The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1875.

Evening Post, Volume X, Issue 287, 27 January 1875, Page 2

The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1875.

Most of ns have- heard! and read laughable storie* about the horror entertained jurcer^ tain^qtrarters of the m^rodtfcti^n of "^h| "kist o/whistles" into . the^ ceremonial^of ¦pablic'VMhip. "Probably mosfc 1 of as think that'p>eittai&B of this* feirid b'el^ag td^aa? generatio&srand t» ' aiffereirt 1 slates 1 of society to any existent to this Colony at least Such a conclusion would be alto* getn'er J w%g/f'The! *?f lds>.:osrWftb» "f question has recently occupied a very , prominent position in the discussion^ regarding ;> question * of « * the i utmost • iim* portance; in the grave assembly known as ! the Presbyterian Wynod of; Otago and-Can- ' ternary, >To those unacquainted with tiff history ofthe Preubyterian Church inthis Colony, it may be necessary to explain that th«re are two' distinct governing bodies/ ' one under the title of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of" New Zealand holding jurisdiction over the whole of the Colony except Otago and Southland*, which are ruled by thei Presbyteri&n Synod Of Otago and Southland. There Are thus two distinct churches : without any >~disi tinction _pf doctrine L between them. For sonir years back the desiribility

it Wto&tkft the two into one church has Jiln considerably discussed, and delegates rrdtrt.easli Church Assembly have visited tti J »4therrTesolut.jfmf| i have been passed, ;;mrnittekJ3 appointed^ and s f<?rma of nnion igrWcl "btlsy The General Assembly of the Pt&btf&mi?/:knrch o£ N«| Zealand rejently^jj&t, - here, when mf tiler steps fcjwanlß %nion wer<e agre&l on, a deputabionMf twnftnraiaters aad two laymen from bhe Ofcngo Synod beine I&efent^jyjs^Ajs^; jeinMy" atlpOTn^cC^heKev, and Mr. .jramesySnugi. JW, go r to'-(Hago to iorwaw thY ttrmm * schemey aVits 'representative before the Synod, On the 18th hist. ,J the deputation from Wellington was introdtteed. The Rev. Mr. Paterson made an exceedingly able speech, in which, after revflwing the position and work of the Northern Church, he urged a variety of sound and excellent Reasons in favor of jttnion — that it Wcralct give the church, greater viability, that the judgments and decisions of the governing body of » united 1 Vontftaiave,jnoie weight^ »™l that as » united body the chnrch would have greater influence for good in the eommuJ nity, that the ttnitettt||hi»rch would fee* able to do mow missionary work, that ¦tfeey tfotttA be#able-to maintain an 'efficient Kali tde 'theological training, witb » cbmpetent staff of professes j that; ministers and laymen woititlaiiße benefit from closer "SEtter-eonltntmion j and that widening the 1 boundaries of the Church wottM be to ex-P $e"filM*e r &rfelrff^-fcfHch to draw together 1 able and experienced councillors arvt workers, Mr. James Smith also followed" on the same side in a very eloquent pnd .singnlarltf' able/speechr r'lme C'dritrnittee otltfJ^itoA'^MgHKu^ the terms of union agreed on, and the convener, the Key. Mr. Stobo, moved that a copy of the feport be forwarded to each Presbytery, so that each might carefttlly consider the prO¦tTpnetl jterjtmr amW epbit thef&n^SMKe next meeting of the Synod* TiitSn the s^tfrm T A little^febtand'foff the'^ffaiHe; of Bannerman, one 01 the two Presbyterian m«ijste^'Wh'ar^farß^?fbirowmli'©rV' BttrW# to Otago, moved an amendment tleojiiihig •union wifhyth© Jforttt, rtttUSftgh Avishing the North eftf Chnreh every success in its labotfM, lie thought the proposed union 'Was an insult to the Presbyterians of Otago, and on "conscientious" grounds objected ito [it. Can/ oti£rfsi(terß/gtt<©il wky ? We 'will give his own words as' reported in the Otago Daily Times ;— "The Chnrcli- in jthea Hfttm baft" departed' -frditi" <sng 'bf /; the first principles of the ,C'httrch— uniformity tfflim»hlp}J'< In' 'the^r WdWitiifK&X 'this uniformity of worshißas^wel^aa^nnifprmity soft tloctrthß^ '$6, ••*' Xe 4 'argndd' that' the Word of Goct did not allow, the juitroduction dfmnk&h.^he'pitbitd'WorsniiJ of d'6d. The Chttreh had existed f0r,300 years and refttse'd to' Allow th-e^fri«^JucVi3tt'«f instrumental mtieic, He looked upon that as a 'signfKofnith'd^' times''- 'stfokem^ of^'by-'the Apostles— the times, when heresies would =CTeep*iirt<J > the*<^urclri )s ''Hd^dTfrt)6t l loolk upon this question rts ft matter of, exspeVlien^V'lntfc'of 'donsiiieiiceV : *tt whs well known that the General Assembly, of the , Presbyterian •' Oh»r6h of New Zealaiirl;' by ah autocratic act, had introduced Instrumental music, without consulting the Presbytoriest" Unfortunately ,the rev^ 'geitftdftiaii tlid not? pbin^' ottt how'any' consultation with the Presbyteries could have effected the principle at; issue, or have removed the taint of heresy from the use :di./instrttntental/niusic^ r :iA. f .Mr. iSing seconded the motion, because, although favorable to union, he was not pre--pafed to sacrifice either truth or principle for it. Another minister, Mr. tWaterr^ said thatr the Question of instru-, menifalmtreicVa^the chief bar to union } and still another, the Key, Mr, Stevens,' termed the question a "grand objection," regarding instrumental music as a ritualistic practice, which it was one of the worst signs of the times to encourage. We are scarcely surpr sed to find that the Rev. Mr, Gow declared him* self sick of such talk, and the Key. Mr. Will turned the tables on Mr. Bannerman f very neatly, ,by saying^ ',* that.this .question of instrumental, mtisic, if ao conscientious a matter as suggested, sho.wed that it must have been a very" great sin on the part of the North to have instrumental music. — (Rev. Mr, tßantteririatt:t Bantteririatt : So itis ; ,as far as I rMr.tlig rWorct ,<tf God.), ', So that Mr. Bannerniaii's resolution' wisnnig: them God speed actually' encouraged action in this matter. He (Mr., J Will)' > jbeiieyed the old Scriptures to be tror<t o£ God as much as the New, Testament.-^- (Hear, hear.) He thought the bnlyjdirficnltyiwich regard to union was that of," geography." Mr. Paterson, in his acfdre'ss, said on this pomt :— " Wie usie organs and harmoniums. Well, this is .th.e^ ,orilv 'difference: between tts~a '^alifcry; differ|nce/ f '4n4 1 » IdiffereJiSe^i''Venture.1 differeJiSe^i''Venture. .Ijo" predict rr ihat will, not lijtig ..As ypa ".have cotfte'tt|> tp,'pjir poSj^ibn^iii regard to hymns^ soV . F^ha^l J,no -ere^ ,very l^ng,:colri^/uj> to' ,6ur/positipn in regard to inltrnnieiiyi mnsic' r j and you will do this with advantage ,ioi yourselves. /And wlieh 3 bnci you' are- a little accustomed to the change", will be surprised .that yon ever made so much' noise T £ibotit it, or' .that ydrttielaJcMit'gorlbng/, (Hear, h#ar, anct latt'gK^r). tri Mr; Bantterman here'ttpdn remarked—-" I may say'tfiWl think you are tfeß^&Smg^u'fc'on 'the best' feelings of the Synod." We fltiife'agVde with" Mr, Patersori. v>lfv >If iS& tnatter of'stirprise that in this 10feh rr defitnryi l afl£rin'a s (ibmhitt)iity stteh as ours, there should h& s e*hibit6d on the paft of in¥n holding tne'^bsition'of -teachers antHp&rt6rs'' r &tfc*h illiberality, ignorance, and bigotry. Such speeches a* Mr. Bannerman's do a thousand fold more, injuryto^^rfeiigion -thad^ aifytltin^ 4 more than any •mtisic'ai - instrument, from an organ to a Jew's harp, possibly could d#a W4elajrd,igkdttd^ay;''thatW 4 elajrd,igkdttd^ay ; ''that Mr/Bsninerman was defeated Jby 20 to 8.

ki i* btfttetPth'a^the GeHeral Gc&ernment"' contemplates the estabUsfcmentfof railway ' W&rkshops on a' large scale iE iednneetion with^he Masterion line./ r lt S/ r however^ t ali&rf£fce<N;hst *tbfe W^kstfonS atdlikely to beieVecVetf a^nei^ordkOTO/fPetoni). For this we failwsee' any* go6d reason. Wlielf Hh& Thorndon reclamation is com-; plete'^" "arid ''-the': central 5 ; I fei*imis\.re-'' mofed to Feaiherston-street /'there will be l / plenty of room at *the ; ' disposal, of the Government for workshop sites. They might, for instance, be~Yery well placed at Pipitea f Point? where th£pfeseftt station is. In* -Otagtf a^similaVquestion asfio the* site iof Railway wdr^h6p*'wa»raised" sometime ago"; the Government" proposing to 1 erect them somewhere' Beyond Port Chalmers, ibut" ultimately-the-site was firfed in Pelisctet' Bay, Dtmedinf; W* nope * na * r . e the Petoni idea will be abandoned m favor of fl sit^atPrpiteaPoifft: l; ." , ' f '.

- -(Tr—, — \ ' ! Weare indebted , to the captain of the Neptune for Newcastle papers to the 15th instant, , We may remind ratepayers that a public \ 'meeting to conaid* the. action of -the City . Council in certain matters will be held in ! Captain Pearce's drill shed, this evening at i 8 o'clock. '¦¦ Considerable interest 'attached >t<> the ! breastwork .opposite tbeFost-oflSce yesteri day from the presence of a diver who

was engaged very actively in descending to the aqueous deptliH with .in iron bucket and sending it up'with Oile or more of those small rocks which, have been found so mnch in thp way ol vessels lying alongside the breastwork. /He jvvas supplied with air by a pump erected 'above. The antfsual spectacle attracted a_ great many of the curious to the edge of the breastwork during the day. '^rff^ftrJJonar-Woroflward, Pavid~Lewis; J. G. Holdswqrtb, William Gibaon, ( and Thomas M'lteime have been appointed Trnstees for the management of the Wellington* Public Cemetery. The return of lands sold and deposits received at the Provincial Land Office for the month.of December* shows 4337 -acres sold, £8354 9s/ 9d. received in cash#?and £33 in scrip. t . '¦"**' Ta-«iay wa^the regular Couffcdsy at the Tipper Hutt, but as no business, civil or .Criminal,' was set down for hearing, the Court was adjourned to next sitting day, the lOQCFtftefutfy. '¦'•'A* public meet'titf will Ire held in the (M& Fellows' Hall tftfs evening at 8 o'clock nT reference to the Melanesian Mission. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Wellington will preside, and the itev. C. Bice, a Melanesian missionary, will deliver an address- , The- Usual Wednesday evening o seryides' f at'.^t. PanlV and' M. Jeter's ICttttrckei will npt be held this evening. Tt '.% hoped jEhai the ( congregations will attend T the missionary meeting 1 .; The Weiiliigion Volunteer Artillery had a grand rfield day -yesterday, when, under Colonel Reader and Captain Pearce, the battery marched to Evans's Bay for inspection and shot- and shell, practice. Twelve rounds were fired front eadh of the three guns. And the practice at a range of UpWarcU ot I^SOO yards was excellent. A special round was fired by the officers, Captain Pearce, and. Lieutenants M'Tavish and Fox. Captain Pearce 'a shot was s the best. *w it actually,, hit the- target. His j'outhful son, a mere lad, also fired a- capital shot. Refreshments were supplied by Member Donecker, and a capital marquee had been erected. On returning the battery was met by ,the band, and played I back to ithc drill- shed,. ; „. i Tlie attendance at the Theatre Royal last night, when " Caste"- was repeated, was scarcely so gobd as might have been expected. The piece itself went excellently r m6st oLthe errors of the first representation being rectified. This evening it has beeii withdrawn to enable "Leah" to be : reproduced. The farce of the "Quiet Family''^iH follow. On Friday evening MrsvF.<M. Bates takes a complimentary benefit, tendered to her by a number 'of gentlemen in-the city in recognition of her efforts to elevate the tone of the drama hare. The performance will be under -the/patronage' of his Worships the Mayor, and Mrs, Bates wilL for, the last time, appear in what is certainly her greatest part, "Elizabeth, Qiteen of England." . > - r; Considerable surprise was^ excited by the barque Anstralind, on coming into harbor j this morning sailing right tip into the inner anchorage, before a strong N. W. gale, ap- • pareritfy-with the intention of entering Messrs, Turnbufl's store from the back. Just as 'she passed the wharf, the foretopsail split, and was blown to ribbojis. She rounded to, but not;intime"to avoid touch- | ing the ground, where her stern stuck fast, i in spite of an effort to get off by hoisting ' the jib and foretopmast staysail. -It is exj pected, however, 'that she^ will ' float all right" at, high water. A, considerable crowd to watph the rather ' puzzlifig nianctfuvres* of 'the barque. The s.s. -Alhambra dispersed the slight feeling of anxiety which was beginning to be felt at her non-arrival by putting in an appearance off Hokitika yesterday. It appears that she left Melbourne four days after her advertised date, which explains her tardy advent. She brings several passengers and 90 tons of cargo for this port. She will leave probably on Friday for southern ports and Melbourne, calling at Milford Sound. This will be a capital opportunity (and probably the last this summer) for excursionists to pay a visit to that wonder of nature. The new volunteer regulations which are shortly to come into force do not seem I to meet with the general approval of the 1 force to which they relate. In one direction they will certainly act very prejudicially. The minimum number of a company is now fixed at the uniform number of_3o, whether, in town or country, aria all provision for the formation of contingents of JLe3s number is omitted. In many country districts it is quite impossible to keep up a company of 30 effective men, but because 30, i cannot be founds it is surely a great pity, to refuse the services of 20 or 26. As cases in point, we may mention* Kaiwarra and ' Wainuiomata, where there have for some years been very excellent little companies, sometimes numbering over 30, and sometimes under. These companies have been 'admittedly well drilled, have been .remarkable for' their enthusiasm in volun-teer-matters, and have turned out a very large proportion of excellent rifle shots. It: will, however, be almost impossible to keep these two corps up to a uniform strength of 30 effectives, and the result will, therefore, in all probability, be their disbandment, unless the new regulations are modified so as to meet .cases of the kind. We commend this matter to the attention, .of the defence' authorities. ' . .* / It is; notified in the Provincial Gazette that Messrs. Sauntlersand o*Malley having dissolved partnership on the 10th November, Mr. Saunders was released from all liability in the contract for the reclamation of land in Wellington Harbor, and Mr.^ EdmuiukO'Malley having agreed to carry » off the WOrk was accepted/and sighed the necessary bond- for the due performance of the said contract. '¦ Again it is our dnty : to4 impression all who have neglected to furnish certificates of successful vaccination of their children to the Registrar of Births, Mr. Hammerton, thafe unless they atone for their neglect by forwarding such certificates without delay, they will be summoned before the Resident Magistrate and fined, besides having rpay costs. On the last occasion the defMiltefs' wisely accepted the Registrar's invitation, and avoided the threatened b fines and, costs by sending in the certifi- ! cates, although at the last moment. Wa adviae the present batch to go and do likewise. The eyes of the City Councillors of Auckland were recently offended by the naked deformity of the plain sawn telegraph posts carrying the wires along the city streets. Ccommunications were opened with the general manager of the Telegraph Department, and a lengthy correspondence ensued, the result of which was that after some coaxing that gentleman promised to 'sling a carpenter or two up to the posts to plane them down, and, if he could possibly obtain the leave of the Ministry, to give them a coat of paint. It is now stated that the Auckland posts have been both planed and painted. Why should Auckland be thus favored ! If it had been Wellington posts which had been so treated,

Auckland v. i»uld ua\e Imch j.1j .1 nnn>» and ascribed the fa voiitism tn the- m.t- 1 ; -i-: tendency of the Government and the na+vi-;. 1 result of tlie policy which robbfd the • >ty of the Waitemnta of it-s birthright— tho seat of Government. We do not s,Tiiclge Auckland its p«ir-tcl i>mt> n<-i aie v>e inclined to raisi' a provincial r-ry ovfi- the matter, bnt really if Mr. Lemon could extend similar attentions to the telegraph .po3ta in this city it would be a decided improvement. At present they are not pretty, but if anyone wants to see how nice they can be made to look there is a sample in the^ost opposite the door of the chief office. This one has been treated after the Auckland pattern. owners f of, dogs which are. in, the lfabit of" rushing "but- arid attacking or j . threatening to attack passers-by, had better take warning from the case reported in another column as having been heard in the Police Court this morning, when the owner of such a dog had to pay a fine of 20s and costs.' Complaints of this land .have been very'numeronH lit late, and we are glad to see that the Bench is inclined to inflict" subtantial fines in all cases brought before' the Court. It was reported from the Hutt to-day that a quantity of bedding, supposed to have been thrown over from the Berar, now in, quarantine, had been washed up on - the/ Petoni beach, and that some Hutt people were carting it away to dry and use it, 'regardless .of ( the danger of infection. The story, seems improbable on its face, as even if bedding had been thrown over from the Berar it. could scarcely have reached Eetoni, _the wind having blown in the opposite direction ever since the Berar arrived. To render matters certain, however, orders were telegraphed to Constable Connor to visit the beach, and if any bedding had colne ashore to at oitee collect and burn it. We may direct the attention of householders to a notice in. another column in reference to the use of- Water from the Corporation mains; There is one point on ! which the notice -is not very clear. • The water is to be on in full force from 6 to 8 p.m., but we hope this does not mean that the pressure is to be turned off from Sp.hi. -to 8 3,111. — all through the nightin fact. Except hr cage.of fire, very little water would be i likely -to f be used after 8 o'clock in the evening, and in the event of a lire breaking .out "during the night, it would be a bad look' out to have to wait until the water was turned into the mains. . However brief the, time of full pressure may be during the day, the public safety demands that the mains should be full all night., If tliis cannot be secured, our water works are of very little use. A telegram received from the AgentGeiielM contains the following information :— Sailed, in,December — Aberdare and 1 Panglatf, with' 353 souls, for Auckland ; Dabrau and ElVeh, 67»), for "Wellington ; Tintern, 318, for Canterbury; William Davie and Timaru, 564, for Otago. Total dnring year ending December, 37,000. The Fitztreuter and Edwin Fox put back. Both sailed again. 1014 tons rails, carriages, 18 wagons ; iron, 67 sets, 084 packages railway stores, 173 tons bridgework. (The previous intelligence regarding the Oospatrick is confirmed, but without adding any fresh particulars.) A . London telegram,' dated January 6, "and published in the Sydney Morning Herald, says :— " Later advices from the Cape of Good Hope give further particulars of (the burning of the Cospatrick." This would almost suggest ay'lrope that some more of the passengers have been saved, as, unless one of the boats had reached the Cape; it is difficult to see how any information relating to' the disaster could have been received from there. According to a home paper (the Invergordon News), the Eastern Monarch, immigrant ship, bound for New Zealand, with nearly 600 Government immigrants, had a narrow escape from, shipwreck on the Low Sunday Isles, near the Equator, which are new* omitted from the maps. Crossing the Line had been celebrated in the usual way, and the sailors, it is stated, had too much whisky. A passenger writes :—": — " We were awoke on June 5 at five o'clock by the noise of the hands rushing to and fro on deck. ' In about two minutes we were all ordered on deck. I cannot say how we dressed ; some were .crying, and all running we knew not where. As soon as we reached the deck, we discovered that the ship was only a stone's throw from a large rock. In a minute more we should have been all to the bottom. The watch were asleep. A passenger discovered the danger and ran to the cook, who ran into the cabin and pulled the mate out of bed. When the mate saw the danger he was greatly alarmed. They were all equal to the emergency, and in a minute we were safe. "