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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2186, 10 May 1870, Page 2

Resident Court. — There was no business transacted ip fhc Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day. Masonic Hall. —There was a large attendance of persons to witness this clever entertainment last evening. As Thursday evening is positively the last of the minstrels’ performance, we would recommend persons

to lose no time in paying them a visit.—We notice that Mr Rainford’s benefit is announced for Thursday, and wo hope to see on this occasion, if only as an acklowledgment of his great ability, a full bouse. A Voice from Delphos. —We have received this week’s number of The Delphic Orach'.. In addition to a learned disquisition on “The Celtic Literature,” it contains some very pertinent remarks on “ Our Educational Institutions.” Mr Grant is unquestionably a clever man, though we may be allowed to question whetht r " his conclusions on the character and policy of the Hon. W. Fox will obtain anything approaching to general asleut. Garrick Club. —This Club give a performance at lire Princess Theatre on the 17th instant, when Byron’s comedy of “ 1,100,000 ” will be the piece de resistance. We are given to understand that the cast is a very strong one, and the Club has been sufficiently fortunate to obtiin the services of several lady amateurs. The part of the heroine will ho taken by Mrs J. B. Steele, •who has kindly volunteered her services. We feel sure that this fact al.ue will he the moans of drawing a crowded house on the occasion. Mornincton. —A meeting of the Road Boards of Mornington, Ka : korai, Roslyn, and Caversham, was held in the schoolroom, Mornington, on Saturday last—A. 11. Ure, Esq., in the chair —for consideration of the Roads Bill proposed in the Provincial Council. A resolution was come to that, while agreeing to the general principles of the Bill, it would be advisable before passing it that the opinion of the country should be obtained thereon, and that for this .purpose it should be postponed till next- session. Messrs Barr and M ‘indoe, the representatives of the district of Caversham, being present, agreed to support the views of the meeting. Colonial Relations with England. —Cape papers to hand show that the Colonial question is quite as stoutly contested in Africa as in New Zealand. Tire same arguments are used, for there is a sympathetic feeling. 'I he British Government has threatened to withdraw tire troops from the Cape, and visions of being over-run witli sooty-headed Africans are haunting the minds of the colonists. They think, however, that their claim to British protection is superior to ours, as being more immediately under Home inCuence and Government. We apprehend, like New Zealand, tho Capo will bo left to itself. Southern Trunk Railway. —There was laid on the table of the Provincial Council this afternoon a return showing the expenditure incurred i i connection with tho Southern Trunk Railway, contained the return furnished during Session 25. From the Ist October, 1 SC-4, down to the 3 Ist 5,- Bd. During the financial year, ending tho 31st March last, there has been spent as follows:—Travelling expenses, Lls ; law charges, L 321 Ss ; adverbsing, printing, &c., LII 7 10s Kid ; compensation for land, L 250 Ifis 2d ; engineer charges, L2S9 15s Od ; and sundries L 4 5s fid. So that there lias been expended in preliminary expenses down to the present time no less than L 12,122 Is Bd. Princess Theatre.—We were sorry to see that tho attendance last evening was so small, for Miss Green’s efforts merited a better house. The entertainment is one that has oftpu been given here before ; but Miss Green has managed to fill in her sketch with several characters that are somewhat original, so that, in many respects, she presenfe subjects entirely new. For a woman singly to entertain an audience for over a couple of hours is no mean task ; but it is accomplished by Miss Green. The best characters are Miss Jones, Hie gay young belle, given to flirting; Miss Tattle, who knows everyones business. < and Jane Dowdy, the housemaid, with a literary turn of mind, I he entertainment appeared to give every satisfaction to the audience last night. This evening Miss Green takes a benefit, when some additional attractions arc announced. .University of Otago.—The report of the proceedings of the Council of the University has been laid before the Provincial Council It contains very little information in addition to what is already known. At a meeting of the Council on the 28th April last i£ jftjs resolved, “ That the Rev. D. M. Stuart, Air Burps., a»d IV]r J, Hyde Harris he appointed a deputation tq wait upon his Honor the Superintendent, to request the aid of the Provincial Government towards the establishment of a Chair of Natural Science, until such time as the funds of the Council shall be sufficient for the purpose, and also to urge upon Ws Honor the propriety of an arrangement being made as soon as possible for obtaining the appropriation and possession of the Post Oliice building fqr t)ie University, and to suggest that the Public Museum pow in tlu building be left in charge of'the University.” The deputation waited upon his Honor the following day ; but the result of the interview has not been made known. Tutu Plant. —It cannot bo too extensively known up-country that the ripe fruit of the tutu plant makes a most excellent WU|C. We have it on tho authority of a gentleman *yife hfe i\ thorough knowledge of the art of wine making, bqth theoretically and practically, that such is the case , aqd we would recommend some cf the squatters, where tutu is abundant, to try the experiment. The recipe has been forwarded to us for insertion • —Take any quantity of the ripe berries stripped from the stalks, and bruise them, a bucketful at a time ; throw them fnto a tub, raised so as to be able to run the wine off into a bucket after fertnentibp. I-., fjir? bottom of the fermenting tub a quantity of ut’mfe fern should bo well trampled down before 'the Infefed fruit is thrown in, so as to act as a filter when tqe ( wine is drawn off. It should be cohered oyer during fermentation, and on no account ‘ stirred qr disturbed. The seeds are not crushed, but left ti)l the wme is racked off, which may be done in top days tq a fortnight, It should be put into a clean vessel, but not dqwu for three months. It will he fit for bottliqg iq feyelvc months. It can be made for a shilling a gifeop, as ffe gddifcmn of gijoar or spirit is necessary, ipfe the refuse of tho fermentation is very trilling; SO that a bucketful of fruit will yie) 1 pearly the same quantity of wine, The quality of this wine is equal to, and much resembles, the best brands of claret or burgundy. Curing* a Tippling Husband.-—We rpail in the Pastoral Times that one of the smfel 4-ettfep residing in the suburbs of of Doniiiquin, recently, on Ijudipg his affairs getting into a muddle, took tq qrjpiitqg; though previously he had 'been a hardy working and sober mail. The wjfc expostulated with him-appealed to Jus feelings

as a husband and a father, but all to no purpose. Thus foiled, she toll him that if he drank, she would do the same, at which he laughed and ridiculed her. She was as (rood as her word. He went to the publichouse, so did she ; he called fox 1 his pint—so did she ;he called for the second —so did she, and so on ; and she, being a strong, able woman, persevered übtil he surrendered his will to hers. He knocke.l under, has since been a sober man, and he now finds his affairs go on prosperously. We can vouch for the truth of this incident.

The members of the Dunedin Mutual Improvement Society will meet this evening at the New Atbeiamm instead of at the Old Athenanun, as already announced in the advertisement.