NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 442, 13 November 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

R.M. Court. —An inebriate was fined 5s this morning at this Court. This was the only case brought before the Bench, G.J.C. —The half‘yearly meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at Warner’s hotel, at 4 p.m, on Monday next. PiDM-DELphia Exhibition —All exhibits intended for Philadelphia must be sent in to the office of thie committee, Cashel street, not later than noon on Monday. Thb Taupo. —The sailing of this yessel has been postponed till 2 o’clock on Sunday to meet the convenience of the visitors from other provinces who have attended the races,

Metropolitan Meeting, —From an advertisement in our columns it will be seen that the members of the ring will be prepared to settle at 11 a.m. at Tattersall’s on Monday next.

The Elections.*—A meeting of the electors of the Coleridge district will be held at the Ashburton Public Library, on Tuesday, to discuss the questions likely to come before the Parliament, and the best means of securing the true representation of the district.

Chevalier Blondin.— By the last mail steamer, Chevalier Blondin’s secretary, M, C. P. Le Niand arrived in Melbourne to make arrangements for the appearance of Blondin in New Zealand. M, Le Niand will come on here shortly, and Blondin, vyith some attractions in addition to himself, will follow about January.

Serious Accident. — A serious accident occurred on the course yesterday, by which a young man named Daniel Fabling was severely injured. ' While the Bailors’ race was being run a horse he was riding became sornewhat fractious and backed on to the course, and before he could persuade him to get off the rnnpijug ground one of the Jacks cannoned against him, both ahjmals being thrown down, Fabling falling on bis head. He was picked up unconscious, with blood issuing from his mouth, and after being attended to by Drs Prins and Frankish, was removed in a cab to the hospital. Late last night we learnt .that he had recovered consciousness; his head is bruised, and it is believed he has met with severe internal injuries, bRt their extent cannot be ascer- i t.ained until this morning. The Gloucester Street' School.— This, the main school of the Christchurch East Educational District, will be formally opened by his Excellency the Governor on Wednesday next. The children, under the supervision of Miss Bolton (head mistress), Mr Hill (second master;, and the other teachers of the staff, will assemble in the various rooms through which his Excellency will pass, and will afterwards be concentrated on a platform outside the school, when the National Anthem will be sung. It is expected that his Excellency will address those present, and speeches may also be looked for ■ from the Hon C. C. Bowen (ex-chairman of the Board of Education), and the Minister of Education, Mr A. C. Knight. The childrenmeet on M inday for preliminaiy drill as to ifce posit ji?JB they will take up.

Coleridge Election.— Mr W: B. Tosswill, one of the candidates for the representation of Coleridge in the General Assembly, will address the electors at the ecboolhouse, Courtenay, this evening.

Volunteer Lodge, No 67, 1.0.G.T. At'the weekly session of this lodge held on Thursday night, the nominations for election as representative to the grand lodge took place, when Bro Wm Trumble was elected by a large majority. This lodge is rapidly increasing in numbers, and the anniversary will take place on the 24th inst. the programme of which will shortly he advertised.

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church.— On Thursday evening the Sabbath-school children of St Paul’s Presbyterian congregation, were entertained to tea in the church. The Rev Joshua Macintosh, late of Greymouth, presided. The panoramic views of Palestine, belonging to the Canterbury Sun-day-School Union, were exhited on the occasion, and several hymns were sung by the choir. The contents of the missionary box, amounting to £8 14s 7£d, were voted to the New Hebrides Mission, on the motion of Master George Innes, seconded by Master Harry Johnson. Several parents and friends were present, and an enjoyable evening was spent. At the close votes of thanks were accorded to Mr Haggett and his friends for taking charge of the Panorama, to the crnoir, and to the Rev J. Macintosh, for his services in explaining the views and in presiding. Theatre Royal. —“ Peg Woffington,” a play founded on an episode in the life of this once celebrated actress, formed the first piece at the Theatre last evening. The part of Peg herself, that strange compound of good heartedness and coquetry, was taken by Miss Florence Colville, and is one of the best of her many excellent impersonations. The many phases of character which the author has so strikingly brought out, her deep affection for Vane, resolutely conquered on beholding the distress of his wife, the warm impulsiveness which leads her, the idol of the town, to visit and relieve the distresses of Triplet and his family, culminating in the dancing of an Irish jig by way of driving from the starving family the recollection of their distresses, were all in succession pourtrayed by Miss Colville with a force and truth to nature that showed her to be a thorough artiste. In the scene at Triplet’s house, so natural and life-like was her acting, that one forgets that it was acting, and the mirth which sjie provokes becomes contagious. Differing widely though it does from any part Miss Colville has played this season, she yet achieved quite as genuine a success in it as those in wnich she is more familiar to us, and she deserves very great credit for the way in which she played a very difficult part. Not alone in the lighter scenes was she excellent, bpt in those requiring naore exercise of skill and talent, especially in the scene with Mabel Vane in the picture gallery, she pourtrayed pathos and deep feeling with as much effect as she had evoked laughter and smiles in the earlier scenes.'' Altogether, it was an admirable performance, and we hope before thp season closes to see her again in this part, a wish we feel sure shared by all who vyere prespnt last evening. Mrs Hill, as Mabel Vane, had one of those pretty parts in which she excels, the delicate touches which form the pbarm of the character being very charmingly rendered by her. |n the scene with Miss Colville, to which we have referred, she shared the honors deservedly with that lady. Miss Lily May played Kitty Clive well, and Miss Laurence made the most of Mrs Triplet. As Sir Charles Pomander, Mr Hoskins was exceedingly good, giving the audience a true picture of the man of fashion of the time and Mr Douglas played Ernest Vane capitally. As Triplet, more particularly in the pathetic scene with his wife and children, Mr Booth played better than any part this season, He seemed to throw more life into the character than is usually his wont, and hence was thoroughly successful. He received, as he deserved, warm plaudits. The other characters were well played.’ The farpe of “ Founded on Facts ” concluded the performance, aud in this Mr Hoskins kept the house in’ a high state pf mprriment. To-night “The Octoroon will bp repeated; and Monday will be a vice-regal command night, wften his Excellency and suite will be present.

The literary remaips of Hans Andersen, especially his large collection of letters—his own and those addressed to him—will, according to a correspondent of the Pannevirlie, be, in conformity with the last will of the deceased, given up to Director C. St. A. Bille, formerly editor of the Dagblad, and to Candidate Nik. B.ngh, for arrangement and eventual use;'

The law courts in Paris have .been sitting in judgment on some claims arising "out of transactions whiflh occurred upwards of 200 years ago. ■“ It appears,” says the Paris correspondent of the Jpall MaU Gazette , “ that in 1638 Jean Thierry left to his heirs a sum of about 20,0C0,000f. Thierry was the son of a shoemaker, and was successively sailor, valet, brigand, and waiter. He fell in 'with' ft trajejler called Tibaldi, who died without heirs, and left bis mfiOPy to Thierry, who in his turn left it to the Thierrys o| Champagne and Lorraine. The money was lodged in the Bank of Zecca, of Venice, waiting for the heirs to be found, which was very difficult, A great many diplomatic notes were exshanged cn the subject of this heritage between the Governments of France and Italy, and at last Venice an<jf all its treasures were seized by Napoleon, who alluded to tjie Thierry heritage as amounting to 20,000,0,0fif. Berthier, chief of the staff, afterwards wrote to the Directory :—‘Nothing remains in Venice; everything has been carried away, destroyed, or sold.’ The heirs of Thierry, on the ground that the 20,000,000 f was taken from the house of Zecca ip 1797, and paid into the Frt.nch Treasure,! aim' tbatftmounjc with interest, from 'the French Govern mSiit. The Court, haying heard all the' parties, (Jeclared itself incompetent. It seems that about 2000 persons have presented themgelyes as descendants of Thierry, in no way de'erred by the fact that that worthy, having been bom a shoemaker, turned brigand.”

A letter from Yokohama in the Borsen icitung says that the success of the Formosan expedition has encouraged the Japanese to make renewed efforts for the extension (f t ieir influence and trade in foreign countries, and that they are now endeavoring to open relations with Corea. The attempts to conclude treaties with that country have hitherto proved fruitless ; only a few months a«o the King of Corea ordered two of his officials who had been persuaded to enter into negotiations with Japanese envoys to be

beheaded. According to the last accounts the Japanese Government had sent two ships of war to reconnoitre the Corean coast, and if they meet with a similar reception to that given to some American vessels a few years ago, this may afford the pretext for hostilities which Japan is perhaps looking for. The correspondent adds that the treaty concluded between France and Annam was to have come into effect on the Ist of July. This treaty was regarded as a great triumph of French policy as pomparad with that of England in India, the Emperor of Annam having bound himself to open the harbors of his province of Tongkin to the French settlers at Saigon, to allow Europeans to reside in the seaport towns and to leave three roads to the Chinese frontier open for commercial purposes, France had thus seemingly obtained what England had failed to secure in Burmah—namely, a direct communication with the rich southern provinces of China. But it now appears that the Emperor of Annam, encouraged by the independent attitude of his neighbor, the King of Burmah, with regard to England and the advice of the Chinese Government, is putting forward all kinds of pretexts for delaying the execution of the treaty, and the French consequently threaten to compel him to fulfil his engagements by force of arms. The population of Tongkin is 8,000,C00, and of Saigon 2,000,000. The French trade in Saigon, which was colonised in 1860, already amounts to about 60,000,000 f a year, and the revenues of the colony have increased from 5,000,000 fin 1861 to 14,500,000 f in 1873.