SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

trtm? wai-w . TWa oventnft. 11.6; to-morrow morning. 11.38 SUN-SB £: la!« orontne, 6.13; Btr ■*•»£««: to rn rrow o.un.tat&, 515 MOON'S AGK: First Quarter, 19th, 1.8 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Vision, brig, Loverock, from Dunedin Jfdith schooner, Trayte. from Rarotonga and tnt Islands Rowena, s.a., fronVWhangaruru ,■;';

DEPARTURES.

Thames, barque, Couves. for London Onward, schooner, for !BnsseU

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

I'orthe South—ladybird, s s.. Sunday,noon^ For San Francisco—Macgregor, s.s.. Mail). j ngt For London — Countess of Kintore. 21gt fr«+.ar t: Ferndile, barque, (hf- f o f Auckland, ship, early tfof Navieators Islands — "^enilwor.h, schooner, at once T"or Kaipara aatl Oamaru—Mera. schooner, at once Tor Dnneain—Waikato, ship, at once For Newcastle— Glimpse barque, early ?or Lytoelton—East Lothian, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, S.S., from Sydney, -about the 23rd instant •Macgfgor s.s . from Sydney about tho 30th instant "Victoria, s.s , from Sydney early City of Melbourne, s.s., (inward 'Frisco Mail), early Blackbird, s s , from Sidney, early Paptw, schooner, fre^ Karrtonjra Ivanhoe, uchoone^, from Levuka Southern 00f;,,, Mission schooner, from South Sea Island^ early Jldith JJ^se, barque, from New York; sailed Sept. 10 Stanley Castle, barque, from London ; sailed 9th July Hydaspes, ship, from London ; sailed August 8 <&.swe, shio, from Londen ; sailed August Waitangi, ship, from London ; sailed August 1 Memento, barque, from Newcastle, early Dauntless (Hawaiian schooner), from New Caledonia, early P*keha, brig, from Oamaru. early Magellan Cloud, from Chatham Islands, early Pearl, ketch, from South Sei Islands, early Ohocola. barque, fiom Ran Francisco ; sailed FeDt. 10 Kipido barque, from New York.via Adelaide, loading Dauntless, topaail schooner, from New Caledonia, early

IMPORTS.

Per Vision, from Dunedin : 2 pgs mer chandise, T. Hart; 9 tons pig iron, Mase field and Co. ; 80 hhds ale, James Copeland ; 20 sacks flour, 10 do oatmeal, 320 bags flour, 120 do barley dust, G. W. Binney; 20 casks gorin crystals, 50 boxes candles, R. B. Lusk ; 200 bags flour (50*, 100 do do (100), H. B. Morton; 35 pgs ale, John Eeid ; 100 sacks oats, Townsend Bros. ; 110 do flour, Barnett and Levy ; SQO do do, 10 pgs pearl barley, T. H. Hall & Co. ; 38 cases preserved meats, 13 casks beef, G-. W. Binney j 100 bags flour (100), 200 do do (50), 100 do bran, 30 do pollard, 200 do oats.—Master, agent. Per Edith, from Earotonga: 15 tuns cocoanut oil, 33 casks lime-juice, 200 crates oranges.—L. D. Nathan and Co., agents.

EXPORTS.

Per Southern Cross, for Napier :—373 mats

Btt^ar, Cruickshank and Co ; 50 cases geneva, L- D. Nathan and Co.; 1 parcel, Upton and Co.; 1 case, 1 pg, B. Gitto3 and JSon ;16 cases chutney, E. Neal ; 1 parcel, Broadbent; 4 cases, Stone Bros.; 30 do Balmon, J. S. Macfarlane ; 20 do sauce, E. Neal; 1 picture, 1 case, Anderson and Co.; 2 barrels ale, Brown, Campbell and Co.; 1 case, 2 casks, Capt. Daveney ; 4 case's fruit, Craickshank; 1 pa;, Me Arthur, Shera and Co j 1 do, 1 case, 2 casks, Kempthorne; 3 oases, Owen and Graham; 2 horses, A. Buckland ; 1 pg, Owen and Graham ; 1 do, Close Bros. ; S parcels wheels, Cousins and Co.; 2 cases, Winks and Hall; 3 jars, Buchanan ; 1 gun, Scotter; 1 pg, 1 bale, 1 * pg, Ireland ; 1 case, Clark ; 1 box, West ; 2 coils, Stone; 1 horse, Buckland.—A.S.P., agents. Per East Lothian, for Lyttelton: 9091 pieces sawn timber (102,253 feet), 1,417 pieces sawn kauri (21.961 feefe), 554 nests drain pipes, J. S. Macfarlane ; 500 bag 3 oats, D. H. McKenkie ; 40 casks resin, J. Allender.—J. S. Macfarlane and Co., agents Per Waikato, for Dunedin : 100 cases keroseo*, R. Lusk; 107 doors, 11 packages ■ doors, 6 packages blinds, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 50 doors, Holdship and Co. ; 13 hhds., 1 barrel, J. Reid.—New Zealand Shipping Co , agents. # The following is the analysis of the cargo of

THE SAILING OF THE THAMES. The departure of the barque Thames for London took place this morning at eleven o'clock. The Golden Crown hauled her away from the wharf and towed her as far as Rangitoto Channel, when she spread her canvas to the favourable .S. E. wind, and sped away on her voyage. When the moor ings were being cast off there was a little crowd on the outer T of the wharf of friends of the captain and passengers who had collected to pay their last farewells. Captain Couves has always been a general favourite, and there were some among the passengers' who have been long and favour *• ,'ly known in Auckland, and whose leaving 'A "P!y regretted. As soon as the vessel If to respond to the enticements of her ga° one of the passengers struck up fP a??' t" » " Syne" on the cornet, and as 11 11ISU- drains fell upon the ears of the well-knowj sho re many an eye those on board * found -^ echf) showed that tney GoldeQ Crf)Wn put A her best efforts, and the two vessels puT, i"1"" " * tnVina spectacle as they ran Wis wish the Thames a very prosperous voyagT The following are the passengers J^SS Thames : Mr andMraF. A. BU£*£, Master Gallichan. Second Class : Wukam Askham, Mr and Mrs Vini^g, Mrs OmdAnfi, Messrs Neils, Peterson, and W. Ruddling. The bria Vision arrived from Dunedin last evening, and, having anchored under Rangitoto Reef for the night, came up the harbour at eight o'clock this morning Capt. Loverock reports leaving port on the 2nd instant. Fresh S.W. breezes were carried to the East Cape. Thence strong westerly winds into harbour. Sighted a barque brig, brigantine, schooner, and cutter off Waiapu on the 9th. With the exceptien of the barque, which was heading north, all were at anchor. _ , . The s's. Rowena arrived at the lamaKi this morning from Whaßgaruru, whither she left for on Thursday to fetch a cargo of cattle. She brings 25 head of these for Mr f Buckland. From a telegram, received by Messrs Craicksnank and Co., we learn that the Hero was to leave Melbourne on the 13th inst. She may theiefore be expected by the 23rd or 24th. ; The,, departure of the Ladybird is post poaed till Sunday at noon. The s.s. Southern Cross, Captain Holmes, left at one o'clock to-day for Napier. She jconveyed a general cargo as per exports and the following passengers :—Saloon : Miss M. Hose, Mr Rockefeller and the California Minstrel Troupe (11). Steerage : MrShenck, Mrs Mill and two children, Messrs Dagdale O'Sullivan, O'Connor, Campbell, McKenzie, Campbell, Ross. The cutter Morning Light brings 19,981 feet timber from Port ChaHes. The barque East Lothian cleared at the Customs to-day for LytteltonJ with a cargo of timber, etc. She is, lying in the stream; ready to sail as soon as the wind favours. The shipWaikato has cleared put at the (Customs with a cargo of timtoer, kerosene etc She la to at once. 1

The schooner Onward cleared out in ballast for Russell this morning. She took her departure at eleven o'clock. F The ship Zealandia entered at the Customs P this morning. ..;.;-' The ship City of Auckland hauled off into the stream this morning She will be here ,i:for a week or two until her cargo ia read} for her. Mr Ross, late mate of the has to-day joined the ship o f Auckland as second officer. The ship Cor^^gg of Kintore had her sails bent t^. d She is fast getting ready for^ er departure on the 21st schooner Edith arrived from Raro tonga this morning after finishing another of her regular island trips. She left Auckland I last time on the Bth August, so that she has been over two months away, during which ' time she has visited the Cook, Hervey and . other groups. Captain Trayte, who brings his vessel into port in her usual spic and span condition, reports leaving Tonga on the 2Sth September. For the first v>eek he had light N.E. winds, but since that a succession of heavy S.W.-gales, which have considerably prolonged his passage. The Edith bnnga a t cargo of oil, lime-juice and fruit. . On August 2, when tha Christian M'Aus -7 land was crossing the line, some of the sea men determined to carry out the absurd notion of paying homage to Neptune. Iheir a leader was an A.B. named James Murphy, 0 who had for assistants Andrev M'Kenzie, y -Tohn M'Arthv, and Claude Mann The four, fantastically dressed, came aft, and on being ordered to go forward by Mr Strachan, the chief mate, abused and then fell i, upon him. Hearing the noise the captain rushed on deck, and seeing his officer down and two men on top of him, he pulled one of them off, and received in turn a blow in the 0 face. A serious fracas then ensued, the z men using vile language and threatening to * knife the captain, and avowing that they did not care for captain, doctor or the Govern ment. Captain Duncan and Dr. Eadson - rushed out together, and endeavoured to stop - the affray, when Murphy, rising, struck the ; former a severe blow over the head, and •,: became, if possible, more violent than s before. M'Arthy drew his knife, and ; threatened to stab and rip the captain up j while Mr Strachan endeavoured to keep the s men off the captain. While doing so another b of the four came from behind and attempted to strike him, but was prevented from doing so by some of the passengers. Several of r the passengers shielded the captain from a further harm, and by an extreme effort the mutiny was quelled.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr Alfred Bitckl<y*i:d's Wkf.kly Report.— At RemuerA, on Thursday, dftiry cows were in moderate numbers only, and fair enquiry ; store cattle unusually abundant. 100 head held over for next si»le there being no pens 'for them, lato prices fully sustained ; fat cattle in full numbers. 161 head sold, prices lower 2s 6d to 5s tho lOulbs : store sheep in moderate numbers, and iv demand; fat sheep short of average, supply, and in demand at a slight advance in Wue ; pigs senrce, and fU extreme prices ; Kmus plentiful, but many of small size, all at lower values than last week. For the Shorthorn cattle advertised there was good competition. Price ob-, tamed were : Dairy cows, from L<> to Lit : culves, 25s to 40s : yearlings. fiOs; two year-o!d steers, L3los to L 5 ; three-year old steers, L 5 to LC 10s ; four-year old steers £.6 10s toLB ; worlrine oxen, L2B the pair ; best fat cattle, 40s to 455, second qusdity. 35a tiie I'iOlbs. Ewes, with Isunbs at. si'ie, 24s to '26s ; shorn hoggets, Os 6d to 14s each ; fat sheep, shorn, 4d •er lb ; in their wool, 5d per lb ; best lambs 13s to 18s ; inferior, firom 9s each. Fat calves', lGs to 60s each. Weil-bred, small-sized pigs, 5d uer Jb. A.t the Hay market, on. Friday Ist, fodder offered equal to requirrmewts, but the demand at this season is almost nominal. Priefts ruled ffom 6s to 7s 3d per, cwt Horse stock offered in usual numbcra, but t.idding was dull throughout the sale, und prices were lower. Prices obta.ced were :—Heavy draught, L4O to 1.45 ; strong riding and light harneas hoses H7toL3o; riding horses, L 7 to Lls each. The sale of -skins an<i hides, held on Friday, wks fully attended by the trade, and ail lots weie fairly competed for. Skins brought from 4s to fis Sd each ;. fresh hides, 3,\d per lb; salted, hides, 4d and 4Jd per lb. Mr B. Arthur's sale of fruit, advertised for this day, did not take place in conse quence of the unsettled state of the weather and not all being landed. The sale was postponed to Monday next, at 12 o'clock noon.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Cr,oas ah follows •— I For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Eowena, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. ««o««», Per s.s. laranaki, on Wednesday, 21st instant as under ■ — ' 'oSw% £&, aUot^ P°rtS ' liaFn°ffie S faV4pem Pl°VinCes ' »**«*»■ For Uni ed« Kingdom, via Stfez ard South -12 45 °p in. (for*lettm specially addressed), at For the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, and late letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne, at 1.16 p.m. For money orders, and registered letters, and newspapers, at 11 SO a.m. * ~ N.8.-Mails for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco. Canada, United swtes, &c., will be made up at this office on the Soth instant. S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster-

DEATHS.

Moulder-On October ]5, Emma Moulder, daughter of Hrs Jones, of Grey-street. T(ie furißial will isave Mrs Jones' residence, at 3 p m on Sunday next. Friends [please accept this invitation. Rulw—Un 17th inst, at his father's residence, Edin burgh-street, Morton Rule ; a«ed 2 years The fineral will lewe at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Friends please accept this intimation.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1574.

For the o:i,ubo that lacks assistance, For the wrontf tliat needs resistance For the ftiture in the distance, Asd tho good that we emu do.

The public have now in their hands Mr Kees' pamphlet, "The Coming Crisis, a sketch of the financial and political condition of New Zealand, with the causes and probable results of that condition." The brochure is in many respects a remarkable one, and its • earnest vigorous thoughts and lanpuage will evoke a response in the breast of many a reader. That Mr Vogel and his policy have been weighed in the balance and found wanting is only what was expected by any one aware of Mr Kees' intention to re view the colonial policy, but as the writer drops grain after grain of truth into the scale, and then throws, on illnsory hop ?s and broken promises, and tergiversations with all the weight of f.nets and figures, the extent to which Mr Vogel's visions have been wanting in tangible and ponderable reality becomes very strikingly apparent. On read ing, aa graphically described by the writer, the plowing promises of rapidly coming greatness as made at the initiation of the policy, side by side with the miserable and tantalising failure of every one of them, one feels impelled to exclaim "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity and vexation of. spirit." Perhaps in the history of colonization there never has bc-en such a wretched contrast in promise and perform ance exhibited in the brief history of any State scheme before. The prosperity of the colony it»elf, which in common with the prosperity of the other colonies, has been coincident with the unfolding of this ma y coloured policy has been eagerly seized upon and serves the purpose of throwing a halo of glory and success around the progress of Mr Vogel's government. Mr Rees dissipates th«t halo, and presents the condition, of the country in relation to the " great policy" in all its gaunt nakedness. Atj.& yet he dooß it in language so beautiful and with imagery so striking that the pamphlet reads as pleasantly as a romance. It is not our intention at the present to go i^to the details of evidence on which Mr R.acs builds up his charges against the coloraial administration. Theße are at times startling in the extreme, and they are expressed in explicit and fearless language,, such, as becomes the treatment of a subject of so grave import to all whoso fortunes are bound up with those of the colony. The writer is not one of those who feel it becoming to talk mineingly of great evils. Believing that the best means to avert the coming evil is to plainly place the peril before the pdblic eye through the instrumentality of the Press, he has stripped'the "great policj" of 'all the garish trappings with which it dazes the vulgar eye, and spoken out in that language) in which the Press ishould ever speak—th(: language of fearless independence. We shall from time to time review the several points raised by the learned writer in his indictment, but in the meantime we would very strongly recommend this pam phlet on the " Coming Crisis" to the careful perusal of every resident in Auckland.

We have carefully refrained .from making any remarks on the criminal prosecution for libel instituted against this journal by Cap tain Frazer, Bebident Magistrate at the Thames. The case comes on at the Supreme Court on Monday, before Sir George Arney and a special jury. It will be in the recol lection of our readers that the case arises out of certain comments in this journal made respecting Captaiu Frazer's conduct in cen suring the police for having laid a trap for Manning, a crusher of stolen specimens. We have no doubt the case will evoke consider able interest, but until it is over we refrain as we have hitherto refrained, from the smallest comment on the proceedings. I We are sorry to learn that Auckland is likely to lose the splendid racing stud of J. Watt, Esq., as-all the horses owned by that gentleman are to be submitted to auction after the Christchurch meeting, preparatory to Mr Watt's departure for England in March next. Unless some of our lovers of sport make arrangements for securing this fine stud we fear horse-breeding and racing will soon sink to the low ebb which characterised it a few years ago. Mr Watt has been an active supporter of racing in Auckland, and has changed the stables of this province from nearly the poorest to the best in the colony; his withdrawal will therefore be regretted by all lovers of the turf. H; will be noticed that six of his horses are entered for the Auckland Cup, but before that event they will probably be divided among a variety of owners.

Duritfg a thunderstorm at Leamington, the Avenue station of the London and North Western. Railway was struck by lightning, an angle of the chimney of the ladies' waiting-room was broken in pieces and the chimney, was thrown down. A lady who was in the room, and several officials about the station, were severely shaken, but all escaped without actual injury. A water spout in reported to have occurred at Chatham.

The exhibition of dissolving views by% Captain Kails at the Orphan Home last] evening was productive of great amusement among the children. We are glad to learn that the worthy Captain intends to give similar exhibitions for the benefit of other of our charitable institutions.

The Naval Brigade last night again came "orth between the showers of rain, and after a, few weeks genial spell they went througn a^ their driir>emarkably well. The Dull In- pc spector his right hand raised while the mem- so bers in wonderment on him gazed, and. He en said their efficiency ought to be praised. Mr Rees intends to be very busy in |his £ canvas for the honor of representing Eden in the Provincial Council. On Tuesday evening tl he will address the electors of Newmarket, on Thursday he is to hold a meeting at the Eden Vine Hotel, while on Friday he is to politically enlighten the settlers around Mount Albert. Mr Vogel's ruin in Otago some year 3 ago was accomplished by his attempt to start a newspaper in Dunedin. Carrying with mm much of the support which he had gamed for the Otago Daily Times, and supported by strong moneyed friends, he produced a first-clans journal, but, ended himself in bankruptcy, and the paper died. It would appear from the balance-sheet of the Dune din Guardian just published that special difficulties surround journalism in Dunedra, a city which one would supposa is better able to support two morning journals than Auck land is. The Guardian has been well-filled with advertisements, ably edited by Mr Creighton, and supported by an influential Company of shareholders. Its receipts for the year were £9,120, or £760 a month, yet there has been a clear loss on its first year s transactions of £1,190, and this in the most 1 prosperous times Otago has ever known. What will be the result in the lice of a serious commercial depression, which may occur any year. We have received from Mr J. C. Shailand. chemist, of Shortland-street, a copy of Dr. Ellis' practical manual of the diseases of children. The work has attained a second edition, and has been most favourably noticed by the leading medical journals o: England, America and Australia. As a pupil i of Sir William Jenner's, and former physician ■ of the Victoria and Samaritan hospitals, Dr. . Ellis has had special opportunities for ■ acquiring a thorough knowledge of the 1 subject of which the work treats, and it is commended by the Lancet and Athenaeum _ as , being especially valuable to the profession and to persons entrusted with the manage ' ment of children. An alarm of fire was rung from the city • bells last night about ten o'clock, and it was : soon discovered that the fire waa in a small 5 house in Lnrnc-street at the rear of the pre j mise3 of Messrs J. and J. Jamieson, and occupied by them. It commenced in a heap i of rubbish in one corner of the room, con t sisting chiefly of leather cuttings and a small boUio of Neat's foot oil. The room had not been opened for several days. When the 7 alarm waa given the fire had become so far - developed as to burst through tho boarding, but it Avas speedily extinguished without material damage by the application of several tmckttsful of water. The building is the property of Mr J._ Philips, who occupied the front shop, a^<i is uninsured. Messrs Jamieson's iOc fc Was insured for £250 in the Victo>-; itt o ffi ce . Ho reasonable explanation °f. the origin of the fire can be given, but there is little doubt that but for its early dis covery a large amount of valuable property in the adjoining blocks of wooden buildings would have been sacrificed. A rery valuable detailed map of the pro vince of Hawkes Bay has been prepared by Mr A. Koch, of Wellington, and just issued from the press. We are indebted to Mr G. T. Chapman, stationer, of Queen-street, for a copy, and understand that he has a few on sale. As the map shews the various blocks and townships in the province and is com piled from the most recent data, it will sup ply a want that has long been felt. Sergeant J. C. Soall has forwarded us the paper lately read by him before IVos. 2 and 3 Companies upon Volunteer matter.?. His remarks are of a practical character, and that so small an amount of interest should have been evoked among the members of the force, by the announcement that such a paper would be read. The attendance was not nearly so large as it should have been. Tho length of tho paper precludes the possibility of its reproduction in our columns, but we would suggest its re-delivery on a day to be appointed, when every member of the Volunteer force might make it his duty to attend, and enter into a discussion on the merits of the views propounded by Mr Soall. Divine service to-morrow (Sunday) at Newton Kirk, by Rev. Dr Wallis. Morning, "Daniel in the Lions' Den';" evening, "Prido and Humility."—Bejcsford-street Congrega tional Church ; morning, by Rev. Warlow Davies, M.A. ; evening, by Mr Barton.— Baptist Church, Wellesley-street, by Rev. P. BL. Cornford; morning, " Life in Christ ;" evening, " Self-preservation."—Newton Con gregational School, i anniversary sermons ; morning, by Rev. A. Reid ; afternoon, by Rev. G. H. Turner ; evening, by Rev. War low Davies, M.A. —Services as usual at United Methodist Free Church, Edwardes and Sheridan-streets.—St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert, in the afternoon sermon by Rev. R. S. Hassard. The choir of St. Sepulchre's will be in attendance, and the offertory will be devoted to repairs and improvements. The usual anniversary thanksgiving service will be held to-morrow at St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert, at 3.30 p.m. The choir of St. Sepulchre's -will assist, and the sermon will be preached by the Rev. X S. Hassard, M.A., of St. Matthew's. The members of the Good Intent Good Templar Lodge have determined to institute a Saturday evening entertainment, in order if possible to counteract Saturday night excesses. The first of these meetings will be held this evening in the Edwardes-street school-room, when addresses, music, and an occasional instructive lecture will be given in| the spirit of the "Cottar's Saturday night." The third festival of the Auckland Dio cesan Choral Association will take place in St Paul's Cathedral Church on Thursday next, and like the farmer festivals will doubtless be a great success. The order of service with music has been printed, and i 3 on sale at the stationers, price sixpence a copy. As a specimen of typography the music is deserving of inspection. The whole of it has been executed in Auckland, and could not have been undertaken in any other part of the colony. To the Editor : Sir, —While the police are so energetic in pulling a man who leaves a single article outside his doorway, how comes it that they allow another man to leave a whole cart-load on the roadway, as is done in Upper Queen-street ? Perhaps you could also give me some reasoable expiation of the cause why one property owner should have to make a good wooden pavement in front of his premises accessible to the people living in the neighbourhood, and to the public while another owner is allowed to block up the road and interfere with traffic ? I should like some explanation of the principle on which our laws are administered, for I must confess my inability to see it at present.—l am, &c, Property Owner. We have been requested by Mr J. F. Churton, the agents, for the proprietors of the City Hall, to remark in regard to stric tures made in the morning papers respecting the difficulty of leaving that place on the occasion of any sudden alarm such as was given l&st night, that another doorway is now being broken through in the direction of Lome-street. Notice—Five per cent discount on H. H. Smith's Improved Patent Portable Ovens, Colonial Ovens, Wrought and Iron Ranges ; and also for sale Cheap Second Hand Stoves of every description, at the Auckland Iron Works, Durham-street West, opposite Buckland's sale yards. N.B.—The upper part of the g tore to let. Shobtt's Hair-outting Saloon, three doors below the Greyhound Hotel, First-class Attention, Civility and Cleanliness.— [Advt. ]

BOAT ACCIDENT.

ssas£3Hg , stoam sail wM.dude, but « was«™°£ tt» that th. jib halyards were out of «£ »£^. Hi ssat wr& & «:£r dß t foled£ and most of the articles tamed out of her recovered.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

From OUR London Special Correspondent.)

London, August 25. NEWSPAPER AFRICAN EXPEDITION

Mr Stanley, of the Neio York Herald, who discovered Livingstone, has left Fnglancl on o his tour of exploration. On this occasion he v is the representative of the Daily Telegraph y and the New York paper, conjointly. He s goes out to settle finally the great_ Central a African question, and if we are to judge by l his previous performances ha is the right t man in the right place, fie has always t maintained the point that temperance is the t great point to be observed in the case of all 1 explorers. He himself is An exceedingly . temperate man, more so than most men who \ have lived so public a life, and he is confident l of success and immunity in point of health. In confirmation of his theory it may be < noticed that of all the newspaper correspon- '* dents during the Ashantee* war he is the I only one who has not suffered in health. The { others are either at present in bad health, or 1 fearing the results of their residence on the African coast. ' MARRIAGE OF EARL PEMBROKE. The Earl of Pembroke was married on the 19th instant in Westminster Abbey to Lady i Gertrude Frances Talbot, whose brother isi the premier Earl in the English and Irish Peerage. George Robert Charles Herbert, : thirteenth Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, is son of the well-known statesman, Sidney Herbert. There were only two bridesmaids, and they were dressed in Bimple white muslin, with tunics of the Bame, wreaths and tulle veils and lockets of crystal. The bride's dress was of white satin, flounced with Brussels lace, veil to match, and wreath of orange blossom and maiden hair fern. The happy pair are staying at Wilton House, Salisbury, their country seat. There ! I hope that will interest some of your lady Teaders who are undecided as to what to wear when their time comes for some sach little life arrangement The Earl has acquitted himself very well of his duties in the War Office, and perhaps he may some day acquire as much kudos as his eminent father. SIR JAMES FERGUSON'S RESIGNA TION. We are somewhat curious here as to the reasons which have led to the resignation on the part of Sir James Ferguson of the Governorship of New Zealand. We have noticed both in the New Zealand and Aus tralian Press comments on him and his ways which are by no means complimentary, and have been a little surprised. As a sporting and yachting man I should have thought he I would have liked your colony immensely. Has his wife anything to do with it ? I have understood that she did not care about the society, which she thought rather mixed. Still she could hardly have expected any thing else in a new country. A3 regards the native question Sir James seems to have got his name up wonderfully, and to have im pressed the Maori mind more favourably * than his predecessor, but then Sir George was the incarnation of soft-sawder and bosh. THE LONDON PRESS. As some of your readers may possibly be interested in a sketch of the condition of the London Press, and as ideas in the colonies regarding English newspapers are usually very shaky, I may as well give yon a hint or two on the subject. The Times, true to its ' name and reputation, abandons itself to tho I force of every opinion, and drifts rather help lessly on from month to month, chameleon like changing its hues at every turn of wind. At present it is heart and soul Mr Disraeli's organ. The Times has always showed a learn ing under all circumstances towards that gifted statesman, and now he speaks through its columns as through an oracle. The Daily News is as well informed as ever. It has all the good points of the Daily Telegraph, and none .of its bad ones. It exercises a large amount of common sense and sound moral and even religious feeling, and may be regarded as the mouthpiece of the Nonconformisb party. It is no friend of Mr Disraeli, but unlike the Telegraph is not, bound in fetters to Mr Gladstone. The Standard, once a fast Reformed Church of England paper, has for some time been drift ing in» the1 direction of extreme Ritualism, •and in preaching of thi3 modern folly it finds an able coadjutor in the Morning Post. The last-named journal may indeed be almost regarded as the mouth of the ex tremely moderate Roman Catholics. Both papers have attacked savagely the Bench of Bishops in consequence of their action in the matter of the Public Worship Bill. At the same time the Standard goes through thick and thin for Conservatism. It is the parson's paper. . The Hour is a good common sense Conservative paper, on which an immense amount of money has been spent. It is a good Protest ant Church paper too, and is on the side of maintaining a pure national church. The Morning Advertiser is what your friends at the Thames would call "a duffer," and no one pays any any attention to its ravings. Of the Telegraph I have spoken previously. It has a monstrously large circulation, which is easily accounted for by the fact that two thirds of mankind are either fools or lunatics. It has a peculiar language of its own which has been cleverly designated "Telegraphese." It lies consumedly, and beats the New York Herald for balder dash. The Pall Mall Gazette is the'ablest critic, and without a single exception the most independent and outspoken journal in London. It is also the best printed, both as regards paper and type. The result is that its pronouncements are more valued by the thinking public and the upper and middle classes than any other paper. It is not afraid to ";slate" anybody or anything, but at the same time it never does so without just cause or reason. It is said to be a splendid pro perty, and as it can be posted in London late at night in time to reach country subscribers at eight o'clock, it is to be seeu on almost every breakfast table. The Echo and Globe. are both cleverly conducted evening journals, but they don't dip deeply into politics of a heavy kind, and aim more at smart writing on trifling social' subjects. I hope you are a little wiser for air this. Sometimes one can ' see more on the spot than those at a distance, and it is well in estimating the worth of the comments in English _ papers to know the value of those papers in English opinion. AUSTRALIAN WINES. The demand for Australian wine is rapidly on the increase since the exhibition of samples of those excellent productions was opened at the Albert Hall vaults. It is asked for occa sionally in the luncheon bars, and the other

<u v T was asked by the secretary of a White- day fresh horrors come to our ears in lard proprietors of the Moselle and the SlatiaaS and goes on to state that many a Sale Rhine wine cellar contains more of the supposed 1873 vintage than the rottre vme yards actually produce.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST THAMES-NEWS.

(From our own Correspondent.)

Kelly's tribute crushed S5 toas for 62ozs, l2l,Tthe gExchan g 9 gold is showing in both "ThJ&Stt SmUe retorting is not finished. ThZ"^«?oT™ 6d 5 buyers, 235.

LATEST FROM COROMANDEL.

COROMANDEL,

This day. E and good cashing dirt is coming from %£?£*£&? ft? |en °i hard ground for the last few days, and there la no fign of a change taking place. ■ The Pride of Tokatea new cross cut is now in fifty feet. The prospects ab the mine are im{£pKtns battery, under the superinte^ denceofMrHanney, will soon be greeted and start to work. The tramway from the mine to the battery will be completed in ™ood time, and no delay may be anticipated from a want of quartz. OW)n i o n f The Union Beach get small parcels or specimens from the black reef nearly every shift. A small parcel of good specimens was boxed last night and this morning, ihe whole lot will be put through next week, and everything cleaned up for the month. In the Plutus mine the low level will shortly be connected with tk% uPP. er.™ J" ings by a winze. Quartz will be shot down this, and conveyed by tram to the battexy direct. The reef ia cut into sections ready for breaking down. _ rtgt The Hauraki left at^noon. .„ ---• Tne weather boisterous and rainy. >. Koyal Oak a parcel of specimens was got this morning , , The Tokatea have specimens today and more are expected next week.

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON.

From our own Correspondent.)

This day.

The Taranaki, which went in search of the Rangatira, has not yet returned to Welling, ton. After her return she will sail for the Manukau.

MEAT FAMINE AT HOKITIKA.

HOKITIKA,

[Per Press Telegraph Agency.]

This day.

Meat of all kinds is at famine prices The last auction here of bullocks realised £33 per carcase, or 55s to 70s per lOOlba. Several of the butchers are closing their places tem porarily being unable to obtain supplies for customers.

PORT CHALMERS.

This day.

. H.M.S. Blanche leaves for Wellington to day. She sails thence to Sydney where she should have been on the 15th according to orders received.

WESTPORT.

Friday,

The p.s. Lyttelton brings news from the schooner Alma, now lying in the road stead. She reports having lost her jibboom, bowsprit, foretopmast and gear, and mizen mast ; her decks were Bwept, her boats are gone, and half the crew have been washed overboard. The Kennedy is going out to tow her into the Buller.

DUNEDIN.

. Friday Heavy weather is reported throughout the province. At Oamaru yesterday a tremendous gale ■was blowing, and the Emulous was stranded for the fourth time. At noon all vessels in the Bay were ordered to sea. Several build ings at the Clyde were unroofed, and the front o£ the Port Phillip Hotel was blown oat. j This day. The inquiry into the cause of the Rattray street fire was continued. • Mrs Schmidt, propristoress of the house, said that Sansberg, the witness who said she set fire to the place, had given his evidence out of spite. He had proposed for her hand but been rejected. Sansberg denied this statement.

WELLINGTON.

This day. Flour, £13 to £13 sa; oatmeal, £24 to £26 ; barley (pearl), £25 to £26 ; wheat, 4s to 4s 6d (chick); oats, 5s to 5s 6d; haras, Is; bacon, lOd to lid ; cheese, 9d. The Kaiwara toll-keeper has appealed against the decision of the Resident Magis trate that mail coaches are exempt from toll.

CHRISTCHURCH.

_. ; This day. The market quotations are: Lyttelton, f.0.b., wheat, 5s to 6s; oats, 5s 6d to 5s 9d • barley nominal; flour, £12 10s to £13 : bran, £6 5a ; pollard, £G ; sh .rps, £7 j cheese, 8d ; grass-seed, 5d to 6d ; potatoes, £10 ; wheat and oats almost unobtainable ia Christ church.

NAPIER.

r™. o This day. The Kangatira was s obliged to put back here short of coal and provisions after being five days endeavouring to reach Wellington, meeting wifcbj; a continuance of bad weather. . • .

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH NEWS.

BLUFF.

mv Yesterday. xhe American s.a. Swatara arrived at the Bluff this morning. She left Hobart Town on the 10th, and has a crew of 210 scientific men. She Bails to-morrow for the Chatham ■ islands to land her party. „ ; A London, October 8. Count Arnheim is kept closely confined. Mis release has been refused. The missiriw documents which caused his arrest belong to I | the Pans Embassy. The Count denies all knowledge of the greater portion of the documents, but claims the remainder as private property. The matter causes con siderable excitement. m, ; „ ■ • ■ Berlin, October 8. _lhe alleged wounding of Don Carlos is officially contradicted. There are serious dissensions in the ranks.of the t>arlists. General Dorreg&rry has been dismissed, and Mendevia appointed his snecessor.

WEST CHESHIRE LABOURERS SHOCKING DISCLOSURES.

Mb J. A. Davenport, • sanitary W 1 the Nantwich Rural Sanitari S^k I presented the following horrifying a T^lP ■ the usual fortnightly meetiag o f+£ &%'~'M recently. Referring to the unnle^^^B cumstance to which inadequate htm ,4B mdflation gave riae, and alluding dm!-^1 ' !■ to the township upon which He Si rl J ■ reporting, that of Bickerton, con2;^ M population of 400, he says :-«^fa2*,» I night week a lad about Beven or eighth I of age died in a house near the Bed Lion Jm? E I family, I understand, have had, the if 1' I and measles waa the remote cause ofpa* I la illness they have all to sleep totSr I and during Sunday, Monday, and £> ■ nights the family, consisting o f •j«tv* H mother, and three children, slept in the»? H small room with the corpse. Agajn^B Sunday evening a girl ten years of ago (Utfl from a similar disease in Saudy LaneTanJr ■ Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nighta^ujM the family, consisting of husband, wife I grandmother, and two children, slept inT I same room with the corpse. Frequent I the houses the windows do not open, | shippon joins the house ; thepig-sty^ w^ 3 not unfrequently found to adjoin the iwi I At the second house I visited there w I hdles of considerable dimensions in tt! I roof. In the bed-rooms you could i* I through the walls nearly everywhere;' |w: 1 donkeys occupied a shed, with the io^y. ff, that adjoined the house. There :w io privy—a thunderstorm had washed"^ ,way loDg ago. It is to be hoped the^ Qise3 were in better order when the old iw eared the eight dhildren he has brought nn lere. He is now alone. Atthenptti' louses I visited there were no closets, higher up the hill, we find v on ft! itoreyed old thatched house—the one littj. jed-room occupied by husband, wife, grant' nother, and a little girl— at which thereii io privy, front door nearly all to piecei md the pig-stye adjoining the house. bhe top of the hill lives Mrs White, ft t Little room about 13ft by. 10ft. In this m place she lives and sleeps, a quarter o{>|| mile from any other habitation, f aad ha House is entirely buried in the gorse/ .J^: is no closet here. I found aix,'theW^; number of persons that occnpied,any rf jgs: single-TOomed houses in the towiM]™,. Generally speaking the houses 4^ no back doors; and many of the hoiaa^ are curiosities in their way. A JaMe t i: found sometimes in the place of"stfi* and the midden, privy, and pig-stye || joining the house or near thereto. Iheinii^i playing about the hills; are truly menengof' of mercy, and no doubt serve to prevent iat * great measure many of the evils that. nMj otherwise arise. There ate but few cotUgqf in the township that can be said to he ififi and conveniently constructed,,and tohw» fairly good arrangements outsiae,",,^; Board discussed the matter, and ordered}^ inspector in all caees to sunjmoß :j ilji; occupants of the house 3if the ordenfofliif removal of the nuisances be not atttifctft forthwith. - . . ■■,:M

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

Business done — Bank of New Zealand—Bayers, £18 ;, South British Insurance— 50sM; Wo, 51s. National Insurance— Buyers, 28s j wtti, 295. Caledonian, £5 103; sellers, £ 6. M Cure-Sellers, 10s. 6d.

ELECTION FOR EDEN

THE NOMINATION. The nomination of a Provincial .Conicijgj for Eden, in the place of the late Mr Andai Beveridge, took place at Newmarketv til morning. Mr Barstow officiated as Mm ing Officer. The meeting was a mortifta posing one, being held in the open air, tf| a drizzling rain effectually damped allsM| of electioneering fire which might -m wise have been seen ™M Only a dozen or two of. w «lg were present. Two candidates werajf posed: Mr W. L. Rees and Mi;JM May. On a show of hands beragcallsH the numbers for each were perfectly^ On a second show Mr Barstow declared! May to have a majority of two.v A W demanded on behalf of Mr Rees, and & election was announced to take place on s 27ch instant. The proceedings pnly'OCCO| a few minutes. ■ ' -^. fJI

Murder at Orakei.

Information was received at tjie Pol Station this day at noon that .*JwjK murder had been committed in the W of Orakei on Tuesday _^ evening ;J The information was forwarded by tue a 1 Paora Tuhaere to the effect; thatii n? had in a fit of passion murdered ag f girl, and that the murderer had beensjß L by the natives. Immediately upon m 1 of the. information Mr Inspector m ■ despatched Detective Ternahan^ .irl»v 5 accompanied by Mr Kemp, ti«> «g 1 sioner, to Orakei to investigate the cur© stances of. the murder1, and brings accused to Auckland. X It appears that, the young woman, wj • name is Henrietta 3epuni,: was, - Tuesday evening going from ona/J ; to another, when the native know* 1 the name of Newton called her • return and go with him to his wh*^ at first .refused but eventually she j His whare was about 210 yards frtJJ where the young woman lived w^ friends. A little girl followed,, andJ > them sitting on the sward togei 5 apparently in angry altercation. .JJ ■> had ftequently wanted the woman toon , him, but she would not.■• «g 1 Shortly after the little girl.gjfjj - call out in native words, "/^S i dead." There was a great constenu among the natives, and the ?ogj!ri seized and secured. The *rijtfs»V is literally covered with braises, ,»a conjectured, as there are bo cuts abow > body, that her neck was ■■.• « i The natives have already *$.£$ » and returned a verdict of guilty aga«»> > prisoner. , „. 6 On the detective's arrival■ P^g? " accused into his custody, and orderea to be manned to bring them oog- By this means Ternahan «| arrived in Auckland about th-ee, . The age of the murdered wojajj »Jjjjj while the prisoner, who « shor^^ 1 tattoed, is apparently over thirty. .p*,, \ very unconcerned abouttojpos^on- |

POLICE COURT. -This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckhainjfol-. *«#f FOUND ASTRAY. . , Mary Walton, an/oW/J^f c of Mount Eden yesterday, alMr m^M of nine months in.that place.. „ ~ John Thackaberr X , a person^ up? tation in this city, was 1^?g derl y ( ; charge of being dnm: andgg* attempting to stand on his^ || street yesterday, and caught in Sergeant Sannderson. • . four y( ,»C This man, who had prison for larceny »*/""£ c being brought into, ths™ a °dealong»?* jumped upon.thc.seat^"^'.rftf-J to Jiis Worship, hoping he wou and he would be a sober njn gustedwith himself,^^^run made a resolution become£ £ His Worship: You are Hawe prisoned for three months^ it j

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the barque Thames :— Gum, 2,587 cases (2S6 tons) Leather, 48 bales (31,1241b). Wool, 30 bales (11,8381b) Plants, 8 cases ' Skins, 5 bales (1,4801b) ... Cotton, 4 bales (1,3601b) ... Sundries

£1*0,000 1,005 866 75 50' 40 54

Total

£12,990



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