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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 417, 12 May 1871, Page 2

The Orpheus Ethiopian Troupe will giye a second performance at the Onehunga Institute this evening, this time in aid of the funds for the repair of the '■ School-house. On Saturday evening they will appear at the Theatre Royal, Thames, in aid of the funds of the Diggers'^ Hospital. We understand that they will shortly gave a performance at th c City Hall in aid of a local charity.. 4 meeting of the committee of the Auckland Rowing Club was held at the club-room, Thames Hotel, last evening; when the prizes won at the recent sports in the barracks were handed ever to the successful competitors. The secretary stated that the total amount received, including entrance fees, was £60 135., and the expenditure, . including prizes, amounted to £40 95., leaving a balance of £25 4s. The proceeds of the entertainment in the evening amounted to about £15, which, together with £2 log. from the club, will be handed over to the Old Women's Refuge. The transfer books of the Caledonian Gold Mining Company will be closed from noon tomorrow until noon on Tuesday next, when a dividend will be payable. ' There is an island on the coast of Virginia where the people in times past have not been " righteous overmuch." During the past year, a missionary has laboured among them with considerable success. Not long ago, as' this good man was busy working in his shirtsleoves on a new church which was in progress of erection, a stout sea-captain hailed him : " Are you the minister here ?" " Yes, Sir." " Well, I've got ten dollars for you." " Bor the Church?" "No, for yourself. I like your way of doing things here. I've come to this island for clams a good many years, and have always found them a thousand or fifteen hundred short when I got home. It .pays me to hare you keep on preaching doctrines which make the people count their clams honesty: 1 '1 41 Whiteley v. Cleveland", in a case which should be a warning "to fathers. Mr. Cleveland is a clergyman near Barnard Oastlt, Durham, with a living worth £700 a year, and with ten children, who had allowed his daughter, Miss Whiteley, £40 a year for dress. In addition she had at the age of 21 a legacy of £170, which he supposed she would save lor her marriage trousseau. Instead, on her engagement to be married to ah artillery officer, she ordered goods partly in the neighbourhood and partly in London to the amount of £450, and left her father to pay for them. 'The jury 'found that Mr. Cleveland had " constructively" authorized hia daughter to buy the goods, and made him pay the London tradesman who brought the action. Really the wrongs women commit must be severely restrained, if their rights, as the Re3«vder (Mr.. Russell (Jorney), who tried tho action, contends, ate to be conceded.— Spectator "■;<«: Rev. Sydney Smith once said "Some men always read with a pen in their hand, and commit to paper any new thought which strikes them ; others trust to chance fcr its reappearance. Which of these is the best method in the conduct of the understanding musb, I suppose, depend'a great deal upon tho particular understanding in, question. Some men can do nothing'without preparation.others little with it; some are fountains, some reservoirs.