SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

._,,,.,, ... ..,,,-,, i This Afternoon, 7.11 HIGcI \S Air. ,--, To . ~ ~.r ow Morning,' 5.2 SUN SET.—This Evening. 6.5 SUN RISE.—To-nto.rov. Morning. 5.23 MOON'S AGE.—First Quarter, 11th, 3.21 p.m. ARRIVALS. Dnuedin, schooner, Stewart, from Oamaru.

DEPARTURES.

-vta.eppa. seno-inar. r.n-rai. .-.. , i' . .__•... __;_. Pretty Jane, s.s., Helander, for Awanui and Gisborne. Hauraki, P-S.. Oakes, for Raglan. Southern Cross, s.s., Holmes, for Napier (from ■ Manukau).

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For the Islands—Active, '.boon r, early. For London—Columbus, barque, early For the South—Taupo. ss., Wednesday 10thinst. For the South—Taupo, s.s., 10thinst.: Taranaki, 10th. Tor Tauranga ana. rite South—Wanaka. 15th inst. ; Rower.a, three, times a fortnight.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Wave of Life, schooner, from the Isiands.oarly Norval, schooner, from Tonga, cany Edith, schooner from the IsAnas. eavly Uity of Auc'.bi.nd. ship, KMT—, fram London sailed July It. amenoth, ship, from London : sailed ... ray 11. IMPORTS. Per schooner Dua<-din, from Oamam :—(ISO sacks oats, 120 da. potatoes, Aa) ; ,^ctn hour, 10 cwt. bacon. —Master, agent.

EXPORTS.

Per Mazepna, tor JjCVUKa :■—i__> pieces -iii b.r. 20 boxes soap. 8 cases sauce, KG sacks pola ors, 13 kegs butler, . cases onions, 500 sacks, 1 orses. 1 boat.—Niccol, Hendry and Co.

UNKNOWN.

Steam was got u;_ in the resnAtated steamer Go-ahead this morning, for the first time after her repair at the hands of Messrs Eraser and Tinne. who have completed their contract well within th_ specified time, ten weeks. The vessel made a short trip in harbour this morning, going well. At 2 p.m. Air W. Lodder and Cap tains Clavton and Worsp surveyed her, and pronounced the work satisfactory. We re ferr.d to the details of the renovations a iort night ago. IT-ha- the cenenil repair of the bottom'shc has been thoroughly overhauled and restored. She Iras hear, furnished with new running-,oar, her cabins have been related and furnished, .ad. the whole ship cleaned and painted throughout. The s.s. Go-ahead has been chartered, by Messrs Fra.er and Tinne to take the place of the. Roromahana tor a week, commencing next Wednesday. The schooner Mazeopa took advantage of the shift of winii early'this morning, to sail for Levuka. Pass atari.: W. Niece! and W. Crowe. The Pretty June left on Saturday for Awanm and G-sborne. with a general cargo. The toosail schooner Dun .-din, Capt. Stewart, arrived i. harbour yesterday frcm Oamaru, after all days' run. She is laden with oats, flour, and potatoes. The s.s. lona leaves at 5 p.m. to-day, for her customary trip to the North. She extends her voyage this time to Parcuaarenga. The s s. JmUhern Cross arrived, yesterday, from Napier, .he It ft again for the same port this morning, and; will leave Napier on the return trip on the 13th instant. The p.s. H.uraki sailed from Onehunga on Saturday, for Raglan and Waitara. The barque Kisinore. Widen was to have sailed on Saturday, was detained at the last moment by adverse weather. The s.s. Rotomahan., having been chartered to take the Good Templars from the Thames to Coromandel, will not make her usual trip to tne Thames till to-morrow, at 1 p.m. . The schooner Ellerton was brought round from Mr Ross' yard, in Freeman's Bay. on Saturn day night, and is now loading for Kaipara at the Queen-street wharf. A good deal of work has been done upon her since she has been in port. Her foremast has been shortened lit. to make her stiffer, and her hull has been strength ened by the insertion of several iron ribs. Cap tain Abrams, late of the schooner Fiery Cross, has command, and she will sail on Wednesday. The barque Columbus is making good pro gress with her loading. She is now more than half full, and a good proportion of the other half of her frei-.hr is engaged. The ship Sana Mendel has completed the dis ohargeof her cargo, which has been landed in splendid condition. She is now engaged taking in GOO tons of manganese, with which she will proceed to Melbourne, where she will tranship a portion, and fill up with general cargo for London. The s.s. Rotomahana has now been running continuously ever since he" launch, and it has been thought advisable to lay Dec up for a few days, to give her a complete overhaul. She wul be taken off" the Thames trade on Wednesday for a week, daring which the Go-ahead will take her place.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Uxder : For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. ; and to morrow, at, 11.30 a.m.. and 3.20 p.m. For Coromandel per Durham, on Wednesday next, at 11.30 a.m.; and per Ar.yle on Friday next, at '-'.30 p.m. For Russell. Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona.. this day. at 1 p.m. For Waiwera. Hawaii, Omaha, and .Matakana, par _n;iio MilVank. to-morrow, ft 10a.m. For Wansraroi Heads, Waipu, Wangarei and Mangapai, a >r Argyle. to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For Friendly Islands and Samoa, per Active, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Austra lian Colonies, per Taupo, on Wednesday next at 3 a.m. .. . For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Wednesday next, at 1 p.m. For Napier, Wellington. Southern Colonies, and Australian Colonies, per Rotorua, on Wednesday next, at! p.m. For India. China. Mediterranean Ports, ana Continent of Europe. United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton, and via Brindisi, per Wanaka, on Monday, 15tk instant. . For Taranaki and Southern Provinces and Anstra.li.an Colonies,per Taupo, on Tuesday next, at S a.m. S. B. RISS. Chief ' ''<"'•' 'master.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the dates and amounts of. calls in connection with the undermentioned gold mining companies: £ s. d. Date. Homeward Bound .. 0 0 6 — Oct. 10 Shannon and Fergus.. 0 0 3 — Oct. 10 United Kingdom.. .. 0 0 3 - Oct, 10 Sultan 0 0 3- Oct. 10 New Golden Pah .. .. 0 0 0 — Oct. 10 Leahy 0 0 3- Oct. 10 New Comstoek .. .. 0 0 3— Aov. 11 Dividends— n _ , „ Bank of Australasia .. 210 0 - Oct. 9 Alburnia 0 10 0 — Oct. 11 CBEDITORS' MEETINGS. In the estate of George Glover .. Oct. 9 James H- Grattan.. Oct. 9 Henry Serjeant .. Oct. 9 Win. C Campbell.. Oct. 9 ~ Henry P. Hayden.. Oct. 10 W. J. W. Addey .. Oct. 11 William Kennedy;. Oct. 11 Peter Paseoe .. Oct. 12

MARRIAGE.

STOKES—ROBERTS. —On the 6th October. 1877. by the Rev. Thos. Hamer, John Stokes to Elizabeth Ann Roberts, both of Onehunga.

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

MONDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1877.

For the cause that lacks assistance, Forihe wrong that poeci- ies_ta_ce. For the future ia the distance, A—d tt— ee_t- tb—: _c e—> do.

A SPECIAL telegram from our London correspondent, published on Saturday, states that the Queen has sanctioned the Gold-elds' Act, preventing the influx of Chinese into Queensland. A. few weeks ago another cable message from our cor respondent announced that the Act was under consideration of the Privy Council. The message, at first sight, -would not im press our readers with any very clear idea of its importance, but it really involves one of the most important questions, and is the ' outcome of one of tho sharpest controver sial struggles that has occurred of late years between a Colony and the Imperial Government. The tide of immigration which rolled in from the Flowery Land to the ports of North Queensland, transformed the goldfio_ds of our sister colony into a Mongolia*- if-the. than ft European community. Tho Chinas, out number tho Anglo-Saxon residents by two or three to one. The very worst forms of the Asiatic nuisance in other countries never developed anything equal to this, and the Queensland Government were not long before they discovered that they had a serious difficulty on hand, without the power to redress it. With a decline in goldlields' prosperity, the starving and mutinous Mongolian population menaced English residents and property. The question here was not whether it would be prudent to allow the bone and sinew—the stamina of the colony—to be ruined by the cheap and dirty labour of an alien race, which contributed little or nothing to the stability and pros perity of. the colony, but it had been demonstrated that the existence

of so large a population, incapacitated mentally, morally, and physically, from welding" with the colonists, created a serious

danger in the present, and imperrilled pro spectively the whole future of Queensland.

An Act was passed by the colonial legis lature placing a heavy embargo on Chinese immigrants. The Governor, how ever, reserved the measure for Imperial approval and it was disallowed, on the ground that its restrictions infringed the commercial treaties existing with China. Public feeling in Queensland on the subject ran very high, and it was felt that while on the one hand the legislature was precluded by the Imperial veto from enforc ing measures essential to the best interests of the colony, the colonists had no \oice in moulding those treaties which threatened to destroy their prosperity. Appeals were sent to neigh bouring colonies for support, and resolu tions of sympathy were passed almost unanimously by the parliaments of New South Wales and Victoria. Thus fortified, Queensland renewed the offensive measures against John, in the Goldfields Act referred to in our special cablegrams. The Imperial Government have now deemed it wise to concede the point, once more affirming the claims of colonists to almost unrestricted rights of self-government. We are not familiar with the details of the plan which is expected to stem the Pagan influx ; but in being first to establiish the principle of anti-Chinese legislation, and secure the Imperial as sent, Queensland merits the thanks of all the colonies. The deplorable con dition of the great Pacific State, despi e[ its magnificent resources, stands as a beacon to warn the colonies against this evil with which all arc more or less threatened. And we cannot better conclude than with an extract from the report of the Committee of the Calif orn inn State Senate, appointed at the last session of that legislature to prepare a mem orial to the United" States Congress in refer ence to the Chinese question, which is just to hand by the Zealandia. After fur- Dishing elaborate statistics, with explanatory statements, the report says : "In view of all this, we inquire what are the benefits conferred upon us by this isolated and degraded class? The

only one ever suggested was " cheap labor." But if cheap labor means white famine, it is a fearful benefit. If cheap labor means not only starvation for our own laborers, but a gradual yet certain depletion of the resources of our State for the enrich ing of a semi-civilized foreign country, it is a benefit hitherto unknown to the science of political economy. If cheap labor means .servile labor, it is a burlesque on the policy of emancipation. And if this kind of cheap labor brings in its train the demoralisation consequent upon the enforced idleness of our own race, the moral degradation attendant upon the presence in our midst of the most disgusting licentiousness, and the absolute certainty of pestilence arising from the crowded condition and fifthy habits of life of those who perform this so-called cheap labor, it were well for all of us that it should, be abolished. We thus find one sixth of our entire population composed of Chinese coolies, not involuntary, but, by the unalterable structure of their intellec tual being, voluntary slaves. This alien mass, constantly increasing by emigration, is injected into a republic of freemen, eating of its substance, expelling free white' labor, and contributing nothing to the support of the Government. It is not impossible that free white labor, unable to compete with these foreign serfs, and perceiving its condition becoming slowly but inevitably more hopelessly abject, may unite in all the horrors of riot and insurrection ; and, defying the civil power, extirpate with fire and sword those who rub them of their bread, yet yield no tribute to the State. This is a frightful possibility, but we have within a brief period witnessed its portents, and had it not been for the untiring vigilance of the conservative portion of our people, we might have seen, not only the Chinese quarters, but our cities in ashes, and families homeless and the prosperity and good fame of California shattered and disgraced. It is no answer that these uprisings are the work of the criminal classes only: they have a root deep as the sense of self-preservation. Throughout the length and breadth of California the white laborer knows the effect of this grinding competition. He reads it not in books nor in the press, he learns it from no lips ; he feels it in the empty pocket, the hopeless search for labour, and the gaunt want that sits at his hearth. The duty devolves upon ns to suggest a remedy for tiie suppression of this

emigration. * * * We would most respectfully suggest, as the means of a final solution of this grave and ever-increasing difficulty, first, an appeal to the Govern ment of Great Britain, to co-operate with our own Government in the absolute pro hibition of tills trade in men and women ; and, second, the joint and friendly action of the two countries with the Empire of China, in the abrogation of all treaties between the three nations permitting the emigration of Chinese to the United States. And in the mean time we earnestly recom mend legislation by Congress limiting the number of Chinese allowed to lie landed from any vessel entering the ports of the United States to say, not more than ten."

The issue of the STAR on Saturday night was six thousand four hundred and seventy copies (G-170).

Karangahapo ratepayers are invited to meet at the Newton Hall to-morrow night.

.Mr McAlistcr, whose probable resignation was icf erred to in the cable message from our London correpondent published on Saturday is the Agent-General of Queens land in London.

The entertainment for the benefit of Mrs Shaiiaghan, on Saturday evening, at the Lorne-strcet Hall, was not largely attended. The entertainment consisted of a series of lime-light views by Mr Crook, entitled, "A trip to London and hack," which were en joyed by persons present. The Hibernian band played some lively selections of music. The entertainment concluded with a droll set of pictures representing Diogenes' Tub.

A meeting of the members of the Athletic Club will be held to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at the Chaiiemont Hotel, Wakeficld-street, at half "past seven o'clock.

The young men of the Epsom and Mount Roskill districts will hold a meeting this evening at the Junction Hotel, for the purpose of forming a united cricket club.

The annual meeting of the Auckland Total Abstinence Society will be held this evening, in the Albert-street Temperance Hall, when the year's report will be pre sented and addresses given. The Rev. Father Walter McDonald, acknowledges with thanks, a receipt of a quantity of cakes &c., from Mr Perkins, Occidental Hotel, for the orphans of St. Mary's, Pousonby.

The members of the Ship-owners' and Ship-builders' Association will hold a meet ing to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at the Thames Hotel, for the chief purpose of adopting the amended rules. Air C. A. Harris will occupy the chair.

The colonial-born volunteers met on Saturday afternoon at the Mount Eden Range to try their skill as shots, in order.to judge of their chance in a probable content should any team accept the challenge thrown out by them. The ranges were 400, 500, and 600 yards ; seven shots at each. The following were the numbers gained by the competitors, and which were considered in the lace of the ungenial weather to be very promising : —Captain White, 48 ; Gunner Rose, 44 ; Vol. Bowden, 44 ; Vol. Duff, 41 ; Vol. Yates, 40 ; Sub-Lieut. Con nolly, 30 ; Vol. McCarthy, 34 ; Vol. Dore, 32 ; < .turner Titchener, 31 ; Vol. B. Buttle, 27.

We have to acknowledge £9 4s on behalf of Mrs Johnston, collected by 'Mr Jos. Falconer.

At nine o'clock last night a great dis turbance occurred at the Scandinavian Boarding-house in Durham-street west. A party of sailors who had " a down " on the landlord, Mr M. Wilson, went to the place and commenced abusing Mrs Wilson. Mr Wilson came to his wife's assistance. He was attacked by the ruftiaus and badly mauled. The neighbours and several con stables, hearing the noise, appeared on the scene, when the sailors decamped, but three of them were captured and lodged in the police ceils. Mr Wilson had a bad cut on the head, which was dressed by Dr.

Hooper.

We have to acknowledge £1 13s 6d for Mrs Humo, per C. Foster, of the s.s. lona. i

A pigeon match lias been made between Mr E. Perkins and Mr A. Hill. It is to come off at Ellerslie Gardens on Tuesday afternoon ; and the conditions arc, 13 birds each, for £5 aside, 25 yards rise, Mr Per kins giving his opponent four points.

A meeting of the colonial-bora volunteers was held on Saturday, to consider the ad visability, or otherwise, of withdrawing the challenge. Sub-Lieutenant Connolly occu pied the chair. It was finally resolved that the challenge should not be retracted, and a meeting to take action in regard to the contest will take place to-morrow evening, in the Drill-shed, at half-past seven o'clock.

Light-fingered people do not often steal coaches, but such a robbery actually took place at Onehunga during Friday night ia.st, a padlock being wrenched off the shed door where the coach was to gain access to remove it in the still hours of the night. Tlio premises broken into were those of Mr Ivelsall in Queen-street, where the vehicle was detained for the rent of stables, which had been used by an omnibus proprietor, but to Mr Kclsall's surprise his security was missing on Saturday morning. A search since made by Mr Kelsall led to the discovery of the coach at a blacksmith's shop adjacent to a public house. Sonic one now will most likely have to pay not only for the stabling but the coach as well, and that sharply too. A general meeting of the members of the North Shore Rowing Club is advertised for Thursday evening next, at seven o'clock. The business is of importance, and it is to be hoped that all members of the Club will attend, as there is a rumour that unless more interest is taken in the Club it is likely to bo wound up, a step which all in the interests of rowing should, if possible, be prevented. To the Editor : Sir, —Would you be kind enough to answer the following for the purpose of deciding a bet :• —Did two horses run in the Maiden Hurdle Pace, called respectively Lady Godiva and Lucy Godwin; and if so, which of them won ? Yours, Sec., COXSTANT READER.—[Lady Godiva won. There was no Lucy Godwin. Ed. E.S.]

The very attractive sporting drama of the "Flying Scud" was presented on Satur day evening at the theatre for the third time. There was a good house, and the various pictures of turf life were ably delineated by Mr Wheatleigh nnd those acting in concert, with him. Those of the audience who recollect the sensation and stir which were rife among spotting men some years ago, will lie capable of enjoying the representative incidents of this sporting drama. Mr Wheatleigh as the jockey was successful, and impersonated Nat Gosling with fidelity and exactnoss, and won tho frequent approba tion of the audience. Tho character of Goodgc was a line piece of acting by Mr Alexander. Julia was quite a natural rendering by Miss Tilly Andrews. Katy also found a careful exponent in Miss Hen derson. The remaining characters by Messrs Leopold, Hoyle, Vcrner, Belton, and Searle, were presented with fair success. This interesting performance will be given this evening at the Thames.

CHARGE OF ARSON.

A MAN named John Wilson was arrested last sight by Sergeant Greene at Epsom, and taken to Onehunga, on the charge of threatening to burn down the Prince Hotel, which is known as the half-way house, between Auckland and Onehunga. The new hotel, which is not yet quite finished, by the contractor. Mr Potterlon, for the pro prietor, Mr h Gwynne, is a fine two-storied I'uilding, erected on the site of the old house ; and the destruction of such a build ing at present would be rather a serious lass, not only to the owner, but also the builder. So alarmed was the builder for the safety of the house on Saturday night that a strict watch was kept ail night. What lias prompted Wilson, who is an elderly person, residing in Epsom, to make use of the alleged threats, has not transpired, but if is not supposed to be teetotal proclivities or hostility to public bouses in general, although it might be one way of solving the local option question. Be this as it may, Mr Wilson will most likely have to account tor the threats before the Resident Magistrate mi Wednesday next.

MAIL NEWS.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL SEMMES.

THE REBEL HER( > OF THE STEAMER

ALABAMA—HIS LIFE.

Raphael Seinmes. whose death occurred on Thursday at Point Clear, Alabama, was born in Charles county, Maryland, on September 27, 1800. lie entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1526, be came Lieutenant in 1537, and Commander in 1855. In 1834, while awaiting orders, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Cumberland, Md. During the Mexican war he served both on board ship and as an Aide to General Worth. On the outbreak of the civil war, he resigned the Secretary ship of the Lighthouse Board at Washing ton, took command 'of the Confederate steamer Sumter at New Orleans, run the blockade at the mouth of the Mississippi, and in July, 1861, captured several American mer chant vessels in the Gulf. He then went to Southampton, England, where he was for some time closely watched by the United States steamer Tuscarora. When he put to sea the Tuscarora was detained 2-4 hours by the British authorities ; but she followed him to the Straits of Gibraltar, and so closety blockaded him in the port of Tangier that he sold his vessel and returned to England. In August, 1562, he took command of the steamer Alabama, built for him at Birkenhead, England, and manned by an English crew, and continued his career of capturing and destroying merchant vessels. On January 11, 1863, oil" Galveston, Texas, he engaged the .United States gutboat Ilatteras, and after a short action sunk her. On Juno 10, 1564, in an engagement nine miles oil' the harbor of Cherbourg, France, the United States steamer Kearsarge, Captain Winslow, .sunk the Alabama. Sennnes was iaken up by the English yachtDeerhound, and carried to England. After the close of the war he entered upon the practice of law at Mobile, Alabama. He was arrested and taken to Washington in December, 1865, but was only imprisoned four mouths.

MORE MORMON HORRORS.

The New York " Herald " of the 9th inst. gives a detailed account of the massacre of the Morrisites in June, 1562. This shock ing event, transpiring at a time when the civil war was at its climax and absorbing all attention, was comparatively overlooked by the American public and by the Press. Morris was a senile sort of prophet- —a fan atic without brains —and set up an estab lishment of his own in Utah, independent of Brother Brigham and the orthodox Mor mon hierarchy. He seceded, and drew off about 500 followers of all ages and both sexes, to a new settlement on Weber river, about forty miles from Salt Lake. Brigham ordered his arrest on a charge of cattle stealing, though most of the stealing ap pears to have been done by the Brighamites against the Morri.ites. " The expedition

sent to make the arrest was about 1,000 strong, all armed, and accompanied by six or seven cannon. It was commanded by one Burton. It is now averred, on good evidence collected by Howard, the United States District Attorney, that the secret or ders of Brigham to Burton was not to bring back Morris or his Lieutenant, Banks, alive, but to kill them both, and break up the camp and the heterodox organisation. This order wius carried out with revolting cruelty. Both atoms and Banks were murdered in cold blood— Morris by Burton himself, and Banks by a Mormon surgeon, who, under pretence of performing an operation, severed the vertebn. of the wounded man. Burton, also in cold blood, murdered two woman—one for calling him what he clearly was, "a murderer," and the other for telling him that this was " another Moun tain Meadow massacre." The leaders and planners of this wholesale murder are now under indictment for their crimes, and it is surmised that a good many well up in the bloody and infamous hierarchy arc involved in these indictments a.s principals or acces sories ; perhaps including D. H. "Wells, who by virtue of his office as second to Brigham Young, was commander-in-chief of tlie Mormon militia at the time of the massacre. The absence of United States troops from Salt Lake leaves the civil authorities com paratively unprotected: and helpless for the time, but if the incoming Congress shall do its duty in the premises, the Courts of justice will be so strengthened as to insure fair and honest trials of these miscreants sooner or later. Meantime, justice sleeps, but is not dead.

War Notes.

STRENGTH OF THE SERVIANS.

Harvitovitch, Commander-in-chief of the Servian army, has arrived at Belgrade. Preparations Indicate that the Servians, will employ a smaller force than last year, but that the force will possess the same organi sation. The regular army is estimated at about 12,000, and the best part of the first cLiss militia, numbering altogether abont 40,000 men, *eem lobe ali reckoned Upon. The forces will be concentrated at Staits char, in the Moravia valley toward Nisch.

TIIE RATTLE BEFORE ESXI D.J UMI.

Ace amis of the battle before Eski Djuini are very fragmentary and conflicting. The numbers engaged do not appear to have been very gTeat, although' the battle was .stubbornly contested- A \ ienna special says that the Russians numbered 7,oooand the Turks 14,000. According! o the Russian oflicial account the Turks took the offensive in great force on August 22ud and drove back two Russian battalions from Jaslar. The Russians subsequently retook Jaslar. The skirmishing continued throughout the night, and. the next day, the 23rd, the Turks made three attacks in the neighborhood of Jaslar, but were thrice brilliantly repulsed. A renewal of the at tack is expected.

FIGHTING NEAR JASLAR.

A dispatch dated Eski Diumi, Thursday night, reports that steady fighting has been going on for the last sixty-six hours be tween the Turkish advanced posts and the Russians, who are attacking in force along the line from Jaslar to Popkoi. The Turks were at first driven in, but were reinforced, and retook their original positions, which they hold at this moment.

ILLNESS OF THE CZAR

1 lispatches to the Paris papers report that the Czar is ill, and has been advised to leave for a healthier locality than that of the general headquarter..

A Vienna dispatch, reviewing the opera tions in Bulgaria, says: There is believed to be a certain jealousy between the' Turk ish commanders Osman Pasha, Suleiman Pasha and Mehcmet Ali I'asha, which prevents their working thoroughly in concert. The organization of the new Turkish gens d'anues, by Colonel Baker, has been completed. DUKE OP EDINBURGH ORDERED FROM ATHENS. The Duke of Edinburgharrived at Athens in the ironclad Sultan ami visited the King and Omen. Tin- British Government, fear ing In- would seem to countenance the war party, telegraphed that he must leave im mediately, lie left the same evening. Tin- Russians, it is said, have contracted with an engineering firm for the construc tion of bridges across the Danubecapabie of withstanding the ice. 11 is alleged that Gladstone has written letters to Greek merchants in Constantino ple, urging the Greeks to unite with the Slavs in an attack on the Turks. The Hungarians have offered prayers for further Turkish victories. The Vatican instructed Bishops to stop this. Influential Poles oppose agitation. A RUSSIAN RIOT.

It is said that the Russian troops at Sis tova on Tuesday rioted because of bad provisions and threw 100,000 mouldy loaves of bread into the Danube.

THE PAKURANGA RACES.

The following report of the Hunt Club meeting was to hand on Saturday per carrier pigeon, but was unavoidably crowded out by the mail news :—

Notwithstanding the beautiful weather there was not a large attendance. The police force present in charge of Sergeant Jackson had not occasion to exercise their functions, as the best of order prevailed. Sub-Inspector Lardy and Sergeant Major Mason were also on the ground. Host Perkins performed the important duty of caterer in unexceptionable style. The absence of several well-known local horses was regretted ; and, from the first, people were prejudiced unfavourably with the character of the day's sporting events. The new horse Don Juan was regarded with interest, his character as a steeplechaser having preceded his arrival here ; and from his build it was believed he would win with case, although not in the best of form. For the lirst event—the hurdle race—there were three entries, but Matanga was scratched, leaving Fanny to compete with Don Juan. This race was considered a gift to Don Juan, and the betting was all in his favour. About two o'clock the start was made. The horse led to the lirst hurdle, but refused the jump. Fanny, took the jump, and every succeeding one, without a baulk. Don Juan distinguished himself by propping at each hurdle. When he did take the jump, doing his work with appar ent ease. The first turn round the course brought Fanny past the Grand Stand along distance ahead of her rival.' After the fourth hurdle Stevens pulled up his horse, and Saxon cantered the mare gently the second mile.

The Maiden Hurdle Race was run by all horses entered excepting Faugh-a-Ballagh. Charlie led oil', baulking at the lirst hurdle. Phiz ran past without taking the jump. Lady Godiva being the first over continued to jump well throughout, and won tho race. Charlie recovered himself after getting over his lirst flight of hurdles, and ran well for second place, being pretty close on the marc's heels at the finish. Matanga appeared to have met with sonic obstruction during the running, coming in a bad third. Phiz and his ridel- caused a little diversion by pursuing an independent course,in which flat racing entirely usurped that of hurdle racing. The skilful steering of the rider shewed he was acquainted with the short cuts. After the race heart\ cheers were given for Mr Wynward. The Steeplechase was a long and tedious race,, and proved the fallacy of racing men being frightened, out of an event by one horse. Fanny and Don Juan were the rivals-; the former's last exploit had created a favourable impression. At the start Don Juan led over the two flights of hurdles, jumping in excellent style. At the water jump both jibbed. Don Juan did the jump alter a time. Fanny's breastplate caught in a rail, and the rider had to dis mount. Don Juan hesitated at most of the jumps ; and Stevens, working his passage well, brought the horse successfully

through the race; finishing without a second. Funny was propelled by the crowd into the water, at 20 minutes to four I o'clock and iloundcred to the other side, j jumped the first wall, and then stuck in j the road-way. The Maiden Steeplechase proved the race j of the day. Sultan and Faugh-a-Ballagh were scratched. Cookie was the favourite, i Matanga also well backed. At the start j Matanga lost time by jumping off the \ course 'over the fence opposite the Grand j Stand. Louis D"or led in good style, j Charlie running second for a time Cockie ; held in behind the others, but jumping , everything. On arriving at the big jump j on the hill, Cockie and Matanga were to- I gether, the others some distance behind, j Cockie dashed ahead and took the jump, j falling on the other side, but rose pretty 1 rpiickiV, Brown did not get up at once, and j it was'feared he was hurt. Matanga also j jumped and fell on the other side. The | other horses led by Charlie thus got away from these two. Cockie | was again mounted, and was seen crossing A.he paddock alone, but a couple of - jumps fauna him within a hundred yards of Charlie and Louis Dor. On emerging from the soft ground, Smith rode Charlie round the flat course, and Brown, seeing a chance offer, used the whip, and a smart run en sued.. The two horses arrived at the hur- j die almost together. Charlie not having j touched ground after the jump, when Cockie had risen to take his. Charlie won by a j head. The Flurry Skurry was a good race, but Polly Plum was observably the winner I throughout, nnd ran in first; Phiz second. .

THE MOANATAIRI G.M. Co.

Tiiii manager forwards the following weekly report to the office of the Company to-day : '•' Gentlemen, —I have the honor to report as follows :— L.Oi't level. —-South cross-cut, —In the arise west I have sue .ceded in picking up No. 9 reef, which is now 4ft thick, and allowing good colors of gold. We are now carrying the main lode, and in loft. More driving will be underneath the shot of minerals coming down from level above. I look for further improvement as this level is extended. The stope from No ItoNo 2 winze is looking well. 7 cwt of specimens have been broken east of No. 1 winze, and a good show of gold remains in the face. A leader 3 inches thick and carrying good gold is now making into slide under the clay.

North Cross Cut. —No. 1 reef as driven v.c.t is fully 2ft. thick, and is a compact lode of payable stuff Soft, level.—There is no change to mention in drive west on No. 9. The rise sent up 12ft. from face of Eastern drive is now broken through to slopes above, and gives facilities for transit of quartz. These stopes arc looking well, gold being fre quently seen in the stone. The stopes throughout arc all showing satisfa. .orily. During the past, week the main tunnel ha. been extended 27ft, Progress has been rather slow, in consequence of the reef crossing tunnel letting out large quantities of water, making work troublesome. 30ft. of reef has been broken in crossing tunnel giving 20 tons of quart'/. This is now being crushed, and from show on plates is equal to 7 dwts per ton. It is satisfactory to know that nuriferous quartz does exist in debth cast from main slide. In a few day- I tvill forward you the exact result of trial crushing. < On- machinery is all in good order.— Yours, Sec, R. COMER.

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR o\y\ CORRESPONDENT.)

GRAHAMSTOWN, this day. j MO AN AT AIRE j The specimens and picked stone from j eas. of No. 1 winze having been crushed, an j interim retorting took place on Saturday , afternoon for the handsome return of j 1,023 ounces. The general cleaning up will take place on Saturday next, I when there will be a good! return lodged. No. 9 reef is übout four feet thick, j and siiows gold. Colors of gold appear ' in No. 1 reef in the North cross-cut, giving j good payable stuff, and is nearly two feet j thick, About 20 tons of stuff from j the reef in the face of the main ! tunnel have been broken out, and are now j being crushed as a trial. There is a fair j show of amalgam on plates, audit is be- | Sieved that it will go at the rate of 7 dwts ,: the ton. j CALEDONIAN. t A crushing of 40 tons has been completed ! for the handsome return of 208 ozs j There will be nearly ten ounces more from ; the blanketing, &c. The reef (No. (!) from i where the stone came is very large, and I will yield payable dirt for a long time to I come. It is contiguous to the Otago portion of the mine. Its dip is likely to be found : extending below the levels opened in that ! section, and is likely to furnish good pay able stone as far down a.s the magnificent shot of gold in No. 1 reef in the palmy days of the held. i'iako stone, from the Herald winze, is of a fust-class quality, and will materially increase the fortnightly yield on Saturday. CRUSHINGS. Alma (Taiiua). — This Company cleaned up on Saturday for the payable return of 130 ozs 10 dwts. This is a month's yield. Newdick and party, Kuranni Hill, realised Sli- ozs from a crushing. Carne's Tribute, Moanatairi, has 31 ozs. SHAREMARKET. The sliaremarkct has been very dull, and a few lines of Piakos at 14s are the only transactions.

COROMANDEL, this day. KAR-OUB VIEW. —Some good stone was j taken. from the new leader, also from a i mullocky leader. The mine is looking up well. IvAPAJfGA.—I understand that the work ing of the mine is suspended for the present, ; owing to want of funds from England. ' The Rotamahana steamer arrived this morning with a large number of ex- | cursionists. Union Beach.—Nothing roported this morning from the mine. BRIGHT Smile. —There is a good show j of gold in the stuff being taken out. A cutter has arrived with coal for the j Kupanga. DUNEDIN, this day. ] AMALGAMATION OF NEWSPAPERS. The " Guardian" on Saturday announced j the publication of its last number as a j separate journal It says the proprietary. after spending 15,000, is convinced that two morning papers cannot pay. Over fifty hands arc thrown out of employment by the change. r Moss Jonas disposed of a parcel of | !2_ shares ia the Union Insurance Company '. >y auction, which realised 12s 6'd and 14s. ■ Ihere was spirited bidding throughout. CHRISTCHUCH, this day. The decision of the bench of Bishops in j the Rev. Mr Carlyon's case, and the penalty | imposed under it by the Bishop of the i diocese, Avill be officially delivered by the j latter next Wednesday. The Union Rowing Club has imported I three boats by Salter, of Oxford, in the Waitangi, which arrived on Thursday. SPORTING NOTES. A sporting writer in the "Lyttelton limes" selects Danebury, Jangler, Long- ! lamLs, Telltale, and Redwood's selection, \ from ; liis' own three, as the best of the j acceptors for the C.J.C. Handicap. ''

[PRESS AGENCY.]

TIMARU, this da v. UNION SHARES.

Another writer considers Fallacy th . in, and couples her with Pn n _/ }J* °os I an^Telltale. The betting & j ' CRICKET SEASON.-THE BLO, j PITAL ROW. V ! The cricket season opened on Saturday and was a decided success. J» i Dr Campbell advertises that __i x, j withdrawn from the hospital staff a j official inquiry is to be held' at V f request. c nis j The effects oi the long continued dry I weather aie beginning to be injuriously fan ;in agricultural districts. " ' ; OAMARU, this day ! OAMARU RACES. | At the second day's races there was j large attendance. The principal races wei. the Waitaki Jockey Club Handicap inn j soys., T- miles: Bide-a-wee, Sst, fa_[ i Danebury, Gst and 71bs.penalty, second Lnknown, Sst /lbs., third; time, 4mi„ ! SOsec... _ Champion Stakes, 70 govs ii ; miles : Danebury, lOst. 91b., first; Mute j Sst. 91bs., .second; Xantippo, Sst, 91b,' I third; time, 2niin. f'Psees. Other races j small amounts. NELSON, this day _. COLONIAL BANK SITE. i,a ■ Mr Mabin has sold by auction the corner i section of Irafalgar and Hardy-streetsl W ! £1,950, Mr Dodson.wasithe purchasS'S. I trio Colonial Bank. fc-aftffifi. l_ .mr]TZ VV -_Ll_. G-TON, this day. ROMAN CATHOLIC REVIVAL. The last of the Roman Cathode Mission ser "vice, of the Rev. Rather Henneberry was helrt" last night at St Marys. About a thousand peonfe . were nresent, the aisle and c ten sanctuary bein_ 1 crowded. After the sermon, every Catholic m the church held aloi't a lighted was taper and repeated after the pries* the baptismal promises made at the font. The Rev. gentlemanwillhoM mission services throughout Wellington dis i tricts, after which it is understood he will visit orher principal towns in NewJZealand, Dm-mi his stay ho has administered the temperantl pledge to o-.-f-r fifteen hundred people, and yet. : terd»y about two thousand walked in procession £i'oin one Catholic church to the other, headed j by Bishop Redwood and the Hon. Wm. Fox on • one side, and Catholic priests on the other ! Such a revival has not been seen in Wellington I before. For the last fortnight the St. Mam i have been crowded three times daily, from o-jn i a.m. till past ten at night, j SUICIDE. ; Another suicide occurred at the Hutt. Fanny ) .lason, a girl 21 years of age vas found dead in I bed. Three empty ehlorodyne bottles were be : side her.

CABLEGRAMS.

WAR MEWS.

I [REUTEE'S SI'KCIAL CABLEGRAMS PEE PRESS AGENCY.] Victory by Mukhtar _a i—;___Aii_ I __tonba3.dE_.e__t at Plevna- BOMBAY. | October 3rd. J Mukhtar Pasha gained a complete i victory at Nedjian. The Russians j were driven beyond the frontier. Bombarding eastward of Plevna continues.

THE RELIEF OF PLEVNA.

FAMINE IN INDIA.

The Cable Company have forwarded for the New Zealand Press the following message from the Victorian Agent-General: LONDON, Sept. 27. There Is noothing new from the seat of war. The relief of Plevna is confirmed. The Indian Famine Fund has reached £270,000 '

Arrival of the Albion at Hokitika.

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS. INDIA FAMINE RELIEF FUND. DIABOLICAL MURDER.

ACCIDENT TO THE S.S. TARARUA.

] MELBOURNE, 3rd Oct. At a preliminary meeting for the India i Famine Releif Fund, held yesterday, the - Governor being present, £2,800 was sub- I scribed, including two thousand dopatedby iMr Win. Clarke. Several gentlemen gave I a hundred each. The movement is being ! warmly supported. The s.s. Tararua left here last Wednesday | for the Bluff, but broke down on Thursday | near Wilson's Promontory, and was towed j back on Saturday morning by the s.s. i Claude Hamilton. She had her crank-shaft ! broken. The passengers all follow on to-

i morrow, per Claude Hamilton. i An old man aged 77 years, named Arnold, j was murdered on Saturday evening by a ! ;>oung man named Black, who, after i brutally kicking him, cut his head opea j with a bill-hook. The murderer is in j custody. j A considerable quantity of rain has | fallen, and the country is looking splendid, I Charles Pope, the tragedian, visits New '■■ Zealand shortly.

THE "MERRIE MONARCH."

The Rev. Charles Clark will give his new lecture entertainment this evening in the Choral Hall, on the " Merrie Monarch" or the so-called good old times of Charles the second. In this lecture Mr Clark will present a picture of an age which was noted for the voluptuousness of the Court, gaities and superstitions of the monarch, and the moral degradation of the aristocracy under which Freedom groaned and was smitten, The two men whose elaborate diaries have shed light upon the follies of those times, were sedate John Evelyn, and gossiping old Samuel Pepys. In this age, moreover, occurred tho plague and the fire, which thinned the population of London: and m which was given to the stage and court, under the immediate patronage of Charles Stuart, a licentiousness never before given in tiny period of English history. The 'blind poet in his cottage at West minster, lamenting the apparent fain"? of the "bating labours of B» life, but neither heart nor hope," looking forward to a reward beyond earthly king: doms ; and the struggle of the Beaiora tinker, who wrote that other remarkable book of the time, will be portrayed, we doubt not, with the fidelity of an artist The story of tha Rye House plot, and the murder of the noble Sydney, of Penshurs . and Russell, will be given; also of the down fall of the last maypole hi the Straw*» with something about Nolly Gwynne, »« orange ghl " and actress ; conclmW 1 * with a peroration on the decline and jw of feudalism, and the dawn of the. hgW « knowledge which will ultimately lead n» the emancipation of mind from the thrft " dom of ignorance.

•' Mr Perkins has accepted the challenge from Mr Roberts, which appeared in onr columns on Saturday. The parties are * play a game of English billiards, 1000 «__ Mr Roberts conceding IdO points. . . Although the law has been frequently w» successfully invoked against the counter^ ii" of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam ■Aso^,__ g Scitnapps, their cupidity has again overcu their prudence. Imitations of this famous rag dicinal beverage are being put up oy^i pled parties in empty bottles of the semm article, and the labels imitated. Bo caution-. purchasers.

EYEKIJSTG STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER fr-1877.



-fITfINALT CLE Alt I N'G-0 U T~SALE. GIVING UP BUSINESS!!! j. wTpearse, DRAPER, CLOTHIER, ETC., Wishes to inform tie public that He is Retiring from Business, on account or the recent loss in his I'amilv. lie will, therefore, offer the WHOLE Oi? HIS VALUABLE STOCK FOR ONE MONTH, at an Immense Reduction and Loss, he having disposed of his Premises, must have the Stock sold by that time. £_" Note Address :— Corker of VULCAN LANE & QUEEN-ST., Auckland. N.B.—To Country Storekeepers, Hotelkeepers, &c, &c, &c.— This is an opportunity seldom met with to secure real bona fldo Bargains. SALE TO COMMENCE ON T WEDNESDAY, October 10, 1877. DRA PER V AND (JIOTHING FOR TUB SPRING AND SUMMER TRADE. The undersigned are now opening up supplies of NEW GOODS for the incoming Season, comprising:— Hew Prints, in great variety of pattern and style, from -tijei. per yard Very Choice Brocaded Prints, quite new designs White S.tt-ai Striped Brocaded Muslins Japanese Silks, very choice A nice assortment of Black Silk., unusually good value, from 3s Gd per yard A Varied and Carefully-selected Stock of New Fancy Dress Materials Black and Coloured Lustres in variety, and General Drapery Gooes of every descrip tion. A Job Line of Heavy Brown Holland at 6Jd per yard Balance of Last Reasons Dress Goods and Job Lines at very gveatly Reduced Bates, to clear. Job Lot of la.r_-e-si7.ed Honeycomb Towels at Gd each. 1.1- yards long Every Requisite in Furnishing Drapery. Carpets in variety. Curtains, Blind Muslins, Window Holland, Damask, Sheetings, all makes. Toilet Covers, Coloured and White Quilts and Counterpanes Blankets, all sizes, unusually cheap, &c, Sec A Large Stock of Calicoes, of best makes, always on hand. Grey Calico from 3d per yard White Calico from lid per yard Every Description of Clothing for Boys and Men Tweeds, Corduroy, Moleskin, strong material, for Boys' wear. 3. in he £ allowed on all Cash Purchases of 20s. and upwards. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, . j Junction Drapery Warehouse, I ..Urr_ •"' ottkkv-stkbbt, j AOO—:_a_i_.j l



,mO AGPJCULTUKISTS & OTHEitS WA.T. HURST cc CO. have on sale the under mentioned Fertilizers, all of which have been proved to produce satisfactory results in tins district. Experience teaches that largo and profitable returns can be relied on by ajudicious and liberal use of them. The flattering Testi monials from leading Farmers justify W. ;■ Hurst & Co. in strongly commending them to every Agriculturist :— MALDEN ISLAND GUANO PERUVIAN GUANO MEXICAN do BELAYS BONE-LOUR 1 and '-inch BONEDL S _ BILL YARD'S No. 1. do. NITRATE OE SODA SULPHATE OE AMMONIA MURIATE OF POTASH SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME. SALT, SULPHATE OF LIME. In addition to the above, W. J. H. Se. Co. are prepared to supply special Chemical Manures for stim.ula.ting weak Corn Crops, and renovat ing Clover-sick Pastures, as well as the Potato and Mangold mixture that last season attracted so much favourable notice. Analysis, prices, and other particulars Will be supplied on application at the Stores. W. J. HURST & CO., 101 Q U E M N - S T R E E T, LCVER SEED, FOR SPRING SOWING Just Landed, ex Columbus - 30 casks new Clovers, consisting of Red Clover White Clover Cow Graa Also on hand, Alsvhe. Timothy, Lucerne, Rape, Rats-tail. Rye grass, Cocksfoot, &c, at lowest market rates. W. J. HURST & CO. [ 101, QUEEN-S TRE ET. 500 sacks Sydney Maize (superior sample) ..000 „ Oats First-class Tartars for Seed., also 800 sacks of 1875 crop hard feed, surpassing any of last season's growth 1200 sacks Canterbury Potatoes, and some early varieties for seed purposes Flour," Bran, Sharps, Chaff, Oilcake, Coal, &c, &c. Particular attention is called to 500 sacks Prime Barley at Is oar bushel Of 501b. 5 tons Anderson's Fresh .atmeal, at £21 per ton. W. J. HURST & CO.. 10L QUEEN-STREET,* AUCKLAND. TTNION INSURANCE COMPANY NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £2,000,000. AUCKL A D B R A N C X : T__-?oba-_ Offices: QUEEN-S T R E E T, Next to Mr. G. W. Binnay's Store. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted on Dwelling-houses, Scores, Shops, Buildings in which trade is Queried on. Merchandise, and Goods of every ascription. MAItl- E DE PARTM EN T. Hulls of Ships or Steamers. Merchandise of all kinds, Specie and 'Wool to United Kingdom, at Lowest Curke-T Rates. R. 11. STEVENSON, Manager. "jm O It S A L E. B EST PUR I R I P O S T S IRON TANKS. J. CRA IG, [FORT-STREET. TR. G I L L M AN. o CHEMIST and DRUG GIST, Oxi.Hur_.GA, Begs to return his sincere thanks to the inhabit ants of Onehunga, and surrounding districts, for their liberal support and confidence during the past ten years : and believing the favours so long conferred will still be continued, he has made arrangements for continuation of Lease at a reduced rate, and has also largely increased his STOCK of MEDICINES, enabling him promptly to meet all demands. Direct supplies of the Purest Drugs and Chemicals will in future be received from the first English Whole sale Houses, for cash. Business hoars, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Satur days 10 p.m.; but in cases of necessity attend ance will be given as hitherto, at any time during the night, or on Sundays. JMPORTANT 'NOTICE Saving introduced STEAM PO WE R into the Manufacture of FURNITURE, we are now enabled to Supply our Cus omers at GREATIY RED UCED TRICES. T. & 11. COOKE, Cabinet makers, UpJiolsterers, ._.., <ha __%r SHOW R O O Ms. 67, Queen-street. STEAM CABINET FACTORY Victoria-street. AYjTjr __ AR E N 0 W SIIOW IN G OUR LARGE Shipment of Summer Gtoods, Pee 'SAM MENDEL.' J. COSGRAVE & CO.