THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2613, 24 May 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877.

To-day we publish a second letter from Mr H. M. Stanley on his discovery of the Alexandra Nile. This letter appeared in The Daily Telegraph of March 29, and the discoveries therein recorded are regarded with peculiar interest, as adding important geographical news^ to that already contributed by various African explorers on the question of the sources of the Nile, and also from the fact that Mr Stanley's discoveries show that there is yet ample work for explorers before the vexed question of the Nile's sources cau be considered settled, or the field of exploration exhausted. To-morrow we shall give some letters of Francis Pocock (the only surviving European attendant of Mr Stanley) to his parents. These will complete the budget received by the Daily Telegraph from Mr Stanley up to the last mail leaving.

A meeting of the friends of the Rev. J. Hill, to take steps for acknowledging Mr Hill's public services on the eve of his departure, wa; held at the Mechanics 1 Institute last evening. There was about 30 gentlemen present, amongst whom we noticed Messrs L. J. BagnaJl, McCaull, Macnab, D. Miller, Weir, E; H. Power, J. Frater, <L Brodie, W. Rowe, W. Davies, Mulligan, A. Aitken, Gudgeon, Mcllhone, Souter, Twohill, Douglas, and. others whose names we had not time to take down. Mr Davies, the convener of the meeting, was voted to the chair, and Mr L. J. Bagnali accepted the duty of secretary. The Chairman intimated that the object of the meeting was for taking steps for recognising the important services of Mr Hill, not only as a minister, but as a public man. He made some further remarks complimentary to Mr Hill, and suggested that if the meeting decided to give Mr Hill a recognition a committee should be appointed to carry it out. Mr Rowe concurred with Mr Davies' remarks. He then moved that in the opinion of this meeting the services of Mr Hill should receive a public recognition, and that to carry out whatever was decided, he moved that a committee\be appointed. This was seconded by Mr Gudgeon and carried unanimously.. Mr Bagnal] moved that Messrs Davies, Rowe, Richards, Murray, Mcllhone, Renshaw, Symington, Patterson, Airier, Farrell, Thompson, Ehrenfried, Wilkinson, Brown, McCullough, E. Twohill, Dunn, Brodie.Douglas, Mahoney, Miller, Rawdon, McGowan, Macnab, Wilson, Thompson, Prater and Speight be a committee to carry out whatever was decided on. The Chairman suggested that the meeting should first decide what form the recognition would take. Mr Power moved that Mr Bill be presented with an^ address. Mr, Rowe moved that Mr Hill be presented with a purse of sovereigns and an address. This was seconded Jby Mr Souter and carried unanimously. It was then resolved to add Mr Aitken and the different clergymen on the Thames to the "committee. The meeting then separated.

The Hibernica was again well patronised last evening, every one appearing highly, pleased with the entertainment. The ; Dutch impersonations of Mr Dan Howard were very amusing, and the comic singing and "make up" of Mr Harry Nicholson in his various characters, especially that of Simple Simon, took immensely. Miss Poinier's singing and dancing, were also much admired. Mr Howorth announced that this evening there would be almost an entire change in the programme, a new comedy, as also new songs, dances, &c, being substituted> Considering that this is a holiday night, we quite expect to see a crowded house, which, tbe merits of the entertainment certainly merit. ;■. ;

r The only business at; the R.M. Court this morning was a case of drunkenness, which—on account of there being but one justice of the peace available (H. Goldsmith, Esq.), and also Because the defendant was not in a fit state to answer his charge, having apparently imbibed :too freely this morning of something : stronger than water—Mr Bullen asked to have remanded till to-morrow. It may be observed that if justices of the peace would be a little more punctual in regard'to the time of opening the Court, they would confer a favor on more than one person. It was rather more than a quarter to eleven before the justice abovenamed took his seat on the Bench, and | at eleven o'clock .another: J.P. was "seen -making his way towards the Court. We believe both had been informed that their services would be required this morning at the Court-house. This is the second time recently that we have had occasion to call attention to this matter. ".

Some days ago by pigeongram we were advised of a rumour prevalent at Paeroa that the bridge over the Ohinemuri, connecting the Morning Light with the battery, had been carried away by. the flood. This we are glad to learn is nofc the case, the rumour being unfoiinded. :VThte. bridge sustained no damage, having withstood •the full force of the current, a result which reflects credit on Mr Dunlop, under whose superintendence it was erected. •

I The San Francisco papers by the last mail contain a complaint filed in a libel suit to recover 50,000 dollars .damages against the Enterprise Publishing Co. by Mr D. Dalziel, who, with Mr R. J. Creighton, formerly of Zealand, has established an evening paper called the San Francisco Mail. .The statements made in the, complaint show to what depths American journalism has descended. The newspaper published by the defendants stated that "If the editor of the : Mail is hot a .convicted and ■ transported English thief, he has never shown the papers to prove the contrary." And, " Before. D. Dalziel, of the San Francisco Mail, makes any more appeals to gentlemen, we suggest, that it would only be fair for him to publish what his -right name was in England and what he was transported for." Mr Dalziel was formerly connected with a newspaper in Melbourne, and was for some time resident in Auckland and at the' Thames,

Herald.

Amoncj the political papers left by the late Cardinal Antonelli—the examination of which has just boon concluded—a number of great importance have been found relating to the personal efforts he made to arrive at a solution by which he could have preserved the temporal power of the Pope. Among the letters is one from the Emperor.Napoleon 111.

THE'House of Lords has beea pensioaing off some of its subordinate officialsMr Smith, a doorkeeper of the first-class, being 86 years of age, and incapable of performing his duties, retires, after thirtyth^ee years service, receiving a pension equal to 33"6Oths of his salary of £170. The three senior housemaids, whose ages are 70, 83, and 86, years respectively, and who for many years have employed deputies, also retire upon allowances ranging from £25 to £37 a year. The late housemaid of the Irish House of Lords disappeared from the pension list five years ago. '

It is notified in the New Zealand Gazette of May 14, that a, transcript of the rules and regulations of " The Primitive Methodist United Aid Society, No. 1, of New Zealand," duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of Friendly Societies, registered,'and recorded in his office under the provisions of "The Friendly Societies Act, 1367."

The township of Gisborne, Poverty Bay, has been proclaimed a Borough under the Municipal Corporations Act,, 1876. There is a movement in Tauranga in the same direction, but the inhabitants of the older township do not seem disposed to go into the matter with undue haste.

" What a business Mr Bass does," exclaims a contemporary. A trifling rise in the price of hops makes a difference in his profits of £400 a week, but a thunderstorm often makes a difference to him of £10,000 in a single brewing.

A veey clever sword feat is performed at one of the Melbourne entertainments, and is. thus described by the Melbourne Argus : " Mr Borthwick Reid then gave an exhibition of his skill as a swordsman. His best feat was with an apple suspended by a string about a foot from the ground. With one cut of the sword he severed the string, and turning his wrist be cut the apple in halves before it reached the ground." .

A veby painful case occurred at Makimaki lately. As the circumstances are described in the Timaru Herald, a child of Mr John Martin, aged eleven months, was left in its cot asleep, and the family had not been absent "long before they heard loud screams proceeding from it. Upon looking under the clothes they found a ferret lying on the child's face, and that it had bitten the right side of the head in a fearful manner from the forehead to the chin, and was sucking the blood. Dr. Macihtife, of Timaru, was sent for, and he reported that the eye was so much injured that it was doubtful whether the sight could be preserved, and that the other injuries were of a very severe nature, rendering it probable that the little sufferer would be marked for life. In one place mortification has now set in, aggravating the case considerably. The ferret was one of two which had been in the habit of playing with, Mr Martin's children. ■.

It is stated in a London Weekly of the 14th March "that the kindliness of the Prince of Wales is well known to all who are brought into personal relations with him. It was something more than good nature which prompted him to give up his carriage, on Saturday last, to Mrlrwin, of the 10th Hussars, when he was badly hurt at.the Grand Military. Mrlrwin came to terrible grief at the: brook/ His horse jumped too far and fell; as he sat very tight, he got mixed up, and was very much knocked about. The Prince, who had gone down to the brook to see the jumping, insisted on Mr "Irwin being carried to his carriage, and so sent to London, whither the Prince returned himself by train. -

W. Finla-T, one of the earliest esta; blished Watch and Clock Makers on the Thames, WISHES IT KNOWN that he has again commenced business in Williamson street, in connection with the Manufacturing Jewellery Business of his brother, Mr James Finlay, and is prepared to undertake all branches of the Watch and Clock-making business. Repairs executed with promptness. Charges moderate. —[Advt.] ,