Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 237, 15 February 1869, Page 2

Local and General.

Freehold Land Societv. — The annual ■* general meeting of this society will be held ■ at the Old Town Hall, to-morrow evening. [ Bankruptcy.— George Robert Hart, of . Christchnrch, pointer, has filed a declaration that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. W^Lyttelton Railway Sheds. — Another xamining shed has been commenced in 4_yt- . telton, at the east end of the one now in use. Messrs England Bros., are the con- \ tractors for the work, which is to be completed in the course of three weeks. , Christchurch Volunteer Artillery.— i The adjourned annual meeting will be held i in the orderly-room .to-morrow evening. There are vacancies for a tew recruits, who can now join the battery at a slight expense. The battery will parade for inspection at 7 , p.m. on the 1 9th inst. New Zealand Stud Book.— Mr C. Elliot, | compiler of the above work, requests that persons possessed of thoroughbred horses which have not appeared in Vols. I. and 11. of the Stud Book, will furnish him with their names and particulars of breeding by the end of March next, as Volume 111. is in course of, preparation. Legal. — The next civil sittings of the Supreme Court will be held on the Bth proximo. As yet there is only one case on the record— Beswick v. the Mayor, Councillors, and burgesses of the Borough of Kaiapoi. Mr Cowlshaw is solicitor for the plaintiff, and Mr Wynn Williams for the defendants. The case is Bet down for trial by common jury. Wrbck 'of the Crest.— A tablet has been placed in St. Peter's Church, Akaroa, by the Odd-fellows of the Manchester Unity, to the memory of Captain William Ellis, who, it may be remembered, perished; through the wreck of the above ill-fated vessel. The tablet, which is of polished slate, bears a suitable inscription, and is the workmanship of Mr E. W. Morey. Theatre Royal. — Although the weather was very inclement, there was a good attendance at the theatre on Saturday night. The programme comprised " All that Glitters is not Gold," " the Wandering Minstrel," and the farce " Brother Bill and Me." Mr and Mrs Howard and Mr Simmonds were loudly applauded. The sensational drama entitled " Under the Gaslight " will be performed for the first time in Christchurch this evening. - The Suez Mail. — As some misapprehension exists as to the time at which letters and newspapers can be forwarded to England, we may state that the Omeo will leave Otago on the 16th instant, for Melbourne, via Lyttelton, Wellington, Neisbn and Hokitika. The mails leave Melbourne on March 2, so that the Omeo will have time to call at all the ports mentioned, and arrive at Melbourne before the departure of the outgoing steamer, if she is not unnecessarily detained anywhere. We are informed that comparatively few letters and papers were sent by the Alhambra. Canterbury Ordinances.— A New Zealand Gazette published on Feb. 8 announces that the following Ordinances passed by the Provincial Council, and assented to by the Superintendent of the province of Canter- ' bury, intituled The Rakaia Bridge Ordinance, 1868; The Diversion of Roads on Great Southern Railway Special Ordinance, No. 2, 1868-, The Education Ordinance, 1864, and the Education Ordinance Amendment Ordin- i ance, 1865, Amendment Ordinance, 1868; i The Appropriation Ordinance, No. 3, 1868; having been laid before the Governor, his < Excellency has been advised not to exercise i his power of disallowance in respect of them. Theatrical.— Those of our readers who have a pleasurable recollection of Mr J. J. i Bartlett's -acting here recently, will be glad i to know that he has met with success in Mcl- ] bourne. The Argus of Feb. 2, in noticing ] the production of "David Garrick," says: — i Mr James Bartlett, who was favourably I known in this colony some five or six years < ago as a light comedian, sustained the principal character. Mr Bartlett played David i Garrick carefully, and with gentlemanly i ease, and in the scene in which he leaves the 1 dinner party in a condition of simulated in- 1 toxication, he so powerfully impressed the t audience as to receive the unusual honour of a 1 1 call in the middle of the act. '