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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2203, 30 May 1870, Page 2

Poetical. According to lute accounts, there is likely to be a contest for the representation of We?tlaml North in the As embly. There are now four candidates, the latest being Mr George Domic the prototype of our Mr Shepherd, M.P.C. Supreme Court. Monday next being Whitmonday, and the following day are Court holidays ; therefore, there will he no sitting of tlie Supremo Court on those days. The criminal session will be formally opened on Monday, and adjourned till Wednesday. Very Unlikely. —The Greymouth Star reports that the Duke of Roxburg was on board the steamship Rangitoto incognito on her passage to Greymouth on the 11th inst

Theatrical. —We understand that the Garrick Club give a complimentary benefit to Mrs Steele on Friday next, when the play of “The Lady of Lyons,” with the hi’nrjiciare as Pauline, and Mr Steele as Claude Melnotte, wiil be produced. The Princess Theatre. Messrs Daniels and Collins take their benefit to night at the Princess Theatre, when a musical and terpsichorcan treat may be looked for. Both gentlemen have established their reputation in Dum din, and their joint iffoits will no doubt conduce to drawing together a full bouse. Masonic Hall. —Dr Carr continues to command a large attendance to hear his lectures and witness his illustrations of mesmerism. On .Saturday evening he had a contest with scepticism, and came off victorious. At any rate, the audience were convinced of Dr Carr’s power if his opponent was not. There can be no doubt of the effects, whatever the cause.

The Wax Works.—Modelling is at all times interesting, and modelling in wax, though not so enduring as in harder materials, has the advantage of being capable of having given to it a more thoroughly lifedike appearance than marble or plaster. Through its means celebrated characters can be shown as they appeared when living, and thus increased interest is created in their career. An exhibition of wax lignres is now to be seen in the lower ball of the Athemcum, Oc‘ agon, which on these grounds as well as their merit, the models will no doubt be largely visited. Westland. —The following resolution, introduced by Mr White, his been carried by the Westland County Council : “That in proportion to its population and revenue, ond to the extent of the representation < njoyed by other districts in (he Colony, as compared with their population and revenue, the County of Westland is inade quately represented in the Colonial Legislature ; and that a committee he appointed, consisting of Messrs Harrison, Barit, and the mover, to draw up a memorial for representation to the General Assembly, praving that measures ho taken during the approaching session to place the representation of this district on a just and equitable basis. Revision Court.—A court for the Revision of the Electoral Roll was held at the Registrar’s office to-day, before Mr W. M. Hodgkins, Revising Officer. IntheC.ivcrsham district, 42 names were expunged, and 90 added to .the list. A large number of ohr jeetions had been lodged by Mr Graham, who appeared to support them. Several of the notices of objection were held by the Hotnrning Officer tp be informal. A number of persons were present to support their claims, and in one case the objections were ruled to ho vexatious, and the Revising Officer ordered expenses to be paid by the objector, Mr Graham, on which he withdrew from Court. In the Roslyn District 19 names were struck off the roll, and S9 added. The revision of the Dunedin roll is not yet completed.

Australian News. In consequence of pressure on our space, we are compelled to summarise the most important items of news contained in our Melbourne files : The Hon. Mr Cowper will be the New South Wales delegate at the forthcoming intercolonial conference at Melbourne.—The Galatea is to arrive at Sydney towards the end of the month. —By the decision in Grinston versus Timus, in the English Prohate Court, the plaintiff, a poor waterman, residing at Hobartown, is entitled to a fortune of LBO.OOO. —The total population of Tasmania, according to the census just taken, is 9!),ff2S, being an increase on the census of 18G1 of 9351. An important measure, having for

its object the establishment of a college of justice on a self-supporting basis, is about to be introduced into f’o Victorian Legislature. The college is to I e governed by the Chief Justice of the Colony, as the President, and by the senior and iunior fellows. It is proposed to give the institution a “local habitation ” as, well as a name by the erection of a hall and library upon some site within three miles of the 1 own Hall, Melbourne, for wdiich purpose the colony will take the necessary power to raise L 16,000 by debentures.—The Haymarket Theatre, Melbourne, is shortly to he opened by Barry Sullivan A l 6 Lewis Troupe (consisting of the Edoiiiu family, &c.)have returned from India, where Mr Lewis amassed a fortune. —In pcdestriamsm thin-'S are quiet. Too engagement of Hewitt, Bird, and Topley has terminated, and they are still at Sydney, Topley has won a 7 mile match for 1/200, and Bird and Hewitt have run for several small amounts. Bird s matches with Higgins are off for the presenu if not for good.—A letter received in Melbourne says Miss’ Burdett Coutts was the donor of LIO,OOO to Barry Sullivan.—Tales of the far north of Queeuslan 1 will by an t bv be as entertaining as the Arabian bights. From Townvi 1c the latent news is dated the 4th of December, and was rec ived at the Gilbert, oa the 25tb March. Among other things wc are tobi, the inhabitants had been tcct 'talers for a fortnight, owing to the stock of liquors being exhausted, and Mlour was soiling at LIU per hag. Worse were the miners at Western Creek. There every ounce of flour and pound of meat had been consumed, and in their desperation, the miners first fed on crows, those failing, on their horses, and lastly on old working bullocks. With the then high state of the rivers, there was little chance of their w r ant3 being ivlievo'. —-Fortunate Tasmania. The Government of that colony have received a communication from an agent in London, who bad been empowered to enter into ncmiciatious with English capitalists for a railway loan, to the effect that a powerful company has been formed with a capital of L 1,000,000 sterling, to construct a main line from Launceston to Hobartown, The proposals are said to bo such as will be immediately accepted.

A general meeting of the Otago St. Patrick’s Society is announced to be held at the South Australian Hall to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 8 o’clock. A meeting of the Standard Property Investment Society, for receiving subscriptions, &0., will be held at the otllces of the Society, on Wednesday evening, between (3 and 8 o’clock.