THE Bay of Plenty Times.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 688, 6 February 1879, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times.

"THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES SHALL TEACH ME SPEED."

KING JOHN, ACT IV

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1879,

The resignation of Marshal McMahon, though far from unexpected, is, we need scarcely say,, an event of the utmost, importance, and will naturally create intense excitement throughout Europe. Since liis election to thp'Presidency in May, 187.% France lias enjoyed a period of exceptional peace and prosperity whicb there can be no doubt is in a great measure owing to his eonsuma J ;e tact and judgment. On accepting tlie- Headship of the Executive, McMahon pledged himself as follows: — "A heavy responsibility is tli rust upon iiiv patriotism, but with the aid of God, the devotion , of the army, which will alwa^'s be the army of law, and the support of all honest men, wo- will continue together the work of liberating the. territory and restoring moral order throughout the country; we will maintain internal peace and the principles on : which .society is based. • That this shall be done I plodge my word as an honest man and a soldier." These promises he has faithfully redeemed, in fact few living men havo done more for France than Maurice de MacMahon. We are not Rufliciently well acquainted with French politics to be able to say how Iho present crisis arose, nor do the |f( ibl eg ranis seem particularly lucid. j Tho > s t(ir. however, gives fhe following j account of the affair which we cull i/i ! t:;r/rii*n :— " The crisis which has re- : Milted in MucMahon's resignation has I been presaged by violent discussions in tlio Chamber of Popufios, and unseemly recriminations between the ! Honnparfist and Knpubliean factions. A perusal of papers to hand by the last mail clearly discloses thofaot t*hat tho Marshal owes his downfall to tlio' ■corruption and intimidation employed* by his friends to gain a majority -in the Chamber after the IGfch of May last. A large number of loyalist and Imperialist Deputies were unseated, I amongst others M. de Mun, a cavalry j officer, who had preached the Divine right of tho Bourbons. The mosfc scandalous abuses wore practised during the elections, with tho object of strengthening Iho Presidential party.

|' ■-, ,--yy>. y*y\ *"yy v y^yyy j;ThO pjiiblic servaiitl^b^a^eliiri^rmy !of ! el!ectid A agents, ;| ne-wsjpar^;ik-% ; er c isuppres^ed, Kepubjicfvns imfr&son^d, 'and- prance keptvin 1 4' : lt a *?l,^ $& Wtion^which seemed l6;implj ,; tliab^ if the country wouKf^f^VotG for the candidates of the>Marslial he would overturn the Constitution. The principal agent employed by MacMahon in theso attempts to secure, a majority wasjM, de Pouiton, who bribed tlie constituencies indirectly by extraoi"**diiiavy expenditure on local works from, the funds of" the Central Government. Tho leading officers of the army were also concerned in these election tactics, and thus drew down upon themselves" the enmity of the Chamber of Deputies.. They unseated M. de Eourton, and as we. learn, from the , telegrams, de-' manded changes .in the army com~ mands, which the Marshal', with his customary ; .military obstinacy; iand probably actuated in a.gr,eatjdegree- : by a feeling of comradeship, refused to 1 accede to.' : Hence' the crisis and resignation."' It was generally anti-; cipated that Gambetta would succeed MacMahon, but 1 somehow or other the covyp hasn't come off. The following particulars relative to the career of the new President of the French' Republic will be interesting to bur readers, riiore especially as M; Grevy' s name is not; familiar to many colonists: — "Fran- 1 cois Paul Jules Grevy, a French statesman, born at Mqnt-sous-Vaudxez, in the Jura, on August '15,1 813, was educated, in the College of-Poligny, afterwards studied law in Paris, and in due course was admitted an advocate. He took part in the Revolution of July, 1 830, and 1 subsequently' was much euv ployed at the bar as a defender, of members of the Radical, party who were charged with the commission of political oifences. In 1848 he was appointed Commissary of the l^rovisional Government in his department, and was returned to the Constituent Assembly, heading tlie list of the successful- candidates for tlio Jura,. As a member of the Committee of Justice and;- Vice- President of the . Assembly, M. Grevy frequently ascended (the tribune, and proved, himself, to be one of the most able speakers among the Democratic.party.; While maintaining an independent attitude, far removed from the Socialists and not so far from the Mountain,, he usually -voted with. the extreme . Left.. Above, all,, .his nanie is Connected with ' a "Radickl amendment on the question of the Presidency.. He proposed that Ar? tides 41, 43, and 45- of the Constitutution should run in the . following terms: — 'Article 41. The National Assembly .delegates /tlie- ' executive power, to a citizen who receives the title of President of the Council, of Ministers.' ' Article 43. The President of tlie Council of ' Ministers* is appointed by the National Assembly by secret ballot, and an absolute majority of votes.' ' Article 45. The President of the- Council is olected for an unlimited period. The appointment is always revocable.' This amendment was rejected by. 633' votesto 158, at the sitting of October 7, 1848. when the Assembly decided that the President of the Republic should be elected by universal suffrage and hold- office for four years. After the election of the 10th of December,. M.. Grevy opposed the Government of. Louis Napoleon, and protested against the expedition to Rome; 'After tho coup d'etat, he held aloof from politics, and confined himself to the priiaticeof his profession. In iB6B he was appointed bdtonnier of the order of Advocates, and the following year hewas again returned as Deputy for the Jura. On February 1 7, 1871, M. Grevy was elected President of the National Assembly then- sitting* at Bordeaux;, and now removed to Versailles, and in discharging tho duties of this important office he displayed remarkable tact, judgment, and moderation. He resigned this oflice in April, 1873, when he was succeeded by TVL Buffet. In October, 1873, he published a pamphlet,.entitled,' Tho Necessary Government,' iv wliich he declared that ' France lias been transformed,, and lias become a pure Democracy ;' that ' her first mistake was not to have founded a Constitutional Monarch}' when she possessed the elements of one ;'' and that ' her second mistake would be to attempt to-, establish it' when thoso elements no longer exist.'"

A meeting of the School Committee will be held at 7 o'clock thi3 evening. Inspector Emmerson will in all probability arrive hero to-day week. The inward English mail is due at Auckland on Tuesday next; and will.be brought, on by the s.s. Rowena, on Saturday the 15th inst. Divine service will be held in the- Presbyterian Church, at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening, after which the annual meeting will bo held.. Mr William Seed, Inspector of Customs, paid an official, visit to this town on Tuesday last. He proceeded South by the s.s. Hawea. Mr Charles McKinney, who for tlie. lastfortnight has beon enjoying a blissful holiday under the ancestral peach trees, returned on Tuesday morning, per Hawea. | Tlie insult elVcrcd by Rewi to- Major j Snaunell, has, caused grout excitement down. i South. During yesterday we received 'nn morons t.eh-gv^in.s requesting particular.*. ; j Mr Andrcw.lohuson, propriutorof tho J[«rlliorcjiy/i l\fjinns, paid a flying, visit to Taurauga on Tuesday last. He sj-.oko very highly of our new police. Inspector, Mr Em-mi-rson. A ball in connection with tlie late ra.ee jneeting Wjah given by the Tauranga Jockey i'liib, at the Tei ii perance Hall, on Tuesday Lvening, and proved a great success. The ircl'rrr/w supper was supplied by Mr Tadhunter. We have received from Professor Holloivay a copy of tlio London Journal, whioh contains a woodcut of the magnificent hospital for middle-thus people which ho has recently erected in the suburbs of fche great city. It seems a .splendid building, and ought to rank am j.;ig.st the noMe.'.;t of metropolitan charities*.

%?A telegraphic report of tb^ BaeiSg; at ibtV ' i rri4 willi^ptoeai ih $^|urday , s'issu;6;.y |t| i ;«^ CaptaijpCinnAr leaves this •po^% v to^g dut^iE^* '^^\^xwnahip at '^i^iMw*t,4 Katikati;' planned byJMr. Joseplv^. Smith.

Mr J. who recently forwarded /specimens of the sulphur from White Island to Dr. Hector for analysis, has received the following, memo : — No. 1. Yellow sulphujr contMn499*9 p.c. sulphur. No. 2. Gree-ji sulpnar*containß 94*1 p.c. No. 3. Impure impurity in the last named is gypsum, which, however, will not interfere with the- distillation of the sulphur; rf . t „, H%MfS< * !mW - The usual ojuaHerly meeting of the 1.0. G.T ., for the election^ "eii£6ifc f waa Held on Mon-I day evening lastjwKwT th^7ollov^g**were: installed ;Br'o. <J. >"Boosell£ Wv&T. ; Bro. ! C. A. Clarkey W.iV^gißr9iT;aißfenfe|t, j W.B. i Bro J.. W. Gray, F„S£; Bro. J.. &njs, W.T.; Bro.,Butt^jianjr*»"W^i Bro.. Butt,', senr., W.M. ; Bro. A. Warbrick, W.1.G. ; Bro R. Keefe, W.OLG.- ; Broi'& £ S^dmdn<i : W^D.M. ; Bro. IX. Muaco, W.AJ3. ; Sister! Clarke, R..H.S, j Sfater e .Sellap3^ LJS\S. ; : Bro. . Whelan, P; W. S,T. «J. $„ Mc Caw, D.G. W.C.T.. ponduoigdjthecerempnfe^ assisted by Bros.. Redmond. and England. - Anew paper calle t d thej4^"'tfy*#hich is; to consist of half Maori,- jhalf English, 4 , **Jm11 ; shortly be published at Rotorua undeiy tl^e auspices of Mr Robert Graham: '"'We are informed, that the jMaoxirportion will be contributed by Mr C. Q 5 -Davis, and. the English by Mr W. r 'B. .t^gbfi^fwlysialso tct be the" nominal «3&tor.y 'printin^wiiLproibably be done in Auckland* . .We trust the speculation may ; answer -..Mr » Grahams purpose. With the expeption, of .Te s Wemoftjfa hybrid journals' have' not hither.to been .■":*•s. markably successful, but' perhaps, tfi'e Ar moa may prove an exception^ 'Ai^hdw; Mr Graham can well afford "the experiment. In consequence of the. Native Minister's repeated denial ' of the ' tnuih. of the- 'Press Agency telegram from Alexandra,, the proprietors of the Press Agency sent the followr ing telegram to their 'Alexandra correspondent :— .". The^NAtivfl-Minister- stategf youir report about Jtewi'snegotia^qs.' absolutely without foundaitioi^'and ' false* in eveni possible respect. Pray at once explain and give-autho|^fey for pubh'cation ;" to which, the following replyyhaa^been received .'—"Eeport perfectly thgt such are Rewi's ideas of settle^^'with^^vernmentj.Bo-far . as I can believe tl^v^onk^bf ! tnfrejß thoroughly reliable Europeans andi, natives, who had it {cam Rewi's avra lips."' ' ~Y'Y? „ i *"% The steamer Stadt Haarlwfe^wla to have lefW-London- for *NeW ZeWSdrori the 28thj niti^,^^^ Lyttefto-o^ April next, and is expected' 'fio~make the homeward p^sßagei{vi&'Cfipe llern)>ih aSottt .45 days. She • is , chartered, "by the NewaZea- ; land Shipping.Oompany.,,. .. , -, ,~ rjrf *i .'y; y The special wire business, is not an unmixed benefit. \ '. The * principal newspaper, offices in the colony are being nightly flooded with a quantity of matter, to no purpose,, while the calls pn the^ department ar&smßre than it can bear. Business men, indeed^ people of all classes, who have "to serin* private" messages, are at present loud in their complaints, and we venture to - say. that in two or three months' time the dissatisfaction will be so great that fresh arrangements,- (must b^ made. We warn the Commissionerof Tele-* graphs that the service- is. rapidly becoming disorganised, and cannot, possibly bear the present strain, .--.._ ■■■ -. 1 ■:;• ; ; :.'s -i *•' ' "•-"-$ A correspondent, of the "London -Standard gives an. account of -,the fruits of Afghanistan which recalls to mind the report of the Israelitish.jspies/ orti!tfie' retiiitn 1 fr<wii tjjie brook of EsheoL; ■}He;sa{y*i;: : I « ; The ftnii all along the line of march is cjieagy and in great quantity.-' As for rts quality, ( l have neven seen it equalled^jmaiiy country of the world. There is one kind of grape of* which" it is no exaggeration <to say that each one is the size of a. large jwalnu*^ > and- the i hunchesare often so long that a. *tall man. cannot \iolfr them clear of the. ground.'!. „ , , The Geelong Advertiser./ makes the following statement]: — "The" man 'Weib'erg, who is accused of having, stolen, the' '60(50 sovereigns from on board the ""mail steamer Avoca, was betrayed, on the occasion of his arrest, by a- friend to whom he. had imparted the information that he had committed the robbery.? Weiberg's friend desired' to git money, and worked on the knowledge of-the* sovereigns being in the culprit's possession. Some time before Weiberg was arrested a rries-sage-was carried to him. by a young man who formerly resided in jbbis. district, and ?wh6':iis now located in GippsLand)- that if he i did> not give some of .the sovereigns to hit* friend the police wxnild>! he*, communicated' with.i This, threat was carried .out; and resulted' itt Weiberg's arrest, so that-tlje'deteotive police can scarcely lay claim to muoh honour in'the capture. It appears .that' Woibeig has frequently presented his friends with- valuablearticles said to haveheempi^ed'ttp'Oia.Boa^ the inaill3teamers. '. ' Passe^ew/^ejave evw-'* missed,any valuables jnigh*fe';h*Ve some;te^l4, ' lection of their loaaes/ and imagine"llov*Hthey ; ' occui-red. ' '«■-'- • ' y*^ v 'y ; The Yorkshire Post says the YorkshireEngine Company have. made; a public trial between Lady's Bridge flnd:Tinsl*9y» ;She*Bteld, of a.new. tramway engine.- Its performances were regarded by, all who;, witnessed them as extremely, „ It . is, made^^to rev, semble' as much" * as possible an ordinary' c^r. ■'; The upper structure is of polished-wood arid glass,, and there is a»d6or at either 'end; each' liaving sliding windbws. The lower portion of the engine is surrounded by a fender carried down to within a few inches of the ground, so that it becomes quite impossible for. any one- to be runt over.- i' The-- whole foftho machinery, is concealed rfronii view, andrtoan inexperienced' eye there- is little to indicate an ongirio. The- rapidity with which it can be brought, to a.state of rest. is remark, able, a space of little mora than itelown. length being required for. 'the openato,Dn., The driver in working the engine sits . at the front cud, and has a good" v\q\j of tlie road:. Alt the levcra, &c.",,are '-placed ■ compactly - together, and by the workiiig of these liehas, with the greatest ease, the engih'e under full control. The load seems to have but little effect on the 'engine, as the same speed;is maintained on tlie inclines'; but theicrucial test is starting (iri'the incline from a "State of rest. Jt was .the opinion -pf, most present" ■ that the- time is . not yfar distant 'when, street car 3, will.bq w.orkod by steainiii Eng*- ; land..

EjAn art c|pc^, g-^^into a gallery in a state? mild feem|a|tiott^afariticise some pictures,. hhUeff^ a^pa, and taking out hia -aote-bppi, wnt^prf. follows : First room ; %cad oK^^^^d, no signature; has a great deal of character ; red nose, remarkably truthful. Must be a portrait froni life think I've seen that face somewhere." An.Jujgeniou&fr'auSP.has, according to the Figaro, beM'cflo&ftitted upoija wealthy mer* chant residing in the neighbouriaood of Paris formhj^B |^^@^* aiß< * thafraWcontanoing treasure was buried in spot, if he woul^agree ; tg divide the spoil. The nwrchaot jv^l^'j^tjacjywedjfca^eafc the, matter as a hoax, hut upon.receiving-a ie&d iadm^Sypfi^ ® B smi answer a^ree^ttfMer^f6po«&il The next day he was waited-noon by a gentleman* of agceeable-tnannen, *nd*-it J^ra^e^--&?tt the '^chrs^oWii fel'made^t -fi^j^ om§T '■ to prevent the neighbours from, talking^ ! unearthfed, Ind whei taken" ia^WSS*^ and 7 opened, Vaaf6ilnd to cont^a^BCooftanca search,, l^ bnc'e ( hkh^.d oVeT tt^T^^ch he' Wditomisbdi' W Hw iMonnel; 3 "#1S a re* manked that^it was rather a.hea*yy Inmg^to. carry to tiie railway^*|b^on/dis|a^.^^i^ a. mile,* and tHat,' perhaps the' merclurmtL oould oblige him with. note.a.*r gold instead,. Thifir he /waSipry .hapjiyyto do;. b^theiegrett^L-it'b^iltei4y-;the,^xtmoniing, as he I .pv^ thfrlight,^- o^T.'^at^thfi five bt^aq^ej^. W^ieii H.M.&. -Etnerald s'ail'eiC'-for-'th'e Pacific Ocean last summer (says tha. Some Ifeihhyp hUß^ieaelvM. p oEdeia 'l to.' <^ac*»|t -a^e 'lßland:ofT?rißtatfd^cunh^toie^ ■?mairc6l6riy fared,' andi 'to l ihg^i2e\&r7Bo^o. shipwrecked' passengers? klso fc 'l^dla.^cbre. of cats sent out by the Admiralty ' irii J consequence ofi' MxiXM^or^ tillKtM& 3sfand was, impoverished by swarms, of mice.. Letters. j us t received- from-theEmerald J B-officerß state . Grant, and^^ r^ f ,/3ubie^,^reived their visitors cordially, M the'bWks and newspapers brought were most-wehiome ; ( but the , presenjt, o^cat^ cfuse^ may /v fo^.-G^nJ.Jold J^guesfeCliß ; 1 %m14 • supply them with, hundreds of catskinsi! It j was teue the/ lelandt/ww overrun- by mice, ; but it also flw«wm# .^^^su^B^dW ;doubtfuLwhichl**jv^jthe7^ater-plague f Thelmice dea*^y^'Jl©via^''*4^^l>lid© ,on. H>©, ; Island, but M r^*taisSi?Sif^e^dly terms; ; : with.thq^icej.ajp^^jßf^^i)^ preI [ferriing to Jirey f/ o*a,.-vgung. / seftjhirds and i j chickens.; therefore, cats ace trapped and I destroyed TJy^jj^u^lljj^^agj Emeraltt'sj ch-^hn baptiz^tftoyen^Mldr^n^-j^om'k) this. j communis ismce thelast'visit-of r a manfof;war;. '.^^,?«-g „ ] -Aredotteries legallonnot ?.„We.-paußiLiQr*-wp]y. r tc^e a^ o* sgrggp* stakes r ane • somehow. - bnou^it . within the • linii-a of thelaw by^lm^k^-'ilohMtta-*. j tions, "and. a. rose by any, other, name would r j smell 1 as. awee;fc. Bufe'a' novel' apphcataidn: is* now made or the principle of sweep^^^, jto \ land-, by a .veteranan-the ar^ of o^oi^dii&. Why should' we : consult hiiKi aboUt-lMt^ 1 ? He^majt know something about ndtses^ 'bW , !land^-that is quite- a different -tbirig. - ! If* [land may'\Ue'' disposed of "by Ibtteiy, why tmay, not anything elße?*- We are strongly inclined *W think thai ra this niatter. the law ; ;is being-'irifnnged," •md. *cecommend the policeyto look toit.. Oiir-allusibriis'to a certain plan ofan^esta^eatWaHiola, which has been^ (issued witht the^invitationto'l26o * "conaulitaiioiists!! tofai K&M&M*itff& <(toh^ . [Otago Daily Tj,wmr£, £.£- fj^l ] The following is frbm"the Thames : star_ /~ » i w Itis saidVlhal tne l^y^Father Iterinebery, iwas very, nearly spoiling his .mission. onthe " Thames, This W^Ansngs| bn the first. Sunday 'Were somffwh^xßd-nSfc* care to sit out his-i long sermon. , and, as^they left the chapel they attracted'^he eaglp eye pf the reverend nnsslonary,.. .HV'djali^'them back, but it was like" calling sp^ts .from the vasty deep — they would not come.,. Then heimplored,, denounced, and finally . cursed them j . biit all' ii?' ? *vairi: They 'Were^ot'to: be had. A service cirtKf4^H6^ f wiw"io<v** muoh, apd when the riiissidn-^y leariiedlthat he. had beeri.inypking curg^s.caf somewhogavejheirjervices to assist the musical poriion. of, the worship, ifris,actually£said he so* far made.jainendsjas, to apologise for hisrather,.^ . | The Saturday, Advertiser* objeo'ta to the f coarse raillery,- the senselesßabuserand*the v ' Bpiteful.yvit\Jpei'ationl*jthich*" ar^) fahlo^eie^^ upon Sir George (^rey.jttgon every passible*! Occasion by the literary hirelings of thehandful of \Tplufccrafe they dared, monopolise the birthright of ten*- of ' •jhousarids-'-of iin&ffit^ua^ -■ i •temarki*ag. ir thaj no attention is |»aid,,. -t^.^^^yiralSilr^lEoks which are. ' *pedodically:.-m^de^n„^ P -G^^ a. ' section- of ; the^ Press./ Th^oolonisis of New Zealand- know 'right, well that whatever 9msfti^J'ext^ indulge in from time totime,.hia:whole heaVty . His whole soulrahd'his- every Aspiration arcBound.up in the welfare 6t^the cpuntrywj*^hv whoke history he is'so' intfmat'ely assqblat^clt'* .y •.-,;•.• : .: • ■-.= '.' , -..'.." ,'--;!.s'.-.. y>.yy\.

! Ladieekand Oe'ntlhtenXvripldixg. fed fHrnieK^ their houses will 'be woll repaid by a.Tißit*|o^ tiie City Hull. jSfrcao^e.v the -^^fc ihiNewZ6al»»nd > uud conttiimng ihe largest? Stock.-of Cfirpe.ts, and gz*eate!Bt,Yariety t$ Furnitun*- to be seen anywhere in the colony.. The jimnenso- business -^transaoted im thi«Bstublh>hinont is due .to. .tlio very moddrate i prices> charged, and. most^^piw^tl^ntiQiiv paid to 'the wants arid' wishes* of Its 'patrons. The Pi*opriotors "have'sMceesftilly'initiatecl"' the London syfitpin.,pf-po.-«*abini^*g; l *Jhe varions departments of Drapory, Ladies and Gentlemen!s- Clothing,- with ? ll^useuFntjai^ing in. all' its- branch'esl "Country '"jSfeW)«r«^tcquire-mente-are \ especially % studied^ and-j/ as regards - Eurintiire; .fte^YJRl v 'fiqCj»?3«i S ]for ; delivery f. Suites -in fereffi variety*, BBd-roomi Eiusnitnre). oomjnising' hundreds of Jieay»M^ri*E^Vfß^B>i ,Bn dlWbbd^ Bedding, of aU.sizes-, WarditfbeSj.Ghests Drawers, Wash-stands*,' -Toilbt' Gljisae.^ and rz-Tables, Toflet Ware, Fonders and Irons, Bookoases,^ __. Whatriotff, Carpets, Mattings, "Floorcloths," " and Linoled^/in ;fapt eye*flhin^f hecesijary to furnish a house , comfo^abht.. . jßook T Cata,--^ . logiie^ sent 'post ' fr^e^'air^'^prities' given foi*^ intending purchaserfli . ISSM'kee^ers will fin dj' it to their advantage tod^-with-^ nndpK*. 'signed, as th'ey'keep gdooj's* especially suitedl for their e,stpblis»nentf-. .Give your ordera ; to Holi.oway, Garmck, aiu\(^ANWi?,i,Lj,Ci,ty "Hall Arcade, Queen Streot,' Auglilondi