SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

prrrrr xvat-pp '■This Afternoon,o.s6 3L"N" SET.—This Evening. 1.51 =UN" RIS3.—To-morrow !vlortiing'. r-1 ~ MOONS AGE.—New lloon. llr'a. 9.15 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Fairiee. three-masted schooner, Xorris, frorc LyireliOLs.

DEPARTURES.

Hazeppa. schooner, Garrawar, Cor Levuka Cabarfeidii. biiriue, 3li-'.K>nzie. tor Newcastle

EXPORTS.

Per Fairlie from. Lytteiton: For Auckland— 13 cases bacon. 31 sacks unions. US sacks oats 51 sacks notatoes. 50 baj<= oatmeal. 13 cases. 3CI sacks flour, t>± do. barley. 1J.20 packages, lot sacks beans. 100 chees;. For the Thames—:i eases baccn. 310 sack; poraroes. I'J eases. sacks :nai;:.—E. R. Cardno agent. 3 cases bacon. CI sacks onions.- -Xiecol i iiendrv. !•■' cases. 150 sacks dour. —T. I-i. Hall fe Co. 3 cases, 100 cheese. -'.11 s:i;:;cs potatoes, 16 do. riour. ;i ke^s butter. — R. Arrliur.

The schooner Marmion from Wellington, and rhe Elizabeth Curie from Lyttelton, are dailj expected in the Kaipara. The s.s. riawea leaves Nelson at 3 p.m. to-day. an'1 Is due in rhe Manukau on Sunday morning. The barque Dilpussund has started discharg ing her London earu'o. She has on board a large ■ --.anrirr of railway iron for Newcastle, foi '.Vliich Mrt she will leave as icon a.s her Auclv land merchandise is landed. The brig Wave will load timber at the Han. raki saw nulls for Lyttelton. The schooner Mazeppa left last nigh" for Levuka. The schooner Waiwera left New Caledonia on the 22nd alt. for Auckland, via Norfolk Island and Vt angaroa. Latest advices from New Caledonia inform us that the schooner Saxon has left on another cruise anionz the Solomon. Islands, and that the schooner Mary Anderson left Noumea some time a<o for Mari. one oc the Loyalty Group, and has not since been heard or. The brigantine Matchless has been purchased by Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane for a German firm for £2100. She will be re-named th.e;Mata,uTU. and will sail shortly for Tonga or Samoa. The ketch just completed by Messrs Hender son and. Spraggon, and which, fully rigged aad sparred, still lies on the stocks at the back of Messrs Oxley's store, is to be launched next week. The schooner Acadia arrived at Napier from Lyrteiron yesterday. The brigaiitine Helena is now loading in the Manakau, and will take the tirst opportunity ~-j get our. she is bound with timber to Lvttelten. The brig-antine Ethel, whose arrival in the Kaioara only took place a few days ago. is said to be already loaded. She- must have had wonderfully quick dispatch. The barqne Cabarfeldh cleared out to-day in ballast r'or Newcastle. She sailed during the afternoon. The s.s. Star of the South has been repainted, and subjected to a complete overhaul of her engines and machinery at the wood-wharf. She is to be moored out in the stream to-morrow, and it is probable will not be again placed in commission by the A.S.P. Co. It is reported that a firm in Dunedin is now treating for her purchase- The brig Vision, according to advices brought by the mail steamer, was to leave Sydney r'or this port on the sth inst. The barque Kebroyd. came alongside the Queen-street wharf this morning, to put out the remainder of her coals, and take in ballast for Newcastle. She is to sail about the middle of next week. The 3-masted schooner Fairlie arrived from Lyttaiton last night after a rapid passage. Cap tain Norris reports leaving Lvttelton on Saturday last. Had strong southerly and S.E. weather to the Mercuries, and from thence light S.S.W. winds to arrival. The Fairlie brings a cargo of southern produce, part of which is for the Thames. Captain Norris. of the Fairlie. reports passing the schooner Nellie, bound to Lyttelton. oti Hicks' Bay, on Tuesnny last. The Wave, brig, cleared out to-day for Lyttel ton via the Thames, with a quantity of stores, she is to sail under command of Captain Fer nandez. The barque Melrose cleared to-day for New castle in ballast. The bri'-rantine bei^g built by Messrs Darrach and sons.'at Mahurangi. r'or Mr G. W. Owen, has arrived at a stage at which some definite opinion can be formed of her future usefulness. Those who have seen her lately describe her as a very promising craft indeed: one that will carry a remunerative cargo, and at the same time Drove a regular clipper, as well as a staunch seaworthy craft. Her plank ins is now finished, with the exception of the decks, which will be started on almost immedi ately. She has been salted throughput between her'skins, and is almost, if not quite, the first vessel built in the colony whose timbers have been thus preserved, although the process is of nearly universal adoption at home. Captain H. F. Anderson, who is watching her construc tion with a view to her heina: classed fO1 * 10-years in Germanic Lloyds, is about to pay a visit tc examine the quality ot the knees put into her. The Diipussund brings out a Walter's patent windlass for this vessel, and it might have been seen on the Queen-street wharf to-day. It is a very compact and serviceable machine, enabling one u:an to shorten or pay out chain without any Girriculty. The new craft, which will measure about 160 tons, will be ready for sea in about two months. Mr McGinness. of Mangawai. is engaged building a steam-launch to the order of Mr .7. M. Dargaville for the Northern Wairoa. The steady "increase of the shipping trade in the Kaipara readers these useful aids to the naviga ion there very necessary.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Matt.3 will Gloss as Uxdeb:— For Thames. rhia day, at 5.30 p.m.: and. to morrow at 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Wldtianga. Taaranga. and Opotiki. p(-r Ss^Rowena, on Monday next, at i p.m. For Levnka. per Samoa, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For TTaivrera, ilahnran.ai, Matakana, Manga wai. Walpu. W&nsarei. and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank. to-rnorrovr. at 10 a.m. For Newcastle (N.S.W.), per Canaigennachie, to-morro r.v at i p.m. For Russell, TVangaroa. and Opotiki. per lona. on?rlonday next, at t p.m. For Taranaki, Southern Pro T,"inces and Aus tralian Colonies, per Hawea. on Tuesday, 10th inst., at -5 a.m. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Xapier. and Southern Provinces, per "Wanaka, on 'Wednesday next, at 3 p.m. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

Look for the signature and address of the pro prietor upon labels of bottles purporting to con tain UDOLPHO M OLI-'E'S SCHIEDAH AKOJIATTC Schxapps, and observe whether the same are deficiently executed or not. If anything be lacking-, you may know them for shams and reject them. Swindlers are putting up bad liquors in bottles which previously held the most salutary medicinal beverage in existence. Barfle the rogues. Relief from Cough rs Tex Mdottes.— Sharland's Cherry Pectoral, a specific for Colds, Coujfhs, Asthma. Consumption, Bronchitis, Lung Diseases, Sec. It acts Tike magic. Price, 2s. (id. and Is. 6d. a bottle. Shariand's Instanc Cure for Toothache; Is. a bottle. Skarlakd's. ODDOsite Post-office. Auclcland.

BIRTH.

METTAM.—On the 6th July, the wife of Mr. Win. 3leua.m. ot: Kelson-street, or a daughter. Mother and child doing well.

MARRIAGE.

BAYLY—HUNTER.—On the 2nd July, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. M . J. Williams, Humphrey May, youngest son oi: Thomas Bayly, sen.," of fiiouth Road, New Plymouth, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter oli William Hunter, auctioneer, Auckland,

DEATHS.

POLLOCK.—At her mothers residence, Pin sonby, on the tth. instaDt. Janet, only daughter of the laf.e Robert Pollock, aged 25 years. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Saturday), at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation. FEEK.—On the sth July, at his late residence, Napier-street, William Walter Feck, aged 37 years. The funeral will take place on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m. Friends please accept this invita tion. DAVIS.—On the sth July, at the North Shore, Mary, the beloved wire of R. C. Davis, sur veyor.--Gisborne papers please espy. The funeral will take place on Saturday, the 7th instant, at Devonport, North Shore, at 3 p.m.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1877.

. ♦ , For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs lesistaace, For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

Complaints are rife iv the city of dull times, and we believe that the slackness of the building and iron trades is very keenly felt by v huge number of workmen connec ted with those branches of industry, But we are reminded by perusal of news per last mail, how little is known in the colonies of the real hardships of trade stagnation. The pressure of slack times is felt from end to end of England. " Iv various parts of London," says the "Standard," "there are to-day thousands upon thousands of artisans and humbler workmen out of employ, and whose chance of immediate employment is not san guine-" One charitable organization has given 60,000 persons free breakfasts or teas since the be-inuiu- of the year, and it cannot be disguised that -aunt poverty and tin* paiiijs of starvutiou luvo douy their work m uiauy a hidden garret, which the '

helping hand of charity has never reached. The efforts to supply the wants of the thousands of institute have strained the utmost exertions of those benevolent agencies for which England stands pre-eminent. The suffer ing has been specially marked in the metropolis, owing- to the infiux of un employed from the provinces. It is lieart sickeuing to think of the wanderings of these poor people, in vain search of bread, through the crowded streets or London. L nnotieed, amid the busy millions, they may sutler, within hail ot the Court of St. James, hardships exceeding those which in the case of the famished Hindoo and Bul garian refugee sent England m mourn \ ing. There is, it is true, the great workhouse system of relief, which in IST-" absorbed t'12.500,913 in poor rates for the support of 537.5-2 paupers in England and Wales alone—exclusive of Ireland and Scotland. I But the- industrious workman contributes only in small degree to the pauperised and eru.-hed - down masses whose existence forms the knottiest problem the social I nhilosophor has to deal with. [t is j in such trials as those that the virtues I of Trado-Uuionism shine out. and we are j greatly mistaken if the chief solution of 1 the problem of poverty in England is nor. ultimately found in a spontaneous combined movement, emanating from those who have felt the pinch of distress. The Trade Societies of England are now quietly accomplishing an important national work lin supporting sick and unemployed members nut of their funds, and shifting them from places where the labour market is glutted to localities capable of absorbing any of the surplus. The constant aggregation of capital in the hands of the few. and theVlepressiou of the many, lias called forth an antidote. If the inrlueuee of the societies can only be turned in the right direction—against those abuses and excesses which demoralize individual i members and sap their united strength j — the coming generation will see the arti ! zan class independant of oharitable doles, soup-kitchens and pauper relief—a compact thinking,intelligent class,guarding its weak members by one unbroken circle of vigor ous humanity. Except for the gleam of hope which conies from the development of intelligence and principles of self-help among the working classes, the future of England, with its million of paupers con stantly reproducing themselves, would be one which could only be contemplated with gloomy foreboding. We understand that at the last meeting ior the Improvement Commissioners the j negotiations which have been in progress between that body and the General Government respecting the Grammar School and Wesleyan Chapel wore- brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The Com missioners have agreed, to transfer to the I Government the Grammar School, and the ; Wesleyan Chapel, High-street, in exchange ; for the site of the Police Court, Chancery j Lane, and a sum of £3,000 in cash. The Government propose to convert the Chapel into a Court-house, and to lit it up for that purpose at considerable expense: anil when the necessary alterations have been com pleted, the offices of the Registrar of Births. Deaths, and Marriages, of Stamps, and other subordinate departments of the same character, will be centralized in | one building, and other offices will be similarly concentrated, accord ing to the accommodation available. This arrangement will doubtless be very satisfactory to the bar of Auckland, which | has found the present Police Court very in adequate to the largely increasing business, and. in consequence of the noise of passing vehicles, and the closeness of the atmosphere in the limited space, very ill-suited for the purposes of a Court of justice. The removal , of the Court to the newly-acquired building. will remedy the defects complained of I and materially facilitatobnsiness.lt is to be i hoped that the Resident Magistrate s < 'ourt I and appended offices will also be located in | the more convenient position, by which the ! convenience of the bench, the bar. and ! suitors will be much increased. The Im provement Commissioners purpose to con | fiuue the road from Victoria-street East j into Chancery - street, demolishing the duster of small hovels which have hitherto been such an unsightly part of the city. with the ultimate object of continuing the I thoroughfare through to Shortlaud-street. This undertaking will greatly improve the locality, and when the uew stree. ;- well lighted, and open for traffic, the alteration will doubtless produce a wholesomechange. not only in the sanitary, but also in the moral character of the neighbourhood. The Commissioners will not have any present I use for the Police Court, which "has only been accepted as part of the consideration in order to facilitate the transaction, and will, we understand, be wold, the proceeds being devoted to thepioposed improvement. The building, from its central situation, will doubtless be in request for business purposes, ami wiii readily command a high price. On the whole, the transaction will be beneficial to the city, and conducive to public convenience.

We have seen the prospectus of the National Mortgage ami Agency Company of New Zealand. (Liraite<l) a new mercantile venture floated in London. The capital id one million sterling in one hundred thou sand £10 shares, the first issue being cou -1 fined to half that amount. Fifteen thou sand of the 50,000 issue are reserved for New Zealand. The directory of the Com pany comprises an iniiuential list of names, many of them associated in the promotion of the National Bank, to which the new Company will bear the same relation as that now subsisting between the N.Z. L.. and M. A. Company, and the Bank of Zealand. The prospectns states that '•' past experience has shewn that it is difficult to find better security than mortgages of real property in the British colonies, and these will form the basis of the proposed business. The Company will raise money upon the issue of debentures, to be loaned upon well-selected estates and other property." The intelligence of the death of Janet, only daughter of the late Robert Pollock, at Ponsonby, ou the 4th instant, has caused a feeling of heart-felt sorrow in the circle in which she moved and taught. Miss Pollock was in the flower of life, being but twenty five years of age, and her connection with the school of St. -James' Presbyterian Church has been singularly useful and beneficent. Her genial manner won the affection of the children under her influence, whilst her kindly disposition and active piety rendered her society pleasing to all persons. As a teacher she was earnest and attentive to her self-imposed duties, and to her companions in? school-work she was ever a constant friend and friendly adviser. Her illnes.* was brief, borne with Christian for titude, aud of her it may tiuthfully be said, "her end was peace."' The funeral will take place to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, at three o'clock. The teachers, members of the bible-class, and senior scholars of St. James' Sabbath-school are requested to attend the funeral. Duriug the month ending Juno. 1577, there were thirteen deaths within the City ot Auckland ; . the number during the corresponding mouth of ISTtf, was 17 deaths. There were four deaths in the Hospital during the month of June, 1577. — Ch:o. C.OLIHK, Sanitary Inspector. All public halls, or other licensed places of amusement within the city, prior to being again licensed, will require to have a water supply available within the building, in accordance with the provisions of the Cor porations Act. Forms of application may be obtained at the City Council offices, which must state the mode of ingress aud egress, water supply available, with proper appliances for using the same, and means of ventilation, &c. Persons are caution -d that they cannot remove water in quantities from the stand pipes without payment aud an order. The price lixcU u;joa is, for uuv i^au^iiy tot exceeding 200 gallons, 2s 6d.

The "Northern Advocate" of July4th is to baud. The paper certainly is a great improvement on the former " Comet," and is well compiled and written, containing a large amount of very interesting matter. The leading article " deals with"" political questions in view of the approaching session. Severe retrenchment in all the departments is pointed out as an absolute necessity. Referring to the land laws, the ■• Advocate " says ;— '' The present plan oi nominated Waste Lands Boards for each Province, but with far more than Provin cial powers in the usual acceptance of the term, cannot possibly last. It gives too much patronage into the hands of a few who are likely to be personally interested in lands in their own districts. We want a uniform land law dealt with on a Colonial basis." The article condemns the Central Educa tion Board in Auckland, and suggests the appointment of local boards. The selec tions for country readers are all excellent. interesting, and instructive. Amongst the country correspondence, we notice that there has been ice atMangawai half-an-inch thick : Mr Mclnnis, the local ship-builder, intends to build a steamer for the Kaipara trade ; at Mangapai 1.000 acres of excellent kind has passed out of the hands of an absentee into the pos session of bona tide residents. One settler at this place has an orchard of 3,000 acres. with trees mostly in rail bearing. A first rate paper on ■• Soils" has been read by Mr B. Mathews, President of the Waipu Literary Association. Capt. Brown, the new teacher at Whangarei Heads has com menced business. From Ngunguru. the Minnie Hare schooner, has sailed with 25.000 feet of -awn timber, and 12,000 shingles for Napier.

The return football match between the Ponsonbyaiid Grafton Clubs will be played on the Metropolitan ground to-niorrow,kick oft" 3p. m. sharp. The following are the teams : — Ponsonby :J. Maeky, (captain) T. Ivorr, Dignan, E. Davy, H. Davy, Hanna, Warbrick, Bravewater, T. Henderson, Coleman, Anderson, Dunnet, Gudgeon, Gleeson, and F W. Stanfield. Grafton: Messrs Biggs, Butiar, Earl. Cunningham, (rreen, Haultain, Mears, Mowbray, Orch ard. Rees, Reid. Ring, Souierville'j Muss, and Clark.

The annual meeting of the Auckland Dispensary is being held in the Mechanic's Institute, as we go to press.

The projected Football Match between the Auckland and Pamell Clubs will not eventuate, Paruell not being able to get a team together. The Diorama of the American War was again exhibited last evening. It will be shewn again this evening, which is the grand fashionable night, and in addition to lifty other gifts, a splendid gold watch will be awarded to the Lucky ticket-holder, [a order to gratify children and schools. Mr Thompson has determined to give a grand matinee to-morrow afternoon. tie will also give a present to every child in attend ance.

Mr Kenneth Watkins, one of our best local artists, has formed a School of Art and a special drawing class for teachers and advanced students in connection with Mr Martin's Model Training School, at the Choral Hall. The latter class will open on the 14th inst.

Liverpool has been largely beneritted from time to time by the liberal bequests of its inhabitants, and in course of years will become noted for its splendid charities, la the month of April lash, Mrs Higgins, of Mary Bank. West Derby Road, left by will the munificent sum of £24."2(X J > for division among Liverpool charities, k">,000 of which she bequeathed to the Seamen's Orphanage. In the course <>i the previous year, Mrs Higgin distributed £10,000 among local charities. Tli'.- members of the Journeyman Baker's Association will hold a meeting to-morrow (.Saturday) evening, at the British Hotel, for the purpose of determining the manner in which their forthcoming anniversary shall be celebrated. Mr McLean will take the chair at seven o'clock. The ordinary half-yeaiiv meeting >■: the New Zealand Insurance Company will be held at the <£ueen-street offices on the 11th instant, for the purpose of receiving the report, and other business. The testimonial to rite Rev. David Bruce, of St. Andrew's, will be presented this. evening in the church over which the rev. gentleman has presided for so many years. Subscribers and friends are requested" to be present on this occasion. The choir, under direction of Mr Culpau. will render several selections. .»f sacred music. Rev. Mr Bruce has laboured in his public capacity as a Presbyterian minister for a quarter of a century, and lias always evinced ;i liberal feeling towards all classes "f the com munity. At L'luistclmrch, Margaret Henderson, charged with perjury, has been acquitted. At the conference of < 'hairmen of < 'ountv Councils, at Dunedin, a large number of amendments in the Local Government .Acts have been recommended, and Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H. R., has been requested to support them in Parliament. The Sunday-school teachers of Aucklan I will hold a prayer-meeting this evening, in the new Wesleyan School-room, Pitt-street. An address will also be delivered by Rev. Allan W. Web';. The attendance of teachers generally is desired.

A most successful concert was given in the Te Ivopuru Hall on the 2Sth June, when there was a large attendance,'.and a well selected programme was given with con siderabe ability by local amateurs After the concert a dance took place. The creditors in the estate of Geortre Camwell, carpenter, of Epsom, met yester day, and agreed to give the debtor his certificate, upon which he might apply to the Court for his discharge. The Hospital Commissioners have held several sittings, at which various medical gentlemen have expressed their views on the best system of management. The Commissioners now invite communications from any person desirous of giving evidence in relation to past management, or of offer ing suggestions for the future conduct of the institution. Communications are to be sent to His Worship the Mayor. The London '•'Times," during the inter regnum which is said to be taking place in its editorship, has been of late not a littla eccentric in its leaders, and its reporters, it now seems, are following suit. In a Parliamentary Committee, a Mr Hardy, a relative of the Minister's and a great county magnate, described himself in answer to certain interrogatories. a,.s " prin cipal proprietor in the Low Moor Union Works," out of the short-hand writer, aided and abetted by the composi tors, produced the following :—" You are the principal pauper, I believe, in the Low Moor Union Workhouse ?" " I am."

A novel tvager was decided at Tirnaru the other day. A blacksmith named Johnson, for a substantial wager, undertook to make twenty-four horse-shoes in an hour, and ac complished his task with live minutes to spare. The '_' Times"' publishes an account of an "electric candle," invented by a Russian ex-officer, M. Paul JablohkotF, nowin Paris. This gentleman uses a " candle" of some compound which is his secret, but into which ': kaolin," the clay from which hard china is made, largely eaters, and with one battery can produce some fifty lights. They are so powerful that it" is necessary to soften the light by using opaline burners, and "six of them gave, in the Mareugo Hall, Paris,- a light equal to that from one hundred argand gas-burners. [t is believed that the light can be used for theatres, and all other large buildings, and further improvements arc expected, but as yet nothing is said of either its cost, or the amount of trouble in volved. The rmiiu fact as yet is, that M. Jtiblohkoff has succeeded in dividing the electric light, so that one battery would i: o h: tlLiy ckvtr:c ssadlcs placed, ai iy, along the fetrand.

An the annual meeting of the ratepayers iii the Mangare Highway District, Mr H. W. Vercoe in the chair, the balance sheet showed that the total receipts had been t'7-3S los _d, and the expenditure left a balance iv hand of £170 !>>s 3d. Messrs J. Robertson jun., J. Bainbridge, J. Johns, J. Massey, and R. Wallace were elected trustees, Messrs A. Anders-ti and J. Cairns, auditors, and J. Wallace and W. Y\ estney, fence-viewers. We have received from Messrs Upton and Co.. a copy of Keith Johnston's coloured map, intended to illustrate the Eastern question. The map was printed just prior t<.> the departure of the Suez mail from London, and it is, on the whole, the best general map of its kind yet issued. The map takes in Russia in "Europe, a great part of Russia in Asia, Eastern (formany, and Austria, and Turkey in Europe, the southern part of Sweden, aiultheXile Delta. There is also a map of the Bosphorus on a large scale, and a number of "'notes on Turkey" very useful for reference. The deficiencies of the map are principally in the part devoted to the seat of war in Asia Minor, the roads, and the smaller places mentioned as the scene or recent conflicts not being marked. The whole of the arrangements connected with the exciting sailing'boac race which is to come off to-morrow afternoon, have been conducted in a manner which does credit to both parties, and indicate on the part of each an honest desire to bring about a fair trial of the abilities of their respective craft. We understand that it has been decided not to start the race to-morrow if there is not sufficient wind to prevent it being a drifting match. The question of whether the day is fit for the race to take place or not is to be left to be decided,, by ("apt. Xearing, who will also act as starter and judge. As many boat owners have expressed their intentions of going round with the race, we take this opportunity of requesting them no carefully avoid inter fering with the movements or either boat. It would bo a thousand pities if some blunder-headed out-aider were to spoil what promised to be a capital bit of sport. We learn that the counter-petition to that which was sent to Government respect ing the formation of ths several districts amund Newton, into a borough, under the Municipal Corporation's Act, has been signed by nearly 300 residents, and will be forwarded to Wellington in the course of a few days. In several small debt cases which have re cently come before the Resident Magis trate, the defendants have set tip, and in one or two instances, successfully, the pie;l of infancy. W: advise tradesmen, there fore, to be careful in giving credit to whis kerless young men, and to demand thedatt and ye;ir of birth, or a certified copy of the parish register, be-fore placing their name:' in the ledger. [n the South Australian Parliament recently one of the members asked the Attorney-General if it was intended tt introduce any legislation to prevent tin recurrence of such accidents at football a. had resulted in zho death of Mr C. B. Poole. Jem Mace has received £1,000 from Wilson, of the circus, for an eight weeks engagement in Melbourne and Sydney. At a recent Masonic meeting, at Pori Chalmers, the sum of £12 was collected to; the benefit of the widow and, children of a deceased Mason named Wiseman. At a meeting of the Otago University Council, the Rev. R. L. Stanford said tb.it there are some o0 schola: ships now goini! a-begging at the present time—that in the New Zealand University there are a largei number of scholarships than competitors ; the money is actually going a-begging, ami no one applying for it. The French Society for .Suppressing the Abuse of Tobacco has prepared a petition. to be presented to Parliament,asking them to prohibit youths under sixteen from Using the weed in public places. A Mr Thompson, of Colombo-street, Christehurch, has imitated the method oi advert:.-ing adopted by Mr Dennea of this city, of using the lime-tight. In the progress of the alleged breach of rht Licensing Act at the Police Court to-day. Sub-Inspector Pardy asked Mr Ray ho"\v many glasses of rum it took to make a man drunk. Mr Ray replied, "that depend. upon the constitution and the quality oi the article : 3 gla^so.s of good JanmicaVilJ Moor a weakly individual while a -trougei person will walk straight under fj glasses. and a stronger man still will lind his"way to bed unassisted under 10 glasses." Che i- Canterbury Pre>s," commenting on the ChrLrtchurch Licencing system compares it unfavourably with that existing hi Auckland, where, says our contemporary "'the police, backed up by xlm Licensing Commissioners, are so particular as to the dimensions, outsit, and situation of hotel that only the publican who provides very superior accommodation can succeed in I procuring a license : while, in -ever:;! instances, those who have invested in hotel property even a superior kind have the greatest difficulty in procuring permission to devote the property to its intended purpose." The ■■ Press" goes on to say that the hotel accommodation iv Auckland has lately -hewn an amount of improve ment widen cannot fail co be observed and appreciated by the traveller. Included in the cargo of the Dilpassnmt, now discharging at the Queen-street wharf) are two sad reminders of the inevitable end which awaits us all. One of these is a handsome polished granite tombstone, sent from England at an expense of about £70 by Mr and Mrs Booker, late of Parnell. It is intended co oe erected over the 'Tave of their four little children who were so quickly taken from their bereaved parents last year. The monument is of a very handsome design, and weighs two tons. The other is a similar token of remem- I berance sent by Mrs Somerveil, to mark the resting place of her late husband, Mr Hendry Somerveil. This is sent out ' m I pieces, and is comprised in 16 packages. We are informed than the projection of i the new Insurance Company announced in Chri-tchurch is in no way connected j with the rumoured removal" of a local Insurance Co. account from the branches of an English to a Colonial Banking Com pany. The project, it is said, has been spoken of for months in Wellington and Christchurch. It will be seen by reference to our column devoted to recording recent addi tions to the copulation that the amateur theatrical circles may be congratulated upon an acquisition to their number. The delighted parent of the interesting stranger is a well-known amateur performer, and a strict adherent to principles of total abstinence. We congratulate our Good Templar friends upon this most recent addi tion to their ranks. Mr and Mrs Morton Tavares have arrived in Christchurch on a starring tour. The town-clock presented by the late- Sir Donald McLean to Napier, has been received, and is said to be one of the finest clocks in the colony. .. T%vo., advertisements in the Dunedin " Star" for a storekeeper and a book keeper, produced S9 and 74 applications respectively. The Wellington "Chamber of Commerce" recommends that a measure should be introduced iv Parliament to render bills of sale absolutely void, as against the claim ot any creditor existing at the date of th* bill of sale, and that it should cease to have any force or effect at the expiration of twelve months from its date, unless registered. Mr H. B. Sterndale has gone to England with the object of pushing" his claim to the ownership of the island of Suwarrow. The case of Adams v. Burnett "and Levy, \ hoard in the Resident Magistrate's Court j yesterday, resulted in a nonsuit. The ' partiooLri ;.p; ..^cd ia uic ii^ .; ;....t evening. t

There is. we understand, likely to b< some difficulty about the general average bond of the barque Lombnrdian. Many o the consignees are refusing to siim, on the ground that the expense of re-stowing th< cargo incurred at Portsmouth, ought nor, and cannot legally be made the aubjec of such a bond. These, and they inclndi .some good authorities on shipping matters argue that it is necessary for some earg< to be sacrificed to preserve the ship or tin rest of the cargo, before lo<.-. can b< compensated by generai average. Ii the case of the Lombardian, the detentfoi and expen.sewas admittedly caused purel; by bad stowage. The stevedore in Londoi Ls era ployed by the charterer to p.r-t rmde; the superintendence of the captain, whicl they say. points to the conclusion tha either the X. Z. Snipping Co., or the ship ii liable. The agents and captain on th< other hand agree that the ship put back t< .secure the safety of the cargo as well a: herself, and that the expenses incurrei represent fairly a sacriiice made for th< general good. It is not impossible that th< matter may come to Court. The football match Auckland v. Waikati is not likely to fall through after all. W< understand arrangements are being mad< for an Auckland team visiting Wuikato or the 21st insr. Although the Ffamiitor Club have discontinued play for the season. it is most probable that many of ' lie mem bers will rake part in the match, which is as a rule, a very interesting and well-oon teste'l one.

The War.

I m TRAJAX'S WALL r Tr.i.;a:i's Wall is a Una or fortification? c stretching across the Dobrud.-eha fron: [ Czernavoda, where the Danube bend? northwards, to a point of the Black Sea coast near Kustendji. It consists of ;i double, and in some places a triple, line o: c ramparts of earth, cor S5 to 11 feet ir t height on the average (though occasion ally it attains an altitude of l'.ih feet) bounded along its north side by a valley, which, being generally marshy, an< * abounding in small lakes and pools, serve? admirably the purpose of a fosse. This ' valley was long erroneously supposed t< * have been an one time the channel by whict the Danxbe emptied itself; and a schemf 1 for utilising it by the con-tract ion of c canal to provide a more commodious water - communication with the Black Sea, in liei - of the lon-- and troublesome navigation bj 1 the Sulina mouth, and is undoubtedly quiti 1 practicable ; but the cost of the undertaking has hitherto been a bar to its execution - During the war of 1804, Trajan's Wai ' became an important line of defence on th< i invasion of the Dobrudscha by the Rus " sians, and the invaders -were twice defeatet in their attempt to pass it—at Kostelli (lOtl t April) andCzernavoda (20th—22nd April) THE INSURRECTION IN THE* > CAUCASUS. The " Invalide Russc," of May 9, says, - "The declaration of war evoked amon; .. the Teketsehenzen, one of the tribes of th< Caucasus, a rising, instigated by sotrn l fanatics. It having come to the knowledge ' of rue Russian commander that an insurgen baud of some 500 men had been formed the troops statioaod at Ersenoy, unde - Colonel Nurid, marched against them am •" succeeded in dispersing them near Mayar !■ tup, after a conflict in which the insur gents 10-t !)9 men killeit and 2."0 wounded . On our side three were killed and clever . wounded. In the province of Terek th< . state of siege has been proclaimed." THE SUEZ" CAN AL. On May 3, in the House of ('ommonn, ii ; reply to a question from Mr Muntz, M . Bourke stated that if securing the neutra li.sa.tiou of the Suez Canal were to preveu . the relief of her ilajesty's troops in India the Government would not be disposed t. accede to it. The lion, gentleman added amid some chea-s, that the Goveramen \yould_ not fail totake steps for the protec tion of the navigation of the canal. CARDINAL L'ULLEN ON RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Cardinal Culbn. In a pastoral to M: clergy, read in Banian Catholic ehaoels ii Dublin on May 1 deals with apparent im partiality with tie present dispute in thi East; but he sgnilicnntly dismisses thi Turk i;i a senteme, while abuse is heape< upon Russia at leagth and with cousplcuou. virulence. _Ct lot ur business (he says to naderta.ee the lefence or the Turks, win ,aVir .acceil so jarbaronsly towards t!n < "nri-tians of lateyears. or of the Russian who. with a sldl worthy of Julian thi Apostate in his latred of the true religion iiave carried on: a cruel and destruetiv. persecution tor « many years against tin Poles, [f Russtt be allowed to 'take pos session of Constantinople and of Turkis! provinces, there is every danger that under aer -nrkieire, Cossack barbarity w;l be widely spread.hat Governments will oe come despotic, tht individual and famil liberty will oe destroyed, and God"s Chuxcl placed in great jopardv. THE ROADS BROUGH THE THE -\ TRE OF WJil IN ASIA MINOR. I ne current ntmber of the Revue Scienti ii.pe contains a enaarkably claar descrip. tion, based npou information the trtistworthi ness of which ii vouches for. of the roads which traverse th theatre of war in Asia Minor. Four mail roads, it states, lead fron: the Russian promce of Georgia to Constan tinople. The firs; of these, however, which ; starting from Poii, the terminus of the ; railway from Titis to the Black Sea, runs along the coast, isonly really practicable as far ad tlie_ Turkfeh harbour of BatounL Beyond this pofni it become- impassable foi wheeled vehicles answering apparently to ; the description gE'eu by a French travetlei ; of the Caucasian.lighways —"uue routedc poste en Caucasus cres: oil :1 ya ni route ni i i ; -hevau.v" The other three" roads enter- I ing Turlish territory from Georgia converge and uaiieat Erzeroum, from which latter place a<ain thres roads run towards Con stantinwle. Of tie former three roads the first, pasing through Tiflis, runs by Gori Snram, trough tie pass of Bordjum, then' enteringlurkish territory, continues by way of Ardahau, Olti, and Narisniae," with the ex.eptioii of a little bit near Ardahan this road Is to be good tlronghout The second ro-id coming :om Tiflis by Tsalki and over the col of Gdehaur,joins the first at Ardahan. The e<i of Godehaur is the oaly difficult )art of this route. The third road run from Alexandropol through Kars to Erzeoum. From Alexandropol three roads brnch away, all leading to Tirlis; while atSars the main road bifurcates.the two routs reuniting at Erzeroum, whither the one Ins through Delitnussa. the other by way i Klzil-Kelissa. Two other roads run froi Erivan to Kars—the one by [votehevaka, the other by Kaghism; while two niorr starting likewise from Erivan, unite at iaiezid, and running thence by Djadin ad Teranos, join the main highway from Krs to Erzeroum. Lateral cotn municatia between the chief routes which thus leadrom Tiflis to Erzeroum,is afforded by transerse roads from Akhaltsieh to Alexandrpol, from Akhalkakkai to Kars, from Arahau to Kars, from Kars to Olti, and com Koprikoi to Nariman. KARS. The eapare of Kars by assault (says the i: Times"')rill be no easy task. Strong by virtue of ntural position, it was made "one of the mosformidable places In Asia by an illustriousountryman of our own, before ti:e memorble siege of 13.35. General Wil liams and olonel Lake so fortified some of the iieiglibaring heights as to make it all but iniposble to repeat the brilliant xssaalt of Pasfciewitsch. The Russians •trove hardto do so during the Crimean VVar. Aftalaborious and skilful prepara ions, they attacked it with a persistent rallantry, wich excited the admiration of heir Eiulisfoes. For nearly half-a-day, hey allowedhemselves to be "mowed down «y a murderis lie rather than abandon the .tteinpt to c-,ry the heights. They lost

they were driven back, leaving Ion"- re<*ni a lines of slain to apeak of their dcvotedness and they had to starve the garrison into*™-! The place, we must presume ii-,1 least a.s strong a.n it was 20 years a^-o 'e'v the apathy of Turkish officials coulcfscarcelv have neglected to repair and strengthen thp fortification.s dm-iiiA- the month., of Wrnm" which preceded the war. We do not hear that the garrison have any substitute for * Williams a Lake, or a Teasdale; and Asiatic officers are usually so bad thatthev afford little or no .security against those blind panics to vhacn Oriental* are n^*,7 liarly liable. Bui move than one aSS seems to asive been repulsed already, and it h not unlikely that die Russiansmw a«ah have to proceed by the lons process of •> siege. They will have no holiday worl either at Mars or elsewhere. Asia Minor is no playground or war. THE COST OF EUROPEAN ARMIES The efTectivs arnnes or PJurope isav^ "TraU ■ are as follows: Russia, 1J.^571- Ger™\ ' 1,213,834: France. 1.110.k> Austria Su 51": Ttaly, 371.871: EnaJand. i^.^Os: f^kej,l S other countries. J7ii.:Wl; total. 7.751..95.1 vw 6 ing only fi.% per head f Ol the cost "of I^,' man, r:X;2.G-18.050 per annum i 3 expended f 0 -%l maintenance of these enormous armies il zney are drones in the hive instead or' worW, if what they might earn he added ro the'V r this permanent 3T3tem or -blood and iron" li maintained at an expenditure to the hivo 5 j about io00.0U0.00i) per annum. And we £&& pro^f 1'6 man e°f ciTili2a«on an 0!

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

i THE DUCHESS OF EDfYßrprw AND THE WAR. " Tit:-: " Overland Mail " has the following: •• The DuchesH of Edinburgh did the other day what any of us might hare .lone had we been Russians in England—she atten ded a service at the Russian church to pray tor the success of the Russian arms. The conduct of the Duchess has been called in j question, and in strong terms. Indeed i Vnen we read or the act as :: indecent'not :to >ay insulting to her Majesty," ' one ; might almost suppose that the writer had ! forgotten that at present Russia is not at : war with England, but only with Turkey i It would not, certainly, bethought strand | for the Princess Imperial or" Germany ; supposing wa were at war. to attend a ! service at an English church to pray tor the : success of our arms, even though Germany i from the Emperor downward.?.mwht look i coldly, or even indignantly, at tlie move- I m^nt of our forces. " " CAPTURE OF BRIGANDS. There has been great rejoicing at Volo j in Thessaly, over the capture at last of the old brigand, ,' Phot/ whose presence in the | neighbourhood of that town some weeks i ago caused no slight anxiety. The other . day the Governor of Volo, Djevet Pasha : and the commandant started off to Kardita in search of a bandfof brigands under the ; leadership or Yatroponlo. Hearing that . the brigands were at a house about' three hours distant from Kardita, they proceeded to the spot with some troops, and finding the objects of their .search, surrounded the house and requested the robbers to surren der. This request not being complied with the house was set on fire, when the brigands rushed forth, and were fired at by the soldiers. Five were killed, including V atropoulo himself, one escaped, and two i were taken prisoners, one of these latter proving to be the venerable Phot. ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST LORD MARCUS BERESFORD. Mr W. J. Abram appeared at the Epsom Petty Sessions on May 7, in support of a summons taken out against Lord Marcus Beresford for using abusive and threatening language against Mr Jones, a gentleman residing at Sutton, in Surrey, and there wa.s also a cross summons ta L:en out by Lord Marcus Beresford against Mr Jones. Mr Abram said he wa.s glad to say that the ea=e had been settled by consent, and the summonses on both sides would be with drawn, and therefore the Court would not be troubled -with the details. It was rumoured that the alleged cause or assault arose out of Lord Marcus Beresford re questing a horse named Mimnlus, which Mr Jon s. a creditor of his lordship, had put into the care of Mr .John Adams, to be taken out of a stable, to which Mr Jones jun., objected, on account of the coldness of the weather,_ and then the language complained oi was alleged to have'been used. SERIOUS AXIi FATAL -DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS. _ On May 8, at the Mowbray Iron Ore Company's mines at Fritzington, near \V kite-haven, Henry Muncaster was work ing with a man named Thompson, and went for a packet of dynamite. Immedi ately afterwards there was an explosion, and on Thompson going to the spot he found Mum-aster literally blown to pieces. Deceased, who was married and had a large family, lived at Hensingham near WMteaaven. It is supposed that he was taking the string off the dynamite when the explosion happened. On May 3, at the National .School.. Dal ton-in-Furness, while work was going on, an explosion occurred, shakin- the Quitt ing, dislodging a beam, and "causing the greatest consternation amongst the scholars. some of whom got ont of the windows! The cause was found to be the explosion of a piece of dynamite, which one of the scholars named Robeits. had in her posses sion. Kow the explosion occurred.or liowthe child came to have the dynamite by her, she is unable to explain. "Three of her lin gers were blown off one hand, and two off another.

CABLEGRAMS.

9 (PRESS AGENCY). ERITISH IRONCLAD SQUADRON AT BESIKA BAT. RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK IX ASIA MINOR. EARS ALMOST EELIRYED. I RUSSIAN CAVALRY REACH TIRNOVA. BOMBAY, .Julys. The Turks have evacuated Montenegro SINGAPORE, July \ The British squadron has left Greece under seated orders. Unofficial Turkish accounts state that the Russian- advanced guard has been driven back to Bcita (?) with heavy loss. BOMBAY. July 4. The Russians are flying to the south of Kars. A Russian official dispatch states that the Turks have been strongly reinforced from Batoum, and that the Russiaus have been obliged to take up a better position. Kars is almost relieved br the retreat of the Russiaus. SINGAPORE. The British siuiadron has irone to Besika Bay. The Turks have retired to Rustchuek. The Russian cavalry have reached Tir nova. In an order of the day. issued by Presi dent MacmahODj to the French army, he exhorts it to defend the dearest interests of the eountty, and to aid him to fultii his mission—to maintain respect for its Go vernment.

ACCIDENT WHILE KINKING.

Mr Bedfobd, of the Customs, we regret to say met with ;i. severe accident last evening. Having determined to make himself acquainted witn the graceful and healthy exercise of riuking he was engaged in prac tising when he suddenly fell. His right arm got doubled, under him in some way, the consequence being that it wits found to be broken just above the wrist when he was assisted up. He was attended by T>r Goliis'.i o\ who set the broken limb,"and the patient is host doing as well as can be

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 0, 1877.



-^yr o T I c E. J. W. PEARSE G I VIXG UP BUSINESS S3, POSITIVE CLEARING-OUT. "^9 In order to effect a Speedy Sale, the Whole Stock of DRAPERY, i AND MEN'S AND BOY' 3 CLOTHING T,Viii be Sold at a Great Sacrifice. the sale is now on". Corner of Queen-street and Vulcan Lane. TMPORTANT NOTICE. Having introduced STEAM PO WER into the Manufacture of FURNITURE, ice are now enabled to Supply our Cus tamers at the lowest poss/b/e rates. T. & H. COOKE, CABINETMAKERS, L 'PHOLSTERERS, SHOW ROOMS: G7, Queen-street; STEAM CAB I.YET EIC TORY: Victoria-street. jgPECIAL a O T I C E. H. L. POSSEN'XISKTE, TW T i JW L tL 00 RRRRR rranl o o v r XT AA II L O O K-R-R TT A-A II L O O R X TT A A II L O © R R '.ii A A 1111 LLLL.L 00 R R AXD HABIT-MAKER, SHORTLAXD - 3 T X X X T, ACCKLANU, H.L.P. begs to inform his customers and the public generally thut he lias Just Received a k:\ it--<v ol)iiF llnent ot' WINTER TWEEDS and £f^.V, C-OAIINUS; also, a Special Line of SUPERIOR SILK VKSTINGS. 8N'.8.-The Trade supplied at a small advance .invoice Priovjij lor Cttfii:.



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Best Co v erisg fok Halls. Offices, axd Dxsxxa Rooms. 1*" DIFFERENT PATTE ENS O TO SELECT FROM AT THE CITY HALL FURNITURE ARCADE. CARPETS : Tapesirr. from 2s. lid. : Bras-els, from is. 3d. DRAWINGROOM SUITES on View. DININGROOIH FURNITURE of all Kinds BEDROOM i iLr"'iu-'u 0I dii ixma- CHEAPEST FURNISHING HOUSE. H.OLLOWAY AND GfARLICK, QL'EEX-STREET, AUCICLAXD. ./. COSGBAVS & CO.. JBt-yy to inform the inhabit/tuts of Auck land they will hold a SALE of the remaining portion of their 7VI2i~TER DRAFFPJ JL^D CLOTHING on TO-MOB'ROW (Friday), loth June. They will bring foncard a large quantity of Job Goods, arrived by Alastor, consiatina of Ladies Costumes, Mantles, Shawls, Furs, French 2£eri noes, Fancy Dress StitJ/s and SiUcs. The Goods will be offered to the Public at Very Low Prices, in order to clear. QTOCK-TAKING TT>AEGAINS ! ! W. RATTRAY Is Preparing for STOCT-C-TAI-lIXG. so .he offers a ioc oc CHOICE DRESS MATERIALS At Cost Price. Remnants of Dress Materials as and under Cost Price. : The Ba.ia.nce of the STOCK of LADIES COSTUjIES, JACKETS, and FURS, At Cost Price. W. RATTRAY, DRA PE R AN D CL 0 THIEE, New Zealand House, Gij, QCEEN'-STiLEET. AUCKLiXf).