The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 97, 12 August 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A.- acutouuced in the advertiromcnt, the entertainment given by the Hiheniicon Company evening wss totally different from that presented on the two previous occasion.*, and lost none of \t< attractiveness by the change. The pijee substituted was entitled <; Barney *hs Gnide." into which was introduced a •..'.rit'ty »if ,-u>ng:3 and ballads new to the ~ ■ ti n--. Mr. Charles Wallace, tho lion. p-';nib-;r tor Ethiopia, wan a* irre.-tfatible as '■'.-•.-T. his admirable of B'llwer's "•-'ription of the Like of Coino being greeted v. tth vociferous applause. The piece allows of ample* M'optf for his clog dancing, and the .«crne. at I'ounyhrook Fair 13 enlivened by an Irish jig. in whit-ii Mi« 3 Stoneham is seen to the greatest advantage, and fairly divides thi Terp.neho-caa honors with Mr. O'Niell. Mi** De Vere was loudly and deservedly apptanded for the feeling manner iu which

she rendered " Come back to Erin," a like tribute being paid to Miss Stoneham for "Steer my bark to Erin's Isle." We have seen some of the liest Negro delineators—not excepting Daddy Rice, the original "Jim Crow;" George Christy, the originator of the Christy Minstrels proper; and the three [ Bryants; but in giving a true conception of the "darkey's" eccentricities and eoruicali- [ tit-j v.c Jravc rarely seen Mr. Wallace ex- ; celled. We believe Mr. Everett purposes j remaining a few days longer in town, and no one should miss the opportunity of enjoying a hearty laugh and spending a pleasant evening by patronising the entertainment. In aiving the synopsis of a piece called " The Two Orphan?,'' to which is devoted a | very lengthy space, the " Saturday AdverI tt-ici " has the following introductory re-Htai-k.--' :—" The Two Orphans " is a piece which caused a. considerable amount of interest in Enropean and American dramatic circle--. We mulcrstaud that Mr. Hoskins is i making preparations for its production at the f Princc3s Theatre on a grand scale." From t the fact of its taking much trouble to explain i the pl"t. we imagine the '"Tiser" is under | the impression that the piece i* new to a j Pituodiu audience. This, to us, is a matter I K>r much surprise, for in dramatical and ! sporting matters the " Saturday Advertiser " 1 may »: rtr.inly be looked upon as an autho- | rity. ami we are pleased to say that it is very neMom it can be caught tripping. We may, ; h»w»-Vi--r. be allowed to state that the piece t «w produced in tiie Queen's Theatre, Dun- ! edin, during the visit «i Mr. Charles YVheatj leigh, sonic twelve months since. Ou that I occasion, Mr. Wlicatleigh personated the Orphan Cripple; Mr. Steele, the inhuman i brother; Miss Marian Willis being the blind girl; Mrs. Bates and Miss Polly Leake sus-

1 taming the other characters. ; It i.-f really wonderful what some people I will do, either through a love of the horrible or a morbid desire for notoriety. A few ycars ago, a gentleman upon a Victorian gold-fields, v.-ho then, as he doc-3 now, occupied the position of Inspector of Nuisances ( conjointly with others of a lucrative nature, ! made himself notorious by his persistent ap- | plication for the billet of hangman. His ■ request was not acceeded to, but the I people of the district took '* the will i for the deed," bestowed in fancy the honor [ he coveted so eagerly, and to this day he is ! known as P n, " the Hangman." By a ilk'ir.e paper we notice that Dr. Henderson, the Welsh surgeon, who used to annoy Mr. Calcraft in the exercise of his peaceful occupation, by volunteering his aid as an amateur deputy-executioner, was sPen dodging and hanging about Fleet-street, prior to the execution of the Leunie murderers and mutineers. He had gone to town to beg of the Home Office people to be allowed, in the interests of humanity, to do the job for the Loniiie mutineers : but the Home Office people, not appreciating talent, turned him off with scorn. The hon. member for Auckland City East would appear to be to the New Zealand St. Stephens what the hon. James M'Kean has hitherto been to the Victorian Assembly. " A prophet will receive no credit in his own country," but it would appear that so far as Mr. W. L. Pees is concerned, the trying will assume a far more, extensive range. The '• Taran.-tki Herald" describes him as a '"cheeky" member, more fluent in words than in discretion in using them, and exi pressing its sympathy with the gentleman in ! the following terms :—" We have dwelt at a | greater length than is perhaps necessary on t a member who is not of much importance, I but Mr. Koc's has been trying to make out f that he is a j>olitical martyr, and we have ; gone out of our way to uncloak him, and I show that he is a thorough quack. With a \ tlncnt unscrupulous tongue, it is not n difliI cult task to please a mob—nor a very arduous duty to astonish them—but when a man like Mr. Hi-es mixes with the concentrated talent i »i tin- Colony, he will soon find that somej tiling move than stump oratory is required i to take a position as a statesman." J The quaint and literal manner in which the j Maoris sometimes qnote Scripture is well \ known. A good instance came under our I notice the other day (says a Wellington cont temporary). A native, who was part owner | of a block of land, wished to sell his interest, j and. on the reason for his desire being ofh- ; • ially asked, said that he read in the Bible an instruction to sell his worldly goods and I lay up his treasure in Heaven. He wished : to sell his land in order that he might have his t'vasnre ready to !ny up in Heaven, as soon as he could find where Heaven was. A curiosity fished up from the sea, in the shape of a glass bottle, which now has lumpy clusters of barnacles on it, has been sent to New Plymouth by Captain Wilson, of Opunake. for exhibition. The bottle (says the '* Budget ?1 ) which lias been picked up, is believed to have been washed from the ! steamer Lord Worslcy, which was wrecked in 'IV: Narnu Bay on the lot of September, ISG2.