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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 September 1864, Page 2

The Trustees of the Southland Savings- Bank . are summoned to meet in the office of the Provincial Treasurer on Tuesday first, at four o'clock p.m. We observe that a fancy and auction bazaar, in aid of the Building Fund of the Church" of England, -will come off at the railway Btation on the 27th and 28th instant. Donations mil be received by Mrs. Gille6, D. M'Donald, and. Tanner, and by Mr. Marchant, at the railway station. • From the Melbourne stock and share list weobserve that the Otagri "Provincial /Government eight per cent. Debentures' stand the highest in the market. Messrs. BailhV and Butters quotetheir closing prices at from 106 to 110. A great treat was afforded to those of our citizens who patronised the Theatre last night, v and we were glad to "find that it was so largely ■*■ taken advantage of. The performances on the occasion were for the benefit of Miss ' Elqise Juno, and commenced with the famouß historical drama of " Mary Queen of Scots," introducing the Loch Leven episode of that unfortunate queen's history. The beneficiaire assumed the part of Mary Stuart, and charmed the v audience, not only with a careful and truthful delineation of the character, but by her queenly and most appropriate attire, which of itself was really quite a -study. Miss Cassy Matthews appeared as Lady Douglas, and did full justice to the part, pleasing the audience very much by her clear and distinct articulation,, combined with much force and depth of feeling. The Lord George Douglas found & good representative in Mr. . James Streeton, while ; - the characters of Lvrd Lindsay, Dry sdalc, Sandy Macfarlane, &c, , "were- ■ undertaken by amateurs, who got through their respective parts very creditably. 'The" latter, w« might mention, succeeded very well indeed on the whole, the Scotch accent being pretty fairly given. The plot of the story we need not dwell upon — every one, we believe and hope, being already as conversant with that chapter of history as with their own. After the curtain fell, the next, piece was "My Son Diana ;" but the remaining attraction of the evening was the farce of " The Bonnie Fishwife." In this amusing piece-,. Miss. Juno's acting is extremely rich, especially when she transforms herself frmt the romantic Soiitli of England belle into the Newhaven fishwife. The change is no&less complete than strikingly truthful, every action and accent of tHe'-Scotctf-Ksßre being what may be termed a fuc-simile, or correct photographic portraitfrom the life. _The_character of Maggie Macfarlane is decidedly the master* piece of Miss Juno/ and," whatever "may be her versatility of talent, bo. long as she chooses to appear in Scottish characters her Buccess on the boards will be not fess certain 'than '■'s is 'well merited. The- performances throughout were most successful, and gave unqualified satisfaction to all present. '■ ;.. ;.;■,•;.;,•..■ V. „;* -.'.'-- : v V.- "(■ In the Kcsident Magistrate's Court yesterday, a statement was made., by a, baker which left any one who chose to.infer.'ithe^ percentage of ..profits accruing to any one who pursues that- calling.. He said that " the boy was supplied with bread from my place on his own account, and he. was allowed sixpence out of every shilling's! worth he sold." If, therefore, the charge of sixpence left a margin of profit, the usual charge, of one shilling for a shilling's, worth should" pay well. We observe from the letter of the Ghristchurch. correspondent of the Oamaru Times that.tlie lessee of the theatre there made an. offer, of £500 for the services of the Lyster Opera Troupe for * fortnight. Their demand, however, was £2,000 for a month. We fear Invercargill must den/ herself the luxury of a visit of the Troupe- on these terms, ait least for the present ! , From Melbourne journals,, we oibftsrra that George" Millar, the absconder, has filsd~ixhrschsdule in the insolvent court. ~ It appears from it, that his liabilities amount to £59,800, and fiis stated assets- to £34,153.' Tho creditors- are jonry Bttrm number, as follows ? — Robert Laidlaw, of Heidelberg, £7,000 ; James Bobertson, of - Keilor, ;£8,Q09 ;. Johir BiTen; of St. Kilda, '£6JOQQj Josephr Aanand, of London, £12,600 ; .- (Jeorg* Annand, of London, £18,700; John Cujiaming v^^miet of Darlington, Victoria. £IS,s9§_q.

-~*Jl -Meeting was beld yesterday afternoon in the ! "Registrar*! office, Government Buildings, between I tfcVe&yrnittee of the Mechanics Institute "and the! Winter Evening Lectu^s -Committee. The Insti- \ -iutewaa represented by. 'Messrs. Geisow, Beaven,; Macdonald, Stock, and the .Jtev. , O. Seerle, and; the conuiriittee of jlectuifere\ present were Messrs. f Bright;, South 5 ; Johnston, arid the Rev. i Mr. Shaw. Mr. . Bright,' who was voted to .the ; ohairV' explame^ 1 hb^matterr stood betwixt the ( two bodies. From the 5 remarks which fell, it ap-j Reared that: the 'use '"tit the ; hall of the Institute , bfcd beei granted 'to the liectiireComnaitteegratiß, ; on conditioh'that^the'lnstitaite should not be{ called-upon to pay ariyrbf the incidentalexpenses ; attending.the lectures,. such as lighting,a,ttendance, , 4c':' There being^a heavy debt, however, on the : be4da^ of the Institute Committee in. connection ; 'with' that building, . they, were desirous of coming to somp definite understanding with the lecturers ■ on the subject of . .co-operating so : as to. render the InstiWtion more popular, than it lias hitherto been, If 'some arrangement of the kind could not be come ibfit' was > the Intention of the Institute Comnritfee torealizo on the building, to meet the bill which had been accepted by them .on account of the Building Fund,' arid -which was now nearly, falling due. .. It .was, the. unanimous feeling of both Committees that every effort should be made, not only'to preserve such an "institution to the town, but also by the co-operation of the Lecture Committee, whose objects were in all respects kindred to those of the Institute, it was considered that the primary aim for which the winter evening lectures had been set on foot (i.e., the establishing of a Free Library for Invercargill) would be sufficiently promoted by an amalgamation with the institute. If this could be arranged to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, it was determined that a vigorous endeavor should be made to establish a library in connection with the Mechanics' Institute, the want of it having operated seriously against the prosperity of that society. It was ultimately resolved that this matter be remitted to a sub-committee of three each from both bodies to consider the subject fully, and to report, to another meeting, to be held on the evening of Friday next. From the Argus of the 2nd instant we observe that a daughter of the late Lord Eldin, of Edinburgh, died at St. Kilda, on the Ist instant. She was 64 years of age, and the relict of the late Dr Law, of the 2nd Queen's Own Regiment, and of the late Thomas Scott, Esq., of Springfield, Launeeston. M ,■ ■ ■ t . . , The New South Wales Government has refused to co-operate with the. Government of Victoria in an arrangement for the establishment of a fortnightly steam communication with Great Britain. • The Argus says the address which was presented to Captain Gray, of the Great Britain, is really a work of fine and elaborate art. It is m the form of an album, a testimonial shape superior to the old frame and glazing. The address occupies two sheets of vellum, with a delicately executed bordering of rope-work in gold; the whole surrounded with white satin ribbons, a delicate floral tracing running down on each side. Anchors, tridents, and other naval emblems occupy the corners, and at the top of one •oaf c are the Union Jack and mercantile ensign, and on the other the flags of the Black Ball and Ea^le Lines painted in proper colours. The chief ornament of the work, however; is an excellent coloured drawing of the noble ship m the command of which Captain Gray has won so much reputation and respect. The address itself^ls a , beautiful specimen of ornamental writing. The principal words are in golden letters, and there is a skilful admixture of brilliant green and gold and red and gold, with the sober black. The binding, crimson and gold, is a splendid and tasteful specimen of native workmanship. This fine work comes from the establishment of Messrs. Hamel and Ferguson, of Collins-street. The address is signed by about ninety persons who have sailed under Captain Gray'B care. Mr Angus M'Millan, writing from camp /, Tobona Creek, Gipps Land, on 20th August, to the President of the Board of Land and Works, Melbourne, says :— " It is with the greatest pleasure I have to inform you that I am now twentysix miles from Stratford. Left that place on the 2nd of this month ; and by clearing nine miles through a thick-forest, I am proud to say I have avoided ; all the steep pinches between this and Guana Creek. When I finish the dray -road to the Crooked River, a coach-and-four can go without trouble- on my route. lam happy to inform you that there are thirty-five payable quartz reefs dis- : covered since my track was opened, and they have discovered alluvial diggings about sixteen miles from the Crooked River, on my track to Omeo. Report says they get thirty ounces to the paddock. There are about 200 men there already. There will be a great rush to this part of Victoria whenever our present road is finished." There are at the present time about three hundred and seventy inmates of the Melbourne Benevolent 'The Police Gazette of Victoria has the following particulars about a "bolter, John Heales, alias John Hill, alias George Williams a native of Stranraer, Scotland, a groom, aged forty-five, who escaped from the Penal Stockade, Colling- j wood, on the 15th inst. Under the name of John Hill he was sent from Sydney to Norfolk Island under seven years' sentence, for striking the chief officer. On the 12th May, 1859, under the name j of George Williams, he received sentences of eighteen months and twelve months, for burglary. On the 23rd April, 1861, at Kilmore he was sentenced, under the name of George Williams, to five years' hard labor, for stealing lewellcry. There is also a warrant now at the Detectiveoffice charging him with escaping from a life sentence received in Tasmania. The following is the state of H. M. Gaol, for the week ending 9th September, 1864 -.-Sentenced to hard labor— males, 19 ; committed for trial before Supreme Court, 2 ; debtors, 4 ; imprisonment only.l; lunatics, 4-total, 30- Received during the week, 5 ; discharged during the week, 4 Increase in number of inmates for the week, 1. ' We are informed that tho licensed victuallers of Invercargill have formed themselves into an Association for the better protection of their rights Tkey have been led; to this from their belief that the sale of liquors "on the sly grog system is so great as to seriously injure legitimate trade, and it U their intention to do all in their power to put it down We are also led to understand that their attention will not only be directed to the lower cla«s of places where such unlicensed traffic is carried on but wholesale merchants, who have been in the habit of dealing out "nobblers" without the necessary license, will be looked after, as well as their more unpretentious brethren. A nest of live frogs has been recently discovered in a basaltic rock at BaUaarat, at a depth of nearly 140 feet from the surface. They came to see the lieht of day through the process of blasting the rock, and we are informed that "the cavities, from out of which the frogs skipped after the shot, are filled with a kind of pulp. Some specimens have been forwarded to Dr. Macadam A fire broke out in Clarendon-street, Melbourne, on the evening of the Ist instant, which resulted in the destruction of two fih °P 3 o - , their contents. These shops were Nos. 138 and 140 of the street, and were occupied respectively by Mr B Nathan, newsagent, and Mr. J. B. Youle,' draper. The loss of the former is estimated at £400, and the latter at £1,400; both are insured to nearly one hall' the damage. .-.. At a recent meeting of the Victorian Acclimatisation Society, Dr/ Mueller mentionM that, man interview with Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, hat officer expressed his willingness to take. some tlack swans and kangaroos' to New Zealand, which , was decided would be-sent^at same, time asking Sir George Grey to reciprocate with pheasants, which are, now plentiful round- Auckland. An anti-transportation meeting has been held at Ballaarat, to 800 persons; were present, , and .unmistakable evidences of the, pubhcbpinibn-of'the'aistrict were exhibited j The squatters -of New South Wales and Fh>! toria have-very; generally- determined to. shear the; wool in the grease, this season, as, the saving in; carriage and ; the" 'increased' iprice obtained f 6r t washed wool; 'it r lias been found,; [does not com-. penßate for'i&e' troiible, •expense,' arid-risk,' attending pheepwaebing operations.