THE New Zealand Herald AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1881.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6261, 10 December 1881, Page 4

THE New Zealand Herald AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1881.

I ♦ We had hoped against hope to be able to review the result of yesterday's elections, but oven at the late hour at which we write the incompleteness of some of the returns and the absence of others render tho task impossible. We have therefore to confine ourselves to the Auckland provincial district, with respect to which the results arc clear enough to permit a safe conclusion to be come to. At the last general election it returned 15 supporters of Sir George Grey. No absolutely accurate estimate can be formed with respect to the present election, but the Ministerialists are certainly 9, and may be 10. It may be said, therefore, that ■whereas in the Inst Parliament out of 18 members the then Government had 15, and the Opposition 3; out of the 19 members -which the district no-\v possesses the numbers are about equally divided. We include in tho Ministerialists Messrs. Hobbs, MitchelHon, Hurst, Peacock, Whyte, Morris, Swanson, Whitaker, and Sir Maurice O'Rorke. Mr. Shepherd, however, is running Mr. Seymour George very hard for Rodney, and Mr. Buckland is making a close fight with Major Harris, so that further returns, received subsequent to these comments, may show a still greater Ministerial gain. The Opposition members arc, so far, represented by Sir George Grey, Mr. Moss, Mr. Dargaville (doubtful), Mr. Tole, Mr. Hamlin (doubtful), Messrs. Cadman and Sheehan. Whether this change is representative of a corresponding change of opinion in the district is questionable, because the issue has been

rather one of men than of policies and measures, but if adequate allowance be made for this, the conclusion is inevitable that there is a revulsion of feeling ■with regard to Sir George Grey and his party, and it is supported by the closeness of the contest between himself and Mr. J. M. Clark and the defeat of Mr. Rees by Mr. Peacock. Turning to the elections for Auckland, the results would have been altogether satisfactory if Sir George Grey and Mr. Glark could both hare been returned for City East, because the feeling of a large number of persons ■was in favour of the return of Sir George Grey and against the rejection of his opponent. Mr. Clark's defeat was very much due to his own injudicious proceedings, and the narrowness of Sir George Grey's majority to the disreputable conduct to which Mr. Clark was subjected at his meeting on Thursday night. There is no doubt that Mr. Clark by the unnecessary virulence of his references to his opponent alienated some of his friends and intensified the hostility of his antagonists which was in. no slight measure counteracted by the feeling created in his favour in consequence of the refusal to give him a fair hearing. It is a reasonable presumption that Mr. Clark would have won the seat by a bare majority had he and his friends been more discreet. The regret that Mr. Clark's ambition to represent his fellow-citizens has been a second time defeated is mitigated . by the fact that his opponent has not been excluded from a House in which he ought to occupy a seat. Mr. Clark claims that he has been defeated but without dishonor, and that the 'severity of the struggle shows that the ascendency of Greyism is not what it was. Both points must be conceded him, with the reservation as regards the last that something must be allowed in his case, as in that of Mr. Peacock, for their both being old residents, enjoying in a very large degree the respect and confidence of their fellowcitizens. The success of Mr. Peacock is eminently satisfactory, although it must be admitted that Mr. Rees has no reason to be ashamed of his defeat, at the same time it must be added that it was not Mr. Rees, but his having the special support of Sir George Grey, which led to so good a fight. It would be ungracious now to say much about Mr. Rees, although the hardihood with which he attacked all and sundry does not entitle him to much consideration. "We will therefore confine ourselves to saying that the rejection of Mr. Peacock with such vastly larger claims on the constituency would have inflicted discredit on the town, and been speedily productive of unavailing regrets. Mr. Peacock may not prove a brilliant but lie will be a very valuable member, one who will exercise reasonable independence of judgment, promote the interests of the district, and improve his position in the estimation of his constituents. Itisassuredlya matter for congratulation that Dr. Wallis' place will know him no more, but this is accompanied by a tinge of regret that he who so much appreciates public life, and would have had the opportunity of continuing to enjoy it had he been less shifty, should suffer the mortification of defeat. Of Mr. Fleming we will say nothing, since he has neither past, present, nor future. There is no particular room for jubilation at Mr. Dargaville's return, which he owes to the fact of there being two opponents in the field. He has many of the qualifications for a good member, and its rests with himself to remove, by his proceedings in the House, a certain feeling of distrust which, whether justly or not, exists with regard to him. The fact that these proceedings will be narrowly scanned it will be in his power to turn to his own advantage. Little can be said of so hollow an affair as Mr. Hurst's return for Waitemata, and he will have the good sense to see that the demerits of his competitor had a great deal to do with it; His proceedings, too, will form the subject of keen scrutiny, because his past public career has not been such as to inspire general confidence. He is far from devoid of ability, but then . Whilst Mr. Tole was entitled to retain the seat for Eden, which he had done nothing to forfeit, it is a pity that a man of Mr. Reader Wood's calibre should have been so severely defeated. The blame really rests with himself. It is not flattering to a constituency that a candidate who covets the seat should be at so little trouble to win it. Hence it is impossible to have much sympathy for Mr. Wood, and we fancy he is not sufficiently chagrined at the result to want it. We are told to say nothing but good of the dead, and so we will pass over Mr. Lundon's defeat for the Bay of Islands by Mr. Hobbs. Sir Maurice O'Rorke's return for Manukau was a foregone conclusion. I>et us hope that as Speaker lie will not again contravene the standing orders it will be his duty to maintain. The return of Mr. Moss for Parnell and Mr. Sheehan for the Thames retains for the House of llejDresentatives two members whose services it could not afford to lose, and who, as regards their rivals, had preferential claims to the consideration of the electors. A sharper run would have done Mr. Moss no harm, and that whicli Mr. Sheehan has had will probably do him no good. The return of Mr. Morris for Tauranga is an awkward commentary on the affection and respect which Mr. Vesey Stewart has alleged to be the feelings -which the inhabitants extend to him. That the saviour of Tauranga should have been rejected is passing strange, but we will not add to Mr. Stewart's mortification. It is useless to lament Mr. Brodie's defeat for Coromandcl, lot us wish him better luck next time. On the whole, the result of the elections for this district must be deemed to show the sound judgment of the electors, and if the members do but justify the confidence reposed in them a great deal ought to be achieved for the vindication of its rights, and the advancement of its prosperity YVe present this morning what are practically the whole of the returns of the general election held, throughout the colony yesterday. Three districts have not, by some mistake, been sent, and the returns from some of the polling-places in districts in this province arc not to hand. In r.ioat cases this arises from the polling-places being on islands, with which there is no telegraphic communication. The last of the telegrams was received at 3 o'clock this morning. The state of the poll for Parnell is to be officially declared, at the ParaoU-hall, on the 13th instant at noon. The official declaration of the poll for Franklin South will be made, at the schoolhouse, Pukekohe, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday next. The official declaration of the poll for Auckland City East will be made on Tuesday at noon.

Major Te Wlieoro, the well-known Waikato chief, has sent invitations to the natives throughout Waikate to meet him at Kaugiriri about Christmas. It is not known what the business of the meeting will be, but preparations are being made for a great feast. About 600 natives are expected to be present. The first of a series of five charges against Fred. Plummer occupied the attention of the Police Court all day yesterday, and was not completed. The charge was that of sending threatening letters to Dr. Philson. A. large amount of evidence was adduced, and the case was then adjourned until this morning. A full report of the proceedings is published in another part of this issue. The Court was crowded during the hearing of the ease, and the prisoner exhibited a great amount of tact in cross-examining the witnesses. A singular accident took place yesterday on the Kaipara line. Mr. Monk, who is building a new residence at Paeroa, sent up in a goods truck a quantity of dressed timber, consisting of arches, trusses, stairs, uewel posts, carvings, &c, to be landed at the Paeroa station. The timber had been selected over a series of years, while manager of the Union Sash and Door Company, and there were some rare specimens of mottled kauri which it will be difficult if not impossible to replace. In order to prevent the chafing of the articles they were packed with shavings, and covered with a tarpaulin. A short distance past the Whau station it was discovered that the contents of the truck were on fire, and before steps could be taken to suppress the fire, the goods were entirely consumed, and the truck itself eliarred. It is presumed, as the wind was blowing fresh from the westward, that a spark from the engine fell into the truck below the tarpaulin and set fire to the shavings, thus causing the accident. Mr. Monk estimates his loss at £80. The following telegram was received at the office of the Tiernan Gold Mining Company, yesterday :—" Splendid show from Tiernan's freehold yesterday.—Francis Tiersas." A prisoner named Patrick Doyle expired at the Mount Eden Gaol yesterday morning. He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude at the January sessions of ths Supreme Court, 1579, for larceny. Dr. Tennaut, Coroner, has fixed 9..30 a.m. to-day for holding an inquest at the gaol on the deceased. A somewhat singular incident occurred at Symonds-street on Wednesday night. A young man burst into a cottage next the house on fire, for the purpose of assisting in saving the furniture. By chance the first room he got into was a bed-room, and it occurred to the chivalrous salvor that the best thing to do would be to lift the bed-clothes from the bed. With one fell swoop he cleared them off, when there was a scream, and to the intense horror of the young man, he saw a woman lying on the bed ! This was a rough awakening, but the lady quickly gathered herself together, and took refuge in a neighbour's house. The net amount of profit realised by the All Saints' Ladies' Work Society, by the sale of work during the last eight months, is i'G4. Tiiey are presenting to the vestry the following articles :—Altar cloth, artistically worked ; carpet for inside communion rail?, two new ecclesiastical chairs and kneeling stooU for ditto, made to order ; beautifully worked covering for kneeling-stools, and for cushions outside the communion rails ; a font of Oamaru stone, being made after an English design, by Mr. Buchanan, Victoriastreet, in keeping with the architecture of the church, and sundry minor articles. These gifts have been accepted with gratitude by the vestry, and are to be in their position in the church on Christmas-day. \Vbat has this been accomplished by a few lady workers, pursuing their self-imposed task quietly and earnestly, is an evidence of what a larger society, under sympathetic encouragement, could from time to time have accomplished. The society was dissolved at the weekly meeting last Thursday, and while each member has been assiduous and painstaking, their special thanks were given to their esteemed hon. secretary, Mrs. Pirie, to whose unwearied labours they were n.ucli indebted for their success. A few days ago an example was made of some of the employes of the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory by the directors of that thriving establishment. The "hands" in question, not being able to control themselves, partook too freely of the cup which both cheers and inebriates, on the arrival of the return party from Lyttelton, and conducted themselves in a manner the reverse of creditable. They were brought up before the chairman and directors, and severely censured for their unseemly conduct, and as a punishment they were given the choice of forfeiting a week's wages or of leaving the factory altogether. Mr. C. O. Davis writes : A tract entitled "Cambridge Chamber of Darkness" has found its way into this country, and, with your permission, I shall notice a feu- points in it, which clearly show that in the Church of England, there are many clergj mon who are utterly destitute of vital religion—the religion of the Bible, evidencing that they are not Christ's servants, but His enemies, enrobed in mere ecelesiastical trappings. The Cambridge confraternity of Ritualists it seems have a Superior-General, aud there are superiors of various wards. Their place of meeting is a dark chamber, lighted with candles. Opposite the entrance of the chamber, is a prostrate image of the Saviour, and the image of a woman leaning over it. There is a large cross behind the prostrate image, aud before it a penitential chair. There are incense vessels also, and a triangle of wood with candles on it. There is an altar, aud desk, and flaring cross, and an image of the Virgin. There are the curious vestments used by these idolaters, and their books. One of the books—"The Day Office Church according to the Calendar of t'ae Church of England"—says :—"That we who know . . . our iniquities may be delivered therefrom by the prayers oi thy blessed martyr Vincent :" (Page 182.) Again : "<) who hast made tby church to shine by the deeds of blessed Richard, thy confessor and Bishop, grant that we) thy servants, through his intercession, may attain the blessedness of eternal glory :" (Page 194.) There is in America a singular sect called the "jumpers;" but the dark fraternity of Cambridge, I think, have fairly won for themselves the dignified appellation of "swingers," as may be seen by the following " Directions for Officiant," found in the office of this " Ritualistic Conspiracy." Here are the directions :—" Bow to the crucifix, salute same with three double swings, turn toward Epistle side, salute back of altar slab, three swings. One swing lower corner of Epistle side, one swing upper corner. Proceed towards centre of altar, salute forepart, three swing.9. Repeat on Gospel side, and return towards Epistle corner, salute lower part of altar, six swings. Salute, three swings. Incensing altar twenty-five swings." 'These facts need no comment. Those who read this letter will be able to form their own judgment upon the actings—the heathenish practices of the "swingers"—the Ritualistic Conspirators within the Church of England. The Christchurch Globe in an article on " Side Issues " refers to the way iu which the Good Templars and Licensed Victuallers Associations have narrowed the elections to "drink or no drink." It goes on to say :— "But the societies above alluded to are by no means the only offenders in the direction indicated. Several of the Roman Catholic dignitaries in New Zealand have attempted to coerce the votes of those over whom they they have influence. Mr. Brown, at the nomination at St. Albans, said that he held ] in his hand a mandote from Bishop Red- ( wood ordering Catholics to vote for no man who favoured secular education. And Mr. Brown declared, wisely enough, that he was quite content to lose the votes of Catholics who chose to sacrifice their consciences on every other question. Bishop Morau, too, some time past, told his flock to net in an exactly similar manner. Now, is it any more bearable that Bishop Redwood should act in the manner lie has, than that Licensed Victuallers and Good Templars should act as they have iloiic? Of course Bishop Redwood's zeal for his religion is to be respected, but we may ask him if the education question is the solo question before the electors, and, if it is not, by what right he tries to make it the sole question to be considered ? Are the supposed interests of the Catholic Church to be held paramount, and the national interests of Jsew Zealand to go for nothing ? Is such, conduct patriotic or entitled to respect ?" Mr. Robert Fergusson, writing from Gor- ) ton, Cambridge, on the 7th, says •—" I sea ' you state in to-day's issue that M"r. Kallender r and myself left in charge of a party to turn f off natives from Maungatautari. Allow me J to correct this. I certainly went to take pos- o session of Maungatautari, but was unassisted ° i>y Messrs. Maclean and Co. whose overseer " I Mr. Kallender is. Messrs. Maclean and l I Co., when asked to help me, flatly refused " d

A correspondent, —"Now that the ceremony of thVen k , : tion of the new Masonic-hall is Wcrashould like to ask somo member Vf* , J craft of experience whether it is ner e > iil ° consistent to have a service at a chi* r ' r one particular denomination re-arill,!? '' ! others. One would have thought th' , ' new hall, a "temple of Masonry " '<■'■ have been a fitting place to conclude the ceremony therein ~vtli a *' streot processions and religious services '• t' at must and did partake of a sectarian k' , acter, vide the text and the concluding ■ " of the preacher." o worrj, We wore glad to see (aays the Tin, ; Herald) that Mr. Beetham put his on the proprietor or steward of a J, i,' 1 working man's club, at Waiinate, ai v\r him heavily for supplying a m-iii \ v hr not a member of the club with ][' **" i Seeking, however, to cover what «■-, , doubtudly a breach of the law, this nn n . " . afterwards, admitted a member of the 'n? "by being propped and secon.lwf J ; by signing a book." Uuder tV , , isting law, anyone who h as }'''' ■ refused a licence for a house Je " a ! by declaring his premises a c1u1,,,-,',„] I making the process of initiation i M 'o it ' J . free and easy method of instant u,j°' > admission by being proposed and ! and signing a book, snap his finder* a> th L law and the police constable. He is 'no* i licensee of a licensed house, amenable to * * ; Act of Parliament and to police sunci : -i=j r i but ho is a steward of a club, and j n .i, . r capacity he has pretty well free scope to ,1 b as he pleases iu the liquor traffic. 1 One of the patients at the Lunatic \ 3 .1, 5 named Mrs. Noble, died on Thursday 7. • appears that the deceased had lately b«« 3 suirenng from an attack of scarlet" fever 3 after which insanity developed itself. §1,1 had only been in the Asylum about a week s Dr. Pkilson will hold the customary inquest,' Herr Carl Schmitt is, we understand 3 about to start a singing class amon"st thi German residents of the city. A proposition j to that effect was submitted to tlie German Club, and accepted by them with many expressions of thanks. Membership will V, open to all Germans, who need not necessarily be members of the German Club. "Lillibullero" writes :— " Sir,—l was prepared for muchy-muchy in the ritualistii line at St. Paul's, but 1 never expected to hear the ' Ave Maria' sung in a Protes-ant ' Church in Auckland, as was done at the organ recital in that church on Moiuhv What are we a-coming to ? " ! The City of Melbourne has made the quickest passage on record between Noumea . and Sydney, having run the distance in 3 . days 11 hours. i Iu another column will be found the usual notices of services in the town aud suburban churches. The Auckland Wkekia- Ne\v< this week coutains the latest iiuwe by wire am! cable from all parts of the world, ami the local ia'cllis-nec of t h, week, up to tho hour of Kning to press. The illusLi. , tiuii3 aro: '• Kprini.-." a portrait of the Kijjh: Ur. B ■ Knbert Lowe, ami n number of agricultural cut< fhi ! Cl,ridt..ii S a.d Xew Year's Supplement u> the Km i will be publish*.! up tho 21th instant, and will*;,. , tain a numlicruf pictures by celebrated artist* Itf (itl per annum, in advance, posted to any part of"«i p colony. Subscribers' named entered at a'lv ■■in ; during tbe quarter. ' - A call of S.I per share has been ma-ie ir, ' Uio Ucsemont O.ild mining Couipinv pivib!.- ou rt before the I!th of January. i Tenders arc wanted for supplies to the AiK-kl.md Lunatic Asylum. The- City Council invite tenders for the annual s.-rvicos which are spe.'ilied in our adver;i?e- - ment columns. The anniversary services in connection with the Uniun-streot Church are to ho nre.-icV-.l tomorrw. J:i the forenoon tllu Kov. Mr. Baker will . conduct the sonic?, and in the evening the Rev W .Morley. A swvi.-e of song t.ikcs place on Thursday at half-past 7 o'clock. For some time past Mr. W. Roth's hot aiid cold baths in Vteturia-atroot East have been popular wifi a Urge s:cti.in of tho citizens. Thj increisiugdemands upun his accommodation havel>»« such that he has at last been compelled to considerably extend tho facilities of bathin?. These alteraiioni have been carried out. and tbo patrons of Miesi ■ popular baths will now Hud better and fuller ;>"cum- , modalfou than fcriueriy.