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Evening Star, Issue 3976, 22 November 1875, Page 2

At the Supreme Court this morning, in bankruptcy, John Fulton was adjudicat'd a bankrupt, the first im etiiig of his creditors to be held' on the Ist prox.

The • Ruller News ’ makes the grand discovery that the Hon. K. Campbell is following the “useful occupation of a butcher” at Maerewhenua ; while Mr Wales has gone into the paving-stone line, because “ he sent samples with prices to the Wellington Borough Council ”

The Lynch Family of Bellringers open a the Temperance I tall this evening, and owing to a prior engagement of the hall their stay iu Dunedin will not extend over the present week, whon-fore those who have not yet hoard them should not lose this opportunity of doing so.

The Auckland papers report that on the night of INovemhero, some miscreant in the dreschce of the Prince of Wales 1 hea f re in that city, sprinkled vitrol on the p< ople below in the stalls Fortunately the liquid did not fall oh the face and eyes of any one. A portion of a lady’s s Ik dress was destroyed by the corrosive acid. 'Ngr The Ringarooma has again proved herself to be the fastest bo t employed on the ‘ ew Zealand coast. On "aturday the Hawea left 'ott < haimcrs at 4 IS p.m., and arrived at Lyttelton at 8 20 a.ro. y. sterday, while the Ringarooma. which did not leave the port till 4 SO p.m., arrived at Lyttelton exactly one hour before the other boat, Thorunwas thus made by the Ringarooma in fourteen hours fifty minutes.

At the Resid.nfc Magistrate’s Court, Port Chalmers, this morning, before Mr I'. A. Mans ford, K, VI., Thomas Evans, for drunkenness, was fined 5s or twenty-four hours’, and for committing a breach of the pesce was order d to pay an additional fine of 10s or twenty four hours’ hard labor. James Minimc-n, for drunkenness, was Sued U»s or twenty four hours, and a charge against Marco lianiague, for a breach of the peace, was dismissed.

The chairmen of the several Highway Boa-cls at the Thames have forwarded the following telegram to the leading goldfields members in. «dago : “The Hon. Dr Pollen states that the Government will not subsidise goldfields revenue for last year out of the 180 000 voted by Assembly. Cannot united action be taken to obtain such a coucessio i for the. goldfields. To give only onethird upon ordinary rales will be a great injustice to the goldfields.” An arrangement has been come to between the mil era at Maerewhenua and Messrs Borton and M* Master for the ensuing wool season. The miners have agreed to stop running into the Maerewhenua during the sheep-washing. The period at the first agreed upon, or stated as likely to be required, was from the 7th November to the 7th December, but owing to the diffijulties of muste ing the sheep occasioned by jbfap change of the weather, the commencement of the shearing had. to be postponed for a week. This (adds the ‘Chronicle.’) may probab’y have the effect of causing a larger suspension of sluicing than was at first intended.

At the Oval on Saturday afternoon the arranged between players residing, north and south of the Octagon respectively, unfortunately fell through. This was from the old cause of the failure of so many matehes, the neglect of many of each team to turn up until three or four o’clock. A scratch match was, however, played between sides explained by Allen and Macdormell. The tatter’s team went in and ran up a total of 90, of which Morrison contributed 21, H. Godivy (not out), 17, and Clarke, 13, Lathbury, Diekson, and Glen bowled. The first three wickets on Allen’s side fell quickly, and for only B j x runs, but Hose then made a stand and Allen and Dickson f > lowing his erample the two last named kept possession of the wickets till time was « p The score then stood at 74 for five wickets. Rose made 14, Alim 32, and Dickson 16. The C-tizma’ Ciub played a match between sides chosen by the secretary an t the treasurer. The former’side m ule 72. Monghan running up 16 and Valpy 15 ;km Treasurer’s score 94 Ped per being credited with 19 runs, Ltiih with 22, and Marsden with 15,

The production of “ The Two Orphans ” at the Queen’s on Saturday night certainly attracted a full attendance to all parts of th house, but we failed to see in the play, as performed, the ekments likely to en-u'e for it the prodigious success tha it has earned in other places. True, there are no end o' startling and highly diamat c situations, and the game of blindman’s-buff which goes on between the two orphans is kept up in a m-mnei that does credit to the author'singenui y; but the effect of these nice points is marred oy the almost want of interest in the third act,. and the excessive eentiiaeataUty

thrown into that part of the play. Those ire hurried impressions founded upon what we witnessed of Saturday a rnghl’s per t’ormance; but they may possibly be altered ou seeing a second renresentaion. The parts of the orphans are intrusted to Mrs Bates and Miss Willis; and as the blind girl the latter plays we 1 liss Vivian is the Countess, but on *atur lay night she did not exhibit an over-good icqnaintance with the text. For once in a way we see Miss Leake in a character tha gives her a chance—which she avails herself of to the utmost—of showing what she can do. She makes La Frochard stand prominently forward in all its repulsiveness. Pierre and Jacques—what contrasts of ’ humanity ; the one so loving and so to be loved, despite his deformities; the other a bully of the first order and a villa’n of transportuno type—found representatives in Mr Wheatleigh and Mr Steele ; while Mr Stoneham had a congenial part as Armaud ; and Mr Musgrave had not much to do as the kind hearted doctors. “ The Two Orphans’ wi:l be repeated till further notice.

This morning a deputation consisting of Messrs J. B. Bradshaw. M. H.R., N. Y. A. Wales, Litton, and Joyce, waited upon the Hon. W. H. Reynolds, Commissioner of Cu«toms, to ask that gentleman to use his influence with the General Government on beha f of the workmen on a contract on the Clutha and Matau' - a Railway. Mr Bradshaw said the co tractor had failed le-ving upwirds of L 1,200 due to the workmen. and throwing tlum out of emp'oyment. These men, fifty or sixty in number, had Ciied every Je t al and legitimate means to obtain wba' was due to them, but with -it' succ ss an 1 they were consequently in a state of gr at distress. Mr Curie, government engineer, had told ’he men that t ie Cove nmeut had 14 0 in hand due to the contractor, in addition to ! 1.000 percentage; but on being c mmunicated with the Co vernment dec inod to pay these over to th m n Mr Joyce said that the men had at one time^ xpreased a fear that the contracior would fail, but Mr < urle assured them that if he did the Government had plenty of money in hand to pay ihem. He (Mr Joyc) had b en busy for nine days to men s certificates to prove theK claims and they bad been to a grea' deal of exp nse in the matter. Mr W H. S Roberts, J, P., had telegraphed to the Gnvi rnment, who refused point hi ink to p <y ov'-r the percentage, sayim> it must be retained to make up any d fioienev on the contractor’s part ; they, however, since telegraphed that they w ulrt hand over the L4OO in hand, but said that the percentage must be retained ti l the com pletion of the contract, and then go towards the deficiency, if any. He submitted that this percentage was really the property of the men, and that the Government should if there were any deficiency, proceed against the two bondsmen (M- SS’S Calderand Blacklock). who were liable as sureties to the bond About 1.1,300 was due to the w rkmen, and against this the assets were L4OO in band, over LI. 000 percentage, and L2OO value of plant on the ground. Mr Reyn .Ids, in conjunction with the Superintendent, had done good service to the workman on Strachan s coutra t, and the deputation thought tnere were as good reas ns in this case for him to move as in the former. The question ready was whether the men’s wages were to bo retained by the Government, or whether ths suret es to the bond were to be come on. Mr Reynolds said the matter was a very serious one, but as the deputation were aware, it was not in his department. All he could do was to represent it to Mr Richardson, Minister for Buolio Works, for bis favorab e consideration He was perfectly certain that Mr Hicbards’on would d i all he could for the workmen cousi tent with the interests of the public servi e, and as that gentleman was expected in Dunedin shortly the deputation might expect soon to have the matter determined.

The monthly meeting of the Lodae of Dunedin. 931, E C.. will be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow (Tuesday), at 8 pm. f- We have to acknowledge the receipt from Messrs R< i;.h and Wi.kie, of cabinet-sized and carfe de visite photographs of the now celebrated evangelists— M* ssrs Moody and Sa.ikey.

A public lecture, in connection with the Congregational • hurch Young Men’s Mutual mprovement Society, w 11 he given by Dr Rosehy on “ Geoh>i;v” in the Church on Wednesday evening, at 7.30.

Members of the Pioneer Lodge of Dunedin, I.U.GT., are requested to attend the funeral of the late Brother Prouse, meeting at the lodge room, Temperance Hall, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 2.30 p.m. During the past week there were twenty-six admissions to and twenty-four discharges from the D nedin Hospital. The deaths during that period were—Ellen Hensen, 24. native of Norway, from consumption ; Thomas Young, 25, seaman, native of Hebrides, troin consnmp- ■ tion ; and Charles Sartine, 70 groom, native of London, from disease of the kidneys. “ Ferns which grow in New Zealand and the adjacent islands, plainly described bv H. E. S. L.,” is the title of a little pamphlet that comes to us from Auckland. It is the maiden effort in authorship of a young lady, who appears to have carefully watched the characters and modes of growth of the fern,'and puts forward the knowledge she has acquired in an understandable form. 'The letter-pre-is by Reed and Brett, of Auckland, is, of course, excellent.