OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 387, 10 September 1880, Page 17

OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

CFrom our own Correspondent.)

Melbourne, August 31, 1880. SSSSS.^? DiStere uae tWs Ba ™S » their tra^p Sr§? The The Exhibition is now almost completed, and the exhibits of the various nations are being placed in their stalls. The |?and organza completed and looks exceedingly well. A good defl of ill Sn! has been created by Mr. L. L. Lewie having been apSotatad toriS? the opening cantata. The professional musicians P have reason to complain, as the whole affair looks very like amb TnTr* ♦ instance the Commissioners called uponV Tmus cal profess^t compose a cantata for the opening of the Exhibition, to submit ?hem to competition, when the best would be selected. Mr Lewis vS JnVS looks surprisingly like "Caw me and 1,11 caw thee " eau^d ,S count nothing too great a sacrifice to avert such a dire calamftv H« was almost ashamed to put the question, knowing what thous/nds of people there were in the colony calling themselves Ch Sans who cared nothing for the knowledge of Ged being eliminated from thof? education He deplored the fact that so much cynicism SiSed £ regard to the old fathers of the Christian faith^ and expressed a behef that it would be better for the present and future geSerationa if, instead of considering ourselves better than they, we would l D?av God to give us something of their strength of faith ThS-e is fH doubt but that Bishop Moorehouse feels deeply on this question b«? I greatly fear that most of his flock are against him T£ 5 S think that talkingto them of the old fathers%T S ?fl^SdrbigoS • T^- S n^ twenty-one years ago your Melbourne corresnoniwarrived in Melbourne in the good ship Morning Light The TecoHec SJSSS -S&SS 5^ ffi «£» year ago which he never really recovered irom. There was aviv large gathering on the occasion of his funeral. The solemn dbstauiZ were celebrated at St. Ignatius' Church, Eichmond The office f?i the 2n" S3S? D g. Of *\$T noCtUms and the lauds ™ commenced at 11 o clock, the archbishop and 27 priests taking part in it Th! principal cantors were Fathers Aylward and Hegarty At the con elusion of the office, High Mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Mulhall 6. J., assisted by Father Dietel, S. J., and Father Watson S. J., as deacon and sub-deacon respectively. The Very ]LvD ca n Donaghy officiated as master of ceremonies. After the Masstbe Archbishop and clergy assembled round the coffin, which was nlaced on a catafalque in front of the altar, and the absolution of the S was pronounced by the Archbishop. The remains wer? +1® „ * veyed to the Kew Cemetery, followed by a lo^g Tain of SIZ coaches and private vehicles. The services at the grave were^o« g ducted by the Eev. Father Mulhall. on ' Both Houses of Parliament meet this afternoon. The business will only be formal ; but Mr. Berry's statement in the Assembly S be of interest. The hon. gentleman will have to explain the Sent state of the finances, inasmuch as he finds himself in the position cf being unable to meet the large cuvront liabilities which are Sow falling due and in one way or anothci C.o emergency miist be feced at once. The intention of the Government is to issue exchequer SXTn 11 ?. W ° rdß f ° fl ° at a local loan - Jt ia Proposed S?he bills shall have a maximum currency of two years, and they are to be issued as the Treasurer finds it necessary to replenish fba See Although the opening of the Exhibition is still a month off y e t Si? 1 in v ent ! a^ d P ur P° Bes lfc wa * open to the public on Saturdly Fifteen hundred people presented cards of admission, and were ad! nutted accordingly to the great inconvenience of the exhibitors who were interfered with very considerably in their work of unpacW and arranging the exhibits. A rather good story is told of S of the Commissioners, who is m ex-member of ParnWent? In walking

there g whS£ X" g^l^^ e l ay he was h °™necl to see a painting mSSnI S t£f ?T£ & 7 ob J J ectionable - He at once called a Sembc? , h2£ Art Commit tee, and laid the matter before it. The ShSiTtnSS ad J udlcatlQ g' Proceeded to view the indelicate object this steU Tt^ ? U *J° l G - a v,?° py ° f he Venus de Medici - rh « Joke of House wi\ h^ thlS hli ? hly f. oral e entl eman was accused in the nousc by a brother member of importing indecent pictures for Bale,