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Evening Star, Issue 3153, 28 March 1873, Page 2

The vital statistics of the various hospitals for the last live years are being compiled. The lurid splendor of the shilling nobbier is still maintained in one favored spot in Otago, which is situated, between Waipori and the West Taieri.

The forty-five Chinamen who sailed by the Harriet Armitage take with them 2,7400zs gold, of the value of LIO.OOO, which, we believe, represents the result of little more than three y ears’ hard work.

While two men named Deacon and Gill were on their way to Waipori, when crossing the Waipori Lake, on Wednesday, the boat in which they were at the time capsized, and the latter was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered, though an active search has been going on. The following particulars regarding the case of drowning on the. Taieri river, near Mackay’s, on Wednesday, are from the Bruce herald ' Two men, named Gill and Deacon, were in a boat, preparing to proceed to Waipori, when Gill, who was standing up near the edge of the boat, slipped, and fell over the gunwale, causing the boat to upset. Gill could not swim, but the other man managed to reach the boat and brought it ashore. Men were actively engaged under Constable Nichols searching for the body, which had not been found when our informant passed. The deceased was an Irishman, employed on the railway works.

We understand that a team of ex-High School Cadets, members of various Volunteer Companies, has been formed with the intention of challenging each company of the battalion to a rifle match. The first match has been arranged to take place with the Dunedin Artillery, on Saturday afternoon, at the Anderson’s Bay range, at ranges of 400, 500, and GOO yards; live shots to be fired at each range ; kneeling at the first, and any position at the two last ranges. One or two alterations will be made in the ex-Gadet team after this match, but as at present constituted it consists of Gunners Fuller, T. Muir, and D, Reid of the Artillery ; Lieut. Henderson and Corporals H. Mercer and

Gibson, of tho Scottish ; Yol. W. Hutchinson, North Dunedin ; Yol. Strode, Waikari; and Lieut. A. Grant and Gunner Cutteu, of the Naval Brigade ; with Yol. Welsh, of the City Guards, as extra man.

When Sir George Bowen, in company with the Lawrence Town Council, visited the Blue Spur, a considerable quantity of liquor appears to have been consumed, judging from the bill sent in. The Council thought the proper way to recompense those claimholders, who showed their workings to the vice-regal party, was to treat them to liquor, so they invited the said claimholders to the nearest hotel. Those who went had the honor of imbibing with the vice-regal party, and beer was sent down to those w*ho did not. The account sent into the Council amounted to L2 2s (id, and this, remarks the Times, is the lirst instance on record of a municipal council in its corporate capacity “shouting for a crowd.” At the Mayor’s Court this morning, a lad named David M‘Ewen was charged before his Worship the Mayor with writing certain obscene words on a public seat on the Town Belt. Ranger Bain said he would not have brought the case had it not been that similar cases were so prevalent, nearly all the seats on the Town Belt having bad disgusting language written on them by means of chalk. His Worship discharged the boy with a caution, but warned him that if he were again brought up on a similar charge he would be sent to prison, and probably be ordered to be whipped.—William Ryan, charged with drunkenness, was discharged with a caution ; and Joseph Shannon was lined ss, with the option of 24 hours’ imprisonment. On Saturday last, as Mr David Dunn, of Viewfiekl farm, South Clutha, was clearing a portion of the bush in the rear of his homestead, one of his daughters, a child three years of age, passed between the tire and the house at some distance, and in so doing a spark caught the back of the child’s dress, and when she reached the house, for Avhich she at once ran, the mother found the child in flames, which were at once extinguished. Dr Smith was at once sent for, who reached the spot as speedily as possible, when he found the child’s back severely burned over a surface of about eight inches by six inches. He dressed the wound, and is opinion that, with care, the child will survive the accident.

The principal item of the entertainment given by the Variety Troupe at the Queen’s Theatre last evening, was Lottie’s performances on the flying trapeze. Most playgoers will remember the exceedingly clever feats performed by George Kidgway on the single and double trapeze, at the Princess Theatre, a few years ago. In some respects Lottie surpassed him. Starting from a platform at the front of the dress circle, she flew through the air, with her hands only resting on the trapeze, and on reaching the front of the stage, let the bar go, when she was caught by her brother Victor while hanging by his legs from another trapeze. She repeated the feat, but the second time made the double journey before dropping the bar. Again she was caught by Victor, and went through a series of extraordinary evolutions. The performance was received with most enthusiastic applause. Messrs Buckley and Holly presented one or two novel negro delineations successfully, and caused much merriment. They also danced the well-known “Golden Shoe Dance” with a degree of precision and rapidity of motion not often witnessed, which the audience applauded vociferously. Mr Small sang two comic song, each of which was encored. The acts on the flying rings by tho brothers, and on the single trapeze by Lottie, were repeated, and much applauded. A farce entitled “ The Wandering Minstrel” brought the entertainment to a close. The attendance in the lower parts of the house was equal to that of any previous evening, but in the circle there were not so many present. The same programme will be repeated this evening. We take the following items, having reference to the Garrick reefs, from the Cromwell Argus The crushing of 183 tons for the Colleen Bawn Company was finished at Logan’s battery on Wednesday, and the quantity of gold obtained was UGoz, 9dwt. (igrs. This was considerably less than had been anticipated, and much disappointment and dissatisfaction have been expressed by the shareholders, nearly all of whom are local residents. There seems good reason to believe that they were fully justified in expecting an average yield of at least 25dwts. to the ton from this crushing, for not only was the stone proved bj actual test to he uncommonly rich, but the quantity of amalgam which had accumulated in the ripples of the machine before the crushing had been half completed was such as to encourage the sanguine hopes entertained as to the final result. The time occupied in crushing, from first to last, was eight weeks, during which period many stoppages occurred from want of sufficient water, No portion of the amalgam was removed from the stamper-boxes or ripples until tho entire crushing was finished ; and as the machine was not in any way protected during the intervals of working, it is believed that a considerable quantity of amalgam was stolen. “Itisof no use crying over spilt milk,” but there can be no doubt that the heavy loss the Colleen Bawn Company has sustained is the result of gross negligence in some quarter. The John Bull Company had a very satisfactory clean-ing-up last Wednesday, at the Nil Desperandum Company’s battery. The quantity of stone crushed was about 50 tons, and the yield of retorted gold 490z. —showing an average return of 194dwts. per ton. An individual was brought up at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Lawrence, on Tuesday last, the bare facts of whose history, says the Times , would form material for the most sensational of modern novels. His name is Jacques Feuori, and he was horn in Paris during the fiercest heat of the French Revolution He entered the French army as a drummer boy at the age of ten, and was with Napoleon in the eastern campaign, and served some time in Spain under Soult and Massena. As a sergeant of the Imperial Guard he proceeded with the Grand Army on their disastrous Russian campaign. On the return homewards with the shattered remnant of the French army, he was dangerously wounded and left for dead at Leipsic. He recovered his wounds only in time to see the great Napoleon abdicate, and he followed his beloved master to Elba, where he was appointed to a situation of trust in the great Captain’s household. He was one of the party who accompanied Napoleon on his memorable escape, and took a prominent part in many of the events of the Hundred Days, He was a lieutenant in the Imperial Guard at Waterloo ; and in the last charge upon the Highland troops, had his cuirass smashed in several places by bullets, and narrowly escaped being destroyed by the Black Bruusvvickers. When the star of Napoleon had set for ever, he entered the Mexican service, and took part in the War of Independence. After that was achieved, he returned to France, and was engaged in the Cochin China expedition, and, in the sack of the capital of that wealthy country, managed to secure a considerable amount of money. He then became a speculator in coolies at the Mauritius, and succumbing to adverse circumstances, proceeded to New York, where he resided some time, teaching fencing for a living. Attracted by the gold discoveries made in California, he proceeded thither, and started the first public-house in Sacramento. He amassed a fortune of a quarter of a million dollars there, but lost all of it speculating. He proceeded from thence to Australia, and afterwards to New Zealand, and on Monday was fined 20s for cutting timber without a license.

The usual moutlily meeting of the Permanent Building Society of Otago will be held this evening, at the Society’s office, at seven o’clock.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of Dr Copland’s lectures on “ The Phenomena of Spiritualism,” which are now issued in pamphlet form,

Wo have been requested by Messrs Smith and Anderson to state that it was explained in Court, yesterday, that it had been arranged between Messrs Macasscy and George Gook, in the case of the Otago and Southland Investment Co. v. Burns, that the argument in the rule nisi should be postponed to next Monday. There was, therefore, no necessity to attend in Court,

The following election meetings are announced for this evening :—Mr Prosser at the Mission House, Russell street, at 7.30 ; and at the Royal Hotel, Walker street, at 8.30. Mr Reeves at the Caledonian Hotel, Great King street, at /.30 ; and at White’s Hotel, Albany street, at 8.30. Mr Fish at the Mission House, Ru sell street, at 7 ; and at the Oddfellows' Hall at 8.