SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

s 'Phis Afternoon, 8.17 RffrH WATtR--, To-morrow Morning, 0.3 SUN" SKT.—Tlti** Rveuing, 5.32 nr-\- ptjK _Ta-morrow Moriunff, i>-.>J KOON-6 AGE-- -New Moon, Sept. Bth. 0.39 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

<-• --mi sohOon?r. from Hokianga yv '4''.k .>••■' AV.iii.a'-a (in (.he Manukau) , Fiorv CroBB." schooner, from Waitara (in the '* Ma»ukau) ■

DEPARTURES.

Tr±v.-fia s.s.. for the South VoYemiV-. siup.iK'..y. for Newcastle X izabstb wUooi..-iv. Lovpiqck. tor Ton-a KiniV'b'-iirt. s-iiooi.-r, 31at«iows. for i.yttelt m. fio!AßSls*S>nner. Matron, for Russell Hawea. s.s.. to" tho South.

The s -*omev Blanche1! haa almost finished ,„;,,•*.: °i,»• will probably clear to-:norro« foi i^g^^HSESrow: _ , lu.r mar w>-;■»••■ -^ ' irom Ho kian-a, arrived yeTtM'dS wE SWOOft. hewn timber. 7 tons gun:, Wary brings 32 tons coal from %7anR»MJ- ~N oW Times" - s '' "; ?;"",' •'.'-"= ;iU arsor vessels, is still runnins a''nle Tls- Waitava and the schooner Fiery r-o"^ have arrived in the Manukau iron; V'clSn Coooer. late of the s.s. Go-ahead, has -^Vvn-iT fl of '£■ « c P'-efty Jane this trip. . 'i^'oCchoon.-r ..:.,xabeth for Tor.ara. the_,s:i:.p Vos^iie for Xowwistle, the briarantiue Aui:^3 &J£Si ~..'T.'.). -ji ie M- departure. , rhVs-cho^'M;;VliVnozer, which was recently taken doTrn ';> Noonwa, has been sold there lor th The b\?qxle l0G!e.ncoe, Snow on her way from , Jm.l--.; ro f.vioort. has on board (50-;) sacks i ( J'V:r-.w) ditho oats, 3315 ditto barley, 9 cases {~;,; r--, c a9 us oolatoes, and 10 cases meat. 1 ■;-■■!*'" M>\v;i (^iptftin Kennedy, left One llS SScSSv! BoiS^.'SS: n-."i? "\lcKay " Sneddon, Prince. Robinson, MSUrska CaVcoll. Forbes, Wifchnall. Kennedy, V'V'biv '■■.laclnclil.a.n, Price, and H stperaso. 'Hie schooner Helena, 123 tons was, on batyr d.,r taken up on Messrs Sims ana TV-'o'ivn"sT>atf>n!- :sCi 1* at DeVonnorf, Xorth shore. to wsonSn the claraajre she. had sustained when leaving the Manukau for Lyiteltotv. The vessel atruok two or tli.vee times on the bar. causing bar to make much, water. On her arrival buck to \nckiana. ?h- wa3 only partially loaded. On ex. miration at Messrs Sims and Browa's slip, if was fonnd that the schooner had. sustained mvciidaiaaV?, had stranded, and wrinkled ncr ea-,V'w %'imv.h a.". will necessitate stripping to SL*t damage has been eustauied. The BurVevoTO were: Captain \A/orsp. ror the °oVh B-itish • a-ud C-i.Tjtain Philip Jones on bshalf of the Helena. It is thought that pan of i now keel w'.ii bo re.(iuired. Th? bri'sranVlne' Oceola Mas been taking }n t.n.-iar 20'OilOfC timber, brought up from the Sb-ovtland Sawmill Company for transhipment toTh« W£rn!rre3s made in the loading of the V^r-nr- Roirit of the Dawn, for London, has lisei very rapid durinet the past week. The Kaergy is nVw alongside, putting 50 tons ol copra into her.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Napiek, this dsy. The Rotortia left for Auckland at 12 50 p.m yesterday.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr R. Arthur h"ld a larare sale of orar.sre.s, Sec to-iuY at Ms mart, which was alive witu bid-V-rs.^ bVKnsrcs realised 4s f.i to CA case : maadari-ie^. 7s to 9s 3d ; lemons, Os 9a; ana °nrr i L> W.'K iton hold a large fruit sale to-day ex Hero. The following are t.b.c average wSSVoranses. 6b to 7s; T.D.8.. 5s to 6s: W-, tss C:T; L.W. mandarines, Ss; lemons, 10s: and 10Sieasr3"Cochrane and Son offered the valuable btisiness oroperty on a sixty years lease, siruareci flt'nhe corner or Queen and Shortland-srreots. The property v/as withdrawn at £1110s per foot

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

?,Tatt"s wn.r. Close A3 Usrnwß■.■* For Thames, this dar, at 5.30 p.m. : ar.-.I to morrow, at 3.30 p.m., and 5.30 p.m. Fo'1 Coroniandel, per Argyle, on h nday nest,

at 2.30 p.m. For Waiheke, pr-r Spey, to-morrow, at, 9 a.m. For Waiwera. ICawau, Omaha, and Matakana, pW V'^no !Miiba;ik. to-morrew, at 10 a.m. For' Australian Colonies, per Rotorua, to morrow a! ii a.m. , For money orders, registered letters, and nr-wspapers. at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne wiu by received till 1120 a.m. For Australian Colonies, per Hero, to-morrow, For "money oedes, registered, letters, ar.d 110v.-3pan-.-r:., atl p.m. Late lettera for Sydney and Melbourne will be received till 2.20 p.m . For Wnrio-arei Koads. Vvaipu, Wana:arei. ana Mangapai. per A.rgyle. to-nior.;ow, at !_ p.m. For Russell. V.'.-i.ngaroa. ana Mongonui, pel lona, to-morrow, ah 4 p.m. For Lsvnka. per Alarm, on Wednesday next, oa Wednesday next atlla.m t Per s.s. City of Sydney, on N\ ednesaay, ~'t.. Auscust. as under: — Qx- _ r . For Sa-nd'/.-Icli I^and^. United, States'of A^in-'c Ciir.atla. British Columbia, centra. e.r.d i^ykth A::vrrca, and British and Foreign V.'pst Indies, at noon. For Uniß-d Kingdom, and Conanent of EnroDe, at r.non. . . For money orders, registered letter?, ar.d newspaper?. ■■■*; 10.30 a.m. Late letters, bejrvir.K an extra fes o: (id. in addition to the postage, will be rcci-h-o.d by the mail aijcnt onboard the steamer T'" n *a0 time of sailing. Fol- Whitiar.-:'.' Tauranga, and Opohki, per Rowena, oif Wednesday next, at 4 P.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Taupo, on Monday, 3rd Septembet-.at V^m^ pogmmsteT , B

BIRTH.

GEORGE.—On the 27th Angrust, at her resi dence, Carleton Gore Road, Auckland, fhe wife of C. S. Shayle George, Esq., of. a daughter.

KORINSOX.—On the 22nd instant, at her resi dence. Cook-street, liio wife of Mr. George Robins mi of a son.

DEATH.

PAGE.—On the 27th August, Mr. Thomas Page, aged G7. Tiio funeral will leave his late residence, Vincent-street, at 1 p.m. to-morrow (Tucaday).

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.

for the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs iciiis:ance. For the future jn the distance, Aad the good that we cm do.

TAKING advantage of a temporary lull in the torrent of talk at Wellington we have endeavoured to-day to pull up some of the arrears of correspondence and other matter excluded from day to day. We would again request writers to compress their ideas into moderate compass. Other wise they spoil their own chance, of pub licity. Our war .cablegrams from various sources are full and throw much light on the military situation. The initial supine ness of the Turkish Generals in leaving the Balkan Passes undefended has cost their army very dearly. Suliernan Pasha's losses in his unsuccessful attempt to re take Shipka Pass must amount to several thousands of the finest troops in the servioc of the Ports. Turkish officials are doing their best to alienate any sympathy that may yet remain in England for the Ottoman cause. Three hundred Cossacks who bad laid down their arms have been slaughtered is cold blood ; and the charity of England for the relief of the wounded has been embezzled by rapacious Pashas at Con stantinople, 'while the poor fellows who have spilled their blood in defence of the Crescent are lying uncared for on the battlefields or in extemporised hospitals, without surgical aid. It would_ appear, also, that "the reported atrocities by Russian troops have been traced to tlieir source, and proved to bo the offspring of Turkish mendacity. Those statements, coming from such an impartial source as the Agent-General, who was the first to report that the Russians were emulating their fanatical opponents in outrages upon the unarmed, cany pro portionate weight, and brand the Turk once more a3 wholly untrustworthy, _as well a& thoroughly impervious to civilisiug influences.

Two pawn-tickets have been left, at our office by a child, who found them on batur day evening, at Freeman's Buy.

The Auckland Coirespondent of the '•'Otago Daily Times" communicates the following with reference to the respected incumbent of St. Matthew s Church:—" The Uov. R. S. Hassard, incumbent of St. Matthews, is about to leave Auckland, on a short visit to England, for his wife's health. He will be very much missed, for he lias managed to infuse unusual life into a large congregation. Mr.s Hassard is as active and popular as her husband, and many hundreds will wish her speedy return from England in renewed health. I have not heard who is to take Mr Hassard's duty dining his absence."

The footrace at Ellorslie on Saturday attracted much attention and a crowd of admirers of the sport, and some coin ex changed hands in consequence. The com petitors were Mr Wm. Dickcnson, a sou of ! Vulcan, and Mr Win. Mettani, vocalist. The distance was 150 yards, and the stakes £20 aside. A little incident in connection with this race affords a happy illustration of the truth of the old adage " Never look back," the neglect of which was fatal to Lot's wife. Mr James Brown .started the men fairly, and for a time Dickenson was Ahead by at least three yards, but " he looked back" to see whore Mettam was. At this moment Mettani seized the oppor tunity, bounded forth, passed Dickcnson, and won by half-a-yavd. Mr 11. Whitakcr acted as judge of the race. A Nelson man. lias got a neat thing in wives from amongst the recently arrived immigrants, lie took her to live at his mothers, and the old lady told the Bench the other day, in an action for assault, that on the 14th July the fresh inmate threatened to put her on the lire, threw coffee over her, shoved her out of the house, struck her with a brush, mid afterwards with a stick, causing her hand to bleed, and tried to put her in a deep ditch. The complainant had to flee for her life. The daughter-in-law was lined £2, and bound over to keep the peace.

Mr Charles Whentlcigh the celebrated actor, and a full dramatic company are on board the s.s. City of Sydney, which is expected on Wednesday morning from Sydney. They are engaged by Mr DeLias, to play fora season at the Theatre Royal.

We have fco aclaiOAVletlge f>s for Mrs Hume, from "J. 5.," Drnry.

A football match was played on Satur day, between a team belonging to the various Rowing Clubs, and a team of All Comers. The play was not very brilliant on either side. Ming, Whewell, and Carter, by their splendid running and kicking, turned the scale in favor of the All Coiners, who won the game by 5 tries (10 points) to nothing.

We hav® receive*! a circular announcing that ii Juvenile [ndiistrial Exhibition is to be held at Ballarat, Victoria, in March next year. The promoters, inlaying their project before the public, hope to make it renli.se the following objects : ■--" To enlist the sym pathies and arouse the energies of the young people to compete! in works of industry ami usefulness ; and impress on parents, their sons and daughters, the dignity and honour of labor. To cultivate the inventive facul ties of tlio.se who arc in trade*, and show proficiency ; also, those who may be follow ing other occupations. To enable all to show their handiwork, and obtain new ideas from each other. To cultivate their minds for usoful employment and recreation during leisure hours. To create a taste for the fine arts and ornamental works, so as to make home attractive." The com mittee invite the assistance of the young people of each Colony of the Australasian group, and request "parents, employers, teachers, and all who take an interest in the welfare of the rising generation, to give their earnest co-operation and countenance to the efforts of the young people, by giving them every facility and encouragement to work industriously in preparing some article for exhibition, so that in after life they may be able to say they assisted in making the first Juvenile Industrial Exhibition a success ; and pro bably the honor of showing a medal they worthily earned." Probably some of the young folks of Auckland might be disposed to becoiae exhibitors.

On Thursday, a man in the employ of Mr Harris, Newcastle, met with a very severe

accident through the bolting of a pair <<f horses attached ;o a bug^y, which was l)ein,L;' driven from the railway station to the Deltu Ilotol. The horses wore youn,^, and sr;t oil' at full gullop. liiil was unal)lc to pull them in, and they rushed around the hotel, and in turning sliavp round <m flu; \vay to the stables the wheel struck the guto-post, tlirowin^ Mill out. It is ssupposcd that the horses and wheels wont over him, as several ribs are broken : his head i.siiiui'h bruised. Sergeant Sanderson, seeing the horses turning ko quickly round, feared sumo mishap would take place, and rushed to (lie assistance 01 the poor fellow. Mr Harris was at Hamil ton at the time, and w;as telegraphed t<>. Ho at onco drove over with tiic doctor, and did all in liis power to ease the sullercr.

India has now I>i?.yan to cut out China as the supplier of tea. in LSl~>, for the lirst lime, (lie jui])ort of ('hina :o;\ to (ircat Britain coiuscd to augment, while that of the Italian product represented the whole increase. The same fact is true of the United Stales, which i.s drawing its supply from Japan more and more every year. This year (remarks Mayfair) India will send us very nearly 30,000,000 ll>., which may be taken at -s a pound all over on import. !n IS7"', the import from Calcutta was 25,000,000 lb. The last session has been the most swccossftil in the history of As^am cultivation.

We arc informed by William Lane, in the employ of Mr jHoldship, that he was the maker of the model of Washington's house, noticed in Saturday's issue, and not Mr Jefl'ery. It was certainly a very clever piece of workmanship, and on Saturday evening the cage attracted hundreds of persons, and, fearing trie window might be broken, Mr Brewin wisely placed it at the remote end of his shop. So correct was the model that a Yankee took oJF his hat before it, and uttered reverently the name of George Washington. The funeral of Brother William Allcock, who died on Saturday at his house in Free man's Bay, took place yesterday in the Church of England Ccmetary. The funeral was attended by about 200 Orangemen, the deceased being one of the oldest Orangemen iv the province. The burial service was read by Rev. E. N. Eree, of All Saint?'. Bro. Allcock had been ill about six weeks, and. (luring that period the brethren of his lodge had been very kind to him. The lodge also intend to do all in its power to assist the widow and family, and to place them, if possible, above the reach of want. Commenting upon the speeches of Dr Wallis and Mr Fox on the Local Option Bill, the " Otajjjo Daily Times" Bays : —Dr Wallis put it Tory gently indeed, when he said that "he was afraid that the strong moral convictions of the mover of the Bill had blinded his judgment." Anyone read ing Mr Fox'b speech would wonder how it came to pass that such a mere stump orator could ever have been regarded as a leading statesman in a growing colony. * * * Regarding Mr Fox personally with all the respect due to his age and ability, we do not care to characterise his declamation other than in Dr Wallis's temperate words, and say that "his moral convictions have blinded his judgment." The German Journalist has not yet emancipated himself from Government tyranny : A Berlin telegram says :—" Heir Guido Weiss, editor of the Berlin Radical journal " Die Wauge" was sentenced by the Berlin Court of Appeal to three months' honourable imprisonment for charging Russia witk pursuing a hypocritical and utterly mendacious policy, under the pro tection of the Three Emperors' Alliance. The Court, deeming this passage to involv a heinous oft'enco against Mis German Majesty as a. member of the Tfliree Emperors' Alliance, passed a sentence which excites no little sensation.

We have roceived 10s from " Otahuhu' for Mrs iiuiiis'.

The Theatre service on last evening was well attended. The chair was occupied by Mr Hetuus. The addresses were given by Mr E. C. Can-and Key. Thos. Buddie.

A large number of rats at Wanganui recently got drunk on champagne, anil con ducted themselves in a most disorderly manner, capering and squeaking like mad. It seems (says an exchange) that the owners of 25 cases of champagne had a dispute with the Custom House people about certain charges made on it, and refused to pay them. The whole of the '2.0 cases were therefore destroyed, the contents being poured out. The rats got at. the liquor, which collected in little pools here and there, and were awfully tight for days together. What will Mr Foxsaytn this —placing the meai s of intoxication within the reach of those unhappy rats '! For our part, says the th'r-ty editor, we sorely bemoan this wanton waste of good liquor.

The anniversary service Avill be held at Sepulchr's Church, Symonds-strcet, this evening at seven o'clock. The sermon will be preached by the Key. 11. S. Hnssard.

Referring to the first £B.A. decree con ferred on a lady, the Tanuiaki " HcralclJ" yets oil" the following joke :—" Tlie Bishop of Auckland addressed Miss Kate Edger, on the occasion of the presentation of ihe B.A. degree, thus :"I salute thee." We wonder if this was done with Mrs Cowie's consent,"

A spirited Volunteer contest for the Ladies' Prize, a silver teapot, Look place on Saturday, at the Mount Eden Range. I'he competitors were members of the Victorian Company. The ranges were 200, 400, and 500 yards, five shots at each. Some good points were made, and the result was as follows : J>owden, 50 points ; Putinan, 4!> ; and Haslett, 46. The ladies' teapot, there fore, was carried oil'by Volunteer Bowden. The shooting was under the supervision of Capt. Derroni.

The Pitt-street anniversary services were largely attended yesterday. The morning and evening sermons were preached by ltcv. A. \V. Webb, and Rev. .). Robertson. The afternoon address to parents and child ren was given by Mr Larkins. The services were in aid of the Sunday-school of Pitt street, and the collections for the day amounted to £40.

The annual soiree of the Otahnhu Band of Hope will be held in the Public Hall of the district, on Wednesday evening next. Tea. will be provided for the occasion, followed by an entertainment consisting of music, singing, recitation, dialogue and speech. Llev. -John Mucky has kindly promised to occupy the chair.

The Variety Troupe entertainment on Saturday eveniug at the Albert-street Hall, was patronised to the doors. The chair man was Mr James Cox, who made a few epigrammatic and pointed remarks, much to the purpose. The Saturday night audience have a decided aversion to a long speech ; tin; people attend rather to be amused than ediJied, and a black face and a nigger hop, arc more beautiful to some of the unities of these audiences than the starry sky, or the sweetest of songs by the Swedish Nightingale. Hence -Mr Cox invariably makes a brief and sensible .speech. The following programme was faithfully per formed: —Mr liutschkow, pianoforte Paolo ; comic songs: "Jerry Brown," by Mr.l. Mettam; "Her Father's Trade," Mr W. Mettam ; "Lamented Mr .Jones," and '• Watercresses," by Mr Sceats ; "You know what I know," Mr Philpot; and the

"Lively Irishman," by Mr McGuirc. Sentiniental : The "Old Sexton," Mr McCappin;falso, "Compensation for the I'ast;"' ;i love song, of a very touching nature, by Mrs Smith ; a duet, soul; and dance, and other representations of more or less merit.

The third of the Penny Headings, in connection with the Mission (.•lunch of St. Thomas Union-street will he held to-morrow evening. The programme has been compiled with much c;ue, and promise* music by the united choirs, glees by the juvenile glee club, several ballads by ladies, and original and selected rendingr by gentlemen.

The Pitkuranga Hunt Club Maces are fixed to come oil on Saturday, October (>'. The programme includes a Handicap 11uidle Ltace, of 20 soys., two miles ; Flat Race, of '20 soys., one-and-half mile ; Pakuranga Hunt Club Steeplechase (handicap), of 2~> soys., with sweep of two soys., three miles ; Maiden Steeplechase, of 'JO soys., once round; and a Hurry Scurry, of 10 soys. The races are to he run under tha Pakuranga Hunt Club and Grand National Steeple chase rules, and entries must bo made by the 21st September next., the acceptances being due on the 28th September.

The Manchester Corporation has approved of a scheme for the purchase of the Cumberland lakes, to convey water to thojeity by an aqueduct 100 miles long. The works will occupy seven years, and tbe cost will be C I ,500,0DD. The reaervior will contain 800,000,000 cubic feet, and 50,000,001) gallons will be supplied daily.

We learn bit at a number of the inhabi tants of llabson-street have signed a peti tion tv the City Council, against the planting of trees on either side of Hobson street. They do not object to A path by the river o'crslmdowerl by trees. Whore people may walk and may talk as they please. hut tuey do not wish to see lines of trees in Hobson:street in the way of progress. The cause of difference between the Mount Hobson School Committee and tho Board of Education was, by the omission of tho word "hot," in our paragraph, mis-stated. The Committee request that the Board shall cancel Mrs Hard ing's appointment, because she declines to carry out the Committee's instructions with reference to the division ot boys and girls. A boys' school having been established in the district, the Committee very properly require that tho boys shall attend there, leaving Mrs Hunting's school exclusively for girls.

The improvements which have been made on the Domain Cricket Ground during the past winter must satisfy the Domain Board that their concessions to our cricketers are appreciated. Mr 11. J. Yates, one of the trustees, to whose management -the ground was entrusted, has been assiduous in endeavoring to make this most picturesque of cricket fields as good in every other way as it is good-look ing. The turf in the centre of the playing area to the extent of 120 yards by thirty yards has been taken up, and the surface beneath it levelled with a theodolite, after which the grass has been relaid with- great care. The whole of this portion of the ground is now in splendid condition, the sods having joined so perfectly that they might have been laid down like a carpet in one piece. To raise the lower part of the ground, the soil lias been brought from the upper, or onstcrn side, and thus a double good ettectod. On the eastern side, where before there was a bank covered with weeds and long grass, which was a perfect Scylla for swallowing up "lost balls," there is now a perfectly cleai- and level surface, with the young grass just making its appearance on it. In other parts where grass seed lias been sown there is every prospect of a thick sward covering the ground before the beginning of the season. We understand there is some prospect of another two or three acres being thrown into the iield on the south side. There is no use being made at pre sent of this, and if it were added on to the cricket ground it would give ample space for each club to have a separate practice ground on the outskirts, and the centre might be left for important matches. We notice that the Board have furthered th» efforts of the trustees by cutting a large drain right round, the ground. This is most efficient in carrying off the water, and in the wettest weather none lies in the centre. As soon as funds will allow of it, it is purposed tojjcrect a pavilion, and when this is done the cricketers|ol Auckland will have an excellent field for their operations.

CABLEGRAMS.

THE VERY LATEST I

WAR NEWS.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL LONDON

CO RRESPONDENT.)

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE POPE,

Desperate Fighting1.

Russians Preparing for Decisive Stroke.

LONDON

Saturday afternoon.

The Pope is so seriously ill as to cause great anxiety. Fighting lias been geneml. Sulieman Pasha again attacked the Russian position in Shipka I'ass, but was unsuccessful. His troops have suffered very heavy losses. The Russiansaro preparing for a decisive stroke.

Colonel Baker in Battle.

TURKS CROSSING THE DANUBE.

[■pKKSs Af.KN'CY.]

The "Sydney Morning Herald's" special is as follows: — LONDON. August 2". Ex-Colonel Baker, commanding the Turkish Cavalry, distinguished himself at Eski-Djunni. The Turks are attempting to cross the Danube at Widdiu. A Turkish force is now operating in Dobrudscha. The English press considers the Russian position in Bulgaria critical. [n Asia Minor since the repulse of the Russians under General Mclikofr, both armies in Armenia remain inactive.

300 Cossack Prisoners Murdered in Cold Blod.

Osman Pasha Defeated at Seivi-

Turkish Officials Embezzle English Subscriptions.

The Agent -General's- telegram dated Lon <]], August 24th, says :—A great buttle lasting two days, occurred at Shipka Pass The Turks were repulsed with great loss" Die Turkish armies have not yet joined, Osinan Pasha's attack on Solvi was re pulsed. llllschuck lias suffered much from con. tinned bombardment. Three hundred Cossacks, who had laid down their arms,-were slaughtered in cold blood. The Russians are mobilising in grcii force. An important battle is expected. An insurrection has occurred in Crete, where many Turks have been killed. The alleged Russian atrocities are said to be chiefly fabrications of the Turks. The .Stafford House Subscription for the wounded Turks has been almost all em bezzJcd by the Turkish officials, and the soldiers rue left without surgical aid.

The Fighting at Shipka Pass.

SULIEMAN PASHA SCALED THE' HEIGHTS.

The Fighting at Ssfci-Djuma.

BOMBAY, August2s, 4.55 p.m. The Russian official report states that desperate lighting took place at Shipka Pass on the 23rd August. It continued for thirteen hours. Th» Russians maintained their ground. The losses were heavy. Sulieman Pasha telegraphed ou the 21st that lie haul staled the heights, and fought for fourteen hours. He retained the con quered position, and attacked the Russian entrenchments unsuccessfully, but hopes to succeed. Mchcmcd Pasha repulsed fourteen Rus sian battalions at Eski-Djuma. [Eski-Djuma is a town of Bulgaria, IS miles from Slnimla. Its population is about 10,000, mostly Turks. Mehemet ALL Pasha is a German by birth, and dis tinguished himself three years ago by dis persing the whole of the Greek brigands who hud previously infested the Macedonian frontier. But since his withdrawal from that command these scoundrels have recom menced their career of pillage and murder. Colonel Baker indicates Mehemet All Pa«ha as one of the able officers under who*e com mand the smaller forces of the Turks, in certain positions, " could act upon almost equal terms with the superior forces of the Russians."]

The Aslia-m lias arrived at Galle with mails. LONDON, August 24, 1.10 p.m. The Brindisi mail delivered. THE FIGHTING AT SHIPKA PASS. RUSSIANS CLAIM A VICTORY AT SELVI. TURKISH SUCCESSES AT ESKI DJUMA. LONDON,' August 24. The latest Russian oilicial dispatch says that all the attacks by the Turks on the Russians at the Shipka Pass have been repulsed The Russians have maintained their position. They have been re inforced. Fighting continues. The Turks have suffered enormous losses. Tiie Russian loss has been relatively slight. Many officers were killed. A Russian oilicial dispatch reports a victory at Selvi. A Turkish unofficial report says that Mehemet Ali has achieved a brilliant victory at Eski-Djuma. THE WOOL SALES. Seventy thousand bales of avool are catalogued. Prices arc well sustained. Wheat, full supply. Adelaide, 6*7s ; New Zealand, 65s ; sprouted, 255. New Zealand flax, languid.

Suez Mail News.

ENGLISH OFFICERS IN THE TU KKISH ARMY. The Argus correspondent says : —"A year ;i<'o, the Dauubian fortresses, with the ex ception of Widdin, were both obsolete and dilapidated. Some of the minor one* indeed hardly longer deceived the nameof fortresses s0 rotten were their crumbling ramparts, so contemptible their armament. It has not been possible for them to rebuild the decaying battlements, but they have faced theni up*where practicable, and converted them into earthworks. Where they were ;oo fur gone, they have thrown up detached Avorks on modern principles, always from plans prepared in England, often under the personal Bupeiintendenee of English engi neer officers, of whom last autumn a dozen were lent to Turkey for the special purpose o£ putting her fortresses into repair, in fact there arc at present in Turkey English engineer officers in full pay, making themselves as useful as the Turks, who are not fond of foreign interference, will permit. It seems to me that the Rus sia-is have good cause to feel sore with us on this account. It is not as last year in Scrvia, when the Russian officers who helped the Servians left the Russian army, at least temporarily, to come and help the little principality. We send, or rather force, upon the Turks' skilled officers on full pay; and as for the half-pay officers of the English army waiting in Constantinople for employ ment by the Turks, their name is legion. With a rotton military system, or rather no military system at all, with an empty Treasury and no credit, the Turks never theless had got the Danubian fortresses into a respectable state of defence. Rustchuk, which a year ago, with its obsolete fortifica tions enclosing it, must have succumbed before a two days' bombardment with heavy rifled artillery," is now a great entrenched camp, or rather a, series of earth-work fortresses, having three lines of defence, each heavily armed with cannon to the full as good as those which the Russians can put in the batteries against it.

EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF HEROISM. The Halifax (Nova Scotia) " Chronicle" has the following :— "The town of Picton has just been the scene of one of the most heroic deeds ever done by :i young girl ;

and another name h;is been added to the list of Canada's heroines. On the evening of May 15, Mrs Captain Ivy, a widow, on going out of her house, locked in the room her two children, Henry and Alice, aged respectively five and seven years. About 8.30 p.m. they rose from the bed and lit the lamp. There was some wearing apparel j hanging on the wall, and directly under j was a trunk. On this they placed the lamp, t which immediately set the clothes on iire, ; and filled the room with flame and smoke, i The children were naturally excited in their j dreadful position, hardly knowing what to j do. The little girl knew that the key was j in the lock on the outside of the door. Her only thought appeared to be for the brother under her care. She formed the terrible pro ject of jumping to tin; ground from the third story v indow. The noble girl, instead of giv ing the alarm from the window, wasunableto wait. Her brother must be let out im mediately ; and, accordingly, crawling out on a shelf fastened to the window, and lowering herself the length of her short arms, she dropped down to the ground—a distance of exactly thirty live feet by tape measurement. The air caught her clothes in her descent, and broke the fall, other wise she must have been terribly injured. She then rushed upstairs, but upon opening the door was horrified at the absence of all signs of her brother. Her perplexity found vent in cries as she ran for help. In the meantime, the little feWow, scared out of his senses, did not heed the command to stop until she opened the door, but crawled out to see where his sister had gone, and fell over the shelf to the ground. Happily, the internal injuries which lie received, so far as can be yet ascertained, fire not very serious. The arm and leg of his daring sister were slightly injured."'

ENGLISH PUBLIC OPINION ON THE WAR. The London " Spectator," after remark ing, ou the position of Germany, that it was reasonable to believe that Prince Bismarck was rather glad than otherwise; to see Russia involved in a ■war that must cripple her resources, and that lie might be still more gratified to'see England drawn into the same in ess, continues:—"So far, we admit that the alarmists have some case, but what we cannot see is their resulting proposition that Russia is playing a great secret game, and that England can only be made safe by lighting, or, at all events, by threatening to tight liussia. .Setting apart the irresistible evidence that the Russian Emperor was forced into war against his own will, and in spite of his own determination, what, conceivable interest can Russia have in realising Prince Bismarck's supposed designs ! iJow will it strengthen Russia that he should invade Franco, or gain by any means whatever controlling authority in Holland ? Or rather, to put the difficulty still more plainly, what conceivable acquisi tion could compensate Russia for aay serious aggrandisement of Germany, whether through the extinction of France, or the acquisition of maritime provinces on the Atlantic '( It certainly is not an Asiatic gain. Noi, to talk about America, all Western Asia laid at her feet would not compensate Russia for the creation of a dunger at her gates so imminent and so immense. All Western Asia could not pro tect Moscow, and Moscow would be more nearly in the grip of the Hohenzullerns, so strengthened, than Paris or Vienna is now. The Turkish Peninsula might be a bribe that would stagger far sighted politicians, but Bismarck cannot give what all Germans would refuse ; and even the "' Pall Mall Gazette," with all its belief in the Sceptre in a spike-helmet, ac knowledges that the valley of the Danube will never be surrendered to the Northern Slavs. What bribe then, can have so tempted Russia, that in order to help Prince Bismarck's far-reachmg plans, she should have elaborated a scheme for tempt ing tho Turks to commit atrocities which, but for the'presenca of an American diplomatist in Constantinople, an American per haps of all human beings the least likely to be in Russian pay, would never have impressed Europe at all! Wo wish to write temperately, for the mat ter is "far too grave for rhetoric, but surely this suggestion can arise only from a very frenzy of suspicion worthy only of a FrencH Radical, or of some Foreign Committecman in an English Northern town. And then, whether Russia is Machiavellian or not—■ and we take it she is very like other Powers, permanently devoted to her own interests, but liable to gusts of better emotion —how in the world is the plot to be embarrassed by Lord Beaconsiield's "policy/1 or any policy which involves a needless war between Great Britain and Russia? Surely if the suspicion about Prince Bismarck is correct, if he really is subtle as a Jesuit and unscrupulous as a Turkish Pasha, if he is preparing to extin guish France, or absorb Holland, or recog nise P. Kruger as Sovereign of South Africa, or fling any other grenade into the British magazine, the tine policy of this country is not to embarrass itself with a secoad Power, but to keep ourselves strong and ready, to cultivate alliance with France —terribly worried by a fear tbnt we shall fight Russia, her future ally—to possess our souls in calmness, and to'keep oKr powder dry.

The "London Times," commenting on the correspondence between Eaul Derby and the Russian Prime Minister, says : '■'The effect of the correspondence is likely to be altogether beneficial. It removes occasions of misunderstanding. It shews what twe our points of difference, and enables us to measure their importance. Frankness has been met by frankness, and the result is a conviction that the war, for which we may hope the speediest termina tion, ought "not'to endanger the good relations'between England and Eusr-ia.'

In another article on the attitude of Austria, the "Times" says: "Th Austrian Government has sufficient con fulence in its own strength and in th" Russian assurances to watch the pro«r e - s ! of the war with calmness, all the moresoa the conviction of the Government isthat the Turkish rule in the neighbouring Provinces is a perpetual clement of disquiet and danger." x

PRINCE OF WALES IX ANOTHPP SCRAPE. *lv

Kefei ring to the Prince of "Wales, the London Correspondent of the Sydney " Herald," writes :—" A little squabble in which he was recently mixed up at the Orleans Club, an outdoor institution that has been just started at Twickenham shows that some men are a long time sow' ing their wild oats. The plain truth isthat the good-natured Prince has not the courage to break with his unwholesome entoutage; but, xinless he adopts that course, there will most surely be an unpleasant outburst of public opinion."

LORD SHAFTESBURY ON DISESTIR LISHMENT. *

The Earl of Sliaftesbury, strong Church. man as he is, begins to see that disestablish" meat is being forced oh by the action of Churchmen. At tlic meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society he said ■ —" I tell you candidly that it would be far more agreeable to mo never to speak again on°matterß ecclesiastical. The state of matters ecclesiastical has produced in the minds of very many persons, and especially in those of the wot-k people, ho much mistrust, so much misgiving, and so much doubt as to thctruc character of the Church of England that you may rely uponit that many of your ministrations are hindered, many of your efforts are frustrated, and much of your work, in consequence, is thrown away The truth is that year by year matters be come worse. Some years ago I ventured to say that I thought such would be the issue ma short cour.se of _ime. I was afterwards looked upon as one of those who take a black view of things ; I was almost univer sally spoken of as a croaker. I did croak and I croak now, and rely upon it you will booh croak also. How can we "now do otherwise than pay serious attention to tl c progress of events and the peculiar charac ter of the times '! The eruptions of the last few months —the eruption in St. Paul's the eruption in the Convocation io £ York, not excluding the great erup tion at Colombo—have all tended to darken the prospects and to com plicate the previously dangerous posi tion of matters; and the country ig beginning to be wearied of these things, and beginning to think of something whereby it may be rid of them. There is a limit beyond which the patience of this country will not go—and, terrible as the disestablishment of the Church might be in the eyes of vast numbers of people, the country will, 1 believe, accept that alterna tive in preference to a continuance of disorders and aggrestions.

DIFFERENCES IN THE CABINET.

Remarking on the known d;fl'erences in the British Cabinet on the Eastern ques tion, the London correspondent of the Sydney Morning " Herald " says : "There are two distinct camps, as widely separated within the walls of Downing-street us they are outside. Lord Beaconsfield's anti- Russian —one might almost describe it as pro-Turkish—policy has two powerful supporters in Lord Cairns and Mr Hardy, and Lord Carnarvon is a capital henchman to the Gladstonianism of Lord Salisbury, The two most recent incidents within the Cabinet will illustrate how strongly the two parties pull against each other. The sending of the fleet to Besika Bay is

one stop towards the attainment of the Premier'sfplaus, but it may be regarded as certain that if those plans arc persisted in Lord Salisbury will separate from his colleagues. It was difficult for him to agree to the sending of the fleet to Besika Bay. lam assured that he absolutely ten dered his resignation over the proposal to ask for more money, and it is expected on all hands that if his desire to place no obstacle in the "way ot" Russia be thwarted by tbe future policy of his colleagues, lie -will withdraw from the Cabinet. * * *

If Lord Salisbury withdraws from the Cabinet, and if, as is not improbable, Lord Carnarvon goes with him, the Government will look at " British interests" with a magnifying glass, and it will require little provocation from. Russia fco draw ns into the conflict. "On the other hand, if the St. Petersburg Government determine to make a speedy peace, and to keep their armies clear of Constantinople, the British fleet will go no further East than Besika Bay, and the 30,000 men who are equipped and ready for despatch from the British shores at a day's notice will remain where they are. England will not light for Turkey,

that is certain. The old cry for maintain ing the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire was stifled by Turkish barbarities in Bulgaria. That ancient doctrine tried to struggle, into activity at the Constantinople Conference, but Lord Salisbury strangled it, and it has now gone to the winds. It has been succeeded on the part of England and Austria by the narrower creed of self-interest.

DESPERATE STATE OF EUSSIA3S FINANCES. Writing on this subject the Tondon Correspondent of the Sydney "Herald' says :—" The St. Petersburg Governmen is'in the mo«t desperate straits for wantot money. No less than 100 millions oi roubles, or the nominal value thereof, m been issued in jaoer money since tne beginning of the present war. Bussia can force this paper on her own subjects, W she requires hard money for her foreipi creditor.?, and this is being obtained on tne most ruinous terms. A few of theleauro,, financiers in Europe hold many millions" Russian stock. It is a marvel to nw» persons how the price of that comrnoiW) » maintained. The process is not difficult m comprehension, but it discloses a n>» desperate game. These financiers are supplying Russia with all her ready mono at a fifty per cent, discount, for the saw" keeping up the price of the paper m already hold, so that when a fegg victory gives a fictitious value to W»»» prices, they may at least save sometmn, out of general ruin. The assistant these financiers must be rapidly exnau ing itself. It was not initiated w the sake of maintaining a campaign. Dl" the purpose of supporting the Kusswbo of brag. It was thought that a little IkJ e would secure all that uwi* and run up Russian stocks, but i declined to be bullied, and the iinanc have found themselves launched "I more dangerous venture than tne) bargained for. Tho question <«**>*. t o means will, therefore, compel !»»' come to terms at the earliest po» ---opportunity."

CORRESPONDENCE.

We have again a lar^e accumulation o^, pondence, which-we are compelledtot es; WOKD-MOXGEBIXG.-Mr W • *"j=*^ n sayinS " Sir.-By universal consent anri con™r be en un this session at Wellington h<*no}tw^ satisfactory. There lias been void-mwt. n - quibbling-, partisan-fencing bu^ n a f topics and studious and cunning- avoidance ot t^ It ,, matters of jp-eat interest to all tK^ggng ca«* tf-ettv well understood that the undu'P^itf 3 the present depression, the extreme aa [ of Auckland, is her political S° £■ bondaw to 1 ho South Island, and the draining away ot: hot- large revenues^eis tralisation at Cook's Straits. A" hertOl not» were sent for separation, but, luc f^tifari^ word. Yet doubtless some ot the m thinxs lately said at Wellington " f^en^? very good in their way, but, but, the^ % lO o(* inquireinent, the demand! *>"< tbo »^ sfioulcl have been permitted, fi"" 1 w without an express, explicit Pl^, 1" a i inevj' Immediate benring o* lngitlmato Wg t o f t able separation in political SP^^esoußW'. two islands. I suppo-e wprosentat« e» represent their constitaences more, S^?l^^n CkS t,e ''H-^;^^ correspondent by name, and iemw b]l3 he traitorous telegrams that have.beer^ in that paper for thn last tortl"Ki l { dangerftj" to alarm rhc people to a sense of aa s ( j within. It requires no great a^ow tration to perceive that tliose te.i;«a» from an enemy of Sir Georse Ciey.

rHE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.



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