The Taranaki herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1881.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3793, 23 July 1881, Page 2

The Taranaki herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1881.

It is stated that the frieuds of Sir Julius Yogel have sent home for a copy of the "insolent despatch," and that the mail by which it is expected will reach Wellington on the 24th of August, when it will be made public property through the medium of the Opposition press.

The Hawke's Bay Herald is informed that a considerable number of hawks' feet come to Napier from the Wanganui side, and that hawks' heads are sent from there to Wanganui. The reason for this is that their Acclimatisation Society pay a reward for the feet, while in Wanganui the money is paid for the heads.

Some time back it was reported that Izaak Walton was sold to go to Christchurch, but it will be seen from our advertising columns that Mr. W. Elliot has secured him, and intends standing him this season in the County

The Sightascope will be open this evening for the last time, when there will be a large distribution of gifts, including an extra-super-fine tea and coffee service, a silver watch, four cruet stands, two clocks, two concertinas, a pair of lustres, four pairs of vases, &c. The views of the Kelly Gang will be exhibited for the last time, and on this occasion the armour worn by the outlaw Kelly will be shown.

The s.s. Hawea, Captain Kennedy, left Port Chalmers on the 18th July, at 1.30 p.m. ; arrived at Lyttelton on the 19th, at 6 a.m. ; sailed at 9.30 p.m. for Wellington ; arrived on the 20th. at 12.10 p.m. ; left on the 2 1st, at 1 p.m., for Picton, and arrived at 7.30 p.m. ; sailed at 8.45 p.m. for Nelson, and arrived on the 22nd at 5 a.m. ; sailed for Tarauaki at 5 p.m., and arrived this morning at 7 o'clock.

Mr. Coldwell, of the Inglewood Hotel, called upon us to-day, respecting a letter which appeared in our issue of yesterday, commenting on some remarks made by Colonel Trimble, who referred to getting some drugged beer at an hotel in Inglewood. We feel convinced the writer did not intend to refer to Mr. Cold well's Hotel, but "the Inglewood hotel" mentioned by Col. Trimble. Mr. Coldwell has beeu many years in business, and has made bis name for keeping a firstclass hotel, that no one, we should think, could connect the remark in the letter with his house.

It has been decided that the projected concert by the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society shall not be composed wholly of instrumental music, as was at first intended, and we think this alteration of the programme will prove acceptable to the public. A number of ladies and gentlemen have consented to render solos and daets ; and no effort is being spared to make the concert pass off successfally. The date fixed for tbe concert is the 11th proximo.

The last section in the Parihaka block has been disposed of, and it is gratifying to know that most of the purchasers in this block have made their selections for honafide settlement, and not as mere speculations. This block, which is unusually fertile, and easy of access from New Plymouth, will soon become a thriving agricultural and pastoral district, and there are few if any new districts at the present time in the Colony that can offer equal advantages to inteuding settlers. Another block at Parihaka will soon be offered for sale, aud it will, no doubt, find a ready market.

Rewi has insured h : s new house in the Victoria Company for £800. The tot fal immigration at New York for the month of May exceeded 73,000. Oovotes have killed hundreds of sheep in the northern part of Washington County, Or., daring the past season. inn*. Lady Colley, widow of General Colley killed by the Boers, has left the Cape for England. It is asserted in Vienna that Prince Rudolph, in marrying Princess Stephanie, married his own aunt.

The Bishop of London is credited with saying that the chief Nonconformist in his diocese was the Dean of Westminster.

Mr. ami Mrs. W. E. Gladstone were lately in a London police court to assist in the prosecution of a deaf and dumb man for obtaining charitable assistance on fraudulent representations. John Beall, jun., of Oroville, is six feet eight inches in height. His father and two brothers are also fine specimens of manhood. The aggregate height of the four is twentyfive feet rue and a half inches.

During the passage of the steamship John Elier from Plymouth to Melbourne, some thief stole a gold watch and a lot of medals from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide. The watch was a present from the Pope.

A colored woman named Eliza Cowan, living at a place called Martin's Depot, in Laureu's County, S.C., was on the 14th April hanged by the mob for burning a barn owned by a planter named Blalock, and also for attempting to burn his house. Mr. J. Pettibone, of Baltimo, has sued the American Rapid Telegraphic Company for £2,000, claimed as damage for the nondelivery of a telegram in Washington. It is said that the message was given to a boy in Washington to deliver, but the boy got into a fight on the way and lost it.

From Constantinople we learn that Hobart Pasha and Baker Pasha have obtained leave to pay short visits to England. The Sultan hab availed himself of tne opportunity to charge Hobart Pasha with the presentation of a complimentary letter to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Talk of this being a new country and us a brand-new nation. Why, there's a maker of brogues in Balclutha whose business is advertised as having been " established fourteen years before the flood." This son of St. Crispin is a wag— of course he means the great flood of the Clutha, which residents have too good cause to remember. A beautiful demoiselle went to an "at home" in full dress, low necked satin, diamonds, eic On arriving and lookinir round the room, she perceived the other guests to be in deinitoilette. " Well," she said, "If I'd known that it was only a sit-round, I'd not- have put my clothes on." What ! did she mean to go in Eve's costume.

"Will you ride for me in the next race?" aske I a stranger of Corregan at Sandhurst. " What is it ? " asked the jock. " It's a hor-.e I bought at the yard," was the reply. "Then let me advise you to take him back to the yard," said "Tommy," who did not see the fun of coming in with the crowd and being laughed at, all for a few guineas.

A vicar of a country parish in England had occasion lately to remonstrate with a lowly member of his flock who had regularly been conspicuous, by his absence from the celebration of the Holy Communion, for his nonattendance. Ho tge hazarded the excuse thai he didn't consider himself sufficiently qualified to attend. " Why not 1 " urged the vicar, "you have been confirmed." "Yes, sir," replied Hodge, " and vaccinated too, but they neither of 'era took."

It appears that Russia may also boast of possessing more horses than any other country, a fact partly explicable by her enormous extent of surface. Of the world's horses recent, statistics give as follows : — Austria, 1,367,000 ; Hungary, 2,179,000 ; France, 3,000,000 ; Germany, 3,352.000 ; Great Britain and Irelaud, 2,225,000 ; Turkey, 1,000,000 ; United States. 9,504,000 ; Canada, 2,624,000 ; Argentine Republic, 4,000,000 ; Uruguay. 1,600,000 ; Russia, the enormouß number of 21.470,000.

One of the bookmaking fraternity, met with a serious loss just before starting from Sydney on a voyage home via San Francisco. His wife died and left him a disconsolate widower, and on the voyage he was noticed to be very low spirited. A clergyman who, perhaps, had heard of his bereavement, accosted him one day in tones of sympathy, and told him to be cheerful, as it was not a man's part to be downhearted. The metallician listened to the clerical exhortations for some time, until at last he broke in with—" Oh, 'tis all very well for you to tell a fellow to be cheerful, but there's not a d man amongst ye who knows how to play lool" The interview therefore ended.

The Bishop of London, speaking in the Upper House of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, on the 17th May last, said :— " He begged to remind the House that no one could arpreseut use the revised version of the New Testament. When the whole work was completed it would go out to the public, and would be before the Church for consideration. It might be years before the proposed alterations from the authorised version had so approved themselves to the Church, both clergy and laity, that steps could be taken to give authority for the use of the revised version. However, it must be understood that the revised version could not now be used in the churches."

An envelope before us (says the Brisbane Conner) tells a story full of pathetic asseveration and very mournful interest. It is addressed to " The proprietors of the Courier," and contains an advertisement from New Zealand. Across the address is printed in dull red letters, '• Preserved from wreck Tararua." The paper has been wet, the stamp having come off, and the cuclo3ure showing a tendency to adhere were folded. But for the notice on the back, one might have faucied, had one's attention been drawn to these minutiaj, that th? postman had been caught in a slio.ver while delivering it. And this is all the effect on this fragile piece of paper of the fury of that awful night and day when a great ship was smashed up like an egg-shell, aud that crowd of human beings, each of whom was capable of destroying this with a finger an I thumb, were swept into eternity. The reflection in " Maud" upon the tiny delicate shell which the resistless sea has cast up uninjurcl upon the beach seems very appropriate to this envelope, bringing its unimportant contents safely to hand from suck a scene of anguish and terror.