SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER— .f This Afttonoon. 7-10 „.„,,. (Tomorrow Morkiko, 7 36 SUN SETS-Thh Evpning, 6.37. STJiS" RISES ri.O morrow Mornintr. 620 MOON'S AGS—Full Moon, 4th, 8.52 am,

ARRIVALS.

.Albion, brig, from Newcastle"

DEPARTURES.

-••. K^>.u<., onrque, iteuy, ror .London -may quean, schooner, Menzies, for Rarotonga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

■^Pr the Islands—Edlfi, scliooner, early For Nfiwcflstle—England's Glory. Bhip, at once Kor Calcutta—Bebington, barque, early *or Coromandel—Argyle, ss, every Monday For naliforuia— Crownfhorpe, barqufi, early For London—Eobina Dunlop, barque, early Jor the South -Taupo, ss, "Wednerday, 6th instant For Napier—SoHtbtsrn Cross, Tuesday, 3 pm

VESSELS EXPECTED

■c/uy or s/aney ss, from Kandavu (English mail via '^risco) 10th instant John. Mathias, from Portland, TJS; sailed 7th June "Oceola. brisrantine. from Adelaide, early ■Canterbury., schooner, from New Caledonia, early Marr Melville, schooner, from New Caledonia, early -«jrarl> ke *h- from Penrhyn Island, early Martha, barque, from the Islands, early Waimna. ship, from London : sailed 30th May Loch FersTjg, barque CNSRD), from London, Sftil«d 30th May Huranni. ship,rom London, early Abnrnyte, ship, from London, sailed Jane 30 Phdun Lee, ship (HLJS), from London City of Auck'and. ship (KMTR). from London, sailed Orari, ship, from London Railed Ist Julj' Apries. schooner, from Chatham Islands, overdue. Helena, hrisrantine. mhe Wands, early £ti"iwta, hrijran ip e fmm Leviika, early iTIrcR *If red, harqnentine, from Lyttelton ; sailed 27th iistiv.t "WolJomii. schooner, from Lyttelton; sailed 27th instan'j wT h vba schooner. from Lvttelton J^lirt, Otieantine, from Lyttelton

ARRIVAL OF THE ALBION BRIG.

The brig Albion has just drooped anchor in harbour as we go to press. Captain Robinson mnst have had a sri&nJHng ran, as it is said he only left Newcastle jist Wednesday. She brings a cargo of coals.

Messrs Tfrown. Campbell and Co., the agents of the frr'eantine Stranger request consignees of goods by that vessel to pass entries and obtain delivery orders without delay.

All accounts against the schooner Marlon are to be rendered to Mr T. W. Brown by to-morrow. The s.s. Taupn Is to leave Onehunga for the South on Wedn^sdar forenoon.

Messrs Mowbray are advertising a cutter of 14 tons »eei°ter Tor sale.

The «!*pper barque Pilptissnnd, Cap*ain Kelly, left ■on Saturday afternoon for London with a cargo of Sauri-ptim, wool, copra cotton, pearl shell, etc, valued at £22 260. Five passengers whos« names have been ■already p1 blished, were also on bon.Td. The strong "westerlies now prevailing, would give her a splendid 3tart. and no doubt, by this tinae she is some hundred milpsfrom land, bowling along merrily in the direction of Cape Horn. Cuptain Wing, harbour-master in the Mfltinr^au, advertises fresh directions to be observed by masters of vessels entering that harhour. The schooner Agnes Donald arrived at Gisborne on Saturday,

The schooner Marion has hauled alongside under the "big crane at the Ferry tee, where Bhe is discharging her oil. &c.

The Carybdis is lying over in Mr Ross shipbuilding yard, whither she has been taken for repair. Mean while, the owners have not yet positively determined to h»ve the work ione, as the cost of the repairs certi fied by the surveyors to be necessary for seaworthiness t>6"»rs so large a proportion to her total v*lue. The old Enterprise, steamer, formerly belonging to the North Shore Ferry Co, is being turned into a schooner in Freeman's Bay.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr BiDney sold a number of shares in the Southern Cross and Weekly News Company. There were pre sent two representatives of the press, one director of the company, and one of an andience. The first lot of shares offered were bought by the director for £3, and the second lot was knocked down to the same purchaser for £2 15s per share. MrR. Arthur has been instructed by Messrs Hollo war anp Garlick to sell by auction to-morrow at noon, at the City Hall, 250 wood chairs (Windsor and others) 20 fettees proscenuim lamps, Ac. The whole is to be cleared off. as the Hall is being turned In a Furniture Warehouse.

Mr R. Arthur offered sever*! valuable properties for sale to-day, the first of which, viz Meadowbank, Onehunga, w->s bought in by the second mortgaeee. The properties near Otahuhu were repurchased by the first mortg« gee. The allotment at Newcastle, "Waikato, were passed.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will close as under • — For Thames this day at 530 pm; and to-morrow at 10 SO am For Oororoand"! on Friday next at 2 30 pm For 'Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui per lona, this flay at 4 pm For "Whitiantri. Taima, Tsnranga, and Opotiki per ■Ro^enn, this day at 4 pro For Wo.iwera. Kawau. «nd Matakatia per Anne Mil hank, to-morrow at 10 am For Tairiia. per Mercury, to-mnrrow, at, 11 am For Ifapier and Gisborne, per Southern Cross, to morrow, at. 2 pm For Wanparei Heads, 'Wangiirei. "Wainu, and Manga pai. per Arevle to-morro-w, at 4 pm For Tarinaki. Southern Province", and AustraMan Oolonies. per T<mpo, on "Wednesday next at S am Newspapers at 7 am. For money orders and regis tered letter* the rirevions evening it 5 pm Mails for India Chir.a, Mcd He-rani an Ports, Conti nent, o' Europe, and TTnitcd Kinp^om via Sne* and Southampton (fo- otters speci«Uv so addressed!, and vi-> T«ri-fli'i will be made np per Hawea, on Monday, 18th instant. TT B—A 'Port-office bus been opened atTe Wh*rati, TTaw^Vawa Tivnr. First mail will be sent per lona, this day at. 4 pm. Stened) S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

WEBSTER—On the 95th August, at her residence. Ellerslie, the wife of Mr. Richard Webster of a son.

MARRIAGE.

NATION—GREEN"-nn the 2nd September, at St. Sepulchre's. Auckland, by the Rev. B. T. Dudley Henry Innes, eldest soil of Colonel Nation, of Parnell, Auckland, to Louisa Emily Mary, eldest daughter of Major Green, of Mount Eden, Auck land.

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1876

."■»/ the c»usc that lacks assistance for the Trronj; that needs resistance !-'<ir the future in tlic clistince. A.nd the-?oo'J that we efln do

The policy of the new Ministry, in the absence of any leakage from the Cabinet deliberations, has exercised the ingenuity of newspaper correspondents, with curious results. One of the Herald's competing telegraphists assures us to-day thab "The Go vernment are prepared to stick to the Abolition Bill and Financial Arrangements Bill, or go out;" another says with equal positiveness that, " The Counties Bill will be abandoned and a skeleton measure for local self-government of a permissive nature sub stituted." 'Twixt one or t'other we might have supposed that our contemporary had hit the mark, but a third correspondent of the same journal tries a middle course and asserts that: " ThenewMinistryareanxioustogetthe Counties Bill considered in Committee," its fate to be determined by the progress made there. Without making choice from this com prehensive statement of policy, we credit the correspondents with an equal division of pro babilities. The forlorn child, bereaved of his own father, is no doubt as fruitful a source of trouble to his foster parents as he appears to be to anxious and non-plussed tele graphists. The easiest way of disposing of the infant, which has entered the world under such unfavourable auspices, would be that suggested by correspondent number two —speedy strangulation without a trial. But if the creation of Counties does not com mend itself particularly to the people governed, the system has its advantages to those who govern. The thirty-nine taxing machines suggested in lieu of Provincialism will relieve the Government of the charge of main roads, bridges, public works, and other provincial

functions, without receiving the revenues of the provinces. The idea of sweeping away Provincial Councils, and putting nothing in their place, has been found impracticable ; and, the Counties Bill abandoned, the General Government roust either leave existing road boards, without cohe sion, and destitute of any com mon bond of interest, fo Fquabble over neglected, main roads f>n<l works, or must take upon the c*»"fral authority the onus of these duties, for which the wnn^ of local knowledge nttfirlv unfits it. The latter course would simply menr) a revrflfon *o the nomineei?m of the Aboli'ion Act passed lost session. Instead of submitting' their wnnts and grievances to the Superintendent and Provincial Council, the country districts must find consolation in Dr. Pollen. What ever the Ministerial policy on the subject may be, the feeling of the House is strongly adverse to the creation of a host of costly boards with paid officers,and unless the with drawal of the Counties Bill puts a summary end to the contemplated assaults on its provisions, the probability is that a more cumbrous provincialism, denuded of legislative powers will arise on the ruins of the system which.'in the estimation of our new-born constitution mongers, was behind the age. AH specu lation concerning the Ministerial intentions will be set at rest to-night, but we do not anticipate that the policy of the new Cabinet upon the constitutional question will involve | any great departure from that embodied in the Abolition Bill introduced by their pre decessors last sessioir [Late thislafternoon we have received a tele gram from our special correspondent, sketch ing the substance of Ministerial statement prepared for to-night. Our anticipation" that abolition will be worked chiefly upon the basis of the bill of last session are fulfilled. The Government, in the event of withdrawing the Counties Bill, will p«y over the subsidies promised the County Councils to the High way Boards, upon condition of keeping main vonfls in order. Some legislation will prob ably be necessary to secure co-operation between the various boards in carrying out these works. Allusion is made to a Board of Works, but its constitution and powers are not indicated. The Education Act, and all other legislation that can be staved off till next session will only be provided for temporarily. Sir Donald McLean's retirement with Dr Pollen, on pension, after the repeated denials of Sir George Grey's statement that he was on the Civii Service list, conveys its useful les sons to a patient tax-payine community. The proposed expenditure of £30.000 on roads North of Auckland, is a fair and com m end able concession to that most neglected part of the colony.]

What has become of the Auckland Regatta Club ? As a rule we Tielieve the general meeting to appoint a committee and arrange for the ensuinsr regatta should take place in February, or immediately after the affairs of the past regatta nre wound up. This yenr the meeting was called in due course, but lapsed from paucity of attendance. It is now September, and no steps have beer taken to arrange a programme for next- January. Poes it mean that our annual regatta is to die out and become a thing of the past ? We cannot believe that, and we trust that the mere mention of fmoh a possible result of the present inactivity will have the effect of rousing the slumbering interest in aquatic matters. It may not be generally known that last year's regatta resulted in a call being made upon enoh committee-man to contribute nearly £2 to make up a deficiency in the funds. It is rather hard upon those who have all the work to do that they should be mulcted like this in addition to their ordinary sub scription, and it can well be imagined that with this prospect in view few of our citizens are likely to aspire to the dignity of a committee-man. The past system of collect ing subscriptions has only been partially successful, and it might be well for the new committee, when it is formed, to consider if it is not time to introduce a fresh system. Why should not some such plan as the following be adopted ? Let the prin cipal prizes becotnn the gifts of different sections of the citizens The publicans ap dpriving a large share of their trade from seafaring men and Bhip-building employes of the port, might between them make up a substantial prize for the principal race ; the banks and insurance offices could very well afford out of their large marine profits to subscribe another prize (it was only the other day we heard of the New Zealand office subscribing £50 to a foreign regatta) ; the ship-builders and ship-chandlers might be called upon in similar fashion : Shaw, Savill, and Co. and tho" New Zealand Shipping Company might very well combine to give a prize worth contending for, even if neither felt inclined to make a bid for popularity by doing it separately : then the merchants and wholesale houses should be good for another handsome con tribution, and the retailers would not surely choose to stand out. If in this way a certain sum were guaranteed, say by the end of the year, the committee would then have small difficulty in raising the requisite balance This is merely put forward as a suggestion, but we trust that the main business of arranging for next year's Regatta will not be delayed much longer. The City Council having determined to re-form the lower end of Queen-street, the work was begun this morning by the con tractors to whom the job has been let. Two parties of men are at work, one close to the wharf, and another near the corner of Fort street, At present the roadway is too flat in the centre to enable the water to run off into the channel; the principal alteration will be that this defect will be remedied. To start with, the surface metal is being picked up to a depth of about eight inches : the road will then be made up and dressed to the required convex shape, after which the metal will be relaid. The work, when carried out, will effect a great improvement in the cleanliness of our principal street. The five ton crane on the Ferry Co's tee which came to grief some months ago, has been put together again, and was in use to day for the first time simce its reconstruction. It is to be hoped that no further accident will occur in connection with it.

The morning service at St. Paul's Church yesterday, was rendered more attrac tive than usual by the fact of the choir beine; strengthened by the presence of Madame Fanny Simonsen, Miss Simonsen, Miss Mina Fisher, and Mr Hodgson of the Opera Tnoupe. Madome Simonsen sang the beautiful solos in the anthem "As pants the Heart," and her magnificent tones were heard to great advantage in the church. Miss Simonsen gave indications of the possession of a rich and powerful voice. The wt etched weather prevented the church being so well attended as was expected. In the evening Miss Leaf sang the solo " O Rest in the Lord," which was followed by a short anthem.

The Jewish Chronicle estimates that the children of Israel resident in Great Britain number 51,250, of whom 39,833 have sought homes in the metropolis.

The Otago Guardian states that there are at the present time about 2,000 healthy yonng salmon in the Makerawa Ponds. The other half of the shipment of ova per s.s. Durham, which was retained in Victoria has proved a total failure.

To the Editor : Sir,- Timothy-go-Easy, in your issue of Saturday, has called my atten tion to an expression used by Mr Tinsley on Friday evening. As on© of many of Mr Tinsley's admirer's 1 would beseech of him to explain or deny having uned the expression, "No true gentleman smokes." As a gentle man, I disrccree wi^h. Mm, bnt our ideas on this point may differ, and if I am wrong I beg of him to put me right. Men are gentle men from birth and education, or from ch^rac^er and disposition. The former is be-pdita.rv ; the latter we acquire for onr qo'ves Grp^Hpmen by birth and education fiod their way more easily to honor on ear^h. G^ntl^men, noblemen, from chir-acter and dis position, en!; their reward in heaven. Nobi lity by birth is confined to the few, but <T-heve a heart beats true nobility may make its home. ' Nobility by birth nffpets only the outside of men's lives, but nobility of heart permeats the very souls, and makes happy, both in this life and that which is to come Mr Tinsley lately lectured on " Sons of Scotland." I would remind him of a coup let of Scotland's poet, who evidently^ knew mankind better, irrespective of smoking:— The heart aye's the part aye, That male's us rlprbt or wrong, -rYours, etc, AGATHOS. Mails for Australian Colonies, per Einga rooma. close at eleven a.m. sharp to-morrow (Tuesday). The half-yearly meeting of the Pride of Tokatea goll mining company was called for to-day in Mr Fornc's office, but fell through for want of a quorum. The Directors' report was brief, nnrl stated that ]STo 3, reef, which at the time of their last mcciincr, was being cwtrried out with fair prospects bad been un profitable and abnndoned, and that a drive by contract was being continued on the same loader for the purpose of intersecting the i " Little and Cood" reef, and should it. when, cut prove auriferous, it will be a discovery of the greatest importance to the shareholders, and materially enhance the value of the pro perty. The direction also, have let four rtortions of the mine upon tribute, the Tributora agreeing to give 20 to 25s per cent on the yieid to the company. The balance sheet was favorable, The monthly inspection of the Otahuhu rifles was held on Saturday at the usual time and place. Although comparitively short notice hnd been given, the members showed nn well—sixty answering to their names. Five recruits from Onpbunga and seven from Otahuhu were duly admitted. The healthy rivalry between the two places is producing a company, strong numerically,and attentive to their instructor. We have received the following piteous ap peal, addressed to the Rev W. Tinsley :— Oh. Sir, your lecture pleased mo much, Fntil yon came to smoking1. Arid then T thought tou went too far— Indeed 1 thought you joking. Though but a man of seventeen, I «m no mortal's Isckv ; T take my pipe at eventide, Aad won't give up my baccy. The noble Kaieierh loved his pipe, And so did T>r Tilton, And I havo read that Cromwell smoked, With Marvel and with Milton. Then, Bevercnd Sir. don't break the pipe, Or you'll offend the mu«es: Nor scorn the frajrant Yankee weed, "Which Nature's hand produces. —Fast Youth. The contract for forming the permanent way between Mercer ami Ngaruawahia has been signed, and Mr Daniel Fallon, the successful tenderer will at once enter on tho work. The contract time is twelve months, but it is confidently expected that the work will be done in seven months. The contract price is £IG, 832 5s Id The tenders varied we believe fro-n that of Mr "Pallons no to as hioh as £30,000 or thereabouts.— WaiJccdo Times.

The "Rev. Warlow Davies has absolutely determinpd to resign his charge of the Bnres ford-t-treet. Congregational Church at the end of the year. The office-bearers and congre gation have done their utmost to pet Mr Davies to rec insider his decision, but to no purpose, and they have now formally accepted his resignation. Mr Davies' retire ment will be much regretted by his flock, who will greatly miss his ministrations. Since he undertook the charge the present church has been built, and its no small cost almost paid off. A kind and Christian-like feeling has alpo been cultivated between pastor and congregation, which has led to the most beneficial results. The Wellington Post states that Mr Bridges retired from the London directory of the National Bank in consequence of ill health, not through any- difference with the other directors relative to the statements about the Bank of New Zealand. At the opening ceremony of a new Catholic Church in Birmingham recently, Monsignor Capol, referring to the fact that among the pubacribers to the building fund were several Protestants, said that it; was quite right that they should accept subscriptions from Pro testants towards their churches and schools, but it should be understood that Catholics could not in return subscribe to Protestant churches or schools. This was because of tho very different principle from which Catholics atarted. Protestants said that it did not matter to what sect a man belonged if his fundamentals were right ; but Catholics, though they did not say that all would go to hell who were not Catholics, said that there was only one true religion, one true path marked out by Christ, and they did not believe that in the case of a Protestant the fundamentals were right. A most disgraceful piece of cruelty was perpetrated at Paeroa, Ohinemuri, a short time ago. A young mare belonging to a set tler was found badly stabbed near the shoul der, about the second rib, and subsequently the carcase was seen floating down the river. It is believed that the miscreant, who did the stabbing afterwards, walked the mare to the river's bank, and, when she was weak from the loss of blood, pushed her into the water.

The Paris fashion inventors are determined to make woman's life a burden to her. One of the journals of that city says that no glove will be tolerated in good society this season with less than twenty buttons, while another declares that in less than five years knee breeches and 6-inch skirts will be the fashion able street dress for ladies. Gentlemen, on the other hand, will be expected to wear flowing ulsters, with trains. The language of the St. Petensburgh P, ess is still very excited, ministerial papers leading the van, and surpassing even the Slavo^iiil and other independent journals. One speci men from the " Golos " will suffice :—" Eng land's idea of achieving victory without powder and shot is simply ridiculous. Or is England bent upon war with Russia ? In such a case, England had better look out for more useful allies than Spain, who really is not an adversary worthy of our notice ; but times have changed since 1853. France, who saved England in the Crimean War, now ranks foremost among her adversaries. We shall throttle Turkey before the eyes of England. Unless Russia is opposed by other Powers than Spain and Great Britain she will not allow the rebellion in the Balkan peninsula to be put down. The St. Petersburg "Herald" declares that there is every prospect of Russia not being diverted from her chosen path by Great Britain. To the Editor : Sir,—Can you inform me if skating with roller skates will be permitted on the wharf, after working houra of course; Saturday afternoons, for instance—Yours, Rtnkomania. [We are not aware of any law forbidding it, but would not advise our correspondent to try.—Ed. E.S.] Mrs McManus begs to acknowledge the sum of 10s from Dr Kenderdine, and 5s from R.D., with thankß. The Lady-Day return issued by the Local Government Board shows that the number of persons then receiving relief from the rates in England and Wales was 700,332, which num ber shows a decrease of 76,169, or 9.8 per cent., compared with the number at Lady- Day, 1875, and of 10.8; per cent., compared with Lady-Day, 1874.

To the Fdifcor • Sir,—What is the mean ng of this regulation of the City Council aermitting the storage of nytro-glycerine, }tc, within 50 yards of a dwelling-house, or n other words, in any of the warehouses in ;he lower p^rt of the town, where there are 10 dwelling-houses ? The powder magazine. which is supported by a heavy tax for rent >n gunpowder, was surely intended for all langerous explosives, and it seems unaccount ible to me that nitroglycerine, the most of all. should lie expmpt from mag »z'na charpp« —Yours, etc., Cautiok. To the Editor :—Sir,—A general feeling af regret is being expressed throughout City East by the parents of children attending «t. Paul's school, at the decision of the Education Board in dismissing the school master. Perhaps these gentlemen after due consideration, acted conscientiously, but the removal of Mr Worthicgton from a position of so much importance to the children of City "East, cannot be regarded in nny other light than that of a public loss. Whatever may have been the faults of Mr Worthington, there can be but one opinion as to his capa bilities as a teacher, and many parents in City East can testify to the fact that he is eminently qualified for a teacher of youth. I know instances where boys have ad vanced perceptibly under his tuition and training : boys who remained unmoved in other schools. It may be that another master may be found to fill the position with equal success, but it is not frequently the case. Many parents entertain a hope that Mr Wortninsrton may still be retained, and the little differences between him and the local committee passed over for the general good. I learn that if Mr Worthington will beg Mr Talbot's pardon, in a very humble and becoming manner, before Thursday next, he may still occupy his posi-tion as schoolmaster of St Paul's, to the satisfaction of the people. Tt israrely however that men of Mr Worthington's calibre can be persuaded to bend to anything like unmanly pervilitv and few honorable persons wonirl care to see such a display of human weakness. On reading the report of the investigating committee, the question occur red very forcibly to my tnind —What is the use of local pchonl committees in Auckland, where there is a Board of Education ? and on asking the qnoßtinn, I wns answered with the onrh reply, "To bmed local disturbances."— T am, etc.. J.B. [Since the above was_ in *ync' we have learned, upon good authority. IViafc arrangements are likely to be completed the propent wrek. vhioh will enable Mr Worthing*^" H bold his'position at' St. Paul's Behoof En JS S.] The T^ew Zealand Jurist comments on the remarks made by Chief Justice Prendergast in sentencing William Nash Hills for em bpzfclement. in the following terms :—" Asa sptcimen of ' the babble of the Judges,' this paragraph deserves to be chronicled ; and as an instance of grave errors into which Judges occasionally fall, it deserves to be recorded and considered. Viewed in either light, we may task our memories in vain for a, parallel to snch an address from the bench in modern days. Since the time when Judges u*pd to bully prisoners in the interests of the Crown it has been a rule among English judges at criminal trials to abstain from comments on the character of prisoners, which are not jußtifrd by the evidence. Occasionally we meet with a labored address from the bench meant to be pathetic, but which leaves the impression of a very weak sermon ; beyond this, however, .judges rarely offend ngainst eood taste. But to say to a man * you have at nny rate on two occasions been guilty of felony, although you may not have been prosecuted for it.' is the sort of remark which might be made by one cabman to another. The learned judge might in the same spirit havo proceeded to sny—'l am also informer!, on the very best authority, that your mother kept a mangle.'" The TejnpUr entertainment in Albert street, on Saturday evening, was well attended and well conducted. Mr McKeDzie occupied the chair, and introduced the pro ceedinps by a capital speech, interspersed with anecdotes and tinged with Scotch humour. Several good songs were sung, and one by Mr Chapman, touching Queen-street, was much applauded. A young lady gave a very good recitation. The whole was amus ing and entertaining, and concluded in a loyal manner. The violence of the language used by the Wellington Post in attacking the ex-Premier is remarkable. In a recent issue of that journal it says.—"We condemned the Vogel demonstration at the time as being characteristic by a spirit of flunkeyiam and servility, and we stood alone among the local Press in protesting against it as being alike ill-timed and out of place. We said then that the time bad not yet come when the real results of Vogel'a policy of extrava gant and reckless expenditure could be adequately realised, and we predicted th at the day would arrive when those who then ran shouting at his chariot wheels would execrate his very name for the difficu^y and distress to which, through is action, the Colony would be plunged. That day is not far distant, and already the people of this colony are beginning to regard the man Vogel as a political charlatan, and a spendthrift adventurer, who has squandered thousands of pounds of public money on his personal expenses, of which he had no moral or legal right to touch a single shilling. The working men know Vogel now better than they did. That £9000 job of the personal expenses on the trip to Europe has opened their eyes a bit, and many of those who took part in the demonstration are not a little ashamed of their action.'' The H awea conveyed south several Auck land race-horses which are intended to run at the approaching Canterbury meeting. Among them were Mr Watts Ngaro, Ariel, and Ladybird colt. From telegrams which have arrived from Christchurch, we notice that Mr Walter's Isaac Walton and Fanny Fisher colt, are also engaged at the meeting. Thirty millions sterling in gold lay in the vaults of the Bank of England when the Brindisi mail left The amount is unprece dented, and indicates extreme caution in-all operations of the money market. Discounts had fallen to 1-J- to 1 % per cent. A number of the London clergymen (says the correspondent of the Dundee Advertiser) have begun to wage war on the ignorant street preachers who take possession of the street corners on Sunday afternoons. lam told that even Mr Spurgeon occasionally gives them a stroke of his wit. The Hon Mr Waterhouse, in the Legisla tive Council, gave an instance shewing the length of time for which clothing will retain the poison of infectious diseases. Some five years ago Mr Waterhouse was a passenger from England, in company with Colonel Ward, the master of the Victorian Mint. On that voyage some clothes which had been used by a child of Colonel Ward's who had died two years before from scarlet fever, were brought again into use. ' The child who wore them was smitten with scarlet fever almost immediately, and it spread to several others on board the steamer. The Rabbit Nuisance Committee of the House of Representatives has reported in favour of the introduction of a bill to establish an inexpensive machinery by which the owners or occupiers of land may be com pelled to keep in check the increase of rabbits on their holdings. The committee are of opinion that such a bill might be extended so as to include pigs and other noxious animals. They further think that a grant of money for the purpose of introducing weasels as a natural check into the country would (if the

object were obtained) be of very great service. The committee call the attention of the House especially to the evidence of Captain Walker, Conservator of the State

Forests, showing that forest planting by the Government will be useless expense if rabblta are allowed to multiply uncontrolled in the neighbourhood of plantations.

largely attended last evening, m the Theatre, addresses. Several of Moody and Sankeys 531 to Mr DeLias, the lessee, for allowing the gratuitous use of the Theatre. _ The Wesleyan Conference, which met in London lately, decided, by an *™*™£ mous vote, to admit laymen to its delibera t?on" The number of the representative body was fixed at 440, half of whom are to be laymen and half ministers. U1 The anti-betting legislation is {«WtaoUy enforced in England. Lately the Barnsley The sending of this telegram, which a d "Put me 103 on Organist win, and 10b tor place at 8 and 2," was held to, be .a infringe ment of the 3rd section of the Betting Act This section enacts that any person sending or exhibiting a letter, circular, telegram pla card, handbill, card, or advertisement, for the purpose of or with respect to any such bet or wager as is mentioned m the Act, shall be liable to a penalty. Wiltshire is still pegging mvsta little stroll of a thousand miles in Wellington. Pity he does not spend the same *mo%?\f energy on some more useful and profitable occupation. . , The French have gained another great sporting victory on British soil. Of the four teen competitors which entered for the Oaks Stakes at Epsom, four came from the south side of the Channel, and of these four two carried off between them the first and second prizes—Count Langrange's Camellia and M. Lupin's Enguerrande having run a dead heat. Camellia, which was the favorite, had for merly distinguished herself by her success in the One Thousand Guineas. " Sold" relates how he was victimised by the Freeman's Bay boys, and this is the way it came about:— "On going down Victoria street towards Freeman's Bay, I found a parcel, and by the feel I discovered it con tained a pair of boots. I looked around me and quietly placed it in my kit, which already contained a heavy weight of tools. I was soliloquising to myself if they would fit me or my son Tom. On arriving at home I apprised my wife of the find, and com menced to open the parcel, which was well tied up, saying at the same time that I should have to advertise the find in the Star, for which I was met with a storm of abuse from my wife, saying what a fool I would be, that I was too honest for Auckland, and all that sort of thing. ' Moses !' fancy my astonishment when" the parcel was opened. Fere lay on the table before ns an old cast off pair of Wellington boots, the eolea form ing a half circle, the uppers and legs as hard as stone, and colour of white-browa. I need hardly mention that my wife and family fell into an extacy of laughter at the take-in. As for myself, I scratched my head, and would have given a trifle to find out the scamp that caused me to carry nearly a mile a parcel I could ill afford, having nearly 401bs of tools in my kit.—Yours, &c, Sold."

At the second sitting in the chess match, members of the House of Representatives v. Wellington, Messrs Lusk, Ball»nce, and Bryce each won a game for the House. At the third sitting Mr Lufik drew a game against Mr Reeves, and Messrs Bryce and Ballance won two for the House, leaving the score : Members, nine games ; Wellington Club, 4 ; drawn, 2. The A.J C Derby has been won by the favorite, Mr Fisher's colt, by Angler out of Chrysolite, after a sharp finish with the winner of the Hawkesbury Guineas, Tocal. Cardinal, who ran second in the Hawkesbury race, was third in the Derby. Newminster who was thought a certainty for this race at the end of last season, was unable to run, owing to his recent accident. It is said that this will also prevent his running for the V.J.C. Derby, for which Chrysolite is now favourite.

The p.s. Manaia Ashore.

The Few Zealand Insurance Company has re ceived the following telegram from Napier : —

Napier, Saturday,

" The p.s. Manaia is ashore at the Wairoa, The Bella ii going to tow her off if possible. Wind off the land."

PARLIAMENTARY.

(From our Special Correspondent.) The Government Policy- Board of "Werks- Dr Pollen and Sir Donald McLean Take Pensions £3o,ooo for Roads in the North. WELLINGTON. This day. It is said the new programme is complete, and various statements are afloat as to the main features. The following may probably be considered reliable. The new Govern ment undertake to reduce expenditure con siderably in departments and public build ings. They will propose something like a Board of Works on the Timaru and Gladstone model for the provincial districts, and will not press, even if they do not withdraw the County Boards Biils.

They will withdraw proposals to make hospitals and houses local charges, and keep them as Lunatic Asylums under the Colonial Government.

The subsidies proposed to be given to counties to be distributed amongst road boards, their taking care of the trunk lines of road on which they abut;.

The proposed Native Land Sales Bill is to be withdrawn, and probably a Board of Land Purchase Commissioners instituted to com plete Government purchases already on foot.

The Education Boards Bill is to be cut down so as to be merely an Act to vest in existing boards the necessary powers to carry on work till next year, the Government undertaking to bring down general measures for colonial education next year.

Abolition is to be carried out by the operation of last year's Act, subject to one or two modifications showing more liberality to provincial officials.

This is in main features of what is proposed, and it will be announced that Dr Pollen, Sir Donald McLean, and probably Mr Richardson go out of the Ministry at the close of the session. Dr Pollen and Sir Donald McLean take the pensions, and go out of politics.

It is difficult to say how far the plans will carry the House, but probably It will make the Government safe for the present, as the plans meet the Canterbury view, and to some extent Ofcago.

They offer to increase the vote for roads North of Auckland, to £30,000.

Australian Cablegrams.

SYDNEY.

September 2. The Derby * Chrysolite, 1 ; Tocal, 2; cSiaUL Won by a nose. Time, 2 mm. 43-5 tenths. ... _.*»-. An agitation has commenced with refer ence to the Chinese question, ariong out oi rAr>«nt disclosures.

NEW STEAM SERVICE TO SYDNEY.

OHF. readers will be glad to loam that the Auckland Steam Packet Co. have determined to mo the ss Llew elyn in thoFydney-Aucldand trade. An advertise^ of the new service appears to-day, and the Llewellyn will start on her first trip on the 9 'hinet. Thearn^ monta at present are for trips ever 24 dars. which will give ample time at either end for loading, &g.

ABOUT PRINTING.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Sjb _1 now wish to give forth a new thought-I would say a word about printing. Printing on condition of large multiplication and efficient working, is a general economy and a great good, per se-w economical of money, of public time, and is unquestionably advantageous. The advantage m small con cerns however is somewhat dubious n indeed it be existent. As to money matters it is in these concerns very commonly a losing trade; and being pecuniarily unprofitable, the work is often so glaringly imperfect in execution for lack of timeous assistance nnd attention that any sort of the commonly asserted advantage appertaining to that wondrous invention of these modern ages called printing is scarcely discernible. Yet, per average, it is a stupendous advantage, and a magnificent boon. The marvellous benefit of the inven tion of printing is specially seen in the 10s 6d vol., 30bh thousand edition, and in the Times with its 50,000 or 60,000 copies thrown oft every morning. Such do doubtless pay well, admitting of studious supervision and accurate correctness to a very comma. But the regular, constant, looked for incorrectness of the small hurried concerns of so-called " prints'' cause some men cordially to curse. And, then, there is printing for benevolence, eschewing all notions of trade. Some I know give away much mony for use ;ully distributing small striking brochures or little truthful tracts. That, you know is not of course, business ; i.e., not business in the sense of earning money. Of this charac ter often, is the printing of an occasional special lecture—" by request," as they often say ; if it pay the printer ii is unusually successful in sale ; and perhaps so long as he is somehow paid, it matters nothing to either parties, that it does not pay him. But any how, and either way it may peradventure be a real and positive good. Ag&in, as to pay, (and the highest authority says, the work man is worthy of his wage), and as to sub stantial efficiency, some honourable thinkers would like to see only two newspapers a-day for the province of Auckland, instead of the present nine or ten-say, a morning, and an evening. Then there might be strength, and a consequent necessary independency. (Please tell us how many journals and periodi cals have perished here.) Now I want to see Warlow Bavies print his series of admirable discourses, on the Women of the Bible— quite first-rate lectures ; the publication per haps would not yield a money profit: and probably would not entail any loss ; but it would, I feel certain, be to " do and commu nicate good;" and that, in incontrovertible fact, is primary. A certain P. H. Sadler has, I have just now learned, projected a periodical publication, per advertisement. He would probably have about five (5) subscribers ; but if he be a monied man he would not care about audience few; if "fit." He must not !—I am, etc., W. E. Sadlbr. P.S. Monday Since the foregoing, anothei" of the series of fortnightly lectures by Warlow Da vies, M.A., was delivered last evening to a crowd, which latest confirmed my private judgment that the series should most certainly be printed.—W. JE. S. [Our correspondent is perfectly right in his belief that the printing business is overdone. Two newspapers only for the province might be rendered large, creditable, and indepen dent organs of public opinion. But news paper proprietors, like other people, must regulate expenditure by receipts. The public are the sufferers by a multiplicity of journals. If half-a-dozen newspapers were in existence in Auckland, the advertiser would have to pay six papers to attain the same publicity as he now re ceives in three ; and readers must, perforce, put up with the inferiority consequent on a support so divided that no single newspaper would be justified in incurring the heavy cost at present involved in the production of the local journals. The tendency everywhere is to reduce the number of newspapers, and increase their size and expensiveness. In New York at the present time there are not more than half the newspapers that existed twenty years ago, but the gross total of their circulation is quadruple that of the inferior organs which preceded the m.]

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Before R. G. Bsrsfcow Esq., E..M.) INEBRIATES. William Callaghan, was charged with the third offence of being drunk. Prisoner denied the charge ; he was going about his business, and stumbled, he was neither drunk nor sober, he had one pint. Constable Dews, deposed that he picked the prisoner up in a terrible state, near the Thames hotel. Prisoner said he merely broke his braces and was stooping down to repair them. Constable Kidd, deposed that prisoner was quite drunk, when brought to the station. Prisoner : Well, your Worship, I suppose I was drunk ; but please your Worship, make the fine as small as possible. Fined 20s and costs, or 4S hours, with five days additional, making seven. Maggie Cox, an old woman, was charged with the same offence, and fined 53 and costs. James Boycn, and James Epps, for being drunk on Sunday, were fined 103 each; and costs. JOHN MILLER AGAIN. John Miller who was discharged on Satur day on condition that he immediately left the city, for the bush, was again brought up under the Vagrant Act, with having no visible, lawful means of living. The prisoner, a Swede, said the accusations against him were false. He was a gum digger, and could earn 83 a day, but people would not let him alone. Constable Naughton deposed, that prisoner was making a great noise yesterday in Col lege Road, wanting to get into a public house, where he said his wife was. He collected a great number of persons around him, and appeared very wild in his manner ; he thought the man was mad. After a great deal of persuasion he persuaded him to go away, but subsequently he was called to Freeman's Bay, where the prisoner was mak ing a great noise opposite another hotel. He 1 was compelled to take him into custody. Sub-Inspector Pardy »aid that prisoner had been detained n week with the view of ascertaining the state of his mind. Dr Phil son had examined hiua, and concluded that the man's eccentricities were assumed. He thought that, like Hamlet's, there was a method in his madness. His Worship told the man that, as he was discharged on Saturday on his promise to leave Auckland and had not done so, he must go to prison for fourteen days with hard labour. Prisoner objected to hard laboar, as he could not work, and wished to explain this, but the constable removed him from the dock. THE OEOAVD. The court was densely crowded with persons who apparently had no employ ment, which caused his Worship to remark that it was a pity that so much much muscle and bone could not be utilized for the good of the colony.

JSTENINO STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 18*6.



TJUSHBROOK and BHIDGMAN Ja* invite the attention of Purchasers to a number of SPECIAL LESTES, just to hand, BOUGHT at AUCTION, and to be Sold at a considerable Reduction upon Usual Price. "Waterproof Tweed at 8/6 per y»rd—a Bargain Imitation Nelson Tweed, first-class for Boya' Cloth ing, and very cheap. BLANKETS! BLANKETS! White Blankets, all sizes Bine Blankets Grey Blankets. Our Blankets are 'well botjoht, and the large demand for them is a convincing proof that they are FIRST-CIiASS VALUE. 2 a! E-i Be h g §i . * $ « D O .g « Winoeys, Costume Cloth, French Merino, and Fancy Dress Goods. flannels, shirtina, calicoes, btc. Generaij Dbapeet and Clothing ov Every De-obiptioh. 5% (Is) Discount allowed on all Purchases of 20s an npwa'ds. Patterns and Prices forwarded on application. Country Orders executed with care and despatch. HBH BROOK & BRIDGMAN, tjppbh qr/ekn-strekt, Attokland. A LINABTJRY AND CO. OFFICIAL NOTICE. £6,500 WORTH OF DBAPJEJBT AND CLOTHING TO JBJEJ SOLD. The PARTNERSHIP of A. LINABURY & CO expiring by limitation, our EXTENSIVE STOCK MUST BE CLEARED, and our Accounts called in, to settle existing Partnership business, we now ojfer our ENTIRE STOCK of DRAPERY & CLOTHING, etc, etc., at COST. We Mean Business ! !! CASH with us is, the LOWEST PRICES the People of Auckland have ever seen, ol'his is no Humbug! We do not malce Low Pricess n one Line of Goods only, but Oil the ENTIRE TOCK. CASH vnll BUY these GOODS CHEAP I tar SALE NOW ON!! t& LOOK IN AND SEE!!! A. LINABURY $ CO., 224 and 226, Queen-Bbreet. J^NOLEUM J^INOLEUM! LINOLEUM! SIX PATTERNS to choose from, ex Hero. PKOVED TO BE THE BEST COVERING FOR FLOORS EVER INVENTED. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who were disappointed at not getting any ofcour Last Shipment can now be supplied. Finding our next English Shipment wottld not arrive till November, we have, at considerable expense, obtained from the Australian Market suffi cient to meet the present pressing demands. Parties requiring Long Lengths, should make an Early Selection of Pattern! OABPETB, FLOOR-CLOTHS, FTTRNITUKE, DBAPEBY, MILLINERY, AND CLOTHING. HOLLOW AY 8c GAELICS, CITY HALL, Queen and Lobitjs-stbbbts.



TCT O T I 0 E. T. & H. COOKE, Cabinetmakers, Upholsterers, &c, Beg to inform their Mends and the public that they have IBT REMOVED j& To the new and spaetons Sbnw rooms in Qneen-street, next to tho Bank of New Zealand. In addition to tte u«ual varied assortment of Fnrn?RWr>e Goot?«, T and TT, C have just Onened La-ge Shipment? of Iron Tted^eads and Toilet Glasse x Bfibincton and England's Glory. THORNTON, SMITH & FIRTH'S PRICES CURB^T f "Wholfka-le) ?— Sacks. lOOffia BOIT>B "Crown Brand" Flour, £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. perton 14 0 0 14 10 0 15 0 0 T. 8. F. Canterbury Flonr. do 12 10 0 13 0 0 13 10 0 Seconds ditto ditto.... 10 10 0 Sharpa.do 8 0 0 Bran, do 7 0 0.. Fowl Wheat, per bushel. 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Tho above prices include sacks and bags. Sacks and bnes not returnable.—Terms Cash. Auckland. August 21, 1876. J COSCRAVE & CO ANNOUNCE FOR POSITIVE SALE Their Magnificent Stock of Winter DRAPERY and CLOTHING. Larcre Portion of bo Stock is RF.T>TTCTCT> to COST PKTOK and TTT>ER. Quantities of Useful and VnlTinWn'Goods in all the Depart ments will be subjected to Un paralleled Reductions. QPECIAL (Ti HE A P T INES AT 130 AND 132, QUEEN-STREET. HEAVY 'LANTCRT^. 19p fid per pair GOOD WHTTE STTTIETTWJ from 1h 3rt per yard A Special Lino in LONGOLOTH, BJfffl pnr yata STOUT 'DRESSES from Or! per yafcS STTPTCETOTt BT.«. GK VELVETEEN. 2s 9d per yard STOUT 'WTVOHIViri. SWd per yard. S. & J. R VATLE, 130 AND 132, QUEEN-STREET.



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