Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1872.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1231, 25 January 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1872.

The prolonged drought in this Province was broken last night by a very refreshing fall of rain, which cannot fail to be productive of much benefit. More, however, is yet required. We have to thank Mr. Hughes, second officer of the Star of the South, for the prompt delivery of pur files from Auckland, and other favors. We would draw attention to the fact that Mr. A- Peters' line of coaches to Cljve, Hayelock, <fcc, now leave Napier at a quarter 8 am. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, instead of half-past 8, as heretofore. A mill intended for bone crushing is amongst the importations pei* Star of the South from Auckland to-day.

The rain which h.as fallen since last night has been eagerly welcomed by the country settlers ; not only that it will save a large proportion of the cro ps—which must' otherwise have been parched up by the great heat—but that it will in a great measure check the alarming bush fires which were spreading in every direction in the country. Several extensive fires have during the last week been raging in the Seventy-mile Bush, darkening the air for miles around in the daytime with smoke, and at night lighting up the sky with a lurid glare. Nearly every sheep station in the country has felt the infliction, and in some cases much destruction has been occasioned. On Monday last a fire broke out in the bush on the Maori reserve between the Waipawa and Tukituki, which did gieat damage. By the exertions of Mr H. R. Eussell, assisted by the owners of adjacent property, the fire was checked during the night of Tuesday, and by this time, no doubt, the welcome rain has extinguished this and many others. In this particular instance, besides the damage done to the bush, a large quantity of posts, <fec, have been destroyed, and about liulf-an-acre of wheat.—We hope the rain will continue for some time yet. The movement among the Germans of Canterbury for the erection of a Lutheran Church in Christchurch is progressing very satisfactorily. Already (as we learn from a recent issue of the Press) nearly .£3OO has been collected, and several lists which have been sent to the more distant parts of the province have yet to come in. A 3 soon as these are to hand, it is intended to call a meeting of Germans, and decide upon the commencement of the building, the site, and also as to whether a pastor shall be sent for from Germany to take charge of the cure. It is announced from Heligoland that there have recently arrived in that island from England several 12-pounder Armstrong guns and one 40-pounder. These guns have been placed in position. The former battery was only used for firing salutes, and was not regarded as of any defensive value. At the recent annual meeting of the five Academies of Paris, M. Jules Simon selected for his subject the national disasters. After describing i the burning of the Tuileries and ! other well-known buildings, he thus continued ;—The library in the Rue de Richelieu has lost neither a volume, a medal nor an engraving. The national archives and the history of France are saved. The other public libraries — those of the Arsenal, Saint Qenevieve, Mazarine, the Sorboime, the Luxembourg, and the Corps Legislatif, so magnificently decorated by Eugene Delacroix, remain intact. The National Prinring Office and the Mint have escaped, and the Gobelins, which was supposed to have been entirely destroyed, though it suffered cruelly has been able to commence work. The Museum of Luxembouig, the Hotel de Cluriy, with its marvels, the School of Fine Arts, the Saint Chapelle, Notre Dame, Saint German TAuxcrrois, and Saint German des Eres, have escaped the projectiles of the torch of the Commune. Europe can return, for today, as yesterday, we are the first, city in the woild for study (sic). Even the ruins will soon disappear, It is said

that the Municipal Council has resolved to rebuild the Hotel de Ville after the conception of Domneco |>occadora. One of our greatest artists will give us back the Tuileries under the elegant form given to £he place by Phil.ibert J)elorme. Open arcades, taking the place of the buildings raised by Jean Bullant and Fere Ducereau, will connect .the new palace with the two wings of the Louvre, and the Place du Carrousel will thus be in direct commtmL cation with the gardens, etc.