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Evening Star, Issue 3922, 18 September 1875, Page 2

There was n fair house at the Temperance Hall last night, ami the entertainment, including the Man-Fish's performance, pased off well. There has been some talk of erecting a new theatre at Christchurch, but in the local papers we find that it is understood that the negotiations for building it over the present one are to remain in abeyance until Sir Cracroft Wilson, who is known to be a strong idvocate for a new theatre, returns from Wellington. The Tuapeka ' Times ' learns that the new spoon dredge, named by its owners the North BritaiD, lately set to work on the Molyneux, has got upon good payable gold at Paul's Beach, eightjmiles below the Beaumont. It is for the «iost part fine gold that is raised, although one spoonful brought up the other day a good large piece about the size of a pea. Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs that the programme for the Auckland New Year's Race Meeting has been issued. The stakes amount to L9OO, and include the Maiden Plate of 80 sovs ; Railway Plate of 40 sovs ; Auckland Cup Handicap of 150 sovs ; Grand Stand Handicap <if 140 sovs j Publicans' Plate of 100 sovs ; and Steeplechase of 100 sovs. At the Alexandra Spring Race Meeting, held yesterday, tho following were the results :—Maiden Plate— mngiven Lass, 1; Uarryowen, 2. Nine htarted. Alexandra Handicap—Flora. 1 ; Manx Boy, 2 ; Francis, 3 Heliirg Hack Kace—Waikaia, 1. |)i ß tnct anti-leap—Uungivcn Lass, 1; Manx Boy, 2 ; Flora, 3. Consolation Handicap - Francis, 1; Manx Boy, 2. The police business at the City Police Court to-day was transacted By Messrs Flexman and Hickson, J. P.'s. David Gray was fined 5a for drunkenness, and Ann Reid, a character notorious to the p dice, was fined IA in de:au)t, fourteen days' imprisonment. Honry H;;r:- ; i-:, ;.>,;|.,s .\)ockto ■•]. -ih.-ir-ged with committing a:, aasuut at InveroargilJ, was remanded to that place.

At the annual meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club, held at tho University Building last night, it was stated that during the past season thirteen excursions had been made by numbers. Several ladies hadjoiedthe club; and made enthusiastic -■embers. The following officers were elected for the onßuiug year :—Professor Conghtrey was elected president ; Mr Thomson, secretary and treasurer; and Captain Hutton, Messrs A. Bathgate, Pnrdic, Patcrson, Wicks, and Collie, members of committee. On Wednesday evening last the D D. Grand Worthy Chi'f Templar, and the Grand Marshall, assisted by Brothers from the Triumph Lodge, Mosgiel, attended at the school-room, \\ est Taieri, and after an I addre-s by the District-Deputy on the constitution and purposes of the order, opened a lodgeof GoixlTeinp ars, tohecalled tho ••Welcome All." The l».df»e opened with fifteen memb o rß,lhirteeniintiates, andtwopreaenti g clearance cards. The following officers were elected and installed Wallace; V.S., Jessie M'Diarmid ; secretary, Francis Joseph; F.S , Allan Mann; treasurer, ''. W. Christie; Marshall, Alex Dow; J.G., Charles Mile; ; U <x., Peter Gr«nt; R.H.S., Hariot Read; L.H.S., Jane M'Diarmid.

The following is a •umrawy of the t>ades j and occupations of the immigrants por »';iip Vvaimeii, which arrived at the Heads, Tom London, this morning :—General laborers, 25 ; navvies, 5 ; excavators. 2 ; form laborers. 40 ; ploughmen, 7 ; gardener, 1; wheelwright, 1 ; carpenters, 14 ; sh'p carpenter, 1 ; joiners, 2 ; engineer, 1 ; blacksmiths, 2 ; masons, 2 ; bricklayers, 2 ; sadd:er, 1 ; bootmakers, 2 ; tailor, 1 ; platelayer, 1 ; hairworker, 1 ; shepherds, 2; plaster-.rs, 3 ; collier, 1; porter, 1 ; groom, 1 ; Bawmillers, 2, Single women—General servants, 24 ; nouaemaids, 3 ; cooks, 2 ; dairymaids, 4 ; lacemaker, 1. Nationality -Knglish, 144 j rish, 80; Scotch, 79 ; Webb, 7 ; Ohanuel Islands, 12. Total. 322 son!?, equal to 267 statute adults. ':nr passengers will be brought to town on Monday. The eleventh anni versa y of the Court Pride of the Leith, A.0.F., wa3 celebrated

last evening at the North Dunedin Drilished, There was a crowded attendance, and a ter tea was concluded a musical programme was submitted. This appeared to give general satisfaction. During tlje evening tiro. C. Beidson (chairman) read the annual report, which showed that at the end of June, 1874, there were one honorary and sixty-two financial members, and thirty had joind and eleven withdrawn during the past year. The amount to the credit of tho general fund is < 160 7s and incidental fund 161 53 4|d, showing an increase of LBS 8 ■■ Id. There had been no deaths, and sickness hnd been very light, only eleven members having declared on the sick fund, receiving L 29. After the concert daucing waa commenced and kept up till an early hour this morning. Mr Roskins's company at Christuhurch produced " Romeo and Juliet" last Monday, but, if the following critique in the ' Lyttelton Times' is truthful, the performance mut«t have been very tame : —" As on the occasion when it was played under the May Howard rdgime, it went flatly, the performers not being sufficiently expert iu enunciating blank verse. As Is usually tbe case with Shakespeare now-a-dys it was considerably s'ashed, and in this each succeeding company differs. The wisdom of some of the cut< may be questioned. For instance, Borneo has never heard of Juliet till ne sees her at her father's er.tertainment, yet last night he was made to speak of her before that period arrived. The whole of the fust scene tvas omitted, and all reference to "omeo's previous history olidoi The Hmocxnnesß ot tlie piece, aa- a whole, waa injured by the angularities and barj-hness of the individuals performing it, and, though siH>p..rted by a strong company, it was .-ot better given as rega tis the acting than on the last occasion it was hire." The employes of tbe Victoria Brewery entertained their employer, Mr VV. Strachan. at their .-inuual supper in the Bri'ish Htel last evening Mr P Russell occupie■' the chair, and Mr Church acted as vice-chair man. The sumptuous repast prvri -ed by Host Macgreeor having been done full justice, to, the customary loyal toasts were proposed and duly honored. Io responding to •' The Army, Navy, and Volunteers,'' Mr likened our Volunteers 'o tbe Provincial Councils—on their last footing, but expressed a hope that with their new adjutant, and tbe new Snider rifles which had been lately served out, that Volunteering in Jtago would very shortly evidence a new life, and that our men would once more hold their own. the Chairman, iu proposing the health of " The Superintendent and his Kxeeutive " said that whatever his Honor'B failings might ba, they had not in the olony a better politician than him. The toast of the evening—" The health of Mr and .vers bi.ra.chau, and Success to the Victoria rirewery"—waa next given, the Chairman saying that on this occasion the toast was an unpleasant one for him to propose, inasmuch as the past year had bt;en marked by considerable loss to their employer, who had by his gieat patience and perseverance overcome all difficulties. On behalf of all present he wished that, before their next annual gathering, Mr Strachan might be in full possession of all those benefits which he might desire. Mr Strachan, iu replying, spoke hopefully of the future prospects of the brewery. Several other toasts were given, the company interspersing them with some capital songs ; Mr Cook aocompanying on the violin. Those present did not leave till a very tiariy hnur in the morniug, after eujoying a most pleasant night. Mr Darrell took a farewell benefit at the Queen's Theatre lust evening, and ou that occasion made his first appearance on any utage in the character of the uke of (Sloster, afterwards Richard 111 The lirs . noticeable fact in connection with Mr Dairell'a impersonatioo of the crook-backed tyrant is that hie make-up is not appropriate : there is nothing repulsive about his appearance, and he certainly does not give his audience a picture of one malformed and "cheated of nature." His opening soliloquy was well zxid pointedly delivered, but we preferred that in which he cons over his scheme to gain the Lady Anne's affection. In the t<cene where Olostc stops the funeral train of f tenry VI., and pays his addresses to Lady Anne, a little more fervor might be infused into his pleading, and his manner made more winMing. His tienmßh glee at the (successful issue of the daring plan is, however, well expressed. Agaiti. there was a slight want of liniih about the hypocritical display of religion when waited upun by tho Lord Mayor of London and urged by the Duke of Buckingham to assume the crovvu, but the abrupt throwing off of the maek when left alone, and the outburst of exultation &\ attaining the object of his ambitious >earuiugs showed highly dramauc p iWer. iu ttie te >t *cene the elfects of Kieuard's iiorr ble deam a-e -tartliugly ly de'>ne*ted i>> Mr Darre 1, be giving a fercmle representation f the hardened moo«ter, temporari y torr -r----strcken and unnerved. A slight fan it was apparent in the martial Bcenes, namely, that when hurriedly asking questions of, or givinu orders to his nobles and officers, there was some thickness and indibtinctuets in his voice ; and we also think Mr Darrell might manage his royal robe in a more dignifie 1 ninnner than he has adopted. These are my •ot- ;■•oiuta. how;-vr-: what w<> wou-d par--1 Ucaiuny ro.ouiuieud in a toning duwa of the ' violence and rant of the last act, Mr Darrell

made a good point by bis delivery of the i well-known order "Off with h'S bed-bo i muohfor Buckingham!" but ihere was too muoh stretching o( hv.< voice to its utmost power as th< .finale of the ploy approached. For a firrt .T'''ic.uvv tho chsr'.ctur was wonderfully pi.v.'ed. .Ami !-h 'ij-.wr'itt nviflt. hnvo studied 'org :mu> pernitently lo arrived at s•.> H-Uisfactory a result. He w?s several times laac evening rewarded with rounds of applause. :mi was loudly re-allei* ;.t thri tali nf the curtain. Mr." X-irrell had in Elizabeth a parr, which 510 on" .an hotter render than herself, and her par'pig wit.' the two princeo i-i the Tow r was most pathetically played. > ! px' in order -.'oißes Mr Clinton, .ipppari:i£ as Henr, VT in the fir>act, and sulme«|U>uliv a* Lord .Stanley. Uis first; scene especially was well pb.ycd. in which he tannts Gloucester until the latter kills him in his rasje. Mr appeared &:■> both Lord Mayor of \ rf>n ton and .icut< uant of the tower, and was H.'.tis'»ef<»r;. in each. Messrs Hoopur and Hoyh made f~-ir repr - sentativKS of *'«" vVihiam Oaeshy mid \- nichard Katcliffe, an.« "!r Ke-igb. u«i. a »ad Duke of Buckingham. Mr Richmond does not call f r much comment, though we bfilievi the amlit nc would have been better pleased if he h-d more quicK'y administers i 'he C'/up de grace '•► the 1> rant instead of prolonging t-hs c-'rdv.t t<< such a . » extant as was 'one last i.i/ht— wa- \ no display of skill witu the swosd, m> th<i I sooner rh« li'.br was over the be. ter. .'lis* J Willis whs hufficiently mournfui as ady I ,\nne, and the characters of the two princes were pleasingly fitl.d by Miss Poll, Leake and Miss Hattie Lambrette. To Mr aud Mrs Darrell appenr for ths mat time and " The i'iump ard" wi!.. : he played after whjch Mrs l>arrell will recite '* Thn Bells." Un.Monday v!r and Mrs V. V.. riates will .eappear, when '• Uiza;>eth " will be produced, a play in whi"h Mrs oate made a great iaipreesion wheu last in Uunedin.

Ihe quarterly meeting of the Leith Lodge. 1.0.0. F., will be held on Monday next, at 8 p.m. The Otago Harbor Board notify thit the Port Chalmers"magazine is no>v ready for the storage of gunpowder.

The general meeting of members of the Dunedin Working Men's Club will be held on Tuesday, at 7.30 p.m.

The Lodge Pioneer of Dunedin, 1.0. G.T., request all members to k attend the next meeting, September 21st, to nominate representative for Grand Lodge. It will be seen upom rn intimation in our ad vertising columns that the Kev. Dr will, ta-morrow evening, deliver The first of ti series of mo >thly lectures on question* pre sently attracting attention in the re!igmu« world. The subject of evenings lecture is. " Christianity above Sect." Mr Kirby, master of All Saints' School, is announced to re-deliv r his lecture, " Half-nn-hour ninong Authors," on Monday evening next, in the schoolroom adjoining All Saints' Church. Mr Kirby having a large number <>f friends in the pariah, we expect to Fee a full attendance, the more so as its delivery at Mornington recently was much appreciated,