The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4384, 22 January 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1883.

It will be observed with much pleasure that Captain Edwin has taken compassion on our dry strtte. The Harbor-mister has received the following telegram:-—" Between north and east and south east the glass has further fallen, and within 12 hours very heavy rain may be expected. The river will be very high after 24 houra."

The Naval Cadet Minstrels will make their final appearance on Monday next the 29fch inst., at the Academy. The lads will receive the patronage of the officers and members tof the several volunteer companies, on this their farewellperformanoe. We wish them a bumper house, for they well deserve encouragement for the previous efforts made to benefit laudable objects; The proceeds of Monday's performance is to defray the cost of their theatrical wardrobe. •'•..- ■■'■■: i

The unrest of political life does not end with this world's cares. Ever sioce the death of M. Q-ambetta, daily telegrams have been received by us, detailing every removal of the remains of the deceased, and it is really time that the poor man's boaea were allowed to reßt. His death occurred on the Ist January and to-day we are informed by telegram that Sir Charles Dilke has gone to Nice to attend the second funeral of the deceased statesman.

At the Grahamstown Wesleyan Church last night Mr Bull preached on the subject of " Joshua commanding the sun and the moon to stand still." The Rev. geatleman explained this astounding astronomical occurrence away by stating that the verses in the Book of Joshua announcing the event were merely extracts from the writings of an old Hebrew poeb of the name of Jasher, and were only intended to be understood an a poetical rendering of. the famous battle—that ia fact the eun and moon did not take the slightest notice of Joshua's command, even if such a command was ever given.

Thebx was a good attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall last night. Mr E. H. Taylor lectured on " Why was evil permitted," tiking as his text Numbers 14—21 v.—" But as

truly as I lire, all the earth shall be filled wiih the glory of the Lord." The lecturer said he could not say what was God's purpose ia permitting ©Til, for no one knew Gtod's

thoughts, but he thought it was part of a grand plan of the Almighty. There was a necessity for a creation, in order that God might make manifest all bis marvellous attributes, and wbeu man was created he was made an intelligent creature, having the power of choosing between good and evil, life and death. He became mortal when he fell by disobeying Goa's oommands, but Btill the offer of eternal life, under certain-conditions, was held out to him. The perfectness of God's plan was plain when mortal man, if he fully oboyed his Mater, nould become immortal, as Knoch and Elijah had become, and even if not so perfect as thoße, could yet obtain the life by believing "in Christ. He contended that evil was permitted, but not authorised, by God, and concluded his address by exhorting all to make their calling sure while they had the opportunity.

A STABT was made with the alterations to the Waihi batteries on Monday last. Ifc is said that the newly-imported turbines are not suitable, and that a breast wheel will have to be erected.

We understand that the work necessary to prepare the Karangahake battery for crushing, has been transferred from Mr Jennings, the contractor for the work, to Mr T* E. Shaw.—Tribune.

The services at the Primitive Methodiet Church yesterday evening were' conducted by the Rev./C E. Barley, who preached on the subject of Temperance. On Tuesday (To-morrow) evening, a soiree will be held and the Rers, Dutton, Ward, Sharp, and Smith have promised to address a meeting to be held afterwards.

The native boy Paerutu, who was taken from the hospital by his parents on Saturday, whose case we referred to in our last issue, died early yesterday morning, on the voyage from the Thames to Te Aroha. The parents of the child chartered the steamer Memsahib and left here for their horre at 1 o'clock yesterday morning with the invalid and an infant child, who was suffering from some chest complaint. About four o'clock in the morning the baby died, and an hour later the poor little sufferer Paerutu passed away. Much sympathy has been expressed for the chief Keepa te Wharau and his wife, on account of their sad bereavement. tTpon tV.eir arrival at Omahu, they were mer by a large number of the natives, who were much affected by the deaths, and betrayed, in the native fashion, their manifestations of grief. -;

The operations going on during the last few days at the corner of Albert and Pollen Btre6t, have excited some interest. A number of visitors have been inspecting the erection of the poppet heads over the shaft of the United Winding Companies. The men were to the surprise of many, engaged all day on Sunday in erecting the second half of the legs, and to«day they have been employed towards completing the work.

On Saturday night a youth named Wright rode into the Thames, and etated that a Mr Crisp, a settler near Tapu, had sent him in ■with the information that George Fisher, son of Mr Hugh Fisher, residing In Queen street, had heen found in the bu?h at Mercury Bay suffering from wounds in his throat which were Baid to have been self-infl cted. The boy proceeded to the neighborhood of Mr Peter Fisher's residence, and by one of the neighbours children, sent the message to him. The last named Fisher at once took Bt3pa. to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the report and in company with a guide left for Mercury Bay on Sunday morning about one o'clock, expecting to reach there in about twelve hours. He has not yet returned, so we are without the result of his journey. A Press Association telegram stated that' a man nampd Williamson had v attempted Buicide at Mercury Bay, and among Mr Fisher's many friends it is hoped that the rumor as to his being injured has arisen from this occurrence.. The correspondent of the Australasian asserts :.—lt is believed by the best judges tbat the native King movement is finally crumbling to pieces, and tbat if Government persist in the present course they will meet with little or no resistance, actire or passive, on the part of the natives. This idea is confirmed by tolerably trustworthy information from the natives themselves. Captain Willaim Morgan, the Freemason who is said to have divulged the secrets of the order and mysteriously disappeared, has hdd a monument erected in his memory at Batavia. It is a shaft 40 feet high, with anti Masonic tablets. He was a native of Virginia and served in the war of 1812, in which he was promoted to a captaincy. Missionary enterprise in New Guinea is attended with danger. Some of the native tribes are skull hunters, and have no objection to include a missionary's amongst their spoil. The national debt of Great Britian now amounts to £763,000.000, an actual reduction in 25 years' of 76,000,000. A countby editor suggests that persons sending in big eggs will please accompany them by several ordinary sized ones, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Last year the Protestants of all denominations in New Zealand numbered 393,961, and the Roman Catholics 68,984 A Mongolian under examination as a witness at Daylesford objected to being termed a Chinaman. He was a true' born British subject, having Singapore as his native place.