The Evening Star SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895.

Evening Star, Issue 9889, 28 December 1895, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895.

Our supplement to-day contains the address by the Rev. Mr Lewis, of Mornington, under the auspices of the Burns Club; our London letter; chess and aquatic notes; the story of the lock-out of the Clyde engineers, as told by 'Fairplay'; the religious world, and other interesting matter. Two persons were convicted of drunkenness at the Police Court to-day. William Hamilton was fined 2s 6d and a first offender was discharged. Mr G. L. Denniston presided.

There was a large attendance at the Cricketers' Japanese Fair last evening to witness the final performance of Signor Borzoni's spectacular entertainment 'An Hoar at Yokohama.' Good business was done in the stalls throughout the evening. The Cricketers' Association, their worthy secretary, and everyone connected with the show are to be congratulated on the success of the Fair, and it is to be hoped that their efforts will he rewarded with a large BurpUw,

evening, when-Mr Barrk^M^jSy^^^f f'any again produced c *M§ J^^^&,^:, he Tame piece" whT be stagftL.weight." Those who have nob witnessed 4ssAttaint' little piooe should not miss Jttie present opportunity of doing so.' On New teft?i nigWi A,double bill-'ThtyMa^ajMfem, 4 ,, The Royal Burletque atid-Pafety #fe fauy gave their second perforinance in Aha rinoess'a Theatre lasls nighVbelW Vanity large attendance, the lower part M > the, house being specially well Hl&fa programme was. -Barrted but from start to fiuQi with a tteV>y'swing, and thtirelwsfr' not a dull minute during the whole of. the performance. Little Addle Favaipt for her singing xiD The giddy little ottrato' woti. a.. 'perfect storm of applause ; Frauk Abosaleh" was watohed with the greatest iriter&t'W his gun-spinning Misses Busch and Wilmot secured rapt attention in theHs singing; and Mr Busch and his two colleagues created much merriment by. their musical selections oh strings', ~ xylophones, aud handbells. The comedy of Messrs Stevens and St. John, the dancing of Misses" Lempriere, Ponsbnby, and Martin,; aijid the other items on the programme, not omitting the clever dialogue with its Weal allusions, were all"received with uproarious applause, and encores were numerous. The same capital programme wilj be repeated to r for the last tine. . The Rev. Bryan King, of St. Peter's, Caversham, has courteously allowed us to inspect a rare art treasure in the shape of a communion set which was presented to his father, the late Rev. Bryan King, of St.' Georgc'*-in-tbe-East, on St. Patrick's Day, [ 1800. The donor sent the gift an'Onymously, I the words "Pray for the offeier, a sinner," which are engraved on the chalice, being the only clue afforded. The chalico and pateu are of silver-gold. After being received the chalica was richly jewelled by the late clergyman's friends. That portion of the cup which faces the priest ,has a pale sapphire cross; on tho reverse side is a large toiwfc Beueath the cross appears a crown of diamonds, and the stem and base are profusely set with rows of rubies, carbuncles, pearl*, amethysts, and turquoises both large and small. The cruets are very handsome, and the case is a fine bit of oak cabinet - work. We have also inspected another gift to the Rev. Bryan King from his late father, this consisting of the celebrated euoharistio. vestments respecting which there was so muoh commotion in St. George's-in-the-East between 1857 and 1860. A plum-colored ohasuble, which belonged to the Rev. Mr Purcbas, was presented by his widow to the Rev. Bryan King the elder; a violet chasuble is the one that used to be worn by the Rev. MrPrynne, of Plymouth; and a white-aud-green chasuble was a present to the late Rev. Bryan King. There was an angry correspondence in the 'Church Times' respecting these vestments being allowed to be taken out of England to a country in which, it was contended, their historical value would not be appreciated. The treasures above referred to have just been received. They will be objects of interest to others besides churchmen. Obviously their proper place in Dunedin would be the Cathedral.

There never was such a Christmas party in Dunedip as the one given to day. Ask the youngsters who were at it. There were a thousand of them, from the age of three upwards. They mustered at the Garrison Hall at noon, and half an hour later some 20,000 teeth (more or lees) were making fair progress with the formidable job of encasing the hundredweights of cake and sandwiches provided for the occasion by douors who only asked as a return that every thing seut should bo comumed. That was the time to get the boys' and girls' real opinion of- the treat. No need to have the opinion expressed in words. The little ones' faces recorded their appreciation. It was, indeed* a pleasant sight. Someone ha 3 said that our colonial children are too critical to enjoy themselves; that in appraising the age of their bread and guessing how much salt there is in the butter they miss the real fun o' life fiom a juvenile point of view. Tnis charge could not be sust lined as against to-day's muster—not that thero was any virtue in thankfully taking what was served out to thenvfor the gno.l things we're of the very best, but as a matter of fact the objectionable criticising youDgster3 were not present. They were a i.ioe lot of children prepared to make a day of it. Besides the liberal spread, amusements of a varied kind were provided for their entertainment, including the more familiar parlor games, a Christmas tree, a Punch and Judy show, a shadow pmtomime, and a magic lantern exhibition, all of which were tho means of unlimited enjoyment, oulminaiiug in the distribution of gifts by an arrangement which provided every child with a present and a bag of sweets. The party was got up by a com. mittee of public?pirited MUj, who have the satisfaction of knowing that ibw Iftbofs were entirely guooeesfuh

Messrs Brown, Swing, and Co. have a gaslight display to-nighfc.-[AI»VT.] Thursday, January 2, will be A fpßtial bank holiday throughout the colony. A meeting of Arbroath native* will be held at Hopkins's rooms, Stafford street, on 1 hursday evening.

The annual Orange church parade will beheld to-morrow morning, starting from the Rattray street Hall.

The s.s. Invercargi'l will make excursion trips to the Maori Kaik and outside on Wednesday and Thursday next. A special meeting of tho Bootmakers' Union will ba held at the Trades Ha'l, Dowling street, on Monday evening. Signor Borzoni will meet the children engaged in the dancing for the Citizens' Band carnival on Monday, at 3 p.m. We cordially r;c ; procate the seasonable greetings of the literary staff and companionship of the ' Taranaki News.'

The local agents of the Liverpool and London and Globe Company send us a table of the British fire companies for 189*. The s.s. Onslow will run across the ha-bor to morrow afternoon, and will observe her ordinary time-table on Monday and Tuesday. The annual conference of the Christian body meeting in Parley's Hall will be held in the Choral Ball on Wednesday and Thursday. Entries for the Ravensbourne Regatta will be reoeived up to eight o'clock to-night at Watere's Bote!, Port Chalmers ; B. Davis's boa tt lied; and O. Dickinson's, tobacconist. The Committee of the Otago Cricketers' Association have ohartered the .s.s. Brunner for a trip to Maori Kaik on Thursday, when a picnic will be held by all those assisting in tho recent carnival.

A drag leaves for Waitati at 11 a.m. on Monday (under the auspices of the O.A. and P. Society) for the convenience of those wishing to attend the funeral of the late Mr K. B. Ferguson.

Sound advice.—Return the oomp'iment to those who have sent you a nice Xmas present by sending a lady's or gent's umbrella, or a pair of lady's or gont's reliable kid gloves, from the magnificent stook just opened out at T. Boss's, direct importer.—[Advt.] In the Garrison Hall to-morrow morning the Rev. W. Grigg, of Belfast, will preach a special sermon to Orangemen, who will march to the hall. At the evening service the > evs. Ginger, Grigg, "and Bennetts will take part. The Bev. W. Beady will lead the meeting*.