The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 126, 5 July 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1865.

We understand that Mr. Henry Bunny, one of the members of the Provincial Council for the Wairarapa, has instructed his solicitor (Mr. Borlase) to write to the publishers of the Advertiser, demanding the name of the author of a letter signed •' Vindex," which appeared in that journal on the 27th June last, and which is alleged to have contained a libel on Mr. Bunny's character. We further understand that, in reply, the Advertiser distinctly states that they decline to give up the name of the writer of the letter in question, and intimate that an action will be defended. At the present time we refrain from any comment on fhe merits of this question. The s.s. Star of the South, Captain Bothwick, was compelled, through stress of weather, to put back to Wellington, arriving this morning. She left Napier on the 25th nit. for Taranaki, with 87 head of cattle and '200 sheep, and on the 27th called here for coal and water, having obtained which she

again put to sea same day (Wednesday.) On Thursday evening, abreast of Cape Egmont, it commenced blowing from N.N.E., and from that time till the following Monday night had nothing but terrific gales and a most tempestuous sea. On Samirday niornin t <r, Ist July, a ve^-y heavy sea struck the ship just before the mainmast, starting the combings of the deck house, washing the sheep and hay overbqard, knocking away, all the cattle and sheep fixings, splitting the mainsail and taking the lifeboat from the davit 9, partially filling the hold with water. So heavy was the body of water that came aboard that the vessel seemed on the eve of foundering, and lay for upwards of an hour on her beam ends. As the only hope of saving the ship, the live stock were thrown overboard ; and h.id noc the Star of the South proved a most excellent sea boat, all hands must have shared the fate of the missing City of Dunedin. Un Sunday, July 2, the engineer reported the ship making 18 inches of water an hour, when the donkey engine was put to wurk and kept the leak under. On 3rd July she passed a floating spar, apparently the mast of a vessel, with the rigging hanging to it. The Theatre Royal was closed last night, but will be open this evening, when a newcomedy will be produced, in which Miss Marian Dunn, Messrs. Towers, Dunn, and Howe, will appear. The Leopold Troupe, consisting of Fraulien Fannie, the Wieland Brothers, and the Leopold Brothers, are also announced for this evening. The per. fortnances conclude with a Scotch Ballet d'Action, entitled " Perpetual Motion." This evening's performance at the Circus being devoted to Madame Tournear's benefit, the bills present unusual attractions. Madame will make her first appearance on the tight rope to-night, and an opportunity will be afforded of witnessing those wonderful feats for which she is so much celebrated. The " Shepherd and Shepherdess" will be represented by Signor Raphael and Madame Tournear, the amusements concluding with the laughable ballet of the " Three Lovers." Barry's Concert Room, at the Ship Hotel, draws a full attendance nightly, the entertainments being very good. Last night Miss Rooke sung some pretty ballads ; the comic duets between this lady and Mr. Chandos gained much applause. Mr. Le'Voi's comicalities, singing and dancing, were very well received.