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Evening Star, Issue 4164, 1 July 1876, Page 2

The quarterly criminal session of the Supreme Court will commence before his Honor Mr Justice Williams on Monday. Mr G. W. Collier arrived from Auckland by .the Wellington to-day, and is negotiating for a hall in which to deliver his lecture on "Stage and Actors," interspersed with delineations of the principal actors of this Colony. i

The monthly meeting of the Schoolmasters' Association, which was to have been held in the Normal School this morning, was adjourned for a week in consequence of the paucity of the attendance. It was agreed that the correspondence received from kin dred associations should, in the meantime, lie on the table for inspection. The 'Bruce Herald' has been shown a sample of scaly and water-worn gold, taken from the crop of a swamp hen, or New Zealand turkey. The bird was shot upon Mr -A. D. Duncan's farm at Inch Clutha by Mr James Young. There were four pieces of gold, the largest being about a quarter of an inch long and an eighth wide. Mr Andrew Davidson, of the Railway Department, has. received a present from the Directors of the Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company of a silver watch, which bears the inscription, "Presented by the Directors of the Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company to Andrew Davidson, conductor of the opening train from Dunedin to Kaitangata, 16th June, 1876, for his attention to their guests on that occasion."

A young man named Patrick Dalton, in employment at Blueskin, had an arm broken yesterday morning. It appears that Dalton's master has no stable for his horses, and lets them run loose. About six o'clock yesterday morning. Da-ton went out in search of the horses, and was bringing them home when one of them became obstreperous and kicked him on the right arm. He came in to the hospital last night, where he had his arm dressed, and is cow progressing favorably. The Wellington ' Argus ' states that in the Legislative Council on the 20th inst. the Hon. Mr Mantell presented the following petitions :—From nineteen members of the legal profession practising in Dunedin, praying that the circumstances attending the suspension from practice of Henry Smythies be considered by the Council, and that, if it should appear that wrong has been done, the Council will please to grant such relief as shall be right. 2. From Henry Smythies, of Dunedin, praying that the Council will take the circumstances of his case into consideration, and grant him such relief as shall be just.

The following are the most important notices of motion for Tuesday's meeting of the City Council:—By Cr. Gibson : That this Council consider the of inserting the word "male" after the word "every " iu the first line of clause 27, Dunedin Municipal AGt, 1876; also an additional clause to the effect that women of the age of thirty and over holding rateable property to the value of LSO per annum shall be entitled to vote at municipal elections. By Cr. Roberts: - That in conjunction with the proposed contract for improvements at the intersection of Stafford and Maitland streets, the line of Stafford street near to Melville street be lowered to a uniform gradient. Some of the pupils under Miss Adam's instruction in the Forbury School, South Dunedin, presented her yesterday with a handsome watch pendant, as a slight token of their esteem and respect. The presentation was made by Mr Reid, who complimented Miss Adam highly on the efficient state of the classes under her .charge. He hoped she would be as successful at the Albany street as she had been at the Forbury school. He was glad to say, from the high recommendations which her successor, Miss Gourley, brought with her, he had every reason to expect that the work in Miss Adam's classes would be as successfully carried on as it had been hitherto. .Miis Adam, in thanking the children, said her only reason for leaving this school was that Albany street school was more convenient. "Prompter" informs us that the Simonsens have only been doing moderate business since the session began, and that they close their Wellington season next week. Signor Morley took his benefit on Tuesday, when "Norma" was played; and Madame hers last evening. Next Tuesday the trc upe proceed to .Napier, where their fourteen nights' season has been bought for LI, 100 by a company. De Murska did not do much in Nehon. Her first night's business was good, but there was a poor house the second night, and the third night she would only appear under a guarantee, and the guarantors lost, though they reduced the prices. De Murska opened in A uckland on Wednesday, and at the close of her engagement there proceeds to Wellington. She then returns to Melbourne, playing for a few n.ghts in Christchurch and Dunedin en route.

Professor Salmond last night continued his series of lectures on "The Christian Evidences," in the Knox Church class-room. On this occasion the subject was the of the genuineness of the four Gospels as having been u ritten by those whose names they bear. He traced their recognition from the earliest times, and showed that their genuineness was also testified to by heretics and infidel writers in the early ages of the Church. The lecturer referred particularly to John's Gospel, because against it assaults were mostly made. Doubts in regard to it were of a comparatively recent date, and had their origin in the rationalistic German School. The first of the objections chiefly consisted in the fact of John's gospel differing in historical matters and also in style from the other three .gospels ; but this objection could be partially met by the argument that John's gospel was supplementary to the others, and the writer of it presupposed their existence. John's gospel contained both internal aud external evidence of its having been written by its reputed author Professor Palmond concluded by intimating that next Friday evening he intended chiefly to deal with the authenticity of the gospel as attacked by Strauss. ■■--

The schools of the Dunedin district will reopen on Monday next.

'lhe annual ball in connection wi'h the Masonic . ods,'e St. Andrew will take ■ lac? in the Temper nice Hall oh Monday next.

" Hammer and Tongs " is the title of a lecture to ■ e delivered in the .1 -rill Shed, Mosgiel. on Monday next at 7 p.m., by the Eev. J. U. Davi?.

The winning numbers of the Christian Brothers' Art Union appear in this issue, Prize ti-k.t holders are reiueetel to present them at the Convent between 10 and 12 on Monday morning.

The third quarter of the School of Art Classes will commence on Mond >y, July 3 A lecture on " Bible Subjects " will be given by v r -\y. (holmes in the Caversham, on Monday next at 7 p.m.

A ronoe t and ball in aid of the funds of the distr ct library will be held in the Mornington Hall on Tuesday i ext. A meeting of the Of ago Institute will be hfld on Tue.-day next ft 8 p m , when papers will be read by Mrtt. H tton. The fcU»>ject of Mr Skey's paper is " A new fire-grate for Colonial coal. It will be illustrated by a 6re-grate in action to test Colonial fu°ls.

The proprietors of the 'Saturday Advertiser' offer a prize of LlO 10s for the best national air to a hymn composed by Mr T. Bracken. We hear that several of our best musicians have signified their intention of competing for the award. The competitive sura must be sent to the office of the paper before September 1. We have rec ived a copy of the correspondence between the Honorable the Premier of N r ew Zealand and.his Honor the Superinten* d*nt, which has been published in the f rn of a pamphlet by the Provincial Government. As a historical re ord of the last days of Provincialisnij it 1b interesting j beyond that its value on either side has passed away.

We are glad to notice that the Dunedin Young Men's Ohrlstian Association ere, in ad ditlon to their weekly lectures starting a class for the study of History, and as Mr Norrie has consented to take charge of it, we tru t the young men will avail themselves of this opportunity. Kev Lorenzo Moore, of Port ChaU mere, lectures for them on Monday evening on '* Recollections of India."

A n entertainment was given last evening by the British He rtß of Oak 1.0. G.T., in their lodge-room at the Oddfellow*' Hall, Albany street. It consisted of an address by Brother (Onslow; singing by Sisters White, Fulton, Muir, Moriarty, and Brothers Jeffs, White, Nelson, and Cunningham: and readings and recitations by Brothers Jackson, Sims, Bell, and Miss Jepp