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Evening Star, Issue 3033, 8 November 1872, Page 2

St. Bathans Shooting Case.—John Ewing will be discharged from gaol tomorrow. The Bishop of Dunedin.—We learn that the ship Lady Jocelyn arrived at Lyttelton this morning, having on board Bishop Nevill, and party of twenty-four, including two clergymen fur this Diocese. A Veritable Elopement. —A telegram from Sydney says:—“An elopement has taken place in upper circles. The lady is one of the recognised belles of Sydney. The gentleman holds no position.” More Land.— This is the cry which comes from Tuapeka, and the Time* demands that IU.OOU acres be thrown open under the new Goldfields Act—soUO acres from the Bellamy run, and 5000 acres from the Greenfield run. ITiince.ss Theatre.—“ Money” was repeated last night, and to-night Camille will be represented for the last time. In no piece have Miss Colville and Mr Douglas yet appeared to greater advantage than this ; and wo would strongly ail vise those who have not seen them in it not to neglect the opportunity. Good Templars.—-Last night, a

meeting of those desirous of forming a lodg of this order at Gaversham, was hold in tin school-room there, when Bro, lugs, aetin; under dispensation from the D. D. 11. W.G.C.T Westbrook of Invercargill, and assisted In the officers and members of the Order ii Dunedin, opened a lodge and initiated fifteen in embers. " The officers were afterward; elected and installed, Bro. Collie being madt W.C.T. ; Bro. J as. Todd, W.S, ; and Bro lugs, W.T.. The other allices were fillet by brothers and sisters of the lodge. A cum mitt.ee was appointed to secure a lodge room, and announce the next meeting so soon a; arrangements could be completed. Slander. —The following case was heat’d before Judge Greason and a special jury, at the late Canterbury civil sittings The plaintiff was named Henry Tlsh, and the defendant, Samuel TreJeaven. Ihe action was brought to recover LbOO damages bp reason of the defendant having made use ol the following slanderous expressions towards the plaintiff There is a man (meaning the plaintiff) I have a very strong suspicion of for shooting through my window (meaning that he, the' defendant, suspected that the plaintiff had feloniously thrown or discharged gunpowder into the dwelling-house of the defendant with intent to destroy or damage the same). You are a vagabond. You did it. You fired a shot through my window.” The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages Lls. Cricket, — A match will ho played between the second elevens of the Albion and Citizens’ Clubs to-morrow. Wickets will be pitched A 2 o’clock sharp, and members arc requested to be punctual. The following are die names of the plays Albion r Grant, Millar, Jago, Groves, P. Kirk, W. Hutchinson, Cohen, Peters, .Smith, Cunningham, P. Sherwin, D, Thomson, Fairgrca. es. Citizens: A. Coxhead, Cunning, Fagan, A. Greenfield, MCMillan, Mavsden, Mills, Peake, Keys, Secular, W. Watson, J. Watson. On the Dunedin ground, on Monday, a match will be played between the first eleven of that club and the limt eleven of the Citizens The following is the latters team: Allen, (.'aims, Cole, Clark, Glen, Kettle, Morrison, Pledgc f ;, (Shepherd, Thompson, and \V. Watson.

( 'oncert. —Judging by the attendance last night, the Middle District School should have a nice little sum to expend for prizes for the scholars. The Masonic Hall was literally packed. Wo have not space to go through the programme ; and are obliged to content must Ives by remarking that the debate by pupils, on the question “ V\ bother the (■•ducai ion of females ought to be equal to that of males,” was effectively rendered and a decided success ; tuat the recitations of Misses Whittington and Harper (the lirst mentioned young lady being especially good, though she broke down, which was hardly to be wondered at w’hen it is stated that the

piece she gave was learnt that day, after another intended for representation had been committed to memory ; the singing of Mrs Moss, Miss Webb, Messrs Marsden and Morrison, and the instrumental performances of Master Bayley, the Messrs Oliver and Mr Lachman constituted an excellent evening’s amusement.

Unpleasant Visitors.— Wild cats and dogs arc becoming numerous in unfrequented parts of the goldfields. On the Crown Terrace, about four miles from Arrowtown. a party of miners obtained payable prospects last week, and accordingly removed their residence from the low country to the neighborhood of the new discovery. Their first night’s experience was anything but pleasant, for no sooner had they composed themselves to rest than a wild dog made a rush at their stock of meat, and carried it olf. The miners were not slow in following, and soon “ o’ertook the spoilcncumber’d foe,” recovered the meat, and again wooed “nature’s sweet restorer but as the tent soon sustained a combined attack by a regiment of wild cats, they were again on the alert, and they had to appoint a sentry for the night, vowing that the most savage procurable dog should be obtained and placed on guard the following night. A number of sheep have been lost in the locality in question during the few mouths, and judging from the circumstances just narrated, it is not to be wondered at.

We observe the members of the German Society intend displaying their loyalty on Monday evening by an assembly in the Oddfellows Hall. The purveying will be done by Mr Hy. Steinmetz, which is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of this part of the entertainment.