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Southland Times, Issue 998, 5 August 1868, Page 2

The attendance at the Theatre last evening was limited to about two or three dozen people. The performance of the Carandinia, notwithstanding the disheartening effect caused by the limited number of the audience, was, however, admirable, and enthusiastically applauded by those piasent. It wiU be seen by our advertising columns that Miss Fanny's benefit takes place to-night, and a grand sacred concert on Thursday, at which a number of amatei'-a are to assist. The , shooting for the Silver Medals presented by Mesdames Harvey and Q-eisow to the Irivercargill Volunteeer Rifle Corps, to be competed for by the members of the company, came off at the Invercargill Butts yesterday, the 4th inst. The weather was most unfavorable, the wind blow-? ing almost a hurricane, with frequent showers, still, a good number put in an appearance. The combatants for the second class were the first to fire, but owing to the inclemency of the weather few had the courage to risk a defeat. The first class, however, was keenly contested, no less than twelve competitors being present. It is some* what remarkable that both the medals should have fallen to the lot of members of the staff of this paper, considering that the employees of this establishment hare but few opportunities for practising. The scoring is far below the usual average, but scarcely anything better could have been expected considering the wildness of the day. The winners of the medals are Messrs Thompson and M'Oonechy. The subjoined is a list of the scores : — I FIRST CLASS.

6 shots at each range, 4, 5, and 600 yards. Private J. Thomson ... : 32 » 5 1 - Henderson ... ... t#t 25 „ Hufibdine \' m £4 „ Gh Reese ... ... ... # [ 23 Sergeant 0. Brown , "' t 21 Private Robertson... ... „,. \" t 20 „ Campbell ... ... „, i#t jg „ E. Burns ... ... >#t ■'-" jg „ A. Brown ... • ... t>> >#i .g. „ Scott ... ... ■■ ... _ ... 9 „ Franklin ... ... ... .'.', '7 „ Miller .„ ... „| " m • 4 SECOND CLASS. 5 shots at each range, 2, 3, and 400 yards. " Private H. M'Conechy ... 31 , „ A. Burns ... ... „, #>> 27 ■ „ J.Taylor ... „, ... .',',' 8

At the Eesident Magistrate's Court on Mon- I day, the 3rd August, William Powell sued Oapt. Elles, in his capacity of Gollector of OustomSj for the sum of £13 2s 6d, the value of certain bags of sugar illegally seized by the police in April last. It will be recollected that oartain property said to belong to the plaintiff, consisting of portions of a still and some sugar were" seized on the ground of being for purposes of illicit, distillation. Upon the case being heard, tkc cria^oo t~~i»~ down, and Powell was discharged. He now sued for the above amount as damage to the artioles seized, during the time they were in the oustody of the police. The c&bo was dismissed. The circumstances of the rescue of the survivors of the ' General Grant ' will be fresh in the memory of our readers. Mr M'Pherson in his capacity of acting Amerioan Consul wrote to the American Government on the subject, and by the last Panama mail a letter was received from Mr Seward stating that he had directed General Latham, the American Consul at Melbourne, to present 250 dollars to Captain Gilroy, of the whaling brig Amherst, who discovered and rescued the survivors of the wreck j and a sum of 100 dollars to Mr J. M'Pherson, merchant, Invercargill, who interested himself greatly in promoting the search of those islands for traces of the wreck, and to recover ! any other survivors who might be on the islands. The following telegraphio intelligence from South Australia, under date 25th July, appeared in the 'Argus' of26thult:—" The report of the mauager of the Destitute Asylum shows a large increi se in the number of inmates, as well as an increase in destitution out of doors. The directors of the Paramatta Mine have declared a dividend of 5s per share. The statistics of live stock show that the number exported has been small compared with the number imported. In the market for breadstuffs a feeling of depression prevails, which the accounts from Melbourne and Sydney have not diminished. Wheat is nominally 6s 6d to 7s, and flour is quoted at from £18 to £19." From telegraphio intelligence under date Sydney 24th July, published in the ' Argus,' we learn : — " The recent accounts of the extraordinary richness of the new reef at Ophir have caused a good deal of excitement, and a rush has set in for that goldfield. The subscriptions to the Alfred Memorial Hospital now amount in the aggregate to the handsome sum of £20,000. The arson cast? has been adjourned to Wednesday. The Commercial Bank have declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum, together *ith a bdnus of 5s per share. The shipment of Californian flour, ex Penang, from San Francisco, waa submitted to public competition to-day. A portion was sold at £16 to £16 ss, and the balance was passed in at £15 10s. Trade is very dull. Breadstuffs are stagnant. Flour is quoted at £16 to £20. The Golden Sea, which has | cleared out for London, takes 20,000 sovereigns. Tallow is easier. At Rpckhampton (in Queensland) a large public meeting was held yesterday, at which resolutions were carried urging Parliament to grant provincial government, and to reduce the public expenditure. Similar meetings have been ht>ld in other towns in Northern Queensland.