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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1253, 23 April 1880, Page 2

We think ifc due to the Telegraph Department to testify to tfieir celerity in transmitting and receiving our telegram of the trial of Butler yesterday. It was not placed in the Dunedin office till past 3 p.m., yet the •whole of it wag in the hands of our' compositors two hours afterwards. Thus, although we were unfortunately unable to get the report in our country edition, we were enabled to print it in the papers circulating in town. We have abo to acknowledge that we clipped the report from the Star. The members of St. Paul's Young Men's Association met last evening, Mr. J. H. Milligan occupying the chair. The debate on the giving of prizes in schools was very well handled by the openers (Mr. Macfarlane, affirmative, and Mr, Mollison, negative), the use and abuse of the custom being clearly pointed out. A discussion followed, which showed that the opinion of those present was pretty evenly balanced,, and Mr. Macfarlane's side waa eventually declared victorious by a majority of one. The subject for next Thursday will be duly announced. The uniforms for No. 1 Company's Band reached Oamaru yesterday, it being just five months since the order went Home, We have inspected the uniforms, and can safely say that they are the most complete band uniforms we have seen in the Colony, and are made according to the latest pattern for English volunteer bands. They consist of scarlet tunics, elaborately trimmed with white cord, &c., dark trousers with a broad red stripe, and helmets havjng a large scarlet horse-hair plume in the stead of the ordi naryspike, The band uniforms are thoroughly in keeping with those of tbe company. They will be issued to members in a few days, • In connection with this matter we are requested to state that there will be no practice this evening, but a meeting will be held at the Royal Hotel at eight o'clock sharp. The omission of a single word In our paragraph yesterday with reference to the annual meeting of the No th Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association made a wonderful difference to it. The meeting, we may ex» plain, will be held on Saturday week, and not to-morrow. A blank sheet was presented on the criminal side of the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. Thesceneof thedisasfcrousfirein Dunedin in which so many members of the Wilson family and others lost their lives, will, it is said, be occupied by an Academy of Music, the plans of which are on view at Mr. G. It. West's establishment. Mr. R<-ss is acting wisely in not repairing such a trap as the old building. A very good audience gathered at the Volunteer Hall last evening to listen tp the concert given by the Carandini Company, and right well those present enjoyed themselves. Every item on the programme was loudly applauded, and each member of the company received a warm reception, more particularly Madame Carandini, who was welcomed back as an old friend. Time has dealt very leniently with this lady. Her voice still retains the major part of the sweetness of tone, flexibility, and wonderful range that charmed the public over twenty years ago. Her songs last evening, comprising "Waiting," '-'Jessie, the flower of Dumblane," and "Charlieismydarling"—the latter in response to an encore—were all admirably rendered, and each drew forth the rapturous applause of the audience. This remark more particularly applies to "Jessie, the flower of Dumblane," a song that Madame Carandini, alone of all our colonial artistes, can render in a manner calculated to rouse the audience to a state of enthusiasm. Miss Marie Carandini possesses a pleasing though not over powerful soprano voice, which she used with great C3re and judgment in all her items, and very quickly established her claim to the good-will of the audience. For her admirable and pathetic rendering of "I cannot mind my wheel, mother," Miss Carandini received an undeniable encore, in response to which she gave "Meet me once again." Miss Deakin, a mezzo-soprano of very good quality, only gave one song, "In the gloaming," and for that the audience awarded her a hearty encore. Mr. H. Gordon Gooch, who attended the Carandinis on their last tour through the Colony, but who has since been in England associated with the Royal Academy of Music, quickly convinced the audience that he had neither lost his voice nor the power to use it. His songs, " I fear no foe," "The yeoman's wedding," "Jack's yarn," and, as an encore, "Rock'd in the cradle of the deep," were each rapturously applauded. Mr. Sherwin did not appear as a soloist, but in the several concerted pieces and duets with Madame and Miss Carandini he rendered no small amount of assistance Of the many admirable quartettes given by the company, the best to our minds were "Theblue bells of Scotland'' and "From the valleys and bills," We should not omit to mention that Miss Carandini and Miss Deakin played two pianoforte duets with fine effect, and that upon them also fell the work of playing the accompaniments to the vocal music. Tbe company will appear this evening for the last time. Within t}ie classic precincts of Dunedin, the city of municipal slanders, freetjionght, and (reclamations—upon] whose soil freethought flourishes rankly—where the impecunious scions of the noble families of the Old World finish their education in the mysteries of human nature—there is a young man?-* patrician. He had, by in- : digging in extra subjects, so exhausted his : last "remittance from Home" that he was unable to pay his tailor. Legal proceedings . were brought to bear upon him. His i opponent was victorious, and a judgment . summons, in a'l its terrific severity, ; fchre .tened to be the next operation. A - friend rejrnjcded him of this. Did he " liqui- ] date ?" yes; but not his liability. With a J demeanour that d d infinite eredji to his * education he sought out Mr, Caldwell, the ( genial governor of Her Majesty's Free.Board ] and Lodging Establishment, and thus dis- < burdeped himself : like to inspect the details of your es- • tablisbment. I opine thq.t every fellah £ should be conversant with the dark side a of human nature which an insight g into the mysteries of penal establishments ' affords. I may say that I am a supernumerary adjunct of the Fourth Estate, and for E that reason, I api emboldened to wait upon Q you this morning." The urbame Governor, saw no harm in the young man, unbarred the door, and- exposed his companion to the 1; cliilly prison air, which may have induced v the sliuflder which convulse-5 his somewhat frail frame. As he proceeded through the ° corridors, he, at regular intervals, exclaimed, si "Aw, vewy approriate." He had dive 4 e ; info every nook and corner, he had quizzed is

the features of the inmates, and once-more found himself at the door of exit. The parting'was somewhat affecting. .- In shaking , the hand of the Governor, our friend, out of a heart overflowing with sorrow, said, "Good-bye, for the present. Aw, I have an ideaw that I shall see you again shortly; when, perhaps, I-may he a v paxtalser of your hospitality, and otherwise ".improve our acquaintanceship." A new daily paper to be called the Gentleman's Gazette, will soon be started in London. The. proprietors are two well-known members of the Carlton Club, one of whom the other having a seat in the House of Commons. The editor chosen is a:gentlemaii who has been upwards of twenty years connected with the London Press, but has not yet had the principal management of any paper. The chief feature of the new journal will be, in addition to the usual leaders, several columns of: social gossip. It will resemble, in qut* ward appearance, the Pall Mall Gazette, and will be of the same price. It is said the proprietors have put down L 20,000 to start their new candidate for public fayor. The politics of the Gentleman's Gazette are to be independent Conservative, and its motto "Measures, not men."