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AMHERST HOSPITAL FETE, 1871. The Amherst Hospital ,/JJte,-' Having arrived at the seventh year of its existence, may be considered a permanent' institution, and we believe it may lay claim to the honor of being the first regularly, organised scheme for r assisting, a public joharity-. through the medium of a general holiday and a day's en joyment. Since the 6th of December, 1865 — the date on which the first fite was held on the racecourse; at Talbot— the example has been followed with various degrees of success in numerous parts of the colony. But taking into consideration the number of tho inhabi tants in the borough of Amherst and its neighborhood, , together with.: the moderate amount of wealth (comparatively speaking) that the district represents, and considering also the number of times the file has been repeated, wo fear no contradiction in. stating that up to the last gathering, on the 9th of November, 1870, $he Amherat Hospital fits has. not been surpassed in popularity and success by any festival of ? the ;kind in Vic toria..::) This year the/^e; was morn' success ful: still, and our illustration is. taken from a sketoh . by an artist t specially!: sent to Talbot. for that purpose.: .It. took place on Wednesday,' i let !N oyembor,- : and the ' f orma tion of the. procession, began a,ti ten o'clock a.m., and at eleven.it commenced to parade the towni .There must : have been nearly 1000 men in; the procession., and of these over 300! were; mounted. ;. There . : were the Majorca' Hussars, Grant's Guards, the Bashi Bazouks, ' ' Bet-Bet Light Horse, - : Middle Creek Hussars, Talbot Landers, Cameron Mounted Rifles, Richardson's Show, Friendly Societies, Fijian Chiefs, Amherat Ninwods, Miners, Naval Brigades, Glengower Hussars, the Bounding Bricks of Ararat, Wizards and Spiritists galore, Punch, and .'Judy,', Re claimed Cannibals,; Knights, . Court Fools, Pages, Queens ? of Beauty, Sons of Temperance, Cagliostros ? the ? Third, Fire Brigades, the Scandinavian Society, ghosts, satyrs, and fawns, ? Wallace and Bruce and Sir Jasper de Luce,!! Dunolly tilters and Cariabrook matadors. 'Altogether they made up auoh a novel ; and motley as semblage as is seldom seen . except at these annual fites. ? Tho procession was most artistically arranged, and the dresses, heraldic emblems, armor, &c, of the numerous his torical characters waa gorgeous,) and, in the the most of oases, correct. The.allegorica and fanoiful tableaux, characters,, &o., were the best we have ever-seen, and the mythological men ? and , animate wore nu merous, and as mysterious and indescrib able as their designers could .desire. The procession, after completing ; the usual route through, the town, finally disbanded at Camp-street; with three , cheers ; for tho Queen, and the performance of 'the National Anthem. --\ --- In the expectation of a visit from Mr. J. M. Grant, the present Minister of Lands, who, however, was unavoidably absent owing to parliamentary duties, it collatidn had been prepared at' Lypn's. Hotel ,, Prwr to.visiting the grounds a number of itho. leading .gentle monfp'SrtoOkofthQ!rbpaat;!Mi..M6rilzCohn, insir, y.m-!;-!.-.!' -/. Us-j r^mbfc, Mr; fifodii ;; ?

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL AilHERST HOSPITAL FETE, HELD AT TALBOT, VICTORIA/.'. 1st NOVEMBER 1 8 7 L^see pa-je 219.

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL AilHERST HOSPITAL FETE, HELD AT TALBOT, VICTORIA/.'. 1st NOVEMBER 1 8 7 L^see pa-je 219.

J.P., acting as chairman. The places of amusement on the ground were arranged pretty much in the form of a circle, with the dancing marquee in the centre, {Richardson's nhow, whose company played a piece entitled St. George and the Dragon ; the Varieties of The Bounding Bricks, who favored their patrons with vocal and acrobatic perform ances, and the ladies' bazaar, being the most prominent features. At the bazaar a mag nificent display of goods was made, the fol lowing ladies presiding at the stalls : — For Talbot, Mesdames I. Andrews, Muhlan, Jacobson, Denithorne, Miss Tobias, Miss Powell, Mrs. Earl, Mrs. Solomon, the Misses Nankivell, Mrs. Croeks, and Miss Heggie ; and for Amherst, Mrs. and Miss Douglas, Miss Hamilton, and Mesdames J. P. Smith and Harding. The total receipts amounted to close upon £900 ; and before quitting the subject, it is but just to say that Mr, Fowler, Mr. Andrews, and their energetic coadju tors, deserve the very greatest p_raise for their untiring exertions in getting up so brilliant and successful a gathering.

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