DUNEDIN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 251, 21 November 1872, Page 7

DUNEDIN.

(From our own Correspondent.)

There was an unusual stir in some four churches on Sunday last ; In the Anglican owing to the fact that Bishop Neville and the two clergyman who have accompan el him from England (the Revs. Messrs. Penny and Smith) were announced to preach ; and in the First Church, to greet the Hey. Lindsay Mackie, of Victoria, who is to conduct service iv the latter church for a short time. The service in the Episcopal Church was a special one, &n.d wa3, rendered more thau ordinarily

attractive — that is, to those with High Choreh proclivities— by the introduction of additional hymns, - anthems, and other music. At St. Paul's the greater portion of the service is now intoned, and certainly on" Sunday last the tone of th« •whole service was decidedly " Hi^h." The communion table, pulpit, and reading desks w-ere decorated with flowers and evergreens, and the entrance of the Bishop and officiating clergymen was the the signal for the organ to peal forth and the choir to begin the processional hymn. Music seemed to hold special sw;iy during the services of the day — the Psalms, the Lord's Prajer, the Creed, the responses, all being made effective by vocalisation, together with what I must confess was a very beautiful anthem, the solo by one of the male voices being especially noticeable, and the' clear soprano voice of one of the lady singers having a celling effect. I should say that the services at St Paul's have now arrived at as "High" a stage as it is desirable they should do, unless those in authority want a reopening v»p of the hot warfare which raged in connection with this subject some time back. Bishop Neville preached in the morning ; in the afternoon the Rev. Mr. Smith delivered an address to the young falks of the congregation ; and in the evening the Rev. Mr. Penny occupied the pulpit.

It seems likely that the Roman Catholic members of our province will shorty have a journal devoted specially to their interests, if we may judge from the interest which is being taken in ths matter by those who are leaders of the faith here. It is proposed to make the new journal — the "Tablet" — a weekly publication, of sufficiently large siza to command confidence and a large circulation. The delay which has taken place in its establishment has been owiug, I believe, to doubts as to

vy he ther Uih paper should be made merely a provincial organ, op should start a3 the representsitive of the whole colony, -and j in the latter case of a sizj to correspond with its large sphere of operations. I do not know how the question has yet been settled, but whatever course of action the promoters decide upon, I do not think there is much doubt about the success of the publication. There is no doubt it will coium.tnd large support in this province, and as Dr. Moran ha'j also been invested with supreme authority in the Wellington district, a large measure of support could no doubt be reckoned on from that quarter. Poor Anthony White, well-known to Dnne-lin play goers as a painstaking alrhfiigh not too successful actor, has paid the last debt of nature in Wellington. He has'for many years been before the Dunediu public, and has always won for himself friends among his follow professionals, and tlioae with whom he had be* come acquainted. 1 1 wing been in failing health for some considerable time — only in fact, able to get through his parts lately by the use of stimulants before going on the stage, his widow and children have been left hut poorly off, and in connection with the subscriptions for the relief of those who have been left destitute, I may perhaps be pardoned for devoting a few lines in mentioning an instance of meanness and cold heartedness such as I should fain hope is not often met with. Mr. White, when acting at the Princess Theatre for a long time, played in company with an actress well-known in Dnnerlin, and for whom, as well as for the other professional*, he was kindhearted enough on more than one occasion to do little favors in the way of copying and. altering parts &c, and other thing-? which thole who have any knowledge of behind the scene stage matters, can well understand. Haying nightly with him so long, it might have been supposed that l«idy (who by the way, is reputed to be the possessor of cash and jewellery to the extent of two or three thousand pounds), would have had sufficient of the milk of human kindness'in her heart, to assist to a moderate extent the widow who his be«n left destitute. But no ; for on being appealed to by Mr. Hoskins, who is endeavoring to raise funds for Mrs. White, the "charming" lady, after some searching in her pockets, produced eighteen pence ! and filially raised the donation to the munificent sum of two shillings and six-pence ! It is to be hoped that this worthy display of liberality will bear the fruit it deserves.