SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

_, - - — ■*• — illv..H iYATES—This tsva^LV, 855 ; '.v-u<orr.iw inu;, mj,, f» "\ .SF.N 6X2 -TMs cwnlng, 5.56; 81TT KI«lS™Td mo:r.;w lnota-Jjig, 6\21. M;.:O>7'3 i!~£~.yjrst quavtor, 6th lust, 8.17 a.in Phoebe, ss from the South Kate iMcQresrcr, schooner, Srtutb, from Napier Fiury.Cross, schooner, fromOrey<ncuth(at Onehunga.) Golden (ale, schoo.ner, from Russell Clyde, schooner, from Wangarei

DEPARTURES.

City of Melbourne, SMss, Bvown. for San Francisco via Honolulu (JuiKtish ina.il) EP"'" i aphfjil '/hit in mad* for consignees' or shipped nainu-i ins-.: .'i;J </i ?/»is ci/iuwj*-. Forlh-iSomh-r-fhoslif Gtk icst; *: <cip>. 7-H iusi For Kouaicit (.lirt-ci—KmiN> >vth, fetuntiiy fox LnrijJiie Hob:ufi Dual p, barque, early i-1?-? Hokumga—Queen, schoone', oj.rly 7ffi3i<SL3 Sa.ITJBOTKI> Mikaii'i, :. =. i'r,.-;: ;■;- a "'•ancisco, O'.h September Oarlsb^cok CaatJe, r.'iio, Hli W .'3, from Belfast n^iio^ Jv.'-.v- Ooltiisbus, : ■ ■.■ -■ ■:'. w. v ';•:"■'_ from London ; s?y.Vi Sth Junt British Kaijii\x. tlifp, tr^n r.o'iil'js C'tv oi .~tid rh:^, \..-i ';. Ct, ■■ ;■■■ T f»do!;t -;C:;>a 15tTi Jpi^e Whiw Eagle, «sblp, QS !3 W ■■.v) Loudoc "Wnchoftha Wave-V'^rjus, -f" m *cwcvtle. s.',tel 21st ultimo P->:"d fjuei, birqu-üß'.i.ie, froa ea.'y Oniaba, frtur. Lvi,:e.;i«,., iii*».'y .."•l-:: , br:g-irAihe. tcoii! syenev, early Kijrtuk'jale, tfiga.itme, f;oc.s Alelbour-. «, early Bdi*i3 acUooßsr from tUe lilands, e>-it Peariessj «oh,ooaev, iro-ji South Sta iila^rV:. qsjl'? IMPOBTS. .Pc Pic-ryCros3i from Cfreymonth—»X? v-er.s Deal.— .''ay ci v/. Wuliur, pgent. t sr T'r tsbs froui i.ho-Sontli: f! cases 3 >sser, i?>o R»oka ujjU, aSO sheep, 20 fiidr-g, T b*?s, 3 b:*ie, - iic*^. ;s.. P. Wheeler, z*^;:1; rv.Z S v'oiauAny. T'^r I'iitene from the Suurli: 20 MJei, 7 bags, Iro- I^u'i Br»s. . XX POETS Per Ci y of Melboxi»u«s: Shipped ai- .Aneklard for Hoeol-.au— 70 coils rope, 1 p tcia.\e, -2 cases , 1 bale ci'uquet sets, 2i» cases brandy. Kor San Krac cisco.,l c«ac effects, 1 case fercSj 8 sheep, lparcsl — Jeo. Keid, »gtnt. A.S.K. Co.

THE MAGELLAN CLOUD.

The brigamine Magellan Cloud ia at pro. ■•;.-•/• being stripped for repairs at Messrs Sims and B1". i. s yard, jNovih Shoro. This firm will put her in: d persist sea going uitn, with new copper, nev rigging, if, after which ;he Magellan Waal:^ ~. sedation will taKd'toor lr» hana »nrt p-eparo her for her intended ■wLalmtr rrnise. It is proposed to !\t hor oat ana furnish hot with ttoies for a uina-moatlis' «i\i<e. Captain Hoxsle. Hte of the Albion; vrili take com iriiind. and inu?fc likeiy ilr Irving wt.l r.o H3 chiei office/. Very liberal 'ays ure to bu offored tj the crrtw, with the i bjdtt of securing only fi»t-rato hands Several o: these »re already eugaged, <uid Me awaitlne th« vessel jvc the B»y of isliiads. Three good ; Ataei-itni>-iiiiiit whaliug-boats have oeen secured on very advantageous leriaa. The vessel will b;i ionud ■with whaling g'. va- ol superior qaaiity, and will Us veady to siari in a short ilir.e.

DEPARTURES OF THIS ENGLISH MAIL.

Tec 1. is s. UHy or. Meinourne. J. vv. ernwu comma tlat, left fwr San b'rancisco via Honolulu at noon tv day v>itti >lia English mail. Patseugsrs fr m Aiit!l:iua-J:—Mr and Mrs James Bla-^kloefc a>id (our children, Air and Mrj Carruthera, Mr A. Stevenson (mail agent)- {iiecvuge: Messrs Al. <>. Scois, i.\ Oreo, E. K. England, Mrs M. Burns and fur children, Mr and Mrs viiff >rri and three children. We dtsite to make our afisnowledgments to !Vsr TDonovan, the third officer of the City of Melbourne, for his courtesy yesttrday U guppiring cur representa tive si promvt'y witu Australian flics, report at pis sage, &c. Coming in as the steamer did us so an advanced hour in the day, the courtesy was doubiy appreciated. The s.s Phoebe arrived this morning in the M;inu- Sau with the out-going Southern portion o: fee Han Francisco w>\d, and the following pa^aen.ers:—Mr and Mr3 Clifford and family, Mr and Mrs Walshw, Mrs Burns and family, Mrs Bennett, Mhse3 Krov/n, Dixon; Walsh*\v, Messis JVlurrto.rk, -vill amson, McLean, t'almer, Hamilton, Ward, Clayton i^ay, .'-ienderson, Stevenson (mail agent), McKay, Blr.clm'oro, Petrie, Williams Moore, Grog^n, B-uui ley, Mitchel, Ashcroft, an-, lft iv the ateer^e. acocrding to latest advices fr. m bebart Town, the Bel! • Mary ins to leaye f.»r sert.".in for fiiis port ca tee 2f>th mMrco. No tioinga have been received of tha Chaaticii fcr, which has been given up as lost. The barque Gabarfeidli came r.p the harbour yester day evenißr; and ancliored off the wh itf. The schooner .4,gaflp*ltft Napiar ou Wednesday for Mercuiy Bay, whei^1 she is to load tiaiber on Mr flood's charter. The schoGser Kate McGregor anived from Napier and the East Hoiiat yesteuUy with a cargo of proauca and 49 head of cattle. Tiie stop Liutorworlb, has cltared for Newcastle in Ir.ilasi. She is likely to sail to-morrow. . The Bcliooner Meiy Cro3s air'.ved to-ciay from Grey mouth, at Oacliunsa with a cargo of coals. , Th« schooner Golden Isi-J arrived this lnorning fro3i £uJs°eU vnth a cargo of ct»l. Lha schooaer Cl/de from Wangarei/th's_ morntna' brings several pas?en»cers and p. cargo of produce The's.^. V* eliinjton is beiog completely dismantled by "Sir D Gouk. Sh-3 lisa been drawn up oo tile iiu'd as far m she van be flpated, and at present is oaoored by the side of tic wh^ti.opposlteMeMrsOxlKj'sstdre. 1 Sim U aX px*S6B4i lia^og her zoactiinery tik;=u out. Wt iadcr."t:vnd 'hat tni whole of this will bs iomorefl ■with the exception of the'sole-jp'atcs and cv'i'.rnvr,. Ih.c woc£ is Uoi.i£ carried en wiliT us much espedU'on a-: possible Tua sulp y"efi'!'-.jrq eaisred put t3-(3ay lor PorMand Ore^oa. The cutter Leo, from Russell, brings 50 toiß coals for Mr M. N.iccol, and the crctujr Ma.uJ 40 ton?. The cutter Coralie, rrora Opotiki, bxing<* SCOsscVs maize and 8 balw b.ii .J. The bdioonei 7 slio, bwa A .7r.,nr.-. hiitujs 2-«5 cigs wheat fi2 biitrs :^;'iv'-- ■»l=' *> P-i's. . The barque Th-id cleared out to-day m ballast for Newcastle. . TELEGBAPmC SHIPPING-. The a,n- Pretty Jaaa arrived at 10 o'eioek iast Bighjy • , The 3.5. Southern Cross aMved at 10-o'cloc*; tiiis morniu'r.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr. Arthur sold -ie-day at hh Qaeieb-streeH Mart,' second-claBS butter, 7d. to la. 2d. ; su^ar (brown),' 3-Ju. J sugar (white), 4fd. ; potatoes,1 Sdita Id. ; carrots, 3n. :3d. ; oats, 3s. sd. ; onion?, l-Jd. At. Mr. G. Sibbins grocery sale today there --were but few buyers, and tfia goods Bold fetched average prices. ' BAt J& Greenwood's E.ale of poultry, produce, &c ---held at the Market-house this day, at 12 o'clock, turkeys were very plentiful, and fowJs very scarce. The attandance was large and prices realised a.3 follows :— Turkeys, smal!, 2s 9dto 3s 0:1 each ; do large, 3s 6d to 4s ■0d ; fowls, small., Iff 3d TO 2s ;do large, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; chicks, 9d to Is each'; ducks, 2s3d to2s lOd each; Spanish fowls, 6b each ; canaries, 10s each; onions, Id to 1%& lb : potatoes, £7 10s to £8 ton. We quote thß following from a letter received in town from Messrs Pattrson and Co., Walcnambool: " the Vivid sailed for your port a few days ago, which we think will be the last carjo'ioa^ing here this season, as ■"nr potatoe Bsason for this year may now be considered clo3ed.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Me Alfred Btjti^amd's Weekly Suport.— At Recmera on Thursday dairy c*tilo were S.h usual numbers, and better than usual quality. They were in good deraaß-i, at a slight improvetnent over, last we<:k'? Te»hi«'3. Store cattle in average numbers, anrt at late caiu»s. Fat cattle in full supply: 153 head yarded. They -were of ?ood quality, and m-ny si large size. Prices steady throughout the Sale, ai a decline of 2s 8d the 100 lbs. Store sheep plentiful; aged and inferior scarcely saleable, but good crazing sheep in enquiry at. late value*, fat sheep !a usual supply : about 800 sold. Prices slightly higher than last week. Pigs in nsual numbers, and in demand at extreme prices Prices given were : Quiefc cows, at or near calving, £6 to £12 15s ; weaned calves, 40a each ; 12 to 18-months' old steers, £3 10s to £i ; htifers, 60s to 70s; 2to 3-year-old steers, £<k 10s to £6 153 ; cows, US 10s to £5 Fat cattle, 37s s<i to 40s the 100 lbs: long woolled ewes with lambs at side, 133 to 23s 6d; merino and well-bred ewes, 9s to 12s each ; »tore.long-woolled wethers, 16s to 17s eacc ; fat sheep 4d to 4£d the lb. Messes Httntkb & Nolan's Wbekxt Export. - At Pspalrura there was, as usual, a large master, which met with spirited competition, and, w.^th vary few exceptions, were disposed of at an advance on N»wmarket r*tes. 204 .were disposed o?. Eat beast were short of requirements, anil were in BpiriteS demand, top sorts realiaing 45s per 100 lbs. We quote: Onry cows, £H to £9 17s Gfl; ttirec-y3!ir-olu rteersj £5 to £0 'si; OBe-and-a-aalf i.'ad two yc;ir eld tteers, £4 10s to £'...2a 6d ; ;e«Uns st?era. £2 2s r,u £455. Store -owj Uox, £'■>, to £4 17« 68 e«cii.- The supply has bs;r« go d and the demand steady. The ex; e-'Bt>rc of vigors hai scarcsly been realised, WIMe ~mchas-jtg looked for * decliue, but have fceen obliged to piiicb^se ,at last week's quotations. Store nalf-brjd swes wid at from VM to ißs fid : fat wethers, from 21s Uf 2i? w-A". p ieß: lew offeriug ; there remalng &a tuajtjtk&e& demar.a

UN XNOWN

aviag ';a"ii:.in pi'jiuisiis <iujoaiiiis, having uou^miirfsu. to effect a CLEARANCE SALE, To obviate t 1 c necessity of removal of Stock, which otherwise must necessarily suffer deterioration. The S.iLE rrill continue for OVB MONTH OITLY di;::tig which tima . do Reasonable Offer Refused ! ! TUc-Bsiscce of cLe 3t lut will bo SOLD L>y A v:?: .y At LTTvABUII'V .<: CO. uv« csatcrmu:*oi •:<: open their Sow Prorates rv'tli i ru!"<Mj? >iew Isnvorisfclone of tv ekr-; XI'TE/E. A, LiNA 3U R V & 0 0., ! *> ■ Pcor r.b-.vj VVollesley-scraof, i | B AEOAXS S! gARGAIKS i , BATIG-AT>:3 ! i , i rOK TV.'O V/TIF.K^ Hiinß TO STOCK TAKING i V Tf sh-il] nffor the ft.illo-.vj-.-.*? li-u-s a! mjnh « I _ Ct Si! i X i'N'C k! - r.adir-^' ■\i, Ti,toriM-o'.if' C.!oali.«, S/«, :>/11, 3.0,' C, I?/'-, © }.>c. U/0 : worth SO, lV i LadkV Oio'Ji Jnckrie, ;i/, »J,.f.: .v.-rth TO and '•■''.■'■ si Ln.-WV Wincoy Sldrts '.'! ; : v,-?rth."i.'fl i.J I'jad'.^s' 'I rimnieJ Hals- and l ouuetfl, 3/0 : worMi <\ f>-4 A'hitrt Klaiilrcts. S f! pair : wen Hi 1-2/fi 10-1 D;irlt Ofey do.. 10/0 ;•■«'; \.-i.>yt',i '^- - > ! Wiiici'j;;. ,'.'-.'. norMi ■•.'.!; SO-iiich »vide, '■'■'~ xorth r~ ! M-'A'.nVpi-J Tidb Koyand Sl'.cpbord f laid, 2'o ; I %;-oriii«/3 1 .?-•: i>,\ do., 1/51; worth 1/11 i :!3-i)>ch Ptrip'eti Homespun, for SWrtsi or Shir - ; .j ings, i/.ii ri French Merinos, 3.W,-; vorth 2/6 m Norvach Dross Sei^e, /10J ; worth 1/3 < Waterproof Tweed, Vull width, a/c ; worth 4/C D<4 Aluairi'iv. Quilt ■. 3/C ,-j \', rbi re C-. ■■- i etij&rifc - r !,'6. CLOTHING. I Men's Mackiu+osh . Coats, 11/ C; worth IT/G !> Men's Wliitijej-OvercoatH 27/fi ~ 40/ _ 1 Men's Inyernoss Capes 3<vC ~ 27/0 /"; i'.iutjif' il.'.-i. \ nr-KS O.ITPK 11/tJ ~ 17/fj J Men's Piloi, Oouta V.\ o „ :r- q Ynv.tliS1 Twpcu Suits i-'i' ~ 27/ td Boys'V?liJtwyOoiits "i.ll „ ll.'o . jrtn's Hpavy Mt-I'on Shirts. 8/C „ 11/ g 51 weed tor Boys'wear 1/11 ~ 2/0 "" Qiome early and make your choice, as it La only the Balance of our Winter S!-ock wo oiler at itiiN'oi.-. Pnicasa !!'

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails vtill Close as :?or~o-w;».— For Thames, 'h.s cUr flay at !>."•■' ;, un F..r Cor ini4i.de1, on M-mcUy -. ■••'!■ is ■ '■.?/' : a For MsthHratijjl, ais.-.dKina, M?. %./.•.v'. '/." v'o . '.to, por Lvir iiovren, to-morraw i>- an: For Whiiiarigftj r?r Oopar, to-morvcv p ,a For New (.;:iledo !••, per Kenilwoith, *-c ■''■> ?: 10 am For Wacgareij&c, Eussell. Wangaroa, • •.. Mongonnl, per To.ia. oa Monday next at 4pm For (..haA'-'ai Islands, per Agues, on Mot-day, 13ih ir.st*r.' i.% 4pm S. V,. BIS 3, Chief Postmaster.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1875.

1 7«r tb* ?asr-t that Lints anßiats'aea, !._ J, , . , .

: It is dimcnlt at this distance from Wellington I to calculate the object and the bearing on j parties in the House of Mr Macandrew's intended resolutions and bills. These are to constitute the Otago members into a Board of Works for the Otago district, and the Board of Education into a Corporation ; the latter to have vested in it the large en dowments for education, the latter to have the power to virtually hold and administer *he land revenues of the r.ow province. That this will form new combinations and parties in the House i 3 beyond a question. I Mr Macandrew's first, object of worship is his province, and true to his character he moves to provide for fixing its land fund For local purposes and administration for e,ver, in the event of Abolition of the Provinces. And with, a gushing earnest ness fchat is striking, the Government profess their readiness f;o do even more than thejr aro asked, and not only give such hostages to Qfcago, but to all other places that the land fund shall bs irrevocably fixed. Aftfjrfthis declaration it will be interesting to note by wb'ab arguments any Auckland m«m ber will now support the Abolition proposals of lihe Government. *' The principle " c Mr, Macandrew's :?esoh;tior.a was, rjakl Mr. Atkinson "ie accord, •wljib, f'he bill and ■he v?as prepared to :;p 5 lifcfcle further than the Lon. gentleman pro poses/ and having constituted such Boards of Works would " appropriate the resi.iue of laud, fund -to them immediately/ 7 I* sesms apparent fchat the constitutional question; has now entered on a new stage, end the con fusion that is likely.to result, while obaeuc inc for the time the position of combatants, is absolutely certain to show to the Ministry the utter impossibility of getting tho measures through during the present session. We venture to think that these resolutions of Mr. Macandrew's aro rolled as an "Apple of Discord" into the camp of the enemy, ai!fl that through the smoke and di» jreanlting, the

j ultimate objeot h 33 iarly eaocgh /diene: nifak j I >o tho leaders of the Opposition*,' ; i Wi: direct stteatioa fcb a aiofet extra- ( | 'ordinary statement "mack in. another colnran | in a loiter from M> W. L. Bees, That gen- j tlemo.n, wo ar* •.■.vfe-ie.. ".? " m'cr.l' r,3::i:ir.oiio j student of ■ ..'v;:i •' .icjoeirsO; sad hi; :.'.x\- ( tion, h i ■-;: :-"•■.>■''.;■•> '■•vt. ■• ■: l y^.,.v r r^i : ,^,. I: v-.11 j !" '" '" . " " ' "' <.-.,> . f r | ! '■..:::: 770'ilJ nir.irAf stick .->.:■;; ou n'vo other hers j cft'-io dilemma, to wit, ther iV: :^;' vti'<h;.-j I ?i;at«»iie£jSH oZ i,bo public: aaooxniuv. .-.v.> 'jvterlv | fyoplr i,ho py.b.:\f 5/X'OiiD»; a?«: ::.■■. ■»:5•.,.■>! .lijio ; a>iii diuiouii or di^-j^ou, but •■• i Tc.s.-euiera i like tiiis wiii uoti ;><'-. i*nswe«u '•: •, ahiu ; ..f ; i,he tfhouk.i'jra rind .'*■' su'tik-. -n ia.ciodu.hi>. i iV.r Eiies mUs vrhfv»-« :-s thr u:iil;osi as.<] a hall '; ■ If no:- ;.a> :;:-> i ;:•;.; ':v>:«t '/'o ".'"..■ ••■■v;. t'tiVi vrhan j is it ml hsi ""■.' •-•■. .ii»:ii>.s ol i'libuo Aecouutb '( ! J.& it vh<- iikeictou in she dark o'ostit, h'inch ! si- (.reoige Grey has boaa said vo riavo . C!>.rcr«tenecl fco bring out, to shock ■;■)<>. eca jjirc. ' I While we treated !:-o a-surauuea of, the ! fJOOUOISV t;"iii :Vtil "i I'OSUit . ti'v; "i':i^ iJVf; ulll'CVv' i of provincial admir.istr<j..tionj ayd theplftoing ! of everything uiidfer one centra) «oatrol, it is i particularly awkward »-gx\ 'intimely 'hat, certain 'ictlo ioujdentj cojt>.o to iight tending i to 'tiapsl 'the ple.i3r»nt sensation. The pro- I poecd increase of salary of certain favoured high oflioial« in Wellington, and fche appoint I racni; hj .Sir Juiiuj \ rogel at home oi Lxnous ! Foresters and Luuatic In.ipp.ctors and other forei^uorp, come up ;m ulusf,ration, but we know of nothing more Ruggectivl than i\ certain return of tho e.Tporibes of Sir Julius Vogoi himself aud his Sscretary 'ii tfiagland, jumj laid on the table of the House. It is furnished to our contemporary the Herald, by its special correspond«nt in Wellington : 11 Sir Julius Yoge!.—beptember, JS74,— Imprest advance, £1500 ; December, ditto, £500 : total. £2000; nocouuted for as follow: Advance to iVli' ti Fox (Private Secretary,l L"i;;.j tor passages, £210 f?r tr.avf-.lllrfi.> ;. penses and £780 for salary. ■■ :<■ wry Ito Judo 30, 1875, j'-T" : toiia.l. .■>,')?'..'. K-''ay. ib7s :■ Joipresr. ndvauc , ■• ;-00'.! ; for by payro«i6 to •)■ X '•■ ■.'.;< • iiet aocount^d f<«% £3200 ;vi :;, !V2r 'j'. KuGscU, nil. Frfim thi7; it .-.r-!ioa";'& '/:ir; i' '' i' . -?■''. !■■::; .: ;.'.:'■ Mio public. :^o- '• :. 3 ! | ':,,-. •rpor^ios • »t.3 ;- •■■ !■ !'■ -iid | pri'rr'.tfj /->\xi: i ■ ■ rcoeiveS :*a i 's-:;e !>: « 5D< i ' •■ ■ ' . tliiy ' j..ro■"'}■"'■ -v;, i;; >.'I":o appears that ciir Jc;ir ''■" • .; :in his generation, ."<■■•' :, rist theovii to come, )■...■: , Uy :'cpc~ obtaiued hi-~ ?Rl«rv ; s'ivauce. Tho present Mirifsfiry ib a member may be overthrow • , >•'. > the sudden pinch may ,• ■„ •■■.■ tt i contingencies ho ■ f' :>;■<. c .'■•. Un/is that doc 3 h;-: : -.- ; ,■,-• ..-. j'.;: ' r-.li.•:•■■;:• .• ■ ipe :■-! t'lc^is.tj ?iV. , :;ip toKOv an v rncPVirf cf vho vti- !i-:;i;y n::<i i arbitar"/ cotsdnctot" Mr ' Cj"^!iob*:xjJ!-c-.«>;lins; the A":B9mMy l:.i;' nencic-n t';afe in d.e.--ervij^ I c£ Do*c. T Vi '!•;> v rjot cncrl*'.> nolcny ir cif' ! ficpl '":'"■ :C3 -■'■ r<:-'. :;::...' 'hero •;■ • i >:.-:'.',-i"i. t'-.c". v^•."!'• betei.arr.t-ii: uns auotVf.; i Assocabl; cv-:::: r.,-o- i .i.iv ~ sxcdci' the \.mm |. -I Bnglj: rid -•■'•: v7en!d ;: co nar.c»i i;r^'. ! tji! '^-morro'vT a -:v.rf;:;l^. lotto from >'r •■. | FC. Lnok cc ''.t-, -abject; •'Vv"b;»i- v.7i1l vh« j \V"c unda ;*aod! "h,': ih:-. nec as*ai s" jjctir^.or to the MV,''*r rcqaes^ng Jiiuj bo lake a polJ of the ratejjayor« on the question or !>ruiginj; intn operation the " Frcn I'ublic Libra^es Act. '•' iiea on the fcab?3 or* Uie Mechanic'c fnstitute for siptnatn.ro "by cli';ho.'ia who an favourable (■{> tlio objeci proposed* j The tlurd •■■ September is commomoraiiTe .of Oliver Cromwell, the man of Huntingdon, j ?,hosfc fiiime will only perish with the ! language and annals of <;he British. Empire, j and in more respeefca th.iv one ;s,re we rerairided fco-day of the hero of the Common weaitb.. On the 3rd of of Septembei IGSO, Ocomwel] and bis army gained <•> complett victory at Dnnbar. Oo the 3rd ot Sopt«mber, 1651, Cvornwell and his: soldiers defeated Charles the second at fche famous battle o* Worcester, and on tho 3i'd of September, 1658, Cromwell died of a fever in the sixtieth year of hia K;;,e- The ninth anniversary services of the Lome-street Hall congregation under the Rev. Samuel Edgar, B A., will be held on Sunday next, when two appropriate dis courses will be delivered by the minister. Messrs. T. and S. Morriu, the contractors for the Auckland Waterworks, havo, it is understood, arranged with tht New Zealand Shipping Company for bringing over from Glasgow 2,800 tons of materials for the waterworks. The Star, supplement of to-morrow will contain the usual amount of literary matter, oor'Sisting of "A Burglar's Story," ': A Sailor's Yarn," " A Novelette," in six chap ters, "Marriage in High Life," "An Extra ordinary Discovery," "Botany and Medical Science," "■ Fun for the Ladies," " A Lady's Poem," being an answer to Byron's supposed poem, by a lady; ami a review of Tenny son'a last poetical effort, the drama of " Queen Mary." J The Ponsonby Literary Society ig progress ing and the Thursday evening debates are prosecuted with much zeal and without that acrimony of feeling which extinguished similar local societies. This Society was founded by-Jtev. E. !N r. Bree, minister oi All Saints, and who still takes muck ia.tor.e3t in its proceedings. The .subject of last m^bt was, " which is tcosii productive of crime, vrealuh ofgoverty ? Mr Warnock opened on j the side o? wealth, and Mr Toff oonteP.dad-tbat I poverty was most conducive to evil. A i spirited debate followed in which neve'ral of tar menjbera took part. At {".he.clf.co of 'r"'\n debaSOj She xr?vy^zzy zjuacwiGed, tkst ft lO'Stura vrouid be delivered ok Thursday next by Mx Blfickman, on Kmiiiiel Taylor Cole ridge, sh!:.o;if*pnev acd poofe. We learn thai the Society latsm'horc about forty Eaemberc. • The g'ran^ vocal and musical entertainment in conr.ectioa with the Tunic 801-Fa Choral O»:on. will take place thia eve?iix:g, in the large room of the Young Men's Christian Association at half-past; seven o'clock. In these days of " mixefl," it ia r,sfreslaing and comfortinK to leara that persqes who are fortunate enough to possess babies can be supplied with pure "milk from ihe jibmain dairy, at t;hG top. of Abercrombie-street, according to an s-aiiouncement in the'Stap« Tho last of tke festival services ia eer/neo- I tion with the church cf St. Scpuichre, Symonda-str<set, will, be hdd thisi eV/Muaig. Eveosong *t seyaa, io'csloqlcj af&er F/hicsk She Rii^hL' Rev. By. Ogt/Is, Bishop o? Aracklaad, j 7*.;! l deliver tm a&dxetsa t-o dhr^ch^crefem j

Fonsonby Hall Coitipany will be eekl this j evening, for the purpose of coiißiderin.g ! proposals for tyiD-aing ap the affairs of the Company. Ths ika'h of the Rev. P. P. AgneVs series of ?.is lectures or. c! Convict Life " And other ! topic, 7o« r::M- 'so ?Tex7 Sor.j ; Wal?:j sad j .;■.-■■:■;■:•. ..^, ; -..■..!:':.•■.■ yi,o.- ■.>: .^j-ilay <>?er;irjg| :::.:.; :::. ;>.c Oily ..?'':. r.-^j sill iuoi>i.ek; j ■;" Jauvas • i'-t.c Sacon;" ~::J Xrr.'.isportaticn," | : vco -ir/orv" i?&t>her aaras«d fchin {ocrcins ;v;' a ■ nub -leader i» the 6VO.W on the eobject a.f the ■i?;tici« oh " Sc:9r:ce .in'] ObKstT2iT:t7':,,ki "tie Chiivck Oc-:ieiL\ Ebo writer wishes a*M.so i d'j "■ : ihet means oo»iM be ii/ioyfce> r <)'' I '.'v. ::vj:.\: 3 •/,.\; ojwjous to »he <Ee.aa«<i i er.pscitj. Let "iny^ne v» Tho wishes ta t;et at. ,'.-: bofcsora of '.■;.:: 'hind in tbe easiest |u3--;IbJo laaK'ttar 1: ;:y fchreepenco in Jiis yurse ■ iiap:'. •<-,:■.' iaveat; the tacne with Messrs 0i,*0.. any Co. or any other m?*r iv the book ; scliiu^ basineas. But what, parfcioula^ly . ,-.'.u.^'.d us was, that after expressing that ,' philanthropic wish, tha writer .iv the Gross goes ob, almost in *:ho name breath, to accuse the Church Qc-satte reviewer of oue of the moss atrocious crimes *;hat a citizen cou;d be guilty of, nsniofy euttciug his rst'/.ier« iuto -id^caKsion of deep r.'io'i.sptiys'.L-.H We :.ii'e h'^i'py to aay thu,fc tln^ is a m.- c iibei. " Lv" pr.-jruisyi, -■• f,ht; :)U.t>ii;t <>; hi 'irtic.*, to l:«ep out of uiiiiapa.ysics ; and tht» promise ia kepd. lu'ieed rtof^noy Dha<i""K" would agree v/iih onraeivea iv considering I metaphysics to be neither more nor less fcban, ! solemn trash. The Alexandra correspondotii; oi: the ?F"«t- ! halo Thms informs that jgenial thafe Mr I (xeor^ra fiajje has gone to Mokatf in compafty with a native chi^f, in ordfsr to parchasu y.oung <:A'.:l.e. A ge'ifcl«rnai» wh<? *-*«(, returr.eii iri.*un that ',;■*:: ■;!' fche c':itDt;ry ddatia that the cattle arc i>eing i-ajjidi) boughv up. A. recant speculation for the Auckland mar ket was a. financial failure, owing to the high price demanded by the natives, and the bad condition of the roads. Tho Maori King and Purukutu w^re ab Te Kuiti, where they were interviewed by the gentleman referred to. Vv re again remind our readers of the re opening of the Prince of Wales Theatre ii" morrow evenmg under the ininageraerit 'i Mr 11. J.. Dc LiaH, when the calebi'sinal • actress, Misa <':,iry Greorße, wll) ma,'--': her \ first appear'aoua at Linn public ;:U::e >f | amusement in r,iio chr-^aetpr of "■ j >?< new dramatic comps.i-'y bdr;;; X:;-;:.. •;"'■'■ mouial.s of marifc. ; ,h~. . ... ii;^ ;t Jarge '..-;..■: «" ~..•,:..•,.., '■'•::r ■-•• ' cjueJtio'Tp','1 . • ■•;• .'■( r---.^ ;■;,)<■;.s Kwif-i I'"m6 '^rb | has ,--.. .■» ■" "■■•;.:;;•••. ..-■: \. ;i',i<; is.r.rolo ir : Sycin v. ';; hA-.a-m;. n>.li& wni "•.'•sr Urj-ji . :■; f ■ :j:' i '■■■•',jiui:.':..ii ai:trcf,..:, find epneii jueytly '■: ! i t-'.> uieao iS;O'jia.tcj of Mips (Jajry C'.i»rv 1. ti^r j ,wo daring oi "Au>ia'; h: zvr-:iid.«r<ii\ !->y | j err.:-: >ft'>«= ; R(?7Pn jouri'tti?, VI 11!iifii'.( 3»>l ! ■■r:,,f:i:-,i. My tS'i \V". U'^r-nn .■':■■ ilD j yf.i>.i':::itt.on ol Kadolp) inva-vin^iy mef:fcs Vjii-b hoarf;y aj)[>2»yss. Mr '•Uircon and Mr j 1 Arr;:;:- iCi'jgotor* sm n-' oan used "3 amonc j I j'ue l-i l t-'.-. ;i' j'j--'••"'*•. itarBI'of tbt :.^]/-.r.i.r.1 ; , <!rv>.(i. AJeyyv ■ ..la a co^nl^iiia1;;".. ?>f i,;iierit i ;:r^ tJ-f/j ?/ ii fciiu iesf-^po fian r■:■ r -,A rcmiol , r-.auii-, the patror.:-. '■ .;•.- ! vr<v >;..- ! j T'r. ji the citizens of Auokliiid Tho Auckland z\,':. flraft^fy /■ r.t-baii [ mati'h. t;*ii.es place to-nioyrow tii.vovovDirf.on*!- 1 house ground. AuoUlan/; «e'.m : '". li ■■■^•x- j sort, H. 1.-. !:••;■!f ;on Oari'jr, A.liramrf, j C-uditv-r, 0.1:. SbarJs&ii, I'hilson, I'»."i.7in«, ' H.- ;. ; , i'/.L'en, C'tvcrhU!, K. 'Vni:.;J-:--/-. (', ; 11. ~if-Vo~, rj.nd f-T?ili»M. •': ■•.■•;iT/n Vei; x< '.••••■ . : ''"":.'i, ■"•■•'•, Jvi'yey;, Coi».j<an-J. iioa!e,. J iJ.iste'H, White, 'vinq, f;i<ihira, 'Jreop ; • tdosf;. • '<n<ulgraKf> *:%.•'■;;. 'loj'.ks sn-1 >.or^, i r }l!f t o! »!;•■ •;-■ '■ ,^. v- k:'-- •• ■«! .ap ih: bcKiueiFj Itd 'oil -.- ■ • <::o-y. ! f ? i : :zpp:<ci hi;; opiripv; Sbr.c ift was n«j longer r..-\hL for -• bon.;.s6 imikman'to live in I ! .iX'i ud : c • -:.- ho knocked fchf bottoms! : oat c! hio ij)!7o'r'pa*'ah]c c mvr.Qi '" .CCU.J, sold' ; h'.s '--.hare - fehi-'br.sia ss, and loffi by fchel '-; ■ '"-' -'SydHey, on W^det'sday iasi. where ■■ ■:■<!" :;•) naibnvk m the beer :>,n«l spirit 'mijrf.'ig " fi"^ ho canted on to ! ;..^y -without fear of the aualyst. ~/:an"ger 3i ! y.r Oid Men's Refuge j rleair&a to ack-aovrlodgo wihh thanks the j I ■'f:/ :e.-pt> tr&iK jVi rr of pai'oel of books I r She *c ; j: icini'.'fis. , .(eretne oaentioas a widow that married I ;v:i twenfcy-nhiid husband, whom in his turo I hsiQ beea married to twenty v/ivts—scrcly j :u expericsnood coaplo .' A woman iiaoied Elizabeth Masi, who died at; Florence iv 1768, hud beon married to seven husbande, all of whom ahe outlived. Hhe espoused the la3fc at the mature age 70. When 0:1 her death bed aha recalled the good and bad points in each of bcr husbands, and having im partittily weighed them in the balance', she singled out hef fifth spouse as her favourite, and desired that iior remains might ho in j terred near hia Thia recalls the story of the j widow, in Chaucer's naaghty tales of Canter bury, about which :m innocent literars" clergym^n recently publicly asked if there I was any improprieCy in young ladies reading fchn jjost ? The matter ww Battled by the dirty old man on hh deathbed, who bitterly regretted his prurient pe'nnings. The quarterly meeting of the member a of the Enniskilloo Loyal Orange Lodge will be held this s\-ening in tho lodgo-room, Wel lesley-street, when business o£ importance will, be broa^ht forward.

THE STAR CIRCULATION.

In our Wednesday's fssue we state': 1 our determination to refute once .and for aU the sfestementss which have been made castins doubt upoa the enormous circulation of the Star. Mr. John S. Lepine, whose name now appears on the 'imprint, as publisher of Mr. J. S. Macfarlane's organ, wa?, up 60 the 7th of August ]c;sfc ; publisher 0! the Si ilr, and more familiar wifcb the number of copies issued .and their doHtinatibn than bae pro prietors fchamenOYHs were. On" Wednesday j last we reproduced the figures watered by birn i In the publishing books kept in this cilice, awl challenged him to deny then1 accuracy. Very wisely he Las refrained from doing so, for in iib.e evervfe of such a false declaration or statement appearing, it was our intention. jln ■pursuance of the determination we have 1 expressed of placing this mattov hsyqiid all I qnpsfcion, to take it into tb'e law cbivt-fca, and I there compel proof or dematad. costs for these statobieats, wh'cb, are np'dpn'b't mode witH 1 tbi intention the bimncss oltlxs Si'AR,, 'We iaavc ree»iveci fco-da? ihte fo]loT7 -ing laifear frdfe ivfc. R'eciop, 4«ite', unsoiipijb^i «n|o-arp3?t r -exafipi; by .the ajlusien mads oa WMneaday to the register fitted by him on ok? printing press *—■ 15 Mhssrs. Rbed ak:o S^ett. ' "Gentlemen, —In reply to you? reqaeist in ; the Stak of the Ist, "as to" the register I flct«d to themaehine employed.ia printing' the Star, allow aie to say th.'it from its construction, and! the mode ©f its connection with the machine, the record reas'c necessarily be correct. There is no moans by which' it can be icade to register more than lias .actually passed through the machine when tho case is once locked, except by running the machine without any paper to print. _ This, of coarse, vroald damage the cylinder » hlxhket. 'iidat-ive to my

;coffiP»oting' ft register, — X regained dor.eg the printing of • the last pages (thsothers, or outside ptv^s1?, hsvinct been previously printed) for my owe satisfaction, not only to watch the aei'icn of the register, bni." to see what the circulation actually was 1 regret that I have mislaid the memo, of .the -•-■■;vc;!; number, brit I distinctly remember that It v,v.s iox 5 *m<l -■ 4.000. The kay was in ny 'pessssntou bhe whole of the time. I doa't think that inyano aware of ay presence y,t tiie time but Mr Lepine and the pressman, .■iortminly no ono knew that I was watching the uutntei' printed." I retained the key r.he n«:t;; <.'.f.v, but did not stay by, and found the vclv' •" about the aame as the other.—*l Te m-ih gentleman, ycrars, "truly, "Geo. W. Hbslop, -' Engine*? ■ '• i« i-Pittinc* She;:.. Shortland-street, We r ;gret that ao one feeling an interest in Aivkland otiaritisa hr*s called upon us to pro-, to <iie satisfaction of a competent pa olio accountant, or forfeit fifty pounds, th-t' r.he isspe by the -tar during tho seven days from the 23rd August to tho 30th of August (both "'ays inclusive) was 29,505 copies including 750 second ditioa«, namely, on ■:■ 23ff1 of ".ugust, 4,007 copiea ; on tho j 2-kri su,mt, 3.925 uopies; 0 >;h<: 25th Uifcnst, 4,010 copies ;an th 26th Au:;'.i■'. 4,003 uopses; on the 27 r.h August, 4,124 copies; 011 the 2Ssh August, 4,484 copies; and on the 30th August, being the issue ..uijonin.-ung fche 'loath of Commodore Good j enough', and the general aews by the H<jt ■..-, . 4,955 copies. We now repeat this brVerS'V' ■ j tend \ u< We agree to pay thesua?.?jut '■•''■ : vjovc if :vo fail to prove upon deusnid o< .■..>>;•./mo, to tha satisfaction of a coir pct-e" *; j.-'ih*.u-j accountant, fh;.t the nuisfic- ot : • ! issued during that month. {■* >.."v.i 'ONE HUNDRED \N.!:> SIX TtfO'i:?-/ ;.; ; TWO HDNDRE; A of*: ORTY-SEI."»W\ i (108 247) copies. by thes-; fif1 - sboc-.10 --atisf', ■" r- id*-:: .tiscr. W- -halkagti car •jf>ntonii?'."*r..v.; K^ the pf , ?,nd .'" -ir'.ie^'.ai ;.>ck -ri'w;i, ijssiief uj-.Pit felK; ' f>:v'r. jf) r,iropU'tß.Ti.; ■I. cV. tho ••■! ,<■, •'•-j.l ./.» ■■:• p:b':.i-:ti.y ''. A.-iik- Irtul •■■■ n.-' -.'-v :■■■:. t>,C'.c nurabcr. ■,> rr<n ».- ■-^m :; ;;•_:'':}';-::j A'X'OV'JaT.S, '■ : ry, '.'■•." .';'■? your colur'r-!- ':: <srav; pir.•':■■; '<.: tsu:'ior fo Sho tinarisiai sv'ite; !oute and ;:aM> .--i ;>:nt? of Lhs ' v: ■~ a'.fjt m i.:i;,-: t j< zn ■■■':•.; 1"-2i^*i'- V7f;' «:< ;i. >ii;iit4;r»tion I.n'.i'.l; 0; iriTiJ, 187:-!, H7ld i'- ; 'i. ' (l;>'U'it ■!j;;!utiC tby D«fe;j<.:p Loan vJ'.», nortec Oensral Pucpos'js Los-l f s L;7'; la fhe publio -V'■<_•'■.' (it if.t ■"..•>- <. ■.- well &h ip It-" appendix i.o Mr o£K-!'r tr.-.nciai statssr.enfc L*i i:i?-!, th'- ".'■jTe\t»i i )<rut debit f;heri?a<;.ive3 vpif:l) three '* roi • ■;■',. -t ■ -y'' 3' (I'j/cdsA! riu>.'-.;, 'i:-c. rf' c.j nl:t (fcwrj i ortdoLV ■; ';' •'" ■' :':.•', c-c :■ .7*!... M ! <'>^,^; ,•; ■,;,.ri;, -,i..:n;r. '■(! secant', 'f 'V; v -■-.'■-r'-u • Kanic of i,sey >>a- Sai."X .:;l'" 'XK> ;,.;..; d ; r.^jr.n.L £)-!<• 000 ; makings tot-! oC £',110,000, vi -lihis ihey repaid £8)0,00" 'fe r. page rxxiiL)., icavi::,.g a Itatancc of ••■-.tpaid vhat year, his sum <M>"'-. r <:>'; ?T5/">!, r at all in ?b«. n'jconr.cs this year. '.: ."v r.n:i VvL'/n -.-.a; ;/- ;->cVIV On the ;;:)f v K&y, ' ••'. '. tho G< :- ;-- !-:--v ;..g;-nt3 so!n n London £!,"00,000 (onr and a-kalf rm'lior";'■-'•■' the 'ran ;.f ;■-"■', the Ns^v y,i-?,';.-no '.',■■ rtnnont received the acney ; (2oc !•■. ; ' ?'■' c cr\nc?al stritsraent, 1674.) Whero r?^cH that ■ vlr-'T ?\-baif app?ar in the OovorumoKt aocornfes? Suppo?« w.e id ."'..'; tb->i". «r it: i£ Ljct. s'uclsu, or K^ftye-1, i: i« sail-, of -Z! .500.000, borrowed i■';■'.■:'!!LGfCiS of JSew Z-esland ?ij Lore-l- :r tae ''i' &b. of May. 1874, arid nercr since hoard of, Twopence half penny reward will bo r>nid to the dis covf-.ver of th»e money by the Treasurer of N&-V Zealand, —Apply at the Treasury, Wel h'ljjston.'1 [n the aceonnt* of 1873-4 there is no trace of it. whatever. The public account iy debited ■with £1,200,000 o" borrowed SLiuney received in London, £500,000 under the loan of 1870, at 5 par cent. : iat-freali, And another £."00,000 of the same loan o£ IS7C at 4.v, nnd £200,000 of. the £1,000.000 gcaranteed by the Home CsoTerament, but nova word of this million I and ?,hr,:f. Is it thon in the accounts of this I past 3 rear 1374-5? The appendix to the [ Treasurer's financial statement; delivered on the 30th of July las>t, pages 12, shews the total receipts by the pubi'ie account in 1871-5, as proceeds of the sale of debentures under tue Ir^na ot 1870, 1873, 1874. They are all set do vriiu one aum, riainely, £3,547,469. Is the £1.000,000 in this? The question c:iu only be answered by seeing what other funds have gone to make up this sum of £3,847,469. First, t.here ia the four million loan. (Jn reference to the correspondence re lative to the negotiation of the four raillicp loan (pages 4, 10. 20, and 22) it vill bs \>und that on May 13-h, lS7o; £2,850,000 of the loan were paid up in full, and the other £1,150,000 —including discount paid up, to *he amount, oi .£&;") pnr s?hare—iu alt £3,482,500. Nov.-., after May 13 up to June 30, a peri. I .f seven weeks ieas one day, we may safely Bgeume that another £200,000 was paid into this account by the purchasr -^s of debeutnves, which, wonld rnako £3,682,500 :. a svi.m enly £164,969 less than, the ;;ocal receipts oc saicn of debenturt1.:-? altogether for the year 1574-5. Besides this, the Government had.myested aor-.e ot tbti crusß funds i.v shose debectnrea -, do that it ia plain that there is ao room for the £1.500,000 in the receipts this past year. WJio.ro, then, doea tt appear'/ Moreover, on reference to tfeie balances in Mv Abfeinsoa's financial atatemsnfe, it- will appear thaii nearly the whole of this vaat va.vc i.3 iciicaUy lost- Bee page 3 : " Tho balance .votcs.irJ.Tig ip. the Bank of Sew Zealand on May 31 •* ;* * *as £2 J 056;716 Us Bd, but; against this aum drafts O!;. tho Crown &gei3fc<; fco the amount o£ £',050,000 kad ny} bo the I 20th. of Juoe been;disootmtedby the Bank 1 m the ciiJcuy." '!'he balance to acihal credit j then was, according to the statement, j £1,006,716 11s 3d, or one million pounds; but this makes ao provision for the payment 0? *be £300,000 unpaid to the Bank last'year, which would reduce it to £706,716 tls Bd. The balance unpaid of Llie four million lpaa, however, worild :?_c doubt bring Jt up to about a million. The Bank's quarterly re turns make the Government" deposit on the 30th Jane, Jjwst £980,000. Kew-, the Government has spent on Public Works and Itttniigration, Defence and General purposes I £7,739,41^ Sn 5d (see page S, Mnanoi.il ; Statement), baking a feotia). of what;- they 3iave ana what they have spent in wnixd. j'figures of eight millions, seven hundred cod forty thousand pounds. But they liara borrowed tesa millions one nimdred tbo'isarid (.poancla on these loan;?. V"'"bafc hag bc-ccsap of "She difFereace-yi?.., £1,3(50,000, or '.fcui'tcoix hun'ii-sd thoueand soncda ": What ever way the balancea in t\h Sfeittinent are taken, this defi oieney of about. £ 1,400,000 crops np, ; If; these Goyerameufj accounts are correct^ the public funde hay^lostjinaccount" ably t;> the extent of more ihtax a million of money. If they are not, tho Gov.fernment is greatly fco biarae in i'raming bogus and cooked statements which deceive theTpeoote. .Iliis may b« capable of. explanation if the "whole of the Treasury hooks -were properly in spected and balanced. On the published figures and statements of the Government, however I challenge any person iv the colony, or out of it,to disprove or dispute these figures. Th.3 people; at any rate, who will have to pay both"interest: ami principal should demand of the Government an explanation of the where abouts of ibis £1,500,000.-1 am, (Sir, Yours &C, W. L. Reiss, North Head, Aueast 31, 18 75,

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

FEARFUL S™*||^ HAi [L LrKE France has not been aione in suffering oerils of waters Tremendous storms have I desolated the neighbourhood of Buda-Postr in Hungary, the crops being complete]>; co strovcdL and many houses battered in and i ; tpn4fc?' killed or buried alms by the b «j, | which fell ia stones like walnuts and ; the violence of cannon balls. Wheh J v~\ | that subscriptions are opened for the Wtn.ja- i rian sufferers and for those who are in/.r Minor enduring a famine which t.arer v.-. o ( j depopulate certain districts and country without inb.nbit.ants, it *i«: I o sn i that ther^ is plenty Tor the ban^.;.:, •~: , with their money, and thuftthe gfcws w '..c~ j li-h sympathy are nob fast oica*. <- j -hink vian we heard afterwa *« f one fee | recent Indian famine has mac," people o, little | more suspicious of first accounts ; there U*j j much temptation to special eprtftspssdoivs uo ! malw a harrowing tale; so tnnch sndnr • ncr to magistrates fco win r«?n?artnn £«' i^w reward by letting it bo fcnov™ how Jc oicaUy they have met a, ens' ■ ■ ••, h •--•-.•.< -- •:•'■</ themselves helped to ■ :«;tfge» 5«, THS .TERRIBLE I i^'.;-!»,^ 00D-- ---i"" sTRAKCi-: *k? .'v>vf ' The terrib^ llc.:-..ur;> iv.^ r::>at-»; a^ i< ra:r ■* | continue to avr-t "'' Br££ : sympathy V. v;. '• , ,-':" ' ■ , i,he^,^. ... uo.^ulj i-H ;d d its iW«^ with mcit^ ; '->- "!1;:-;' ■;;l. ); ; u,,^:' ' *,*--..»' f . •;., ;.;-;f- ■.--'■'.'/:■.•- on.i? of naauy -On<s j .'..,"- -:-" ,7iif r, .o-Vm&a'fj van,, wKjug. ■'.>: OTiwa !»y t);a Oprocne ut ilriiHsr .: - *~:■ .^u->(; -'-'Vf /; Toulouse, nr.;s:,<*\\ ~:v . rj; T'Xt> cempF.n.," Inh&bitmg it l*a,<i_n.oti v ., ; .'. .~- ;a -, 2 frrrr. SKc?r i.tfn?i"ar-.'; :-;' ' ■--'• i - onfoi'ciirßtf :.v»t<".h«iog efiairica :c fcfce ! -"■!„ v,«... hr-'-':afe.> altriofit into r v pa!p. All "■, ,»"t.rara" were r.towrflri. w^ hi V».?.skets, '■p":--.v. ' with tp.rpa«:iu, wbicii served, aa ; /^y, 'j..- .i,/, rirownftd players, and ••:a*:ri e. ,-,-j :4-t. and gaady "ia' the mitlr-ti of j r« wrcoi-ed" objefitr? n«apbd a'ooat.iot traps- I nr^'i^oion <;o v o mayoralLy A lifcfcle gir], I ;-ut.-pnss<i- if, nave be«a a dancer, bad not i v/Ksfcen :W""- -3Cfi on going !>en 5 and ohe i verdillicn \7*,r; brig'afc, rk ;i baked in fast | colours upon b« ghantlj- cbsek. Eem.ale I "iacf; r. pair y'r.vt;iHcial legs, uo wb?.cu Lsr .:e-j<; were%'tra^pci, tt^s in her tineel- I n .-iwn xxiC •"'cc/zH o r, erift-.: n cctton vcl^ei, ! Khe end bVr h^hacd had probably sat up i Iftt-.. and 773 re aaly thicidng of divft-tinß I thsßSseiw.- r»" their SiiCfy wben a wave swept I over the plain, and ::c Lr-s -.'ecoil draw them. ; i;/(/> th?i central current. CHE-BURIAL OTSCUSSIOtt. -.. th&v step lias been taken in the " earth " ; isci 3aion. Yoar readers will have Keen, prohs-Wv Mr Seymour Haden's peb- Hs'iicd l-s.tt-«v*~, urging a more genuine oom !:rlt«ai &t tio body at death to the earth, and ,2 &b: u;i :< neni; of f:he foolish efforts to keep |v ;. .;ra decomposition. The directors of the I': fokinp Cemetery announce that they are t v -iircd to bury upon this plan, and further I to conduct funerals without the intervention ! :i the undertaker. SEW BOOKS. Mr. 'Darwin's ne^ book on "Insectivorous Plants" has appeared. It is published by Murray at 1 5s. Not only has Mr. Tennyson's new drama excited general attention, but it i<r to be put f;n the niage in the autumn. Thr- othstr night Mr. Henry Irving, who has achioved the rsrr^.rkable fpat of playing Kamlat 500 nights with unbroken success, came forward' to announce that " Macbfith " -would follow, and that in "Qneen Mary" he f.onUl also sustain & principal part. Mr. i Gladfetoua'a article in the Contemporary on the qudcfcio-.—" Is the Church of England worth preserving ?*' ia rather severely dealt with by the critics ; one of whom says that the only real question is—"ls the Church 6/ Engr land worth preserving by William Ewnt Gladstone ?" RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENTS. A Berlin correspondent says the whole policy consists now in conjectures, and in deed many and rao^t fantastical plans are started. In the fir3fc place it was the pos sibility of an Anglo-Russian alliance which kept the wh^le Pre?B in considerable excite ment. The Central-Asiatic question, wb:cl" up to the present time Iwd been little thought of, bag all of a pndden acqw' ed great importance for all European diplomatic iiransacfcionß. The prr»ca<»'tmc;a of Rusaa iv Central Asia sincr 1840 have led to the conquest of Turkirteft anri the occupation of Khiva, and bf.:; secured the comraunfea tiona to the sonr.b.-'wertt of Cbraa The B«a ---sian Power h&s gone ou spreading out tarfcher and farther, ao thrvt at this only a few hundred.-miles sepacata .the empire of && Czar from the Britisli-Indian property. Buspw, of i>OTir?e, protest,its unwillingasfa to go beyond the territory of o Jgbaß ietan, but England knows hhs-fc tiseve is uo rp.'ying on sucb promise!!, Iv.&ss>:a \ aa3, sifter the Freneh-Csrman vr&r, broken I the Treaty of Paris, has enlarged its navy on the Black S?-a. and hais coaott3re4 5 *v&, i from "whicTi it hue. promised vc dv- t bsck roe army. Snglaua is therofoys saite ;usti •-.: in its mistrust. li&ssia, oi'cocr^R, ~r-aktc; conquer tb2S• n?ist?aßfe, .-u-'l ;rcir '~Vc ■::..- i c | the question of r ; ,n .alh'p.".;.ce b^ts?<;ea .the Swo j ,'^rsfrtP^we c isay r.vcenprcrgL IntlzeEr-pthli | Pre&s tkiF subject ban 'ov^cfi S Te?s' coc1- jeebpr j fcioa, and t^ie Kaes1 bn.s fitecsl; aomplefely : refected it. Gu-j these jqarnala which I- working against Qa'rmsny adopted tiie idea • T/f.th pleasure, aa they .^p.v? in*it tthe means I fco destroy the three Enapsrbrs J..allirvD.ce v A \ great; anaiber of art;iclesl were . published j For ana v^s-mst line, tnafcter-s withoat l bringing to light any new facts ; «nd ao j decision in tbe Central Asiatic question i 3 to ! be expected shortly; A longtime may elapse before it will fee solved satisfactorily for all parfeiss, "Perhaps .thi«i questior: and tkat of the BoEpliorHS will come, .iso their Snal solution. a« the sara©- moment.

FUNERAL OF COMMODORE GOOD ENOUGH.

' £38 PCPEIESSITE SCENE. | Svdvtsy papers by ftbe City of Melbourne j contain a, full account of th<- funeral of fcha I latp Commodore Goodenough. The "whole ! city, seems to have been in mourning, and thousands pf spectators were present at the last, solemn rite.?. The Sydney Morning Herald gives t.he following particulars of the scene in the cemetery:—" Mrs Ooocleaougb, as chief mourner, with the two children, each carrying beauti fuHyiWroughfe wreaths of flowers fol lowed ths remains towards the grave, which, were also accompanied by the chap lain of the Pearl, and the Bishop of Sydney, his Excellency the Governor and suite, Cap tain: Sastinga and Mr Stanley, and the members of the Ministry ■*,}&<! a few others. The graves lie side by sifto—that of the Com modore being the C9fltral one, the grave of seaman Earner lying to the ; righ*;, aud that ox seaman Small to *;he left of the Commo dore'r,. The. coffins, having been decorated vriih' flowers by loving hands, wares gently lowered into their last resting pl&ca The impressive funeral service .of th(9 OhurcE of England was read by the chap lain of H.M.S. Pearl, the whole scene being one of deep solemnity. Many present were greatly affected, especially the men who had been so lately under the Commodore's com mand. The benediction was prononneed by the Bishop of Sydney, and three volleys having been fired by a company of men from the Sappho aud Pearl, the vast assem blage, which numbered some thousands, dis persed. Whilst the service over the grave was being performed, eleven minute guns

■vcnl;: in spo:tkn i: -; of Uiptam Cook'scharaetw' ---•' That life. w example of dili geQc e, jI | hiin^ry, a^ .^f uovocion to duty ; aß( j t j/. cbarric^cr whion: b^oaitif; clcveioped Was 0^ H2. ■■n^ei: ■osi.ty.;' Row truthfully^ , ht p, iso j in everyone's moS .. r :tay r*.->j m^nf:>.n v tat Santa Cruz, the1 ■ -amp- which C.^n-iiorlore-GoodepiougV . vbß n-ws?c-vxi, 'is the name of •an individual' i inla-ndj-ftod also tbe nape of a group of islands : git; 4 . f to<i a iii&e to ~m north of the Batiks . iiwl Xw H:-J>ride£^ijrf»ep3, and a snort dig. I -'->•• 'j./ grnup ; '-.n so-^e'ren or

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[Bf.ure ?'. D. ii'euton, iiisq., E.M.) ' "CDC-J- CITT FOR PLAINTIFFS. - :i-. Koldsbip v. Andrew Hobertson {M» t 'OnbxMv for plaintiff) claim £10 12s .81 ti w^ • tor, costs :;-i 7s; Hancock and. Co. V. D ]Y2cije»H>*.a, ciairr> £11 14s 4d, ale and beer- I Matia Scofcfc v. Henry Donnelly, claim £1 1 13s, goods. WM/EER MCCAtTL V. BAVID LYKCH Claim, £3 2s 6d. Mr J. B. Russell for plaintiff." This was a claim for rent, and recovery of 4 a tenements in Edffardea-sfcreefc. David Lynch «j-?nr»ied vbat the house was untenantable, >•.!.•? v/r.tsr came io ia all dircodona ami Mr Sims 'iho sgeat of the owner, woui.fl raot pat i-o much as a shingle on the -nor" ; oce stormy night I ijh<? house was Htewtiy flooded, the beds awMßliko dt'.clvß upou the water, and he was obliged to carry Sirs Lynch out of the house on bis back. i Mr Russell said th?.t if the honse vies in :-rach a state he should have left it, instead of which he stayed there Telve weeks after' the storm. Henry Sims stated tK <inf'irjfant took the honse in High-street ■„■'■'. .V-is- ?c shs Istol April last at 17a 6d pr- ?•/■.<>>;: >&i left oa the 17th June. _ He al'cv ■-J .■;=fi2 nn<- week on account of his con" :ic7cl'. la ie"i theJaoose! in a tihhy and .vv.o:t sbr:udnabl<; condition,;' and which cost; lr': - 7? <-- and 5i for repairs. T ':■ '■-, <y-.p'wzz-Se -•v'ers fail of old," bones, rags an '. ''•••' oir..r 'i. ok? boots, besides'"! Borne five baf^ :r -"' »;->'! pipi sbslk c Altogether th'.:f- -r-s-: - .v.-*.' — r -it rsbbish taken away. Mr Lynch ; :i?.y ■'■ X'lki--. ;/o;-.r Worsfeip,' respecting ti;t: _Hrt.- Mr Rnss^-i1 ns'rl ~-o:'c fl^wes of dirt, as we.' as dcgreeE of ohs:-'»"'jf?. ■ ■" Mr Lyn?}. >?,.'& >j f^. T=-a? r-, y:----T»thole-ja13 the skylight!; "<sn<i S*icj "fcr*l'e r;..* d'bt raisst' have blow.:. i;?rr '...•,;- : r" r "ho.Jd 'oketofce' heard in Ms ibience., ,: Mr Lj -I- '^ ;':x;, ,v;• •, : :«-:! saidibaS . he Jioulr sho ':o"c.ee --s; *.."^i bie. Lit ic.r a ?nsa tol iivp -'n, hut ■■■•»*:• m.m Jin <vot in, it , I'w- ■■'■■■ --■. -.?]-'= __■ : .Ho-tt 2.-!-.0-.?i 'ma fconea. Wfci't' ■.'!•.■■•.■ icds'ov b bi..ae3 / i • ~'vJr '{'j's.'-'p -. I reTo:; i^a^- sny bcneß;, codd not Deli anyfchiEg about tiem. Tbf: C'Ozlt-j '-/■ •■'i-jr ».-.eighed the evideneej ■j&ve '•.tLiiwc'i*- or n^'Hiftiii £2 17s 6n ; .coats, £1 £M 0(2. " ■ ■•>.-!T.-_-V. H7i, ELLIOTT. 1.-,-.- ->o;; r.-.r ;-l;>J.-rJn tve M^ ftneksfo ?or: Tiii': -,?"?: -w at:i-i<?c >>'ii r,he balance. 0f i7.«,«0s '-n- ,effence '.iras tbca tbe plsiiitiff.ii^S c'csp^. ' tfii (,«••??» hrv:\iVk'if-' ?': .:>.'*acuhisry, the ; | Av-^tii nf -.■/rich. ■-■.-..-. c/jf*anted from t& ' i rr-ccxH =;' -•».ges. - "-vitr -Joy- 55.id the'defsoce ■ j. Tv-i:1 ''r;.p'''h:'.c, the.i--; wa»i.socgre^mentt-oth^l i fffjci, pud '"b/j 'jreakagcp of were j ■".c'ndoo.ir'J, and y.ot t-lie i"Bß'jlr of negligence. | 7.?- bsslreth iisicl lie 2beciA sfesw xhat the ; d^<-eds.ni y/as noli liable. ' ; . . •. . .- s \~•± 1i:>:r-i f^aylt)-, rr\cr;hi7iist, deposed.that a>~ vTii? ■■-■^p.ged by Mr Eiliot to do certsia j wcrkc ;r» thepnbiic works department at the' « vailiyc>:7 workshop. When he had done the" ; "•.:"i: /Mr iiLaodcnr.-l^, overseei*, stated his ! fcL' ' f.jdttt asd requested him to receipt it 1 (Us-- ;i ICy 6d) which he refaaed to; he was 1 te. "f.vs besa psJ<« monthly but he never' Mr. Hesketh : That io a 3lander on the I Qcverament, . . .■. | To Mr. Hesfceth: Th«:^e tvas 303. stopped. } en a former cecasinn, buEheTas.notinformed; of the stoppage until after ha had signed the p-vv-shesfc.- 16 was the custom en the works, iii arse xne;? to receipt t h.c pay-sheet without >«viug any knowledge of jmy deductions,^ which wera made afterwards. He objected: to the 30a. being deducted, and had worfs with Mr. JSliott aboiit it, and 5 gettia'G; no ' redress, he gave nosice. Mr. Passmcw,. he believed. -Ktis at the head of the departosnt, but lie could net; tell wvat he did. {T^eft sitting.)

POLICE COURT.—The Day.

(Before Kis'Worship the Mayor, and-GvS| Graham, Esq., J.P.) lOEtTTXK. " "" > A man named named Sullivan pleaded* guilty to being drunk, and vas fined in the, usual manner. A VAGRANT. ■ . I Gsovge latton", an old offender, was charged with being an habitual drunkard. - He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. FALSE MIXING- RETURNS. Jno. Henry Evans was brought np charged on a warrant with having committed a breach, of the Quartz Crushing .Act, in furnishing^ false return of gold ivoa\ a certain hubs. The defendant was formally charged, and wrosiedsd to Coromandel from chance .ft" c wavpaafri^B his arrest had emanated. ~,.-.%- ■ ■ ft A BEAST. Benjamin West, who pleaded ' gUMpfa' having exposed ir. aa iudeeeut msTmerfagSffl riGrreyhound yard ?.as?i night, tvaß e«a» io gsM for 4S hours. STOWAWAY- David Thorn, a yonxsg m&i xbc-\f; 22, : w»*; charged witr '.'-. birfeacit ■;•: tb'e rc-,o.cfl"g3s4'-, Aci.by travel-vi- ?- v^. Sjdr.».7 ■:?» Af.ftfelsJjfil in the City x ":--; :^-. -.-.,. «. :i .;r o?t->.wrcg 2jm, passage. Prisoner pleaded gailty, Tl-^ chief officer of■ tha vessel stffife3.d, Scat fee sci'as^(l : found behind the* Boiled after lie bioUsie' were collected putaide -^ydnejr H«»ds. He had ao tnoaey, e : f>A s»*d bua cCki not kmiwJioW he came fcbere. Mr, Johp Keid, fche-agent-of Ceo A.S.N-; Company, iniiwated tkrough Mr. Inspector' Broham thai he.was act anxions to-press the;.; chargo, but'merely desired to hav3 it itnd6r-. stood that loafers could Kat be allowed to i& such ijhings with impani^ri The Bench seutenced the prigoeer to'pay *' fine of £2 "and coats, In default. fco 8° *°- prison fox one mo.ntb.. THREA.IESINO A WIFE. . Hsffiry Mitchell, as ilWookscgi fellow whff blubbsr^d Jo iha 4okk, was charged wifcb ; " threateni'ig fc.take ibe'Jjfe af his--wife ®li|^ br-t-'i Oil V^P.XS^-Tner:. : !



ABERDEEN' POLISHED ~ GRANITE MONUMENTS, la BSD iKD'BjHJK, JfBOSI £5, Free on board s-jJp for any part.of Kew Zealand, ' hwxis{&ms Ax&xraU and, Beautiful.



HOLLO WA. V & G- A R LIC R. OIT7H A L L, 230, Qunen-streot, Auckland. GREY fl O A L S. 00 TONS discharging from Hie Fclioouer Fiory Cross sit Onchunga Wharf, FOR SALB, vi lots to snil buyers, from vtwsel's side, JAMES W. "W'ALLEB, Asront, Gov m mcnt V ;r;*t one'r-mf ;■,; Or, „ 7, Queen-street, .~<.i.



An Apparent Anomaly Explained.— Persons rpparcntly in th« pos^f-ssion <Z vi.'{;>rw health ar- frequently unable to undergo tvra arsliirM amount ■'•i extrtirn. Tliia c!i-;abili:~ is usually Ulo lvsnlt of iooal weakness. When it exists phyvk-al effort speedily bungs on exhaustion. In ..-,•{) ?r to "supply fliU want of local strength, ac r« in i ■ i: ''i requisite power and supplsueisa to ;^"' l'-- e-~ "• t-ixn/i;, ---weak, lue .Udolpiio "iowkV, ■ .■ . ;v ..-> ; - SCIiNAPPC. ,^j£ , ■; , :-S\, GILBERT)—On ■:; •,'-r 5----^. ,-; W* muionc*, Con quest Piace, Pnrrei' Scoreo fcn-'.ns^ P.J'cvnl, ug '<! < l>Th'3 inacrac .vv;iii takep^'l ] at-io^l.ocHvim:., FfienJs pl«as® wept i)iis in i?» ! 'ion. , j tWTTKN On : Ji ; "s ilipv !, .it Ills r-.-n.'!-?ii-o, Oiif hnti^a, Mr. 'Ciioruan Psfct'n, tkge'i V- ■-eai-g. i 'ho funoral will leavo liiKiAto rp^jfif nco to-iaorrow t'S-i-ii'-d.y), at ii.J5 -i ;ti. I'l'leuUH :;ro rasitfEtiuliv j invited t<> attend.