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Evening Star, Issue 3854, 1 July 1875, Page 2

Another splendid crushing has taken place at the Lyell. At Maloney’s prospecting claim, 6Soox of melted gold have been obtained from a crushing of seventy tons of quartz. The Queenstown correspondent of the ‘Dunstan Times’ says that “hotel living, after tbe manner of brother Jonathan, promises to become fashionable here. Oar worthy Warden, having set his face against the tyranny of servant-gal-ism, has taken up his abode at Eicbardt’s. Queenstown undoubtedly possesses the best hotel accommodation out of Dunedin, and is scarcely surpassed even there.” The ‘Cromwell Argus’ has not a very high appreciation of some of the barristers of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, judging from the following remarks in its issue of the 23rd inst.“ We have no hesitation in saying that, if the matter of dictation from writing, alone, had been made part of the past examination, some of the individuals who are now on the rolls of the Supreme Court would have had to take several lessons at a night-school in order to pass.” One of the objects of the Superintendent of Westland (the Hon, J. A. Bonar) on visiting Dunedin was to confer with the Superintendents of Otago and Canterbury upon the subject of the establishment of communication between Westland and those Provinces. A bush track, made at the joint cost of the Provinces is we are informed, now in course of completion, and Mr ! onar’a main object is to ascertain the amount of support that is likely to be accorded to a pro-po-al for constructing a railway from the East to the West Coast.

Mr Monsou, registrar of births, &c., at Port Chalmers, has furnished us with the following returns for the quarter ending June 30, 1875 :—During the quarter the number of births registered has been as follows : -16 males, 17 females ; total, 33. This number is exclusive of one still-born male child registered at the office. The number of deaths during the past quarter has been 5, viz., 3 males and 2 females, comprising 4 adults and 1 child. These numbers include 2 deaths by accident, over which coroners’ inquests have been held. Duiing the same term el. ven certificates of iharriage have been issued and one marriage solemnised by the Regidrar. Last night was announced as a Shakesperiau night at the Princess’s, and there was a capital attendance to witness the production of “The Merchant of Venice.” Mr Bates was a good Shy lock, and in the last act, where ho exnltingly defies the Venetian laws to interfere with the fulfilment of his bond, his acting was unusually vigorous. Mrs Bates gave a faithful rendering of the part of Portia ; her delivery of the famous speech was very telling. Both were called before the cuvtaiu at the close of the piece. Of the other parts all that is neccessary to be said is that Mr Steele evinced much of his old form as Bassanio, but that the Gratiano of Mr Stoneham was too boisterous.

he farce of the “Milliners’ Holiday” was tho afterpiece, “Our .American Cousin” will be played this evening. ‘We hope larrikinism will never be developed here to the extent it appears to be in some parts of Victoria. At Geelong, for example, the local papers very recently reported the following as haviug occurred in that town:—“ The wife of a well-known and respected resident was proceeding on her way homeward, when she war suddenly surrounded by a band of same fifteen or sixteen young ruffians, aged from 15 to 18 who, having addressed her in the most filthy language, proceeded to maul her about in the most disgraceful manner it is well possible to conceive, i'o frightened was the lady that tho knew nob what to do. No policeman or any other person was in sight, and effectual measures were taken to suppress her screaming. During a scuffle to obtain a kiss one of the young ruffians cut her lip, and before they ceased their persecution her body was bruised, and she was close upon fainting when something alarmed her unmanly assail* ants, who rushed away in every direction, and she finally succeeded in reaching her homo.’

Fifteen persons carrying on business in Princes street were summoned to the City Police Court to-day for neglecting to clean the footpaths fronting their shops. Inspector Minion explained that blame had been laid on the City Council for not enforcing this byelaw more vigorously, and said that if blame was attachable to anyone it was to him He thought, however, that no one was to blame, as Saturday, the date referred to in the summonses, was the fist day on which there had been any breach of the bye-law. S* ach of the parties was dismissed with a caution. Seeing that the Corporation have determined to have this bye-law stringently enforced, ro that the citizens shall have ho cause to complain of dirty footpaths, might they not with •equal propiioty hj -ve tbs streets properly looked after ? The system at present in vogue, so far as the street-crossings are concerned, seems to be this—the centres of the roads are

thoroughly cleaned, and the liquid mud allowed to accumulate on both sides of the streets or in the gutters, so that pedestrians at night-time cannot help getting ankle-deep Into mud. The blessings that have been provoked by these “ man traps ” have been loud, deep, and numerous enough to absolve the City Council of half its laches.

Mr Charles Sykes, assisted by Herr Schott, Miss Webb, and other favorites, will give a concert in the Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening. From what we have heard of Herr Schott, we may expect a musical treat on this oecasion.

The Pride of Dunedin Lodge, No. 30, 1.0. G.T., met in the Temperance Hall lodgeroom last evening, about thirty members being present. Official visits to the Pride of Waltati and tbe Ladder of Hope Juvenile Lodges were arranged. *Six candidates were initiated, and a brother re-obligated.