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Evening Star, Issue 3944, 15 October 1875, Page 2

At the Queen’# Theatre last evening “Rocambole'’ was repeated. To-uight a treat will bo afforded playgocis ;n the production of Uobortsou’s comedy “’Caste.” in which Mr and Mrs Bates have two of the* best oharactow.

‘Te Wanatjga’ says that L9BO 3s 6d a* a subsidy to the *Waka Maori’ is a high price for the Colon' to pay for the limping Rugflsh and halting Maeri tiling its columns. Uur shipping telegiams notify that the ‘ev Mr K rkland, who recant y accepted » call to the West aieri, sailed with his family from Hokitika for Dunedin, yesterday. m tho b.B. Maori, An unusual occurrence took place th s morning, a cow belonging. to Mr James Armstrong, of the Plough luu, having given bbth to three heifer calves. All are reported to be doing well. The * ' ew Zealand Times’ devotes a subleader to the question how it is that sweep stakes on horao-racing events are prevented by law in Otago, and not in We -Hand and other parrs of the Colony, The query remains uoanswered.

The Wellington ’Tribune’ reports that Mrs Maclarty has heard it whispered that ‘Julius Cresar” is to be played in the General Assembly next session, with a famous and flighty member cs Brutus, and an honorable but somewhat sarcastic representative as Oassius. She says it will be a Colonial scandal if, after converting the Chamber of i epr .’sentatives into a lodginghoiue one session, it be turned into a theatre the very next. The Duue Un Chess Club Committee met at the Athencaum last evening, when it was decided to accept the challenge of tbe awrcnce 1 b. provided they could ret favor able c nd to Bfrom the Telegraphic D<pa ttQciifc, Accord nly, the Club’s president and secretary this morning saw the Teleg aph manager here, who immediately communicated with r bemou, the general wanag r at Wellington. A reply has been •eceived giving tbe free use of the wires, a room, and an operator. Ihe All Saints’ Church school-room was crowded to ove flowing last evening, when the Vouug Men’s Christian Awsoci lion «ave an entertainment. Tbe first p rtioa of the programme consisted of scenes from “King car” and “ Macbeth *’ acted in character, and very efficiently, by lady and gentlemen amateuis. Then followed vocal and inst umental selections, and the whole was wound up by a well-eont' eted “spelling bee.” for for which over twenty compo it.rs entered, Iho Rev. R. L. Stanford officiated as pronouncer, and the first prisse was gained by Mr Erebner, the second by Mrs Von der Heyde. ’he Christchurch correspondent of tho Waitaogi * fribun - ’ reports a curious incident which occurred r. few days ago by an engine-driver on the Oxford a"d Raugiora hue, while his engine was temporarily laid up for some trifling repairs. Anxious to gather up the mail bags awaiting tha train at various points of ih • line, thi>- driver took charge ot an empty break-van, and—taking advantage of the aradieut of the line and a favorable wind—made a start from < xford to Raugiora. He picked up all his mails on the way and arrived at his destination some ten minutes under the time usually taken by the train with a locomotive to penorm the Journey. Btreet lamps in New Z aland arc lighted on what mignt be patented in the old country as new principles. In N Ison a familiar sight on winter evenings is that of the lamp-lighter mounted on horseback, and with a ladder over his shoulder. in Wellington be rides a horse, but r< quires no ladder: at ea .hj lamp he stands up iu the saddle and having lit it, drops into his seat Hokitika may pride itsell oi hav ngrts lamps lit in a fashion which is certainty <Xi optional by it* imp deity. The ‘ ■■> e t Coa-t Times’ describes it thus : *• About dusk, a boy trots round to each lamp, and after ‘shinning’ up to the top, stiikts a wax vesta on the leg of his unmentionables and proceeds to light the lamp This operation performed, the youth slides rapidly down and vanishes. ”

An &u.-kland contemporary, referring to a recent inquest in a case oi suicide in that city, has tHe following “ ■e oo not know of any other civilised city but Auckland in which the atrocious verdict of Telo de se is not obsolete except in very rare and almost impossible cases. Do the jurymen who cling to this relic ef a barbarous, age, and who glibly bring in th s verdict, know that they are stamping dead men as felons who e names are to be infamous and whose goods are forfeited, like those of other felons, to the Crown? Here was a poor insane mortal who, a few days ago, with pockets full of mon y and with no apparent cause, deliberately efttt his throat at a public-hon.-e in the city Be had been depressed in spirits for some time, and was in bad hca th. tiis mind was evidently unhinged, and without apparent reason this poor man destroyed himself. Lid the jury suppose he did so for g ia, or for amusement o- personal gratilication ? It is a very shamefu. thing that the atrocious verdict of fdo de. se should have been returned in this and in several other cases in Auckland. It is painful enough in any case to hear of friends who have committed smeide. But if it be any consolation to the friends of the poor man to whom we refer, they may know that the peo de of this city universally consider that it is the juries and not the hapless dead who are disgraced by so senseless a verdict.”

We have received a letter addressed to “ Mercy,"’ who recently favored us with some correspondence. If that f gentleman calls at this office the letter will bo handed to him. Messrs Kobe and Co have received by the ship launtou, from London, a laige quantity of jewellery and silver unci'plated ware, These include very handsome silver regatta cups, epergne stands, and other articles, all mad* ro the firm's order. The goods are undoubtedly superior toj anything of tbe kind yet im orted to this market, and will well repay inspection. They are now on view in th*- shop window.