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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 48, 26 February 1864, Page 4

Iv the leading article in our issue of Wednesday, by a typographical error, the reading was considerably transposed. Erom tlie word " Council," at the end of the first column, it should read* on to the word " another," the twenty-first in the second column ; and from the word " the," which is the twenty-sixth in the second column, to the word " same," the first in the second column. We will endeavor to prevent such an occurrence in future. We have been informed that a small rush took place the other day to some ground about eight miles from Longford, and that the majority of the men at work are earning wages there. A correspondent writing from Biverton, under date, February 22nd, has kindly furnished us with some particulars concerning the schooner Fawn, and Mr Bain's surveying party at Jackson's Bay, West Coast. He says that the statement was made to him by three men named respectively Henry Pollock, John Kinder, and Daniel Bell. He further states that two of the men are known to him as bemnging to the Fawn, aiid that they were induced to risk the voyage . round in the lifeboat because they feared that the vessel had been lost. The "following are the facts as supplied by the three men :— "We arrived atfßiverton this morning in /the life boat Perseverance, from Jackson's Bay, West Coast; having sailed from thence fifteen days ago. We have been eleven months prospecting, and fruitlessly • we are the.men left behind by the Courier. "When we left Jackson's Bay, Mr. Bain was' exceedingly anxious about the Fawn. She left the Bay on the 25th November, 1863, to proceed in search of Dr. Hector, and Captain Southan promised i to return in a fortnight or three weeks at the latest. Up to the time we left nothing was seen of .the Fawn, and she having taken Mr. Bain's lifeboat with her, (wliich was in a very bad condition, being very leaky,) and also four of his men, he was very anxious indeedabout the vessel. We called in at Milford Haven aud found the-, name "Fawn" cut upon a tree - we also called into other bays upon the Coast, but did not meet with any traces of the Fawn, or any other vessel. It is our impression that something must have happened to her, or she would have boen back to Jackson's Bay before we left ; we also must mention she had some of Mr. Bain's stores onboard, and he was to have written letters by us; but wo were compelled to como away ..without seeing liim on. account of the ■weather," -

-' •",■&» t^wtdrtlfiittfeftlie ** Cj^toUtifi Inters," which *fraa placed ontta&oavdt of thi Theatfce fioyal on Wednesday" night, afforded tlie audience ito firat. opportunity of judging of tho ability of the now pretty numerou* dramatic company engaged .there. To give somo idea of the characters represented in the drama, a briof description of the incidents Jtn^y <b*o necessary. - The Creole is a'f&male slavPia the Isle of France, and attached to the proprietor of the estate she is on, Aljphonte de Ngon, who is enatnourbd of the beautiful Creole, ore he is awatfo of her being hifc property. Tho girl is also the objeofc of the affection of one Antony Jbataw*, a Create, and being unrequited in his lovo for the^layd* he plots to prevent the union of hor and "hep lover. By a succession of ' pecuniary negotiations the~-C*eole becomes liis property, when he is mortally wounded' in a duel with a French officer Lieutenant Hyacinth St. AEmillion, but malignant ,and revengeful to the last, he, *in dying, Abf queaths his slave to his "cruel coufin" in* the neighboring island of Bourbon, when his revenge is frustrated by the opportune arrival of the news from republican France that t slavery is abolished, in all* her colonies, and the drama ends with- the <Jeath> of Latour, and the happinfcSß of^thc lovers- "'/. Introduced into the piece are the characters df , Boakes, a money lending Jew on the island ■:■,■ and BeUona St. Mars, a vivandiere ; the last . mentioned characters and that ,of Latour ■form**. ing the mosfc prominent in- 'the drama. -s^lrHarry Jackson, who made his first appearance in the character of Boakes, has played'it so frequently in most parts of the, Australian colonies, where he has appeared, -that^re question if there -n ere many amongst ther aujuence on Wednesday night who had noii segn hi*qi in it at some time previously.'^ The actor has made the character so completely a study, and, as we may .say from inis^p^.phaa: . so improved on the character wHchj»a%yWritten by, Shirley Brqokcsfor Aiittl^M^g^f' at the Lyceum, in London, ;'; that Iie r j^.^j^ftied to great commendation for Vsw&' £■ 'cforer impersonation. The humorous; of the over-dressed, and jewel-adonied^littlff *. Jew, his peculiarity of expresairoj" his humorously displayed mortification * J i&ijfl at the loss of his money SW the artfulness of Latour, . were /eacn * r and> au cleverly depicted^by Mr. B&'eor^ -- tinuous asseveration "I r^fe^J^^^e," -i&th which he endeavoi*sf]Bjiii^wßS¥^^oii' all ground that he is spea^fgo^ point, and the great hit of the charqeter.'^ If tliere^as aTault to detract from th^oof^pletc portrait of the' character, it was in; th^^ifefecup, which at one point was rather pyerdbhe. The distinguishing feature . of the _ pe^fe^df whom Boakes ia a type, may; be-' lengto.of nose, but not to such an extent as ,.M& t |T^Kson extravagantly carried it in ; the' pasteßoUtq imitation he wore.. Of Miss . Elpi^: J^u^f-s performance of the character of ißelWihASt. Mars, as we could only refer to in teriH| 8f faint praise, we will only remark;. thkt jl| wanted that dashing vivacity, which we wottM naturally conceive to be tlie charm ofthe pitt-i jST eithei* in her attire did the "actress prefejdt that smartness which is also such an attraqtioii in the French vivdndiere. As -we haye,' iii other representations by this acti'ess, had •■'%<».-> pleasure of justly praising her ~ excellent acting, we may be allowed to hint tlyit the acting required for . such A characters'^? not' exactly vher forte. A To Jfe,^!To* v j a Fawcctt, . for his conception. ,a,nd ,reahzaEr,. of the wily and revengeful haltf-casfc, ; i&Q are only adding our mee&iof praise to thajtydf the audience, in saying, that^, he ,di-nded,,tiu| approbation of the .evening M-ith.to^princi^fii actor, or, perhaps, under'- the; circumstance^ thathe deservedmore credit. Although he muit have been compelled hurriedly tc> study thw. character, he yet represented it very truly, ana in a way thafc evinced tha,t by'a moreUength* ened sfcudv he would mate a.faithfiil and a faultless impersonation. The other "characters in the drama— Louise AFlaiirtel, the Creole (Miss Kate Grant), Yirginie JDamiron (Miss Emily Norton), Jf. Damiron (^.Haygarth), Alplionse de ANyon{^iY.C3,vej)JMydcihthSt. AE million (Mr. H. Richardson)Y and , other minor characters were pretty /evenly Represented, with the exception of a 1 few imperfections, naturally consequent, on-^fesfc' representation. The evening terminated the burlesque of "Lord Lovel;" in .whicli;'4he " ghostly effects " were as ineffectively represented as on the previous nighty production of the burlesque, which was, hqwevier,' liiuch better played by the various; chapters.;" The . "Creole," and the farce 'of the,*' 'Loair of & Lover," were played last night for the -benefit of Miss E. Eoyal, the audience- -'on-^the occasion being sufficiently numerous ; t# satisfy the beneficiaire she lias become a favoMte'sihco her first appearance here. Mr. Crieor^Fawcett will make his j^sfc appearance at f the Rbyidl tomorrow night. : " ; ■'-. '" 'A; ~"A : ''A ] With regard to the rumored fushv:atvihe Hamilton Burn, we have not ; been able to ascertain any authentic information, and»JiE:ertefore refrain from* giving publicity ;to the ;:many statements concerning .-it %Mch" weretenweht ■yesterday. .-'•■-' 7 ■ :■ a'Ax-a :i >i ; iKH;u;>i;C r siyn The Argus -of dVth inst v r sates .Irp'^Concerning the shock of , an . earthquake, ifeltat jthe Observatory yesterday . (Tuesda^monnng, at about two o'clock, we may state^: that.jlt- & &s •yery. distinctly .felt f . at tlie: time.? stated, njjf ft gentleman residing, in the ; G^dincr's^Creek roan, near the Punt-road. , . He' had r .ridd<in from Melbourne, and .was stabling.:H3]hprse, when both he and his ; horse were startled by a loud report, which violently shook f he wooden stable.; The noise niight ;have been produced by, and- closely rcsembledthatpf, an unusually . loud. explosion of a^ blast in a;quar^, ;^thin a few hundred yards, of the pla^ : where^ihe- observer .stood. So near-;was;rthe.iresem|'la ilce J;hat the person who heard the nois^e : toolt'.itfor granted that he shoidd hear of somelMeide'ntal explosion laterinthe day. y to himithat iiwas^o.^^-of-v^'^Qiquake until he learned;; that it .hadl»e*.fat,.at thesame timesat tlie Ob^rvaf»^jV#d : on entering tJifihouse he Jaskedj ,lns T-^£if jshe^ Jiad heard the explosiwi which had jusfc>Jaken place. Sho, rather to his; surprise,, had: not dpne so j - but^; probably, tiie ladyVvras mot , quite awake .until her husband had ;enteredthe house, j We'-; have; also heard ; of : ;a house in - Fitzroy-terrace having rbeen. violently; shaken (by the earthquake; Thej shock <-was^alsofelt i ftt^Jpper^Hawthoro^andin^^ surrounding i^ighboi^odiVsThe-^t^fiwas sufficiently Bfaong>^p-ja*r^enya^^ residents rin t^t^eighborhopdjcandev^ to iaUsplaceglaaa^de^^eiiwai^ 1 ; A?f

Vrhich ■•will /be gireh to •&£*?• & Small ;to« night at the: Theatre Hoyal, previous to his departure \ -with -Mr. Thatche* for : the North. We believe that Mr.- Small has rendered himself an' immense favorite during thelast twelve months he has beon amusing the folks here, as singer, and: latterly aa a very . humorous ■ir'itotor-r-an instance of, which is to be found in v^iar*jrigfaiftfc*oonceptioh- and representation of tho burlesque character of Rnmtifoozleva. Lord Lovol V At a time,. "before wb had such extensive resources, for theatrical amusement at our disposal, Mr.] Sinali, and » the little company around ;hixh at the old Criterion, afforded eutertainnient of a no mean character, so that in gratitude for past services— setting aside the present cltmns/pi Mr, \Stmali-~his. old". friends are justly, bound to give, him ; the most substantial proof of his value in a benefit derived irom a crammed house. We have,; to eallj attentipn to a meeting of the Fire Brigade, to: be held to-night, at, eight o'clock; at the Union Hotel; As the business will be in connection with the reception and arrangement of ; the ' heyr hook and .ladder apparatus, which has arrived irom; Melbourne, we hope that a full; .-attendance* of the members will be present. ■-y ' ! * The foUowing appointments are from the Gazette of fhe~24th instant ■:— " General Post Office/Aucidand, January 8, 1864./ In virtue of the powers dclegoted to me by His r Excelleucy/the Governor, the, following apppintments;havc,{beenmada in ithe service ofthe colony:' WriiTAM Fox, Vfcr the Postmaster Gefleral. ",."' .. Sputhland.-r-^UQrge ' William . Fletcher, to be Posbnaster at the Oreti North, from the. 21st October, 1863. William Henry •King, to be Postmaster at Winton, from the ' 16th November, 1863. Donald Miorrison, to be Postmaster at Benmore, from the 16th November, 1863. ' Henry Arthur, to Ahe Postmaster at Athoh, from the Ist January, 1864 Tiichard William ' Baniels, to be Postmaster at Otautau, from the Ist of December. 1863." When!, there is every prospect of a general election soon we regret to' 'learn that some misapprehension exists as to the time for lodging claims to vote. For the information of those who are in doubt, we may state that the Registration office is ready noio to receive any number of applications, and will continue to do 30 till the last day of March. As it is hoped there will be a very large number to record, we would advise all who intend registering to. do so at once, and avoid rushing in on the last day allowed by law. The following notification is from the .Gazette of Wednesday, the 24th inst.:—" It is hereby notified that Edmund Rogers, Esq., has resigned, the office of Interim Provincial Treasurer. — J. A. R. Menzles, Superintendent. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 7th January, 1864." Wb. take the following anecdote,' relating th>.< circumstance of a young lady improving !he occasion of Leap Year, from a Victorian ■ irnal : — "A most interesting affair has jujuised the residents of Smeaton during the ■.-".st few "days. A damsel in the employment i-f mo bf the farmers thought it no sin to fall Vvpefately in love" -nith one of the reapers, ;ii.:,r : being leap year, she was determined to iYiiil herself of the privilege she possessed. A Jiirdihgly, in plain language, she. made the j»'iioatij proposition. The youthful swain saw , ■:■ hirig for it liut to be off ; so he made tracks mmi idiately for Creswick. The love-smitten <i;*.'U:;ei "gave chase, with a firm determination aot to be done out of a husband she had set I her heart; upon. She pulled him up near Birch's Creek- He remonstrated with her upon the impropriety of such a proceeding ; but it was all to no purpose— she held her ground firm, and never flinched in her determination, although the shades of night were coming on. The persecuted youth, being tired of a chase in which lie got the worst, saw nothing for it but to take her back again, and so he did." We extract the following from the Gazette pf Wednesday; Ihe 24th February : — " In pursuance of the provisions of the 'Town Board Ordinance, 1863," I, the Superintendent of the Province of Southland, do hereby appoint the j electors entitled to vote for Members for the town of Invercargill. in the Provincial! Council bf Touthland, to assemble upon Saturday, the fifth day of March, at noon, in the Mechanics' Institute, Invercargill, for the purpose, of electing three legally Qualified persons who shall be members of the Town Board of Invercargill, under the proTBibns of the Ordinance aforesaid, in the room jfcMvK/ Clarice/ H. A. Giller, and W. Lockhart, whose seats are vacant, under the provisions . of the Town Board Ordinance, 1863} and I hereby appoint Eobert Mitchell, Es^.j ; bf Invercargill (Returning Ofiicer), to preside' at the said meeting ; and in the event ; ofajjipilbeiiig demanded, 1 hereby appoint the polling to take place in the office of the said Board, on - Monday,;; the seventh day of March eiisiiing. - J.. A. lUMenzees, Superintended." Superintendent's Office; 22nd Februaiy, 1864." ; '_..';. The \%p'oHing Life of December 16th says : '■ —" Kihg, since his victory, has been la.*emen-doißly.Teceived-whereyerhe has shown, and on Friday night he Vfoopped into Weston's Musib;Hall at about afqirarter to 11 o'clock, and inct with a wpfiderfol ovation from the crowded audience. splendid ventilhoih band at once ifjiick up ' Rule Britannia,' and amidst a terrific/; shout King- was sumimMeu'bn to the stage. VV hen silence was resfsf £d, King said, as near as we could hear *. ---'ijadies and Getftleriien, I thank you very tiddly for your applause, and it is needless to say that I am proud I won, and won withfair punching. (Laughter. and cheers,) I think I ffadiudhaye 'wpn-.il quicker if I had hot been jotted in thelrsi; round./ After' my' light ■ (at : tMk moment Mace's, expressive I i%siognomy>#Mrperceivcd in a private box, ; «Jidthe audience .'were uproarious xmtil ne Reared on th^^atfprm side by/side with,his ; i old opponen^, jjTom King) 'it was my ihtenj Upb,' continued;Sbin, 'never to fight again. ; t had an. ambitibh \x> be champion of England. | ;• lined for it priefj^and. lost it when I thought ; A\ '• fought to liive/W;on it;YI had another, arid l' ; < g&in'ed the prbuftifiqnor b£ the championship^ remind was tHetiinade up, r to_ fight -no more '. Mace and i'/tneh became; friends,: and my V | days thought, all over. ' ■ But ■'■■ A j: fiioi-cigner camTe^prward arid chaUeriged me; A ! * & M» att^'adviei^i^ •' «&11 never fight^agani, but ;Mace^and. myself aiid about to haveja^dint benefit when we can J