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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2663, 30 August 1871, Page 2

Legal.—Mr Edward Cook was today admitted and enrolled as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

Notice.—With respect to the Sheriff s notice to common jurors, advertised in pur columns, we are requested to state that it is the attendance of those summoned for tin 4th inst. only, that is postponed, those summoned for the 11th instant are required to attend according to their summonses. Lusus Natural The Southland Times says Our Wiuton correspondent writes—Did anybody ever hear of a lamb with its head growing out of the abdomen ? A lusus natnrii ; of this description came to light the other day on one of the stations in this neighborhood. The shepherd who acted as accoucheur to the dam of this strange creature, says that he believes it might have lived, as its internal organs were all in a state of perfection, but its outward appearance offended his fastidious eye, and so he killed it. The fellow can have no knowledge of the passion which that manyheaded monster- -the million —has for all creatures that in any way resemble itself, otherwise he could never have been so egregiously stupid as to have destroyed the poor innocent. Barnum would have known better.

Supper. —The ninth anniversay of the Pioneer Lodge, A. 1.0.0. F. was celebrated by a supper held at Bro. Thompson’s, Red Lion Hotel, last evening. About 40 brethren and visitors sat down 'to a wellspread table. The N.G. of the lodge (bro. Walls) occupied the chair. After the usual loyal and other toasts were proposed an I suitably responded to, the secretary read a report of the progress of the lodge during the last twelve months, of which the following is an outline : total receipts, L 262 10s !)d ; disbursements, viz. payments to sick and distressed brethren, medical attendance, &c. L 221 2s 3d. The average number of financial members, 70. Total funds, L4OB 18s. The proceedings of the evening were agreeably interspersed with songs, &c., and the broke up at an early hour in the morning.

The Taranaki Steel. —The J'Jveainy Poh‘ contain the following notice of a successful smelting of this sand : —The Taranaki steel sand was successfully smelted on Friday night. During ;thc week previous the furnace was subject to a drying process, and the first charge of ore was put in on Wednesday night. The workmen were at their work before daybreak on Thursday morning, and kept close to it until the charge was cleared from the furnace on Friday evening, about half-past five o’clock. These men deserve every praise fo- their unremitting endeavour to bring about the successful end of this important undertaking. For some time it has been very doubtful in the minds of most people what the result of the experiment would be. All doubts are now at an end, for an undeniable proof of the successful result is shown in the shape of between 4 and 5 cwt of pure steel from a little more than 10 cwt. of Taranaki iron sand. The difficulties experienced in previous experiments made in Taranaki have been overcome, and it is now clear that the Taranaki iron sand can be as easily smelted in a modern blast furnace as any other iron ores. The steel is to be cast into different articles of use, some of which will be ready for inspection during the week. Wo undersold it is the wish of a select few to form a company to carry on the working of this valuable metal on a large scale, but up to the present time nothing definite has been arranged. In a few days we may be in a position to state something more on the subject.

Mr. Sykes’s entertainment lias been postponed till Friday. A fuller notice will appear.to-morrow.

A popular entertainment in aid of the School Prize Fund, will he given in the schoolhouse, Sawyer’s Bay, on Friday, September 1, at 7 p.m.

Mr M'Glashan announces his intention to address the electors of Roslyn at the Drill Shed, Caversham, to-morrow (Thursday) evening at eight o’clock.

The- lecture by Mr Gilbert, the seamen’s missionary, which was to have been given at Port Chalmers last evening on behalf of the Otago Seamen’s Mission Fund, was, on account of the severity of the weather, postponed until further notice.