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Otago Daily Times, Issue 138, 25 April 1862, Page 4

The Dunedin Garrick Club are to make their bow this evening, at the Princess Theatre. Every effort has been made to secure the success of the entertainment, the, rehearsals having been frequent. The important questions of scenery ami costume-have been carefully discussed and settled, and all is in readiness for the rising of the curtain. As we have previously mentioned, the play selected for this interesting debut de le corps dramatique is Bulwcr's celebrated comedy of "Money," and in the apportionment of the numerous characters, due regard has been had to the natural capabilities "of the different performers. It is, therefore, reasonably to be expected that the representation will bo quite up to the average of amateur efforts. As will be seen by the programme, which wo publish elsewhere, several well-known Dunedinites are among the performers. It is announced that an original prologue, written for the occasion by Mr. B. L. Farjcon, will be spoken by himself previous to the .rising,'of the curtain. After the play, Mr.- Mitchell is to dance the Gillie CiUlum, ; to the, dulcet strains of the Highland, bagpipes, which will be played by Mr. M'lnucs, both dancer and piper being.famous performers. Altogether, the bill of fare is so attractive that it cannot fail to draw a crowded house—indeed, we understand that all the tickets are already en-; gaged. The Benevolent Asylum is therefore likely to benefit largely by the entertainment. In the report of a case (of embezzlement) made before the Itesident Magistrate on Wednesday, and which appeared- in our issue of yesterday, the name of the delinquent was printed Adolphus Glisso. We are since informed that the real name of the offender is Adolph Beisel. ' When, on receipt of the first intimation of the chance of war between the Northern States of America and Great Britain, we pointed out the danger that wasto be apprehended from American privateers in the : Australian waters, it was thought by many that we were giving away to needless alarm, our opinions were based upon an estimate of the American character; and upon the knowledge that, at the congress of Paris, the Americans had refused to enter into the^Convention to abolish the issue of letters of marque in any future wars. Asa singular confirmation of the justness of our views, we maybe permitted to quote the following paragraph from the Illustrated, Times, of the 14th December, an"d which had previously escaped our notice :—" It is stated in Paris that intelligence has been received there of the intention of the American Federal Government fo fit out a number of privateers for the purpose of attacking our Australian trader 3 " before information of a war" could reach that distant region ftom England. This is a matter that requires looking to immediately." 'In the report, in our issue of yesterday, of the case of William Henry Brutton it was inadvertently stated that the prisoner pleaded "not guilty," whereas he pleaded " guilty." We understHnd that Mr Jacob Levi Sappier, who came here on a mission from Jerusalem", to collect subscriptions fot the relief of the distressed Jews of the Holy City, leaves Duncdin by the Aldin^a. We are requested, to express a hope, that the benevolent of all classes will avail themselves of the opportunity that is thus still afforded them of extending their aid in furthering an object that so ranch appeals to charity and philanthrophy. Donations will be thankfully received by the President of the Jewish Synagogue, Mr. H. E. Nathan, and by Messrs. Kuttner, S. Solomons and S. Falk. - .We are glad to see in our report of the sitting of the Provincial Council yesterday, that Mr, McGlashan tendered an apology to the. Speaker and the House, for the unguarded and undignified manner in which he had spoken of certain parliamentary documents, at the previous sitting of the Council. Oh!— Some inveterate joker lias sent us ••the following "Riddle for the' Times:'!—" Why are the members of the Dunedin Garrick Club like the hanker who sent off £1000 in gold from London by coach, to enable a friend in the country to meet his liabilities?". Answer—" Because they are putting money on the stage for charitable purposes I" Since a sense of justice and fairness, together with a previous warning which we gave the oifender, is not sufficient to deter him from continuing his pilfering habits, we must speak to him in very plain terms. -We have no objection .to his taking'as much as he likes from our columns so long as he acknowledges bis authority; but we will riot submit to his adopting as his own the reports which we are at considerable expense in procuring. Similar attempts' at home by a trashy "section of the Press, had to be summarily put down by the, leading journals/and reluctant as we1 'Should *b<f to take any extreme course,

we must warn the 'paper referred to, that we will not permit it, with impunity from legal consequences, to continue its petty larcenies from our columns. We are informed (h.it in a leading article a short while back, the Editor announced the doctrine, that there was no such thing as honor, that it wns only an imaginary quality, about which no two persons agreed. AYe are not inclined to allowthis peculiar theory to be carried out at our expense.

We must apologise to the readers of the triweekly paper known as the Colimi.it, for a nmtake which occurred in our issue of Wednesday last, and which the journal referred to, in pursuance of its usual Imbit of appropriating from ourci'rlurnns without acknowledgement, has adopted as its own. In reporting Mr. Gillies' speech in the Council, we .by an error, made that gentleman refer to the Executive Ordinance, instead of the Education Ordinance. In copying out the speech word for -word from us, the. same error is absolutely made. Other parts of the report are exact' copies from us, whilst much of the remainder, although slightly altered and varied, is evidently adopted fiom our report.