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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1982, 11 September 1869, Page 2

Accident. —Mr George Howden, of Green Island, in driving down Princes street North this afternoon, came foul of the Taieri coach, and was thrown heavily to the ground. He was picked up in a state of insensibility, but after a short time he recovered sufficiently to be enabled to walk away. Fowls. —The six fowls taken from Thomas White by the police on Monday last, are still lying unclaimed at the police office, where any one who has lost fowls, and can identify those in the possession of the police as their property can have them on application. Gaol Return. Tho following is tho state of Her Majesty’s gaol, Dunedin, for the week ending Sept. 11 Awaiting trial, 1 man, 0 women; under remand, I man, 0 women ; penal servitude, 26 men, 0 women ; hard labor, 56 men, 11 women ; imprisonment, 0 men, 0 women ; in default of bail, 0 men, 0 women ; debtors, 6 men, 0 women ; total, 90 men, 11 women. Received during tbe week, 17 men, 3 women ; discharged, 21 men, 3 women. Resident Magistrate’s Court.— Two cases of drunkenness were heard at this Court this morning : Minnie Crawford being fined 20s, or in default 48 hours’ imprisonment ; and Gustave U. Beckland, who was fighting in the theatre during last night’s performances, was mulcted in the sum of 10s. The license of the Artillery Hotel, in George street, was cancelled in consequence of the absence of the licensee, Patrick W. Rergin, who, on the information of Sergeant Deane, was proved to have left the country.

Princess Theatre. —Mr Henry Talbot won for himself fresh laurels last night by his spirited and natural rendering of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, in the “ Man of the World.” Macklin, who wrote the play, and who died in 1797, at the advanced age of 107 years, has portrayed the career of a hardheaded, harder hearted, Scotchman, who, by means of the most abject sycophancy, wriggles his way from obscurity and poverty into public favor, public p'ace, and what perhaps was the greatest prize of all into the position of a wealthy man. Sir ioitiuaxs advice to his sou, was, fawn and Hatter all great roan, and, he adds, my success is entirely owing to “ booen, boocn, booen {Anglice—howmg). This character Mr Talbot 'sustained to° the life, and throughout the piece, was essentially the man who could never stand straight in the presence of a great man. Mr Talbot’s scotch accent was very good, and sustained throughout, and in that lay, in a great measure, the success of the delineation. We certainly liked Mr Talbot last night better than in any previous character ; and his enthusiastic call before the curtain, was evidence that the crowded house equally appreciated his efforts. Mr Joyce, as l.ord Lumhercourt, the peer of the period, is deserving of especial and favorable notice. Mrs Jackson, as Lady Rodolpha, and Mr Woolfe as Egertou, the son of Sir Pertinax, sustained their parts well, and were honored with a call. A new scene by Mr Willis, representing a library, and the addition of some new stage furniture, helped the success of the piece. Stage accessoues appeal at once to the eye, and therefore the suitability of the scene to the act is especial ly necessary. The afterpiece was an cpiso le in the life of David Garrick, slightly altered for the stage. The story goes that a young lady, the daughter of a rich merchant, foil in love with Garrick, whom she had seen as Borneo. The father hearing this, and knowing Garrick’s high-souled sense of honor, sent for him, and told him the secret of his daughter’s passion. Garrick consented to disabuse the girl’s mind of her fancy, and for that purpose, had an interview with her. He found, however, that the young lady was one that he had noticed at the theatre, and for whom he had conceived a romantic passion, hut his honor came to the rescue, and after going through the love scene in “ Komoo and Juliet,” he suddenly pretended drunkenness, and showed the girl a picture of low life, telling her that she had merely fallen in love with an ideal. He so far succeeded that the girl was cured, and married the man of her fa'her’s choice. Put the old merchant, who before had anything but a high opinion of “ playactors,” ever after held Garrick’s friendship in the greatest esteem, and to the last no one was a more honored guest at the old merchant’s than the highsouled David Garrick. Mr Bartlett, as Garrick, was very successful last evening, and at the end of the piece received a general call before the curtain.

The Chinese Immigrants. The Wellington Evening Post thus notices the Chinese, who were' landed from the Bangitoto yesterday Any one who was taking an eady walk this morning along the Pier might have observed a novel sight. The Bangitoto lias on board 240 Chinamen, hound from Melbourne to Dunedin. At about six o’clock they were mo t of them on deck performing their toilette. I ! ere might he seen one ns ng his tooth-brush, there another his tongue-scraper, like any Bondstreet “ barbarian.” Presuming that tln'y are chiefly of the laboring class, they strike one as having a cl an and neat appearance. We understand that the fare from Melbourne to Dunedin paid by these Celestials is five guineas, and that they are accompanied by an agent of their own race, who pockets so much a-head by the transaction. We have not ascertained whether they feed themselves, or find their own bedding (?) During the day they walked about on shore in large numbers, to see and be seen. It is the first time so large a number have ever been here at once. Onr legislators and statesmen who profess such horror of Asiatics when Ghoorkas are mentioned, but who at the same time are so generous in their pulling sympathies for murderous Maoris, dese' nded from the Malays of “ running-a-nuick and cieese flourishing not or ety, no doubt stuck fast to the Co onial Museum all day, studying comparative anatomy, till the Bangitoto had cleared out of sight, leaving no tails behind her.