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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 429, 12 September 1877, Page 2

We hnve to-day been shown a telegram from Hokiiika to Mr. H. Aitken info ming him that as the tug Lioness was towing the schooner Pe'icin out to sea she ran aground on the Nonh Spit, where she now lies high and dry. The schooner collided with the tu'. r on the bar. and the result of the collision was that the schooner's foretopmast, bulworks, and stanchions were carried away. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, b fore T. A. Clowes and G. Sumpter. Esqs., J.P.'s, James Stewart was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in 'I hames-street .yesterday, and with having broken a pane o'f glass in the window of Mr. M 'Laren's shop. The accused pleaded guilty to being drunk, but said he did not remember anything about the g ass-bieaking. 'J heir Worships dismissed the cha ge of drunkenness with a caution to accused. On the second charge he was fined 5s , and ordered to pay 355.', the amount of the damage'done, or goto " limbo " for seven days. The regular monthly meeting of the Waitaki County Council will be held tomorrow morning. Mr. nnd Mrs. Tavares were greeted with a capital house last evening at the Masonic Hall, but taking into account the very high reputation which these artistes brought with them from other parts of the Colonies, the attendance was nor. so large as might have been expected. Mr. and Mrs. Tavares are assisted by Miss Kate Vernon, Messrs. j Clinton and Huntle}', all of whom are tolerably well known in this Colony. Owing to the lack of a sufficiently large company, and the want of sceuerv aud other stage accessories. Mr. and Mrs. Tavares had to content themselves wish giving selections from some of the\,r favourite pieces. The first of these were the quarrel and screen scenes from Sherid inV g and old comedy of the " School for Scandal." In thi< Mrs. Tavares, as Lady Teazle, gave the audience an idea of the greatness of her dramatic powers. She was in reality the gay, light-hearted creature which the au'hor intended the character should be: The manner in which she alternately teased, scolded, and cajoled her' old husband was really admirable, and won en-thusia-tic plaudits from the audience. In the quarrel sceue, Mr. Tavares appeared as Sir Peter. Teazle, and gave a capital representation of the character; but it was ; as| Charles Surface, in the screen scene that j Mr. Tavares was seen to the greatest advantage. In this scene the character of Sir I

Huntley, wnoigot the pa^jvery'jirell. The Baflbe|cannot, hoover, !Mr. Clinton,<sho made Joseph Surface jpaxtake more of ;thej nature of a.melodramatic villain than, ofgtfiis, morati£ingj > hypocrite /as drawn "by Sffetidan. Thepdexfc' item on the programme was some choice morsels from "Faust and Marguerite." Mrs. Tavares, as Marguerite, was all that could be desired, while Mr. Tavares gave a very good rendering of Mephistopbeles; but Mr. Clinton was not at ease as Faust. Miss Vernon did well the lit le she had to do as M artlia. Mr. Tavares then came before the curtain, and stated that, in compliance with a request from a number of the audience, he would introduce a scene from "Rchelieu" The scene ch 'Sen was from the fourth act, where Hiohtflieu, having been deposed from the position of Prime Mi 'ister through the machinations of Baradas, refuses to obey the mandate of the King for his ward Julie de Mortimer to attend at Court. Mr. Tavares gave a good rendering to the powerful language which Bulwer Lytton has given to the Cardinal. His rendering of the glorious speech in which Kichelieu affords to Julie the protection of the Church was admirable. Mrs. Tavares, as Julio, was also capital, and we experienced a feeling of regret that this, the best of Bulwer Lytton's plays, could not be civen in its entirety. Mr. Clint' in as B.iradas, and Mr. Huntley as Joseph, had but "little to do. but they did that little well. A comic scene from Knowles' grand play of the " Hunchback" concluded the entertainment. Mrs. Tavares as Helen and Mr. Tavares as the bashful Modu-t were both excellent, and kept the audience thoroughly amused. To-night the little company appear for the last time, when a change of programme is promised.