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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2502, 22 February 1871, Page 2

Criminal. —There are at present four persons awaiting trial at the ensuing sessions of the Supreme Court. Political. —We hrve received the final result of the polling at the Waikaia for the General Assembly, as follows : Bradshaw, 264; Dean, 144. Majority for Bradshaw, 120. Immigration. By the Warrior Queen will arrive 17 assisted immigrants, and by the Agnes Muir, which left Glasgow on Dec. 3, 14 assisted and 6 guaranteed. Chaugk or Liijkl.—The case of Macandrcw v. Dick was, yesterday, adjourned by consent to Friday, after which the hearing will be postponed, most probably to an early day in March. Medical. —A Gazette issued a short time ago gave the list of registered medical practitioners in New Zealand. They tot up the tidy number of 198. Of these there are only 41 who hold the degree of M.D. or M.8., and there are no fewer than 58 who apparently have undergone no medical examination whatever. New Zealand Trade.—Before many years the wine trade in New Zealand is likely to form no unimportant item among our industries. A contemporary says : —“lt may not be generally known that a settler at Maugawai, near Auckland, has for some years past been engaged in making wine from grapes of his own growing. Last season this gentleman, whose name is Mr Albert, produced some 400 gallons of wine, which he disposed of to settlers in the Mangaiwai district ; and this year he expects to make

about 800 gallons. The wine is said to be of excellent quality, considering its want of age.” Departure op the Volunteer Representatives. —The Government p.s. Luna, with Otago’s and Southland’s Representative Volunteers on board, sailed from the Port at 1 p.in. to-day. The departure of the Luna was witnessed by a number of people, who, as the Luna steamed out, gave three, hearty cheers, which were duly responded to by those on beard. Captain Robertson, of the P.C.N.8., gave the word to a party under his command, and a salute of four guns was tired. Some of the Government and private buildings and the shipping hoisted Hags. Adjutant Atkinson accompanies the Volunteers. Preserved Mutton. — We have had submitted to us a sample of mutton preserved at Messrs Herbert and Co. ’s works at Tapamii. We are informed that the meat was cured twelve months ago, and has been packed in tallow, in casks and cases. It is not only perfectly sound, but, when properly cooked, very excellent eating, and very suitable for stores or as a substitute for ham or bacon, although we have never mot wi hj mutton, no matter how preserved, that could be considered fully equal to either. As a rule, cured mutton is rather bard, but that sent us by Messrs Herbert and Co. is not to be complained of; [and when the length of time since it was kdled is considered, the experiment must be accounted very successful. Wreck of the Banshee. —Intelligence was received to day by the owners, Messrs Guthrie and Asher, of the total loss of the schooner Banshee, of this port. The particulars we have been able to gather are very meagre. The vessel, it appears, struck on banker Reef, off Shag Point, and foundered almost immediately. The crew, of four men, whose names we have been unable to discover, went down in her ; the captain, James Eckhoff,* was however saved. The Banshee was on a voyage from Pelorous Sound to Dunedin, and was timber laden. We believe she was insured. —Since the above was written additional telegrams have boon received by the Commissioner o; Police. The vessel struck on the reef on Monday evening and lies a total wreck, about a mile from the shore, and has not foundered, as was at first supposed. There is d -übt as to the number of men on board, some accounts stating the number to Lave been five. Jhe captain states that ho bedeves the whole of the crew perished. The Wallace was to call at the scene of the wreck, on her way to Dunedin to-day. Captain Eclrhoff reaches town by to-night’s coach. Princess Theatre.— Mr Hoskins ajjpears in “ The Caine of Speculation” this evening. His reputation is so widely spread that bad not we in Dunedin been outside the track of the “ stars,” it ould have been unnecessary to have done more than announce his name to have secured him a most cordial reception. It is sufficient, bower, to say, without entering into particulars, that he is considered one of the best light cornelians even in Australasia; and when the multitude of talented men who have visited the Southern Colonies during the last twenty years is considered, that is very high praise. Wherever he has been they speak well of him. Miss Colville, who played with him iiq a diawing-room entertainment in Victoria, will not appear this evening, bub we believe is to make her debit/ in Dunedin as Lady Teazle in the “ School for Scandal,” on Friday. It will he a relief to numbers to spend their evenings in witnessing the. high talent of these cultivated artists after the trouble and turmoil of the late elections, and we have no doubt during their visit here they will meet that hearty support that they deserve. An adjourned meeting of the Loyal Dunedin Lodge, M. C.1.0.0.F., will he held in the Lodge rooms to-morrow evening (Thutsday) at the usual hour. We have been requested to state that, in consequence of the vacancies caused by the removal < f pupils to the -iris’ High School and the successful competitors at the scholarships examination, there are vacancies at the Middle District Scho >ls for advanced pupils.