'The Temperance Hall was again comfortably filled on Saturday night last. Mr. U. P. Blethen, President of the Society, ofticisted as' Chairman, and requested Mr. Shaw to commence the proceedings with prayer, after which the audience sang an opening chorus. Captain Barclay, of the Northampton, who was cordially welcomed, recited Campbell's ring poem, Lochiel's Warning," a remind istence of the days of the Stuarts and Culloden, The piece was suitably rendered, and was loudly applanded.—Mr. Weather-don, chief gunner's mate of H. M. S. Modeste, next sang in very good style and voice, "The auld Scotch Sangs for me," and complied with a redemand, by substitutes the pretty ballad, Bell Mahone.
Weatherdon has a very musical voice, and sings with remarkable taste, but excellent as his rendering always is, we think it would give more pleasure to the audience if he received the assistance, in the way of accompaniment, that is vouchsafed to other singers, The next selection was a reading by Mr. Triggs, of the A.D.C., who gave one of Robert Browning's pleasantest of children's poems, The Pied Piper of Hamelin." "The reading was admirably given. The succeeding number on the programme sunonneed a song and accompaniment, the former by Mr. L. Simpson and the latter by Mr. J. Hoffimeyer. The song was 'Tennyson's "Come into the Garden, Maud," one of Sims Reeves' best musical morceauz, and was sung in the most finished style of amateur vocalism. Mr. Hoffmeyer's acconipaniment on the piano was a source of great delight to the audience, with the song was received with form of applause, which did not cause until both gentlemen again presented themselves, Simpson next sang, "When other Lips and other Hearts," from the Bohemian Girl, and the performance was equally successful.
Being given in connection with a Temperance Society, these entertainments would not of course be complete without a temperance address, and the speaker on the occasion under notice was Mac- by gowan, whose observations rambled over the physiological, medical, moral, and statistical aspects of the question, and were in favour of the safety of total abstin compared with even the moderate use of alcoholic drinks, way of Bliog " gap cansod by' the unex-'A song by Captain Barclay, given by
plained absence of the vocalist under promise; and a recitation by Mr. Rogerson—Tenuyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," capitally delivered—brought the
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