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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 21 June 1864, Page 2

5 ry r*> - We are in possession of our usual "Northern filca. The war news call .for no special notice. , .Everything is quiet, and the native* appear to bo ' taking leßsons of inaction 'from our r fbrccß,' which "* - have gone into winter , quarters. YThe weather "had broken up. A farewell benefitto'Mesarsl Carey abd Richsrdson will be given at the Theatre Royal, tius evening: Tho performances . will* beY trader itfc« V patronage of the two Amateur Dramatic Clubs, and tho Invercargill Cricket' Club! onel ve'trDßt to ** i * , , '* ' i r ' v . * -** . sco a good houso on tho occasion. 'We understand that it will be positively their last appearance, ia this town, as they leave for the North sa the Airedale, on her return trip thither.

The usual performances at the Theatre Royal did not come off last night, in consequence, wo understand, of tho refusal on the part of several actors. to appear unless the arrears of salary' due to them were forthcoming. Their claims not being met, the doors were closed for the evening } but we believe the ' performances to-hi&ht, for- the benefit of J&Mis.'C&ey l^ distinct, from Jhe_ jregpisw ',i^SsS^?BiiMii^ Theatre, and a full house ifl,anticip_ated. The first meeting for practice 'by tho members oftho'PMharmonic Society, will be held in Mr. Macdon^d'^^W^^ipee-stTCet, oh the oven; ing of Thursday first, lit seven o!clock. ; , ;..,.. The business'at; tho " Resident ■ Magistrate's ■ Court-yesterday wasof an unimportant character, and calls for no special notice. A number of the cases were a^ourned till the following .day. r -, A-sale of Crown I^vnds ppk,plaee ih the Wasto Lands' Board Office, yesterday. "This sale was adjourned, from Thursday, Ji^st , week, and .com- , prised lands.Mtuated in Mock Hand 111, Mataura Hundred. The total acreage sold was 3668 a. Sr. 34p., and the aihOunt of purchase money was £5,399 iSsYIQd. We regret to state that an- accident of • a very serious character happened to Mr. : Norman' Campbell, contractor, Yon his way from Bliiff to town, 'on.^ursday 'last., ,' ; As he approached the, culvert, which is broken- down, about four miles from town, his -horse, a large; powerful animal, shied at it, and, rearing on its'lurid .legs, came over upon 5 its rider, llr.Camphdl.liowever, very fortunately got a little' to. one side, and thus escaped injuries which, in all' probability, would have proved fatal. As it Is, Ms left .collar bono tras smashed, and his body is otherwise so much bruised, that it is not expected he will bo sufficiently recovered to leave his room for a month to come: Drs. Iroung-and1 r oung- and Ryley have been in attendance. ; ' -.' ' .^ ';. ',-..". WeregTet to hear of ithedeathof Mr. A. Usher, tho leader of tho orchestra at the Theatre Royal. Thisefent will be lamented by a wide circle of friend^ and also by the general pubhc, as ho was a gentleman of undoubted . talent .in musical matters, and was much esteemed by all with whom ho came in contact. * J - : Our readers, and tlie 'mercantile commimity in general, will be sorry to learn that there is a great probability of the steamship Titania being withdrawn from her present line of trade; It is found that at present there is not sufficient inducement in the way of traffic to warrant her owners in continuing, her in the trade with Bimedin any longer"; 'If such be : the case, it is renlly high time that something were done towards maintaining the almost only link we liave left between the other provinces and ourselves. Are there no means of subsidising the Titania, so that she might still be induced to remain in the trade in which she has been so .long and favorably known? We trust tho merchants Of. Invercargill are enterprising enough, and, we may say, fully alivo enough, to their own interests not to permit themselves to bo .so thoroughly isolated in position, as will inevitably bo the case, if some auch steps bo not immediately resorted to.