The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1754, 17 August 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1874.

Thb Enterprise No. 2 did not attempt an excursiem to whakatiwai yesterday, owing to the unfavorable state of the weather. She proceeded to Auckland last night. . In London Times' special telegraph wire to Paris is worked from sine in the evening till three in the morning, gathering tip the latest continental'news. For the use of this wire thej hare to pay £3,000 a year. , The Golden Crown arrived from Auckland .about one o'clock to-day, and immediately embarked passengers for a trip to Whakatiwan A good number presented themselres for the excursion amongst others the members of the Open Company. Tiro, well-known young settlers of tie Wainrapa lately visited the Hurunuiranga 1 Pa. Arrived there they commenced paying polite attentions to the dusky ladies of the „/ Maori tillage. Their conduct was narrowly and jealously watched by the male portion of tilt inhabitants, who, finally coming to the conclusion that the "pakehas were coming it • little ted strong," seized our young settlers, stripped them naked, and tied them to trees. To obtain their release a hundred pounds had - to be paid to the offended Maoris. The above story reaches us by private letter.— Daily Telegraph.

The Clerk of the District Court has received a telegram from Hii Honor Judge Beekham, authorising him to adjourn the Diitrict Court tomorrow until the usual lit ting dar. Litigants will therefore not require to be in attendance. It had been arranged that to* morrow an application should be made for removal of Mr. Thomas Macffarlano from the office of Trustee in tho estute of S. Young. A kabbow escape from drowning occurred in Auckland on Saturday night; Just as the passengers ware landed from the Grown, a woman fell into the wattr. She stated that her name was Mrs. Niccole, and that her hnsbaud resided at the Thames. She was rescued in an exhausted state and conveyed to the residence of some friends in Wyndhamstreet. SoMB disappointment was > caused, at St. George's Church yesterday by the absence of members of the Opera Company from the choir. The weather possibly, prevented (he ladies and geitlemen from fuliSlling their promise. The choir was, however, very strong in the evening, and the choral service was excellently rendered. .

A Victobian paper says:—During the meeting on 28th Maj, of the moveable committee Ancient Ord«r .Odd Fellows, Past Grand Master M'Lean, of Richmond, attended with certificates of meritorious services faro, his district, and was invited to take a seat at the platform. He mentioned that there were 12,000 members, with a reserve capital of £180,000, in Victoria, and that the high rate of interest obtained relieved the colonial branch from the financial difficulties ; with which tie Unity in England had to contend.

Thb absence of the Duchess of Edinburgh from several drawing-rooms lately is thus explained. There is not room on the dais for all the members of the Eoyal family who have been present, and twice the Duke of Teck ,had to stand in the rear out of sight, behind therestoftheßoyalpersOna'ges. TheDuches* of Edinburgh, not being fond of state ceremonials, and having noticed this condition of things, begged her Majesty's permission to be' excused for such frequent attendance at drawing-rooms as is generally considered neceisary, and her request was granted. The question of precedence had nothing whatever to do with the affair. - „ :

Ah instance of practical Christianity which may be of use to the tract makers is narrated fey a writer in the Australasian. On Monday a little fellow with a withered leg, who sells matches, slipped from the kerb and broke— his crutch. There, were some ready sixpences about for a new prop, but the boy still wept, for he was unable to reach his home. Just then a shoeless, hatless urchin, with the daylight shining through the rents in his breeches, came up and said, "Where do ye want to go to ? " and being informed, at once hoisted the cripple on his back. I noticed eyes in stern faces suffusing as the little creature staggered away under his load, and more tkan one bystander realised better than ever before the story of the Samaritan. This one was'nt 12 years old, and I have heard worse sermons than he preached practically.

MB. W. Field, sen., of Woodville, writes to the South Australian Advertiser of the 6th July, asking, "Why shoot horses with broken legs?" and he expresses his astonishment that, so far as he has heard, no veterinary surgeon has ever attempted to set the leg of a horse. After referring to the loss sustained by Mr.; Crossman through the death of his entire horse Champion in this way, he goes "on to speak of the complete success that had attended his ewn treatment of a ram's broken leg and a horse's, and though the latter always went a little lame.for stnel purposes he was as good as ever. He concludes by expressing a "hope that any person who may read this, who is owner of valuable horses or mares, will not be foolish enough to have them destroyed, merely because they happen to have a broken leg." -*••■

Thb Geelong Advertiser wants to know what constitutes a jockey's costume, and goes on to say that the general opinion prevails that a jockey's costume consists of a silk jacket and cap, buckskin; breeches and boots, but Green, the jockey who rode Little Dick at the Winter Steeplechase Meeting, denies that such is the case. Noticing he had on, apparently, a white linen shirt instead of a white jacket, the weightr fined him £2, and when the stewards reminded Mr. Shepherd, the owner of the horse, of the penalty, he denied he had gone to scale in a shirt; what Mr. Hinds took to be a shirt was to all intents and purposes a jacket, and the Victoria Earing Club rules said nothing about a jacket being made of silk. He subsequently admitted the jacket had formerly been a shirt, but Green had cut the tails off it and fastened the body of the shirt round his waist. ■; ■

Foy en tout —the creed of a few persons in this world who hare, through some extraordinary , mischance, escaped . contact, with the dark and knowing aide of humanity. This was the case with a barmaid the other day—a recent importation: de facto, she.was " done," on account,of heir faith in everything. This idea wants considerable graspipg : a barmaid—tb at fascinating species of alcoholic leech—was swindled/hoodwinked and cajoled, by a creature walking upon two legs, and possessing all -the exterior appearance of a man. Into a certain hotel, in Grahamstown tfio gentlemen went for the purpoie of refreshment : one—the perfidious one—stood treat, and in order to do this, borrowed from the gentleman to ho treated two. shillings. The driaks amounted to a shilling. A. (we will lay) tendered the temporary loan in payment, when the damsel discovered that she had no change, without applying to the "lady superior." The gallant A. declared with much good nature that he would not trouble her—it, would be all right, and he kept the change and they drank. A. made lore to the barnaid, and the barmaid recipocrated. When they were going away A. suddenly turned, and bestowing a look of playful reproach upon the youvg lady, remarked that she was " a •ly little creature/ and would just trouble her for the one and sixpence-change which she had neglected to giva him. She gave it to him! His friend who had trusted him with the coin observed this in blank amazement —and was rendered speechless. . This Heathen Chinee the second led his companion away, and with a " smile that was cbitf like and bland," presented him with the borrowed florin, and held up in triumph the eighteenpence which he had made out of the transaction. This, is a fact; and the question it, which was raoit to blame, A, or the bar* I maid? , ..