OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

Lake County Press, Volume IX, Issue 467, 22 April 1880, Page 3

OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

Fbom our Own Correspondent.) blow that the holidays are over per.aps affairs, political and general, will ssume their former quiet appearance, t is somewhat astonishing what an xtraordinary effect a few days’ holi,ay has upon the face of things geneally. As a rule it takes many days to mdo the mischief occasioned by a irief _ respite from business, because, yen if a man is thoroughly temperate nd a worshipper of Father Mathew nd J. B. Gough, he finds holidays tave an enervating effect upon him; nd if, on the other hand, he plays the ok of “a jolly good fellow,” he comes 0 the conclusion that this fair world is 1 huge humming-top and is travelling trough space with an extraordinary lelerity, and before he is brought to jelieve that he is fixed on terra firma le finds it necessary to indulge in oft■epeated potations of soda-water. Of :ourse all these occasional recreations :ake time to recover from ; and so it iomes to pass that the holiday-maker ieeds a few days to recoup. Well, I im glad to say that the holidays are >ver; and I am hoping that before this etter gets in print we shall have all lettled down to work with commendible industry, having fairly recovered rom the troublesome effects of holidaynaking. The death of the Rev. Dr Dare lias ■aused sincere regret, not only amongst he Wesleyan Connexion, hut throughiut all classes and denominations in Australia. Although Dr Dare was’a SVesleyan, yet his generous and kindly imposition rendered him a favorite pith all denominations, and no clergyman was so much admired and eseemed. At the funeral an able and sowerful oration on the deceased was lelivered by his old friend the Rev. J. 1 Symonds, who will probably be enrusted with the work of preparing a nemoir of the late rev. gentleman, (vhich. will be looked forward to with sonsiderahle interest. In the political world things are [uiet. The Opposition will shortly icld a caucus to decide upon some lefinite plan of action. At this meetng it is understood that, notwithstandng the somewhat surprising charge of raud mentioned by the ‘Age,’ that hj Berry will be appointed leader of he Opposition, and that the old programme of the Reform League will be maintained. We are all looking forward to a short, but very stormy, Sesiou; and, unless I read the signs of he times wrongly, a dissolution will &ke place before Christmas. That distinguished preacher, the iishop of Melbourne, has been enter®ning large audiences during Passion yeek with his able and instructive hscourses. As a rule, Bishops of the hurch of England are not remarkable ither for originality or good preaching. Dr Moorhouse is, however, an excepjon, and, without a word of flattery, he right rev. gentleman is undoubtedly me most able divine we have in Auskalia, and one who combines sound practical common sense with pure and orthodox preaching. That he may ■ong live to carry out his noble selfienying labors is our earnest hope. Mr James W. Don, the celebrated chemist, of Richmond, has recently introduced a new pharmaceutical preparation which is effecting the most surging cures in cases of neuralgia. When it is remembered that so many utile attempts have from time to time eon made by distinguished surgeons to relieve and cure this painful complaint, Mr Don’s success deserves to be *pread abroad, although it can hut tL* 0 Iris universally admitted ability. . r S. S. Knights, the celebrated “r 8t » has been engaged by the promoter of Lyon’s Troupe of Affghan crgglers, to paint life-size portraits of i e mo9 i ; prominent members of the tfou P e - That Mr Knights will pro-

duce pictures equal to the reputation he has so honorably achieved cannot he doubted. , We have just hidden farewell to Mr Mathew Burnett, the well-known evangelist, who goes to Adelaide, to carry on there his crusade against intemperance and wickedness.