Ashburton Guardian MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1893. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.

Thk term democracy once meant government by the people. It had that signification in the days of old when Alcibiades. was banished from Athens on the mere suspicion of having a desire to curtail the power of the people of Athens. Bufc democracy has a different meaning now, at least what is called democracy in Few Zealand does not mean government by the people. The term has had a very elastic significatiDn in this colony for a good many decadeg. The people as a whole have net governed New Zealand for a long while, but representatives of classes, cliques, and interests have " run tlie show" under the party colored cloak of party government. Whatever may be the opinion of politicians on this subject, we have no hesitation in saying that the people— more particularly the vural portion are heartily sick of party government. They have sent their representatives to Parliament pledged to support this and oppose that proposal, and have seen them breaking all their election pledges under the strain of "party ties." They have in various ways indicated a desire for certain reforms and have shown their wishes in the clearest manner at the ballot box ; but have learned by experience that " party " comes before promises, before constituents, before everything, and the irate eleefcor asks " what is party to me?" while the majority ask what is the usebf apai'ty in democratic govern ment. Not long ago we heard the question of "party" discussed, and while some of the electors present pro fessed to know very little about the difference between political parties in New Zealand, one gave his opinion that after a general election the leaders "jiist picked sides and wired in." He had evidently not grasped the im portance and gravity of the issues it* volved by the terms political parties. Webster defines "Party" as "a number of persons united in opinion or design in opposition to others in the community," and this defmicion points to the reason why party government never has and never will be a success in a purely 4emocrakic country. For there are no distmet general lines in an ordinary community upon which per sons could unite in opposition to the i'esst, There are often, special ques tions uj»O)& which sides are taken and men may unite ia support of their common interests, But we have seen thafc questions of this kind are seldom made party questions—for although they are often o£ burning interest they *re more often th^-o ' not of socia', Hither tlian of political import ance. Of thja cjas.3 are education, the liquor traffic, woman's franchise, and others. If the present House of Representatives were divided on each of these questions there would be a goipplpte obliteration of the existing party lines. ]CJnder such circumstances it is nexVto impqgsib. le for a govern ment—no matter how weil i^tentioned it way be—to legislate on orthodox ljnes and carry out the will of the people. Times without number during $he existence,of a J?*rjjts,ment, measures MQ de,alt with according jto £he ejdgen^eg of party warfare. Some times they a?e ptsietf. ■ shorn of all that was intended by the fram/ers t<? make them acceptable to the people. Some times they are rejected, even though th.ey may have been long asked for by the pqopl/J—but the weaker party had the care o| themi. Sometimes the stronger party eveu is iiu^tce^t'ulj but

!is afraid to risk an appeal to the | 'country and so quietly submits to defeat. And last, but not least by any means—measures are passed which the people, if asked to decide, would have voted to annihilation. In view of all this it is not to be wondered at that several thoughtful and influential members of Parliament have deter mined to do their fcest to introduce into this country the Swiss principle of re ferring important measures direct to the people without the fate of the government of the day hanging upon the result. Mr Eugene O'Oonor, member for the Fuller, has embodied the idea in a Bill which we haye 1 already referred to in these columns, entitled " The Referendum," and the intention of it may be gathered from the preamble, which states that " it is desirable to provide for a system under which a direct and simple answer either in the affirmative or negative may be obtained direct from the electors on certain questions. It is not necessary for us to deal with the details of Mr 0 Conor's Bill, although it is short and simple. But we certainly think that the people of this country will not be satisfied until something of this kind is substituted for the present system of government under which the power of the people is only exercised in a second hand way, and the wishes of the people are made completely subservient to the aims and interests of ambitious and speculative politicians.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nominations for the Spring meeting of the Geraldine Racing Club are due on Friday, September 1. The Board of Governors, at Christchurch yesterday, decided to procure from England a testing plant for the School of Engineering and Technical Science. The cost will be £1240. An ordinary meeting of the Christchurch Hospital Board was held on Monday after noon, when Mr C. Mackinley HiUon was appointed honorary masseur to the institu tion. Mr Eden George, a candidate for one of the Chrietchurch seats, addressed a largely attended meeting on Monday evening. A vote of thanks was declared carried. The Chairman refused to accept a motion of no ' confidence. James Marshall Mutch, charged with the embezzlement of funds of the Mutual Life Assurance As»ociation at New Plymouth, wu brought up at Auckland yesterday, where he had been arrested, and was re-: manded to New Plymouth. Sir Robert Stout is expected to past through from Dunedin by the express train this evening. He will be waited on at Christ church, and the requisition which is being signed, asking him to stand for one of the' city seats in the House of Representatives, presented to him. A stable belonging to Mr George Reid, livery stable proprietor, of Milton, was de stroyed by fire, together with a large quantity of harness, at four o'clock on Satur day morning. The stable with some other buildings, which escaped destruction, was insured for £250 and the harness for £50, the risks being held in the Standard office.

Thus the " Reef ton Guardian " :—lfc is said by the " Brunner News " that there was a great congregation of sinners on the Grey mouth beach on Sunday morning witnessing a post mortem examination of a horac which had dropped dead, than there was of saints in the four churches. Our Brunner contem porary mentions this as remarkable, but there is really nothing so remarkable in it. Good people like the citizens of Gieyrrouth do not need to go to church. During the storm that the other d*y visited the Bluff the spire of tho uncom pleted Presbyterian church was blown ibmi happily without inflicting any personal injury. Just before it fell, the infant son of the stationmaster was playing beneath, his gambols being watched by a Newfoundfarid dog. Suddenly the latter made a dart, seizacl the child by the clothes and drew ifc away, just in time to prevent it being crushed by the falling timber. The oldest living inhabitant of th 6 world is probably to be found at Mauritius. When the island was ceded to England some eighty one years ago, the newcomers took possession, at Port Louis, of an enormous turtle, reputed to be 130 years old. The oldest inhabitants declared that when they were little children the creature was quite a patriarch, while ( other evidence went to show that its age could not be much leas than alleged. This animal is still alive and flourishing. The other day it took a walk with two heavy men sitting on its back, and it seemed to feel their weight no more than an elephant would that of a howdah. The following will represent Ashburton 11. in their football match against a team selected from the trades of the town : — Hewson (2), Purchase, Pritchard, Matron, Smith, Johnston, Conter, Clarkson, Clark, Williams, Lewis, Kennedy, Slattery, Henry. Emergencies — Cookson, Alcorn and Mitchell. The following play for the tradesmen : -*Trezise, Booth, Shearman (2), Burns, Madden, McTeague, Biker, Dunlop, Hefford, Todd, Cookson, M. Healy, Kidd, Ellison. Emergencies—Leggett and Nichor las. The match will be played at the Domain to-morrow commencing at 3.30 p.m. The recent hot dry weather in England has been responsible for some strange pheno mena, if the newspapers are to be believed. For example, an extraordinary scene is re ported to have occurred in Stoke Newington road. A light cart containing a quantity of naphtha was being driven along, and when near Barrett's Grove the naphtha suddenly took fire, through the heat of the sun, it is supposed. The driver drew the cart to the side of the road, and had the presence of mind to cut the traces and release the horse. The cart was qui-kly enveloped in flames, which rose to a gr»at height, and set fire to the trees in the adjoining gardens. An alarm was given to tha firemen and quickly re sponded to, four engines and two escapes; being sow 0J? the scene. NFhe fire, how ever, burn* i,tself out, jbhe oarfc being quite ■ destroyed.

Inferring to the subject of tips, the corres pondent of a Hom.e contemporary who visited Chicago writee i—" Even before we touched land the knowing ones on board had their dollars ready in order to square the customs officers. Having heard of American indepen dence, I refrained from any such prepare tion, and boldly met the official with my luggage. Pointißg tp my camera, that worthy asked if it were English or American make. «English,' I replied. ' Well, 40 per ceot duty, please, on that.' And then attacking my.other ch^t^els he quickly ran me up an enormous Ml 1. ' i wit»ce3, v/hereupon the inspector intimated-'vvell, that could % managed for a consideration. I acquiesced, and eac^ed'ior §*c d^lars. Wherever J went I founji bribery to <be t% ord|r of the day, and I have come b«wk U> i>he old country firmly convinced that American (tipi' p^s *Ut<»mV f

The following shows the expenditure on relief by the Charitable Aid Board for the month of July :—lnstitution relief, £251 6* 2d, relieving 156 persons; outdoor relief, £509 174 3d, relieving, 432 oases; mainten ance of destitute children and infirm persons boarded out, £61 7s 9d, the number of persons being 48; maintenance of 51 children at Industrial Schools, £72 7s lOd; and general expenses, £85 16s sd. This gives a total expenditure of £987 69, for relieving 1717 persons. The details of insti tution relief are:— Orphanage, 37 persons, £56 6i lid; Ashburton Home, 66 persons, £92; Memorial Home, 39 persons, £77 2s 7d; Female Refuge, 11 persons, £25 16s Bd. The particulars of outdoor relief are—Money allowance, £237 Is; rations, £225 Is lOd; clothing, etc., 6s 3d; fuel, £24 5s lid; drugs and medical attendance, £16 10a 4d ; funerals, £1 9j 6d ; casual relief at Armagh Street Depot, £5 2a sd. It is a pity that something cannot be done to enable the general public to use that part of the traffic bridge. set apart for toot passengers. At present the exceedingly awkward manner in which the entrance gates open and shut render ingress and egress so inconvenient that comparatively few persons use the footpaths. Only the other day a stock driver was driving some young cattle along the brigde, and a young lady walking on the main roadway of the bridge had considerable difficulty in nego tiating the formidable partition which was between her and safety. Her safety was imperelled by the cattle, which were in any thing but an amiable mood, and the driver | called out to her excitedly that the cattle were dangerous. Over a month ago, atten tion was drawn to this matter in the Borough Council, but still the evil exists. The gates could be easily altered and the evil remedied.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The Milton "Martyr." Wellington, August 29. The Salvation Army held an indignation meeting to protest against the imprison ment of Kerr at Milton far playing a cornet in the street. Rev. J. Lewis, Wesleyan Minister, occupied the chair, and moyed a resolution condemning the action of the magistrate and calling upon the Government to cincei the sentence.

SUPREME COURT.

Auckland, August 28. ! At the Supreme, Court criminal sittings, Judge Connolly referred to the email lisb bus regretted there were several serious cases. He commented on two charges of alleged indecent assault., and pointed out \ that of one girl being under twelve and not resisting, but said she still required the protection of the law against herself. One Grand Juryman complained that he had been soveral times approached to use his influence in certain cases. The Judge said if the persons wero named they would be dealt with severely. The Grand Jury found no bill in tho case againab John Moit, on the charge of indecently assault ng a girl under twelve. ■ Auckland, August 29. At the Supreme Court Margarat Turner, » servant git 1, was iantenced to twelve months for stealing silver plate from her employee. Wblungton, August 28. William Walker, at present undergoing three years' imprisonment for breaking and entering, pleaded guilty to a similar offence and was remanded for sentence. D. McDonald, on a charge of being on the premises of the National Hotel, Wei-, lingfon, wish felonious intent, and P. G, j Fraser of the hrceny of jewellery belong ing to Ada Bond. WVllington, were found not guilty. " .... • ; :, The Crown Prosecutor will tntlmace to his Honor tc-morrow morning what course he proposes to take in connection with the charge of arson against Captain Baldwin, which is on the calendar by the coroner's inquisition It w understood the Crown will enter a no'le prosequi. Tho grand jury found true bills in all nases except in the charge of false pre tences against M. Orenstein, jeweller. Wblijngton, August 29. At the Supreme Court the Crown Prosecutoi entered a no U prosequi against Captain Baldwin, who stood committed for arson on a coroner's yrarrant. Jt was explained that the R.M. had dismissed the case, and there was no fresh evidence. Captain Baldwin, however, demanded a iury and onewasaccordinglyempannelled, who formally acquitted him of the charge

LABOR ITEMS.

London, August 27. A band of four thousand strikers at tempted to terrorise the men at work at Swansea. During a scuffle that en sued one of the workmen was killed by the assailants. August 28. The Northumberland miners have refused to grant' financial assistance to the miners on strike.

CRICKET.

THE PRESS ON THE SEASON.

(Received Augusb 29, 10.30 a.m.) . " 'LQXXfOix, August '28. The "Standard,'' sominen^ihg oh the All England match, says the performance of the Australians at Manchester was one of the best of the tour. It considers their record lor the season satisfactory. The "Spoitsman" considers it would be unfair to allege the colonials saved de feat by the cwLojf time, as the game was going in their favor &# the aU the best bats but Shrewsbury being out,' - The "Daily News " says though the Aus tralian team is a powerful one it is not equal to the bast aides England can put in the field, and the honors of the tour will rest with English cricketers. -' The newspapers comment on Turner's pluck in sw^S'Sf *? bat j'ty a ctiPP lef hand. -

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Asbbur ;on Borough Council was held last even ng. Present—The Mayor in the chair, 3rf»Thomßs, Paul, Orr, Duncan, Anderson, Fones, and Cuthbertson. FINANCE. The Mayor reported the debit balance it the bank to be £901 83 Id. The fol lowing were the receipt) from all sources since last meeting : - Bates, 1893, £26 LOs ; rent reserves, £2 s*. engineers' report. The engineers' report was read as fol lows ; —, The Works Committee have considered the matter of Dr Tweed's application for a supply of water from the side channel in Burnett street, W., and recommend that it be granted as an experiment, sub ject to the payment by Dr Tweed of an annual rent of £2 2s, and all expenses attending the execution of the work, the Council reserving the right to cut off the supply at ans time. We have explained to the Committee that a small sunp and a means of controlling the supply at the channel intake will be required ; and that if the principle be adopted by tha Council as part of the general plan of waoer supply throughout the Borough the method of distribution must be m*de more elaborate as well as larger and more constant. The Committee have also had under their consideration the question of the rate of wages now being paid to the Council's workmen, and recommend that the day's pay be reduced to 6s. South East Belt.—The contractor has satisfactorily completed the formation, and has made good progress with the metalling. . The Labor Gang have been engaged in re-forming part of West street, level ling ground for new fence on the West street boundary of the Domain, levelling and planting shrubs in Baring Square, filling in ruts on roadways, lowering and shingling footpath in Peter street, spread ing shingle delivered by contractors in Webt street and S.E. Belt, attending to water sapply and other maintenance work. The report was adopted. MOORE STREET CROSSING. A printed form was received from the Railway Commissioners with regard to the Council's letter re the Moore street cross ing, stating that the matter would receive consideration. Several members spoke urging the necessity of having a definite statement on this subject, and It was de cided to write to the Commissioners ask ing when a definite reply might be expected. RATING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr E. (r. Wright wrote on the matter of the clause in the Bating Act Amend ment Bill, empowering the charging of ten per cent interest on all rates three months overdue. He promised to give the matter his consideration, but stated his opinion that a charge of fi>e per cent, for rates three months overdue, and a charge of ten per cent, when six months overdue, was more commendable, as it had to be remembered that the additional charge would fall on the poorest classes. the men's pay.

The Mayor stated thab the Works Committee had ascertained that six shillings per day was the price paid by other Councils for day labor, Cr Jones said the cost of living in other place was probably different, so that possibly it might be difficult to compare the cages. This clause of the Engineers' report was adopted, Cr Paul dissenting. ROLL Mr A. A. Carson's name was placed on the roll for T.S. 830. RESERVES. ' Mr George Veil's application to rent reserve T.S. 1162 ab an annual rental of £1 was granted. RATING?. Cr Jones applied that his motion re garding the rating question be allowed to stand over for three months, as he ob served Government had introduced a Bill on the subject. SALVATION ARMY. Cr Duncan asked if it was ne<\ iTsary that the Salvation Army be granted per mission from the Council to stand i \ the streets and if so if such permission had been granted. He said that on Saturday night last the corner of Burnett and East Street was blocked by the crowd collected. Cr Paul thought it was scarcely fair that the matter should be discussed while a case was sub judice. TRACTION ENGINE. It was decided to write to Mr Page asking for an explanation of his action in using a traction engine In the streets dur ing hours prohibited by the borough by- Jaw. ■■ ' ■'• : '■- ■ NISTJIHBBY WATER SUPrLY. On Cr Paul's motion it was decided to grant the County Goancil'arequest of August 12, 1892, for one-fourth' of the .supply from the main race to be sent down to Hampstead, no difference to be made in case of short supply. i Cr Thomas thought the Council should receive something in return for their annual outlay of £25 for the maintenance of the races. THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS. The town ole'rk was instructed to take steps to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of office of Crs Paul, Scaly and Duncan. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £102 were passed for payment and the Council ad- j journed.

DOMAIN BOARD.

The Council then sat as a Domain Board. The Domain Board's committee re ported that they had considered the re quests of the two cricket clubs and had stated terms for the use of the grounds. They had informed the Ashburton Cricket Club that the Board had no power to let the ground to any club and suggested that an association should be formed of plubs interested, to whom the management of the sports ground could be delegated. A letter was read from the newly formed Association of athletic clubs, asking that the management of that part of the Do main known as tha sports ground be transferred to that body, and offering the Board an annual amount of £10, the As sociation to pay the sole post of the main tenance of the same, and to have the right of eight close days in the year. They also stated that though invited, delegates. from the Caledonian Society and Swimming Club had not been pre sent. Of Thomas stated that the association had been formed in answer to the sugges tion of the Domain Board Committee to the Ashbuitoa Cricket Club. The association wished to have control of the ground, and they wbuid loot after it and beautify it, so that it would be a thing of beauty rtrtd a joy for ever. There had always been a difficulty at the Board in dealing with the different clubs on this matter and he thought this would be a happy solution. IJe moved that the request be granted, the question of fixing an annual charge to ■be a separate matte?. Cr Cuthbertson seoonded the motion* He stated that the association's intention was to employ a caretaker, and that the Board's engineer would be on the associa tion's committee. He also explained that if the Caledonian Society stood out from the association and applied for use of the giouiid it would bo let fc> them on terms approved: of by the B<%d. f. Cr Paul thought it inadvisable to acfe definitely without giving the matter very careful consideration, though he _ was in entire sympathy with the idea* Several members spoke to the same effect and it was eventudlydecided to d«fe? toe

matter till next meeting, the clerk in the! meantime to obtain a statement of the] Board's position from the borough j solicitor, and the committee to meet a deputation consisting of delegates from all the athletic clubs. The Board then adjourned.

Baby Farming in Sysney.

The recent efforts for the suppression of baby farming in Sydney do not seem to have met with the success anticipated by the police authorities, although the recent passing of the Children's Protec tion Act has effected something of a revolution in this respect. Previous to the passing of the Act, the methods of operation of the professional baby farmer were manifold. For instance, as a writer points out in the " Telegraph," one woman was in the habit of receiving infants for adoption for £5, then taking them round to unsuspecting persons, such as respectable married couples anxious to make something towards the rent, handing them over the baby, on promise of a weekly payment, and then disappearing. This same woman also practised sweating, inasmuch as she would pay somebody £3 or less to adopt some infant for the adoption of which she received, say, £5, thus making £2 by the bargain, and leaving someone else to perform the horrible crime on which the profits of baby farming were mostly based. Then there was another woman, a hopelesp drunkard, who received infants for adop tion for £3, and then endeavored to palm them off on the Benevolent Asylum on the plea that they were left with her by their mothers on a broken promise to contribute towards their support. The police watched her leave her home one day for six hours with no one in it but an infant, which oried piteously for some thing to eat. Another startling case was one remarkable for its brazen effrontery, coupled with shocking hypocrisy. A girl, aged about. 2& years, was found on the doorstep of a parsonage in Surrey Hills, with the most urgent appeal from the "heart-broken mother " attached to the pinafore. It was subsequently discovered that the letter had been written and the child left on the doorstep by a woman who had just received £3 for its adoption from its mother, who wm the wife of a respectable man, to whom the child was accordingly restored. Another woman, who was once fined for the brutal ill treatment of an infant, was suspected of causing the death of a number of infants which took place in her house. She was an unprincipled woman, and w a im priaoned for theft. On one occasion she issued a certificate to the effect that a girl had been delivered of a stillborn child, on the strength of which a burial was about to take place, when the under taker's suspicions were aroused. An inquest was held, and it was discovered that the child had been born alive. Under the present Act certificates of death have to be issued by duly qualified medical practitioners, but under the old Act midwives were empowered to issue them, with the result, probably, that a large number of infants were buried as still born who had in reality been brutally killed,

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, August 28. The House met at 2 30 p.m. INDUSTIIIAL BILL. After nearly two hours debafce the House went into committee on the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. Clause L7—lndustrial agreements be tween unions, associations, and persona, Mr Moore moved an amendment to the effect that free labor could take advantage of the oouricil in the same way as trade unions. Mr Beeves opposed the amendment, pointing out that if several of these men joined together they qould be admitted as industrial unions. The am ndment was lost by 35 to 11, and the clause was added to the Bill. Clause 48 Constitution cf Court. > Mr Reeves moved for the retention of the provision struck out by the Labor Council Committee which allowed a Dis trict Judge to be the president of a court in case of illness or absence of a Supreme Court Judge. The motion was agreed to by 31 to 16. Clause 81 —Railway Commissioners may -refer disputes between them »*\<d the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants to the court. The clause was carried by 26 to 13. The oth«r clauses passed and without material Alteration and the Bill was re ported. On the motion for the third reading Mr Rolleston protested against the Bill, and said that np more pjschieyous mea sure had ever been passed by the House. Mr Earnshaw thought the Bill would prove a good one, and that the workers of the colony were indebted to the Minister of Labor for his efforts in carrying the measure. A large number of ether members also supported the Bill. The motion was carried and the Bill pMsed. workmen's wages bill. The Workmen's Wages Bill passed through Committee without material amendment and was put through its final stages. CONSPIRACY BILL. Mr Reeves moved the second reading of the Conspiracy Law Amendment Bill, which he explained was in the direotion of assimilating our law to that of the Mother Country. The motion was agreed to. The Bill was referred to the Labor Bills Committee. The House rose at 12.25 a.m.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

[Pfiß PRESS ASSOCIATION. LpwofiN, August 37. Mr Gladstone in replying to the advocates of Scotch disestablishment said that caution was necessary, as English opponents had shown a strong determination to resist any interference with the churches of . Wales and Scot land. Mr J. Morley, speaking at New castle, said that the Government were determined to carry measures of social reform and complete their programme. There was, he added, & strong bpnd of sympathy between the British and Irish democracy. Mr fc, Courtney wjlj move thp re jection Of the Home Rule Bill on the motion for the third reading. (Received lugusfc 28, 1 p.m.) London, Auguat 28. In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr Buxton, Under secretary for the Colonies, said Govern ment had* forbidden the (Chartered Company to retaliate upon Lpbengula without Imperial authority, Lord Salisbury is suffering from the effects of a chill. Government has withdrawn the Scotch Suspensory JtJill. :

"THE HOLY CITY."

The cantata of " The Holy City, to be given by the Wesieyan Choral Society on Friday evening, is by the English composer A. R. Gaul, and was composed by him specially for produc tion at the Birmingham musical festi val of 1882. This annual musical festival is one of several "fix tures" in Great Britain to which lovers of good mime who can afford the expense annually gravitate, but to Birmingham the musical world is in debted more than to any other festival or placing before it the works of the EnglUh masters of the day. Previous to 1882 Gaul was comparatively little known—and then only locolly, but the acceptance of his " Holy City " by the Birmingham Committee, and its per formance by such vocalists, chorus and orchestra, at once made him a name throughout Great Britain and drew the closest and most critical attention to his work. It was a grand success, and since then the score has gone through about sixty editions. Sixty thousand copies of any musical work of just over a hundred pages royal octavo is an im mense number. One hears of course of many popular songs ruuning into far longer numbers, but popular songs are for individuals: such works as " The Holy City" are for dubs, classes, 1 choirs, and associations, and can only be produced by such. The cantata was not by any means the first work Gtail had given to the public, but its SUO ceM induced him to continue,. and to him we are indebted for "Ruth," "The Ten Virgins," "The Passion Service/ and that historical and dra matic cantata " Joan of Arc." .There ,is a modesty and total want of preten sion about all this composer's work. The great Continental masters had al ready sung the grand themes that may be read as leading lines on the great charter of Christianity, and had sung them so weU that a young composer from the cold north dared hot touch them, and could only approach them with fear and trembling. Spohr's grand genius had figured in. glorious numbers " The Last Judgment/ 1 and had made that theme hallowed ground for any genius less brilliant, less pro found. But there were by-paths still untrodden, minor lines of musical thought still unsung. And Although the powerfully descriptive notes -of Spohr had vividly pourtrayed the gran deur and solemnity of the Court of the Almighty Judge of the quick and the dead, there was still left for a humbler harp the thoughts and feel ings of the ransomed sinner, strong in the strength of an assured salvation— the freeman whom the truth makes free. In bis argument to the work Gaul himself says the treatment of the subject of the work is almostly en tirely reflective, and the first part of its work is headed "contemplation," and sets forth the. desire for a higher life, gradually moving on to an ex pression of the perfection of that higher life such is " Eye hath not seen." Part ll.—-" Adoration"—doils with the new heaven and the new, earth, and the rest may be imagined; The great forte of Gaul is natural melody —the melody that the untaught ear and mind can at once tecognise, grasp, enjoy, and remember. Hence, the popularity of his works with choirs drawn from the mass, and who, once having caught the spirit of the music sing with spirit and with confi dence. The press critiques of."The. Holy City" when in its first produc tion were highly gratifying to the composer, and one from the " Musical Standard" may be quoted, that authority being a good sponsor for any work. The ". Standard" says :Vr " The work is throughout characterised by dulcet, graceful .melody. i choral numbers show Mr Gaul at his best; we remark here., the* sure practised hand of the. writer, who has. already made himself not a: little! famous by this class of work." So much for the Work of A. R. Gaul, Mus. Bac , Cantab, sWe b>te only to add that no effort has been spared by the loyal hands to whom it lias been entrusted to give tb,e. qan,ta,ta in; a manner that Gaul himself would' not have be^n ashamed of. Conductor, chorus, soloists, and orchestra haVe faced its practice con (more,; and net a phrase has been neglected. . There ~ is thus in store for lovers of good! music a genuine musical treat. . .

The Political Woman.

Tbe parliamentary oorreeponcjeht of the "OUgo Daily Times" telegraphing on Suadiy night, says:—lf my forecMt prove, correct, twenty of the senators: wjll be found in sympathy with theaipititloniibf political woman and twenty*three against her, and thus woman's franchise wul be,; lost. Interest has been added to the situation by the receipt 6f many telegtaiaff from feminine leaders of the movement" addressed to the Kon. gentlemen who 'sap soon to decide their political fate. ,'• One * especially, has created much interest. It. was, I am toH, addressed to certain grave. and reverend senators, whose votee are supposed to be in doubt, and was eouohcq thus;—" Understand fate of franchise depends on your vote. Oh, fail us not!". You will percrire that the term of this message justified theireoeiver in believiAg that he only was the obieot of this so,liei* tous, if not tender, raissiVe, ana eertajin gossips of tbe lobby have it that t^e graft Councillor who first received this appeals ing wire was so obviously filled wiy* pleasure at finding himself *c *aodeptffr sole support of the political fortunes <jf the 83,900 of twenty-one fears and upwards that he awoke to a new joy In life. It was, however, but short lived, for presently he encountered a fellow Councillor of a usual like jF*yity «* demeanour to his own. His', friend seemed similarly infused . with ■- a" new pleasure iv life that gave elasticityio hw step and vivacity to his speech. Sach" was surprised at this change- in the othe^', and, presently comparing notes, the tele 1 gram was disolosed and the illusion fle& Alas' that High: priestess .ojf..women*s rights had sent the'messsge to aXT the doubting ones, and thus robbed the " Oh, fail us not" of the honeyed sweetnM thai had httherto dung to an unshared personal appeal. • -^ .■• t'." ■ " The "Post" continues to Insist that the Government will have"ndße o ofwon^ii franchise,'and in alluding tdthetttltnde of the' Upper House oU the/subjec|i; csa-> eludes aleadgifUjus :—^ As the majority of new members seem to bo opppwd w the Governmentproposalonthe subject .we are fully justified in maintaining toe qoaclu sion, at which we long ago arrived, that these proposals are • mods**! wd a sham, and that the Government is determioed they shall cot be adopted. In opposing what tbe Goyeenmei^t professes to desir4, the'new members will,, in tegatd to U»« first policy measure they have to vote on, really answer what was obviously th« obieot of their creation—bo itrwgtfttQ wd »u*p«ta» potioF pi ibt Wmafi;

THE AStt&tJßTOtt QPABDIAK f TUESDAY, AtiflUST 29, 1893



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