Mr Blomfield delivered a lecture last evening in the Mount Eden Baptist School room, on the "Science of Music," which was fairly attended. The lecture was illustrated with several selections by the members of the lecturer's advanced Tonic Sol-Fa Class. Mr Blomfield handled his subject in a masterly manner, evincing a thorough knowledge of the system of which he is an ardent admirer. Some of the passages in his discourse were replete with poetry. The August number of the St. Matthew's Parish Magazine, besides a variety of inter esting sketches and papers of moral and religious interest, contains four pages of local matter relating to the parish, such as notices of the meetings of the past month, the confirmation and licensing of the lay readers, a list of marriages and baptisms, a financial statement, and the calendar for the present month. We notice also, a biographical notice of the late Mr Edward B. Walker, sexton of the Church of Eng land cemetery, and one of the vergers of St. Matthew's Church.
