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Evening Star, Issue 2879, 11 May 1872, Page 2

Masonic Hall. —We have to remind those who have not yet seen Professor Haselmayer that he gives his last performance this evening, when he will explain how his drum trick is done, Mosgiel. —All the members of the Provincial Council were to-day conveyed in one of Cobb’s coaches, drawn by eight greys, to Mosgiel, where they were shown over the woollen factory and entertained by its proprietor, Mr A. J. Burns. New Zealand University. —The examination of competitors for the scholarships offered by this body takes place on the 20th, and not on the 13th instant, as previously announced. All necessary information can be obtained from the local supervisor, the Kev. E. G. Edwards. Kailway Construction.—We hear that Mr Brogden, acting on the suggestion of the Colonial Secretary, will pay luap.ka a visit, with a view to judging for himself of the capabilities of the distdet, and tendering for the construction of the extension from Tokomairiro to Lawrence. The Benevolent Institution.—The number of persona receiving out-door relief from the Benevolent Institute on the Ist of this month was 312, of whom there were 17 men, 71 women, and 224 children The number of inmates of the institution at Caverrham on the same date ivas 12 men, 26 women, and 40 children. Mayor’s Court, —There were onlytwo cases on the sheet this morning;— Anne Simmings alias ftiordnn was fined 40s for drunkenness; and Samuel Mortimer;

who described himself as from Melbourne, was sentenced fc'a month’s imprisonment for handg no visible Iwvful means of . support. ■ Smart.— lt would seem from recent recounts that during the dangerous, illness of the Prince of Wales some of the American papers took advantage of the occasion to favor their readers with some rather curious information regarding the constitutional changes that would take place should the Prince’s illness have a fatal termination. According to one account—the Tribune laid it down that if the Prince should die the charge of his eldest son, during his minority, would pass, as a matter of course, into the hands of the Lord Chancellor, who would become I’egent, ex officio, in virtue of the law which makes him the “ Guardian of all Infants,” &c. To this, the New York Times is said to have retorted that the Lord Chancellor is equally the guardian of “ idiots and lunatics,”, and to have suggested that it would be a good thing if he could be brought over to look after the editor of the Tribune, Princess Theatre.—Last evening the sensational drama of “The Sea of Ice ” was played for the second time. The piece abounds in striking situations. The principal character, around whom the story centres, is Louise de Lascours (Miss Flora Anstead), who is sent adrift along with her parents, from the ship Urania by a mutinous crew, and in this condition they are landed on a field of ice. The ice breaks up, the girl is saved, and carried away to Mexico, where she dwells among the Indians. There she meets with the man who so cruelly treated her parents, is subsequently restored to civilised society, and makes use of the passion which the Marquis de Monte has for her to expose and bring (him) the mutineer to justice. The mounting of the play would do credit to a metropolitan theatre, and reflects the highest praise upon Mr Willis, the scenic artist. The “ main deck of the Urania,” the dioramic and mechanical effects of the breaking up of the ice. and th<? interior of the Hotel del Monte, ought to draw crowded houses. All the characters were played with ability, those sustained by Miss Anstead and Mr Musgrave being particu'arly good. On Monday evening Boucicault’s celebrated drama of “ Arrab-ua-Pogue ” will be performed. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building and Investment Society for receiving subs rip! io is, &c , will be held on Monday evening from six to eight o’clock. A meeting of the Union Permanent Building Societ}' for receiving subscriptions, applications for new shares, &0., will be held at the Society’s office. Princes strart, on Monday evening next, from 7 to 8 o’clock. We would remind our readers that Mr James Smith will deliver his lecture in aid of the Doyle Fund this evening, in the lower hall of the Athenreum, at eight o’clock.