The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1724, 13 July 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1874.

\\: .A" BBBMONfrom the Pastoral Timee :—" We hear that Mr J. Donnelly, a squatter in the Wagga district, has lately purchased from Mr A. Q-. Jones, a block of forty acres of land, vfor ;wbich he paid £1500 (situated in an elesVrattd position, near the town), which ho has. generously given to the church as the site for the new convent, and, not to be behind in munificence, Mr Cox (another squatter of the jr'.iMneifaith) .has given -£3000 towards the building fund, for the erection: of this edifice. The work is to be coxninenccd at once. We . congratulate the Roman Catholic Chnrch on ■"' poss'esßing such ineinbers-r-^but' at the same time ire, Bsk if there are aone among our Protestant Church nsembera, who can give each a testimony as »o how much they value .their religious priyilegei." ■ JLVSW opera of local attraction is described by tiae Graphic,-which says ;--•" La Causa Ticciborni' is ahnoursced by'a musical con- , temporary.to the,tide, .of a forthcoming opera at Naples. The sensitive ears of the Italians, however, required that the English names of this world-fftmed trial should be rendered foinewhat more euphonious in order to suit the muiic. -Thus avo have, in iho cast Sir Buggiero Ticclborniiand Arturo Ortonc, rival heroes; Caterina Dauti, beloved by both; Sir Radicaliffo, ,a cavalier who marries, the heroine; and subeidinry characters, Boghil], Pittendri, and XTolli, as the honorable member for Peterborough is called ; tly zealono counsel .for the defence isfoirly yvil >> ■! .*s 11 ])o1Loro: Chinelli j but the ix>rd Clnvi .1 usiice would ■wouldhardly;'know himiielf as Jl'Jjp/d Capo di Giuetizia Sir Cochilonao.'^ ' '•; .-

At St. George's' Church yesterday the. Rev. Mr Kennedy occupied the pulpit and preached two eloquent serinom. uThe, rev. geatlomaip, labors under the disurfvantage of possessing'^ delivery which rather detract a from his merits: as a reader —notwithstanding which his discoureea were listened to - witb. marked attention. , ■

- We understand that the largest cake, ever made on the Thames has been " constructed " by Mr. James Forgie to the order of the Operative Bakers' Association for their annual ball and supper. It has seven stories or tiers, with a sugar fruit basket on top, and stands throe feet in haight ; iced and ornamented in the usual artistic manner. '■■"■■/■'We are told by a New England paper— •" George Francis Train is understood to have been so powerfully affected by the wish of Canon Eingsley that some American might, be buried in Westminster Abbey, that he has determined to abandon his prospeo'-s of the Presidency, never bo flattering as now, and go over to London to furnish the requisite corpse." Only a great soul could bo capable of such an act."

The G-elong Advertiser says that one of the largest ledgers yet made in the colony of Victoria has just been] produced for the usa of the Mechanics' Institute, at Mr H. Fruit's establishment. It is bound in cnlf and Hussian leather, contains 2000 pages, space for 424,000 entries, is eight inches in thickness, an I weighs 80 Ib 3. Tha new ledger is about ono-third larger than the one at- present in use at the institute, and which has done service for the last fourteen years; . ' , CliUKEE;fires for domestic purposes are rapidly coming into general use (says the Melbourne Herald). Mr. Dempster has invented a plan by which clinkers, conjoined with pumice-stone and underlit with, gas, in an ordinary grate, will in a few minutes produce not only the appearance of a coal fire, but_ will heat a room far more rapidly, awi without any gaseous smell. It is to. be remarked that a very small gaspipe is necessary, for the ch'nkers ara nude red hot, by the junction of gas witli atmospheric air. As a matter of economy, this invention cannot be too highly spoken of. : Wb (Argus) are-h-vppy to announce that the satisfactory sum of £966 10s 6d has been sent to us for the benefit of the little* victims of the Portland accident, the two Burns boy 3. Of this nmount the magnificent donation of £721 19s 6d comes from the various schools of the colony, principally from the State Institutions. The fact is so credit able to the Victorian boys and girls, t,hai we would suggest that, when the list is closed; the story of the accident: and of the. response made to the appeal on behalf of the Buiferer.->, should be recorded in some public building connected with.the department, of Education. \A New Yobe paper states that a kdy in New York city is now trjing some Japanese servants imported by her husband, who has i recently returned Jrom Japan. They experience considerable difficulty in fulfilling their household duties, and arc very proficient at breaking china and falling down stairs. Their altercations with the milkmrm and baker in j the early morning are sufficiently interesting ] to attract to the windows the majority cf the j people living in tho immediate vicinity, and their comments in native language upon the j costumes of visitors make the latter very uneasy". • ; : ■ j TelttstbATlONS of the: late prospeetusing burst in Adelaide are reported by the S. A. Regjgter : —« Out of twenty registered companies then formed to worir gold reefa ia' South Australia, only nine.are now in existence, and of tbis number two are on their last legs, and two are provided with crushing, machinery, while only one is in active operation. The average capital of each., .venture was £10,000. When it iB remembered that these verturos were floated in addition to sixty-five Northern. Territory companies in the short period of six months, it will be readiy admitted ;tliat Adelaideans wera afflicted with ' scrip on the brain.'" • . '....: ■.'.'..■ ' '.-.'_■;. , ■ ' ;

AiTHOU&n: the weather wi? most nnfarcoi'r able on Saturday night and 'interfrrari sotnowhat with the intentions of theatre-goers, the attendance at the Academy of Music to witness the performance of the Siamese Troupe j was very much improved. The lorei'3 of the marvellous and the sensational ai'e beginning to discover that these peculiar people, are,not a whit behind the " barbarians" in tha art of iegerdemsin, in athletic and trapeze business, and other exhibitions of skill and daring. We hesr rumout'3 of an intended grand combination of talent, but we withhold par-. tieulars until! the public announcement appears. Meantime we advise everybody to see the present troupe. Amongst the arrivals by fcho'laafc mail wa» a gentleman who gave himself out (aay3 ti« Melbourne correspoadent of the Warrnambool Standard) as the Hon. -Mb- Conrtenay, the eldest Eon of tho heir presumtive of the old earldom of Devon. Mr.. Courtenay was immediately pouticed upon, and far four days lived on the fat of fch« land in tbe very best society, when last Saturday's Argm blew all his schemes to the wind by pjtbliahing ,a cautioning letter from the gentleman felsly described as his father, bufc to whom, it tuiMs out he is ia no way related. The recent marriage of a colonial girl to the Earl of Dcraouglimove ha 9 fired the ambition of some of our colonial aristocrats, and the set made at the new caughfc sprig of nobility in some quarters is described ag having been of a most marked character.

I "WAS introduced (&y» the Bairnsdate correcpondent of the Gippslnnd Mercury) to a gentleman united William Wedgwood, who is a man of poor circumstances just now, and therefore unable to prove hia title to s'oino tWo and a half millions of cash, besides landed property, which he states ;he is. the heir to. The property was left by his grandfather,. Josiah Wtdgwood,' of the well-known Staffordshire Potteries. He had two brother?, named Franklin and; Thomas, His son, named William Wedgwood, was.,tKe father of the present William Wedgwood, now o£Coongulmerang, the only maledeaceiidenb living. Quite a heap of correspondence has passed on the subject, but the claimant thinks he has'Vio chance of proying his claim without going home. He expressed himself willing to make over one half of the estate to any one who would uridertako to "get it," so here is' a 'chance for . some speculative firm, who, perhaps for a few thousands, may net a million and a quarter. . Wjntrb clothing, roi:si.-< ing o f gentlemen's -'overcoats, real lnachii or.li /.-■•m:*, nviy. bVinj: .sold tiV'euit nil piiri'li; roi^ ut J.itt'ph Modes' Ihuiricu (Jlo'Ji iiVfiL—^iiVT.