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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5281, 15 January 1879, Page 2

The erection of the new Church of England Sunday-school, facing Brown-ing-street, has now been commenced by Mr Holt. The school is very tastefully designed, and will, when completed, be an ornament to that portion of the town. The only business at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday was the bringing up of two inebriates, who were dealt with in the usual manner. There was another large attendance last night at the Theatre Royal, where the popularity of Mr Hoskins and Miss Colvillc increases nightly. In the comedy of the "Jealous Wife" Mr Hoskins as Mr Oakley, and Miss Colville as Mrs Oakley, appeared to fine advantage, and both artistes met with a very hearty reception. Miss Felly .Daley gave a very good representation of the character of Harriet, the young lady who was the innocent cause of all the unfounded jealousy on Mrs Oakley's part. Russet, her father, was played by Mr Stark. Mr "Walter Hill was very amusing as Sir Henry Beagle, and Mr O'Brien made the most of his part, as did Mr Decring that of Major Oakley. Lady Freelove was carefully played by Miss Lizzie Laurence. The performance concluded with the famous comedy of " The Serious Family," with the same cast of characters as be- ' fore. It was capitally played, and j created hearty laughter. To-night will be the last appearance of the company in Napier. The fine old comedy of the "Critic "will oe played, with Mr Hoskins in one of his best characters, and | also the pretty little comedietta "A j Happy Pah 1 ," by Mr and Mrs Hoskins. There is sure to be a crowded house. | Messrs Baker and Farron, the cele- j brated character actors and comedians, will open in Napier on Tuesday next, the 21st inst., their agent, Mr Crowley, having arrived here yesterday. Since their last visit to Napier, Baker and Farron have made a most successful tour through the Australian colonies. They bring with them an entirely now company, including several artistes of merit. The company is now performing in Wellington. We hear they intend opening in a new drama entitled " Struck Oil." The Lyttelton Times has the following with reference to Mr J. F. Graham's movements. Mr Graham, it will be remembered, was playing in Napier about a week or two ago : — " This gentleman has returned from Napier, where the Dramatic Company under Mr Goddes' guidance are now playing, and intends shortly to make his last appearance, for a considerable time at all events, before a Chriatchurch audience. Mr Graham is about to return to England, and will next week take a farewell benefit at the Theatre Royal. The bill will probably contain an original piece by Mr Graham himself, in which he will be assisted by Miss Tilly Andrews and amateurs. We are sure that under the circumstances a bumper house will greet this popular young actor." Messrs Routledge, Kennedy and Co. i will sell at Taradale this day, at 2 p.m., a quantity of cattle, horses, potatoes, &c. Mr Lyndon will sell to-day, at 11 o'clock, the whole of the household furniture and effects of Mr T. F. Poole. The New Zealand Shipping Company i (says the Lyttelton Times) have received a telegram from their London agency, stating that they had chartered the large, full powered steamer Stad Haarlem, 2700 tons register, for the conveyance of 600 | immigrants to the colony. The steamer is appointed to make the round voyage out and home again, and will sail on January 28. She may therefore be ex--1 pected in New Zealand about March 20. | It is the Company's intention to load her i back direct to London, and as she has splendid accommodation for first and second cabin passengers, a most favorable opportunity Avill be presented to parties desirous of a summer visit to Europe. The following, whioh we take from the Southland Times, should be encouraging to newly- arrived immigrants : — " An immigrant, a single man, records how well he has done since he arrived in Southland only fourteen months ago. He has been at contract fencing, ploughing, and harvesting. A steady, willing, contented hand at anything he was directed to do, and above all steady and sober, as the fruit of his labor he has banked over a hundred pounds clear. When he arrived he was without a shilling." We hear that the Stewart Family, consisting of Mr R. Stewart and his three daughters, will appear in Napier for a short season of five nights, commencing on the sth February. Their entertainment, entitled "Rainbow Revels," is most highly spoken of. The Stewarts, who only recently arrived from Melbourne, have met with great success in Christchurch, Dunedin, and other places. In replying to an address presented to him at Quebec, upon the eve of his departure from Canada,, Lord Dufferin tlms expressed himself with respect to his successor and the Princess Louise : — " You may well be congratulated on the happy choice which has been made in the person of Lord Lorno for the future Governor-General of Canada. It has been my good fortune to bo connected all my life long with his family by ties of the closest personal friendship. Himself

I have known, I may say, from his boyhoodj and a moro conscientious, high- ' minded, or better- qualified Viceroy could not have been selected. As for your future Princess, it would not become mo to enlarge upon her merits. She will be among you, taking all heaits by storm by the grace, suavity, sweet simplicity of her manners, life, and conversation. Gentlemen, if over there was a lady who in earliest years had formed a high ideal of what a noble life should be, if ever there was a human being who tried to make the most of opportunities within her reach, and to create for herself, in spite of every possible trammel and impediment, a useful Career and occasion of benefiting her fellow creatures, it is the Princess Louise, whose unpretending exertions in a hundred different directions to bo of service to her country and generation, have already won for her an extraordinary amount of popularity at home." Miss Eosina Carandini, the well-known and favorite vocalist, made her first appearance in opera in Melbourne recently, selecting for her debut the part of Arlinc in "The Bohemian Girl." The musical critic of the Australasian says of her performance : — " She has been before the public as a niost successful concertsinger for a long lime, and has hold her place, deservedly, with the very best, and judging her now by her complete musical success in opera, the wonder seems to be that she has not been heard in opera years ago. That she has a most deli-cately-attuned car we have long known ; that she has a rarely-cultivated voice is equally a matter familiar to all who have heard her; also that she is capable of much feeling is no less on record. She has now made a complete musical success on the stage, and I cannot but think that a great deal of time has been wasted I during all these years that she has not ventured upon the stage. I have heard ' The Bohemian Girl ' a good many j times, but I never heard the music of j Arline sung more entirely to my satisfaction than on Monday night. It was absolutely a new sensation to listen to it as she gave it. And concerning Miss Carandini' s capacity for acting, there was nothing in her manner to prohibit the conclusion that in a very short time, j indeed, she will acquire such familiarity with stage requirements as to free her completely from any defect of nervousness. Her speaking voice, almost as a j matter of course, was at times inaudible, J but that is easy of explanation. She I uses her off-stage voice, but her intelligence will very soon suggest to her the desirability of altering its pitch to suit an audience. I offer her my very warm congratulations upon her success, and I hope we shall now hear and see her in many operas." We live (says the Pall Mall Gazette) in an age of ingenious frauds, and a remarkably clever device for cheating an insurance company was the other day carried out by the late Mr Benjamin W. Fay, of Chicago. Mr Fay was found dead on the shore of a lake, with four bullet holes in his body, his watch and chain gone, and his pockets turned inside out. He had to all outward appearances been the victim of robbery and murder. His life, however, being heavily insured, the insurance companies were not willing to accept the theory of murder without, in the first instance, making a thorough investigation of the circumstances under which the deceased gentleman was found in this lamentable condition. They even went so far as to despatch a diver to the bottom of the lake on the banks of which the body was discovered, and thereby solved the mystery. At the bottom of the lake the diver found a pistol to which was attached one end of a string. To the other end of the string was fastened an iron weight. The string was long enough when taut to reach from the dead man to where the iron weight had lain, and the number of empty chambers in the pistol equalled the number of bullets in Fay's body. The weapon was identified as having been bought by the deceased, and the weight as having been in use in his kitchen ; and to remove all doubt as to cause and motive of the self-murder, a friend of Fay came forward and confessed that Fay had told him of his intention to kill himself, and fabricate the appearance of having been robbed and murdered in order that his family should get the benefit of his large insurances. The selfsacrifice has been made in vain ; and the story shows the truth of Talleyrand's remark, that fathers of families are capable of anything. I hear it said (remarks " iEgles ") that nearly £L2OO was paid for the privilege of witnessing the Australian Eleven cricket match on the East Melbourne ground. This sum, I believe, exceeds the amount received at any match played by the Eleven in England. Once more the smile of Majesty itself is to gladden the hearts of the histrions. On the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught (says "Atlas " in the World) Mr Henry Irving has been commanded to provide a dramatic entertainment at Windsor Castle. Hince the lamented death of the Prince Concert the Queen has not entered the Avails of a theatre or witnessed a play — unless, indeed, the costume recitals (as they were called) given by Mr and Mrs Alfred Wigan and Mr Alexander Yorke, can be so termed. May this happy occasion be the commencement of a new era !