Evening Post. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1879.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, 15 February 1879, Page 2

Evening Post. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1879.

No conviction ever was implanted more firmly in the human, breast, or dung to with more passionate devotion, than is the settled idea which fills the mind of every Dunedin man, that everything which is either good in itself, or tends to good, must of necessity have had its origin, directly or indirectly, in Danedin. If — as it most be confessed does sometimes happen— the indisputable facts be at variance with this theory, so much the worse for the facts. A certain Scriptural personage once asked with surprise, " Can any good come ont of Nazareth?" The Dunedin citizen goes much farther, and pronounces the calm and authoritative dictum : " No good can come from outside of Dunedin." Hence we obtain also the con vcranpropoaition that all good originates in, Dtttedin, and that nothing which origpatteg outside of Dunedin can be good, because were it good it must of necessity have been thought of in Dunediu before, by any possibility, it could have' suggested itself to the less enlightened world without the boundaries of that city. This is an article of religious faith -with every Dunedin man, no matter what may be his other polemic peculiarities, and no argument, however logical, no demonstration, however lucid, no proof, however absolute, could possibly disturb il Bacently it was our duty to direct attention to the impure state of the water supplied to the Wellington cituens, and the alarming prevalence of sickness and mortality due mainly to this cause. It is gratifying to notice that our efforts in this instance for the public good, have received warm commendation from neady_ every tedisg journal » -fIW QQla&y. Wo oar-

tainly were not aware at the time that we were acting under Danedin inspiration. Yet we find the Danedin Morning Herald of the 6th inst., commencing its leading article in the following self-complacent strain : — When we made our boast the other day of having moulded public opinion so far as actually to lead our morning contemporary into the paths of wi.dom, we hardly ventured to hope that a seed then sown would take root at Wellington and grow into a goodly tree. And yet it would sflem that an article we then published on " The quality of our town water supply " has JUigqexted to the inhabitants of the Empire City th? desirability of investigating the quality of the Wellington supply, with results of so startling a character that we feel more strongly than ever the responsibility that will re*t on the shoulders of our City Council if they, refusing timely warning, delay the construction of fi'tering--beds until Dunedin in its turn suffers all the ills which seem to le the portion of our friends in tbe North. As a matter of fact, the Herald's article had not reached us when we took up this important question, and we happen to know that the writer of the above slightly boastful extract was fully awara of the fact ; but, as we have said, "so much the worse for the facts " if they do not pander to Dunedin's self-glorification. Unfortunately, too, it does happen, by a curious coincidence no doubt, that almost the entire subject-matter of the article of which our contemporary is so proud may be found in a series of articles on the same question which appeared in the Evening Post three or four years ago. 'I he Herald is kind enough to remark: — "Whether we have really set this matter afoot in Wellington matters nothing ; we give the P(Ht' our tribute of praise for boldiy advocating the pub.ic weal." Thi3 is indeed "Praise from Sir Hubert St*nlev," and we accept it with the grateful humility which the occasion demands.

It has been reserved for a New Zealand journalist to make a brilliant discovery regarding the principle on which England manages her diplomatic affairs. According to this new authority, the Foreign Office considers very second-rate men, men of no particular ability, tho best sort of persons to deal with Gortschakoff, Andrassy, and Bismarck. England does not want a man of 'great ability or genius to represent her at St. Petersburg, Vienna, and Berlin, and it is no compliment to a colony, but, indeed, rather the reverse, that a diplomatist, who has represented his Sovereign at these courts, and has held hU own with the first statesmen of the age, should be sent out as its Governor. We would not for a moment attempt to compare Lord Loftus with Mr. Wakefield, the member for Geraldine, for instance; but, after all, perhaps he is good enough for New South Wales. Had the Timaru Herald intimated to her Majesty's Government some time agro that the services of Mr. Wakefield might bo obtained, we have no doubt that Lord Loftus would have had to be content with remaining at some European Court, a- d the New South Welshmen would have had a genuine compliment paid them by Mr. Wakefield's appointment to the vacant governorship. They have certainly sustained a severe loss, and we pity them. For some time they must be content with an ex-ambas«ador in place of an exeditor, and it is just possible that, when said Augustus Loftus has fulfilled his term of office, they may have to put up with being ruled by a Royal Duke— a very secondrate port of person of course. There would bi nothing surprising in a Governor ofthe position of Lord Augustus Loftus being succeeded by a member of the Royal Family, and there are some people — who perhaps can see as far as the Editor of the Timaru Herald— who see indications of a settled policy on the part of the present Government of England to consolidate the Empire, and draw closer the bonds wh.ck unite the family of the Sovereign with tho people. The Princess Louise is iv CanadaTho Duke of Edinburgh aud his Duchess, we are told, are going there also. Prince Arthur is to rule as permanent Viceroy of Ireland, and it is by no means a wild supposition that Lord Augustus Loftus may have been sent to this side of the Equator to pave the way for the advent of some still higher personage.

Our usual Saturday's supplement is published with the present issue of the EVBNIf « Post, and contains a letter from Councillor Fisher on the City Council and the Tramway, one from "Churchman" ou church music; ond one from •' A Member " on tbe proposal to open the Atbeuuoum reading-room on Sundays, besides a variety of general news. The Ringarooma, with the Governor and suite, is advertised to leave for Melbourne at 2 o'clock on Monday, but it is -expected that she will not leave until an hour or two later. It is understood his Honor the Chief Justice will be sworn in as ActingiGovernor on Monday next, immediately atter the departure of his Excellency the Marquis of Normauby. His Honor M^. Justice Johnston, as senior puisne Judge, probably will administer the oath. ' We may explain that the Cbief Justice does not assume the Acting-Governorship ex officio, but by virtue of a " dormant " commission, which is sent out by tbe Imperial Government at the same time as the operative commission from which the Governor derives his authority. This dormant commission has no force excepting in case of the death, incapacity, or absence from the colony of the Governor, or in the case of a brief interregnum as in the present case, and as in the interval between Sir George Bowen's departure and Sir James Fergusson's advent, when Sir George Arney, then Chief Justice, assumed the reius of Government By a Renter's telegram recoived from Sydney this morning, we learn that Governor Robinson leaves Sydney for New. Zsalaud on the 15th of Marcb, in H.M.S. Emerald. His Excellency will be accompanied by Commodore Wilson, ia H.M.S. Wolverene. The Hiaemoa, with the San Francisco mail on board, made a splendid run of 33 hours from Auckland to Napier, inclusive of calling at Poverty Bay, the total distance being over 400 miles, thus Riving her an average speed of nearly 13 knots, in spite of having "to contend with a heavy easterly swell. She left Napier again at 10 o'clock last night, and therefore should arrive in this harbor at 5 or 6 o'clock this evening. The Wellington mails wili be delivered in the private boxe3 within about an hour after their landing, and the public office will ba open from 8 to 9 o'clock for the general delivery. Thanks to the excellent steaming of tho Hinemoa, undor Captain Fairchild's skilful handling-, the lost time will be made up, and the mail delivered in Wellington on the due date. The Under Secretary for Public Works has notified to the tenderers for the Wanganui wharf aud reclamation contract that the tenders have been declined, and that it is the intention of the Government to re-ad veTtise the work at an early date, with certain reductions and modifisations. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Dr Diver, J.P., Henry Brown, charged with being drunk, was fined 5s ,or 24 hours hard labor. Mary Beer, who did not answer to her bail, was fined 10s. for a similar offence. The report of the directors of the Northern Land, Loan, and Building Company, which will be submitted at the first annual general meeting, ou Tuesday evening next, states that the gross earnings of the Company from Doc, 1877, to Dec, 1878, amount to £2802 14 sod,s od, whilst the preliminary expenses incurred in forming the Company were £329 Is 6d, and the working expenses, including license fees £394 15s 3d, leaving a net profit to the Company of £2078 17s Bd. The directors recommend that the whole of tbe preliminary expenses should bo written off, and that a dividend be paid to tbe shareholders at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum upon the paid-up capital, the dividend absorbing £489 4s Bd, nnd leaving a balance of profit amounting to £1589 13s. The directors further recommend that the sum of 11s be added to the amount already paid up ou each share out of the balance of profits, which proposal will absorb tbe sum of £1554 6s, and there will remain a balance of £35 7s to be carried to next accouut. A fresh issue of 5000 shares at par U recommended. In accordance with the provisions of tbe articles of association, the whole of the directors retire from office, but are eligible for re-election, and all the members oi the present Board, with the exception of Mr. Dawson, will offer themselves for reolection. At the conclusion of the hitting of the Drainage Committee yesterday, the Mayer brought forward the question of charitable aid, reading the memorandum which he had submitted to the Benevolent Society. He said that there would, of course, be further negotiations, but ho should like to know whether what he had done so far had the approval of the Council. He had taken upon himself to say that he believed the Council would pay an officer to distribute the money if the Benevolent Society would undertake to apportion it. He W spoken to Mr. Johnson, the Inspector of Nuisances, and he thought that he could undertake the work, as he could make it, to a large extent, fit in with his other duties Of course, the Council had at present to pay for the aid distributed, as it was deducted from their subsidies. Councilor Fisher remarked that he should like to see a Aid Board, after the model of that at Christchurch, and composed of representatives from the City Council and Benevolent Society, with other gentlemen, established in Wellington. He thought the distribution of charitable aid should be kept quite apart from the Council. The Mayor endorsed the latter remarks, saying that that was one of his objects in adopting the course he had done. Atter some* further conversation, the councillors intimated that tbey approved of the action of the Mayor. Several persons in Hobson-street have had their gardens robbed lately both ot fruit and flowers. It is as well, perhaps, to cannon these petty thieves that they may not escape in future quits so well as they have donohitharfafc W&bATO fettgi of oat or two fwbtatte wso

threaten to give them a much warmer reception than they calculate on, and who remark openly that a charge of duck shot carefully aimed might prove a salutary lesson, whether a legal one or not. With reference to a telegram from Masterton, which appeared in our issue of yesterday , stating that the Borough Council had transferred its account from the Bank of New Zealand to the Bank of Australasia because the former " had declined to make an advance," it is explained that the bank merely refused to make an advance beyond the b-gal limit. In a bankruptcy notice in our issue of Wednesday the natnp of the debtor, Edward Colton, was misprinted CoJson The attention of the Inspector of Nuisances is directed to the corner of tbe harbor between Piimmer's Wharf aud tha I oan and Mercantile Agency's offi *es. A large dog, in an advanced stage of decomposition, aud masses of decajine vegetable matter lie there, emitting a horrible stench when the tide is luw. It will be seen from an advertisement in another column that the Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend equivalent to 16 per cent, per annum. A carbine match between eight men of the Npkon Naval Brigade and eight of tbe Wellington Artillery will take place in Wellington next week. The Waka Maori says : " Private letter* received by the last mail from friends of Sir Julius Vogel point to the probability of his return to tbe colony before Parliament meets. Should such be tbe case, he will be hailed with joy f/om one end of the colony to the other His advent would be the signal for the immediate overthrow of the present imbecile and intriguing Government." Lord Harris threatened at the recent cricket match in Sydney to bave Joseph Thompson turned out of the pavilion at the cricket ground for betting. The bookmaker said ''I'll lay your Lordship a century on Sydney;" to which Lord Harris replied, "If you bet here, Thompson, I'll have you removed." The Governors of the Wellington College advertise for a second master at £400 per annum, with a capitation allowance of 10s. for each pupil attending the College; a mathematical master, at £3-30 per annum, with capitation allowance of 10s. ; and a modern language master, at £300. By private telegram we (Canterbury Press) learn that Trump Card's weight in the Australian Cup is Bst. 21bs., and Le Loup's 7st. lOlbs. Mr. Edward Matthew Ward, R.A., whose death by his own hand was recorded in our telegraphic mail summary from Auckland, was the nephew, ou the mother's side, of Horace and James Smith, the authors ot " Rejected Addresses," aud was born at Piralico in 181 C To the iudgment and good taste of his mother, who lived to witness the artist's fame, we learn from '* Men of the Time," he attributed much of his success. Iv 1834 he was admitted a "tudont of the Academy, under the auspices of Wilkie, who advised him in bis studies, and the true beut of his mind was shown in his preference for original composition and color to formal academic study. His first picture, " Portrait of Mr. O. Smith in the character of Don Quixote," was exhibited in 1834. He went to Rome in 183fi, remained there nearly three years, gained the silver medal from the Academy of St. Luke in 1838, and devoted a lew months in Munich to the study of fresco under Cornelius. His picture of •• Dr Johnson Reading- the M S. of th-j Vicar of Wakefield," in 1843, brought him into notice, and "Dr. Johnson iv tho auteroom of Lord Chesterfield," in 1845, raised bis reputation to a very high standard. In 1856 Mr. Ward was elected A.R A. In 1852 he was commissioned to paint eight pictures (in oil) for the corridor of the new House of Commons Three of these pictures were executed in oil colors, but as the darkness of the corridor rendered them all but invisible, they bave since been executed in fresco. Mr. Ward was elected R.A. in March, 1855. He completed the two la9t w>rks for the Commons corridor, viz., " General Monk declaring for a free Parliament," and " William and Mary receiving the Lords and the Common." Mr. Ward married a grand-daughter of the late Mr Jame* Ward, R.A. (who died in 1860). This lady is herself a painter of considerable ability, and has been since 1850 a frequent exhibitor at tho Royal Academy. Mr Ward's lamentable death inflicts a severe blow on the artistic world, and will be generally regretted. Den^e volumes of smoke have rolled over the bay to-day before the north-west gale, apparently indicating an extensive bush fire on the ranges to the westward of the Hutt. Mr. G. Fisher and Mr. Popplewell, as representing the anti-Chinese sub-committee, waited on Mr. G. Hunter, one of the city members, yesterday, with the petition which has been prepared by the committee, and which has been signed by 2500 persons. There are still some sheets of signatures, moreover, to come in from Masterton and other places. Mr. Hunter promised to take charge of the petition and present it to tho House. The committee have also written to Mr. Barton, M.H.R., asking his support. As our readers already know, the Rev. J. W. Ingiis is to make his first appearance in Wellington on Monday evening, in the Imperial Upera House. Speaking of bis lectureentertainments, the Christchurch Press says : — " The lecture of la«t night, like the previous one, was studded with racy anecdotes, given with genuiqe humor, which it is difficult to transter to print, and concluded with a display of word painting which completely carried away the audience, amid whose enthusiastic applause Mr. Ingiis resumed his seat. The only regret felt is that Mr. Ingiis' visit has been fo short, and many wili hope that ere long he will again give Christchurch people an opportunity of spending a pleasant evening in renewing their acquaintance with the poets and authors of the past under bis guidance." , A preliminary inquiry into tue stranding' of the ketch Forest Queen at Otaki was held before Mr. M'Kellar, Collector of Customs, yesterday. The captain, Charles Watchlin, gave evidence to the effect that on 13th Jan the s.s. Glenelg had orders to tow the ketch from the Hydrabad to the outer anchorage. Great delay took place in the steamer getting uuder way, and witness, foreseeing a gale, showed a flare, but no notice of it was taken on board the steamer. He was not surprised at this, for ou previous occasions he had shown them a light without any notice being takeu. When at length they got under way, a heavy erale was blowing with a terrific sea, and the tow-line parted. The Glonele got another tovv-liae on board, but it got foul of the propeller and bad to ba cut. Witness then saw there was no other remedy but to go on the beach, and threw a quantity of oil overboard to keep the sea from breaking. The vessel first struck at 4 a.m. He estimated the damage at £400. John Qibb, coasting pilot, gave evidence, aud, in reply to Captain Watchlin, said that he was very doubtful whether with so small a line the ketch could have been towed safely to Kapiti, even if the line had not fouled the propeller. Captain Mailler, of the Olenelg, gave evidence, and tho inquiry was then adjourned. 1 1 will be seen by an advertisement in another column that the Wairarapa aod East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society's ram and ewe fair will be held on the 20th inst., on their show-ground, at Carterton, when a large number of rams of the various breeds will be offered for sale. We believe the railway authorities will issue return tickets at excursion rates for visitor* to the fair. This will be a pleasant and profitable journey to any breeder requiring good rams. The play of " £100,000 " was repeated last night at the Theatre Royal. To-night a grand double bill in the shape of " Meg's Diversion " and " Our Boys " is announced. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a telegram stating that the steamer Stadt Haarlem would leave Plymouth on the 12th inst. with 600 immigrants for New Zealand. The Company has been further advised of the arrival ot the ship Pareoru at London from Auckland. The Artie World Panorama was exhibited at tho Princess Theatre last night. There was but a small attendance. During the hearing of the case of embezzlement yesterday afternoon, the witness Matthews, before giving evidence, said that he had been put to au expense of £25 in attending, and ho wished to know who was going to pay his costs. He was told that a warrant would be issued for his apprehension if he did not attend. He consulted a solicitor, but did not follow his advice, or he would not have been present. Mr. Mansford said that the witness need not have attended unless his expenses were paid, and he should not have issued a warrant for his apprehension. As he was present, he was bound to give evidence. A few months ago, says a writer in the Manawatu Times, Miss Jones was unknown outside tbe walls of the Wellington College • to-day she is tbe most talked of lady in New Zealand, and from the depths of obscurity she has leaped up to the height of notoriety. I sympathised with her in having to run the \ gauntlet of the public gaze in the Police Court, but I am now somewhat inclined to think the ordeal w&s not so distasteful as one would be : led to suppose. There is nothing absolutely wrong in a lady becoming a lecturer, but in her case she had not experience to prompt the step, and in accepting- an engagement with the proprietor of tbe Arctic Panorama, it is quite evident she was willing to trade upon the notoriety she had obtained. It is quite certain that in withdrawing bis usual lecturer to make room for Hiss Jones, Mr. Cary took tbe stop as a matter ot business, after carefully calculating its effect as a draw ; and while I can compliment him upon his shrewdness, I regret that it should be at the expense of Miss Jonea, whose sensitiveness and womanly delicacy suffer in the transaction. The Plymouth correspondent of a London paper writes :— " While the steamer Warrior was off an uland in tbe West Indies, bdt out of. sight of land, a human cry was heard, and the carpenter said he had seen a man strugglingin u» water. Tbe eagiaei were at once topped, taU.hwt pat og; ABwatangpui

iv the direction noted, the cry was again heard, and half an hour later a man was discovered and picked up. He proved to be a native of Jamaica, named Alexander Hughes, and said he had been three days in the water cliDging to a clothes chest. He was one of the crew and passengers of the schooner Little Minnie, which capsized at sea and sank while on her passage to Colon. Tbe accident occurred 60 mile* from where the man was picked up. He was the only survivor." The keepers of the various houses of ill-fame iv the city have received warning from the police that, unless they abate the nuisance on their premises, they will be prosecuted, and we understand that proceedings bave been commenced with the object of closing some of the worst lioutes. Two of the handsomest specimens we have seen in Wellington of a manufacture, in which young ladies always take great interest, will be on view at Mr. Peter Laing's for * day or two. Need we say that we refer to wedding- | cakes ? One iv particular, which is for a Wellington m triage to take place next week, is peculiarly beautiful and tasteful in its design and ornamentation. Tbe other is made to the order of the Rev. the Dean cf Sydney, and will be forwarded by the next Sydney steamer. It is only fair to those two contractors who guaranteed to carry out Mr. Climie's drainage scheme for £80,000, to state that tbey were not the same two who similarly guaranteed to erect for about £6000 the building referred to, and afterwards tendered at £9000. We may explain also, at the request ot Mr. Cliraie s contractors, that their " guarantee" amounted only to a statement that, provided tbe figures given them proved correct, the contract could 1)6 carried out for the sum named — iv fact, they simply furnished a schedule of prices for tbe quantities submitted to them. Tbe had and bave no means of judging whether or not tho»e quantities be correct. This explanation makes our argument all the stronger, and ! shows that the opinion we expressed as to the utter unreliablenens of this so-called (but miscalled) "guarantee" was a just ono and wellfounded. Tho warrant signed by his. Excellency the Governor for the execution of the murderer Walsb, which has been transmitted to the Sheriff of Southland, Mr. William Stuart, directs that the execution shill take place withiu scvou days of the receipt of tbe death warrant by the Sheriff, to whose discretion it is left the fixing ot the precise date of exection. The justice of Walsh's doom few will be found tv question, and even those who object to capital puoisbment must admit that there rarely has beeu a case in which such a punishment wa< so richly merited. Au apt remark of the late Emperor .Napoleon is worth quotiug in connection with this subject. On being urged by a deputation to abolish tbe punishment of death, the Emperor replied that he would do so with pleasure when " Messieurs lea assassins " set the example. The Rev. J. W. Ingiis, who is annouuued to give a series of popular lectures at the Imperial opera House, will preach at the Athenaeum. Hall to-morrow morning, aud iv St. Jouu's Church, Wiliij-stroct, in the evening. Mr. luglis attended the Synod of Otago as representative of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Mr I nghV» lectures are to be giveu iv aid of the building fund of his church, St. John's, ballarat. It will be remembered that on Ist November la^t Sub-Inspector Goodall and others found an illicit still iv tbe bush at Mongonui Creek, near Kirere, ou Mr. Walker's land, which was traced to the possessioa of Fritz Yon Schluter aud Levi Buck, who were subsequently sentenced to pay a five of £100 each or twelve months' imprisonment. It was well known, says the Wauganui Herald, that this was ouly a part of the apparatus, and a few days ago as Air. Walker was burning some fallen bush off his land in the locality, the remainder of the plant was found and handed over to Constable Gillespie at Palmerston. Schluter and Buck meanwhile are " taking it out on the lull." The Wairarapa JUaily learns by a telegram from Tinui, tiiat a Maori girl missing three weeks ago has been t'ouud dead in the Muugapakeba Swamp. Referring to yesterday, Valentine's Day, a writer in tbe Uawke's Bay Herald remarks that it should arouse our deepest sympathy to the memory of the distinguished navigator and benefactor, the immortal Captain Cook, who was killed at Owhyhee, on the 14th February, 1779. This is a fact which seems to have escaped general attention. The most noble Sir George Hay, K.T., X.C 8., Marquis of Tweeddale, whose death is announced in our mail news, was burn Ist February, 1787, and succeeded his father as eighth marquis, 9th August, 1804. He was a general in the Army, Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of H adding ton, and a Representative Peer of Scotland. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular war, and was wounded at the battle of Buasco. The marquis, who hold the po^t of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Madras between 1841 and 1846, is the father of the Duchess of Wellington and Lady Peel. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the ' rder of tlio Bath 19th March, 1867. The Manawatu Herald of yesterday sajrs : — " We understand a native named Te Whio has laid an information against William Langley, who keeps the Working Men's Club at Otaki, charging him with unlawfully appropriating a cheque for £10. It appears the native received a cheque from Mr. Win, Surith, of Otaki, and showed it to Langley in his house whilst discussing the purchase of a trap. Upon reaching Puretawhao the cheque was raising, and upon interviewing Langley he denied to tbe native that he had ever seen it The cheque was afterwards received at the Foxton Bank from Wellington, whither Langley had in the meantime gone, and where it is supposed he changed it. The accused was brought up at Otaki on Wednesday before W. H. Simcox, Esq , J.P., and remanded to Foxton. We understand that upon the same day (Wednesday next) Langley will be charged with two breaches of the i icensing Act, by sly-grog selling. It will be remembered that three or four months ago he was fined £50 for the same offence." The Melbourne correspondent of the Ararat Advertiser says:— "The snobbery of the upper crust of Melbourne has been well demonstrated and snubbed in the case of the English cricketers. Several invitations have been received by Lord and Lady Harris to be present at balls aud parties, but economy or something else prompted the writers of the invitations to leave out the other gentlemen cricketers. Lord Harris has, however, made it a practice to decline ail invitations iv which the whole of the eleven were not included, to the mortification of Dives, Wool, and Soft Goods. Only two ladies accompany the team, Lady Harris and Mrs. Hornby, and all the gentlemen are quite youDg-. They are quite a family party, and are remarkable tor their friendship, so much so, that although Lord and Lady Harris were invited to take up their quarters at Government House they declined, preferring to remain with their party." It occurred not many miles from Wanganui (says the Wanganui Chronicle). The man is a kind-hearted father when not under the influence of drink, but when he is "fou" he is a terror. In one of bis playful moods the other day be pounded his little ten-year old with his fist until its arm was broken, and medical assistance had to be called in to relieve the child's sufferings. The Melbourne Argus of 3rd Fobruarj says: — " Pastor Chiniquy, the ex-priest who created some excitement in Sydney by his lectures, preached for the first time in Melbourne yesterday afternoon. The meeting was to have taken place at tbe Assembly Hall, but such a great crowd had cullected in anticipation of hearing some startling disclosures of Mr. Chiniquy's alleged ill-treatment at the hands j of the Canadian Roman Catholics that the accommodation was altogether inadequate. The Hey. Charles Strong was therefore appealed to to permit the use of the Scots' Church for the meeting, and this he agreed to do on condition of it being promised that the gathering should be an orderly one. There was a great disappointment in store for those who attended in the expectation of hearing sensational revelations, as the preacher's sermon was a purely religious one, and had no reference to sectarianism. Mr. Cbinlquy is au old man who speaks Englibh fluently, but with a strong Dutch accent, and apart from the attacks he makes on the Roman Catholics, bis preaching would not attract much attention."

Mr. Isaacs' sale of drapery, clothing, &c, on the premises lately occupied by Hyain and Co., has been postponed uutil Monday, at 11 o'clock. The household furniture will afterwards be bold. Messrs. Laery and Campbell will sell, on Monday, at 2 o'clock, a bankrupt stock of boots and shoes, with six bates sole leather. A large consignment of books will be offered by auction at noon on Monday, by Mr. A. Dimant, at his rooms, Courtenay Place. In all 2000 volumes will be offered, comprising novels, travels, histories, works of art, medical and poetical works, by Cowper, Scott, Milton, Longfellow, Byron, Moore, Pope, Bhakspeare, the illustrated Works of Dante, by Gustavo Dore, &C. After the sale of books on Monday, Mr. Dimant will offer an assortment of household furniture pictures, silver watches, and fancy goods. Mr. Sidey has a large sale of produce and other goods at the Arcade on Monday, at 2 o'clock. As usual the sale is entirely unreserved. "Diseases desperate grown, by desperate appliances axe relieved, or not at all." Baith the King in "Hamlet," and in this metaphysical reasoning we catch the philosophy of toe idea that dire maladies may be remedied by desperate agencies, or left to destroy the afflicted. Now, no sickness should be permitted to assume an aggravated form, it human skill can prevent it, unless, of course, an over-ruling Providence declares it eteewise. To prevent this alternative where it can be avoided, in the cases for which it is agpecially designed, Udqlpho Wos-liß'b ,Bi)HIK»AIf ABOICATIO BGHNAEPB will pTOVO a wonderful auxiliary. — [Advt.]

" What is your name V asked a teacher of a boy. •* My name's ule," was tie reply, wheT^uTJon. the teacher impressively said, " You should hare said Julius, air. And now, my lad/ turning to another boy. •• Wiut's you urn v> 'OBflUow.sfr." '