ARRIVALS. _ ; A'AA. 'ALA- A he::'. '--.:••:':.;': -cocoa. 2 caV.s each --'"-•—•.--- ■ ."."-"* ■ i' j " i--..__ Anglo-Swiss c0n ,',..,;_'.;. h-T--" "•V r i ll '-i__'—-- •■.-"cocoa.—H. B. .Morton. : tefhes.-. *S*. K. da left the Manukau for; "',"','.'.._a. ti". -".ay. .vi :L a general cargo. ; j V.A .., ','- ,' , ;...,r { \ j y^i^'o-'l-dW., I ZZrf'YAZAAAYAZA'Z.i brinl-s a large con- ] -:_-:.;-. „: ." .:■: ."-;.■_: _*-.-. of which a 'ar-e ! (j-.'-enar.H G-,-':"-.'r.c. Captain J»o. C. Losbersf ia i v A~ ZAZ:. :..-.•-. ■• bad mistake on nearing ' ';e.'-', o:"^"^^'. r:^ ia'for L-be :llßf sSntS: ! L-'ort ;•]-,:-■'-- : ■•' jyee'-nts were observed by ] j\- -'.. -, '.i.- o- V. _. ' I-'-' ' o':T 'i-.i "hii'-ii: --'-.",.:. ■-' 'i. :•' ardod -hy barque" off _ (jAAZA. ZA -';_*_•' ;",;-t of the captain he directed | y_i -Z'Ygf \ a' l"'" ' ■'-_■'. '*' : j,, ■ "f . • ,""-'-'°,-:.-■"-'" , •.'.-, ; ■--.'■eivcd on board. The •-""-"-••"" -V '.'-■-.. ~ .-,-' r-'- -import :-The vessel 1 i_:": W.--l?;-.-»t-n cr- T'tesdar. the 11th, with ihe j ~.;-,p f-- r y -v.. no.-tii, until clear of Cock's ! -ir'ai'-'."'f:*-'.■•'. ■'•ii',t':-d round to the south, j _. ■' .-• .-- ;~i .■■ :• . ,-. '■ at ,:;aa~*e r t •'■'■_ | with in _o'mil ;s of'tiie Eas* Cape._ On -"unduy aadthi've-'.-.! w;'i Love-to for 21 hours, and. j afterwards r m o i~ to sea, and. was off the land I abou. "" i "li'c-s. Since then had variable y.-ea-h--r <-•'; ;--•_-.- _:-ov_. the N. and N.W.. with ] occasional h'.avv -•.:".:_._'_=. The Elsincre is a ; v .-t'th••".iiprfer .'-;_.r.o vlte barque of 680 tons. * Tne- br.-rahtine Omaha has left Lyttelton for the C-ha'ham Islands, and will load there for Auckland. ... _-, The ----oor--" Sis.-r has arrived rrorn Oamaru ..fi-r-r o">"oa--b -.assize of 10 days. She brings a ! .ar"'o"-f grain. Od" Banks Peninsula, on the .'ffy'__..' '""""'h''thiol* of it for __ hours. While rlmning'before it the reefed square-sail was blo'.vn to sure is. and some neav;. sea- ~-. ... ,-. _ y,-, .-•-;, r,-'. of them earrving away the h_,'r__W cask. ' When the vessel, arrived the r.A.i.V- V ._ run very short of provisions ' The b-rgantir.e' Ethel has left the Manukau for Dunedin with a full cargo of timber, shipped :'"-X"i'r- schooner Color::'*, which nut back to the Manukau a few days ago, has sailed again for the Waitara. _ ~ . . Tii-- Government steamer Stella returned to V.'ellin'-tou'from Onehunga on Saturday after noon. , . _~ . . Th*, kf*.-h Falcon arrived from Blenheim on S-t'-^day afternoon, after a voyage of It days. «•-'»'l--ft on the 3th instant, and after enjoying south-"-lv winds for 'he first rev- day, she was cau'-hr in a =ti_T S.W. gale, and remained hove to f?A- ih---e da-s. Her business hers is to load ti_n"33r for 'he erection of Government build inssatßh'.nheim. The schooner Active is nor moved on tne east side of "be Queen-street whan, where she is to step a new foremast, the oid one having been found too hea^-y tor her The ketch Pearl is now entirely restored, and will be ready for sea in a day or two. The p - Anne Milbank has aeon taken a_ong ■6_ t . th. Gore-street jetty, for the purpose of havin "he" boiler repaired, ss it was found to r,_ 1.-.-'-ir^'. She is expected to be ready to resume her running to War-.worth on "VI ednes- The'-.s! Rotorua left Napier at 11 o'clock thi.. mornin?, and should arrive a!on_^ide the rail- , v - whar: about S o'clock to-morrow evening. She will leave for Sydney at Boon on Wednes day. " The's.s. Pretty .lane left Gisborne this morn- I itu'. She maybe expected to-morrow.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as under ■._; For Thames, this day. at 5.30 p.m. ; and to-morrow, at A p.m. and 5.30 P-m. . For Coromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 2.30 p.m. For Kuss-H, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona, this day, at 1 p.m. For Tryphena, per Three Brothers, this day, at For Waiheke. uc-r Transit, this day, at 1.30 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Wanaka, to-morrow, at S a.m. For newspapers, at 7 a.m. For money orders and registered letters. this -ay. at i p.m. For Chath-in Islands, per island Lily, to morrow, at 9 a.m. Fo-' J"' "" P=r Mercury, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For wr-iw**'r-.r'Kawaii. Omaha, and ."Matakana, p'.r AnneMiibank, -to-morrow, at 10 a.m. Forßu3=-dI, per Ruby, to-morrow, at 4 p.m. For W_.-.g.rei Heads. Waipu. Wangarei, an* Var.'.ap_.. per Argvle. to-morrow, at I p.m. For Au-tralian Colonies, per Rotorua, Son Wednesday next, at li a.m. For Whit.anga Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Wednesday next, at i n.m. For Gisborne, per Pretty Jane, on Wednesday next, at 4 p.m. . Per s.s. Australia, on 'A cdncsday, 2Gth inst., For^Sandwich Islands. United States of _Am-r-ric_, Canada. British Columbia. Central and South America, and British and Foreign We?t Indies, at noon. For United Kingdom, and Continent ot Europe, at noon. jr or -Qonev orders, registered letters, and new-panors, at 10.30 a.m. Late letters, bearing a" e-tt-a'fs of Cd. in addition to the postage, will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer un to the Time of sailing. _■_ K. P.ISS. Chief Post.ina-.tor.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the dates and amounts of calls in connectidft with the undermentioned ' trold minir.--eomoaiiies :

CREDITORS MEETINGS.

In the estate of T. J. Bainbrid&re .. .-'opt. l' 7 \V. .7. W. Addey .. Sept. 28 Robert Chalmers .. Oct. 3

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Reader oe the Star.—One of the cases you name is past inquiry, and io is use loss to harrow the feelings of the widow with a suspicion which may be wholly groundless.

MARRIAGE.

QUEENIN—FORD.—On the 22nd September, at St. Patrick's Cathedra!, hy the Rev. Father *-Valter McDonald, Michael, second son of F. Queenin. to Margaret, fourth daughter of John Ford, both of Cork, Ireland.

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

MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1877.

__ _$ For the cause th-.t lad??; -WS-rtsnce, For the .rro.i£ th_>t need-, icsi^tance, For the future in t.'ie distance, Al',4. the zo-'tC t__U »/.. *rt_- 4rv

AUCKLAND institutions, which were once held up to Centralist scorn as the embodi ment of all that was bad, have suddenly found favour in the eyes of our rulers. It was to give Auckland such public establish ments as those of our fellow-colonists in tlio South, said Sir Julius Vogsl in the Choral Hall, that abolition was thought of. The annual estimates, however, shew that ihe inequalities of provincial pay hay ] been very faithfully copied hy the General Government. A superintendent of tho local asylum, worth £400 a year in Dunedin, was only valued at £250 in Auckland ; a gaoler in Dunedin required and re ceived £500 a year, in Auckland <j:ily £250. These remarkable differences must sooner or later attract inquiry from the most supercilious of Minister.., and Mr 80-wen's investigations at last have led him to the discovery that Auck land institutions are models of economy and efficiency, while those of our Southernfriends are perfect sieves for public money. It turns out that it is the Southern institutions and not those of the " bankrupt provi_.ee" which require reformation. Tin's is, perhaps, a convenient discovery to a Minister casting about for some victim to offer on the altar of retrenchment; still, some of the facts upon which Mr Bowen has dilated in the House are certainly remarkable. When introducing a] proposal' for reducing the cost of Dunedin gaol, the Minister of Justice pointed out that in Auckland 21 ■uj-s.r_l.-rc- ___T_fr_.il/v. 1 RO. r_r«____r.__rc. m ( Vm+P.r..

bury 13 warder;; controlled 100 prisoners, while in Dunedin SS warders were employed in controlling 115 prisoners. The cost of each prisoner in Auckland gaol was thus only £1, a year, and in Lyttelton £2. a year, while in Dunedin it amounted to no less than £62 a year. We have no doubt that Mr Caldwell would be ; repared at a moment's notice to shew by one of those marvellous returns which have been so in dustriously puffed over the colonies, that each prisoner, short or long sen tenced, returned to the colony a good deal more than sixty-two pound., a year. Mr Bowen, like some ether inquirers into prison management, has .evidently his own opinion of the value of these colenr-de-rose pictures of the self-sustaining character of the Dunedin institution. Auckland piisoners work quite as hard and on work ofj en.ua! utility with that which occupies the gaol-birds of the South, and if a prolit remains upon the prison labour of Dunedin.. there must be a still more handsome balance to the credit of the Auckland institution. No such balance, however, is claimed [by Mr O'Brien. Mr Bowen's proposal to reduce the Dunedin gaol expenditure has set the old Identity in arms, and Mr Caldwell meets with many sympathisers, but it must be apparent to everyone who looks at the matter away from the atmosphere o: mutual admiration peculiar to Otago, that Mr Bowen has made on: a clear case.

We have much pleasure in acknowledg ing receipt of £4 17-- the balance of £'J 7s collected by Mr William Jones on behalf of Mr_ Hume, widow of the late engineer of tiie s.s. Lionel. Tho remainder of the money,'£4 10s, has beer, absorbed in funeral expense.. Fire shillings Lave come in anonymously in aid of Mrs Johnstone, who L>-t "all her clothe* and £100 worth oi furniture at the tire in Hobson-street. An impudent robbery .-was committed this morning in the shop of Mr Collinson, .).nft'ctioner, of Princes-street. Aboufenine o'clock, a tall, respectably dressed man of middle ago. "Tearing .; very long beard. went into Mr Colliu»on's shop, and finding .no person in charge, strided over the counter and plundered the till or" the greater parr of its contents. Th" young girl had just left the shop, and wa? in th? adjoining room. A noi^e attracted h:r attention, and looking through a crevioo, ihe plainly saw the robber busy at the till. She mimcdiatly screamed out to her niistreas, when the thief] leaped over the counter, and ran towards St. Paul's Church, the intrepid girl being at his heels. The man turned round and threatened to knock lier brains out with his umbrella ii she attemped to stop him. Jle then made afcudden start and f.n with all bis speed round Waterloo Quadrant, and made his escape. Ah the girl is able to give a full deacriptiau of tiie unwelcome intruder, _» is oxpectet. that he will soon be in the hands of the police. ] Tfi" New Zealand Insurance have re ceived a telegram from their Melbourne agents reporting thatf there will be uo sal vage whatever on the i- Avalanche " as *he 1- -unk in deep water, the Companies may therefore console themselves with a Vital loss. ! The Pitt-street Young Men's Association meeting is postponed till this overling week. The Sisters of Mercy acknowledge with thanks receipt of 200 oaken for the children of St. Mary's Orphange, Ponsonby, from Mr Sullen, baker, Freeman's Bay. I The interesting cweraony of renewing the baptismal vows of the children attending the Roman Catholic Churches of the city and Darnell took place at lip.in. yesterday. At St. Patrick's Cathedral, the children, dressed in white ami carrying a small hanner. walked in procession from the adjoining convent, aad were received in the cathedral by the Assistant Mother Superior, who arranged the details of the ceremony with great taste ami skill. A number of the parents and friends of the children were also present, and evinced much interest in the proceedings. The Ilev, Father O'Dwyer addressed those present, explaining the object of the ceremony, and reminding them of the promises made at the baptismal font, and for the renewal of which they had assembled. The usual form wan read in a very distinct manner by n little girl, a pupil of the Sisters. There is a general feeling of dissatisfac tion among the -shareholder, and some of the directors of the Union Poach at the want of information regarding the mine on the face of the lato midden rise in the price of shares. Telegram* sent by order of the direct,>r.. to the mine manager have been repli. d to in n way thai out^ts no informa tion whatever respecting tho position and prospects of the mice. "Cannot break dawn before Mo-day. being timbering,"and "no specimens out yet," the answers re ceived from the manager, are anything Hut enlightening as replies to direct ques tions whether specimens had been, or were liki Ij to be, taken out. Investor":, are just left a.* wise ris ever. It is quite useless, we presume, ut this timeot day, to represent the right of shareholders to a full report om the stato of their property whenever they require it, orwheu ever it i» rendered deuirable from an ap parent change in the value of their interests. The idea of miaes being the property of tho owners of shares is so generally regarded as a fallacy in mining circles that bona fide holders of Beach stock must fain hope that when it i^ all over tkey will learn at length whether there was anything to warrant the recent advance. This evcuinj, fair or foul weather, the Lev. Charles Clark will give his lecture on "Oliver Cromwell, or Bible and Sword," which cannot be repeated. In the course of the lecture Mr Clark will introduce Macaulay's Puritan war song, " Naseby _'ig-i-," tne .ecital of which in tho Town Hall, Melbourne, is said to have boon the first piece of declamation ever heard in that city. A musical treat has been provided for the residents of Onehunga in the form of a grand concert and operetta, to be given in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday. Mrs Mitchell, Miss Vaughan, and several woll - known -Auckland amateurs will appear. Mr G. It. McNab has brought to town a magnificent specimen of a cauliflower which wan grown in hia garden in Napier street, Franklin Poad, in stiff clay soil. In its trimmed state it weighs 27lbs, and is perfectly hard and solid. The vegetable is on view at Mr MoNab's store, Queen street. The seed was purchased from Messrs W. J. Hurst and Co. Mr Norman McDonald, of Papatoitoi, notifies that his pure bred heavy draught Clydesdale entire, Voting Sir Colin, is to travel this season through Papakura Valley, Pamuera, and other districts. This horse is a splendid bay, standing 17 hands, and three years old. His pedigree is of undeniable character as may be seen by the advertisement, which gives full particulars. We (" Otago Daily Times") have been informed by one of the directors that the Standard Insuranoe Company have decided to issue their unallotted share. (50,000.) A large number of applications haring been made for copies of our issue of the 20th inst., containing an account of the fire at the Lunatic Asylum, agents who havj any copies remaining on hand will oblige by returning them to this office at once, the papers being required for transmission by the outgoing mail on Wendnesday morn ng. Mr Blair, C.E., is of opinion that, by ex pending about £30,000, the Taierl Plain, Otago, can be saved from periodical inunda tion. He proposes to construct a"1 new out let from Taieri Lake to the gorge (by which the lake would be drained at a small cost,) an embankment in the riverbed at thegorge, a new channel for the river through the Spur below Kyeburn junction, and a bye-wash. To provide the new water-way for the river a tunnel ninety yards long is to be driven through the Spur. These works will cost £24,000. It is rumoured that after the payment of the indemnity to tho British Government the King of Dahomey determined to sacri fice 500 of his men as a fetish offering.

The remains of the late Mrs Fortune, \ whose death we noticed, in our account of the recent fire at the Whau Lunatic Asylum, were consigned to their last resting place. in the family vault in the quiet settlement of Otahuhu. At two o'clock yesterday the funeral procession started iron. Mrs. Cavrv nagh's, Wyndham-street, including tbe hearse containing the corpse, and a number of nmnrning carriages, in'the first of -which were noticed the Rev. Father Walter Mc- Donald and Father O'Reilly, brother of the deceased lady ; the twelve other carriage contained other friends of the deceased. The service for the dead was peforroed in the Cathedral by the Very Rev. Father Ernes, V. G . in a solemn and irapre-sive manner. The Rev. Father Walter Mc- Donald, Fatter O'Reilly, aud Father O'Dwyer also took part in the service. The procession afterwards started for Otahuhu, being joined by a large number of vehicles on the way. ' Un reaching the village the coffin vras borne to tke district church, and the solemn chant sung by the Rev. Father O'Hara, and Father' Mc onalil, assisted by Father O'Reilly. Father Paul was also present. The precession then moved towards the cemetery, where the eacred obsequies were concluded. The annual meeting of the Auckland United Cricket Club (Mr Clifton, sec.) will bo held this evening, at tha Thame. Hot»l : and to-morrow evening, at the same place. Trill be held the annaal general meeting of the Auckland Cricket Club (Mr Jackson, see.), when report-, of the clubs will be pre sented, ami officers for the opening season elected. Mr <>ook will exhibit a serioc oi his lime-light viewa to-morrow evening in the Primitive Methedist Church, Franklyn Road, descriptive or" the Hirer Thames and the animals of the Regent Park Zoological Gardens. The scenery will be accompanied by music. The hare-and-hounds run indulged hi by the members of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club, on Saturday afternoon, has been much talked of, and so has brought the Club very prominently into public notice. Wo leani fron the Secretary that about a doj»* gentleman have sent in their names for election siacc the run, and several more xre expected. For a first affair of the kind the chase was very stic cessfal. The hares were aot quite so unanimous as they mi^'ht have been on the subject of the route, ami before three parts of the run had been traversed they had diverged into three separate tracks, a state ut things which w»s very puzzling to the :' hounds.'" We gave the proposed route on Saturday. Roughly speaking, it was intended to hare carried the chase round Mount Hobson, Mount St. John, and Mount Eden, but although all the rnnnr-s came in gallantly enough it was found that only one or two had gone the full distance ; most had cut off Mount Eden, and very nj?ny had encompassed Mount Hobson only be fore turning _or home. It is perhaps just as well that there should have been these little mistakes. The participators in the run. wKkout exception, were highly delighted with their afternoon's bealthy recreation, and are eager to know wtiea the next papercha.se is to come off. The following gentlemen took part in Saturday's chase : llart^ :—MessrsT. Henderson, Cotton and Dayrell. Hounds : — Messrs M. Somerville. H. K. Whltak.-r, Mitford, I). Tonks. W. Philson, ( . fiwen, A. E. Whitaker. J. Dijjnan, W. Ring, J. Anderson, W. W. Robinson, 11. Davey, F. Abrams, W. Woon, A. Yates, J. Lainc, G. Turner, J. Warbrick, E. N. I order, 11. Bonner, J. Whowell, J. Kirk, Thela.it named deserres particular mention. He is a Crammar School boy not more than 11 years of Age, and lie ran the whole round most pluckily, fairly weaiingdown many runners much older and apparently j swouger than hims»lf. < )ne or two laughable incidents occurred in the course of the afternoon. While Mr Dayrell was making tracks ia the vicinity of a farm-house a dog rushed out, and no doubt recognising him as ;. "hare", promptly ran him down, and foxed his teeth in hisleg. One of tbe hounds who had wandered from the track akeat three miles from town was fortunate enough to fall in with a gentleman iv a dogcart, who gare him a lift as far a. the Kyber Pass road. The gentleman then alighted, and resuming the cha^e came in with a magnificent spurt, which was highly applauded. The anniversary scrric.oi of the Wellesley street Baptist Church wore held ve-terdsv. Rev. Allan W. Wehh preached Uth morn ing aud evening. The attendance was larj-te, and the collections good. To-mor row (Tuesday) evening the an;_u«.l tea meeting will be he-hl in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, and at"ten- tea the auditory will be interested with speeolirn ky tin* minister, Revs. Messrs Macnicol, Taylor, and Hinton. The Wellealey-Mtreet choir will assist with music and voices, and a piea.sant evening will ensue. To the Editor. Sir,—l see in,your Friday evening's issue, concerning tho late fire at the Lunatic Asylum, that ! the Auckland Police had to do "most severe duty"', ami truly they had ; but likewise let me nay a few words concerning tbe severe duties of trie warders of the Asylum. I am informed that they have been three days and three nights without a moment's rest; surely this fact ought to come under tbe notice of the Government, and they should allow them Home little extra allowanoo for their late severe duties, —I am etc., CITIZKN. The annual meeting of the Auckland Rac ing Club will be held this erening at the Club Room, Thames Hotel. It is under contemplation to form a Pon sonby Rowing Club. A meeting is ex pected to be held in a few days to consider the project. " A great newspaper fight, says the " Northern Advocate," is waging between the " Star" and " Herald," consequent on tbe alleged cribbing by the " Herald " of the " Star's " special war cablegrams. The " Herald's " behaviour is generally stigma tised as contemptible. The proprietor, of the "Northern Advocate" have arranged at great expense to publish tbe "Star's" special war cablegrams. Only two othor papers in the colony have the same right. The carbine match between elevon of tho Artillery and eleven of the Naval Brigade came off on Saturday afternoon at the Mount Eden Rifle Range. The day was not favourable for the shooting in conse quence f>f intervening clouds and showers. Lieut. Henry Payne superintended, and Sub-Liout. William Norrie occupied the position of scorer. The ranges were 200, 4(10, and 500 yards ; five shots at each. The scores were as follows, terminating in favour of the Artillery :—Artillery Co. : Bell, 44 ; Rose, 4G ; Birnie, 19 ; Titchoner, 40 ; Salmon, 37 ; I ieuk. Payne, 38 ; Elliott, 47 ; Woolley, 3-1; Hendry, 27 ; Allen, 35 ; Anderson, 39. Grand total, 406.— Naval Brigade : McLean, 50 ; Moore, 29 • Wayte, 24 ; Moore, M. J., 39 ; Lamb, 43 ; Sakcv, 35; Hunt. 39; Coleman, 19; Smith, 36 ; Allen, J., 35; Smith, W.G., 35. Grand total, 384. " Atlas" writes : —lheartbat Lord Napier is waking them all up at Gibraltar. He is full of work, and as active as ever—out and about every morning at five, looking into everything himself, and carrying out| many needful changes and reforms. The " Rock" is too important a place to be neglected in these ticklish times, and it is a comfort to know so good a man commands it. The Catholic Crusaders, or " Militia of Jesus Christ," have added greatly to their numbers, during thejrecent influx of pilgrims to Rome. A million of members are said to have inlisted. The object of this associa tion is to revive the Catholic faith, and to maintain Catholic interests. The members are divided into : (1) the category of pray_tk ; (2) tbe category of the .Word and of print; and (3) the category of gifts. Their badge is the crusader's cross.

In answer to an appeal from the Sisters of Mercy, in aid of a fund for eitendin-,' the dormitory of St. Mary's Orphanee, "Pon sonby. the subscriptions at St. Patrick".? Cathedral yesterday amounted to the ■ handsome .urn of £110. The famine in the north of China has assumed terrible proportions, and half-a million if poor wretches are estimated to have already died. ! To the Ediror : Sir,—As I come along i by L nion-street every day, I witness boys pelting stone* and using" bad language. They not only do that, "but offer to fight passers-by. The police should put a stop : to it. On Sunday last I was in St. Thomas" Church, when some boys threw a .-tone at the side of the church." end disturbed the congregation.— Yours, &c, A Passkk-By. On .Inly 7th Don Pedro 11., Emperor of : Brazil, and. hi, wife. Donna Theresa, the Empress of that country, tbe first crowned j sovereigns who (net being a King or Queen of England) hare visited Ireland since Kin« Robot. Bruce landed at Carrickfer-rus 500 year? ego, arrived in Dublin. A cablegram te Otago records the death of Dr. Buchanan on the 4th instant. Dr. Buchanan practised about 30 years in London, and came to Auckland, New Zealand, for th- benefit of hi* health about 21 vein ago. In 15.0, he cam- to Otago, and, in IS.I, was appointed a member "of the Legislative Council. Ha remained a memker of the House until his departure for Europ. ia IS7_. In England, be took a warm interest in Colonial matters, having been a frequent speaker at the Colonial Institute. FTe was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, and a Fellow of the 11 oval Colleja of Surgeons. Thii year the Irish Team i.-- greatly in ad vance of its competitors for the Elcho Shield, having beaten them at each range, winning by 104 point* over the next higkest score. The average score was better than at last year's contest, although it fell short of the points made iv 1575, when each competitor made over l.^K), ami tne winner was only three point- ahead. Referring to special cablegrams the " Otago Daily Tim»«," which relies solely on Reuter, expres.se. the opinion that war news from that source will probably prove I tbe most reliable, but adds : " Our remarks are confined to tke question of the accuracy jof the war items sent out. It is only right I to say that the enterprise of those journal. which procure "specials" is frequently re warded by their b< ing aide to publish other newi of importance which Renter's Agent has not deemed worthy of being trans mitted by cable." A. shock of earthquake was felt at Wellington at half-pa*! four o'clock on Saturday. Tke monthly inspection parade of the Habson Corps of Volunteers will take place to-morrow evening at the Drill-shed. The Town Hall, Dunedin, the successful plans of -which were prepared by Mr Cam eron, Architect, of Auckland, is "to be gone en with upon a reduced scale. The com mittee of tbe City Council reported in favor of modifying the design so ai to make the . cost not more than £7,000. The report : —<:In tbe event of the above sug gestion! meeting with the approval ot the Council, your committee would, recommend that Mr R. A. Lawson be engaged as architect for the building as above proposed to ke modified, yonr committee to have power to conclude arrangements with Mr Laws on." The Council adopted the sug gestion* of the committee. Mis* Ada Ward, who was engaged by Mr Delias,has been playing havoc with the hearts of tbe Melkourneites. AMr G. O. Borne, finding hi» suit hopeless, threatened an action for kreach of promise of marriage. Miss Ward took her farewell at the Theatre Royal on Augast 20. before going to Brisbane, and the plaintiff—lie of the shattered hopesand bligkted affections— thought it necessary to take precautions against his defendant leaving the colony, and himself in the lurch. So on the succeeding Monday be went before a Judge of tbe Supreme Court to take nut a capias to compel the fair Ada to leave substantial security for the payment of the damages aji enlightened and sympathetic British jury might award him. The Judge heard his case, granted him the writ prayed for ; but, alas for the expectations of the lovelorn swain, the prudent actress hnd.in view of anymcrccnary proceedings of this kind, taken a very unos tentatious departurefrom tbecolonyacouple i of days before. So that possibly all that the i injured plaintiff will have to .serve him as a __ue__nento"o£_thirt tender passage of his life, in j "which love and dramatic u.rt and Supreme I Court litigation all combined in charming I harmony, is this somewhat formal but per | emptory order to a vanished defendant not I to leave the scene whence she had already flown. Nothing now remains, says a vivacious writer, but fur the loving and litigious plaintiff to carry his woes and hi., pleadings to Bri.s_>ane, aud to follow if need be hio Dulcinea to the end of the earth rather than alloy his wrecked affections to go without the compensation which an I intelligent jury could not fail to award. ] SB ' ' 081

NEW-GOLDEN PAH G.M. COMPANY. —THIS DAY.

CAPTAIN Nix:, is, the mine manager, reports that the extent of driving the Com pany have done in a northerly direction j from the bottom of shaft (72 feet deep) is 120 feet. In an ea-terly direction 50 feet, and in a westerly direction 30 feet ; in all 200 feci. Within this distance, in the various direc tions mentioned, 7 or 8 leaders have been found, varying in size from 4ft. to 6 inches. In examining these leaders-, I am glad to report, two of them, one 8 inches, and the other G inches wide, contain gold. He proceeds : the work is at present confined to driving in a northerly direction, through splendid country, for the purpose of meeting with other auriferous leaders in that direction, where I consider there is a fair chance of success.

Australian Telegrams.

(PER S.S. RINGAROOMA). "THE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA. MR T. MORRIN'S PURCHASES OF STOCK. MELBOURNE, September 19- The Council having postponed consider ation of the Laud Tax Bill till the 26th, the Assembly, on the motion of tha Government, adjourned till the 27th. The Opposition objected to this course, but were over-ruled by a large majority. The Council passed the Railway Con struction Bill after material alteration. Col. Ward, resigned as deputy master of Mint will probably be succeeded by Col onel Scratetfley. Sir William Jurvois, and Sir W. Robinson, arc both in Melbourne at present. There m some prospect of the Italian Opera Tioupe visiting New Zealand. Two pure short-horn bulls were shipped aboard the Hero for Messrs T. and S. Morrin, of Auckland. A murder hafi occurred near Rush worth. One Kelly, a miner, shot Parkinson, another miner, during some dispute about money matters. The Lusitania left here a full ship Avith passengers and cargo. The ship Macduff, on her passage out, was run. into by a ship, believed to bo bound to India, and was also dismasted in a gale. The weather here is very hot aud dry, but copious rain has fallen in New South Wales, and Peverine districts. The Equity suit, "Argus" v. Lewis, with reference to a dispute over the Academy of Music, has commenced. Credwick is still drawing good houses. Business is dull.

CABLEGRAMS.

«0, THE VERY LATEST WAR NEWS,

Rst_.j.n cf Stanley. I Losses Before Plevna. OFFICIAL EST I M ATE S. rsr -_?. V-/ <_/ 1/ Rsae-vTed Attack by Turks. _ (FROM OUR SPECIAL LO EDO'S. CORRESPONDENT.) [The date on this despatch shews the cable to be working very badly.] LONDON. i Wednesclaj. Stanley, the discoverer of Living stone, has returned from bis explorations in Central Africa, and reports important discoveries. The Roumanians and Russians hold Gravitza. The official report of the losses at Plevna is: Russians, IC.OOO killed and j wounded; Turish loss. 0,500. On Friday nigh*, the Turks, .-.Tier i re-canauring outlying fort?, advanced. ; but diverted [—?*defeated ] with 2,600 loss, i Tiie Russians positions are un- I changed. [The news of Stanley's return from ! Central African explorations will be 1 learned with satisfaction. His long 1 absence had given rise to fears for his 'safety; and although no great gain to science was anticipated from his blus ! tering expedition, he cannot but have gleaned something of the configuration ;of thr- almost unknown land thvougn ! which his energy has safely carried I him.l | ' .

ROUMANIAN ATTACK ON PLEVNA REDOUBTS.

I TIIE RELIEF OF OSMAN PASHA. [REUTER'd SPECIAI- TEI.EGR._>{S.] ! BOMBAY, Sept. 20, 10.52 p.m. A Russian unofficial account .-ays the | Roumanians unsuccessfully attacked the ' Turkish redoubts on the ISth. Thirty thousand Turks, for the relief of | Osmnn Pasha, have arrived midway between i Sophia and Plevna. i ,

Snip's Courtship and how it Ended.

jWe vouch for the particulars in the ■ following amusing love affair. A gentle i man called upon us this morning, and put ! into our hands the sum of £10, to be given ! away to the following charities :—The 1 Newton Destitute Children's Home £-">, i the Parnell Orphan Home 50s, and the I Ladies' Benevolent Society 50s. How the I money came upon the scene will be known I by tiie following :—Some time ago a mar ! riage was to take place. The groom was i supposed to be a kaight of the thimble | and scissors; or in plainer terms, ' known by the name of a tailor. He is of j small stature, but aspiring nature. Some ' weeks ago, he wooed the affections of a ! pretty girl. He aimed high, and the poor : girl fell a victim to his charms. The ; affair may be termed love at first sight. | He was awkward, and perhaps did not i know lio",y to pop the question. Perhaps Ihe practised at home, but at length one ; sweet evening, when bright stars gleamed | out, and the soft pressure oi" Love's kind ; embrace overcame his bo.yi.sh heart, (he is ion the verge of forty summers) j he gasped out " Do have me, my darling.'' I The sentence was somewhat broken, and I not quite finished. He received, how ever, a favourable reply, for he had success fully hemmed the poor girl's heart. No time was to be lost :he must get married at once. She was to prepare immedi ately, or even sooner, and he would go ; home and get the tea-pot ready, and would that very evening buy a frying-pan. He , met her again, and where he got it we can | not say, it might have been his grand | mother's legacy,-—but he pushed £10 into the girl's hand to buy a wedding dress. • A few more days passed over, and a strange chill came over his youthful heart. He . longed for the recovery of his £10. He i grew angry, and chased, the girl from ids j affections—if he ever had any—and j demanded his fortune. The girl's self i respect was wounded, and her love turned :to bitterness. Advised by her friends she | declared that the money should never go ] back to him. A person came and said "it j would be better perhaps to pay him back, j " No," said the friends " the money shall Igo to the public charities, and he shall i never see it again, and but, that the Cot.rt I might only award his thimble as damages, I a breach of promise case would be raised." )So ends this little farce. It is an ill wind l that blows nobody good. Four charities j are benefited at the gushing youth's little j blunder.

special correspondence.

I (•From Special Correspondents of London Journals.) VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF WAIL A sad fact is related by so many that it can hardly be questioned. During die light, a Turkish detachment threw down their arms and asked for quarter. It was granted, and a Russian officer weut to the com mander of the Turks to demand his sword ; but he. frenzied by defeat, forgot himself, drew a pistol, and shot the Russian through j the breast. With a wild cry of revenge, j the Russian soldiers sprang forward and bayoneted the Turks, whose commauder | had sacrificed them by violating the well ! known rules of war. A similar case oc j currcd during Prince rocderick Charles' advance on Le Mass. aud. seeing the fanaticism of the Turks, it is to be feared that such scenes may occur again and again. It is hard enough to stem the passions of an ill-educated soldier in any case, but when officers on the other side fail to recognise the i-nle> oi honor which have been devised to reduce the horrors of war and ruthless slaughter, no hope exists or" maintaining such rules of chivalry ..... exist. —" Times" correspondent. A TURKISH COWARD. A court-martial has been held on a Turkish lieutenant, who was in command of a boat keeping guard at night on the Danube on the occasion of the blowing up of the gunboat Seili by the Iras dan torpedo boat. Tho boat's crew have unanimously sworn on the Koran that they all saw the Russian boat approaching, but were for bidden to fire by the lieutenant, for fear the Russian boat would attack them. The men begged to be allowed to tire, or, at least, to be allowed to send up the signal rocket, but this the lieutenant effectually prevented by throwing the rocket over board. The Russian boat was thus enabled to approach the gunboat unseen and to blow her up. The sentence of the court martial has not yet been announced, but there can be little doubt that ihe male factor will be shot. Cowardice is very rare among this gallant race of warriors.— " Times" correspondent.

A COSSACK CAMP^^ Am I dreaming, or is it the Thhtv v ar ? It is night. Round the 5S ? R < my tent is pitched lie re-dment- " er Across the broad Danube "-oniewl. cav^" is an enemy, but here a canin vrSn . ere in appearance. Lines of K^; orf«*d tethered to long rop?^ r--ri.,y,t' 5/ movement from their'places'ftri ger °~ from ropes in front of th.-m " T> - -Uiri-._e passes oyer the rope x"J £re leg tethered, they remain quiet or ca ] J2 voice almost human iv cvi - - -~ Wllh man who xnows how to loose them jft those men-how is their nat S expressed!? They are soldiers whW > stiffness impressed upo r. themilitarr* » by the father oi Frederick the cSa?.\ rid are men with a div-iniinp au ' - ? ditierent from the disci^.^ 0 -„S ,n -r European armies; wIS ikfo* W" 11 v.-ho bring their own ho^e, hilf -K** the camptign, fierce iac- and nS* * hitherto unknown. They are » Cossacks. Three regiments' of them f* trom the Don., one "from the TerS-T. one pom Kuban. The camp is Au ??« could be wished in ncatnej fee t* X stan.. quietly In their places; the dr ° * the men is well for and , ietur^me _.. is regular and soldier-like" dur'n?tL " duty ; for though the Cossacks^KjS \ a peculiar strut and swa-er often 2k j their hands on their hit,, ' th ey "till, their pride in the present of 2 ofi£ and are very caretul to salute him on S , occasions, wh en the salute is due. But tfi j evening is given to feasting and nmsit, th | Terek C-.ssack^ especially distinguish ! dlTp lye*.H'< Tne Wl-«n^ cf their revet j — ' limes' Correspondent. I SULIEMAN PASJU Suliema-i Pacha, who has directed recent one-rations by the Turks in Monten^n i chief of the staff of the 4th or SjSf_^3 corps of Erzeroum, is (we learn from +i } I Rainfall ''Garnet- forget i has bestowed upon the intellectual __s_.nii._, t I , . ~. r < >■---- _i '_l,..'_. l nnK,OE : his officers, lo encourage them fo their : studies he constantly visited the schodband ■ classes ot instruction and substituted c.am. - matrons at which he personally attended. Owing to the extremestrietne-sas an officer* | and to the severity, often amounting to cruelty, with which he pur.:sh:-s all offence* j lie is said to be no favourite with bis soldiers, and to be a .tnalJy disliked by hi. officers., especially by those of the higher I ranks. In the late Servian campaign he ; distinguished himself by the capful 0 f Knjazerac and by ids conduct ; during the fighting in the valler jor the Morara : but althoul possessed of much knowledge of the art of war, he failed to co-operate with other | generals, being so common report says ex j ceedingly jealous, and unwilling to assist i others in any way to gain distinction. He is described as being, in appearance, much I more like an Englishman or a ' No_t_t I German than a Turk, having lignt* bine I eyes and a flowing red beard. Tall and well grown.'of a figure which betokeiisgreat physical strength, he is unlike, again, the majority of Turkish oflicers, exceedingly particular in his dress, always appearingin his proper uniform as a field-marshal of tie Turkish army, with his breast cOTeredwith orders, accompanied, whenever possible, br a numerous and brilliant staff composed , mostly of young officers, and escorted by a i troop of caralry. ! RUSSIAN OPINION OF ENGLISH NEUTRALITY. , GENERAL KEMBALL CHARGED WITH COM MAIDING TIIE Tt*EK._ IX ASIA. The Moscow " Gazette." discussing the sudden retreat of the Russians in Armenia, supposes that the reinforcements received by Mukhfcu- Pasha and his brother Generals who wrought this result, are not Turks, but subjects of the Empress of India. The like insinuation has been uttered before in Continental circles. Mr L. Farley, the well-known Slavophile, who has been staying at St. Petersburg for some time past, a few days ago wrote to M. AksakolT, the head of the' Mosc.w Slavonic Society, to ask his assistance for the establishment in England of a journal intended to mediate between Great Britain and Russia.. To this request M. Aksakoff vouchsefed a reply" containing the following passage :—"At a moment -when General Kemball is actually iv command of the Turkish amy in Asia, when England threatens to send her fleet against us, and the English Agent at the head-quarters of ihe Russian army is suspected of acting as a spy in behalf of Turkey—at such a moment, it is highly improper for you to propose to Russia to care for the immediate defence of her policy before English public opinion, and to be out of_ packet for the purpose of pur chasing English good-will." Incensed by this epistle, Mr Farley has communicated the above extract to the "Grolos,** protesting against the strictures preferred against General Kemball and Colonel Wellesley. The '•'Novoye Yremya,"incopyingtheabovc from the Golos; begs to remark that M. Aksakoff', an honest, plain spoken poli tician, would not have called Colonel Wel les] era spy had he not regarded Ins letter to Mr Farley as strictly private. According to thY Rerlin "Kreuz Zeitung," General Kemball's stay with the Turkish army in Asia is likely to give rise to diplomatic debate. In Rus sian inspired correspondence General Kemball has long been represented as the adviser of the Turkish commanders. < According to the Vienna " Tagblatt," Colonel Wellesley has called out M. Aksakoff for accusing him of espionage in' a letter subsequently published in the Russian Press. That gallant old soldier, Sir FenvTick Williams, who gained his title from the fortress he so nobly defended, has expressed his admiration at the way in which Ears has held out in the present campaign. The principal redoubts and lines of fortification are at points he himself consfdered vital in 1555. MEHEMET ALL It is reported from Constantinople (saj*s the Vienna correspondent of the " Times') that Mehemet Ali, appointed to succeed Abdul Keriin, is still young, being about 47, full of courage and energy. His elevation has drawn upon him the envy of some who are already intriguing against him. Mahmoud Damad has assumed the functions of Minister of War. Abdul Kerim and Redif Pasha, it is said, are to be exiled to Broussa.

POLICE COURT.—This Day-

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq., R.M. ROBERT HENBESJ. Poor Rab was drunk, and all his senses lost, And for his folly had to pay the cost. THE PRINCE OF FLOWERS. Joseph went out to sell his sweet springfloweffi. And took some brandy 'twesn the r_S_-*_> showers. ( Joseph Osborne, the noted purveyor or flowers, manufacturer of theatrical bou quets, etc., was charged with taking a -TOP too much. . Joseph pleaded guilty, and was fined os and costs. DRUNK AND DISOEBEKIA*. Thomas Collins, an old offender, W» brought up for being drunk and disorderly iv Hobson-street. ~_ Tiie prisoner was found by Con-table Baldwin, dancing an Irish hornpipe, to tne amusement of a number of boys. The prisoner having been many tiff's convicted, was ordered to pay 20s and costs, and to endure five days' imprisonment w Mount Eden. ALLEGED LARCENY. , , James Smith, a labourer, was cnargea with stealing a yard and a half of stone, value 6s 3d, on the 21st inst., thepropertJ of the City Council. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. James Riley, superintendent of the stone breaking works, deposed that near tne rifle range on the 21st inst., his attentioi was arrested by a noise as of a shovel ana barrow, and saw the prisoner deliberateij filling his barrow. He reminded him tna the stone belonged to the City C-uncu- The stones were broken by prisoner, who vm» paid for his work.

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1877



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