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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2642, 5 August 1871, Page 2

To Correspondents. Mr Grant’s and other letters will appear on Monday. Mayor’s Court, --- There was no business transacted at the Mayor’s Court torday. Port Chalmers..—Gas will be used in some of the shops of Port Chalmers for the first time this evening. The Jewish Piiilantrohic Concert. —We accidentally omitted in onr notice of •this excellent concert last evening, to state that the whole of the musical arrangements, and the training of the choristers, were und lithe management of Mr Moss, teacher of music, who also played the accompaniments to many of the songs. Gaol Return.—The following is the state of H. M. Gaol, Dunedin, for the week eadiug sth August Awaiting trial, 3 men, I woman ; under remand, 0 men, 0 women ; penal servitude, S5 men, 0 women ; hard labor, 46 men, 11 women ; imprisonment, 0 men, 0 women ; injdefault of bail, '2 men. One of the prisoners in default of bail is also at labor ; debtors, 2. Total, 137 men ; 12 women. Deceived during the week, fi’men. 1 woman : ilise.bnriri*tl ,t m«n d. women. Dunstan’s Representative. • The Cromwell Aryus is not very flattering in its remarks upon the Iron, member for the FJustan in the Assembly. Our contemporary says “As to our local representative in Parliament, we scarcely know what to say, what to hope, or what to fear. If Mr Shcjrpherd is industrious and honest, that is all wo can expect from him-he will nover be brilliant, nor do we .anticipate that bo will ever exert much personal influence. He has no power as a debater.” 0 temjiora ! O mores ! Curious Phenomenon.—At Waikonaiti on Thursday there was witnessed out on the ocean, over Matannki Point, a singular phenomenon in the shape of a beautiful and exact reflection of the range of hills which form the south portion of the. Otago Heads, far upwards to beyond the Maori Kaik. The sandy and the hill where the sand reaches nearly to its summit, were particularly well defined, and the whole appeared so real that had any oiie been looking across the north-eastern portion of our hay for the first time, he would have supposed that it was bounded in that direction by a high range of hills. Appointment op Ro>j:an Catholic Chaplain. —We understand that on the recommendation of .the Eight Eev. Doctor Moran, Koman Catholic Bishop, the Provincial Government have appointed the Rev, Father Coleman chaplain of the Gaol, Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, Reformatory, and Benevolent Asylum, vice the Rev. Father Moreau, who has resigned, to the very great regret of all the officers in those institutions, as thegoodold Rev. Father Moreau was known to all as a very pious, good, and exemplary Christian. He has the good wishes of all the officers in those establishments. Compensation. Le. Soir tells the following story of Count Bismarck:—“ The day that the German Chancellor left Versailles, Madame X——, his landlady,, called his attention to the fact that some compensation was due to her for the damage sustained by her house and furniture during his stay. ‘ Nothing can be more just, madam,’ replied the Count, ‘and you can have millions if you only choose. See, madam; look at that pen. That is the pen which signed the armistice; and M. Thiers has held it between- his fingers. You see that sofa? M, Jules Favre seated himself there. Yog sec this-old glove ? My King’s hand pressed it. In short, madam, only charge a franc for the show, and you have here the materials for a great fortune ; all the English will come to your house.’ Madame X was silenced.” ■ Schoolmasters’ Association.—The usual monthly meeting of the <’tago Schoolmasters’ Association took place this day in the library-room of the Provincial Council, which was kindly granted for the occasion. There was a good attendance of members. The Secretary reported that he had received from the Board of Education of Victoria the Ninth Report and General' Regulations, March, 1871; and also copies of the Public Schools Act and Educational Report of 1870, from the Council of Education, Sydney. The Association recorded its thanks to each of these bodies respectively. It was resolved to prepare a catalogue of the books in the Schoolmasters’ Library immediately. Mr Macklin read a paper on Teaching English Composition, which gave rise to a ttry pro,

fitable discussion on tkhuiinjgfctant and difficult subi ecj; J: 'Mr, Patlsl under the con.'Hieetedwilpil popular; education. vfho 1 (pacueaiou .wasjaajbiiMM' to a special' meeting tdbe next. The usual fortnightly'meeting of the Commercial Building and Investment Society for receiving subscriptions* &c„ will be_ held on Monday evening, Sfigust i7i froraf six to eight o’clock. ■ 1 ' . -- The -first concert--of-the-Dunedin - Choral Society will be given this evening in the University Hall, when selections will lie given from “Judas Maccabrous,” an oratorio not much known- in Dunedin, but yet contuning excellent music. The second part will be devoted to secular and instrumental music. Though tickets q(ui qnly be obtained through members, the society' is now so strong.in numbers, that we anticipate a large attendance. ! The centenary/of; Sir Waltop Scott will bo ce’ebrated in a really popular manner at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday, and we are glad of it. Genius belongs to no bias? nor, section (if a community, and is mostlliouorcd when all unite to pay tlie common hbmage it commands. The* Dunedin Mutual improvement >nciety has orgsnised, a. popular demonstration, which will inevitably command a full attendance, comprising as it does, musical and literary,, attraction of high order. We subjoin.’ the following remarks by a correspondent, which render further, comment, by ourselves needless :—‘‘..By; the efforts of this society it has now become possible for all tire c.tizens of Dunedin to join,in doing honour to the memory of Scott, The.talent of the speaker, the vocal powers' of the lad} singers, Hie class of songs on the programme, •;nd the musicians and master of ceremonies secured for the ball arc pertain to make this social gathering a succcs,”