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FUXERiL OF THE LATE OOVERXOR.(Abridged from the Courier.)If any proof had been minimi of (In' n-*|' .u I flection in which tho Isle Governor lul l h. all lasso. Ill# funeral on Tulsdav would ha*- burn. tio)W tivimony to the fact SmtWonm Qmvn*-anil ill ! lt;i h a conroiirii* of people liwmblt lor any uf| • ii* that which mol. wither lo take port in or nines* I ho funeral of Colonel RUchall. Between hoe- in the prooMMOB end lb? spectator* tlicre could lot liaro hoi-n leu* than 12.000 people along tin* line if the eorttgr. All the public offices •'•re closed luring the day. and all Ilia (hop# liad their «hut tore up n the forenoon. From 1 o'clock nearly all the ware-lou-d wrre olo-ed, and till after the funeral lliare nay be mil to liare been a tolsl suspension of business n the city. Thu day wa* beautifully flue, and long tefiire the hur appointed for the alanine of the troceosion the street-* in the neighbourhood of Qo-remmcut House were crowded. Th® ilrerti m the in« of the procession were dewed to general traffic rom half-paat S o'clock until the passing of the rrooeeeton.Exactly at 4 o’clock the body wa» borne out of }ov.-nunent Uouae and pia.-ed on the hearae, when lie voluuleer firing party, who had been drawn up in ront. p'eeented arm*. Hie (lags it Government Uouae. he Parliamentary Buildinga, and tbe Observatory ver* lowered from half-moot, and the flrat minute jun of the Volunteer Arlillrry aalute wae tired from ha Park battery. The firing party then marched rilh rerereed arm# efowly down the avenue towards he gate, followed by the Volunteer Baud, playing the * Dead March.”The folio wiog will abow the order of the proeceeion i—Firing Party, Volunteor*.Volunteer Band.Tbe Clergy.The Medical Attendant*The Lord Biihop and Officiating Clergy.Pall Bearere. si Pall Brarrre.riio Hon. R. Prtng. « Mr. Ltlley.fee rotary for Public 2 Clerk of FirewireWorks. Council.Colonial Treasurer. fi tforretary Puolio Land*Utornay-Geoeral. f Chief Justice.Chief Mournrr.Members of ha late Excellency a Family. SerranU of hia late Exoellrooy’a Household.The Private S^retar,. The Aide-de-Carop.His Excellency Colonel O’Connell.Tbe Judge*.The Members of the Legislative Counoil.The Speaker, and Members of the Legislative Aaeembly.The Civil Sere Joe (four deep).The Foreign Consuls.Tbe Mayor and Corporation of Brisbane.Members of tbe Order of Oddfellow.ForestersFire Brigade.Ciriliane (eight drop).The “oUrgv oonsuted of the Rare. E- Griffith, I. Harding, C. Ogg, M’Garin, and P. P. Agnew.The “ medical attendant*” were Dr*. Hobbs, Bell, wd O’Dohsrty.Tbe officiating olergy” ware, beaides the Bishop, tbe Bara. T. Jooea, J. Button, J. Matthews, D. A’Coart. R. Creyke, end J. R Moflhtt.Tbr “ chief mourner woe tbe lata Ooreroor’s eon, Major Blafcall.Tie olril aervioe” was raprasented by about a hundred members.The foreign ooniuls were Mr. J. W. Barnett {America),ana Mr. Ranniger (Germany).The Maror ami Corporation of Brisbane were lerompaniedby the Mayorsoflpswichond Toowoomba.Tlie “Oddfellow*, both O D. and U.O., w*n» numerously rrpreaentad, and the ** Forester• also mustered strongly.Among the othar tl raugrre present (says the journal Irotn which wa are quoting) the two companies of tbe Ipswich rolunterr lores were represented by their a Boers, ae were also the Ipswich branches of the Bank M Australasia. Joint Stock Bank, and Bank of New South Wales.The corporation of tbo Ipewieh Grammar School ■as repreemted by lr. Challmor, chaitman of the trustees, and Mr. B. W. Thornton, third maattr, in ihe a bee nee of the other masters from the colony.The procession walked in order from Oorermuenl House, turning down Margaret-streel and up William-rtrect to St. John's Ohnroti. Tbo streets on Ihe way ■are lined with immense orowde of people, end tbe procession itself could not hare nuenberod leas than *000 person*. Perfect order prevailed. The church wae crowded to rxeete, and the burial sereioa wae con. lucicd by Bishop Tufuali, assisted by the Bar. Mr. Sutton.Ou tearing the obureh tbe procession wae returned. There were altogether about a hundred and twenty conveyances. aod about a hundred and thirty horsemen brought up tbe rear. The road wae crowded with spectators from tnd to end, and arsrybody seemed to be improeeed with tbe solemnity of tbr Moasiob.The cemetery was reached shortly before 7 o’clock. The spot selected bv the late Governor as the sita for hla grase is a very beautiful one, being situated on the top of the hill at tbe upper end of tbe oemetery, and aom(Banding an extmeire ricw. A pathway has been cleared to tbe gra»e, on the right of which were posted members of the Volunteer Artillery with throe field-piece*. Tbe Voluuleer Rider and the brethren of tbe friendly sooietiea spread out in a eirrle on arming at the ground, and tbe funeral serrioc was raed by the Rer. Dr. Tufnell. Bishop of Brisbane, assist' d by tbe other clergymeo. Alter the conclusion of the service the firing party Bred throe rounds over tbs grave, and the artillery fired a salute of eevsotaen gun*.We aro Indebted to tbe Queeatlnnd Kapreei (or the following obituary notice i—Governor Bsmuel Wensley Blackall, was tbo el lset son of Major Robert Blsckall, of the Eaat Indian Oompany’e service, end was born on the 1st May, 1809, at Golem bar Manor, oouuty Longford, Ireland. He was educated in Dublin, and took his degree at Trinity College. He entered the army and served for some time in the 66th Light Infantry Regiment. Afterwards be became Major of (he Longford Militia, and subsequently Honorary Colonel of tbe Lsitrim Militia, lie was also Deputy Lieutensnt for the co no lie* of Longford and Leitrim, *nd wa* High Sheriff of Longford in 1863, and of Tyrone in 1861. In lbs year 1833 bs married Georgians, daughter of the IsU Hen»7 Bowles, Ksq., of Stretton stroet, Piccadilly, London, iiis wife dying in 1863 bo, in tbs yeir 1868, married Catherine, daughter of the late James Bond, Esq.. «ho also died in thcyror 1864, sinew which time Colonel Blackall baa rcm*iuad a widows*. In 1847 lie was elected to represent hia native oounly in tbe Imperial Parliament. He continued to hold his seat until 1861, when he wa« appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Domlnioa, where he remained untU 1857. He then returned to Ireland, end in 1863 received th* appointment of Oovomor of Sierra Leona. He retained this appointment for throe years, at the expiration of which liras hs was appointed Oovsrnor-ln-Chirfof the West African settlement*, which offlrohe held until he was appointed, In Novouibcr. 1867, Governor of QownsLsod. He landed in Briabaue on the 14th of August 1868, Immediately after tbs departure of Ihe Duke of Edinburgh.Speaking of tha illnes* which carried the Governor ■iff. tbe same journal saysIn the month of September tail he took a trip to the Northern Pons, in the hope that tbe v yuer would improve his hralth. The contrary rfffct, however, was produced, and after hia return he suffered very considerably. Hie last ap-psarmno*- in public was on the occasion of t!»i opening of Parliament, on the 16lh of November lost, when hi* ruffe-blrd apprinanco wa* grui-rally n-markeil. A few day* afti-rivaril* lot wa* oonilo.d to lit* bed, the gout attacking him internally, lie wa* at4nded by Dra. Hobb*. O’Doberty, aud Bell, under whose treat-tnent he r*lltrd considerably | but about a fortnigbl ago f»c suffered a relapse of Ins old eomplaint, under wbn-li In* nonaiitution gave way. lie gradually *a-tk, ami died •rsterday, retaining hi* consciousnc** to Hie last His son. Major Blackall. wa* the ouly person present at tliu time.Wa rxtract with pleasure the following remark* by our lintbinc contemporaries: —fPrlt;m tkr Courier.)There can be but the one opinion that a« tlis repro-seutative ol the Crown Colon#] Ulaekall parformed tils dutir* admirably. Indeed it would have bs-n almost im|Hi*vible for him not to liaro givrn aatisfscesm, for It cuiue to him naturally to give satisfaction. He no*. *'••*( (be rare faculty of winning golden opinion* from all m*u, not from any art on his part, but became it wa* lit* naturo hi pleaae. With regard to Oovarnor Blsckall it can b« said that no oas in his pomtioocould have done more to make the people satisfied with such a link existing between I bam and the British Crown. He had the happy disposition that enabled | hint to plena* every one, without, making any aacrillee | '■ of principle or .if opinion He familiar in his J ; language, and *omo thought that tie went rather out of In* way in aneocisiing with the people so hewrltly a* he did on every imblie oenasion i but there hat been I no Governor of tins territory, hoforeor after aeparm- t lion, *ho lias been so much loved ami so much reaped rd a* the one who used to sign huuself plain i •• Ham. Blsckall.lie ws* ever ready to accept opportunities for t proving the breadth of hi* sympathies, and In* superiority to the mere propnetNts of hi* position. No ! ■ tboughi c)f what vu due from u* to huuself ae^mrd to 1 i occupv In* mind. His ono ounci-rn appesrral to lie how tip rould exert IiiuimU for the general good. Ifo wa* not dxtmguishvd by luarvrllous abUttic*. but hr had the higher merit of being reraarkuble for the idevotion of hla ubiltlic* to the best use. What Dinkeni taught the great world, in our little world itin* man lived.Every act iu Itis last illoM* justifies tha warm, kindly, and raapeetful feeling the people had lor him, iand no* have lor his memory. For months pa«t he j knew (hit the hand of Death was stretched forward toward* him, but his whole thought and whole study wa* tlie interest and even the pleasure of the people .under bis government- Some wesk. ago. whm ho waa very ill indeed, it came to his knowledge that the programme of the Sun-iny-ecbools cliil-drvn*’ annum celebration had been altered so that he should not be disturbed by their singing .in tlie grounds of Government House; but be insisted upon the original arrangement bring carried oat, and eipretssd the plraturr that he frit in listening to the voices of tlie little folk* Later, whan he ■ knew tbit death was certain within a few days, or per-bap* minutes, be gave direction* that hi* funeral should be so oonducted that the poorest person might be able to follow him to the grove. He would not consent to tbe aol(citations of lit* relative* that hi* body ahouli be conveyed to Ireland, and buried whore hi* forefather* He, bul insisted that lit* grave should be in Queensland, and described the very spot where hi* remain* should be interrod.When the history of Queensland is hereafter written, our children and their children will be (aught to revere tbe name of Samuel Wenstoy Blackall as that of a model Governor who died too early In hi* career of usefulness, and had tha mro fortune of being a* much loved and reepected during tbe whole couroe of hi* administration as when a sorrowing people followed him to th# grove.(From tie Kxpreet.)Tbe impromion created by him was moat favorable from tbs moment he landed, and during the tin.* he has admiolsterod tbe Government of tbe colony every day baa strengthened the feeling. That lie was a true gentleman ol the old school who, while trwating gro-doiulj all with whom ho came in contact, oevsr forgot what was due to bis own position and dignity soon became manifest. That ho waa a man natmully of an amiable and kindly naturo was evinced from th* flrot, aud, though the knowledge wa* more slowly arrived at, a little tiroo showed groat natural penetration of character was in Colo or I Blackall, accompanied by the power of turning to profitable account the ex-Ccnee* of a long life. No man in hi* portion could i more quickly removed any Irvling of doubt or disfavor which existed respecting him, and acquired tbe general re*pocl and attachment of tho whol# people.It is often said that it is not much luflurnc* the representative of Her Majesty iu thee* ooloniee—whore tbe political power* attaching to th' office are so narrow fy limited-can exrroiM either for good or for ill upon the people. Colonel Blockade brief career in Queensland disprove* (bo assertion. He entered with energy into tbe social life of the propl# and mamfeeted In very many ways tils desire for Iboir progrves. On more than one occasion, he summed up nia conception of his dutie# as Her Majroty’# reprew nt.tive in the statement that be believed he waa sent here to Irv to make th* people happy, and cerlainJy, though feeble in bodily beallh, ha spared no poraona) trouble to try and carry out tint idea. Whether laying the foundation of a church or a school iEresiding at a farmer*' dinner \ opening a ra»i-■II, or dispensing tbe hospitaliiwe lt;A Government House, he was, to use a familiar and ei|r*salvo phrase, equally at home, and Ins tact and mother wiinabled him to turn parting incidents to the bast aooount. But if we w've to asy w c-re tbe lair GosefM# appeared to u* to most advantage, end seamed ffiosl nappy, we should oerUinly aay, at a school fbart amongst a crowd of joyous young Queenslanders Taking him sll in all he waa a worthy gentleman, and a faithful representative of hie royal mtatrosa, and if all those who aro armed with imperial authority administered it as mildly, and with ea much tart, and bestirr* l themselves as actively lor the welfare of tbe people under their charge, Ilia lirpendencu-s of tha British Crown would have but a light yoka to bear.Camjro a Sraox a 8rjl».— Tliara are a few eccentrically randid men in tha LsgUUtiee Assembly of Victoria. Ihe Aryue thus refer* to two of them i —“ Vale on Blair, and Blair ou Vais, are both inimitable in their wey. It la well known that neither of thee* bon. mrmb-r* ever condescend to be bound by the rulca of the House, the (teoorom of debate, or th* etiquette of geollemi'ii. Consequently lltrtr trifling eccentricities srp indulgently regarded by the other member* of Ihe Asiembly, who derive instruction from their exhibitions much in lbs same way aa the Spartan children did from witnessing the drunken antios of tbe Helota Last night both thsso distinguished grotlsmen oxrrtied thenui'lvr*. T'ifir abuse of each other waa of tha most elaborate description. Hypothetically, of course, Blair was described by Vale aa a paid teetotal lecturer who had been found drunk In the back of a store t a* a cowardly journalist who had been horaewbippedj and ‘ass starvkg cur after a mangy bonr.' Thu waa strong, but Blsir waa not to bo ossi.y beaten. Vale, in hi* opinion, was * a die-croditad sunderer, a ooward, and a liar/ to which Vale retorted by stating that Blsir was either ‘absolutely Insaue or drunk.' Of coarse, during this exchange of compliments, tbe Chairman of Committee* cried ' Order, order,' and the Cbi»r Secretary sprang to his feel to put a stop to the rov, but be evidently did not know just where to begin, whilet lion, m-tubers generally appeared to be of opinion tbal both Mr. Vale sod Mr. Blair wtrw very apt delineators of tbe other's choraeter. Certainly Hi* colour* were very decided, and wero laid on thick. Profane people, remembering that one of tbeao individual* is a superannuated aod the other an amateur parson, will be apt to tixelalm, * How these Chrt«tlani love one oaokner.' ”A BoiJtx in tm VicToutu AaaauBLt.—The Arput state* that the sitting of the Legislative Assembly of Friday last waa oharsotoriaed by une of tbe most ditgraocful toe nee that haro err r taken place withiu tbe walla of tbe chamber. Tbe hero of the situation waa Mr. M'Eean. When tbe report of the conference was brought up, Mr. M’Kron, annoyed at the concession# which wero racommended, Indulged in a violent tirade against tlie Chief Secretary. He appeared to bv quite beside hlmtslf, and purple with paaeion. He cfaargod air Jamro M'Culloch with being responsible for all the immorality which for years had taken placa io eoooeiloo with the low public-(muse# of Melbourne. Cries of Siiamo” arose from all peru of too Cueniber, and Mr. M'Krau grew, if possible, still more violent than before. Losing ell control over himself, he accused tbo Chief decretory of being the enemy of tbe taetotallaro, the clergy, and the several religious bodies. Hr was called a co«*rd by several hoo. mombcrs, and then a “ bullying coward, but nothing bad any effect upon him. Shortly after, whilst the Chief Secretary was replying and alluding to Mr. M‘Kean's cuuduct, Mr. Walk ns, in an undertone, I said he was mad, and (he member for Ms'yborough retorted by calling tha member for Evelyn a rotten specimcu of humanity.’’ Several hon. member* lioro lel» tlm Chamber, disgusted at tbs ruffianly exhibition. After the new bill had bd-n introduced and road » dm tube, Mr. M'Kwi refused to ellow the second reading to be proceeded with, and therefore, instead ol Parliament being prorogued to day, H stands adjourned until Wednesday next. It i* to bo hupud that Ihe people of Maryborough will not# thr conduct of Utetr rvprcerUUiive, and If they again return him they will deierre to be, what most certainly they will be virtually, disfranobioed.An moidxui occurred last week at Cambridge, whclh descrvM notice. Among the newly-elected fellow* ol Iriiuij was one Mr. Warr, who was almost at Uie hwd of Ihe rla.si.al rrtpu* in IfKW. Wjtn tbe time oerue for meeting the uiesier# end seniors of the collage in tuo chapel, and faking the customary oatbx, he refused to sign Hi* tlnrty-nins article*. There have bean tuany caae* of li«**iiter* who would probably have obtained fellowohipa had th-y gone in for them i bul flu* is the first instance of one who has gone in and actually been elected, and than ha# only been ro-
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