The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1875.

Evening Star, Issue 3787, 14 April 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1875.

“ East Lynne ” was played at the Princess’s last night. We would remind our readers that "School” will be repeated to-night for the last time, for the benefit of Miss Adelaide StoTieham.

Two stacks of barley, each containing about 100 bags, were destroyed by fire on Monday, on the Elderslie estate, the property of Mr John Reid. They were uninsured, A threshing mill, insured in the Standard Insurance Company for Ll5O, and belonging to Messrs Milmuue and Roxburgh, was also destroyed.

The only business at the Resident Magisstrale’s Court this morning, before Mr T, A. Mansford, K.M., was a charge preferred against James Bruce, for unlawfully assaulting his wife Mary Ann Bruce, but there being no app arance of the complainant, bis Worship ordered the accused to be discharged. The generally supposed idea that there are no snakes in New Zealand appears to be a mistake, as in the Tauranga district lately a party of armed constabulary engaged in sawing timber came upon a snake between three and four feet in length. The Bay of Plenty ‘Times ’ says this description of snake is occasionally to be met with in the North, The new dredge, which is being built at a cost of L 19.650, is of sixty horse-power, and possesses the great advantage over the Lyttelton dredge, with which it has been frequently compared, of having the buckets to work from the centre and not from the sides. The Lyttelton dredge, which is only of thirty horse-power, cost in England L 9.125, and will cost L3.C00 to bring it to its destination.

A telegram haa been received in town giving an account of a serious accident which happened at Waimate, on Monday night, to Mr James M'Leish, cattle dealer. Jt appears that at about 8 o’clock ©n that night Mr M'Leish was mustering a mob of cattle, with the intention of bringing them to town, wb en his horse stumbled over a wire fence and, falling on its rider, caused concussion of the brain. At the latest news Mr M’Leish was still unconscious.

Another fire occurred at Oamaru on Monday, when a small cottage occupied by two men named Carruthers and Cruiksbank was burned down. Carruthers lost L 65 in cash, and bedding and clothing worth L 1 0; and Cruikshaoks lost bedding and clothing to the value of L2O, Had there been any wind at al there is every reason to suppose that the whole of the block of buildings in Tyne street, including the bonded warehouse, and the stores occupied by Messrs Maude, Mowat, Collis, and Cunningham and Co,, would have been destroyed.

In Victoria riflo-shooting is not regarded as the essence of volunteering ; there they go in for a little of the stern reality. “ .dSgles” in the ’ says Major Sargood has shown that bis volunteers are not like bis bales- soL goods. I don’t remember anything since the first volunteer was sworn in so thoroughly practical and so dev.’ki of humbug as the march of Castlemaino. i continuous Iran;, on the burning days of last week was as severe as one of twice the distance in bo-dug weather. But the piuokly-desigucii project, was sturdily cam. d out, and proves how goo I) the material is of the volunter force when ell fficered.

Mr Walter Wright, baker, who is subject to elliptic fits, whilst suffering from one yesterday attempted to cut his throat with a knife, which he took from tho coffee stand at the corner of Rattray and Princes streets. The wound he managed to inflict upon himseif was superficial, and he was afterwards conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum. The Rev. Dr Begg, of Edinburgh, wa?, on February 13 last, presented with a handsome testimonial in the shape of a cheque for L4,6(3y, In presenting it, Mr Kidaton, of Ferniegar, alluded (so the * Courant ’ tells us) to the many and important services which Dr Begg had rendered to the cause of truth, in maintaining Protestantism, religious education, and national religion; and he trusted he might be long spared to the Church aud nation. In accepting the testimonial, Dr Begg very cordially thanked the deputation, and through them the numerous subscribers, who had in this un-looked-for manner indicated their appreciation of what he had felt it his duty and privilege to do in the way of publicly vindicating the truth.

Tbe revivals of Messrs Moody andSankey, of which we hear so much lately, have been condemned by Cardinal Cullen as sensational and not productive of beneficial results. In Glasgow we notice Lord Kintore, in addressing the Christian Young Men’s Association of that city, spoke in a simi'ar strain. He said he wasn’t one of those who liked so much “ dear brothering” and so much “ dear sistering.” He had never before seeu the audience he was addressing—they were not his dear brethren, and he was not their dear brother. Uf Messrs Moody aud Sankey’s visit he said, without derogating from their merits, that he was thankful they were gone—their departure would show whether it was the men or the message which had exc ted the public. Continual going to religious meetings was a thing exceedingly to be deprecated. He praised God for the revival that had taken place, but he wished to be able to praise Him more for the survival. An antithesis which very neatly condenses the revival question. The following theatrical items are from the ‘Australasian*:—“Mr Barlow, ‘inimitable Barlow,’ is again extant. He is now at ('astlemaine. Mr Barlow is perennial Madame Carandini and her daughters were at Warrnambool a week ago, and not content with working ham all the week, on uuday they sang at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in the morning, and at Christ Church in the evening. Mr Amery is with them, and he also is well spoken of. At Sydney, at the Queen’s, 'Struck Oil,* with the Williamson’s, is the draw of the day. Nightly the doors ef the stalls and pit are closed at half past 7, and the dress-circle is crowded by a large and fashionable audience. People who have not attended a theatre for years go to see ‘Struck Oil.’ Mr Beaumont has joined the Allen Opera Company, and proceeded with them to Adelaide. Mr Allen is intending to produce ‘La Fille de Madame Angot,* and probably other opera bouffes, while there.” Lurline’s performances at the Australian Jockey Club Meeting were of the first order. She ran third in the Sydney ■. up, carrying £Lt, and was only a length and a-half from the winner at the finish. The time, 3min 36sec—though the ‘Australasian* gives it as 3min 35sec—was the best ever made for this Cup, the shortest hitherto being The Prophet’s, in 1872, who did the distance in 3min 36|sec, carrying only fist 101b. Lurline on the third day won the All-aged Stakes, beating Llama, Redwood (Mr De Metre’s two-year old colt by the New Zealand horse, Manuka, cut of Spring Blossom), and Kingsborough ; but it will be noticed that the last named bolted and ran two miles and a-half before the race was run. On the fourth day the New Zealand mare ran a grand race for the A. J. C. ! late, of 200 sovs, winning this, a three mile race, in smin 45sec, and beating easily three of the best horses in Australia— The Diver, Melbourne, and Goldsborough. The time is the same as The Barb’s in 1868 (when he was disqualified for not carrying proper weight) and as Dagworth’s in 1874; and was only excelled once—by Hamlet, who won the race in 1872 in smin 42sec.

The annual meeting of the Dunedin Football Club will be held in the Shamrock Hotel tomorrow evening. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a photograph, by Burton Bros., of the “Real Mackay ” coal mine at Tokomairiro. From Mr Braithwate we have received the ‘Young Ladies’ Journal,’ ‘Bow Bells’l for March, and the ‘ London Journal’ and ‘Familv Herald’ for February. The township of Waimate now possesses a journal of its own. The first number of the ‘ Waitangi Tribune,’ which publishes bi-weekly, has reached us, and it presents a very creditable appearance, both as to quality of reading matter and quantity of advertisements.