THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2917, 29 January 1884, Page 3

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

[Br Tottobmh.] : Wbiuhotob', Jan. 18. At the Wetley&n Conference this morning, on the motion of the Secretary, the tbankii of the Conference were presented to'the: Beiy A. Beid for fail rateable ordination charge,, and it mi ordered for printing in the new Wetleyan paper. : . The third Mil flail reading of the Mtniiterial appointment* then took plane, th<> work of the fltitioning Committee beiog accepted without alteration. sporting! [Btr Tblbobaph.] WELLINGTON BACKS. ■ Wbllwotow, Jan. 88. The following ire the, weight* declared bj Mr J. O> Kwetfc lor the first day oi the Wellington Slimmer Meet ing j — ■rcmro auzss. , it. lb. »t. lb. Welcome Jack .!) 9 M'ucbiet ... 0 7 BalTigo ... ii 9 SirGoorge ... 712 Minerra ... 11 6 Kingaik ... 7 £ Witiora ... (17 Oomnl .... 6 i Orlando ... fl 0 Clarence ... 12 4 Herailes ... 11 7 Loch Lomond 10 8 Orient ... • 9 7 Scrutineer ... 9 5 Liability ... 9 0 BTKWABDS' HASBWAP. Welcome Jaok 9 9 Miict.ief ... 9 S Salfage ... 816 Tangtiard ... 8 8 Leontta ... 8 6 Tim Whiißer 8 S SirGeorge ... 712 Libeller ... , 7 8 Mlnerra ... !7 6 The Poet ... 7 3 Konnanby ... 7 0 Admibutrator 6 7 Briar ... 6 0 TEBATRB BOYAL. The " Youth " Company, who hate* been drawing crowdiid hoiue* In Dnnedin in speetacular dn.nms, )aet night opened a short leMon ■ here, under circunj' itanoes ol (feathor not th» mod farorable. Aft(<r two or 4bree rosily fla< dry*, we l«»t night got another "all-fired •ample " of bod' harvett WMtber, ana thii affected the company'* baweit. Notwitb itanding threats of rain in the early erening howeyer, which were too Troll fulflllec later on, there wan a fair home- Til piece : choien for the opening nfgbt wa and f:he aadience an to be congratulated on hiiring eojir/od i oapitol ereniag't amaiement. It u a llra-ao comedy, asd the flrat twoaotti may Ve uid tbe chiefly intr>dn»tdry of the dratnati pericMte; they contain ft gopd. de»l of dii

r, logue. In the 6r*t two acla ia laid a foun•n dation en wbioh is built a capital comedy, e. full of amusing situations and hunlorous e, dialogues, which evoked more and more hearty tt laughter as the play proceeded. " London ie Aaauraiioe" may be considered & burlesque, ie in which certain typical specimen! of modern society are shown in exaggerated oolor«. n Where the poly aim ia to aimne, overexaggeration is not likely to be considered a. n fault, yot when modern characters are being 1- represented it ia clear that there is a limit d beyond which burleeqie must not bo carried, or the original satirised will be lost sight of a altogether. The msrabers of the " Youth " p Company showed lust night that whUe entere ing into the fun of tfao thing thoroughly, and if not extracting all the amueemont possible e from it>»taoy ratecoraina very near io doing ao, i- they kept well in nine, the typeß of character they sevurally represented. These we Taried h enough, of the seven or eight principal ones $ no two being at all alil;e, and the cute was so e well chosen tb,at <»ch player appeared e to have had just the character assigned f to him for which he was best fitted. Of the ladies Miss Watts-Phillips created a very i favorablo itbpraision ia Grace Harkaway. ? One of her best effortn, vras that in which young Courtly makes his doola ration of love to her. D Miss Anstead made a capital Gay Spanker, t Of the gentlemen Mr Walton was the moat effective, as the elderly man of fashion, and in--3 corrigible lady-killer. IChe soone in whioh ho , parsaadee Ladjr Gay Spanker to einpe with p biin only a few days before the date fixed for his marrisge was a c&pi;»l one. Mr Carey, as Dazzle, the impersonation of aetnrance, . and Mr Cathcart, as Max Harkaway, an old , fashioned squire, were very good indeod. Mr , GreviPe, as Mark Meddle, a very petti- , fogging attorney, was scarcely bo good as we had expected ; t.e would have mide the part more acceptable if he bad adopted a , little higher standard of manner for his greedy lawyer. He was, nevertheless, very amusing, i and provoked roars of laughter. The audience were thoroughly well pleased with their [ evening's ontertaiamenfc before they loft the Theatre, and we anticipaiw ltrger and larger bocses as the week progresses. To-night Sheridan's famous ootnedy of "The BivnU" ia to be presented, and judging from their last night' i perforncianoa, we should say that a real treat ia in store for those who go to see Mi s Anstead as Mrs Ualaprop, Miss Phillips in Lydin I/anguish, Mr Greville as Boa Acres, and Mr Walton M Sir Anthnpy Absolute.