SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Pi axt v wATiro (This Afternoon, 8.40 tJI fIK*H Al BR—) r/ {) . morrpw Morning, 8.57 •JS SUN SET.—This Evening, 5.9 >' < SUN RISF.—To-morrow Morning, 7.2 --- • MOON'S An IC.-First Quarter, 6th, 0.58 a m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. Kriemhilda, schooner, Bathurst, from Whan garoa

TO-Dj_Y. Rover, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Fanny Kelly, ketch, McKinnon, for Whangaroa Reward, schooner, Short, for Russell

TO-DAY. Pity of *>w York, P.M.S.S., Cobb, for Sydney Cabarfeidth, barque, McCenzie. for Oamaru. La. titia, schooner. Crouch, for Norfolk Island.

IMPORTS.

Per City of New York, from San Francisco : 67 bags bonedust, 20 cases da nned fruit, 200 cases salmon.—Owen and Graham.

EXPORTS.

Per Taranaki, for tho South : 19 sacks oysters, 102 pieces timber, 32 pkgs. do., 7 boxes, 23 cases, <15 pkgs., 1 bale, 1 cask, I truss. „_.„_„ 12 packages merchandise.—Owen and Graham. Per Lcetitia. for Norfolk Island: 128 mats 2ugar, 5 casks bottl-d boor, 4 i-chests tea, 30 bags rice, 5 cases geneva. 5 cases brandy, 5 cases wine, 3 cases kerosene. 7 boxes candles, 105 bags flour, 22 tins biscuit, 4 coils rope. .4 boxes pstetoes. 3 pkgs furniture, 74 pieces timber, »1 door, 1 casks, 1 bale, 1 keg, 1 sack, 1 pkg, 2 qr. caska, 14 cases. .. 3 i-chestß tea, 35 bags rice, 115 mats sugar, l qr.-cask molasses.—Owen and Graham.

DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL STEAMER.

The mail steamer City of New lorE, tot Sydney, did not get away until daylight this morning. She took a quanty of cargo and the following passengers from Auckland—Saloon . Mrs E. Isaacs, Mr and Mr* Gatrell, Master and Miss Pickering and 2 servants, Mr and Mrs H. S. Meyers and family, Misses Buckland (2); Messrs John Grey, Henry Buckland. W. Roberts Jnmns Poo'e, F. Connolly, Deveni_h, Meares, 4 in the stp.prpg* a^d 18 cabin and 31 steerage from San Frai cisco.

' Inwards COASTWTS-.-Krienhilda, schooner, from Wangaroa, with 27,100 ft timber, and 10,000 shingles. , „ Outwards Coastwisr.—Saxon, schooner.for the Thames; Ruby, schooner, for Whangaroa, in ballast; Golden Isle, schooner. Watts, for Russell, in ballast. The schooner Saxon i« to proceed at once to <he Hauraki Saw-mills, for the purpose of load in sr with timber for the Thames. Tho barque Lady Aberdour left Newcastle for thia port on the 2lth ult., with a cargo of coal. The Argyle will arriv* from Wangarei and Mansanai to-morrow morning. The Taupo sailed from Wellington yesterday for the Noith with two passengers—Messrs Bainford and Witney. ~.._-, .. The «hip May Queen arrived at Gravesond. from this port on May 9th, and the Loch Fleet on May 10th. , ,___„« The barque Halciono ,with the remainder of Ve»y Stewart's special settlers, left London for Auckland on May 30th, and she is therefore 63 day* out. _~ ,_ . . Tho barque Morro Castle from New; York to Auckland was spoken on May 2Sth, in M. 29' North, and long. 32* West. She is now 83 days The Rover arrived from Whangarei to-day, with 40 tons coa\ 2 tons gum, and 5 tons 3 ui-Tflrft-f^o Tho" schooner Lsetitia sailed for Norfolk I. land to-day, with a full general cargo. The barque Cabarfeidh sailed for Newcastle in ballast to-day. _ .. . „ .. _ Tl» large ship Lady Jocelyn, which sailop from London on May 7th with the Vesey Stewart special emigrants, is now 86 days out, and may be expecfed daily. _,_-,,. „„«.„„ The barques Martha Fisher and Cerastes, both of which sailed from London on April 15th, are now f nlly due, being 107 days out. Tho Pareora, a barque of 879 tons, left Graves end for Auckland on June Hth, with a largo cargo, and the following passengers:—Mr G. H. Stowell, Mr Peter Cameron. Mr William Mac dermid. Mr Edmund Hopkins, Mr A. N. Mao lean. Miss Louisa Knight, Mr Henry W. Moore, Mr A. Richardson, Mr A. Edwards, Mr G. ; Reid. John Lees, Frank B. Sanderson, Susan Sanderson. Frank J. Sanderson, John Copeland. Eliz» A.' Copeland, Joseph B. Copeland. John Copeland Arthur Copeland. Edward Power. She it now 48 days out on the passage. Thr, barque Lebu which sailed from Graves end for this port on May 19th, was spoken on .lune 9th. Lilat. 31' North, and long. 32- West. She is already 74 days out. and may be ex pected in the course of a fortnight or three The barque Abbey Holme has arrived at Valparaiso from this port after a passage of Isix weekt' duration. ___ _____!._. The departure of the Taranaki for the faouth has b<-cn postponed until 9 a.m. to-morrow, owing to the Manukau bar being impassable. The fallowing pas.engers have been booked by v Pr -_Mrs Hevde, Mr and Mrs Badgett. Messrs Fij.iripnd, Wapp, Hendry, Munro, Garland, Gocb K. Robinson, B. Patterson, Muir, Ander on, Wilson, Rowland. Bishop, Grey, and verftl ex City of New York, from San Fran co, t _____

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

TO DAY'S QUOTATIONS— Pankof New Zealand-Sellers £21. National Bank—Buyers, 81s. New Zealand Insurance — Buyers, 593 , Besouth British Insurance—Buyers, 70s'; sellers, "Union Insurance—Sellers, 16s. Thames Gas-Buyers, 30s; sellers, 325. New Zealand Loan & Mercantile—Sellers, £b. Alburnia—Buyers, 455. Moanatairi—Buyers, 57s 6d: sellers. 60s. New North Clunes—Sellers, 3s 3d. Bendiso TTnited—Sellers, SsOd. Queen of Beauty—Sellers, 3s 3d. Thames—3os. Care—24?. Corby—Buyers, 255; selless, 28s. Bismarck—Buyers, 6s. ~ ~ New North Devon—6s 3d, 6s 6d; buyers, 63 3d JOSEPH NEWMAN. Chairman.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close a* under :- For Thames, this day, at 4 p.m. ; and to-mor row, at 3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Waiheke and Coromandel, per Argyle, to morrow, at 2.30 p.m. _.*_.«, For Taranaki Southern Provinces, and Aus tralian Uolonies, per Taranaki, to-morrow, at EorTonga and Samoa, per Energy, to-morrow, For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern provinces, per Hawea, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Whitianga, Tauranga, Opotiki, and. Chat ham Islands, via Mercury Bay, per Rowena, to-morrow, at 4 p.m. For Gisborne, per Pretty Jane, to-morrow, at 4

For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Manga wai, Waipu, Wangarei. and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, on Saturday next, at 10 a.m. For Russell and Kawa Kawa, per Taupo, on Monday next, at 3 p.m. For Russell. Kawakawa, Wangaroa, and Mon gonui, per lona, on Monday, at 4 p.m. S. B. BISS. Chief Poßtmaster

DEATH.

LIMMER.—On the 90th July, 1878, Annie, the beloved wife of Charles Limmer, of the Globe Hotol, Papakura. The funeral will leave tho above on tho 2nd August, at 3 p.m. Friends please accept this invitation.

MARSHALL—CharIes Nairn Marshall, late of Carriehill, Whangapoua. The funeral will loave his lato residence. North Shore, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Friends arc invited to attend.

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

For tbft cause- that lacks assistance. Foe the wrong that needs resistance, Fot the future in the distance, And tho good that we can do

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1878.

The news by the mail is unusually bald. The Atlantic despatches are occupied chiefly with speculations on the Conference then sitting, and notes on the alarming spread of Socialism. The Anglo-Turkish Convention had not been publicly an nounced, so that we must still wait for details of its proposals and obligations. The agreement between Lord Salisbury and Count Schouvaloff contemplated an English protectorate over Armenia, but the only inkling of the offensive and defensive alliance with Turkey, published when the mail left San Francisco, was contained in the following telegram : —" There is reason to believe a scheme is under negotiation at a private conference of plenipotentiaries where by England would undertake the protection of Armenians in a similar way that France undertook the settlement of the Lebanon question. Armenia would be recognised with Saghahli for tho defence of the frontier and a Christian Governor to be named by the Porte, and a Christian gendarmerie." The letter from our London correspondent, in another column, describes the sensation caused among the Conservatives by the Salisbury-Schouvaloff agreement, under which the Cabinet first gave in its adhesion to the partition of Turkey.

Among the bills introduced by the Govern ment is one for the regulation and manage ment of Trade Unions in New Zealand. The Bill defines Trade Union as any combi nation whether temporary or permanent for regulating the relations between workmen and masters, between workmen and work men, or masters aud masters, or imposing restrictive conditions on conduct of any business. The Act is not to affect agree ments between the partner of an employer, and those employed as to such employment, any agreement for the sale of the goodwill of "a business or instruction in any trade, profession, or handicraft. Trade Unions are not to be deemed unlawful by reason of their being a restraint on trade. Trade Onion contracts are not enforcablo. The benefit to members for contributions is to be in consideration of con forming to rules. The followingj Acts are not to apply to Trade Unions :— Joint Stock Companies, and limited lia bilities, Joint Stock Companies Dissolution Act, Life Assurance, Combined Friendly Societies, and Foreign Societies. Trade Unions are to be subject to section 29 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1877. They may be registered. A building tor Trade Unions may be purchased or leased. The property of such Unions is to be vested in a trustee, and the trustees or officers authorised by the rules of the Union may sue and be sued. The trustee is not liable for deficiencies, but only for funds deposited in his hands. A treasurer isto be appointed, and be liable to account\to

auditors and other officers. The Registrar of Friendly Societies is appointed Registrar of Trade Unions, and must make an annual report to the Governor. Trade Unions are bound to have rules, and supply them for a sum not exceeding one shilling a copy. The certificate of registration of Trade Union may be cancelled by request of the Union itself, or where the certificate has been obtained by, fraud. Persons above sixteen years of age may be members of Trade Unions. Members of Trade Unions may nominate any person to receive at his decease not more than £50 at the option of the nominator. Any two, or more, Unions may amalgamate. Trade Unions may , dissolve.

The foregoing synopsis of the Bill, which we received by telegraph, is very vague and defective in many respects, but it gives some indication of the general scope of the Government measure.

THElSavings Banks Profits Bill, introduced by the Goverument,gives power to a Saving Banks to dispose of part of its profits to any institution it chooses, by vote of a quorum of trustees, at a duly constituted meeting, such institutions to include public hospitals, benevolent societies, and associations whether administering indoor or outdoor relief ; also institutions for the maintenance of reading-rooms, libraries, athenasum, or mechanics' institutes. The resolution of the trustees must, however, be approved by the Governor-in-Council, and the monies so paid to any institution are to be held in trust as a permanent endowment for objects for which tho institution was established. The monies are to be invested in Govern ment securities, but the authorities of any nstitution may, with the consent of tho Governor -in - Council, otherwise invest monies where power to do so is given under any other Act. Institutions may elect a rustee in whom the monies shall vest.

IfcOn four fourth page to-day appears the report and balance-sheet of tho Waiotabi Goldmining Company. Tho following telegram from Belfast, with reference to the ship Lady Jocelyn ap peared in the London " Daily News." There can be very little doubt, however, that tho rumour referred to was entirely without foundation, otherwise we should have heard of tho catastrophe by cable long ago :—" Our Belfast correspondent tele graphs : To-day and yesterday it was ru moured very freely in this city that the splendid emigrant ship Lady Jocelyn, which left tho Lough about a fortnight since, with Mr Vesey Stewart's settlers on board, had foundered in the Bay of Biscay. A telegram has bo en received in Belfast from Meesrs Shavr, Saville, and Co., stating that thero is no truth whatever in the ro port, and neither Lloyds nor the owners have heard any such news." The City of Now York steamer brought a consignment of trout from San Francisco for the Acclimatisation Society. Tho trout were sent by order of Mr Thomas Russell. Three fine turtles and a number of gold fish were also landed from the same steamer, the largest of the turtles was purchased by Mr Fisher, butcher, of Queen-street, and has attracted a good deal of curious atten. tion.

Referrtng to a correspondent's letter on a nuisance existing in lieresford-street, we learn that permission was granted by tho City Council to the contractor for tho re moval of shop sweepings to deposit tho samo in tho open gully at tho foot of this street with a view of helping to fill same, providing all deposits were properly covered up each day with earth, and on the first written complaint tho permit would bo withdrawn. Ah the contractor has failed to comply with theso conditions he has been notified by Mr Goldie, Sanitory Inspector, to immediately cover up any nuisance, and discontinue depositing the rnbbish within he city.

During the passage of the mail steamer City of New York, ono of the firemen died, and his body was placed in a roughly made coffin. On arrival hero tho coffin and body were put on tho wharf, and this morning they were exposed to the frequent showers of rain and hail. It was afterwards covered by a piece of a sail. We aro not aware whose fault thi<» was, but the action of the responsible parties in leaving the body exposed on the wharf was, to say the least of it, very indecent, and evinced very little respect for the dead. The name of the deceased is Thomas McGuro. He died on July 20th of heat apoplexy. He was 'un known and friendless here, and had no effects or money.

"S. Paul's Parish Magazine" for tho prosent month is full of interesting reading. Several tales and sketches appear, and the continuation of tho History of the planting of tho English Church in Great Britain. The church and parish matters of the past month aro duly chronicled, with other intelligence ol interest, reports, calendar, and finance.

To tho Editor : Sir, —Seeing in your valu able paper last night, an account of the Shipwrights' meeting, and tho proposed Co operative Shipbuilding yard. I think that is a step in tho ri^ht direction, as I have often wondered Mwhy such a valuable class of mechanics!]ad not combined themselves to gether and built vessels of wood, iron, or composite, as I know from experience we have as good mechanics in Auckland as in any part of the Globe. I can say further, wo have working shipwrights at the pre sent time in Auckland that have held very responsible situations in shipbuilding yards in the old country, and even shipbuilders from tho old county working here at the prosent time as journeymen shipwrights. Surely tho shipowners and merchants will give them a helping hand, as every sensible man must know a vessel built by first-class shipwrights, must be by far a superior and moro trustworthy vessel than one built by boys or improver*, or whatever they may be termed. I state these facts as encouragement to the mechanics of Auckland, notforgetting our far-famed shipbuilders!, Messrs Sims and Brown, as they are about to build a vessel to be classed at English Lloyds, being the first vessel of that class that over Auckland pro duced, I wish them every sucoess, and I feel proud to think wo havo got at last the much needed and much required English Lloyd's surveyor, knowing from experience that to bo the latter one requires to bo a thorough pratical shipwright —none of your two years in a shipbuilding yard. I have severed my apprenticeship at sea, sailed in all classes of ships large and small, and fitted out some, yet I should not like to style myself a sur veyor of shipwrights' work.—Yours &c. Captain.

Thomas Ainslow, a well-educated man, in homeless circumstances, was sentenced yesterday, at the Onehunga Resident Magistrate's Court, to one month's im prisonment with hard labour, fair using abominable language to the landlady of a local hotel.

At the meeting of the Union Sash and Door Company yesterday a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum was declared. Thiß left a balance of £760 12s to bo carried to the credit of tho profit and loss new account. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr S. E. Hughes, the report and balance-sheet were adopted. Mr Board man was re-elected a director, and Mr Howard elected auditor for the ensuing year. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the directors and officers.

At the meeting of the Auckland Gas Company yesterday, the chairman explained at length why the balance did not appear quite so satisfactory as usual. Mr G. P. Pierce mad« some suggestions as to future reports, and asked whether thero was any truth in the rumour that the mains were to be extended to the Whau. Mr Newman explained that though the project bad been entertained some time ago, when the Government offered a subsidy, it was now abandoned. Mr Leighton asked what would be the cost of 7 acres of freehold at Freeman's Bay, and was informed £3,000. The Conference of School Committees is to take place on August 16th. All chair men and members oi such committees are requested to be present, in order to discuss the unsatisfactory working of the Education Act in its relation to the Central. Board and the local committees.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln your report of the Karangahape District Board annual | meet, ing, your reporter states that Mr <^heiry said I had received £12 from the Board. Now. if Mr Cherry said such a thing, he said Vhat was an untruth, for I have never received £12, or 12d, from the Board. - Yours, &c, Robert Stevenson. At the annual meeting of the Newton ratepayers last night Messrs J. Billington, R. T. Warnock (Chairman), T. Faultier, Belcher, and Edgar were appointed trustees for the ensuing year. Messrs McNares and Richard Warnock were elected auditors. Receipts, £350 9s lid; e"dat"re> £262 12s 6d ; balance in bank, £87 17s i>a. Owing to recent gales, doubts have been entertained whether the steamers Tongariro and Durham would reach Kaipara in time to take up the mail service on the Ist August. In reply to a telegram from the directors, the Postmaster General sends the following: " Under circumstances, every consideration of a reasonable character will be extended. We have great pleasure in quoting the following paragraph from the Thames Advertiser* relative to Mr William Smith, formerly foreman printer at that olhce :— " Mr Smith is a native of Auck land, having served his apprentice ship in that town. He was a genial, hardworking printer, whose whole soul was in his work, and it is with regret that his companions part with him om tho eve of his transference to a more lucrative engagement in the Empire City. He was presented with ft German silver composing-stick, and a copy ot Iho American Printer," oy tho "Advertiser com panionship. Mr Smith has been known to us for many years. He served his apprenticeship in the " Southern Cross and was, under Messrs. Creighton and Scales, foreman of tho jobbing department Mr Smith leaves this province with the good wishes of many friends, who trust he may succeed in tho province to which he has gone. . ~ . . An animated discussion was held last evening by the members of the S. Thomas's Young Men's Association, on the question of '' Woman's Rights." The opening essay by Mr J. B uultain went into the matter thoroughly, and conceded legitimate and natural rights to the fair sex. A good dis cussion followed, in which a number of lady visitors appeared to be much interested.

A paragraph of a very scandalous and misleading character, with reference to the Kaipara Steamship Company, appeared in this morning's " Herald," to the^ effect that a number of names had been inserted on the prospectus as directors without autho rity. The whole of the gentlemen named have demanded an immediate contradiction. We are requested to publish the following, which leaves no doubt on the matter : " The statement is this day's " Herald" that our names wero inserted in the list ot directors of Kaipara Steamship Company without our consent is incorrect. Our consent was obtained, and we will assist the Company in every way. (Signed) R. F. Spenser, E. Mitchelson, and C. Clark." We learn that the telegram was signed John T. Logan. A Mr J^ogan is enginee. of tho Minnie Casey. Tho body of the lata Mr Charles Marshall wns found yesterday afternoon, under tho rocks, near tho ex-Mayor's residenco by Takapuna Lake It was at onco recognised as the body of tho missing man. On being apprised of the discovery by Mr A. Alison Sergeant Martin, Constables Dews and Sampson went immediately to the spot, and got tho body on to a stretcher, placed it in a cart, and had it conveyed to the Flagstaff Hotel. The body was much mutilated ; one side of the face and the right arm were gone.

There seem 3 to be a difficuty in getting persons to tender for the planting of trees in the city. The only tender received by the City Council was that of Mr James Mason, of Parnell nursery, who offered to plant and frame 370 at 18s per tree. The Council generally thought the price too high, and tho matter was referred to the Works Committee. We understand that Mr Mason lost £30, besides labour, on his previous contract for tree-planting.

CABLEGRAMS.

To-Day's Despatches.

SPECIAL TO "STAR."

(FBOM OUR SPECIAL LONDON

CORRESPONDENT.)

Increased Army K_s:pQn&ituro_

JLONDON

Wednesday.

The Supplementary Army Estimates amount to one million eight hundred and forty-live thousand pounds, independent ot the Indian expedition army vote.

[SPECIAL TO TRESS AGENCY.]

Exchange of Personalities Be tween Disraeli and Gladstone.

Debate an the Congress Results.

LONDON, July 30.

There has been a sharp interchange of letters between Earl Beaconsfield and Mr Gladstone respecting personalities. Mr Gladstone denied having described the Premier as a dangerous, even a devilish character. Earl Beaconsfield retorts that Mr Gladstone repeatedly has charged him with duplicity, and had used towards him unrebuked the epithet of Mephistopheles.^ On the resumption of the debate on the Ministerial Eastern policy, in the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone said the Ministers at tho Congress had acted against tbe freedom of the Convention; had abused tho prerogatives of the Crown, and offended friendly States.

Mr Cross and Lord Sandon said Ministers had saved Turkey from the tutelage of Russia. They challenged tne Opposition policy.

London, July 30. In the House of Lords to-night Minis ters challenged the Oppsition to divide on the Eastern Question. Earl Beaconsfield and Earl Salisbury, replying to Earl Granville and Earl Ripon, insisted that peace became more likely from tho policy that defined a definite area and tho boun daries of the protectorate.

In the House of Commons, Lord Hart ington blamed the Government for their neglect of Greece. He considered that if the safety of Indian interests depended on tho British protectorate of Armenia, that convention made the British Empire more vulnerable. Mr Dilke and Mr Grant Duff censured the Secretary of the Anglo- Turkish Convention. Mr Plunkett moved an amendment approving ot the Govern ment policy, Mr Bourko contended that the treaty improved tho position and prestige of England. A reformed Asia opened prospects there of peace and prosperity.

THE AUSTRALIANS V. KEIGHTLEY,

The first innings of the Australians against Keightley closed for 206, the first innings of their opponents for 204. Spofforth got 12 wickets for 55 runs. Keightley, in the second innings, bad six out for 38 runs.

AUSTRALIAN.

(SPECIAL TO "STAR.")

SYDNEY, this day. The Acting-Mayor this morning received the following from Earl Beaconsfield :— " London.—My colleagues myself have received the message from the citizens of Sydney. We are touched by their sympathy, and honoured by their remembrance.—Beaconsfifld, London."

The San Francisco Mail.

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

LETTER FROM DR. NOBILING.

72 000 DESTITUTE REFUGEES IN RHODOPE-MOUNTAINS.

52,000 SICK RUSSIANS IN TURKEY.

SUBMISSION OF KAFFIRS.

The following remarkable letter from the would-be assassin of the Emperor of Germany was received by a friend in London :—"My dear X.,—A high resolve has ripened within me I The day after to morrow it is to be carried out 1 The world will know more about it rapidly enough. And now I say, like the greatest Socialist of the world, 'Go and do likewise.' This, my last testament,—-Dr. Karl Nobiling. "

During an interview on Sunday between Bismarck and Gortschakoff, at Berlin, a large Danish dog of Bismarck's made a ferocious attack on Gor.schakof.', who was rescued after considerable trouble. The dog had mistaken an energetic gesticulation by the German Chancellor as an intimation to set on his visitor.

Stanley has received a gold medal from the French Geographical Society.—Prose cutions for treasonable utterances and sedi tious language are almost endless in Berlin. There is ;:lso great agitation ahoufc the measures the Government favours for re pression of Socialism, and the newspapers are continually roporting the arrest of Socialists and interruption of meetings. ' Th« •'' Hew Press" (Socialist) asserts that the examining magistrate of the Berlin Court said receutly that as for as the investi gation had proceeded there was not the least reason to suppose Nobiling was connected with the Social Democrats. —The Pan- Anglican Synod assembled at Lambeth Palace on the 2nd July, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. He urged that the question of maintaining the Sfaith against infidelity be the principal subject thought of by the delegate. A debate took place on the best means of obtaining union between the various Anglican Churches. Several colonial bishops spoke on the subject which was ultimately re ferred to a committee. —The Paris "Moni teur" asserts that the Khedive of Egypt recently proposed to abdicate, leaving the management of his affairs to England, if the civil list and his son's successor was assured. The offer, however, was declined and tbe Khedive revoked it.—The Vatican offered co-operation with Germany in suppressing socialism on condition that Falk laws were modified. Crown Prineo, countersigned by Bismarck, re plied that the proposal was inad missible. Nevertheless, they were desir ous of cultivating a friendly attitude.— The Queen of Spain, who died, was young Queen Mercedes, not ex-Queen Isabella. She expected to become a mother at the end of the gyear. Death was caused by gastric fever, accompanied by severe intestinal hemorrhage. The feeling of sorrow in Spain was intense.—The British Consular Agent has returned to Constanti nople from his mission to inquire as to the means of relieving 72,000 destitute refugees in the Ehodope Mountains, Rounielia, Turkey. He reports that influential Turks in that district have offered to enlist 30,000 men for the English service.— Tho Russians have 52,000 sick in the Balkan Peninsula, and of the recruits raised in 1877 for the Armenian campaign 25 per cent, are dead.— Advices from Cape Town of May 21st represent that Sandilis, chief of the Gaikas, sent word to th« commauder-in-chief that he wa3 tired of fighting, and wanted peace. A reply was returned that only an un conditional surrender would be accepted. This is expected to follow soon.—ln the House of Commons Mr Hanbury gave notice to move that Mr Gladstone's article in the " Nineteenth Century" was seditious, but afterwards withdrew the motion. Mr Gladstone severely com mented upon the introduction of such a resolution if it was not to be proceeded with.—There are between five and six millions suffering Chinese in tho famine stricken districts. — The enthusiasm of Canada for England is highly eulogised. Offers from Canadian soldiers who were read}' to undertake foreign service poured in on the Secretary of State.—Mr James Lowther expressed, with regret, to an Irish deputation tho inability of the Government to sanction the formation of volunteer corps in Ireland. — Tho Prince of Wales has accepted the offer of President of the Colonial Institute, vice Duke of Manchester.—A French corvette has gone to Corea, concerning a party of French missionaries believed to be held in confine ment.—During a terrible thunderstorm at Hong Kong, 9£ inches of rain fell, streets were torn up, houses flooded, and many lives lost.—The Anglo-Jewish Association petitioned the British Gevernment to secure their co-i eligiomsts in the Ea«t complete equality under the law. They bitterly complain of the perfcecution in Roumania and Servia.—Cardinal Cullen has written denounc'ng Russian persecution of Polish Roman Catholics, of whom 100,000, he says, been exiled to Siberia.—The King of Dahomey has paid the last instalment of the fine imposed by England.—An ex tensive tract of country, giving a seaport on The Atlantic tide of Transvaal has been acquired by England with consent of the natives.—The disclosure of frauds and cor ruption at the Presidential election has caused general disgust, and the appoint, ment to office of several men implicated hag entailed on President Hayes the odium having sanctioned their acts.—A Jamaica telegram speaks of the depreciation of estates partly through the unsatisfactory charactsr of Government immigration and the capriciousuess of native labour. He also says that the Venerable Archdeacon Row has swindled the clergy and merchants to tho extent of £10,000, selliug bills of exchange against funds in England, where he had none. He has gone to Madeira, where it is supposed he is beyond the reach of British law. He still draws £1000 per annum as Archdeacon, although he has been absent from tho island two years. THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON EMPLOYMENT OF INDIAN TROOPS. New York, July 3.—A London special says : It is reported that at one of the meet ings of tho Congress Count Schouvaloff brought up the question of the smployment of Indian troops in European warfare and the selling of modern arms to Asiatic people, especially the Chinese. He wished, he said, to invite the Congress to look upon this sub ject without passion and to regarditas affect ing the interest* and perhaps the very exis tence of European civilizatiom. He cited the opinion of an eminent savant who had lately pointed out that had the ancient Greeks possessed even the .rudest of our modern arms they could have rolled back the bar barian hordes who swept them away; but the experience of the late campaign had shown that war was no longer to be a con test in which superior physical strength and moral purpose would win the victory. The Turks, armed with rifles made in the United States and intrenched in positions chosen and fortfied by military skill, had been able to hold at bay for weeks the flower of the Russian army—the best, the bravest, and the most ardent of soldiers. If the countless hordes of China and of India are to be permitted to arm them selves with modern weapons and to acquire a practical knowledge of the art of modem warfare, there will be nothing to prevent them from rolling forth into Europe, and crushing Christian civilisation out of exist ence. Especially were the Mongolians to be feared from this point of view ; and he invited the Congress to take the matter into serious consideration and to deliberate upon the practicability of the European Powers binding them to abstain from em ploying Asiatic troops in Europe, and to prevent, as far as possible, the importation of arms of precision into Asia. Earl Bea consfield is said to hare made a rather light reply to this appeal, and to have said

that at all events the subject was not a. n gcrmaine to tho object of tbe Congress I should not now be discussed; but Hn i Schouvalolfs remarks made a sf impression upon Prince Bismarck anriiuß Waddington, and subsequently in anriv * conversation they suggested that the rv ject was worthy of consideration by < Congress called expressly for that purpose *

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER IN ENGLAND.

Concerning the exploits of the Austral' cricketers in England, the "Home New" under she heading " The Demon Bowler'" says :—The progress of the AuitraliL Eleven is quite dramatic. Their somewht tame debut in Nottingham was in «| nature of an unpretending overture butt}? 6 curtain fell to the first act at lord's t rounds of applause at their splendid perfo mance. When Grace, the far-famed batt*" went out for four, and tbe wickets went ft& ing ri"bt and left, so that the last fell t</' ridiculously small score, it was clear that aur Antipodean cousins .oould more than hold their own with the best cricketers in this country. Indeed, the Australians are so good 5" all round" that they will __ difficult to beat. Their fielding is the ad miration of all who behold it; they have among them many excellent bats, but their great strength ia in bowling. Their bowlere have long enjoyed peculiar soubriquets in dicativc of their power. Left-handed Allan is known as the "Crouchinc? Panthe-,"or the " Bowler of a Ceuturv" Boyle is described as the " very devil-""tint Mr Spofforth, as the "demon bowler" carries off tin; palm. His delivery is quite appalling; the balls thunder in like cannon shot yet he has the guile when feeming'y about to bowl his fastest to drop in a "slow," which is generally fatal to the batsman. Spof. forth is a Yorkshiren.au by extraction" His father v:a3 well-known as a sportsman" and rode as straight as the best with the ' York and Ainsty and other hounds. But whether from Yorkshire originally or not he and his colleagues are all of our own flesh and blood, and we welcome their prowess cheerfully as a proof that the old stock ig not degenerating in those far-off lands. The admiration and interest which the Australian cricketers excite is best shownby the crowds attracted by their play. ___ the Oval a few weeks ago the money taken at tho turnstiles amounted to a very large sum, and now, at Prince's, ten thousand bhillings at least were spent in admissions. The attendance of numbers of people, m»ny of tbem of the highest quality, was suffi. clently large. So many tender memories hang around ifs now despised skating-rink that Prince's will always be popular with the Upper Ten, even without the added charms of cricket. But for a few draw, backs, the scene might have compared with Lord's on the day of the Harrow and Eton match. There were no excited boys perhaps, decorated with blue ribbons in two shades, and no drags bearing fair occupants in various stages of harmless flirtation. Approaching Ascot thinned the crowd, and the recent.., death of the King of Hanover having put the ladies in mourning, gay colours are mostly absent. Last of all, the pitiless rain came down in torrents, and spoilt half the fun. This moisture may in a measure explain why in their first innings the Australians did not do quite so well as usual. On the other hand, the team of Gentlemen opposed to them is unusally strong and in exellent form. Dr. Grace played hi. "level" best, and in the fielding, in which the Australians have hitherto been so far superior, w»3 quite as good on the Gentlemen's side.

HOME NOTES.

THE GREAT POLITICAL PUZZLE.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRES.

PONDENT.

LONDON, June 20th..

Lobd Be aconsfield must still be regarded as the great political puzzle of the day. He has well earned " Punch's" aptly applied sobriquet of " The Sphinx." From the verjr earliest commencement of the present form of the Eastern Question and through all its kaleidoscopic changes the greatman . has remained impenetrable even to his * intimates. It has only been from the breeze animated straws of his political action that people have been able to form any land of an opinion regarding his intentions, and even these indications have not been of a kind that may be considered as reliable. One thing only has been certain—his Lord ship has consistently remained up to all but latest dates a Philo-Turk. Everything ha« pointed to his intention to uphold the Ottoman dynasty in. a concrete form, and his strong Conservative following have taken this as their principal point of depar ture in all their arguments. Hence it is that the Anglo-Russian Agreement pub lished by the " Globe" in full last Friday, has completely taken the Conservative party by surprise, showing as it does that the Earl has quite realised the notion which long ago has been accepted in Europe, that " Turkey in Europe " as a power has passed ! away as the cuckoo in June. TheTurkhas sucked other birds eggs long enough, aud at last he has been bundled out of the nest as an interloper. He is now to be guardian of tho Black Sea straits, a fitting mission for a race that has ever grown and lived by tbe sword and bullet to be the cerbenw of the Bospherus. It is quite unnecessary for me to go through the terms of the published agreement of which I speak, as you WID. long before this reaches you, have had the details by wire. That it is a genuine docu ment there cannot be any question, for on Monday the Government admitted in both ■" Tcuses that this was so. It proves conelu- j sively that whatever may have been said at the time, Lord Derby was perfectly right, and that the Premier has been compelled to admit by his acts, whatever maybe his tall talk, that in a war with Russia England would have stood alone. A perusal of the Anglo-Russian agreement almost makes one j hope that England aud Russia are beginning to see that the interests of both countries are mutually identical and that by co-operative action they may each achieve the desired ends both nioro safely and more pleasantly than by tearing each other's eyes. There is an old' Scotch proverb—" Hawks .nil D* pick out hawks een." Perhaps some ot j your readers, and I know you have a good j many Russophobists in old Akarana,_wia indignantly repudiate the hint that Eng land and Russia can be classed together a» birds of prey; but 1 think a little "reflection will convince theso hesitants that the ac cusation of greed and fondness for extension of territory can be brought against us witn j quite as much justice as against our bim»* i in the North. Our policy for the last 2W 1 years at least has been one of perpetnaj annexation and progression, and that is all that Russia has been doing. As the Cniei j Secretary for Ireland said the other day i» the course of conversation at a dinner-party where Igiad theShonourto bepresent, "Rus sia like England has a great mission, phew bent on the civilisation of Central Asia, and she 'is performing that mission wtn honor to herself and benefit to the world. There-is no doubt of it. We quietly pocKet the Transvaal, a territory as large as W whole of France, and think nothing ot w, but we cannot bear the idea of a rival in toe East. And yet we have no more ? ul bmR for our course of action than Knssia has I hers. lam not aware that we hold any special license from Heaven for the *m^°" j ration of races, the construction, "con^T°' tion, or maintenance of Empires, vvny, then, should we take upon ourselves toingn other peoples battles? Why should attempt to maintain what we choose to con- [ sider "the correct thing" in Eastern Europe when the balance of nations w» no reason to iterfere ." I think by so doing we place ourselves in a very false ppsitio»< It is very well to be prepared, and P£l bably no Englishman will blame the Premier for what he has done in the way of ,»e»s prepared for all eventualities, but '^ many of us feel is this : There has> Dft^X ■■'.'■ the last two years a frightful and D»oa> y ■■ l war, trade and commerce has stagnated, everybody is more or lessF^ wm

E\EAIN» SlAJfc THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, lb7B.



nnHORNTON SMITH, AND FIRTH'S JL PRICES CURRENT (Wholesale) Subject to alteration without notice. J Sacks. 100's. 60"a Brown Brand Flour, & a. d. £ s. d. & s. d perton 16 0 0 16 10 0 17 0 U T.S.&F. Canterbury Brand 13 0 0 13 10 0 14 0 0 Sharps 810 0 .. Bran .... 800 Fowl Wheat .. .. 4s. 6d. to Ss. per bushel. The above prices include sacks and hags; sacks andbags not returnable. Terms: Cash. August Ist, 1878. . r-f NION INSURANCE COMPANY NBW ZBALAND. C VPJTAL.. 62,000,000 AUCKLAND BRANCH: Q ..KEN-STREET, Next he Colonial Bank. yilU. DEPARTMENT. 'nsura_c granted on Dwelling - housea Stores, Shops, Buildings in which trade is carried on, Merchandise, and Goodis of every description. MARINE DEPARTMENT. Hulls of Ships or Steaxners, Merchandise of all kinds, Specie and Wool to United Kingdom, at t,o*w-_st Current Rates. W R. H. STEVENSON Manager.



EXTBA. Important intelligence. A* JLIINABURY & O 0 Have Determined to LEAR OUT THEIR SURPLUS STOCK OP GENERAL DRAPERY, DRESS GOODS CURTAINS, FANCY GOODS, AND MILLINERY, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! FOP A Short] Time Only, previous /to Stock taking. RESS and MANTLE - MAKING en Premises, at Reduced Prices. SALE NOW ON. A. LINABURY & CO.'S, 804 & 206, QUEKN-STREET, AUCKLAND.



Fancy', i/ii chl n a mam gns Fancy, 6/41 Just Opened. CARPETS, Tapestry from 2/11 \ CARPETS, Brussel fro m 5/ I MM EN S B CARPETS, Kidderminster I Vabieiy. CARPETS, Dutch and Jute ) y^. YOU CAN Jy^S__ >>X <& S^L YOUR FURNISH jfr cjp- jf^s^ >^^r HOUSE >V^ Most Economically from our Establishment. Largest Stock'of Drawing-room Suites Largest Stock of Dining-room Suites Largest Stock of Bedroom Furniture Largest Stock of Floor Cloths, Linoleum Largest Stock of Carpkts iff Auckland. BLANKKTS From 11/6 to B£gfjßi 50/ per pair. BLANKETS ov . Mattresses, Palliasses, Bolsters, Sheets, Mattresses, Palliasses, P»h°wa' \n^h Mattresses, Palliasses, Bolsters, oases, Ready-made. Ready-made. Ready-made. Beady-made. Ready-made. Ready-made. BEDSTEADS BEDSTEADS BEDSTEADS CEDAR, IRON, BRASS. KAURI, RIM U. Artificial Flowers, for Tables and Vases. DRAPERY, MILLINERY, MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING. S3" CATALOGUES BENT POST FREE. IS3. Holloway, Sarliok 3s Oramrell, CITY HALL ARCADW, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. Agent for the Genuine "Singer's" Sewing Machine. CHEMICAL lyi" ANU RE.



The undersigned are now prepared to supply their CHEMICAL MANURE for Root and Green Crops, in any quantity. The following extracts, solected from numer ous testimonials, prove its value as a fertilizer. I heliove it an excellent Manure for Potatoes. SEPH MAY, Mount St. John. It Is the best Manure I ever used. W. G. HARPE, Late Manager for W. A. Murray, Esq., Piako.



I am so pleased with its good effect as a Potato Fertilizer, that I shall require a farther supply, and would strongly recommend its uso. J. LEDDRA WALLIS, Analysis of this season's supply will be ready n a few days. W. J. HURST & CO., 101, Queen-street, Auckland. DRAWING - ROOM SUITES, in Sil Drawing-room Suites, in Velvet Drawing-room Suitks.Rsp & Damask Dining-room Suites, in Leather Dining-room Suites, in Hair Cloth Dining-room Suites, in American Cloth Chimney Glasses, in Gilt Frames Chimney Glasses, in Walnut Frames Chimney Glasses, in Maple Frames Iron Bedsteads, French and Half Tester Wood Bedsteads, Frenoh and Half Teßter Iron and Wood Cots Mattresses and Bedding, all kinds Marble-top Washstands Toilet Tables, with Glasses attached Toilet Glassts, Mahogany and Marblo Toilet Ware, Single and Double Sets Brussels Carpets Tapestry Carpets kldbehminsteh carpets j Dutch Carpets Felt Carpets INOLEUM Floorcloth Door Mats and Bath Mats Matting, «__T O N SALE-6*. AT X. Ss X. Cooke's FURNITURE AND CARPET WAREHOUSE, 67, QUKEN-STREKT. TTTINCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES!



To the People of Auckland l Messrs. Hallenstein Brothers Desire to Inform you that "a RETAIL BRANCH OF THK ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY Is Now Open In Queen-street, opposite Theatre Royal. To effectually Introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, they have deoided to SELL a Single Article at the Wholesale Price. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased and ap proved of, will he exchanged with the same courte»y with which It was sold, or if desired, the money will be returned. The succeßß whioh has attended the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Retail Branohos in other towns leads tho Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the Public to encourage Now Zealand Industries, especially where superior advantages aro offered; and your support is solicited on this under standing only. J. B. ROBINSON, Manager Auckland_.Branch.



SOLE AGENT FOR WERTHEIM'S ELEBRATED SEWING MACHINES THE BEST MACHINE IN THK WORLD TTVIS SOLD TION OF PARTNERSHIP We have Opened several Cases of BLACK AND COLOURED SILKS, Purchased at Very Low Priceb in the Home Markets. THE CO OURED SILKS Comprise 1 tho Newest Shades. THE BLACK SILKS Will be Sold at 2s. 11d. per Yard, in Order to Clear. IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF DRESS GOODS V. ill be Brought Forward at Job Pricks. GREAT BARGAINS I _______ WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE WEEK! J. COSGRAVE & CO., MERCHANTS AND MPORIESS, iQUEEN-STREET. AUOKLAND.



RuSHBROOK AND RrIDGMAN Respectfully Invite attention to their Large Carefully-selected and Entirely New Stock of DRAPIERY AND CLOTHING FOR THE WINTER TRADE. Comprising— Blankets, all sizes, and first-class value Flannels, white and scarlet, all makes Crimean Shirtings, All-wool and Union, in great variety of pattern and quality Winceys, plain/and fanoy. A heavy stook. " Good and Cheap," a good line at 5d per yard Fancy Dress Goods, new shades, in great variety French Merino, Serge, Satin Cloth, and some Ooeclal Lines of Fancy Materials, bought a ob, and being sold at very low rates Alloa and Fingering Yarns, all colours Winter Hosiery, Umbrellas, Ribbons, Flowers Waterproof T«tw©d and Waterproofs A Job Lo of Children's and Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks, to be cleared out at muoh below regular price. Calicoes, Skestfng. Counterpanes Furnishing and Manchester Goods of every description Boys' and Men's Clothing of every description, Good and Cheap Hosiery Shirts, Hats, &o. Strong Material for Boys' Wear—Tweeds Mole kin, Corduroy, Serge &o„ fco. &c. In order . sustain tho well-known character of the JLNCTION DRAPERY WORKHOUSE for Che»apnoßß and Quality combined, R. and B prooure their Supplies from the BEST MAR KETS ONLY, and spare no pains to sup»l their Customers' wants at the lowest price oom mensurate with legitimate trading. % (1/ in the A) Dlsoount allowed upon all Cash Purchases of 20/ and upwards. RUSHBROOK AND BRIDGMAN, DRAPERS. CLOTHIBRS, Pec, JUMCHTOM, DRAPIRY WAREHOUSE (Ow)o(tf_e the Amur apd Navy Hotel), UPP.I.I (JUIH-BTKEBT, Auckland. fTIRICOPHEROUS FOR THE HAIR. WILLIAM RATTRAY Begs to inform his Customers, and the General Public, that he has Reditokd tho Price of BARRY'S TRICOPHEROUS from 2s. to ls. Cd.



And, that he has a Largo Assortment of RIMM-CL'S. PIESSE & LUBIN, A-JD OTHER PERFUMERY; JohannMakia Farina's kau de Cologne, in Glass and Wicker; OLD BROWN WINDSOR and OTHER SOAPS, &C, &C, &C, WILLIAM RATTRAY, DRAPER, CLOTHIER, AND SILK MERGER, New Zealand House, 66, Queen-street, Auckland. ~TJH- ANTED KNOWN. • Just Opened, Ono Thousand Men's India Rubber Coats, at 7s (id.—Samuel Uoombes, City Clothing Mart, 92, Queen-street. J ODGE MANUKAU, 586, S.C. An Emergency Meeting of this Lodgo will be held, in tho Masonic Hall, Onehunga, THIS EVENING, at 7.30 p.m. sharp. Visiting Brothron are invited. By order of tho W.D.M. J. W. WALLER. Secretary.



Look for tho signature and address of tho pro prietor upon labels of bottles purporting to con tain Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Ahomatio Schnapps, and observe whether tho samo ar» deficiently oxecutod or not. If anything be lacking, you may know them for shams and reject them. Swindlers are putting up bad liquors in bottlos which previously held tho most salutary medicinal beverage in existence. Baffle the rosmes. Visitors to the Hot Springs, who Intend trying the efficacy of the waters in a sanitary point of view, should remember that their ailments are occasioned by disease In the blood, and that they should therefore oomplote their cure and gain the full advantage of tho baths, by taking at the same time a proper oourse of the Rheumatism Mixture of those exceedingly curative medicines Ghollah's Great Indian Cures." They can bo had of all Chemists, where obtain a copy of testimonials from many of thoso who have been benefitted. Rhlieit from Couan in Tew Minutbb.— SHARLAND'S CHERRY PECTOSiAL, 2s. 6d. a Bottle.—Opposite the Post-ofllco, Auckland. Kti, Eab, and Throat Specialist.—Dr. Schwartzbach, Devonshire House, Hobson st. Hours : 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.