THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2617, 29 May 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1877.

The later news of the war in Eu-

rope shows that ~ the Russians are making progress in Asiatic Turkey. The main army is bombarding Ears, the left wing advancing on Erzeroum, the >■ vanguard having reached Olti, about half way between Ears and Erzeroum. The invading force have an arduous campaign before them, and the magnitude of the struggle seems to increase as each strategic movement is reported. No doubt in many provinces of Turkey in Asia the Russians will advance unopposed.

„ The valedictory Masonic, banquet to Bro. the Rev.; James Hill, P.M., Sir Walter Scott, will take place at the Freemasons'. Hall, Owen street, to-night. A large number of the fraternity is expected to be present on the occasion. Advantage will be taken of the convivial gathering to present Mr Hill with a handsome P.Ms. jewel which has just been received from a home manufacturer. ' .

The anniversary soiree of the Willoughbystreefc Baptist Church will take place this evening. Tea will be provided at half-past six o'clock, and afterwards there will be a public meeting at which addresses will be delivered .by the Rev. Mr Webb (the successor of the Rev. P. H. ' Corn ford in Auckland) and other ministers. ... : >:

The Rev. Father Rice is announced to lecture on " The Orators and Poets of Ireland "on Friday evening next, at the Theatre Royal. The subject of the lecture is one that in able hands.should fcrm a most interesting discourse, and we have no doubt that the reverend lecturer will do justice to the bright geniuses who are numbered amongst the orators and poets of Ireland.-

Theeb was a clean sheet at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning.

It will be seen from an Auckland telegram that Thomas Walker, the trance mediumj has shaken the v dust off his feet on Auckland and departed for the South. He "carries away with him a very unfavorable opinion of Auckland, and he leaves men behind who are still halting between two opinions as to whether he was what he professed to be, or an adventurer —a humbug and an impostor.

An attempt to blow up a snag in the Hokitika river, with an 801b charge of blasting powder, resulted in the destruction of about 30 feet of the adjacent wharf, leaving the snag still defiantly obstructive.

Over the tiny grave of the only body —that of an infant—washed ashore at Lydd, near Dungeness, from the ill-fated emigrant ship INcrthfieet, has been placed a slab with the simple inscription, " God knows," that having been the touching reply of the parish constable when he was appealed to by the undertaker as to what name should be engraved on the coffin plate. ' " ; * ■ '*

According to a local journal the Tnangahua County Council is beginning to understand the charges made upon its funds by the General Government. It was only the other day that intimation was .given as to its responsibility for. costs and charges incurred in relation to .destitute persons. The Council has since been apprised that the County fund will have the costs of medial attendance upon members of the local police force. The amount in itself will probably not be large, about £50 per annum, but these numerous debits will no doubt tot up to a good round sum annually, and the item should not be lost sight of in preparing the current year's estimated expenditure "■ -

M. iiouHEH has complained of the omission of the Pritico Imperial's name from the conscription list, ana intends to inquire whether any special order on the subject has been given. The Prince, he states, claims the-right of serving in the French army as a private soldier like other citizens. The Pays, contradicting a report that the Prince Imperial claimed to serve as a simple soldier, says he has no occasion to stoop to the pettiness of vulgar and common life, and will return to Paris, not as a conscript, but as an Emperor.