MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 269, 31 January 1874, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Hen Hobert Bou>*ke, on*; of the members for King's Lynn, addressed a meetii.g of bis constituent* at tbe Towir Blall on Not 23. Speaking of the Asbantee expedition, be said, " this war oould bring m, as a nation nothing but discredit. If were successful in bringing it to a hasty termination, it would only prove that a wiser and more vigorous policy for the last ten jeai s would have prevented it ; if th» ■ V7ar vfas protracted, it would be a lenous bioir to onr good name and to our prowess all ovor tbe world In speaking of it he would first add his humble tribute of thankfulness to those brave men who had nlreadv volunteered for service on the Gold Coast. Whatever- might be the result, they had at unj rate earned the lasting gratitude of their fellow-country-men ; and miserable as the whole storj wan from the beginning up to tbe last accounts, such incidents as that which j occurred to Commodore Commerel and hi* crew would be regarded by England with sympathy and with interest, and they felt that the gallantry of our sailors and our soldiers was as reliable and untarnished as ever. But after realising the dreary history of the dispute, so far as it had been given to tbe public by the Government, he thought they must come to tbe conclusion (bat this war ought never to hive occurred, and that it was the direct result of the policy which j had beon pursued bj the Colonial Office. For some years tbe I policy of the Colonial Office had been to withdraw from all our ] colonies the assistance of the mother country ; and to Jet , them shift for themselves as best they might. Now, he believed that in our great colonies of America and Australia where an Anglo-Saxon population bad grown up, where irealth had accumulated, where advanced civilisation was in active exigence, where constitutional government had been established, such a policy, under a cautious Minister, ought to ba the basis of our Colonial administration. But where the exigencies of trade and commerce have obliged ub to post forts and settlements in savage countries in ordsr to protect the trade and defend our commerce it was idle, mischievous, pedantic folly to attempt to apply to those settlements, surrounded by barbarous tribes, and peopled with naked savages, addicted to human sacrifices and ever/ species of disgusting rite, the same principles as thone that nre applied to the great communities of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, where art, science, commerce, and j Christianity were flourishing and advancing far more rapidly than m our own httle island The conference between Sir Garnet Wolesley and the ladies of Cape Coast Castle will remind the reader of more thun one claasie story, and will supply another illustration of the manner «n which the touch of nature makes the ancient and modern world kin. As most of our nursery tales are found to have existed simultaneously in various tonpues and among peoples who neve" could have had any intercommunication, to the scene over which Sir GarnJc Wolesley presided might have been described in half a dozen independent chronicles of independent and far-divided peoples The Cap* Coast women called together and invited to incite their father, husbands, and brothers to tbe battle are obviously of km with the more celebrated Spartan women, who gave their sons the shield with which, or on which, they were to return ; the Persian ladies who met their flying sons on the field, and with rather unseemly gestures drove them back to encounter the enemy ; the Volumma who thinks Hector's forehead stained with blood more lovely than the breaots of Hecuba ; the heroine of Scottish long who, if she had ten sons, would have sent them all to fighf for Prince Charlie ; and unu umbered tjpen ot woman as n votary of war. The men of Cape Coast, if they have not quite as profound a veneration for their wives as some of the old Gothio tnbfs had and are quite as siibmiMive to conjugal marching order* as the Boulogne fisherman of to-day, are evidently endowed with sufficient respect for tbe public opinion of the women to snake Sir Garnet's movement a very reasonable and judicious stroke of policy. Let it be remembered that in ever so many classic aud other legends the influence of it I council of women is exerted to bring about peace as well as j war. \Xv onl> wish we could think that there was any chance of the Ashantec fodics exerting themselves in that dirretion. The following is a. list of the ships and the number of | emigrants sent out to >ew Zealand during the six months ending August 30 last, by tbe Agent-General :— The Michael Angelo, for Otago and Canterbury, with 160 ; tbe Jubilee, foi Wellington, 45; the Cospatrick, for Otago, 32; the James Nicol Fleming, for Otago, 246 ; tbe Halcione, for Wellii gton, 337 ; the PclnehaJhon, for Wellington, 8 ; the Mary bhephaid, for Canterbury, 368; the Columbut, for Canterbury, 160; Bernr, for Auckland, 310; tbe Allahabad, for Otago, 276; the Punjaub, for Canterbury, 340 ; the Peter Denny, for Ot»go, 321 ; the Douglas, for W< llington, 319; the he leonaid'B, fcr Auckland, 195 ; the Celestial Queen, for Canterbury, 154; the Dover Lastle, for Otsgo, 161 ; tho Edward P. Bouverie, for Wellirjjton, 186; the Otago, for Otago, 147 ; the Adamant, for ( ...tertmry, J5l ; the Hydaspes, fot Antklaud, £37 , tbe Laiiy Jocelyn, for Otago, 195 , the .vlarope, for Canterbury, 173; the Beta* Denny, for Wellington, 157 ; the Hoveling, for Hawkers lk.y, 559 , the Chile, for Auckland, 85 , the Cardigan C lih, for Canim *n y, 252 , the Jennie Headman, for Outgo, 12S , the «.u.*Jamha, lor Otago, 219 ; making in »ll •S7.il jwwls, or, with flic pieumif nuuiLeib html Out,' a total "t lti,l2a jjiiiot Jul\, 10/1..

I Is there no escape from the dutch of the engaging feniole ? Ifc Will not even <W*h rolease it 'Or c^all the suit lor breach \ of promi^ attend the funeral, mingle with the mourners, I follow thi> body to the grnv.\ and then haunt tho admimsI tratc-r and fasten upon the estat • ? Ordinarily it has been I supposed that a man's wrongs died » ith li'm nnd thatc.uisea I of action in t'irt oxpirer 1 with the di ath ol tho d< fi-ndnnt. W (Tliere's a Lnhn !w maxim to that eliret. but everjlwd; is WooW oo familiar «itli it fiat it exhibits urea -er erudition to give a free translation Mm i to quote the original, and h less exasperating to the unlearned; tor winch n aso»d « c re f ain from the old Ronmn of it ) But i 1 seem^it is uot §•> nettled uto the engaging female. The man- -the " horrid man," so to speak — loses hit ground of action w'len the defendant whom he sues in an action of tort for damage? put* off this corruptible ; but the engaging female, the eajisr and persist c • Mary Jnnr, doth not, in the words ofoue ol Freedom's oKuMoets, " give it up so." When once the hook in the h&taie of Mary Jane's umbrella gets a twist in the coatcoflar of tho thoughtless bachelor or th« too-confiding wfdower, it is a twist for a) c. Time cannot mitigate or even 6e th release it. She nevrr lets go except forducati. Slowly but surely she nips him. It's either aoalps or ducat* with Mary Jane. Either slm i»hortoni< up her hold and tightens the twist uutii she makes him her oven, or she gets laigu sums of money for tho assuagement of hor grief and the damage to her umbrella, and gets awaj to enjoy it. It has been supposed, as heretofore remarked, that under these circumstances if a man died with Mary Jaue'» umbrella handle in his coat-collar, he had fairly dodged her. There •re Miry Jane* in this vale of tear* who do not to understand it. Here is one in Brooklyn : a Mnry Jane who confided IF ll » "»n ex-m*jor, who was a widower and wewltlj^. fcibo wua willing to marry bun. If he was evor willing to marry her, he chanced his mmd — false-hparted man — and said ho would not under any circumstances marry her, nor pay a continental dime for the privilege of not marrying her. Naturally onoug'i Mary Jane tossed her head, as all girla do whose hearts are utterly broken, and *nul *heM see about it. She waited a little, and then, like Mariana in the moated grange, " ' He cometh not,' she said," and sent a*inion of the law to fetch him. And llary Jane alleged that her •Jfeofcions had been lacerated to the extent of about $150,000 .c'lWKph. Had the ex-maypr been a less obstinate or more tltnid man it might have bren snid that he evaded the pro- ■^ sedition by tiring. But ho was not that sort of man. There W is no doubt that the old gentleman would have liked to stay* here a little longer for no other purpose than to convince a jury of his countrymen that $150,000 was too high a price to put upon tlie affections of Mary Jane. Kut he died. And now Mary Jane comes into the court and demands that the case be reopened against the estate. De mortuis nil nisi bona is Mart Jane's amendment of the old maxim ns she goes for the dead man's estate. It is to be decided shortly whether the* ease shall be reopened. A great many timid bachelors and warmhearted widowers await Ihe decision with nervo»« anxiety. — Nmo York Tribune. A mosfr extraordinary scene took place in a Dissenting chapel on the outskirts of Preston. It seems that a man connected with the iron trade, who had, it was understood, undergone the requisite " coiner§ion," was announced to hold forth m the chapel in the evening, and he invited nome of his fellow- workmen to attend tho service. In due course he began the service, wentthrough it, and preached a sermon. At the close of the service a prayer-meeting was held m the chapel, and the preacher took part in it ; but when tho proceedings had been about half gone through a change came orePthe spirit of the whole affair, creating quite a «wn*atiou ; for at tho point named a woman of about forty years of age, a young woman, and a joung man suddenly pounced upou the preacher, gave him a sound thrashing, then dragged him out of the place by the hair of the head, afterwards renewed their attack upon him, and then left him to look after himself. The meaning of it is reported to be tuts — that the preacher was a married man, but be and his wife had been separated tor some time ; that latterly he had been courting a young woman, with whom, a few weeks ago, he had a difference : that afterwards the young woman, who somehow found out that he wm a married person, begun keeping company with a young man j that by-and-bye they became acquainted with tho preacher's wife, to whom *,he story of the courtship with him and the dooeptiveness of his character were told ; that the three — the wife, the young woman, and 0 the young man — determined, on the first opportunity, to tlirashhim; and that the "salute" named was the re«ult. The races for the Cnlquhoun Sculls are over, »nd Dicker of St John's, the winuer of the Diamonds at Heuley and the Amateur Championship at Putney, last summer, has gained the supremacy on his own water. There has probably been no similar case in which. a acullur has won his own club sculls after he had reaped such honours abioad Last year Dicker was beaten for theqe sculls by J. B. Close. The races now are always time oues— no more bumping on the Cam since its regeneration by cleansing and digging. The antiquated bumping for the fours, pairs, and sculls has been dispensed with, and men have no excuse now as to a lftvel conne, or foaling the bank frffia fright^ when «of uo •purting duffer is close behind them. Tht-re were eight entiiea Shann had to meet Armytage, and he won easily #by 30 yardt, in good time, 8 minute 50 seconds. Dicker began to gam on Close in his heat, but his steering was at times very faulty ; still he won with ease in 10 seconds faster time than Shann's, The final heat befrw een Dicker and Shann. There wai a large attendance, but, from the improvement shown by Dicker, eaoli day foreshadowed an easy victory for him, and, sculling well from start to finish, he beat the Trinity man by 60 yards or so-. The time, 8 minutes 33 seconds, is very fast. The great work on the Cam is the Trial Eight*, under the care of Messn Close, Ttunbull, and Rhodes. The latter will probably be stroke of one, and Shafto (Jesus), who rowed so well m thf> Fours, stroke of the other. The race is fixed for December 5, on the usual course below E'y. A shocking tragedy has occurred in tbe neighbourhood of Ballvporeen, a small tillage in Tipperary. Constable Macsamara and Sub-constable Banyon, both stationed at Ballyporenn, left the barracks to go on patrol. Nothing further was heard of them until Banjon's wife rushed into the barracks an hour afterwards to stato thnt her husband hud cut hi* throat The police proceeded to his lodging, where the} found him quite dead. His rifle and sword were smeared with blood and broken. The police at once went in search for Macnamara, and found him at Ballywilliani, a mile from the barracks, his head battemd into a pulp. He was also stabbed in several plflces in the chest, and presented a horrible spectacle. Two large stones, covered with blood, were found close to tho body, and it appears that after he had been struck down with a sudden blow of the butt end of Banyon's rifle, the murderer battored hi* skull to fragments with the stones. When leaving the barracks Banyon had his rifle and sword bayonet, while the constable caraied only the tide-arms. Both men had been twenty years in the force, and no previous quarrel or ill-will existed botwe<n them to account for the murder. An inquest baa been held, at which tho jury expressed the opinion that Banvon committed the crime while labouring under sudden homicidal mania. Mr Lesley, who has been president of the Oxford 'Boafc Club for tw o years, has suddeuly resigned, and great surpi iae £avnd much regiet have been caused amongst lowing men by unexpected loss Mr Nicholson, of Magdalen, who was one of the best oars in the University crews foi the List two years, has been appointed Mr Lesley's successor, and the vacs* w thus created in the office of secretary has bceu tilled bj; tb , flection of Mr Farren, of Brajsenose. At the captain's mewi tg it was decided that the usual challenge should be aent to Cambridge to row the annual race next spring. It was also decided that the racing fours should low ox the river between Iffley and Oxford, tho experiment of going over to Abingdon having been found to entail an unnecessary waste of time. In the crowded state of the river it was considered tbat the absence of a coTwain would load to much fouling and other accidents, and the coxwainless system ■w ill therefore be abolished. Tho examinations for th© Trial Eights me still going on, with the result of daily changes, it would therefore be premature to name the probable W competing crews. Oui Oamaru contemporary states : — "A few days ajro rather a singular commercial transaction took place within a, few miles of our oflice. It appears that a settler, with a yh'.w 'of settling his domestic difficulties, entered into a bargain and sule, by which he rid himself of all his encumbi antes, and provided the purchaser with a wife and three childien, four section* of land, dwelling-house, and thiee or four cows, all in one lot; the 'consideration' as the lawyers would put it, being tbe sum of £35 in coin. Rumor s.tys that 'the grey more was the better home,' aud was rather addicted to the infliction of corporal punibhmeut on the vendor, who, however, succeeded in finding in the purchasei — who is a Tery powerful specimen of humanity— a \ man w tiling to undertake the ' taming of the shrew ' business, tans peur if not tan* reproche, even with tne welter wsightts of three young hopefuls, or reprobates as the case may be, and to :*ive .a little cash to boot in consideration of the other belongings handed over " I 'I he other day Owen M'Fadden, of Erraroey, county Doueg.il, was married in the Roman (.'atholic chapel, Gortahork, to a youuif wornau named Hannah M'Uee. M Fadden's wife waa brutally inuidered at Enaroey in tho of August, 1871, and since that date he has frequently appealed in the law court* iv the capacity of a j witness, either in support of his claim for compeubalion . under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Act, or in support of the charge of murder, which was .afterwards prosecuted Sy the Crown. The claim for compensation succeeded, £500 having been awarded for the loss of his wif« atiil the maiming and wounding of his two rUughturn and bimttelf. £200 of this sum were levied off thu townlands of Erraroeybeg and Fanmore. Before assenting to tb* marriage his present wife insisted that M'Fadden should £ refund this amount to the poor people from whom it was collected. la order to avoid giving oflcuce to hw future partner, he "drew" the abo'.e-uientioned sum out of the bank, and distubuted it as suggested by Mia M'FaJdou. Th« inhabitants of Enu-roej-be^ and F.mmore winh Mrs M'F.'dflen long life and happiness r A umd husbind boasted to a frieijf', • Tom, the ol oame near calling me honey la»t night.' ' Did she, Bill ? What did ahe aajr ? ' 'J^he laid, • Well old Broswax come to supprr ' '