Colonial.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 665, 23 March 1859, Page 3

Colonial.

TASMANIA

...-By the Reliance we have Hobnrt Town papers; to the 9th itist^iit^fvom;'which toe' select the follow;-

OTJR MAEINI2 CABLE

VISIT OP--TUB GOVERNOH-GENERAIi AND THE ' \ . . GOyERNOII' OF VICTORIA. '

. .We are nowViri.aposition to,announce as a fact! that! Sir William Denison intend^ shortly to pay us! a visit;r-Sir William; had befeii ifivit<Jd; by Sir Henry! Barkly to'accgiripany him 'in the Victoria io assist! in the submerging ofrthe. Marine Cable between this:! Colony. and!; Melbourne; h- Before the invitation! reached him, however,. Sir,WiHiam Denison hadj accepted. another invitation to come to. Hobartj Town, winch he - witf, suWq'tien'tly do,!ariil proceed; to.meet Sir Henry Barkly.oh. the northern side of the; '.Istamt!pn the ,af rival of the.latter, there. -The Omeo! witli the cable is'now hourly looked for. 1 Mr.: L'Estage arrived in town yesterday,' having erected the; whole of the posts arid completed every arrange-! merit for connecting the cable with the wire at each of its proposed landings.' .There will be nothing,; therefore,.to delay the operations,of the Inspector! General of: Telegraphs on' the arrival. of ithe.Otneo.' ;As soon as we.know, of her .being in Hobson's Bay, we shall be able to'calculate with something like certainty.thetime at .which telegraphiCjComniuriic^-; tiori with Victoria vyill be'opened. .The visit of Sir Wjilliam1 Denisonarid Sir' Henry Barkly to Tasmania on this occasion will:give an additional eclat to the affair,' although it cannot magnify ! its importance beyond what it deserves. Itis highly|gratifyihg to us to witness the interest taken in- tins colony by such'distinguished men; and:• we' shall be very much mistaken if the .people of Tasmania, dp not mark their sense'of by a demonstration worthy of the occasion and of, those who are to. take.;so prominent ■ajpart "in the proceedings. • Ali*eady, f a;meeting has been held and arrangenients propps^d'and.digpusgefi for receiving Sir William Deriisiph on his arrival in a manner wftrthy of' him and of the estimation in which he is; held by the'citizens.i-' We have no doubt that .suitable addresses ' will be prepared to present tq; their Excellencies on their arrival in Tasmania. It is rumoured that Sir -Richard'McDonnell, Governor of South; Australia/ has ialsobeen; invited to join the Vice Regal.-party,[but we ;are not in a position to: say whether this ■is so or riot.— Daily Mercury, March 9.. •, • .','!.'../-.'■'','!'.!..".. !!'. i-: ; :•.,; "...• :. . ■-. !•■

Opening ob a ne-wt Catholic Church.—Shrove Tuesday was not inaptly selected, as the day for solemnizing the opening of the Catholic Cliurchof St: John the Baptist, at; Q^Brien's Bridge, and a goodly concourse assembled together to- be present at the ceremony: At half-past; eleven o'clock the : Right Rev.i Bishop of Hobart Town,; Dr.; Wilson, entered the sacred edifice in full episcopal vestments . attended by ,the Rev. W-.Bend, Rev. J: Dunne,.Rev. Mr. Ryan, and'the Rev._.Mr. Woods,, in clerical robes. The customary prayers having been offered the Rev. W. Bond read the, Gospel for the! day taken from the 22nd chapter of St. Matthew, and selecting the 37th verse as, the text for his . sermon on ,the solemn' occasion, delivered a very impressive and appropriate, discourse .on the words ,!'Thou shalt; love the; Lord"thy God with thy whole Wart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and first commandment." Mass > was .thensaidby Stho^iVery ilev. Dr.,Hallj Vicar General, after which a collection of £80. was made! on behalf of the fund for, ;the,erection of this pretty little church; which was built under the auspices of,Mr. !Henry,,Hun.ter,^^.to.whose .architectural.taste itbears full testimbriy.— Ibid. ' ; ; ;

■ Importation op Game, &c.—Tasmania from its geographical position arid its climate,appears admir-; ably, adapted for the' domiciliation of,;the game and singing ;birds of Britain,1 and it is somewhat surpris- "■ ing; that our large; landed -proprietors.'the Squire- 1 iarchy of thecolony-,tiaVe: not adoptedsome energetic means foritheirTintroauctionf into.tlie island.o;>The: i success of;their, importation may be safely, inferred -. from what has already been done-by ; , Captains Harmswqrth and Coppin, whp.have brought several -interesting; ift notvaluable additions to our native! " ornithology, in the - shape of, c.hojce ,singing. ; birds, poultry, arid otHerzo^^ 'We can see no reason AVliy this ;practice,:sh'ould not bte carried out to such an extent ?as to'introduce into' ■ tlieeolony. the different varieties of British; game; - \ the climate, soil- and general face of the country • being well adapted, to • their -support and habits. Deer, have been already introduced;in small and. de-, itachedjnumbers, and :: appear to thrive well;; pheafsantsalso hayerbeen brought put, and not, very long, ago two brace: and a, half of fine birds, two cocks arid, j..t.hree',hensi^ t^ie'vpy-; age, have been safely .deposited, arid; in excellent „order, in an aviary, (constructed for the purpose 1 by Mri.Weaver, chemist, of;Elizabeth-street,which we ; noticed at.the time of their arrival.. The birds have ; become so accustomed to their change of residence as to have added to their number by ten young: ones which.promise to arriveat/ull maturity;; they are ; now as large as \ pigeons. ; There can be no doubt, itherefore, aSiitp theipossibility of successfully conyeyingjthese rvarieties; which, with ordinary care on shipboard,jwilL reach their destination but little the ,'worse, for the voyage.- "There, are two dther'.varie-;' ' ties .whichii'we believe^ hav6 not yet found their wa)' iritp.! tlie; i cplpiiy—rhares /and^ partridges, which,' we '■'thinkj'/migttbe'broughtbut.'wi'tb.' tlie same successr The hare,/although naturally a wild and timid animal, may•■be1 easily tamed' and even domesticated ;in the way that .all wild animals ought to be 'subdued, by kindness; we may advert to the poet ;Gowper's: hares as 'a proof of this fact, and we have knownipther instances in England where this timid creature has > been rendered perfectly, docile. This peculiarity in the' h/afe ,w;ould .render/the voyage easily accomplished, and if any number were turned out into a -preserve, they would soon acquire their natural habits and probably thrive .well!'- With res;pect to partridges there can be no difficulty in their nor any, we presume, in their subsequent colonization, as the quail, a generic bird, is a i native, of: the island., It would be of no 'use, howrever, to import .these animals in pairs, or -in very small numbers;, if some of our large landed proprietors .wouldintrpducetheni; on a liberal scale the re- ', suit; we. believe, would be;successfui./and.Tasinariia would possess intimea large stock of game—lbid.