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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2589, 5 June 1871, Page 2

Provincial Council.—At this afternoon’s sitting, Mr Reid made a ministerial explanation, which will appear to-morrow. Educational.—We hear Mr Hislop will proceed to Wellington to assist the General Government in framing a Colonial Education Ant. The exact nature of the appointment will doubtless transpire to-morrow, when Mr Reynolds will question the Government on the subject. The Nevada Estate.—At Messrs Driver, Stewart, and Co.’s to-day, the sections (quarter of an acre each) in the township of Nevada—thirty-eight in all—sold at trom L 47 to LG2 each, averaging Lot) 14s 9d each. Two sections fronting the Town Belt were withdrawn. The Otago University. His Honor the Superintendent has received advice that Pro-esso-s Sale, Shand, and Macgrogor, with Miss Sale and Mesdames Shand and Macgregor, sailed from Glasgow in the Wild Deer on the 25th of March. She also brings eighty-three adults, assisted passengers. Princess Theatre.—Mr Barlow’s eutertammeub continues to draw good houses. On Saturday there was a change of programme, the principal features of which were a stump speech by Mr Bromley, and a nigger burlesque, called “ Escape from Paris in a balloon”—utterly ridiculous .and very funny. The golden shoe dance waa received with the usual applause, and, as usual, was redemanded ; and our old friend “The bluetailed fly” buzzed as merrily as ever, and was every whit as fresh as though we then heard him for the first aud not the hundredth time. New Paper.—We have received the first number of the Bohemian, a new comic illustrated paper, published on Saturday. There are always difficulties incident to bringing out a new publication, so that we cannot judge of its future by the early numbers. The fall of the late ami the advent of the present Provincial Executive, is illustrated sufficiently nearly to recognise the members of both. Perhaps the next number may prove more pungent, both in letter press and drawing. At any rate we wish it success. Fine Arts.—We hear that the idea of an Australian and New Zealand Art Union, the prizes in which are to be limited to the works, of native artists, is to be carried out. There are to be 200U subscribers at a guinea per annum, and as the working expenses will be the same per centage on the subscriptions as is dsdicted by the art unions of Loudon and Glasgow, the sum of about LI4OO will be available for the purchase «£ works of art, selected from an exhibition to which the whole of the colonies will be invited to contribute; about JLSOO will be

devoted to the purchase of the first prize. The headquarters of the union will be at Melbourne with branches in each of the New Zealand provinces. New Books.— The pressure on our columns and time b s prevented our noticing at lentgh the new numbers of the “ Family Herald,” the English woman’s Magazine,” and other serials, received from Mr J. Braithwnite, Ar.-ade, We shall refer to them more fully the Irst opportunity. We have been requested to call attention to the fact that the English mail closes on the 9th inst., instead of on the 10th, as already announced. A meeting of the Standard Property Investment Society for receiving subscriptions &c., will be held at the Society’s offices, on Wednesday, the 7th inst., between 6 and 8 o’clock. An inaugural scoiree and concert, in connection with the Iloslyn and Kaikorai Literary Institute, is announced to bo held in the Kaikorai Drill Shed to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, Mr G. Hepburn in the chair. Addresses, Recitations, Glees, 4c., will be given. The 15th meeting of the third New Zealand Building and Mutual Investment Society, for receipt of subscriptions will be held at the office, Exchange Chambers tomorrow (Tuesday) ’evening at 7 o’clock, sale of moneys at 8. The annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Association, will be held in the Hall of the Fire Brigade, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 7 39 p.m. We have been requested to correct an error in the Rev. J. S. Smalley’s letter of the Ist inst., on the Sabbath question ; it should have run thus: “A man” would have stated the truth, if he had added, “nor on any other day. ” Will the Harbour Company deny that refusal to do Sunday \vo;k on the part of the men would entail dismissal. We have received “The Perpetual Obligation of the Sibbath, with Objections ExaP’ine l.” A Sermon preach.cd in the Wesleyan Church, Fort Chalmers, by the Rev. J. Smoulfc Smalley, on Sunday evening, May 28, 1871. Messrs. Keith and Wilkie arc the publishers.