THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 18 October 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1875.

We learn that a sum amounting to over £11 has been collected towards defraying the expenses of burial of the two children so inhumanly murdered on Saturday last, and we hear it is proposed if possible to raise sufficient money to send the father of the children away for a time, as he is in a most distressed'eondition at the-calamity which has befallen him. .■-."

We have received from Mr Jefferson, Shortland, the Australasian Sketcher for the current month, the engravings of which are principally colonial subjects, the Exhibition having great- prominence. The front page represerits'tbe opening of the Exhibition, and there is also a full page illustration of "The Main Hall" and lesser ones of "Japanese Court," "The Great Fountain," and the portion devoted to show of biscuits and confectionery. There is a portrait of the late Commodore Goodenough, and a representation of the attack by natives on the .Pearl's boats, in which the Commodore sustained his death wound. The present number of the Sketcher is a excellent one.

The Shortland Court House was crowded with people this morning in the expectation that the woman, Mrs Walls, would be charged with the murder of her two children. The spectators were disappointed, however, for the case was not called on; and when.the Clerk.of the Court, at the conclusion of business on the charge sheet, said " The Court is over," there was great surprise evinced, which was audibly expressed, and for a second or two it seemed as if the assembled crowd hardly realized their disappointment. But as the Magistrate immediately left the ' bench, and others having business at the Court at once dispersed, the spectators slowly, made for the door. '"' . .'"'...;"

A Maori lady rejoicing in the name of Wikitoria, Anglice Victoria, was charged this morning with being drunk and incapable on Saturday. She was on bail, but promptly answered to her name, and as soon as the charge was read she assented to it in the way peculiar _to Maories by a prononce " aye." The interpreter remarked too, that she said in Maori "she had come for her ten shillings." The /Magistrate seemed to think this was the reason, for he said, addressing defendant; "Come for your change, I suppose ?" at which Wikitoria smiled. The bail money is one pound, and a defendant appearing in answer to a charge is usually fined 10s, so there is a clear saving by putting in an appearance. Wikitoria will possibly lay the foundation of another drunk with the money she got from the Court.

With reference to the discovery in the Magdala mine, the Pleasant Creek News remarks :—" The reef has been tested to a thickness of eight feet, and gold is seen from time to time. The general opinion is favorable, and the find has the stock of several companies in close proximity. We. see the lode .spoken of in, some down-country- papers as a flat reef, but can hardly argue in favor of this conclusion, but that it will junction with a flat reef, at som« point not far distant

from the shaft'most experienced persons expect, and if such a junction be reached, then, according to all rule, the richest stone should there be found."