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Evening Star, Issue 3398, 12 January 1874, Page 2

The Princess Theatre will be re-operied this evening when the performances will be for the benefit of Mr Murray. _ \Ve have it on good authority , that the General Government have taken'measures to secure for the passengers by the Surat the right to .their luggage, which is.oeliev.ed to have been illegally sola, ' . . -The first-mail sent by the Macgregor w&s the largest ever despatched from the Colonies across the (Pacific.; .• It consisted of 8,285 letters, 217 books, and 11,226 newspapers. These figures are independent of what New Zealand sent. A match came off on the Racecourse on. Saturday morning, at . 6 o’clock, between Mr Duncan’s pony Oiitram and Mr Almao’s pony Sicily, the Outram ridden by Goodman, Biejly by T. Cotton, for one mile and a distance. Sicily won by 50 yards; time 2min. lOsecs. At the conclusion of the match with the Victorian! Eighteen, the “ leviathan,” in responding to a toast of the health of himself and companions, said that the Victorians had not seen the correct form of the Englishmen. Thgir doings at Ballarat prove the truth of the assertion. , The deposits in the Dunedin Savings Bank for the year .ending December 31st amounted to L 27,056 9s; withdrawals, L2G,139 18s 6d. The amount to the credit of depositors at the end of the year, was L 49,860 la 54, The amount of interest credited during the year ,to i depositors was L 2.142 13s lOd. The rate of i interest is 5 per cent. 1 ; The. Kennedy Family, ! who are appearing at : the' Masonic Hall, continue to draw good houses. The programme on Saturday night, which, as usual, was both varied and attractive, was performed in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, the audience being very demomonstra tive in their expressions of approval. Mr Kennedy’s “Land o’ the Leal” and “ Whu’ll buy my caller herrir,” were both loudly applauded. Thera will be* a change of programme this evening.

The great insurance case of Connell, Watson,, and Hogarth, oi Melbourne, against the Scottish. Commercial. Company, Las been decided' in favor of the company, and finally establishes what was always believed to be the law—namely, that if the event insured against occurs during the days of grace,, the insurers are' riot liable,' unless there is in the policy a direct provision to the: contrary. Nearly sixty, members were in attendance at the first quarterly meeting of the (itago Typo-; graphical Association, held at Wain’s hotel on Saturday evening. The report and statement-: of accounts were read and adopted, and Mr Cunningham was unanimously elected vicepresident. After some items of importance had been disposed of, the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The only civil case before a common jury at the sittings this season was that of the Bank of Otago (Limited) v, D. H, Miller, an action to recover 1.1,468 7s Id, balance .of account secured by a mortgage, dated 12th May, 1870.: The case commenced at 10.15 this morning, and was over by 10.30 o’clock, there only having been two witnesses examined. His Honor directed the jury to find for the plaintiffs in the full amount, which was done. Eleven of the jury then handed over their half-sovereigns, which were paid for then 1 attendance, to their foreman (Mr Moss Moss) who will;forward it to the committee of the Surat Relief Fund. As might have been expected, the Carandini’s concert at the Queen’s Theatre attracted another large attendance on Saturday nkdit. The programme was one of the best yet*put forward, and nearly every item secured an encore. The selections given bj’’ the company were from “II Trovatore,” including “The Miserere, ” Eoqk’e’a music to '■*-* Macbeth,' ridd “ The Bohemian Grivl,” with- Miss: Rosiha ih the solo plarts. -Miss Fannie’s - “ Bonnie Hills of Scotland” and Mr Gordon’s “Swing on* old Pendulum ” were both deservedly encored. In the second part,; in place of Madame’s ‘Home, sweet home,” Miss Isabella gave ‘‘ Should fie upbraid,” for which, in answer to a recall, she simply bowed her acknowledgments ; but this did riot seem to satisfy" iiie audience, who determinately. applauded, and at length a re : sponse was given. This young lady has proved herself a decided acquision to the company, and it is to be regretted her appearances in public are so few, an i far between.. We would re' r mind our readers that Miss Rosina’s; benefit takes place qn -Wednesnay; and as the tickets are rapidly being disposed of, early application will have to-be made so as to secure seats., ■ The, attention of Volunteers is directed to a general order in another column. The annual race meeting of. the Mount Ida Jockey Club will bo held on March" sth : arid 6th. : . - The Rrcsbyteriari Synod' will meet iri th 4 new First .Church on Wednesday evening, at seven o’clock. : - The half-yearly meeting of the Court Pride of Dunedin, A. 0.F., will be held in the South Australian Hall, to-morrow evening, at eight o’clock*'' ‘ The committee of the Presbyterian Church at Naseby return thanks :in our advertising columns to friends in Dunedin who assisted at their late bazaar. . , ;., ~ : ~ / The usual monthly meeting of the Union Permanent Building Society will be held this . evening at seven ; and immediately afterwards the adjouined annual meeting of the Society, will be held. Mr Henry H. Paul, secretary to the Surat Relief Fund has received from eleven jurors in the case of the Bank of Otago v. Miller the siiiri of L 5 10s, The names of the donors are in the advertisement. : r: • ; Messrs Reid arii Brett, of Auckland, have favored us with , a .copy of the Auckland Almanac for 1874; published by them. ’ It con tains a great amount of information} and is particularly interesting, through presenting a wrill-writtcn topographical account of the Province of Auckland.