COMMERCIAL.

Christchurch Chain Market.

Evening Echo Office, Monday, _ The market opened with a little' more ani mation ; than usual, merchants having ap parently decided as! to limits, and produce is (who for various reasons,muri except price is ruling) hiving made a virture or necessity, and taken the tesi. pi ices ob tainable. - Wheat, as being the “ King of Cereals,jraturally comes first under notice. From several samples we have inspected, we believe the quality of flour made from this season’s growth will be exceptionally good. No doubt the proportion of offal will be large, that, however, is of small- consequence as compared with turning out strong, sound flour of a fair color, —qualities which have hitherto enabled the Victorian millers to successfully compete with us for the north of New Zealand trade. Our millers must look to their laurels now that our “ so-called Liberal Government has remitted the duty on the imported article. We here have everything in our favor—a richToamy soil, a climate unequalled in any part of the world, the country intersected by railways, our shipping ports within easy dis tance ; in fact, all that is required to make agricultural pursuits a commercial success. What we now want is—imported capital', cheaper labour-, and liberal land legislation. It has been thought by some persons that the introduction of the reaper and binder would be the beginning of the end to all the farmer’s troubles. This remains to he proved ; the vexed question as to the value of the straw after threshing must be solved before we can look upon the binder as being a real profit to the ordinary farmer. This is a question that might fairly command the attention of Farmers’ Clubs throughout the country —“ Whether stock of any kind has suffered fiom the effects of the wire, or other wise?” It is to the interest of all concerned that the subject'should receive ample ventila tion. •

With regard to ’ the present low price of wheat, no one who has watched the course of events throughout Europe, could expect airy other result. The producing powers of the world are now almost beyond conception, and the labor saving Harvesters must cause, for many years to come, a considerable addition to the acreage under grain crops ; and in the absence of some great event which may re volutionise trade, the supply must exceed the demand. We purpose offering a few remarks on barley, its production and manipulation, in a future issue. The system of selling grain by auction has only met with a partial success so far, in Christchurch. We understand it is to be tried again this season at the Corn Exchange, also at one or two minor auction rooms. We consider this plan of disposal _ might be adopted with advantage to those interested f fairly conducted, and limits are not too high. Com sacks are now being distributed largely, and we hope shortly they will carry some at least of our surplus grain to a profits able market outside the boundaries of Canter bury. /, QUOTATIONS. Wheat per bushel, prime milling, 3s. to 3s. qd*; -inferior, for feeding purposes, 2s. Bd. to 35.; oats, feed, per bushel, 23. gd. to 3s. —few buyers; ditto, milling, ditto, 3s to 3s. 2tl. — brisk demand ; barley, feed, per bushel, 3s. 6d. to 45., owing to low price of wheat de mand limited; ditto, malting, ditto, for Well threshed, bold, mellow, extreme prices—ss. 9d. to 6s. freely given ; peas per bushel, none offering; beans per bushel, partial failure o this crop : none offering at present; flour, per ton, known brands range from £8 ios. to £9, no speculation in this line ; potatoes per ton, for. local consumption, ss. to £4 ios., out side orders, none, to fill ; onions per ton, as last quoted ; sundries : rye grass, 4s. 6d, to ss. 6d., no disposition- shown' to operate, demand for station limited ; cocksfoot, to large quantities in the market from the North.

J. H. Wilson, Auctioneer, &e. reports : Wheat, per bushel, market beginning to be fixed at 3s. to 3s. 3d. according to. quality; oats (feed) per bushel, 3s. present price ; ditto (milling) ditto, 3s. 3d. ; barley (feed) per bushel. 3s. ; ditto (malting) ss. to ss. 6d. ; grass seed, ss. to ss. 6d ; flour per ton, ; potatoes per cwt. 5 s - market not settled ; onions per ton,^£ll. . . ■ Grain is in good condition, but the bulk is not of good quality.

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1879.

'The way at fire Cape .is likely to bo a' more tioublesomo affair than that now being, waged between Britain and Af ghanistan. The Afghv.l potentate is only the catspaw of Russian intrigue, and in himself may be considered, comparatively speaking, an insignificant foe ; for, while the Ameer’s forces,, unbacked, as they have been hitherto by-Russian troops, and: unaided by the- best' of minor tribes of Afghanistan,, are the foes we have to moot, Britain’s final triumph is pretty, well cer tain, and there is little reason to fear?, victorious result.' Besides, lying on our Indian frontier', an Afghan war lies to the hand of any Indian Government, who can thus carry the war _into the enemy’s country with native Indian troops, and bring the campaign to a successful result without'any very great appeal to England for the aid of her white troops. At the Cape it is different. The Europeans are not numerous, numbering only 40,000 against a Zulu population of 300,000, while no aid from native, forces can be counted upon. The fighting power must thus be imported “from Great Britain or from India. Ho cable as yet connects the Gape with Great Britain, so that com munication is dependant upon the speed of ocean’steamers, and as our -latest Lon don clates / are only of the 10th, and 11th February, and the telegrams., announcing the success of the Zulus against the 24th regiment bear 110 Natal dates, there is no saying what time may have elapsed be tween the actual surprise of the British troops by the 20,000 natives ; and what further complications may have arisen or may arise, before the. reinforcements hurriedly despatched from the old country may arrive at the Cape to the colonists’ aid. f r

The 24th Regiment, says the telegrams, was decoyed into an ambush of 20,000 Zulus, and though overpowered by numbers, fought bravely, losing 30 officers and 580 men, while the Zulus lost 5000. The telegrams add that it was a regular massacre. 20,000 Natives against 600 trained soldiers was too heavy a handicap, even with all the advantages enjoyed by the red-coats of superior arms and perfect discipline, and it is not to be wondered at our men were overwhelmed by numbers and massacred. We are.not in possession of information as to what force of Euro pean arms is still left in the Colony, but we are aware from other sources that what has hitherto constituted the weak ness of.the Zulu nation is to a; great ex tent lemoved—namely, the disunion of the tribes from petty jealousy, and should they be able, —armed with guns as they are, possessed of some rude knowledge of military tactics, and strong in numbers out of all proportions to the Europeans— to bring their united strength to bear .against the white population the conse quences ma.y even now have been of so fearful a character, as to call for fierce and vengeful action to wipe out the disaster.

The towns, which are of course the centres of European population, may be able in some measure to keep the ravagers at bay by extemporised fortifications, but the undefended country settlers are wholly at the raiders’ mercy if prompt retreat to the towns has not been made, while the land they have settled and cultivated will endure the devastation that inevitably follows the march of a conquering horde of savages. The interest that for a time followed the war in Afghan will now be transferred to South Africa, and news from the Cape will be impatiently waited for until we learn that the terrible danger that now seems to overhang the white population of Natal has been averted. Meanwhile the Imperial Government' is not idle, and strong reinforcements have been sent from England, '’f A

■ Evangelistic Meeting.— An evange listic meeting, addressed. by the ‘ Revs. Walker, Hallowes, and Robinson, the clergymen representing the Congrega tional Mission, will be held. to-night, in the Town Hall, to which all- are invited. The meeting will commence at B.o’clock.

To-day’s Court.— The Mayor to-day fined a mail named Michael Jordan in two sums of 20s. and 30s. for travelling on the railway without a ticket, using.obscene language, resisting and the police, and destroying- a constable’s uni form. In addition to the sums above , mentioned Jordan was required to hand over '£4 73. to re-pay the damage done to the constable’s uniform, and 2s. of a rail way fare—in all, £ol9s. . Pupils’ Soiree.— The pupils attending Miss Steane’s classes, Burnett-street, gave a musical soiree in their .school room on Friday evening, There was, a consider able attendance of invited friends, and the pupils, both with' the piano and vocal music, acquitted themselves with credit to their own diligence and natural talent, and to the patience, care, and ability of their painstaking teacher. Some difficult pieces were undertaken by .the __ pupils,. and rendered with remarkably good taste, while all who essayed the entertainment of the visitors,. displaying' a high degree of merit for their years, and. time under training. Hard Times,— Such is the scarcity ' of. house accommodation at Patea, that we have been informed that, a mother and several children who were travelling'down the coast towards Wanganui being unable to obtain lodgings," were compelled'' to extemporise a .tent oiit of hags, ■ 'sheets,, and blankets,gind cam]? out on the sea side of the township, “' ' l

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

steoial to ’Association.]

London, Feb. 13.

M a ineetiug of the London Committee or the Sydney Exhibition it was stated that the British Admiralty lends its valuable scientific apparatus for exhibi tion. It is further announced that France requires 6,000 metres space. •- -■" it is stated here tlxat South Australia intends checking immigration.

AUSTRALIAN

[IJv Submarine Cable.]

Sydney, Feb. 15

Governor Robinson leaves for blew Zea land, on March 15, in H.M.S. Herald. Cominmodore Wilson accompanies him in H.M.S. Wolverine.

. The missing boat of the Kerangi, with nine of the crew, was picked up on the coast, all well. A Mauritius telegrams states that 1000 tons were chartered for Melbourne and 100.0 for Sydney. The latest advice refer to the market having advanced 10 to 15 cents. ; A -A A Ac; -,i>-A-.,

The New South Wales Government notified their intention to withdraw their surplus from the banks. • 560 men are working on the Exhibition building. _ , ■ ,' , ' • ; * ' Melbourne, Eeb 15. .

•Mr. King, M.L.A., is dead. -- * The Glasgow Bank Relief Fund has reached £llOO. : -

The Ministerial candidates are likely-to succeed at West Botirke and Footscray. Adelaide, Feb. 15. . The Adelaide Government intend 'to gradually reduce immigration.

The Hyderabad.— Captain Gibbons reports that the Hyderabad is not strained and makes very little water. Hopes of getting.her off are still entertained..-

The N.Z.S.S. Co. —The resolution to wind up the Hew Zealand Steam Shipping- Company, which was passed at a meeting held on Jan. TO, 1879,. was oil Saturday confirmed at a meeting of shareholders, and liquidators were appointed.

Rabbits -v. Scabby Sheep.. —Rabbits are complained of as. being on th.e increase in Wairarapa, and scab, though not to a very large extent, has broken out in-the flock of an important sheep-owning firm. The Acting Governor.—Judge'John sfcon will swear the Chief Justice in as Acting-Governor as soon as Lord Nor manby is out of the colony. His commis. sion for Victoria has arrived by mail.

“A Chance for Grass Thieves J’-WThe “ N.Z. Times ” says : —“ The Hutt County Council have had all pounds in the county abolished by the Government, but unfor tunately have failed to make provision for the creation of new pounds. It was lately: resolved to take all necessary, steps at once, but whatever haste-is observed, no impounding can be done in the county for another five or six'' weeks' lit least. ' ‘A: splendid chance for grass thieves, this.”

Father Hennebery. On The .Curse. —The following is from the Thames Star :—“ -It is said that the Rev. Father Hennebery was very nearly'spoiling his mission on the Thames... This ; wise.' AnlongSt his'hearers on the first Sunday were soine who did not care to - sit out’his long sermon, and as they attracted the eagle eye of ' the reverend missionary, he called them back, ! but it was like calling spirits from the vasty deep—they would not come. Then he implored, denounced, and finall3 r cursed them ; but all in; vain. They were not to bo had. A service of three hours was too much, and .when-tlie missionary learned that lie had been invok ing curses on some who gave their services to assist the musical portion or ' the--wor ship, it is actually said her s Afar'made amends as. to apologise for his rather rude, though privileged, remarks. ”

Drought in , W. airarapa. —The want of fain in the -county of Wairarapa" East is beginning to be severely felt. The country is completely parched up, the RivOr Whareama has ceased to flow, and such smaller streams, as,.the Whakataki and Mungapakeha are almost completely dried up. Neither white. jnan nor Maori dhn ever remember to have seen so dry a season. For upwards of two years there has never been a ’fresli in the creek, though .a certain quantity of light rain fell through the winter, and few showers have kept the grass growing until lately. The country looks very bare and dry in deed at the present. A;■ A •

' Killed by an Octopus.—A death of a very singular nature is related by the Townsville Standard as follows : “As a boy named Peter Clarke, an old resident -in Townsville, was bathing in the sea on the 30th December,... he was heard to scream, out loudly:- Mr. John Win nietf hearing the boy’s screams, and thinking he had perhaps got out of his depth, plunged into the water and went went to his assistance. Having ’reache,d him he took him up ill his arms, the boy apparently having fainted, Mr. Winniett carried him up to the Retreat Hotel, when "Dr. Gellhard was immediately sent for, and on arriving ascertained that the boy was dead. The lower part of the body had the appearance of being .whipped across the thighs, and it is concluded that : lie must have come into collision with a poisonous, fish, known as the'devil fish or'octopus, and thus met' his untimely death. I We are informed by n-n- old resi dent in; town that these kind- of fish are very prevalent this seasoiTof the year, and are mostly fco. be with bn. the Queens ’ and coast in the 'shallow water, ‘ ■"

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Monday

Captain Warner, of the German ship Ariadne, paid a visit to the. German Puholii settlers. -A . Active steps are being taken by Govern ment for the extension of the Kawakawa railway to Deep Water. Surveys are being pushed on.

George Gow, .an engineer, narrowly escaped losing his life at the Tekeporil saw mill. While placing a belt on the shaft he got caught and. was whirled found, his clothing being completely torn off his body. He fell to the ground severely injured. H.M.S. Sapphire lias arrived from Sydney. She sails hence on the 25th for England via-Falkland Islands. My as, the alleged deserter, will be plaead on board by the police: ‘ Wellington, Monday. The Union Company are getting over from Sydney a new steamer iiamed the Zamboanza, a fine vessel of 651 tons register,' built in Sunderland in 1874. She is stated to have first-class accommodation for passengers, and comes under the com mand of Captain Lopez. It is intended to keep the Zamboanza - in the Sydney trade. She leaves Sydney on or about Feb., 18 for Wellington. - ’, Invercargill, Mondap-

Walsh is to be hanged on Wednesday. A meeting will be held to-night to : arrange for the reception of the Governor on Thursday, when His Excellency holds an undress levee. .

Several passengers by the Albion -left her at the Bluff, preferring an overland trip, and saving a day, to Dunedin. Two were for Lyttelton. ; Government offer free posses to Volun teers to the Easter Demonstration. Dunedin.

The Industrial School is being rapidly crowded by the families of wife deserters. To-day the' children of a man named McKay were sent to .the Institution for the term of one year. The father for merly resided on the West Coast, but eloped, with a young girl from tlie colony on the day that his wife and family arrived in Dunedin. -. ’ A man named Proven was arrested on Saturday night' for violently pitching a woman from his dwelling into the street. His defence to-day was that a part of his house was rented to the woman, and .she introduced a man into it for an immoral purpose. Only a nominal fine was in flicted.

Charles Bright, the Free Thinker, de livered his farewell lecture last evening to a crowded audience in the Princess Theatre. Subject : “ The Possibilities and Probabilities' of Evolution.”. ..A

THE DISTRESS AT HOME.

•Hot since the time of the American war,' when the cotton famine hung gaunt starvation like a haunting ghost over Lancashire, has Great Britan been visited with 1 distress equal to that which now afflicts the country. The details brought by the San Francisco' mail show that misery and want are wide spread, and not confined wholly to the very poor. ■ It is stated that families who had hitherto lived in considerable affluence now wanted bread, and instances are given of people living in large and comfortable houses feeling the sting of want, notwithstanding that they had, previous to- the stagnation of trade, enjoyed comfortable incomes. The manufacting districts seem to be the heaviest sufferers, but we are glad to be able to-. ’ gather from the Home papers that local charity has been equal to the .work of relief —a work it has nobly undertaken —and that the worst of the distress is over.: The “ Same-Hews”, thus .summarises, the account, after stating that three weeks before Christmas the country had experiencedtlie severest winter on record : —The distress which now pre vails from one end of England to the other .is i as.severe as the climate, itself has been. In the extreme north the railroads have been impassable from lieaVy snowdrifts ; in the south traffic has been either stopped or checked in our streets and thorough fares. Meanwhile, commercial failures have become a stereotyped feature in the columns of tlie daily newspapers. Mills and factories are closing more rapidly even than joint-stock banks. In Lancashire the suffering exceeds now the suffering in the year of the cotton famine—lß64. Want and misery are confined to no one class of our population. Clerks and skilled' artisans are as much in need of work and food as agricultural labourers. Poor law relief fails to meet all the exigencies of the destitute ■in every great town, and special relief funds are being raised. It is satisfactory, to know that'the money t!ius raised'is being" distributed in a manner the most calculated to ensure that it will effect a maximum of good. No .cash is given to applicants before inquiries into their.-circumstances have been made, and the Poor-Law authorities are everywhere acting in conjunction with the Charity' Organisation Society:. ,Jn Scotland, too, the distress has been very _ severe, and in nearly every town, special aid hp,s been- called for to relieve the demands upon tlie* ppor rate, and hundreds of men have had to be .found in employment on public works, while the number supplied with soup and rations to keep body and soul together ha 3 been something unheard of before in' the country. , ; . _yu;.. - A

. The- .Pope’s title is'..“ Dishop of Ropie and ‘Vicar of Jesus Christj -Successor of St, Peter, Prince of.the-Apostles, Sup reme Pontiff.of the. Universal. .Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop., and Metropolitan of the Rqman. Province, ..Sovereign ; of the Tem poral Dominious of the .Holy. Roman Church.” '

THE ZULU WAR.

[Pall Mall Gazette, December 20.] Natal contains a native population esti mated at 890,099 of Zulu nationality, while its European and Coolie inhabi tants number together some 40.000. On the south, in its immediate neighborhood, arc the Bastufcos, who are British subjects living under the jurisdiction magistrate appointed by the Cape Government. Be tween them and the sea on the Natal boundary the country,. belongs. to. the numerous Amapondo tribe, for the pre sent friendly, bub believed to be in communication with the disaffected natives, and watering the .course ~9feyexitg..A..Tfc.xx the north, adjoining the Colonial boun- ,r clary for nearly 200 miles, is -the Zulu' country. The Zulus are the most warlike tribe with which we are likely to have any . , “encounter in South Africa'. v They' are '■ subject to a inilitiiry despotism as grinding in its tyranny as any existing in Europe. They are a nation of soldiers, a£d-‘ from A the time each'man becomes, capable of v ' bearing arms until disqualified by old age their 1 ives.are intied.- by military considera tions. To .'-work is i beneath ;a warrior’s : dignity,. unless it be in ■ fui therancq; of a warlike object. The fields are cultivated by their women ; the occupation. of. the v men, when not engaged in .drill, is hunt ing. Cetewayo, the Zulu king, can, it is said, put into the field from 40,000 to 60,000 warriors, armed more or. less with • gun 3, organised in regiments, and accus- . tomed to execute concerted.; movements.

The organisation itself, duo': to the skill and -genius of.: Chaka, the present king’s deceased uncle, and'founder of the nation, was necessary to prevent their annihila tion, while yet young nation, by the neighbouring trib.es, whom they .after wards conquered one by ' one. ' But' ffow, : the -ne '.essity which . called; into operation ; having passed away, it is simply a machine for tlie generation of power, whose energy,-' now long pent up by. the-presence of the British, has had', no outlet, 'arid,Hhereforej; § threatens to force the king into .war, or - ( subject his country to a revolution. A*; A Cetewayo is a really formidable, poteh-A- : .bate ; and if the war breaks out, as it pro- . bably will tlie skill of Lord Cliehiisfpy.dv will be severely taxed tp enable the smalt’'., forces at his disposal, scattered as over a large extent of. country, tolwitlfc "- stand the Zulu onset. - Secocoeni,,. CJete: . wayo’s vassal, who in- 1876 proved powerful for the late Boer Republic, has for some time been engaged in tlie Kostili- ; ties against us in the -Transvaal, ,and has , kept his troops and volunteers available 1 tliere fully employed. On one accasion, ■ with tlie aid of superior numbers’Alidb&fi; succeeded in driving 7 ' back the Colonial forces. But for the great part lie lias con- «, .fined himself to flight’attacks and cattle lifting ; while with 10,000 warriors he can - command, he has entrenched himself on Al one of the inaccessible mountains' which abound in tlie south-eastern is&rtAof)the;' Transvaal. Kisketreat is upon certain large caves situated in a steep mountain, sides of which are defended by para'llet , stone walls, increasing in strength as the top is approached. To storm the position is impossible without greater loss than with small forces is advisable.' v ” To \ starve him out will be tedious, as lie is re ported to be well supplied -with food and water. Tlie commander-in-chief is said to have lately suspended all operations against Secocoeni until lie has settled the impending Zulu difficulty. ' A • A .. The danger, however,. does not clusively in the amount of damage Cete wayo may be. able to-inflict, great aslthat~~ , is. Tlie South African native wofimips visible power, and the greater cause for .anxiety is that a combination; ofv T disaffected tribes may be, formed Zulu leadership. Such a combination Iras been hitherto made impossible by petty tribal jealousies,; and. many liuve affected to disbelieve it possibility. But the ir better-informed men of the colony have* yj considered that the' d&iig&.t3night come a reality in the-event' of some occurrence that . wouldy. deeply stir..r native feeling-. -They, have' observed’A.-I that a great change lias--come .over" A native opinion—that the collapse of; the } Transvaal Republic first broke the’ spell (' A which the invariable victories of the (Solo-A A nists had established. ,A; notion,, more over, has got abroad among the natives' ' that their ‘ inferiority '' ’ was' simply due to their want of guns .-and; ammuni-A.' tion. Hence for, many years they have’ v been accumulating fiveanris ; and hot only have they acquired them , but a fair under- . ; standing of their use. .. , - •/ 7 These far from unintelligent savages sawy: too, that much of their weakness arose .; from one tribe being pkiyed off against ' r .another. For some years, therefore, they » have been and are now attempting to bring about an alliance of tlie native races.... Messengers have been?and are constantly 1 ‘ passing between Cetewayo and other chiefs with the hardly concealed object of bring ing about a' combination hostile 'to the supremacy of white uieh: Events' are. being watched by all the disaffected and onß serious'disaster may. bring about the conflagration to avoid which

every sacrifice ought to be made: On the other hand, if the impending/struggle is . once successfully ended,, it may by the execution of a firm and fearlessly . native policy, lead to the final establish-.!: ment of our power and the beginning' of a prosperous- ers for all £>outh Africa. A

Mr Carlyle although now past 78, is so well and strong that lie has been mak- f mg a recent visit to Scotland. Hi 3 pleasant but simple house in Chepne.Rowy Chelsea-— : a house nearly 200 years old—is presided.over by -his neice, Miss*Aiken, an " ‘ amiable lady of middle, age. In. the bright garden the sage oomfortably smokes, and twice every day lie walks abroad among’ the quaint- ami harrow- street of Chelsea, one of the oldest and most inter esting yart-s of London,-

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