but honored teapot; when, lo ! it became black as night, and not all the resources of her domestic pharmacopoeia, nor yet the vigour of her strong right arm, availed to restore its wonted looks. Alarmed and indignant, she folded, in a pocket-handkerchief, the treasured article, and set out in quest of the destroyer of her domestic peace. Aware of the hostile intentions, and seeing the irate female in the distance, bearing in her hand the hapless soother of her domestic cares, the knight of the buskin precipitately fled ; and now, as we are credibly informed, through lanes and by-ways of the city, from bar parlours and obscure alleys, he is stealthily watching, as against a " bear robbed of her whelps," this avenging fury, in the shape of an angry woman with a ruined teapot.

Resistance to the Vaccination Act. —On Wednesday, at Wigan, Peter Brindle, of Schoies, who described himself as a medical botanist, and who in January last was find for neglecting to have his daughter vaccinated, was again summoned by the registrar for a similar offence. The clerk to the Board of Guardians, who appeared for the prosecution, did not press for a penalty at present, but asked that a day might be appointed as the limit of the time allowed to the defendant. Brindle said it was impossible to have the child vaccinated from the arm of another person. According to the Act that was not vaccination but innoculation. If he were provided with pure matter from the heifer he would consent to have it done, but not till then. Mr. Ackerley (clerk to the Board) jsaid he had nothing to do with the manner in which the vaccination was accomplished; all that was required was a certificate that it had -been done successfully.—The magistrates made an order that the child be vaccinated within a fortnight.—Mr. Ackerley said if the order of the Court was not complied with, defendant would be proceeded against for a further penalty. Two large guns, which have been lying for some time past at the Militia store to the credit of the Auckland Artillery Volunteers, were yesterday taken from their resting places and conveyed by cutter to the North Shore, where they are to be mounted on the North Head. They are 40----ppunder Armstrongs, commonly known as siege guns. The performance of " Elijah, " which was advertised to come off on the 26fch August, will take place on the sth of August instead. ' ?!'J;..'- ''