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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2379, 16 November 1870, Page 2

IU Port Chalmers. —Cm- advices from Pork Chalmers were received too late for insertion tins evening. Otago Jookey Club.—At a meeting of this hotly last night it was resolved to hold the next annual races on the 22nd and 23rd February on the Fortuity Park course. Political. —It will be seen by the advertisement in another column that Mr Macasscy, in compliance with a very numerous! v fugued requisition, has consented to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Dunedin in the House of Representatives. Pitt Street Cutting.—A correspondent calls our attention to the unsafe state of the pathway in this cutting, a more ledge having been left, but no fence quit np to warn passengers who have been accustomed to use the footpath. Tins ought to he immediately looked to if accidents are to he guarded against. Concert. Decidedly the best of the long series of concerts by the Coloured Opera Troupe, was that given at the Masonic Hall last evening. With the patronage of the Caledonian Society and the Fire Brigade, and having f r its object the aiding of the funds of the Benevolent Instiution, the Hall was, as might have been expected, crowded ’ to excess. The programme comprised a variety of amusements, and whilst the comic element was efficiently represented, the instrumental music ami chorusses were admirably rendered. The song “ Let me kiss him for his mother,” was perhaps of all the solos the most successful, the _ audience awarding deafening plaudits, and giving the performer a hearty recall. But the great hit of the evening was .he stump oration by one of the band, which, besides possessing some inherent merit as a humorously written prodnetion, was rend' red with great spirit, force, and effect. The whole performance indeed abounded in broad fun, .and we may question whether the Troupe in any previous entertainment ever succeeded in securing such deserved apphuuc as that which was showered upon them so enthusiastically last evening. The concert was a great success, and no doubt aided materially to the benevolent object intended The members of the Dunedin Naval Brigade will muster for commanding officer’s inspection on Friday evening next, at 7.30, in the di ill shed. The Lecture to be delivered by Mr George Brodie this evening should be one of considerable interest. It refers to a time when our ancestors were not quite so moral as the people of the present day, and the Spectator is unsparing in its condemnation of the habits of the age. Quotations from the descriptions given by the writers in the Spectator are always interesting.