MARRIAGE.

MetcaLfe- Grierson —October 17th,. at . .Trinity Church, Avonsicle, by the Rev.' H Glasson, Barwise Metcalfe to Kosc, thhcl daughter of John Grierson, airwaLer. ,

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1878!

The Grey Government has taken a step forward in the matter of leasing special telegraph wires to newspapers willing to pay a fair rent for their use. Three of the leading newspapers in the colony have joined issues and leased a wire from Go vernment, hy means of which they will be placed, if they wish, in direct communica tion with every part of the colony from one end to the. other. Hitherto the col lecting of telegraphic news has been almost wholly in the hands of Messrs. Holt and Macarthy’s “Press Agency,” who have done their work so well that not even the most minute scrap of news gessippiftg cor respondents could furnish, has been omitted from the budgets transmitted. If a man cut his finger in Auckland, Otago .was made aware of the fact, forthwith ; if an obscure company of itinerant buf foons performed in a township enjoying the luxury of telegraphic communication with' the rest of the colony, all the. news papers outside that township 'had to pay telegraph .charges in transmission of the the information ; and it .is a common say ing amongst those whose duty it is to. wade through the telegraphic news in the raw, and prepare it for the press, that very feu indeed of the items of intelligence pub lished as “ telegraphic news” would ever delight newspaper readers, if the editor had to wait for information of them until the newspapers published where these occurred came to hand in ordinary course. The only means through which New Zea land journals could obtain telegraphic news from all parts of the colony, tire Press Agency was absolute, and though it had its faults, it must be said for it that little, of any interest at all transpired in the colony of which-it was not aware ; but the step of -the .Government has ended the monopoly the Agency has so long held, and the springs of enterprise thus_let loose there can.' be no doubt that the competi tion between the new association and the old will be one by which, the reading public must benefit.- Now that the ice .has. been fairly broken, special wires will have to multiply, and . those influential papers who have not been able to unite for their own benefit, as the three Govern ment newspapers have done, must do so speedily if they would maintain their pres tige.

The San Francisco Mail. —The letters, Scc.y by the San Francisco Mail were delivered in Ashburton to-day.

A Danger Of fire occurred yesterday at a cottage near the river, through the heating of some lime, caused by the rain saturating the bags. The bags took fire, but the affair was noticed in time, and checked.

Inquest.—An inquest on the body of Mrs. Russell, who died suddenly on Friday night, after her confinement, .is proceeding in the Commercial Hotel, while we go to press. Parliamentary Papers.— We have to acknowledge receipt of our usual budget of Parliamedtary papers, &c., from the Govern ment printer. Prizes for the Ashburton School.— To-clay were exhibited to the scholars several handsome prizes presented to the Ashburton school by Mr. Shury, late secretary to the committee. Mr. Shury, though compelled by ? the claims of business to resign his seat at the committee, has lost nothing of the keen in terest he has always taken in the school, and this interest.has prompted the handsome gifts sent up to the school to-day. These comprise —for sewing and knitting prizes, to be awarded to girls: three ladies' work boxes, and three ladies’ companions—all very elegant and handsome articles ; also, three fancy tea sets, very fine ones. For mapping, the standard in which is perfection in drawing the map of England: two boxes of supeiior mathematical instruments, and two boxes of the best water color paints. All these are for distribution at the annual examination, und ought to give an impetus to the pupils’ diligence. Dr. Stewart, Chairman of the Committee, has also pro mised to give a silver medal to the dux of the school, and Mr. Stott, the head master, who has already made a name for himself as an artist, will give a painting in oil for the best freehand and practical geometry. The paint ing will be one of New Zealand scenery, and will be after a pictuie exhibited by Mr, Stott at the last year’s Exhibition in Otago, and very favourably noticed. It is very pleasing to be able to record kindness of this nature, which ought to have the effect of spurring on the scholars to their very best efforts and raise amonvst them a healthy emulation. Russian Religious Intolerance. — A fact mentioned in the new number of the Edinburgh Review , in an article headed “'l’he piesent and the future of the East.” is highly instructive as to the tolerance practised by Russia in matters of religion. The writer re marks that no minister of another faith than that of the Greek'. Church can even enter the Russian dominions without the express permis sion of the Emperor ; and the following illus tration of the truth of the observation is given :—Just before the late war the Anglican bishop of Gibraltar wanted to proceed to Odessa to confirm the children of British sub jects residing there ; but the necessary .visa of his passport was peremtorily refused, although the British Ambassador at Constantinople peis;iullv exerted himself to obtain it. Gene ral Ignatieff said he had not the power to grant the visa |necessary to enter Russia to a f©feij»a clergyman.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.] London, October. Sir M. Hicks Beach and Sir Stafford Northcote say that it cannot be taken for granted that Europe is safe from, a revival of war, seeing the ..obstructions offered to the execution of the provisions of the treaty of Berlin.

Mathew Bu chan an - and Co;-prf : Glasgow, have failed. Liabilities, a million and|a quarter. j The Social Science Corgress opened at Cheltenham. • The Rothschilds lend Egypt six millions sterling. : The Porte grants a concession towards The .Construction of a railway in Asia Minor. ’ ‘

An insurrection in Bulgaria- against the organisation of East Roumelia has broken put in several localities, and is spreading. Severe fighting is going on.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency;] 1 • • Grahamstown, Saturday.. The Harbor Board are satisfied with the passage of their Amendment Bill, giving borrowing powers, after it was thought to be killed by the adverse report of the Committee. The acceptance of compensation by Broomhall will be a boon to.those settlers here wanting land, as the block will no doubt be available for occupation by Thames residents;

Wellington, Saturday. A supplementary 11 Gazette” to-day pub lishes the terms of the contract with Messrs. M £ Meckan-Blackwood for convey ance to and from Melbourne of the Suez mails from-the 17th ult. to January, 1880, the contractors’ steamers to call at the Bluff, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Welling ton, and also convey mails to Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika ; the mails to be delivered at the Bluff in seven days, Port Chalmers eight, Lyttelton nine and a-half, Wellington ten and a-half days from arrival of the mails at Melbourne. For this service the sum of £4625 annually is to be paid for thirteen trips, with the usual penalties for non-performance. A proclamation in .the supplementary “ Gazette” declares the division of the city of Christchurch into wards, under “ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”' Monday.

Nominations for the Wellington Gold ■Cup of 500 sovereigns, with gold cup of the value of 100 sovereigns, close on the Ist November.

Otaki, Monday.

The ship City of Auckland is still in the same position ship’s crew and party of natives discharging the immigrant’s lugg age. - The barque Felix Stowe is breaking up rapidly. Blenheim, Saturday.

Thomas Pegg was drowned while cross ing the Clarence river on Saturday last, The body has not been found since, but the skeleton of another man who was drowned some time ago was picked up. Nelson, .Saturday. John Dayman, a volunteer in the Naval Brigade, was shot through the knee this morning when marking at the butts. It is feared amputation will be necessary. Monday.

A fire early yesterday morning com pletely destroyed Burrell’s fruit shop in Bridge street. The building was insured for £2OO, and its contents for £125, in the Standard office. Adjoining was Edwards and Co. ’s bonded store, containing goods insured in various offices for £4OO. The wall and part of the roof were burnt, but the rest of the building was saved by the exertion of the Brigade. The stock is not very much injured. Dunedin, Saturday. This week’s “Tablet” publishes as a sort of black list the names of the thirty eight members who voted against Mr. Curtis’ Education Bill, and recommends Catholics to place a copy of it in the most frequented part of their houses lest they should forget or mistake their enemies. Madame Tasca, Mademoiselle Merz, and Mr. Plumpson took part in the Choral Society’s performance last evening. They gave their services gratuitously, and re turned from Timaru in order to keep their promise to be present. The opening of the boating season was to-day inaugurated by a procession of boats. Nine boats took part in it, but a wind having arisen many others were de terred from joining the procession. Balclutha, Saturday.

At a meeting of the Clutlia County Council yesterday, a deputation from the Borough Council attended to request assist ance in establishing a punt where tlje bridge had been. The-Council agreed to pay a third of the cost; and voted £4OO for the purpose. It is believed the Bruce and Borough Councils will pay the other two-thirds. The Council voted in all nearly £SOOO for new works.. The bo rough Council is energetically repairing the main street, so that traffic may be resumed. Th.e Government are pushing on repairs to the railway line, and it is ex pected the train will get as far as Ren frew Street at the beginning of the week, but it-will-take months to get the station yard repaired. The railway bridge via ducts are being planked for foot pas sengers, The river banks behind the township are washing away at a most alarming rate. If present rate is con tinued for a month, buildings izj the town ship will be reached, and unless protective works be at once undertaken, the town ship will have to bp abandoned. The ground being washed away is private pro pei’ty, and the Borough Council cannot act, besides they have not the necessayy funds. The position of the whole matter is causing well grounded alarm.

CRICKET.

Ashburton v. Mount Somers. This match was played at Mount Somers on Saturday last, and after a most exciting contest, resulted in a victory for the home club. The Ashburton team, after break fasting with Messrs. Saunders Bros., made the journey up in. conveyances provided by Messrs.' Oris'p, 'Wilkie, arid'E. Saun ders; the latter -gentleman -thriving-a- very nice four-in-hand. The wind throughout the clay was very. disagreeable,' and pre' vented the drive being thoroughly enjoyed, but those who . were making their first visit to this district expressed surprise at seei lg so many indications of agricultural -pr egress on every side. Arrived at Mount S oners, little time was lost in commenc ing the game, O’Connell winning the toss, and sending his opponents to the wickets. The pitch was simply wretched, having cer tainly deteriorated since we last had occa sion to report unfavorably on its condition. •Mainwaring and E. Saunders were chiefly - instrumental in raising the score to a satisfactory number, both batting pluckily and well, but the former gentleman was not so active between the wickets as we should liked to have seen him. Crisp con tributed a useful dozen in his usual free, style, but a severe blow on the hand doubtless curtailed his score. Chissold’s bowling through the innings was remark ably good, and O’Connell and Mitchell fielded well.

After lunch, which was here served in Host Hood’s best style and thoroughly appreciated by all, Mount Somers took up the defensive. S. Saunders opened well by dismissing Mitchell and Lovell in his first over, and the second sent Bailey back. No notable stand was made by any of the home team, and if the fielding had been a little more brilliant a follow on would probably have ensued. In a bitterly cold and strong wind Ashburton commenced their second innings, and in an hour’s time were all out for 20. This left the Mount Somers representatives with 72 to win, which they succeeded in obtaining with the loss of eight wickets. Saunders and Denshire were evidently used up, and the change bowlers were of a very second-rate order. At 65 the two veterans resumed the attack, and with such effect that five wickets fell before the seven runs required were obtained. Bristo at point fielded throughout well, Fooks’ long-stopping, considering the rough nature of the ground, was' very'creditable, and E. Saunders made a pretty catch at long oif. •

At the conclusion of the game the two teams dined together, and afterwards spent a pleasant evening enlivened by songs and sporting anecdotes ntainly con tributed by two members of a learned profession. A “ wheel of fortune” was introduced arid profitably engineered by a large land proprietor, who displayed con siderably more proficiency in this shady avocation than in the duties allotted him in the cricket field.

The following are the full scores :

Mount Somers.

Ashburton.

JOCKEY’S FEES.

The writer of English Sporting Notes in the Melbourne Leader says :—“ I think I have alluded to the subject of jockeys’ fees, and to the earnings annually of some of our leading knights of the pig-slcin. There is just now going forward an in teresting controversy, in the leading sporting journals, upon the matter; the-contest being how-to prevent jockeys, betting, and whether the present rate of pay is sufficient to keep them from falling ..into._t.ha.t great.tepyriation.. A_ jockey’s pay in England—a pay that he can legally claim —is five guineas for a winning rid<j, three guineas-for a losing ride, and twin guineas for a private trial. Added to this must be the present a jockey invariably receives for winning a good race—for ill stance, the Derby, in which case the hand some douceur of LIOOO is not an uncom mon event (J. Daley, when he steered Hermit to victory in 1867, got L 5000), and the ‘ retaining fees that is, ii salary owners yearly pay to jockeys in order to have first or second claim upon their services. ‘An old- Turfite,’ writing to Bell’s Life upon the subject, says—and his letter first opened the argument: — £ Fifty years since jockeys rode for their present pay. Times have changed since then; eyery article of sustenence, save- bread, is now double the price of ‘ fifty years ago ’ Still the jockey plods on at the old prices and he tries to meet the extra cost of everything by “betting.” A few weeks ago I saw a ; well employed jockey take from his pocket a bundle of bank-noies, looking very much like five hundred pounds in amount. I remarked to him t:iat it gave me great pleasure to see him so prosperous in his professional calling, to which he replied by asking me, ‘do you really think I got this money by riding sir? If you do you are mistaken. I could not earn sufficient money to support my family by riding only ; this money we got by betting, and we all bet.’ Some jockeys bet openly in the ring, and have as much as five hundred on a race. Can not jockeys be now paid LlO for a winning, and L 5 for a losing ride ; and cannot a rule be passed by the Jockey Cliib, prohibiting jockeys from betting under penalty of sus pension from riding races for life 1 This might enable a jockey to live on his pay for riding, and would, perhaps, .remove the temptation of betting from him. Nursed in a stable, selected to ride races for their ability to stick on a horse, trusted to' do their duty honestly, it seems an error to pay them now as they were paid fifty years ago, and send them to the betting ring to give them a reasonable in come. ’ I know an old ‘Turfite ’ well, and he is quite qualified to speak, albeit his letter is rather vague, but I cannot quite enter into his views, nor agree with him as to the bad pay of jockeys. Jockeys of high and low degree will bet, be their in come little or much ; and as to their bad pay, why the- reverse is the case. It is quite true a jockey’s fee is the same now as many years ago, but though the fee has not increased, race meetings have, and are now ten times as, numerous, consequently jockeys ride proportionately. As ‘An Owner of Racehorses’ states in reply to ‘ Old Turfite We are now but little more than half through the racing season, and I find by calculating the number of winning and losing mounts up to 10th of August, that the four jockeys standing highest on the list have earned between them £3630, or on an average £907-|, which is equal to £I6OO a piece for the racing year—to this must be added at least £IOO, perhaps £l5O a year, earned in riding trials. ‘An old Turfite’ seems to have entirely forgotten that large retaining fees are yearly paid to jockeys so that owners may have what is designated ‘ a call ’on their services. Take as instance the jockey Cannon. Sir F. Johnstone, Mr. Gfretton, Prince SoltykofF, and Lord Anglesey each has a call on hiiq, and I don’t think I am over estimating this source of income when I put it down as from £BOO to £IOOO a year. This would make a successful jockey’s income amount to more than £2500 a year. ’ Of course each side of the question is well defended, and the least interested in the controversy are the jockeys themselves probably, and I believe they are quite satisfied with their present rate of renumeration. ”

FATHER CHINIQUY ON “AURICU LAR CONFESSION.

The Rev. Chas. Chiniquy, the celebrated lecturer, who was for twenty-five years a Roman Catholic priest before he adopted the Protestant faith ? has been lecturing to audiences of 4000 in Sydney. Recently his subject was “ Auricular Confession.” He said even to mention auricular confes sion brought up a dark cloud. They cjuld not think of it without being ashamed and polluted in heart and mind at the simple idea of a young lady or girl at the feet of a bachelor priest, being questioned'as to the most secret thoughts in her breast. He had been a father con fessor for twenty-five years ; he had heard the confessions of innocent young men and women ; he had heard the confessions of priests and bishops, and he had found that auricular confession was one of the greatest impostures that the world had ever seen. Many times he had wept in the confessional, and many a time he had g.ne in there with a broken heart, and with feelings that he could not" express, because ho heard there the sins and ini quities of the world, and because the Church of Rome enjoined him to put such questions that no honest man would like to put. He used to hear two yoices speak ing to him. One voice that spoke from heaven used to ask him if he was not ashamed to hear such things and to ask such questions ; while the other voice,' which commanded him to put those ques tions as a sacred duty, and to hear those confessions, was the voice of the Pope.

Any honest priest must have felt as he had done. No man who. heard these con fessions from young girls and women could" stand-the trial; it was just like fire put to straw—the straw would burn. He had consulted a bishop of his Church with regard to his scruples on this subject, and told him that he could not find any war rant for auricular confession in either the Gospels or the Epistles. The bishop replied that he would find it in the holy fathers. He rejoined that although lie had been sworn to interpret the Scriptures according to the holy fathers, he had'never seeirthe holy- fathers,- and lie-asked the bishop -for them, but he was told that it was a very bulky volume. However, he got the holy fathers, and studied them most carefully, but lie found there was * nothing in them that would Warrant auri cular confession, which was certainly not known in the early ages of the Church. It never became a dogma of the Church until the fourth Lateran Council, some where about the year 1450. The lecturer described at some length the nature of the questions put by the confessors to their penitents, and offered to show to anyone who desired to see it a copy of these questions as contained in a book given to him by a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He. strongly, commented on the pernicious effect of this system of the confessional, especially when they con sidered that there were in the world about 100,000 priests, and that they confessed on an average five females each eyery day. He had written a book containing an account of the confessional, which he did not sell, but of which he would give a copy to any person who subscribed £1 to his mission. He reminded his audience that a copy of the questions he had referred to had been printed in English, and the writer of the book had been. very, properly imprisoned for publishing an immoral book. What could they think of a system which would allow of ques tions being put to an innocent young girl which were of such a character that a per son who published them was punished by law. The lecturer was loudly applauded, and was paid the usual Compliment at the close of his address.

HOW SEVENTY FEMALE SLAVES WERE DISPOSED OF.

According to a letter from Alexandria in the “Allgemeine Zeitung,” a Turkish slave-ship was captured the other day by an English vessel, and the slaves it con tained, consisting of seventy women and ten men, were liberated. The men volun teered into the Egyptian army, but it was more difficult to dispose of the women, as they have no notion of liberty, and if left to themselves would probably have been drafted without making any resistance into, some Mussulman’s harem. Under the treaty concluded between the English Government and the Khedive the impor tation and exportation of slaves are for bidden ; but the detention and sale of slaves in the country are 'permitted" for about six years longer in Egypt, and eleven years in the Soudan. Several officers accordingly came to the pasha of the district with offers to buy some of the female slaves, but the pasha declared he would not part with them unless they got married. He then announced that any soldier or civilian wishing to marry one of the slaves would have to pay six thalers for her dowry, but that the women would be allowed to choose their husbands from among those who should present them selves for the purpose. A great number of men, chiefly soldiers, assembled on the day appointed for the selection. The women were so shy that they “ huddled together like a flock of sheep,” and could not be induced to move. At'last one of them, taking courage, advanced slowly to a black Egyptian sergeant, who was any thing but handsome, and put her hand on his shoulder as a sign that he was thg man she wished to marry. Her example .was instantly followed by the other women, who rushed forward to choose their husbands as if they feared to be too late. It was the men’s turn to say whether they accepted the selection. All. were satisfied but five, and even the five women who were consequently obliged to choose again were ultimately provided with hus bands.

ANTIQUITIES IN ASIATIC TURKEY.

(Fr„ m the Academy >

Now that the British Government has acquired a protective right over, Asiatic Turkey, we hope they may be induced to extend that right to sites of archseological interest.

A correspondent of the Timpjf- of India 1 r of the date of J une 14, gives a most lamentable account of the wholesale demo lition of ancient buildings which is being permitted by the Turkish Government on the site of ancient Babylon. In speaking of the town of Hillah, the writer states : “It is a place of some importance. It is built, but not well, of bricks from Baby lon. The courtyard of the house in which I stopped was paved with large square bricks, every one of wliich bore the honored name of Nebuchadnezzap. ”, A native brick merchant is now* engaged in excavating in the' Mujeliben mound, and in some places has sunk his trenches as deep as 38 feet, in order to remove the fine walls which he finds at that depth. A score of donkeys is waiting for the brigkfj ? which arp brought up by Arab workmen. In this same mound the' dealer has dis covered a large underground chamber, which lie intends to pull down andiemove as soon as possible. Nearly every brick is si amp eel with the ngme of some Bftby* loni’.n ‘king, and no notice is taken of the size and position of these buildings or any drawings made. Surely seme one can stop the reckless destruction of valu able archeological sites! The Turkish Government is evidently aware of the im portance of the antiquities and of theii

The Evening Echo, Monday, GctobeT'-SS, 1878.



FIRST INNINGS. Bailey, b S. Saunders , ... 2 Mitchell, b S. Saunders ... ... 0 Lovell, b S. Saunders ... 2 Chapman, run out ... 9 O’Connell, e Fooks b Denshire ... 8 Taylor, c S. Saunders b Denshire ... 3 Clissold, h vr, b Denshire ... 3 Corsbie, b Denshire ... 0 Hood, e Fooks b Denshire ... ... 11 H. Wright, b Saunders ... 4 E. Wright, not out ... ... 1 Extras ... 10 Total ... 53



SECOND INNINGS. Bailey, b Bristo 31 Mitchell, c & b S. Saunders ... 0 Lovell, run out ,,, ... 12 Chapman, c E. Saunders b S. ders .... ... Saun- 4 O’Connell, b S. Saunders 4 Taylor, 1 b w, b Denshire 0 Clissold, not out 1 Crobie, not out ... ... 2 Hood, c Harris b Saunders ... 1 E. Wright, run out 3 Extras 14 Total... f 72



FIRST INNINGS. S. Saunders, 1 b w, b Clissold 0 Denshire, c Chapman b Clissold 1 Harris, b Chapman 3 Maimvsyring, c Clissold b Chapman ... 17 E. Saunders, b Clissold 17 Bristo, b Chapman 1 Crisp, b Hood 12 Fooks, b Clissold 1 Pratt, not out 2 JZoueh, b Clissold ... 6 Wilkie, o HJitchell b Clissold. 0 Extras' ... ... 16 Total 94



SECOND INNINGS. S. Saunders, c Bailey b Chapman „ 4 Pratt, b Hood . . . .. 3 Crisp, b Chapman o Denshire, b Hood 9 E. Saunders, b Chapman ;; o Mainwaring, e and b Chapman .. 0 Harris, b Chapman .. 2 Wilkie, b Hood .. 0 Foots, b I-j[o.od .. 3 Bristo, liot out... .. 1 Zouch, b Chapman ". .. 1 Extras ... Total .. 1$



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