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Evening Star, Issue 3232, 30 June 1873, Page 2

'Tlj.e amount of Customs, revenue received oil imports at the Custom House,' Dunedin, fo# the year ending to-day is L 238.855 19s BdL as against L 212,923 10a for the previous quarter,.being increase 0f.L25.932 9s Bd. The Press understands that* case Of plant# of i the English cranberry, the first imported into New Mapd, ,has been received ;l by. the Canterbury Acclimatisation Spclety. Arrangements baa also been made for sending. out in the same case a nest of bumble bees, bu,t without success. Further efforts in this direction will, however, Ip made. A bit of fashionable gossip, in which it ; appears that NeW Zealand is specially interested,, is thus retailed by an English paper There has been a mtoaUkMein ni»h fife which is causing no little talk. The bridegroom is said to-be the third son of a Peer of .the tJnited Kingdom—a mere stripling, who left college’only* last summer; and he'has secretly married one of his father’s housemaids, tn spite of the most rigid scrutiny : <bjr lawyers and otheri/nb ground can be discovered for annulling the contract. The thing is being kept very quiet, and the voting' folks b* t* be sent off to New Zea--iaid to engage in shcepdarming- * The girl, though a housemaid, is well educated, and bnetifae a pupil in bn« of the Ecßn- f bufgh ; Ndjrmadjmhools; - ; f‘The of yepice” and ‘‘The, Tabling of the'Shrew 3 ’ constituted .Saturday I night’s bill at the Queen’s, and the were played to a pretty nutherorts T Audience. Neeing that the comedy* h&d' bSeri pUyed twice previously, we had expected to see it go smoothly ; but, on the contrary 1 , 1 was such an utter want 1 m anbe with the text, on tbe bart of some 6f the performers, as to raise hj doubt'it our mind whether it had ever been studied by them. Mr Painjlbugh foUnd himself in thq humiliating position* of tb9 v .b»B :toapp«al thb audience for consideration, pn account of ’the want of support shown Him by the persons alluded to.; Such things must hot be, if jtbe, management, hojje.to secure public support. . ’... r , r: .,, , A jjorrespbhdeht of an "Auckland paper this writes nf’ the settlement: —Tbprf *|e feppsp?, fiwroply.of which/ arb occupied/ There is very little Ipd, and tU half of what there is is stfafopy. 'The selection of the site is bad; and; although it is three yeapts ’sipCC'the settlers landed there, scarcely has been done amongst the whole' lot. Only twelve acres have been cl^red; no stumps have been removed, the ground bettiefcn ; being only scotched) up with a hoe or rake, and sown with wheat or potatoes. This extensive urea] I was told, wais next year to be increased by four acres. hw hjo'fonoesj i Three -persons;have made gardens, and an Urea of haif 'an acre will nolnprise the wholh. The settlement' possesses, in live stooWabout two dozen fowls and three pigs, The latter have been placed onj an island np the lake to breed; so that their owners might ho saved the trouble of looking after them., 'fiw produpe of the cultivated plots is scarcely enough to last the settlers until next seasop.. There ifipo bread, and tho pebple live on a stew made of pigeons and vegetables. The people occupy all their time in abusing the ProvincialrGoyornraent. There is no whieky. or the state-of things, would be horrible.; Am the periodical starves which the dwellers are subjected to be wondere^at? The manner in which #‘Mjmbeth” was produced at the Princess Theatre hgs jjeldom bebn equalled in this City. Mrs Walter Hill, as Lady Macbeth, acted with great power,.: although 1 in. the bed* ; chamber scene she was scarcely' as effective as Two would desire; but, taken .on the whole; Wr delineation of the character was; excellent. Mr Eayner’a Macbeth is too well known to citf for especial comment; suffice it to s’ay lhat his performance throughout was even, and he proved himself worthy of the reputation he possesses, that of being a clever, pains baking actor. Mr Douglas, as Macduff played l ■ with great spirit, and did not make the mistake frequently made 1 by representatives of this difficult part, of bver-i stepping the line between the “sublime and t'he ridiculous.” His grief on hearing of the murder, of his wife and children by the usurper was depicted in a natural style, and it was apparent that the words -entrusted to him to deliver were thoroughly -understood by him- Miss WiUis- appeared asDonaldbain, apd looked, as she invariably does, pretty and fascinating; and Mrs Maogowan'and Miss Lizzie Bpahe, as the second and. third winches, evinced a complete knowledge of their parts. Mr Collier’s Hecate took us completely by surprise: he both sang and •played well. Miss Fanny Sara rendered" invaluable assistance in leading the musical portion of the piece( and was enthusiastically applauded. Mr Lyster, in the character of Mtjloolm, was too serious .‘ be seemed wore

as if he were assisting at the services of * conventicle, than at the playing of a tragedy. Wo had almost forgotten to mention Mr Musgrave’s Duncan, and it is only necessary to state that his delineation of the character was given in this sterling actor’s best style, vhe performance concluded with a musical , entertainment, and to judge b^ifmf^geption; Miss Sara and Mr Clifton on , Saturday, they are growing hipitljr in favor. There will be a change of pftygramme This evening. The New Zealand Herald l^s: —The gaoler of Napier is following stilt to the governor of the Dunedin stockade and others of our Provincial gaolers and governors, and has endeavored to prove that bis penal establishment is not only self-supporting, but quite a money-making concern. The nett profit for the year is stated to be about L 361, so that should all other prisons in the Colony be equally successful, the Provincial money to The dehiF of~ eiSTmates for the support of gaols, will, in fact; calculate upon something handsome coming to tlw credit of , revenue. But officers anointed tp thf commhhtl 6r prisons must good bookf keeper* as well sife They must understand, the cooking of accounts.. Porinstance,. .»• doeeuai prisoners' are em-| 'pldyed in Uyihgout the gaoler’s garden; andf sbwing celery seed. This work is placed. ljD ? the credit of gaol einiing* lit the sahib rkte. as sb fflauy market gardeners'-'ivbuld' ‘demanded, : had they fieOncalled r ih to f db ’ the job. • If prisoners were employed making i something that would i sell dor, so than, the raw material and their.board and lodging would or if they were set tojjabor on reproductive works, we could .tinfdefstand such a system of keeping accounts ; but - when prisoners' are - employed' doing ; something merely ,to keep their kinds from' being idle, and this something is not worth anything, we cannot think but such reports are fallacious, and intended to deceive •Or bolster up a false Prisoners will always cost money over and above what they earn. It is so in other Colonies,* add In? -other parts of the world.- Ail sudh report* sent In by Provincial gaolers to merits, are worth about as much aathe-paper they are printed on. i ; , The Christchurch papers make a brief men-., tiop Pf 1 the conclusioh -of the great wadkirigr matbh ill that city. The Bv&s of the 25ttt' says :—Mr Wiltchire, who for the past : nve week* has been ip thp M bdf as Street, essay ipg • feat, pf walking 1,000 miles in the same number of hours, .completed his task yesterday shortly before? noon*.iu the presence oft nnmbefe of spectators. His thousandth mile'was walked under the ten minutes in very good form, n0... signs of distress being' yilible.' He' .walk# with.a very free actibp of the limbs, the only poticedblb delect in'his style being:a tendency to roil. This, however, is only natural after ao severe a task upon bis enduranceas hehaai just gone through, At the conclusion of hi% task- he was loudly,,cheered, and having ‘stopped a short time, again went on for another mile, which was completed in 9nninntes 33| sec., very excellent time, considering. We understand that -he- intends Walking up to 8-p m. thisievetting, following oht the eame routine as to time as during the match. Mr Wiltchire’s pluck in carrying to a successful, issue so formidable task is highly commend-/ able. At a musical entertainment the next night occasion was taken to present Mr Wiltcbire With a c«p, in recognition of his great feat of walking 1,000 Smiles id l,ooo:hdurs. /The. presentation was idide-by Mr Bromley on behalf of a number of gentlemen. Mr Margetts, who responded oh behalf of the recipient, -sfcftted that Mr Wjltcbire had walked. 1,026 miles in 1,020 hours, thus accomplish* ing the greatest feat on record. As doubts had been expressed as to the bona fide* of the affair, Mr Wiltchire was prepared to back himself to do the same thing over again, or to wheel a man in a barrow for 1,000 miles in the same number of hours. Mr vWltchire,in consequence of the limited patronage bestowed apon him during his performance, had ;been-a,loser by the.trai- 7 Sftctiop,.pnd he (Mr Margetts) trusted-that something would be done for him by the public. Captain Meredith, one of the timekeepers from tinit to last, bore testimony to ? the feet that 1 Mr Wiltbhire had the feat, and that the affair was-psrfeetly genuine from start to finish, j Mr .Wiltchire, - who appeared in : walking costume, waif loudly cheered by the audience, (

Aspecial meeting of the Dawn of Light Division No. 70 Daughters of Temperance will be held on Wednesday evening at f.ls;’ r ; ' A meeting of the Standard Property Investment Society willbeheld at the office, Princes street, on Wednesday evening next, from 6 to. So’dock. ; 1 ‘ : ’ -S' Mr D E. Daywill lectfore under the auspices of • the Dunedm'Mutiial Improvement Sodetyj to : i morrow (Tuesday) in the lower hall of the Athenaeum.' » • - ’ We would, direct attention to thp fact, that, the 3rd July is the last day for lodrfrig with' the T6nm€lerk claims fdr admission to the Cjti* zens’ Roll, year 18734. .ih r,,. * - . We have to dirpqtthe attention of passengers by that : muef Her at port Chalmers,, Iwipg. tojni. -the. 10.80 a.m. train to-morrow. •