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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3296, 15 July 1879, Page 2

Death has been very busy in the ranks of the old settlers of the Auckland Provincial district during the past year or so, and the race of old identities who helped to plant and foster the infant colony are fast becoming extinct. We have now to chroDicle the demise of Jerome Cad man, Esq., J.P., which occurred at his residence, Coromandel, on the 13th inst., at the age of 64 years. Mr Cadman represented Coromandel in the Auckland Provincial Council, and was one of the late respected Superintendent Williamson's coadjutors in tie iniation of the 40 acre system. He was an early prospector of the Cape Colville peninsula. Mr Cadman was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and' belonged to Lodge Ara. He leaves a number of relatives to mourn his loss. A numbee of gentlemen met at the Governor Bowen Hotel last evening for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr G. McVey, who xb leaving the district for Te Kopuru, where he has been appointed to a responsible position in the Te Kopuru Sawmill. Mr John Gibbons, who occupied the chair, made the presentation, which took the shape of a gold watch. The health of Mr and Mrs McVey was drunk in bumpers, and other toasts followed. The gathering passed off very pleasantly. At the 8..M. Court to-day, before John Brown, Esq., J.P.,one person was charged with drunkenness. He said he was guilty in every sense of the word. Fined 10s and costs or 24 hours imprisonment. At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, Thomas Brown was charged with rape on Susan Jane Eountree, who said her husband is at Wellington. The accused was charged with entering prosecutrix' bedroom at the Governor Brown Hotel. The defence was that prosecutrix was a consenting party. The Court dismissed the case without calling all the evidence.

We haTe received from the publisher, Mr George It. West, of Princes street, Dunedin, No 1 of "The New Zealand Magazine," containing popular songs and pieces. The number us contains twelve popular songs set to music, and considerable discrimnation has evidently been used to make a good selection. It ia issued at the low price of one shilling. Mb Lytton Sothern, who played at the Academy of Music a few months ago, in " Our American Cousin," is now filling an engagement at the Royalty Theatre London.

This brethren are reminded that JJro. G. N. Phillips, Chaplain, to Lodge Sir Walter Scott, will deliver a lecture this evening at the FreemasonsJblall. We would draw attention to Mr Tonge's letter appearing in another column. It appears to vi to be worthy of ■ome consideration. [ I We have ilie authority of Dr Gilbert for stating that Mr J. H. Jefferson has taken a turn for the better, and he entertains hopes of -his ultimate recovery. The " Zealandia" Panorama, was exhibited in Bt. George'^s Hall, Melbourne, for the first time on June 21, and attracted a large audience. The paintings are very highly spoken of in the Argus, and so is the mode of lecturing adopted by Mr Perrier.—Sun. We are glad to learn from the S. F. Post, that Miss Tilly Andrews an old Thames favorite, is attracting favorable notice asa n actress in California.

Fbom a census return just to hand wo find jthat on the Thames we have 4994 JsTeV'« Zealand - born British subjects. In the same return we notice that 5198 of our population are Episcopalians, 1745 Presbyterians, 1295 Wesleyans, 23Q3 Roman Catholics. Under the head bj£ "Other Denominations" we fiud that in our" midst there are 23 Jews, 1 Mor- t mon, find 1 Mahometan, while 211 object to state their religion. „ We find in an old American piper the fqllowing. Can it be true?—" Baldwin, the exposer of (Spiritualism, was at one .time a famous professional medium- in America. As a clairvoyant, he was said to posseti remarkable power. One of« the most wonderful features of the Professor's entertainment is what he terms unconscious cerebration, or mind reading, with a piece of wire stretched into the centre of the audience, and used on the principle of the telephone. The Professor tells with surprising accuracy what thoughts are passing through the minds of certain of his committee; and enumerates the species of coin people present have in their pockets, together with the dates on the same." '. .