SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

southern OroM,ss(A,BP Go's), Carey, from Napier

DEPARTURES.

St Kilda, s s, for Wanganui(f.Jom the Manukau)

„ .. _ PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

«or me houth-LadyhM, 11th; Hawea, ss, 12th inst; Phcebe, lfith; Tiranalii, 2ist For Hokianga—Qusbii, schocer, 9th inst for London Fcmglen. thip, Monday, 9thinst: Eobina Eunlop, barque, early For Newcastle—Lochn»gar, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Amtnbagh, ship, V N.J G from London ; sailed May 9 Ma n ertDie ' sLip> VT G '•*« Irom London ; sailed Dover Usatle, ship, NOTE, from Belfast; sailed 23th May Carij-brook Castle, ship, HLWB, from Belfast ; sailed June 8 Columbus, barque, KTHS. from London; sailed Bth Jane CHy of Auckland, ship, from London White tagle. ship Qsfl w. frsm London, early Ocean Mail ship, from London British Empire, ship, f.om London iehnng, barque, from Sydney, early Jessica, barque, from J\ ew York, via Dunedin Victor, barquentine, from Port Gamble ; sailed 14th May Chanticleer, bri:;. from Hobtrt Town Wild Wave, brig from Sydney, early Magellan Cloud, brigantine, fiora Chatham Islands, early

Lsetitia, S'hooner, from TTarotorjga Edith, schoo'.ei- troia the Islinds, early Kenilworth, .-chooiier from Noumea, early Kyno, br.'gaatino from '.iotumah, sarly Peerless, ichooner, from South Sea Islands, early

l *^ A special charge is -made for consignees' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

IMPORTS.

Ex Flirt—lo6 cases bacon v.ni hams, 17 kegs lard, . Arthur. Per Southern <^ross, from Napier— 60 head cattle, 00 sheep —A b P Co, agoats.

The schooners Lrslie and Excelsior are both waiting for a favorable change of wind to leave for the Thamps

The A S.P. Go's s.s. Southern Cross arrived in ha'bour yesterday morning from Napier with a cargo of catt c and ehofip. Passengers : Messrs Harsant, Ayston, Kissliny. Johnson, McCarthy. The live stock were landed a: the Taraaki.

We regret to saytbat the sailingof the ship Fern glen ■which was to iia\-e taken place to-day, is postponed for a few days owing to the ill-health of Captuin Frater. Due notice will be given of the date of her departure.

The schooner Julius Vogel left the Manukau on Saturday for Waitara, with a cargo of railroad sleepers for Messrs Brogden and Son. The barque Albion which is shortly to leave for Levuka, where she will be used as a store shfp for the a .S.P. Go's steamers, is io load with coals at Russell en route.

The barquentfne Enrn leaves at owe for the Bay of Islands fora load of coals. <J:\ her return, she is to load for Levufea.

A strong jsr.E. win t has b.-:en blowing in the har bour during the last three days On Saturday afternoon the hulk Cantero broke away from the barque Albion, and getting adrift in the stream on the ebb tide, came down on the brig Wave, which was anchored seme di-itance below her. The brig sustained seri< us dinv.ge to bur rigging and upperwoiJjs. It was also reported that her mainmast was sprang

Amotg the passeDgersof the IVrnglen published by us on Saturday, should have appeared the names of Mrs Heath and two children

Owing to tho rain and wind which has prevailed during the day, business on 'he wharf and among the hipping has beer, entirely at a standstill.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

W.oganui, this day. The StKilda ariived from the Manubau at two o'clock this morning.

, _ Kelson, this day. The Wellington arrived last night at 12 o'clock.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows .— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and to-morrow, at 0.30 a.m. , FofKapanga, per Manaia, to-morrow, nt \).SO a.m. For Ka-wan and Matakana, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at i» a.m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Southern Cross, to morrow, at 5 p.m. For Rarotouga, per Helle Brandon, to-morrow, at 8 am For Taranaki, mid Southern provi' res, per Lady bird, on Wednesday nexi, at 12.45 p.m. For Australian Colonies, per Macgregor, six hours after her arrival For India, China, Mediterranean ports, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, via Suez and Southamp ton, and via Brindisi, per Taranaki, on Saturday, 21st liistant.

S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster

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DEATH.

PEACOCK—On the 7th inst, at Seafield View, James Peacock, late of Glasgow, in his 81st year.

The funeral will leave his son's residence, Seafield View, to-morrow (Tuesday), JLOth, at 3 o'clock, Frieuds will please accept of this intimation.

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1875.

Far the e»uae that, lacks *"9inx:icsi For the wronj Uip.l iimjs wiiai'i War the future in the diaT.;:icr. Aju»". Liid seod that vrt can at.

We sincerely hope that the electors of Eden who meet tp-night to consider the Govern ment abolition proposals will look at the question broadly and intelligently, and will not be earned away by the proffered bribe of £2 for every £1 of rates gathered within the highway districts which embrace a large portion of the area constituting the electorate* There is, we understand, an intention to make the meeting a "cut and dried" one, and the Herald tells us this morning that the resolutions are already prepared by the pro moters urging on abolition, but we do not believe that the free and independent of Eden are to be led by the nose in that way when called together to discuss a great public ques tion fairly upon its merits. We would hav e them to remember distinctly that this is not a question of the continuance of provin cialism. As the Wellington correspondent of the Cross telegraphed a few days ago, there is no provincial paity now. Even Sir George Grey admits that the provinces as at present constituted are effete, and an alteration must be made. If the General Government bill had provided for the total absorption of all colonial revenues and their distribution among local bodies equitably, we should have hailed the measure as the best under the circumstances that could be brought down ; but the proposed bills only continue provin cialism in a more obnoxious form than a^ present. .The i!and revenues of the South a re still secured to the provinces, and the representation of the South is to be increased so that the hope of securing justice to this pare of the colony will be rendered more difficult than ever. Some people have sup posed that the provision which provides for the collection of the land revenue by the General Government is a new one and a step towards the ultimate appropri ation of that fund for colonial pur poses. This is in no way the case; ua. der the existing system the General Govern ment collect all land revenues and pay to the provinces as they will, under the new bill, pay to the provincial districts. The System is precisely the same as the existingone. An able letter, in another column, so fully deals with the question that we really need not refer to it at length here. There is one feature of the question, how ever, which we think has not been sufficiently brought out. It is quite possible to dis tinguish .between the financial and adminis" trative provisions of the Government pro posals. If the Government is in a position to pay these endowments during the ensuing year, there is ho obstacle in the way of pay ment even without the abolitionparfc of their proposals becoming law this session. Their appropriation for provincial services, apart;

irom tnese giants/i^aßlMgea^^resent Let the meeting accept their money in the meantime, and their law after they have seen whether it will be to their advantage. It will be an everlasting disgrace to the people of this province if they pursue any course calculated to obstruct Sir George Grey in the battle he is fighting for our right3-if they sell their birthright to the South for a mess of pottage. We would suggest for adoption by the meet, ing to-night the following resolution, which sufficiently affirms the principles of local self-Government and endowment without committing the people to an endorsement of an infamons injustice to this part of the colony which Has steadily depressed Auck land ever since the memorable year of 1856 :— '■' ■ 'i'ad.'ftll »• .■,•■'*■;:■-■ vrvr ;.,» Xf.i/?,C'l''? s'>».?-.S?f^ ' A- ■' 'i "■-.! ■■. ■ • ~'■' '■'. . ™ Wv -1 M ' ■'■"'', *>;■>. '■':;< i' ! »*• ■ • ' ' ''<* . ■-, -v^/1' '• •

] A very good thing appears in the Cross this morning in a sub-leader contrasting the prosperity of Victoria with that of New Zealand, which is attributed by our contem porary to the Shire Council and Highway Board system. If, argues our contemporary, this has done so much for Victoria, " may we not reasonably hope that similar results will flow frora the adaptation of a like policy to New Zealand." Now, for the last five years, is it not a fact that, session after^session we have had Mr' Vogel in his financial statements adducing elaborate calculations to shew that New Zealand is by far the most prosperous colony in Australasia Appended to Major Atkinson's financial statement; this year we again have Mr Vogel's table re-produced shewing that whereas, while the exports of produce firm Victoria are equal only to £12 19=) 2d per head thoseof JSew Zealandamouutto £17 9s yd,and this on the basis of a seven years' calculation. If our contemporary is right, and Victoria is, in proportion to population, a larger producer than JMew Zealand, Mr Vogel's statement must be wrong. But (continues our contem porary) look to New South Wales : see how Victoria has lefc that colony behind, and mark the proof of our arguments. Will the Cross inform us wherein the system of Go vernment in New Bouth Wales differs from that which it advocates as the panacea for all our ills ? We really do not know whether to attiibute these silly statements to ignor ance on the part of the writer, or a presumption by him of his ability to impose upon the ignorance and want of thought among his readers ; but either sup position is not calculated to call forth any great feeling of admiration. The system of Government in Victoria, as everyone knows who knows anything of the subject, has been to concentrate population in great cities, and leave the laud to ruuholders. Nearly one third of the entire population of the colony live in Melbourne ; Ballarat, Sandhurst, and

other cities also contain large quotas of the drones of the colonial population. 'J ho total exports of produce from. Victoria, shewn by Mr Vogel's table on the basis of a seven year average amounted to £9,433,103, of which £9,322,123 were gold and wool; the agri cultural produce expoited from that colony yearly was £100,918 while New Zealand with its small population exported £152,101 in addition to its £1,859,838 wool. The system of Government in Victoria thus tended steadily to crush the true agricul turalist and elevate the squatter. In 1807 — seven years ago—Victoria exported £122,912 worth of agricultural produce and in ISGS, £194,350 but in 1873 the export fallen to £91,982. The Cross has suggested this com parison as applicable to the present situation ; let the intelligent reader say what these figures, given on the authority of Mr Vogel, tend to prove. The true secret of Victorian progress is not its Government but its gold, which forms more than half its gross exports. So dissatisfied are the true in dustrial classes with the Government that repeated threats have been made of a large emigration from thence to New Zealand.

We would draw the special attention of Farnell electors to the announcement in an other column that their meeting to consider the abolition proposals has been, severed from the one at Newmarket to-night, and will be held in the Parnell Hall on Wednesday. To the Editor : Sir, —Will you allow me through the "medium of your valuable paper to return my sincere thanks to my fellow tradesmen coachmakers who so liberally sub-

scribed for my benefit on Saturday last ; and also his Worship the Mayor and to other

benevolent friends who have assisted me. I am, &c, G. Pate.

The business of the District Court, which had been accumulating for some time, was unusually heavy this morning. On taking his seat, Mr Fenton informed the Court that he only acted temporary until the appoint ment of aDistrict Judge in the place of the late Mr Beckham. The meeting of the members of the Accli matisation Society called for to-day lapsed for want of a quorum, Mr. James iiurtt and the Secretary being the only persons present. Mr. Firth was prevented from attending through indisposition, and other members being at Wellington. " Industry Versus Genius." Such is the title of the debate which will occupy the attention and bring out the literary and oratorical abilities of the members of at.

James' Mutual Improvement Association,

From such an extensive and interesting sub ject we would auger a very good discussion and also a good attendance. The meeting commences at half-past seven, and visitors are cordially invited.

The latest story from Howick, relates to a great mistake made by an old dame who had made up her mind to ride by train from Ellerslie into Auckland. Arriving a few minutes too late to catch the same, she sat by the wayside waiting for it. The day was bright and warm, and our elderly friend was exceeding tired. She was not what is com .monly termed a tea-drinker, it could not therefore be traced to that mild vice, that she was very drowsy ; she fell asleep never theless, and woke to hear the clatter and noise of a train which drew up at the station. Without a thought as to the destination of the train, the old dame hurriedly rushed into it, which moved off en route for Onehunga.

To the Editor : Sir, —As the annual meet ing of the Resjatta Committee is to be held on Tuesday evening, I would suggest, through the medium of your valuable paper, that one or two races be set apart, next Regatta for youths under twenty-one year of age. Now, as we have three rowing clubs in the vicinity of Auckland, with a goodly proportion of the rising generation, I feel confident that nothing would do more good for this most manly of sports than to cause a spirit of ri valry between the clubs. Hoping that the incoming committee will think well of this suggestion, and let us see at the forthcoming regatta what ourcolonialyouths can do in the way of pulling.—Takapuna.

Entertainments will be given to-night and to-morrow night at the Parnell Hall of a varied character, by Mr., Mrs., and Miss Thornton, assisted by Mr William Baker and Mr Verner, of the Hibernicon Company.

The reduction of prices of admission to the Prince of Wales Theatre on Saturday

evening had the effect of filling the house. The representations to which we have daily referred were of the sain'e, remarkable and illusionary charaoteb, tricks which elude detection and Excite wonder, the entranced lady, and the beautiful fountain with its

ever-changing sparkling hues This evening a new feature will be introduced into the entertainment, viz., the Doctor's most astonishing and startling illusion, entitled " Anoetos, the Incomprehensible," which illustrates a legend of the Haiti* niountains, and has been eulogised, by thb Australian press aa a s'eeile b'eVond anything attempted by atiiy illusionist before. Another feature will be of a spiritistic nature, including the sealed packet mystery, calculated to astonish even the Davenport brothers and startle the most ardent spirits of Ai\ierica,

We havp received from Mr Kowe, the Castdrns shipping clerk, the sum of £14 18s Gd., being the total of subscriptions received

. by him on behalf of Captain Doble, late of | the cutter Hero. The list of subscribers is j lying at our office and can be inspeoted by 1 anyone who wishes to see it.

% An accident occurred on Saturday evening I on board- the Devonport, steamer, in crossing j from 'the '.North Shore to the Queen-street \ wharf, which caused a great deal of merri j ment among a group of gentlemen who had, lit w.is understood, been to a funeral. These ; gentlemen were chatting together, enjoying \ the fragrant weed, when an alarm of fire

■ was raised, and a passenger pointed to Mr ll— s' umbrella ; " Nonsense !'* Baid Mr £t —: "where." " You smoke awfully, at all events," returned the man who

had raised the alarm. At this moment a flame bursb through the umbrella close to the nosizle, -when upon opening the silken weather protector one half of it was rendered completely useless. The flame was at onoe smothered, and a round of laughter followed, ia which the unfortunately owner sorrowfully joined. The accident was caused either by a spark from the funnel or a com panion's pipe. The Alexandra correspondent of the Waikato Times gives particulars of the feast ing at the funeral of the youngest daughter of the late William Turner, beyond the con fiscated boundary, and says of the singular practice of feasting at native funerals, " It is a great pity that the natives in this part ef the country, do not take an example from the Thames people, who have determined to have no more feasting at their funerals, as they undoubtedly cause not only great trouble and expense to the friends, but fre-

quently absolute poverty, I know many

instances lately one for instance, a native named Tawhia, waa very comfortably off some four months ago, since which time he has lost bis six children by death, one after another, he and all his relations have now

not a thing to call their own. they have been

completely eaten out by their sympathizing friends. A great number of deaths at the

Kuiti from faver and diptberia the latter disease being very prevalent just now.

The Relieving Officer begs to acknowledge the receipt of £5 per Mr Wilson for Old

Men's Refuge, the gift of JEnire Nous,

Amongst the items of town talk is a recent elopement of a young medical gentlemen (writes a Melbourne correspondent) with a young heiress in the position of what, in England, we call a ward in chancery. An other inexhaustible subject is the dress and doings of two or three young women belong ing to the " wealthy iower orders," over grown tomboys of mannish taßtes, who have cut their hair short, and have donned a cos tume as nearly resembling that of men as the law will allow. These foolish young women walk and drive about, seeking to attract as much attentiont as pos sible by their uncouth dress and impudent manners; and, indeed, amongst circles of people as foolish as themselves their move ments are an engrossing subject of converaa-

tion. A singular affair lately occurred at Sandhurst, where a young woman—a bar maid—who was happy in the possession of a luxuriant head of hair, was treated in a ruffianly manner by two men, one of whom held her while the other cutoff her hair close to her head. After this had supplied Sand hurst people with talk and matter of specu lation for some time, and was well-nigh forgotten, an imbecile Presbyterian minister revived the subject last Sunday by a sermon on " Modern Hair Cutting," in which, taking as his text the shearing of the locks of Sam son, he applied this to the case of the young woman, who was a member of his congrega tion, and whom he constantly referred to as "our bereaved sister." A more idiotic instance of what has been appropriately termed " the foolishness of preaching, " it would be hard to iind in ancient or modern

times,

The return of pauperism, which was issued lately in England, shows what is the in variable course in the winter season, that the relief lists increased as tha new year advanced. At Christmas the number of in door and outdoor paupers was 750,415 ; in the first week of January the total was 757,512 ; in the second week 762,900 ; in the

third week 764,830 ; in the fourth week the

number receded about 1000, being 763,847 ; and in the fifth week 765,408 ; so that January closed with 15,000 more recipients of poor relief in England than were on the hands of the guardians at Christmas, 1874. Paupers in lunatic asy lums and vagrants are not counted in these numbers. Compared, however, with the corresponding date of 1874, the present document offers a satisfactory contrast. At the close of January last the decrease, com pared with the same week of 1874, was not much under 25,000, or 3.2 per cent. The de crease of pauperism was general throughout the divisions of the kingdom, though in one or two instance the diminution was insig nificant.— Pall Mall Gazette. Old Time first covers our heads with hair, Afterwards quietly mows them bare ; First cuts our teeth with a mighty fuss, Anon takes care that our teeth " cut" us ; First manufactures us nimble legs, And then converts them to " stiff old pegs." Coming to earth with squalls and tears, Pleasure beguiled a few brief years, Harrassed thereafter by care and doubt, Fighting- for much we might do without, Hoping and trusting for bass to come, So, in amazement, we reach the tomb.

The members of the Auckland Regatta Club, will hold their annual meeting at the club-room, Thames hotel, to-morrow evening, at half-past seven, for the election of a com-

mittee and the general business of the Club,

That useful body of men, the journeyman bakers, held a meeting on Saturday evening at the British Hotel, for the purpose of arranging for their annnal ball and supper. It was finally settled that the affair Bhall come off on the evening of the 7th September, and an acting-committee was elected.

The monthly inspection of the Victoria Rifles will be held to-morrow evening in the new drill-shed, at half-past seven o'clock. Members must appear in full dress, with arms and accoutrements. At the close of the inspection a meeting will be held at which all members are invited to be present.

The chimney of Mr George S. Graham in Grafton Road, was on fire yesterday morning about nine o'clock, but fortunately was ex tinguished before damage 'was done.

Between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday night a narrow escape from fire occurred in the house of Mrs. Herbert through the care lessness of her nurse, who in arranging the bed-clothes around the invalid, set fire to the curtains. Mr. Cadman and other neigh bours, hearing the screams of the nurse, rendered immediate assistance, and succeeded in subduing the flames before they had got too great a hold, or a large conflagration would have ensued. The wind was blowing tolerably hard at the time.

Owingjto the uncertain state of the weather the Hobson Company muster at the drill-shed instead of Head Quarters as usual for monthly inspection to-morrow evening; full dress with rifles and belts.

The Good Templars attracted a.,large audience on Saturday evening at the Young Men' 3 Christian Association, the hall being quite full. Mr Tremain occupied the chair and called upon Mr Bushcombe, who opened the proceedings with several selections on the piano. The Chairman then delivered a speech on the importance of the cause of temp'.ary in connection with human progress Mr Marson and several other members inteie3ted the audience ivith songs A young member gave a recitation. A humourous comic fcctig was well given, being a remote parody on the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. . A Suffolk poem, "The Broken Crutch," from the works of the poet Bloom field Was listened to with much attention. Several ballads, readings, and musical pieces helped to make up a very pleasant and instructive entertainment. We are glad to notice that these Saturday evenings for the people are doing good both in a moral and physical point of view, and we hope they will receive the countenance of those for whose special benefit they arefcontinued.

The performing members of the Choral Society meet this evening to practice the "Last Judgment."

We would remind our readers that owing to the last practice before the performance of Sphor's Last Judgment, taking place this evening, Mr Brown will be unable to be present at the part singing class. The usual practice will take placa on Monday next, bfiirg the commencement of the new quarter. Musical people who profess a slight know ledge of music should join this class.

The Chinese occasionally betray a fiendish ingenufty in their mode of committing capi tal crimes. A few days ago one of the native newspapers iv Shanghai reported that the body era woman had been found crucified on a shutter or doorway, floating in the river outside Woosung. The head of a man was attached to the waist of the woman's body, and both were taken to the district city of Paoshan. The ciriumstances of the crime have not been discovered, but it ia conjec tured that the poor crucified wretch had been faithless, and thab this revolting revenge had been taken by the injured husband and his friends.— London Telegraph.

Mr Walford Briggs, whose decease we re corded in Friday's issue, was interred in the Church of England Ceinetry on Saturday afternoon. The ileoeaaed gentleman was a native of Liverpool, and until the outbreak of the Civil war in the United States held a leadiDg position as a cotton merchant in JMew Orieans. The ravages of the war, however, deprived him of his fortune, and he came to this colony seven years ago, and invested a considerable sum in the various claims at the Thames then popular. For some time past hs has been a

clerk in the office of Provincial Treasurer. He .died of a pulmonary affection after a| cry short illness. Mr V. E. Mice, Mr Thomas Water*-1, and other Provincial officials at tended the funeral. The firbt part of the service was conducted in the Trinity Church, when the choir chanted ihe 39th psalm, Mr Rice presiding at the harmonium. At the grave, the choir sang the,24Bfch hymn. The Rev. Joseph Bates conducted the funeral service, arJul we have rarely heard it ren dered more effectively than on this occasion.

Liputensnt Conder, the officer in charge of the English Survey of Palestine, reports the discovery of the City and Cave of Adullum. Last year M. Clermont Ganneau found that the name " Ayd el Mieh " was given to a ruin in the " Shephelah," a low country of Judah. Further research has led to the already given conclusion. The ruiDS consist of the remains of dwellings, tombs, aqueduct?, fortifications, and wells still open. The city stands in a commanding position in tne supposed Valley of E!ah, ami was well placed as a stronghold against the Philistines. Outside of the walls are a series of caves, still inhabited, and sufficiently Urge to hold David's followers The ruin is eight miles north-east of Beit- Jibrin, which the explorers believe to be Libnah. The ancient city of Hareth is also thought to have been found in the immediate vicinity of tLe caves.

TO-NIGHT'S MEETING AT NEWMARKET!

The electors of Etten are convened to meet at the Presbyteiian school-room, to-night, to express their views on the Government pro posals. It was originally proposed that the meeting should be held in the Parnell Hall, and that the electors of Parnell should com bine with those of Eden in expressing their views, but thathalJ was found to be epgaged for to-night, and the original place of meet ing was altered without the consent of the Chairmen of the Painell md Grafton Koad Boards, who have been placed in rather a false position with the electors of those dis tricts, who naturally object to being taken out to Newmarket. Another meeting for the Parnell electors has therefore been convened for Wednesday night, in the Parnell Hall, when the first day's debate in the Assembly on the measure will be before the electors.

DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.

IN THEIR RELATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND

TO HOUSEHOLDS IK PARTICULAR,

[To the Editor of the Evening Star.] Sib, —As your columns are ever open to the cause which needs assistance, there is one that, in all probability, will commend itself to the earnest attention not only of those in authority, but especially to those whose status and whose family obligations render it im perative that they should, if possible, as upright men, endeavour to live within the means allotted to them, whatever their calling or occupation may be. Reference is chiefly made to the system of credit, as affecting the domestic and social condition of families and its bearing upon the trades man, who make 3 himself creditor to an amount unwarranted by the ordinary rules which govern a healthy state of things, as between the buyer and the seller^ !in the common acceptation of the term. It may therefore be reasonably taken for granted that all risks beyond this should be borne, as in many cases they are, by the vendors, who in course of time write them off as bad debts-; but there are exceptions to every rule, and it is to those persons who thus recklessly part with their goods that these remarks, are intended to apply. To the breadwinner for example of a family, (some times a stranger), in whose name various articles are eagerly supplied, the system is in nine cases out of ten ruinous, socially and morally ; the reasons are both obvious and manifold over these unfortunate persons. Tradesmen in general have an over whelming advantage for instance if the unsuspecting debtor refuse, or perhaps cannot pay, exposure stares him in the face--from this he shrinks, reasons known only to himself prompt reserve, and he bears in silence (as the law Implies) on his own shoulders, the sins and weaknesses of others, of the tradesman who supplies, not less than of those whose better judgment should have to right them to refrain from obtaining on such precarious terms, the result generally is this, unable to pay, the unhappy victim becomes an un willing scapegoa,t, and so sinks deeper and deeper into the mire, from which perhaps there is no escape except it be by bankruptcy or dishonour. It is for such persons that the interposition of those in authority is now sought for. It is, therefore, earnestly prayed that our Resident Magistrates on some fitting occasion and in a marked manner pronounce an opinion, one that shall dispel once for all any doubts as to the nature and extent of this class of debts, and be the means of shielding the unsuspecting and unoffending, and thus remove a canker which threatens to overthrow the peace and comfort of house holds, and of many valued and festeemed friends and —I am, £c.,^f£l3

ECONOMIST.

THE GOVERNMENT ABOLITION PROPOSALS.

TO THE ELECTORS OP PARNELL,

Gentlemen- You are called together on Wednesday to consider the so-called Abolition of the Provinces. Precluded by circumstan ces from taking part- in the meeting, allow me to draw your attention to a few ot the salient points of the Abolition Scheme as put before the Assembly. In the first place* it is needless to tell you that provincial distinctions are in no way abolished by this scheme. It merely substi tutes provincial districts, and plaeesTofficers over each district, tobenominatedlby the Gene ral Government instead of those how elected by yourselves. You are to abandon Sir George Grey for example, and to take any member of the Upper or the Lower House or any other " influential" person whom the Government may place over you. So with all the officers necessary to do the work of the provincial district of Auckland, which will still have its separate Treasary, and all its separate interests to be administered. You are to surrender the Provincial Council, and to refer al 1 your legislation in waste lands, in native lands, in goldfields matters, and on everything in Which your welfare is most deeply concerned, directly to the Assembly. You will be told that you have your representatives in the Assembly and cannot complain. I deny this in toto. Your members will, at the best, only be a small minority of the House. They are certain, souse from Honest conviction and some from interested motives, to be divided among themselves. They are elected for five years, and for that time are beyond your control. Your choice must necessarily be limited to men able to [cave their business for Wellington, or who hope to make money by doing so. At the best, when they go to Wellington they will be confronted by representatives who, with not more than a hundred constituents at their back, have equal power, an equal Voice ia the - government of the country and an equal voice in the imposition of the taxes which cannot be much longer delayed. The district of Wallace, with 103 electors, has one member. Your own district with Gl2 has but one, and New ton, with 1,139, has no more. The Upper House is purely nominal. Be wise then, and insist on these vital faults being rectified before you ban! over yourselves entirely to the tender mercies of an Assembly, whose power aud influence you will, at the same time, so largely swell Remember that the Assembly, ouce endowed with these new and great powers, mus' be left to reform itself. No other power can thcD reform it; and re member too that it can deal wiAh the repre sentation as it likes, and has already proposed to take from Auckland city one member and give him to the Waikato. Under the guise of abolishing provinces, you are asked in fact to alter the whale tone and character of your social and political life. You are asked to part with powers of self government which you now possess. Nothing is given ycu instead, and the whole un divided control of the colony will be at the command of a fow powerful wire-pullers, whom no man dare gainsay. That is the position to which, by your own act, you are asked to reduce yourselves. Bethink you well, for you will not every day have a man like Sir George Grey to fight your battles. Men in his high posi tion with his great ability, great energy, and

large sympathies are rare. It took many such men many long years to reform the Imperial Parliament and to get rid of rotten boroughs. Will it take you fewer weary years and less hard struggling to get rid of them here ? Will you be stronger for the tight by surrendering the free Provincial Go vernments, whose assiduity "in looking after local interests " the Colonial Treasurer so much deplores ? Again, gentlemen, I ask you to think over the character of the proposals now made to you. Why are they accompanied by bribes —huge, open, and palpable ? It the General Government can do so much for provincial districts, what reason is there that they should not do so much for provinces 1 It is your own money that they bribe you with. Bear that in mini. Take it with a good conscience. They dare not now refuse it, whether you accept their Abolition Bill or no. But while taking it, tell them that finance is one thing. Your constitutional privileges are another, and you will not part with them without due consideration.

A few lines will explain the finance. There was a surplus of £205,000 in hand at the beginning of the year. Instead of divid ing it among the provinces, they kept it back to be used as a wretched bribe to you. The share of Auckland—this "public scandal" as the Treasurer calls her—would have been near £50,000. How welcome would this have been last session, when your Council was devising the gum tax in its dire ex tremity. Ask yourselves what right had they to withold this £50,000 and what was their motive for doing so ?

They witheld also £41,000 from your capi tation rate to pay interest on the provincial debt. They propase now to charge this against "the future land revenue of the colony." Why do this for the provincial district when they would not do it for the province ? The grant of pound for pound to Road Board municipalities from the future land revenue is in the same category,

The grant of pound for pound from the consolidated revenue they can well afford to pay when they retain the whole of the sur plus and of the capitation allowance for this purpose.

Keeping back £91,000 in these last two sums alone, they canlwell be generous and pay pound for pound to the Koad Boards as well as grant, for the next eight months, the licenses, Ac, to them and to the City Council. The Council Treasurer will clear a good £70,000 by the transaction, putting that sum into the Colonial Treasury, but adding yearly to your provincial debt by borrowing money to pay the interest theron, and to pay half the grant of £2 for your Road Boards and Municipalities.

So much for Auckland—the public scandal. Now turn to Canterbury, the glorious ex ample of successful administration with which Auckland is contrasted by the Treasurer. Canterbury has also paid £41,000 from her capitation allowance as interest on her pro vincial debt. Within a few hundred pounds it is just the same amount as Auckland. In future this will be deducted from Canter bury's Land Fund. From the same source her road boards will be subsidised. The rest of the lands fund will be voted for works " within the Canterbury provincial district." So will the rest of the Auckland Lands Fund.

Now mark the difference. The Land Fund of Canterbury for 1574-5 was £331,000. That of Auckland wa3 eight hundred and one pound only. We surrender £41,000 in hard cash from capitation allowance, and have it replaced by money to be borrowed at our expense—until the Assembly choose to stop and begin some new system. For local works we have no Land Fund, and therefore no provision at all. Canterbury surrenders £41,000 like ourselves, but she has £290,000 made ab once available— released from all claim for railways or works of any kind paid for out of the great loans of which such an enormous proportion has been allotted to her. The total sum of which the Land Fund is thus released for all the provinces is stated by the treasurer himself at ten and a half millions. Add to this the four millions just borrowed, you have in all fourteen and a-half millions.

The interest on this fourteen and a-half mil lions, as the Treasurer tellaus himself, is under the law as it now exists chargeable to the Land Fund. It will in future be charged against the Colonial Kevenue. To that revenue Auckland—the public scandal— contributed last year £310,842 14s. Id. Canterbury, the glorious success,

contributed £259,502 2s. sd. And ontiifeP colonial revenue all the irnHraHl charges for railway?, immigration aQ( j* If that has been done since 1870, i e $ If interest and sinking fund on fourteen and W half millions [is to be imposed. I 8 jj. ** pf prising that your Superintendent should T\ H it his duty to oppose to his utmost $£&m I rious -in allocation of the loans, andOaH I" cripple his exertions ? V^'T^* m I say nothing of the £50,000 fL <l » Government save by the stoppage t I their present grant to Road Boina I I have said Enough to show v I that the whole thing is a juggle and a &»s*' I attempt to take you by surprise- aud t! I dazzle your judgment. Think over it I refect not the good things the Treaaui*! I offers to you. The money is your own. *M \ him you rejoice to hear of the financial I prosperity of the colony. Instruct yo^ 1 representative to support the propose I grants. Let the Road Boards and the C^ if porations have the money ; let them hsvi f the license fees too. Let the interest V provincial debts be charged against «..£ I future land revenue of the colony," but A> I not leave the £50,000 capitation allo\y ance I thus released, and the £16,000 still duef^ I last year's special grant at the mercy of tk I Colonial Treasury. Tejl them you p re f M I that this capitation and this balance of I £16,000 should be paid for another year to I the province of Auckland ; that you wfli I take that time to think over the very gt aTe I Constitutional changes now proposed. They I have told you the money is there and they dare not refuse it, for" that would prove too I clearly that it is only a bribe of the basest I kind, designed for some sinister purpose and 1 not for the good of the people. Take % money, it h your own. But at the gams time let them see that you are not deluded, ■ and that you will not be- made a still greater "public scandal" so long as you have brains to see injustice aud strength to resent Inßnlfc and indignity.—l am, &c, An Sector.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beotham, and C. N. M«. shall, Esquires, J.P.'a.) /; NIGHT CHARGES.

James Palmer, Elizabeth Deedrick, J no , Whitside, Archibald Gregg, Mary Long (with, a baby), and Dickey Wash tub, pleaded guilty to being drunk, and received tkeuaual pueishment

DU3KY ROWDIES. Henri Tuhau, a Maori, was brought up for being drunk and disorderly. Mr Brown, the Interpreter, having been sworn, Constable Mulville deposed that the aacused was making a row in Queen-street on Saturday night. When he first saw.fee prisoner he was in Moyle's hotel, wanting to tight. He had been kicking up a shindy in the street. Constable o'E.ielly corroborated this eyi. dence. There were about fifty people at sembled in consequence of the disturbance. The prisoner said he was only drank; fa did not make a noise or fiaht. Fined 20s and costs, or 48 hours' imprison ment.

ANOTHER,

Hemi Tura, another Maori, was similarly | charged. This fellow caused great amusement [ by pretending to be very deaf. In vain didMr [■ Brown shout the charge into his dusky ear. [ He simply put on a bland inquiring Bmile, and ejaculated the Maori " Eh. ?" This lasted for some time, till at last, when the inter preter was nearly hoarse, the meaning wm conveyed to the deep seated intelligence tof the accused, and he pleaded guilty to this charge, and also to damaging the uniform ' trousers and jacket of Constable "O'Keilly, giving as his excuse that he was very drunk. Prisoner was fined 403. and coßts, and or dered to pay the amount of the damage, A LOAFER. John Wilson, an idle and dissolute fellow well-known to the police as a regular loafer received a sentence of one year's imprison- ment from their Worships on a charge.of, being found by night on a citizen's premises without lawful excuse. ; -i WITHDRAWN. Henry Campbell, who was arrested as a vagrant on Saturday, was brought up tHs morning, and discharged on the understand ing that he would get to work as soon as possible. CHARGE OF PERJURY. Harriet Podesta, the woman who gave evidence in the case involving a charge of breach of the Licensing Act against Mr; Evans of the Pacific Hotel, on the 6thinst.J. was brought up charged with having, in the course of her evidence in that case, commit ted wilful and corrupt perjury in stating that she had no alcoholic liquor supplied to her in the Pacific Hotel, on Sunday the Ist inst. Joseph Cunningham, clerk of the Court, deposed that he was attending to his duties on the day in question, when the charge j against Mr. Evans was heard. He took ( notes of the evidence which the ac cused gave after being sworn in the nsntl ■ way, (Mr. Cunningham here read hta notes which were taken down by the bench. As they were in effect published in the report of the case contained in Friday's Star there is no necessity to re-ptrodnce them here-)r The prisoner-at this stage, being asked if she had anything to say, said she pleaded "guilty j" at the same time holding her face in her hands and looking very peniten£ Her admission caused some sensationinthe ( court which was crowded. Mr. Cunning ham's evidence having been attested and the pleading of the prisoner duly taken note of, William Alexander was called, and de^ posed that he was a qnarryman, residing u» .Russell-street, Newton. On Sunday even ing, the Ist, he was in Queen-street wrtji.;- .". Peter, Brewin, Thomas Jones, and Patriot Tierney. He did not recollect seeing the | prisoner. Remembered going into the Pacino Hotel. The prisoner and Annie Absolom came in about twenty minutes after they entered the place. Recollected fotching prisoner a pint of beer. To the best of his belief, Mr Evans supplied him with «. He could not say positively. By the Court: It was a man supplied him with the beer It was rather^ dark, as the gas was turned down in the bar. He got two pints and gave one to the prisoner and one to Miss Absolom. - This was not all the accused had to drink, as Mr Brewin stood two more glasses to " the ladies" later on. All the liquor was drunk in the room where they were. About five minutes after the women came in the police effected an entrance. The glasses P" 41*;; filled were on the table at the time. Eac& of them had some liquor in front of them. t. The accused said she had no questions to ' v ask of the witness. , Peter Brewin was next called. He deposed he was also a quarryman, and resided vi Mount-street, and in the course of his en* • dence bore out the statements made by tne_ foregoing witness. He shouted for all hands Vj in the room, and as the prisoner was in tne company, she got her glass of beer. He dia not see her drink it. The beer was suppuea. by a woman. He could not say whether » was Mrs Evans, as he had not the pleasure • . of being acquainted with that lady. Patrick Tierney, another quarryman, ; , gave similar evidence. During his cvi-/ dence some amusement was caused by the witness, on being asked if he recollected the prisoner, turning to her and giving her an r. affectionate nod of recognition, which was returned. He did not " shout " himself, but i. Alexander and Brewin did. He saw Harriet drink her "pint." . , '-■■■'- This was the case, and the prisoner, wno, said she had no statement to make, was fully - committed for trial for perjury at the next Criminal Sessions. . . » Annie Absolom was then placed in.the dock, and similarly charged. "~T . The evidence in this case was exactly. *!>*_„ same as in the foregoing case, arid simiJ aJ#sw resulted in the accused being committed hSw* trial. .'. (gf~: This was all the business. , $*' ''■



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