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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2500, 20 February 1871, Page 2

Popularity of the San Francisco Mail. —TheN.Z.L. & M. Agency Co. have decided to adopt the Francisco mail for forwarding their original advices in future. Their practice hitherto was to use the Suez mail.

Religious. — At St, Paul’s yesterday afternoon, the Primate held a confirmation, at which forty candidates presented themselves, The Bishop of Nelson preached in the morning and Archdeacon Williams in the evening. The day’s collections amounted to L 33.

Lecture.— The Bishop of Auckland will give a lecture in the Masonic Hall this evening—“ Wanderings in India,” As his Lordship was chaplain to Lord Clyde’s army, we may expect to have interesting sketches of the great Indian mutiny. We understand that Judge Chapman will take the chair.

Government Assurances. —Captain Baldwin, lecturer for the Government Assurance and Annuity Department, was, we understand, very successful during his stay here. We are informed that he received no less than 80 life-proposals, one of which was to insure the large sum of L*20,000. — Ocmnrtt Tunn*.

An Interesting Chancery Suit.— Advices by the mail state that Mr Lcwtbwaite, of Nelson, has been successful in his suit against- Messrs Waterlow and Sous, of London, in respect of his invention for printing railway tickets, which has been pending for four years. The result is that Mr Lewthwaitc is entitled to between LIO,OOO and L 12,000.

Noble, the Murderer.—The Freeman says the mental agony endured by the mother of the murdered child is said to have undermined her health for the remainder of her life. Soutcr, who was sentenced to death, has had his sentence commuted. He is to be imprisoned for life. Men have strange fancies. It was thought no one could be got to hang Noble, and there have been a dozen applicants. The Father of the House.— lt will have been observed by our telegrams on Saturday that Mr Carleton will not have a seat in the coming Assembly. The words of the Colonial Treasurer have been as prophetic in that case as in that of Mr Kichmond “He (Mr • oge!) said ho was described as the father of the House, but soon be might be considered as the grandfather.”

Liberality. The Freeman says that how Irishmen and Irishwomen in New Zealand sympathise with their friends and relations in the old country, is exonlplili d by the fact, that during the year IS7O, the large sum of M 3,000 was remitted to various parts of Ireland by Irish colonists, the whole of such remittances being in small amounts. Three-fourths of the senders were women. At Pavoa, Westland, the sum of L 394 Ids has been collected in aid of the French patriotic relief fund. Princess Theatre.— The evor-fresh “ Colleen Bawn ” was played at the theatre on Saturday to a full pit, the stalls and circle being likewise well attended. Taken as a whole, the performance was satisfactory, yet, it must be admitted, not so far as to entitle it to bo called a success. A chief difficulty in the “ Colleen Bawn ” is the superfluity of brogue ; nevertheless it does not appear that the author intended that every county in Ireland (and, Ifibcrnkf’, some counties beyond) should be represented in the drama; yet, from the difference in accent, such was the conclusion we arrived at on Saturday. Miss Carry George (Eily O’ConnoT) and Mr Collier (Mylesna-Coppalecn) divided the honors, the former playing with considerable feeling and effect, and the latter calling down frequent applause by his excellent acting, narrowly escaping an encore of one of the songs introduced into his part. Some excellent scenery, painted by Mr Willis, contributed not a little to the general effect. The “ Colleen Bawn ” will be repeated this evening, the performance concluding with “A Bough Diamond. ”

A summoned meeting of the Pioneer Lodge, A.1.0.0.F., will be held at the Lodge Rooms to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o’clock.

We notice that Mr Henry Smythies has offered himself to the electors as a candidate for the representation of the City in the Provincial Council. Ixa aiiother column will be found Mr Smythies’s address.