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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2377, 14 November 1870, Page 2

Provincial Council. The special session of the Provincial Council vvill be opened to-morrow at noon. Dunedin Manufacture. —Wc have received a specimen of very excellent cake manufactured by machinery, at the bakery of Mr Hudson’s, Princes street. Wc do not know what to call it, although we have taken pains to consult a cookery book on the subject. We should judge that it approximates more nearly to the description given of a rich Madcria cake. At any rate it is very good and even in texture throughout. It is a great matter to bring machinery to bear upon luxuries like these, as by that means they become placed within the reach of all classes.

Princess Theatre. —With the exception of the pit, which was very well filled, theatre was poorly attended on Saturday evening. In the “Idiot Witness,” which does not possess much merit as a piece, and gives very little scope indeed for individual acting, the parts were fairly sustained. Air Lawrence and Air Collier filled the principal characters very creditably. The comedy of “Naval Engagements,” with which the performances concluded, went off very well. Miss George was thoroughly successful as Mrs Mortimer, and Airs Bryer equally so as Airs Pontifax. Air Lawrence and Air Musgrave had parts they seemed to revel in, and Mr Collier made a clever hit as the Irish waiter, Dennis. To-night, the comedy of “Pierre Boncoeur,” and the drama of the “Corsican Brothers” will be produced.

Accident.— An uneasy feeling was created in town to-day by a report being circulated that Captain Hutchison bad been accidentally killed. Of course there was not the slightest foundation for tbe report, the gentleman who w r as the subject having returned from Canterbury in the forenoon ; but what gave rise to it was au accident which befell Mr Stephen Hutchison on Saturday evening. The latter gentleman was proceeding homeward in a buggy along tiie Anderson’s Bay road, when his horse started, either from being touched wfth the whip of a coachman who was passing or from fright, and dashed along the road at a great pace into the ditch, throwing Air Hutchison on to his head on the other side. Beyond a severe shaking, and the bursting of a small blood-vessel, Air Hutchison was not much hurt.

The San Francisco Mail. Despite an accident to her machinery the Wonga Wonga has made a very good run from Honolulu to Auckland. Doubtless with the object of placing the very latest European intelligence before the people of Australia, Alessrs Halliday, Bremner, and Co., as they did last month, delayed the sailing of the Moses Taylor for three full days. The branch steamer arrived at Nelson a few minutes after five o’clock yesterday afternoon, but the fact was not made known here until more than an hour afterwards. When the bulk of our message came to hand slips containing the heads of the news were posted iu front of Mr Isaac, chemist’s, window, and during the evening were eagerly perused by large numbers of pessons. The summaries for both papers were finished in good time ; although the absurd regulation of sending 200 words at a time, prevents their quick despatch very much.

The Bendigo Quartz Eeees. Considerable excitement was caused in Alexandra on Monday last, in consequence of Iverseu and party having struck some remarkably rich stone in the reef at Conroy’s Gully. The party last summer struck seveia 1 deep shafts on their claim to a depth of a hundred feet, and carried gold the whole W.y, but the leaders or spurs were sinking or were very much broken or mullochy; bat the whole of the stuff is con-

sidored payable. Ou resuming work last week they commenced from the surface, some little distance from one of their old shafts, and succeeded in discovering a spur about two feet in thickness. Some of the stone is certainly very rich, au l it is confidently thought that a tmi of picked stuff would yield 20 ounces to the ton. A correspondent of the Diuik/aui Times says, if the trial crushing of the stone that is shortly to be made turn out pay aide, the company will erect a battery of their own. The reef has been traced on the surface the entire length of the claim, and to the depth of eighty feet payable prospects at all depth, so far as a dish trial is concerned.

In our advertising columns will be an announcement to holders of tickets in the London Portrait Rooms Art Union will take place at Chiaroui’s frame and picture warehouse, George street, on Saturday next, at 3 p. m.