CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 311, 18 December 1862, Page 5

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

FANCY BAZAAR AND INDUSTRIAL

EXHIBITION

■ We resume our notice of the contents of the Industrial Exhibition, in connection with the Fancy Bazaar, at the Old Club. House, Maclag-gan-street, in aid of the funds for building St. Paul's Church. We shall have occasion to refer to some.contributions mentioned yesterday, for the purpose of assigning to them their real origin or ownership, as to which we were misled, owing to the overpressure upon the committee, resulting from the unavoidably late hour at which the articles were received.

An elaborate and very elegant circular "cardtablo top is shown by Mr W. H. Dansey. "it is the work of Mr Lemon, of Oamaru, it contrasts favorably with Mr Hill's table, near which it is • placed. Only native woods are used in it. The design is geometrical,.freely ornamented; and it includes a chess board, four cribbage boards, and' the ace, duece, and tray of the iour suits of cards.5 Mr Douglas .sendsI'a neat box also of New Zealand woods. Mr Buchanan of the Geological Department, exhibits on a card a polished veneer of the Eurybia. avicenciajfolia (Nar. On Compositce); or Mother of the Stars, together with a spray of leaves and blossoms. The wood is richly veined; and has much the same texture and general color as satin wood. There is near these specimens, a longitudinal transverse section of the Cyatheiß,i sent by the same gentleman.,, The samples of gold placed round the octahedron showing the whole yield of Otago's gold fields, comprise—A bar of Wetherstonc gold and one from the Dunstan, a fine sample of the yield of Coromandel, and specimens of. "Victorian.-quartz-contributed by the Bank of New South Wales ;' reef quartz from Victoria, richly impregnated, from Mr!R. S.Cantrcll; a jasper'brooch, made: of a stone found on the Raitongati Ranges, Toko-; mairiro, from Mrs John Gillies ; a fine crystal,; picked up on the road between the Bluff and In-i vercavgil!, and set in a brooch, but not further' described in the appended label -several samples of gold from the Arrow River and the Lake" ! Wakatip. district, from Mrs M'Gregor ; other | samples from Carriboo (British Columbia), Waiporai, Wakatip, and Lammerlaw Creek; and; wash-dirt with gold, from the base of the older tertiary conglomerates, Tuapeka, from Mr Julius Yogel.: The silks, rich in barbaric embroidery, which' hang behind the trophy, are [waifs from the loot; taken from the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China, near Pekiii. ' ;

On.the left-hand side table, we noticed garnet sand,from Southland ; garnets from the Highlay Diggings ;_and eliminate of lead (Chinese yellow) and bichromate of potash, prepared from the chrome ore of the Dun Mountain, Nelson, the latter exhibited by Mr Vogel. Amongst the paintings and drawings, arc the clever and very interesting oil colors, "Pirate, s.e. leaving Port Chalmers, I'and "Aldinga, s.s. off the Solander;"' painted by Captain Robertson, formerly of the Pirate, and in which there are a liquidity and motion about the water, not often found in the works of artists eminent in the profession ; and there is also a well executed watercolor, by Mr W. M. Hodgkins, "The 111-fated Victory," as she lay high and dry on the sand of Wiekliffe Bay, exhibited by Mr A. Carrick. Two spirited water-color drawings of "Views in Dunedin," by Mr E. S. Kelly, are contributtd by Mr Hodgkins ; and there are some cabinet gems of water colors, of which we can say no more, as they are not honored with labels. There is a portrait of the Rev. Dr Bums, the father-pastor of the Province ; and as its opposite, there is not far off, a sketch from life, by Mr, E. Abbott, of one of the Perpetrators of the Wairau Massacre. Mr H. Howorth contributes a nice: drawing (insepia, we think) of a Warrior ; and Mr Hodgkins has sent a capital specimen of his. skill in illuminating:, the subject matter being the Song of Enid, from the Poet Laureate's "Idylls of the King;" The specimens of architectural and mechanical drawing comprise three by Mr Swyer, the Provincial Engineer, " Bridge OYer the Saltwater

Kiver ; Melbourne and Williamstown Railway ■ "Church and School., at Sf Rikia ;"* near Melbourne; and au interior wicli .Palatial Staircase. - - - • " _---

The remaining articles shall he noticed tomorrow.

The exceedingly heavy rain-during the forenoon, and especially between one and two o'clock, rendered it necessary to put a canvas ny " over each of the temporary erections adjoining the Ciub House. It also, of course, checked tbe arrivals of visitors, but it did not prevent e\erypartof the interior being kept or made dry and cheerful, or check the ardour with which the bazaar operations were carried on. ,The postOffice especially was condjucted -with, vigour and. success; and me lady . fortune -teller " found ready listeners. The '-attendance' was better-than could-have been" anticipated, considering the state of the streets. The day's- accounts were not made up last..: evening, but it was estimated that L2oo'Was 'received in the Bazaar alone. A- considerable supply -of fancy articles remains ito :be received ; and it is believed that when the : doors are again opened to the public to-morrow, the stalls will be as.,well and catchingly filled as they were on Tuesday morning. - ■■:■-.■

The sparrow that was contributed to the Exhibition, was found dead in its cage yesterday morning.