NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XV, Issue 2045, 4 November 1869, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A sm.art shock of, ap'earthquake was felt in , yisfadrdjay about % one,. : o'clockv ! '': 'VV'' ; ; "" : ; " -7 r T,''\'.'.'.[-■. ■,-,:■■?<: ' : Yesterday 0 morning/ as a 'nctfse , drawing a cart was being,driven river near Tictofria bridge,: the animal shied; and th&swJthe cart,.x«ijone-Bide,..throw-ing out two men, who were in the vehicle. .Assistance was, however;promptly rendered, arid 'no damage was done except that cut, both, iathe hind artid/fbre legs. •• j : '- ; -; •••■■■--■ ' i mdnthly meeting of the, rriembers of the°Philosophical Institute was? held last evening, %e^rißeidi9nf; ;; Dγ Haast,in the chair. Tt was resolved, on the Mr Gh w, . Hall, to'appoint a committee to gather infor<3gat!ps j&s)to JihA.most; use/ul'nafive »nd artificial On the of Mr Nottidge, acdtnnitttee-was ; appbmte3"td revise 'ihe'rules. Mr C. Purnell re?»^ on "The Tendency. loCModern 1 . Poetry, upon which » slight dfecysfcion ensued. The president laitl befbfeW.e'tfieelinga map of the Pacific ocean, J.»j*;Br Hpeheteitej*, in Afbicb.thaJocalitiee reached bj the earthquake disturbances of Ausuet lasfc £ r &£-■■•'were laid...down so as to chow the velocity at which the wave travelled, "with" a caJoTStafiorT of "the mean "deplh" o"f the ooenn. < He also ; tMSIe Jtbree volf of the Zoological publications of the ex^ediiiotif' in which many new-animals of. Zealanfi are "described. The meeting , then terminated. • ' v , . ' ' x services on the occasion of the" Ihe «nnual eeeeion of the Dioceenn were, held St. MJchael'B The"' moirning ' perrice, '""""at o'clock, consisted of mojning prayere N «n^ ; litany, said by" the Very' Hey. the Dean Christi-hureh," and the "ComdiOOTOfi ■ Bervic? with celebration; the Eight Rev. tire Erimatp' of New Zealand being the ceteSratitO The lessons were special, th e;> first (N uiritfers, xi 36—SO, being read ; by tbe; ■ JSeVvHCanon Dudley ; the eecond • ?cv 1—35), by the Rev. W..W. WillpcE , The' Epistle was.yead •Wy <he Rev. Canon CotteriH. The clergy xrere habited for tl« most part in 'surplfcej, -kQO%and jetole, and ifeesidtis' those meriHoned above we noticed the Bey. Canon Wilson, and the Key. .0. Bowen, P. Knowles, J. W. Stack,. R. S. Jackaoo, J. Cholmonrieley, and L. Moore. Thed&ntides were cshsntcd, Mr G. V. Hotlge presiding at the organ, and the hymns selected were the, 123 rd mr thf New[ Zealand HymnaT, " Come Gracious Heavenly .Dore/ , and tbq. " Soldier* of Qhiist,"Aflse." J At the evenlng service, gf

seven o'clock, the Church was quite filled with a large and attentive congregation. Nearly all the clergy mentioned above were present, habited in surplices, with the ftddition of the Bey. W. C. Harris and tho Venerable Archdeacon Harper, who had arrived from Weetland by the coach einco the morning. The organ was Admirably played by Mr Hodge, and the choir of tho (Miurch was strengthened by (he addition of many of tho members of the ohoi-s of Ft John's and St Luke's Churches, the Rrfv E. A. Jjingard acting ne precentor. The.special lessons wore the 60th eh. of Taniah, read by the Rev J W. Stack, and tho 12th oh. of tho

first Epistle to the. Coririthiuns, read by the Rev Canon Cotterill. The prayers were said by the Rev Canon Wilson. The Canticles were chanted, and the hymns selected were the 124 th (N Z Hymnal) ''Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!" the 238 th (supple- 1 ment to N Z Hymnal), " The Strain of Praise," and the 285 th (supplement), "Abide With Me." The sermon wos preached by the Very Rev the Dean from Ist Cor. xii., 20 and 21. The preacher traced the position of the laity in the Church through the different periods of history, from the earliest times of Christianity to the present day. The Benediction was pronounced by tho Right Rev the Primate. Collections were made both morn-

ing and evening, to.be appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the Synod. The offertory in the morning amounted to £3 Iβ .s£d, the, collection in the eTening to £5 10s.