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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 25, 28 July 1864, Page 2

His Honor Mr.;. Justice; Chapman delivered a' lecture in .St. Paul's . ... Church, - . Leet-streefc, on) Tuesday evening,, to inaugurate a. course of winter evening lecttires in ' Inv6rcargill. The subject chosen by the learned gentleman vr&s the "Fallacies of the Law," and his eloquent 1 and instructive 'discourse listened to with evident -pleasure -and gratification- bythe - crowded) assemblage present. Space forbids our giving, even an outline of the lecture, the press of other ( matter preventing thiß., At the conclusion, a meet-ing-was held,' when the subject of: the 'establishment of r a free library was^scussed^and a com- 3 t mittee of gentlemen 'was i appointed, to arrange the pr»limiukry stepß foif fcliis purpoge.

Wfifi&r. Boge?« Wdwised to W» «&tfouhqr i»« bhaOroti Patriot, t«ridej&g>i»-*«iign&tioa »»a sjmbw of <&» JfrsvinolalCowioU ftHihat district, In\eon»eg.tt6fi6e of his private affaiw oompolling him to withhold that attention to' public buslaew which the urgency of fho times waw&ats and do. mandfl. - -In- a *oeeht numbw of ft Tasmanlaa'pape* a lette*. was published, purporting^ to eomo. from r ay gentleman residing In Invewat-gBJ. A curtate portion of the statement* it contain* aw without doubt true, but TvitKregard to othe* portions, thft witet has draim "pretty considerably on Wb imagination, , The following is an extract i«~" Tjie railway is supposed to be ehalvod fo* three ye»«. All the' public cantHwtws have stopped to a saaa. No »ooount9 or contracts paid at the Ts'e&j.vuy--contracts fo? baking, butchers, &0., to gaol, etc., .thrown up, and the tatt w»r-&s thd gaol was fidl. and the inmates had no food for three days, it was oontemplated to set them free, rathe? than starve them.- * * * * Houses and^sto&s •will be got for occupancy j there ' is not one* (the last -went smash the other day) timber merchant here. A few days . will determine whether- Oobb and Co..wiir drive off to' Dunedin. ' The roads are impa3Bable-~far worse than last year—not exaotly in town, but a few miles f out. f *_. * ,* * 'Comment' is superfluous." The Government at a' stand still! The contractors and Government officers unpaid! The Banks emptied of cash' The prisoners starved in prison I ' Gan/'a country be in a more' deplorable condition ? " ' t An Adelaide telegram reports^ that the blacks from the North are coming do-wn in; great numbers, and many had already arrived, 1 it was was feared, with hostile intentions. .-,. 8y a Sydney telegram we learn f thaf inteffigenpe has been- received there oif the 'matches betweenthe Sydney and English Bifle Corps;. Ten m^ of No.' 1 Sydney company,' beat ten chosen men* from the Southampton rifles by twenty-on« points, at ' the usual distance ; and twenty-two men, chosen Tfrom! the ;Sydney battalion,' beat twenty* ticked menfrom the 2nd'Hants battalidhi by 168 points. His Honor Mr. Justice Chajjman . left ! fcpTrn j ye^ter^day 'forenoon j for the. Blu^T, where hejwilll j await' the arrival of -a steamer bouni for I)unedin. - . The -volunteers met for their usual j. company drill last night, in -the. stqre'at the corner of Dee and. Tay.,strcets, .lately in-the.occupation.of-.Col^n 2T. Campbell, and Co. . „. . , v •- o S At the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Tuesday,, Morris Salek' was placed in the dock on the, charge of conspiracy with intent to defraud, the prosecutor's, Messrs. Buttner and Hallejastein, and Mr. H. W. Whitton, of the firm of ! Maning and Whitton. The depositions of the witnesses who appeared at the trial of his alleged accomplice, Joseph Silverberg/ ~\ve?e read over in his -■presence, and her crossexamined them on.several points, but little new <jr important on the question at issue was elicited., The case was remanded till to-morrow for further, evidence. Yesterday, the case of Patrick Rough, for embezzlement, came on -for hearing. There were two distinct charges {preferred, against him';] the., first being a sum of £24 15b., in September, 11862, and the second one, of £18 9s. Bd., in June, 1863. | The evidence adduced left the Bench noalfernatiye'l but to commit' the prisoner for trial ' at the ' nex i sittings of the Supreme Court. ■ .!!■>; ; The Haymarket two-act drama of ", The JacObite," was ' performed at the Theatre Royal last I night to a thin house. ' We are sorry to observe this, in the face of "a reduction., of prices „to,,.the stalls and pit ; but we rather think the public is' not yet aware of such reduced fares. Two shillingß for the stalls, and. one shilling for the pit, should be sufficient' inducement to, ..warrant the expectation of full vhoiaßes, even were the performances not on a par. "We are happy to state, however; that the public have nothing to complain of on this head, asHh'e present company is one peculiarly ■ ■ suited for the place, and certainly too expensive for [the enf eouragement and support presently accorded to the enterprising proprietor. We trust that this state' of matters will not' exist long.' If the theatre is to b,e an institution in Invercargill, ifc is perfectly obvious that it must be' supported to an extent to prevent loas, whatever more might be expected. The drama of "The Jacobite," went oS, capitallylast night, the character of Widow Pottle being taken by Miss Cassy Matthews, anxAJPatiy was, represented by Miss Juno ; while John Duck, Pattys sweatheart, found a comical substitute in Mr. R. B. Dale. AH exerted themselves to the utmost, and the audience were -highly delighted. An afterpiece wound up the entertaiamehfo; • - Tojnight "The Jacobite " will be irepeated, with " A Prince for an Hour," as the after-piece.., To> morrow night Miss June will take her benefit, j