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THE JtfÉilCÜJ^Y:
j SATUIiDÂ Y,, MA Y 31, 1887.
i Ir is high time that the > Jubilee pro-
gramme, whatever it is to bo, assumed
a definite shape. Many projects have
been mooted as suitable for the occa-
sion, but at present all is uncertain, a
great deal is confused, and nobody
knows precisely 'what is io bo done.
To us it appears to be essential to
success that early intimation 'should
be given of the arrangements which
are "to be carried out, so that the
public may! know what to expect, and
be prepared to co-opeiate so far as its
co-operation is required. Thore'iis a
committee with a programme of» some
sort in hand,'' the carrying out
of whicli 'will depend,' it'*seems, on
whether the 'Government will give'
assistance or not, whilst the Ministry
has not made up its mind upon the
point, as far as we know. Then, nothing
is decided as to whether the Governor
will hold a leece 'on one of the days» j
ii qucstipn, about which there ¡ought
to be no doubt, as that will. absorb a
spnsidei.able poition of time, and, ¡
should be made' a' prominent fcatuio in
the proceedings i of the day chosen.'
.On such an occasion the levee would
be sine to be very largely at-
tended, as mauy who do not
usually attend at tho'ordinary re-
ceptions would make a point of being
present at this one. Then, there is to
be some sort of a gathciing of Sunday
sphool scholars, whether a general or
partial one we do not know, and has
not, we believe, yet been decided.
We have not heaid whether the sug-
gestion made in our columns, that all
the children of all the schools should
be gathered together on this gicat
occasion, thus forming a practical
demonstiation of unity in diversity,
of the recognition of a fundamental
agreement on important general,
matters, whilst there are différences as
to other things, has been adopted
Had not somebody been before us
in the" United States, we might have
suggested as a. motto for the oc-
casion e pluribus unum, but as it is,
tw'e may leave someone more inopiied
'than the Poet Lauiieate has been for
the occasion to find a motto in
other words, but to the like effect. It
has been suggested that there should
be a procession of boats on the river,
with electric lights, torches, fireworks,
etc., which would, certainly, have a
grand effect, and, no doubt, we shall
hear of many more proposals as time
rolls on. Then, again,it has been asked,.
are the military to form part of any
procession, and is there to be a
íóview ? Certainly, a piocession with-
out the voluuteeis will lack>much of
the splendour which might be given '
to it, and would bo, in fact, very'much '
like the tragedy with the character of
Hamlet left out. , It is probable that
many moto thing's than we have
enumerated have been mooted, or
aro to bo mooted before all is,
? over, and the point -to be "decided 'is,
what is to bo done with them ? Clearly,
I there is a want of some head. A
I
i
centro is required to which ,all thoao
ardours may tend, ^thc^é'bo received'
and dealt with, and so arranged as
that they * will - not ' clash' with
each other, but each bo made ;to
join in with and * onhauco. the
general effect. Indeed, the business
should-.be so anaugèS as that the
rejoicings v ill be a sort of crescendo
movement, ending in one ginnd effect,
which shall bo the fitting climax to
all, sending everybody homo with the
feeling that tho demonstration , has
been well and truly carried out. Or,
to use the fine phrase of Shakespeare,
the whole arrangements should pro-
ceed "congruing to a close Uko music."
This deshablo stato of affairs' is,
cleaily only attainable by' a thorough
organisation of, tho, forces. There
must bo f a hcad-contro, which bhall
rule all, which, shall hayo before1 it
everything that is to j bo done on tho
two days sot apart, and which shall
fit into its place each demon-
stration, whether it jjo sofj the youthj
ful or tho grown-up public-bodies.
It will never 'do for each body
or sbcicty'to go upon what is vulgaily
called )its own hook, each with its own
demonstration, and each fritteiing
away its strength iii disorganisod and
partial efforts. The committee which
has been appointed, apparently by
the Friendly Societies,' 'may form
tho ntfçleus of'what is requited, but
it j must be supplemented and'added
to by 'representatives of every 'hotly' !
which pioposes to take part in tho, ¡
proceedings. That is to say,., thoro j
should be special committees, each'one'
of whicli' should'be charged with tho
'.task of organising/ 'and having in
thorough1 'preparation 'its paiticula'r'
¡contribution'to tho general effect, and
? each of theso i special commit-'
jtees should ' be represented, on
,a Grand Committee. This ^Giand
¡Committee should be composed of
.representatives of all the'subsidiary'
¡bodies, whether ' tho City Council, the
Sunday school teachers,' the Volun-
teers, the Friendly Ssocieties, and wo
!do not seo ( why, the * Government
'should even refuse ,to join in. Thus,
¡thore would'bo a contle to 'which allJ
the others, wolild report, "and whoso
programmo would be ithe linaL and the
only ' one, <so that'no doubts°could'
mise', and theio would be a, aecognised
authority to,give oiders which could
not clash with each other.
J It seems, therefore, to ' be^desirable
that thoso who, ' have moved in the
matter at all should at once come to
gother,and that sucliaGrand Committee
as we have described bo constituted.
That'uoinmiteo wouldatonce take steps
to decide on a piogranuue, and finally
determine «hat is to be done. In the
matter of funds, we think that it would
have some ulaim on the Government for
assistance, but we hold that it
might solicil.aud wouldobtaiu.consider
able ' assistance fiom the public. If
Launceston eau collect privately same
thing near £500, as it appears likely
to do, Hobait could, surely, îaiso a
similar sum, without any great deal of
iiouble. It has boon argued that the
£500 proposed to be spent by the City
Council represent the contiibution of
the citizens, and no doubt such is the
case in a ceitain sense, but wo think
that much moro may be obtained, if
a proper appeal ' is only made. For,
theie arc a large number of citizens
who by no means approve of the ex
pendituio of, £300 in threepenny
medals, which will be necessarily of a
paltry» character, quite unworthy of .
tho "occasion. If there is to be a
medal at all, it should be of careful
design and excellent execution, for
which there is now no time. The
money will, wo fear, be laid out in
purchasing a lot of tokens, of about
the same artistic value as those which
used to be issued by our tiadesmen
when small change was scarce, on
which theio were emus looking terribly
afiaid of the, astonishing kangaroos
with which they found themselves
associated The City Council has not
shown itself stiong in artistic matters, i
though we do not doubt that it could
find officials ready to wu'te a Jubileo
Ode, if one should be wanted, and,
really, after the performance of Lord
TeknïoON we feel inclined to say,
" vfho's afraid ?" On the whole, wo
incline to tho opinion that it would
b'o well to place thoi £300 to
ia! suspense account until it is
ascertained whether Ti Gi and Coinmittco
can be formed, which shall deal
with the general fund contributed
to by the City Council, the public by
(Way of snbsciiption, and the Govcin
'ment, which'on this occasion may fitly
say, like the youth at tho play, "Dang
the expense, let's have another pen
'noith." All that is required to set
the thing going is a few earnest, ener-
getic citizens, who can call a meeting,
and thus begin a movement which
shall make the Ilobai t Jubilee cele-
bration a lastingitradition of oiganisa
tion and splendour.
It is a somewhat romaikablc coinci-
dence that just at the time that the
Social Purity Society in Melbourne
was agitating for the adoption of more
stringent legislation for the protection
of women a case was being in-
vestigated in Sydney, which points
to the conclusion that there is
more need for some better protection'
for men. A medical man named
-HoiiATio Geokgk Anthony Weight
was chaiged at the Water Police Court '
with having committed a criminal
assault on a woman* whom ho was
attending in ia professional capacity.
The hearing of tho case resulted in tho
defendant's discharge. Had he not,
i however, taken other steps to clear his
I character, it is easy to understand how
the fact of his having been brought up
on1 such a charge would, to some
extent, have placed him under sus-
picion which would be simply fatal to
his professional prospects. Further
investigation revealed, beyond all
1 doubt, that the charge brought against
Dr. AVhwht was the result of a
conspiracy between the woman Emma
Thomas alias Smith, and her two male
accomplices, John Smith, supposed tobo
the woman's husband, and IUchaud
SvnNKYMARjoiUM.thcobject, of course,
being to extort money from Dr.
Which rr, all of whom weie subse-
quently charged with the offence and
committed to the Court of Quiuter
Sessions 'for trial. The case is one
which possesses some public inteiest
beyond, the particular locality in
which it occurred, becauso it affords
a j 'practical - illustration of 'the
kind of j,, dangers that would
bo incurred, byithe adoption of tho
j .willi/ li' J
' iioiif )1 ' mil
ono-sided legislation that Social Purity
Societies niul kindred associations Beck
to forco upon us. Thoy aro, of course.,
'animated with tho very best inten-
sions, the object they aro aiming at
is worthy of all praise, but unfor-
tunately their zeal is not according to
knowledge, and for want of practical
experience of human lite thoy pro-
pose methods, tho effect of which
would bo to intensify the evils which
tlioy aro desirous of abolishing. It is
nothing ,but right that tho chastity of
women should bo ' ptotcctcd by tho
severest iponaltics, but if legislation
bo based upon tho assumption that
iii all , oas.es, the malo offender
is tho .seducer, it moans nothing
moro or less, 'than holding out
of a premium to unscrupulous women
to lure foolish young men to their
destruction, ^and to bring'groundless
charges against mon of perhaps irre-
proachable charactor.for the'purpose of
extorting money" from them. Tho
charge brought against Dr. Wiiiqht is
a caso in' point.' ' It appeals' from the
evidence given' in the Police Court
that 'his accusers were in arrears of
rent,.and had deliberately arranged
a plan for raising the wind by working
upon the natural dread which any
professional ' mau would entertain of
having to face so serious a charge aa
that of criminally, assaulting a female
patient. With,this object in view,
,ono man secreted himself under
¡the bed, another planted him
¡sclf outside the door > of the
bedroom, peeping through tho key-
hole, while the1 woman herself played]
i\\a ,r(¡le¡ pi Mrs." PoTiiuiAH. When
Dr. WaioiiE emphatically declined to
accede to hei- request, she cried out in
a loufl, voice, " Doctor, you arc hurting
nie.!", i This appears to have been the
signal for theiwm who had been secreted
undqr tho',bed,, and tho niau' who
had been ii peeping through the
¡kcyholo to appear upon the "scone.
'Tliey forthwith accused the doctor of
having committed an assault upon his
patient,and significantly intimated that
ïfcVould cost bim some money. ' The
situation was a decidedly awkward one
for the doctor. , «Tho» evidence »ol' the
¡woman, supported by 'that of the two
hi'c'n.wpuld beheld sufficient to make
put a prima facie case against lum.
Charges of ptich ¡i character Jiro of
courso very ',easily, made) and ' 'in
bases of conspiracy, easily corrobo-
rated, so far as appearances go, but
very difficult, oftentimes impossi-
ble, to .disprove. t It is not to be
greatly wondered at therefore that
for 'the' moment Dr.'( Wmcurr lost1
liis .presence of mind ami over-
whelmed with the horror of the
position that presented itself to him
exclaimed :-".This means ruin lo mo,
and .will kill those near and dear to
mc." ' He'saw no means of disproving
the terrible charge that was laid against
!iim, he knew that money was what was
required of him, and he made an ap
i pointmént'with the conspirators at a
later hour in the evening for the pul-
poso of arranging terms. In the
nic.-uit.imc, however, ho appears to
have recovered his faculties, and on his
way home he called upon Mr. Fosukhy,
the Inspector-General of Police, and
related to him all that had
occurred. Acting upon his advice
lie did not keep his appointment with
the conspirators, and the result of it
was that an information was lodged
against him. Fortunately, however,
for the doctor there were other
.inmates of tho house he had
visited, who wore able to give evi-
dence that they had overheard
the conspirators an anging the details
of the plot which was to cri-
minate liini, and the result of it was
that thd charges against him were dis-
missed, and his accusers were subse-
quently committed for trial on the
cliargo of conspiracy with intent to
extort money.- If convicted it is
to bo hoped that they will re-
ceive,', the .highest penalty the law
can indict,for amore diabolical offence
tit is impossible to conceive of. Had
it not boen for the evidence of the
,two witnesses who happened to over-
hear' the conversation between the
conspiiators, Dr. Wright would .have
had either to submit to the pro-
cess 'of black mail, or to incur
the risk of being convicted
of a disgraceful offence and un-
dergoing a punishment of a painful
and humiliating character. The case
ought to have the effect of warning our
legislators against adoptiug any hasty,
ill-considered or one-sided legislation,
such as 'is generally advocated by
wpuld-bo social reformers aïid others,
who, animated by one idea only, too
often allow their zeal to get the better
of their discretion. , * . i
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¡Cable News.'- Following' time-honoured
ciiHtoi'i Her Majesty has on tho occasion of
her paying a state visit to the city bestowed
honour« on the civic dignitaiies.' The Loi d'
Mayor and Sir Roboit Cuiden havo'bcon
made baronets, and Sheriffs Isaacs and Riely
obtain knighthood. Mr. Adyo D-niglas,
Tasmanian Agent-General, has also been
offered knighthood, but has I efused to accept
iti 'Hie Afghan Fiontior Commission aro
about to ro-asBomblo at St. Peteiaburg.
COmiEOTiOK. - The words1 parliceps
xriminin in our lending altiolo yesteiday
should have beon participe* crhninu.
" A ComtKCTioN.-Mr. C. T-. Jones, of the
Ouse, desiies to explain that the »ample of
phosphorus, referred to in yostcrday's Mer-
cury, left with Mr. Tnbart, was taken from
a 'tin of 101b. obtainable from Messrs. A.
G. Wohster and Son, and not from Mr.' A.
P. Miller, chemist, as represented.
School Holidays. - A correspondent
points out that as tho winter holidays for
Lstate school» will commence on tho last
' week ia June, tho Minister of Education
might he induced to grant the holidays the
previous week instead, thus affording the
cou uti y tcaohers an opportunity of being in
Hobart or launceston during Jubilee week.
Fine TunwrH.-Mr. John E. Overcll, of
Elirabeth-strcct, has sent to this office til ree
large turnips grown on Mr. Russell Young's
farm at Sorell Creek, willoh hu sent in us a
specimen of his eropfromsced purchased from
Mr. Overell. Two of the turnips aro the
purple top Scotch yellow, and for si/.e, shapi,
and weight, they are the Guest we havo seen.
Tho other is the early white stone, and
weighs 71b. It is very large for that variety,
and a fine turnip. The land in the Sorell
Creek district is very good und well suited
for root crops. Mr. Russell Young, ve
understand, is much pleased with tho result
of the seed obtained from Mr. Overell.
St. Andkkw'h Clock.-Phis public time-
keeper being much out of order, the Churoh
authorities nuvu found it necessary to stop
it for repair and cleaning. Tho woik -will
take some time, hut it will bo hurried on
v, ith as much despatch as possible. The
clock has been going now for nearly half a
century, so that the necessity for repair is
uot to be wondered at. Tho bearings rc(|iiiro
re-busliing, and somo of tho ropes have to bo
removed, and when this is dono the clock
i will bo as good as over.
COMMKMOKATINO THE JUIHLI'.K.- A publie
meeting of the inhabitants of tho district of
New Norfolk.will bo held at the Library
Hall on lliursday, 20th of May, nt 7-30, to
consider the question of establishing a cot
tage hospital at New Norfolk in connection
with tho Queon'B Jubilee, (A publie meeting
will also be held at Glenora-schoolhouse on
Saturday, 28th ins t., at 2*30, for tho sime
purpose. , ¡ ,, ,i| -i ,' i/, {?,.}(.! i
I ./ ,, ,"., ) , i.:».'l ,.m/ ,; ii,H \
! '. Wji: ,imi >>ii'i\l 'i )i./h.il'' > .';.
Tim WiiST Coast Roads an» UninoiÄ
Reports liavo lieun oiirront lately to tho
olloct that tho works on the Went Coast, in
tho vicinity of Mount Lyell, aro not being
prooeoded with. It has boen further tam
that this ia owing to tho Ministry, which
stopped some of tho works as soon as It cunio
into o Dice. In justice to tho Ministry ive
may say that wu have learned that this Is
not only not the fact, but that the Milliliter,
of Lands is doing nil that ho can to got these
much required loads pushed on as rapidly
as possible Ile has not sanctioned any
stoppage, and is not likely to..
THIS COUNCIL OK EDUCATION.- LIlO utllllllll I
examinations in connection with the Council
of Education takes placo early next month.
Tho lists include the niuiim of six candidates
for the Tasmanian SeholuiBliip and 1(1 for
the A.A. Degiee-13 mules and tinco
females. It has been,decided that tho iló-
gico and scholarship examinations shall
commença at Hobart on tho 1st of Juno.
Tho Connell has seamed the services of Mr.
A, li. Weigall, i\l,A., hoad master of the
Syilnoy Grammar School, U3 examiner In
chief, and ho will taku tile classics and other
leading papors. With liini will como Air. A.
Newham, U.A., of St. .Tolnt's College', Cam-
bridge, and lecturer on mathomntlcs at the
Sydney Univoisity, who will take the sub;
sidiary subjects. ' Mr. Buck will bo the
examiner in musió, Mr, ¿1, Hunter in draw-
ing, tho Row R.' U. Piulctt-Huirls In Gcr
inuii, and tho Rev. T. Kelsh in Italian.
The socrotary applied .to the Mayor and1
Town Clerk of Hobart;,on behalf 'of ,tho'
1 council, ' and tho Town''Hall or any
room theroln has boon placed at the
disposal of the council for the purpose of these
examinations. Tho hchoino for thoDogibo
ami Scholarship examinations for 18S8 lina I
l)eeii tixeil, and will shortly . bu published
The Council's Inhibitions, for which, there
,ai-e five fcmalo and 22, malo candidates--13
'fiom Hobart und 1+ from Launceston-will .
'comuioiico early next mouth, probably on
i the 1st Juuealso ;, und the Mayor of,Luun
'ccston has gtauted tho council tho tisu of tho
¡Town, Hall for thu examination, of tho
,Noithorn candidates. , Thu examinéis for
¡those exhibitions will be the Rev. R.i D,
!Poulett-Lfams and Dean Dundas. ,, i
' Ciiuituii Skkvioks.-At, tho Melville
sticct Wcsleyiin ' Church, to-morrow the
¡Rev. J. Copu will officiate in tho morning,
land tim Row D. Alinear in tho evening. At
jtho Daroy-strcct Chinch tho Rev. 1). Anncai
¡will olliciatu in the morning, mut the Rev;
¡,L G. Millard in the evening. At thh
'Memorial Church the'' Rev., G. \V. Sharp
will conduct morning'and opening scivicoa.
j St. Aniirkw's.-To-'morrow evening the
eighth leoturo'with rufefonce to ";Heipcs of
¡Faith," «¡11 ho delivered 'at St. Andrew's
,Chnroh.ivt 7' o'clock, tho subject; being
.".Dying in faith." .' " '
j . Mkmumat. Cnuncii.-Tho Rov. 0, W.
Shaip will ohooso ai the subject of his oven
inn address to-morrow " women's Worl!
lind Ruligious Sleterhoods," . '
St. David's. Mr. Clampett, a brother of
the Rev. J. Clampett, of Ringarooma, who
is at present on a visit to Hobart, will sing
in St. David's Cathedral choir, on Sunday.
Mr. Clampett, who has been a pupil of Dr.
Stainer, and a student at Rome and Milan,
is said to have a baritone voice, of excellent
quality and power.
Oilmen I'aiiaiiK.-Tho members of tho
Tasmanian Rifle .Regiment will assemble at
tho Hat-racks to-moi row afternoon, ut 2 SO,
for Divino service. It Is announced that tho
ófl'crlory in the Cathedral will bo given to
tho Cathedral Completion Fund.'' ''
j RUSBIIVB FollUlS CojirETITlON.-Wo mo
requested to state that tho intended competi-
tion by mein hers of tho Reserve Foico for
the, Lefroy Cup will not tako place this
morning, having been postponed.
, Tasmanian Te.mi»i:iianck Alliance.
Tho usual reliuious Lorvice, hold hy the
alliance, will luke plaie' t.his year on the
morning of the Queen's li'ithduy, in tho'
Primitivo Methodist Church, Collins stioet,
when tho Rev. W. A. Kyd'will deliver-the
address.
, Hospital. Fkykii Rin-URNS.-Dr. Parkin-
son reports :-" During the past week four
oases of fever havo been admitted, making a
total of lou oases this year. Forty-otio cases
remain in this hospital, and this number
could bo all placed in tho new buildiiu;, but
I havo been compelled to lcavo a few cases
in tho malo building for a short time longer,
as they uro not sulhcieutly recovered to per-
mit moving. It is satisfactory to note that
thctc has not boen a death from typhoid
since April 27, although many of the cases
have been and some still are in u very
critical condition."
Tim Bulli Disaster Fun».-A grand
vocal and instrumental concert in aid of tho
local fund for the Bullereis,by tho Bulli
Colliery disastor in Now South Wales toole
plaoe ut tho Town Hall lust night, tindor
tho patronago of Ills Excellency the Gover-
nor alid family, tho lion, tho' Premier,'
Colonel Legge, and officers of tho Defence
Forco, and tho Mayor and uldormcn of tho
oity. Notwithstanding tho deserving objoot
to which the proceeds were to be devoted,
and a programme contributed to by tho best
local talent, tho audience which assembled
was rather a poor one, so far as numbers
Want, His Excellency arrived punctually
at ' 8 o'clock, accompanied by his two
daughteis and Mr. H. W. li. Robinson, tho
Privato Secretary. Lady Hamilton was
nimble to como, as sho was engaged ut homo
nursing Mr. Hamilton, who wo aro happy
to Bay is progressing towards recovci y. The
Vice-Regal party was received at the door
by tlis Mayor and aldermen, tho committee,
and Mr, A. Morton, the' bon. secretary of
the fund, hy whom thoy were .conducted to
their scats in the hall, while the National
Anthem was played. Tho concert was opened
by the Garrison Band, which, under'the
able leadership of Mr. Rutes, playod thu
overturn " Knight Templars," with good
spirit. Tho band also contributed tho walu
" Night and Morn " with a lather effectlvo
vocal interpolation, and " Les Koo aux
roses." Of the lady vocalists Miss Culvert
sang " Thu winged chorister," und " Little
bird and the groat oak tree," two coiitiulto
songs, rendered with a, sweet soft voice.
Mis. 0. H. Hcdberg,',w ho Iiu'b,'seldom huon
heard to bettor u'dva'ntaL'ó, rendered " Tho
blind girl'to her harp," 'a Jonoo' popular .
song that last, night's singing" Is i likely
to again, bring into request, for Mis. {lied-,
berg gave the sweetest and most powerful ,
expression to its varying moods, Subse-
quently tho same lady, sang '/ fchu, ,woro a
.wreath of roses," which was also 'admirably
sang and woll received. Miss Howitt, who
also took part, sang "When tho house is
still "with a wonderfully powoiful volqo,,
.that,'with i a little caroful training, will
place hor in tho leading'ranks as un amateur.
Air. J. CNowbury's reappearance on tho'cah'-' '
cort stage was, hailed with satisfaction, for
ho ' is 'a favourite' artist. ' 'Ho 'siing' ,
"Tho .three Jishcrs" with,inost,.atrlklng
effect, lind; ttnable'to resist the recall,' tiling
."Ü, ,Salutarls,"i accompanying) himself 'on
tho pianoforte. Later on in the performance
his powerful volco and grund phrasing woro
both licaul to gi oat advantage in "Lord
God of: Abraham,'/ which Mr. Packer ac-
companied on tho organ. ''Messrs. H.
Pringle anilN. Oldham sang " Watoh Fiios,"
a ' manly duet, and acquitted themselves
vory fulrly, particularly in .'the' liniil
chords, though there was ' ! somov ovi
dance ' of tho . weather 'in' ! the qualities
of their voices. -In instrumentar solos
tho protçrummo was quite as strong as a
vocal solos. iMissi Wigmore'played ono of
Chopin's " Preludes " vory artistically, but
thu selection was not the best to exhibit her
acknowledged mastery of the instrument.
Mr. T, J. Haywood, who played nearly all
tho'accompaniments, also played AVeW's '
" Polacca in E," with giac'u and finish.
Mr. F. A. Packer, to tho satisfaction of
everybody present, solcctod the organ for
his contribution, and played " Les Hugue-
nots " with a grand and stirring effect,
and " Stcphunle Gavotte," The latter
number was followed by uti unchris
tened waltz of the playor's own
composition-a remarkably nott and son
8UOU8 melody into which tho hgh treble
stops wore introduced with singular suc-
cess. This wusjuppluuded with emphasis,
and Mr. Pucker, in returning,reported to his
favourite, " Faust," to appease the demand.
To Bupply tho place of a vocalist who was
uomowhat indisposed, Mr. Clampett, n
stranger amongst us, was persuadid to volun-
teer his services, and he sang " Tho Vlllago
Blacksmith" very successfully, and hud to
re-appear, when ho gave "Tho heart
bowed down," lu which his voice established
its power, though ho cortaiuly took liberties
with the composer. Tho committee desiro
us to thank tho several ladies and gentleinon
who kindly assisted thuin, Mr. Batos and
his band, and Mr. Oldham, who curried out
thu musical ariangenients with so much
arcdit.
COMPLIMENTARY Ifc.VISFIT.-Oil tho OV011
ingof the Queen's Biithduy a complimentary
benefit will bo tendered at the Theatre
Royal to Mr. Denny McQuuon, by a number
of amateurs lu return for his Hcrvicci lu
assisting in many chat ¡table ontoi'taininunts.
An excellent programme will bo provided,
and the entertainment will conclude with a
pathetic nkctcli .Tool- Jo fiom tho pen of
Mr. II. J. Burton. Tho prizes won by the
competitors in tho Loyal Past G land Lodge
jubileo sports of tho M.U. will bo .pre-,
sentad on tho stago on tho samo night.
Thora has been no performance at .tho
theatre for sonic timó pant, und there will
bono doubt ou this occasion a uumpor house.
B. j - i' . ,'..'! , ' ".!' '1' ' . ' "
Sui'i'LKMHNT.-Our supplement tc-day
contains tho reports of a Deputation to tho
Government, tho Bishop's closing addicsito
tliu Church of England Synod, the Police
(Jouit, Let tor« to the Editor, Luiiucoatoit
Letter, and other matter,
CoKOiuiT at St. David's Soïioomioom._
On Monday evening [next a conceit will bo
given in aid of tlieSt. Georgo's ltrnnohSunday
Suhool Fund, There uro 87 children in
attendance at llithu brauch school at Sandy
Hay, and theio is need for books, etc, for
school and Hillary nurposcB. A concert has,
therofore, been deviscçt os a ready menus of
obtaining the u-lierewilliul, mid tho e»iltul
programme ariangcd pippnal'i " Ijo Jt)i0r
eoluiun of this issuii. So guiidpi In'nuiin
iiient, lind so good n cause, shortltO 12-;il\ïnly
ensure a largo attendance of li J,ÎUs mid
wellwlshers. " ' ,'
Kkn'nklCmtr.-Tho fourth coursing inooti
iug of tho Hobart Kennel Club will ho hold
nu the Victoria Spoils Gipiind this afternoon
under the samo i nias and' conditions ns linvo M
obtained at formor meetings. Tho ' following' I
was'tho draw , iiindf) last .evening :-Ó. ',
Kennedy's Engineer ng't 0."3>1I., Lamb's
Victor, J. .Hewitt'» Al eldo-, nest \y.
MoRoiic's Fraud, J, R. Abbott's ' Lillie agst
C. M. Couley's Rob, Forrill und Sand's
Whack agst Gifronl and Turner's liiert, A. j
1$, Kalston's Giip'apst'G. Luolcman's Yecli,' \
J;, T. Weaver'B Echo agst - Gifford ' luid 1
Turner's Jamie Taylor, D. West's Spot ngst
,1. .A. Walton's ¿jpurk', P. Gy'.Furmilo's
Southern PrincuBs,ng8t,R. Chaut's-na Deckir.
(v-TüMsiudck Racih. - Nominations - for
these races, whiah, will lie, held on- June 1,
close to-day ; weights will also'be, doolnrcd
to-day. The ncecptances and geiioral entry
must be in by the 30th 'inste '? ?
. Pauliambstaiiv Dkuatinb. Association
-Tlicro was a veiy good attomlanco- of
meinbers 'of tho Hobait Pavliumentiiry1 De-
bating Association at the Masonic Hull K8t:
night, 21 meinbers being prosont',. A motion
.was submitted by Mr,, Gullino,-"That
¡education bo secular! fieo, compulsory, and
technical, and bo supervised, by. a committee,
of ladies and gentlemen." Tho motion
having boen seconded, waa spoken to by
Mews. Taylor, Crisp, Hoggins,. Claik,,
Uradloy, Simmons, iBi-ael, Chapman,.Kirk,,
and liunson. Au amendment! waB submitted
by Mr. Simmoiia,to strika eut all, the words
alter "compulsory,""and this'was cariied '
by alargomajoiity» , , , . . , , i
Edw-akiw' Cultivatoil - A trial' of
Edwards' ' lund' cultivator took' placo , at ' '
Campania on Thursday last. Thuie wera a J
lurgu number of, fanuers andt others ,pi'o
sent, and , general satisfaction was expressed,
at tho working of the machine/ It'was first
of all tried on a piece of land that had not,"
hoon ploughed previously,. Thon oii'land
that had been in crop 'last year. / Ii/each.,
case the machino did oxcellont work, '.'Mr..
Edwards, tho manufacturer, supci intended
the working of the machino, and Mr. H. J.
llrock kindly provided n luuin of'tlirooi' '
splendid hoi hob for tlio trial. ' ¡
' y.M.C.A.-A mealing at, tho Young !
Men's CJiriatiaii Association,\vlll bo held at ¡
8'o'clock this evening, when a special ad-
dress 'will bç"dèlivoreil on -'''llio Synod's
view of Temperance."' ' '
Tim AiiTiLLhur IIacV,, - Reminder is
again given that tickets for this ball, which
takcB placo on Tuesday evening next, can bo
Obtainod" from tho members" of thu corps '
montioncd in advertisement..
St. Joseph's Ouihia-nao«.-Tho animal
collections in nid 'of this orphanage will ho
made to-morrow at St. Joseph's Church at
each cf the masses and at vesnars. A special
announcement appears in our advertising
columns. ?,
The Musk Paiuuki-.kt.-A correspon-
dent, in sympathy with caj;ed( birds,'sends
us tho following :-" A striking proof of tho
grogarious natiîro of thin bird may bo daily
witnessed in different patts of tho city just '
now. Sonic few weeks ago a laid catcher
exposed a largo number of tho parrakcets
for sale, and solitary specimens, iii all kinds
of cages, may bo seen hanging on tho wulla
of residents in many parts of the town. ? A
flock of their froo brethren huvo visited us,
and flying all over the city, they send out
their shrill cry, which is immediately
answered by tho lonely caged birds who
long for companionship in. tl.eir confinement.
It is a touching sijjht to seo several clean
bright-pluiiiugcil birds perched on top or
hanging to the Ixirs of a cago containing a
draggle-tailed, woebegone pi isoner, trying
to soothe his unhappy loneliness by a few
moments of sweot fellowship. Imagino tho
feelings of the uiifoitunato ¡niñato when ho
Binells tho fresh scent of tho fragrant gum
Howers, rising oven above tho nativo
" musk " flavour of his freo brethren, and
when ono listens to the despairing echo
from tho cago which answers tho free bird's
cry when they fly off to visit other unfor-
tunates, one fcols Inclined to face tho
terrors of the law and forco open tho cage ta
let tho prisoner freo."
1 AauioULTUiiAL Notes.-A correspondent
writes :-" Northern Tasmanian farmersjaro
having ono of the best seasons over known,
for gutting their wheat in, tho heavy rain
six weeks ago thoroughly soaked tho giound
and for the last month tho land has been in
splendid order. A largo portion of the
fallow land is already sown, and in many
instances through the ground. The plant,
where up, looks well and healthy. A large
area of wheat is likely to bo sown this
seuson. 'Hiera is but little chunco of much
wheat being in store at the end of tho year,
theicforo, wo aro likely to haven market at
our own door. Grass is plentiful, but the
high priro paid for storo stock will prevent
the grazier fiom malting much out of it.
Potatoes aio at present low, but u market
will bo opened up in Adelaide shortly for ,
some of our surplus. Viotoiia cannot send
any iiwaynoith, theicforo a rise is likely to
take piuco soon. A largo quantity in th
low lands have rotted in consequenco of the
late ruiiiB."
Onm'ELl-owsliil'.-Tho tri-nnnuul confer-
ence of the Supremo Gland Lodgo of the
Independent Order of Oddfellows of Aus-
tralasia is now sitting; in Sydney. The fol-
lowing aro tho delegates ¡-South Aus-
tralia : Messis. A. Lcauo, G. Secretary ; S.
Hai bom-, P.G.M.; G, Stewart, P.G.M.; J.
Lawson, P.G.M.; S. Solomon, M.P., mid
Grund Trustee. Tasmania! G. E. Hayes,
. P.G.M. Victoria: Messrs. W. Gano,
Grand Siro; J. llrnokn, Grand Secretary
Grand -Lodgo of Australia ; W. Gidloy,
, P.O. M, j li. Ross, G mud Socrotary (Vic);
\V. Stirling, 1'. G. Siro ; J, C, Smith, P.G.}
W. D. McICeo, P.G.M.; J. Munday, P.G.M.
New Zealand: 11., J, Williams, P.G.M.,
und Grand Treasurer of Australasia.
¡DläATliOl'Mlt. SllKHinAN/TUBTllAOlUMÀK.
-|Mr.' W. ii. Shou'daii, wl|utdied at Sydney
on Wednesday last, was born i in Rostou,
, Massachusetts, in ¡June, 1830. no entered .
the dramatic profession in 1858. lu ISO],
.whon tlio civil war broke out, hu left tho
¿Btiigc and joined the army. His career us a
soldier is said to havo boen a brilliant one.
Ila seived with .tho anny of < tho Cumber-, ,
'land, and was'appointed captain and m4 "
atruclorof the Signal , Corps, on .General
llôsccran'a staff. Duringa severe ciigugo-,
meut at Uesacca, Georgia, Jit',,was shot in
tho' right arm, lind tlio wound nearly
proved futal. At' the conclusion of the
war hu returned to the .theatrical pro-
fession, ile played at the principal theatres
throughout tim United States, und won
for himself ii great niinio in his pei form-
ai ices of King Lear, Lous XL, and Sliy
lojilc. In 1880 ho went to London with tho
MoKeo;Rankiii Co. , In California ho is re-
ported to llave mot with a brilliant recep-
tion, and in San Francisco played ono of the
longest engagements in tho legitimo te drama
that had been known thoro. Mr. Sheridan
was said to bo a great favourito with tlio
1 American- army, and1' often gave perform-
ances lit'various military posts. Just bofere
sailing for Australia ho appeared bofore the
officers und soldiers of the Vancouver bar-
racks" as Cardinal Richelieu. General
Morrow, tho commandant, introduced him
with the following complimentary remarks :
-" I find great pleasuro in introducing Mr,
Shei ¡dan to tho garrison. He bus claims on
your sympathy and respect, not only for his
distinguished ability as an actor-a role in
which helios few superiors-but from *re;
fact that ho was a bravo man and served Jua X _
country faithfully in the great war of the ,¿«
hellion. Perhaps his great success on the
mimic stage is largely due to tho fact that ho
played on -tho field of actual war." Mr.
Sheridan leaves a widow best known by her
Btage naino, Miss Louise Davenport.
liunii CiJiouLAKH.-Tho Age, ol the 17th
inst. reports that a subject of great impor-
tance to the trading community was brought
under tho notice of Mr. Justice Kerferd, in
Chambers, on Saturday, 14th inst. An
action has boon commenced by Edward
Henry Wilson, carrying on the business of a
watchmaker and jowellor at Warrnambool,
for £1,000 damages, against Coombs and
Co., accountants and mercantile agents, of
Melbourne, The causo of action js the ,
publication of the following in a list or ' .
Btatomcnt purporting to sot out tho
names of persons against whom writs or
summonses iiuvo been issued at the Siipiemo
Court in notions commenced against
thom :-" Wilson, Edward Henry, and
Wilson, Septimus, trading as Wilson llros.,
of Warrnambool (defendants); Catanaoh,
G.i W. and Co. (plaintiffs) ¡ causo of
action, £34 7s., on promissory note, duo
8 |,3 | 87." Also, " Wilson Uros, (defen-
dants), W. Wood and Co. (plaintiffs), cause
of notion, £10 Ms. id. on promissory'notej
due 15 | 2 j 87." ' Tho plaintiff submitted (
that the above publication was, falso'land -
¡ , ' > ', 'i/ ,!>> '
! ,,. ,- '.

malicious, and that by it the defendants lm-l
intended to convoy Ibu linpict-sion that ho
liad dUuiouoiued two of his notes, and that
it had becomo nocossiiry for tho holders to
uno bim to rccovor theil- moneyj thus imply-
ing that ho was in poor and failing oil cum
ataiioes, and of weak oiedlt, Tho defendant«
pleaded that (¡hoy, hail j houp employed by
di vol s poisons who woiu, liudeis to uxamino
daily in tho ollico of the biipumiu Couit the
record of tho writs filed mid to innko thoro
from n list containing tho names'and liatlii
names of all persons who wote plaintiffs and
defendants, together with tho causu of
action, and to supply each of their, oin.
» ployors with a copy of mich list.' In' 'pursu

' anco of such employment tim defendants in

*. good faith and without niallcu insoitud tho

fiarticniui» ooniplulncd, of, qud soul the

ists to tho, poisons indicated in closed
otivtlopes) iind miirkeil private. At the
hoad of each list appealed tho following :-?
Privat« und confidential. Victorian Trado
Protection ABSociutloh, 28,' Queen-stloqt,
Melbourne, l8- Dear Sir,-Wo append a
list of writs issued in ti,o Siipruino Couit,
and in doing bo would remind you that tho
appcaranco of a person's iinmo as defondunt
in this list docs not jicccssuiilv cast, any
doubt upon lils, ai edil, us the action may bo
on a disputed u'ccoiint, or for damages which
may bo altogether fictitious, and oven in the
case of a bill of exchange, piomissory note.
Ol' cheque, thoic n ay bo ciicumstiinccs exist-
ing which constitute a valid dofenco to tho
action, and wc; would,usk, that as this com-
munication is mudo to you at your, icqucst,
and on tho itiKtorstniidtug that its', contents
aro to be deemed confidential, you jwill
picase usó great cm a to prevent tho \ infor-
mation given in it being mado known > under
any circumstances to any but i tile hoads of
your firm. iRolylng on the oxcielso of your
boat judgment', on which eo much''dopends
tho continuance of this important,adjunct
to tho business in which wo uro engaged.
Wo remain,'yours faithfully, Coomiis'and

Co. Tho defendants Bubmltttd that under
these ciieuinstaiices theil- publications were
privileged. Dr. Madden moved that this
portion of tho'defeuco ho struck'áut, hinco it

ofleied no \alid ans«or to the action. Mr".

Hodges appealed to oppose, ami His Honor,
after heming lugunicntsi reserved his du
elisión. ii-' ! i.

, Eloquence iiv the Yarp.-Another novel
method of illustrating., the consumption of
Parliamentary time by some mOhibciH of the
Opposition .vas adopted, in the' New ¡South
Wales Assembly on a leeeiit 'evening by Sir
Honry l'arkos in moving tho clôtura resolu-
tions. Soihu fifi days, ho said, had clupsód
since the'opening of Piirliamout oil, March
10, for about half of which period the House
1 liad,actually' sat. , Ho had buen unable to
' cuter into a minute calculation by bonis or

days as tojtho amount of timo taken up by the
speeches of members of the Opposition,but ho
hailineiisuiedthepagesofy/ííiwai-i/ with u 3ft.
rule, and ha found that, up to tho cud of
lust'Thursdivy, tlieio had been spoken no less
than 453yds;, or considciubly over a quurter
of a milo of tulki ' ' Some lion, members had
spoken only, about (Jin., other Sin. and Obi.,
and. Olio'vory silent member, ouly illili,

Twenty membcis of tho Opposition! Iliad'
occupied, half i the tiinu (hiring: which'the
House had. actuully sat, leaving1 the ie;

maindcr to tho other 103 members. "Nino
Minister«-and M misters Were supposed to
addrcBB the House moro frequently ' than
anyone 'else - had only spoken ( 78yds.
altogether, whilst Mcssis Melville, O'sul-
livan, 'and ' Walker between thom os
cupied 7Dyds. Tinco other Opposition
members - Messrs. '' Abbott, Copolaud,,
and Dibbs - hud spoken 7Ílyda., while
euch leading inenibeis on tho Ministerial
side of tho Chamber as Mess is. McMillan,
Reid and Wiso had only spoken 11yds,,
0yds., and 25yds. respectively. These three
gentlemen, theieforo, had only spoken
20yds. altogether, whilo Air. Molville, alqno
occupied 33yds. ' The Sytlncy Tdegiifph
gives tha following fin thor paitioulars

obtained fiom the Picmior which bIiow tho
following facts, with regard to the length of
tho speeches of, various niembeis:-Messrs.
Chanter, 8yds. lft.; H. Clink, 3yda.; Cope-
land, 25yds.; Cicor, 'Iyds.; Dibbs, 21yila.';
Dowel, 2yds. lft.; Ewin«,' 4yds. lft.;
Flotohor, «yds. lft ; Garvan, '11yds.* 2ft.;
Hassal, 1yd. 2ft.; T. Jones, 2yds.; Lyno,
18yds. 2ft.; Melville, 33yds.; O'Mam, öy.ls.
lft.; O'sullivan, 23yds.; Seo, 10yds. lft.;
Slattery, 2yils. 2ft.; Tobey, 7yds. lft.;
Walker, 21yds.; and Wall, 0yds. 2ft. <

A Dcau , LhTTMi Oi'nci: Balk in

America.-- A salo of articles willoh bud
accumulated in thu Dead Letter Ollico ut
Washington during the year has just been
hold. The catalogue piusentcdsomo coriolis
foatuics. It was a book of 0.> closely
printed page». There were approximately
25,000 miscellaneous articles cnumciatod,
which wcio separated in 4,530 packages.
Resides these thoioweic 2,1)00 books and
133 pieces of jewellery. Tho sale continued
for several duvB. Tho packaijus aro wruppud
in paper so that tho only duo to what thoy
contain is found in tho catalogue. This
Is often misleading because of its
brevity in description, and the in-
terest of the purchaser never flags
in .consequence. Among tho contents of
the packages, undei clothing for both Boxes
andof lill si/es is most liiimuious. Tho fol-
lowing ai o specimens :-Women's cheap
hosiery, gaiters, coiscts, chemises, hustles,
undercut ta, and «boulder bl acts. Other
packets contained steel pens, i usuries,
i azore, galvanic girdles, min ins, .cigars, a
Irope halter, soup, women's back-combs, doll

corsets, egg-be a teis, ear-muffs, electric
batteries, (link lanterns, sugar spoons, a
crucifix, oil paintings, Easter eggs, mai bles,
six small sewing machines, Indian mocusins,
toothbrushes, bayonets, Turkish bath
towels, dentist's forceps, duck Calls, fifes,
toller skates, undertaker's embalming
needles, bow and at rows, pipis, artificial
eyes, etc., ail lib. The cutnloguu ombiuced
evoiything fiom " Thoughts on Danlo!,",
through agricultural icpoits, Christmas
stories, uutogliiph albums, and dictionaries,

to tho " Lives of IllustliouE Shoomakors."

A Silver Juiiilke Cahki.t.-The South
Aiutratiuii Jlegiflcr icports that Messrs.
Stevenson 'Bros., the well-known jcwelle'tß
of.Sydney lind ,Adolalde, huvo just com-,
ploted. for the Poit Adelaide corporation, a
splendid stlvor oaBket, in which to oiicIobo a
jubilee address to^the Queen.' Tho casket
¡B a highly cieditablo pirco of South Aus
tialian workmanship and tho first of, its
kind. Resting upon silver Btauds, it is Min,
long and -lin. in diameter, and fitted with
silver lock and'key. Tho lid has been siu
t mounted by the cicst of tho corpoiation,

together with the names of the Mayor,
councillors, ni)d town ulcik. A Gicuiun
fringojias been added by ono of tho .(inn's

host workmen., One of tho sides bcars,tho ]
inscription :-''.South Austiallan i silver, .
nmnhiaotni ed ()by Stevenson BioUioibm
Soinc.25o2. of silver have been employed in
tho'.inanufactnio, and soveutl weeks havo
bceniBpcnt in euri ymg out tho design. '

The JuuiLi'.k! in Nifw Zealand.-The

Wellington 'correspondent of tho AtyUi
writes^-" Anning the new bills introduced
In tho House of Representatives is one lather
questionable indasiuo, the Local Authorities

tfubilcoExpendituio Hill, which bus been lead,
a first timo. It'enables evuiy local authority

to contribute out of its finnis sums of money' '

for tho purpose' of celebrating the Queen's,

Jubilee, lhuur this is to bo Htiongly opposed '
ob introducing an undesirable and dangerous
principle, lu stiiot ttitth, it seems to ino
that,tho jubilee dibits in this colony.Hag
sadly, pal tleulurly,'with respeot to tho Im-
perial Institute, which has few leal friends,

or admirers, or believns hore. Loyalty, is >
one thing ; the Imperial Instituto another.
Strange tules, too, of tile doings in. conuco-'
tion'with the successive exhibitions at South
Kensington havo tcaclied these shores, in
spit lug the .suspicion that tho truo'raino»
(Citrc of tho Imperial Instituto may be to
find 'beith»' for Royalfavontites who havo
been'loft stranded by the cessation of those
annual shows. This Hiispiciou is vory wicked,
no doubt, but such is the faut,"

:? Mr.. J. Hall nnuotincos as (ho subject of
? liii Itamain address to-morrow, " Is it true,
? or Lfidï .just Ï Tho jubilee lottor io the
;? W Ti.

V Tlie ¡-.I,'; Taranna will imikon. fishing ox
-? cursion to Franklin Island Reef on tho
? Queen's Birthday, starting at 9 a. ni.

J , On Wednesday, 1st proximo, the examina-

tions for tho Degree or Associate of Arts mid
Tasmanian Scholarships will be held at tho
Town Hall, Hobart.

A collection will be made to-morrow, at li
o'clock, at St. David's Cathedral, in nid of
tho »lilli Disaster Fund.

Tho offertory at St. Gcorgo's, Battery
Point, to-morrow, will be given to tho Bulli
Disaster Fund.

Monster nicotine« of tho Salvation Army
will ho held nil day to-morrow, nnd at 10
o clock collections will bo made in aid of the
nulli Disaster Fund.

. Tho Tasmanian Reservo Koree will parado
ni loviow order on tho Queen's Birthday,
aisomhltiiH at 10'SO a.m. at the Barracks.

.On Saturday, 28th inst., a concert will bo
wyon in tho Library Hall, Richmond, by the
lucliniond and Sorell Bauds, under the
{eiulorship of Mr. W. T. Bates, assisted by
lady and gontlomou einateuru.

in*"* ^° llavo uoon requested by Mo&srj.

I'loxmoro and Lord to diaw the attention of
imrcliiibcrs to tho sale of sovon building allot-
ments at liellorivo, which takos plnco on the
' Ri'oinjd Tins Day, at 3 for half-past 3 o'clock.

-[Advt.]

'm-. Oiikat Domestic Invention or the Dav.
-Ktiugdy't BUr llnwd HUroli Glos», the Uun

rw«truofrlond, gi vw pearly «los», and basutlful
ï."''!?"J1 "»rolwd murtoa j makes old Huon loots
R ,Ícko1"' M-¡ boxo«, ed. arocon, Oliemlati..
"«ko. Tompiott and Co., agoni«, MelUourae -

; . . _ . 'i im ;) , ;i .' uni !?!' ¡' "

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