SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : This evening, 328 ; to morrow morning. 3 53 SUN SET : This evening, 7,1 ; SUN RISE: to morrow morning?, 4.38 MOONS AGE : New Moon, 19th, 11.45 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

ooutnern (Jross, s.s., (Homes), from Napier Ocean, schooner, from Past Coast Mercury, cutter, from Raglan (in the Manukau)

DEPARTURES.

(jasue, barque, Austin, for New if or* Pretty Jana, B .s„ for Gisbome and Napier Golden Isle, schoooer, for Russell Taranaki, s.s., for the South (from the Manukau)

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

vox the South—Phcebe. s.s., 7th instant For Rotntnah, Society Islands—Ryno. to-morrow Konaranaki and Wanganni—Go-ahead, b.s., Satur day. i>o on For Kaipara—Harriet Armitage, barqtie, early Peerless, schooner, early For Lyttelton—Waitanjri, ship, early For San Francisco—Condoren, ship, early; Cyphrenes, R M 8 s„ 24th December For London—City of Auckland, ship, early For Sydney—Hydaspes, ship, early ; Hero, s.s., early For a Crnise-.Southern Cross, Missionary barquentine early

EXPORTS.

Per Pretty Jane for Gisborne:—6 cases, "W. JLodder; 50 cases schnapps, 10 do ginger wine, L. D. Nathan; 3 pkg sashes, 3 loose doors, 1 do, Union Sash and Door Company; 2 cases (piano), H. Cucksey ; 2 casks china, T. JB. Waince ; 7 sacks vegetables, Mahoney ; 1 parcel, Upton and Co. ; 1 box, Gdbert; 2 cases glass, Phillips and Co. ; 5 boxes pipes, 33 mats sugar, 9 kegs nails, Owen and Graham ; 20 cases rum, Cawkwell; 1 case, Kempthorne Prosser and Co. ; 1 truss McArthur Shera and Co. ; 2 cases, J. C. Sharland ; 1 parcle, M. Levy ; 54 bags biscuits, B. Tonks ; 27 pgs , E.Porter; 1 case, Hoffman ; 4 pair sculls, Clare ; 1 parcl Wayte ; 5 pga. harness, Wiseman ; 1 boiler, Yeoman ; 3 cases, biscuits, J S. Macfarlane ; 20 pgs, Owen and Graham ; 2 bales leather, Ireland ; 2 tanks malt, 20 bags bags, 1 case, 4 baskets, 3 kees, 4 handspikes, Whitson and Son ; 1 box, O'Beirne; 1 cheffonnier, 4 cor nice poles, Cranwell; 2 cases, McArthur ; 1 barrel, Ryan, Bell and Co. ; 2 pgs., Boylan ; 4 cases, Winks; 1 prize sheep, JMay ; 2 cases, L. D. Nathan and Co..—A.S.P. Co., agents.

The brig Derwent, from Kaipara, arrived at Newcastle on the 21st ult.

The barque Tien Tsin arrived at Sydney from Wangaroa on the 22nd ult., after a good run of 11 days.

The barque W. C. Wentworth arrived at Sydney from Hokianga on the 22nd ult., after a passage of 13 days.

The Charybdis, schooner, entered inwards yesterday at Onehunga from Kaipara, with 2800 sleepers, order.

The schooner Amaranth entered outwards at Onehunga yesterday for Kaipara with a quantity of machinery for the Nash and Door Company, and a general cargo, J. W. Waller. The Dawn, for Waikato,. cleared with 10,000 feet timber, J. W. Waller; 587 packages hardwood, Geo & Potter; 10 sacks flour, JBycroft.

It appears from the latest Sydney papers that the A. S N. Company have determined after all to open a monthly steam service with Fiji. The s.s. James Patcrson was advertised to sail for Levuka on the 25th ult, this being the opening of the line.

The s.s. Hero is announced to leave for Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Tenders are advertised for by the Harbour Board for building a small schooner for the pilot service. The idea of a steam launch Jha3 been abandoned on account of the large expense.

The JR. M. s.s. Cyphrenes may be expectad from San Francisco with the English Mail to-morrow.

The ship Assaye is now 93 days out from London.

The A. S. P. Company's ss. Southern Cross arrived at the Thames from Napier yesterday. She brines the following pas sengers : Mr and Master Kennedy, Messrs Canning, Caldwell, Kemp, Heslop, and McCormick.

The Stanley Castle, which sailed for New York yesterday, is the first vessel for a long while which has succeeded in discharging one cargo, loading another, and getting away within a month.

Messrs. Brain and Bishop have now all but completed their contract for the repair of the Emu. The vessel has now been rigged as a barquentine, and it is generally thought that she has been improved by the change.

Since the mainmast was stepped the work on board the Condoren has gone on apace. Nearly all the masts and spars are now set up, and the ship presents a smart appearance. To ensure the work being done satisfactorily, Mr. Gouk has engaged Captain Nearing to superintend.

The s.s. Pretty Jane sailed for rGisborne and Napier to-day. Pessengers :—Messrs Thomas Fox, Carey, Mr and Mrs Carter and two children, Captain Tunks, Mrs McCabe and child, Miss Butler, and 14 in the steerage. The s.s. Taranaki left for the South at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. She took about 30 tons of general cargo and the following passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. T JKissling and child; Messrs. JosephSmytbe, Sisley, W. B. TowDsend, E. Durham, R. Reams, L Cus- Ben, W. Cussen, Beninngton ; Mr. and Mrs. Gallaghan; Msssrs. P. Kennedy, Davidson, Irvine, Kerr, Jones.

The Ryno cleared out to-day with a gen eral cargo for Botumah. Mr H. B. Stern dale is a passenger.

The schooner Mary Melville arrived at JNapier yesterday.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Tatjranga, this day. The Southern Cross left for Auckland, at 8 p.m. yesteiday.

Nelson, this day. The Phoebe left at 5 p.m. yesterday for New Plymouth.

COMMERCIAL.

At Mr U. Arthur's poultry and produce sale to-day. Fowls realised 2s 3d to 3s lid, ducks Is 6d to 2s Id, geese 3s 2d to 3s 6d, good bacon 9d to 9£d, new potatoes l|d. At Messrs Cochrane, auction room to-day, the general houseaold furniture fetched average prices. Lot 48, of the village of Howicb, consisting of one acre of land and cottage thereon, was sold for £41. The cottage and allotment at Glenburn were withdrawn.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS.

Mr BucKLiND's t-EP 'HT.—At the BUymavket, on Friday, .November 27. meadow hay brought 5s 6d ; lucerne hay, 8s the cwt The h»rv st waggon was> withdrawn. Heaping and mowing machine. £17 Beaping machines, £8 The horses ex Wonga Wong* occasioned a more numerous attendance than usual, and all were sold at satisfactory prices. They brought from £9 to £3S, and averaged £1710s each Draught hones of medium strength brought from £35 to £41. Lisht harness. £13 to £26. A much larger muster of wool in bag*, skins, and hides met with a steady demand at prices equal to the sale of "Wednesday previously, one lot of skins only being withdrawn .-, 63 required for them. Prices given were for sheep skins, country lots, from 2s 3d to 3s 9d each ; salted hide 34d to 4jd; green hides, 3£d the lb; lota and pieces, 2d to 7d the lb; wool in grease, 8d to lojd ; washed, lid to 16d the lb. AtKemuera, on Thurs day store cattle were in less than average numbers. There was a steady demand for them, and prices wer« higher than last week—6s each. Fat cattle in good fnpply, 150 head sold, prices lower. No store sheen penned. Pat s> eep in le-s numbers thanajisual, but dull of aale at a decline of half-penny per lb Lambs m moderate numbers and prices well sustained. Fat ealres and piga w«-re btrely represented, and in der/ssnd at pretty late values. Prices given were, for H*. fettle, 25* to 27* 6d the 100 lbs. Fat sheep, 3d to %_' t Ham lb Lambs 12a to l's each

DEATH.

Rowe- On Dec 3, Emily Ma*y, third daughter of Mr C. Rowe, KM, Customs; aeed 2 years and 9 months. The faner*l will leave the residence, Kdinburgh-street. Newton. Saturday, at 3 p m.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows :— For Thames this day, at 6 30 p.m., and to-morrow,

at 9 30 i* m. For L vuka, Fiji, per Star of the South, to-morrow,

at 9 a.m. For Taranaki and Wanganui. per Go-ahead, to-

morrow, at 10 a m For Mahurangi, Matakaca, Mangiwai, Waipu, etc.,

per i ady Bowen, t i-morrow, at 10 a ra. For Australian Colonies, per Heio, to-moirow, at 1 p. m For registered letters and money orders, at noon Lite letters for Sydney and Melbourne only, will

be received till 130pm For Na.ier and Gisborne, per Southern Cross, to-

morrow, at 1 p.m. For Whitiangi, Tairua Opotikl, aid Napier, vl* Taurauga, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at

lpm Mails for Taranaki, Southern provinces, Australian Colonies, Intfia, China, Mediterranean ports, Conti nent of Europe, and fnited Kined >m. via South ampton, and Brmdisi. will be made up per Welling ton, on nn Monday, die 15th instant

M ads for Austra'iaii Colonies, via Malbourne and Bluff, close per alhambra, to-morrow, at 10 a.m.

S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1874.

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Whatever may be the result of the com. munications which Sir George Grey has been pleased to place before the public, they I are all interesting. . Indeed it could hardly be otherwise coming as they do from one so largely mixed up with the early history of the colony, and from one who had so much to do with the original formation and fixing of the wheels in our most complex constitutional machinery. However little some may ap pear disposed to admit his ability to repair that machinery which is now admittedly all wrong together, in is important to learn from him what are the imported parts not contemplated or arranged for in the original adjustment^and which have clearly pro duced that jarring and rattling in the machine, which now attract the attention of all men. Whether we snould revert to the old and simple mechanism originally inten ded, or whether the a ivauce of the times necessitates a further departure from the original design is of course the question, and it is capable of reasonable and fair debate, but tkaekfl are really

due to Sir Guorge Grey, and it is bad taste in the extreme to censure or sneer as so many have done, when (the original de signer of our Constitution comes forward to explain the original design and to defend it from censure unjustly laid upon it. Sir George has written another and a most in teresting letter to the "Herald," which appeared in that journal yesterday. It is mainly retrospective, and is in that pensive strain which is natural to a veteran when reviewing the struggles of other days. For practical purposes, the most important portion is that in which he points to the wheel that has thrown the machinery out of gear. A nominated Upper House was an element that was not contemplated, and we think that Sir George is correct in tracing to that, all the evil that has resulted to the original Constitution. Thit Constitution contemplated simple federatioD, in which the several federated legislatures would be vir tually supreme. This feature would have been preserved had the Upper House been elected by the Provin cial Councils, as in Sir George original draft; for it is not reasonable to suppose that a body would feel disposed to destroy the power from which it; derives its own existence and its powers. Indeed it would be hardly possible, inasmuch as the elected members of the Legislative Council would have been amenable to the Councils that elected them, and any tendency to kicking over the traces would have

being seen to in time, and promptly curbed. With such an elected Chamber, the Lower House, however it rright fret and fume, would have been powerless to ride rough shod, and never would have dared to deal with the Provincial Councils in the fashion

now intended. We do not say whether this condition of affairs would have been better or worse than a strong and supreme Central Government. It is just the old ques tion between Republicanism and Monarchy. The system, as originally designed, can find powerful support in the analogous relations of the federal cautons of Switzerland, which have preserved the national life and freedom, and given undisturbed prosperity and peace side l>y side with the most powerful monar chies, and it might find further argument in

the position held by the federa'ion of th c sovereign state? of America. That carried out according to its original intentions, it would have conduced as much as any other form of Government to making New Zealand a great country can hardly be questioned. But vrhen once that original in. tention wa3 departed from, and a legislature

was set up, not only owning no dependence on the Provincial Councils, but with actual

powers to adjust and fix the limits of their authoiity as of inferior and dependent powers, tho ultimate result was as certain as the decrees of fate. The smaller was sure to be eaten up by the greater as necessities arose, and the Provincial authority is as it is to-day. We are not san guine that Sir George Grey's early ideas can now be reproduced. However excellent and defensible the system, the General Assembly is now tr)o powerful and has the provincial system by the throat with the grip of death. Unless byexternal intervention, as by the action of the Imperial Government, the provincial system has no way of grappling with its opponent; and seeing that the people of England-the creditor of New Zealand — must feel timid on the question of our Sttte securities, such intervention as tending to weaken the security, by weakening the hands that have pledged the credit of the colony is not likely to be made. The " evil day " may be deferred by expostulation or by finess ing, but the Rubicon is passed, and Central ization has now commenced a march that cannot stop till the Provincial system is a thing of the past. There is no use fighting against the inevitable. The fatal deed was done when the element was introduced that left the General Assembly supreme, and now it is the duty of all good citizens to merely see that in the great changes impending, justice and equity are impartially meted out to every portion of JNew Zealand.

Wo never interfere with anything which appears in the letters of our London Corres pondent, preferring to publish them exactly as they are sent. They are usually exceed ingly interesting, indeed we believe we have seen nothing more readable in the homo correspondence of any journal published in the colonies; and we believe "Anchovies and Toast " are very heartily relished by all our readers. Occasionally however, our Cor respondent manifests a tone which we should rather see absent. The communication in another column affords an instanca in a praagr;<ph which we regret mars a letter which is in other respects sj interesting.

We understand that the Good Templars have felt it incumbent on them to expel from their order the gentleman that hanged Dyer. This is not sure yas it ought to be We do not profess to be acquainted with the sacred mysteries of the Order. It is possible for aught we knowto the contrary that in addition to the prohibition against the cup that cheers and inebriates there may be some thing prohibitory of ways in which men ought not to get a living ; but no one can say that the g ntlemen in question has not done good service to the State in ridding society of such a man, nor can we see that the act should be more reprehensible than the removal of any other nuisance which the organization of society may at once produce and demand the removal of. Indeed there is much that should commend this brother to the favourable consideration of the Order, for we are told that in preparation for the melaucholyduty which anxiety for the wel fare of society imposed on him, he was moat assiduous in ministering to the spiritual wel fare of the murderer, and that indefatigable as were the labours of the various clergymen this lay brother was not a whit behind. He therefore did his duty to the man when he could be of any service to him, and the mere fact of breaking his neck, when society and the law de manded retribution, cannot surely be a breach of the oath of the order which is the bulwark against intemperance, we think the brother has a good case in action for damages against the society for thus depriv ing him of his status ; and we hope that, feeling he has done the work of a good citizen and should not therefore be punished, he will demand in the open Courts that reparation which the law gives, for the injury done to his fair fame. A guard of honor to receive his Excellency the Governor on the occasion of the compli mentary Citizens Ball, on Monday, is to be provided by the Volunteers. The guard is to be under the command of Captain Leßoy, and will consist of the Naval Brigade and the Hobson Company, with bands. The members are to assemble in the first instance at the Drill-shell, at 8 o'clock on Monday evening, and will march thence to the Choral Hall, for reception of his Excellency. Her Ladyship the Marchioness of Norman by will hold a reception at Government House to-morrow, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

A gentlemen just arrived in the colony advertises for pupils to take lessons in ship drafting and laying-off. Judging from the plans and drawings which the adverti&er has submitted to our inspection, he must possess considerable ability, and should receive at tention from those anxious to attain the art, as well as from <rar local ship and boat j_raiUU.li

We have already published the substance of a letter from Mr. H J. Smith, permaneno secretary of the Loyal Good Intent Lodge. We have this day received another, and if impudence is a necessary qualification of a permanent secretary to an Oddfellows' Lodge, the Loyal Good Intent Lodge is highly favoured in the possession of that gen j tleman. But unless the lodge desires to lose the position it has gained in the estimation of Oddfellows and the public, the sooner it secures a thoroughly efficient and worthy secretary the better for its interests. There are lodges both in connection with Odd fellows and other Friendly Societies in Auckland, which are actuated in all their proceedings by that principle of benevolence, that forms the foundation principle of such Societies. But the great motto of the order " charity " is not fulfilled by the very sharp practice of enforcing every law and by-law that may have been broken by a distressed member in such a way as to deprive him of the benefits of the institution or rob his widow of funeral money. Yet we know ' that such things have been done in I lodges, and the pleadings of a poor ■ member reduced to the sorest distress by sickness, or the wailing of the widow a,od fatherless, has been ineffective in touching 1 the charitable hearts of " Permanent Secre taries," who make such institutions profit ; able to themselves at least, even if they ; become a delusion and a snare to others j We have not been supplied with any expla- I nation from the Good Intent Lodge, or its I officers, with reference to the case of the sick j member at Onehunga, who was alluded I to recently in our coiumus. From the first we I desired that no reflection, unwarranted by | facts, should be cist on the Manchester | Unity, which has borne a good name and | done good work both in England and the ! colonies, and it was only wich a view of

stimulating the members of this branch of the Society to further good works, and of allowing them an opportunity for showing what they had done and what they might be compelled by law to do, that we invited an explanation of the case in question Invariably, however, we find that

someone finding the cap fits puts it on his head, whether intended for him or not. This has been exactly lhe case with Mr. H. J. Smith, whose "charitable" representa tions have evidently been the means of closing the eyes and shutting up tbe hearts of the members of the Good Intent Lodge against the sick brother at Onehunga. We have made enquiri' s into the real merits of the case, and find that this tick member was formerly secretary in the society and an active member of the Good Intent Lodge for six years. Disease overtook him, and for weary months he has been unable to work, has fallen into poverty, and his lodge fees have consequently h »&vl__ that 1 ' • rights

become so mm overdue, a" us "g ---under the Lodge rules have lapsed. We have known a precisely similar case in a New Zealand Odd Fellows Lodge, but a very diffcri-litcourse was pursued. Instead of exact ing the pound of flesh, or closing their sym pathies against the worthy and sick brother, the members subscribed among themselves and pai 1 his fees in order to enable him to claim benefits. This was "charity." Togivea man what be is entitl-d to by law is not

"charity," and to throw a man off com pletely when he most needs assistance,

merely because he is poor and in sore distress, is inhumanity. We arc aware that the Lodge rules empower this sharp practice, but it is not Oddfellowship to take advantage of them ; and although this seems to have been done in the present case, we should be sorry to believe it has been done with the consent of the whole of the lodge members, and that no assistance either hy private sub_ scription or distress vote ha< b;en granted. The cricket match" Auckland v. North Shore, which was begun at Ellerslie on Saturday last, will be resumed to-morrow at the North Shore. This match it will be remembered is the first of the season played between these clubs. The scoring on Satur day was not over good, the Aucklanders having obtained only 57 ; while the North Shore scored GO for four wickets. The players go over in the one o'clock boat, and play will be commenced at I.'AO. p.m. sharp. It is to be hoped that all those members of the Auckland club who took part in the game on Saturday will show up punctually, oth«.-rw ise the match will be a gift to the .North Shore. Mr McCormick, shipwright, who wa 8 reported as missing, has called at our office this morning, and states that when he went to the Kaipara he did not anticipate being away more than two or three days. He called upon a neighbour who occupies an adjoining house, and asked her to look after his little girl, and left ample moans for her support He did not, however, mention where he was going. His protracted absence led to fears on the part of neighbours that some accident had befallen him, and one of them seeing the child living alone, asked her to go and stay with them, and shewed her very great kindness. In a place like Auck land where there are so many accidentaldeaths, such circumstances very naturally created alarm ; and it is fortunate that in this case the fears were unfounded The bankruptcy case of George Thorne, jun., was called on this afternoon, at half past one o'clock, and made a trifling advance. The public must he heartily sick of it, so we wll coitent oun-elves with this bare announcement. Great consternation was spread among the officials at Government House, yesterday morning, just befoie the ceremony of swear ing in his Excellency took place, owing to its being discovered at the last moment that there was not a single copy of the Eible on the premises. In hot haste a messenger was sent to the Northern Club, but the secretary was away, and no one else could be found te say where the desired book could be found. A proposition was, we understand, made that Reed and Brett's almanac should be used for the oath to be sworn upon, but the Chief Justice, although he allowed everything in that volume was as true as gospel, had grave doubts a3 to the legality of the substitution. Fortunately a copy of the Scriptures was found just in time, and the oaths were pro perly administered. Mr Rainford, the popular bass singer, will return to Wellington at the conclusion of his engagement with Madame Goddard, when it is proposed by a number of musical amateurs to tender him a complimentary concert. His present engagement will probably extend over four or five weeks. At Plymouth, on September 30, a Mr Thomas and his wife went to a lawyer's office to get a deed of separation executed. Wnilst there Thomas suddenly cut his wife' throat, and then his own, before any person could interfere. Both of them died instantly. The scholars and friends of St. Mary's Sunday-school, Parnell, were treated last evening to a magic lantern entertainment the same as was exhibited in the recent Sunday school Union Industrial Exhibition, and which afforded a pleasant evening to the attendants. The young people especially were delighted with the scenes and explana tions by the lecturer. The proceeds will be devoted to the purchase of new volumes for the school library. At the meeting of the Board of JEducation yesterday, Messrs Haultain, Luckie, Prime, and Doctor Campbell, were appointed a com mittee to arrange for the public examination ofthe pupils of the Auckland Grammar school. It was also decided that the Christmas holi days should commence on the 18th of the present month, and close on the 18th January of next year.

We have two pigeon messages from the steamer Taranaki, which left the Manukau yesterday containing telegrams, which pas sengers desire to be despatched to Welling ton and JNelson. These have been duly for warded. The messages add : " Weather fine ; water smooth. Mr. Passmore is on board."

The next inward Sues mail left Galls ft. Australia sa the Slut ultisae.

Weave received the following for inser tion :-j-"To the Editor of the Star : Sir,— Id your ißSue of last evening it is stated that you are assured that certain articles which appeared in the " Nelson Colonist " with j reference to unjustifiable personal attacks j made upon me, proceed from my hands. I Without offering any defence of myself here, I perhaps I may be allowed space sufficient to say that the statement has not the slightest foundation ; in fact, I knew nothing what •l ever, directly or indirectly, of the articles or 1 either of them, or of their existence, until I saw them in the paper named ; neither had I any hand in their production. —I am, Sec, D. M. Luckie, M.H.R. for Nelson city, Auckland, December 4, 1874." We have much pleasure in giving publicity to this disclaimer. We were told by a Nelson correspondent that the two ar'icles clipped from the same issue of the Colonibt, and transmitted by him, were from the pens of Mr Luckie and Mr Downie, late reporter on the Cross, now editor of the Colonist. We accept Mr Luckie's disclaimer as satisfactory, feeling confident that he would not make such a statement if it were not true. A large and influential meeting of the New Zealand Agricultural Society, was held this afternoon at the British Hotel. Mr W. Good fellow in the chair. After a few pre liminary remarks from the chairman, the secretary, Mr Taylor, read the financial statement, which shewed that all the So ciety's debts had been paid, and that there was a balance of £103 to the credit of the Society. The statement was received with enthusiasm. Mr Calvert, Veter inary Surgeon, then read a paper on the " Foot and Mouth Disease," in which he strongly advocated the necessity of appointing a duly qualified cattle inspector, as this particular disease was becoming very prevalent in the colony. He described very

minutely the rise and progress of the disease, with suggestions for its prevention and pos sible eradication. The paper excited a good deal of discussion, which was being carried on with vigour as our reporter left The adjourned meeting of the Board of Education to ha held this afternoon was

again adjourned until Thursday next, in consequence of his Excellency's levee at Governrneht House. At this season of fruits, green peas, new potatoes, &c, it is necessary to caution readers against the danger that injudiciously partaking of the season's delicacies. We l-arn from Sydney papers that, a fortnight ago, a fatal case of English cholera occurred in Newcastle, N.S.W. It appears that Mr Matthews, of Blanc-street, well known as .me of the firm of Mat'hews and Co., meat preserve's, was, on Monday afternoon, seized with cramps in the stomach. He continued 11 un:ilso'clock the same evenin when

very 1 _\, Dr Harris was sent for, and on his arriva shortly afterwards he found the patient undergoing extreme agony, and displaying all the symptoms attendant upon an attack of Kn"lish cholera, and at two o'clock on Wednesday he expired. The deceased was a strong hearty man, who had seldom known a day's illness, and his age was about 50 years. Dr Harris attributes the attack to Mr Matthews having partaken freely of new

potatoes at dinner on Monday, shortly before the illness, which subsequently caused his

death. A very acceptable gift has been made by the Good Templars of Auckland to the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children, name ly, two fine milch cows. The ceremony of presenting these useful animals will, we believe, be made the occasion of a public parade of the Order. A procession in full regalia, we are informed, is to assemble at six o'clock to-morrow near the Supreme Court, and the cows, wreathed with garlands, worked by some of the fair sisters," will be driven through the city to their future home. Dr. .Nicholson, District Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar, will make the presentation on behalf of the order. Such acts of practical benevolence as this should popularise the Order, which has hitherto been inactive in public matters. The absence of public displays which have been found to be a great source of attraction in Great Britain, has also served to weaken the interest felt by members, and has kept the Order more in the back ground—less prominently before the public —than was con templated by the founders of the institution. We learn from a private correspondent in Sydney that the cause of secular education, national, compulsory, and free, is carrying all before it It has been made the test question of the electors. Mr. Partridge, of the Thames Cigar Divan, Weljesley - street, announces to subscribers that his Art Union drawing will take place at his divan on Monday evening next, at eight o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of the Ennis killen Lodge, No 3, will be held this eveniug, at the usual hour, in the Young Men's Chris tian Association rooms. The prizes on the Melbourne Cup Sweep will bo paid to the winners, at the Occidental Hotel, this evening at eight o'clock. We understand that Mr. Martin, of Graf ton road school, will resign his position in connection with the Board of Education, at Christmas. COFFEE! — Brown, Barrett, and Oo.'s Standar Coffees both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett, and Co.'s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference t > any Coffee on account of parity and distinctness of flavour. Note the brand. Sold at almost «vo./ g ocery es lisbment In town and province.— advt. SnoßTT's Haik-oottino Saloon, three! doors below the Greyhound Hotel First-class Attention, Civility and Oleanliuess.— (Advt).

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before His Worship the Mayor, and W. C.

Daldy, Esq., J.P.) A LEARNED DRUNKARD. " You shall comprehend all vagrom men."

—Shakespeare. Anthony E. Cowan, whose head was deco rated witha skull-cap, which was understood to serve as a protection to sundry wounds on his cranium, and whose face was adorned with patches not at all in the fashion of the 19 oh century, pleaded guilty to a charge of being very drunk last night. He was further charged with being a rogue and vagabond, in having been previously convicted more than the allowable number of times.

Prisoner: Before I plead one way or the other I wish to ask a question of your Worships. Under what clause of the Act is this charge brought ?

The Clerk (coming to the rescue) : Under sec 5, sub-sec 2 of the Vagrant Act. Prisoner : Ah ! I thought so. Is that the New Zealand Act ?

Clerk (again to the rescue) : It is. Prisoner : Ah :

Mr Broham: He knows the Act well enough, your Worships. He has been often enough convicted under it.

Prisoner : My object in inquiring is, that I believe under that clause you cant give me more than three months (laughter). The Bench : Will you plead guilty or not guilty.

After some bother the prisoner pleaded guilty on condition that he was allowed to make a statement in mitigation of sentence. This he proceeded to do in something like the following language :— " I do not deny that I have on several occa sions given way to liquor, that was my own fault, and no doubt it was a scandal to society, but in extenuation of the circumstances I wish to state that I have been trying to reform, although I have not been a very great reformer. JFor some months past I have beep living with a Venerable Archdeacon with the view of adopting a more improved condition of life," but I cannot say it has been altogether a successful attempt. Twice I have broke out, and there 'aint any use in denying it. Here's my certificate of character; and in conclu sion I do hope you will temper justice with mercy." After patiently waiting till the end of the hari&gije, the Beaofe aontenosd pfiieatr te

three months hard labour. The clause allows • two yearn. ' THE WAKEFIELD-BTREBT FIRE. Jno. .Smith was charged nnder the Jnstice of the JPeace Act, section 70, that, being a witness in the case of one Kemsley, now awaiting trial for incendiarism, he was about i to leave Auckland to avoid giving evidence. Detective Grace proved that he had heard from the prisoner that he intended leaving Auckland shortly. He had also sold his Rpring cart and horse. He (witness) was firmly persuaded that prisoner intended to avoid giving evidence at the trial. Detective Jeffrey deposed that prisoner had told him that he intended going to Papa kura Valley for family reasons. It was a common report about the town that Smith was going to keep out of the way. Prisoner stated that he had t'»ld the police what his intentions were. There was no secrecy about it. He was going to Papukura to work, and wa3 quite ready to give evidence when wanted.

Their Worships said they had no wish to be hard on the accused. It was likely that his statement was correct. He would be liberated on finding one surety of £50 to guarantee his appearance at the trial. MARKET REGULATIONS. Two cases of this nature were down on the cause list, but as defendants had com plied with the regulations, they were allowed to be struck off. UNPAID RATKS. A respectable looking old lady appeared to answer a charge of non-payment of 20s over due city rates. Defendant pleaded poverty. The Bench gave judgment for the plaintiffs with costs, and told defendant^ she must make the best terms she could with the city au'horitie3.

This was all the business.

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(From our London Correspondent.)

London, October 2.

THE MA.3ONIC GRAND MASTERSHIP,

The Prince of Wales has accepted the office of Grand Master of English Freemasons, and has thus not only paid a high compli ment to the order and afforded the brethren his utmost countenance, but has made a political move of considerable importance in these days of hard fighting on religious questions. The Komanists may have gained a life of interest in £50,000 a year, but they have brought themselves into sad ridicule by this last coup. It is a singular thing that nothing seems to do Romanism so much harm as touching it up with the light of knowledge and common sense, and the very dogma of infallibility which they, its ad herents, urgently insist on maintaining puts them in such a stupidly false position that it is really surprising how they can have the hardihood to stick to it. Columns of the Times have, during the past week, been taken up with letters on Romanism, Science, and Freemasonry, and the result is that Monsignor Gapel and other Ecclesiatical swells declare that Romanism is a friend to science, and yet stick to their point that, the Church is and always has been infallible. The dilemma on the horns of which they thus place themselves, you canuot fail to see, but for the benefit of any of your readers who may not remambei much of the history of the Papal Church, I will just explain the great point now under , discussion. Prefixed to tne third book of ] Newton's Principia, in the edition and j commentary published at Rome in 1742 by the Jesuit Father is a declaration in latin, which I may be thus translated : —" Newton in this i third book assumes the hypothesis of the i motion of the earth. The author's proposi- I tions could not be explained otherwise than Iby making the same li3'pothesis. Hence we I have been compelled to appear in a fictitious j character. However, we deolare that we I yield assent to the decrees passed by the j Sovereign Pontiffs which deny the motion of I the earth." Now here are clearly proved two things :—first, that successive Popes 1 have by their infallible authority contradie : ted the fact of the earth's motion ; and I second, that all true Roman Catholics are j bound to accept this contradiction as an { article of faiih. Here then is the dilemma : j —If the Popes are infallible, the earth | neither turns on its axis nor moves round j the sun. On the other hand if the earth does so move, the Popes are not infallible. J No person can now be a true Catholic who ! does not believe in the Pope's infallibility, and ! the Pope says that the decrees of the Pontiffs :do not fetter the progress of science. How | are these things so be reconciled ? The | Rooiau Catholics have founded a grand ; college at Kensington. Will the professors teach the students that the earth is a plane surface, and tnat the sun and planets revolve round it. If they don't, they will practically deny the infallibility of the Pope. You must ■ excuse my saying so much on a subject which ' may seem invidious, but the matter is in | everybody's mouth in England, and in this j dull season it is a triumph to get hold of any : thing to write about. It is my conviction I that it is reserved for Continental Free- I masonry to strike the death-blow of the j Papacy.

OPINIONS OF THE BBECHER-TILTON SCANDAL

Probably your intelligence from America may be later than ours, and you may there ! fore know more than we do about the Beecher-Tilton scandal. Here we all are convinced of Beecher's guilt, and the only wonder is that the Americans can be per- Buaded to put up with him. It is quite obvious that he has been acquitted by the Board ©f Enquiry, because the other preachers are afraid that if Beecher's reputation were des troyed, people would exclaim, "if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry," and their influence would entirely desert them. GREAT WANT OF BUTTER. Don't you think it would pay some of your Waikato farmers to pack their butter in tins and send it to England ? Here we are at two shillings a pound, with a prospect of a rise. Surely there is margin of profit enough here, even when all expenses are paid. A great deal of the butter here, too, is villain ously bad. It is generally the ease when things are dear that the manufacturers take less pains wirh them than when they arecheap. They know that the demand keeps ahead of the supply, and they have no fear of any lack of a market. Some of that delicious Waikato butter would be most toothsome just now, and there can be no reason why it should not keep perfectly well if properly packed. The farmers ought to form a company for the purpose of packing and exporting butter and cheese. lam certain they would very soon find a ready market. New Zealand has good friends at home who would push her interests. PRIZE-FIGHTING Was once the sport of noblemen, and was conducted in a comparatively decent manner, but it gradually got into the hands of the brutal mob, and fell into utter disrepute. The turf was once the sport of gentlemen, but it is now rapidly following the lead of prize - fighting. Once upon a time a provincial race meeting meant a muster of all the noblemen and gentlemen of the country side with their carriages and families. 'J here were the farmers, too, with j their blooming wives and daughters, the ' tradespeople of the town, and the dashing young yeomen of the district, with a sprink ling of London swells. Now, a provincial meeting means nothing more than a huge tryst of all the ruffians and blackguards in the kingdom who can purchase a railway ticket. The nobleman and country gentle man are conspicuous only by their absence, and the farmer declines to bring his family to behold such beastly saturnalia. Even those of the upper classes who bet, many of hem, do not care to be seen at meetings, and do all their book-making at Tattersal's or n the club-room. There is a certain class of jnen of late, become so amneroue as to form an impsttant iatfgral part o£ the feiitish sain- *

munity w . . _ „ , ;■-— *SSfeßm« travelling ;,h,*>U"f»v.- ' of 7,~ another: t 1/? °°« rß*»s__^ "ring" «. miMl <*« tha^*V book-making fbev »« r Z- ¥v -**i*%i pulous, anrMb,- 1 W *"?"** *4 ? blackleggh,, a , Z J-4; ?^ ar ■■**& tv and when ... . "^T 8 °!«*§M yarded, as «£\^tfc^ fallen amonw t\\.. ...' ._ ti ~. : . Da«°Bal, h.. ►■_ . what can & "$» L*f of . other day >k _ ', ,lia«s" *L tf-Jj Qaeen's ymrtr\^% wlt%a*aUf tiH ' had sunk f> ao^i, f> j'. .Z^r^Z*^ t&cjZ the Gowrpm^t „f fh/X^ B*'* of ; Marquise ~r >, a3 i^ggj- The wlt not in ":.' . lr > r. & .,~;.Z, X cc **»* he ford to be. .. f_, r,-^. h*t tfS the groun V. & otne mole useful These thii - • }r. r ,., r ,,-! Z.Z* J^poije, prosecution .- for hc:ttiu-rv-Mcih -JZ ,l" l' H6r '>aa ■:> instituted ~c or.i^uVanoV unW^B thing is ri= te t, ..,-.; fy th^tnrf, Hk^ opimon of many ci the ksowiii^TO«M v^ days of pi., erity or «r en ,^ m^ J^ tion are d wing to a'clese • ccgai- SaLE of rams.'i ' . The gr ( . 4 t aniraai ram sales haw fciV been held io y A n ~, n &f u of v \ kly chiefly in Lincoln, ,iro &VJ*g*a New Zealand hu.3, been Weill to ft ■ • amongst the larger purchases. InS^S® has been wid<dj remarked t: afc New 2it !f' bnyers ha v.- apper*r.ri more c!etermme^ &i ' ; ever to secure the )_,-.■:■,:. *trains'' of'bkfnv money caji buy. "^th-st KKMALE TRADE TTTfJ^SS The sex is c , __aing to the front again ;»'« matter of Trade Unions. Wh&t^enjd - should have be< a allowed so long to havT^ all his own vay. a£ regards strifes is! fl f tamly pnzz>:cg, but this condition of thSi is to exis-. ;c» ;s;t ; £c:r.. The first Wrm, • ■ Trade .Union •has jnst beea -foS by the.- sesjnstresses, who, pooil qaA tures arc more iv need of v tha^ i^' Morkpeop'e _r> any otb-:r line of wJ J The worst; of it is that there is no'tellio where tJhis kind of tLin2: will zzL fh^ wives mi ; ;ht yet up a Trade Tjnion aad sirik for more pin money, which svccld be au-f.*l in the case of a husband with' a aai'vejfeni ! oE arrow*. Or the anrcaTfed beactieg ; ' amalgamate And s*.: ke for -.r.«re glovci^i . " earrings, ia the reserving O ■ kisses. There is no teHJcsr where :" '■• 1 WiU stop when -thc^'paca get at'-rted onl { line of idci*^. j GBEES-SToifE.

THE TYPHOON IN CHINA.-GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE OCCURRENCE.

A lady, well known in theatrical circles writing from Hong Kong to a relatives Sydney, gives the following as her experi ence of the typhoon :—" I have seen a ter able spectacle, and one which I shall never forget. Since we have been in China there has been a terrible typhoon, which haaspread devastation and ruin all over China. lam sure I could but feebly portray the disastrous effects a3 I have witnessed them. However I will make an attempt to give yon some idea —This time of year is when the breaking up of the monsoon or the change of the trade winds take place, and it generally ends in a typhoon ; but this has been the worst ever experienced. We were playing 'East Lynne' when the wind began to rise. This wai

about nine o'clock ; but it was not very bisth then. However, by degrees it grew worse and worse, till ■ at. last

each gust was followed by a crash of token

glass, and things falling about the theatre

behind the scenes. We played out the piece, and a farce afterwards, notwithstanding tie uproar going on. with the constant Jhowlinj of the wind and the crashing down of winder panes. I was too frightened to get into! chair to go home, for fear of the wind, and, therefore ran nearly all the way to the hotel This was only the commencement of the

typhoon ; and I little dreamt, wM/emaking light of the discomforts of the journey home, what the night would bring forth. Even when we were at supper, the wind; rushing through a broken window, was blowing the chairs along the floor I thoughtthatwassome" thing extraordinary, but when weittiredto

rest then the horrors commenced. We are

living in an immense hotel, "The Hong kong," which is three stories high, and contains quite a hundred rooms if not more.

We have three balconies going round the house floored with marble, and when £ tell you that the whole balcony rocked and j quivered from the top to the bottom yon can I imagine a little how much power the wind' had. We have an immense clock tower out- | side the budding. The clock was entirely destroyed, and the face hanging in shreds. However that was nothing. Once, dtiring the night, I beard a terrific gust which shook the building like a reed, and what I imagined was the shriek of the wind, was tie ory of the poor people who were drown ing in the harbour, which is only a stone's throw from our hotel. The sea was washing up our street, bringing boats right up to the clock tower, along with life-buoys and debris of all kinds. When I got up in the morning I looked over the balcony and saw these things in the street, and could hardly believe it But you may imagine my horror when Mrs T told me of thefeatfu wrecks that had taken place —of vessels foun dered and gone down witn their passenger^ ships taken up and hurled upon the shore, great blocks of stone from the wall which is built on the beach thrown about m all directions. I went down on the beach with Mr. and Mrs. T , and there, as far the eye could reach were vessels - complete wrecks. I saw two right in show with only the masts out of water, and their ropes blown to ribbons. There was of steamer floating side downwards. On so*. of the boats all the passengers were lost, f their bodies not recovered. I saw an* mense spar of one ship that had gone throf three brick walls, and was sticking outP other side right on the shore, in amongstt» houses. Houses were blown down, aW families buried beneath the ruins. I cann* describe all the horrors. Great trees wort torn up by the roots, and two or three bo»» that had just been waiting to start, andbw all their passengers on board, went down O the harbour All the piers and landing pl»^ with the exception of one, are destroyed) the stone wall round the beach blown » paces, and the stones sprinkled all over W place. Some of the drowned w'ereioundi» the debris on the beach, but only a few. lfl° next morning the bodies began to rise, aiw they are now on the beach being taken aW»y for interment; No one knows how « ships are. lost, but there are numoersimiss irig. There was a beautiful avenue °\'xi^ along Queen's Road uprooted, and it »* | that it will take seven years to replace tnero* One immense cotton tree in front or theatre was blown down a few 1" after we passed under it going Jj? ' The front of the theatre was m^_ down, houses unroofed, and .* j,..^ vernor's residence damaged. The ca Shanghai is broken. I should have t£M down to see the wrecks to-day, as thei<b. are at work, but the bodies are bei^"^T^i ashore from different parts, and I coin . bear to see them. It seems think that in a few hours, and within ax locked harbour, such things $?ss#|lSf and that within a few yards of a Wfi'W should perish. Two gentlemen goin* beaC h the theatre to their house on tnj saw a steamer sinking just *£ fl reW . .;; door, and managed to save som3 of -W U| <J On c steamer ran into another and cntnt> & i, in two, and they both sunk in shore tap o£ ,/ I believe on one they had a hundrea. , Chinese passengers who were fasten* m ... hatches, so that they went down ,JK vessel. I saw one of the captains--™ 1 the only one saved from his morning, and heard him say Wffi to cut away from under ftra,'- »fe,%Sgs jump overboard. I > t i&. • tot It would take a.auire of _*_**■*'» th« mtrnf -IweUUuta."--

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