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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 20, 5 September 1884, Page 11

the windows of the Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. In connection with was sometime ago aa inmate of Mr. Hume's private as S Tnd whilst there attempted to cut the throat of a felow natfent ' TMa man has since been transferred to the Government TinStion W dOft-and fortunately fell upon a heap of soft clay below This alone saved him from permanent injury or death Another lS eenous instance ia that of a patient who, we understand, fsihe father of the boy Marisco who had the misfortune to kill his brother whilst they were indulging m some rough play at Invercar-ill last week This patient merely forced bis way out of a window on the grTuTd S^T° eßled JimßeUJ imßeU V n a cellar ' wbere ' ho^ver, he Wk? not «i«* 006 . 1 " 8 fe een received that the French fleet have comM?n Ritf,?r? al ii tl t Chin f e defenceß aloQ g the banks of the J£S J£i?t nYn V 5° Fo ° chow< An outbreak of Jopular feeling has occurred at Canton A large mob proceeded to the French Consulate hi foffiSSrS^ offic i sa^ forcibly expelled the Consul and tiis otncials and the merchants from the city. The populace also ££** ft? Cathedra bufc the edifice was eveLally effi by the JJTELn 75k™ EE TT P v*™ Cousul^fc Canton have since induced ChinpS Zv« fi T attao^ t0 the mißsions t0 lea ™ tfa e city. The quarters. ° a foreigQers who were found " their pagoda from T h>&,^^ «,oi-?^ Lor 4 s^P ? isho P Redwood (says the iA/ttelton Times) is to make his periodical episcopal visit to the Koman Catholic parishes in SS e ih °?b? be ™ dlBt u Ct Within a forfcni Sbt. He will conduct the s-rtfce at the Rangiora church ou Sunday week. Monday. nw news still continues to come to hand from the streets of Ashburton in front of atorchliehtnroceisinn Tn Vh l^t™ 011 ? 6 Pr°c.eßßi?"isteP r ° c . eßßi ?" iste of^r TveT w l£ e ™mber calling for three cheers for him and three 2 Jf* Gngg whom they called a traitor. The effigy after beW earned round the various streets, was brought to QuUfJ Hotel ivK it was torn limb from limb by a few excited mVmb^rf A iW The following telegram, signed by six of Mr v w«% « v. supporters, was sent to that gentleman on Say r-'ln^oSilaYor Atkinson we think you have made a most unholy alliance an dhnnl your Ministerial l death will be sudden and complete •'' ° pc meeting was a poor one, and the resolutions in Sil«J.« were rejected. We are not surprised la this Thl Qeo "? e8 favolir Christchurch have discovered th^ihet'eSwh^ U^Ke of

not yet by any means lost hope of gaining the top of the tree and becoming master of the s'tuatton. His recent rather inconsistent attitude towards the Stout Ministry and the Atkinson oartv ha« occasioned many surmises las to his real object, amongst which not the least probable is that he desires to bring about another dissolution, iv the hope that the electors, tired of the disagreements between other sections of the House, will hail him as a deliverer, and once more return his friends Messrs. De Lautour, Rees, George, and Feldwick together with a suffiaieut number of other supporters,' to plaoehUn at the head of the majority. The failure of the Ohnstchurch demo™ stration does not afford much encouragement to an idea of this kind but it will take more than that to convince Sir George Grey that he is really played out as a political leader. The result of the testing of 20 tons of coppar from the CTaited company s mine at Aniseed Valley has been received from Newcastle, it gave 18 per ceat. of copper, which is considered highly satisfactory, the ore not haviug undergone any dressing previous to bain s sent for testing. s The crowd (says the Dunstan Times') when not inane is insane, and we cannot but think the crowd of Dunedin on Tuesday evening laßfcl aß fc was insane in the ninth degree, when it went through the piece of buffoonery of bnraSng in effigy four of the Otngo members -Messrs. Koss, Gillies, Thomson and Pyke, for voting against the Vogel-™»t. Btout Ministry. We do not question the right of the Dunedin crowd to treat with contumely and insult its own representatives, but we protect, and that in the moat emphatic manner, against its interference with the constituency of the Dunstan. By the action of this crowd— we will not insult the intelligence of Dunedin city by supposing it consisted of other than the street common loafer— the would-make-believe unemployed— and the tag-rag and bobtail of the backs-slums— not only has a gentleman who commands the confidence of an electorate that may with but a little stretch be styled Central Otago been grossly outraged, but his constituency has been unwarrantably insulted. It may be said that we are treating this matter too seriously, and that a contemptuous silence would have been as effectual ; if but only one construction could be put on silence, we would have treated this efferveaence of the hydra-headed mob with contempt, but it might possibly have been construed int j consent, an acknowldgement that the act was justified. Hence it is that we characterise it is an unwarrantable interference with the privileges of the Dunsttn electors, by whom Mr. Pyke was chosen, and in whose hands also devolves the power of taking him to TiftSK* Mr. James Ames, returning officer for Foxton, laid an information on Saturday charging the Hon. Charles Johnston Pharazyn with having been ernlty o f illegal practice in having recorded his vote at the recent Foxtou election while legally disqualified from doing so, owing to a former cjnviction under the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act. r The wool market continues firm. 11,900 bales were catalogued at Saturday a auction. New Zealand mutton (prime quality} continues to realise sd. per lb. • A serious fire occurred at Flemington, Victoria, on Saturday morning, resulting in the total destruction of a racing stable. Four thoroughbred horses, including Jessie, were destroyed by fire. The French fleet under Admiral Courbet has left the Mm River, and will probably proceed northward. A panic amongst the Chinese hag occurred at Shanghai, and an exodus is taking place, in consequence of a fear that the city will bj bombarded by the French warbhips. Intelligence is to baud to the effect that the Chinese Government have ordered the commanders at all treaty ports to attack any French war-vessels or merchantmen either entering or leavinff the port?. 6 The Nile is now rising well, and seven steamers have safely made the passage of tho first cataract. At tho wool Siles fine and combing wools show an improvement; others are unaltered. French buyers are leaving. One hundred and eighty-threa thousand have been catalogued, of which 10,000 were withdrawn. The Interprovincial Football Match between Otago aad Canterbury reßulteJ in f ivour of the Oantcrburyjtearn, who won by*a goal to a try. Tuesday. The Wokatip Mail, in reference to the proposal of a correspondent to submit h. plan for the cheap and ea^y destruction of the Kea<i speaks i s follows : — (i If our correspondent is in possession of the discovery he speaks of, it would be of great value to many other portions of the Colo.iy besides Lake County, although the ravages of the peat are becoming more serious in this county every year. Mr. D A. Cameron, one of the oldest runholders in the district, ia throwing up his run at the Nokomai through the keas, which, if not more numerous, are, according to report, greater adepts at the destruction of sheep, iormerly, the birds used to annoy and worry but now they kill outright. There ia not a run which includes mountainous country but i« more or less plagued with the infliction, and we are informed ou good authority that on one spur alone ou a mountain range m the Wakatipu a runholder lost no less than 1,000 sheep during last year. r ' The Timarti Herald writes : " Mr. Stout, in moving the want-of. confidence motion, admitted that hecould not tell what the result would beif it were carried. It bas been carried and it would requireamuch wis*r man than Mr. Stout to say what the result will be. The immediate effect of it, however, is to make Sir George Givy more completely master of the situation than evi-r. > o Ministry that can possibly be formed from the Stout- Vogei party can live for a day except ou the sufferance of Sir George Grey. Any auch Ministry must necessarily take office •in a considerable minority, and the number of honiM or days that they would retain it would depend entirely on the forbearance of their opponents. That is a state of affairs which can scarcely be tolerated, aa eminently prejudicial to the public interests, aud one which no Ministry possessing a spark of self-respect would submit to for a moment. Yet how it is to be avoided is almost impossible to see. There ia a great deal said and 'written about a coalition, but we.

do not believe any coalition, could be formed at present which would ' not be in precisely the same position an a party Ministry. The only plan that suggests itself to us as fairly feasible is for a Ministry of moderate men to be formed from ono side or tbe other, with an honourable understanding on both sides that they aro to be supported in carrying on the necessary business during the pres'nfc session. The Canterbury block vo'e and the Giey patty together have rendered government impossible on any ..ihci- lerrus." A child four years of age, named Harrison, fell into a bucket of hot water at Linwood yesterday morning and died at noon. The Wesport Times, of the 22nd August, notes :— " A man welknown in the dibtrict, Peter Nelson by name, met with a painful accident on Tuesday, and also suffered excessively when being brought, town. Nelson was working at the face in his claim at Old Diggings when ten to fifteen tons of earth came away, with the unfortunate result that one of bis legs was cleanly broken above the ankle. The injured man was placed in a trap at 4 p.m., and the journey to Westport commenced. The trip down proved a most difficult one ; the night was stormy.and several slips had to be cleared away to allow the cart to proceed ; in oae instance the vehicle had to be hauled backwards across the obstruction. The .feelings of the unfortunate man Nelson during the journey may be imagined. Westport was reached yesterday forenoon, and Nelson was admitted to the Hospital." The Ross Advocate says that a decently sized nugget of gold was found last voek at Duffers and sold to the Bank of New Zealand. It weighed 3ozs 4dwts, was water worn and kidney shaped. It is the general opinion ihat Duffer'a and the contingencies will yet prove a surprisingly rich goldfield, as from time to time these nuggets have been unearthed. The ground at the new rush nt ar the Catholic Church (sayd the Kumara Times) has now been fairly proved, and in consequence claims have been pegged off to near Messrs. Nicholsoa and Fairbairn's siw-' mill, on the Greenstone road, near to the Presbyterian Manse, the lead being in a direction west by north. Seven claims have bottomed at depths of from loft, to 25ft. the wash varying from 2ift. to 9ft. and giving between three and four pennyweights to the load. The names of the successful parties are :— Ringman. and party (prospectors), three ; Slade and party, three ; Anderson and party, three; W. Smith and party, two ; Chambers and party, two ; Jackson and party, two; and Martha and party, four. We understand Mr. Gow, the manager of the Government water-race, has offered the parties timber and nails to erect tbe necessary ftuming to bring water on to the ground, which of course can only be woiked in the primitive mode of paddocking, the ground being too shallow to be dealt with by sluicing. A complete nest of French criminals has been discovered in Carlton, Victoria, the leader being a New Caledonian escapee. On a search of the house most complete instruments for burglary and coining were discovered, alpo a large stock of wines, provisions, ere. The statement that Jessie was amongst tbe horses burned to death at Femington stables was incorrect. None of the animals destroyed were prominent ones. Smallpox is increasing in Sydney and suburbs. Fresh cases have occurred in Kent street in tbe city, and at the Glebe, The patients have been placed under quaiantine. General Lord VVolseley and Karl Northbrook, the British Commissioners, have &t,iited for Egypt, and will arrive at Alexandria on Saturday next. Sir ilichard Temple, Bart, in an able paper read at a meeting of the Britith Association now being held at Montreal, stated that 13 per cent, of the world's commerce pertains to the British colonies and dependencies He also stated that the average earnings of the Australians were the highest in the world. Cholera is still raging in Ttaly, and many deaths are occurring, An official proclamation has been published at Canton setting a price upon the heads of Frenchmen residing .in Chinese territory". General Millot has resigned the command of the French troops in Touquin, and been succeeded by General De Lisle. It is rumoured that Germany intends to propose a congress of delegates of the Great Powers to confer en tbe question of the Congo boundary as affecting Kgypt. The Austrian Government have decided to despatch a number of warships to the Pacific, Africa, and ether places, with a view to extending their Colonial possessions and carrying out a proposed system of colonisation. It is reported from Canada that 600 boatmen are enlisting in an expedition which is being foimei to navigate the Nile and relieve General Gordon at Kbartoum. Wednesday. The New Zealand Times says if rumor is to be believed, Sir JuHub Vogel has expres-sed dissatisfaction at the manner in which the affairs of his party have been conducted during the past few days. It goes onto say: — "We question very mu",h whether at ihe present moment Mr. Stout is justified in regarding Sir Julius Vogel as his colleague. The latter knows that great blunders have been perpetrated, that bad judgment has been displayed, that an opportunity has been lost, that friends have been alienated, and that ihe future has been somewhat awkwardly pledged for the sake of a little doubtful assistance. It may be that the misunderstanding between the heads of the Stout- Vogel combination will be removed or put out of sight for the present, and that the great work of forming a Ministry will be completed in the course of a few hours ; bat the fact remains that it is not yet accomplished, and that all hope of bringing about a coalition, which in the existing condition of parties would have been the strongest, safest, and most useful, has been destroyed." A sailor belonging to the^arque Sea Toller, now lying at the Nelson anchorage, with the object of deserting, left the ship on a ladder. This has been picked up near the lighthouse. The man, whose name is Watson, baß not since been seen. The Salvation Army at Kaiapoi (says the (Lyttlctotb Times) are now taking novel steps to increase their numbers at the expense and

annoyance of the residents, and also those persons who conduct their services inside churches. On Sunday, both morning and afternoon, a band of these " discreet worshippers " assembled in front of a house in Ciss street, opposite the English Church, and in most extraordinary language denounced the occupants. The " prayers " were accompanied by beating kerosene tins, and other noisy manoeuvres were indulged in, to the evident disgust of many onlookers, and to the interruption of (he services. Another resident in Peraki street was also serenaded in a like manner. It appears to be a great pity that a town hitherto remarkable for its quietness should be disturbed by a band of persons who, under the guise o£ religion, act in so indecent a manner. Ihe Archbishop of Sydney has arrived by the Liguria at Adelaide. The various ways (says the Bnice Herald) in which the Scriptures are interpreted by person who manipulate them for the sola purpose of supporting their own views is astonishing. The most ingenious we ever met with is that given by a correspondent t& the Haivke's Bay Herald who wrote as follows .—"There has been considerable amount of discussion of late on land nationalisation. It is a difficult subject, but I cannot help referring to one particular phase cf the question. The majority of the opponents of land nationalisation are members of Christian Churches and (so called) Christian pastors. Those, of course, believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God. Now in the Bible (Leviticus 25,verspi 23) I find the following:— 'The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land ia mine ;ye are but strangers and sojourners with me." Now, if the land belongs to God and the people are God's children, and if God has commanded that ' the land shall not be 6old for ever,' ought not all Christians be land nationalisers.' Surely the writer of the above rubbish can never have read the Old Testament laws regarding the year of jnbilee. If there is anything more plain than another in the land laws of the Jews it ia that the owner of the land held the fee simple in indefeasible right for ever, and there was a special arrangement by which, if through stress of circumstances, he was compelled to mortgage his land, it became his property again at the year of jubilee whether he had paid the loan or not. Father Devoy is a passenger by the coach from Kumara for Christchurch. He proceeds to Timaru to relieve Father M'Guinness. During his four months' visit to the West Coast, Father Devoy has collected £1250 for St. Patrick's College, Wellington. He did not have time to collect at Reef ton, Lyel I, Boatmans, and a few other places. The Wanganui Herald says :—lf: — If ever there was a time in the history of any country, when the services of a great man were wanted to save the public credit, New Zealand has reached it, as we have seen her affairs getting more and more desperate under the ' rule of men who have arrogated to themselves all the talents and succeeded in nothing. In five years Major Atkinson has plunged' tbe country eleven millions further into debt and has brought her Parliament to a state bordering on chaos. Barring unforeseen contingencies writes (the Wellington correspondent of the Daily Times,) it is still regarded a3 almost certain that Ministry will be &worn in to-morrow with Mr. Stout as Premier, Sir J. Vogel as Treasurer, and also containing Messrs. Richardson, Ballance, Tole, and Larnach. It is on this assumption that the following remarks are based. It need hardly be said that there are differences of opinion as to the likelihood of the Ministry serving for any length of time. A great deal depends upon the attitude of Sir G. Grey. It is stated that when Mr. Tole cousented to join, he did so without any promise of being able to carry the support of his party with him. On the othprhaiad. Sir G. Grey's views have been consulted in the selection of Stout as Premier instead of Sir Juiius Vogel, and the hon. gentleman is no doubt also gratified by the inclusion of such a devoted follower as Mr. Tole in thj Ministry., Still, the prophets oE evil fortune who always abound at such a crisis point out that Sir G. Grey is never guided by rules which influence ocdiuary men, and even that it is quit? impossible to predict what course of action he may follow in the future. There are others who assert that neither Sir Julius Vogel nor the Canterbury members will be content long to see the latter occupying his present subordinate position, and some prophesy that before long they will be found in the ranks of the Opposition, and that the uexi Step will be a strong cjalition Goverument formed by Sir Julius Vogel and Major Atkinson. Ia the House of Representatives, yesterday Messrs Tole, Dargaville, Moss, Grey, Peacock, and Moat presented petitions from women praying that the franchise under the Licensing Act be extended to females of mature age. Sir George Grey gave notice that he would introduce a bill to amend tbe Property Assessment Act. Mr. Gore gave notice that he would introduce a bill entitled " Tbe Workmen's Lien Act." The Hon. Major Atkinson intimated that, at the request of Mr. Stout, he had to ask for an adjournment till to-day at 2 30. He also intimated that he had tendered the resignation of his Government on Saturday morning. Mr. Stout said the Governor had sent for him, and he had undertaken the formation of a Government. He hoped to succeed in doing so by the time they met to-day. The House rose at 3.5 p.m. Mr. Gladstone has delivered asecoDd address at Edinburgh. In the course of his speech the Premier dealt with the Foreign policy of the Government exhaustively, and defended it against the attacks which it has provoked. Mr. Gladstone also referred to the efforts which are being made by the German Government to found settlements in various Darts of the world, and wished Germany God-spsed in her colonising prospects. A dispute having arisen between the Chinese and Japanese Governments regarding the Loochoo Islands, the sovereignty of which is claimed from China by Japan, it is generally believed that hostilities between those countries is imminent. On Monday a threshing- mill on a farm of Mr. L. Fraser, Waimatuku, together with a stack of ryegrass, which was* being threshed, were destroyed by fire. The mill was insured for £220 iv the South Lritish Office. The ryegrass, which was the property of Mr. Fraser,' was not insured, and was valued at £60,— Mr. J. Crow, farmer,

Waicola, had two wheat stacks destroyed by fire on Sunday night. No cause can be assigned. The insurance is £125 with the Eqnitable Company. The loss is estimated at double that amount. — Mr. Hogan, of Wrey's Bush, had four stacks of barley, 200 yards apart, burnt on the 26th nit. Incendiarism is more than suspected in this case. The insurance was £260 with the Equitable, and the loss is three times that amount. The body of a man was found oa the sea beach at Westporb yesterday morning. It is supposed to be that of Thomas Manoy, missing from Fern Flat, above Lyell, since the last week in July. The body has floated npwards of 60 miles in the flood a»> present runniDg the river. A very heavy north-west gale had baen blowing yesterday since Sunday. at Wellington with heavy rain. The Hutt River was in heavy flood, and flowing over the Main road in several places, but is now falling rapidly. One of the breakwaters in the river has been carried away. Fears are entertained in Masterton for the safety of the Waingawa railway bridge. A pilot engine preceded the train jesterday. Both the Ruamahunga and Waingawa Rivers are higher than in any flood or record. The Waingawa railway-bridge, on ihe Wellington-Masterton railway, has been washed away. It will take a month at least before through traffic can be resumed. All the lowlying land between Woodside and Matarawa is under water. A landslip has also occurred at Siberia Bend, where the Rimutaka accident took place. The Masterton river has overflowed its banks ne*r the railway works, and there is a heavy flood in the town. J". Peterwn, an elderly man, in charge of Macara's farm at Opaki, was drowned to-day in the Waipoua while trying to rescue 6heep from flooded land. A letter has* been received from General Gordon in which he states that he will defend Khartoum until October 15. Thubbday. In the Legislative Conncil yesterday, the Hon. Mr. Reynolds announced that a new Government had been formed, composed of Mr. Stout as Premier and Attorney-general ; Sir Julius Vogel as Colonial Treasurer, Postmaster-general, and Commissioner of Telegraphs and Stamps ; Mr. E. Richardson, Minister of Public Works; Mr. Ballance, Native Minister, Minister of Defence and Lands : Mr. Tole, Minister of Justice ; and himself (Mr. Reynolds) withoHt portfolio. In the House of Representatives, the Hon. Mr. Stout said they were aware he had promised that if possible he would to-day be in a position to announce to them* lhat he had succeeded in completing the task entrusted to him by the Governor of forming an Administration. He had been enabled to do so. He announced the names of those sworn in. That left two offices still to filled up, and he hopsd to be able to announce to them in the course of a few days that he had succeeded in filling up those. It was their desire, if possible, that these offices should be filled up from North Island members, with one, if possible, from the Provincial District of Auckland. In regard to the position taken by Sir J. Vogel, that of Treasurer, he had to explain that but for the fact of his bad health he (Mr. Stout) would have insisted upon him taking the position of Premier. As it was, Bir J. Vostel had point-blank refused to take up that position. If his health improved, however, there might bg a change in this respect. The Government, as constituted, recognised the great importance of fostering the mining industry. He meint by that not only the production of gold, but of all the other metals and minerals, including coal, etc. With the view of giving effect to that determination they would at an early date ask members to agree t) the appointment of a Minister for Mines — one v^ho would devote himself especially to that Department. That would necessitate the appointment of an extra Minister. At present they could only appoint seven members to the Government. Parliament having now been in session for some w^eks, Government recognised the importance of getting the business gone on with as fast as possible. They would therefore be prepared to ko on with the order-paper. The following bills were introduced, and read a first time : — Abolition of Gold Duty Bill (Mr. Brown) ; to Amend the Property Assessment Act (Sir G. Grey); North Dunedin (Jemetery Extension Bill (Mr. Gore) : City of Dunedin Leasing Powers Bill (Mr. Bradshaw) ; Wauganui Harbour Board Rating (Mr. Ballance) ; Drainage of Mines (Air. Brown) ; Workmen's Wages (Mr. Cadman). A terrible fatality occuired at Woodville on Tuesday night, whereby two women were drowned. Rain fell and as a result the Manawatu River rose with great rapidity. Mr. H. M'Kenzic, contractor for the Manawatu railway and traffic bridge four miles from Woodville, lived in a house on a raised piece cf ground on the bank of the river. Shortly after midnight it was found that the house was being surrounded by water, and a raft was made for the purpose of getting the people away from the house. Shortly after 3 o'clock a first attempt was made, the raft being O2cupied by Mrs. M'Keuzie and her son, Mrs. Seavey and hi I husband, and a man named M'Millan. When crossing, however, the raft struck a snag and capsized, but all the occupants got safely on board again. The steering pole, however, was lost, and tne raft was swept again into the surging current of the main stream Again the raft struck a snag and capsized. The three men somehow got ashore and were picked up nearly insensible, but the two women were drowned, and there seems little hope of ever recovering the bodie-. Mrs. M'Keuzie had been living ie Dunedin, and only came to Woodville on Monday last. M'Kenzie has lost a great quantity of tirabtr and the sinking machinery has been submerged. Great damage has also been done by the floods at Masterton, Wanganui, Fielding and elsewhere. The old chief To Ihana died on Tuesday at Mangaou, at the age of 80 years. He waß uoc noted as a warrior, but owing to his mental qualities exercised a considerable amount of influence, more especiajly north of Parihaka and even there he was much respected. An alarming outbieak of cholera has occurred in Naples. The mortality has alieady been considerable. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic. The epidemic has also made its appearance at Alicante, a town on the Mediterranean coast ot Spam where several deaths have already occurred from it,