TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1995, 21 April 1885, Page 2

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885.

It is- no easy xtrdb'V, in the face of very conflicting intelligence, to hi live at a decided opinion on the ftusso - Aflgh.m (|iicstioii. Two things arc, of couise, clear enough. Jinssia is anxious to obtain a foothold in the country of the Amir, and Engl.md is desirous of mainLiining what is known as tin; "scicntjiic frontier." It is strange that while rnch Power is <w> evidently l>cnt on securing its object, the prospects of a peaceful solution of the difficulty .should be so apparent. "Diplomacy is a curious thing, and develops new features every day. Year by year the disposition to engage in war gets less and less, suid what in our grandfathers' days would have provoked years of bloodshed, is now often apjjpased with the expenditure of aT" few bottles of ink and reams of foolscap. Th'- o 'fiuts of Uio <igc is peaceful,

but there is no telling how soon its n itnre may Ik' changed. That :i conflict must sooner or Liter ensue between Kngland and Russia, arising out of tlie (lre.it Eastern Question, cannot be doubted ; the only question wlucli awaits an answer i>, 'Ought it to be prenpit ited '' An<l the question, we may .s d'ely conclude, will he carefully and deliberately weighed b\ tlio (tovfininient. There can bo no doubt about the loy.ilty, 'is there can be no <|tiestion of the ability of the great man who at the present juncture guides the destinies of the I>i itisli Empire ; and though his policy is one of peace, we may be sure that he will jealously guard the safety, to spy nothing of the honour of the realm. A great deal may be gained by delaying the threatened outbreak. England is confessedly unprepared for a great war, but e\ery day, as it passes sees her position impro\ed, and this fact ought to inspire us with confidence in the future. A Kadic.il (*o\ eminent, whose iirst thought is peace, backed up by a Radic.il Piess to which war in the abstract is a liatoful, an odious thing, i*> making the most strenuous efforts to get its army ready for foreign service, and to place its dependencies in a state of defence. We cannot well expect more than this. There appears to be amongst Englishmen a pretty general desire for war. This is, in the circumstances, pardonable ; but for nil their helico&e .sentiments, the m.'ijority would bo satisfied if Mr (lladstone brought back from the AH'ghan frontier " peace with honour." But whether peace or whether war ensues, the scare will have borne good fruit, inasmuch as it has prevailed upon colonists to see to their defences. A long immunity from war has closed our eyes to the dangers that continually beset us. We have been somewhat rudely awakened, but the result will tend to our advantage.

Th« ratnibers of the Hamilton Choral Socioty will mci-t for practice on Wednesday evening at 7. -JO o'clock. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Taotaoro.i Road lioaid callrd foi Saturday last, fell through for want of ,i quorum. Messrs Hunt and ilrunskill were present.

'Echoes from the Cafe" and " About the Tap-mom," crowded out of Jnst issue, will ho found on our fomth page, togotlier with other interesting items. Owing to the rain which fell on Saturday tho lawn tennis match between tho Oftmhridpr and Hamilton Banks wan put oIF until Thmsd.iy next, when it will Ik 1 played on the couit of the Hamilton Club.

A lad named Murphy, residing at Hamilton Ka^t, wbh arrested yet»terday on a chiugo <>f behaving himself indecently before two little firls, the dnnghteis ol n settler in the Kuilvinroa dintiict. Ho will be bi ought befoic a jn^tico tins iDinning.

Sergeant-Major McGovern has recum-d lrnti notion-, to compile tin; i»]l of thr hut cldss militia, in W.iik.ito, nnd will at once set .ibont tlio t.isk. Tlii> hr-<t cl.is^ cnui|>iisps all mule* Iwtwotjn the ii^'p-. of 17 and 30, with curtain exceptions ,ilrou<Jy cuuinin.ited.

A running contest of half-a-raile will Like place b-twei'u O.u o ', ;i lo'_.»l \>u>\., .md (Jutler, of AurUl. iiid, in tlic (iuvciii mi nt p.uM'iclc, d.uiiiiiid;,'.', tn il.iy, ,it .'i <i'cl<»tK. The ihcc is tm J."<o ,i side Much intercut is inanifcitLil in tlic «*\^nt. Ciaijf i-t f.iMnintc at 3 to 1.

The leaseholders of the Cambridge Darn un Kinds will bo (>l<>i-.ml to l<\irn tint tho (ii)v<>rninunt Im* acceded t<» the icpre sdititioiH of tho bn.iid, and reduced tho rent*. 50 per cent. Tins is a very liberal reduction, and should thoroughly satisfy all (juneeuied.

The Hmemoa arrived at Auckland on S.ituiday, hnngim? the toipedo boat intended for the defence of Auckland. Shu h.id on board Major Cautl<>y, Captain n<uitfl.u (naval conun<uider)and Mr Smyth. The llinoinoa had a very rou«,'h pawagQ fi Din Wellington, and had to run foi shelter no less than thiee times.

A correspondent writing from Oainbiidjjc wants to know how it is that Hamilton bakeis are able to well tho 21b loaf at 3d, whereas Cambridge bukei'K iequite 4rl for the Hame article ? He points out that in Hamilton the average family «.i\es £7 or £8 a year by such reduction. J'ei haps some of the Cambridge bakers will supply the answer to this \ery reason able question.

A general meeting of the shareholders of the Waikato Chcn«e and Bacon Factoiy Company will bo hold at the company's office, Hamilton Auction Mait, at 7.30 o'clock this evoii'mK, f<»> the purpose of Uking into consideration n proposal to call up tho uucallrd poitiou of tlin unm{huiy'a t.ijJiUl, and to make ceiLuii .ilter.itions in the aitiules of associ[itmii.

The steamer Coptic, at Auckland, has been \isitul by n large nunibui of pcoj>K> Hinco her ainval. Sin; is ci'it.unly worth tlic timiblo of ,i \ iv.it, find her officeis are extiemeJy courteuiis and pa mi taking in explaining t» |>(>i s<>ns sonic of the now im|>ro\(Mii(!iits winch may l)c hwu aboaid of \tu: Now tli.it it hux been dccidefl tli.it hlic is to bo adopted .is a fnst ciuitui, inoie lnteicnt h taken in hei inspection.

The following special messages to the Piosh Association, dated London, Aimil 17th, have been published :— lf the ! colonies pay tho nocossary cost, tho Ad mn.ilty are willing to supply nieu and to maintain tho mon-of-war belonging to the coloniu! navieH. — Tho Bishop of Oxford do fends Bmhop B,ury, Primate of Australia, m tiiH efforts to discourage niairu^e with a deceased wife's sistei. — The New Zealand Shipping (/'ompany'K J{.M.«. Tong-jriro sailed tliisafterneon for Now Zealand \ia the Cape.

The removal of Emily Place, Aiirlvl.uid, proceeds npidly. The conh.ictoi, Mr Mac^nm-, li.is Immmi linking the ))Pst uso of the fun n|>rll of Hiy tvcithci we have been having lately. Tho (fj.wln from ImxuWh mill to Ihr Mnscinn will ho ;i veiy easy 0110, and if tho muue ri'iinbci v( h uiclh winch liavo )«•( n ( inpluycd mi the woilsH dining th<* pant month tiro kept on for :i nhort tnnn Itnijfci, tlic ,tsc<;nt from tlio i.iilwjty statimi to I'rincPHH stn-ct will soon bo pr\ictiu,il)li! for wheeled traffic, and ono of the old Auckland Inndm.-trkH will Ji.ivc Imtohio .1 thing of the p.ift.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Wcileyau lj.md of Hope v ,is hold I.iHt ovcninjf. Air O'oo. Fiendi picsidod. There wan a Jaige attendance and tlie following programme wim piuscnted .— Ohoni'i, Aria IWker and othctH ; hoJo, Charles Cox ; duot, Edith Cox and Kate Salmon ; reading, AfiRH Saltnon; recitation, Win. Andrew ; riddles, — Calderwood ; nolo, MiHsThoHipwin ; chomi, MmiThomp. son ,iiid othoiH. Tho Rev. .T. Drllow doliverud a very instructive and interesting fi<h\rtim, which wan listened to most attentively. Mi Funand jilko gave a Blmrt addicts, Khowing thn evil of (jiink. He g.tve n (|(><<crif)tive n-citation of th« "Ta!<j of tlif> Tub," with illustrations. Mm Cox prowded at the harmonium.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Cambridge Road Board was JidcJ on Saturday afternoon last at fclm Criterion Hotel. Present : -Mew* H, H, (^r.ih.mi (in the chair), l«'orte«t, Smith utid Allwill. A letter was received from Andiew Kay, Kihikihi, oniony for cornppnx.ition for lohh sustained by him while driving a dray full of pig« acrosH tho Nai row* bridge on Monday, 30th March. A trench had been inado acroas the road into which tho dray fell, killing nevoral of tho pign and nmnHhinpr the dray. He csUinated his loss at £10. The letter was allowed to lie on tho table, the board considering Mr Kay had hitn«elf to blame for tho accident. The otliuj busmen \\m of n loutujq character,

In connection with the subject of Mi Co.vtc-,' tender foi the fir-«t section <if the Tmnk i.ulu.ij, t> wlucli reference \vas in ide in din List, the Herald of yesterday roinaiks: "We mulct stum] from tin. 1 Minister fr>i I'ublic Woiks that the clause wlucli h.ii ln'on mscitcd in the Turongo conti.ict is to the effect thnt in the mont of tln v loan nuf bt'ing laised the (lovernini'iit xli.tll imvc tin* powci to stop the wnik \Mtliout hßJiij? liable to any excessive claim for (,c>iii|<eiis«itii>M, "i for loss of contract. Th'-ie is nothing about declaration of war 111 the contiiict, but tli.it event iun\ furm an element m not benitf .iblo to r.uso the loin." It is prohibit* that the woik will b' piojeeded witli at once.

After the Cambridge Autumn Mfvtiutr, Mi Alhvill uanolfeied fclOO for Victoiy. Tho tune in tht* Shoits (onu mile) was to iiitiny mciedibie, mj\i t.il w itclir s lecuiding tliu <;\tr.t(ii(liti.iry tune of liuni. 4Q-tot:s. Mitrailleuse m CDiisideied abmit thi) fastest hof-o in the colony foi ,i mile, hut Wednesday's defeat shows that tho much litmllod Fevo is capable of producing as good if not better lacing stuck tlmn the nUiei lending Hires in the colony, of which up .u e pei potu.tlly heaiintf so inueh. On tho «econd day of tho races Victoiv was not in tip-top condition, having been ac cidrnkilly ni'fflpotiwl duutiff the ni^ht. The son of I'Yve is only coining out, and we would not lio >>vi prised to hr.n of In-, adding main inoio eijnally luilliant re cords to tho lied\v<md stables.

Says an Auckland correspondent - — The erection of the nuw laihwiy utatioii at Auckland is pinceediucr lapidly, and it will, when finislicd, pioveof innneiihc htiiulit. Although Clinstclimch, Dunndin .md othei Houthern cities hate long horn pnvilegrd in this respect nnd Auckland ivgWted, lot us ioukmiilht, better late than never, and that prihaps, after all, our railway traffic until within two yearn ago did not warrant the authonties incur ling the expenditure here as much as in the cities just mentioned. It in ainuiing to notice the signboard at the present station, which stares you in the face on one's arnval at it, with tho woid " Auckland " i>i mtcd ujjon it, as if one had only reached somo Hag station or country village, instead of the oitj its inhabitants are so pimid of.

A correspondent writing from Auckland s.iys :- "If tin- woiiying which thn Ministeis of the Crown who have usited us dining the last foitmght have received fii»ui potions .uid deputations hailing fi urn all pails of the province, claim iui in g f<>i the v;i(,i'-f,icti(in of some of then )especti\c distntts, i* .my cnteiionof the usual tieatment tlicv leceive when they come to Yuckland, then they desene pity and cicdit U>r the patient niiinner in which they listen to deputation aftei deputation, uigiug persistently upon them the need of gi.uitmg each their pnrticulai ie(|uuement. A con-idoraV)lo amount of t,ir,t niu^t lie re quned to enable any Minister to send a deputation aw.iy well pleased, while in his own mind ho knows veiy well that their prayer will not be granted. The lion, tha X.itue Minister soeins tn pavticwlaiy facile in this quality, and thero is a danger that in beni£ ho leady to promixc benefits, and finding afteiwaids that it h out of his power to fulhl his assuianees, he may make himself unpopular, more especially to the -Maons, whose welf.arc 1 believe he has most mncerely at heart. It will be remembered that his prcdcccssoi was more zautiou* in this re«pect, it being found hard to get him to commit himself to promise anything definitely, but that once having done so hn void was ;i.s good as hi« bond. The Ministers whom wo havo lately hid with us, have by their behaviour and general beaimg left a good impr<>iit<m h hind them, and I tnmt wo may witness ,i continuance of it.

Our Auckland correspondent writing on Saturday, nays . V cie.tl <»f mteiost has dm nig the pa-st week centered m tin* trial Smith v. Bond. The defend. int, who it» House ttuigeon at the Ho-.pit.il h.id boon chaiged witli negligent treatment of the plaintiff, while ho was an inmate, wheieby he was made a cupplo for life. A huge amount of |>nbhc syinp,ith> during the onrher portion of the trial seemed to hi* .iccoiucd to Smith, hut an tin- ewe pioceeded, and the evidence foi the defence was heaid, it became thu ei-npivtl opinion that, after all, Dr Bond h.id beon » good de.d malignod, and thoro w.w iwtually no cihc to go before a juiy. The trial ie suited in «i verdict for the defendant, with cmtrt. The ])o.st of ili>u-<e Surgeon to our Hospital ap|>ears to be an nxtioinely diflioiilt position to 0.-oupv, and does not sei'in to bo a bed of loses. At .my Lite not Hinco the rctirvniuut of Dr l'lnl-(ii), and the establishment of M<Hpit.tl Ciiininittees. Theie xeems to bo a <le.il to sufiei from the pi(|ue and jealousy of many ineiiiljers of the medical pioferfMoti. In this instance the committee have, however, taken no prominent pait, and have u<>t occupied the position they did m the M.it'Ki'llnr fracas, which for then o\\ n reputation they whould iest well s itishcd

Miss Arnold, Missionary of the Bengal Baptist Misnionaiy Society, .iddressed l.ugi' congregations at the morning, afternoon and owning hei vices of tliu (Jnm bridge Baptist Tabernacle on Sunday lust. In tho morning Miss Arnold delivered a very inteicstiug discoiuso on tho history and mode of hfo of tho Hindoo Zananas. She referred to the good work which tho Indian' mission was doing among theso people, and urged tho necessity of continued effoits to elevate them from tho etato of duikuens in which they now existed. In tho aftei noon there were about 200 children present, rewesenting the \.uious Sunday - school*, together with a iiuinbt'i of adults. Tho subject of tho addrci* was " Domestic Life among tho neoplo of Bengal." Tho dincourao w»s of a highly intciesting natuic, and Miss Arnold largely illustrated her renmrki with nunicions aiticlos of diess and utensils. In the evening Miss Arnold spoke at great length on "Hindoo Worship," a lubjoct which excited the earnest attention of all piosent. Her Btyle was highly impreinive, and hut giaphic dcscnption, and \ariety of :mccdoti)s, made hor addresf. ono of unusual interest. Slio ti listed tho HaptUts of New Zealand would follow the example of tin no of the other Australian colonien, by sending a minmonary to represent them and to take part in tho good and prainoworthy work which was now being carried on in India. A collection wan taken up at each soi wee and after paying expense*, Mis-, Arnold was handed tho sum of £1 ,w a conliihution towards her mission.

The last of the family of " the Libui.itoi," Mr Motgan O'Conneli, Ins second sdii, died last e\ filing (said the Dublin correspondent of Tlio Times <>f •I .11111.11 y 2'Md) at Ins residence m S. Stephen')* Green. Mr Moitfitii O'C'onnoll lived to the patiiarchal age of eighty one I yean. His life, though not uneventful, was uudmtinguished. In early life he joined the Irish Legion, wliicli served under General Deticreux in iioliviti, and afterwards in the Austrian army. He left tin: military service after a nhort timo and returned to Ireland. Ho then eutcied PiUliarnent, but did nut take a leading part in the political ntrurfglo <>f hm day, although ho wan an Irwh member for twentyfive yearn. Two incidents occurred, however, which were characteristic of the time in which ho lived, and excited connidorable attention. One wan Inn duel with Lord Alvanloy, which wan fought at Chalk Farm, near London. Ch.illengeH having been sent by that nobleman to Inn father, who, in accordance with a vow he had mode after tho meinorabln ithooting of D'Enteno, a member of the Dulilin Corporation, declined tho meeting. Mr M«rg*ii < )'(Jonnell took up tho challenge, but both the combatant* pxenpod unhurt. He jiftorw/ird« rocmvrd a chftllenge from Mr OiHiiteli, who h»d lint Hont it to Daniel U'Connell. Tho letter culled upon him or •ny memlier of hin family to meet him. and " to attempt to uyongothe unoxtingtiiHliable hatred with which 1 Nhall ovei pursue lianiol O'Coiuioll'm oxiatencq, " The offer wa«, howaver, declined. Retiring from the political arena, Mr Morgan O'Conuoll wan appointed Jlegintrnr (if JJoccJm, with a salary of £1200 a yisai. He held hm appointment for upwsudii of twenty yoais, retiring in 18(58.

Apropos of Mr Sala's first lecture in Sydney Tho Woi Id |>eitinuit)y iciimiKh that the ttiimiif s(,oiy told by thr> lcetmei, liruHiMtibly »U(fgcrtt(siJ In {Iju i|imcj of a thoughtful lieu or the quontion .in to wha|, n next to Imj'lioti. The imnntivo of nu.nly futty ye.iiH of w.um, ruvolutioiiH, und tuii|iiltH, is rniuiifcitly but tlio |»o]i>f(uc. ho to apeak, U> wnino «t|H gi under historic.il dnvma yot to hu av<<\\wi, Vm iiculy u century now— wnco tlio outl>rG,i]( uf tho Fioticli revolution— tJi*» old world l>it» boon, politically, in a condition of volcuiia agitation. Warn, reioiutionw, anrl t 1 mnltH, in cuntintiouK hucccsmon, mako up tho liintory of Europe tlurinp thft entire pcii.)d. EmpiiLs havo rmoii into existence, liuve towurcd lnatfiiificicntlv in tlic world's eyen foi a tnn«, and then liiuuuimk tv tho gtomtU and ciiw[>>

pearud almost in a moinunt. Kingdoms h<iu> been ere.ited and deployed as u ith a biiMth. Dyiiii-tics and institutions that had Htood for centuries have beon swept away in ;in hour. The map of Koiope. han I wen reconstructed again and again. And far away from the theatre of incessant change*, a now etnpite which may fairly claim the title of Greater Britain h.is men as if by magic into active existence. Mr Sala lias Keen Fiance first a kingdom, then 1 ('public, then an empire, and next a ie public again. He has seen the snull km ; doiii of Pms»i.i expanding visibly into the yi<_Ti» Jitic (»eimim empire. He witnussul the l.i^t Ktrnggle for, and tlio ctabli^hment of, the unification of Italy. He saw the /ma] blow stmck nt tho temporal power of the l''i|»acy. Ho has watched the stealthy advinces ;ind tho treacherous dc.ihugH of KusMa, fiom hei h^t cautious advance into (Jenti.il Asm until now, when she i.s almost cinssmg iMycmets, with (treat liritam on the frontiers of sYtTghanifttan. What doen it all lni'an ? What is it that in coming for tln> woild 1 ' If now (J.A.S. were only an inspired Seer as well as an nblo journalist and an t ntei t lining lectuier' Rut even a S il.i lias his human Hmitatinns.