The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1821, 3 November 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1874.

An emergency meeting of the Sir Walter Scott Lodge will be held at the Freemasons' Hall this evening at half-past seven o'clock.

A iiAMBNTABIT sudden death occurred this morning. Mrs. o'Halloran, resident in the Golden Fleece Hotel, expired in giving birth to a child.

The season at Tnraru Gardens will be formally inaugurated on Monday next with •ports in celebration of the Prince of Wales ¥irthday. Trains will run, and a return ticket •with admission to the gardens will be obainable for one shilling.

Mb. Meek, the disoovercr of coal at Mata Croekj brought up a sample of coal yesterday, which hod been packed through the bush to the beach. We taw some of ib burning, and it appeared to be of very fair quality, especially as coming from the surface. It is said that the disceverer's reticence on the matter previously was owing to the fact that he^ had not sufficient capital of his own to devfelope the coal, and had been unable to meet -with a suitable partner.

The following notice from Mr. James Mackay, jus., appears outside the Native Agent's Office:—" All persons having claims to land in the Cape Colvillp, Waikawau and Ohinemuri blocks, are informed that I am proceeding to Ohinemuri to ficish all questions about those lands ; and all persons who have claims to land in the Cape Colville, Waikawau and Ohinemuri Blocks are to meet at Ohinemuri on the 9th November, 1874, to arrange about the money, and the goods which they have received for their lands."

Thb Bey. John Hall, of New York, writes: If any one desires to kEOW what" intelligent and consistent temperance " means, the reply j 6 . "Such a personal attitude towards etrong drink, in practice, as is consistent with good morals, with truth and with a mans avowed opinion?, and such as is defensible by Scripture and reason. It was intended to exclude rant, j;ant, ignorance, dogmatism, the petty selfishness that trades on tempernnce reform, and the honest or dishonest blundering which makes the reform a religion. It is not 'intelligent and consistent' to impute base motives, to employ abusive language against honest men, even if they are not total abstaisers.",]

Thb Mirror, a Itondon paper, relates that a certain princess was recently much taken pith a email pair of bellows she saw lying on a stall at a charity bazaar, nn.'i not knowing its use she applied to her'husband to explnin it. This ho did, rind the princess forthwith purchased the article. From the manner in which the story is told, it would appear 'that the Duko and Duchess of Edinburgh aro the persons indicated. If bo, the Duchess could not hjivo consulted a person xnoro fie to explain the properties of anything used for " raising the wind."

A sad ra.ee of lunacy was hoard in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. A Mrs. Donelly the mother of several young children was commitod to the lunatic asylum on the certificated of Drs. Lethbridge nnd Pereton. It seems that although the unfortunate woman when in Court showed no symptoms of iusanit.y, she occasionally becomes very violent and elinosfc beyond control, hop hallucination being that it is the intention of goc.fi person or persona to kill her children. It is the opinion of the doctors that tbo woman will speedily recover from her insanity when away fro a- homo associations.

Aitektiok lias been drawn to tho insufficiency of the accommodation provided for the pupils of the Waiotahi School. Ifc appears that the schoolroom was originally constructed to accommodate sixty pupils only, and now the attendance amounts to considerably over double that number. This is a matter ■which should receive immediate attention. During last week twenty scholars were turned away, siau>ly because there was ro room for them, the schoolroom being already overcrowded, and the ventilation lamentably deficient. The Board of Education have been communicated with on the subject, but no reply has yet been received. It is only reasonable to assume, however, that with these facts before them the Board will see the urgonfc necessity of taking some present steps to enlarge the Waiolahi School.

A sad contretemps is reported (o have occurred at a fashionable wedding in .London the other day. There were two affairs of the kind to come off at the same fashionable church on the same morning. The firat one ■was duly consummated, but,as tho carriages containing the persons who had witnessed it were leaving tke church, they got mixed up with tho carriages bringing the persons who were to witne?s and take part in the Eecond ceremony. The consequence was a block and a ecene of gieat confusion, so much so that by the time the second bride's marriage could reach the church twelve o'clock had struck, and the marriage had t» be postponed for a day. The chagrin of tho bridegrooir, the vexation of the bride, and the general disappointment of the fashionable crowd which had been assembled for the occasion " may be better imagined than described."

A COEBESPONDEUT of The Times calb attention to tho practical method adopted by the National Assembly in France for cbeclring the disorderly propensities of honorable members. When it was found necessary for the President to call a Bpeaker to order and to "name" him, ■which implies a record of the jfact on tbe proceedings of the House, the offender is fined one half of his pay aa a deputy for fifteen days. As thia is £1 per diem, it amounts to £7 10s. The Times correspondent adds: —" If a deputy called to order is visited "with censure Borno higher penalty is inflicted. He may be supended from voting, and, for very grave misconduct, a vote of the Chamber might expel him; but this extreme panishment —whicb, in tho case of some deputies wouH entirely deprive them of their means of livelihood —one could hardly suppose would be resorted to except for most heinous offences."

Some time ago (^Professor Sedgewiok waa geologising in a quarry near a high road, dressed in a rough suit for tho purpose, and striking vigorous blows with his hammer upon the rook, -when a carriago coining up stopped at tho place, and a gentleman within beckoned to the Professor to come up to the door, as he wanted to know the way to the residence of a certain nobleman in that locality. Professor Sedgewick having very readily answered this and sevoral other questions put to him, the gentleman, pleased with what he had deemed the intelligencs and civility of the quarryrnan, offered him a shilling, which was received with thanks. The carriage drove on, taking its occupant to the nobleman's house, where ho was an invited guest. Soon aftor Professor Sodgowick followed him, for ho w*s staying there at that time himself. At dinner they happened to be sea'ed near each other, and soon fell into conversation. After a while, the gentleman, looking earnestly at Professor Sedgewick, observed, " I think I must have had the pleasure of seeing you before, and that not very long ago." " Oh, yes," was the reply, " you saw me this morning, and gave me a shilling for auswering a. waole string of questions—and I was much oblige;! to you for it."

That there ar3 many baptised heathens in our midst has of lafe been questioned, but we think the veriest optimist will admit that there may be some truth in tho proposition, after reading what we are about to relate, and for the accuracy of which we vouch. In a certain locality not more than a hundred leagues from Dunediia thero resides a married woman, whose husband some time ago deserted her for the society of a mistress, witii whom he has since lived in open shame. There was ono young child at home with the wife, and ib lately sickened with the measles. Its recovery was hopeless, and the mother sent to her errant husband to tell him that his child was dying. Tardily obedient to the dictates of nature, tho husband reluctantly visited his wife's abode, and remained there through the night, during which the infant died, fiis absence aroused the aDger and jealousy of the abandoned woman who had i allured him from his home, and early in the morning oho repaired to the wife's house. Then ensued a scene over which we would " gladly draw the ve?lj were it not that we desire to point a moral. Tho two women— the true wife and the false —confronted each other. Taunts were freely exchaEgod, and angry words soon gave place to blows of mutual hatred. Over the dead body of the unconscious infant these women actually fought with eueh blind fury as only jealous women feel. And during the disgraceful scene the man—father, husband, paramour — Btood helplessly by, unable to part the combatants. We will not prolong tho etory; but wo ask, are there not unconverted Christian-heathens in our midst, requiring the aid of the evangeliser fully as much as tho savages of the South.Sea Islan.dsP—Ofcago Guardian.

A fancy bazi!,r in aid of tho fund for paying off the dt'bt on Sr= G-carge/a Church will bo held at *the ' Academy oi; Music this weak, commencing on Thursday next. Preparations for this ovent have been iv progress for many months pii6fc, and wo aro informed that tho result will be one of Mio largest collections of fancy goods over got together ia the district, or Province even. Wo shall have something more to fay of the collection' on Thursday, Vy which time tho fair Baleswomen who are to conduct the business will have all things i*eady for- customers. 3?o • admission to tho bazaar a chargo of sixpence will bo made.

The Pall Mall G-nzetfe calls the following a "wholesome rebuko to a mistress ;who had, in an unguardol moment, suggested to a newly engaged housemaid that the railway station at which she would arrive was ' only a short walk' from the house, and that a •donkey cart wouM be "sent for luggage:' —Ma<i!aine, —l received yor letter and the characters quite ea'fo, but whon i come to rend at the end of your sending rt, donkeycart (o meet me i feel horror-stricken ; it has entirely eet me against the place, arid what with the donkey-cart and the restriction on Dross i fear that i shall reverbeable to abide to your rules, for i have never gone without rings in my ears since i was 4 year old. Difrent other little things i have thought it over Eoariously since isentyer leter awaj, n.ncJ when i went to Lady—————s to livo the coachman and groom was both sent to uie<:t me with a splendid ppring cart, and when i went to Mi'B. s to live the carriage was sent to the station to meet mo and the under housemaid, and the cab was ordered to take our luggage i never heard so povertystricken as sending a donkey-cart, i am quite took against the place, and if i come i never should do myself any good, and then it would only be giving Mrs. s a bad name and putting you to a great expense and also be putting you out of the way to'changing so sooa altho i always dress very neat and plain but at the same time i do not like to be under restrictions as to what i may bo allowed to wear and what i may not and i think if; much better for rr c to bo candid, I am Madame your Humbly tervtint Maky Jake ."