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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2031, 8 November 1869, Page 2

Emigration. —The May Queen sailed from London for Otago on the 18th August with a number of passengers on board. Journalistic. We have received the prospectus of the Cromwell Guardian and Goldfields' Advocate, which is to be published at Cromwell on the 11th inst. Court of Appeal.—The session of the Court of Appeal will, iiy all probability, terminate on .Saturday, Nov. 13. It F doubted whether all the cases will be disposed of by that time, ien cases are still on the record. The following Lodges meet accordino- to appointment, to-morrow : At the Masonic Hall, the Lodge of Otago and Shamrock, at 11 o'clock, in Masonic costume ; at t he Old Masonic Hall, at 10 a.m., A.1.0.0.F. : at Woodlands, Royal George Hotell, at 10 a m., the A.O.F. Sporting.— The result of the running for the Melbourne Cup will be brought to New Zealand by the Omeo. leaving Melbourne on Nov. 4—the Cup day. The Omeo comes via the Bluff, and may be expected to reach there on Nov. 11. The Cromwell Reefs. —Speculation in shares is already rife at Cromwell. By Messrs Garrick and Co.’s share list we notice that L7OO is asked for a sixth share in the Grol'len Crown claim, L3OO for a svx.tli share in Golclough’s claim and the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock cl im, and L3OO for a half shave in the Morning Star claim. Princess Theatre. Duchess of Gcrolsteiu” was repeated cn Saturday evening to a fairly attended house. It was succeeded by the drama of “ Robert M acairc,” which was slovenly put on the staue and badly played. We wonder much that the management cannot find something better to place before an audience. “ The Grand Duchess” will he repeated this evening. The Maori Prisoners.— Row tnat the prisoners who arrived by the Rangatira hove recovered from their sea-sickness, and are decently clad, there is a market! improvement in their appearance. They express themselves satisfied with tho treatment they have received in Dunedin and appear iu goo I spirit*. An inquest was held this afternoon on the man who died on Saturday, too late for ascertaining the result for this evening’s publication. A ppointment. — lntelligence lias been received from Home that Mr David G. Hutton, of the Perth School of Art, has accepted the appointment of Drawing Master to the High School, and is expected to arrive by the next ship from Home. Mr Hu l ton holds a certifica e from the Art and Science department of the Council of Education in Art and Science, for instruction in both. Tho former includes elementary drawing, coloring, median cal and architectural drawing, shading, drawing from models, &c. His testimonials are first class. New Journal. — -A prospectus has been issued, announcing the advent of a weekly Mining journal, called the Otago and Southland Alining Journal and Goldfields Advertiser, if sufficient encouragement is given. Such a publication has been long required, and as it will be edited by a gentleman who:-e opportunities of acquiring information are ample, and whose position is a guarantee for its reliability, it will supply a want long felt in the province. It should be well supported. The Colonial Flag. The Blue Ensign, with the letters N.Z. in one corner, have been, since 1867, adopted as the New Zealand flag, and some discussion has been raised by the Imperial authorities as to the right of Colonial vessels to fly it. A correspondence has taken place on the subject, which has resulted in the right to use the Blue Ensign being accorded to the Colony. By proclamation in a Gazette, issued on Saturday, the temp Tary badge consisting of the letters N.Z. is discontinued, and it is appointed that the seal or badge in future to be worn as distinctive by all vessels employed in the service of the. Colonial Government of New Zealand shall be the Southern Cross, as represented in the Blue Ensign by four five pointed red stars in the fly. with white borders to correspond to the coloring of the Jack; in the Jack by four fivepointed white stars on the red ground of the St. George’s Cross ; a i in the Pendant by four stars near the staff similar to those in the Ensign. To-morrows’ Holiday. —There is plenty and a variety of sport for the holidaymaker to-morrow. Tho pr- ; eipal attraction will he the Foresters’ Fete at the aledonian Grounds. In addition to the ordinary programme of field sports, there is to be the novelty of a velocipede race. It is expected that there will be a large number of entries ; and every kind of vehicle—from the bicycle upwards—will be represented. For tho convenience of the trippers of the light-fautastie-toe, a stage, nearly fifry feet square, has been erected cn the old bowling-green. Should the line weather continue, a very large gathering of people may be safely expected. The Harbor Steamship Company’s vessels are to make excursions at moderate fares down the bay, and round the coast. The Golden Age and Peninsula go to the Port, and Portobello ; the Wallace toOamara, and the Maori to Moeraki; Vauxhall Gardens will also be open. At the Southern Recrea ion Ground, a cricket match will be played between the first eleven of the Dunedin Cricket Club, and twenty of the Citizens, with Hendlcy. Some good play may bo looked for. In the evening the “Grand Duchess of Gerolstein” will be played at the Princess Theatre, At tho new Post-office Hall there will be a social meeting of members of the Athcmeuni and their friends. The programme is an attractive one, and comprises songs, readings, addresses, &c. The English, Cricketers. Mr ShoesmPh, on behalf of the lessees of the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, has made arrangements for an All England Eleven to visit the Colonies this year. He has selected the following men Mr W, G. Grace (Gloucester), .7. Smith (Cambridge), Alfred Shaw (Nostingham), Atkinson (Yo'k-hire), Emnett (Yorkshire), Lockwood (Yorkshire), J. Rowbottom (Yo kshire), Charlwood (Sussex), F. Willsher (Kent), Southern (Surrcv), Jupp (Surrey), and Pooley (Surrey), twelfth man. It will be seen that the only “gentleman” player in the team is Mr W. G. Grace, a brother of Mr E. M. Grace, who came out with Mr Parr’s team, in 1863. Mr W. It. Grace is one of the line finest—if not the finest—bats in England, and as a

run-getter lias never been equalled. Unlike liis brother, ho is not a mere “slogger,” but a scientific cricketer, and has obtained some of his most remarkable scores oft the finest bow bug in Euglmd. The team is very strong in howling, Shaw, Atkinson, Southerton, Emmett, and Willsher being all celebrated in that line, the two latter using the left hand. Japp and J. Smith are two of the first professional bats of the day, and Pooley is eons'dered by many to be a better wicket keep t than even the redoubtable Lockycr. The fact that Pooley should have been selected as twelfth man shows that the team nius- be one of ranarable strength, and we may confidently expect an exhib ton of cricket such as has never been seen before in the Colonies. The name of the captain is not mentioned, but it is supposed that Willsher is most likely to have been chosen for the post of honor. A rgus. Foot Race. — A foot race which attracted a good deal of local attention took place at Cromwell on Monday, the Ist hist. The competitors were a local man, named Tom Frarly from the Mount Pisa station, who was backed by Mr Dawkins, and a stranger to the district known as the Sydney Native. The latter was backed by Mr W. J. Barry, and the match arranged for L2O aside. The distance run was 15i> yards over three flights of hurdles 3$ feet high. A good many spectators were present and a fair amount of betting went on. The odds were decidedly in favor of the local man. The Sydney Native’s backer, however, with a pluck that has gained for him considerable importance in the place, stood well to his man, and no one wil ing to “ make a book” upon anything like fair terms was disappointed in him. After two heats to the loss of some and the surprise of nearly all present, the Sydney Native was declared the winner, and it is reported that his backer netted a considerable sum over the transaction. With the result of the event, Mr Berry’s early vigor seemed to return to him, and without a moment’s hesit ttiou he accepted a challenge from the losing man to run an even distance of 100 yards. At this juncture the parties adjourned to the Cromwell bridge, and amid a good deal of merriment on the part of the spectators, and not a little exertion on the part of the competitors, Mr Berry came in second. We are requested to notify to all win m it may concern that the Sydney Native is open to make a match against any man in the province with a ten yards start for L2OO a side, aver hurdles four feet high. Proposed Yachting Voyage hound the Wok li). — From a circular received by the English mail, we learn that it is the intention of some naval officers in England to undertake a yachting voyage round the world, calling at the chief places of interest in the Southern Hemisph ;ic. It is proposed to visit the following places, after touching at Madeira: Rio de Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Lyttelton, Valparaiso, Monte Video, and Pernambuco. The ship would remain at each of those places for ton days or a fortnight and it was proposed to leave England in the early part of Oct ffier. We understand that Lieutenant W. B. Pauli, R. N., late Resident Magis rate in the no them district of this province has been select d as commander of the yacht, and that Mr James Sclfc will act as secretary. —Lyttelton Times, The Salmon in Tasmania.—The Ballarat Star publishes the following letter (dated the 20th) from a gentleman in Hobart Town ; ‘‘ That the salm m have returned from the sea is the opinion of all the crack fisherman here. It is admitted that the grilse is not due at New Norfolk for some weeks, but the fresh in the river, and the fact that they are native*, are the reasons assigned by Mr Morton Allport and others for the early return of the fish. Old Gregson, of New Norfolk, who boasts of for y years’ experience as a fisherman in the Derwent, is possitive he saw the salmon opposite Sboebridge’s hop garden. Grsgson was in his boat, and the fish were close to him. The-water, he says, was alive with them.” That these surmises were correct is proved by a te'egram from Lauuces on (dated the 22nd ult.) which states ;—The fist salmon was can Ait last night. Ikin and another fisherman were fishing in the Derwent in Beauty Bay with a seine, when they captured a salmon—one lOin. long and sin. in gir.h, and a second 9iu. long. The incident has natura'ly occasioned great excitkment. The fish are the natural production of the Derwent, I e. , they are the offspring of salmon which had been hatched from the origiu.il ova, and consequently may be looked upon as the second generation. Telegraph to England. —The various schemes, says the European Mail, for connecting Australia with the p esent Indian telegraphic system, demand a few observations. My information is chiefly obtained from a private source, as the prospectuses of two of the companies, alluded to in the following remarks, have not yet been published. A company, to be called the Eastern Oceanic Telegraph Company, with a capital of Lo0t),000 in LlO shares, proposes to lay cables from Rangoon to Singapore and to Batavia, to use the Dutch line to the east end of Java, and thence to lay a cable to North West Cape, Australia, and there join the land Lne proposed by a Colonial company through Western Australia to Perth, King George’s Sound to Port Lincoln, and across Spencer’s and St. Vincent’s Gulfs to Adelaide, and connect the ousting lines to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Tasmania. The P. and 0. steamers first touch at King George’s Sound on their arrival at Australia. The company require about 2300 miles in length of cables to complete the connection with Australia. They also propose to lay cables from Tasmania to Dusky Bay, New Zealand, from Singapore to Sarawak and Labuan (Borneo) to Manilla (Philippine Islands), and thence to Hong Kong, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai (China Treaty Ports), and to Nagasaki (Japan). The North. — We take the following items from our files per Rangitoto :—Mr Edward Wakefield, formerly confidential clerk to the late Premier, (Mr Stafford, and more recently to Mr Fox has received an appointment in the Customs department, Dunedin, and will leave for that city in a day or two His successor as confidential clerk to the Premier, is. we learn, Mr W. R. E. Brown, the late clerk to the District Gout, and the present Curator of Intestate Fstates. Mr Brown is, it is said, to be designated Private Seer tary to the Premier, and he is also to hold the office of Secretary to the Cabinet.—The Flax Commission, lately appointed by authority of the General Assembly, are soon about to make publicly known the result of their deliberations, so far as to invite useful information from old colonists and others who may be qualified to impart it to them. — Tho Auck-

land Herald, in an article on the contest for the Snporintcndcncy says ;—“ There is an ugly story going about that Mr Ellis was offered a thousand pounds down in money te retire, and tho office of Provincial Secretary under one of the candidates, should that gentleman he elected Superintendent. As rumour ifives to either committee, the odium of having propounded such a compromise, Mr Elfish having said so much, is bound, we think, to g > a little further, and saddle the right shoulders wbh the charge. It is certainly not Mr Williamson’s committee who made the offer.—lt appears that after Mr Vogel had sailed for Melbourne information was received by the General Government that the time of meeting of the Intercolonial Conference had been postponed. — The following account of the death of Mr H. Solomon s , late of this city, is given by the Wellington Evening Post of the 25th. nit. : On Sunday evening a holy was found in the bay and brought ashore. It proved to be the body of Sir Solomons, a general dealer, who bad be n a short time res’dent in Wellington, but how he came to his end is a mvstery which will probably never be unravelled. On Saturday night deceased after calling on some friends went home and went to be 1. His daughters did not hear him get up, but it was known that he was anxious to see the master of the Why Not, a ketch which sailed about 5 o’clock a.m. from the wharf. It is conjectured that he went down to look for the vessel at Pyle’s wharf, where she bad been lying, and by some means or other was cither blown off, or fell into the water, and was drifted down by the wind to where he was found. Stnnge to say, when discovered he was in an u] rig t position, His liat was on liis lieatl, and tus stick tucked under his arm in a manner usual to him when alive. An inquest was held to-day, at the Empire Hotel, before Dr Boor and a jury, but nothing fresh was elicited. Dr France proved that when he was called to see deceased about 8 o’clock, the body presented the appearance of having been dead about three hours. The jury returned a verdict of found drowned, but th it there was no evidence to show how deceased came to his death It was stated that he was subject to a giddiness in the head. Mu Levy’s advertisement intimates that he has opened a new establishment for iron, glass, and crockery ware in Princes street in the premises formerly occupied by Messrs Baunerman and Co. His stock comprises the latest novelties, and is worth inspection.