NOTES AND COMMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Sir Charles Dilkk is afc present contcibu ting a series of articles to . the Svdn'ei Morning Herald on " The British Ann; : and Navy." In his. latent contribution 'hi ■ refers t to the 'question of the defcnce o India, and vhsther the recent revolts iho» mammm

,at we muib draw back our frontier, Ho ; vs —There are a good many Radicals in tt 16 House of Commons, and it. the const.- tr letlcias' who ■ are inclined to think that „ hat they call " the forward Indian military: . v( liool" have made the : defence of India fiicult by occupying positions across the el idns, and upon a dangerous frontier, and bl icy point to our continual frontier , wars ci i evidence that this is so. ' The forward te jliov was adopted on an overwhelming T 'reemeht of opinion by a Government the t , adine members of , which were strongly. p rejndieed in favour of the other.view; v id it' n'M adopted, not- under' plea- j, He", but ; deliberately, for the matter fc] as "not"", discussed in public. Mr. (j ladstone's second Administration be- j all by' Withdrawing from Afghanistan, e; nd it even decided to withdraw from the d isliin Valley. But it ended by reocenpy- t| ip'tha I'ishin Valley and increasing our old upon Baluchistan and in the direction [ Gilgit, Mitral Snd the Pamirs, while it < are to tlio Ameer of Afghanistan the -j .congest pledges of its intention to suport him in his hold upon his territories if a 6 conformed his foreign policy 'to our t. dvice. In ISSs,'after all these things had J >ng ''been- done, Mr.' Gladstone had to ' efentl them to the House of Commons and 3 the country, and lie did so in what was j robably the most, convincing, as well as be most powerful, of Ins speeches, lb 0 ,'ould be madness to abandon Ghitral and I 'ilgit liow in the face of the advance t f Russian forces in the Pamirs and the J nsettlemenb in the minds of the Vontior tribes which would . follow this t e'versal: of our policy j and to fall t ack upon the Indus instead .of defend- c ng ■ the Khyber ' and the \y mountains j i'hich surround it would be ■ the reversal of ( , 5 still - more settled policy, the abandon. ( nenb of great cities which have prospered t inder our rulo, and the abandonment in ] lefiance of all but unanimous, military ; ipinion. No one who considers the weight , if opinion can ;■ believe that ib would be j lossible either for a Conservative or for a ; liberal Administration to draw back to the J ild Indian frontier of many years ago, and • here is every reason, to suppose that by ] loing so we should increase ' rather ' than i liminishj the permanent' military strain I ipon the finance of India, and upon the ' ■ecruiting market of Great Britain. i . His- Royal Highness Albert Edward ■' Prince of Wales, who is 56 years of ago tolay, retains his popularity wonderfully . veil, in spite of : the fact that on ono or two i )ccasions his actions have been tho subject i )f some unfavourable comment.. , This continued popularity is, no doubt, in a great measure due to the Prince's great tact and jeniality, in combination with a keen in. light into human nature. ' Perhaps he is seen at his best when acting as host at 3andringham. Where so many dissimilar people are continually coming and going, it requires a great deal of tact to play the host so as to set them all at their ease withDub derogating'from the Prince. The Prince of Wales is, however, a past-master at this. One of his most difficult subjects was a certain Labour M.P. who, was invited. At first this gentleman refused to come because lie had no dress-clothes,'and he thought that if he purchased them it would do him harm with his follow working-men. It was arranged however, that he should come without them. : He came, fussy and important, and no doubt intending to give Royalty, a locture. The Prince • received him cordially and quite simply, introduced him to the other guests, showed him to his room in ' person, and, as ,the fire was not lighted, struck a match and lit 'it himself. There was no difficulty" with him after that, and lie went away on the ■ Monday with his : views ' with regard to Royalty very much modified The rules of life are simple,enough.- ? It i. required that the guests shall treat tlies Prince and Princess with perfect ease and absence of ceremony, without ever showing that they have really forgotten the disparity of rank. : Moreover, unless they are important people who are invited solely on account of their position—whatever it may be—they are expected to be neither tonguetied nor dull, The Prince hates shyness almost as much as; insolence, and excludes both, On the other hand, a person who can talk really well need have no fear of the rules which' prescribe that Royalty •' shall speak j 1 first, provided he is nob bumptious or dictatorial, and knows when to stop. Those who do not conform to these rules are never invited again, and 'those who attempt to take liberties will find that, though the Prince and Princess are the most charming of hosts, they can adopt-an icy manner which freezes offenders. On arrival at Sandringham visitors are weighed, and also on departure, and their weights are entered in a bulky volume which forms a most interesting collection of autographs,' 'Among the names which occur continually at ' intervals are "Fife," Alington" (or, in earlier days, " Humphrey Sturt"), "Sefton," "Hartington" ;-. (the owner, of this signature has nob visited Sandringham since' he ; succeeded to ..the dukedom of Devonshire) "Reuben D. : Bassoon," "Baron- de Hiracli." "Randolph Spencer-Churchill," " Abergavenny,"" Dudley,"" Cadogari," " Lurgan," "Christopher Syk'es," and "Londonderry. 1 ' Among I other • interesting: autographs are .''Henry Irving," "Frederic . Leighton," "John Millais," "Morell Mackenzie,' "Tennyson," "Corney Grain," "Frederick Abel." The names of many of the crowned' heads and the, leading statesmen of Europe are in the book, and art, science, 1 literature and the drama are; represented . by their leaders... Lord Salisbury, on his last visit, was croditod'with 18 stone, h , That great waterway, the KioJ Canal, which was opened with such a' flourish of trumpets and banging of drums, has by no. means ' come up to expectation. The latest returns on the navigation show that 19,060 ships, ■; with a total ; tonnage ?of 1,848,458 tons, have passed through | the canal, and of these only 8287 were steamships, with' a tonnage of : 1,407,435. It is, therefore,' plain • that a great ' number of small sailing vessels have made use of the canal, and that coasters use ib more than large steamers. Of , the total number of vessels passing through the canal all but about 2000 were German. Ships under the Danish flag were the majority of the foreigners, bub they only numbered 828, with a tonnage of 186,982, and - as' for ' French ships, only thirseen passed through, of 8801 tons. ■ These ; figures, of ' course, deal only with merchant vessels," and take no account of the German Navy,' which pays no' tolls. The comical eido.of the affair is that the Kiel Canal isj the ! short cub which ought naturally to be used , by the' two • friendly and allied nations ' when : they are rushing into one.another's arms, bub as the Russiani do nob , love' the German's,'and I 'the Frenc! hate them,' the ships of r the: two nation; prefer to go round by the North of Den' mark. 1 It would have been curious to set how M. Faure's reception in Paris would ! have been modified had he?returned'homi 1 by the Kiel Canal. ' But, after all, the Em petot William is not probably much diatresset ; that more ships do : not use his waterway ? Primarily, it is intended for warlike pur i poser, and "as long as it serves 4 for thi : Imperial Navy the Emperor will. be qufo t •liefied »i to.ite utefulneti. '

Tfii rebels on the Indian ffontieifcohtmij i give the British trdopi'a Rreab" deal ofi '• ; ouble. : They are now adopting guerilli' ? ethods in fighting, whfclr are proving' ? iry harassing to the Briim The column' " \ ider Colonel llichardson has had a sharp ' ' - icounter with the tribesmen, the latter sing severely punished";- The" French naval ," j tlinates provide for .the building of '•" ' u warships during the next nine years, f i he negotiations for a conference between 19 employers and the ungineers. are still V : ; l; I'oceeding, but ' no definite agreement has s ;t been arrived at. The men profess to be ': ipeful of 1 ultimate success. It is stated ' O tab Mr. Cecil Rhodes intends to extend .) • is Mfttabelehind railway to the Victoria .ft alls, on. the Zambesi, go as to tap some . i: (tensive forests and coalfields. The Cana- |1 lan Government has granted reciprocal iriffs to Japan and the Netherlands. LOCAL AND -GENERAL NEWS. ' | D-DAY being) tho l'rince of Wales' Birt- ' ay, will ho observed as a close holiday.. ' 'here ore, a number, of holiday attractions nnounced, namely, excursions by water, ie :Ellorslie races, the Band of Hope übilee fete in the Domain, and the Jubilee; sstivities. of the ; pensioners and . their escendants.'at Hotfick, in commemorationf the landing there of the Now Zealand /'f.s ; 'enciblos 50 years ilgo. - - t ■ The jubilee festival in commemoration." vv ( the landing of (Be Royal New Zealand 'enoibles at Hoiriiik in 1847, will be held. ; -'#i 0 day, the programme, arranged by the ommittee, being sports, a dinner, and .nVilfj all, at Howiek. Ib is anticipated that • ■ here will ■bo a goodly attendance of the 1 .1 lescendants—the sons and daughters—of : ;3|il he veterans. The handful of survivors .' ! if the Veteran ' Battalion should form a | eature of interest,"and a photographer will .1$ I ie in readiness to reproduce the scenes of :§>| he colobration. Mr. C. :J. Wilson,' of |- Jrafton Road, in his sympathetic letter totf! | he committee, says:—','.l am quite' with r ou in . the idea of . keeping up th* |s inriiversary 'of the landing of the Nevrli:! Zealand Fencibles at Howick, and \that g roll will always be proud pi the memory o] he old soldiers who, 50 years ago,' were puk IS ishore on your bench, to fake up an outpost p or the protection of the'town of Auckland.'- fgj Che t Maoris j thought - highly ■of the old .g varriors, and called the ; pensioners koro- Jlekes—veterans—and respected them ac- || iordingly. Fern arid tea-tree j must, have, ,S )een a sorry sight for;men just arriving Ja vitli their wives and children from old Eng- $ and. But when, in 1852,'1 saw Howick,'. & ;hey had already made a smiling township, 1 ind indeed Ido not know that ;we farmers ■ik •pnld.havd done 'without the aid of the |l pensioner labour. They worked well, and ' 'or long hours and small pay. ' . t. . There :'s ire but few of the votoran3 loft.. Now I Sf niss the old faces and the hearty salute. I shall always have a kindly memory -for Ip shem, and I ain glad to"' have the' opportunity of saying so." •' Given fine weather,7,-yfl ind the reunion of to-day* should (prove pleasant and interesting to all concerned. On Saturday last Mr. Thoo. Cooper,' Deputy-Inspector of the .Lunatic Asylum;-?? ; 1 Mrs. Hondro and Mr. F. G. Ewington, offi- ??!» cial visitors, paid a visit to. the. Asylum, : ?'' Mr. Ewington furnishes ns with' the follow-' ing particulars There are 426 patients in'fe the asylum,' but about 130 of the males'. are -'f ' working ab the auxiliary asylum. The latter?? 1 ? building has been occupied for some months, §•',) and it is very comfortably furnished 1 . 1 - The patients . seem to greatly appreciate their new quarters. ? In the main .building the \ r new arrangement for - women doing the , \ cooking is working very well. - No patients }?! were in bed or seclusion] on the mala side, ?' 4 bub one had . camisoles on, confining his ' arms, because in his maniacal fury he tears' ' off al| bis clothes. On the female side one patient was in bed, but none in seclusion or under any kind of restraint. Dr. Beattie i and; Dr. Fox and the staff are .unremitting in their attention to the patients, as the ; wonderful immunity from ' sickness and j accidents testifies. So far as Auckland is ; concerned, , the: Government, through "Dr." • ( MacGregor, Inspector-General of Asylums; do all that can reasonably be expected, be- ' V'* cause expense necessarily has -to be considered. ; si''?! it . Numerous; instances liavo been 'given of' the very protracted journeys''letters: sometimes make in search of the persons they, "v----are intended 'for. A'case'occurred 1 near? ; : : home recently which is worthy of being re- . corded.' A Pokerio resident wrote a letter to/a friend at Bombay, settlement very few miles across the hills beyond the spot , 3 whore the letter originated, 'and dropped it in the post office. No more was. seen or heard of . the •' missive for * about twelve - ' months, when it turned up again "at Pokeno from the " dead letter" office. It bore iaiiM array of foreign postmarks on its face which .r? tell their 1 own !• story. Tho postal author rities had despatched ib to Bombay, the :i% well known city of India, and quite ignored the: settlement almost at the very doors of ?.r ; : the place' of posting. ? : Hence the, delay and Jbjj its return' from the? regions of : defuncb letters. • This is another example of the Aawkwardness of naming places alter foriegn ? owns. The General Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church will open ( if> in Pitt-street Church to-morrow evening at seven o'clock. The proceedings will be open to the public. ' The : Rev. \V. Morley,' as : retiring president, will give an address, and. his successor and other officials will ■be j elected."., On Friday evening a" forward movement meeting will be held when representatives from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and West Australia will give addresses. - .. \ ■ Yesterday forenoon, as Mr. Michael: Lynch, of Newmarket, ,was driving: along|| Alpha,- Road, , Parnell,- his horse became frightened by a passing train, and bolted. One of the I wheels came into contact with the kerbstone. Lynch and a Mrs. Clements who was in the trap got pitched out. The..; ' latter escaped unhurt, but Lynch got hurt w about the shoulder?, and . sustained general shook, but he was nob dangerously hurt. Constable Hutchison saw Lynch last night at home, and he was doing vory well. " : A large number of Ihe Australian dele'?' ■ gates to the Methodist General Conference, etc., accompanied by their friends,' left .k yesterday at one p.m., by special train for Rotorua, which was timed to arrive at thab ;\; township at nine p.m. 5 They.will have a?l clear day to' see the eights of the wonder- ji land, and may' be expected back late in the / afternoon to-morrow (Wednesday) to be in i\ their places at the Conference. . Yesterday,'-Mr. H. U. Brewer, Registry, held a sitting: of the Supreme : Court- (in:-. bankruptcy). Re William Shaw,: late ef;u Katikati, settlor (a bankrupt), ' Mr. Cave >;■ moved that adjudication be annulled. This was an' application under the Bankruptcy . Act, 1883. : An order was' made to direct) ,t- ---■ that deed of composition already approved . be entered and filed in the Court, and that, bankruptcy be annulled. J Re Alfred Walke» .. (a debtor). . Motion for order of adjudic»:; tion. Mr. Mahony. appeared in support The application was allowed to stand over v : until to-morrow at eleven a.m. : . The question of holding an; inquiry into the conduct ;of the Auckland Hospital nursing staff.'and tho reason of so many of tho nurses of that institution 1 resigning f their position?, which was brought forward - by Mr. John Bollard, M.H.R., some two t months since at. a meeting of the Auckland v Hospital Charitable Aid Board, and sub?*, sequently, upon his motion, entered upon by the Board ; in committee as a whole, and ; ; dismissed on . the,, grounds of insufficient evidence, apparently still rankles in the.; breast of ac. least : one member. \That, member is Mr. John Gordon, who at yester- . i day's meeting of the Charitable Aid Board ■ moved in the direction of ii more searching .1 ' investigation, holding that further evidence \ 1 might have been adduced that would throw - 1 more light on.the affairs of the institution. •; . The motion ?: was, however, ?combated by.;. . other members"'present, who held that no , ( good Could come of a further inquiry at the. present, juncture, and on being pub to the; 1 meeting . meb ; only the > supporb of the ■ i mover. ■ ■-. -• ■ ■ ■:-.•.. ■. . m, T '. The Inspector^^of; Customs ■ has prepared , i a table showing ;the estimated amount paid; by > New Zealand'; producers ion produce ! shipped to the United /Kingdom at rates ! current in New Zealand, the amount which ; , would be paid if the rates or freight . were Si the same as those existing in Victoria, and j arrives ' at the conclusion that roughly it . may be assumed that tho New Zealaud pro-? j ducers pay about) £100,000 ii year, more for; freight than would bo ihe cuee if the rates , current in Victoria wore in existence in this: colony, . v ... >•. .. .< .. ;

I • ~~ ''i "' v '" j ■;;-'»■■- •' ••'. m The Tramway l/om(jny and the variou ItMi I 4ni proprietors ate preparing for the extr 1 ifa I iifliner traffic, arid mi'ing further effort 9 li/i iironiote the comfort nd Convenience o •-j I I their ■ patrons. ft Yeeteray .the ■ Trauma; ' (I ftimpany turned out oi the road a ney I (pen ■ car, constructed on a', new prin f? ! 8 /pie and for comfort anJ general arrange felt! I Link excels anything t-h» havo yet put 01 «1 i theline. One of the ola T en summer car ®ffp |, lias also been converted toithe same style % V> • 1 t These open care will be vet) popular during \'yjsj the ' summer with the tnyelling public 0§ 1 > Kerr and Ousoly have also jut on their lint t Ma j » new 'bus, constructed 4i a style no ■:'<M I hitherto introduced into Auckland,/ It ii | 'modelled like an open sumuur car on a 'bui : @ I £ body, ingress to and egress fom the rehicli : | § being by side stairs of ea»; access Mr •■ IS 1 Crawford, of the Howick-Aoklandlioe, ii . Mt 1 having a fine three-seated 'bulcons ructec fjg' 9 | for the increasing summer EVffic jn thai ■ IIS || nine, in order to meet the steidily-tfrowinr M I | traffic to the rising township i flovick. :) f ||$- The John Williams, the; welj-knowr •i; iI 1 j missionary yacht, has just left Syiney 01 v| I,| I ' one of her voyages of visitation of tin % Eg H South Pacific and New Guinea! missioi !I I ? stations of the London Missionary Society . :"il' It is expected that upon this viyah a largi I I i : number of native missionary leathers wil Vi?v' |I| be conveyed from Samoa, the Cook Islands, • - -I S lid Nine to the New Guinea nission field *:■s£ !if | fAn interesting feature of tbaMiip'* enterA jI | f prise is the periodical conveyance of usefu W i I\ food plants from the islands toNew Guinea S J ? Many of these already form in importanl ,; : 211 feature at several points aldig the New i? f I j! Guinea coast, A fine new whaeboat is'alst 'Ii being conveyed for use at Fyft Bay, at th( P south-east end of New Guina! Amongsl W'./p ( | other signs of (progress the Hamoans are >10 erecting a substantial new ch«/ch at Apia, H . and the John Williams is conveying a large ■ f|; quantity of architectural fittings prepared ill in Sydney for that church, targe supplies -if! of building material for th( Cook Islands, lit; j fstores of provisions for a Joys' school at !®- j ',paratonga, and other consignments ol fin I colonial material and manjfacture indicate /fitijrj ' stores of provisions for a ioys' school ■Baratonga, and other cmsignments ol colonial material and manufacture indicate at once the growth of misiionary work and (feci its close connection with oir industries and '4# I * Manufactures. . , . &to':\ ' | ' • PsF| 1 On proceeding to open liis office at the ffPl I Penrose railway station ibout fire o'clock ®|i| yesterday morning theiationmaster was m\ surprised to find the placi had been broken | |(; | | Into and entered during tie preceding night. §«$ ( An examination of the premises showed |||! | j ; [hat the safe had been tampered with, but P| t the would-be robber go) nothing for his Iff| n bains, as all efforts to force open the safe ';W, proved ineffectual. As quickly as possible I,'! the matter was reported tc Sergeant if the Oneliunga police station, and he Ifls §j proceeded to Penrose and'made an examination of the surroundings, but so far no ;• > ;lue has been obtained as to the culprit. $ During the past six .weeks extensive fvftt / mprovements have been carried out Pj §. n connection with the ; stables at u",;' Oneliunga occupied by tlie Auckland '(Tramway Company. Accommodation has ffl been provided for no less than seventy >) I horses, necessitating the erection of five p - hew sets of stalls, besides the renovation of 1 v he old ones. A new office has been built; M ' ilso saddle and harness room provided, >fH E vhilst a spacious loft, extending over a great H>) fart of the first floor, will give a largelyg® increased space for the storage of fodder. fi\ The back yard has been taken in and paved, Mf id here all the vehicles will be washed, |pi ! th» waste'water running into the harbour. I;. Tlb block of cottages opposite the depot p| hate been taken over, renovated, and reft l; 1 pa ted, .'giving accommodation for the ;• drivers and grooms, as well as a residence |H : for[the local manager, Adjacent to these buildings a new buggy-shed has been |p erected. ' The company has also obtained a pi ' '-leHe of the commodious stables belonging \ ' to the Manukau Hotel. The whole of the ;S! improvements have been carried out under ; the supervision of Mr. J. S. Kidd, the || ■; company's general manager, the j local 'M i manager being Mr. W. Dixon. . ■ ' Correspondence received by the Chairman (Mr. Win. Scott) of the Thames -Harbour ;• j i Board from Mr. Rose, Collector of Customs || in Auckland, reveals the fact that the 200 jj|| 'cases of presumably dangerous explosives P which i.were;, referred to by Mr. W. J. H ' Napier, at a recent meeting of Auck•:3 ' land Harbour Board, as being stored at % Thames, arrived .in Auckland from MelIll: \bourne in February last, and were at once Iff -if forwarded on to Paeroa, not Thames, soon ■ afterwards, where in all probability they I j . were used up in the ordinary course long ff ago. ..... .. ,sr: ' -ii tl.-j-M We have lo acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the "Handy Companion -for Sheep 8 i- Farmers" by the proprietors of Cooper's If Dip. It is a little and neat publication, 3 j J replete with information of value_ and If if interest to all owners of sheep. ' , Statistics |t 'of all kinds of interest to farmers and stock H owners, and useful hints for the manageII ment of sheep are abundant on every page. |1 ' : Those interested in such subjects as it deals U \ with cau obtain copies of the publication from the agents of the company who issue it, - It i>■ The annual Hospital Sunday collections f| -"'were made in Melbourne on ' October 24. ?| ,The result is slightly less than was the case af :i; last year. The amount acknowledged on i : r | the following day in 1896 was close., upon «? ; £5900, whereas the returns published this |§ ;iC. year show a total of only £3826. Among ?T: the churches, the largest individual contri--'j ' tutor. was • Scots' Church, Collins-street, J |f with £133 17s Cd, ; . and the , Presbyterian If ' Church, Toorak','was next with £130. St. 6 -", Paul's Cathedral made a bad third with £70 ; e lis 7d. : C | No leas than 92 visitors, to the recent jj S. Gieborne Show, had a try at guessing the | weight of the pen of live sheep provided for Ufih) that purpose.' On the sheep being killed f k},their weight was found to be 3271b, and a % _ scrutiny of the guesses sent in showed that % ; 'Mr. K. McKenzie had guessed 327 Jib and it /: Mr. C. B. DeLautour at 325J1b., These two | •* gentlemen therefore receive the first and ; second prizes respectively, but to show ! how close the guessing was it may.be stated | ; that no less than eight guessed 3251b. . I ■ t ' Another large concourse gathered at the S Agricultural Hall last night for the purpose I !/;? of seeing Professor Norton B. Smith tame i ■ ■ and educate a further draft of horses drawn ! from various stables in the city, and disStrict;' The animals handled included colts I '- that had never been dealt with before, and I **ft others that, although having been in harness S ~j■/; before, Showed nervousness or vice. >. These ■ Siwiere as speedily] as successfully brought ? under control." It having been stated after Saturday's exhibition, thai ; drugs were leased, Professor Smith announced chat be was willing, if a committee of veterinary S V snrgeonß found that. there was anything : underhand in his method of treatment, to 1 iJ' :-'forfeit £100 to any charitable institution. I There will be a further exhibition of skill, at the same place, to-night. 'V - • Lovers of., good music have a treat in .; store for them in . the production of Mepdelssohn'a great ' masterpiece " I^., ' V/. which takes- place to-morrow "week, NoI vember 17, in the : Choral Hall. For the past six months the various choirs of the -Methodist Church of this city and suburbs .. have been preparing this , grand , work, under the careful tuition -.of., Professor : Schmitfc, K.C.C.I. The progress made by the large chorus lias been pronounced most excellent, and a state of efficiency has been : ' reached which places 'the success of the production beyond , the least shadow of a doubt. ' ■ A very large and efficient orches- : tra has been arranged, containing several . < of our very best instrumentalists.. Seldom, V if ever, has there been such a splendid combination in the production of an oratorio ft •' in this city. ■ Increased accommodation has V had to be made for the large body of per.formers, who number Y about -300.' The ?. ■ soloists entrusted with' the work are all popular and efficient singers. -v The soprano solos will be taken by Madame Cham- _ v bers, R.C.D., • who, sas a student >at the Royal : Couseryatoriumi Dresden, made oratorio singing ii special study. She' was Fj. .apupil of Fraulein Gasteyer, her teacher being a successful student of the renowned L .' Fraulein Orgeni,' who has introduced to the p., world so ; many vocal celebrities. ■ ■ Mrs. Coates takes the contralto. Miss Thorpe, the present) leader of the Ladies' Orchestra, V - : takes" the mezzo-soprano. u Mr; Ferriday, whose,' robust ' tenor., voice! is \ increasingly 1. popular, takes - the part of : Obadiah. :. The ' heavy and exacting part of the prophet lllfbeeo entrusted to the Rev. A. Mitchell, who v V i' has the advantage of English ; training and ■ ' 'of having heard the leading singers of the worlds Ono novel feature of the work is llgthat the part of, Elijah's servant, usually fifetaken by the soprano, is to :be taken by Master Muldoon,'whose clear; soprano voice ! will have 'a very;pleasing, effect in the dramatic passages \of • the ; part. That the fiPjfpublic expect ■, a great ,-i treat may >be gathered V from' the ; fact that [500, tickets Wii bespoken before they were printed, mm. > *r'v.' - :.-l \'r