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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3917, 28 May 1877, Page 2

An ordination service was held at St. John's Church, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Atickland, yesterday morning, when the Rev. J. C. Eccles, of Waipawa, was admitted to the order of priesthood. The service commenced by singing the 320 th hymn from " Hymns Ancient and Modern," after which the " Bidding Prayer" was pronounced, by the Bishop. His lordship then delivered a very upprupriate sermon, referring at some length to the duties of the clergy and also to the duty of the lay members of the church in assisting and strengthening the hands of their pastors. He then addressed a few words of affectionate advice to the priest elect, and before concluding made a graceful allusion to the recent troubles in the parish, earnestly recommending the congregation to lot bygones be bygones, and to strive to obtain more union in the church. After the conclusion of the sermon the candidate was presented to the Bishop by Archdeacon Williams, after which the service for the ordaining of priests was proceeded with, the Archdeacon, the Rev. J. Townsend and the Rev. tl. M. D'Arcy Irvine assisting the Bishop. There was a large congregation present. His lordship preached again in the evening. We regret to learn from Capt. Hare, of the Falcon, that Mr David Vaughan, late of Meanoe, who took passage in the Falcon on the 19th of April last, died on board three days after leaving here. He was buried at sea on the following day.

The books, on tho charge of stealing which Mr James Neagle and others are to appear at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, have turned up. They were left, during last Saturday evening, by some unknown person in the private parlor of Mr M'Donald's hotel at Taradale. How they were placed there is at present a mystery. There was a letter with the books addressed to Mr Macffarlane, and probably its contents will throw some light upon the matter when it is produced in Court at the hearing of the case this morning. Mr Ormoncl, we hear, will ship something like 40 tons of tallow this year. If the blockade of the Black Sea ports continue, it will as likely as not, be worth £50 per ton by the time it reaches England. Contrary to expectation it now appears that the general yield of tallow this year is] not likely to be as good as that of last year. The rainy season, while it made feed more cibundant, appeal's at the same time to have made it less nutritious. The football match, Banks v. the Club, came off on Saturday last. There was a good muster on both sides, and the game throughout was very well contested. At first the club had a slight advantage, owing to the wind being in their favor. After about half an hour's play three touches down were obtained on the bank's side. Goals were then changed, and the club, by some hard play, secured a force down. The ball was again kicked off, and Tabuteau, by a good run, managed to get a touch down, and placed for Yon Tempsky, who, however, was unsuccessful in kicking a goal. When time M r as called, neither side had gained any further advantage. Amongst those who played well for the club, we noticed Bogle, Gibbons, Lang, Shand, and Winter ; while on the other side, Bodle, Liddle, Ridings, Skeet, Tabuteau, and Von Tempsky played well. We recently published a telegram from Dunedin to the effect that the Colonial Bank of New Zealand had purchased the University Buildings in Dunedin for the sum of £07,000. The amount, we are informed, was wrongly stated ; it should have been £27,000, the terms of sale being 5 per cent, paid down, the balance in six instalments extending over three years. Mails for the Chatham Islands will close at Picton on June 1, per Cleopatra. The progress of the eastern groin at the port has been, of late, very slow, owing to the difficulty uf fixing on the ties in the heavy weather. In the winter months there is a roll almost continually, and this renders it alm< >st impossible to work, even at extreme low water. We fear that rapid progress is not to be expected for some time to come. The hay should have been made while the sun was shining. The western work is proceeding better, as it is sheltered by the eastern. A musical and literary entertainment will take place this (Monday) evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall, at Waipawa." In addition to a lecture by the Rev. D. Sidey, vocal and instrumental music, readings, &c, will be given. Mr M'Gill, the second engineer of the Wanaka (says the Argus) met with an unfortunate accident on the down trip of that vessel, between Gisbovne and Napier. He managed to have the tips of two of the fingers of his left hand caught in the cogwheels of some part of the machinery and smashed. On arriving at Napier medical aid was procured, and the two upper joints were amputated. Mr M'Gill remains here for surgical attendance. We hear that Mrs Wilson has received a cheque for £.2 from Mr Tiffen, towards relieving the distress into which she has been thrown by the late fire. The first of the series of popular lectures at Waipukurau will bo delivered in the Town Hall, to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, by the Rev. David Sidey, of St. Paul's, Napier. The subject of the lecture will \>o " The iiiiluenue of race gifts in the development of nations." Tho Hon. H. R. Russell will preside. Mr F. Nelson is expected out by next mail. Mr Alfred Giblin, we hear, is about to pay a twelve month's visit to England shortly. The Toronto Free Press states that " Mansfield Island, in Lake Erie, has been bought by a man who intends to stock it with black cats, and kill their progeny for their fur. He will feed them at first on fish caught off the shore by men who will live on the island ; but after the enterprise is well started ho will utilise the meat of the slaughtered cats as food for the living cats." The wise man who said there was nothing new under the sun was unacquainted with the versatility of the American genius. The Evening Post of May 19th remarks:—" It is stated in quite a matter of fact way by the News Letter that two men at Masterton recently tried to drown a woman, who had not added to their happiness. We should like to learn a few more particulars. The story in its present shape is slightly bald. " It is a fallacy to suppose that the blockade of Russian ports in tho Black Sea will be calculated to raise the price of wool, at any rate, of our wool. Russian wool is of so entirely a dissimilar description from ours that it does not, in any degree, enter into competition with it. In a recent issue of the Tinnirii J feral d it wan announced thai, in all probability Sir George Grey was about resigning his •seat as member for the Thames, and retiring from politics altogether. The paragraph was copied into other papers and by many believed to be true, but we are glad to learn that there is not the slightest foundation for the rumour. A few days ago (me of the city representatives paid a visit to tlie Kawau, when Sir George informed him that although not sufficiently recovered from the attack of indisposition which had kept him so long from Auckland, lie fully believed ho would be sufficiently strong to go down to Wellington and he able to lake his accustomed part in the business to be brought before the Assembly when it met in July.- — JV. Z. JCcrald. The Wellington Argus says : — '"'lt lias already been reported that six or seven Russian ships, under an admiral, are lying in tlie bay of San Francisco, ostensibly wintering there, but it is not so generally known that three or four days after they entered the port, four English war steamers from the China station, also entered the Golden Gate, and apparently intend also to winter in those pleasant quarters, where there is direct telegraphic communication witli England. Of course as England and Russia are at peace there is not the slightest reason to suppose that the arrival of the two ileet.s about the same time was anything more than a curious coincidence ; but it is one which will not a little reassure Her Majesty's liege subjects in these colonies. The Russian and the English crews will no doubt fraternise and enjoy their winter qurrters amazingly, and should events cause a sudden departure of the Russians before the winter is over, probably the Englishmen would feel too lonely to remain long after tho others." At the Theatre Royal in Wellington, a few nights ago, a slight accident occurred during the play of the "Waterman." Miss Lydia Howarde, as Tom Tug, had just finished winging a song, and was watching the quarrel scene between her stage "papa" and "mamma" when one of the scenes representing tho side of their house fell, striking Miss Howarde on the head. She retired for a moment, but soon entered all right. In the meantime the old woman continued her " growl" while the meek husband (Mr Emmet) lifted up the side of his house and coolly remarked to his bullying spouse, " There, you old tiling, you have knocked down the house with your growling." This piece of " gag" was not lost on the audience, who greeted it with a burst of applause. — Argus.

The Russian troops on the Danube are in command of the Grand Duke Nicholas, a brother of the Emperor. There is, of course, no reason to suppose that the visit of the latter to Ployesti is made with the view of taking the command out of his hands. The Gazette of May 3rd contains a report by Dr. Hector of the results of the analysis of 15 samples of water from the Rotorua hot springs. The analysis is, however, too meagre to afford information of any real value as to the medicinal qualities of the waters. It would be, perhaps, the best course to send jars of the waters home to England for analysis by some eminent analytical chemist. As bearing upon the recent earthquake wave experienced all over New Zealand, a Mr Hamilton, of Auckland, writes as follows to the Ilevald : — " The ship Duncan | D unbar sailed from Auckland for London about February 12th, 1846. When about 1,500 miles to the eastward of New Zealand, two earthquake shocks were distinctly felt on board. The first occurred about 9 a.m. — It was then breakfast time in the "cuddy," where it produced for a moment considerable consternation ; for the first impression was that we were gradually running up on to a shelving reef. The vessel vibrated more than once from stem to stern, as every one on board could feel. There was no sea on, and only a moderate westerly breeze. We were in deep ocean — blue water. The late Admiral (then captain) Fitzroy, who was on board, and Captain Cable, the Commander of the ship, both said we had felt an earthquake shock. They recognised it from their experiences at sea off South ■'America at the time of the great earthquake of 1830 or thereabouts. The second shock was felt on board at 1 p.m. on the same day. The only explanation suggested at the time was, that we were near the longitude of either Mount Erebus or Mount Terror, both of which, I ' think, are active volcanoes near the South Pole. There can bo no question about the ship's vibration. Since that date I have repeatedly felt exactly similar motion of H.H.S. Acheron during earthquakes in Wellington harbour. No one who lias once felt an earthquake shock on board a ship could ever bo mistaken about one afterwards." The Insui 'a nee Gazette, a periodical very great upon longevity in general and wonderful cases in particular, produces a paragraph that it is good, not only to marry, but to repeat the operation as often as possible (we presume as often as is legitimately possible.) A Frenchman died at Bordeaux inl7i"2, at the age of 101 years, having been married seventeen times. A Scotchwoman died in 1705, at the age of 100, having been the relict of thirteen husbands. It is asserted in the same paragraph that " bachelors and maids rarely attain extreme old age, while great longevity is often observed in people who have been married not much, but many times." We pause for a definition of '•' not much." A Chicago journal thus expresses its astonishment at the health and strength of English girls : — ' All foreign travellers have remarked upon the superior robustness and health of the English women. An idea of the causes which produce this may be gained from the following account of the habits and dress and exercises of the daughters of the English Minister Thornton at Washington. They dress with the greatest plainness, their abundant light hair braided and tied with ribbons, their dresses rather short and free from unnatural expansion, and their shoes, which are not at all dimimitive, have soles thicker than any American shoemaker would dare to make. The miles that they ride, walk, or "pull on the river " arc an unfailing" source of astonishment to young ladies whose only miles are danced out on waxed floors. In summer or winter, rain, snow, or slush, they are out taking their exorcise, accompanied by thoir father ur governess. At concerts, opera, or the theatre, Lady Thornton comes in brave with silk, laces, and jewels ; behind are the daughters, with their governess, dressed just as plainly as when out for a walk, in their long beavereloth sacques and plain broad-brimmed felt hats clown over their eyes,' Nimrod : " What ! out again, vicar ! Fresh nag, too ! I thought parsons did not hunt just now ! " The Vicar : "Ah ! but this is a Lent horse ! "—Levelling tendency of modern dress : Old gentleman (shocked beyond description) to Verger : " Don't you think those youths had better be told to take their hats off ? " Verger : " Take their 'ats off ! Bless you, sir, those are the dean's young ladies ! " — From one point of view : Scene : British jury room. All agreed on their verdict except — Irish juryman (who holds out): "Ah, thin, iliv'n more obstinit' men I nivir met in all me loife ! ! " — "Five o'clock tea:" Mistress : "I really must inquire, Timmins, why the tea comes up so weak of an afternoon ? " Parlour-maid : " Well, it should not, ln'um ! Cook, she puts in a spoonful for 'erself, a spoonful for myself, and a spoonful for the parlour ; and as you rings as we finishes, I fills up the teapot myself with bilin' water ! " — A contradiction in (American) terms : Fog clears up, now that Hayes settles down. — Fashions for the kitchen : Cook : " Lor,' Jane, 1 wouldn't be bothered with them ' trains ' every day ! 1 only wears mine on Sundays ! " Jane : " That may do for you, cook ; but for my part I likes to bu a lady weekdays as well as .Sundays ! " — Puiwli.