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Evening Star, Issue 3447, 10 March 1874, Page 2

The Colonial prize firing was to have commenced at Napier to-day, but will not begin till to-morrow afternoon. The Southern representatives only left Wellington last night. The Premier, wrlling to the Chairman of the Liberal Association at Birmingham, under date October 22, says;—“l am not able to assure you that we shall continue for a lengthened period to give free passages to the Colony.” ■ ” is to be played for the last time' at the Queen s to-morrow evening, when Miss Rosa Towers will take her benefit. The excellent manner in which she has performed her part deserves to be substantially recognised. Another attempt to obtain a quorum of the Wanganui Town Council to elect a Mayor has failed, the other side having this time stayed away in order to prevent the election of Mr Robert Pharazyn, who was to be nominated to the chair. The saie of runs taken from the Tuapeka commonage was held yesterday, and 13.000 acres, in five lots, were leased for seven years, the average price being lOd an acre per annum. So says a telegram in the ‘ Bruce Herald,’ which adds that the purchasers were all local parties. An Auckland paper states that the probability of an early vacancy in the representation of the Thames in the General Assembly has been canvassed for some days past, and several names have been mentioned as likely candidates for the seat; amongst whom Messrs Swan (a former member), Mackay, and A. G. Horton, late of Timaru, are the most prominent. yill be remembered, says the ‘Bruce Herald,’that some weeks ago the desirability of establishing an immigration depot was brought up in the Town Council, when the Mayor was instructed to communicate with the Superintendent upon the subject. His Honor replied that he had addressed the General Government in the matter, and would communicate the result. The proposal would seem to have been at once entertained, and last night Ids Worship received a telegram from his Honor, requesting to be informed whether suitable buildings could be purchased in Milton at a reasonable price. The Mayor is now making inquiries upon the subject. A marriage in Maori high life is spoken of in Auckland. The bridegroom elect is Poutotari, the well-kpoiyp JParawai chief, who is heir to a large portion of the' Thames goldfield, and the bnde > Miss Kitty, an aflqpted child of Lady Martin, The young lady is highly accomplished, and speaks several languages fluently. She_ is the daughter of a chief of considerable distinction, who during his lifetime expressed a wish that his daughter should be well educated, so as to be able to teach her relatives and friends when she grew up. The wish of the aged chief h.9-3 been faithfully carried out by Lady Martin, fshc made her debut in fashionable life at the time' 'Hie J}u£e of Edinburgh visited Auckland.

The Council of the Otago University appear to have met on Friday last, and discussed a proposal to apply, conjointly with the Governors of the Canterbury College, to the New Zealand TJniyypsity for affiliation with that body. The Council appointed a deputation, which met the Canterbury Commissioners last evening, when it was resolved to adhere pretty closely to the terms published elsewhere. The Superintendent is to be waited on, and the conference meets again to-morrow evening. In connection with the proceedings of the Council of pur University, we should like to know how it is that reports are systematically furnished to the moryipg papers and withheld from the Star. We have heard tflo omission put down to accident, hut these omission? have been so frequent that we are afraid there is a good deal of design in them. We should feel obliged for a little information on the point. The following sensational remarks appear in a lata issue of the ‘Timaru Herald’ on the release of tyo murderer Sullivan. It i. doubtful whether the epithets employed in this thrilling flessHpti.Qn pf his condition, whilst quietly standing in jfcha sun with a rake, weeding polyanthuses round the gaoler’s door,” could be excelled even by American journalistic “ gushers” He was not chained, or even made to share the ordinary labors of the gangs, but was kept a good deal in doors, and employed for amusement and exercise in light work about the yards and gardens. It w*s a strange sight; this frightful nightmare of ,coagulated wickedness blistered with horrors; indukafced with the life stream of victims ; blasted ;fiy isolation of his unique .enormity; deafened by the sobs and shrieks of agonised despair ; quivering .beneath jhp rjtfld grasp of dying hanfls ; branded by the bpfjo&g gaze of eyes, which looked their last oh this world, and their first op Gpd—quietly standing in the sun with a rake, weeding polyanthuses round the gaoler's door. If ever innocence npd guilt, beauty and deformity, heaven and hell, were brought together into contrast, they were so there.”

“ Anglo-Australian” in the. * European Mail ’ Writes With regard to emigration, I am glad to haye to rpgord the continued success of the new emigration Regulations issued by the New Zealand Government. Durin r g the past month some ten ships have been despatched with emigrants, and I understand th H af eleven more ships are laid on for the next four gr five weeks. About two thousand five hundred souls per month is the number for which Dr Feather* ston is now making preparation. Fortunately he has succeeded in gaining the confidence of the representatives of the leading Agricultural Unjons in various parts of the United Kingdom, and jthgse are now acting as his recruiting sergeants. This is the class of emigrants that the Colony is' most in want of, and I think the Agent-General may well be congratulated on having enlisted the sympathies pf so influential a body of working' I am assured that every care ig being used in thb selection, and that only eligible applicants a l ’® passed by the inspecting officers. In addition to the foregoing, I may add that the secretary to the Kent Agiicultural Laborers’ Union has selected two .hundred adults to go out in the William Davie to thp Bluff, and about seventyfive adults in the Wennjtnglop for Wellington. Both these vessels are expected to leayp pravesend about January If._ Just prior .to th.e departure of the Kentish emigrants on hom’d these two ships, a grand entertainment was given at the Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Tim two halls were decorated with much good tasto. The walls were ornamented with emblems bearing inscriptions such as “Welcome Men of Kent,” “ Prosperity to the Union,” “ Hurrah for Kew Zealand,” “A health to Kentish Farmers,” “ Owe no man anything,” “ Success to the Emigrants,” “ Farewell and thanks to all.” A large platform was erected at one end of the great hall, behind which there was a giant fir-tree—a Christmas tree—Laden with oranges and bowed down with useful presents for the emigrants. The proceedings were ably opened by the .chairman, Sir Roots, who gave' a capital address, f.uJl of sound advice. Then followed music, singing, and tbfl drawing for the prizes on the Christmas tree; an ijddress of half-an-bour’s duration was given by m Carter, a New Zealand Government officer ; then more singing and music; lastly, a good farewell speech by Mr Simmons, at the conclusion of which the band struck up “ Auld Lang Syne,” in which the audience joined. There wore from 1,500 to 1,600 persons present. Next day, the emigrants, headed by a band of music, left in a body for the Maidstone Station, and from thence proceeded on their way to Gravesend to join tneir respective ships.

The Artillery Band will parade for Government inspection in the Drill Shed to-morrow evening, at 7.30. We direct the attention of the Artillery and North Dunedin Rifles to a general order in our advertising columns.