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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2599, 16 June 1871, Page 2

The Congregational Church.— Wc understand that the Rev. Mr Roscly, Congregational minister, of Sydney, has arrived, and will supply the pulpit at the Congregational Church, Moray place, for a time.

Sudden Death. A man named John Spearman was found.dead in his bed. in a snd hut at Macraes, on the 9th instant. A coroner’s inquest was held, but the result has not transpired. A Step in the Right Direction.— Advices by the mail state that the. Queen has assented to the South Australian Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, in consideration of the ; strong feeling expressed in the Colony in favor of the measure.

New Rush. —A rush has set in at Havelock, where some very fair proapeclshave been obtained. Ihe appearance of the conglomerate or cement is very similar to that obtained at Manu Ka Creek, and. the wash varies in depth from eighteen inches to three feet. A large extent of ground has been taken up, and about twenty different parties are at work.

Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers.—A seaman belonging to the si.ip Roslyn Castle, named John Mackie, was sentenced this morning at the Fol cc Court, Tort Chalmers, by Thomas Tavki and William Thomson, Esq., J. P.’s, to four weeks’ har'd labor for wilful disobedience of lawful command! on board the Roslyn Castle. The prisoner was subsequently conveyed to Dunedin Gaol in charge of Constable Erridgc. Concert. —The vocal and instrumental Concert in aid of the Wesleyan Church Building Fund will lake place this evening in the hall beneath the church. An excellent programme is piovided, and if the weather continues tine we may predict a crowded hall. An error appears in to-day’s Times in connection with this concert, which we have been requested to correct. The price of ticket is two shillings, and not two ■'hillings and sixpence as represented in the Times.

Mesmerism. —Dr Carr appears at the Princess Theatre this evening. After his lecture on the “ Political Genius of the Provincial Council of Otago ” he promises his usual startling mesmeric illustrations. We are assured that Dr Carr will never again appear before the public of Dnn-.din in his professional character; so that those who have not witnessed these instructive and sensational seances should ay ail themselves of this their last opportunity. The Tuapeka Accident. —Tt transpires that the upsetting of the spring cart on the Tuapeka road on the Bth inst., by which a woman named Eastman loi t her life, was caused by a stone placed on the rea l for the purpose of lamping £ho traffic in the centre of the road. The coroner's jury attached the following rider to their to there Verdict “ That in their opinion tho practice of putting large stones ; n roads, apparently for the purpose of conliuing the traffic to the centre on mcttalledpart of the road, is highly dangerous to traffic, and ought to be discontinued, and some other means devised for carrying out tho object In view, The Railway Question. —Our telegrams last week stated that at a meeting of the inhabitants’ of Palmerston, it was resolved to petition the General Government in faver of the survey of a line from Dunedin to Waitaki. The following resolutions were f - “That this meeting entirely concurs with (fee amendment proposed by Mr Reynolds—viz.,""that t&e second line of railway to bo constructed should he from Dunedin to Waitaki, and not from Waitaki to Moeraki; that this meeting pledges itself to support the amendment of Mr Reynolds, and that a petition to tho Provincial Council be prepared immediately, and circulated for signature by all the residents in the surrounding districts for presentation as soon as possible; that a cordial vote of thanks bo forwarded to Mr Reynolds, Strange Occurrence. —On Saturday evening last, as Mr MTudoe, storekeeper, East Taieri Ferry, was returning from market at Taieri mouth, ho observed a small boat floating on the river, bottom upwards. Finding no further trace iu the vicinity of a mishap having occurred, and tho weather being so calm, he thought little of the occurrence. However, on his return ho reported to the toll-keeper, who observed the same boat pass under the bridge.about one o’clock in the afternoon, John Christie, son of Mr Christie, of Taieri Village, being its only occupant at the time. The parents of tho young man were at onco communicated with, and ll3 has not s ’ nt '° returned to his homo,' ih# matter so far remains shrouded in mystery’.’ police authorities are investigating it.— Brunt lie raid, What we Eat, &c. Under the heading of " What we Eat, Drink, and Wear,” the Australian Journal this month gives the first cf q, scries of articles upon frauds-in food, medicine, f d dothing, which promise to yield some useful inhp-matipn. Tho present article gives some analyses, by Mr C.o.smo Ngwberry, of several articles amongst tccfoial .cordials and patent medicines, With regard to these tpetptal cordials, the article states The majority flf ‘cordials ’ so called, which are drunk with the greatest complacency by the unsuspecting people who have vowed to drink no alcohol, we find to consist almost wholly of proof spirit! Twenty-seven samples, selected Without prejudice, give an average of 22-40 per ot>nt, That is to say, in broad and familiar terms, iu au average 100 glasses of teetotal cordial there vriU'be gg glasses of proof spirit! If judged by single sampb s, the delusion perpetrated becomes more apparent. For instance, iu a sample of orange Id iters, bottled by Messrs FUntoff, we find 117 ‘5, or a little more than U7 glasses, of pro.4 spirit in every 100 glasses of cordial, while Bick, ford’s stojiiach bitters (a teetotal drink)

shows cn the same reckoning, more 'than 39 glasses. In other words, 10 teetalers, each imbibing in the course of the day 10 glasses of Bickford’s bitters, would by dinner-time have each drunk within a teaspoonful of four glnsscs of proof spirit, equal at least to eight glasses of undiluted brandy ! ” The members of the Court Enterprise, A 0.1’., will meet at the Royal George Motel-, this evening, at 8 o’clock. The battery of the Dunedin Volunteer Artillery, will muster at the Gun She! to-morrow, at 2 p.m. sharp, for shot and shell practice. The attention of Volunteers is directed to a General Order, which appears in our advertising column to-day.