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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6947, 22 February 1884, Page 4

Mb,: Bbsbsa&oh is like: Antajns. Each time he-'-iyKibcked down he rises . with renewed'sFrepgth. On .the oth:nist..;h6 presented- himself at" ttha table of the House of Commons,- " ready in all things, to obey, the law, claimirig in, all things to enforce the law." But, the -House of Commons would have none of him. Then,, as hei had 1 done before, he resigned his seat Wfld-went back to his consfcituants at, ■Nortiiifttfpioh. He appealed to them, and 't?fefy KaVe again electe4 hi® as. their representative: This is the , fourth time he has .been returned for Northampton.. ■The fact proves, what indeed required no demonstration, that - whoever else haTO lost confidence in Mr. Bradlaugb, the electors ofNorthampton, ■at all events, still, remain true to him. But it does not settle the difficulty, nor does it in any way : affect the question as between Mr. Brad: laugh and. the House of Commons. He will return to the House for the foiirtn time armed with the mandate of the Northampton electors, but his reception will be the same ; he will not be per* mitted to take his seat. Mr. Bradlaugtt cannot force the House to accept hun as a member.; He maiy claim,, as he does, that the seat is his by law, but the law: « powerless to assist him. The House 0 •Commons,' .when it chooses to rely on what he calls force majeure, can above the law, and cau defy it wl impunity. The spectacle may no ' a very edifying one, but tn it is all the same. ... Mr.. Bradlaugb only himself to blame for all his tron e • His iiidiscreiet letter to the London iunei. on the day. before he presented tH.L for the first time to take the oath, "ir the door of the House of Commons against him. The House could not consistently with its own dignity permit a,™ an an oath which he had pubbcly <1? , , was to him a meaningless iormula, as Mr. Bradlaugh does not come the. category of those entitled to make affirmation he could not affirm-, • t i, e leeged a conflict with the House forW sake of notoriety. He has fioed j object, but he has not gained hu^■ - Probably he does not altogether =, the.action of the House. lias 0 f hi in to posture .as the champ ;. yj.--constitutional rights; and has p . • , far and wde the Atheistic doctrm« which he holds. To that House has played into his hand . time, however, that the unseeiniy ■( jD( i tended. .. Apart from Brad a ■ his unorthodox views, it hoU ld the Northampton electors that tl J . d be-as they practically are-dißfrauch^^ But we do not profess to say ovident - :difhculty should be solved.. . {ae , f by .. .. that the House cannot up. , abandoning the position it hM v , The Government are not stroDg e i

Bill abolishing the oath, which P aBS ,, a t on ce cut the Gordian knot. ?r Wlaugh'might be got rid of by an J ; driving him of all civil rights, but A * course, would be "joing much too ' In the meantime, Mr. Bradlaugh, {a . r - certificate of his return, is Peking at the door of the House. Harbour Board yesterday appointed Engineer for the Calliope Dock, and 80 t jj 6 j 0I) g list of candidates submitted r ° m Er rington, C.E., was elected by a , maiority. An outsider, not having testimonials and qualifications of the ' -Mates before him, is not entitled to absolutely that the Board made the „ e iection from the list, but we feel that the members of the Board have honestly and after careful considera- . „ n d have chosen a candidate who "V complete the work satisfactorily. T/r Errington has the advantage of thorough engineering training, and large nnrirll experience in different classes of P ork He was the engineer of the Trosent dock, and superintended its contraction in every particular. That dock Lb been generally condemned for its one fault of being too shallow. For that Mr. Vrrincton was in no wise responsible. The depth of the dock and its situation were resolved on before he was put in charge. He endeavoured, even when the work was considerably advanced, to gat the Board to agree to make the dock deeper, and it will be remembered that the Board resolved to keep it at its prosent depth only by the casting vote of the then Chairman. For the great fault of the present dock, therefore, Mr. Errington is not responsible. The works of the Pumping Association at the .Thames, the Auckland Water Supply, rfith its pumping plant and service, and ho dock, are all evidences of Mr. Ji.rringou's professional skill. The works in oimection with the dock will be pushed n as rapidly as possible.

Our telegrams from London and Cairo today confirm the intelligence previously received that Oordon sanctions the tlave trade i" his proclamation recognising the Mahdi as Sultan of Kjoifdofau. This news, which was received firat with incredulity, has evoked the greatest indignation at boine, and throughctat Europe and the London Press calls upsti the Government to at once disown Gortjep Pasha's act. The British expedition for th of Tokar has started from Souakim. A fanatical outbreak is feared in Arabia, atfd the Pdrte has despatched a body of-trobp&tb the province of El-Hejaz to assist iainawUioing order. The ordinary weekly meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, His Worship the Mayor presiding. There was a very large arrav of business. Much of it was altogether" upon matters of routine. The details are reported in another column. Our readers will remember that Mr. Consul Griihn last week proceeded to Lyttelton for the purpose of taking steps to put the affairs connected with the American sealer Sarah Hunt into a ship-shape position. A private telegram which was received from him in Auckland yesterday stated that all the difficulties connected with the matter had been satisfactorily arranged, and that he had raited the Agricultural College at Lincoln, where the utmost courtesy was shown to him. It is Mr. Griffin's intention to visit Dunedin before his return to Auckland. ■ The Colonial Government s.s. Stella is to leave for Mokohinau as soon as the weather moderates, so that a landing -can be effected. She has stores for that lighthouse. From there she proceeds on to Whangarei to coal, and thence round to the Kaipara with timber, gravel, etc., required for the building of the lighthouse at the Kaipara Heads. This lighthouse will be connected by electric bells, "with the keepers' houses in the same manner as at Tiritiri, and for a similar use. Two prosecutions under the Cruelty to Animals Act will come on at the Police Court to-day. One is against John Lupton, who is charged with ill-treating a cow while driving it to the pound at Mount Albert; and the other is against John McClellan, who is charged with ill-treating two horses, by beating them with a paling and kicking them on the belly. The prosecutions have in each instance been instituted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

It is said that the victory of the temperance party at the late city licensing elections will canse a loss to the city revenue of £1000 ayear in diminished license fees. The cloud has a silver lining, however, for the police are under the belief that the ten o'clock olo«ing business will lighten their labours, jid lead to a diminution of crime and Irnnkenness, as four arrests are made after en o'clock for one before that hour. Mr. Allen, Registrar of theSupremeCourt, Wellington, was a passenger to Auckland by the steamer Stella, and leaves by her on a trip round the north of the Island. A serious accident befel Mr. J. Brigham yesterday, at Mr. Firth's bond, Albertstreet. Mr. Brigham was seeing to the removal of some cases of beer from .the jjronnd floor to one of the upper storeys, and whilst in the act of going up on the lift with some fifteen cases, and when about fifteen feat from the ground floor, the chain of the lift parted, and the lift went down with a crash to the floor below, Mr. Brigham being violently thrown off. Assistance was at once at hand, and the Bufferer was at once attended to. It was found that he been seriously cut on the shoulder, and it was feared that one of hiaiarems waa brofJS. A trap was speedily Mr. Brigham was driven home, whilst messengersjwere sent for medical aid. In connection) with this matter,-we'may mention that evtry precautidn ;ha3 been ; taken ■to prevent aoaident with this, lift, and,with that object itf.View, Mr. Firth had some time back giveqjopdejvs to Messirs. Fraser and Tinne to ma>k<j and fix a safety catch to the lift, but the,work has not yet been finished _ 1 .. John Anderson, maateh ,n>ariner, was adjudicated a bankrupt yestanisy, by order of Mr. fi. C. Brewer, RegistrariOf the Supreme Court. * ' — A Raglan correspondent writes We will soon have telephonic communication established between here and Hamilton, a boon which the residents will, I have no doubt, soon learn rightly to appreciate. To Mr. Duncan, J.P., our County Chairman, the residents feel indebted for the efforts he has made to secure this benefit for Raglan. A letter was received from the insurance companies by the City Council yesterday to the effect that they would not contribute to the expenses incurred by the city in consequence of fires in the city or suburbs. Some time ago we mentioned that Mr. H. H. Smith had obtained a series of views of the procession on Regatta Day, and also photos of scenes connected with the sports on the Domain. Among these Domain views were a number of votaries of kiss-in-the-ring at the height of enjoyment. A number of these have been converted into transparencies, for the purpose of being exhibited on a screen by limelight. It is •aid that the view of a couple in the act of kissing each other comes out admirably in this form, and it is understood that Mr. Smith will make an exhibition of some of these choice views before long. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Bay of Islands Coal Cgropany takes place to-day at noon. It will be of interest to the public, as well as to the shareholders, to know how this old industry is progressing. We observe that matches have been arranged for between two gentlemen reprethe Thorndon Lawn Tennis Club, of >vel!iugton, and some of our local tennis clubs, the first of which will be played this afternoon, weather permitting, on the Gratton-road ground, against representatives of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Club. Attention of members is called to this in our advertisement columns. The Rev. J. S. Hill returned from his visit to Oisborne on Monday last, and will reiume the Friday afternoon Bible lectures 'Us afternoon in the large hall of the Young •wen s Christian Association at three o'clock. Owing to the change of site, fresh tenders are invited by Mr. E. Bell, architect, for the erection of the Baptist Tabernacle, up to noon of Saturday next. Building operations are brisk in the esteru suburbs of the town, and rents are raised in view of the large accession will b e made to the population from m ® during the next few months.

Several matches of interest will be played to-morrow on the ground of the Auckland. Bowling Club. Members are reminded that entries for the subscription matches will-close.on that day, and are requested to send in their names to the. Secretary, otherwise they will be debarred from competing.

The motion of Mr. Aickin in the City Council yesterday evening, to limit the deliberations of the City Council to ten o'clock (except for business already entered npoD), was negatived.

A report prevailed in Opotiki that the Rev. Mr. Gow had "cut the Kev. Father Lanuzzel in the street. The Opotiki Herald sent a reporter to interview both the rev. gentlemen on the subject, with the result of finding that there was no foundation for the story. Peace is therefore restored at Opotiki.

The annual meeting of the members of the Auckland Institute is to be held on the 25th instant a halt-past seven o'clock, when the report for the year will be submitted, and the officers for the ensuing twelve month* elected.

The Dunedin Morning Herald, referring to the result of the Selwyn election, says :— "The Government has thus lost a vote and the Opposition gained one, but we can hardly congratulate the. latter on the victory, as Mr. Wakefield is but a broken reed to lean on. Ambitious, self-seeking, and unscrupulous, he is trusted by no one, and we should not be surprised if he succeeds in making confusion worse confounded by his intrigues. Time will show."

The Ohinemutu correspondent of the Tauranga Telegraph wired as follows on Monday last:—"Ministers held a long meeting with the leading chiefs here on Saturday. The principal business which has brought them here is very evidently tbe Aucklaud-to-Rotorua railway, concerning which Auckland people are bringing great pressure to bear. All l:inds of inducements are being held out by Ministers to the natives to cause them to make the necessary conCessions, but so far I see no sign of success. The fact is that Ministers could not have come at a worse time j the falling through of the Rotorua leases, and the general muddle into which local matters have got, has greatly annoyed the natives, whose hearts just now are 'very dark.' Mr. Brabant, R.M., and Major Swindley are here. Also the great W. J. Hurst."

The Bay of Plenty Timee states :—"The sea at the high tide was something fearful at White Island on Monday, the 11th inst. But the sea did not by its encroachments or force in any way endanger the depot on White Island belonging to Judge Wilson. At the lauding place, where the new.masonry ■work was jut; completed, and had not had time to dry and set—the work only having been completed on the day when the roll commenced—the masonry was torn up. To give an idea of the force of the sea, two 561b steel rails were snapped short off."

Mr. Frith, photographer, has taken a series of views of Auckland from the high land in the Albert Park, on Regatta Day. These views are three in number, and stretch from the lower end of Queen-street Wharf to Grey-street, iillthe principal buildings in the central part of the city are well shown, and the three views can fca mounted on a card, thus giving a panorama of this portion of our growing city.

The Executive Committee of the Auckland Benevolent Society had a meeting at the society's office last evening, and disposed of a great deal of preliminary business, such as drafting a circular of appeal to citizens and dividing the city and suburbs into districts.

In addressing his constituents at Waipawa on February 12, Mr. W. C. Smith said :— "To show how unfairly the property tax was paid, he might mention that the total value of the lands of the colony was set down at oue hundred millions, yet of the whole property tax only about £100,000 wa.i paid by land. The sum really paid was nothing when compared with the value of the land, and yet some people talked of the property tax being levied upon land. The people would soon demand that the Ip.rge estates of the colony should pay more than at present towards the revenue of the country, and especially that the estates of absentees should be made to contribute more than at present." Should the -weather prove fine to-day the cricket match between the Royal Comic Opera Company and the Press will take place at two p.m. sharp, on the Domain Ground. The following will represent the Fourth Estate :—Messrs. W. J. Geddes, W. F. Clifton, W, W. Robinson, W. Mahony, Courtayne, F. Christmas, Regan, Dunkley, Speight, Brooks, and b. Burns. Emergencies : Pear«on and Turner. Royal Opera Company : G. Musgrove, H. Musgrove, W. Ford, W. Beaumont, H. Vernon, C. Robson, J. Forde, F. Peake, B. Griffiths, S. Nelson, W. Harrison, G. Hunt, and J. Borroughs.

The work of levelling and forming Pon-sonby-road, between Karangahape-road and the " Three Lamps," is proceeding apace, and a party of men ore now engaged in dressing the kerbstones near the Wesleyan Chapel, a considerable section of kerbing having been already put down.

The Hawke's Bay Herald of the 15th says: —" We understand that the owneis of the steamer Triumph have offered to send her to Napier when she is repaired, if a cargo of frozen meat is guaranteed. The proposal is not made in connection with the Tomoana works, but quite independently, and it is not intended to freeze the meat on shore, but to transport the carcases on board immediately, thus saving the cost of freezing and storing on shore, and some handling."

Mr. Goldie, the Dog Registrar, will sell, to-day, at noon, by public auction, at the Market kennels, a number of unregistered docs.

The new Licensiog Commissioners have already rebeived numberless suggestions from the liotelkeepers as to how the liquor traffic could be carried on to the satisfaction of all parties. Very great satisfaction is felt by the publicans that the ten o'clock regulation will apply to all city wards, and thus avert the injustice which would arise if public-houses were closed on one side of Queen-street at ten, and opan to midnight on tbe other side.

The local committee of the New Zealand Rifle Association have not yet received any entries from city Volunteer corps for the forthcoming colonial prize firing, but no doubt they will tumble in before the meeting. The Wairoa Rifles have already sent in half-a-dozen entries, and the Whangarei Volunteers intend also to send representatives.

The Thames Advertiser says :—"As the time for the meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association is rapidly drawing near, considerable local interest is' being evinced in the approaching competitions, and though the representatives of the Volunteer corps have not yet been selected, there is every probability that tbis district will be largely represented. In the department of rifle shooting, the Thames should appear to better advantage than in previous years, owing to the infusion of the best marksmen of disbanded companies into the Rangers. Some of the shootists are preparing for the event, and we hear of one of the riflemen who, a few days ago, made as many as S9 points out of a possible 100, a score seldom, if ever, equalled here." There was only one prisoner in the lockup, last night, a man named Thomas Sayers, on a charge of using obscene language.

The Auckland Weekly News (illustrated) is the best and largest weekly journal published in the colony, and contains an ample and well-assorted collection of general, commercial, political, mining, agricultural, and sporting intelligence ; the latest English. American, and Continental cable" grams, recording the principal events throughout the world; special contributions from our travelling corespondents; tales by the most popular novelists ; and interesting itema relating to art, literature, science, music, and the drama—the whole combining to render it the most attractive and readable weekly journal published in New Zealand. Amongst the illustrations this week is a portrait of Mr. Seymour George, M.H.It. for Rodney. Messrp. J. and E. Leydon. will sell by auction at the Town Hsll, Helensfillo, to-morrow, the salvage from the lato fire on the prfmises of Me-srs. P. and J. McLeod, Uelensville. The goods consist of the general assortments usually found in country stores. The sale begins at elevon o'clock. A train leaves the Auckland station at a quarter-past seven in the morning:, and the return train leaves Heleuaville at half-past four o'clock. The following is the programme of the Artillery Land performance in the Albort Park on Saturday next, under the audioes of Ills Worship the Mayor Petite overture, "La Recreation Musicals" (J- Heinmerle); quadrille. "Joyous Friends" (It. Smith) ; selections. "Pride of Scotland," on Scotch airs (H. Hound) ; solo polka, *' Pistonette" (K. Mario); grand glee. "The Forest Queen" (U. Round); selection, "Patience, or " Bunthorne's Bride" (Arthur Sullivan) ; valse, "Rose of England" (11. Bound); gallop, "Snow Drift" (K. Smith). God Save the Queen. The annual entertainment of the Welles-ley-street Baptist Mutual Imnrovement Class takes place in tho schoolroom to-night.