THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M Resurrexi. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2083, 7 September 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M Resurrexi. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1875.

The result of the case heard in the [Resident Magistrate's Court this morning ought to be. a warning to persons who may wish to impose upon the credulity of their neighbors. A man rushes into an auction xobm while the auctioneer is engaged in his calling, tenders " a gold chain" for sale without reserve as he is " hard up." The auctioneer drops the line on which; he is engaged, and offers the chain—no doubt with a praiseworthy desire to "realise at once and relieve" the necessities of the one who is anxious to

part with his jewellery; the chain is down to an individual who, after %aying his money, discovers that the he bas bought i? >a«s and not gold^Uiat it is worthlesi. Th#

evidence adduced this morning proved that the seller of the Brumagem chain represented it to be gold; that the auctioneer did not deny this, but said " if it was not gold it ought •tobo;"; and that tho bidders w^t, on from 103 to 32s without so much as asking to be allowed to examine the article they were competing for. The lesson to be learnt from this is threefold. Sellers had better keep clear of auction rooms when they have anything under the hammer. If the articles they wish to dispose of are of doubtful quality, let them leave it to the persuasive powers of the auctioneer to , get the best possible price? by doing which they will not be suspected of making false re--presentations. Auctioneers ought to re member that they have to study the public as well as their clients, and they will not be alwaysconsultingthcirowninterestsifthey do not try to do justice to both sellers and buyers. Persons frequenting auction rooms should remember that bargains are not always to be picked up; When they make bids let them be satisfied, that they know what they are buying. From the evidence produced at the Court to-day no one can say that the unfortunate man Hart has been harshly dealt with, but there is no denying that the auctioneer acted indiscreetly in allowing himself to be made the instrument by which a fraud was effected. •

At a dinner recently held in Vienna, in reply to the toast of " The Press " a representative of tfce Fourth Estate humorously remarked: —"The Press holds in public life the same position as a mother-in-law holds in private circles. Everybody fears her, nobody lores her. As long as she agrees well with everything she is much honored; but as soon as she finds fault everybody has but one desire—that is, that the devil may fetch his mother-in-law as soon as possible."

The following appealed in a recent issue of the Westport Times:—Mr Browne, (Snyder Browne) formerly of Hokitika and Greymouth, has resigned, the editorship of the Auckland Herald. Mr Berry now a Wellington Hansard reporter to the Clerk of Committees, succeeds him.

In the course of his address on the occasion of bis-farewell benefit in Wellington recently, Mr Hoskins said—" My receipts for the 12 weeks have reached the sum of £2409 11s, aud the expenses have been £2393 5s lid. So you will perceive there has .been no actual loss, save my time and labor. * , Still, I am not disheartened, as I- wished to try the experiment of a good company, and I feel convinced that I have sown the seed for a more bountiful harvest when the time arrives for me to visit you again." Mr Hoskins also said that if the public would not buy Shakespeare, he must sell them inferior articles.

The anniversary celebration of the Hibernian Society took place last night in the Academy of Music. There was a very large attendance, the dancing space being inconveniently crowded. There was a capital string band in attendance, and the programme, a lengthy one, was gone through in a spirited manner. The following representatives of friendly societies were present by invitation :— Loyal Waikato Lodge, Odd Fellows. G. McCowatt; Loyal Charles Bruce Lodge, Odd Fellows, J. J. Foy; Loyal Hunter Lodge, Odd Fellows, C. Ahier; Ancient Order of Foresters, Court Pride of Parnell, J. Robinson ; Protestant Alliance, — Kitchen. At the end of the first part of the programme, an adjournment was made to supper, which having been disposed of, dancing was recommenced and kept up with great spirit until an early hour of the morning, every one apparently enjoying the celebration. The .New York Herald professes to account for the extraordinary success of Messrs Moody and Sankey in London in a way not flattering to the English, and attempts in a long article to explain the causes of the popularity which they enjoy. The Herald affirms that, in New York, Mr Moody's speaking and Mr Sankey's singing would produce little impression, and accounts for the excitement which their ministrations have occasioned in England by remarking that the middle classes throughout the kingdom of Great Britain " are vastly lower in the scale of education and thoughtfulness than the same classes in America.". " To educated people religion is a conviction, while to the ignorant it is an emotion. The New Yorkers require to be convinced—the the Londoners simply to be moved.'"' There is, the Herald thinks, no fear at present of emotional religion at New York. " The average citizen is too clearheaded to allow himself to indulge in any ecstacy that has no reference to money. He spends his nervous energy in the purchase of a freestone fund, and reserves his calmer and sleepier hours for religion.''

June the 17th was the centenary of Bunker's Hill. There was a great gathering at Boston, when /" Many ex-Federal and' ex-Coofederate soldiers mingled fraternally in the throng.". General Banks and FitzHugh Lee, the ex-Confederate general, delivered patriotic Union speeches. Further—a procession was formed seven miles long, and over 50,000 persons lined the route. Immense enthusiasm was displayed. Major-Gene-ral Devens delivered an oration, giving a vivid , description of the battle of Bunker's Hill, and dwelling upon it's mighty results. He spoke of the resistance of brave colonists against a superior force of the best disciplined troops of Europe. He said—"We rejoice at the fact that not only liberty has been gained, but that peace has for ever been assured with that great country from which the day we now commemorate did much to rudely dissever us. Many of her statesmen stood forth asserting the justice of our cause in demanding our rights. From her camc < our great body of laws, our lessons in constitutional liberty, and that noble tongue — the language used by all freemen throughout the world."

We have to hand No. 10 New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, of date August 31"t. „,,,, ,