THE MERCURY. - TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1885. - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) - 3 Mar 1885 (original) (raw)

Tue 3 Mar 1885 - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)
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TUBSDA Y NOtotWQ, MARCH S, 1886.

AT the lunch given to Sir HENRY1

WHENFORDSLBY, at Scow's 'Hotel, Mel-

bourne, on Tuesday last, ' previous

to his departure for Tasmania, simo

few things* were said -which seem

to requiro notice. In the' first'

place, we may remark that the gather-

ing was a large ' and ' ropresontativo

one, as members of the Ministry, of the

Press, and persons connected with com-

merce were present, including Sir WILLIAM

CLARKE, M.L C, who occupied the chair.

Amongst others present was Sir. ALFKED

STEPHEN, who is the father of Oie bar in

all the Colonies. He^as called to the

bar in 1832, and his been on the Bench

of New South \Valos for,, 32 , years

We refer specially to his presence because

in the course of his spe ch he doclared

that ho knew personally .that the idea

of Federation was entertained'as strongly

by the Ministers of Now South Wales as by

those of Victoria, an assurance which Mr

SERVICE baoked np by 'saying ," quite

true." Wo aro very. glad, to, hear that

thisi is the case and from Buch very good

authorities, but ne must'sayithat we »re

unable to^ reconcile (the statements juth

the facts. If it be trun that the Minsters

of tho Mother-Colony aro as" anxious'for

Federation as those of Victoria un

donbtodly are,;wo can only conclude (that

the Government of New South Wnlcayias

.no control .^ovor its AGENT-GENERAL,,

'Now,5) this is a very important matter,

seeing that it is proposed to make tho

AlJôTîfiî^onSroT mombors of ñ Colonial

Council, a question which'wes also referred'

to at the lundi, both by Sir .HENRY

WRENVORDSLBY and Sir ALFRED STEPHEN,

"to whoso romarkB wo proposo to rofor by

and by OE courso, if tho Agents Genoral

ato not bound to roproBont tho opinions

of ' thoir GovorriinentB, their pre

sonco in a Colonial Council would bo

an anomaly which might 1 ad to vory

serious consoquoncos, and yat it does look

at present nsif ono AGENT-GÉNÉRAL, atoll

ovont«, was, doing just.^-hat ho ploosod,

and quito misrepresenting thoso by whom

ho is appointed. Wo rofer to Sir SAUL

SAMUEL, the Agont-Gonoral for Now

South Wales. Recently, evor sinco his

Colony Ima refused to protest against

German annexation in Now Guiñen, ho

has boon tho most strenuous opponent of

the federation idoa, and haB ridiculed

it whonovor an opportunity of doing so

offered. At tho first monthly " houso

dinnor" of tho Empire Club, which

was hold in Jonuary last, Sir SAUL

SAMUEL made himself vory clear on

this point. He said, in responding to the

toast, "Britain, ono Empiro," tha't

" Groat Brit« in'át tho present time pos-

sessed a united Empiro so perfect that ho

beliovod the union could not bo made

moro complete. Ho looked upon tho

idoa of Imperial Federation na a delu-

sion." Wo thus seo that tho A GENT

GENERAL, tho authorisod representative

of Now South Wales in Great Britain, is

declaring openly and on all occasions the

idea which is most cherished by the

Ministers of the Colony a delusion, and ho

has done so evor ßinco, t and only oven

Bince New South WaloB separated herBolf

, conspicuously from Victoria m'tho mattor

<nf the proposed united protest. v,What

are wo to mako of this Î J Are wo

,to believe Sir ALFRED STEPHEN,' who

ought to know, or our own judgmont

'of facts under our vory royoB? It ia

scarcely credible- that ' the i Minifllors t ot

'Now South Wales would allow the AGENT

! GENERAL of tho Colony to go on de-

bouncing tho idoa of federation^ nhBurâ

(if they were in favour of it themsolvos, yet

'how can ( we Buppoao that ^so ? goodj an

(authority as Sir ALFRED, STEPHEN is mis

,taken! Hero is something which ro

jquires an explanation', and7'our Sydney

'contemporaries might do wellJ to enquire

twhat it^is that Ministers really do ínean^ ;

(and if they mean federation, why thoy

¡allow their .AGENT-GENERAL to ridiculo it

¡on every possible occasion.

! At the same'lunch the question of the J

.appointment of, tho Agents General as

members of a Colonial Council was

also referred to, ond it was' hold

to be undesirable both by Sir HENRY

WRENFORDSLBY and Sir A. STEPHEN.

Tho objections mado'by tho spoakers do

not, however, strike us aa boing very

germane to tho matter, and wo must Bay

that they seom not quite to have under-

stood the truo position of affairs. Sir

HENRY WHBNFOUDSLEY said.-"Prom,

what hu know of Australian statesmon, ho"

did not boliovo that Australia woiild-'eVer

allow her interests to bo govoinod by

gentlemen sitting in England. Aus-

traliana wore quito ablo to govern thoir

own affairs." We may ask, what has this

to do with the proposal to have a Colo-

nial Council to koop tho Imperial Go-

vernment well informed ? No ono, not

«von the Pall Mall Gazette, has yot pro-

posed that the Colonial Council should do

a*Bingle act of Government in Aus-

tralia, and it has boon expressly declared

that British Ministers must bo responsible,

oven as they aro at_tho present time, so

that Sir HENRY has boon knocking down

something which nobody sot up but him-

self. Tho proposal of Earl GREY wa3 in-

tended to got rid of tho ignoranco ns to'

Colonia1 fooling; ""onlythis, and nothing

more," hoaco thero is nothing : to inter-

fere with the complote indepondonco of

the Governments of Australasia. "Sir A.

STEPHEN agrood that the Colonies ivoro

no^hkoly to bo satisfied with a Council in

Loudon, and thought that tho time was

coming rapidly whon thoy would have a

right ti representation in the British Par-

liament. Are thoy likely ti be satisfied

willi that? We thiuk not. - Wo hold

that thero is no practical reprosontatio n

of tho Colonies which' would solve tho

problom of tho federation of tho Empiro,"

because the Colonies could not bo repre-

sented in a manner which, would satisfy

It is evident that any schemo of fedora- '

tion will have "to 'be slowly ,evolved,

and it is most probable that the

prooess of evolution ' will take many

years. Our object" should ' be', to re-

move obataclo3 out of'the way as far aa

possiblo,' the moro especially suchi_opposi

tion as that which IB now being shown by

Sir SAUL SAMUEL. A Colonial Council

might do a great deal , not, of course, to

govern tho Colonies, butto prevent such

fatal mistakes as have been recently mado,

by which the problom of a united Austra

lasiahas been rendered much more difficult

of aoluti jn than it WSB, and a feeling of dis-

trust h'asbeen created. Its uses in this direc-

tion would, we think, bo many and great,'

wh'lst it would be a most potent body in

clearing the way for ultimate .federation

All the signs point to a time, which may

nut be far. d'stant, when the British Légis-

lature will discover that it is not capable

of dealing with all_the Home, Colonial,

and Foroign questions submittod to it.

Mr, GLADSTONE has already declared that

the great difficulty is, to, got the required

work dono, and it is plain that the work

will grow greater year by year. When

tho point is reached at which it may be

decided to reorganise tho Imperial Legis-

lature, then the time will have come for

the Colonies to help in devising a new

one, and it seems to bo our duty to

steadily prepare for that time. One step

seems to us to be the Colonial'Council,

which would represent the views, the feel-

ings and the interests of the Colonies, and

so prevent a lepotition of the blunders

that have boen made, and pave the way

TUE position of the Gladstone Ministry is

not a very creditable one, after the divi-

sions in the House of Lords and House

of Commons on Friday, Practically a

vote of no confidence was passed by

each House. In the Lords the motion was

carried by a majority of 121, which is a

sufficient proof that the JIOUBO is not at all

satisfied with tho «ay in «Inch tho interests

of the Country ha\e been looked after, on

opinion « hich « ill ha ve great weight with

thinking persoiiB For, «hatovcr may bo

ths faults of tho Lords ¡ii£Cgaid to domestic

affairs, ho«ovor much they may bo afiaid

of those changos «Inch seem ,to ho thor

neocssary'outcpmo of the extraordinary 'do-,

velopm'cnt of ' modern society, they" aro

admitted to havo a keen sense'of'Imperial

interests, and to bo sagacious in their views

ofjÇtho goáeral., administration of''foreign

affairs. Thorefo'ro, tho carrying of a motion

"directly cciitmring^tho Ministry lor the mis^

management of foi eign affairs iii vtho Lords,'

will have considerable «'eight, and bo re-

gard od aB a roason why it Bhould bo mis-

trusted. Tile, majority in tho / Commons'

may bo regarded as tantamount to a defeat.

It is not a working majority. It cannot bo

said to bo a majority obtained on tho melita

of the caso, but rathor ouo'got by loason of

tho desiro to keep Mr. Gladstono in office, in

order that ho may carry out tho work of i e

foi in which ho has begun. It was said

by The '¿'¡mea only a short timo ago,

after a. strong gonoral condemnation of tho

policy of his Miuistiy, that ha would escape,

by his elonuonco nnd skill in explaining

a«'ay, a voto of consure, oven when tho cir-

cumstances acomed to bo almost hopeless.

Ho Booms to havo fulfilled the piediction.

Ho has sta\ ed off what would havo been

certain ruin to any othor Ministor, and has

got a majority of 14 to declare that ho has

not lost tho conGdonco of the House of Com-

mons, Practically, thoro is an expression of

no confidence all tho sa.no. It would bo

idlo to contend that a Ministry having only

a majority of 14 in so largo a body of repré-

sentatives cou havo tho confidence of the

oountiy, and wo must say that tho decision

to retain office in such circumstances strikss

us as being unusual and impolitloi Confidence

cannot bo reBtortd. It cannot now bo pro-

tended that tho Ministry has the country on

its sido, in spite of tho enormous bids that

havo been made for popularity, and tho

mannor in which many Liborals have sacri-

ficed foreigu to homo affairs. Henceforth,

the Ministiy must livo on a kind of suffer-

ance. It will be told that it has n ot tho con-

fidence of tho public, so that ita hands «ill

bo hampered, and will not bo in tho position

which a Ministry should occupy by'«hieb

gravo Stato questions havo to bo faced, and

mattera of momentous polioy dealt with.

3omo persons may urge that aa it has got

i tho country into a muddle it ought bo mado

to got it out, for which, perhaps, thoro is

something to bo said, but which, after all, is

but a sorry piospeot for BO great a country.

j CABLE NEWS.-Tho Gladstono Ministry,

/notwithstanding the rccontcrushing majol ¡ty

'against them on tho Egyptinu question, havo

decided to still hold office, as they « ere not

I numerically1 dofcated in the Houso of Com

I mons. Tho Russian Press, . presumably

) writing undor official dictation, states that

{an amicablo scttlomcut of tho Afghan

.frontier question is oxpectcd between Eng'

land and Russia, i The Viceroy ofjudia and

tho Amcor"of Cabool « ill meet at Punjaub

lin April .to discuss tho position. An Austro'

'German naval squadron has boen formed,

Icousisting of vessels suited for expeditious

¡movoments. News from America conveys'

¡the melancholy intelligence that ex-President^

Grant is dying from tho effect of cancer.

¡ThonowB from Egypt is unimportant, oxcept1

that Lord Wolseley announces that he now,

holds Korti and Gakdul, and that tho Aiabs

have soiled the abandoned position' at

Abuklca WeHs.,Tho advance of troops from

Cairo to Sunltin lias been delayed owing to

an accident to the General in command. '

! VIOE-REQAL.-Wo understand that His

Excellency tho Governor proposes to Icavo

Hobait about the 11th inst.I on a tour of

four weeks in tho island. His Excellency

«ill proceed by main road to Melton Mow-

bray, Oatlands, Campbell To«'n, Avoca,

Fingal, Se'Mary's, ana Gooigo's Bay, visit-

ing from tlioso, as contras, such places in

their neighbourhood as can bo conveniently

' THE NE«' GUINEA PROTECTORATE.-His

Excolleney tho Governor recoived a despatch

on Saturday from Lord Augustus Loftus,

Governor of Now South Wales, enclosing a

copy of an official icport from 'Admiral

Tryon, commanding Hoi Majesty's squadron

on tho Australian Pacific station, reporting',

the proceedings in New Guinea extending

the protectorate of Her Majesty inyNc«-,

Guiuca and the other Islands. The despatch

from Admiral Tryon is dated H.M.S. Nelson,

Sydney, Fobruary 10th, and acquaints His

Excellency that tho Queen's protectouitu

ovci Now Guinea has boen extended from

East Cape to Huon'Gulf, inclusivo of tho

land adjoining thereto, and of the ¡Blands of

the Louisiade Archipelago and to the Wood-

lark Islands, Long Island, and Rook Islands

Tho British flag has boon hoisted at \ anona

points, and pioclamatiouB lm\ c .boen made

bringing those regions under Hei Majesty's

protection and jmisdiction in tho same man-

ner as the southern coast and the adjacent

land and islands, with the islands in tho

Goschen S ti aits and thoso of tho D'Entic

oasteaux Group,' woio bl ought by proclama-

tion dated Gth November, 1S81. Copies of

such proclamation, and of the steps talton,

'«ill bo forwarded as soon as received.

I MINISTERIAL -The Premier (Mr. Adyo

Douglas) leturned to Hobait from Launces

ton by icxpiess tiain last evening, and will

bo in attendance at his oflico this morning.

1 I LXI-CUTIVECOUNCIL-Ouingtotlieabsenee

of the Prcuuci in Launceston theio «as no

sitting of tho Exccntivo Council yestei day.

Tho Governoi «'as in town, and called at the

Jpublio-buildiugs, but not on business of a

¡ TLLI OKAIMIIC Mrsrfcur, - Among our

cable 'messages received last night the

following caine " promiscuously '. to hand :

" Wi LLiNGTON, Monday -Government do

chncd ofl'uis Soudan unjustified i accepting

lcspousihility unsanctioned hy Pailiumeut.

Parliament decido next session «hat steps

next season's operations " ' r,

i TFLLNIOM-, EXCHANGE.-Tho following

additions havo been made to the Telephone

I Inchangé :-Mr. J. E Overoll, i Elizabeth-1

street (87) j Mr. W. Stotonsou, Elisabeth

street (89) ; Mr. n E. Wright, Park-street

(90) ; Messrs Gucsdon and ^Westbrook,

Colhns.strect (91) ;3Ir. E. C. A.. Jiichols,

¡TEM GRAPHIC.-Information wasrecohed

,ftom South Australia yeslciday to,the effeot

that communication «ith tho Western Aus-

tralian lino had been restored at 8 p.m. on

?"tlio* 28th ult ' The North'-Wcst Coast line

is interrupted beyond Deloraine. ' . '

1 ¡WFLLINGTON ELECTION.-We'wcro unable

last night to gotthe result of the Wellington'

election; on account of tho North-West Coast

'line being interrupted., ilt may probably

como to hand to-day, in which case i tho

result will ,bo posted outsido the Mercury

FINGAL RAILWAY^-The pontraotors for

the construction of 'tho Fingal railnay aie

taking all possible advantago of the fine

«eather atpiesent prevailing. The line of

works from the Corners end now extends a

distance of noirly 25miles, and corresponding

progress is being made on the Fingal section.

About 450 men aro, now being employed on

HEALTH PIIECADTIONS_Tho health officor

at Georgo Town reported by telegram to tho,

Chief Secretary yestorday ^ having boarded

tho schooner Orson 'on "herf arrival from

Melbourne on Sunday,' and the steamet1

Mungana,!on her arrival from the samo porc

yosterday, andi found all «eil on both

' À DESIRABLE VISITOR.-The Minister of i

Lands received a visit on Saturday from a

gontloman who has recently arrived'in tho

colony from England, Mr. Blanch Brain.

He has with him his son and his son in-law,

and describes himself as having had con-

siderable experience in collieries in Glouces-

tershire, and also with dynamo-electrical

machines. Mr. Brown has given Mr. Brain

letters to different mine owners in the colony.

and he will at once proceed to the country

districts on a visit of inspection with a view

to settling down if he can find anything suit-

CHURCH NEWS.-We have received this

publication for tho current month ; it ifl, as

usual, replete with items of church news of

interest to subscribers and gonoral readers.

In1 another column wo publish on extract re-

lating to tho Furneaux mission, which

speaks of good work attempted and good

NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY.

'Wo have rocoivod an advertising sheet bear-

ing this title, and published by a Mr. Ful-

ford,! of Auckland. It is interesting as

asserting the fact that in New Zealand at

the present date no less than 150 nowa .

papers aro published-good, bad, and indif

forout-and ranging from dailies to month

lies, a pi oof not only of tho go ahead ¡dens

of Now Zealand people, but of tho multi-

plicity of distinctly localised interests there

prevailing. It may, however, bo montioned

that many of theso luminaries are but tho

veriest twinklcrs on the journalistic horizon,

modest in siro, if not in protenBions. Wo

once heal d a Now Zealand butcher remark,

«hen leferring to tho merits of tho local

"lag" m which ho waB interested, "It'a a i

okkard sue, sir. Too big to roll a pound ,o'

Btciikr in, and .not^big enough for a log,o'

mutton."' i if y p- i ï <,i /Í

. HUTCHINS ScnooL SWIMMING ' RACES.-,

Theso races will take placo to-morrow'at tho

Sandy Bay Baths, commencing at 10 a.m.

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHY.- There is at pre-

sent on view in the window of Mr. J.

Bishop-Osborne, photographer, Murray-

street, a large photograph, ,15in. x 12in., of

the recent cyclists camp of the Marmion

Cycling Club. The tourists chose an

extremely pretty part of the country for

their camp. The party, Messrs. Spong,

Bishop, Irving, and Fleming, are depicted

in various positions, after a morning's shoot-

ing. A small tent is seen on one side and

bicycles leaning against the trees, suspended

from which are game, bugles, and cycling

accoutrements, making a very pretty pic-

ture. Altogether it is a good specimen of

the photographer's art, and reflects great

credit on Mr. Bishop-Osborne.

PRORATES.-The following probatcB and

letters of administration wolo granted

during tho past week :-Andrew Pox to

?Tollu Wholan, £00 ; Johannah Clyne Crear,

to Alfred T. Mason, £2,370; Christian

Fleming, to Molmoth Flotchor and A. N.

Coiuoy, £300 ; James Mathews, to Fiodk.

Tato, £205 ; Jamos O'Brien, to Joeopt Scott

and William MoICiulay, £15 ; Aliens Cum-

ming, to A. R. .Cumming and ltobort Cum-

TUE TicnnoRNE CASE.-Tho ptooccdings

in connection with tho Tichborne case, in

which chargcB of fraud had boon mado

against Rogers and Lammorso, caine to a

closo at tho Glenorchy Polico Court yester-

day. Mr. Alfred Dobson, who appoarod

for the prosecution, said that ho should not

offer any ovidenco, and tho accused wcro, of

course, discharged. Tho Warden remai kod

that this rosult would bo satisfactory to all

concerned, but this was assuming a groat

deal too much, as the non-production of ovi-

denco does not BIIOW that tho required

ovidenco could not bo obtained, but is rather

a proof that it is hold that tho ends of j ustice

havo boon attained by what has boon done

alroady.. Wo may ndd, for tho information

of the public, that tho stowards of the Tas-

manian Racing Club had nothing to do with

the abovo proceedings, Tho stowards of

the clnb had fully considered tho matter,

and havo not the slightest doubt as to

ovidenco on which thoy acted fully support-

'IN CHAMBERS.-In the mattor of tho Full

Moon Tin-mining Co., RogiBterod, and tho

Mining Companies Act, 1S84, Mr. Jahn

Mcintyre appeared hoforo Mr. Justice'

Giblin in Chambers yostorday, in support of

I au application on bohalf of the Commercial

Bank of Tasmania Limited, prayiug that an

order might bo mado for tho winding up of

the said company. After reading the affida-

vits His Honor mado an Older ducctiug tho

company td bo wound up, and fixeu the

, meeting to bo held for that purpose at tho

j office of Messrs. Butler, Mcltityio, and

! Butler, on tho 18th March însfc.

I CITY POLIOI: COURT.--At the City Police

! Court yesterday, His ^Worship' tho Mayor

i (Mr. J. G. Davies) and Alderman Crisp,

¡J.P.,1 presided. Edwardt Gordon was

¡charged with having, ou tho 28th ult., as-

saulted Constable King, while in tho execu

! tion of his duty. Ho pleaded guilty. It

'appeared from tho statement of tho con

,stablo that accused was arrcBtcd in George

strcot ou .Saturday evening for disturbiug

the peace, and on being taken to the station

kicked and otherwise assaulted Ids captor.

A fine of 20a. Gd.' was imposed, with tho

alternative of one month's imprisonment.

Aloxaudor Dunlop, charged with making a

disturbance on Sunday morning, was ordered

to pay a fine of 10s. Gd., or go to prison for

{ 14 days. Mary Ann Hancock pleaded not

guilty to a charge of wandering about with

1 out any visible means of subsistence, and

¡lodging in the open air .at Now Town on

Itlio 1st irish. Sho was convicted on oyidonce,

' and was Bent to prison for a month.

! 'LIBERATED FROM GAOL.-Tho young man

James West, who was concerned w itlt soine

'others in an usBault in Salamanca-placo six

years ago, was libotated fiom gaol at 1

o'olock yoBtorday, His Excellency the Go

vornor-in-Counoil having oxoroiscd the pre-

rogative of morey in this instance,

i AN OBSTRUCTION AT NEW TOWN.-Tho

Bittali Btono building on tho Now Town

Road, which used to servo tho purpose of a

toll-house, and now docs duty as a police-

man's quarters, but which is utterly un

buite'd in point of sizo for such a purpose,

deserves the notice of the Government,

v, lioso attention has often been called to it

by Mr. Dobson, the member for tho district. '

What is bchiud the paling fonce at tho side

ban only bo a matter of eonjeoturo to

the passor-by, but by'tho miBavoury drain

which issues from it, it cannot be healthy

for thb'rc'sidonts or anyono olso. New villa

residences aro boing run up iu profusion in

this'*locality ; anti ono gontloman, Mr.

Bûiiaall/has built a fine house just along-

side it. Tho o'd toll-house ¡B built, too,

right over the footpath, and extends partly

into the road, and BO it is a real obstruction

to"*thoJtlioroughfaio, beBÍdcs being detii

mental to tho interests of propel ty holders

in'the'Vicinity/ Its lomoval is a boon the

Government might, and should at once con-

I A CAUTION;-A correspondent writes as

follows:-"Justa line to'warn tho publie

against am impostor. T)ioro is at 'present'

going the rounds of tho city an elderly man

with a swag on his back. Ho called upon

liie this morning with a pitiful {tale about

having just como out of the invalid depot,

and requested help, as he had not had 0,

meal all day. Ho ^tated ho .was, going to

tiamp it homo at Sandy Hay. I gave lum a

ti ide, and warned him not to go the public

houses,' Ho assured me that ho used to

di ink, but ho did not do so now. On leav-

ing mo ho went straight to tho Queen's

Anns, in llariington-sticct. <il lind hu is

the same mau who lost his swag in a public

house a few days ago, of which . mention

was made in the papers. Moral : Never

rclicve'an unknown beggar with money."

. QufcEviioRouoji CONVALESCENT HOME -

A largo and influential drawing-room meet-

ing, at which His Excellency tho Governor

yfua present, was held at tho Bank of

Australasia yesterday afternoon, when tho

working of tho abovo institution was ox;

plained. As tho homes arc now loady,gifts

of fumituio and othci useful at tides wcro

asked for in order to prepare them for open-

ing, the Bank < of Australasia being the

Lijntral depot whero such things may be left,

Al Bubsciiption list was also started, dona-

tions and subscriptions"lo be sent to Miss

Poynter, Saud y jllay, ... . j , ,

¡BOYS' HOME,-Wo understand, on good

authority that Mr,. Gregory, tho recently

appointed superintendent of , the Boya'

Home, is leaving tho institution, and that

the post will, in consequence, bo onco moro

¡GOOD TEMFLABISM.-The Oom of tho Sea

Lodge, I.O.G.T., held a public mooting at

Sandy Bay on Satuiday evening last, whon

all the officers and members of tho Nelson,

Miranda,' and Diamond Lodges wein pre-

sent. Songs and recitations 'wcro gone

tin ough by tho various members of the lodges

very creditably. Duiing the evening Bro.

.Tollu Kayo, W.C.T., of the Nelson Lodge,

presented Bro.' Undorhill, who is leaving

.Sandy Bay,'with an addrcBB from tho Nelson

L()dge,-'and Bpoko in-high törms of Bro.

Underbill, both as a Good Templar, and a

constable. As a constablo by Ina obliging

arid couitcous manner, honest and indus-

trious habits, ho has gained the respect of

every resident in Sandy Bay, As a Good

Templar a botter nover workod for the

EXCURSIÓN' ' TO NEW NORFOLK.-To

.'mprrow the' Monaroh 'is announced ' !for

?another of thoso on joy able excursions up the

Rivor Derwent aa far as Nour Norfolk, whoro

\ chicles are always in waiting to convey

passengers on to tho Salmon Ponds and

'other places of interest in the district. Hop

picking is now in full swing, and adds

further interest to the trip. It is estimated

over 6,000 persons aro now daily omployod

gathoring'aud curing the hopB. The asylum

is always another source of attraction, and

tis there are many porsons in .Hobart who

have never seen the asylum, or at least not

for some time past, tho latter category

comprising ms.ny who aro strongly agitating

for its removal, the present excursion trip

offers a good opportunity for becoming ac-

quainted with tho actual condition of tho

RIVER EXCURSION.-The s.s. Huon will

make a 'moonlight trip on the river this

evening, leaving the whatf at 7'.'JO for up-

stream and the bays. The Rechabite Baud

will accompany tho' vcBsel" and perform, a

choice selcotlon of music for dancers.

Tho Huon also makes a trip to Now Norfolk

to-morrow, under the auspices of tho Now

BOOK AOENOY ion DIOOK.SE OF TASMANIA.

-Mr.iA. Wilson, whoso present address is

caro of Rev. J. .B. W. Woolnough, Davey

Btrcot, is prepared to receive ordcra for

books, oto., as sanctioned by tho Bishop of

LECTURE AT MECHANICS' HALL,-Pastor

R. McCullough .will, this evening, under

tho auspices of the Y.M.C. Association,

deliver ii lecture'at tho Mechanics' Ballon

the subject of tho "Pilgrim Fathois," doal

ing, as the title implies, with tho. early

colonisation of America, the vicissitudes and

porils encountered by thoso who first essayed

to wrest a i homo from tho wilderness, and

tho gradual beaming of better days, and tho

reaping t. of' 'a , joyful harvest. , Pastor

fMcJulfougfi, will doubtless do ampio justice

¡to tue subject, and a most, enjoyable intel-

lectual treat.may bo anticipated.' Songs'aro

'also announced, by Messrs.' Oldham and

'Huxtabld,'''and''rnuB¡cal selections by Mr'.'

)V S.'F.A. AND P. SOCIETY.-Tho comtnittoo

'of tho Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and

Pastoral Society mot at tho omeo of tho lion,

sootrotary (Mr. C. E. DavioB) yosterday

afternoon. Mr. E. Chancellor ocouplod tho

chair. Tho minutes of tho piovious mooting

«oro road and cofirmed. Tho annual meot

ing «'as fixed to tako placo on Friday, tho

13th Mareil, at 8 o'olook p.m., tho Piosidont

(Hon. N, J, Brown) occupying tho chair.

Thoropoit tobo readnt tho nnmiaimcotlngwas

road, ameuded, andadoptcd; andthobalanco

shoet and accounts «'oro nlso agrcod to. Tho

courBo of proccodiugs and prograinmo of

spoakoi s « as discussed and Bottled as far as

possible, thoro boing evory sign of as suc-

cessful a mooting ns it 1ms bcoomo tho custom

of tho sooioty to hold yoaily. Tho mooting

THE COIILIN MOTH AOT.-A mooting will

bo hold nt tho Royal Hotel, Peppermint

Bay, this aftornqon, to consider tho desira-

bility of ha\ mg tho district pioclaimcd clean

under the Codim Moth Act of last yoar.

NATIONAL BANK OF TASMANIA (LIMITED.)

-Wo publish in our advertising columus

tho prospectus of thiB propusod now finan-

cial institution, which has for its purpose J

tho purchasa of tho business of tho present

Balik of Tasmania, and tho extension of

banking operations on a scalo commonsuratc

«.ith tho rapidly growing coininorcial im-

portance of tho colony. It will bo noticod

in tho advertisement appearing in to-day's

issuo that Mr. C. J. Atkina, of 40, Colhns

strcot, has been appointed local agont (and

broker) for tho company, and at his hands

intending investors will find full attention

and careful conservation of their interests.

VOLUNTEERS.-Tho UBiial wookly parado

of tho Artillery Corps «as hold last night at

tho drillynrd. Thoro woro 65 all told pre-

sent, including Captain Evans, Lioutonant

Bonnison, and Surgeon Crouch. Tho mon,

«'¡til nflcs and sideatmB, «'ero exorcised in

infantry di ill under Captain EvaiiB. During

the morning1 ycstoiday Captain Evans, on

behalf of tho Artillery Coi ps, had aent ovora

telegram to Sydney, wishing tho mombcrB of

tho Soudan contingent a 'BuoboBBful voyago

and a safo return with all honours. A roply

was rqcoivodiand read last ovouing o« tho

parado ground from Colonol Richardson,

thanking tho corps, through Captain Evans,

for the couitosy thoy had shown and tho

kind «'ishos thoy,outertainod. ' At tho con-

clusion of tho parado, an ordor was read to

the effect that tho first qunrtoily parado

I undor tho commandant would tako placo on

I Monday next. A'quartorly muster parado

of tho Ilillo Regiment for inspection by tho

Commandant was held lust i evening on tho

Barraok-squaro. Thoro was a vory good

¡muster, 105 of all ranks being on tho dull

giound, under Captain O'Boylo. The Com-

mandant (Colonol Loggo), on arriving at tho

barracks, assumed tho command, and caro

ifully inspected tho'inon and their nccoutre

iincnts, after which they marchod past in

.column, quarter column, and at the doubla,

and advanced in roviow ordor and gavo a

genoral suluto. Captain O'Boylo thon exor-

cised the men in manual and firing exercises,

and Lieut. Becdham put thom through tho

bayonet oxorcisos. Colonel Leggo next

drilled the voluntoors in tho now

attack formation, and put thom through

sovoral field manouvres, and satisfaction

'was oxprcBscd at tho way,in which tho mon

had acquitted thcmsolvos. Thoy woro

marched into the drill-room, and nrrango

menta mado for tho clothing for the forth-

coming year. Tuesday and Thursday were

fixed for voluntoors being fitted with valises

and other camp equipmont. The,filing for

tho prices offered by tho Government will

take place on Thursday at' tho Macquarie

Point ranga, and on Friday and Saturday at

tho Sandy Bay rango. Tho distances at tho

Macollarla'Point rango > oro 200, 300, and

400yds., fivo rounds at each distance, tho

first pu'/o being £2, and tho total £8. At

Sandy Bay on Friday tho distances «'ill bo

200, 400, and 000yds., sevon shots at each,

while tho first prizo amounts to £3, and the

total offered is £11 5s. On Saturday tho dis

anccB will bo 300, 500, and 700yds., sevon

shots at each. The fust prize is £4, tho

second £2, and tho third £1 10a. Thoro aro

five prizes,the total boing £9 15s.

' THEATRE ROYAL.-Thoroughly novel and

exciting, and thoroughly amusing also in tho

comicality af its situations, tho farcical

comedy <7oi(/tuien had another most favour-

able reception at tho Thcatio Royal last

night in tin presenco of a largoaudicncc.

From the first moment of tho irritable Mr.

Mortimer Mnmplofoi d's career, his pioccod

ings and thoso of bia family were watched

With tho greatest interest, while their de-

pendents woro vory littlo behind in public

favour, and tho accessory of both Mrs

Mumpleford and Maria, tho baby and the

dog-oi lather tho dog and tho baby-\icd

in Tike manner for attention. It is difficult

to point out n fow amongst such a long list'

of BCroaming absurdities as boing moio

ridiculous than tho rest. Porhnps the last

act is the most delightful, tho hero's sccnos

with Dr. Bartholomew Jones, as excellently

played by Mr. J. W. Sweeney, and Deteo

tivo Miu<de as well given by Mr. II. Keono,

boing inimitable, Tho climax is tho biby,

while tho anti climax-tho dog-biingB the

ourtain down on a sccno of hilarity which is

very selc'dm surpassed in a thoatie. Con

fumon «ill bo lepeatcd this evening, and on

\Vulncsday, but thoso «ho «ish to Bee it

must bo eaily in tho field, as the Silver Kmq

is underlined foi lcpresentation, and tho

company havo to loavo noxt « cole for New

PHILHARMONIC Cowerin.-On Thursday

'ovcning next,-tho fouHh subscription con-

ceit of tho season will'bo'givcn hy tho Phil

harmonio Sooioty at tho Town Hall.

THE EIGHT OARED CREW.-Tho selection

of tho eight oirrd crow to róprossnt Tas

inaui.i in Sydney at present stands thus :

W. II. Cundy, No. 1 ; H. Westbrook, No.

2 ; E. Stuart, No. 3 ;'B. Stuart, No. 1 ; A.

Stuait, No. 5 ; T. Robinson,)No. G; E 1'

Watchorn, No 7 ; A. F, Shailand, stiuko ;

emergency, J. Todd, G. Oipwood, P. Criflp,

and,- Burton. Wo understand that tho

crow will row in a 1 oat built by Edwards

and Son, of Melbourne, BO on that giound

«'ill have nothing to complain of. Tho' men

aro doing good work, and have greatly ¡ni

Çroved linder the able coaching'of Mr. F. .T.

'. Norman. It is suggested that as tho

ovonings aro drawing in,'tho mon should get

out for practico in the morning, and loavo

no stono unturned in their endoavours to

do their best to uphold the honour of Tas-

SANDY BAY REGATTA.-A mooting in fur-

therance of tho above aquatic'festival will

be held at the Clarendon 'Hotel to night nt

8 o'olook. At a previous meeting a com-

mittee waa appointed to collect subscriptions

from thoso'favourable to the object,'und wo

hear that thoir appeal has been most libo -

rally responded to. > . i J

Pour ESPERANCE RKIATTA.-The Recha-

bite Baud have ohaitorcd the s.s. Southern

Cross foi an excursion to this regatta at

NEW TOWN TENNIS Cuni -The. fifth

aaiies of matches for the gentlemen's trophy

were completed on Friday, 27th hit., with

tho following results Í-G. Reynolds received

i-30 and a bisquo from'W. '6.''Jamieson,

and «on 10 to 1; E.,J. Hughes received

J-Jlö from W. P. Brownoll, and «on 10 to

8; and J. Hughes a bye. The, following

play for the sixth scries, which must bo

played boforo Thursday ovening :-7V. P.

Bro_wncll allovfs G. Reynolds 15 and a

bisquo ; W. G. Jamioson allows J. Hughes

i-30 and a bisquo ;rE. J. Hughes takes a

¡MIDLAND JOCKEY CLOU.- Acceptances for

Hurdlo Raco, Oatlands Handicap, Members'

Cup, Steeplechase, and Flying Handicap, to

be run at Oatlands on the 10th inst., must

bo mado with tho hon. 'soc, Mr. Sydney

Pago, by 4 o'clock this afternoon. At the

same timo entries cloac for the Maiden Plato,

of 20 sovs., tho nomination foo for which

MATBICOLAÏION.-Tho entries which closod

on Saturday last wore for the Matriculation

Examination of tho London University, and

only one namo «as given in. The dato'for

tho Melbourne Matriculation Examination

entries is not yet fixed, but it will' probably'

be as usual about the end of April, and

due notice will be given."1 ' ' L < '

LADIES' COLLEGE.-The annual mooting of

the shareholders in the Ladies' College will be

held on the promises, Macquarie-strcct, thiB

COLONIAL EXHIBITION or 1880.-A mooting

of the Executive Committee ,of tho proposed

Colonial Exhibition to be held lu Loudon in

I88G, will bo held in tho eoiiniitteo-room

HOSPITAL CASES -An oldorly man named'

Robert Holden, 65 years of ago, went to the

Gonoral Hospital yesterday suffering from

an abflceas on tho right forcfi rigel, which

was incised and drossod for lunn James

Astley, a littlo fellow of 7 years, who had

sprained his anklo by catching! his fopt in

a fence, had tho limb bandaged at tho insti-

FRANKFORD -A oorrospondout writcB :

"Tho weather is still vory bad, and «e

cannot now expect to got Jany burn off, or,

at loaBt, only a bad one. Tho annual dinner

and mooting of1 tho Farmers' Club will bo

hold horo on Wednesday, March 4, when we

aro to havo a criekot match«and snorts. The

comtnittoo aro busilyiproparing tlio ground,

and if fino wcathor favours, «'C oxpect to

havo a gloiioua tjmo Of it. Tho Engineei of

Roads is oxppctedjhoio shortly to seo the

requirements of tho district. < A meeting has

been hold at tho Stores and Post ,011100,

wh'en it was agreed that a deputation from

the various districts should meet him and

BIIOW him tho nood wo havo of road improve-

ments. Tho tondors of two of our local mon

wore accepted for tho scrubbing anil grub-

bing that part of tho road from tho Post

Ollloo to tho end of Mr. Potts' land, Tills

will bo ii groat holp to na whon dono. Wo

all hopo somothlng'morc will bo dono, and

Bpocdily, as tho engineer will soo for him-

RUHSKLI/S FALLS.-Mr. Thomas JFrod

8hain, Biirvoyor, lins latoly hoon in tho neigh-

bourhood of tho Russell's Falls river on

buaincBs for the Government, and doacribos

tho land in that locality aa 'being of lirst

class quality, and vory suitiiblo for suttlo

mont. About 20,000 to 30,000 acres aro

availablo, sovoral settlors boing already in

tho vicinity. It ia heavily timbered with

myrtle anil sassafras, and vory hoavy gum

trees, but thero is splendid wator power,

fronting as it doos on this largo stream of

water, and travorscd by innumerable crooks

which run on to it from tho sidos of tho

hills. It is now opon for selection, nnd ns

tho now lino of railway will bo iu Glenora

noxt yonr it is worth tho attention of pooplo

EMU BAY.-Undor dato 27th tilt, a corres-

pondent favours us with tho following ¡toms

of news, and from whom wo shall bo glad to

hoar rogularly :-"Tho s.S. Glunochil, 1,581

tons rcgistor, which arrived hero last Sunday

and began to disahargo ou Tuesday, has dis-

charged 000 tons of content ¡u four days, a

feat without proccdont at Emu Bay, and

what is moro romarkablo tho wind has been

easterly since tho vessel arrived until this

af tornoon. Tho vessel would havo been dis-

charged early to-day if a kotch that was em-

ployed as a lightor had not loft yesterday

morning for Tablo Cnpo, tho master boing

afraid of tho east wind, leaving the lighter-

ing to he dono by two open boats, Great

praise is duo to Captain win. Jones for his

indefatigable oxortioiiB in getting this 'vessel

disohargod. Tho Glenoohil will loavo for

Launceston to-morrow, 28th February, in

the inurning early. The -Wellington olec

tion ia tho chief topic of interest hero - at

presont. Mr. Norton-Smith's friends horo

Boom vory Banguino of him boing oloctod."