walked in procession from the adjoining convent, aad were received in the cathedral by the Assistant Mother Superior, who arranged the details of the ceremony with great taste ami skill. A number of the parents and friends of the children were also present, and evinced much interest in the proceedings. The Ilev, Father O'Dwyer addressed those present, explaining the object of the ceremony, and reminding them of the promises made at the baptismal font, and for the renewal of which they had assembled. The usual form wan read in a very distinct manner by n little girl, a pupil of the Sisters. There is a general feeling of dissatisfac tion among the -shareholder, and some of the directors of the Union Poach at the want of information regarding the mine on the face of the lato midden rise in the price of shares. Telegram* sent by order of the direct,>r.. to the mine manager have been repli. d to in n way thai out^ts no informa tion whatever respecting tho position and prospects of the mice. "Cannot break dawn before Mo-day. being timbering,"and "no specimens out yet," the answers re ceived from the manager, are anything Hut enlightening as replies to direct ques tions whether specimens had been, or were liki Ij to be, taken out. Investor":, are just left a.* wise ris ever. It is quite useless, we presume, ut this timeot day, to represent the right of shareholders to a full report om the stato of their property whenever they require it, orwheu ever it i» rendered deuirable from an ap parent change in the value of their interests. The idea of miaes being the property of tho owners of shares is so generally regarded as a fallacy in mining circles that bona fide holders of Beach stock must fain hope that when it i^ all over tkey will learn at length whether there was anything to warrant the recent advance. This evcuinj, fair or foul weather, the Lev. Charles Clark will give his lecture on "Oliver Cromwell, or Bible and Sword," which cannot be repeated. In the course of the lecture Mr Clark will introduce Macaulay's Puritan war song, " Naseby _'ig-i-," tne .ecital of which in tho Town Hall, Melbourne, is said to have boon the first piece of declamation ever heard in that city. 