SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

E&xaH WATER—TIiIn afternoon, 014 j to>snoi?ow Baewnng, !) 3(5 , BTO SM'-Thls evening, 5135 BUN RISSS~-To moTrow horning, Cl? MOON'S AGUs—First quarter, Snd, 3.51 am

ARRIVALS.

IJlanche, schooner, Young', from Kavotonga .'3ea Rip, brlgantino, from Sydhey

DEPARTURES

.Southern Dross, s?, for Napier

IMPORTS.

Par Blanoho from Earotonpra: 21 tons Hmejulce, 0 'tuns cocnanut of), 65 hardwood knees, 10,000 oranges, '2000 cocoanuts —Owen and Graham, agents. Per Sea Sip, from Sydney—Boo felloes, 6CO spokes, E. Pnrtorand Co. lfifi boxes candles, Barnett find levy. 500 cases treneva, O»cn and Graham, f-Per Sea Rip, from Sydney.—soo felloes, nOOspolfes, 840 gunnies sugar, 3qr cislrs tr«acle, 40 bslea oakum, 2 ensks, 1 spring cart, 33 beams hard-wood, 166 boxes candles, COO cases gem-va, 10 boxes tea, 45 half-chests tea, 12 pifces stone, 5 hhds. brandy, 10 qr. casks brandy, 11 pnebages morchaodize, 2 case-; do.—<T. S. M!if;farlann and Co, Agents.

EXPORT.

Per Piei'y Crew, for Sydney—lß,olßft timber.

ARRIVAL OF THE BLANCHE.

The schooner Blanche arrived from JRarotonga yes tardav fivening after a three-months' absence among the Hervcy Group. She bring* a«cirgo of lime.iuice, oil, oraneerf, etc. ft wili be seen by (Japtain Young's report that the hurrioano which swept tho South Pacific at tho end of Febuwy was felt at Karotonga. The outward run was rot remarkable moderate and fair weather being experienced. After filling up with carpo—-Left Rarotong-i on March 12, and had strong BE winds till in the neighbourhood of French Rock, •which was on tho 18th ; since then had a continued series of SW ana southe'ly Rales, alternated with <r,alms, and winding up wi'h ft very heavy blow from the SK on tho 20th On the 2?, rd sighted a barque, a whaler, standing tho smnj way as onrflolves. Had a vary heavy ntorm in Rarot^ngiV about the end of February. Tho Venus of Tahiti, was in the harbour at the time, and parted'her moorings. Sho wns secured again, however, without much d image, hay- Inst knocked off a piece nf false keel and somo copper. Too much praisn cannot b« accorded to the Rev Jus Chalmnra, the mi*siorm*y there. No sooner did ho hear of tho vessel's distrcs< ihun he levied a large number of the natives, and, accompanied by the Queen's husband, went to her assistance, himself up tohtsneckin Ue surf, rnoouvftfting. directing, haullntr, gettin? nut cha'.ns j.nd ropes to secure her agiin. They were over three honrs in the water Hud it not been for his efficient services tha vessel, in all probability, would havo been seriously injured, if not tnt'illy losf. The Coronet, which left Auckland for Tahiti and Rarotorgi, had not arrived at tho Litter port when the Blanche left.

A RAPID PASSAGE.

The White Star steamer G-mnanic, Captain Ken- Medy, from Ntw York February S for Liverpool, arrived ftt Qneenstowc 'February 13. Her captain reported that ho passed Sandy Hoo* Februire 5 at 3 28 pm, and arrivfid at Queenstown at 10 30 a m on the ISth, making the voyage in 7 day 310 hours and 2 minutes npoaient time. Tho deduction of 4 hours 22 minutes for the difference of time leaves 7 days 14 hours 40 minutes as tho actual time of the voyage, which is claimed to be the quickest passage acros3 tho Atlantic that has ever bsen made.

The work of enrolling a crew for the mission vessel Southern Cross was to-day. Ths vessel sails on Saturday. The bvrquo Edinburgh Ca«tle cleared out in bal last fcr Valparaiso to-day. She ii to sail at once The schooner Fiery Crosq left Onehunga yesterday for Sydney with a cars ' of timber. The ss Southern Cross left yesterday evening for Napier with a general carpo r.-rt the following passengers:—Mrs Green and 2 children, Mijs Lydia Howards and troupe, A San Francisco exchange pay.?:—"lt ii quite likoly that the Colorado will bo substituted for the City of New Yoik 0:1 tho China trip. March 1 ; and that either the City of New York or the Citj of Sydney will be sent to Panama." Ts appears from this that tho two Cities are not at present to be reaorvert for the Pacific mail service.

The brigantincSen Kip arrived yesterday ovenntg from Sydney with a general cargo. She left Sydney on the 16th, and haa made a good passage or 12 days. PasseDgers—Mr and Mrs Chynoy, Mrs Dunn and child, Miss MeCauley, Mr Walker, Mrs Smith.

COMMERCIAL.

Me;srs E. and H. Isaacs held a large sale of assorted brushwaro this morning. Eigh teen cases wire disposed of consisting of bass and hair broom head?, scrubbing, shoe, hair, nail, and hearth brushes. The attendance was good, but the prices realized were any thing-but satisfactory to the exporter, the quantity being too large to force into a small market.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND

Mails will Ci>oaa as follows:— For Thames tbli day at GSO p m For Coromsnclol on Fri'lay at 10 20 a m For "Waiwera, Mahurangi, Te Arai, Matakana, &c,

per Anne Milbank, to-morrrw at 10 am For Chatham Islands, per .Agnes, on Friday next at

2 pit For Taranaki, Southern provides, ar>d Australian

colonies on' Saturday, Ist proximo, at 10 30 a m For l^orfolk Island, pei- Southern Cross, on Satur-

day next, at 10 am ForOpotiki, per ss Staffa, on Saturday next, at 12

noia For Tonga and Samoa, por Vision, on Tuesday next at 11 a m |^(Signed) S. B. 8138, Chief Postmaster. 3

DEATH.

lIOWATID—O.i M?rch 29, at 'Willlam-street We^t, Auckland, Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. Samuel Howard.

The funeral will leuve a little before IS o'clock on Friday, 31st inst. Friends aro invited to attend.

STUART—On tlio 291h instant, at tho rcsitlonce of liov Bon-in-law, Mr. K. Biefeson, Ponsonby Road, Mrs. Stuart, n£*d (58 yours, widow of the late John Shiivfc, Hay of Islands. Tlio funeral will lcavo to-morrow, tho 30th inst., at 4 o'clock p.m.

PATTERSON—On March 28, Mrs. Mary Patterson, aged 50 yr-ars. The funeral will leave her late residence, Cook strept, to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 o'clock. Frionds please accept this invitation.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1876

For the cause that lacks assistance, I-V.- the wroug tiiat necik ro!,ii,ta.ico, for the future in the distance. Ai:.! !•!» irood Ihat we can do.

Ttie " Colonial Journal " is on the shallows. We yestercley gave from our Special at Wellington a report of the annual meet ing of shareholders of the New Zea land Times. That report is edify ing. The Colonial Journal, which was to have been the emblem and. the organ of the new order of things, and which wa3 to have represented, not Wellington, but New Zealand, has been coming to grief at the rate of a loaa of £1000 a year. In ita two years' duration it has sunk £2000, and in the true spirit of the policy of which it is the organ, the Chairman stated that " the concern was so far successfully carried on," and " there was no lack of conSdence in the concern, quite the contrary." There are few who will fail to learn the proper lesson from bhis utter failure to establish a " Colonial Journal," for amid all the cock-a-doodle-doo, this at least is owned, the chairman admit ting that " the directors had been mistaken in their idea as regards making the Times a Colonial Journal." Now the very same in superable obstacles which have prevented this, stand in the way of Centralism itself. There is no one centre in New Zealand, and any idea to govern from one imaginary centre will be juat as futile as to suppose one journal capable of representing popular opi nion throughout the colony, During its whole brief career the so-called New Zea land Times has never been equal to the Gross or Herald in Auckland, the Lyttelton Times or Press in Christchurch, nor the Times or Guardian in Dunedin. To speak of its hav ing exercised any influence in those three centres, each of which is more important than Wellington, is of course laughable. In a cheery spirit which ia deserving of all admiration, one of the directors speaks of the present financial troubles of the chief Government organ as nothing. He "in stanced the trials some of the leading papers of the colony had borne, and how after their struggles they stood now, not only solvent, but really excellent financial speculations." But he forgot to say what brought them safety, and that they had to pass through either the Court of Bankruptcy or the auction mart before they became " really excellent financial speculations." Let the Times, with the proud title of " New Zea land," go and do likewise. Let it follow in the steps of its brother the Otago Guardian. Let some decent fellow go in and buy it up, fumigate its type and presses with the fumes of burning brimstone, so as to eliminote every vestige of political corruption and Centralist infection, and let the Times go in honestly for the interests of the people. Then and not till then will it be come " not only solvent, but a really excel lent financial speculation."

We admit there is much to be said against tho administration of Government in New Zealand. But there willbe few in the Colony who will sympathise with the vile and malicious misrepresentations contained in a letter sent from New Zealand and published

in a home paper, which we ropubliah in another column. Such letters always emanate from men who are themselves a mistake, and show the pictures presented to their own jaundiced eye. That there are trials and Bufferings and disappointments in New Zealand, none will question. But everything considered and compared with the hard lives of the working classes generally at home, hard work, hard fare, and poor pay, there will be few if any fair and truth speaking men, who will not admit that in present and prospective advantages New Zealand is very heaven on earth as com pared with the position of the teeming, struggling, starving millions of the old countries. We have our growl occasionally about this " precious country," but we don't mean the half of it, and we certainly don't feel—any of us—disposed to allow such statements as those of Mr Grant to go unchallenged. From the leading article in the same paper in winch his letter appeared, it will be Qoen thr.t the letter, even of such a writer, can be availed of by people far away who know him not, and wish us ill. To those who know Mr G-rant, his past history and his present position, it is amusing to Mad the "able editor " referring to him as a ''scholar and a gentleman ; First Rector of the High School of Otago, and the friend of the work ing classes," and adding that "so long an our correspondents were artisans some people were unkind enough to nay that they wevo wanting in tmfch," but now the " First Rector,•' &c. If the " .ible editor " Raw the litfclo squab " First Rector " pacing up and down the footpath of LMnceVstreet, Dune din, selling his litfclo pamphlets ; if he conversed with him fur five minutes, and heard him express himself in one unvarying tone respecting all his fellow oitizons, good and bad, high and low, rich and poor, and characterising them all indiscriminately without any distinction whatever, by the most degrading and offensive epithets ; if he enquired among the " working classes " and found, as he would, that J. G. S. Grant's name is a bye-word ; if he enquired into the history of his connection with the High School in days long gone, and found that thn temporary connection was formed in error ( and that it was immediately severed when the man was found to be crazy ; and if he found, as he would find, that J. G. S. Grant is entirely played out, and an outcast in Otago, then he would—not indeed admit that be had made a fool of himself, for " able editors " never admit themselves mistaken—but he would, wo think, feel a little small, even, although, as in duty bound, he would sill 1 defend the letter of the " First Sector " as an entirely reliable statement of " The Real State of New Zealand."

The report on tlio Newmarket slaughter house which appeared in our columns on Saturday last has, wo aro pleased to see, opened people's eyoa to the fact that they have almost in their very midst a public institution conducted under Government d spection, and yet carried on in such an abominable manner as to render it a disgrace to our civilization. It may he said without a word of exaggeration, that ro long as the present slaughter - house remains in its present condition every consumer who by silenoo shows himself content with the manner his food 13 prepared there, convicts himself of being an accessory to filthiness and inhumanity of the grossest description. The letter signed " A Butcher " which appears in our columns tonight opens up another view of this subject. The butchois themselves are the most anxioufl for reform. They are not necessarily ouel persons as some people think, neither are they fond of wading up to their knees in dirt while they aro at work. We havo known and now know butchers who would not wantonly hurt a fly, while as for cleanliness, who bo par ticular as a butcher in displaying his goods in perfect trim, and in having his shop nicely swept, and everything in apple-pie order ? The butchers would be only too glad to have things altered, but they have tried unsuccessfully bo long that they are tired out. Our correspondent advocates permission being given to butchers to build private slaughter-houses of their own to be under the inspection of the police. The principle of private slaughter-houseg has been very generally and in our opinion justly condemned. And it is worth while in passing to Dote the grounds upon which it is condemned. It ■is thought that buildings of the kind are so important, from a ■sanatory aspect,' that they require in creasing vigilance on the part of the inspec tor ; and so if they wera scattered about the work of inspection would ba difficult, if not practically impossible, unless at a very great expense. Hence the conclusion in favor of a central depot, such as We have [in Sydney and in many other large cities, in which the inspector can easily keep his eye over the whole, and report at once where reform is needed. But what is the result of this consolidation at Newmarket ? Owing to the [totally inadequate size of the ac commodation provided, the first principles of humanity and cleanliness are necessarily violated day after day, and the Inspector draws his salary and looks on with in difference. The object in fact of the system is altogether missed. So.it comes to this. What is the use of continuing it ? It is no good telling the butchers and the public year after year, as they have been told, that a new site will be obtained at once, and a new slaughter house built. (A motion for the removal of the Newmarket slaughter-house was tabled in the very first meeting of the Provincial Council nearly thirty yaars ago, and a similar motion has been tabled nearly every session since.) The incubus is evidently aa firmly seated as a nightmare giant. The Provincial Government must grant private licenses for temporary buildings with proper surveillance and moderate fees, and lfc Would be insulting respectable tradesmen for us to vouch for the establishments being conducted fifty times better than the Newmarket filth-hole.

We learn that the Sanitory Inspector has been aware for some time that some very dirty persons, residing close to the corner of Princess-street and Waterloo Quadrant, have been in the habit of depositing excrement in paper, evidently thrown on the pathway in Waterloo Quadrant, to the great annoyance of residents in the neighbourhood and per sons passing. We believe a watch will be set to discover the filthy perpetrators, and failing discovery a liberal reward will be offered by the Sanitory Inspector, and we trust the dirty persons will be promptly discovered and duly punished for such a want of common decency, particularly with so much dangerous sickness now in the city.

The adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of Clement Witheford, a bankrupt, of Parnell, was held to-day in Mr Macffarlane's offices. Five creditors were present, three of whom voted for the liquidation in the estate, and two voted against it. The resolution was lost a3 the two creditors were in the majority in value. The bankrupt's liabilities were set down at £266,^AsBets nil.

The Victoria, Hobson, and Scottish Volun teer companies underwent their annual inspection parades last evening in tho drnl shed, under the supervision of Major Gordon.

As a1 caution to offenders against the by laws, we may state that two persons were summoned to appear yesterday at the Court of Petty Sessions, and were fined 5s each for the offence, and 5s each for their absence or contempt of Court. We learn that in similar cases this polioy will in future be continued.

Wo learn from an American source that, the President of the United States is likely soon to extend his protectorate, if not to un furl his flag, over sundry fair patches of land in tho South Seas. Nineteen degrees re moved from the Equator, and some hundred and twenty miles from Tahiti, four islands gem the waves. They are known respec tively as Huehino, Rietea, Tahaa, and Borabora. They are picturesque to amirn fton, fruitful to excess. The fields are emerald green there all the year round, splendid notton grows in riotous wildnoss, the cocoa-nut tree and the coffee plant are abundant, and dense forests of precious woods checker the soil. Ihe climate is healthy in those isles of the blest, "the sea winds always acting like a fan," and the coa3ts, which are fringed ■with coral reefs of fantastic beauty, are indented with safe and cosy harbours. The natives, of whom there are twenty thousand, are good-natured, courteous, and hospitable. In short, the four kingdoms would bo perfect paradises but for oue curse—they are scourged with elephantiasis. But Brother Jonothan, who despises the jungle fever of Florida and laughs the nero vomito of Louisiana to scorn, is not to be affrighted by _ elephantiasis, lie yearns to spread civilisation among those unsophisticated natives of the South Pacific, and to awako them to the proper ap preciation of. manhood suffrage. This is how tho consummation is to be brought about One Dorrenee Atwater, a pushing young Vermonfcer, and n great pet of President Grant, is United .States consul in Tahiti, and he has taken to wife a native lady, tho P'incesß Moofcia, daughter to a "chiefess," said to bo mighty as Queen Pomaro. Indeed, her older sister, the Princess Marau, is married to the eldest son of Queen Pomare, the heir apparent to tho Tahitian Throne. Mr Atwater made three trips to the group last summer, and his august spouse leased an islet which is a dependency of Borabora, which clearly establishes the right to fling the Stars and Stripes to the wind that acts like a fan over the four kingdoms. To be sure, the four kingdoms have rulers already, and appear to get on very handily j \ m l that is tho smallest of obstacles to a really patri otic American, accustomed to the forms of diplomacy. Of course, Mr Consul Atwater's first duty, after annexing the islands, will be to consecrate the act by a plebiscitum under the safe-guard of United States Marines. If there still lurk discontent, he has only to promise to stamp out elephanti asis by Aob of Congress, and all factious opposition will be laid.— London Times.

One of the moat striking features that have arisen up to arrest tho eye in Newton, is tho very loftly flaastaff, brought in from Onehunga, and just erected by Dr Purchase at hits residence along aide the

Newton Academy, in Karangahape road. The flagstaff is between sixty and seventy feet high, and the flag which was this morn ing unfoiled to the breeze for the first time, is a most conspicuous feature in the landscape. The commanding situation and the height of the pole make the flag visible from any por tion of tho district for miles around.

The interesting telegram from Wellington on the meeting cf tho New Zealand Times (J.<mpany> which appeared in onr issue of list night, was placed among the Press Agency telegrams by mistake. It should havo been headed "From our own Correspondent."

Prom a Chinese paper to hand wo notice that Mfi'llo Jennie Clans the violinste, and Mr J. Rekel, who have been performing in Efongkong are shortly to leave for San Fran cisco.

An accident occurred yesterday afternoon in Kyber Pass Road. Mr Cutler and his son were driving in an express cart past Scc combe's Brewery when the reins broke, and tho horse swerving to the side of the road brought one of the wheels in contact with a tree and, the confequence was the vehicle and'occupants came to grief. Neither was dangerously injured, but the lad was severely cut about the face ; he was taken into Mr Taite's the chemist'a and his wounds attended to, after which ho was conveyed hoiflo.

Tke annual meeting of the members of the Auckland football club will bo hold to morrow evening in tho Alexandra Hotel, at eight o'clock, for spenial business.

Ecv. Mr Hinton last evening at Ponsonby displayed an amount of jovialty and fun, which some might think unbecoming in a miufster of the gospel, and literally, in theatrical phrase " brought down the house." The reverend gentleman himself was quite overcome with the joyousness of his own feelings, and, recovering himself, roferred to his experiences in tho colonies. He was par ticularly struck with tho number of tea mcfitings here — hehad been to seven in seven weeks ; teameeting3 were quite an institution in the colonies, but they were incomplete ; they had plenty of flowers but no fruits (Plenty of strawberries and peaches grunted an urchin.) He was delighted with the beauti ful gardens of the people, and was surprised to see Maories at the Thames riding in omnibuses, barefoot, but driven by respect able Europeans, (plenty of shoemakers too, groaned the urchin, over 600 in Auckland). What he meant was, that whilo splendid congou and all sorts of nice things were pro vided at their tea*meetings, they were not fruit-bearing, and at this autumnal season, he would specially recommend that there should be fruit in the shape of collections ; the kind of fruit that built and lined their chapels. He would try an experiment with paper and pencil, and solicit the names and donations of persons present. This scheme was not fruit bearing, and it was decided that the anti quated custom of sending round the plate should be tried. Mr Carey Brown, a young man of industrious habits, immediately took up a plate and presented it to the reporters (Urchin : reporters don't dubb up, do they ?) The Chairman' gently corrected Mr Carey Brown, who immediately turned to the audience. Immediately there was a fumbling of pockets, and a look of anxiety on many faces ; others had left their purses at home. Still the revolutionary scheme, as it was termed, resulted in covering the plate with cash and paper promises and I.O.IJ's, which will eventually result in adding five pounds to the profit of the tea-meeting. The sum of ten pounds had aheady been given, in one sum of five pounds, two sums of two pounds, and a one pound note.

It must be awkward for great men when early reminiscences are revived, and forgotten friends start up in all sorts of odd placea and say all sorts of odd things. We clip the following from the London Weekly Times : —" Mr Vogel declares his belief that New Zealand is destined to pass ahead of all the colonies. Well, perhaps he is right. But what good fortune it was to Mr Vogel that New Zealand was a fact. I remember play ing poker with him at Pleasant Creek, years ago, and clearing him out. He borrowed £1 from me to take him home. He waa a rare fellow—elastic, full of hope, none of your croakers. He used to write some stinging articles for the "lncal rag ;" articles of the Carlyle strength; full of pith and energy, and I sometimes regret that his pen is lost to the Press. But between ourselves, he is an awful humbug. I don't think he belie vesin any thing, and I am pretty sure that if he could have turned his talent in this direction to profitable account in England, New Zealand would never have seen him again. As matters stand, Sir George Grey is ready for the fray."

In the Auckland Provincial Government Gazette, just issued, we notice that Thomas Baker has been appointed pound-keeper at Te Awamutu ; that Adam Laybourn, ot Fort-street, Auckland, has been appointed collector of rates for the Mangawai -High way District ; and that a number of allot ments in Auckland will be sold on the 2ud May fer the term of 90 years by the Im provement Commissioners; also that tbe premises in the Rangiaohia district, formerly used by Mr J, P. Neill, at Te Awamutu, be used as a public pound under the Impound ing Act, of 18G7. Another very old resident has passed from amongst us—Mrs Sturrt, mother-in-law to Mr. Dickaon, builder, of Ponsouby. The deceased lady arrived in the colony, and landed at the Bay of Islands about M years ago. At the Bay, she and her late husband were highly esteemed, and are still remem bered by many old settlers in this province. Mr. Stuart died nearly 30 years ago, m consequence of injuries received by him during the burning of Kororareka in 1840 Since her husband's death, coupled with what preceded it, her health has bsen greatly impaired, and for the past 10 years she has never been able to leave her home, or take exercise, unless assisted. She was a pattern for meekness and resignations. She was an extreme sufferer, yet never seemed to com- I plain much. Her spirit was always borne upward, in hope of a happy release. She was conscious to the last. Her end was peaceful. Death put a period to her intense sufferings this morning at S o'clock.

We have to acknowledge £1 for Mrs Wright from " a Stranger."

Lieutenant-Colonel Trimble, who came out from Liverpool last year by the Dunedin, is settled at New Plymouth upon some land which ho purchased, and has added mission ary to his farming enterprises. The col«nel was a man of mark in Liverpool, and a series of letters from his pen is in course of publi cation in tho Liverpool Daily Pout respecting Now Zealand generally, and the rnaories are attracting coneiderabJe attention. The colonel seem 3to be in favour of Now Zealand and its prospects, and describes his homo as somewhat; primitive. His letters will possi bly have the effort of inducing members to leave the shadows 0* the old land for the suushiuo of tho new.

SUPREME COURT.—THIS DAY. IN BANCO.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Gillies.)

TAP'J' V. VVP.Cn \H

The particulars of this case were heard last Court day, when His Honor promised to con sider the matter.

Mr Brookfield having restated the parti culars of the cans, and quoted a number of similar canes almost analogous, His I f.onour thought the bill ought to be amended, as there were numerous difficulties in the way. . Mr Brookfiold said he was quite aware of this. His Honor finally decided that the bill should bo amended by ordering it to be stated whether or not there was any other issue of the testator so as to decide whether or not it was necessary to join them as parties to the suit. He would in the mean time conßult a number of valuable authorities, ttVVJIOL'A V. MEYER. In this action on the application of Mr Meyer, the rule was enlarged.

STARTLING NEWS

CIVIL WAR IN TUANAKT

Our correspondent writes :— A civil war has broken out in this island, and a great battle has boon fought. A party of tho wise men of tho oountry havo been laying their heada together and discovered that tho existing order of things is altogether wrong. That the King has no business to govern, and that a total reform is wanted. They havo ac cordingly formed themselves into a body called the llau, and undertake to regulate everything to their own satisfaction, aud have acquired a numerous train of followers But unfortunately such is the blindness and superstition of the mass of mankind, that a still greater number retain their feeling of attachment and loyalty to the King and the constitution as it is, and refuse to accept the new doctrines consequently. Argument having failed to convince either party that tho other was right, recourse was had to blows. The army was divided. A portion took the Held on the part of the Hau under the command of Colonel Tuturu, while the re mainder, under General Patu, fought on the side of the King. They met oil either side of a very extensive taro path, tho banks of which being covered with a dense growth of booro, hybiscus, and other bush afforded ex cellent cover. The engagement commenced on the part of the Hau's, who, according to their reforming principle, adopted a new system of tactics, which was to frighten the enemy if possible, but not to expose them selves, bo they fired off all their guns at once ; it made a horrible noise, but as noth ing suffered but the hybiscus, which lost a few leaves and blossoms ; it did not have the desired effect. Tho royal party were not slow to answer the challenge, and a heavy firing ensued, which effected great slaughter on the leaves and small branches, until the ammunition being exhausted, it became necessaryV to change the system of attack. The royalists maintained a firm front on their side, and Colonel Tuturu, now that there was no more powder, determined to make a bold charge and drive them from their position. Accordingly r.t the head of his men, he leaped fearlessly into the taro swamp, bnt alas, had not proceeded many yards when he found he had miscalculated ;the strength of the mud, and was engulphed above his knees ; it required the united exer tions of a number of his men to extricate him. Nothing daunted however; he tried it again in a different place. In the mean time General Patu, taking advantage of the confusion in the enemy's ranks, left a body of his men to mask his front and oppose their landing, and making a masterly and rapid detour round the edge, attacked and captured his enemy's camp without the loss of a single man. A loud shout of triumph announced this success, and Colonel Tuturu finding the day going against him withdrew his forces in the best possible manner. A day or two after the battle, your cor respondent was waited on by a deputation from both parties, with a request that he would, procure them a supply of powder, as they very justly observed they could not fight without powder, as there was no fun in it, they could not make a noise, and offering fabulous prices for it. Your correspondent received the deputation very politely, and endeavoured to explain to them that his busi ness transactions lay with New Zealand, and that the New Zealand Government, in its parental care and loving kindness for the aboriginals, had prohibited the exportation of powder for fear it might get into naughty or foolish hands,- and somebody might be hurt by it. They could not appreciate the beauty of your correspondent's explanation, how ever, and the members of one party sug gested that they wanted the Hau in New Zealand. Your correspondent told them they had had too much there already, for they had the Hauhau, at which they laughed, but yet were not satisfied. The other party seemed to consider it a bad thins; and an abuse of power, and grumbled excessively, but were somewhat pacified when told that if they only waited the advent of a Sydney vessel, they could set all they wanted. In the meantime hostilities have eased'pro. tern. Should any further outbreak occur, your , correspondent will take the earliest oppor tunity of furnishing you with particulars. i

THE NEWMARKET SLAUGHTER HOUSE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) I was glad to see your description of the Newmarket Slaughter-house in last Satur day's issue. Taking your report as a whole it was pretty correct. Four years ago, when Mr GilHo3 was Superintendent, I, along with nearly all the butchers in Auckland, signed and presented a petition to his honor, praying for the erection of suitable Slaughter houses for the accommodation of the trade. Accompanying which, there was a repot t on the then delapidated Bheds somewhat similar to your reporb of last Saturday. His honor in reply intimated that the present Rite occupied by the Slaughter -house would be required by the railway ; but that the Pro vincial Government were in treaty for a piece of ground on the opposite side of the railway from the present site, and that as they had completed the purchase they would commence to erect good substantial Slaughter houses forthwith. Of course wo thanked his honorand withdrew. SincethaHimetothepre sent (four years this month) there has been nothing done to remedy the existing evil. J understand since, that the ground was bought by the Provincial Government for the pur pose of erecting public Slaughter-houses, and since been abandoned, through the people of Newmarket representing the Slaughter-houses as a nuisance, and so 1 agree with them,if the new Slaughter-houses were to be erected or constructed on the same principal as the old. But why not have good substantial buildings of Milestone (scoria) and asphalted or paved right through, with good drainage, and a plentiful supply of water, and make the buildings an ornament to Newmarket or even Queen-street, and be a much less nuisance than the back yards of those people that talk so much about it, butdon'tnhow how the evil is to be abolished. The Provincial Government, some time since, intimated that they had not sufficient funds for the erection of premises as had been suggested, and yet they could pocket about; twelve hundred pounds per annum, raised as a tax on meat Consumed by the people of Auckland, which is a disgrace ; no other province being similarly situated in New Zealand. But if the Government really have no means of erecting suitable Slaughter houses near town, let them show that they don't want to tax the people's meat, by granting a license to every butcher that will put up "a suitable Slaughter-house < outside the town boundary, at a mere nominal fee, say one pound a year (instead of which I as a praalt butcher pay seventy pounds a year for the miserable accomodation afforded at the present time), and let the Slaughter houses be subject to a Government Inspector (which should be one of the mounted police) to visit all the different places every day to inspect the books of .the Slaughter-houses, and the different brands of the cattle killed, as a prevention against stolen cattle, and also see that the different premises are kept in proper order, and those butchers that did not keep their places clean be sub ject ito a fine or to lose their licenses. As the above is "for thewrong that needs resistance " I will leave it in your hands to keep it prominently before the public until we have redress. By inserting the above you will much oblige, yours, etc., A Butcher.

THE REAL STATE OF NEW ZEALAND.

[Under this heading the following letter appears in a home paper just to hand] :—

To tho Editor of the Belfast Kens-letter.

Sir,—An expatriated citizen of Belfast has put In my possession a copy of jour Journal of date July 3, 187.0, in which I sec a letter from a certain " P.M.," evirtmtly :i pious young ruin, who has been delndcd under false promises to emigrate to this ill-starred and remotest colony nnder the Oown. As an old colonist, and one who knows intimately ard univer sally tlie croterlo and exoteric operations Within the four corners of the so-called Britian of the Souh, I emphatically endorse "D.M.V advice to intenaiDij immigrants —" 1 would udvtse no young man to como hero " Nay, more, I would earnestly per.-.uar3e all men, young and old, and especially women, to close thr-ir rars against the siren songs of the mild agents set home from New Zealand. To the people of England, Scotland, and Iroland, I would say—Treat wilh contempt tho " exaggerated accounts of interested parties," for as J. White, who sent you "D.M.V letter, truly sail, such " ncceunts are highly coloured," anil they lead to "avl disappointments and reverses." When I survey the present demoril l/.ed condition of this colony—a colony that has im ported during the past two years 70,C00 soulr on borrowed capital—l must cordially agree with J, White's assertion, to wit—''Any young man can do as well and be more happy ia Ireland than ia Ntw Zealand " Imnodin is the only apology for a city in this colony; and hero thero are thousands on the very vtrge of starvation. Theyaio literally " dumb with an inarticulate disgust." We have imported 10,0i.0 femiile servants during the past two years, and I vorily believe that, in the nine quasi-provincial Capitals of the colony, 1000 of these have had re course to the strtcts to earn a crust of bread in tha market of shame. Wo have, as perhaps son are aware, nine provincial Parliaments, and a J'ederal Govern ment in the filthy village of Wellington. Altogether there are some 400 politicians—pothouse politicians— and 5,000 officials, for a population of 3G0.000 souls. The salaried drones live in ignorance and selfishness, as a general rule. The cream of the land has been long ago alienated. Tha country is very mountain ous, aud fit only for flocks and herds, and wilder men - men whose god is their belly, who glory in their shame, and whose political principles, like the vanes of staeples, do per petually veer wiih the varying wind of passion. interest, prejudices, avarice, and the coarsest and most odiotta selfishness The same maybe said of the one hundred rags of coionial newspapers. Ihesado not reflect in any senso whatever an impartial dispas sionate, and impersonal public opinion. They are simply the mendacious organs of worthless cliques men who have got monopolies, and who naturally wish to fluod the land with pauper immigrants. Like the horse-leech and th" jjrava, their perpetual cry is, " Givo,?gtve." A working man at home, if he has to toil hard, or to lease a farm, generally receives civility from his master or his lord ; not so here. •The British and Irish aristocracy have education, breeding aud tbe manners of gentlemen ; but a purse proud and illiteral colonhl aristocracy who can bear ? An aristocracy, did I say ? Pardon me. This year, in the colonial Parliament, an attempt was made to abolish the provincial administrations ; but they h&ve got another term's lease of life. Meanwhile, during the recess, the infatuated squatters, apd farmers, and shopkeepers, and contractors, and officials are going through a round of political dissipation, in the shape of gettlDg up banquets all over the colony to their venal members, so as to prolong tho existence of the New Zealand nonarchy Our last session of Par liament actually cost the colony £30,000 ! We are £20,000,000 in debt, aud our colonial municipalities are borrowing largely. Indeed, they in the aggregate owe some £11,000,000 over and above the colonial debt. The whole colony is one spider's web of mort gages. Bat I must pause, and not obtrude further upon your valuable time and space.—Yours very sincerely, J. G. P. Grant, First Rector of tho High School of Otsgo, and the Founder of the Eight Hours' System of Labour in Australasia. York Place, Dunedin, Otagi, tew Zealand, November 24, 1875. The following are the comments of the "able editor" of the Neios Letter on the above:— " The Be&l State of New Zealatd " is describad in a communication which we publish this morning. So long as our correspondents were artizans some people were unkind enough to say that they were wanting in truth, aud on one occasion* flat denial was given to the report we piinted in relation to the meeting of starving working men in Dunedin ; but the report was true for all ihat, and day by day we are receiving letters to that effect from decent men and women who left Belfast in summw, and who would not mis represent the colony. They were comfortable in the capital of Ulster, earning from 30s to 40s a week, according to their profession, and they were at homo inapeacable town, enjoying all the advantages of civilization; but they wero md deed to emigrate, and now they one and all confirm, the statements we made before they left our shores. They would return now if they could, and we wish we had the means of bring ing them back from tho double misfortune of tho domination of snobs and the association of savages. But. as to the letter we publish this morning-its author ia a gentleman, "First Kector of the Huh School of Ot»go," and the friend of the wording classes. He gives his name and residence. There Is no deception about the document ; and what a fear ful picture it presents of idleness, want, misery, and demoralization in New Zealand. What will be said in future to huge placards holding out tempting in ducements to domestic female servants, 10,000 of whom accepted the offer during the last two years, one-tenth having become abandoned. Men are starv ing in thousands—women in thousands are dragged down to the lowest depths of immorality, and demo ralization everywhere prevails ! Is it any wonder we warn our people against running away from homo ? Mr Grant repeats our warning, and he knows tho colony of New Zealand and its wretched condition. He confirms the statements of our correspondents, which we printed in July last, and he adds, "I would earnestly perfuade all mea, young and old, and especially women," not to leaw tho TTnittd Kingdom for New Zealand. Surely, under the circumstances, we are justified in suggesting that some member of the House of Commons should ask the Government

to inquire into tuo condition of the people whohw* emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand. We ate told that thousands there aro Btming, ana yet othe* " thousands of our countrymen are lnviteu to go and ' share in the starvation, a

Ban Francisco Mail.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN THE " HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, February 28th. In the House of Commons this evening, Mr Bia;gar,. member for County Cay.in, Ireland, asked the Govern; « meat whether the law prohibiting members of farliauitnt from being at the same time Government contractors was still in force whether the kw in question applies to Suel Canal transaction^ arid whether the Govern;, ment is prepared to enforce it in regard to Sir Nathaniel Mayer de Rothchild, one of the members for Aylcsbury. Disraeli, ia reply, said that the question belongs to the Courts and not to the House of Commons. Sir Nathaniel Eotbchild declared that he was not a partner in the house of Rothchild, Sir Henry D-ummond Wolff, member for Christchurch, having asked a question in V"! regard to the army organization of Egypt Bourke,|one of the Under Secretaries for the Foreign Department, replied, stating that the Russian General (Fadieff) would reorganize the Khedive's army, but not &a War Minister. Bourke replied to a question asked by Mr. Purnell, member for Meatb, statiog that the Government had received no communication t from the Government of the United States | regarding Edward O'Mearher Condon. Con don was not imprisoned at Spike felaud, near Queonstown, nor had he ever been hand- ■•vi' cuffed or chained The Marquis of Hartington questioned she ;; Ciovernment in regard to the Strathclyde disaster. Sir C, B. Adderley, President of ~, the Board of Trade, in reply said, inquiries 1 • respecting the "Itratholyde must be postponed -V until the conclusion of the criminal proceed* j& ings against the Captain of the Franconi. Liverpool, February 24th.—The American '' barque Adelaide arrived at Queenstown to day under jury masts. She encountered a "■. heavy gale on the 28th of January, during which she was dismasted, her boats being swept away and two seamen drowned. She drifted at the mercy of the waves until February 9th, when a Swedish barque was sighted, which gave every assistance to the crew. The Swedish captain ako gave them a quantity of provisions and water, without .„ which they must have perished. '• London. February 28.—Yesterday c veniDg ' ; the steamer Harlingen, while on the way :.,-■) from London to Rouen, struck the masts of i" • the Strnthclyde, recently Bunk in t he chan« I ne!, and sank in fifteen minutes. All on > board were saved. London, February 23rd.—6 a.m..—The1 » Times' Paris letter contains the following ; " Tae Count de Chambord has written a let » ter to Claudio Jannett, author of the book on \ 3 the United States, hostile to Bepublicanism, . He says :" I accept your book with pleasure, r I shall feel great satisfaction in following you/ y step by step in the course of the profound r study of the United States, _in which you/ 3 arrive at conclusions, meditation on which is j incumbent on every man of good faith. lam 3 always grateful to writers who, disdaining all,/? ' fear of unpopularity, find cour age to denounce as a most dreadful scourge of society, the Utopias whish hold so large a place in onr,, series of misfortunes. i, 't

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

[From " Home News," Feb. 10.]

An unfortunate lunatic, who died in the " Prestwich Asylum a short time back, seems to - have lived neither wisely nor well. A post mortem examination led to the discovery of no _ fewer than 1,841 articles in his inside, viz.:'' 1,639 shoemakers' sparables, six 4-inch cut , nails, forty % -inch cut nails, nineteen 3-inch '.}■ cut nails, eight 2 ]/ z -inch cut nails, eighteen. 2-inch cut nails, forty J^-inch cut nails, seven, cut nails, thirty-nine tacks, five brass- - nails, nine brass buttons, twenty pieces of buckles, one pin, fourteen bks of glass, ten small pebbles, three pieces of string, one piece of leather three inches long, one piece of lead four inches long, and one American pegging awl—the total, nib. iooz. \ njjf, Captain L. D. T. Prevost, brigade major of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, walked from Alder-, shot to London and back a few days ago. He. left the permanent barracks at midnight, and reached Piccadilly, a distance of thirty - five • miles, at 8.30 a.m. He left Jennyn-street at 11 a.m. on the same day, and arrived at Alder shot (by the Portsmouth and Guildford-road) at 9.50 p.m., the distance being thirty-eight miles, making a walk of seventy-three miles m twenty-one hours and fifty minutes, including v two and a-half hours in London. The ground was covered with snow at the time. Dr. dimming, in a recent sermon, stated that some time ago he preached at Balmoral on the subject of the " Communion of Saints, in Heaven?' He dwelt in his sermon on.the / doctrine that all souls in a better world would recognise those whom they had known on earth, and would find pleasure in conversing on the events which had happened to themon earth. At the close of the sermon the Queen, who was one of his hearers, thanked him ior ; , the comfort which the subject of hte discourse had afforded her. Dr. Cumming added that he felt honoured by the recognition of .so ex-, cellent a sovereign,, and he was assured oi tne, truth of his doctrine. . . It has been announced that Dr. Kenealy is about to commence a series of "religious ser vices for the people," commencing next faster. Sunday. The present difficulty is where _to: find a place in which lie can conduct the services. In the announcement referred to, which is made by the authority of Dr. Kenealy, t it is stated " The whole of our religious.system is out of joint, as is proved by the worldly conduct of the clergy generally and the clreaa fill pubiic crimes which are raging around us, not only with impunity, but even with applause. It is time the tide was stemmed, or the lures m Heaven will descend as upon Jerusalem ana the Cities of the Plain, and sweep us into des truction." _, ';. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race « fixed for Saturday, the Bth of April. ■:■ ■ The answer to Mr Bright's reckless contra diction of Lord Derby's statement, that in stead of the number of people permanency interested in the soil being 30,000, according to the assertion of Mr Mill, Mr Cobden, and Mr Bright himself, it tfould. turn out to db not 300,000, but nearer 600,000, has come in a circumstantial form which cannot do explained, away. Three years ago a motion was made by Lord Derby, the Duke * Eichmond and others, and was assentea w > by Lord Halifax, then the Lord Privy,»■■■ that a special return should be drawn upjw the landowners of the United Kingdg This new " Domesday Book has now DWB completed, andi-is before the ordi> l t V contents will surprise many and inttrw-, all. The landowners of England m* Wales amount to a total of 97j,0£ persons-about five per cent of b\PPT tion-and the area of soil distributed between these is 33,000,000 acres, producing,.* W» of 100 millions a year. The ratio in/?' c the land is distributed may be ™terrfJ:T. the experience of the West Biding;at xw ■..■ shire. In that division of the county' Mjr are a million and a half of acres of^sessapi land, owned by a total of 80,000 persons. Of eighty estates one is 495 acres, lour above 200 acres, four above 100, »°a b , ' eight below two acres, the "»jonty «JJ* : holdings of eight, twelve, twenty tbu JJ and fifty acres. From thisj^fXrfl eof at random, it may be seen that the efa«p territorial monopoly in England rests upu slender foundation.

FOREIGN.

FRANCE. ,: ■~. ■; Paris, February 28.-2* ¥°f eVZoh* % reconstruction of the Cabinet ■ the withdrawal of Montaignac «ndj« J f and the appointment in their places

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