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Evening Star, Issue 2843, 30 March 1872, Page 2

Princess Theatre. — The managers

* of the Princess Theatre seem determined to . leave no stone unturned to render the stage i worthy of support. This evening a change of performance is announced. “ The Gipsy L Fanner” will he played with Miss Anstedas i tlio Gipoy Qncen. Mias Jessie llaymoud, 5 whose first appearance crea'ed so favorable r an impression, will take the part of Margaret. [ Other amusements arc provided, and we, from the cast, anticipate a very enjoyable evening. I Gaol Return. — The following is the state of li. M. Gaol, Dunedin, for the week i ending March JO Awaiting trial, o men ; - 1 woman ; under remand, I man, 0 women, t penal servitude, 25 men, 0 women ; hard r labor, 44 men, 15 women ; imprisonment, (j men, 0 women ; in default of bail, 2 men, I I) women; debtors, 0. Total, 75 men, 1(5 , women, .Received during the week, 11 men, t 5 women ; discharged, 11 men, (5 women. i Fort Chalmers. —At the Resident 3 Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, Thomas Gritfen Green, an old offender, charged with vagrancy, was 3 sentenced by Messrs Thomas TayJer and ? Win. Thomson, J.P.’s, the presiding xVlagis- - trates, to six mouths hard labor, and on a x charge of assaulting the police in the execution of this duty, to three months hard 1 labor, cumulative on the sentence in the first case. The prisoner was taken to the gaol this afternoon to undergo his imprisonment. r Good Friday.—Yesterday was ob- < served a close holiday, as customary, f Diviue service was performed iu the morning 1 and evening at St. Paul’s and All Saint’s 1 Churches, and at St. Joseph’s and some other places of worship in the City, The 1 beautiful weather induced numbers of persons to take advantage of the facilities 3 for an excursion afforded by the Harbor 3 Company and the public conveyances, 'the ) steamboats were crowded with visitors to t Port Chalmers and Portobello, and a large number of persons enjoyed the fresh sea--1 breezes on the Ocean Beach. ’ Colonial Manufacture. —Mr Chilcott, lapidary, has shewn us a beautiful 3 silver trowel, made expressly for presonta- ' tiou to any lady who may have the task of - laying the foundation of a new church. It i is his own manufacture, and instead of the J customary ivory handle, he has substituted 3 one of greenstone, finely cut and polished, i of diamond shape. The effect is excellent. I The whole, as a work of art, is worth in--5 spectiou. Higher praise could not be acI corded than the expression of a lady, who on seeing it said, ‘ ‘ it is a pity it cannot be ! worn as an ornament.” Sudden Death.—An inquest was * held yesterday by James Pulton, Esq , Coroner, at Mosgiel, on the body of a man named Deter Hanning, who was discovered , lying dead in his tent by Constable O’Neil. A short distance from Mosgiel, on a bush reserve, a number of men have put up tents » for themselves, where they reside, and ob- , tain a living by days’ work among the neighboring farmers. In one of these Hanning lived. He was a sober, hard-working man, who however had at one time been an 7 inmate of the Dunedin Lunatic Asylum, . The body was taken to the Mosgiel Hotel, and a post-mortem examination was made by Dr Ingles, who ascertained that he had died of apoplexy. A verdict was returned accordingly. In possession of the deceased were found L 9 Is Hid in money, a silver watch and chain, two gold lockets, two gold rings, and three receipts from the Wellington Post Office Savings Bank one for Lo, one for L 42, and another for L 22,

Unsavoury InebriatesAuckland Police Court proceedings the fol-

lowing conversation passed between Mr Beckham and Sergeant Pardy, during the disposal of a long list of drunkards :—-Mr Beckham : There’s an awful stench arises from these drunkards, Sergeant Pardy : can nothing be done to purify them before they come iuto this Court ? Hew they can pass the night in the cells and live T cannot think. Sergeant Pardy: The cells, your Worship, are kept lime-washed, and are cleaned every morning, and the prisoners are led out to be aired. Mr Beckham : And do you put them in again. If you do, I think you are wrong. Dear me, what an awful stench comes from them. Perhaps if t-hey were lime-washed before they were brought in Court, it would sweeten them somewhat, t think they ought to be taken iuto the yard and pumped ou. That would be good for them. Do, Sergeant Pardy, let them be well cured snd sweetened before they are brought here. It’s horrible to think of men and women—if you can call them women — making such filthy, disgusting objects of themselves. There ; get them out of tho box as soon as you can. Don’t let them pollute the Court any longer. Take them away—take them away. The stench is overpowering. Sporting Obituary. The Wan;;anai Chronicle of March 14 says : —We regret to hear of tho death of Mr Walker’s well known horse. He died at two o’clock this morning from sheer old age; he was nineteen years old. Peter Flat was one of the best, in fact we believe the best of his particular breed in the district, and has always been a favorite with horse breeders. Peter was descended from “ gentle” blood, and had distinguished himself more than once in his younger day on the racecource. It may not be out of place to name a few oi the old favourite's performances. He won the Earl Spencer Plate at Northampt n in a field of eighteen horses; ran second in the Granby Handicap ; won the Claret Stakes at Brighton, and was second for the Goodwood Steward’s Cup in a field of 34. Some of his stock have also distinguished themselves greatly in the same way. We may mention Presto, which won 23 races ou the middle island. Miss Flat also beat the well-known Peeress, allowing her 41bs. At the time of his death he belonged to a sou of Mr John WaU er and Mr Chadwick. Peter Fiat was buried in a manner becoming his reputation, and if George Macdonald’s theory be true, he has but gone to “fresh fields and pastures new.”

The North Island. —No doubt it has been thought by some that party feel iug has induced us on many occisions to point out that the settlers in the .North Island were themselves to blame for much of the ill-feeling shown by the Natives, and that the Government were much embarrassed in dealing with the Natives by their factiousness. In corroboration of our opinion, we present our readers with the following foolish and wicked circular, adopted by the Wairoa settlers at a recent meeting :—“ To Ngarauru and other Maoris, —We, the settlers, hereby warn you that we intend to prevent any Maoris from settling in these districts. Time will not change us. No passes or permits will alter our determination. We are always watch ing. We were once your friends. You destroyed the friendship. Be not misled by Pakeha-Mooris. Keep out of our sight and live. We send you this not to cause trouble but to prevent it.—Wilson Milne, William Wilson, A. Cracroft Fooks. For all the Pakehas.” Who these men are we do not known ; hut this wc do know, that they represent settlers in the North Island who have cost us vast sums jof money through their first provoking war and then seeking to be supported in it by the Middle Island. Localisation of expenditure is the only remedy for such madness. Prison Labour.— We understand that the prison gang will finish filling up the lagoon at the reclaimed ground during the next week, when the formation of Castle street will he undertaken. We regret to state that the proprietors of the sections adjacent to Castle street have as yet neglected to make arrangements by which their property would be filled in simultaneously witli the formation of the street and the noisome swamp removed. The bridge at the Vauxhall road is also to be commenced forthwith ; but, if the timber now lying on the unclaimed ground is a fair sample of what the inhabitants of the Peninsula purpose using in the bridge, we much fear that a great deal of money and valuable labor will be virtually thrown away. We wouhl suggest that Jarrak timber be employed, and we happen to know that the contractors for the Dock at Port Chalmers have a quantity they would no doubt be glad to dispose of at a very reasonable price. Jarrah piles, as is well known, are almost everlasting, even in salt water, and would be a vast improvement on the timber they seem inclined to use, a great portion of which is even now actually decayed in parts, and the whole would require to he replaced at great labor in a few years. The embankment formed by the prisoners for confining the Water of Leith to its proper limits and protecting Castle street, seems to us, from a cursory view, to be admirably suited for the purposes intended, but we are expressing not only our own opinion but that of others more competent to judge, when we state that, if the embankment were extended about a chain or *a chain and a-half further, all fear of danger from a flood would he removed. We believe the matter rests with the Corporation, and we feci no doubt, now we have drawn attention to it, that some of the Councillors will move in the matter. We notice that the foundations of several of the bridges over the Leith have been strengthened, and the whole work reflects great credit on the officials engaged in superintending the works.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building and Investment Society for receiving subscriptions, &c., v.ill beheld on Monday evening from six to eight o’clock.

Messrs Black and Thomson announce that, notwithstanding the late fire, business will be carried on by them as usual.