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MAGISTRATES' COURT— STRATHALBYN.
TUESDAY, MABOH 10.
Jane Hackett, of Meningie, was fined £2 and
costs, in all £3, for supplying drink to the
natives. The same person was fined £10 for
selling beer without a licence.
Alfred Thompson was fined for driving mail
horses with sore shoulders, Is. for each horse
and cost, in all £1 60.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
—♦—
We received a telegram from Sydney,
sent at, 12.7, confirming the former messages as
to the condition ofthe Prince. The town was
much excited, and hundreds of persons han left
their cards at Government House. The clergy
of the Church of England had issued a special
form of thaksgiving for the Doke safety.
We believe it is not unlikely that the
Parliament will be prorogued next week, or
early in the week following. Probably the
hrst batch ot elections will be disposed of before
Easter.
Mr. H. C. Palmer, of Kapunda, has
been requested to stand as a candidate for
Barossa ; but declines on the ground that his
professional duties are too heavy to permit of
bis sparing the time that would be required of
him as a member of Parliament.
The following weights for the Jockey
Club Handicap, to be run at the April meeting,
were posted at the Globe Inn on Friday, the
13th inst: -
st. lbs.
Cowra ? 9 3
Midnight ? ... 8 13
Darkie ? 8 9
Booyoolee ... ? 8 7
Crosby ? 7 9
Apparition ? 7 9
Bolero ? 7 6
Typo ? 7 5
Medora ? ? 7 5
Corsair ? 7 2.
Alexandra ? 6 13
Dana ... ... ? 6 13
Una ... ? 6 2
Veritas ... ... ? 6 0
The . following message of condolence
has been forwarded by telegraph to His. Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, from His
Excellency the Acting Governor : — ' His Ex
calleney Lieutenant-Col 3nel Hamley begs to
express how greatly shocked he is, and with
what deep regret he has learnt the dastardly
attempt on the life of His Royal Highness the
Duke of Edinburgh last night. He trusts that
His Koyal Highness is not seriously injured,
and that the efforts of the medical men for the
extraction of the bullet may be successful. He
assures His Royal Highness that he endorses
the feelings of the whole community of South
Australia.'
The Commissioner of Public Works and
the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Trea
surer, and the President of the Marine Board
are at present on a visit to the South District.
The Commissioners, on their journey to Port
Elliot, inspected the new line of tramway be
tween Strathalbyn and Middleton, which they
found to be in a very forward state. The larger
engineering works are now approaching com
pletion, and the Commissioner of Public Works
informs us that it is quite possible, judging
from the expedition with which the tramway
has hitherto been prosecuted, that the tram may
be ready for opening in July next. - Mr.
Mais, the Enginser-in-Chief, and Mr. G. E.
Hamilton, the Resident Engineer, accompanied
the Commissioners over the line, and afterwards
weat to Victor Harbor, where the question of a
new jetty, or rather the extension of the pre
sent jetty to Granite Island, was considered,
and various schemes proposed respecting it.
These various schemes are we believe being
worked out by the Engineer, and when the re
sults of his calculations are arrived at, the site
for the proposed new jetty will be definitely
fixed. The Commissioner of Public Works is
taking advantage of his present visit in the
Southern townships to inspect the various
public buildings, with a view to seeing what
alterations or repairs are needed.
We have seen a magnificent piece of
Italian marble at Mrs. Kellet's marble and
stone yards, brought out by the Crawshay
Bailey. It measures between eight and -nine
feet long, five foet high, and about two feet
thick, and weighs seven tons. Mrs. Kellet's
manager informs us that he has an order from
ihe new Theatre proprietors to make them a
counter-top out of the block, which, when done,
will measure 29 feet by 2 feet, with handsome
turned ends.
The Criminal Sittings, at Robe Town,
will be held before Mr. Justice Wearing, on
the llth of April; and at Mount Gambier,
on the 15th of April.
The number of destitute poor supported
by the Government, from the 1st to the 29th
February last, was— indoor, 289; outdoor,
1,085; total, 1,374.
The monthly return of births and
deaths shows that the number of births during
the month of February was 537 ; and deaths,
200.
On Wednesday, February 19, the
ministers and representatives of the Bible
Christian Church met in Young-street Chapel,
at their annual district meeting. The finances
of the district were found much in advance of
last year, while the disbursements had also
largely increased. The spiritual state of the
district was carefully examined, and found to
be of a hopeful nature. Five hundred and
fifty have been admitted to the Church during
the year, and after allowing for 215 removals,
there were 250 increase of members. During
tha sittings an interesting conversation took
place in preference to the admission of novels,
and other light pieces in the weekly papers.
This subject was initiated by a resolution from
the Yankalilla Circuit. It was generally felt
that the tendency of this light reading was to
vitiate the best, and weaken the minds of our
young people for real solid readir-g. While the
opinion of some was if the proprietors would
publish this portion of their paper on a sepa
rate sheet, it would enable those parents who
object to such reading, to take the paper with
out letting this portion be read by the family ;
while many thought a- Protestant paper,
to combat the errors of Romanism, would be of
great service, and meet with support through
the colony. The South Australian Bible Trans-
lation Society and Committee having sent circu
lars and cards to most of our ministers and
some of our leading friends in connection' with
our Sabbath schools, a very decided expression
of disapproval of such means being employed to
introduce the American edition of the New
Testament into our Sabbath-schools in so covert .
a manner was given. The following resolution
was passed: — "That the South Australian
Bible Translation Society and Revision Com-
mittee having sent to most of our ministers a
circular, strongly recommending an American
translation of the New Testament for Sunday
schools, Bible Classes, &c, in which immer-
sion, as the only form of Christian baptism,
is taught, without their saying that such
peculiar and exclusive, doctrines were
taught therein, we would express our sur-
prise and deep regret that gentlemen of
such high position and character should have
thought it proper to adopt a course calculated
to make converts to their particular tenets in
so covert a manner, and tenets not accepted as
the only truth on the subject in question by
anything like a large portion of the various
Churches, of Christendom.' A letter of con
dolence was adopted and forwarded to Lady
Daly and family. The following are the statis
tics of the Connection in this colony : — Minis-
ters, 22 ; local preachers,- 92 ; chapels, 69 ;
other preaching places, 19 ; affording accommo
dation for upwards of 12,000. Numbers in
Church fellowship, 1,677 ; Sabbath-School
children, 3,302 ; teachers, 553. Moneys raised
for all purposes during the year, £6,309. There
has been three numbers of the Bible Christian
Magazine published, of which nearly 4,000 have
been sold. Great satisfaction was expressed
with the work, and Mr. Way .was unanimously
reappointed editor. The preachers are stationed
as follows :— Adelaide, J. Way, W. W. Finch ;
Kooringa, J. Trewin ; Gawler, S. Keen, W.
Richards, J. Dingle ; Kapunda, J. Hancock,
T. McNeil ; Auburn, J. Rock, R. Lang; Mount
Torrens, J. Ridclift; Willunga, J. Foster, J.
Roberts; Yankallia, T. Hillman; Port Elliot,
J. Counter, — Hill ; Mount Lofty, J. Ashton ;
Bowden, J. Stoyel ; Kadina, F. Allen ; Wel
lington, R. Woolcock ; Port Augusta, H.
Mason ; South-East, T. Best, C. Tresise.— Com-
municated.

- We 'Tmderstand-^tliat- Mrr frHrWr
: -'KTinh'anff intends offering himself 'as a candi
date for the distocfc of Qnkaparinga. .
V,. We understand that i3ie Catholic
' Young Men's Society are making active prepara
, 'lions for tlieir annual picnic on Easter Monday
iiext. '-..'. .7 -'.' -''.'
The new Theatre, in Huidley-street,
; -will be Teady for opening on Monday, the 13th
/ of iext month. Mr. G.Xkjppinfcas, we tinder
^fifcand^gone1 to Melbourne for', the -i-uri-.ose' of
''obtaining' additional talent ;f or his company.
- On Monday afi^rnoon^- horse belonging
...to Mr. B. Davenport, 'driven by Win. Quin,
dropped dead in Pulieney-sfcreet. It is supposed
that sunstroke was the cause jof its sudden
aeaflL .
'.. ? Two members of tie Ministry are
- now in the South district.' It is, we believe, not
improbable that in their ' extra parliamentary'
'. utterances among the good people in the South,
they may indicate the policy of the Govern
ment on the Northern Territory question.
A fire took place at the E xinbition
Building on Tuesday afternoon, which destroyed
. a portion of the fence in the south-western
corner. Mr. Barlow's reel and men ware speedily
: on the ground, but the men from the Botanic
Garden had almost extinguished the fire before
Mr. Barlow got there. The origin of the fireis
not known, but it is supposed, as there were .
several broken bottles and rubbish on the spot,
the rays of the sun, concentrated by the broken
glass, had ignited some of the dry materials and
caused the fire.
The prize shooting of No. 1 Company
? (Prince Alfred's Rifles) was concluded on Mon
day, March 9. The distances were €50, 700,
750, and 800 yards. The weather was favorable
for shooting. The competitors were' divided
into two squads, under Sergeant-majors King
don and Mortimer respectively. Private James
.- Morcom succeeded in - carrying ? off' the first
aggregate prize (£10), with a total score of 133
points. At 700 yards he scored four consecutive
bullseyes and an outer, thus making bisscore
at the long ranges 45 points. The second ag
gregate (£5) was won by Private G. Dalton with
323 points. The other prizes in the itrstTelass
were taken by the following members : — First,:
£3, Private G. Hicks, 35 points; second, £2
10s., Private A. H. Scarie, 24 points ;. third,
£2 5s., Private M. Leonard, 24 points; fourth,1
£2, Private Morgan, 21 points;. and the fifth,
JE1 10s., by Captain Scott, _20 points. The four,
highest scorers who are entitled to. shoot for the
mjvmial prizes are Privates Morcom, - 133. ; Gr.
Hicks and Dalton 123 each ; and Scarfe, 110.
A soiree to inaugurate the ninth session
of the North Adelaide Young Men's Society was
given in the schoolroom of the .Church in
Brougham-place, on Tues Jay evening, March
JLO. The Hon. Thomas Reynolds presided on
the occasion, and the audience numbered at
least 300. The room was tastefully decorated,
with flags and engravings, and the platform- was
, made to appear to be a comBinatipn of a
..drawing-room and : conservatory, the effect
being .very pleasing. The Chairman ..in his
opening speech referred to the Want, of- advan-
tages which the young /hiten of ; his day Jexpe
rienced, and said the only leisure they Md'when
he was young was on the Sabbath, when they
could not discuss any other but theological
'questions— a course of _ -procedure' which had
Inculcated in. him and others a disposition
' to argue, and this disposition, he must confess,
had clung to him to the present day. . In
alluding to the Mutual Improvement .Societies
.which, now existed, he remarked that in so far
'tts fiiey enlarged the intellect and heart they
were a means of doing much good. The first
'piece on the programme was a fantasia on the
pianoforte by Mr. Fred. Ellard. It. was
Thalberg's 'Funeral' March,'' a-.d'was very
.-skilfully played. Mrs; Proctor, next sang
i'The Bonnie Hills of Scotland, arid- was
warmly applauded. Mr. .James .Macgeorge
read one of Kirke White's ballads entitled
. 'Gondoline,' after which Messrs. Arthur Chap? ',
man andF. Searle sang the duet 'TheMoonhath
- raised her lamp above,' -and it was much appre
, elated. Mr. J. A- T. Lake followed with; Ten- .
:iiyson's sweet serenade, *'Come into the Garr
den, Maude,' and sang it well enough to secure
an encore. ' The Comedy of Marriage,-'.'- a-ifarr
cical dialogue, was then exceedinglytwell given
by Messrs. 'H. Sparks, W. , Shoobridge, -J;
McEwin, and' J. A. T. Lake. The enun
ciation of each speaker was clear and
distinct, and the make-up of the charac7
ters was excellent, and elicited very hearty
?applause. A glee entitled ' Ohl who will o'er
the Downs' so free' followed, and was sung by
Jfe. Proctor, Messrs. J. A. T. Lake, ;!?, Searle,
- sad Albert Chapman. The audience demanded
- an encore, which was responded to. .' ^Half ? an
hour was now allowed for refreshments, which
were distributed with great salacrity by- a
'number of the members and 'friends. The
second part of the entertainment 'opened with
a. fantasia on the pianoforte, 'Bohemian Airs,'
bv Mrs. Arthur Payne, who- performed so
brilliantly as to call forth1 an imperative
' encore, which she graciously: acknowledged !-y
-playing another piece, which was equally ap
preciated. Mrs. Proctor and Mr. Albert ChapT
man nest sang, in a very bewitching style, a
-duet caUed 'The Bashful Wooers. 'i They
were vociferously encored, and in response they
substituted the *' A B C ' duet. After a song,
'Ah! Che la Morte,' excellently sunghy Mr.
-F. Searle, Mr. F. Ellard sang the comic
scena entitled ' Constantinople.' Mr.- Ellard
was - recalled, - but apologised from -repeat- .
ing .the piece... Mr. B. Whinham followed
: with a recitation, consisting -of a splendid
extract from J. B.- Gough's lecture on 'The
Force of Habit.' Mr. WMnham delivered the
. quotation in a superior manner. Mrs.. Proctor
. next sang a song, and this was succeeded by a
plaintive air, 'Come home ;. Father,' .very
- touchingly rendered by Mr. Arthur -3hapman.
A laughable scene called '* Misapprehension,'
recited by Messrs. Wakefield,- Pilgrim,; 'land :E.
-? N. Wigg, closed the evening's -entertainment,
which was very successful in -every respect. . -
r.' The Cnairman of the Destitule ^pard
: asks us to express, bis acknowledgments to Mr.
Hack and his friends, -who have so kindly 'com-
bined together in giving readings, and'^ther in
structive means of entertainment, to the in
. .-mates of the Destitute Asylum. ^ . . . ° :,_h ?....?
An entertainment was given, lay 4he
: members of the: Adelaide Football Club in the
Temperance Trail, mi Friday evening, March 6,
in aid of a fund for improving, the 'fp6tball
ground during the ensuing season. . . The piano
forte and violin instruaientation of .two. lady
amateurs and Mr.'W.' Finnissrespectively,' was
loudly applauded. The rest of the musical
programme consisted of Christy's airs, and o' her
-well known songs — the singers being Messrs.
F. A- Price, H. A. Price, B. Taylor, Ingram,
0. C. Cornish, A. Crooks, and Master Wyly.
. Most of the songs and choruses lacked spirit
'. and finish. Mr. Taylor's song, 'Ye Gentlemen
of England;' Mr. Crooks's solo, 'Fair shines
the moon to-night,' and Glover's duet, 'The
Gipsy Countess,' by Mr. Cornish and Master
Wyley, were the best of the evening. In: 'addi-
tion to the music there were' two dramatic re- .
cifcals. The one was a short '' Comedy of Mar
riage,' the characters in which were taken by
Messrs. H. A Trice, H. Sparks, W. Milne, and
A. Crooks. These gentlemen had got up the
piece very well, but they greatly mari-ed^ts
'success by the indistinct and low voice in which
they spoke. The entertainment concluded
with 'Whitebait at Greenwich,' in which
Messrs. A L. Fullarton, H. Sparks, W. A.
PaqualuvE. H. Babbage, and J. Monteith took
? part. The make-up of- the characters was good,
~ and the piece passed off emoothly and welL -
. The members of the Adelaide Amateur
. Christy Minstrels gave a complimentary T-enefi.t
to their leader, Mr. Si Lower* at the ; ;-Town
Hall, Norwood, on Tuesday eveningi ^ The
-Hall, was crowded, and the entertainment
passed off very- successfully. The programme
- was divided into three parts, part first .con
sisting of Christys' songs and; melodies,, which
on the whole were very well rendered. The
«econd part commenced, with the 'Crow.
Family,' which highly amused the audience.
- ,This was followed by the song ' Mary of
Argyle,' the gentleman singing it possessing a

clear -natural-fcreble -voice of exceeding high: '
range ^,nd .flexiility. :; He was vociferonsly;
encored, and responded to the calL .'The
Cures' followed, and was re-dfcmandFd. * '? Walk
a- Joe.' ' Japanese Band,' and *Mn the Eain?'
were then given in succession, . theflatter piece
caUing forth loud plaudits. The dancing ac
companying this song ^exceeded anything we
have before witnessed by amateurs^ and was
highly ajjpreciatyd. The -entertainment con
cluded with the original, burlesque of Dr. Carr. -
The doctors examination --f our leading poli
ticians' heads was , very, .amusingi .The with
drawing of the pail wasperfectlysuccessful under
the able superintendence of one of our leading
medical men. The entertainment was brought
ti a close at an early hour by the singing of
the National Anthem. . *
Mi. J. W. Grleeson's Cig.'Teritas, three
years, is entered for the Jockey Glub Handi
cap, in addition to those horses whose names
have already been published.
The usual bi-monthly drill of the volun
teers took place on Saturday afternoon, March
7. There. Was a fair muster of T the four city
companies, considering the heat of the weather.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mayo, and Majors Clark and
Baker were present. -After the companies had
been put through a 'few evolutions, they were
dismissed to their several parades by order of
Colonel Biggs, and in consequence of the ex
cessive heat. , - '.
An advertisement in another column
announces that prizes awarded by the Agricul
tural Society at last Thursday's Exhibition will
be payable at th&Secretary's office .on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday next. The reason why
the usual practice of paying on the Saturday
following the Show was unavoidably departed
from on this occasion is -that- Mr; 'Ward' has
been suffering' from 'a' severe' attafck'bf illness. . ?
We .hav« seen- at Mr. tWellboume*si
Victoria-square Cooperage, a;:' inonster wine
cask, made to the order of £L Davenport, Esq.
Itis made of English oak, .the staves 'being two
inches thick, and is capable of holding i,O0Q
gallons.. ' It is made to lie on its bilge, and hus .
a manhole on the upper side. We believe it is
the largest cask yet made in the colony, and is :
altogether, a very creditable piece of workman
ship. . . ? i ;
The Allied Lodge U.A.O.I). was well!
attended on Lodge night, Friday evening
last, being favored, in addition to its own mem
bers, with the. presence of : the District Officersi
and several members .of the Peace, Duke of
Brunswickj Duke of .Leinster, and Prince of
Wales Jjodges. Af tev.the nsual routine .busij
ness of the Lodge, P.P. Stroud in .-.a. brief
and neat speech, presented' on behalf, of
the, District, a handsome P.P.P. .collar
to P.P.P. Hagedorn, -as a token of the re
spect' entertained for' him . by the members .
of the Order, for the' efficient servicea to the \
District in his capacity of P.P. during the past
year. ?.'..Brother Hagedorn returned thanks in;
appropriate, remarks, 'and. at the close' of the
Lodge, hospitably entertained the members
with a snug and agreeable repast. The bust
ness of the evening was. interspersed with some
excellent harmony, and at 11 p.m.i.the brethren
dispersed, apparently .well .'.pleaded with their
evening's entertainment.
On Sunday morning and evening
sermons in aid of the Mission on Lifu, one of
the 'South Sea Islands, were preached by the '?
Rev. Mr. Macfarlaiie, . the missionary who has
been laboring there for several1 years. The
texts he chose were ' By little apd. little,' and
?' Go ye therefore and teach ail ] nations,' aud
in the course of the.sermpns he based on these
texts he spoke of God's mode of work in the
.mission 'field »3 well as in iiature and provi
;dence'; and also, of the triumphs which the
Gospel had matle in heathen lands, instancing
pariacuhirly |the results of Christian teaching
on the island of Lifu. He descanted also upon
the command given in the second text, and
urged it practically upon the earnest considera
tion 'of all present to go into the mission fieli, :
or else contribute of their substance to send
missionaries there. in the afternoon, : a
juyenUe 'missionary meeting was held' in the
same Church, *when several schools were
present, including in the aggregate a large'
number of children besides, several of the
parents and f riends_of ihe^^hirdren. Mr. Mac- -
farlane gave an interesting account of his work
in Lifu, and the habits, customs, and tra
ditions of the natives there. Collections were
made at each, services, 'and about £17 or £18
was received.' '' . ' ??'?' ;?'? ;
Our readers ;will-see s from our business
columns Mr. .-Charles Fisher is intending t - dis
pose of his Maribymongstud in Victoria, on the
lottery principle, by 2,000 tickets and 35 prizes.
Mr. ? Fisher -is induced ,t-- take this step, we
underetand, on account of the perpetual anxiety
and frequent misfortune attending his training
and racing operations. The announcement has '
created some ~ stir among sporting men ; and '
horsebreeders in Victoria, as no stud to com
pare with that at Maribyrnong has ever been
'established in -Australia, and ; necessaiily the
prospect of distiibuting such a magnificent lot
of .horses over the colonies is looked for
ward to with some interest. It is hoped
that, all tho tickets reserved. ior South
Australia will be taken up, for our racing
friends would r -be glad enough to .see thjB
old Beedbeds stable represented on our turf
again. We were sorry enough to lose in sue
cession, Midnight, Stormy Petrel, Smuggler,
and Seagull, and all the good old stock, and it
is to be hoped the chanee of ' recovering -
some of .-them will not be iieglected. . -It
is to be remembered that, Fishhook, Little
Fish, and other great ranners on the Aus
tralian: tof, besides a number of imported
horaes, and brood mares are .among the prizes.
The high and- honorable reputation --f the
Messrs. -Fisher on the turf, the enterprise and
money they have ; lavished' in/: bringing out'
horses--f the best blood of England, will no
doubt induce the public to support Mr. Chas. -
Fisher liberally in his endeavor to realise upon
his *tock; for whether- he should |seep bis;
stock -or dispose' of it, the' colonies are in
debted to Mm. for introducing such horses at
such expense and risk. ..'?; -.. -.-'Lj''
We are informed that Messrs; Ellis. and
Chittleborpiughgave the .men in their employ a,
treat ,tb '_tfae ? Bay, on Friday ; last., A '. large i
omnibus ~was engaged, which left; town about 2
o'clock. A pleasant day was spent, and a
bounteous repast was provided^ to which ample .
justice was done. ' After spending a 'delightful -
afternopn-^aibeit the weather was yeryhot-r-.
tHe'party returned to Adelaide about 10 o'clock
A few members of the. United -3ommer-!
cial Cricket- Club met together on Saturday,
night, at the Norfolk Arms, ajt, tho call ;pf ,an.
advertisement to wind up that CJub.j There
-was very little business to be done. A.' state-'
inent of accounts and general matters was niade, .
which showed the Club to be barely solvent'
arid totally inoperative. Under these circum
stances it was ? resolved to wind it up. The;
Secretary to write to the President and hon. '
members thanking them for ; their past patro
nage, and informing them of the step -now
taken. It was resolved to sell the property of
the Club and hold a closing dinner if prac
ticable.
The laying of the foundation-stone, of
^the. H'ewland. Memorial Church: at ;Port Vic
tor ..took place on Tuesday, the 10th 'instant.
The ceremony was performed by. Mrs. Newland,
'the.widpw of the late Bev. B. W. Kewland,
and at its close a -picnic was held on' Granite
Island, and in the evening the Bev. Charles.
Manthjorpe lectured upon 'Tyndale and the.
English Bible.'
On Tuesday evening, March 10, Mr
W. Harcus delivered his lecture on 'Saying
No,' in the Bible Christian Chapel, Fullerton,
on behalf of the Sunday-shboL Mr; Joseph
Fisher, J.P., presided,' and the attendance was
large and respectable. At the close x-f the lec
ture a collection was made on behalf of the
school, and votes of thanks were presented to
lecturer and chairman. ' .
There is quite an influx of Adelaide
visitors at Pert Elliot, which seems quickly in
creasing in popularity as a watering place. On

TSesSay' the Cqininisslbiier ' of 'PubTic Works
and Mrs. Santo, the Commissioner of Crowa
Lands' and' Mrs.'- Glyde, Mr. and LIrs. W.*
Sverard, and Mr. and Mrs. N. Blyth arrived
there, :in ^addition to Messrs. Flood, Hitcbin,
Davenport, Hill,. King, and other gentlemen
from the metropolis. .
On Monday last, March. 9, an alarm
of fire was given at Goolwa about 1 o'clock in
the morning. The neighbors at once turned ont
and found the stables belonging to Mr. Neville,
of the Corio Hotel, in flames. Having exhausted
the wells which were at hand, they at once
formed a line down to the Kiver Murray, and
soon had a plentiful supply of water. The stable
was destroyed, but the fire was confined to that
building.
At the conclusion of the ceremony of
laying the foundation-stone of the Newland
Memorial Church on Tuesday, a deputation
from the Friendly Societies presented the Rev.
Charles Hodge with a complimentary address
and photographic -album, hi acknowledgment of
Vii« services at the Oddfellows picnic on New
Year's Day. Mr. James , Howie, G.M.,: of
Victor Harbor . Lodge, made the presentation,
and was accompanied by Messrs. J. E. Cake
bread, N.G.. and W. Amiers, V.G., of the Odd
fellows; and by Messrs. H. E. Caffer, C.B.,
Jos. Tonkin, S.C.B., and H. Willdns, Treas. of
the Forresters. The Bev. Mr. Hodge acknow
ledged the presentation, which he said 'was &
handsome and undeserved ? expression of grati
tude. He thanked them, however, and wished
God might bless them alL , [
?A preliminary meeting of a number of
the ratepayers of ihe District of ¥atala was
held at the Windmili Hotel on Saturday even
ing, to consider the advisability of forming a
separate district of the southern portion of the
present district; rVMr. John ^Williams having
been called to th'e'chair, stated the object for
which the meeting was brought together A
considerable amount' -of discussion followed,
from which it .appeared that the feeling
generally was in favor of dividing the district,
:but some difference of . opinion was expressed as
to what should form the boundaries of the new
'district. It was ultimately arranged to call
another meeting of the ratepayers^notice to be
given by advertisement. '
Oh Monday- evening, March 9, a
juvenile missionary . meeting was held, in the
Hindmarsh-squareX3ongregational Church, when
the Bev. S. Macfarlane, missionary froin Lifu,
gave^in interesting account of his labors on that
island; There was a large attendance of scholars
from several of the City Congregational Sabbath
Schools. The Bev. Fi W. Cox preside 1, and
after singing and prayer; made a brief address, '
and then 'introduced the, Bev. S. Macfarlane, -
who stated that he was happy to see such a large
gathering of the children. He thett referred to
the scene of his labors, and remarked that the.
islands of the South Seas were very beauti
ful in their appearance, and especially on
approaching . them, . when you saw; the
waves dashing against the coral reefs, and
these reefs had to be crossed in canoes, but
when you got .over them the- water was smooth
and you could, see the coral at the bottom of.
the water. He referred to a cruise round the
.island by night, and spoke of the mngnificent
appearance the waters had from the phosphorus
it contained. He then referred to various
plants in the island, mentioning more, particu
larly the cocoanut, banana, and -orange trees,
the fruit ; of which he said the natives almost
totally subsisted .upan- He referred to their
peculiar style of .dress and adornment, and
spoke, of their cruelty aud barbarism when the
missionaries first went among them. He also
referred to their superstitious traditions and
customs, and said that from the time when the
missionaries landed . in. 184L, till about eight
years after, they seemed to have made no im
pression upon the minds of the natives, and
they were obliged at ? last to leave the
island,- but \ after about a twelvemonth's
: absence they -returned and were able to
instil into their minds the truths of the
GospeL He . sa d hejWas pleased to tell them
now instead of war and cannibalisam pre
vailing, there was Christiani y throughout the
island. Many European ideas had been intro
duced among them in the way of making their
roads and building, their- dwellings, churches,
&c, the 'missionary's aim being not only to
evangalise bat to civilise them. He referred
to a very happy gathering the natives. had on
last Chritmas. whon one ;of the churches was
decorated, and a Christmas tree was set up and
adorned with presents received from South
Australia. He concluded by urging upon them
to assist in the -work. - A /collection was then
made; after which Mr. S. JWhitmore moved a
congratulatory resolution, which was seconded
by Mr. Sctymgour, and the meeting closed with
the benediction.
On... Monday afternoon an acciden
occurred, . which fortunately was unattended
: with serious consequences. : By some means an
- omnibus, with two horses attached, when near
Mr. Jackson's, in Bundle-street, ran: into a
horse and cart, breaking the pole of the omni
bus, and doing some other slight damage. There
were no passengers in the omnibus.
The adjourned meeting of the South
Australian Coal Company was again adjourned,
failing a quorum, sine Hie, in accordance with
the articles of association.. The Secretary in
forms us that those shareholders who attended
at his office to receive dividends expressed them
selves perfectly satisfied with the state of the
.accounts. ? ? ..''.'.
~ A meeting of the electors of the Dis
trict of Gumeracha was held at the Higher
combe Hotel, Teatree . Gully, on Monday
afternoon, .March 9. Mr. Gallard in the chair.
The meeting was adrdessed by Messrs. Hay,
Bobertson, Ward, and Hardy, the. candidates
for the representation of ihe district:^ After
the candidates had been: duly caiecbised, ai.
show of hands was taken with the rfollo wing
results :— For Mr. . B»bert»on,- 20 ; Me Ward,
S ; Mr. Hardy, 6 ; Mr. Hay, 29. _„.--:;
The annual -. general ' mee&ig of ;the
shareholders' in the .Cape Jervis Silver-Lead
: Mining Company was Tield on . the. 9th ' instant.
The Directors' report andaccdunta were received
. and passed. Mr. .Shepherd, who is now in charge
of the management, attended -and reported the
-completion of the: level had drained dry both
Cooking's and Ned's Shafts ; that he was now'
.sinking on the, lode at Ned's, which was looking.
well, and yielding two tons of ore to the fathom.
The following 'gentlemen were elected Directors '
? for ' the ensuing- year ^Messrs. J. B. 'Neales,
F. C. Singleton, W. W. Tuxford^ Robert
.StiicKey, -TR. B. Colley, and W. Hughes.
;'_. ;The following correspondence will show
tha^ithe South Australian Society of Arts has
refc'|iyed two valuable classes of presents from
,,the.i.oyai.Afladeniy of Arts in^Ldiidon. We
'tr^ist they will arrive safely:— '37, Great
VGeprge-street,; Westminister, -London, Dec. 11,
IBWi — Sir--! have the honor to inform you that
I am advised by the officials of the Boyal
Academy of Arts that a case of most valuable
prints and books is ready to be shipped as a
.donation to the South Australian Society of
Arts; I have .suitably acknowledged this very
'handsome present on behalf of the colony, and
will immediately ship the case to its destina
tion. On the' other side I hand you' a, list of
the contents of the case, which I beg you will
communicate to the Society in Adelaide. — I
have, &c,,.lF.BANpi8'SrDuTTON.' ' December ?
18, 1867;— I have just -received the bill of
laden for the cise of books shipped per ' Cosur
de. Leon,' and enclose it with Mr. Tallack's
account for £L 3s. 4d. As the contents of this
case are valuable I shall cover it for in
surance against total loss in £100. — F. S. D.'
List of works presented to the South Australian
Society of Arts by the Royal Academy of
Aits, ? London i— Norman Shaw's'Architectural
Sketches, Antique Statuesj 2 vok. (20. parts
;folio); do. do., 1 voL, small folio ; Bollins's
Ancient History, 8 vols. octavo; The Lusiad,
translated by Nickle, 2 vols. folio; Flaxman's
Outline of Homer's. Illiad, long quarto ; Antichi
Monumenti D' Italia, folio ; volumes of en
gravings, various, long quarto ; engravings from
sculptures on the Triumphal Arch of Augustus,
folio ; Antiquities of Herculaneum, folia ; Ruins
of Diocletian's Palace, folio; Newton's Dis
-coveries at Halicarnassus,- folio, with volume
of letter-press ; Sir Joshua Reynolds's Works,

2 * vols.' ;~~ Lectures ' of Atacdemicians'; Engrav
mgs fiom: Sculptures on Tiajan's Column,
(long quarto). 'London, November 25, 1867.
'S r— Be bo good and inform the Society of
Arts in Adelaide that four cases of busts from
the Royal Academy of Arts in London are now
in dock, ready to be shipped by the John
Nicholson. I enclose list of contents of the
cases, and will forward bill of lading and.
account of disbursements next mail. The whole
of these busts have been carefully cleaned and.
repaired by Signor Brucciani, Modeller of the
Academy of Arts, and they are a very valuable
collection. No. 27, head of Apollo, is a cast,
the original marble of which the, Academy paid
£4,000 for. Mr. Eyre will have a few more
busts and casts - to follow, and also some
volumes of prints of antique statues,
&c. I have, &c., Fbanois S. Dotxon.'
List of casts presented by the Royal Academy
of Arts, London, to the South Australian
Society of Arts : — Susannah, Homer, Aj*x,
Seneca, Roman Head (Augustus), Roman Head,
Niobe, Minerva, Ariadne, Roman Head, Head
of Laacoon, Child of Laacoon, Pericles, Roman
Head, Young Augustus, Jupiter, Roman Em
peror, Cicero; jEsculapius, Diana, Young Neroj
Paris, Roma, Julius Ca3 ar, Head, of a Female,
Roman Head, and Apollo. We may add to the
iAove that a specid meeting of the Committee
of the South Australian Society -of Arts was
sailed for Monday, 9th, for the purpose of con
sidering the desirabiiity of initiating a
movement on the paH of - the public
if South - Australia to erect a monument
in Adelaide to the memory of the late Governor,
3ir D. Daly. Owing to the smallhess of the
attendance the further consideration of the
matter was deferred until the ifcxt regular
meeting of the Committee, when -the office,
iearers are to be specialty invited to be present.
The fearful destruction of proper by
jaused by the late fire at Messes. Mufcjcay's has
lirected increased attention to the im ortance
jf taking every precaution against such out
breaks. Messrs. Harrold Brothers, acting under
the advice of the Directors of the Equitable
Fire Insurance Company, have had' constructed
jn their premises in Hindley-street, imme
iiately between the wholesale and retail stores,
i stand-pipe to which 50 feet of hose is attached,
rhis hose lies alongside a wall and is ready for
operation at aU times. By simply turning a
Lever-tap the full force of the water is obtained
without a moment's delaj. The pipe and hose
command the whole of the premises, and in the
event of a fire occurring a man on the spot
eould in 30 seconds have a full stream of water
playing upon it. With ease the pressure
trill lift a 2-inch jet 50 feet high,
which we saw done. . The apparatus is com
paratively cheap, the whole' concern,' including
LOGt feet of hose, having cost under £40. The
simplicity of the contrivance makes it strange
that the thing1 should not have been adopted
before in Adelaide. We shall be much sur
prised if the heads of many large establish
ments do not follow the example of Harrold
Brothers in this respect. Such an apparatus
connected with an establishment ought to have
an effect on the insurance premiums. -Harrold
Brothers have a capital place for keeping gun
powder. It is placed in a wooden chest
enclosed in one of iron, having a Chubb lock,
md set on wheels. In the event of a fire three
or four men could run the iron chest out of
the way of danger in a few minutes, as it is
always kept outside.
The annual meeting of the Agricultural
and- Horticultural Society was held at the
Norfolk Arms, Rundle-street, on Friday, March
6. There was a tolerably large attendance,
and the President (the Hon. John Baker) occu
pied the chair. The number of the General
Committee was fixed at 40, and the gentlemen
appointed were — the Hons. John Baker, Thos.
Hogarth, and W. W. Tuxford, and Messrs. B.
M. Bagot, W. D. WigzelL John Chambers, A.
B. Murray, J. Frame, Wm, Everard, M.P., W.
Thompson, G. F. Ind, B. Smith, Wm. Fer
guson, Joseph Mellor, D. Idthgow, E. W.
Andrews, H. H. Haussen, J. Gobbledick,
Thomas Playford, A. Matson, Robert Smith,
A. Bell, W. Crossman, R. S.. Kelly,
A McKenzie, J. Smith, J. F. Pascoe,
Alexander Greig, Robert Paterson, George
McEwin, W. Hatchett, S. Davenport, Win.
Murray, R. D. Ross, G. Bennett, Jas. Martin,
M.P., W. K. Siinnis, J. Harvey, J. T. Gray,
and T.P: Jones. The Hon. J. Baker was re
appointed President, and, on the motion of Mr.
E. W. Andrews, seconded by Mr. G. F. Ind, a
vote of thanks was carried unanimously to the
Hon. Mr. Baker for his past services. Messrs.
W. Hackett, E. M. Bagot, R. Smith, and J.
Chambers were elected- Vice-Presidents. At
the suggestion of the President, it was resolved
that H.E.H. the Duke of Edinburgh should be
requested to become Patron of the Society, ^and
also be asked to allow it to be named the
*' Royal' The President was -desired to
write to His Boyal Highness to that effect.
It was arranged that five guineas should
be appropriated for the auditors, and the
President was left to name the gentlemen who
should act in that capacity. A protest from
Messrs. Wigzell & Copas. against -the award
made for the best floral design was referred to
the Secretary to report to the next
Committee meeting. With regard to the
exhibits of barley, two protests ? were read,
one from' Mr. B. Marchant, and the other froiri
Mr. T. P. Jones. The former was not enter
tained, and the latter was referred to the
Secretary to make enquiries. After some other
trifling matters had been considered, the meet
ing closed. ??'???.-
An adjourned meeting to consider the
question of forming a company for. the purpose
of preserving meat was held at the Globe Inn,.
Rundle-street, on Friday afternoon. . Mr. A^B.
Murray was called to. the. chair, and jlescanted
On the importance of something .being done to
tum -stock to more account. Several, tins of
preserved meat were then -.opened jby. Mr.
Austin. These .tins had been, closed up a fort
night, having been sealed uj- at Messrs. Simpson
and Son's establishment in 'the .presence of
several gentlemen. ;:The, tins were opened on
Friday,. and the ?ae*twas. perfectly good and
wholesome. Mr. Austin mentioned that the
meat had gone bad in -one tin in which a hole
was. left. A large tin of meat which was
preserved four months ago by the Melbourne
Meat Preserving Company was also opened and
the meat, was found to. be quite good- The
Hon. Captain Bagot mentioned that he knew,
an instance of boulli soup being preserved in
tins for 16 years. Mr. Swan, of ;Stepney, placed
on the table some pieces of .meat which. had been
preserved in liquor. ' The meat was uncooked,*
and although it had been killed three weeks -
ago, the flesh was quite good and sweet. Mr. J.
B. Austin. said he had endeavored to show what
could bedone in the way . of preserving meat,
and there was no doubt at all that meat could
be welfpreserved. He knew there was a preju
dice in the minds of the poorer classes against
having cooked meat preserved, but he pointed
out that all the goodness was kept in the meat,
because it was not boiled until it was packed in
the tins. His. idea- was to enable sheep
fanners to get 2s. or 2s. (Jd. more than
they would otherwise get for their sheep.
The mere boiling down was, he was sure, not a
very profitable undertaking. He did not claim
any originality in this matter, but he believed
the thing ought to be carried out, and he re
gretted that many gentlemen who gave him
their support by word of mouth did not attend
these meetings. He would suggest that steps
be taken to form a Company with sufficient
.capital either to buy the sheep outright or to
pay advances until the returns were got from
England. He suggested also that every part of
the carcase should be made use of by boiling
down the tallow, by preserving the meat, and.
turning the refuse and bones into manures. In
reply to questions by Mr. B. J. Price, Mr.
Austin said the preserved mutton could be de
livered in England for 4id. per lb. ; that the
labor, the cases or tins, and freight and charges
were, estimated at 3d. ; and that the meat could
be delivered free on board at the Port. at about
3£d. perlb. The HoiuCapt. Bagot said that they
had not sufficient information before them vet,
and he suggested that subscriptions should, be
raised in order that a score of sheep might be
operated upon, so that they could come to
some definite decision. Mr. Van Hemert said
it would be impossible to carry on meat pre
serving operations irrespective of the boiling

down process,' ueeausftthey'6ughirto deliver'the'
m-at in Lond -n at 4-1. per lb., 'and; this -:ould
not be done unless t!ie other parts of the carcase
were also utilised. He said his agent, Mr.
Karuth, hat gone in the narra to see what
arrangements could be made in bringing English
capital into this matt. r. Hie. did not think
any campany cculd afford to give the sheep
farmer more than a penny per lb. for mutton.
Mr. Austin thought they could hold out to the
squatter the hope of getting l^d. per lb.
The Chairman thought Mr. Van Hemert
should have told them what the other, parts of
the sheep besides the meat would yield. Mr.
Van Hemert had said he was an adventurer,
and perhaps his scheme would suit parties. If
not, however, it might be advisable for Mr.
Austin to get up a company. He highly ap
proved of the suggestion made by the Hon.
Captain Bagot, and with him he should be
happy to contribute something towards having
larger experiments made. After some further
remarks, Mr. Austin stated that Mr. John
Angus, Mr. H. T. Morris, Mr. Thomas Morris,
and others had made a suggestion similar to
Captain Bagot's, and he promised to solicit sub
scriptions with a view to carrying that sugges
tion out. The meeting closed with the usual
Tompliment to the Chairman.
A correspondent writes as follows : —
' 'The practice of drivers sleeping when travel
ling cannot be too severely reprobated. On my
way to town on Saturday morning I saw no
fewer than three such instances, and a fourth
driver had run on to a high footpath during the
night, casting a valuable mare into the water
table, where she remained about three hours,
when I and others succeeded- in getting her
out. The silly fellow obstinately refused to )
leave her to recover a little, but in his attempts,
to keep her on her legs broke her knees severely, '
and otherwi e needlessly injured her. A patrol
on the main roads at night would be a preven
tive against accident and crime;. people look
after each other in the day time.' . -
The Clayton Church Sabbath-school
annual picnic was held on Tuesday, March 10, in
the well-known beautiful section opposite -the
Glynde Inn, by the* kind permission of Mr. An
dre wartha. The children, with their superin
tendent,' teachers, and friends, met in the
Church grounds, at half -past 10 a.m., and were
conveyed to the paddock in vans (kinily lent
for the occasion by Mr. Alex. Ferguson), and
other vehicles supplied by friends of the school.
The weather was lovely, anl -the scenery ro
mantic Plenty of provisions were provided,
md an abundance of fiuit. supplied by Mr. A
Stow, M. P., and others. Amusements suited
to the tastes of all added to the pleasures- of a
lay, which will be long remembered, the only
drawback being the absence through illness of
their ' respected pastor. Rev. ki. Griffiths,
rhanks are due to His Worship the Mayor of
Norwood and Kensington for the use of his
horses, which were tendered with his usual
liberality, and to all friends who assisted so
liberally, either with presents of fruit or by the
Loan of horses and conveyances.
The anniversary services in connection
with Lefevre's Peninsula Wesleyan Sabbath- !
3ch»ols were commenced on Sunday, the 8th
instant, when earnest and impressive sermons
were preached to crowded congregations -in the
morning by the Rev. Thos. Lloyd, who based his
remarks on the words contained in the third ;,
verse of the 61st chapter of Isaiah ; and in the :
evening by the Bev. J. J. Watsford, who dis- .
coursed from Proverbs 29th chapter and 15th
verse. In the afternoon the children were ex
amined in Bible history, and the ready manner
in which they answered the various questions
put to them evidenced ' the care aad attention j
bestowed on them by the Superintendent and
teachers. On Tuesday, the 10 th instant, a tea
and public meeting was held, over the latter of
which Mr. Wm. Diveral was . unanimously
called to preside. The, Chairman, on taking his
Beat, made a few appropriate remarks, and then
called on the Secretary (Mr. Philips) to read the
report, from which it appeared that the. numbers
on the books at the last anniversary were
7 teachers, and 91 scholars. The number at
present attending the school. is 135 scholars .and
1L teachers, being an increase of 4 teachers and
44 scholars. The school at its commencement,
two year ago, was held in a room kindly lent
for that purpose by Mrs. Harvey, and was
under the superintendence of Mr. J. Lane,
who, owinsr to his business avocations necessi
tating his removal to another part of the colony,
resigned the appointment some months ago,
and was succeeded by Mr. J. Bennett, under
whose able guidance the school has reached its
present degree of prosperity. Mr. J. Ottaway
then addressed the meeting, interspersing his
remarks with anecdotes illustrative of the
great good which had been, and was still bei--g,
done by Sabbath schools. Mr. T. J. Mitchell
followed, and, in his usual happy manner,
impressed upon the meeting the necessity
which exists for greater effort, in order that
the children of the poor, might : be pre
served from the contaminating influence
of the streets, and reminded the parents present
that they too had a duty to perform, in con
junction with the Sabbath-School teachers,
whose efforts would accomplish little if not
seconded by home training and home influence,
Mr. P. JEL Wright next addressed the meeting
in a characteristic speech, and was followed by
the Rev. J. Watsford, whose address, as usual,
was replete with instruction, admonition, arid
reproof. It was in fact the gem of the evening,
and produced a marked effect on the audience,
whose applause during its delivery, and at the
close, was unbounded. It was then announced
that the proceeds of the services amounted to
the sum of £14 11s. 4£d. After this, the usual
votes of thanks were passed, the benediction
pronounced, and the meeting dispersed, highly
gratified with the evening's proceedings.

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