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Evening Star, Issue 4210, 24 August 1876, Page 2

The possibility off , Provincial Coup oils again assembling is evidently believed in by the Superintendent of Canterbury, as he lately issued a writ to till up a vacancy in the representation of the R.aikaia district, to whioh the Hon. John Hall has been elected.

Among the Bills read a second time in the House of Representatives last night were the Cromwell Racecourse-and the lAWrence Atheneenm Reserves Bills.' ' V

The .who have: charge’jof the managemeut-f or h<jJ3ing a meeting to discuks polit oftl situation intend,; if call "t for Monday next/ The resolutions that are to be submitted, were drafted and agreed to last night.

A. report was circulated in Lawrence on Monday that , NubivSn, the -supposed murderer of his mate afe Lake Ohau^had bean seen at the Beaumont the previous day, and information being given to the police, Inspector Thomson and Sergeant Shury at ouce started in pursuit.

A divorce -.case/ which-excites: unusual - interest in Christchurch, is to be tried before Judge Johuston and a special jury on October 23. The parties are Mitchell and Mitchell, the defendaaLbeingajwell-kiiQ.wn auctioneer,. 'Who some years ago was connected with :Cobb.and Co. in this City.' J

, A “ theatrical lawsuit” is looked forward ■to with much interest by the dramatic world. -.Miss Julia Matthews left a considerable sum of money behind her, and her relatives are :disputing over it. They are, it is said, coming into court, and the story told will be exceedingly interesting.' A bal masque, which took place in St. Hall on Monday evening, will form the subjec. of an inquiry at the Police Court to-morrow. The case is merely brought for- : ward as a test one with a view of obtaining a decision as to whether the law has be.-u ; transgressed, it_ being admitted on the part of the prosecution that the affair was most : quietly conducted. . _

Among the numerous petitions lately sent to the Native Affairs Committee was that of one Main Kawiti, who modestly prays that h',s pension of L4O a-year maybe increased to L 250, and be continued to his children, after him, on the grounds that he has, by selling land, building, &c., so benefited the white race as to entitle him to “favorable consideration.”

At the Queen’s Theatre last night Mr Darrell’s new play “Transported for Life” was played for the third time to a good house and with unabated success. All- the ndemhera of the company are ’ thoroUghly- up in their parts and the play goes swimmingly from beginning to end. “Transported for Life ” will retain possession of the boards till further notice.

A memorial has been addressed to the Government by pastoral tenants, agents for investment associations, bankers, and others,, respecting the future tenure of the Canterbury runs, it was. frequently referred to on Friday in tho debate, on the Canterbury Pastoral Leasing Bill, and was described by some members as a claim for compensation; for losses saused by the fall in the price of wool,

Reporting' on the progress of the railway works in the district, the ‘Tuapeka Times ’ says platelaying on the Manuka Creek contract has been completed, and that, as regards the Round Hill tunnel only some 35ft of the “ bottom ” remain to be lifted. The last few lengths have been built in solid ground, but evidences of the vicinity of the broken face on tho west side are now being met with, arid the ground is much shaken and wet. Thera is no doubt hut that some difficulties will be met with in securing the remaining portion of the tunnel, owing to the treacherous nature of the ground. - The ‘Lyttelton Times’ possesses a Dunedin carrcspon lent whose moral courage is not great. He finds no difficulty in supplying that journal with information which he dares not make public here because the facts are known to be against him, and a denial would reach him too soon. His latest offence is against the Fire Brigade, over whose dispute about the Ballarat cup he makes merry; and con corning which he gives a version that entitles him to receive first honors" a? an inventive paragraphiot: —r‘‘ On their own merits, in this big competition of Victorian Brigades, the Wellington and Dunedin Brigades were nowhere. . The Ballarat men felt highly honored' at having visitors -to compete from so great a distance, and that they should go away with a prize was a fore gone conclusion. There was a brigade or two that demurred, ‘ What 1’ said/the majority of the chivalrous Victorians, ‘do you expect men to come 1,200 miles and not get a priz.i ?’ They could not give the New Zealanders two prizes, so they managed some sort of arrangement called a joint team, the object of which was to distribute the honor equally. That really is the correct state of affairs, and had those two Brigades belougod to any part of Victoria, they would not uow r have a cuprto haggle about.”

This is a specimen of the sort of “small scandal ” that amuses the Auckland people. The ‘ Auckland Star ’ gays :—A little social scandal was introduced in the Separation debate by Mr Rees, recalling to mind the fatal influence of Cleopatra. He satd that the claims of the senior judge to the Chief Justiceship were overruled through the influence ('{ the wife of a Cabinet Minister. A little explanation of this rather dark reference, which has found its way into the grave deliberations of the legislature, is perhaps necessary. The story alluded to by Mr Rees, but for the veracity of which we are not in a position to vouch, runs thus ; - Lady Vogel, then not linked with the fortunes of New Zealand’s dictator, was syttematically overlooked by the invitations issued by the wife of Mr Justice Johnston, the leader at that time of the b n on of Wellington society. In course of. time the tables turned, and lady Vogel was ■ not slow to retaliate on the dethroned queen of fashion. Mrs Johnston was excluded from the Premier’s assemblages, Wider and wider grew the breach until, so the story runs, the quarrels of the ladies involved the dignity of their lords, and when the chance presented itself Mr Justice Johnston did not obtain the position which his seniority and acknowledged profound legal knowledge entitled him to, A capital programme was provided for the patrons of the Princess’s Theatre last evening, commencing with the amusing comedy ‘ ■ Cool as a Cucumber.” Mr Hoskins, as all know, is unsurpassable as the cool, audacious Plumper ; but we have seen him better supEorted than was , the case last evening. Peraps the rather small audience exercised a depressing effect upon Mr Musgrave, who made but an unsatisfactory Parkins, sen. Miss Vernon, as Jessie and Mias Laurence, as Wiggins, played naturally, and Mr Graham made a fair Fred Burkins. On the conclusion of the piece Mr Lingard gave his programme of sketches, with the addition of two novelties. One was “A Young Old Maid,” and this gave Mr Lingard an opportunity of showing to advantage his great powers of facial expression. The other was an impersonation of Sir Julius Vogel, but it could scarcely be considered a satisfactory likeness of our leading statesman—the features were pot fuß enough, and the hair and whiskers were not arranged in Sir Julius's (style. The whole entertainment concluded with Byron’# o°W&dy “Married ja Haste,” which was agaiu played ia a» excellent manner, Mrs Lingard and Messrs Hoskins, frngard, and Pouglas appearing to specialadvantage. This evening anew comedy from the pen of Mr Gilbert, author of those charming place#; ‘‘ The Palace of Truth ” and “ Pygmalion and •■alatoa,” w>B be produced. It is called “ Charity,” and P ranks as otwpf this lyyiter’a Jhcst successful works.

A section of land in the heart of Christchurch being required for the contemplated public buildings there, was purchased a couple of days ago at the rate of L 20.000 an acre

Wellington papers state-that Dr Doctor returns to the Colony bglthe September mail, bub before cisco he will arrange for a shipmentfof stombn ova. xj-7s! A b- n moi is credited to Mr Donaldfieid. who when Mr.l. W. Thomson, spttddabon Count ea Bill, was complaining’of the dimculty of getting good men as representalives under the new order of things, and *«>) '* iU ppose a mau does get in, what then ? answered by saying quietly : “ He’ll to get out again.” 'Rie following undergratfuatles ceeded m passing the New Zealand Univer--Bity examination, held in May and Juno For i il ®A l S ree ? £ Bachelor.of Arts Saul Solo;m®n, puuedmrmmt^sctimrteomflfthror^ ;of B.A. examinatioa.; EagarT Aucklan ; -B* H. B,eid; Auckland.-- For keeping terns M 187S : A K. Ktchett,.Dnned& ; HiH, Christchurch'; Av C. ; Newton, Christv We believe Mr Solomobristheifirst ,Hmh School pupil whohas gained a degree ? ; a “4 tbe University student Who has •attained that of Bftchiflor of Arts,

l! C Q r:theatncal readers:may, .be ibtfcrestefr ih ;learmng, that Little NeU, opens ht' tW Queen s Theatre on Monday week in ; JName, an adaptation of. Wilkie ColUnsls fellows Hall at Ghnstchurch,? and with the Lingards opens there on September 6 - The friends of MadameArma BishopwilVleaf n with pleasure that her talents havb receß ed substeutia]. recognition iii an altbgetherW’ expected manner, shoj havihg recently been the recmiont of a legacy of it, OOD left her •by a lady resident at Adelaide, , '

; The football which Canterbury sends, i forth in the hope that it "will conquer all’ contestants, was to leave Lyttelton this aiternoon iu >the ; Ha\i’oa. .Several excellent players were o. liged at the last momentr to signify their inability to go North ; and- the] team, though so strong as it* was expocted;it would be, now compoaes the following, who should be able ;to give a gqbd a# cbunt of themselves eiJ., Chapman E., Cotterill CroxitonC. H.,v Evans J. Kv, Hamilton E,., Lee G. H.< Millton AV;, Moore W. H., M'Gardell Hi OlKvier L, M., Pilling' F,, Potts" D:, Potts: A., Potts G., and Stringer W; The first match willJbe played at Auckland.

Gold robberies in the Tuapeka district are on. the. increase. . The latest case is from Waitahuna, the sufferers' this time bbing Thomson’s party, who . have a claim on M'Leod’s Hill. The ‘ Times ’ states that |l* thieves, after selecting the necessary tools (picks, -shovels, forks,- and tin dish) in the claim and in a small hut- near it,- helped themselves to water from Messrs Evans and party’s race, and went to work in the usual way. This, together with a bundle of cut flaxlefhhearthe'boxesleadsdjo'the'belief that the robbery had; been eommitted in daylight, and that the thieves had -previously been cutting flsx. Thomson and party estimate their loss at about six or eight ounces of gold.

The working men of Wellington met on the 18th. instant, and discussed the now famous speech by the member for Geraldine, from whom an apologetic communication had been previously deceived. The discusjion that’ folio we’d was not Complimentary :<to Mr Waitfield, and eventually the meeting adopted the following resolution:—“ That this ’ meeting considers Mr Wakefield has Q-ist a most disgraceful and undeserved slur upon the people of Wellington, and that he should be called on to make a public apolocy to these whom he has insulted.” The Mumc pal Council also adopted a strbngly worded resolution, which it was intended to forward to Mr Speaker for presentation to the House. In speaking to the motion - ' one very irate ouncillpr intimated his determination to in flict personal and corporal chastisement upon the slanderer of the inhabitaUts of the Empire City. “Oh,” replied anoth r councillor, “it would not be the first time, he has been horsewhipped in this place already, so I’m afraid that if you do horsewhip him the sensation will have lost the charm of novelty.” : ; • ; j-

_We have received from Meters Keith and \> i;kv© a copy of the ‘ Presbyterian Chu ch Irust with histo. leal narrative by the Rev W. Gillies.

Mr John M‘Laren called upon us this morning and explained that he neither saw nor spoke to the Seer tary for Works yesterday; and that he only acted as the unemployed's spokesman at their own request. We would remind or renders that the annual concert and ball of the Artillery Bund take place to-morrov/ (Friday) evening in ithe Tcir.pe aneb Hall. A really gowd programme, consisting of i-elections from “ The Grand Duchess, “ Bouquet do I’Oijera ” etc., has been arran ed. a-d a picked detachment of the band will play all (he dance irusio. A s the band have always been amovgst the fotelnost to offer their service? gratuitouly for any charitable object ihat has been got up in the J'ity, they deserve support f;om the public The various Volunteer coair/mios are to appear in unifo.ju, and we w-.uld advise thos • who can enj y a good dan?e to avail themselves of this opportu ity.