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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 285, 22 March 1877, Page 2

Throughout this afternoon there has been considerable excitement in regard to the result of the racing for the Dunedin Cup, which took place to-day. There was, of course, a considerable amount of speculation as to the possible winner, Templeton, Guy Fawkes, King Philip, Pungawerewere, Maroro, and one or two others being freely prognosticated to win, the first-named binding especial favour from the fact that at a dark seance held on Tuesday night by some "sportive characters the "spirits" named Templeton as the winner. Few, however, in Oamaru at any rate, seem to have spotted the winner, although one or two seemed to pin their faith to Fishhook, who, as our telegrams show, was the winner, beating a field of fourteen. We may state that the sporting contributor of the Dunedin Evening Star named Fishhook in last night's issue of that journal as the horse who would first pass the winning-post. The writer says " Fishhook is the best conditioned horse now here, and he has also done the best work; rnd although the distance is a little above his max'lr, superior condition may pull hnn through.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court today, a man named Barnard Gray was fully committed to take his trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, Dunedin. on a charge of stealing a pocket-book containing money and valuable papers from the pocket of one Timothy Moriarty. The case will be found fully reported in another column.

i The var'o'is Batiks will be closed to-mor-row, hi c-">usi'leration of the day being the aTin'versury of the Province of Otago. Tlrs even!. ig Pro Feasor Black, of the Otago TJ-iiverS'ty, will, deliver a lecture on "Oxygen, and it", relation to combustion." Ths lecture vi 11 bo accompanied by a number of experiments, and r.hould prove of a highly i.rtcvestipg nature. We hope to see-the Masonic Hall crowded on the occ.rusn. more e .'~c';'Uy as the proceeds are to be devoted to the local Mechanics' Institute. The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Alfred Lodge, 1.0.0. F., was hehl last night in the Lo;lg>room, Hoyal Hotel. The busine—transacted was of a purely routine chiiractei - . j i The <"'hr:stchurch evening Star, referring ! to the rider attached to the verdict of the Coroner's Jury at the late inquer-t touching j the death 01 Captain Bain, says : —"All who ; are acquainted with the extremely dangerous j and unprotected state of the road in question j will quite agree with the Jury." i In the Timaru Herald there fo, at present a sharp clbcirniou going on between the j Editor and the Tonic Sol Faists. The Editor, who is of the orthodox crotchet and cuaver school, bogm the campaign by tainting the musical dissenters of the of their system. This brought a couple of the ■ Sol Taists to the front, who have gallantly : defended their system. The Editor has no v* somewhat shifted his ground,-and.houeatly admits that for vocal mu':ic the system iu ' doubtcrlly complete ; bat for instruments he aays it *" too cumbrous. We are afraid he will get .bto hot water, as he apparently has not the subject at his linger ends. We will watch-with interest the issue of this LtJ.e battle between the musical Whigs and Torlcf. A young, woman named Christina Clark war; tried for child-murder at the sitting of Sr.preme Court, Lawrence, on Tuesday. The G 'and Jury threw out the bill'; but the accused vtsjh then arraigned on the Coroner's inquisition. Drs. Withers and Slewait gave evidence that the. child was alive when born. The mother said she had no assistance at its birth,-, aid that she fainted whrn washing the child. Several other witnesses deposed to having ccen the piiconer. belore and aftei her confinement. At firiit the ..accused had denied having given birth to a child, but rhe afterwards acknowledged to having teen con. lined, stating that the child was dead, and would be found in a box in her room. Mr. Walter Taylor, of Tokomairiro, aV>ly _de- 1 fended the prisoner, and made a spn-lted appeal 011 her behalf to the jury, which mainly contributed to her acquittal. The jury, after retiring for 40 minute 3, acquitted the accused on all counts.

It is stated that fish cannot live in the | Yarra, Melbourne, on account of the fellnidi) gory pollutions. What manner of man is this? The Welton Argus says that Wellington boa.'jts of ! the champion libellist. He hr.n now throe suits on hand, and still hungers for more. -■! ' A woman named Elizabeth Cummins was i received -into .the--hospital-last evening (say,:; i yesterday's Guardian) sufferings from the i brutal ill-treatment of her husband, who wa-j afterwards taken into cuntody. Ho. dragged her by the hair of the head, and dashed her on the hearthstone, inflicting several frightful scalp wounds. ' There is perhaps no newspaper-writer in the Olony whose writings contain a greater amount of pure ncti.on_ than do those of the " Intelligent Vagrant " in the New Zealand Mail. Indeed, we remember hearing rn acquaintance of I. V.'s remark that one might bet that there was no truth in any paragraph he wrote, and come out of the affair a heavy winner by the transaction. We do nojj therefore give the following extract from the " Intelligent -Vagrant's " latest- eoiitribii.Ja.on • with -any • assurance- of its being true : —" i--.o . oaght to 'Ziave been au Irishman. The conversation was about the AlI-Engiand Eleven and the assault cane against Pooley. The characters of the various members of the .team- were'.being -discussed, and he, sa'd. ' Well, my opinion about the Eleven is that they a v e six of one pud half-a-dozen. of another." ITio Duuedin Eveniivj Slav rnpplxoi the following in reference to the death of lur. G. I-J. Ti'be, M-. H.R., whose death was chronicled in ' our telegraphic columns on Tuesday:—" Mr.- George •• IT. Tribe rspro•eentod the district of Totara, in W'c for come year.";, having siit- m three Pail ament?, including the present. The dccca:.,cd xra~ a strong aud cm ;ijteut supporter of xhe coveral Vogel administration?, and took an active interest throughout his political e'arser in gol.l-iieltU'' m -,t;,0r.3. Jli« name is chh3>/ associated in Weal land with the iiiilionui water race, designed to bring water to the valuable works at cud near the township of -ito,a, aud.it.. iics been entirely - through his active exertion. that the Government have taken the p.rliminavy steps towards its con .tructioAle. Tribe is ;ra old colonist, liav-iug ar.-ived in Canterbury nuve than -twenl-y- • ycaro ;.*>go,.- and*rigi'athig to the \Vo.:t Coa .t npoa the opo ii'g of the gold-i'slls there. For the kvsj three year; he has been resident in VVulL.i'gton. He leave-; a--widow,- bat no children. The Chris I church Stc.r is rather ."rough' on •; he people o[ that city for their want of atioa of Jirst-clajs entertainment". I'o 'say.-;-:—"M'i*. Severn's lecture last ldght fell through lor want of. a larger audience than hve persons. A shot time ago Mr. Dainpier, an actor whose -.qua 1 is not .likely to be seen in Clr ntclmrcli .or.-a-long uiine to i me, failed to attract a good, audio :-<je... Ye J a l\.tie while previously the Simonscii Opera Company had to perform night after night to mi - e ably thin house". - Sc.id.icc, Shakes-, peare, iVlu'.'.lc, have alike failed to draw. Is iL that the tastes of the people a- e so homely that they cannot tear themselves from the doaieafc-c hearth ? Perhaps so, and yet the fact that the- attendance is always good when plenty of * leg' is likely to be e::]nbited.on the stage, would seem to argue - the contrary. A second-rate circus too will generally draw a numerous crowd, and a we!l-devoli>x>ed bicyoliste i-i iy**3f.»sfcible. It is a :a;;.tter of doubt whether the people re-: gard'themselves a'.; superior to the chtertamineTiis they ,do not • pati-onise, • or- the enter- • tain: cuts r-z superior to then). They wouldprobably cay the former. Eut how stands the truth ? : '