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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2572, 5 April 1877, Page 2

The attention of builders is called to an advertisement"' Calling for tenders for the erection of a: dwelling house on the ground, off the Moacatairi Groldmining Company/ All the necessary particulars can be obtained at the office at the mine

We notice that> Mr Jv-I..^hitford has ; recommenced... sharebroking, having been yesterday admitted a member of the Thames Stock Exchange.

The Oratorio of the Life of our Blessed Lord, whichwas so successfully per-formed-last: Christmas, by the children attending S. George's Sunday School, will, by special request, be repeated this even ing. Boors will be open at 7.15, and the oratorio will commence at 7.30. There! will be no charge for admission, but a collectipp will be made : for the benefit of the'schbblj- " ' ' * -^i/ji

It is estimated, says an exchange, that; six hundred uracted play a by writers all more or less known are at this present! moment in the possession of half-a-dozen managers" of fitat-class London establishments. In this, calculation the. tons,of maiiuscripti-sent through every stage door by novices in authorcraft are not in* eluded. ... -c

.We notice that the time for receiving tribute tenders in the Euranui Hill United Company's ground has been cxi tended until 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon/ April 14th. " :i3 ■-T * •■' ;

. The competitive practice .^between the Grahamstown and Shortland contingerts of the Boroughi Fire Brigade' will take place on Saturday nexfr It was intended that the competition should take place at half-past two o'clock, but as that liour would be inconvenient fort many; persons who wish, to, be. present it has; been decided to postpone the affair till four of the. clock afternoon. The practice will come off in Pollen, street. Both contingents have been practising assiduously for some time past. |

;fe iieft; of theThames(Naval Brigade, was in town yesterday, 'and purchased from Captain WilliahVs a ten-oared man-of-war cutter, fqr the use' of the Goldfield Naval Cidetsf mustering upwards of^so. The boat is ''■ carver built and of oak; and is supposed tp have belonged to the American navy. It was picked lip; at sea" by! a merchant y^ssei. which some time ago renterjed this pprt.. The boat is a splibridid ?one, and the Thames; bluejackets .have stolen a march upon bur brigade, 1 who ought not to have allowed the boat to go from the We believe ourselVes frdci what we have'heard that the boat is excellently adapted for the purpose,,and no doubt under the training they fire likely to'get from Messrs Bennett and Hamlin, the S. George's Cadeta will be a fitting reserve from whence to in*, crease and maintain the efficiency of our Naval Brigade.

The Manchester' Courier records a complete'destruction o? salmon and trout in the upper waters of the Eiver Lune, owing to the contents of a barrel of creosote, using for dipping railway sleepers, having found its way into the river. ' The bed of the river wasliterally paved with salmon and trout. . One person affirms that there are 500 salmon lying dead in a distance of ten miles below Tcbay, and that trout by the bushel might be gathered out of the stream. In addition to this; it is feared that all the food is killed, and so for years the .river will be barren as a fishing ground. The Lancaster Conservators are instituting an inquiry into the subject.

.'lt is reported from Home that the young PriDce Louis Napoleon lias been initiated ..by. Prince Humbert into the mysteries of Italian Freemasonry. The Pope is very dissatisfied with the conduct of the ex-Empress Eugenic and of her son: Pius IX. had advised the.young Prince to quit Italy as soon as possible. Thi» judicious advice, however, has^not been followed; on the contrary, the Empress has. been ve-y assiduous in her. visits to the Quirinal, and is in constant intercourse- with those of the noble families in Borne who are partisans of King Victor- Emanuel. For these reasons the Pope refused to dispense with his' own hands the Holy Communion both to the Empress and the Prince. As the Empress Eugenie's request was made to him the Pope said, " Anche, l'altio prese la Santa Comunione aSant Anna dorata." By the " other " the Pope meant Napoleon 111. The Pope held up as an example to the Empress and the Prince the conduct of Don Carlos, who, on his recent visit to Borne, sought the Apostolic blessing, and on 1 «4vice at once took his departure from Italy.