The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1873

Evening Star, Issue 3339, 1 November 1873, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1873

The trial of White v. Mackellar, in the Supreme Court, was continued to-day. Ihe examination of Mr Taylor White was concluded, and that of Mr W. G. Rees commenced, the Court rising shortly after two o’clock. Tbe young man named John Delany, late telegraphist at Oatnaru, mentioned in our columns a few days ago, was received into the gaol yesterday from Oamaru, committed for trial at tbe ensuing session of the Supreme Court, charged with receiving the sura of L 25, a Post Office Savings Bank deposit, and feloniously and fraudulently embezzling the same, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, “ O’Callaghan On His Last Legs ” preceded the burlesque at the Princess Theatre last evening, Mr O'Brien giving a very satisfactory impersonation of the sharp-witted Irishman. He was ably supported by Mr Scarle, Miss Follande, and Mrs Towers. The performance to-night will consist of burlesque, “Ixion” and “ Black-Eyed Susan being the pieces announced, and we are glad to ace that Mr Hydes will take his old role of Minerva. The Government intend opening a block of land on the deferred payment system, near to Coal Creek. Another block will be opened on Captain Henderson’s rim, and one on Cargill and Anderson’s run, opposite Roxburgh, under the agricultural lease system. There is a scarcity of surveyors in the Province, and this cause will delay the opening of the blocks in question ; and the Tuapcka surveys cannot be done sooner than four months. Not more than one block can be legallyopened under the deferred payment system, and this impediment has, we (Tnapeka Times ) believe, led the Government to revert to the agricultural leasing system. The band of the Dunedin Volunteer Artillery paraded last night at the Drill-shed for inspection by Major Atkinson—the whole of the members, twenty-seven in number, being present. After playing for an hour they fell in, and were inspected by tbe Major and Lieutenant Muir; and under the command of the former, assisted by the sergeant-major of the battery, underwent an hour’s drill. At the conclusion the Major complimented them on the proficiency they had attained during the shore time they had been enrolled, both in playing and at drill. They were then marched up to the Criterion Hotel, where with some of the officers and members of the company to which they are attached they spent a pleasant hour. Swimming is to be added to the curriculum of free education provided by the State for the young people of "V iotoria. In the Legislative Assembly, on the 15th ult, Mr Curtain, who entertains the opinion that several lives are lost annually in consequence of a want of knowledge in the art of swimming, brought tbe desirability of providing swimming baths in connection with every large State school, before tbe Minister of Instruction. He found, however, that the Government had anticipated him in the matter, as instructions had already been given to the architects of the department to make provision, if possible, for the construction of swimming baths to be attached to all large schools. Noticing the increased production and value of wool, as shown by the RegistrarGeneral’s returns for 1872, the Southland News remarks It must be remembered that the personnel of the sheep farmers has changed very little during the past five or even ten years—that their numbers have increased but slightly, while their expenses have certainly not kept pace with the increased production. Their harvests, unlike those of the agriculturist, appear to have doubled themselves naturally about every three years until 1871, when, in one short twelvemonth, the value of the wool crop rose from about two-thirds of a million to considerably over one million. In other words, the sheep farmers of Otago and Southland divided among them last year L 477,740 more than they received altogether the previous year. This, adopting Mr Vogel’s favorite ‘average’ illustration, would give to each of .500 sheep-farmers very nearly a ‘ cool thousand’ over and above his previous year’s income.'’ Our European telegrams to-day announce the death of the Rev, Dr Caudlish, the eminent Scotch divine, of whom the following notice appears in “ Men of the Time” : “ Candlish, the Rev. Robert Smith, D. D., was born at Edinburgh on the 23rd March, 1807, and having been educated at Glasgow, was engaged as a private tutor at Eton, and in 1828 licensed as a preacher by the Presbytery of Glasgow. In 1829 he became minister of St. Andrew’s, Glasgow. In 1831 he officiated in a like capacity at Bonnhill, in the Vale of Leven, where he remained until his call to Edinburgh. In 1839 he took a prominent part in the debates in the General Assembly, and in 1843, the year of the disruption, left the Scotch Kirk for the Free Church. In 1845 and 184(1 he was largely concerned in the establishment of the Evangelical Alliance. In the last-named year Dr Candlish was appointed convener of the Education Committee of the Free Church. In 1847 ho was, upon the death of Dr Chalmers, appointed to the Chair of Divinity in New College. On the death of Dr Cunningham, in honor of whose memory the Cunningham lectureship was established, Dr Caudlish was appointed his successor as Principal of New College, Edinburgh. The attention of volunteers is directed to tingeneral order which appears in our advertising columns. A special meeting of the Good Intent Lodge 1.0. G.T. will be held at Caversham on Monday, 3rd inst., at 7.30 p.m. A meeting of the Council of the Otago Rifle Association will be held on Monday evening at eight o'clock, in Mr S. James's office.