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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2532, 29 March 1871, Page 2

now rather late in the year for thirl expedition, and that,-my timagis tdq. limited,must he Wellington, afrer Visiting Canterbury','' soJb; after the middle of next month I have, therefore, Reluctantly postponed my visit to interior-until next December or January.” Mr. A. M‘Leod. —We understand that Mr E. C.’ Quick and Mr Calder have g ven the required bail for Mr A. M‘Leod. Unoharitableness. —There are only three inmates of the gaol at Westport. The ]Vexport Times uncharitably remarks that it “would not venture to affirm that the above number includes all who should he there. Princess Theatre. —In spite of the inclement weather there was a very good house last night, and the performers went through their parts with spirit. The “ Lancashire Lass” is to be played yet once again this evening, on this occasion the prices to all paits of the house being reduced one half. , Music.— We are glad to see that a new Choral Society is about to be formed, and from the persons who give the sanction of their names we think with every pn pect of success. It is agr :at pity that in a town like Dunedin, where there must he a vast amount of musical talent, there should not be the means of giving an agreeable concert, aud we trust this great want is about to he supplied. The late Mr BedboroujGH. —lt transpired at the coroner's inquest that the deceased gentleman, who was a nephew of Mr R. S. Cantrell, M. HR., had he six ailing for a month previous to his death. Go the m..ruing of the 2lst inst., Mr Dugard, the local gold receiver, finding that he was not about as usual, went to his bedroom, and discovered him to he in a dying state, aho jury returned a verdict that the inunediate cause of death was congestion of the nraiu. A Hundred Millions Sterling.— Earl Russell, writing to the Times on “The Eastern Question ” remarks in speaking O' the embodiment of the Militia “ *ordo I see any difficulty in procuring an embodied Militia. With a sufficient bounty wc might easily enlist 100,000 men for five years service. The late' Baron Rothschild, of Paris, told me that if at. any time the English Government, of which 1 was the head, u.nted 100 millions sterling, he would he happy to furnish the sum; so that neither men nor money would he wanting.” Te Hira and the Census.— Te Hira in his vigilance has not limited himself to stopping the mail, hut has also stopped the collection of the census. lliQ 1 hurries census district, wc may mention, is hummed on the south by a, line running oyer the top of Te Ai’oha, and ending at Katikati. ihe policeman who has had the collection of the census in the southern part of the d-strict, and on the East Coat from Katikati to Mercury Bay, went up to Ohinemuri the other day for the purpose of proceeding across the East Coast. Te Hira, however, was on the watch, and peremptorily stopped Km. Ihe bag containing the census papers was supposed to he a mail—at all events, it was of a suspicious and oflicnd-Koking character, and such treasonable-looking documents could not be allowed to be circulated iu tlie King’s country. The constable meanwhile remains at Ohinemuri, under the surveillance . of Te Hira aud Merc Kuru, who have im- ;: pounded the census papers, and are folding runangas to investigate their contents. !' The Gueymouth Races. —ln ucu ticiug the late Grvymoutly meeting, the Argus makes a few ohsorva ions which aie : woithv of consideration by our spoilsmen. ' Says our contemporary : —Wc could not say . that the meeting has been near so succ ssful as its predecessors, for it has been wanting in many of the conditions that go io constitute a successful race gathering. llierc was ■ plenty of money run for, hut a scarcity of horses of fair equal stamp. Tim arc several reasons alleged as the cause of this, hut wc believe the fact may he ascribed first to the ’ almost coiicuiTent races in other parts of the Colony, and second to the injudicious liaiulii capping of last year. Tnis last reason has had more to do with the paucity of good horses than many would imagine. The other objection is capable of amendment by a more combined action on the part of the i several clubs in the Colony. Again, it is a question worth considering--is the principal prize too little or too much ? Some who understand ihese things say that the amount is ' not enough to tempt many fir-t class horses , to compete, and yet is still sufficient lor one , to come down and run away with as a certainty. If the prize had been L 350, perhaps’we should have had it contested by ; Peeress’ equals ; bad it been Ll5O, we should have had a good competition of horses of less fame.

Halfway Bush Road.—This morning <1 deputation consisting of Messrs HepInn n, Worse, and Mackenzie, were introduced to bis Honor the Superintendent by Mr H. Driver, M.P.C. Mr Driver stated the object of the deputation was to ask his Honor that the prisoners at present engaged on the Half-way Rushfrnad might be retained until the work is completed. The alteration already effected had proved of the greatest possible advantage, and it would be a matter for regret if the work wore left unfinished which it would be if as was reported the prisoners at present there were removed to the Anderson’s Bay road. His Honorpointed out that as a steamer was to be employed by the distiiot at the rate of 30s a day for the conveyance of the prisoners to Anderson’s bay, it was necessary as ian.e a number should be taken over as possible, as it would cost as much to take fifty as five hundred. The people »t Anderson’s Bay, had waited patiently until the whole force at the disposal of the Government onld be made available, and it would be unfair to them to place them under the disadvantage of paying for the passage of a small number of hands, when a larger number could he conveyed for the same money. He would much rather that the work at Anderson’s Bay should he done, and that toe prisoners should return and finish the Waikari Road. The deputation asked when the prison labor -would he again available. His Honor replied he could not hind himself to a week, or even a fortnight; but when the road at Anderson’s Bay was finished, the prisoners should return and complete the Waikari Road. The deputation agreed with his Honor that the arrangement lie proposed would be the best that could he adopted, thanked him, and withdrew. A Novel Theatrical Revival.— A Shakesperian revival of a very novel character has been set on foot at Niblo’s Theatre, New York. Jem Mace, the celebrated English pugilist, has made his appearance on the boards as an interpreter of the great dramatist, aud has filled the house

every evening to in .which xf-not an importiwit one, and hf ? wf&ks'-tmk I Wo lines of the who’e play. Not fatthef to tamper with the curiosity of your readers, let us say that the play is “ As’yod like it;” and that Jem Mace comes forward as the wrestler with Orlando (Mr Walter Montgomery). Long before the curtain rises the galleries are filed with the representatives of the Bowery, liartl faced young men with their,.’“ gals, who sit >n mute 3 bewilderment, without the vaguest notion of what it all means, bored to death with the philosophies! reflections of the melancholy Jacques, until the wrestling scene, when, as soon as the p polar favorite walks upon the stage, they make the theatre ring with their acclamations. _lt is to be regretted that the cruel exigencies of the play demand that the wrestler should be thrown, and the audience is decidedly “down” on Shakespeare, regarding Join Mace’s defeat as a “ put-up job,” f“ r which they have notoleration. Accordingly they call out always for another round and. fair play, but as yet the manager has i ot consented to change the issue of the struggle. Hcmay be compelled to consent to the introduction Oi a second combatant for Jem Mace to vanquish, and the pressure is already so great that the prize-fighter appears before the curtain at the end of the act. It is hut fair to say that Jem Macc is very ably supported by Mr Walter' Montgomery, as Orlando, and Mrs Scott-Siddons as Rosalind, “ the chaste, tiie fair, the inexpressive she.”—Public OpinioiK

City Council. —There were present at C - lay’s meeting—the Mayor, Councillors Barnes, Jack, Mercer, Livingston, Thoneinau, and Walter ; hut the bus’ness transected was unimportant. , It was reported that the new fire hell had arrived, and would be humr shortly. Mr Fish, keeper of the PelieheiTßay baths, reported that the transactions for the six months left a profit of nearly 1.3(5; and offered to take charge during the next six months for 1,10 ; on condition that he had charge next season. The matter was ;ef erred to the Works Committee. A letter from the .Sexton of the Southern cemetery, pointing out the n-cessity of ensuing* new eround, was xvferred io the Cemetery Committee. ’I he Bye-laws Committee reported in reference to the letter of theClu’.mher oft omuierc-, recommending the pa sing of a bye law, the principal provisions of which are—that it shall not he lawful to stale or store timber in the city at ale s distance than *2O Let from a building built of brick or s one, or at a less distance than 4 ) feet from a building not so constructed, or any vacant ground at a distance of 20 feet f.om the street line, when the stieetlineis CO feet wide.*’ Mr Barnes opposed the byelaw on the ground that it was likely to drive timber merchants out of town. After some discussion, the nutter was referred hack to (he committee for re-consideration. The Reserves Committee reported that in view of the present offices being inquired for the University, aud the adaptability of the old Athenamm for offices, Messrs (•liver and U’ph he offered L.’kvJ for the niiex pi red terra of their lease (18 months); such sum to include the build.ng. The Mayor reported having communicated with Mr Strode, os chairman of the .Board of Mealth, and that gentleman had replied the Board could not l ake cognisance of the health of the City. The proper step, the-efore, was to communicate with the Government; hat for his own part he was not aware of j[ C ver being rampart here. Should it be so, the first thing to he done was to close the public schools, where it would otherwise spread rapidly. Medical men, with whom he had spoken, said fever was not prevalent, Mr Livingston mentioned the School Committee had instructed teachers to decline re : cciving families iu which fever had appeared ; hut the reply from the masters was no case of the kind was apparent in any of the reboots. He thought the panic unjustifiable. The subject then dropped.