Local Intelligence. - The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1846 - 1851) - 18 Jun 1846 (original) (raw)

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Thu 18 Jun 1846 - The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1846 - 1851)
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The Cencert -Wo wore agreeably surprised to sec

: the'Muaie Hall, on Friday evening last, so iveil altunded,

' considering. that the tickets pf admission 'wero six shil

lings each, ' a price far beyond the amount most persons

can afford under tho existing circumstances of the' lime's.

About ono hundred, howevor,,' wero present, many' of

.t bom well able to approcialo tbo extraordinary talent

evinced by M. Ravac. We havo never heard such 'a

performance out of England, and to attempt any thing

moro than a very brief description of it, would bo as

futile, as absurd.' It'was a treat 'of tho richest kind.to

tlio professional musician, and the amateur,, and also, to

those, wlio, having.Bouls for melody, yet hayp.no prac

tical knowledge of tlio art. Wo could alludo 'to it in

torins of critTiusiasm, so perfect aro -his instrumental

powers. ".The manner of Al. Itavco's porformanco is

that of tho foreign schools; M. Leffler's: style; is mild,

althnugli sufTiciuntlyicnqrgotic, and ulways gontlonianly,

without any action of tho body, throwing about of tho

head, and arms, or othor outward appearance of'what.is

passing montnlly within. ' Wo have always cohsidorod

M.' Lelher's fingering of tho violin, and his movements

of liiehow, -such' as aro sbldoui .exceeded, and not often

equalled, ayvay from tho European oporas. ... jll,,'Rayac is

of .another teaching,, and, -in tlio unbounded' enthusiasm

ho apparently entertains for 'sound, his wholo soul is

thro'vyn' int6 its production, 'on ! the. correctness of which

cvori his life appears to hang. . !Ho.is;thorefor6;tho vory

contrast' to ill. Loftier in; that rcspoqt,.. for ovqry.musclo'

is throiyn, into. action j—wo do. not mean to. say, vulgarly

so, on the -contrary, tlio stylo is amusing.'' As an in

stance :' . Ho'.js about, to: produce some extrenioly difficult

note'; th'o bbw is' on tho string, his' head is down, almost

upon it, listening like a.mothorfor, the first, noto of her

nowrhorn chilli tho ;air, or, merely, whispor

joy, or sorrow, and that (irst noto is over ; then pn, and

on, arid' oh, in a, manner, as wo have already' said,' ind'esf

bribable. :M.'Rava'c lias boon highly"' spoken of by: se

veral Provincial'Noivspapors, and wo also gladly respond

to; his merit's. . Ho is a foreigner, como amongst us..in

t|io time of.ppaco : lic eoinos, not only for his own ad-

vantago, but, his coining .shows to wliiit cxcbllenop of

sound tho violin can bfe made available; when' in 'the

liands of a Master. Wc wish him every success, and,

that ho may ieavo tho Colony for his native land, (after

having travelled through several others,) impressed with

a kindly feeling, not only for any attentions he may re-

ccive.as. a privatc indiyidual, liut from the generous con-

sidora'tion.yvhich wb hope will ho shown to his undoubt

ed talent. 1 Wo tako'tho liberty of asking, Would it not

Kb Well fori the - Choral Society to rocoivo him as an

Honorary. Member,; and give him, as a first class perfor

mer,, and a rcspcctabio foreigner, a public reception ?

. Error. — Wo regret'- exceedingly that tho names of

Mr. 'and Mrs. . Whitney (the Baker,) were introduced in

our last week's Police Report, whereas, neither Mr.

'Whitney, Halter," or Mrs.- Whitney, iiad anything lo

do;with tho matter alluded to, but .other persons of tho

same. name. We have never before had to mako an

explanation of this kind, and on tho present occasion,

absence at tlio Sbroll Road Meeting prevented our read

ing every proof of matter, inserted in our last publication,

and particularly tlio Pol'cc. There aro not two more

respect able persons -in tho Island, than Mr. and Mrs.

Whitney, and certainly none more. unlikely to figure at

any Court in conscqucnco of domestic differences. Al

though tlio' unintentional error has no-lihellous tendency,

wc hopo this apology will, bo received in tho spirit with

Which it is;tonderod.,- : . j .

' Accident;— On Monday week ;a dreadful accident hap

pened lo a little ;Boy,. ,a son of Mr. Chick,, of Pittwater,

whopvas,shot by another of about thV satno age, riot

knowing' the gun' Was loaded. , 'The "pdor littlo sufferer

lost one eye, and part bf 'thb side of hisTacb. ' 'By tlio

kindness of Mr. Walson, of. Uplands, who happened to

lie near the Bluff Ferry, when tho mpthcr. and, child had

crossed, t hoy were immediately forwarded on .to Ilobari

Town, for medical, ami/surgical assistance, there licirig

at present no member of tlio' profession resident, either

at Sorcll br PlttWatcri- ' - '

. Spring Day Road.— Mr. Askin Urorrisori, and several

other Proprietors . of estates1 on tlie lino of road from

Richmond to Spring Bay, ' by Way of: Pressors, aro ex

erting themselves; for obtaining' a communication for

loaded carts, &c. in that, .direction. The. Government

require a subscription of One/Thousand Pounds, and

then they say, a parly of men shall bo sot to work, im

mediately. We learn that' Mr. Morrison is willing to

subscribe half '.that amount immediately, and, that no

doubt can tie entertained of obtaining the other moiety.

Tlio distance from Richmond, by Black Charley s open

ing, is twenly-fivo miles, about half of which is nearly as

difficult for road making, as can bo found in tho Colony.

Between Prosscr's and Spring Bay, at what is poetically

called the Devil's Royals," — great labour and cxpcncc

must he incurcd in making a road passable. The greater

tlio difficulties the more praiseworthy tho attempt to

ovorcomo th'om.' Tlio Government however should lie

exceedingly liberal in this matter, as tlio approach to

thoir depot on Maria lsland:will by it; ho- opened, out,

at a greal.saving of time, and inconvenience. Wc can

not help thinking, that .in taking; the road mentioned

into 'consideration, thp calculations, arid arrangements

ought to extend to Waterloo Point, by which, a great

extent of Country would ho made ' available, and- many

settlers; ffionofiLtcd, who have hecn. encountering vast

difficulties, for years, without the , lojist aid from tho

Government. At present they pre compelled to, pass

with loaded drays hy' way of Oatlands, 'to tlbhart Town,

a round of many - miles, and at a loss of many pounds,

during each year. Tho inhabitants in the jricighhour

hood of Waterloo Point, aro willing to contribute liber

ally to thcgcncral fund. : Whilst alluding to Litis subject

there is- one point worthy of notice, namely that the

Settlers are expected to solicit thc'nuthoriiics for their

assistance: Why is all this? - Should not tho Govern

ment railier so/ic/t tho Settlors to employ, theso gangs of

convicts, who, when unemployed, arc a tax upon its

funils ?. who hy. opening up sources of, communication

between Settler, and Settler,' Town, and Town, assist

In promoting tho gcnoral prosperity of tlio Colony, and

consequently mako its annual revenue, available for

useful purposes? It ' appears to us, that the obligation

isatileiist mutual, and equal, and, that a begging peti

tion to the Governmorit for help to mako roads, ought

to b'o considered unnecessary, it is -a beginning at tho

wrong end. V' ' - ' ' ' ' ' i-

New Zealand -lntclligenco from Wellington, to tho

end of April, came to hand yesterday morning. No

thing had transpired of nny importance since our lost

advice's. Tho Lieutenant-Governor had not directed

the qxpccted attack to ho mado upon the natives at

Porirua, it being doubtful' whether the' murdcrcro of

Gillcspio were really, harboured there. Martitd law had

Keen proclaimed in that part of tho Southern District,

" south'of a lino drawn from Wainui, in Cook's Straits,

to Casllo Point, on the cast coast,; excluding,, therefore,

the town of Wellington." A considerable number of

natives continued in a state of reboliiori ; but they wero

not committing any acts of violenco.— byilney Herald,

' Clarence and Muddy Plainsl — In reply to enquiries

relative to- tbo : 'Memorial, ivo1 can. only i say, that -ono

from tho Colonial Secretary may ho expected next week,

as ho (is -making tlm nooeBary. enquiries. . -j ,,,;

- To- Correspondents.— Wo aro compelled ito . defer the

insdrtion of nn. article " on f the.roccnt amalgamation of

all classes of prisoners in tlio Convict Barracks, for the

The Oltl' Wharf— An application is .nbout to ho made

to the Government for tho removal of tlio old wooden

orcetionsioTi.thd Old Wharf, iri order to ojien a better

approach to' rind frbrii' the colonial vessels laying . there.

Wu'su'ggdst tlitit instead of removing them altogether,

they should bo thrown open as tpmporary places of pub

lic' shcltqr,, and the .crane repaired, and qllowcd to bo

maiio useful,- instead of rbmairiing as it is,' a! useless in-

ciimhrdriuo'on tlio Wharf. "A'grerit iriiprovdment might

bo mdde'with vcry'little-troublo.- - ' . '-_i '

The Mayflower, so long oxpbctod; lins arrived, hut as

sho left on ,tlio itith Juriuary, not brio word of news by

hprrias been received. 1 - . I i.

The Police.— Hot orio casb of- tho least imporlanoo

has hcori'-hciird during the week. At ''Sorcll, wo nro

glad to hear that a sly grog-seller, living in - that ncigh-

bourhoodi'.has been convicted, rind fined £20.

The Wheat Market. — Thoriso and-fall during tho last

woek, nnd-itSjadvanco again, nro matters or more specu

lations on tlio, Sydney iparkets. Wo advise our country

friends, to, realize, arid to trust to bottpr ' prices, ' when

tiioy can hotter afford to do soi-

i'/te Meat Market-— tliore- is.,an. ribundanco of good

stall fcdincat'in tho mrirkef;' hut -tlio holders cannot af

ford to sell- in 'competition with' tlio prices for imported

cattle. ; Wo are advocates of the cheap food system, and

cannot understand why one class of tho community is to

be protected, at tho cost of others. . His' Excellency shuts

the free man out of tho labour market, and now threat-

ops by Legislative enactment to -increase the 'price of

his food.' ' This may -be wisdom, but, if it is, it is a wis

dom beyond our understanding. :. It is what we call class

legislation,, a portion of tho curse founded upon igno-

rance, by which is sacrificed tho benefit of the many, to

the temporary 'good of tho' few. ' ' ' t '