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DECEASE OF MR WILLIAM JOHN-
STONE.
Our obituary to-day records the decease of
another old colonist— but apparently in the
prime of life a few days ago— Mr William
Johnstone, of Beulah, High-street, and St.
John and Cimitiere-streets, Launceston. Mr
Johnstone arrived here about the year 1841
and soon after entered into business on his own
account. Since 1850 he has occupied the
large business premises and stores at the
corner of St. John and Cimltiere-streets, and
the position of being one of the leading mer-
chants of Launceston. He was of a very
retiring disposition, and declined to oc-
cupy any public office more promi-
nent than that of Municipal auditor, which,
first with Mr Charles McArthur, and lately
with Mr W. H. Westbrook, he has held
since the year 1858. Mr Johnstone was a
portly, active, and apparently healthy man
when he left Launceston on Wednesday week
to attend two agricultural exhibition at West-
bury. While there he caught cold, which
settled on his lungs, causing congestion of
the lungs and liver, and inflammation ex-
tended so rapidly that he died at near one
o'clock on Wednesday morning, aged 63
years. The deceased gentleman was highly
esteemed, and many places of business have
had the front windows partially closed since,
while the shipping in port and the Town
Hall have had tbe Union Jack hoisted half
mast as tokens of respect to the memory of
the deceased. The funeral leaves Beulah at
3 p.m. to-day, to proceed to the Church of
England Cemetery.
THEATRE ROYAL.— The ballet comedietta
Magic Toys was performed on Weducsday
evening to a limited audience. The little
piece was very well produced. The plot is
one which must alwayB prove interesting.
Merlin, a magician, tests the effect of nuk
ing a present to his fair ward. Miss Udoise
Uuvalll, of his son, Miss Bosalie, as a magic
toy sweetheart, properly wound up, and
warranted to look kindly, speak, walk, and
exhibit other peculiarities for a quarter of
an hour. The young lady Is delighted with
the new toy, although it Is too big to Jarry
about, and is In despair when it escapes and
disappears at the end of the quarter of on
hour. In her grief for tlie lost she sings—
' Oh glie me back ray pretty toy.' In the
course of the pice: soveral neat Illtle songs
were given, and Miss Rosalie danced a
sailor's hornpipe— *s 'Sweet William' is
said to bare played tbc fiddle—' like an
angel.' She a'so danced a Spanish bolero with
castanets, and a grand pa* de dtur with MIbs
Helolse. The laUvrliad merit enough toensurc
encocss to tiie graceful sisters. The applause
was most entiiuslastic, as such graceful at
titudes, such airy, tip -toe pirouettes, and
terpBlchorcangems have never blthorto been
produced on any stage in this colony. About
twenty years ago Madams Streblngcr and
Signer Carandlnl approached nearer 'to the
Dutalll standard than any artistes who have
appeared here since. Tbc performance con
cluded with the amusing extravaganu 'The
Highwayman's Holiday' Io this Miss
Ilelolsc song ' Who's that tapping at the
garden gate r' MIib Rosalie -'Who'll have,
WI1U II III*' t till; iui until ui Ttuint 1 uuu
Hie sisters the duet ' We are two robbers
bold' ; Mr Hall ' I'm such a nervous man,'
and Mr CoutU 'My name is Tommy
Shivers.' The sisters HcloUe as ' Sybil,''
and Rosalie as 'Susan Nubbles' were
elaborately (rot up in tbc Paul Clifford and
Clauio Dural stylcof uniform for Blackhcath,
aud looked very bewitching and really dange
rous. Tbe same programme was repeated lost
night. Thiscveuingtbcperroruianccwlll be for
the benefit of the Misses IlcloSscond Rosillc
Duvalll, when the celebrated Tgrisian quad
rille, from the opera of 'The Grand
Duchess,' la to be produced. Till* It to be
a grand fashionable night, the benefit of tbc
fair slBters being under distinguished patron
age. The I'arislan quadrillo is the noted
Can Can dance, which is to be produced on
this occasion only.
THE EXPERIMENT. — This is to be the name
of a very handsome schooner now on the
stocks in Messrs. Ditcbam, Button, aud Co.'s
yards, off William-street, between Sydney
Place and the Queen's Wharf. The Experi-
ment is being built by Messrs. Thomas and
James McLean, to the urder and specifica-
tion of Messrs. Ditcham, Button, and Co.
She measures 66 feet on the keel ; 75 feet
overall; 18 feet breadth of beam, and 7 feet
3 inches depth of hold. Her registered
tonnage will be 65 tonn, but she will carry
close on one hundred tons. She has been
staunchly and faithfully built of blue gum
and stringy bark, and her cabin, a large one
for the size of tbc vessel, is a half deck-house,
tastefully panelled and fitted with lockers
of polished blackwood, with Huon pine
mouldings. Sha has a flush deck from stem
to stern. Her deck has been laid and caulked,
and her top sides are caulked and the staun-
chions are ready for the bulwarks. The
Experient is a beautiful model of a round-
sterned vessel, with fine clear lines, and will
evidently form a model for other vessels for
which the timber is still growing. The
Experiment will be launched some time next
month, and we believe that event will attract
to the Tamar Bridge and adjacent wharves
and embankments a vast number of spec-
tators.
CONCERT AT EVANDALE.— A very fitting
wind up to the Eiandale Agricultural Show
yctteroiy was tht concert which was given
in the evening in the Council Chamber.
The load amateurs, MiasUwaon, Miss Fall,
and Mr Darby, were ably supported by Mr
and Miss Fuller, and Mr F. 11. Splcer f rou.
Launoeston, aud tbe Longford Band was
likewise in attendance. The programme
was most liberal and varied, nnd jost such as
apparently suited tbe performers, so tbat
the concert was a complete succesi. The
liall was crowuea in every pan, ana vie
various pieces were cheered to the echo, the
performance, In short, being one of tbc
most snocesiful which has becu beld
In tbst Interesting rural township for
some time post. After the opening overture
by the band, the duet, 'All's Well,' was
saug b- Messrs. Splcer and Darby, after
which Miss Lawson snag a solo very nicely.
Mr Bploer thsn gave 'Good bye at the
door' with Rrcat feeling and effect, and ho
was followed by Mr Wanehtcrchauscr, of the
hand, with a concertina solo. ' My pretty
Jane' was very prettily rendered by Mr
Splcer, and then followed a duct 'The
larboard watch,' By Messrs. Splcer and
Darby. Mr Fuller, with Miss Fuller accom
panying on the piano, then gave the well
known piece, 'Man the life-boot,' after
which they sang the interesting duel of the
' Gipsy Conutess.' Mr Splcer tben sang the
ballad ' Marguerito,' and the performance
was shortly afterwords brought to a close.
During the evening a distribution of bazaar
prizes took place, which In Itself was quite
an attractive feature in tho entertainment.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.— A narrow escape
from, being choked In tbe Tamar mud oc
curred lost evening, between e and 9 o'clock,
to an old seafaring moo named Kenny, halt
ing from tbc lAlrobc district. It appears
that be was wandering about tho swamp,
sightly tbo worse for liquor, and acdienially
fell Into one of tbe deep drains which' tra
verse the swamp, and was speedily enrelopc-1
In black gluey mud, outof which it l» next to
impossible to escape without assistanoB. Ills
cries for help were fortunately heart by two
?uen, named Gsthercole and Itoss, who pro
ceeding to bis assistance, soon loaded him. In
safety on tbc bank. As he was tnen in a
most pitiable state, be was taken to the lock
up and supplied with some 'clothes from
(be gaol, »nd, with the aid of a good lire, was
soon all right. It was fortunate for tlie poor
old shellback tint tbe tide was out, or else
bis doom would speedily have bocn sealed,
and he might never have been heard of.
SUDDEN DEATH.-A Mrs Hester O'Neill,
aged 74 years, resident in Wellington-street,
nearly opposite the fire bell, died there dur
ing Wednesday night. Yesterday morning
Robert Marsh, a milkman, in making his
round called to deliver milk at Mrs O'Neill's.
He knocked, but no one answered, and on
examining the door he found it partially
open. He vent inside and found Mrs O'Neill
dead in a chair. She had formerly been
attended by Dr. Clarke for some complaint,
but it is not known whether any medical man
prescribed for her lately. An inquest is to
be held at the Police Court at half-past 9
o'clock this morning.
SALE OF GOODS SEIZED FOR RAILWAY
RATE.--Tlie fifth and closing sale. of foods,
set red for non-payment of railway rate, was1
$i1- at' the Commissariat Store's ycslcraay
'morning. There were not more than a
*ofceni-enoni present, bailiff, Udders, and
SbnitaVles Included. Tiresoois consisted
of twontv-«ixlou comprising butter, wheat,
oats, flour, brandy, sugar, boots, 'bacon,
?ndapltsaw. The butter sold for 44 per
lb 1 wheat at from is 4d to 4s 6d per bushel
—swobHuig to quality 1 -oats, 31 ga per
busb«lf,flo«r,-S»s per bag , brandy, three
bases'; A IsTS, Is 6a. and Is 94 per bolUe ,
sugar, M per lb , boots, 6s per pair , baton,
5s for the lot t Sioyds grenadine, 27s 1 watch
and chain, SSs, microscope, 6s j blacksmith's
.jwUowil and old Bit. saw, £3 b,, sewing
tnabhlno *£$. . . . *
7QkstOVAL.i-rDr. Moionhu moved from
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.IjOOWlliii
FIRE.— About ten o'clock last night a fire
broke out in on empty cottage situated be-
yond the Hospital, and owned by a man
named Smith. The fire-bells speedlly sounded
the alarm, and the flre brigades promptly
obeyed tho summons, and went on* to the
scene of the conflagration, but before they
reached there the cottage was almost entirely
consumed. It ia not known bow the flre
occurred.
CUAKOE IS EKOIHEERS T.8N. COHFAKV.
—Mr Lowe, so many years engineer of the
a.s. Derwent, haa resigned, aud 'been ap
pointed by tbc Marino Hoard u- succeed Mr
McDonald, late engineer of the sleani-tug
Tamar. Mr Lowe joined the tug at Mel
bourne, where he will superintend tbc repair
and resetting of her boiler, &c He has
been succeeded by Mr Kelly of the T.S.N.
Company's s.s. Tamar.
THE s.s. PIONEER.— The Pioneer having
had her overhaul and refit completed, left
the Queen's Wharf at 10 o'clock on Wed-
ucbJay luurniiiii an u trial Iriu, with Ihe
tchooner Swordflah for Dunedili ill low. The
machinery of tbc Pioneer worked well, but
rather stiffly. She towed Ihe Snordflsh over
tho liar and then ca-t her off, and continued
her trip down the river about a mile below
Pig Island, where she took the barque
Oriental Iu tow, and brought her up to the
Bar before one o'clock. The Pioneer then
come alongside the Quecn'a Wharf to pre
pare tor her trip to Emu Bay and other ports
on the Korth West Coast.
Chohus PaAcncE.— A full practice of the
chorus party of amateurs who hove arranged
Catholic Church at Westbury, announced
shortly lo take place, waB held lost evening,
at Hubbtrd's music saloon, under the con
duclorslilp of Mr James H. Melvyn. The
practice of the amateurs showed a marked
improvement, and there is no doubt but their
future performance will do credit to them
selves a id to their able conductor.
SALE AT LONGFORD.— Wo bare been re
quested to draw attention to the tact tbat
tbe sale at Mr Brumby's farm, Ilarwick, near
Longford, which was advertlsod to toko
place to-day, May let, will uot take place
until Friday next, May 8th.
MEDICAL. — Dr. Oldmeadow, late of Green
Ponds, notifies that it is bis intention to
commence practising his profession at Evan-
dale, and that any persons desirous of con-
sulting bun may apply at Mrs Dulfcll's
Hotel, Jtvondale.
DISTRICT OF WESTBURY.— A writhas been
Issued for tbc election of a member for tlie
House of Assembly iu the place of John Mil
lar Esq., resigned. Nominations will be recei
ved' from tho ISth May up to the 18lh,andln
eventof more than one candidate being no
minated a poll will be held on the 23rd Moj.
AGRICULTURAL SHOW.— The Morven So-
ciety's Agricultural Show at Evandale on
Wednesday, was in itself a complete success,
although the attendance of visitors was not
nearly so large as at the previous shows. A
report of the show will be found in another
HIT OR MISS COMPANY.— A meeting of
tbc shareholders in tbc Hit or Miss Gold
Mining Company will be beld at the class
room of tho Mechanics' Institute this even
ing for the purpose of adopting the deed
of association, electing directors, managers,
and any other business that may arise.
'DacAU Tnou or Mi:.'— We have re
ceived from Mi'sirs. Walch Bros, and
nirchall, a beautiful ballad bearing this
title. It was composed for and sung by Mr
Henrv Ackland, of Emerson's Minstrels.
Luxubieb AT Talukr.* Rivg*-. — 'A lady,
residing at Cambell's Crock, him,' the Mount
ikratidertlail Btates, 'received a letter
from hit brother, dated Cookstown, Palmer
Hirer, in which he described the sunVriues
of the miners. He had hlm.clf been nine
weeks without eating animal food. An old
'moke' was mode up Into 'turtle' soup.
Happy were those who could occasionly
obtain horse-flesh, aud at any price. But
the hardest to bear — and as a proof of
extreme wont-thc fnithful dag of many a
miner hsd to be killed ; and ia one fustauce,
tbe owner of the poor animal slaughtered
could not, notwithstanding his crcat need,
swallow a particle of his old friend.'
ANOTHER Claimant.— Considerable sen-
sation was caused, says tho Darling Woiom
Gazette, by the rumour Iliat the real heir to
tbe Pcardon property in Husselt-Btrect, con
sisting o( the premises occupied by the Bank
of Queimland, Messn. J. Dull, D. & J
Benjamin, Ulackbum, rearer, Stirling, and
others, extending from tbe corner of
Iiuthrcn-strect to Russell-street Bridge, was
ou bis way to Queensland, for tbe express
purpose of establishing his claim to the
paternal estate. It U stated that the pro
perty upon which this portion of Russell
?treet has been creeled origin illy belonged
to on old resident named James Pcardon,
who died intestate, and that the claimant h
bis eldest boh and heir-at-law. On the other
Dsna, uiviL- nic uu- ucu inu luc propem
was sold about 1862 by certain members of
tbe TcarJon family to a Mr G. M. lteed, and
by him divided In eligible building sites aud
dUna&cd of at auction, a certificate of title
under the Real Property Act btvlng been
given to each purchaser. Should the
claimant establish bis litle, we trust the pur
chosen who received titles through the Real
Property OtSce will receive bolter treatment
from tha authorities than was administered
to our late townsman, Mr T. F. Torry, and
that they will be allowed tbe remuneration
to which they are entitled from the fund
formed to meet cues of this character, viz.,
the Assurance Fund. Tbe property is valua
at £16,000.
SLOW WORK —The following paragraph
shows tbat Tasmania can beat us South
Australians, says the Ittqlstert even in the
Blowness we hare exhibited in connection
with the Murray Bridge. A correspondent
writing to one of the papers soys:— 'New
Norfolk wonts abridge, and some advocate
thenowatructarcbeing an iron suspension
bridge. Where U the Iron suspension bridge
bought by Governmcut for the village of
Perth about 30 years ago? On Ihe wharf
In front of Messrs. Belbin & Dowdell's store,
ready to be put up.'
Cakike Saoacitt.— Our Skye has been
uneasy for tho lost fortnight, and no one
could tell what was the matter with him.
One friend suggested fleas, another hinted at
worms, a third put it down to hot weather.
Walking by the Town Hall yesterday, tbe
poor animal looked first up at us and tbop at
the buUdlng. We comprebtnded at once
what wai tbc matter— he wanted lo be re
gistered 1 and we Indulged his caprice. lie
Is now perfectly reootered, and bis peace of
mind is restored.— PmucIi.
nesiABcnu at EruasDi.— A consider
able number of sculptures, &c^ mostly of the
architectonic sort bare been delivered at Ihe
BrillBh Museum, being among the results of
Mr Wood's ardous.ably-condacled.and fortu-
nate researches on tbc alte of the Temple of
Diana at Kphcaus, tue dlscorory of which ia
undoubtedly due to bis tact, patience and
discernment. His energy bis since been suc
cessfully employed In bringing to light these
fragments, which areqf unusual Interest
In their kind, The molt important of the
works In question la the lamer nartotahuee
frustum of white marble, a portion ot one of
the remarkable columns In front of tbc
Teir.ple. Rather more than a third of Ibe
original surface of tliindruui lias been utterly
wrecked ; the remiinlcr shows, in high but
rather flat relief, a eroup of figures, about
the slue of, or rather larger than life, Uie
subject of which Is at present obscure.
Mercury Is reoognlmbleuy the pelosus and
coduecus; a seated figure, which may be
rjuto,oiid that of a grand female, -probably
Proserpine, form the . port on our night of
the groan. A young mole figure, with wines
like those coinmaalrapprppriated lb angel
and aoross whose body a iword Is slung af the
blp, by means of a sort qf baidrlp, is on our
extreme left. The rectof the figures rest ou
on advanced moulding «t tbe bottom of the
drum i thus the shaft appear* to have been
bonded. The style of the sculpture Is
academically excellent, but for, very for
below thatof the finest period 1 tbe treatment
of parts of the asked bodies and thighs, in
respect to their surfaces, is rery «ood i but
tbc feet and legs are vcty bad Indeed. The
surface of the sculptures Is much injured, but
not so tost tlie style and execution they ex
hibit may not be completely atud ed. This
fragment is placed where the so-called 'Lion
of Cuidus' has so long stood.
EDUCATION ACT IN VICTORIA.- THE Gipps
Land Mercury reports that the first prose-
cutions at Sale under the new Educational
Act erne oil on tbeaoth of March, before
Mr Fosterj P.M. [Borne of . the H parents
fl.oletly admitted tb« offence. One said his
girl was sixteen year* old, because she was
bom In January, 1857. lie was allowed
fourteen days to Mnaio Tasmania for V the
registration. Others sent tiinlr wires %tth
babes In arms 10 answer the charges. 'Sure
the f.th«'h»d!dejlcat« hralthT Ma how
could too mofterdoWthtrtrtthicWldnm-,
?jolp '' One fine looWns; woman brought her
gtrfloto Court, to Itt&e Bench biTBocoi-'
lor demonstration ofthsiaet bl-Bteraanfrh*
(er bej»(4oo t»g : to ^.to*£«l.^&rt.lnl
tbe Utter wuaflneehlld oMmr»»-e.welirt
Ing abort thirteen atone, a^XXtahout
flTP.ftrt UTe Inches ; high. Some tried to
cryana some toiauih.bnt nil who hod tut
a good excuse were fined Is and colts as m.
caution not to oftenn aStasttheZ? agalr
it being In the wwer rftte Behcbto MfUot '
ranch besrter *enaIUcs upon a tepsflUoo of
theoftenet' *ob»bl osethe*ne|lwiUre
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