The Evening Star TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4310, 19 December 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1876.

We are olbliged*Vo"hols over cur"'jv-ioiTof the City Council meeting this afteiajo.! and other matter.

Coughtrey has resigned the chair of Anatomy and Physiology on account of 'alleged* unfair treatment at the hands of the University Council. Mr Mills received a telegram from Bluff this aftenipjoft [sfetiag tiia| ,a( steamer had just passed the Biuff under steam and sail, supposed to be the Rotorua, from Glasgow. The Lydia-Howarde, troupe repeated "1\ Trbvatore" and ?if TriaT J by ; Jury m a4; the ■Queenja house. Thfs evening "I,ucia di Eammermoor".willb;e reproduced,, it been so successful when tirst played here.

I The City CoundMntend inviting competitive desjgnslor a building near .ths Octagon to' comprise mar&et-liduse, r 'fown'£bfU; offipes,-and .% .brigade station! to coßt L.7,000. A premium of- L2oti''« ill be given to the accepted; design;, £IOO to the second, and LSO to the third best design.

It is to be hopedrthat some directors of the Caledonian Society visited the Cattle Show to-dayi, - atfi«hey would tHsoover 'that r the ground in front of the Grand Stand is a ' perfect quagmire/ Something will have 1 *tp be done before New Year's Day, or the Caledanian/tjports Will,'in the' event bf 'ttejt weather, be lcs3 enjoyable than is usually the case. .'>-.-.:.■ irnf-l'j :•;.':•' .

Messrs Strode, and Hislop sat as an, Assessment.-Court this afternoon to try some cases undenfche Railways Act. lii [ Calcntt v. Peter, Sutherland, in which the Court of two sections (not contiguous) in Mansford township, the Court awarded Sutherlond LIOO. In Calcutt y. having-refer-ence to block' 2; \ Mderrtki tbwnship, Itcdinayae..was This morning Mr-WatheU, seerttaryland treasurer of the now defunct iPressAJlub, •was presented with-a handsome albeit chain and locEet in appreciation''tff his services' to that Tfie lookcit lr on its reverse sUhvbeara this Mr W..A. Watnoh, hon. secretary Tbunedin Press Club, December 33$ 187»>.",< Thee/>mmittee of i the, OJub; before,-; resigning recorded on therOJab's bjfoks a suitable vote of thaultfto MiHWatnen:-"> .-j ;\. /

An accident, 'luckily 1 uot attended with any serious consequences, happened in the harbor at T.3tf laj»t> evening/' It app&a?BShat; 'fh'tf'Exceisibr' boat 'Crew were eit.t for fractice,'being engaged in the Waihdla regatta, and when nearly ..opposite, .the* t<bcpß a suddenjEqua 1 1 struck throwjing fn e, *d • - >!e ofthecrWinto the water. The'men'na? s>\td* tp .cling onj.tOjtije, -.and_„tho aecftirht being lying at'the; jettyr-a couple of bp»te were put off.fandi brought ?the ta shore mot much the'worse for thefr adventure. • .;j ■'••„•- ;, A | ', The Json. Mr ,M%ean has repl'. I ■; the , City Council's inquiry whether in tt.o eve'nt of the City Council ] introducing a.BdUnto i Assembly to legalise the.appropriation? of a i portion of theuospital,'reserve f& a Town Hall site that hoj'lxas received intimation a considerable feeling exists amongst a seetjon of the citizens against taking any farther portion of ground from; the niarkefcreserve. They urge that two acres for such a purpose are ,smaTl enough. Under these circunisfetnees it will be seen I should not be justified in pledging the Government, and. I prefer to leave the question to be decided by tke unbiassed action of tjie cit&ens."

of the Christch.uroh City i Council for twelve months were L 29.457, and the expehditme L26,H8, leaving a considerable balance imLand. * atflssuo, ano?tbe magiutrate for the tenant. There was a meeting at Caversham last night, convened by Mr J. W. Feger, to c insider the advisability/of forming the district

dialogue between the conve"ner"siuTa Mr IL~ Wilson,;inrhp niovetl wjeusJlttt amendment to the- nutwludh. J -ajgrmcdthat it was not d eßii able to form a. municipality. Mr SVger's moHon m favor 'dfia municipality was declared carried Dy 13 against 11, but when it came to committee to tab; tlr necessary steps was an evideat disinclination to act, and thd two names suggested were practically re* jceted by themeethig. : - .- j -Tfie ship Oamarti, from.Glasgow, with 389 immigrants arrived on Saturday, 16fch inst.j after a passage of 83 days. The following if a summary pf the trades and occupations of her passengers, viz. :—Farm laborer?, 64$ general laborers, 1(5; garduers, 3 ; navvies! 2; ploughmen, 11; railway laborer, l| ■* miners, 3; . sawyers, 2: carpenters, 4 j joiners, 2 ; shipwright, 1; stone masons, 2 ; 1 ; quarriers, 3 ; brick niakeri 1; blacksmiths, 7 ; platelayer, 1 j jnilleri 1; baker, 1 ; catter, ! I ) 'butcher, .J[ tailors, 8; so'apmakiLr, 1' •' crofter, I,'• gather ~ keeper, 1; fireman, 1; 'house painter,' ;ii groom, 1; stable -boy; 1;" pbrterfls general servants; 37.; Kottstemaids; B';'.dressmakers; %\ field laborer; 1; farm servant; 1 j cook, 1; housekeepers,; 2: h'nrse, .1 j dairymaid, 1. : Nationality 110 \ scotch,i4i{ i**k ,% ~':;': [ The right of stage-coaches to ■be exempi from that bye-Idw binding drivers of vehicles \o J rive round the corner of a street at- a walkliTs B«fee was considered at the City Police* this morning. One of Meairs Chaplin's drivers, named Sayerty was fcumnioned for dn7%' a six-horse, coaoh round the cbrnei 1 of * ad • £««<*» street af otheVthanatrbt; agent, foj Mr Chaplin,, who appeared £>; Answer charge, pointed out tbatSt%asiinp*C«iiWf to pull'n'p Btage&ors'es at : a' notice* and if the case was 1 held tJroved there wbulJ flontmnalry be an infraction of l thd byedawi A .Uke casc'was heard some years ago, when Clrqde dismjsaM it. The Bench thought the bye-law had been'nroken, but as theri , wasa j'h Mr 'Strode'a decision,' ii 'was decided ttf.hdjouhi *the ioase- till Hto* marrow to enahle'Mr Bathgate,-• It.Mi, /f$ give an. opinion ? matteji 'i ! ;'' ; ' ; ' f ' | A. rather peculiar [/!«», came t . prjet, \U Licensing Bench-, at" kelson lately." The police alleged, as against an applicant fo» transfer of an irotel license to himself that he was with another man's wife. Ap'j plicant's solicitor explained that the woman bad; been ,deserted ;by;,her husband eight years ago, dud: that the man she was Jiving with'was willing to •niarry-herif thehvw all6wed, -adding.;tbat;his .(the. opinion had been asked in the matter, but that he had not yet had time to. make up! his mind what advice to give. If a woman's husband was absent without her heading cf him for seven yeare, she could marry again without laying herself open to a charge of bigamy, although if the first husband were eventually to turn up the second inairiage :vonld be invalid. The Court decided under the circumstances to adjourn for a month, promising if at the end of that time ihcj parties were married the transfer should bfi granted, r ■-. .., . v - j -- An irqniry wag held at.j&lilton yesterday touching the origin of the lire there on the 13th inst. The principal evidence was given by an old man named ifewson, aged fightyr five years, and uncie of the owner of the 'CiiteWdS-vHorel/tfKbT-Mid J'Vanz Jn]in3 a: aa.d, gjt>t the Jkey on the 11 tlr (Monday), fo'r the'purpose of getting somd of toy things. osl- J. Jjed i,i the hotel| i went to the hotel on night of Tuesdays 12th. f : It'was'wet.'BOl' T didh'6tfeke ? thelicd away. ,I"fia6V,a pandl©li<{ ini.a pteoe of Wood with a : hole in it/.' 'I mi&fcict my staff, 1 and went dowi^stal^fb'r;^';:\^iri T found.,it I forgot to go back'; aiid"bi'ow out \ I left it standing lit room, up-Btairau ; ■■■ the candte was lit until I the Criterion Hotel i was* / burned;when/ in. ?!3aU cluthanektaftfrnoon.l licamardbwnto the hotel mornuig. the 13th*-(dayb!f fire^ , jopenyd' tie' 'door,'' ldokteQ 'iii*t6' see if all' i i^ht. I saw, n Ptld D g: strong .with' it.,, t walked as far as t"he' kitchen'; brit did go " .I ; smelt "nothing. I: earned oui locked the door/ atttd wenti into Mr Capstick's office/' -Itr was/stated, that thfe policy the Jlewsons nqt being able to pay premiums. of the jor^ 1 wab that .the fire 'haa. : been by leavkgra lignted candle* iiLth,6buiiding., /;.:-: :S .y the. P?iiice«s?s/Fheatue rlast/evening p "> drdniatified yerßiorfr'of'©iokeHßls^'pspul^r' work, produced and the audience, though ?mall/ was highly' ApprfHjiatiye. t>* book 1 pretty closely aiid'preserved-the iiain aneidents the: rf>f floUKe,,certain portions ofthe" plot appem- to developjel themsdves'rather rapidly." Newonan iNoggs perhaps the most prominent characters rathe drama, and both were creditably repre ' sented last night; 'Mr Hall created endless' amusement by hio of "Balph* Nickleby's clerk^an : d-W-the r iDli!ta,i schopbiaiter,Mr Kepgh had a part in wnich. he coulcT revel. 'Mrs Hah made a as?Bmike, her rendering..,.of ,lbe. frienjilesS iJMreated boy being fuil' of pathos and tnith'to n'attire. J -lSiichol*s Nickleby )w*3 evenly played by Mr Stonebam;. Ralph 1 villain of the_pie<ie, of -couT3<rTell ta : wnlKlßrs*' Nickhby.And Kate we pleasingly represented by Miss Bessie Vivian and Mips Willis, i Owing to the Jong list of charactersthese two Lubes had to double, as Mifes' ; .Squeers 1 and MirtildaPrifee rospectivelyy; and Mr Squeiers had a worthylifelpmate in Miss,; [ Vivian as the dispenser of brimstone and trefacle. Mr Steele j w£s warmly app&uded for the hearty way in which he played'tjio but the • xepyegcutative pf "{-'queers r sudi'ri lisp that it was impossible to und(rscenes passe4|»§\a3 great spirt, notably the Yorciblebreaking-up of Dotl{eboys Hall and KcViiun NoggYs rescue bt> j SmikefrAtf ; but Mja»' " I Squeers's tea party was a cqW' lusted- ? affair.' The programme conoiudjed | with a screaming; fawe entitled "The Temple of theSun,''ih which we" are Introduced ,to a company of strolling playeis, ;un<tler management of one Vincent Cramwell. This" trcupe.give a. performanca r £o an arijinged in a Bocoud theatre at the back!of the stege, and fixed up ( wilb ! .orchestra and'f curtain, ; bo, that we are really behind iihe sceaiej, ..and- thereby gain an idea of what goes bu Tlioi'-piece wltfH'of httwioi* ahd in-id-afefiie^ielllwjorthSeeing. We notice that both it a»:d "Nicholas Js'ickleby" ' will be withdrawn after to-night, to make room fork hj novelties,

severe shock, tSorough sousing change of raiment with him, and he found it impossible to get his drenched clothes drieofon account of the sea Bpray keeping the whole "BPawh<»< "CtfftH W vLa OU ? d on $"• wreck two whifc e feminine attire, and as u e3^Y fe, i o and a)i t'»at snow-white linen ■anaaM-jifcr-hc: dft^ ff fc^ m) ,-anflW„fl > nfr ar.ayed, } The attentib 5 directed to thl Oener«l Orders in anoth.r column. J ?t B?Sck ftt tt - sll^^*oi«B»i«t!enini i.vangehbtic seivices %vi:l be held hvtFadwi H^ all *A Wednesday and Thursday eveningst Ihe dates of the firins of the Ci.ty GoardJ »ff noUhedin columnsl Meanwbi'e ~. ..W> glad MLa subscrmtiW |1 scaffold at the I^mbjk fficd . HaJias b*ej m the Hospital is neFukely tb be ablo to