THE OTAGO INSITITUTE.

Evening Star, Issue 4233, 20 September 1876, Page 4

THE OTAGO INSITITUTE.

The second of this body was held last night; when Captain Hutton "/Tie as applied to si£ thegryj r . The lecturer, after explaining the empirical law $f the anatomists, r declares that aniftaWTspme mto existence upon a .'iraclua^afiTwo hypothesis have '.been put forward to explain this )ffIP J WB '6nfrW**skfaiMcri&Mii: 56f10n a plan : the othei" is called descent with a modification. No other bvpottiesis is.possible. We now come to test theise T ''fwo •«yiK>rhe£is by means of erucMrlnstancesr Theiiimculty of tbis-particnlar prpof isTIKHatlfinST6S the,3)SSotlfefl.Bai:ia.dypweM]y supernatural, and tbe i pnly/wR.y to dispose < .f a supernatural hypotheses is 50 show that accepting it would lead to.*esults t i7hich ite acceptors could not adopt: to a '■rc&\wbib- a& aßswflam. Thia hnngslnfe to the most disagreeabha part' df the whole address'.' 1 ' It is very .dfetatilul tp.frme to have to show that the acceptance of such a hypothesis fetings about an absurd idef of .the Crdator. I shalL %BEefore, tny jeco as auicKly'a's possible;''. Btit it H is hecesaary' tfiv insist up'etr'ft rkin, Ifte 'the" Bishop of |)nnediß and professor Salmqnd, who spoke here «n™ he' say ! th^t : " l oiey se« no neason ; sh«nld'iiotttae'trnftj "So long aa they maintain thafc-Jb tfegdhow.itftat, the hypothesis they (put fepjppdJeadg v tp ahsurdii£i.es. From'nuiperous i'n•tanoes t will select folicimnK. cfnclal tests. The Ooeanic Islands, ave always imperfectly stooked: they are subsequently ketter stocked b£ man. •. rikflbfsehJot*:case of the

phenomena called- rudimentary i organs. In tbo «Rli&Briplf»B&P9e teeth are found,,, which afterwards disappear. I will now take a case fiiidei* the head «f ageless organs. In the kakapo, of New <?5 have a bird which, although it-possessos large wings, ,j4ft Cfllsjiot use tben&beyMejl;s .pectoral muscles are too weak., , Again ,Jp the upland g»ose, of Patagonia, we find' a bird which has web feet, hp*,yet r naver goes near.the ; wate«. r Then, lp nature,, tfiare aremkny imperfect anthe Pa'npas of the La Plata there is a woodffeoker never sees a tree... These and muux Suusr+examples which might be given, show tliMt-ft creation hygoffieMtefwe shSufit ffiS#W l that the'CreMoktdidt.iK>t'.a! ways' s£ft> fflS'rigfit thing, in the rfahtVplacej-that ho, was a bad workman, and wasted his materials jthat he ..was : often subject to fits of absence' •Ptttfatf; ''a#d ,! that h&' pracneafjoßelli'givingf men the same ftneioreafeißfraJot of tiecepiiQfcs. -te lead that reason «bray. For if the web-feet of,the upland goose are supposed to be only ah 'intellectual puzzle, then wa shall have to .extend the principle for e'iampte*%nd.' we ."would lipr&'WWtppdtto thtrt theyi were, only Imports;. p| «s*ttre/:«Jid.i noJuxeally K.^.P! *han'».^ujtßl«y/it^B#' , i« ce Pt ; W ll ' ff^r?- 19 ,? fr (! .cl ,-£he hypothesis, 6fth'ff theoiy|of Awpiant. , jEW if one of these' two hypothesis must adoptingthat 6f ppeclalcwartion would lead to the results wii4h inline m«nj #* e ss°s°} descent must In oUoWerl r exceptioil SBMitaken.'to, Captain. HuttpjiiV fted.bj Professor Cougktrey and the'Re'tf! ISKeM£ r %t wasarinorifc that "at the. nexVmee'4g Si'tueSday, «%.«ilt;, Mr •Arlhar read a letter on' t4t Skew

•i it lo ?ing graphio ifeiffliwit* SiwH^lflteffHThp fa fM^W«Wff»»^'' sXfen* Acaftha, wßioh sh<f pAkefi ntf idj dMrees r C oi! the East f&Wp* **• 5° rgj ther the f t f5 B «K toms old, i o rned by D»JI. M'Kenzie and myself, sailed from a erctir^^yW*i?a4ftdiV^*&^lo;«th(B.cai»pof u a se«iHsrtf*%wi±*ttrtdi-:», s iir&, L a vay the i o t »am»ll^feß^^anjW l^odW t S^' , waßhed toSfTfettow%•' f >#«]«■« liflft tnt we could g one. For the rest of that day and on Monday the i lasts, made of pieces of aewatling which we kad o» 1 oard P «eW%«JPWai2: 1 oard, we made the beakflte/t we could with Itfri o the wsSahfir' niOK>#yqitfle4rai*tej@ ,ewajugnst 23 i • 1 i ailTwhich maJ^U^^F? 0 We «han shaped our course tor Auckiafia, ana on Thursday'TasTlelOn~with .th6"Pretty-Jane, i*e < aptftin of which vessel iigread'4>o tow the schooner Sito Poverty Bay. We had plenty of provisions on i bofetd; fc4t KM' fresh wat«r was rn«ning -a]»ojt *k the time'wo met with such aid. OurHecs«, Sf! foad consisted of 60,000 .teefe of ,tunber, which, Vs~i '■ lether with 60 fatbo'ms'of chain-'Wble. end the gear f above mentioned, was all swept away.

3XTRAORDINARY. ACCIDENT. Au accident has occurred at the Union ! Jeach mine; Cbromandel, is ftdbded i nit through a defect in the pumping gear, ■ihrowing eixty men* out of employment. A, pan named JEcclestone, "who is not a pro; fessio'nal diver, volunteered to go dbwn the ihaft and -remove the obstruction which Prevented the pump working, fie had 70ft hi water to pass through jnv«ytter darkness. k professional diver fia'd charge of the airpump, and. : instructed as to signals. Ecclestone signalled for more air. Kgain he did this, and again for the third time, when the air pipes burst with the report bf>.a' pistol shot, licclestpne was hauled up, and found to be swollen to three times [lis natural size, thd features of his face not beiDg distinguishable. In his ignorance of diving ho thought he wanted more air, yhen, in fact, h6 was oyer supplied with it. jHe was blown out like a bladder. Dr. Howell was sent for. Ecclestone was insensible. Blood flowed from his mouth, and after several hours' medical treatment pulsation returned to his' heart; but he i« precarious state. .., ~