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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 455, 26 June 1871, Page 2

An accident occurred this morning in Queen-street, which, in the language of the penuy-a-liners, might have been attended with serious consequences, but wasn't. A horse was coming out of Mears' stables, having a man astride of him, we mean the horse, not Mears. The horse stumbled on the grating over the sewer and fell, precipitating the man to the ground in a backward direction, who fortunately was not much hurt, having fallen on that portion of him which is softest. •The horse picked himself up ; so did the man, but not so quickly, and from the manner in which he rubbed himself, we believe there must have been some sharp scoria pebeles on the ground at the point' of collision. Lucky it was for him that his centre of gravity was properly placed, for had he fallen on his head, as is usual with most people, the result might have been serious;

We observe that there is a meeting called of those favourable to..the formation of the "Caledonian Investment Company to-night" It is almost a pity that an attempt should be mude to float this company so immediately after the starting of the "Mutual Mining Investment Company." A few weeks' delay could not make much difference, and as the share list of the latter is not yet filled up, we would strongly urge that the projectors of the new afi'air should adjourn operations for a few weeks. There is no connection whatever between the two companies, many of the shareholders of the Mutual Mining- Investment Company having expressed to us their indignation at the name of their company being used to advertise the other.

We would draw the attention of residents at the North Shore.to the .fact that the p.s. Enterprise Wo. 1 will run a late trip to-night in order to enable people- to attend " Polly Plum's" lecture at the City Hall. The Enterprise will leave the wharf, North Shore, at 7, and return from the Queen-street wharf at 11 p.m.

The members of the Auckland Volunteer Artillery, as well as the Band, are requested to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Foley, formerly Sergeant-Major in the corps. The tun Oral will take place to-morrow afternoon. ■ The adjourned meeting of No. 6 Company A.&.V., adjourned until Thursday evening, will take pluce instead this evening. , ' The monthly meeting of the Auckland Institute will take place this evening, when :. number of interesting papers will bo read*

A lecture in explanation of Gover.nm.<! Ufa Assurance will be given at the Farm-1, Hall by I'liomas Maeffarlane, Esq.,at hall-pis; 7 o'clock, on Thursday evening next. Ooiojfei, Whitmorb.— Wo regret to hear that Colonel Whitmore i 3 suffering from „ soyere attack of opl;halraia, and has been utl ftb.e to proeee.l on his way to England further than Salt Lake City.—Napier T*l-graphi Je^nt i.iND.-rhe YVestport Time's and (^ricstjnArffus, reprinted iroui WoodhM arid Clafins Weekly (published in JNew York) the statement that, through the extravagant of her husband, the fortune of Jenny Lind has b^en dissipated. This statement has already coat three English journals lomi thousands of pounds, and was proved to be utterly untrue and without foundation; we therefore trust that oar contemporary will nob suffer any loss through its no doubt unintentional promulgation of the libel.— lbid June 21, '