SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mm iriTcp f'TSiia Afternoon 6.41 HIGH WAIIiK—,r o-morro w Mornins, ".6 SUN SET.—This Svenios. t.st SUN RISE.—Tc-W.orrow ilorninsf. "-16 MOON'S AGE.- >e\v Moon. Uth. 9.i0 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURE-. Miss FTur*£.-nsc^, brig. Lor Mercury Bay and Dune din Golden Isle, schooner, for Russell lona s.s.. Farquhar. for the North HaWeß, s.s.. Wheeler, for the South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For London—Eleetra. ship, early: Aan Gam bles, barque, early ; Spirit of tae Da?rn. barque, early For Wancarei— Arsyle. every Tuesday For the Islands—Eiith schooner, early For Napier—Southern Cross, s.s.. 8 p.m. to-day: Rotorua. s.s.. 17th fast foor the South— Taranaki. s.s.. lotfc jn?t k'oT 'I'aurs.nga and tae South—VF&nalca, s.s,. 11th inst.. at i p.m. For Sydney—Caara, s .-nooner, cany

VESSELS EXPECTED.

H3ro. s.s., from Sr.inev. abont .Talv l'Sth Yosemite. ship (H.W.V.L.), frona London, sailed G BroushVon. ship. (N.K.V.Q.i. from London. sailed IKh April. . Columbus, barque, from London; sailed 4th Galltea. barque, from London : sailed 10th June City of Auckland, ship, from Loadon Kl-inore barque, from New York. early Belle Brandon, schooner, from the Islands. early , _ , Pearl, ketch, from the Islands.early Vision, brie, from Sydney, early Catharina. brigrantiae, iron. Carrara, early. Emu barqueniine. from Adelaide, early. Blanche, schooner, from the Islands, early Norval. sehoouer. from the Islands, early Stag, barque, from Lyttelton. early Bella Mary, barane. from Hobar: Town : sailed lstinst Syren, brig, from Sydney : sailea 2oth.ult. The s.s. Southern Cross cleared out this afrernoon. and will sail for Napier direct at 6 o'clock this evening.

The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Hawea left Onehunarafor the South earlr this morning. Passengers : Mr ana Mrs Bayley. Mr and Mrs Rundle. Mr a-id Mrs Roth and child. Mrs Smythies, Mrs Cane Miss Charnoek. Miss Dunford. Messrs Bueholz, Severn, Woolley, Corcoran. Hayman, Heale, Bridson, Hikairo. Carrinsrton. Hamer. Treaonong, Salmon. Rus sell. "Warren. Martin, and 7 steerage. Intending- passengers by the ship Electra are requested to secure their berths and pay deposits of passage money by Saturday next. Mr W. Heath, the manager of the North Shore Ferry Company, gives notice that an extension of time until Friday next at noon will be granted for receiving tenders tor the construction and fitting up of the new steamer expected in the-ship Yosemite. Consignees or troods by the briguntine Camilla are reo i'tested to pass entries and obtain delivery orders for their goods without delay. The s.s. Pretty Jane and Jane Douzlas left Gisborne yesterday afternoon, and may be expected, in harbour to-morrow. The s.s. Go-ahead is now being dismantled alongside the Wood wharf. "When this is done she will undergo a survey. The bris- Miss Kiimansetrg sailed yesterday afternoon for Mercury Bay, where she is to load for Dunedin. The s.s. Wanaka is to leave for Tauranga and other perts to-morrow at 1 p m. Messrs Crnickshank and Co. have received a cablegram, annoucciaing that the Hero left Sydney for Auckland last niprht at 7 o'clock. She may. therefore, be expected on Sunday nest.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Unt>er :— For Thames, this day. at 5.38 p.m.: and to morrow at 2 p.m., and ,5 30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 2-20 p.m. For Wangaxei Heads. Waipu. Wangarei. and Maagapai, per Argyle. this day. at t p.m. For Napier, per Southern Cross, to-morrow. at 1.30 p.m. For Wansaroa. per Kriemhilda. to-morrow, at S a.m. For Tauranga. Gisborne. Napier, and Southern Provinces, per Wanaka. to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and new-spaper.;. at 2 p.m. Late letters will be re ceived till 3.20 p.m. tor Waiwera, Wark'.^orth. and Te AaT-ai. per Anne Milbank. on Thursnay next, at 10 a.m. For Australian Colonies, per City of imnp.ediateiy after her arrival from Honolulu. For Tarmaki and Southern Provinces per Tarartaki, on Friday, 13th, Last., at 8 a.m. Per 5.3. Wanaka. on Monday, 23rd instant, as follows :— For India. China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 10 a.m. Fer Taranaki. Southern Provinces, Austra lian Colonies, and United Kingdom, via Muez and Southampton (for letters specially addres sed), at 11 a.m. For United Kingdom via Brindisi. and late letter tor Southern Provinces and Melbourne, at 11.20 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and sewspapero. at 9 30 a.m. S. B. KISS. Chief T^tmasTer.

The particular attention of the public is called to the fact th&t without th.» exercise of a little caution they -^re likely to be imposed upon by cheap imitations of the standard medicinal beverage. Ur.or.rKo Wolfe's Schiedam Aro matic Sciinv.vps. These spurious imitations # are frequently put up in second-hand bottles of the true article, and often bear false labels.

Relief from Cocgh i.v Te.v MrxcTES-— Sharland'3 Cherry Pectoral, a specific for Colds, Coughs. Asthma. Consumption. Bronchitis, Lung Diseases. &c. Tt acts like magic. Price, 2s. 6d. and is.JJrd. a bottle. Sharland's instant Cure for Toothache: Is. a bottle. SK.'_RLAN"r>s. opposite Post-office. Auckland.

DEATH.

WlLSON".—Oacthe Oth July. Thomas Wilson, of Howick. asced 75 years. The funeral will leave his late residence. Wellington-street, Howick, at 3 o'clock p.m. on Thursday. Friends please accept this intimation.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Dkclin-ed.— M. E. 8.. attacking "Walker's views on Salvation, and \V. E. Sadler on li Russians-and Turks," are declined.

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

MONDAY, JULY 9, 1577.

th- cause that lacks assistance, For ::K^wrcn;j that needs ics.stacce! For thai^iare in the distir.ee,

AasZ-tucgood that we can do.

WHEN the Doet prayed for power to see himself us others see him, he offered up a request, the granting of which would have brought down maledictions ou the well meaning donor. Mr Sheehan has put him self in that rather uneviable position. His remarks at the chess presentation last night, hawever, were those of a friend and veil-wisher, .and we may Avell ask if they are really true. It is not impossible that the very earnestness of the speaker's desire for the welfare of his native city may liave led him into mioo gloomy view of the ckcJuie_ v Qf. l^kKM^4'cicu tri In4ne fos^"ot our shipping and commercial ascendancy on the East Coast, wkile other facts winch might have moderated Jus jeremiad did not force themselves into equal prominence. But still we cannet close our eves to the lessons taught by ;the successful com petition of Duuedin steamers in places before exclusively worked by land enterprise. And we are' only

asserting what every merchant knows, in stating that the übiquity* Dunedin bag man is doing in mercantile matters wl.at the Union Company's steamers have almost accomplished in shipping business. We should be all the better fur it if some im partial friend like Mr Sheehau would force "s from time to time to eousider chese tilings, and try to discover wherein the mischief lies. In making such an inquiry, it is natural enough, because very easy to turn on our merchants, and accuse them pt want of speculation and enterprise. But is this really the ease ? As a matter of fact Auckland merchants are speculative to the utmost limit, and sometimes a good d»?al beyond their means. And it is, perhaps because of this that a second class of capitalist— fnose who believe in a settled rate of interest —find a secure perch on the shoulders of the traders, who oft-times sink beneath the unnatural wei"ht It is not true that a lack of speculative enter prise distinguishes Auckland merchants tut it is most undeniable that a lar-e class of capitalists, holding the bn?k "f the accumulated wealth iv the province, are not traders, and look ook upon commerce and manufactures

with feelings akiw to horror. Those wlii* overlook >f-feis important class of investors in estimating the commercial status of Auckland omit a most important tuetor. It ¥-(?uhl be better for the city, productive of a greater circulation of coin, conducive to the growth of shipping, the expansion of trade and manufactures, cmployiti" labour and making Auckland a mart for the supply of Southern wants, if we had more mon-:y directly in vested in commerce and less in shocks and mortgages. Yet it is unfair to drop altogether out of our calculations the extent to which Auckland, through those favourite forms of investment, reaps a per coinage on the colonial trade. A large proportion of the buukiug and insurance stock of the colony is held in this city, and our share of the profitable enterprise repre- I sented by the operations of these'institutions is by no means to be despised. Unfortunately, capital circulated through these channels does as much to develop opposition against the mercantile interests of Auckland as to foster them. If an amount of money equal to that "which has been put by Auckland capitalists in shares had been thrown into commerce, the . supremacy of our city as the great entrepot of Xew Zealand would have been secured. Ijiit the one great cause of Auckland's backwardness —that which underlies all other-—is the locked-up state of her lauds. A sound and flourishing commerce must be sustained by a well settled and prosperous back country. And Lee Auckland has made a marked advance. As stated by the Mayor and Mr Jakins last night, capital from the South is now steadily flowing in to the province, f»r investment—not in trade, but in our rich virgin soil. The opening of railway com munication marked an era in our history, and notwithstanding the counter-signs which, with Mr Sheehnn, we cannot do otherwise than regret, we have no hesita tion in saying that Auckland has made more substantial progress during the last three years than in any period or the same duration since its choice by Governor Hobsen as the capital of tin- colony.

We have two li-ttt-rs on the Orange Pro cession, censuring Dr Maunsell for holding service in St. Mary's Church. The letters u,re strongly worded, and their insertion would probably lead to a bitter controversy, ex citing party feeling, and serving no good purpose. Whatever opinions may be held respecting the proposed Orange Procession on the 12 h,—and our correspondeats' Tet ters shew that many Protestants di.-« approve of it —we think the best proof of the prevalence of universal freedom, and the absence of party rancour in Auckland will be furnished by such a magnanimous deportment as that exhibited recently by a Roman Catholic Bishop in Queensland, who attended an Orange demonstration, and. amid much applause, addressed the assembled brethren upon religious and civil tolerance.

At All Saints 7 Church on Sunday the Rev. E. N. Bree referred to the falling away of the revenue during the {>ast >ix months. He attributed it first to the poor attendance of members of the church : secondly to the leaving or numerous liberal members of other denominations owing to churches having been built in the district for their particular form of worship 1: thirdly to the fact that not half the parishoner who do attend contribute towards the support of their own religion ; and fourthly, because some who do attend do not give at all, and urged as th«ir reason that they do not on principal. The financial position of the congregation was discouraging. Estimated income, £340, estimated expenditure, £420, I leaving a deficit of £SO. At the present: time., he told his hearers, there is £70 due to him. To the Editor : Sir,— l would suggest, through your valuable paper, the propriety of all members of the learned professions and University men appearing in full Academic costume on the occasion of the presentation of the degree of 15. A. to Miss Kate Edger. This is quite usual, and surely on this occasion, considering the recipient is a young lady— the first in the British Empire who has been so distin guished—too much eclat cannot possibly be given. The New Zealand L'niversity de serves all credit for allowing the gentler sex to take a position in sound learning, which they were always competent for, but which, either from selfishness or narrow mindedness, they have hitherto been shut out of. — I am, etc., CharmvS 11. Axdiiew, Carl ton Academy. The diorama of the American War continue* to sustain its popularity at the Theatre Royal, and last night a very considerable number of citizens attended to witness the scenes as they passed before the eye and were pleasantly interpreted by the lecturer. At the close of the entertainment the usual distribution of gifts took place, much to the gratification of the company, and especially to the prize-takers. The diorama will be repeated this evening.

Messrs Cochrane and Son win hold an important book sale at their mart to-morrow, including a splendid nuarto edition of Dante's [uferno (Cassell's),* with illustrations by Gustave Doru ; also Black's seventh Edinburgh edition of the En cyclop<edia Brittauica, in •_':> volumes : a complete set of Knight's Penny C'yclopiedia; and the works of Dickens, Lever. George Eliot (Mrs Lewis), Southey's works, law books, works ou engineering, etc.

Twenty-two prizes were distributed at the Parnell Public School yesterday, by the Auckland Scripture Gift and Prize Associa tion, fur scripture exercises done by the children at their homes. We understand that Sergeant Greene, who has been in charge of the Hamilton Police Station for sonre time past, has ; returned to his former post at Onehunga. Sergeant J. O'Connor has been transferred from Onehunga to Auckland. During hu brief stay at Onehunga, Sergeant O'Connor gave general satisfaction to the residents of that district. The inspection parade of the Artillery and the No. 3 Companies and Board of officers for examination of Sub-Lieutenants called for Thursday, the 12th July, is post poned until Thursday, the 19th Julyinst., at 7.30. p.m. The domestic* servant and matrimonial market is to be supplied during the coming year by of r>,(?00 immigrants, the total number which the Agent-General is directed to sencL A proportion of the 5,000, which is fixed .as [the positive maxi mum of free immigration during the coming year, is to consist «f ploughmen, farm labourers, shepherds, bricklayers, and carpenters. Nominated immigrants will be preferred. Such is & -summary of the Government instruction to the Airent- General. ~

Captain Syruonds, E.M., Mr F. H. Kemp, Civil Commissioner, Mr CHendon, a«d a large number of natives, are .at Dan*anille. Wairoa, in connection with the sitting of tlie Native Lands' Court then?. The CoWt was opened by Assessor Hort Kukutai, Ue fore Captain Symonds' arrivaL The usual monthly meeting of the Port Albert Agricultural Society was held on June 27, at .Mr F. J. Ctting's, die Vice president, Mr J. \Y. Smith, in rhe chair. Mr Utting read a selected paper on " Soils generally," and during the discussion on the paper, Mr Smith and Mr Lltiijg gave the members the benefit of their Useful knowledge of agricultural chemistry. The next meeting of the Society will be held at Mr K. Lester's. Mr Button, M.H.K., addressed his consti tuents at Hokatika yesterday, and said he would support the present Ministry, advo cate the taxation of laud, a new Bank ruptcy Act, and the principle of the Local 3ptiou Bill. He held that either Counties >r Road Boards have to give way; avoured free and secular "education.but not ompuisory; and declared he would support . proper distribution of the Land Fund.

A lime-liylit entertainnu. uf. cousistinj; of a tour through the strc t i Loi:don, iha Life of Littfe Red Ruling Hood, and suu-

dry comic scenes will be given this even ing in tae Beic?foul Sunday-school room by Mr Crook. Tiie proceeds go to the library fund.

The degree of Bachelor of Airs vdll be presented" to Miss Kate Edger. by Mr Lusk, to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoou, in the Choral Hull.

The scheme for doepeniug the river Irwell so as to make Manchester a tidal port, has advanced a stage, definite plans having been prepared and submitted to the Man shelter Chamber of Commerce by Mr Ful ton, C. E. The cost of the scheme is esti mated at £3,500,000.

Some of the better papers in Madrid have commenced a crusade against bull-tights, and especially against the employment of horses in them. It is declared that there are 100 bull-rings in Spain, but only 12 savings banks, and that several of the towns which have recently built bull-rings have no schools. Such a, fact as this helps to ex plain Spanish cruelty and ignorance. Sir, — To decide a bet, would yon be pleased to inform me in your next issue it the State in Germany of Hainalt is spelt with H. or commences with A.—\ ours &c, SUBSCRIBER.

In our report of the Divorce Case yester day the occupation of the eo-respoadent was described as "late a shoemaker." The word ": shoemaker "' was a villainous mis print for sharebroker. This is a fair sample of the vagaries which the types do some times indulge in.

At Halifax one Henry Thompson was lately arrested while gesticulating in front of Colonel Akroyd's statue, and challenging it to come down and fight. Thompson, as may be supposed, was drunk, for which offence he was fined 12s'6d. ,

Dull times do not seem to check the con sumption of beer in England, which last year was 35 1 gallons per head, while in lSb'ti it was only 29 2 gallons.

The Moanatiiiri weekly report just to hand is of a much more encouraging des cription than that of lust week. On the 150 ft level, the south cross-cut is now ex tended 70ft from the shaft, and favourable country is being cut through. It will take about rive weeks more work to intersect No 9 reef, The north cross-cut has been ex tended 25ft in tight couutry. On the sub ject of th<* SOft level the following report is made :" N 0.9 reef: No. 1 winze is down IJ2 ft, •J.~> feet of this being sunk on the side. The clay fault dipping east, referred to in my last, has heaved rlie reef a tow feet south, making it more compact: it is now "2 feet thick, and payable stuff. No - winze is sunk .SO feet below SO feet level, and ground i.s now much easier. The reef is 2 feet thick, but I think there i.s much more <iuartz in south side, as stringers are striking in th;it direction. The distance driven <m this reef we>t from cross-cut is 110 feet, and there is no change in the face to mention. The drive east through slide is in W feet, and denned country appears to be coming up from the bottom, with a layer of crystallised quartz. A few feet further driving will prove whether we are through the slide. Good crushing stuff has been broken from intermediate stope, and oOlbs. .specimens were obtained. This stope looks well going up. There is no change in any of the other stopes." The work on the Tunnel level has not been productive of important results. " During the fortnight,"' the report says in conclusion, " we have crushed 4b1' ) tons of quartz and 4 cut of picked stone, including two blasts put into monkey drive. The total result is 870 ozs retorted gold. The machinery i.s in good working order." Shareholders will not fail to notice the men tion of the two blasts put into the monkey drive. The opinion of several who have mentioned the subject to v-, is that it would have been far better to have done one thing or the other, either taken out the rich run of frold at once, or to have left it alone, as agreed upon. To use slicesofit to make moderate crushing look well, is mislead-

At the Newton Kirk on Sunday the Uov. i >r. Wullis announced that a number o£ members of the congregation were anxious to introduce instruments! music. As he was leaving for the South for some months he did not think it would be right to interpose in antagonism to the wishes of those attending the Church, and any changes made dnrinir hi.> absence with the approval of a majority would uot be objected to by him. The prospectus cf a School of Cookery, proposed to be opened in Duuediu, has been issned. Tiie projector, says the "Time-," iuteiul- giving a course of in struction to consist of twelve I '*-o •>. accompanied with illustrations in pni'-ticil cooking, and arrangements have been made which will enable pii[)ils to see the various proces-es of cooking from first to last. Classes will be helil on TiK.sdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Fridays, and Satunlnys, ami they will be > > arranged as to meet the requirements ot [icople in different positions in life. |Durin;j each lesson, the teacher will minutely describe the ingredients, their quantity, the mode of mixing, and the time ocenpied in tlie cook ing, special care being taken to shew that waste can be reduced to a minimum. A correspondent encloses the names of several gentlemen who appear desirous or handing their names down to posterity by cutting them on tiie seats and pathway's in the Domain. He says: " F copied them yesterday. There are many more, but these are the most recent. Perhaps you will give them all that they o.;ild desire. If this sort of thing is allowed to go on, as the trees get bigger they also will be disfigured. Such snobbishness ought to be put a stop t >. —I am, etc.. AXTI-SXOB." [In compas sion for the persons mentioned, we omit the list, giving the letter as a warning.—Ed E.S.]

Of his '; hostages to fortune," Sir George Bowen, it seems, is about to bestow at least one on Victoria, A Sandhurst paper of a recent date says :—" It is said that the Governor will not take all his family away from Victoria when his time comos to bid us a fond farewell, and make his final de liverance of oleaginous nothings." The Melbourne correspondent of the Warrnam bool Guardian says:—" The future husband of Sir George's eldest daughter is seen in the son #f a wealthy member of the Upper House, and already the happy pair are ,i^,.w-iu»A. iriwis'Kw'irum tne top of Collins street-

A farmer named Evan Davi*, livin« in Quail Valley, twenty miles from Kelson, committed suicide yesterday. Motive uru known.

In his address to his constituents at Tauranga Mr Moms. M.H.R.. referring: to the honorariSm to members, plainly stated that if it was P™P°sgd ,to increase the amounc to A.300. he ■should vote in favour of it as he considered the sum a fair compensation tor the duties performed by a member and the monetary sacrifices he probably had to make in attending the Assembly He considered that Absentee Lands should be put up to auction and sold, and the money placed to the credit of the owners in the hands ot the Government. It was not known where a great number of the owners actually were and as they neglected to occupy their section?' and the district was suffering- in consequence of a large area of land lying idle, it would bo fair to sell the land, and give the owners the pro ceeds, it they ever turned up. A wholesale emigration of German settlers trom bouth Russia to Brazil and other part* at America is about to take place, and has indeed, already begun. The settlers and their ances tors have been in South Russia for a hundred years, and they are now leaving to avoid bein^ placed under Russian court, -of law. and bein? forced to serve in the Russian army Their number is said to be 200,000. and they are. on tb.e whoie. in fairly prosperous earcomsrances. i

MANUKAU SIGNAL STATION.

(To the Editor of the Evexixg Star.)

SIE.—A letter has been brought uucler our notice, -which appears iti your issue of the 2i)th of last montk. signed "Ship master," Mho in our opinion is the sailor, or he would not have omitted lm name ; especially

.itter having taken so much pains to dnn\ public attention to his vague conceptions of the neglect in the conduct of the signal aud-pilot service at the Manakau, in not telegraphing to Auckland that the steamer Wellington had been overwhelmed. In reply to the above charge, we have only one reason to and that is. we saw no necessity for so doing. The public will please to bear in mind that when the Wellington met with her late accident whoa approaching the harbour, she was uu wards of three mile; from the signal station, consequently we saw no damage done to her. His remarks on the frequency o: such overwhelming on the bar are all tudgl, as can be borne out by all ship masters having a knowledge of the place. And now with reference to " Ship master's"' account of the barquentiue Garron, on the ■2 1st of June, having to anchor after (Min ing safely over the bar. and there remaining in a perilous situation with out a pilot coining off, or even bein™

telegraphed to Auckland, so that a steamer could be sent to tow her into port. This is another assertion intended to cast reflections on the Mauukau signal and pilot service : after such statements, may we not say, one story is good until another is told. " In th* first place the master of the Garrou anchored his vessel of his own accord, ('certainly not in a perilous situation) yet, had he after that paid attention to our signals lie could have got underway and coin.} into the harbour. It now appears from tacts that the captain nad omitted to obtain the established code of signals for the Manukau for his guidance. It is also to be observed that when we fouud our semaphore signals not attended to Aye twisted the commercial code to say we would send a pilot, but were not answered ; and further, the mister of the Garron has since said he could not find the signal in his signal book, consequently made no reply. The letter which appeared in the Star is entirely the doin_- of some meddling outsider, the captain having declared to me that ho had no hand in the matter. -Yours respectfully. li.-J. PALTIRDGE, Signalman. Hermann Siebert, Pilot.

THE AUCKLAND CHESS CLUB.— PRESENTATION OF THE SILVER CUP TO MR. JAMES MORTON.

TifF. competitors in the recent chess tourna ment met last evening in rlie lar^e room of Mr Waters'a establishment. Queen-s»tre«t, for the purpose or' presenting the silver cup given by j[r Wiiliam Aitken forcompettrion to the most successful player—Mr James Morton. His Worship the Mayor vva3 voted to the chair, and the following gentlemen were present to witness or take part in the proceedings :— Messrs H. H. Lusk, M.H.U.. W. Swanson, M.K.U., J. Sheehan. M.H.R., A. Heather. A. Stewart, V. E. Uico. R. (SaHand, R. H. cteven son. "W. Gorri". G. rf. Jakins, J. Morton, F. H. L3Wi3son, G. Dickson, T. L. White. W. Dow den. B. Ireland. G. W. Binney. and C. A. Harris. The Mayor *W. J. Hurst. Esq.) made a few ODenin^c remarks, and said lie believed this was the first represent uion of the kind that had been made in New Zealand, ami. as a citizen of Auck land, he was proud to know that in the late chess tournament with Dune^in, Auckland players had b.-en triumphant. He trusted that in future contests her representatives would prove equally successful, and that the laurels they had sained would be ion.c retained. Chess was a game calling for the display or' patience, and for the full exercise of the intellectual facul ties, and therefore the victory of the Auckland Dlayers over those of Ota'-ro. and the :riumph «f Mr Morton over his colleagues, were highly credit able. HLs Worship then presented the cup to Mr Morton, amid cheers. Mr Morton, on receiving the pri/.e, made a suitable reply, and said he would not, conceal from them the pleasure he felt in knowing that he had won the trophy. not so much as regarded its intrinsic value, or ita elegant appearance, but from the fact that he was one of those who. in winning it, had proved themselves the best players in New Zealand. Mr Morton concluded by Dropo~:n^' the health of the donor of. the cup. Mr Aitkin. Mr A. Stewart next proposed the health of Mr s-.vanson. In seconding the proposition, his Worship spokeof the support which MxSwanson was ever ready to jjive, not only to chess, but to every manly exercise, anil every good work in connection with the Lrood of the com munity. Mr Swiinson replied in a characteristic

and sensible speech. ,md said he was always ready to assist in any way in which his services were necessary. His work was more with his hands arid feet than with his head, hue he could neverth«l-S5 respect and appreciate the men who had t'oujht and triumphed ina^amecalling for such an exercise of the mental faculties as rrhes-s.—Mr .lakins proposed the "Vanquished Twelve of Dunedin." couoled with the name of Mr John Sheehan, to which Mr aheehan replied ia a somewhat lengthy speech, ami in compar ing Auckland with the towns of the South, spoke rather disparagingly of his native city, regretting Chat Auckland triumphs were con fined to the chess-board, the cricket-ground, and the football content. During his stay at Nap: jr he had observed with re-rret how Auckland nad gradually been allowing her trade to slip t'rom kersrasp. It the South ".vas being beaten in the games he had enumerated, it was un- Dleasantly and undeniably asserting its pre eminence in the more serious and important matters of trade and commerce. The time might ciint' when they I:he p 'ople of Auckland) would h-ive ro live by chess, foot-ball, and cricket: at i -a-t. that alternative would be op»*n to them. His remarks were not hasty or";;; ---considered, but the re-suit of three years' mature and solitary consideration and observation.— H!- Worship thought Mr She^han's remarks were ill-timed. A licr'.e depression ceitainlj did exist in Auckland, bet it was more apparent than r»al. He believe i that Auckland had never made su^h strides In the march of pro gress as she had made durinat the pa=: year. He had hope in the future prosperity of Auckland. —Mr T. L. White proposed the' health of th.3 Ch urrnan. and Mr H. H. Lusk seconded. His Worship having replied, a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Mr Waters for his kind ne.-.< in granting to the chess-payers the free use of his room. The meeting then disperse..'!.

AUCKLAND SILK MANUFACTORY.

It is to us c.z ait times a pleasing duty to cnroru cle the initiation and progress on' "any usefu industry ia our midst, and it affords us pleasure to be able to record tiie success which ha; parried on by Mr VV". Greenshields. at his estab lishment, Shortland-streer. This industry wa ; commenced little more than twelve month"- a_ ro The first sample ot! work produced was exhibitec on the occasion ot" the opening ot" the New Zea land In-fifute and Museum, and attracted considerable attention. The Institute thor purchased from him the first silk weaving loom for exhibition. He has now two hand-looms ir constant one ration in the production, principally gentlemen's braces, ladies and gentlemen's belts duplicate erirdles of less dimensions, which r'orm now-a-days an indispensable and ornate part o: female attire, book-markers, neckties, watch jruards, .ice. All the articles are made to order Ther bear appropriate mottoes or devices, and generally have inherited thereon the names o! the donors and recipients. We saw a greai variety of bolts and garters made for sending tc England. Australia, and the Southern province; ot New Zealand. These souvenirs dove token; ,or friendship's sifts) are beautiful specimens o silk work, skilfully and artistically wrought The rich and vari-colnured silk is tastefully anc harmoniously blended, and presents a pleasing illustration of the laws of the contrast of colours They combine the elements of beauty ant utility. Some of the articles manufactured ai this establishment and sent to the "old conn try" were mounted with solid srold front fh< Thames .u-oldrield. with the addition of a rid oi.iuiiuic ■ uuuiui! '(a- [ii'ii.ic*!- i/ruerea~ov hi' pat-ons as presents to their friends in rariou< countries. The patent sprin? mountfags f o ] braces are specially ordered from hora« an bear his name and address engraved thereon A nonceable improvement in'the brae*e is c shoulder spring in addition to the back spring adds to their comtort in wearing. These BDrinS f^v, a fle;;L thy SUDPort to the back, atford fr'?e action to the respiratory movements, and rn-e vent contraction of the chest. He has manufac tured a variety of spring belts, of leather wor" aome df these have India rubber rin^^d TheTv^M lC ba? dS' W\ ich flt the back clo^> d rhej yield easily as the wearer stoops anri recover tneir tension when he resumes a stard ing .posture. He has introduced spiral wrre springs tor braces and belts, and the™ wC electro-plated, will retain their elasticity fo? any len^h of time- The modus operand o* ZT™ 3 f e gFg silk fabrics an Fnteres^ process, ot wnich we may ?iv e a br-Vf verb" 1 description. The richly coloured silk which seenaa to reveal all the hues of the rainbow is ?, bta' ned, In reels, and warped over a *qukre wooden trame. to which is affixed a lanre nnm ?em,f,i!?= s' P ed fol the thread iS°he required order as the warpin- proceed^ tS. thread b then taken from the frame and wound upon a large reel, attached to the end of th- Reaving loom. The silk first passes throu-h a fnl C^ nib" T hichser^es the purpose of a "eeC and then thronarh heddles. The letrc^nl ts done simultaneously with the weavin- T-e g|pS^b^rSmb^ed^^ S> adi? e !SSf a^re lof 3 Shg ÜBmlst^-ov" »T» °? V^ aC his pffin i-r wl hls coil3li mn'?!B taste ana deserved \?°. a Tatala 'c him upon the effort to «foehH a >T hi ca-ha3 rented from h-s 7 y?hi3°e^-. S° iaj P°«^t a branch of

THE AUCKLAND WATER SUPPLY.

THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE

WORKS

The Auckland Water Supply may now bo . considered an accomplished fact, and as it j is usual to mark the inauguration or comple- i tion of any public work by an official de- J claration." It was arranged that His Wor- ; ship the Mayor, should proceed to the ' Western Springs this morning, to formally j open the Water Works at the Pumping Station. Carriages were ordered to be in j attendance at the City Council Offices at ' '11 o'olock, and by a few minutes later, about forty gentlemen were on j their way to the Western Springs. ; His Wiirship had issued invitations to the _ Mayor and corporation of Paruell, to the Insurance Companies, and Dank managers ■ and to the principal merchants of the <*ity, : and the party which arrived at the engine j house at hair past eleven, if not very ! numerous, was at least extremely select. j Both the gigautie engines were at work, and the complicated machinery was seen to ;<reat advantage. The engiue-roora, which was the centre or attraction was in apple-pie 1 order, and by the aid of new oil | cloth, paint, polish, and varnish, the massive iron work was made to I look inure like the furniture of a drawing ! room than the apparatus of a pump. The j mighty 20 feet fly wheel in the centre revolved in all the glory of chocolate and ! gold. This is hung on eight keys and weighs 15 tons : it turns very truly for a ! manufactured casting. The high and low j pressure cylinders shine in their lagging of 1 polished cedar with purple Iv.uds, and ; match well with tiie immense exhaust pines i fancifully decorated with designs in amber •on a rich chocolate ground. All the other ! metal is so disguised that the huge beams, ! crank-, and connecting rods look quite con -1 spicious in their steel-like whiteness. ! Messrs Masefield and Co., who carried out j I the contract for the erection of the machi- ! ' nery, decidedly deserve credit for their j j work. There was the smallest possible j ' vibration, and this is caused by the surfaces i : not having yet quite sufficiently settled j 1 against one another to warrant the final : tightening up, which will be given in a few ' weeks time. Outside the house things look ! very satisfactory as far as the water is eon ' cerued, but of course this is no time of \'car for testing the adequacy of the -apply. At present there is a decent sized stream overflowing from the darn, and running to waste. After the pai t -.' had spent a quarter of an hour looking round the station the Mayor assembled them in the engine room, and briefly addressed tnem as follows :— ■' He thought they would all agree that the opening of the Auckland Waterworks was a subject of congratulation both to the members of the City Council, who had initiated the scheme and to those who had carried it out. Both deserved well of the community nothing could bemoreeonducive ,to health and comfort than a good and ! efficient water supply, and such he trusted would be that which was now available for the city of Auckland. On an occasion like ' the present, silence was golden, and speech only silvern, what they now saw spoke for itself. The machinery was all of tiie best description and working well, and ..-are had been taken to reduce the consumption of coal to a mininum,as well as to secure other advantages of detail, full particulars of which would be laid before the public in due course, and he felt sure would give satisfaction. Meanwhile he felt specially proud at being called upon to declare the Auckland Water Works open. He called for three cheers for the Auckland Water

Works. The cheers were crivea Leartly by tliose assembled. Mr MiSefield called for one more cheer for the Mayor. This was aLso given.lustily, and the business being completed, the carriages were again rf.srjrtt.-il to. and the party returned to town after a absence or" iittlo more than an hour.

SUPREME COURT.—CIVIL SITTINGS.

THIS DAY. (Before His Honor, Mr Justice Gillie*, and a common Jury. Foreman. Ja:a •- 11. Hear.-.) MCLEOD V. COtiLIXOVTOoD _ The plaintiff, Robert MeLeod, and the defendant, Joha Collingvrood, were farmers iv the island of Waiheke, and the present action was brought to recover damages, set iij'.vn at £300, in eon-e trespass by defendant's sheep, and the erection of a fence on plaintiffs bountlary. which de prived him of the use of a quantity of laud, an '■ otherwise iueouvenieueed hini. Mr Hesketh and Mr McKethnie for plaiuriti". and Mr Coleman for defendant. Mr Mclvechnie opened the case, an 1 re id the :--lies- (I)— Did the defendant, in the month of March. ISTo", break ami enter cer tain laud in the i<la:iu of Waiheke, and erect a feuce thereon, belougiuy to the plaintiff, and granted to him by the Crown in foe simple. (2.)— Has the plaintiff sustained more than £10 damages by the trespass of defend-

a lit. (3) —To "what amount of damage, if any is the plaintiii" entitled. Mr W. M. Clark, surveyor, deposed that he had twenty-four years'experience in his profession, and hud recently made a survey and plan of Mr MeLeod's kind in the U^lheke. (plain proved) The dark line shewed the boundary of the Crown grant, and the red line the fence that was erected by defendant. JTr MeLeod was with him a: the time he made the survey. 2vlr Clark then explained the particular.- of the plan. The fence erected by defendant was on Mr MeLeod'a land, which consisted of thirteen pj-ve>. Did not check his survey in any way. He knew Wm. Tole. surveyor, and was aware that he had made a survey. He had examined it and found it to correspond exactly with his own. : Mr Hesketh here put in the Crown grant. | Witness continued, he made the survey ' on the oth of August last. His Honor examined the Crown grant, I and said the bsariugs or* ttie Crown 'grant : were not identical with those of Mr ("lark's ! plan. j Witness explainer! that the difference i was in consequence of the fence beiiiLC put more into Mr MeLeod's land: his survey I was ? pen^t l i W o^^ tr^^- • ins plan. j To the foreman :He believed that his snr ; vey was correct, according to the original j Crown grant survey ; he had a tracing of ; the first survey to guide him 1.7 ?, Hi, S uHon<? r : Tiie sli ~'llt difference in tiie black boundary lina on the original plan, : ii stncklv accurate, would in effect have been or advantage to plaintiff, as it would nave earned his land further out. Robert MeLeod, plaintiff in this action, -lad resiued in Waihehe since IS4S • he occupied the land before the Crown ••rant was issued. He had never had any previous interruptions from defendant. Th<> original cause of dispute was, he wished uerendant te keep his sheep of his laud. i)siend;int then commenced to fenea on his boundary ; he served him with two notices to desist from fencing but he continued fencing. He had "been in actual possession of the land for 29 years up to the boundary described by Mr Clark' which he always considered the original boundary. Mr Hay surveyed in 1855 under the direction of the natives- Mr Hay then cut his lines and marked them with pegs, me fence encroached upon his land by thirty yards. He had been deprived of M^rch, IS, 6- The defendant had about 306 sheep on his adjoining laud ; the majority I were continually trespassing on his land, I lie nad oiten seen defendant drivin- his sheep towards his (plaintiff's) laud; hehad altogether 770 acres of land in the island. | Liiarles Hctv, larmer, knew the parties in I tnis action, and had seen defendant a-id I ius son driving .sheep towards plainttti'a land, liie sheep were branded G.P., !

wkich he understood were the initials of George Proud, a relative. Arthur Kyft Hayland, .settler, knew plaintiff and defendant, and had seen defen dant's sheep on Mr McLeod's land, and Mr Collingwood shepherding them. The land, he should consider was worth £60 a

Robert Ridley, shipwright, living ou the island, gave similar evidence. The grass laud he should estimate at 3a an acre.

The defendant was not present, and there was no evidence given in defence. Mr Hesketh then addressed the jury, and arguedthat the trespass had been committed and iv spite of remonstrance it bad been wilfully continued. Some of the laud was under cultivation, and sown with grass, and as the defendant had opportunities of keep ing his sheep off the laud, but did not keep them oft", and on this head, and for the other reason, the defendant was entitled to claim damages. His Honor in summing up said the case -.vas a very simple one ; the defendant had paid £10" into Court, but they, the jury, would consider whether that was a sufficient compensation for the damage alleged to have been done by the trespass of defendant's sheep. The evidence was ail on one side but it was pretty clear that the sheep had trespassed, and that the fence was put out o i plaintiff's ground. There was no absolute rule to guide them, but they were entitled to give substantial damages, Hot merely nominal, as notices had been givan to defendant, and plaintiff's right asserted. The question would be for them to consider what would be tiie amount of loss to plaintiff. Tiie grass was worth about os per acre: they would, therefore, estimate plaintiff's actual loss during the year, from March, ISS6*. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages £45. The Court was then adjourned until Thursday at 10 o'clock.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS.

Robert Brown and John Lowrie, out on bail. charged with b;ing drunk, did not appear, and their bail was forfeited. Thos. Havne:s and Annie Pitcher pleaded entity to being drank last nighf, and were lined ss, and 13 (id costs, each. VAG-RAXCT. Andrew Heavey, pawnbroker, was charged with a. breach or the Vagrant Act by using language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace in Queen-street. Prisoner pleaded guilt". Fined 40? and costs, or 48 hours imprisonment with hard labour. ME HAXN'AFORD -VXD THE BOYS, A lad named J. Scott was charged with using obscene lanfcuage in the public street, on the 9th July, at Hannaiord's corner. Queen-street. The accused, who pleaded not guilty, was defended by Mr Rees. Con-table Jones deposed to fakiDg the prisoner into custody last evening. He was making a disturbance with a number of oth»r lads, at the cirner of Queen-street and Rutlanl-street. They were dancing and sinking, and he aiso heard accused make use of very bad language.

The constable was closely cross-examined by 3lr Kees, but stuck to his assertion that accused made use of very bad language.

The defendant; was placed iri the box, and allowed to be exarrvri-rd by his counsel. He denied making any disturbance- or using the vrords that were imputed to him. By Sab-Inspector Pardy: The constible did not charge me with using bad language until half way down the street, after he had told him to cora 4 with him. I denied usin? the words. bat said somfi of the ofhers might have done so.

By His Worship : It; was a fcood sharp blow he received from William Quinn.

William Quinn. a shoemaker, deposed that he was present when Scott was taken into custody. He did not hear him use any bad language. he (witness) gave him a cut across the back, to get him to come down the street. By the Inspector : That was his usual wavof getting people to come down the street. (Laughter). t» Robert Walker, another lad. likewise swore that m such language wag used.:. .. Mr Pardy said 11 r Haanafori's life was quite a burden to him from the way he was persecuted by the boys n.t his corner. His Worship said he must find the prisoner guilty, and fine him 20s and costs. The fine was paid by the prisoner's father. LARCE>."T. Mary Wat-onwas < Lurged wi:h Stealings silk dres3, the p-operty of Mr Jveumegen, pawn broker. Queen-street. Prisoner, an elderly woman, sobbed violently when brought inro court. She admitted having taken the parcel. The 3.it-Inspector stat d that| he wor.an hi d gone into Mr Xinimegens su.jp on baauiesa. '■Vhsa leaving the shop, the woman had taken the parcel. Tins was her Brat appearance before the Court. Sentenced to one ruontifs impriSOtUTienfi with hard labour. cr.rrELTT to axiii.vls. George Bell, a youth, was charged with & breach of the Municipal Police Act. by ill-treat ing a horse in Queen-street, on the :29th June. Defendant pleaded snilty. Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy stat°d the circ?im >*ances of the case. The "horse was suffering from several sores on its back. In this condi tion th.3 defendant was compelling the horse to draw stones for the dock. Fined 10s, and 10s ud costs. >;o LIGHT. Ann T.yneh. was charged with, a breach of the licensing Act. l>7l. by neelecting to have alight burning over the door of the Clanricarde Hotel Albert-street, on the night of the 6th instant. Constable Strahan proved the case. Fined 10s. and costs 10s Gd. HORSES AT LARGE.

Robe-t Brown pleaded srailty to a charge of alloivinsr a mire and foal to wander zi large in St. Stephens Koa>i. Paraell. Fined .53 and costs,

CARD PLAYING. Daniel O'Connor. landlord of the Eagle Hotel. Albert was charged with a breach, of the Licensing Act, by allowing certaia parties to play cards in his house. Messrs Rees and Kissling appaared for the d:-f:nce. Constable James Gillies deposed, that he was on duty in Albert-street, on the night of the lith instaar. When passing the lCa~!e Inn. he saw" tow men playing cards in a room. He listened, and from ■«'hat he heard, he determined to enter the hotel. He tapped at the door, i~iit <iid not gum admittance for about five minutes. When he entered the hotel, the room was in darkness. He found two men in the hall, and said rhej- had been playing for cigars. Witness iO"nd two men sitting in a, corner of the room. They denied having payed for stakes. The men who had been playing cards had escaped. Edward Jones, sec rad mare of the brigantine Match'ess. gave evidence. He was in the hotel at the time, but did not see any persons playing cards for cigars. Several men" were playing, but he could not say they were claying tor stakes He dii not notice what game they were playing Was not interested. The were no drink? suDpli^d. Daniel O'Conner, son or the defendant, denied that persons had played foc'clgars in the house. H's Worship said tnere was not sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. The case wonld be eismissed. • RKSCriXG CATTLE. James Henry "Home, E'izabeth Hogan. Edward Hogau, Catherine Routled^e. and John Hojcran were charged with unlawfully seizing certain cattle, viz.. 8 cows, on their wav to the public pound, at Remuera. Mr J. B. Russell appeared for the plaintiff, and Jlr W. L. Recs for the defence. in c^nWtkn x; Cyixh'l^^^j^'^^ l first these parties were charged with res^nfne the cattle from Charles EatonT the R^'iera pound-keeper.- in the second. Eaton ap£S that Hogan might be bound over to keep the peace .-the third was a char-- against Eaton of wj^r.- lrl? a boy named Hc-n, aged 10 years. He asfeed that all three cases b e heard at once. ontner^sulcotths first case mainly depended hel^d whether the other cases would be Charles Eaton Avas then callad. and deposed w&i ne was the ranarer apoointed by the £f?C era Hiirhway Board. On the 22nd Jvly he observed Scows wandering at lanre in the Remueraj district. He had leen thfee cows ■ vi, angering- previously on that day. The canie were the property of defendant, Horan, sen. i_ne cows were in three different places. One •v a.= close to his gate, t wo more near Mr RasseU "s property, and the remainder some distance rurtser on. Witness got the cows together, and commenced to" drive them down the road to-.vards the pound. When he had trot them about roar chains uown. he attempted to i?et tnem up into the road, so as to avoid any trouble in getting them past the stockyard to which they belonged. He was met by'the two boys. rio^-an aud Howe, aeeoruaanied by another boy. wno tnrew stones and dirt at the cows, aiid drove tnem back. Witness then tried to set them down on to the b^ach. but could not do^o. The boys got the animal-' h*ads round, and drove them in another direction. Witness thet tried to drive the cattle around Mr McMillan's corner. A person named Tutty was passing, led witness called on aim to see that :he ooya were attempting to rescue the l? Wfr be, n r th?)~ i?ot near to Hosrans house. Mr Hogan. Mrs Houan. and Mrs Hogaa's sister ;ame out ot the house. Mrs Ho^dTn stopped fitness, and during the delay, the children got he cattle away. His wife saw witness gather ai,'tnSeattle together. He was prevented from aXing the eittie by the five persons charged vita the offence. Did not strik* young Hojian, io- kneel on his chest. When Hoxitn fsenr.) ■ame down to the scene, he called me a Waek mrd, and a rogue, and said he would make ir net job tor me. He raised his hand a? if to 'Aptness was severely cross-examined by Mr lees. " J

I'HE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 10. 1877.



"XT OTIC E. J. W. PEARSE' giv ix g up bcsiness <gt> POSITIVE CLEAEING-OL"T. "©8 In order to effect a Speody Sxle, the Whole Stock o£ DRAPERY, i AND MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING Will -ba Sold at a Great Sacrifice. the sale is now on". corxeh of qceex-street and yclcan Lane. JIIPORTAXT NOTICE- Saving introduced'STEAM PO WEL into the Manufacture o/FURSITURE ice are no to enabled to Supply our Cus tomers at greatly reduced prices. T. & H. COOKE, CABINETMAKERS, L 'PHOLSTERERS t^- SHOW R O OM S 6 ?} QCEEX.STREET: STEAM CABIXET FACTORY VICTORIA-STREET. JD S T E E C E I V E D EX-HEBO':— ~ scpellior quality geeloxg tweed melbourne-made s£t clothing. "^9 To our Order, Direct from the Mjutdfacxeuebsi. MATERIAL OF XEW PATTKiIN'S ANE STYLES, AND FIRST-CLASS CUT. Is. in the £ allowed on all Cash Purchases ol 20s. and upwards. rushbrook & bridgmax, Junction Drapery Warehouse, kUPPEIt QCTESN'-STBEEr, AUCLKAND j "\T EW ZEALAND GJKNEKAL COM ±1 MISSION AGENCY, NoßcnovK Buildings, Clakk's Plvck BISUOI'BQATK-STRKBT, WITHIK. CAPTAIN ABIIHY, late Marine Superinten dent in London of tho New Zealand Shippinsr Company, ami fur al»out 20 years kuown in con nection with rlu- New-Zealand Shipping Trade deßirca to Inform his frinds and the public Kt'iicially Unit. lu> hun commenced business «t tho above address, under the style of \VILLI\M ASlll{\ & CO., iib Gkveral Shipping *vn INBUUANCR Agents, From long experience acquired of tho local wants of the Colony, ami the London Markets, the Una aro in a position to oiler special advantages to Colonists in their bualneus relations with Great Britain, and from their intimate knowledge of the requirements of passengers on a long voyage, orders entrusted Won; Car° Wi" recelve tllcir ye •»«* "ttou London. November 16. 1870.



QiTOCK-TAKING TJAKGAINS^ •'. W, KATTKAY Is Preparing for tfTOCK-TAKING> so.be offers a lot of CHOICE DRESS MATERIALS At Cost Price. Remnants of Dress Materials at aaci under Cost Price. The Balance of the STOCK of LADIES' COSTUMES, JACKETS, and FURS, At Cost Price. W. RATTRAY, DRAPE R AX D CL 0 THIER. New Zealand House. 66. QCEE.V-STREET, AUCKCLAND. Linoleum i Lindens I Linoleum! if\ ROLLS JUST OPENED, Ex : Spirit of the Daws.' GREATEST VARIETY" r.v AUCKLAND. Best Covering for Halls. Offices, axd Dixing Rooms. 1~ DIFFERENT PATTERNS O TO SELECT FROM AT THE CITY HALL FURNITURE ARCADE. CARPETS: Tapesrrr. from 2s. lid.: Brussels, from Is. 9d. DRAWINGROOH SUITES-on View. DBEDROOM IX } FURNITURE of all Kind.?. CHEAPEST FURNISHING rKiUSE. Hollo way and GJ-aklick, QUEEX-STREET, AUCKLAND.



J. COSGEAYE & CO., Beg to inform the inhabitant* of Auck land they it-ill hold a SALE of the remaining portion of their JFLS"TFR DRAFF PJ juXD CLOTRIXG on TQ-2TQFROW (Friday), IZth June. The;/ will luring forward a larr/e quantity of Job Goods, arrived by Alastor, consisting of Ladies Costumes, Mantles, Shards, Furs, French Mfiri noes, Fancy Dress Stuffs and Sills. The Good.: will be o fie red to the tublic at Very Low Prices, in order to clear. THORNTON SMITH. AND FIRTH'S PRICES CURRENT (Wholesale!. Subject to alteration without notice. Sacks. 100'fs. 50"3. Crown Brand 1 lour. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. per ton 22 0 0 22 10 0 23 0 0 T.S.&F. Canterbury Brand IS 0 0 IS 10 0 10 0 0 Meal for Pig-Ked ..POO Sharps 3 10 0 Bran 6 0 0 Fowl Wheat .. .. 0 i oto is. 6i. The above prices include sacks and ba^ ; sacks an-d bags not returnable. Terms: Cash. Auckland. 9th July. 1577.