THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2615, 26 May 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1877.

\ The war news to hand this afternoon, under date "London, May 24," although containing nothipg go exciting as a big battle, shp^s. that the struggle has commenced in earnest, and; that as it proceeds the, r probability -of other Powers becoming involved is strengthened. The Turks are -making good: use of their fleet and possession of the Black Sea to harass their opponents by bombai-ding the coast j;ownsof Caricasia; while the Russians are (jxp'ecling a'visit from the Czar at Head Quarters, which- is to be the signal for more active operations being commenced. Servia is engaged in warlike preparations, a measure which will- probably embroil Austria, and then—further complications and the intervention of some other Powers whose interests are threatened.

The Thames Scottish V.olunteers^Band, and Cadets are ordered 1 to parade on Sunday at 10 a.m. to attend the Presbyterian Church, when a farewell sermon will be preached by the Honorary Chaplain, the Rev. James Hill. The several other companies in the district-have been invited to accompany-their comrades of the Scottish, and the muster will probably be one of the largest.that has been seen for some time. -

In response to an invitation from the Thames Scottish Company, Superintendent Price has requested the members of the Grahamstown Fire Brigade, to assemble to morrow morning at ten o'clock to accompany, tbe Scottish Volunteers to St. James* Presbyterian Church: to hear the farewell sermon jpf Hon. Chaplain Rev. James Hill.

The anniversary services in connection with the Shortland Baptist Church will be celebrated to-morrow, when the Rev. A. W. Webb, late of Sydney, will preach. On Tuesday a: tea meeting will take place, to be followed by addresses from the Rev. Mi* Webb and other ministers.

The members of.. Sir Walter Scott Lodge arid others will entertain Bro. the Rev. James Hill at a farewell banquet on Tuesday evening next, prior to his dbparture for the South.

The Thames Naval Brigade Annual Ball; is, to-take place, in the. Naval Hall on Monday evening. This event is looked forward to with interest, especially by the ladies, and the Committee's names should be a. guarantee that the affair will be successful; : . ,; ,

I We have much pleasure in calling attention to the extra notice of Mr Howorth, proprietor and manager of the Hibernica With great liberality Mr Howorth hfls consented to give another entertainment on Monday in aid of the Convent Building Fund. We have no doubt that this generosity of Mr Howorth's **will be acknowledged by a crowded house, and that the debt on the Convent buildings will be considerably reduced.

Ma W. H. Oldbey advertises that he has commenced business as a mining and general commission agent in offices at the Exchange Buildings. Amongst his many fiiends Mr Oldrey will probably soon have a considerable accession of business.

Thsbe was again a fair and appreciative audience at the Academy of Music last night to see the Hibernica. The performance wns the same as on tho previous evening. Mr Dan P. Howard's song ■" Don't give the house a bad name,' 1 was loudly applauded, and Mi' Harry Nicholson rendered " Simple Simon " and " The Yorkshire farmer" in a manner which completely^ brought down the house. The aongs and dances of Mr Tim Cohan and Miss Poinier were well received. The performance was brought to a close by part of the company singing " The Cruiskeen Lawn " and the exhibition of the allegorical representation of " The origin of the harp."

Thebe was no business at the R.M Court this morning. •

The Academy of Music was literally crammed from floor to ceiling with little ones this afternoon, who had assembled to see the afternoon exhibition of the Hibeiy nica. The juvenile audience frequently gave lively manifestations of their delight;, and it must be said that since the first exhibition .of the panorama, here there, never has been such an appreciative audience.

: His Excellency .the Governor notifies in the New Zealand Gazette of May 17th that the Hon. Daniel Pollen has been appointed Honorary Captain in the Thames Naval Volunteers.

I We are requested to remind Volunteers that to-morrow's Church Parade will count as a Commanding = Oflßcer's Inspection Parade—a fact that should induce^ a, good muster of all" the companies.' '■: ■■'■ :'■.:.';-• ■"; ■ ■ •.. •■ • ■■'.• *■ '■:■■'

! The- Dunedin .Saturday' Advertiser published as a .supplement; to its. issue of May 19 a Very well got' up map of the seat of war in Asia. ;-

It will be seen that the world-renowned Davenport "Brothers, Professor W. fay* and Mr E; 3). Davie? .will visit the Thames next week and show for four nightJ at the Academy of. Music. The rope-tying feats—or untying, to be perhaps more correct —of the .Davenports have puzzled the world for years, arid remain a mystery still to all but .a few; and what is called the dark stance of Professor Fay is" something marvellous. While seated at a table secured to a chair with ropes knotted and-sealed he throws his coat off and puts another on,and does other wonderful tricks. part that Mr E. D. Dayies takes in the entertainment, with.his little funny, folks, has been seen, before, but it will not be less.ap-. preciated again.' They open on Thursday 1 next, May 31st. ,

.;. We have received New Zealand Gazettes of May 14 .and-17.; The first is entirely taken up with, notices under the Native Lands' Act, embracing notification of claims to be investigated at Shortland on the 30th May and the following days. The same Court/will hear applications for subdivision of hereditanients comprised in certain Crown Grants for land at" Tararu, Thames and Ohirieiriuri. Notice is also given that at a Court' held on -29th March certain claims were admitted and memorial of ownership ordered to issue.

In a Gazette of May 17 no less than fourteen Orders in Council,appear, appointing Trustees under ''TheMaoriEeal Estate Management Act, 1876." In these trustees the interests of " infants, lunatics or other persons under legal disability" are vested, and the trusts included in these notices comprise interests in various blocks of land of an aggregate area of 15;253 acres/ ".Infancy "is in each case the legal disability requiring appointment of trustees. -.Mr E.j W. ; Puckey is appointed a trustee with Herata Patene for Tereha Kahutopiini. The other trustees are all Maoris! '-.<* <Tj-i'K"■'/.. ' : !

' The Auckland Star says •"The best bag of pheasants Tvhich we have Heard of as having been shot oh the 21st was obtained by Mr T. A Brown, who brought home eleveii 1 brace. Cpnsidering the state of the -weather thisPiSSa very good swag, and we doubt if there are many to. beat it recorded in the colony." From the "v^aikato Times i: we • learn that Mr Eichard'Gwyhne, of Hamilton, broujgfit homp^seven and a : half brace for ihis day's sport. '-■■

I "€.J.Hm" WEiiisra from San Francisco, says: Baldwin's Academy opened 0n February 24th with De Murska, supported by Susini, Bianchi, and some other good names. It was all to no purpose. The Hungarian sang divinely, but hardly anybody went to hear her. The reason if said to'be a moral one. The excessively virtuous ladies of this city are shocked at the too much marrying of the nightingale.

The following message, giving the result of two events at yesterday's Auckland racing, reached us too late for insertion in last night's issue :~St. Legeb Stakes : Hippocampus, 1; iEreolite, 2.— Tilting Stakes : ■ Venus Transit, 1; Longlands, 2 ; Daybreak, 3.

It is well known that walnut trees sometimes attain prodigious size and great age. An Italian architect mentions having seen at St. Nicholas, in Lorraine, a single plank of .the. wood of the walnut, 25ft. wide, upon which' the -Emperor' Frederick 111. bad" givenl a sumptuous banquet. In the Baider Valley, near Balaclava, in the, Crimea, stands a iwalnut tree at least 1.000. years old; it 1 yields annually from 80,000 to 100,000 nuts, and belongs to five Tartar families, who share its pi'oduce equally.—Gardeners' Chronicle. , _

I. Theee is a curious article in the last number of the Revue dcs Deux Mbhdes by M. Richet, entitled " Lea Poisons de l'lntelligence." Says M. Richet; "In England, where alcoholism ravages the highest classes of society, a strange custotq has been adopted, which enables persons to drink copiously without getting drunk. - At the commencement of dinner a glass of oil.is taken, and this prevents the alcohol which is drunk being absorbed by the stomach." It is strange what many new lights are thrown upon English manners and customs, bj a diligent perusal of French periodical literature.— Exchange. -

The medal of the Royal ■ Humane Society has been awarded to Dr. C. H. Haines F.R.G.S., for leaping overboard at the imminent risk of his life from the ship Ferngleu, during a gale of wind, off the coast of New Zealand, on April 21, 1876, and saf ing a man from drowning who had thrown himself overboard during a fit of insanity. Mr. Haines was previously favourably known as surgeon of H.M.S. Basilisk when on the Australian station.—Australasian.