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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3054, 28 November 1878, Page 2

At a meeting of the Canterbury Cathedral Guild, on November 14, Arch* deacon Harper read a paper on the " Life and Mission Work of the late Bishop Selwyn." In their early college days Bishops Harper and Selwyn were a good deal together, and were most intimate friends, so that the lecturer was enabled to give some very interesting reminiscences of their early youth. The Archdeacon spoke at length of the immense amount of Christian labour the Bishop had performed in New Zealand, particularly among the Maoris, and of the heroism he displayed en the field of battle in the discharge of his Christian duties. Finally, he referred to his work in the old country after he had accepted the Bishopric of Lichfield, and to his last illness and death. The paper was listened to wilh the greatest interest, and at its close a. hearty vote of thanks was passed to Archdeacon Harper. The chairman then made a few observations on the same subject, giving some recollections that came to his mind of his own connection with the late Bishop,'and the Eevs. E. G. Penny and C. Bowen also added a few words. J^A writer in an English exchange says :—" It appears to me that England is now going through a period very similar to that which we went through in Australia just one ami twenty years ago. The glory of the diggings had passed away; the reckless specu'ation of old digging days could not be continued; immense profits had become a thing of the past; wages were greatly reduced; ■ all classes of the community found themselves compelled to reduce their expenditure, and there was weeping, and wdling, and gnashing of teeth ; but, in that practical part of the world, people were not content to sit still and ' cvy over spilt milk ;' they recognised the necessities of the times; they set to work; if they could not get employment-at one kind of •work, they took another; they began to develop the great and natural resources of the country; and success, unlooked-for success, has attended their efforts. England must follow the example of her more go-ahead offspring." Ik Victoria the Government have determined to make the University of Melbourne free of fees, io as to make its advantages available to the widest possible extent. The aid granted by Government to the Sydney University amounts to £5000 p&r annum, and is to be increased to £9000, while the revenue from college fees was only £333 18s in 1877, and the largest amount which has been received from this source during any one year of the last decade was £403, the amount being"paid by students in 1876. The number of students wl>o matriculated: in 1877 was 23, and the whole number attending lectures was 61. Of the 363 persons who went up to the public examinations, 38 senior* and 135 juniors ' passed. The number of graduates who jj|a|fldJnJ£2jLjmJ2^^^^^^^^^