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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1952, 7 August 1869, Page 2

City Improvements. —We are glad to notice that the prisoners have been employed in forming and metalling the approaches to the Bat tray street wharf. If they could he employed in putting the end of the jetty in decent repair, a great benefit would be conferred.

The Political Association. A meeting of the Political Association at the OH Masonic .Hall last evening was only thinly attended. Mr Thomas Callender, the president was in the chair. A discussion in the Otago Hundreds Regulation Bill took place, which was adjourned. Supreme Court. —Mr Justice Ward held a s’tting in banco this morning, when the case of Mackenzie v. Abbott and another, which was a motion to dissolve an injunction, was argued. Mr Barton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cook, with whom was Mr Harris, for the defendants. The arguments had not concluded at four o clock. Magistrate’s Court.—At the llcsident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before R. B. Marthi, Esq.. J.R., William Rodgers was fined 10s, or 24 boms’ imprisonment, for being drunk. William Mi'lar, who was only a few days since released from prison was charged with breaking a large pane of gla j s at the Dunedin Hotel, valued at LlO. Ho was ordered to pay the amount, and a tine of L 5, or go to prison for a month. Gaol Returns. —The following is the state of Her Majesty’s Gaol, Dunedin, for the week ending to-day : -

Awaiting trial, 5 men, 0 women; under remand, 0 men, 0 w men ; penal servitude, 24 men, 0 women ; hard labor, 55 men, 15 women ; imprisonment, 0 men, 0 women ; in default of bail, 5 men, 0 women ; debtors, 2 men, 0 women ; total. 91 men, 15 women. Received during the week, s 'men, 2 women ; discharged, 7 111*11, 4 women. Princess Theatre. —As we anticipated, til.-re was a crowded house at the theatre last evening, and Mr and Mrs Howard may well be satisfied with the reception they received. The whole performance went otf without a single hitch, -ome parts of it causing much amusement, especially the “ (hi lesque Japanese.” Miss Liliy Foide sang that pretty baPad “You’ll remember me ” very nicely, although she appeared very nervous at first. In the “ King of the Peacocks,” Miss Funic and M‘ Howard acted and sang in their usual good style and spirit.

A caution. — A number of pheasants that had been turned out by the Otago Accl matisation Society, have found their way back to the wood at the back of the .Society’s grounds. It is supposed that they were attracted by the call of one that escaped a few day's ago. We have no hesitation in saying that the public feel that birds liberated fertile purpose of stocking the country are as much under their protection as under the protection of the Society whose property they 7 are, and that they will carefully abstaui from killing them, or doing anything likely 7 to interfere with their increase. _ r lhe law on this point is exceedingly 7 strict, and the penalty 7 heavy ; and should any one be found either designed y or inadvertently 7 taking or killing them, it will be rigorously enforced.

Wellington. — A Wellington telegram in the Pres*, dated the 3rd inst., says :—“ Three ounces of alluvia! gold were brought to Wellington to-day from T- rawiti, the produce of ten days’ labor by two men.”

Lovell’s Elat. —We are informed, on the most reliable authority, that the gullies running down from Mount Stewart into Level’s Creek and Adams I’lat are proving very auriferous, and are being worked successfully. There are a considerable number of mines on the ground, and, we licli vc, they are very well satisfied with their earnings. —Bruce standard, Mr Redwood’s Houses. —We still bear that Manuka is to leave for Melbourne by the Omeo, about the 20th hist. The horse is doing strong work, and is reported to be well. He will be accompanied by Peeress and Misfortune. The former lilly is said to be wonderfully improved since her appearance in Christchurch in January last. Accident. — We leant with much regret that an accident of a serious nature happened to Mr M’Auslau, of Halelutha, on Thursday. So far as we could learn from our informant, the unfortunate gentleman had been amusing burned in the exercise of wrestling with some other gentleman, and during one of the throws had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken. Dr Smith was speedily in attendance, and we believe Mr M‘Austin is progressing favorably.— Bruce Standard,

The Cost of the Police. —During a debate in Parliament a few days a o, Mr Ivollcston quoted some statistics with reference to the above subject. Canterbury cost per head on the whole population, 3a 10d ; Westland, I3s 2d ; Otago, 7s did ; Southland, (5s 7d ; Marlborough, os 3d; Wellingt- ii, 4s 74 ; Nelson, 10s (sd; Victoria, 6s od; New South Wales, 7s 4d ; South Australia, ss; Queensland, 16s lid. At a subsequent period of the debate, Mr Kelly month-ned that the cost in Taranaki per head was Is 6d.

The Released Fenians.—Mr Fellows and Mr Higginbottom give the following opinion as to the reception of tin- released Fenian prisoiVT’S in "Victoria We are of opiu on that the Queen’s pardon does not ‘ wipe Out the crime’ of those persons so as to leave them free to enter Victoria. The effect of the pardon is, we think, to remove the punishment, and also all legal liabilities consequent on the crime, except s ch are imposed by statute, (see per Lord Lllenborough, JJovtr v. IVelth) The Act 18 Vic., No. 8, makes it a punishable off'.nee in certain cases for any person who has at any time be n fo nd guilty of any capital or transportable felony to ‘ come into Victoria.’ These words include,in our opinion, all felons, -whether they have r ce ved a free pardon or have served the full term of their sentence. NUich persons would he ‘susp cred persons’ within the meaning of the Act, and the pardon would not be, in our opinion, an answer to proceedings i stituted under the Act, as the offence ‘coming into Victoria’ would be committed subsequently to the pardon.” The Moa.—lt would appear that after all it ma-. be possible th-t a living apcinu n of the gi antic dinornis may yet be captured. Dr Hocbstetter says that in inaccessible solitudes there might arid be sqm few' living s raggltrs of that giant family, “ the last of the mohicans,” and that Heiytaunga, in the vmiuity of Ahuriri, was or is the heart of the last living moas, and the Wa.nqanni Chronicle now informs us that “ a party who have just returned tollangeti-keif-omthe Buahine Range (a part never traversed by the Pakeha) state that on two occasions they feel certain that they saw a giant bird stalking up one of the rugged eak«, at first they took it to be a horse or bullock from the size, but a closer inspection proved it to be a bird. The Natives state that the moa had a fleshy sort «>f hoof with projecting toes, enabling it to travel over snow or soft ground. The men who saw it state that it travelled fast by a kind of bound, going over a space of 20 feet at a time. The paTy intend shortly going back to endeavour to secure the moa If the attempt is suce ssfnl, such a bird will be viewed with interest by all naturalists.” The Otago Hundreds Regulations Bill.— Commenting on this Bill, the Bruce Standard remarks We fear the squatter inlluenee is too strong in the Legislative Council not to prevent it becoming law. Wo would, however, urge a public meeting to be at once called in Milton, and the tel graph wires used, and Major Richardson and the other Otano members in the Upper House at once communicated with ; also a petition prepared and despatched to the Governor, requesting him to disadow the Bill u til an opportunity has been given to the settlers of Otago—those only affected by it—to discuss its provisions. The settlers in the Clntha will, wc hope, a'so be active, and let their voices be uumistakeably heard. The Bill has been so carefully kept from the

'Hairo jmblic that it was actually p ssed before" one copy readied Otago ! But though he Otago settlers have been thus disgracefully dealt with, and our .Superintendent aw our members have thus treated those who de--iire Otago to become a I’rovince for settle' ■nent of “men and women on the land,” and not. simply a wool-producinz country, we hope there is more sound sense in the electors, and more detenninati n to look aft v their rights and interests, and the welfare of their a ■ opted country, than to allow such con duet to pass unheeded ami unpunished. . . . It is the duty of the settlers to get representatives who will be consistent, and true t their Tins'ings pledges ; and we hope the (Jlutha electors will lose no time in bringing \lr Macandrew to book. Another session of Parliament, and further legislation in the same way, and towards-the same object, and farewell to future prosperity to Otago. Let our Clutha selt’ers be therefore up ami doing, and determined to sweep away all the plausible cobwebs that will be used when requisitions to resign shall be talked of, and scad them riding with the “political stalking horses ” to that radiant clime whither, rye are admonished by an old saw, certain people, if once mounted on horseback, will ultimately arrive at.” In answer to a requisition the members for the Tokomairiro district have convened a public meeting to be held at Milton on Monday evening “ to consider the action of the General Assembly in passing the Otago Hundreds Regulations Bill.”

The members of the legal profession arc invited, by advertisement elsewhere, to meet in the lower room of the Atheuamm on Monday afternoon at four o’clock to take into con-ideration the proposed measure 'O permit Resident Magistrate’s to become legal practitioners.