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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2991, 26 January 1881, Page 2

It is rumored that a paper is shortly to be issued in Norsewood in the Scandinavian language.

It is expected that His Excellency the Governor will arrive at Taupo to-day, and remain there over to-morrow, reaching Tarewera on Friday, and Napier on Saturday.

The Hon. Mr Rolleston will arrive in Napier to-morrow evening, and remain as Minister in attendance upon His Excellency the Governor during his visit to Napier.

Sergeant Bullen and two mounted constables left town this morning for Tarewera, where they will await the arrival of His Excellency the Governor, and form his escort into Napier.

Our correspondent " A Subscriber," whose letter appears in another column, has forwarded us from the "Wairarapa two dressed brown rabbit-skins. The skins can be seen at the office of this paper.

Judge Kenny will arrive in Gisborne by the Rotorua on Friday, and preside at a sitting of the District Court there to open on Monday next. There are six criminal cases set down forbearing at this sitting.

From Wellington we learn that the wholesale biscuit and confectionary business of Mr S. S. Griffiths, that was recently assigned to trustees for the benefit of the creditors, has been disposed of by tender, and will be carried on as Howden and Co.

There will be a practice match among the thirty cricketers nominated to play against the Australians on Saturday, the sth of February. Immediately after this match the twenty-two will be finally selected, and as the committee have wisely determined not to select anyone whs will not turn up to practice, it is to that there will be a good muster.

Old Paora, the Maori " prophet" of Wairarapa, in getting in his crops has had three reaping machines broken. He has therefore called upon the faithful to make good his loss, and has made a demand of £200 from the Porangahau natives. Paora has many firm believers in the southern portion of this province, and no doubt the money will be quickly forthcoming.

Mr R. C. Pasley, Chief Inspector of Sheep for Hawke's Bay, returned on Saturday from his official inspection on the northern districts. The sheep are all free from disease, but there has been a very heavy mortality amongst the flocks, in some amounting to close upon fifty per cent. The deaths have occurred principally amongst the young sheep, and have been caused by the continuous rains of last winter that never fallowed the animals to get properly dry.

From the number and quality of the sheep to be offered for sale! to-morrow at Hastings a large attendance of buyers at this the annual Hawke's Bay Ram Fair may be expected. The sales will commence at 10.30 a.m., and a speoial train leaves town for Hastings at a quarter-past nine o'clock. No doubt intending buyers, having scanned our advertising columns, well know the breeds and qualities of the sheep that will be submitted to auction Mr M. R. Miller will put several splendid lots up to public competition, and Messrs Kennedy ami Gillman will offer some of Mr P. H. Russell's rams for sale from that well-known breeder's celebrated Otipua stud flock. Messrs Nelson's rama, that were to be sold by Mr W. Routledge, have been privately disposed of.

By an error in yesterday's issue our Waipawa correspondent was] made' to say that the cricketers of that district had a strength in Fred Newton, " but he is badly knocked up." It should have read badly backed up, thereby meaning that the remainder of the team are not equaltto him in play.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preeece, R.M., Donald Ross and Charles Johnston were charged with drunkenness, and each fined oa and costs, or 4S hours' imprisonment with hard labor. The latter was further charged with unlawful and wilful damage to a window, of the value of 7s, the property of Edward ABhton, for which offence he was fined 5s and costs, and the value of the window, or 7 days' imprisonment with hard labor. Informations were laid against Mary Jackson alias Stoneham for keeping: a house of ill-fame, and against Bridget Valentine alias Martin and Kate Burns for being- inmates of a house of ill-fame. The sergeant stated that all these persons charged had left the district, and asked the permission of the bench to withdraw the charges. Permission granted. The Court then rose.

The Lydia Howarde Company played to a good house again last night. The performance commenced with the petiti comedy "The Bonnie Fishwife," the principal characters in whicn were sustained by Mr and Miss Leopold, the latter singing the songs allotted to her, especially " Caller Herring," remarkably well. Mr Leopold in kilts was immense. The musical bouffoonerio " Nemesis" followed, and was sustained by the entire company with ability. The piece itself is not one of any particular interest, and lacks much of the fun attaching to " Robinson Crusoe," or the burlesque of " Ivanhoe," which is to be played to-night. Miss Howard's singing was. of course, charming, and deservidly met with an enthusiastic reception from the audience. In the duet from " Madam Angot" she acted with great spirit, and was admirably supported by Mdlle De Glorian. The other parts were all well taken. Tonight the burlesque of " Ivanhoe" will be given.

It is considered a singular coincidence that the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, in expressing his admiration for the new Law Courts building, added," I shall never live to sit there."

Another old British institution disappears with the present year—the " pipe clay " belt worn in the army. The Guards only will retain theirp in deference to the Duke of Cambridge. The " pipe clays " will be replaced by belts of brown leather.

The Otago Witness, in " Passing Notes," Ba y S: —« There is in Victoria a Mr H. K. Rusden, clerk of the Legislative _ Council, or something of the sort, who thinks that there is a good time coming for lunatics. He predicts that some day the lunatics will be the majority and will incarcerate the sane. No doubt Mr Rusden's Parliamentary experiences have "constrained him to this appalling forecast."

A wonderful change has taken place in Jerusalem of late years, and it is probably now a more comfortable residence than ever before in its history. Ruined houses have been restored or rebuilt by individuals or companies, and buildings on tha Peabody plan have been erected by associations. The streets are now lighted, kept for an Eastern city most exceptionally clean, and the aqueduct from the Pools of Solomon, has been restored and water brought thence to the city.

The Times' Paris special says:—"The promotion of the Panama Canal scheme has been resumed with extraordinary vigour. It is a movement so universal that success as regards subscriptions and capital is certain, and adhesions are arriving from every quarter of the globe. M. De Lesseps told the Times' correspondent that news was arriving every moment which confirmed his conviction that the enterprise is ensured. Every country in Europe is taking part in'it, offices being opened in Germany, Austria, and Italy and subscriptions are flowing in. The English have run up the shares on the Paris Bourse by sending orders which cannot be executed except by paying a premium. The founders' shares, which were 5000 francs, have reached nearly 40,000 francs." The A.uckland Harbor Board sent specimens of jarrah and totara piles to the Melbourne Exhibition, to show how the worm affected the jarrah. The exhibition was much to the annoyance of the South Australians. The Commissioner for South Australia has written to Dr Hector protesting against the exhibition of jarrah timber in the New Zealand Court, and urging the discontinuance of such a reprehensible practice. The Commissioner had spoken to Dr Hector in Melbourne on the same subject, feeling aggrieved at finding the boasted jarrah of his country beaten by the modest totara of New Zealand. The New Zealand Commissioner was, however, equal to the occasion. He admitted that it was perhaps hard on South Australia for New Zealand to show off the inferiority of a neighboring colony's products, and he would not willingly be a party to it, but it was necessary to keep the jarrah on view in order to exhibit the specimens of New Zealand marine worms. Notwithstanding this, the Commissioner has again written to Dr Hector on the subject.

The Western Daily Mercury, an English paper, says : —" The Australian eleven cricketers, who have had so grand a success in Great Britain during the past season, come from a population, if the whole of Australia be reckoned, of less than 2,250,000 ; but if the colonies from which the team was drawn be considered, which would be only fair, from about 1,500,000. They contended against the best cricketers in a nation about fifteen times as large. The same remark holds good of Trickett, the champion oarsman, and of others in different spheres of life, who, coming to our shores from a home under the southern cross, have sho>vn theinselvos in no whit inferior to the best men reared in the parent land. Proportionately there is far greater energy ; and a much higher average of excellence in the Anstralian colonies than in Great Britain and Ireland. This is largely due to the better chances of life, the"" absence of dire poverty, the wide expanse of land to be had at a very cheap "rate, which exists in those regions. But be the reason what it may, the fact itself is a notable one, that from sparsely-populated lands, the combined peoples in which do not number more than half the residents in the British metropolis, so many superior individuals in various walks of life should have arisen. It is true, Australia has not yet produced great authors and poets, but it has some of the most accomplished and able journalists m the world ; its current and periodical literature is of great excellence, whilst the versifiers have much merit in them, and give promise of attaining early excellence."

The New Zealand Herald says:—"A somewhat novel question has emerged at Waikato in which His Excellency the Governor is involved. It was arranged that the Governor should Jay the foundation stone at St. Andrew's Anglican Church, at Cambridge, 'and that the Freemasons _ of Waikato should take part in the ceremonial. But it appears that His Excellency is not a Mason, and thebrethern at Hamilton haye telegraphed to Auckland for as to whether, ia the circumstances, they can take Dart in the proceedings. We presume ne answer will £ that, His Excel being a Mason, the members of that trater nity cannot take any part in the ceremonial whichZis to preside over A celebrated Z*l nf this kind is on record. Some thirty years a-o Prince Albert was to lay the foundation-stone of new National Galleries ft Edmburgh- Her Majesty was in Edinburgh at the time, and the ceremonial Tan to he a very grand one But then, as now, it transpired at almost the last moment that'tho chief personage was not a brother of the mystic craft. Great was the consternation. The Masonic body is strong in Scotland, and to cut them out would maim the rites, and seriously interfere with the display. But they would not yield, so as to take part in a ceremonial where the stone was to be laid by one, however erai-

nent, who was not a Mason. They offered to put Prince Albert through all the necessary degrees on the very morning when the stone was to be laid. But he would not submit to the ordeal, and it was said that he was prevented by his wife, Her Majesty, who would not allow him to become privy to any secrets which he could not divulge to her. Tho difficulty was found to be insuperable, and the thing had to be dove without the Masons. The affair created a great deal of stir at the time, but Prince Albert had not the boldness, as Mr Caudle had, to become a Mason.

The Lydia Howard Company play the burlesque of "Ivanhoe" at the Theatre Royal to-night at 8 o'clock. Messrs Miller and Potts sell rams at tho ram fair, Hastings, to-morrow. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman sell rams at the ram fair Hastings to-morrow. Mr W. Boyd has a cottage with three rooms for sale.

Mr G. T. Cross, as trustee in the estate of R. G. Gibbons, will pay a dividend on Monday, 31st instant.

Mr John Lingurd intimates that he still carries on business as a chimney sweep. Mr N. E. Beamish has for sale 200 fat sheep. Messrs C. Dolbel and Co. are discharging Newcastle coal.

Messrs A. Manoy' and Co. have just received new season's teas.

A second dividend in the estate of Newton, Irvine and Co. will be paid on and after 2nd February. Accounts duo to tho firm of Robjohns, Irvine and Co. must be paid by the 22nd February. Messrs Miller and Potts will sell on the Ist February lease of shop, dwelling house, &c, Waipawa. Messrs Miller and Potts will sell on the 31st instant at the Town Hall, Waipawa, plate, furniture, &c. Messrs F. and W. Nelson have for sale Lincoln rams, ewe 3, &c.

A special train will leave Napier, for tho ram fair at 9.15 a.m. to-morrow.

All rates duo to the Meanee Road Board after February Ist will be sued for. A repetition of the Shakespeare recital by Mr Morrison will will be given on Monday next.