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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 69, 28 December 1871, Page 2

John Stevens and Patrick Shine, charged with feloniously stealing from the persou of Richard Buggs, Grahamstown, on the 24th instant, the sum of £7 10s, will be brought up for examination at the Police Court, Shortland, this morning.

The half-yearly meeting of the Hibernian A.B.C. Society will be held to-morrow, December 29th, at the Hibernian Hall (under St. George’s Hall), Pollen-Street. As the election of officers and other important business is to take place, a full attendance is requested.

The proprietor of Cremornc Gardens appears determined to make them an attractive place of recreation. The daucing pavilion has been securely enclosed, and will be illuminated at night. A band will perform to-morrow, aud also on Saturday, and on the Ist aud 2nd January. Nature has done much for this favoured spot, and it only requires art and good management to render 11 Crcmorne ” one of the most popular places of gcueral resort in the neighbourhood.

We understand that 10 men of the Thames Scottish Voluuteers have challenged 10 men of any Auckland company to shoot a match, ou the 2nd proximo, for £lO, at Mount Eden range.

Theatre Royal.—At the Theatre Royal last evening the performances of the previous night were repeated to a rather thin house, To-night there will be a change in the programme. The entertainments will commence with the sparkling comedy entitled “A Comical Countess,” to be followed by an Ethiopian piece of extravaganza, entitled “ Brown’s Patent or Jewelled Heads.” The whole to conclude with a breakfast-room sketch of newly-married life, the Happy Pair, Mr and MrsHoneytou, being personified by Mr Hoskins and Miss Colville, in which parts they have repeatedly brought down the house in the sister colonics.

Mr Samuels has received by the * Wellington ’ latest papers from Australia and the South. Wc hare to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of Melbourne papers to the 16th instant.

This evening an amateur performance will take place at the Academy of Music, in aid of the funds of the Thames Hospital and the Regatta. The entertainment will commence with Tom Taylor’s celebrated comedy of “ Still Waters Run Deep to be followed by the trial scene of Bardell v. Pickwick, from Dickens’ immortal work. The cast includes' the best nmateur talent on the Thames. During the performance Miss Laura Wiseman will sing an entirely new song, “ She sang amongst the Flowers,” well adapted to that young lady’s great vocal powers. The bill of fare is a most attractive one, and this, combined with the excellent object the amateurs have in view, ought to bring a crowded house, and if the weather only be propitious, we have no doubt of this entertainment being a great auceess,

James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, has been forced in bis old age to resort to lecturing aud selling the written historj of hik life aud adventures in order to gain a livelihood.

A meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters was held on Tuesday evening at the Lodge Room, St. George’s Hall. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing half year;—O. Veal, C.lt.; J. Preston, S.C.P,; J. Veale, secretary ; treasurer, G. Crocker ; R. Ludlow, I.W. ; G. Balsham, I.W. ; A. Schumakcr, I.B.; C. Ready, I.B.; Medical Officer, Dr Lethbridge. Within the past six months this society has increased its members here from 61 to 120, and the Coromandel branch from 19 to 30. The funds are also in a satisfactory condition, and the progress of the Foresters amongst us is un* doubtedlv most satisfactory.

Captain Goldsmith and Dr Kilgour sat at the Police Court yesterday and disposed of the charge sheet, which, however was a very short one, containing the name of one drunkard only, and no other offender of any kind. The delinquent was dealt with in the usual manner. Applications for extension of license were granted to B. C. Haylcs and W. Rose on the occasions referred to in our police report, which will be round in another place.

One more candidate has appeared to solicit the suffrages of the ratepayers to fill the vacancy in the City Council caused by the resignation of Mr Atkin. This new candidate is Mr F, L. Prime. The election will, to all appearances, be keenly contested.— Crons.

Information wae brought to the police yesterday that a man named Williams, a seaman on board of the cutter 1 Rose,’ which arrived late on Christmas night, from Wangapoa, had died suddenly while on the passage up. It appears that the deceased had taken his turn at the wheel in the middle of the day, and, upon being relieved, went below. The captain, who was standing near the hatchway, thinking he heard a groan, also went below, when he found the unfortunate man was dead. The body was removed to the deadi-houHc yesterday, and an inquest will be held at two o’clock to-day, at the Railway Terminus Hotel. The deceased was of middle age, and leaves a wife and four children at the Thames. He is supposed to have died from heart disease.— Herald. We observe that three gentlemen offer themselves ns candidates to represent the city electors in the City Council, viz., Messrs James Farmer, Edward Isaacs, and F. L. Prime. The three are undoubtedly good men,' and would all serve the interests of the citizens well wc are sure, but as they cannot all be elected, it devolves upon the electors to make their choice. Perhaps the fact of Mr Fai.ner hai 'ng been firgt in the field would have some weight in his favour, independent of his general qualifications.— Herald. A sum of £3lO 13s has been presented to the Ret Mr Tyerman, at Sandhurst, by h's admiring sp'ritistic friends. Sheep and cattle have been dying by thousands in Queensland, oning to a long continued drought. Russia prides herself on her agricultural fairs.. Three hundred thousand people visited the one held at Novgorod, lately, and the sales of commodities during the eight weeks the fair lasted amounted to over 125,000,000d01.. Odger, the republican demagogue, has broadly announced that he and his friends will “ take care that the Prince of Wales shall never ascend the throne of these realms,” and “that the country shall be governed by a President or a Prime Minister.” A London contemporary styles Odger “Mr Gladstone’s rival in the Liberal business,” and says the warning ought not to be disregarded. The two patriots indulge in the same sort of language, only. Odger is more plain and less solemn. One is as arrogant as the other, and “ the man who speak.# of sweeping away the throne is, after all, but very little more advanced than the man who has dragged the Crown through the dirt.” The Pall Mall Gazetts says it has long been felt that the seat of Government was shifting from Westminister to the parks, and that the men who chant the; blasphemous litanies on the occasion of those meetings at which so many great questions; are settled, would doubtless, if remunerated! with a few pots of beer, consent to officiate at the coronation of Odger. It is hoped that when Odger has ascended the throne, thePrince of Wales may be allowed to hold an occasional meeting in Hyde Park or Trafalgar Square on his own account. Under the heading of a “ mysterious affair,’" the Manning Timex relates what is certainly a most remarkable story. It appears that ; on Oxley Island, at the Manning river, ai farmer named Brown resides with his family_ For some time past his daughter, a girl! of twelve or thirteen years of age, has been accompanied by a curious whistling noise, which can be heard by persons some dis- [ tance from her, and which terrifies her so* much that she frequently faints- Strange noises have been heard in the house, and Iffis related that upon a person (who wemft there to discover the case) reading a portion of scripture and calling upon the spirit to appear, the apparition of a man on his hands and knees, with two stabs in his chest, from which the hlood was flowing freely, presented itself. The same apparition is said to have been seen by several persons—one person having swooned away, and not being in his usual health since. The affair is causing quite a sensation in the district, and numbers of people go to the house to stay for a night to ascertain the facts of the case. One of these fainted twice during the night. The whistling was heard four times—com- , mencing at first in a low tone, and increasing | in force until it become almost unbearable.

A correspondent writes to the Daily JVervx: —“ There is a simple and ready means of giving effectual help to drowning persons which, I think is not so generally known as it ought to be. An excellent life-bony may be made in a few seconds in the follow'ng manner:—Lay a silk handkerchief on the ground, spread open ; then place on it, brim downwards, a hat of the ‘ chimney pot’ sort, apd tie the four corners of the handkerchief together over the crown of it. The article »©’ prepared may then be thrown to the drovnttlng person ; or, better still, it may be taken to him by some person who can swim. A hat so covered will support two persons in the water for a short time, and one person for a long time. It i« well known that anything that will support a four-pound weight in the water will bear up a man of medium size. But a hat, covered with a silk handkerchief so as to keep out the water, will support a seven-pound weight, as I have often proved by actual experiment. A linen handkerchief would do nearly ns well, if large enough, or any piece of cloth that is not very porous.”

Fob the Holiday Festivities.—Just arrived by the ' Hero,’ from Melbourne, 35 cases of new and fashionable Boots and Clothing; also, 18 cases, direct from London nnd Glasgow, by the ship ‘ Chile’ ; and 4 cases of Boys’ and Youths’ Suits, and Elastic-side Boots, This splendid selection was ordered expressly for the holiday.season Warmoll’s Cash Palaces.—Adv. We are requested by F. H. Lcwisson to state that no gold chains or alberts arc of his make without they arc stumped F.H.L - , 18 carat. Having engaged n gold chain mnker from London, he is prepared to make any English pattern chain to order.—Adv-