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Otago Daily Times, Issue 1118, 21 July 1865, Page 4

This evening, at the Princess Theatre, a joint benefit will be given to Messrs W. G. Carey and Charles Herbert. Tho pieces announced, are " The Wonderful Woman" and " To Paris and back for Five Pounds." The afterpiece is "Jessie Brown, or the Relief of Lueknow," in which Miss M. E. Aitken will make her last appearance. The various characters will be sustained by volunteers. On Wednesday evening last, a farewell entertainment, previous to his departure to Ilokitika, was given at -Mr Grey's, Rattray street, to Mr James Clarke (late of the Temperance Hotel, George street), by a few temperance friends and members of the Inlependent Order of Rechabites. Mr J. W. Jago was called to the chair, who having ramie a few remarks on tbe object of the meeting, presented Mr Clarke with an address in tes. tiniony of total abstinence principles, and expressive of the wishes of his friends -j for his future welfare and prosperity. Mr Clarke thanked his friends for their kindness, and after a few songs had been sung, short addresses were given. A vote of thanks to the chairman, and to Mr Grey for the accommodation afforded and the liberal provision ho had made, terminated the proceedings.

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Benevolent Institution, at Carersham. postponed from a former occasion, has been appointed to tfike place to-morrow, at 2 p.m., provided the weather should permit.

The M'Crae's Flat correspondent of the " Waikouaiti Herald" records the death of a miner through some internal disease, brought on by coM. lie ivtiti'9 :— "I oprn my letter for the purpose of recording the Heath of a miner, named William CamplK-11. He had followed a ditriier's occupation from the commencement of the Victorian poHen era, and is acknowledged iohave been a sober and strictly abstemious man. He had goo 1 connections in Scotland, where a son and daughter are sfill living in comfortable circumstances; he has likewise left a son in the Colony, who represents shares in the vessels Elizabeth Curie and Twin Brothers. It will be a consolation for his friends to learn that the deceased was carefully nursed by bis mates from the first symptoms* of his illness till his death (this morning.) Mr Pratt, the chemist of the township, was the medical attendant, hut as that gentlemen does not hold a diploma, an inquest is necessary, which will be held on Thursday. I think it probable that the body will be buried in the churchyard of your township."

copy of the Customs Recolations Act, although he had sent to Auckland, and offered L 5 for it. A copy of the Act could not be had in Dunedin at any price, and he thought it was ridiculous to ask a community to obey a law which it had no opportunity of seeing. The Magistrate said it wns monstrous that such a state of things should exist. lie liar! experienced great difficulty in obtaining a complete set of the statutes; hat he would be happy at all times to afford the profession every facility in his power.

that he had found it impassible to obtain a

During the hearing of the smuggling at the Resident Magistrate's Court jester*, "v,' Mr Wilson, the defendant's counsel, mentum c

little matters being first attended to."

We take the following from the " Waikouaiti Herald" of the 19th :—-" We understand that on Friday last, Cobb's coach to the DunstaD, abont nine miles from here met with an unwonted impediment to its further progress in the shape of a three-rail fence across the road. The driver, our old friend Mr Devine, was however, not to be " stuckup" in this fashion from proceeding on his onward career, but without much a-do literally cut his way through, and no doubt went on his way rejoicing. We believe that the track

thus barred, ti >lonSh Private Property, should have been reset ved for wad purpose, it having been so usedl *ck ; in fact, there is bo other availat \ xoute u:iul ,cat W *™ made. It is likely U hat ?%» w»U be takeu by the owner to try bit "? ht to *>loclttde. any further traffic through . hls Thia 1S ... ,~„ candalous mess Dreauother instance of the »^ . . . - . . - „, vde with regard to vious governments hare mi -mi ~ ~ , ,■ . , „ c country. The the line, of road, through ■», th / ffiSelvcs present government muse bt Th it to remedy such crying evils. » ' / J , . , . f , „ ' the state of of a country depends too much at _ its roads for largo sums to be rot. e°s ? ex~ nended on palatial edifices previoa*

The Half-yearly Statutory Meeting of the Education Board, was held in .the Provincial Secretary's Office yesterday, at noon. There were present Messrs Moss, Walker and Haghes; Mr Moss in the chair. In consequence of the small attendance of members the 7 meeting was adjourned to Thursday* August 10 th, at noon.

The entertainment promised to be given at Port Chalmers by Mr and Mrs Chas. Dillon did not take place oh Wednesday evening. The night was so stormy that the many who had arranged to be present we :e prevented from attending, and the number enthusiastic enough to attend was not sufficient to encourage the accomplished artistes proceeding with the entertainment which had been announced. Mr and Mrs Dillon will sail for the Northern Provinces by the Lord Ashley this day.

Mr Thomas Birch has announced himself a candidate for the representation of Bell Ward in the City Council.

121bs of tobacco, upon which duty had not been paid. As it appeared that the tobacco was brought on board by one of the defendant's crew, without his knowledge or consent; and as it had only been onboard half-an-hour before it was seized by the police, the penalty was mitigated to L 25. Mr Wilson, the defendant's counsel, Rave notice of his intention to appeal against this decision.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, George Campbell, master of the schooner Pet, was fined LIOO and costs, for having in his possession on board the said vessel about

The requisition to Mr Henry Driver, from the ratepayers of Lcith Ward, was, through an error, omitted from our advertising columns in yesterday's issue.

In Port Chalmers, committees have been formed, and gentlemen have been out canvassing, on behalf of Mr Dick and Mr M'Glashan, as candidates for the Superiatendentship. Mr Dick is announced to address the electors there on Saturday next, at the Royal Hotel, and Sir M'Glashan promises to meet them at the Province :-.l Hotel, on the following Wednesday.

The Dunedin Volunteer Rifle Brigade, No. 2 (Scottish), will meet for Captain's full dress parade this evening at half past seven o'clock. The quarterly inciting will be held at M'Cubbin's Hotel at S o'clock.

Tho Hampden correspondent of the-" \V*iikouaiti Herald" says :—•" I think the following instance will generally be esteemed a new way of meeting one's liabilities. A respectable townsman of ours held a X.GO bill, just about due, upon one Geo. Robertson, a halfcaste, who visiting the house of his creditor, was invited to have tea, afler which, while amusing himself by looking at the different ornaments on the mantle-piece, be espied the all-important document alluded to, and actually ute it ; a member of the family coming back into the room just'in time to catch him swallowing the last morsel."

A public meeting was hMd at the Princess Theatre last evening, for tho purpose of hearing addresses from the candidates for the Mayoralty. The Theatre was densely crowded, :ind a. noisy goo;l humor prevailed throughout the proceedings, so as often to interrupt them. Mr John Buthgate was called to the chair, and Messrs Mason, Wilsun, Forman, and Paterson, addressed the meeting. Mr Macgregor was not present, owing, as he explained in a letter to the Chairman, to a previous engagement to attend a meeting at the Water of Leith. Full reports of the speeches are given elsewhere.

The Highland Company of Volunteers will assemble in full dress at the Drill Sh«d , tomorrow afternoon, at I o'clock. At two o'clock, the Duncdin Volunteer Artillery Ri-giment will meet for uniform parade. They will fall in at tho Police Barracks for shell practice with the Armstrong gun.

Yesterday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, fire was discovered to have feroken

out in a small house in Stafford street, situated mar Martin's '.Hot'tl, and immediatey adjoining a densely populated mass of small houses and shanties. The bouse in which the fire was discovered was inhabited by Mrs Sarah Smith. She was not on the premises at the time, but another woman, named Mrs Hamilton, was Ijing ill in bed in one of the foom?l Once the fire caught hold, the place burned very fiercely, and it waa with the utmost difficulty that Mrs Hamilton was got out alive. As it was, she was severely" burned about the arms ! and body, and was at once conveyed by the police to the Hospital in an express waggon. The fire .speedily extended to three adjoining small houses belonging to Mr William | Hooper, and destroyed them in a few minutes, j Two of these houses were unoccupied, and we have not heard the name of the tenant of the third. Another house was destroyed before the flames could be stayed, belonging to Mr Brophy, and occupied by Mr Francis Webb. At this point a small right-of-way intervened; and as the Fire Brigade had arrived with their engines and apparatus, and had set to work with great energy, the flames were prevented irorn crossing the right-of-way or from extending bnckwards by the wet blankets hung over the houses. At one time the fire assumed a very threatening aspect, and Martin's hotel was in gn at danger, but it was soon covered with wet blankets, and so saved. The property which has been destroyed was not insured, and those who occupied the houses have lost all their poods, as little or nothing could bo saved, pno of tht sr; houses was that which ligurcii' so prominently in the late trial lor tlijgTligh-.street murder, having been inhabited I>V Ford and Anderson.

The Hero, with the English Mail on board, which arrived at the Bluff yesterday afternoon, may be expected to reach Port Chalmers soon after daylight this morning, and the mails will no doubt be delivered at an early hour. ■

The election for Mayor takes place to-day, the poll being opened at 9 o'clock a.m., and closed at 4in the afternoon. The votes will betaken by ballot, and we repeat the notice made on Tuesday, that the following are the polling places and presiding officers : —South Ward, the Police Barracks, Mr E. E. C. Quick; High Ward, the Office of the Commissioners, Mr J.J.Taine; Bell Ward, the Oddfellows' Hall, Mr H. P. Morse ; Leith Ward, the Albion Hotel, Mr W. M. Hopper. The rate book is the roll,