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PRESENTATION ^OF A^ TESTIMON^L-TJO

??''''.. A number of gentlemen ; assembled, on ^'Tuesday, 6th.inst., at MenzieB' Hotel,- Iiatrobe-streefc', topaya compliment to ' Mr ?'_ David' Syme,!- 'brie 'of1 the' pro-: ?' prietprS;Sf -the Age ; riewspa'p'erj on ' the' dconsio'n of

His departure for England \ per* Sussex,' whlbh, soilpd next day.'' Amongst 'the gentlemen present were tlie hon. the Treasurer, the hon. the Minister of Mines, the horiY'Mr;Pettett, M.L.O. ; Messrs' Bindon, King, ' Balfour, Biirtt, Yale, Wil'son, 'Lbngm^re^Watkins,: :Keeyes, G^Pi'Smith, Burrowea andM'KeanjM.P.'B'; MJr' ?Seliat; 'of * M'duiloSn^'SelJar . andi'Co; ;,;;Mr Eblfe, of Kolfe, Bailey, and Co. ; Mr' Thomas M'Oombie, whohos reoontly, returned to the colony'^ t Mr,E7erard^ Mr George, Syme, Mr H. J. Smith, Mr FergUBon, and other gentlemen. ? _, :.. '-. .:? t ! .. Mr-RoWE, on taking the chair, said : I wish some one more competent than I a in had been deputod to undertake i what ; is nevertheless to me a pleasant ; duty. 'We have not met together to make speeches, but to dp something mtioh more agreeable. A, ? gentleman is about to take bis leave of us whom wo can ill spare ; and we have met on this occasion : to speak with him, and to tell him how thoroughly wo have sympathised with him in the struggle he has maintained for so. long a period .in the cause of the people— r (hear)— and how. ; well and hoW ably he vindicated a: reform of ; the land law, whiohrhas since -been'brbright'to a'sncoeBsM-iBsub. If we:ha'd!nothad'a laridila'w of 'fsnch'-a'1 character as :thajrat'; presets m^^ oontinuedias -they'weref' at : a ' comparatively';recent datei1th,y*colony''woiald' have' retrograded to ah ex 'r ^^ teut-itriB.diffio^t:to*conoeive. !''It ison a sound land ' law that 'tHe'-' foundation '-of -the prosperity of 'any ' young-* com '; people: o^:ffie*!^a*ndsV3tb'^ab'br and earn their' own livingV the ;countrjr%ill'neTer prosper. ' I am happy to' say that;lna;great|measiare^p\the instrumentality of the ? gen tleman'fw'e1 'have £m'et'to honor, 'much ? of the' gbodire'a'Wt'whwIl' fias i=rflbwed; from ^the; bpera . tibh ybf* thef'i:preseBt r'Ii'arid Aot -is^'attrib'atable'*;' and aided by the^^Iiejsislattire that measure, which waB so 'long arid ardently desired, was accomplished. Mr. ;? Syme 'maintained the' people's''-rrights ;* and without. the people it has justly been said-Wo'cahdb nothing.-.' They may\be'amob^as some 'ahoso to call them]' butihoy ' areTafe iritelligerit hereVas in any part of the wprld:; 'and so -far' ;Mriy experience 'of the world goesi' I hayei not1 found so great -a'nuniber of intelUgentpebple^lsewhere'as'in this i country ; arid have-!tieYer;?8eeri-a' ^do'mmnmtijr'^ where'1 so muoh putienbe is manifested in supporting and waiting for the*' achievement r'bf* I, r am*. * ? ?sure* ^wo ;*-.* ^W.jV-^d^eply , ''sympathise, with* Mr Symef on the oo&asfon-'olhiB leaving in 'ill health','i:andI!ye';'bbpov-and;5tru8t?'to have his health restore'd: arid'*return fwith fresh yigory and continue:.t6fm'aintam the''obnrse'i-hevh*as; hitherto so strenuously ^battl^ Those rights ;are^ not rsrifift^ it is well^tMt' we fhavS'Bom'e; 'portibhisiof\tho press to maintain' theni'';l-and--'I': trust vtha(f 'it- will ? con tinu&'ta dofepi5 \ rh'aye deeply .'sympathised with MrrSyme'in'the p'ers'eoutibh!to whibhhe has been subjected in defence' 'of 5 the p'e'6ple's''?oauae.' y His

support' of the i;Gbyernment*has*^ed,:. 1 'understand, to tho'.WithdrawalJofsometadyortiso^^^ paper! by3ft-'cert'am It isof-pity. rtlial;f'8uoti' should11 ,jb6Vth'e^«ioBei'-'f-Ii(i''-'i8;:o disgracti ibc6urfic6m^'cuiityV??and;' although' {'J'am' conrieb1ed:''Jirir-'Bo'm¥f'respebts !with's4t!at^olass, arid shairnbv'doubt f'bo1 ?Sropudiited by it J6'r tho/expres siori' I have*giyen-utterance;.to, yet-;IVvneverthelesB, dBolaVoHi'4oY^'.''a^dJ(dgr-ip6:'0iiat!Biao]i:a^oonteBipUble. line* of ^conduct -sHouId-fbd^parsned^fo^'^hon'eat'. difference' p^itbpin'ibn'as tb'wh'at' 'cpurse'waa'' 6eit'tb bo adopted- for-the i'- welfare' of .th'ec'buntryli (Cheers'.'). The bUair'man ^^then?^?'addres8ing^;Mri Syme,1' said : Mr Syme^rit affbrda i^o::greatVpleh8tu:e.-on'ithis:i9lc-. casibn^tb:'presentiybu^TOth'' jtliis'tdken of /our ire- : spebt'and eateeui.' :: 'It is 'a' ^ok'en of 'bur aclmiration for your ''?''advocacy of 'the ! principles n you have ?? so nobly maintained1,' for your- ?efforts'' to prbnibte. the liberal'tcauso.'.'to defend;';the' .people's -rights,' and to support the institutions -pf ' -the 'country: o (Ap^ plause;) -'«'v' fVS; yiiK-fW-y?*- ^-v ; :!---^ '.'?'-?-?-&?::'.?-.'?.??. ~:-£:.i--: ? The; Chairman presented Mr Symo with' an elegant lihdfmasaive 'silver '-tea .and''-coffee*i service with- salver', bearing' the ifollo'wing''insdription :— rV;^7^,;! 'S' 'V^j^jgjjNTED' -TO -?';:''y '?- ? ;1; PA^'BYMB.-'Esq:, . ::?. ? ...-. -rKOPniBTOnJciF ? THE' AGE1 NEWSPAPER, ' ? ? .'?':'- ??.?-;'-. :-. ?' '.'-i-'-Ja1 recognition of his '??-:-. r;EM I^N:E N;T'V; S E B, V 10 E S ' ' ?'.'?? ''?' .'-1' ?'? i Klii the cause of CONSTI^UTIONAIi MBERTy. ? ^ ? .?^-'?;yMeiboiwfiei-:-Marqh;-.6,.1866.-' The hon. Mr* SniiiyAN ' prbposod a' toast, ?? The: health of 'Mr. Syme, -anid his saferetnrn,' which was honbredi'with three/ timfesithreer 'vt : ,;;; ',.;:;. Mr SysiiFxbse'' to -respbndi'fe He said : Mr Chair-.' man' and 'gentleiaen', I ;'f cfeTl'qtdicp at aloes to 'express my feelln'g'stbii ithis ocbtfsion;/]; I- have' been pain-- fully 'made awtire',^ ^^ dfir&g'ithe : few-'^years^I 'have; been obnneoted with' '-]oara^li8H\M'-this'oonAtryt\taai;' I havo'PMado'v a*;-igrea%'-nnm^ never to this mom ont did I know I had so many friends. I have been ob UBed to giving and receiving . hard 'knocks, that I am quito put out by a demonstration of this kind, and I experience altogether a new sort of sensation. Accept my thanks, Mr Chairman and gentlemen, for the very valuable gift you have presented to mo, which I Bhall prizB and be proud of as long as I live. Accept also ? my thanks for '. the. kindly manner in whioh you have spoken of ,my connection with tbo 'Age. I feel ^prjind of the -Age; not on account of its success politically^ or commercially, but because the ' paper haa ' identified itself with popular progress in the obuntry.- (Applause.) If I am proud of its suo-. cess, it is because it has been a success of mornl foroe. It was ushered into existence in 1851, and in a tin?e, of groat prosperity. Tho , yield of gold of tho previous year wae tho highest ever recorded. Money was plentiful, and there was no diilloulty experienced during that period in carrying, on a young and promising nowapapor, , But the gold-tiohlo declined, and every one began to oconomioo liio oxpimditnvo, Tho Ago had to con tend with two formidable rivals ; papers which had; been 'in existence before the gold era, having old connoalionq and large capital; whilst tho Age Jiad no connection, and, I njn »pt BBbanied to say jt, gontlomen, yevy ljttjq enpjtal. (Rear,) ptiJl tl»P Aff? bad tho hardihood to set jff) laco n^jifnpt every Hio;)oyedprKanJBB(,jflnfor npUHcnl ynrnonea |fl (fab colopyv 'It opnbsiad ajjjio tbb

Tiotorion; Assooiation and the Free Trade Ijeagub,' and,' ? owing -ta' the ??awkward. habitV' it 'has7 of 'speaking out 'fearlessly; and expressing itself: plainly,- it 'has ? made ?': many private' ; enemiek.' Still, notwithstanding' the ' antagonistic ?interests it has had to contend '? with, I may 'venture1 to s'ay.'.in' the twelfth' -y oar of its- existence 'thatf'it:is, 'com mercially' speaking, it eu'eoess.1 (Applause.)1 It' is not popular with the commercial 'olfiss'.'' 'It has 'not been ? 'conducted .on? purely 'qbmmeroial pnribiplefe. It has not gone in to support the strong against the weak, r ? It has nbt favored' the side which ap peared to be able to- reward its supporters the best. (Hear/) If if had done so, we,; gentlemen, should not have been here this day. '(Hear.) It has been my desire to identify1 the Age y/ltiix' the best interests - of ' the' country, and ; the pulilio are- ? the boat judges how1 '/I !have' suc ceeded. ? ?' I have endeavored to give the Age a; oharaoter -for fearless* honesty and thorough

consistency. (Applause.) There is one little secret of' tho ^management of the-Age that I- should mention ia connection with it. 'We have a sort * of motto, though not printed over the leader head as. if for ornament rather than use. Our traditional motto— the result of accumulated experience in the offloe— expresses nbt merely a ! belief in) measures but a. belief also in men. We do not expect to get good measures from bad men. In fact, our motto has been ' measures and men,' and it ha3 been pur guide in many.. -a politioal'crisis in' the qttloiiy '; Vand'.'-'when we have : ft^'MiiiiBtryj.gsbbd as a; Whole, 'thbugh differing perliap's 'in many-minor' :pamta~jbnf'more espebialjy wheniwe firicl* a. Ministry ^abTe*and\fio'ne3t,~vtlid'-'bB$'t'' Ministry tliat 'could be got ^^ together '*undei '-ftBe' circumstanoe'e— wo have not heBitiited' to lay ?aside aU' minor ?differences to : igiye iji ;ths*besfc ^possible support. (Cheers.) ? Gentlemen, -it' would ill be come me to take credit to myself for all the; success the1 A.ge baa adhieyed.' ' A.'great portion of ': that' sue- . cess is' due to 'the' able' manner in -which I haye been* assiBted by; the literary ''staff'; a staff1 which will, still 'continue to conduot the paper during my absence, and in whom I have tho greatest confidence'. In' conclusion, gentlemen, ''fallow- me;'bnoo' inore: to thank youj-and to 'say it shall 'be 'my ?'endeavor, if spared to'return|- to' make niyaelf [all the morb worthy of your esteem.*; ' (Loud applause.)' --': ? F - v -V ' : ' *??? The CnAriwiAN proposed' thV toast of ' The Grovernor,nlwhioh waa' received; with'- erithuBiasm. ? Mir WilsokVM.L'. A.^ then said ?; MrSyme 'has had the pleasure bf seeing the Ministry he has bo ably supported' reinstated in power, and I thinkitis only a fitting duty to drink'. Success to the''Ministry.' ? The toast was received with applause.? -W The hbni G-.' F. Vbbdon said: ? - Mr Chairman,/ 1 came here not so much as a member of the Cabinet as d colonist of Bomb yearsv standing, whti, before he entered Parliament, had occasion to admire the independence and spirit of .the Age. I ifiank you, gentlemen, :for the honor done myself /and colleagues. We have been, with the Age, fighting the battle of 'the' people*'of the:- colony. I wish I could say the battle -waB fought and won. I fedr it is only beginning ;' but if so, the'Oovern ment of the country will be. aflministerdd* by the gentlemen' in office upon those principles'! hitherto contended for*; and bo long as they 'are sup ported by a small . though -? honest arid inde pendent portion of the- press, and, what is»of still more' importance, really representing public feeling in the colony, neither this nor any other Government need fear the'result. This Government 'is1 largely indebted to tUeA'ge for its adyocaoy of all liberal measures',- and I trust .tho time will neVer come: when theyvwill- cease to hayb^an' honest- and able exponent^ such as the .'Age has -hitherto been. (Applause.) ' ; '? 'M .Mr M. L. King, M.L.A., proposed the ;health of Mrs 'Symo.; ??.-?' ?[;-. vv;. -' , ??-. y-S:f f -fc^ ..:.;'';;''. Me, Symb responded. . ?; ; - :'-. '.-' The hon. G.-^: YbrdOn proposed ''The health of the Chairmanj'? as bno'partibularly identified with all liberal measures/1 ' : ::'*':' :^ii,: ?' r:'~! '? '?'-'-'- -? '?'??. '' The toast being given and duly honored, :The GiiAinaiA'NjsaidJhat, though htfwaBnot aware that he ..led1: ^the'-'van fin' all '-liberal- measuroB; -fe \yas_ oer JaiMy:~«;a.fstrong , [ndyboit&V f orS'1right:';'and justice to ' r aliy.parties';^and ?') whireyer the to;; ? was persecution ^ he'felt''it: to be' his 'duty td're'niove it'as f ar'as in him lay^ ? and' heypnld'?o'bntiidttS'that''opiirse ' riotwithatandipg ,- the* il]i-feeling'4x||liibite'd^ag'dwBt'. him in :? certain: qnarters; T*' He;. was i 'sorry thapso : much i ?bitter' feeling;1 exisjted,' because ;Sdiff^re'nce8 -of opinion had ariBon*oni:politio^-fflatteraJ^Vlt-.was-'':a' great misfortune in a obmmnnity like this tHat' they could not-h'bnestly'*'agree';ib''differV-:''''1Hs'trabiie1d''the. feeling would '^subside and tone* down j'and'all'1 would work ?harminiouBly ?? together.':' \There innst^be'prb' gress,- and' rth'e people .would have 'it; 'and-they ;had a'righjr \tb ''deman'a^ayi^'aud-acqmm^ujii^l-l&b^.thiBi' whioh'i.would compare withTany^inithe' world^was ffntitlodHo every. justi6e'at!jtho, ?hands of the^Legis laturei' .'? ? ... ? -^-^ '?' ;-;-.;. iv..;,;i.. -,.-?,;,-. ,i ,~-.^.y - -???Mr Seeves.M.L.A., on behalf of the Protectionist -League* of 'Victoria, ?*?;; oxprossod his'';'' appre- ciation of the ? able ? and- independent manner 'ii^'flwhiqh^-'the;;: [Age '^had: identified ''-'^itself With .themVan5 aided in working but their 'iproblomV An' independent preaa- wos a' most valuable institu £io'n7 more particularly in- a new country, and the independent position the Age had assumed had given to the people of the ' country a status which would bo maintained in its integrity ; and whenever Mr Syme'' returned he would find the principles still held with undiminished. 'energy.- :-?'?-.- ??- T- y' The proceedings vthen terminated. .:

The Sandhurst and Ikglkwood Tramwat Company.— The half-yearly mooting of this oompany took place at the Metropolitan Hotel on the 1st inst. 3031 shares being represented. Mr John M'Intyro occupied the chair. The business to bo transacted whb (the election of directors and the receiving the 'directors' report. The report alluded to the calling for tenders for the construction of the first ? section of tho lino, and that Mr A. O'Keofo'a for £12, COO was entertained but not accepted, calls being but badly paid, which, however, bad since boon paid under threat of legal proceedings. The report further stated that olinros had. been flout to England with a good prospect of being solil, and that the action of the meeting with regard to the report would be taken by ttie directors us au indi cation whether the construction of the lino should bo at onpe proceeded with, T))p report wns iinnni/1 mouoly adopted, and tlin following gentleman ojentod dJiootorB ; — JSfeHBrs M'Intyro, ty, Bannorman, O'Keofo, Vf, Buyrp-f es, 'Bpyd, Morrow, Trnalpye, Bmdhuruo, Bastoiy, J, Mooro, Hpl.mflD, Wflj'fl, Thinnder nn'4 Jttqkso?'), ^'Mndiffo Adm'tintf) March 3, ' ? , . . ? -. ', : , . ...

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