The Evening Star. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3769, 23 March 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1875.

The passengers by the Taranaki, due at Port Chalmers to-morrow morning, include Miss Christian and 119 immigrants by the Dallam Tower.

At the City Police Court to-day, before Messrs T. Birch, Mercer, and Logan, J.P.’s, Jacob Lisemburgh, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 10s, with the option of twenty-four hours’ imprisonment; and Edward Frazer, for making use of obscene language, L2, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment, with hard labor.

The songs which Miss Christian has telegraphed that she will sing on the occasion of her first appearance to-morrow evening, are “ The Lime-trees by the River,” “0, take me to thy heart again,” and “Kathleen Mavourneen.” Since Miss Christian first sang this Irish ballad in Melbourne, we have noticed that no other vocalist has attempted

A singular misprint occurs in this morning’s ‘Times’ Everybody knows that Dickens’s “Christmas Carols,” the most charming of the author’s charming Christmas books, and from which the Rev. Charles Clark is to read in the Temperanca Hall tomorrow evening, is divided into staves. Thoughout the advertisement in our contemporary, the word “stave” is printed “ stare” I

There was again a very large attendance at the Princess Theatre last evening. The Sisters Duvalli and Messrs Fall and Coutts appeared in “The Brigands.” There was no modification in the coarseness and vulgarity of the language we complained of yesterday. Mr Vivian’s songs were loudly applauded. The burlesque of “ Little Bed Riding Hood ” brought the entertainment to a close.

In the official accounts just issued by th e Prussians, it is admitted that at Gravelotte Comte de Moltke nearly lost the battle. The official document reads “Comte de Moltke was not always so well informed as if he were the director of both armies. He attacked, as he believed, the right wing of the enemy, wheu it was their centre ; the error t was soon corrected from the want of ability on the part of Bazaine; but it is honorably avowed that the error might have proved calamitous.”

At a late meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association it was stated that it was too late to gee up a party of Volunteers to compete at the Wimbledon meeting this.year, seeing that no steps have yet been taken to raise the necessary funds. It has therefore been postponed until next year, and meantime thVolunteers of New Zealand are to be invited to co-operate with those of Victoria and New South Wales.

Some idea of the plentitude ©f labor may be ig athered from the fact that for the situation of matron at the newly-established labor bureau at Melbourne, with a salary of Ll4O a-year, there were thirty-five candidates : for assistant matron, at LllO, twenty-two; for c 'erk, at Ll5O, ninety-seven; and for messenger, at HOO, 129 applicants. In the Argus, the other day, appeared the following advertisement: Revenue and Health Officer, and Thistle and Dog Inspector, for the Shire of Ballam Salary L 125 per annum' and half the Do« Taxes.” °

The induction of the Rev, Mr Russell into the pastorate of the Caversbam Presbyterian Church was celebrated by a soriAin the church last evening. The Rev. .Vi r Gow presided ; and addresses were delivered by the Revs. Messrs Russell, Stuart, Watt, and Mackie ; and music supplied by !l r J b H - Po P e and choir of the First Church. During the proceedings Mr Russell was presented with a set of books from his committee, and a handsome pulpit bible and psalm book from the ladies of the congregation.

In a letter to the Forbury Railway Com. pany, the Crown Solicitor (Mr Haggitt) A° t . he direct °ry on the 12th inat. turi -Attorney-General is informed that the Company have undoubtedly constructed certain earthworks on land of the Crown below high water mark, and are purposing to carry a line of railway over certain highways the freehold of which is also in the Crown • u t ? 1 ' 8 bein ? 80 > an information will be hied and an injunction applied for at the nrst attempt to recommence or use the works, or to carry them on to the highway.” At a meeting last evening of the Boss Inverness, Argyle, and Bute Association, one hundred members were enrolled, and the following elected office-bearers ;—Mr J. L Gil* lies, president; Mr John Maclean, vice-pre-sident ; treasurer, Mr J. M, Jamieson; local secretary, Mr A. M‘Leod; corresponding secretary, Mr A. Douglas; directors, Messrs J. J. Mackerras, John M‘Donald (Balclutha), J. A. M‘Arthur, Alex. Grant. Kenneth Cameron (Shag Valley), Dr F. M*Bean Stewart (Tokomairiro), Hugh John McLean, Alex - M‘6regor, George Calder, R. C. Ferguson, and John Campbell. A second Graham case has turned up at Castlemame. A _ woman named Davies, formerly resident in Maryborough, has, for a number of years, been separated from her husband. Lately she received news of his deatb m Scotland, and that he died intestate leaving property to the amount of 1.7,000 or LB.OOO. Accordingly, accompanied by her solicitor, she has paid a visit to Maryborough, simply for the purpose of procuring proofs to establish her claim to the property. As to her idc atity there can be no doubt. It is reported that her lat* husband either married or has been living with some other woman.

Melbourne has been much exercised in its mind as to the quality of the milk supplied to it. Complaints have been so general that the Central Board of Health has had several samples tested, and, in the majority of cases, it was found that although nothing absolutely injurious had been put into the milk, the quality was very inferior, owing to the milk having had the first cream taken off, aud then been dilated liberally with sometimes not overpure water. Several sugges tions have been made to secure good milk It is recommended that several families should unite in keeping a cow, or that some of the co-operative stores should undertake to supply their customers with milk, in addition to other household necessaries. Meantime the milkmen, evidently determined to “ make hay while the sun shines,” have held a meeting to raise the price of milk. The present retail price itt 4d per quart.

Victoria possesses a singular newspaper—the ‘Maryborough Advertiser’ and a strange [newspaper proprietor. Once on a time it was amongst (the quietest-going and

moderate journals in that land; now it devotes itself to the publication of every crime traceable to religion of any kind all the world over, Lately ajparagraph appeared in the Ballarat Courier ’ stating that a change of tone would shortly take place in the * Maryborough and Dunnolly Advertiser,’ “owing to its proprietor beginning to have doubts as to the soundness of the peculiar form of religiou which that paper has for the last three years expounded.” Mr Evans, proprietor of ‘ ver^Ber »’ thereupon wrote to the Melbourne papers, -contradicting the ‘ Courier s statement, which he alleges to be altogether unfounded. “No religion,” says Mr Evans, “ has been or is propounded ; but a message is delivered to myself, to the contributors and readers of the ‘ Advertiser,’ and to all the world which yet has life, through the columns of the ‘Advertiser,’ I and mine are devoted to Ged’a service, and L am delighted to do His will; I cannot change my opinion, because the reality is wxthiu me and is unchangeable. 11 The regular monthly meeting of the Port Chalmers Town Council took place last evening ; present—His Worship the Mayor, M‘Gregor, M'Kenzie. Asher, Middleditch, Miller, and the Town Clerk.. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Communications were received from the Clerk to the General A seembly asking for an authentic map of the township of Port Chalmers, the Town Clerk was instructed to forward one of the plans of the town; Mr Edward Perkins requesting to blast rook for ballast at Boiler Point—resolved that the application be referred to the Reserves Committee, and that a report thereon be submitted to the Council at its next meeting. Mr G. Proudfoot requested permission to cross the footpath in Mount street for the purpose of removing earth for reclamation—resolved that permission be granted subject to the usual condition ; and the Town Clerk was instructed to wnte requesting him to clear the debris from the sections in George street lately used by him.' The solicitor to the Corporation wrote relative to the payments of accounts for advertising licensing meeting, &o. The con--1 sideration of this matter was ordered to stand ;over for next meeting. Sundry accounts were passed for payment. It was resolved , that the Town Clerk be instructed to advertise for tenders from competent persons willing to undertake the duties of Inspector of Waterworks. The committee report relative to the lease of section 156 was ordered to stand over for consideration at the next meeting. In the matter of Messrs Sutherland and Jackson’s boundaries, the Town Clerk was instructed to intimate to those gentlemen that Councillors M'Kenzie and M'Grogor would point out to them the boundaries in question. The Council afterwards resolved itself into committee, and the meeting closed,

The Hibernicon Company will positively appear this evening. Owing to the stress of weather, they were unable to appear last night.