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Evening Star, Issue 3889, 11 August 1875, Page 2

A fall sister to Larline came into the •vorld last week, Mermaid having dropped another filly foal to Traducer. As indicating the mildness of the season on the West Coast a Hokitika paper reports r,hat a resident has in his garden several gooseberry trees upon which the fruit is already forming. The Cuphrosyne Relief Fund Committee met yesterday evening, .ud it was found that the sum of L 402 10s had been subscribed. It was decided to forward LI 00 to vlrs Shaw, of Belfast, widow of one of the eameu, and the balance to Mrs Spence, widow of the captain of the Euphrosyne. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before T. A. Hansford, Ksq., R.M., Robert Wilson, for being drunk and incapable, was ordered to pay a tine of 5s or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment ; and for assaulting Constable M'Leod he was ordered to pay an additional fine o 10s, or in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment with hard labor.

The Wheeler and Do Glorian troupe gave another good entertainment at he Temperance Hall last evening, to a'fair house, and the various performers met with a very favorable reception. There will be an entire change ot programme this evening, when Mome pleading noveltiesjfwi 1 be introduced. Lo-1 • is a great attract on, her graceful feats calling,forth loud applause nightly. A meeting of members of the Dunedin Chess Club was held last evening in the I .wer ball of the Athenaeum. Rales were submitted and adopted, aud the following officers were elected Mr Mouit, president; Mr Proctor, secretary-; Mr Janion, treasurer ; members of committee—Messrs Taylor, Johnson, Archer, and Worthington. Several gentlemen gave in their names and subscriptions as members. The All Saints’ Young Men’s Association held their weekly meeting in tho Schoolroom last evening, tho Vice-President (Mr Ashcroft) in the chair. Mr Ashcroft gave a lecture on “ (he Human Eye,” aud was rewarded with a hearty vote of thanks. Next Tuesday Professor Coughtrey is to lecture en “Tho Human Ear.” The admission is to bo ono shilling, and the proceeds are to go the school fund. The late Captain Doble, who was drowned while trying to pull ashore after having abandoned the Hero, off the Mokau, was some years since mate of the schooner Tyne, which vessel was wrecked on the coast of Tasmania with passengers from Dunedin during the rush. The ‘Cross’ says that though Captain Doble’s bravery in climbing the cliffs (some fl ty feet high) with a rope, most of the passengers, numbering nearly fifty, with the captain and crew, were saved.

The annual meeting of the lloslyn and Kaikorai Institute was held last night, the president (Mr Chisholm)ju the chair r J here was a very small attendance. The Treasurer’s report was read, showing that owing to the recent enlargement of the hall a debit balance existed of L4O 14s 3d. The following officers were elected :—President, Mr 1 hisholm; Vice-President and Secretary, Mr alder ; Treasurer, Mr A, M'Farlane ; Committee, Messrs Gillies, Duncan, Begg an i Crawford.

The ‘ Wanganui Chronicle’ of the 4hj ins . gives the following piece of in Donation: -*‘lc is rumored thit the talented novelist "Duida” is at present in We-ling ton, hut is anxious to travel incog. By all accounts *he is engaged compiling materials f r a serial tale, wh ch, it is asserted, will ec ipse all her former productions. It will bo r< membered that the report was that she was to come out to Cbri tchnrch to get united in the bonds of matrimony to an early lover. As the ta'e, which is yet in embryo, wbl in all pro ability have special fearu es of ocal application, many will look anxiously for its appearan;e. The fair authoress is constantly engaged in writin. and appears to take ample notes of the various places which she visits.”

Yesterday afternoon considerable excitement was occasioned in Port Chalmers by a report that the new Quarantine Barracks on Goat Is.ai.d were on fire. The fire was first discovered by Mr Haddock (plumber), while at work at the end of the Peninsula, and he came in o Port and immediately reported the same to the harbor officials. Captain M l ' allmn, picr-mastcr, engaged a waterman’s boat and went across to the island when it was discovered that a quantity of bedding and clothes that bad been thrown away by the immigrant! were on fire within twenty feet of the building. They immediately set to work to ex iuguish the flames, which was sh rtly accomplished, there being a plentiful supply of water in the tanks. It was fortunat that the (Ire was so sooo discovered, and suapia cu of incendiarism was excited as no one was supposed to have been on the island since the immigrants by ihe Aldergrovo were taken <ff, but all fears of it being the work of inceudiary were set at rest this morning. It appears it is the duty of the Barrack-Master to destroy all bedding, &c., left on the island by the immigrants] and Mr Dongall, barrack-master, had eolIccfted all tbs rubbish together am! set fire to it,

“ The Woman in Red M as played at the Q ieen a Theatre last evening was not nearly so successful as when this piece was orgi naljy proiiuoed in D medio about a|year ago I his is accountable for in many ways, nut perhaps the chief couse was that owing to the limited dimension* of the stage at this theatre the me hanical effects had to he greatly readuced, and the passing of the boat with the (,'ountess Uonati and I 'laudio across the Genoa canal wholly excise I. The scenery also was not as good as heretofor , the palace at Genoa—which secured loud callsfor Mr Willis—beingthe only good scene Mrf Darrell appeared as Rudiga, and gave a very good rendering of the of the bereaved mother. We lifted her hi st in the sleep walking act in the final scene, and the manner in whictUahe recounted her lifelong search for her daughter secured her a large amount of app'ause. Mr Darted and Mr Keogh, as Firamonte and Bravadura, a brace of thieves, wore exceedingly humorous, as also was Mr Masgrtue as Tivithe, the bird fancier. The other characters do not call for special comment. The same pieee will be repeated this evening.

The Otago Institute met last evening, in the University; Mr J. S. Webb in the chair. The Chairman intimated that, aa President, he had received a valuable collection of books, ch efly relating to the transit of Venus, from the French Academy of Science, They were, no doubt, indebted tor this gift to the kind remembrance of the French expedition who had a short time ago visited Otago. Abe »rty vote of thanks to the Academy for the handsome present was unanimously passed. Mr J. T. Thomson then read a paper, entitled “ Remarks on the longitude of Wellington, in reply to Dr Hector, ” The latter gentleman had, in a letter to the Colonial Secretary, written the following •“ It is true that the longitude determined by absolute observations of Chief Surveyors Jackson and Thomson would appear to be llh. 39min. 18 19a (meaning of Hipitea Point) ; but this longitude has never been accepted in the praoti cal working of the observatory, as it differ from all chronometric measurements, which, in the opinion of the Astronmer Royal ann Prof ssor Ellery, are more reliable than ab solute determinations, owing to the defects in the lunar tables ” The lecturer commented on the work of the various bew Zealand observers, and gave the following as the result* obtained By Ellery, llh. 39min. f>.s3s ; by Scott, llh. 39miu. 14.77s ; by Cavkeek llh 39iiiin. 15 75s;by Ihomson, llh. 39min 15 30a; by Jackson, llh. 39min. 15 3 in. A discussion ensued, in which fie opinion was expressed that Mr • homson had proven his case, and that Dr Hoc* or took credit t < him elf for having determined more nearly (ban Air Thomson had ; at the same time L'r Hector had not determined anything a all, but had simply taken Mr Ellery’s esti mate a’.d,added to it the difference between Wellington and Melbourne. The Chairman stated that four new members had been elected since la*t meeting, and an adjournment was made for a fortnight.

The monthly meeting of the No. 9 Star of Otago, Loyal (’range Lodge, will be held at the Oddfellows’ ttall on Friday evening at 7.30

It has been suggested that the 100-yards handicap to take place on Saturday next, should be altered to throe distances, viz, 100, 220, and 44C yards. Intending competitors are to meet at Wain’s Hotel to morrow even ing, between 8 and 9 p m., to finally settle the distances and h- ar the handicap declared. The Kensington Band of Hope held its usual fortnightly meeting last evening, in the Schoolhouse. There was a large attendance, and the programme, which was very lengthy, was listened to with much attention. Tho prospects of the Society, although but recently started, are very encouraging, and, in conjunction with the newly-formed lodge of Good Templars, it has already made its influence felt in the neighborhood.