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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2764, 27 December 1871, Page 2

Dunstan’s Representative. The distinguished form and features of the member for the Dunstap, says the local paper, pervaded the Clyde for a brief interval during the last week. A few confiding constituents vainly imagined that he would enlighten their' understandinge. on things oolitii' d, or at least give an account of his Bub our M.H. R. suddenly impressed with the idea that silence is oolden,” refers troublesome inquirers to the page of I [an sard, and, as the elect of the ‘miners,’ dues not condescend to air his e.oquence except for their especial edification. Suicide. —Lust evening the police received information that a man had commuted suicide on the Peninsula. It appears at seven a m yesterday, Mr Drydeu found a man hanging in an outhouse on his homestead. He avas a man about 30 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches in height, had a long beard and moustaches ; he was dressed in a Crimean shirt, moleskin trousers, aud watertight hoots. He was secu a little before dusk on Christmas evening coming from the direction of Dunedin towards the place where he was ' found dead. The body was taken to the Hospital, and this afternoon was identified as that of a laborer, known by the name of Jack, his surname is unknown. An inquest will bo held to-morrow.

Inter-Provincial Cricket Match. The ninth inter-provincial contest commences to-morrow, at 11 a m. sharp, and will be continued ou Friday and Saturday, if necessary, commencing at the same hour each day. The players wil' be—Otago : Allen, Church, Collinson, Downes, Fulton, F., Fulton, J. C., Kettle, MacDoumdl, Macfarlan, Rcr.de, and Turton (captain.) Canterbury: Corfu, Cutterill, Fowler (captain), Lee, Coughuan, Maples, Ullivier, Pierce, Savillc, Stevens, and Wood. Professor Sale will be umpire for Otago, and Mr E. S. Harley for Canterbury. The scorers w-ill be Mr J. Murison for Otago, and Mr H. Cotterili for Canterbury. The stumps will be drawn each day at (> p.m. ; aud at 1.30 p. in there will be an hour’s adjournment for lunch. Picnic.— The united festival of the Port Chalmers Sabbath Schools took place to-day on the grounds of Mr Hugh M‘Dermid, Sawyer’s Bay. The weather appearing fevorable, a flag was this morning hoitsed at the residence of Mr Thos. Taylor, as a signal for the little ones to prepare and meet as appointed at the several Sabbath Schools ; after which they walked in procession to the front of the Post-ollice, formed in circle, and sung the hymn “ Beautiful River,” and then proceeded up George street in the following order : —Presbyterian (wearing blue ribbon), Wesleyan (pink ribbon), Congregational (mauve ribbon), Anglican (red ribbon), to the grounds, where refreshments and ample provision had been made foy their amusement and entertainment. The number at starting was estimated at 350, which number would be increased on the way, and on the grounds. Women’s Bights,.—The following is the text of a Bill which has just been brought into the Legislative Assembly of New°South Wales Every female subject of Her Majesty, whether married or unmarried, of the full age of twenty-oue years, being a natural born subject, or the daughter of a mother being a natural born subject, or who, having resided in this Colony for three years, shall have become a naturalised subject, shall, if qualified as in section nine of the Electoral Act, 18(5S, is provided in regard to male subjects, and entered on the Full of electors, and not disqualified or incapacitated for some cause in the said section specified, be entitled to vote at any election t for the el ctoral district in respect of which she shall be qualified ; Provided that no female be qualified to be ehcted a member of the Assembly for any electoral district in the said Colony. Special Settlements. — The Wei liiu/ton Independent supplies the following : By the Plnebe arrived Colonel Fielding, a gentleman who is on a mission to the colonies in connection with the Society for the promotion of emigration from England under the patronage of the Duke of Manchester. The object of Colonel Fielding’s visit to New Zealand is to ascertain what opportunities the Government of the Colony would bo willing to afford for the carrying out of the views of the Society. Wo understand that he was under the impression that tbe General Government would be prepared to make grants of land for emigrants introduced to the country, and has expressed great disappointment and surprise at finding that, in consequence of the delegation of the control of the waste lands to the Provincial Governments, lauds cannot be obtained except at a price which it is feared will defeat the inteutions of the society, so far at all events at this Colony is concerned. Colonel

Fielding loft Wellington by coach yesterday for the Manawatu. We hear he has mule certain oilers to the Government to purchase 10,000 acres of land; but we arc not at liberty at present to publish the particulars. The offer is, however, of a character that may lead eventually to “business. - ’ The Boat Accident. —Copt. Ferguson, of the Golden Age, brought us information this afternoon of the recovery by the police, by dredging, of the bodies of five of the young men drowned bthe sinking of a boat in the Harbor on Monday. The bodies were found laying just rvhore the boat went down ; that of Prictor being brought to the surface first, and the others shortly afterwards. Their names are—Drew (2), Prictor, Bruce, aud VV. IScrymgcour; and the bodies were brought to town by the Pcninsulaathalfpast five o’clock. In connection with the search, wc may mention that all the employes of Messrs Burt’s establishment turned out to day, and proceeded to the scene of the accident, with a number of drags of various kinds made by them. Failure op the Eclipse Expedition. — A telegram in the Atijiik, from Cardwell (Queensland), says : —“ The Governor Blaekall put in at this port to-day (JSth), all well. The Expedition reached Number r-ix Island, off Cape Sydmouth, on the evening of the 6th December, and erected all tbe instruments on tbe island. Everything was got in excellent order by the lltli instant, and up till then fair weather was experienced. On the night of the 11th bad weather set in. A most severe thunderstorm hurst over the place. The lightning struck the ship’s mast-head several times, discharging itsidf into the ocean with loud crackling npigei;. The Hashes were so vivid as to take away (the power of sight for

several minutes. Thick weather continued during the whole of the 12th, the sun being obscured by heavy rain-clouds. It was impossible to make any observations by the instruments, but the corona was faintly seen through the clouds, and two glimpses of another phase of the eclipse were obtained. The schooner Matilda came up in the evening. The master and men reported that they had seen the eclipse very distinctly in comparatively clear sky near Night Island, only 15 miles north of the Expedition observatory. They did not know of the eclipse beforehand, and only observed it with the naked eye.

Communication with England.— The first week of 1872 will doubtless see the completion of that great undertaking, the establishment of telegraphic communication between Knglaud ami Australia. An iuea of the closeness of that event may bo gathered from the following paragraph from the Arr/its :—North Australia has been iu telegraphic communication with England yud the world at large for nearly a month ; and it now only requires the finish of the overland line to permit the receipt of daily messages from London. A telegram from Sydney states that the news was brought that the news was brought Normautoun, the extreme end of the Queensland telegraph lines, that the sub-marine cable connecting Port Davidson with Java, was successfully laid on November 21, and was working well. That no English news was received by this means, is to be explained by the fact that the intelligence of the completion scums to have been brought over in a causual way to Nonnautour, and it is also to be considered that probubly the junction was not regularly made with the land lines of Batavia, and in addition to that there was no arrangement made for sending aud receiving more than chance items of news.

The third concert of the Dunedin Choral Society is announced to take place in the University Hall, to-morrow (Thursday) evening, commencing at 8.30. The last rehearsal, prior to the performance takes place at the University Hall to-night. We hear that the oratorio is likely to go off exceedingly well. The members will, therefore do well to muster iu full force to-night so as to ensure success. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Building and Mutual Investment Society will be held at the Society’s office, Exchange Chambers, this evening, at 8 o’clock. The yearly mooting of the Otago Schoolmaster’s Association, has been postponed until the usual monthly meeting iu February next. The attention of Volunteers is directed to a general order, which appears in our advertising columns to-dav.