AUCKLAND BAND OF HOPE DEMONSTRATION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2237, 21 September 1864, Page 5

AUCKLAND BAND OF HOPE DEMONSTRATION.

Ac, ri r \ bl\ to announcement, the outilooi fosti^ lfcies, undei the auspices ot tho JUi d of Hope, came oil yosteid.iy, in the public Doni un , and, notwithsl mdmjj the shoitness ot tho timo given foi piopai ilions, w ci c ol the inostsuece^sful andvati-,fa< toiy eli.u letci The wiathei wis fivomablo — tlicie \\ is xn absence ot 1 mi, .mil the waim sunshine was tunpoied by ,i letic-jlmi^ liu'i/o Iho icipuisitc aiiaiKjeincnts toi the imuscmi nts w . io commenced it an eulyhoiu, and by ton o'clock the giomuK assumed .in attiaetivc inpou meo A \,uiot) of ..banncis, on which 'weio lii-ii i toil .ijipiopn ito mottoes, spumed tho distances between the ttecs tioi.i which tbc swing lopos wcic tlepondul The pi ices set quit foi t!io v.uioiis spotts weieindio.teil by l\\^ poles sunk in the oiomid, fiom the toi'sot which llntteied bannciet-. of dillacnt huc-i md si/c- I'lic eluMien bo^ui to .a-^einblo shoitly aftt-i ten o'clock 'Ilic-c ittomling the Auok1 i"d City Mib lull school, numbeimg aboub one him diel i ml loit\, muehed m i>ioce-.-ion fiom the school loom, m Dnihim stuet, to the Domain, mulct the duectiou ot thu head liuslei. On then wly tlutlici, tliL-y passed tlnou^li the yioimds ot his K\ eellencj the (!o\ciuoi, .union coming opposite the in ms.loll they halted, .mil i.uig <i numbei of hymn* iiul biniple ,uiB, in i \eiy cioibt.ililc mumoi Tow mis mioii tlii'ie conl.l not h.ne been fewoi Ih.m six hunched eluMicn on the vi omuls including m my of tho-e .iLteuiliiiL; the j>ubhc tcboob in the town ■md subuibs Ilu v ueie dic>scd in hohd vy attiie, mil tho mombeis ot the h s|iecti\e^ blanches into winch the B Mid ot llopo Vs^ociition li diMilcd woio the tunjjei.mec medal —thou distineti\c bulge of mcinliLishi]) Tho )>a tmios pio\uled them mc'iided -iwm^s, cnekct tootbill, loot lace", leipinn, kiss m-thr-uni;, &i , wh clialim iled them mill hdn eision md healtln iov.ii.xti >n They sc. medto ibandon them «el\ e-. to mil th and jilciMiti , md tlu ti lllmg au-h ips which occiiiu'd to iiiuo ut tlun) adoulc t in small niciiuiient to theuiscUcs and then eonipmioiis m tiu pu r iciilii amusciiiM^ Mth u^h die tisti\ ltics wen' •■p.cixlj luUuded foi the.i _;i itilie itimi, and *. tli the \ lew to dctM them mil othci->fiom \ i-it ni; amusements of a diOciont descii]>tioi', they ■weie fieels piitieip\tcl m bj mmy of the visitois who diil not I'onsidu it inconsistent with then g>a\ity Lo jum m tin guile"? ,is then tistc and inclination pi.)m,ito'l them YTo maj ob-ei\o tint the teachcis weie uuicmiitiu^ in then ittentio i ti) the childien, \nde\eij il'oit \\ri-, ]nit fo'thhs them to enhincc thin delight I he stieun ot fa-iluonaljly dicsed \iMtns continued to ]><uu tow lids tho "lounds dining thu di\ md by the iftcino m, w lion (he .s \t iN hu^lit t'lOie e l'liliL not hl\o been le-i-i th in iom hiimli eJ pie--' nfc — L ikmg put in the mi kii i it-, oi '■ciUi.'icl m piiiinisoiious gioups ihi.m^hoat th.s twniuitc )iliee ot lesoit, w it hi 14 lie pn'iei ini^- RtiH-5 vrcio •iccteil mil lib i ill) i>ii n -.'ml with smtilili 1 edibles and tteli t 1 be ci i^'^, win li, wenied hndi s \ obsoi\c, weie in i i^u iLi|iic-t bs tin juvenile poition ot the x«mihl\ \ bou li\^oi!>e'v, whci ill tho iliimii and | i-.timi.s ot tho Domain wcio well ni.,l) ex hiu-itK 1 , ml the shules i.t (\c'iiiil; Ik 4m to closi) aiotmd, the te ulu 1- chiKlion, md M>itoi-, yiadu dl\ di-pci ii'il, iftei hu mg thoi'Hi^hlj enjojtd the dl^ s In'i 111 -„ win 'i iiiss d inn without fie occuiicncc ot 1 s,nj;li meid nt tniiiii tlio haimonj and enjoy iientthit |.ie\ uKd th ounhout Wo eon^i itul ite tl c committci -. ot tin united li.iuds ot Hope on the pic 1-.1 11 _f md suedes tul el u letoi oi the ]iii>eeoilin_;«i The Ij in 1 of lloj)e, Utliou^h ot eompu lindj lo.int oii^ui, h ■• now beeo ne ii c^tiblis'icd oimnisilion in tin piiAiuiv , and tlieu aio now cinollel 111 tho v 1 inisbi null -. noteuei tliii 1, JOil mcubii' It h1 . b en pi inhutiM ot mvi h p'lelieil ljo'hl, by 111 stilling into t'le mt'iils ot ihe \ollng as Well as tho-.e of m i' 111 (i >c,u^ the pimup'is ot temp^i nice, and theieb\ c ni->ii]^ tl'e 11 co disi oimtcn ui^c tho iopuKi\ c md deb iiint; \ ice ot liitoMcitiou -\ cl i->-> Ins been leeciilh toimidto. tho iiinliu Inn of 1 niimbci ol tho nicnibcis in 1 11 -its 111 ii nl.il musio, v hose peitoi 111 anecs w ill no I'oubL to id to n.ipai fc .uldition.il in tt ie"il to the ne\t fe^a\e lcuniou A eenti il committee is, we undci-t md, about to bo loimul foi tho moic etli< u nb 111 in ig.ment ot tho \ 11 ions biaiiehes ot tho society