SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATKR—ThU afUrcoon. 72; t -raorro lOoth ng, 721 StJN S3t ThU evening, 70. BUN RIM—To inoxrow morning, 6 30 MOOD'S AhJS—Full Mod, 10th 5 25 am

ARRIVALS.

IFalrlie, torae-masted schooner, JN"or!i3, from Sydney, via Ji-isii-11 Onward, s< hoore', from Su3sell "Go-ahead, S3, from Wait»r* (hi tha jSlanufeau)

DEPARTURES.

TVBPxR TURKS Taupo, a a, Ma-f rlane, f.ir the -oath •^VallaM, «a, for vv aD g ,nni (f *v m the llicukau) iFavourite, scbocner, fur Ru»jijU

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

JB"i)r san V r *n iw .—C ty of S.u FiaLcisco, bs, 14'h Feb (Enj^ip/n mtil) JPorS; nei —a» ur aki, 33 early; Huro, aboat 15th

, instant For Ood j On _ city of Anckland. shio, about feb. 15 For y<-,« York—Uzzl« Fox. ba'qtse. e»rly For ' c b 3 Sontb—La- ybird, S.-.-urdw ; Hawea, early '<"T London—C^rnanc, GI«nl jra, 3!iips. early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of San Frunciscn, from the sortß, 13th mat Her •, bs, from Sydrvy a'oat 13th Fob Br^difltc Castle, ship, from Umrloa B»liabnry, ship, from London; sailedlnfta Tvov Glentora, chip, WiiP V, fr m London ; sailed 25th Oct Ardvar, ahiD, from Glasenw. pitied 25th October BdinMirgh C«t!e, ship (VGMQI, from London, sailed

November 15. Jewica barque, from Now YoTk ; stfled 2nd Jnno Marathon. b*rqae from New. York; failed October "^ Qaeen of the Sai, b»rqa-, from Hobaru Town Thorn is Brown hirqno from Liuncusson Vision, bHg. from Samoa early Eyno, brieantfne. from Island- « w j_ Hel-na, brigantin-, from ?■ -rj , Flirt brigantine, f,om „£«* e^f Amher>t rehcoi)' -r f . om B , d , ie ' y T.. Y - r Tncke." M schooner, from Melbourne Loch r«e gc - oorieri frora the r S (,nda. early 3318. A^iccol 3ch^oner I from Dun t din, sailed sth Inst •P^antless, schooner, from Fiji OoroDPt. gchoine'% from the lalautlo. (sarly Mary Melville, schooner, from the liland3 Ise itia, (CDOoner, Iran the Islands Edith. schooa»r, from the Inlands Peerless, scaconer, from vcw CiledoDii, early Magic, cutter, from Peurhyn Islaact

IMPORTS.

F Per Fo'irilfl from Sydney via Rrissell: 4P*'gunnies sugar, 4 hhds treacle, 2 Jf-caskß do, 19 kern do, 400 bags rice, 5 hhrts mm, 20 pg? ixa. g bex sd v, 10 casks vineffat, 2n casks . bottled stout, 10 cases mindrie*. 50 caseslimejaice fi3 cases Tuspborrv 291 baas bonedus-.. 1 caaa nilea 175 tctn coal, 10 pgs B«wing machines 2 pieces timb»r, 4~>o boxe' cat de?, Sit cases vestas, ord°r—U. s. Meyers uud Co, agents.

The ne-w *choonT Bent up from Onnaha by, Mr Meiklejnhn the tmilder has the eh .racterig:i<M of the generality of vcsa^lti from th« sama yard, viz , great streneth of fr»me, neat workmanship, and i/ood CMrying Capaeit' Th? size about 75 tons register. render^ her a very useful vessel for the coasting cr islaudtr*de Her le D gth of keel is 73fc, b earitn of biim, V> ft,, and she is D ft, deep. The ve<-el is Owned by the builder nnd ctp:siii3 D. H. McKenzie and Fairchild combined.

It will b». seea by advertisement that the Olenlora, DOW daily expected from London, i* to ba Shaw Sayill's next Bhip for too'lon from this pott. Sr.e will follow tha Cit? of !>UL-liJind

The b.(i. WaUUbi left tke Maankaa for Wanganui this morni g. Tin as Go-ahead arrived this morning in the Manukau from Wal'ara

Tne s.s. Tau o left ihe M»nukau for the Smith yesterday ctb inp. Passengers: Saloon—Mr and Mrs Potte*- and tenant, Mts Comj>tori, IVlrs Soley, Mrs Bevnll, Mn Seaey, Mrs King-, IVfrs Booth and ch:ld, Mrg Gee Mlv King, Mi« and Jlis'.er Couss*B*, Mr Kendall, Messrs Fleming, Jones, Bowman Tur ner Ansley. Dalgleish, urii->, t'yer. *llom, Lynns Buek'and Vevo. Raitley, Master*, William i, Fergu son, Gardintr, Didstone) G;ace, Hall, Cutts, and 21 steerage

The barque Moneynirk now in Welbonrne, is going thence to *d-latcie. From there thi will loid for F/eemant c, WtstTn Australia, and tben bici sgafn fer Adelaide She need not be expectel here again for aome time.

Tha three-masted schooner Falrlie lately reported »B having arrived at Kmsell from Hyiney, reached hare th's mornin?. S-he is co signed to Messrs H. ». Meyers ann Co..^ind brings a g-ner<l cariro. Pa9 lengers— Prank **rah, Jno Sn.i'h, Francis Bell. Tr>e cutter Hero, which used to trade b*tween Kiipara und the vanukan, is now n>«rryinpr tiirb-r c<» Helef.svi'le >h« arrived wi'h a load of 30.000 feet for Ancklind y<s>rday mnrntnp. The fchonn>r Oriw»rd br use 54 tons of coal frcm Busßftll, ard the cutt-r Leo 50 ton*.

The ss HiTirnkl clrarert out to-tWy for Pydner via th» Bay of Isl «nd-. Captain Perm -1 t*ke» her acros?. The culter Me*cury leaves for Russell in ballast The schooner Fortune hag cleared for Mrtabana in ballast.

The schooner Hinnah Bloomfie'd Is loading at Te Koparu for the»-on h . The big Fanny Fotherjill from the Thames arrived in Newcastle on the 15th nlc.

The brieantine Roderick Dhu and Treleven Family were lying at Newcastle on th« 18th ult.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Tacravoa, this day. The ss Kowena left for Auckland at 11.5 na m ETTH3H.I. this day. The lona arrived at 9 o'clock this morning.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

3SMCLB ■WIIX ClX>dE AB POLIiOWa: — For Thames this diy at 5 30 p m For Australian colonies, psr Granada, immediately after arrival Fo? Wanganui per St KiWa to morrow at 8 3i a m For Waogaf aa, per Bella Brandon, to-morrow, at 9 am "For Walwera, Warknorth, Matakana, etc., to-morrow at'Oarn For Bu'sell to-morrow at nnon For Whiti'itigi Tainn, Opo ikl. and Napisr, via Tauranga on Frid> y nex'. »t 4pm Vpr City of Saa fTrioct ca, on Mondiy, 14th instant, as follows: — For Kandivti, Sandwich Islands. United Statet Of »merlca, * Canada. British Columbia, Central and , South 'mcrlcfc. and British and Foreign West ' Indies at Ham For m n jy orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 11 30 am Late let»ers bearing an extra fee of 6d In addition to the postage, will ba received on board by the Mall Agent, up to tne time of sailing Hotiob —The utearoe* Otasro Is-exp»cted to leave Hokitlka at 8 p m on Wednesday, the 9th Instmt. Telegroma for the Australian Colonies or Kuropel via Java cable will bn received at this office for transmission to Hokitiki up till 7 o'clock of the Blh instant. (Bigned) S. B. 8133, Chief Postmaster.

FIFTY BEAUTIFUL DESIGN TO CHOOSE FROM.

A LARGE SHIPMENT OV CAKPZTS JUST XTH PACKED, and now added to the very exten sive stock on view at the City Hall at prices to suit both rich and poor. Tapestry and Brus aell, from 2s 9dto 7s; very handsome hearth rugs to match. Curtains of every description from 53 lid to 555. Extra Good Value in Sheetings and Quilts just to hand. Holloway and Garlick now supply all kinds of Bedding, Mattresses, Palliasses, and Pillows; good Feather Pillows at 8s 6d. - Carpets laid by a Bk'illed hand free of charge-;-. Job' Lino in Passage Floor, Cloth (4s 6d quality]; slightly damaged) at 3s. Floor Cloths from 2to 24 feet wide cat and laid down. Pay a visit to Holloway and Garlick's Furnishing Rooov City Hall, and see the cheapest house in town.; ■, . '■; ,".- ,■■■ '.■ ■>■ '.'-.■ ■.■.'.■•. ■

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Subscriber,"—Your beat plan will bo to apply at the Waste Lands Oificf, and after ascertaining what; you can there from the plans, communicate by letter with onn of the settlers in the vicinity of your land, or with the Chairman of the Highway Board in which it is situated.

Wkstons, Wizard Oiii and Maoic Pats.—Rave enred more -wonderful cases of Rheumatism. Gout, Neuralgia. Ache* Pains, Swellings, Caked Breasts, Scalds, ai>d Salt-Rheum, upon the human frame, than all the pretended remedies have since the world begin. Thesp Great American Medicines ar* com posed of vegetable oils dialing- gunm, roots and herbs; and act like a charm upon pain and inflam mation Price: Half-a-crown. Solo Agents: Kemp tborae, Prosper and Co. A Genuine Source of Health.— Thousands of invalids seek in van year after year for some real source of health. They try oneremedy alter another until they begin to despair of finding the much wished (or object. Oh. that some Vacon could lis»ht these unfortunates gropiny in the dark to that genuine source of health. UnoLPiio Wolfk's Schikdam Aromatic Schnapps, an unequalled specific for diseases of the stomach, bowels, and kldnsys, and a matchless tonic and nervine.

BIRTH.

HAWKE9WOOD—On the sth Febrnary, the wife of Charles Hawkeswood, Hobson-strest, of a daughter.

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

"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1876

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, Kor the future in the distance.

And the good that we can do.

The Southern press is agitated jasfc now upon the subject of Government appoint ments and the hidden" ways of gaining access to posts of responsibility and emolument under our paternal Government. The immediate cause of this stir up is the sudden elevation of Mr. Malet from a subordinate position in a lower Courb at Christchurch, to the Registrarehip of the Supreme Court, over the head of an officer who for eleven years has held the post of Deputy Registrar. The recipient of Government favour is not even a solicitor, has had no experience of Supreme Court practice!, and does not possess a single known qualification fitting him for the performance of the important duties which he will have to fulfil in his new capa city. So glaring an abuso'of patronage ex cited the open disapproval of nearly every barrister practicing in Christchurch, and a meeting of the Law Society passed a resolu tion condemning the appointment. Indeed, public feeling ran so high and universally ad verse, that under its pressure Mr Malet resigned. But the Minister of Justice was less amenable to the sentiments of the out side world, and in reply to the remonstrance of the Law Society, refused to reconsider his action. Asecond case occurring simultaneously with the one at Chistchurch, has given addi tional point to the feeling that the Govern ment patronage is being exercised unworthily, and in a manner exceedingly detrimental to public interests. And it may be remarked, although we do not attach to it any particu lar significance for the same is true of other departments, that both offices in the present instances were within the gift of Mr Bowen. It will, however, be felt that the adminis tration of justice, should be more carefully guarded from the taint of corrupt or improper influences than any other, and such a course as that involved in the appointment of Mt Shaw, ar Nelson schoolmaster, and only two years resident in th« colony, to the re sponsible position of goldfields' warden at Reeftoh.must prove destructive of confidence in our Courts of Justice and demoralising to the civil service. Even Government journals of the most pronounced, not to say servile type have been1 compelled to condemn these appointments in no measured terms. The Otago Quardianmytf:—-

;" To say nothing of the gross unfairness of such appointments towards officials who ,' haye spent years of their time in acquiring t the knowledge requisljie [fa:f\\>', tnem.far. ad- I vancement when happily it should offer, the

frequency of such ocenrrences, which can by uo stretch of imagination bs deemed acciden tal, is calculated to brin,", the Civil Service iato c n.tinpt !ii the eyes of ihe public, and to encourage in its officers a contemptible spiiiS, which will lead them to seek for advan cement by any means rather than that of steady application, industry, the exercise of mik-lligeuue, and a oeaire to m-ke them selves competent and their offices res pected."

We can pictura the sickly stniie illuminating the counteuanceii of some of our hard-work iog civil servants ss they read this testimony to"a lingering faith in the exploded idea of industry, application; and intelligence as pa-sporta tb advp.notEient iv the Government setyidc. Bciug fifth cousin ' * {0 the .W.fe of a Minister is a much ; no7 fe tangible qualification as things j n 6W Zealand. The present 1 -iol3ter of Justice was elevated from the Resident- Magistracy of Christchurch, and Mr Malet was bis clerk ; how nicely the two circumstances fib in. Probably Mr Bowen argued from analogy, and considered that if his own promotion wore allowable over the heads of honorable and experienced M.P. 'p, there could be no particular stir about an injustice done to a poor devil t of a Deputy Register. Such is life !

It has been suggested to us by ohe of our leading mernhanb that great benefit would be conferred upon the mercantile community were the City of San Francisco detained until Tuesday in the event of the Hero, duo on Sunday, bringing the English mail, as sho will in all piobability do, un less the Granada lias followed the example of the Coliraa and broken down. Wo fully endorse the suggestion, and would commend ifc to the attention of the agents and postal athoriiies. So far aa the Southern provinces are concerned the present month's service, for which the colony pays £3,750, is absolutely valueless, thtre being no oppor tunity far replies either by San Francisco or Sue/., thus involving a clear month's delay. If the Hero brings the mail, we may be placed in a somewhat better position. Should the Hero arrive punctually on Sunday, a detention of the City of San Francisco a few hours would afford sufficient time for busi ness men to answer any letters requiring immediate attention.

The Cross to-day lias a second leader in reply to some figures, given ra the Herald bearing on the non-paying character of our railways. What KCfims chiefly to disturb ths equanimity of our Queen-street contem porary is that if the railway lost £SSO in November, and £1,308 in December, it dce3 not necessarily fvllow that the loss on the whole year would amount to £10,000. Perhaps not, but then again, it might be a very great deal more. In taking the whole of the last half year as its basis of calculation, the Cross overlooks the fact, patent to every one else, that Messrs. Gillam and Co , with their butsep, aDd carriers with their one horse, vehicles are running the railway out of the trade, and the receipts are decreasing instead of increasing. No farmer within fifteen miles of Auckland dreams now of sending produce to town by rail. One or two expeiiments in that direction will Boon convince him of the superiority of the old mode of transit. We should think it hardly requires arguing that if the railway shews a deficit in November and Decembe^ summer months, and including holiday traffic, there is no great probability of a large balance as a set-off against arrears from the winter traffic. If the Cross wants to give its argument aDy practical value it will drop the twaddle about "sums of arith metic" and shew us that the General Government has not seized every pound due to thin province which it oould lay its hands on for the purpose of recouping a deficit caused by its own disgraceful mismanagement of the railway. Colonial railways have not always proved the success which the author of Public Works scheme would have us to believe. We learn from American journals that the railroads of Nova Scotia and new Brunswick, which have always been managed by the governments of those provinces, are run at an annual loss of from a quarter to half a million dollars, which has to be met by taxation. The Grand Trunk railroad, a private corporation, after an original expenditure of £13,000,000, and now, after 15 years, another expenditure of £4,000,000 in repairs, for the first time in 1874 paid any interest on the capital invested, and then only £80.000. The outlay on the Auckland and Mercer line, however, was comparatively small, and the interest would, we believe, be fully met were the railway managed with a view to the public convenience. But so much has been written on the subject, and to such little practical purpose in secur ing even an attempt at reform, that it is hardly worth while pursuing the discussion.

The treasurer of the Orphan Home, ack nowledges with thanks the following dona tions per the Evening Stak .:—From Robfc. Graham, Esq., Waiwera, £5; from Anony mous, £2. '

The regular monthly meeting of the City of Auckland Loyal Uringe Lodge w.ll bo htld to-morrow eveniug at the usual time and place.

Co-operative stores are few and far between in New Zealand, but in the manufacturing districts of the north of England they are numerous. There is scarcely a village within a hundred miles of the ilibble and Trent which has not its co-operative store, and as local institutions, honestly conducted, they have generally succeeded. In a country like this, where no one scarcely feels fixed in one locality/ co-operation can hardly be expected to succeed. There is however, a society of this kind at Warkworth which has existed for four years, the report of which has' been issued to the satisfaction of the shareholders, and which shews that, after setting aside the sum of £70 for the depreciation of stock, and other sums for other objecbs, the sum of £50 15a 4d, profit remains to be divided among the shareholders. The directors are anxious that the capital be increased to £1,500 which they consider would be advan tageous to the society. It will be seen that this local store has been four years growing to its present position, which, without close attention and hard work, it could never have attained. Somewhat isolated the settle ment of Warkworth might need a co operative store, but amid busier places, like Auckland for example, or even the Thames, a co-operative store would seem to be un necessary, and for two cogent reasons : First, on account of the unstability of the popula tion, andsecond, on account*bf the keenness of competition among, store-keepera which would,entirely^ Bubygrt the progress of a co» operatiTOjsiore. """ ' *;

The Kentucky New Era barricaded itse'f against an anticipated assault from the James brothera, by placing ib 3 ucpaid subscupuon list jigaiiist the door.

Young ladies who use a poeket-handker- Chi-f inste.id of & chest protector, are the ones properly to be charged wir,h bavinc; taksn a wiper to their boisoms.

"Oae who was fooled by my mother," writes :— 'Hir, —l am glad you hit the mirk, in your leader in last nights Staß. I quite agree with you, th it many Ma'a and Papas destroy their children's minds by tolling tacui, 'This in no;arespecfcahlecalling ; you wiu'd disgrace the imiie of -Ton^g by foll-w ing it tip. Stticiy and read my clear boy, anfl ■H'tiib OU*5 a great iawcer anrl p jirjciilu To make a lon™ blo^ short. I failed at both, where if I had been permitted to do as I wished, to learn the trade of mill-wright,&c. I should have been some good to myself and the country at large. I strongly recommend parents to give their children some trade, for a. good tradesman is the aiost independpnt man in the world."

Lasb evening a narrow escape from acci dent occurred in Wyndham-street. Two ladies, with an infant, started from Wynd haiu-street last evening in a light spring cart, and when near the turning into Queen street, the horse took fright and rushed round the corner into Queen-streat, and in trying to pull the animal in, the strap of the breeching broke, ill consequence of which the dart capsized, and the party placed in a clangorous position. The women Wore assisted in'o Mr C jomba's shop, and there received kindly attention. Fortunately no serious damage or iujury resulted from the accident.

The Hartford Times reports that on Tues day there were seen on a wharf in that city no fewer than sixteen children, between the af»es of four and dgM years, all drunk ! Th'-.y hail obtained access to some of the vih liquor of the dramshops and drank pnouah to ret thorn crazy drunk, or.helpless. Some were weakly trying to stab each other with such weapons as they could reach.

A deputation from the Coromandel High way Board to the Provincial Government, reached Auckland last evening, consisting of Or. Hovcll, Messrs Eing and Woollam's. The Coromandel Board bad in their posses sion severs! hundred pounds worth of broken metal, which the Provincial Secretary gave to the Tiki Highway B jard. The Coroman del Highway Hoard are ansry at this, and have cornu up to express tb^ir indignation to Mr Reader Wood, and possibly tn seek ad vice under the circumstances. These creu tlemen waited on Mr Keader Wood, tho Pro vincial Secretary this morning, and urged their complaint. Mr Wood, who received the deputation with all due courtesy, promised to investigate the matter, and said he would at once put himself in communication with Mr Gatland, the (iiHtrict engineer. The deputa tion retired without any exhuberant mani fest a'ions of gratitude.

According to advertisement there was a general meeting of the Regatta Club at the Thames Hotel last night. " Partly owing to the fact that it was nnderfltood the business of the mnetiug would be adjourned to a later date, and partly owing to the apathy of the outside public who claim thoir right to grumbl", but decline to try and help the committe to bring about a better state of nfftirn, there was a vry scanty attendance. Mr Gustav Yon der Heyde took the chair, and stated that the short time which had elapsed bince the regatta had not allowed the secretary and treasurer to prepare their accounts, and it was therefore proposed to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight, viz , till Tuesday, the 23rd inst. Thia was agreed to, and after some unimportant formal business, th« meeting was adjourned. We would re mind our readers that subscribers of £1 and over have a ri(?ht to vote as a member of the Club in the election of the next year's com mittee.

A correspondent writes from Woodside :— " Sir,— The satisfactory manner in which from time to time, yon answer the various questions put to you through the columns of your widely circu lating paper, causes mo to ask you, by what process can barm or yeast be made 1 As it would be a matter of great benefit to me to know, not bavirjg the advantage of town people, who can procure it from brewerys, or obtain fresh bread from bakero.—Your's greatly obliged, E. Furmss."—-[Wecannot assist our correspondent by suggesting any practical method of securing in her circum stances a constant supply of fresh barm. We fear she must depend for her bread upon leaven, or the use of baking powder. Some of our readers miy, however, offer a better alternative.—Ed. E.S]

An open meeting of the Pioneer Juvenile Temple, 1.0.fi.T , will take plac* this even ing, in the lodeo-room of tbeYoune Men's Christian Association rooms Wellesley-strftet, commencing at a qnarter-past seven. These fortnightly entertainments, which are of a most amusing nature, are free to any person who may choose to go, whether Good Temp lar or not.

The members of the Choral Society met last evening for practice, previous to their contemplated concert. The subject, as the public know, is Mozart's " Requiem Mass." Id the unavoidable absence of Mr Brown Mr Edgar conducted. It may not be gene rally known that Mr Edger is a graceful vocalist with an appreciate knowledge of music.

Mycon, a young Athenian, was changed into a puppy by (^eres. My conscience 1 what a Ceres of these changes are happening to the young men of to-day.

The usual fortnightly meeting of Court Zealandia, A.0.F., will be held this evening at Provincial Hotel, Princes-street, at eight o'clock.

In Monday's issue we shewed that the communication received by a circle of spirit ualists in Auckland and published in the Cross, purporting to come from the spirit of poor Packer, was utter rubbish. The fact of Packer's mother being dead, and the non existence of any native settlement at the spot indicated, as ascertained by Inspector Broham, were sufficient to show how far otherwise sensible men allow themselves to be imposed upon by their own fancies. " A Medium" iv yesterday's Cross replied to our remarks, and required mo-e evidence than we had given in the paragraph of the previous evening. The following letter, which we have to-day received from Pokeno, will supply the deaired confirmatory testimony :— V Sir, -Of all unmitigated rot, the spiritual istic communication published in the Cross of the 7 th, and purporting to have been made by the ghost of the poor murdered Packer is perhaps the greatest that has ever been perpetrated. I will say nothing of the placing of a lie in the poor dead man's mouth, but as a living man I have resided since 1862 in or about Pokeno, and to material sense at all events there is no such thing as a Maori settlement within three miles of that place whatever; there may be spiritual hallucination. —W. H. Porter, Queen's Redoubt."

Meetings of creditors were held yesterday in Mr Macffarlane's offices in the estates of David Ross, and James Holmes Hanson, farmer, of the Whau. At Ross's meeting, thirteen creditors were present; the un secured debts were £246 19a 8d; assets, £217 ; there waa a secured debt of £300. The creditors passed a liquidation resolution. In the matter of Hanson, the liabilities were set down at £1600, assets not Btated. The bankrupt magnanimously offered a composition of 6d in the pound, which was resolutely refused The bankrupt therefore will apply to the Court.

It takes 30 minutes actual time for a tele gram to go from. New York to London and back. Each message travels 3,600 miles, and passes through the hands of eighteen persons.

It is demonstra'ea cnat i"o <""«■" - earth is 5 855.000,000.000.000 tons, yet some people think they tilt it up whenever they wa'k abroad.

In re 2 ard to the thistle, which ia the em blem of Scotland, the theory as to its origin la that, during the invasion of the Danes, it was fended an act of cowardice to attack aa enemy in the dark. 'Lite invaders avail ing themselves of the idea, d«J*rajioed to assail their opponents at night; and. uo prevent a knowledge of their approach, they walked with no covering to the feet One of the Danes, however, happening to tread ova large thiatie' - Which were Very common in that country-cried out from Juid. Ihe Alarm was thus siven to the Scots, who SiiSa <"» &c defence of their eiop, and finaiv defeated tHei* enemies, with great slaulhter Mnoe which *•**« ***» *>» been 3the emblem of this people. Certain philosopher say that our wo.ld has long since passed its one hundred mil lionth birthday, and its end, though remote, is a gloomy one. It is said that the sun is going out, which fact would seem to hod corroboration ip the coldness of the present spring j and that in regard to the whole uni verse, if We were to travel forward, in time we should come finally to a great central mass, all in one piece, which would send out waves of heat through a perfectly empty ether, and gradually cool itself down. As tbis mass cooled, it would be deprived of all life or motion ; it would be just a mere enormous frozen block in the middle of the ether;

j Q a matth played on the Hamilton West cricket ground on Saturday lasb between tn<j Lingms and the Borderers the extraordinary feature was presented of the whole eleven of the Borderers in their second innings going out without scoring a run off the bst. bix byes and one wide were the sole results of the innings. The hero«B of this blooaless ri«ht deserve to be known, M here are their names :-Lacon c Burgess b Gjx, 0 t Morn- Bon b Cox, 0 ; P. Bond run out, 0 ; Carter c Bellers b Wood, 0 j Sfceela b Cox, 0 j Wad dington b Wood, 0; Lublin tiof, ont, U; Schofield, c Hands b Cox, 0 ; Tanner c Mowbray b Wood, 0; Conuell c Burgess b Wood, 0; byes, etc., 7. Total, 7. Details about the " Sick Man of Europe" are not uninteresting at present. A serums French journal (of which there are, perhaps, half-a-dozen in the country) states the Sultan is, according to the Mabomedan expression, " the shadow of God upon earth ;" except ing leading officials, he receives few other persons ; when he does give an audience to an influential subjscl; the latter has to wait several hours in the anti-chamber, and when shown in must remain against a wall, in clined, with hands across stomach as if in the last; stage of incurable colic. When dining with the Sultan, Ministers must sit as little as possible in their chairs ; when Abdul-Aziz goes to the public Mosque once a week, the only tinae he appears in public j he never salutes the people, nor do the latter over cheer him ; he knows no living language but his own. The palace is divided into two distinct parts, the harem, and the part of the men ; he leaves the harem every morning at ten ; his dress is composed of a white turbm, a figured chamber gown, pantaloons of linen material, embroidered slippers, and no stockiDga. He is a good trencherman, and| while eating, his chamber lains stand at a respectful distance relating the gossip of the day. After State affairs are despatched, the Sultan's amuse : formerly he liked hunting, at present his weakness is for draughts and cock-fighting, combats be tween rame, admiring pictures, especially battle pieces where Turks are pounding Austrians ; the more of thelatterrepresented dead the more valuable in hi 3 eyes the paint ing. His most favourite pastime is wrestling with his chamberlains, who, as matter ot cou^e, go down before him ; if they do the falling business well he rewards them with a jewel or money ; if he breaks limbs, they receive titles and place. Nevres-Pacha owes his high fortune to having been pitched down stairs on his head by the Sultan. In refer ence to the cock-fighting, each bird is spe cially named by the Sultan after some potentate, and the champion is even said to be decorated by a special "order." It is high time for some powers to put Abdul- Aziz's house in order.

A curious acrobatic accident has occurred in the principal circus at Paris ; an unfortu nate man, originally a printer, psrformad the trick of entering inside a cannon, and beiog shot up to a trapeze suspended from the roof ; real and villainous gunpowder was employed. A few nights ago he missed the trapeze and fell on the spectators ; the usual numbor of ladies fainted. The performer was not wounded severely. Since < tffenbach's " voy age to the moon," where the passengers take their place inside a cannon and are shot into that planet by astronomers, there is no knowing where discoveries in locomotion may end.

The Occidental Hotel is now taken in hand by Mr Henry Keane whose tact and good management hava- already been displayed to advantage in the building up of the prosper ous business done in the Royal George and Captain Cook Hotels, Newmarket. Mr Keane has a genial style which draws men unto him and secures their favours. He has revived the Cafe" at the Occidental, and takes hhe entire conductorahip of the hotel until the return of Mr Perkins.

Father Henniag, a Roman Catholic priest, thus forecasts the future : " But I know that events are marching fast; and if the signs of the times do not deceive me, I foresee that the triumph of the Church is not far off. If I am not mistaken, the hegemony of Europe is already fast passing out of the hands of the German Emperor into the hands of another' Emperor, who will overrun Europe with his barbarous hordes until, like a second Attila, he will stand before the \*ery. gates of Rome, and then Russia and the great schiam that has separated Russia and the Eastern nations from the Church for so many centuries will be ended, and then the East and West will unite in a Te Deuin, the echoes of which will riug from pole to pole. • That is what I see if 1 judge by the sign of events as they occur from day to day. And who knows, perhaps, Pius IX. will still see that triumph ; who knows, perhaps we ourselves will be the wit nesses of it; who knows but the event may not be so fa? off after all, because in our day things go quickly. In our day things move fast. It is not as it was one hundred years ago."

By the investigations of Mr. Emerson, an English chemist, it appears" that the fly is good for something besides milk and molasses pitchers and spiders. Every one is familiar with the usual gymnastics of a musca domestica after alighting, the rubbing of the hind feet together, then hind feet and wings then the fore feet. By these movements the animalcules, which are in impure air and which adhere to the fly, as it circles about a room, are collected together and eaten. Thus it is constantly at work removing the seeds of disease. Leanness in a fly is prima facie evidence of pure air in a house, while corpulency indicates foul wall-paper and bad ventilation.

Mr T. Hartley, who has recently arrived in Auckland, and brings a quantity of first class wines and spirits "on Bpec," announces through our advertising columns, his inten tion to offer the shipment at low prices so as to effect a clearance. The announcement elsewhere gives full particulars.

The Suez Canal, the new harbour of Alex andria, 1100 miles of railway, the Soudan telegraph, a fleet of steamers upon the White Nile that ply to the very heart of Africa, immense sugar estates, and planta tions of. cotton that will eventually (aays Sir Samuel Baker) extend throughout the fertile provinces of Soudan when the railway shall be completed—these are the works of Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, a ruler who, from sunrise to midnight, is engrossed with ideas of progress and development.

We have to acknowledge 101 for Mrs Mul gfovfl from " E. Princes-street bids fair to become, for its length uud building* one ot the most pic turesquo of Auckland streets,, *ud might be termed appropriately Langham Pla^ a preen-wresthed hermitage where strain's oi rn^io charmed the evening hour, will now bo sheltered by the sufely hall, on the site of tho mossy wr.n'a neat, which tfv Severn, of the Thames, so often de plored, which h lifcing «s Grecian brow above the beatofi dusty paths, ot l.fe Tho hall of the Auckland lwtitate, when finished, will be a credit to the city, as well aa an architectural adornment to Prints street, And as the various production of ito members deserve credit on the score 01 literary merit and research m the boundless fields of science and nature, so it is to be hoped the rising InßtiWte mil reflect, through sufficient patronage, on the intelu- St Paui'ti ifl »sao bearing completion, and will shortly appear on its green' eminence in a>new aad more pleasing coat. H«nce> °n future SuDdays it will smile a sunny welcome to the parishioners in their approach to it, for beauty and cleanliness are seemly and not without silent influence on the mind in a "TylTSy teacher in a Sunday-school in this city last Sunday caught a boy smiling. She asked: - What are you laughing at?" "Nothing mum, was the answer. "I know better," said the teacher, severely ; " now tell me what it is Johnny looked frightened, as be muttenngly said, "I-I-s-see ye n-newspaper s-taeking out, mum." The teacher sat down suddenly and arranged things. To the Editor z^Sir,— I owe an apology to George Gould. Esq , for inserting his name in connection with some strictures passed upon the conduct of the directors of the JSew tea tend Shipping Co. 1 find he is no longer a director, having resigned some tune bacK. Yours, etc , Jos ap a .Newman. The Ponsonby Literary Society will com mence their new series of meetings, lectares, and discussions to-morrow evening in All Saint's School, under the presidency of the Rev £ n. Bree, when the inaugural address will be delive.ed by the Vice president We understand that a capital programme is in embrio and will be ready to-morrow evening, embracing essays on the "Jrogreas of Modem Thought Dis coveries of the Age" "Pf^y. the'c*l: tivation of Trees," the " Golden Age and the Age of Gold." thd '"Genius^ of John Ruskin," the '.'Philosophy of JkJl and B«ntham," "Holidays for the People, and other literary and social subjects. Constable McClennan found a wretchedly ill-clad, half-starved child about five years of aae, but old enough to give his name and connections, crouched up by the Market house this afternoon. His father, lie said, was James Harris, who had gone away to the bush, und his mother was in Mount Eden for stealing a coat and other articles of wearing apparel. His fattier in going away left him in charge of a man named b redenck ■ Bannister, a labourer at the new hospital, by whom and his family he bad been cruelly treated, and kicked out of doors. The child Btated that he had been without food for many hours, and was very hungry. His body was in a dirty condition, and bore traces of gross ill-usage. He waß brought to the station, fed, and douched in a tub of water, and allowed to sleep. The child will appear in court in the morning and be disposed of as the Resident Magistrate shall think fit, and no doubt, if room can be found, he will be sent to the Home for Neg lected Children.

3" A subscriber hag been reading in a contem porary a paragraph relating very vividly the circumstances under which Mr Hume, of Ngaruawahia got hi 3 leg into a threshing machine. The paragraph concludes with the startling statement that "the doctor expects to pull him through without amputation," and our correspondent wants to know whether the doctor intends to pull the poor man through the threshing machine. We cant cay. Bat if he does, we would sucgeut tbat the day and hour be announced^ and a moderate charge of admis sion made for the benefit of the public.

Shareholders in the Crown Princess Gold Mining Company are reminded that a meet ing takes place to-morrow at two o'clock, in the Company's office, for the transaction of importaut business.

A coach proprietor at Nelson, encouraged by the success of the Auckland 'bus drivers, is detprmined to run the train off the Nelson and Foxhill line of trade He has issued a declaration of war, in which the following excellent reasons why Holders' coach should he supported againßt the railway are given :— Because—(l) It has done good service for eleven yt-ars ; (2) it is cheaper ; (3) after this week the hours will suit you better than the railway ; (4) I pickup and land passengers at their own gates ; (5) I take your parcels and deliver them at their addresses in town ; (6) I don't pretend to take you to Foxhill and drop you two miles short of it; (7) I know you and you know me, and that I may be depended upon to execute your commissions faithfully. Referring to the pull-back, &c, one of. the sex says : 'Now a woman in this condition is in a straib jacket. She has no power of locomotion left worth having. If she has naturally the gait of a Venua she can only move on with that painful wriggle which we see in place of free motion, and the crumpled mass of uhirred ruffles, knife pleatings and French folds, which we call an overskirt, flops after her like a tail of a whipped New foundland dog on a drizzly day. She cannot step across a wet part in the street because her clothes are too narrow—she is tied back too tight, fehe stumbles into a car and out of a carriage, and an observer cannot help thinking of a bag race when he sees half-a dozen women in fashionable costume hurry ing to catch a train or hail a passing omnibus.' There has baen a considerable deficit on tha first years estimate of revenue and expenditure in the young colony of Fiji and increased taxation has been resorted to. The Fiji Times Bays: "The struggle to live, is no figure of speech in Fiji; to live, not as people live at home or in the colonies, but to obtain sufficient to eat, drink and wear oi the plainest and coarsest; and how people are "to meet the increased demands made upon their «c»nty means the Governor and Legislative Council may know; we certainly do not." A dangerous fellow.—' Sir, did you intend to spit in my face ?'— You did, ha! Well, you'd better not repeat your insult too, often, for if you should once arouse the sleeping lion iii my breast, no one can imagine what might be the consequences!' The lately elected member for the Buller, Dr Joseph Heury, now M.H.R.J has been appointed medical referee, under the "Gov ernment Insurance and Annuities Aot" for the district of Charleston. Whether'the appointment follows the election, or whether he would have received it otherwise is hard to say, Anyhow it is. in one case, prompt gra titude for Bupport to come, Dr. Henry having previously declared himself a Government adherent.— Patea Mail. Sunday Devotions.—The Austin Iteveille says : .' A stalwart and industrious son of the forest is engaged in chopping the Beveille's Winter supply of wood, and on Saturday he was asked the qvestion, ' Work to-morrow, Jim?' .'No,' he replied; 'me no work to morrow—to-morrow Sunday.' ' What do you do on Sunday?' 'Help play poker. Who says that the Indian needs evangeliza tion?'

COMMERCIAL.

The wreck of the schooner Susan as it lies on Long Beach, Waihes, was gold to-day at auction By Meurs Cochnne and Son to Mr McEwen for £12.

Rifle Shooting.

Thk competition for Mr Clark's belt was co tt . eluded this morning at the Mount Ecl^ range. Eighteen contestants pat in Hjjm. pearance whose scores appear below. sh & conditions to-day were seven snots fejta, yards with the rifle, and seven \i[ A ,' -\ carbine. It will be seen that the rifle shooting waa infinitely superior on the whole to the carbine shooting. Addi E g to to-day's totals, the scores made at 200 aa| 400 yds, the following is the result :— Name*. p>g | | g & p RsblfiSofiv Scottish .. 2502004-11 4022232-15 99 )). Sunner, Viitoria, •- £201)003-7 2i3.;,3u3-17 i^ : Kenv, No. 3.. ,- 232:^332-18 0J2052& -12 m • W. Pirtington, No 3 2i23402—17 0433024-16 i S6 Kearns, ArtiJlery .. 0232.02-10 4024332-18 log, Hay iVo 3 .. .. 303&130 15 234i024~H ju A Morrow, ho 3 .. 0313222-16 20*3020—11 lc | Macdonald.Noa .. 0330433-:, «-!, 1* Soall, No 3 '.". .. 0233332-16 2029W-ft 10L Anderson, Artillery .0230032-10 SjM^-u 95. Scotter. Cavalry .. 0000030-3 0320000-5 a Gatland, Engineers.. 23*2224-19 . 3020000- 5 9i G' Paitinßton „ .. 3223333-19 0002203- 7 117 Dore, Otahuhu .. 4420024-16 0302002- 7 109 Ceyle, Navals .. 0233400-12 0200300-5 99 O-Connor, Hobaon .. 3330i00-ll 0000203- 6 8s ; Aldertofl,K9 3 .. 2303222-14 0220223—11 lo? W. Partington (No. 3 Company), winner of the belt ... 120 points The present is the third competition for.this belt, and this is the second time the prize has I fallen to Mr W. Partington, that gentleman having won it the year before last. The winner of last year was Volunteer May. Should Mr Partington succeed in winning it again, the belt becomes his property. The firing was under the superintendence* of Majer Gordon.

Arrival of the 'Arawata,' WITH ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

SIR JULIUS VOGEL ON BOARD.

HOKITIKA.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) j The Arawata has arrived, bringing English ; ! telegrams to January 2 ; Colonial, February 3 Sir Julius Vogel is on board. , „"*

LONDON.

•January it, • The Bank rate of discount is 4 per cent. , '■

BOMBAY.

January 27. The Princeof Wales is visiting the fiajah.' " \ The recepUon programme included a pro cession of 250 elephants.

GALLE.

January 27. The China left for Australia on the 26th. " • :, ■

MADRID.

The Royalists have commenced a combined:f movement against the Carlists. The Spanish election resulted in a large majority for the Government.

BERLIN.

January 20, The Prussian Budget .shows a deficiency MJ;|p? over three millions. ' ' i.';

LONDON.

January 29. v ■■ A pension of £300 has been awarded to Mrs Goodenough. Wool market: Quiet. Prices continue firm. Wheat: Unchanged. ■ M The telegraph lino is now interrupted m the overland portion.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Four Hours Conversation V

Telegraph, k Mr K. H. Hai?s Creditors, MELBOURNE. February 3. " I The stonewall tactics of the Opposition are being rigidly adhered to. Last Thursday night the Assembly sat throughout the whole night and until a quarter to eleven nextl morning without intermission. Many dißv graceful scenes took place in the Assembly, and the Speaker is almost|powerless to contra turbulent members. < Sir Julius Vogel, who is aboard of the Ars wata, had a four-hours' business .conversation by wire on Saturday with the Colonial Se cretary and Postmaster-General of Sydney, ;' i and arranged a number of questions remit- | ted to him from New Zealand, which were adjusted to the mutual satisfaction of both parties. The Hibernia and Edinburgh commence laying the New Zealand cable from Botany Bay early on Saturday morning. The Albion is waiting the Suez mail to New Zealand. : , 7

SYDNEY.

a ebruary dm. The creditors of Mr H. H. Hall, and the late Pacific Mail Co., waited on the' Premier|||| with a request for assistance in obtaining a settlement of their claims, but were re> The banks have agreed to charge vine per cent in advance.

San Francisco Mail Arrange ments.

> The Australian Cable. ~ (BY TELEGBAPHJ. WELLINGTON. (Per Press Telegram Agency) This day, 2.30 p.m.; It is learned by the ArawataT that Sir Julius Vogel had a long conference by tele graph with the Premier and Postmaster- General of New South WaleW • Instead of altering the mature of the mail service it was agreed to require from New Caledonia and Fiji five thousand each for carriage of mails. This will reduce the.subsidy to the amount specified by the resolution of the Assembly, whilst leaving through boats and coaßtal y_, service as by contract. ~' ' The New Zealand cable by the Hibernia, as well as by the Edinburgh, has arrived in . j. perfect order. Both steamers were to start on Saturday lasty the 4th, and expect to reach g New Zealand about the 18th. The Hibernia lays the deep-water cable west from Sydney. | She Bplicea to the Edinburgh at sea; -the ; latter lays a heavier cable towards Cape t Farewell, buoys off the Point, and lays from i Tasman Island shore end and. intermediate | cable to her buoy. '} Sir Julias Vogel had arranged with the ;; officer in charge of the cable, that if the r"; Cook Strait's cable was not repaired on the arrival of the steamers, they would repair, f and if necessary, supply a temporary cable | from surplus cable. =

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR THURSDAYM MAY 8, 1881.



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An elderly woman in Chicago has been left five shares of stock in the Weßt Division Railway Company. She now passes all her time in riding on the cars, paying her fare every trip. When asked the reason for this apparent extravagance, she replied that e&iip wanted to increase the revenues of we «• company. ' It'll all come. back to me Jin - dividends*' ale said, 'so that the more 1 • f xspend tha better off I urn ; don't yo«i»ee.