The Evening Star THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1882.

Evening Star, Issue 5914, 23 February 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1882.

A late London cablegram states that. Hanlan has consented to row Trickett for L2OO a-side, and that the match will take place on the Thames shortly. The Harbor Board to-day resolved that; uatjl extended borrowing powers were ob- ; tahitod from .Parliament it was absolutely necessary tkaj their expenditure be reduced to a minimum, dud that in order to facilitate a consideration of the whole question of ways and means one month's notice be immediately given to the employes in the; works department, with the exception of the i t Gsd of the department and the officers, and r.iGH owploycd on the new of: the intention, of (th,e Board to dispense with; their services. A peculiarly hard case has been given j publicity by the writer of the '•' Peerybingle j Papers " in the Melbourne ' Weekly Times.' I There's a capital story, he says-', uoing about concerning a gentleman who, though now living in a fine house, with plenty of money and all the rest of it, was one of those who left their country for tiu.ii country's good, hut who attained his freedom. It appears that somebody of the same name required a coachman, and advertised for one. The advertisement " caught the eye " of an " old ii-UV ■:( the man I'm talking about, and he detci mined to apply, feeling fully confident that. )!<•••'? A* the billet, if only " for old times' sake." But Mr didn't want a coachman, and was very irate at being disturbed at his lunch, and used profane l&ngtfagn. " Yer needn't '»..- so bloomish huppfsh ftbont it," retorted the applicant. " This is the second turn.' you've disappointed me, and you/d •better not slip, me up a third time !" " Slip you up! What the unmentionable do you mean ?" asked the man of cash. "Why," safd the indignant applicant, " don't you remember the day as you and five others were i/ding to bo hanged on t'other side? You turned Queen's evidence, and saved your blessed neck. I was to have been hangman, and you diddled me out of that job, too. Don't let it happen again, that s all. And he departed, leaving his ancient acquaintance to eat his lunch with what appetite ha might.

A cablegram dated February 10 records the death of Berthold Auerbach, the German novelist ; aged seventy. Bishop Crane, of Sandhurst, who left for Rome on the loth ult., was presented with a purse of 1,000 sovereigns. G. R. Bibbs, the Sydngy auctioneer, haa arranged;! to Jfia estate from sequestration and iton 20s in the £. :" '' : •■':; -.'■..•' There is to be afresh election for Wakanui, but both the old candidates are eligible to contest the seat; ThdLyttelton petition has been decided in favor of Mr Allwright. There has been great suffering from want of water in the interior of New South Wales. The coach from Mount Brown was compelled to travel ninety miles without water. The diggers have been compelled to leave Mount Brown, and serious loss of life is feared through want of water. From the returns to hand there can be little doubt but that Messrs Green, Ramsay, and Fraer will be re-elected to the Education Board. So far 7f> school committees have voted tor Mr Fraer, 6a for Mr Green, and upwards! of f>o for Mr Ramsay. Messrs Rutherford and Robin come next, some distance behind. The annual congregational meeting of Trinity Church at Ravensbourne was held l:u-,t night. There was a good attendance of members, and, in the absence of Professor Salmond (Moderator), Dr Stuart occupied the chair. Mr Henderson (clerk) read the report fov the past year, showing the church to be in a flourishing condition. A committee was then appointed for the ensuing year. Dr Stuart congratulated the members on their prosperity, and hoped they would have still greater success in the future. The Council of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain decided at a meeting held on December 7 that the whole of the regulations as to "position" in volunteer companies are to be altered. In future in such competitions the firing must be from the knee at 200 yards, and at 500 and 600 yards sitting, kneeling, or prone. At longer ranges any position, including the back position, may be adopted; also, that no coloring matter for sights, except black or white, will be permitted in volunteer competitions. Concerning "remittance " men the Rangitikei paper has the following :—" On passing a hut the other day where a young gentleman lived, we saw nailed on the door an envelope addressed to the owner of the dwelling marked "registered," and bearing an English postmark. On inquiry we learned that this young fellow receives his allowance of LSO per quarter from Home, and, in order to inform his friends that he has gone to town to ' blue' his money, he regularly nails up the envelope which covers the remittance. After a couple of weeks he returns to his work and is ready to receive callers, when the ' sign 'is taken down. If the remitters of ' money from Home' only knew the life of misery these poor fellows lead, they would allow them to earn their own living rather than contribute to their miserable periodical debauchery." In the new edition of his excellent little book " Freetrade and Protection," which has been to a considerable extent re-written, Mr Fawcett has a very pertinent chapter on "Commercial Treaties." After vindicating the policy winch recognises the consistency of these treaties with Freetrade, he goes on to instance the good done by the treaty concluded with France in 1860. He takes the woollen trade, as being the most obstinately protectionist of any in France. In 1859, the year before the treaty with England, France imported LIOO,OOO worth of woollen cloths and yarns, and exported L 7,000,000. Her excess of exports was therefore L 6,900,000. Sixteen years later, and under Mr Cobden's treaty, her imports of these goods amounted to L 3,700,000 ; but so far was this increase from limiting the export trade of Frencli manufactures that it had risen to Ll 4,000,000 —or, in fact, to double the figures of 1859. An approach (says the ' Pall Mall Budget') towards freedom of exchange was, in other words, a great stimulus to the export business of France.

A letter from the Rev. Mr Green, the alpine explorer, states that after fourteen hours' labor they managed to cross the moraine of the Tasman Glacier and reach the ice. None of them had ever seen such a moraine before. They had a clear view of the three approaches to Mount Cook, and found two of them impracticable. They intend to try the northern one, in order to reach which they will have to cross some of the glaciers between it and Mount Tasman. They expected such hard work that MiGreen's companion, an amateur at alpine climbing, thought it better to relinquish it and to return. The Swiss guides have the impression that tlieie is more moraine matter on the Tasman Glacier than on all the Swiss glaciers put together, and they say that one of the finest alpine scenes they have witnessed is half way up the glacier; in fact, nothing in Switzerland can compare with it. They consider the moraine the moat difficult one they have ever ascended. Mr Barclay has informed the ' South Canterbury Times' that the par,ty had a rough journey to the foot of the Tasnian Glacier, losing an express waggon in the river, and nearly losing one of the party and the horses also. A camp was pitched at the foot of the glacier, and the ioc stream was then ascended about fifteen miles. Some conception of the difficulties of the journey may be obtained from the expressed opinion of the guides that to traverse that fifteen miles cost as much labor as to ascend any six mountain peaks in Switzerland. Mr Green intends to remove his camp to the spot thus reached, and then will begin the real attack upon the peak. The camp Avill be right under the north-east corner of the peak. H the trouble of clambering up the steep mountain is allm natural proportion to the difficulty of 'travelling along the glacipr, the party have an impossible task before them, but Mr Barclay is confident that if Mount, Cook can .be soiled, Mr Green's party will do ;it.

Anderson Bay 'bus runs as usual on raco days. A.0.F., United Ofcage■District, meet tomorrow. Imperial Building annual .meeting to-morrow. Late trains to Port and Mosgiql to-n.ight.jind to-morrow, Late trains for Port Chalmers and Mosjiel will leave Dunedin tomorrow. Ada Mantua requests successful numbers to forward vouchers au soon as race is run.— [Advt.]. The medal which it is intended to present this evening to Foreman Robb in recognition of his action on the occasion of the Cumberland street tragedy wrb designed by Captain Lightfoot, of the Nelson Brigade, and executed by Mr A. Hunter, of that city. It consists of a Maltese cross in frosted silver, on which is a plain silver circle bearing the words "United fire Brigade Association, New Zealand," and in the centre of the cross is the name " John Eobb." There are two silver clasps, on one of which are the words "For Valor." The first number of the 'Colonial Printers' Art Journal' has reached us. It is published in Sydney by the ftrin cf HM Batson, and Atwater. It hat* a pretty and vmi effective title page with gilt borders, ftnd contains fourteen pages of reading matter. It follows the lines of the ' American Model .Printer,' and aims at furnishing the printing trade of Australia with the most reliable and latest information on trade matters. Amongst the articles in this number is a biographical bkcteit of the late John Fairfax, founder of the ' Sydney Morning Herald.'