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Evening Star, Issue 3937, 7 October 1875, Page 2

The second reading of the Abolition Pill was carried in the Legislative Council yesterday by 23 to 4, We acknowledge tho receipt of a packet of Parli mentaly papers from the Government Printer, \V ili-gAm Our ' .(Oid n telegrams state tli t ir Jnliuß will leave for Avw Zea ?-,n ] by iho Sau Kraiicisi’o mail steam- r leaving London on December 8. Many of our readers will regret to hear f the death of Lady Don, the widely-known and p. polar actives The i: forma 1 ion is brought ■ y t*Alhambra Pltc-.i-. J. (* . s.u at tin Lite P dice Oouttroil.y. and tin-■; Thoa i,«*a-k 2 -d W ’ll the U'-tial cite-awit:• e of twcnly four hours’ imp* is naiiMV :rw drnnkcuu- ss A largely'-attend. <1 meeting of people on. of employ ment was hj id at the Teo.perauee Kali last. * vm.iny, at widely after a u*imi<!T of addresses were ,1. l.vcred by v.mi.us speakers, td i-soil m rived at was that Messrs - i’j'Molds ,ot:' V\ des, m- mbers f r the by in the .' ssei* bly. arc to be jr- ition. i to ere th- ir ii.fln.-nct t 'war s putting a ?•. p to immigration. The bu. inets of the Supieme * cur’ brought to a el >-c sh oty after hu oV.-.v.k this morning, although it virtually termi. anted last evenmg. • Pob-rt Hauler, co-• victed yesterday of iv,son, was brought ;.p tor sentence a d, after hearing wit* es-es to character, bis Honor sentenced him I » six mouths’ inipri onm-ut, with hard labor. The special jmy ,civil) cases will commence on Monday. At a meeting of tlm i.odgeof Htngi, 844 L.C., held ;u the Masonic Hall last evening, t' e following uHlona were ius alio f :—Bio, hos. F.edycc, W. V! ; Bo 11 Bmum, • -V». ; tiro D. K UfiudoH, S. tV. | 8,0. Muir, J. W. • 80, Lidridg.,-, tr<asur.*' ; '-ro. Gc rg ."be it'in ; Bro. Grcwntic d, b'l U«. t'i.-.iin Lhouos, J. 1> ; Bro, Singer, I. ; and Bro. Smith, tylor Tim ceremony was peri'onmd by "ro. Burton uid was followed by a tup,.-er at the Unto rion (Jotel,

Yesterday afternoon an accident happened at Wales’s quarry, port Oha mere, ~y which '* muu uamed dam - a Waugh nunnvly escaped h.BiUg the of one of his eyes. W.m.ii w..s driving a hammer h- ad in To th Imnd e. when by some means tluriat-i-r il -w up. inflicting a ■ u-al over the eye, ulii hj r u dered M augh iaums-ible lor a few minutes, lie was immediately I r night into too Port nnd attended by Dr O’Donoghue, who ?vonon need that the eye had Krtouatdy" received no injury. * Mesisia M‘-od., >..' i -Kinnon, I cvvsley, nnd 0--I.UOB (see. etarv), as rcprcscittimy thMarb ir Boa-.-d, v-:-L -i , v . on the mm: 3. uperiiven-ieiv fc'ii,- morcing. to brine b . foe him a e mpDiiit by :ewral iiglttcrmcis oi Port Cm aimers. ) c a diim the rates atelv imposed, hj he men comohiined lh -f while the railway on-ltd at-mo imm L an s Point to p-,rt < h-'iim rs at D ij pr ton 11 . v coal i init !•■ . p up Hie w = ' lu ' v ' • '<■ ■ X a ‘ r •. ■u Id pi-rt-m, ■ leal ii.v ,1 t. - : he • ov : !i;t (iir, hhiad-l 1111 c tfu- rad ;-. V \° ' P 1 His Donor promise'> ’** bung the ma'ter i t? re the f xecut-vc Novell,v up-pears, to !>.• the order of th dfty *t lh ■ Queen’s Toone. and ms:;, v uin;. I he IJm-j !;• tie. Mist ” —a drama n-v. bet ore played in Jhr.e-.iiu— was product lh' piece i w;i! wri.fci, and th-re :v< -oiije good Bu-oati-uiS. i iicru is a dread‘ir a. cr, t c 'iilo-i leil with Hit birth of rim hero. ne ( ■ drier.ne). and his is I n iwn by 0 e t-u.cuo d« fir-;- sac alone. To prevent hi divulging it ndnouce promises to became hm wife, fehe, however, is deeply iu love v,uh

Victor PnvtV-jn, ft captain in tV© French '• ’'V *«’• w Gvv < o_. b,ji lu rv vum V.cor kizgn e figHn a dutl, and tb>■t»r is wounded, During his lingering ilnr-Ks ho ia continually watched or-r y <if!iuinei Imt ho gradually gits worse, nd, shortly lief ire hia death, ia apprised of ‘he fact, that he is being slowly poiso .ed I Learuu g of \dnenne’s love for lus rlv.d, hj • loroufice ■ her aa hi jm irdoies , a«>d she arrested. At thejtiial, however, one Bertrand —her servant—acknowledges that he is tlo nitty party, and produces the b dtie £r o t,hc poi .on was adminisue.ed. alu, drauia cuds by Victor and the heroine being lupiitly ;e united, The princip d burdenof he play f 11 upon M> a Bates, and her rendering of ho character of drionne was a hi.-.hly-satis-faotory cue Perhaps the go atret f >ud tha’ ecu d be found with her was the dra ' ling manner in which she pronounce I some of Iter words. Mr Bat s only appeared in th* tirst two scenes, and his early dem se was t< be rcgro.ted as his ac iug as tho irritable old man was really excellent. Mr Mus grave wa mont amusing as the much abuse: Herman, though in tho last act he utterly spoilt the character by carry!' g the burlesque element to an unnecessary extern,. Miss l.eake played > arcfully as Giar.netta ; and Messrs >stoneham, Keogh, and Savilii all (idi d th'vr respective pa ts satisfacto il\ '■be s ute piece will be played to-night ; and ou to-morrow' evening the perforinauc will be given ‘ > the Ira* Dramatic UUi" b\ the Misses Vivian and Folland •, in aid t Te suffe. eiv by the late fire at ihe Priuc -.As «• Society is tho piece to b pro hi cod The Ayrshire Association hold a meeting in the Provincial Hotel, to morrow (Friday), at 8 p.m. In j repaint on for the Macandrew banquet a mooting of the Committee will be held in tinFrovinci.il Hotel this evening, at eight o’clock. The usualweekly meeting of Lodge Pride of . Daredia, No. 30. 1,0 G.T., was held in th S 1 <;t'ip i mice Kail Lodge-room last evening. After an unusual amou t of business meinour the initiation of three members, the i *• G. M . (I.T. Bro. Carr proceeded to install th' following odicpis for the remainder of the term in place of those who had resigned in con i - qu not* of leaving the district W.C (~ Bro ..Nelson; L. 11.8., : is.er E, Daviibon ; W.«-,, Bt-', Wakefield; W.1.G., Bro. T. Trotter; W 0.8., Bro. Dawson; W DM., Sister J : • river. W 7 e have received from the publisher-., fttensra i algleish and Reid, of Wellington, the first number of ‘ Bradshaw’s Guide to i\ew Zo land,’ a well got-up wotk, ami containing a vast amount of uae»u information. There are the time tables o; all the railways, lines of steamers, and < caches ia the Colony. A summarised dir* cj iory of every city and township ; a descri tic,. ; of the P oyiuce of Otago, th-' otlier Provinces to ho noticed in their turns ; a full postal guide ; maps of tho two islands, showing the railways, roads, and water ra ; s; and a large quantity of othei interesting particulars. This production has made a mi st creditable commencement.