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Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 794, 21 November 1865, Page 2

In tlie Provincial Council to-day Mr J. G-. S. Grant gave notice of his intention to move, on an early day, that the gentlemen of the press he excluded from their conceded privileges in the House, unless they give better and more satisfactory reports (1.e., report Mr Grant at length). He also gave notice that he would move a resolution in favor of a dissolution of the Council also that he would ask the Government if the deficiency appearing in the public accounts during the Superintendency of Mr Macandrew had been refunded to the Provincial Government ? The Dunedin Volunteer Fire Brigade advei'tise that, “being at the present time without funds to defray expenses at fires for water, &c., they will not be answerable for any expenses incurred froxn this date.” We trust that this announcement will add to the security of the slumbers of those of our merchants who indulge in suburban residences. It will interest the licensed victuallers to 1 am that the question of the amount of their license fees will come before the Provincial Council, Mr Isaacs, the member for Clyde, having to-day given notice of his intention to move a resolution in favor of a reduction of the fee. To-night Miss Edith Palmerston will repeat, for the last time, some of her most successful impersonations. We would remind our readers that this lady’s engagement has only been extended for a few days, and closes with the benefit given by th» lessee in aid of the Benevolent Institution.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Qourt to-day several inebriates were fined in the usua penalty. David Bethnne and Alice Davis wer--fined respectively 80s and £3, for using obscene language. Edmund Godso and Henry Belling were each fined 5s and costs for neglecting to keep a light burning before their licensed houses, C. H. Donelly, remanded on a charge of stealing ten £1 notes and other property from one Hugh Frazer, was discharged, there being no further evidence to call, and none of the property having been discovered. A number of minor charges were heard, in most of which nominal fines were inflicted. The area of the pastoral lands in occupation in Otago is 6,391,100 acres ; from which at present the Province derives the munificent income of £4,840 10s 9d. The quantity of land under pastoral leases falling in during the next eleven years, is as follows : Year. Acres. 1860.. ... ... 6,000 1868 833,460 1869 43,520 1870 237,320 1871 2G6.000 1872 2,675,580 1876 632,060 1874 1,760,920 1875 68,120 1876.. 233,000 Miss Edith Palmerston repeated her entertainment at the Theatre Royal last night to a tolerably numerous audience. Her impersonation of Nelly O’Neill was excellent, and exhibited much of the pathos displayed by Miss Woolgar in her original rendering of the character, and went so far to secure the success of Buckstone’s celebrated drama of the “The Green Bushes.” Some other characters delineated by Miss Palmerston afford proof of ber versatility, and 'we are gratified to see ber efforts so deservedly supported. The half-yearly general meeting of the North Dunedin Volunteer Rifle Company will take place at the Drrll-shed, Water of Leith, to-mor-row night. A meeting of the Ledge of St. Clair will be held this evening. The old established firm of Cargill .and Co. is announced to continue under its old style from the 15 th instant, only for the purposes of liquidation. The business will henceforth be assumed and carried on under the style of Cargills and M‘Lean, the last-mentioned gentleman being the late manager of the Bank of New Zealand. Me and Mrs Mumeord and their dramatic company left this day by the Lord Ashley for Christchurch, where they intend to play at the Princess Theatre during the ensuing month. The frequenters of our Princess Theatre will be astonished at the metamorphosis effected there. The stage is now covered with a ring about forty feet in diameter, and the removal of the proscenium has given a space which will compare, in a very startling manner, with the usual appearance.