SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

TO-DAY. Gadlys, barque, Taylor, from London Edith, schooner, Sinclair. fromßarotonga Argyle, s.s.. Stephenson, from Wangarei Elainore, schooner, Dam, from Kussell

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Meg Merrilies, brigantine, Morgan, for Gilbert

Wanakafs.s.. McGlllivray, for Russell Reward, schooner, Evanson, for Russell Annie, cutter, Josephs, for Russell

EXPORTS.

Fer Meg merrmea, iur vriiucru v»j.uu^. v ■pkgg 4 boxes tea. 10 mats sugar, 2 cases salmon, 3 cases kerosine, 6J-tierces and 2 boxes tobacco, 2 pkga hardware. 3 pkgs fancy goods, 3 drums oil, 2 pkgs paint, 1 box candles, 2 boxes jam,.2 boxes pickles, 1 case sardines, 12 kegs beef, 6 packages tinware, and a quantity of return trade. PerFamenoth. for London: 2 tons ivory nuts, 3 cases vestas.—E. and A. Isaacs.

IMPORTS.

Per Gadlys, from London: 1 cass tin flutes, 5 cases envelopes, 3 cases note ■paper, 1 case tobacco pouohes, 1 case meerschaum Dines. 2 cases G.B.D briar3.l case hair brushes. 1 case metal inks, 1 case bull's eye lanterns, 2 caske tin plates, 1 case purses, 1 case rustic briar pipee, 2 cases playing cards, 2 cases concertinas, 5 cases dolls, 3 cases cradles and wicker brambu lators 6 cases marbleß, 1 case boxing gloves. S cases account books 1 case spectacles, 2 cases cents suites and studs, 2 cases gilt jwellery, 2 cases valentines and satchets, 1 case violet powder, 3 cases slates. 1 case I.R. baHs, 2 cases tin toys. 2 cases toy furniture, 2 cases novoK l case spurs, 2 cases gum. 6 casks ink, 1 caso zinc minors, 1 case ladies bags, 1 case Berlin wool goods? 5 cases assorted stationery, 1 cases as sorted instruments, 11 cases sundries.—M. Levy Per Gadlys, from London: 1 bale carpets, 2 cases toilet glasses, 3 eatks ironmongery.— Per Edith,' from Rarotonga: 1,500 gallons limej vice.

ARRIVAL OF THE GADLYS, FROM LONDON.

The long expected bsirque Gadlys arrived at nine o'clock this morning from London, after a lenethy passage of 118 days from the Docks, and elefen days from land to land. Capt. John Tovlor reports leaving the Docks on August; 31 st aid passing Deal on the l&t, andSeilly on the 6th September. Light variable wmds andflne "eathwtm passing Madeira on September 17th. Ptekedupthe north-east trades, which proved light off Madeira, and carried them to 12deg. 181 or" north. Strong south south-west winds and heavy rain to the Equator which was crossed on October 9th, in longitude 23 £2 west. Very strong south-east trades were experienced from the Equator, to 2ideg. south and SJdeg. west Thence to the meridian of the Cape ot Good Hope, which was passed on November •Itn light northerly winds and fine weather. On the sth and 6th encountered a hurricane from the northwest, round by south to »orth-west aeain It blew the lower topf ails out of the bolt top's' and did other damage about the deck. Thence to the meridian oE Cape Leuwm winch 4ps ppssed on the 30th November, had a of gales of wind from north-east vicinity of theKlngs three days before they were s?ehted Down the Coast, heavy ram and a itfon* north-west gale, with a sudden shift to the? West; at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. The Poor 'Kn^hta were sighted at 7 a.m. yesterday., and TirUri pissed at i o'clock this morning, arriving in hSbour as above. Shortly after leaving T?ntrland Henry Bowles, the cook, a native of Greenwich aged 43. took ill. He died on the 6Bi IS?Sr, and the captain considers that flpftth was the result of a worn-out constitution. The Gldfys is an iron barque of 499 tons roister and comes consigned^the New.Zea land Shipping Company. She does not bnn? Iny passengers, but. has on board a general cargo, valued at £17,000.

ARRIVAL OF THE EDITH FROM RARO TONGA.

Tho island-trading schooner Edith arrived. f P Se AucWand o g n September 22nd, one day after tie Mazet)pa, aud arriving at Rarotonga on October 11th, the same day on. which that vessel al=o arrive*. Cruised through the Society Islands and back throngY*e Hervey Group Left Savage Island for Auckland on till arrival this morning. The Jiaitti Drings a crmntlty of limejuice, and two passengers from Island, viz, Mrs Patterson and Miss MaaoD? Captain Sinclair brings particulars of the wreck of the schooner* Talisman on Aitu taki Island, which will be found in another column of this evening's issue.

The ss. Argyle arrived from Wangarei this morning with 10 sacks gum, 7 bale ß and 9.bags wool 20 gboxes eggs, 6 kegs butter 8 cases fruit; smt^l the following passengers: Mrs Aley and fa^ilv Mrs CarteFand three children, Mesdames llErton and Montgomery, Misses McLean and Phill?p3, and S Hill, Bell, Brown, Glover, Bs ee r's Ns iCWanaC whiefsailea for Russell vciterday afternoon, will return to-morrow ODThe lucllaud schooner Mazeppa-was at Rarotonca on the Ist December.. She was to Proceed to Auitaki, and remain there two days. thpn°e comine on direct to Auckland, then, ecommgo er rf steamer Huia' which left this port for Wellington on the 17fh inst has, received the following telegram from Mr C Seager, dated the 23rd inst :-The satisfied with her:—C. Seager.

ONEHUNGA SHIPPING.

The p.s. Geelong cleared to-day for Hokianga. ■with 30 cases geneva. W cases brandy. 30 sacks lime, 50 packages iron, 60 pkgs flour, and 250 pk7s sundries. Passengers: Messrs A. J. McMath and Scott. Mr and Miss Lundon.

BIRTH.

SLOANE.—On Saturday, 28(h instant, at the Queenßferry Hotel, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, the wife of Mr. Walter Slo^ne o£ a son.

MARRIAGE.

COLLINGS—ELLIS.—On the 26th December, IS7B, at Coromatide), New Zealand, by the Rev. Thoß. John Collings, late of Jersey, to Ann Ellis, oC Coromcndel.

McKINSTRY— ARCH.—On the 26th December, at AII Saints' Church, Ponsonby, by the Rev. E. N. Bree, Ernest Lee McKinstry to Clara Annie Arch.

CAKSON—GRAHAM.—On the 21st December, at the residence of the bride, by the Rev. It. F. Macnicol. William Carson to Rebecca Graham, both of Auckland.

DEATH.

HOWARD.—On the 27th December, at One hunga, Caroline May, youngest daughter of Al/i'ed George Howard, a^ed 3 weeks.

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1878.

For the cause that acks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the eood that we can do.

Cricket is the ruling passion of the age. Ever since 1774, when a committee of noble men and gentlemen, presided over by the Duke of Dorset and Sir Horace Mann, reduced the game to rules, it lias occupied a foremost position among the favourite outdoor contests of pluck and skill in which Britons and their descendants heat the world. But it is only within a compara tively few years that the noble old game has .become emphatically Hie game of all others. The iinglish cricketers gave a new impetus to i l by their visits to the colonies; the Australians' Eleven imported the vigor of fresh Wood by their achieve ments in Great Britain and America, and now cricket is in the zenith of its fame. There are contests proceeding on agraud scale in Melbourne, between Lord Harris' team, and Fifteen Victorians ; in Adelaide, where Spoflbrth, the " demon bowler" of the Aus tralian Eleven, has taken six wickets for " nullahs" from local players ; in Sydney, where the Sydney University has wrested the from with the kindred institution of Melbourne; and later still our special cable dispatches give details of the prowess displayed by New Zealand's Champions—the Clnistcliurch team — against Ballarat; and coming nearer home, preparations are afoot for the approaching matches between Taranaki and Auckland.

The catastrophe on the Orne river, France, by which forty-eight persons were suddenly engulphed and drowned is one of those oc currences which forcibly recal the mind to the uncertainty of human existence. The reader who glances over our special tele gram can picture in his mind's eye all the tragic features of the scene. Hundreds of pleasure-seekers disporting themselves 'on the ice, with all that light-hearted gaiety which ispeculiar to the Gaelic temperament, forgetful of the frail cisist which intervenes between their feet and the waters below ; suddenly sounds of cracking, the treacherous ice sinks beneath their feet, and amidst a wail of despair, scores of men and women arc swallowed up. The scene is not new. It has been witnessed on the Thames, the Serpentine, and many other places, but to us who live iv a climate where a frozen river is unknown, the chief but graphic words of the telegram recal the scenes of far off lands in bygone days, when we too dared the brittle ice, and perchance in the reck lessness of youth approached near enough to that word " Danger," to hear the warn ing sounds, and to give "Danger" a wide berth. , The Orne river, the most of our readers' are doubtless aware, rises in the Department of that name in France, about fifteen miles N.E. of Alencon, and flowing a length ot about ninety miles, falls into the English Channel.

The commercial depression in England, and the partial paralysis of numerous great in dustries has had the effect of directing the attention of many capitalists to the Austra lian Colonies,and especially toNewZealand as a field, not only for agricultural and pas toral settlement, and absorption of surplus labour, but for the establishment of those industrial enterprises which are languishing at home. We may judge of the condition of affairs in the old country by a perusal of the leading English journals, and the appalling array of strikes, lock-outs, and commercial failures which follow each otlmr in all parts of Great Britain in rapid suc cession. In very many manufacturing dis tricts the " short time" working system has been adopted as an alternative to closing mills and workshops. Excessive competition and over-production have necessitated a check equal to a loss of one to three days work in the week. One leading English mercantile organ states that a large number of capitalists, in their haste to get rich, have been tempted into trading of the wildest and most ruinous character, and that all the markets of the world have been glutted with English goods, not because there existed a chance of selling them at a profit, but to raise money and to maintain an air of fictitious prosperity. Contempor aneous with this, English manufacturers have been struggling with competition abroad. German cutlery has actually been sold in Sheffield at two-thirds the local cost of production, and other goods are similarly placed. Since 1874, the wages of the iron workers have been reduced one-half. The reduction in the cost of manufacture in all classes of goods has led to a still greater excess of production, and a corresponding decrease in price to " coax the consumer to patronise Great Britain, to the exclusion of other countries." Even the farmers com plain that they cannot pay the wages now demanded by the men. The colonial ex hibits at the Paris Exposition produced a very powerful impression on the popular mind of England. The wool, gold, iron, coal, copper, and other raw materials of the colonies showed that at the antipodes a vast and profitable field is open for the exercise of industrial skill and the employment of capital. It is only necessary to make the people of Great Britain understand that another England' exists in the Southern Hemisphere to^ vastly increase the volume of the stream of emigration with little or no Government assistance. Truly "it is an ill-wind that blaws naebody gude."

The strike embroglio in N. S. Wales is de veloping into serious dimensions'. The Anglo-Saxon blood is fairly up, and the Heathen Chinee -will have to look to hisi pig-tail, if not to his yellow skin. Particu lars of the recent riot in Sydney, ■which we print in another column, show that the strikers are not disposed to confine their operations to the passive form of striking, and Star special cable dispatches received to-day, indicate a stlil livelier development

of the active mood. The revolveris coming into play. The A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Wo tonga, having on board a Chinese crew, has been fired at from Pyrmont, and Captain Stuart, and the chief engineer, and steward have narrowly escaped being wounded or killed. Verily the plot thickens. By and by Sydney may experience a repetition ot the Broadhead outrages, and Orsini bombs may appear amoug the imports of Port Jackson. The threat of the office-bearers of the Seamen s Union to resign if violence be used, indicates that they apprehend danger from exasperated feelings of the workmen. The exodus ot Mongolians from China arises from the pressure of famine and social demoraliza tion. It has a parallel, on a smaller scale, in the intense desire existing amongst the masses in England, weighed down by the incubus of commercial failures, and trade stagnation, to escape to these new lands where there is, in the words of the Irish emigrant, " room and work for all.',' The Chinese question will have to be settled by legislation. The colonies will not tamely submit to be saddled with the oilseourings of China because of some old International Treaty made purely in Imperial interests.

" Woman's at best, a contradiction still," Ayrote Pope ; and if he had lived afcUtah, he would have been strengthened in that opinion. For instance, take that mass meeting of about 1,200 persons, described by an American reporter as "mostly old aiid polygamous wives," held in a theatre in Salt Lake city in November last. The Gentile women had held an anti-polygamy meeting a few days previously, and affirmed, in a series of very nicely-turned resolutions that monogamy was a Divine institution, while its anti-tpye was an in vention of the Evil one. The " old and polygamous wives" naturally regarded this as a slander upon their characters, and were up in arms. In the excited state of their feelings, it is not surprising that they used strong language. "A woman moved is like a fountain troubled," wrote one who "knew the stormy souls of woman-kind." While one of the' female orators was " on her legs," she was interrupted with the re mark, "You're a liar; Brigliara Young was a prophet of the Lord," but no melee resulted from this emphatic contradiction and prophetic assertion. The meeting pro ceeded with its business in that orderly manner which is characteristic of such assemblages, and unanimously passed re solutions' affirming that "no American citizen could be legally deprived of his oi lier constitutional right"—meaning, _we presume, the right to marry as many wives or husbands as an exceedingly elastic code of morality and a facile Divorce Court ad mit of. The meeting also avowed its belief "in the doctrine of the patriarchal order of marriage—a doctrinn which, if lived up to and carried out under the pre cepts pertaining to it and of the higher principles of our nature, would conduce to the long life, strength and glory of the people practicing it." Reading the report of this meeting, one dees not know which to wonder at most—the horrible degree of social degradation, and perversion of all the nobler instincts of women which a long period of brutal subjection and mental darkness can produce; or the extraordinary political callousness of a country which views such a blot upon its political and social system with comparative indifference.

{gjjTntelligence was received by the schooner Edith, which arrived this morning from the Islands, of the death of Mr John Cruick phank, brother of Mr David Cruickshank, of the firm of Cruiclcshank and Co., of tins city. The deceased gentleman had been for some years past engaged at the Islands in connection with the business of the firm. General regret will he felt in Auck land at his death by his many friends. His widow and family Averelon board the Talisman which was wrecked on the way to Auckland from the Islands, hut she is ex pected in the Mazeppa, which is expected in a few days hence. The Premier and the Narive Minister will probably visit Wangarei next week, and on their return will go to the Thames. Mr. Sheehan will afterwards go to Waikato.

General regret will be felt at the an nouncement that Mr. W. H. Kissling lies dangerously ill, aud is not expected to survive many hours longer. The Thames Naval Brigade having arrived from the Thames for the New Year holidays are to have v church parade to morrow ; and a notice appears in our adver tising columns for a muster of the Auckland Naval Brigade. Both Brigades will attend church together. " Heady-money Robinson" has the repu tation of a New Zealand Crcesus. A writer in the "Sydney Mjul," referring to the opening of the Amuri Plains at £25 per 100 acre farm by the New Zealand Company many years ago, says : —" About that time a gentleman named Robinson, who has since become well-known under the cogno men of "Ready-money Robinson," came over from Adelaide. He went to the Land Office and took up 100,000 acres of the Amuri Plain for £25,000. He was offered £350,000 for it a year or two ago but declined it."

A newspapereditoratßochester, America, declined to answer as to the authorship of an article that had appeared in his paper, on the ground that it would seriously injure his business as a publisher. The Court sus tained his objection. The use of gas engines, began some four or five years ago in England, has been ex tended to these colonies, and some of them are now in operation in the South. In Auckland a few firms have decided to try the experiment, amongst others Messrs Schmidt and Co., and Messrs Fisher and Co. We believe these engines are found extremely useful where only small motive power is required. The eccentric editorof "Enoch," discours ing on " Things in General," in the last number of that publication, refers in the following cheerful prophetic terms to the prevalent weather :—" The heat of the sun is becoming fiercer and fiercer all over the earth. The summer heat in another twelve months will be scarcely bearable, and yet we are onlj at the beginning of the period when " the elements shall melt with fervent heat" and the surface of the earth be burned up. Accidents, as they are called, already fill whole countries with woe, and presently will so increase as to fill the earth with horror. Suicides and other atrocities of madmen increase at an alarming rate, and society in some parts of the earth is in a state of disorganisation. Notably in America, where in some places, such as California, men do very much as they please, and there is no law to restrain them, for judges take bribes, thus the administra tion of justice becomes a dead letter. Droughts and famines and pestilences abound, pestilences among men and cattle. Miluows and other blights, with plagues of insects, also affect the vegetable world, and are on the increase in new forms unknown previously, putting the pastoral man and the agricultural man to their wit's end. All the above and very much more of a similar character we gather from the world's journals."

A meeting of Roman Catholics of the city and suburbs will be held in St. Patrick's Cathedral to-morrow, at 3.30 p.m. to consider the school question. Jtiev. Father Henneberry will deliver an address. There was a good attendance at the Pon sonby Hall yesterday evening, to witness the All Saint's Christmas Tree and enter tainment in connection with All Saint's Church. The entertainment will be con tinued this evening with a promenade concert.

At the meeting of the United Service Lodge, 421, I.C, held at the Masonic Hotel, Bro J. Goodacre, W.M. ; Bro W. J. Suiter, S.W. ; Bro B. Holmes, J.W. ; Bro J. W. Melton, Secretary ; Bro F. Eoy croft, P.M., Treasurer ; Bro H. P. Hargreaves, S.D. ; Bro J. Sime, J.D. Bro J. Haalett, J.G. ; Bro Porter, Tyler.

A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Auckland College and Grammar School is convened for 2 p.m. on Tuesday next.

. The RiWans are st| to be gtrengthen mg the feHincationsf-widin, Silistria, and .other fortresses Bulgaria, and in creasing the garrisons.| Messrs T. ant S. M n the Auckland agents for MeCtomcU Woods' cele brated reaper and V?machines, inform the public that a lri| f one of these machines will take fei in Mr Good . fellow s paddock Pap| oi on Tuesday next, the 31st at 3o * Farmera and others interested in thej^. esß of agricul ture are invited to be pl^ Tlie tield of wheat in which the tn^n, take place is an excellent crop, so \ the reaper will have a good trial. I The united Lodges, S- o f Newton No. 4, and Sir Henry Havel oj\j of 211.0. G.T., accompanied by friends^ the number of nearly two hundred prdjdecl on Boxing Day to Brown's Islan^ the schooner Energy. They held sa f resco picnifc. The Victoria (Good Tern;,) Band played selections during the tr% n fl O n arrival, after the good things » been properly discussed, officiated for |uadrille party held on the green.

A committee of the H<e o f Delegates has. rejected a proposal introduce the Bell Punch system, on tl|rouncl that it would stimulate esjrionag" the meanest and most degraded of all .ii an motives."

fc^Six thousand persons | sa id to havn travelled on the Welling tramway on Boxing Day. jj

At the Tararu Races . Jerday Venus won the Plying Stakes <h ease. The weather was line, aud theses were a suc cess. ■

The 15th February, ir; a d ot the Ist January, has been appoin[ f or finishing the valuations under the i, ac l Tax Act, and the date of payment extended to May 16t.1i. We learn thajhe valuations are in a forward state, exceiu some of the couutry districts.

The Darrell's are said to ive taken as much as £230 at Wellinju on Boxing Niyht. The performance \\l" Henry V."

Horrible scenes are repfed: from the famine-stricken districts in Bna. Here is what one of the disfcributor&rrites of the condition :— "Up fo the pHit time the people contented themselv|with citing those who had died, but nofhey kill the living in order to have tlfy for food. Husbands cat their wives, pafts, eat their sons, and daughters and chifgn cat their parents." Women and girls ft sold at less than two dollars apiece, and jjman flesh is offered for sale in the mart*. Writes another: " A mother, ajr haying with her husband, eaten'her little boy, six years old, Vbm they had themselves killed, prepaitalso to cut the throat of their little darter, eight years old. The little girl bejj to weep at the sight of the fatal knl and the neighbours arrived just in tie to save her." (Note by Pere Aymer. Sometimes parents, so they may not betheselves hor rible executioners of their cbicen, agree <vith other parents —I will kill* child'for him, and lie shall kill mine.")|ifc is the same story of all the provinces 3 |d bodies of men combine to attack the srller ham-

lets, not to rob them of treasurer seek re venge for wrongs inflicted. Lifally and truly they go about as "wolves!' seekiag whom they may devour."

The tenor inspired by ye|w fever horrors in New Orleans led to soes of the most horrifying description. Coses were hastily interred ■without medicsexamina tion, and it is believed thatscorepf people have been buried alive. In cc case a woman was apparently dead, tying had black vomit, and was hurriedly V§hed and shrouded. The hearse backed p to the door, and the coffin was placed ojrthe bed beside her. The friends wereprowded around the grave in the cemetery when a rumour reached them from the Itzse that the supposed dead -woman had rimed to life, and the rumour was verified "When the attendants were about to placie body in the coffin, tlie woman had turfd over, and striking her hand against fe awful object on thejbed, asked : " Whf box is this?" Strange to say, she appear! better after her re-awakening, the bla| vomit, did not reappear, and she recovered The Hobson Company and Bandfill give a farewell party to Mr Wadeson onfuesday evening next at the Albert HalfDarby street, previous to his departure foEurope by the Lebu. ,: • What with the Orsini bombs, revolts, find daggers :of the Internationalists, Jropean monarchs and their Ministers must haj rattier a lively time c-f it. "Truth" says:', Prince Bismarck is ia little better case thau hirnaster. Like him he receives anonymous thatenincf letters by the thousand, and he is comjlled to take the most stringent preeautionsagainst assassination, both in town aud countrj' The Russian Cruiser Committee'hjpe dis solved the plan for the formation of a"iatriotic Fleet." A classification of vessels bs been made, ranging from SCO to G-OO tit?, and numbering about seve.nty. It is intin&d that the ships shall be employed in Kuropiaiiwaters and in the North Pacific. I ■

Referring to Mr Sh^ehan's rema-kfto the prophet Te Whiti that he had "spocea like a pettish child," "Peripetetic" in ttie"Sydney Mail" remarks:—"This may be resided as a nineteenth-century equivalent for "so ip, thou bald head!" and the Native Ministefer New Zealand would do well to keep a sliam bok-out for she-bears." Does '''Peripatetic " oitan the wahines 1 I y '

We are desired to ma'e the followiigcorrec tions in our report yest< May of the ponsonby Grammar School. 2nd Form: Frenih Prize, W. Wilkinson. 3d Form : 2nd Drawng1 Prize, J.Kane. 2nd Form : Average, Fraud? Si. The religious services at the several flurches, and at the Theatre Royal,. to-morvow(Sxnday) are announced on the third page of tht present number. | ;.

A Cricket Match was played on the End Cricket ground on Christmas Day, bdiwaen a team of Youno; Aucklanders and tht' Surrey Hill C. C. No, 2. The former scored atoial of 79 in their two innings, and the latter 75; Messrs 18. Tonks and Co will sell on Monday next at II o'clock the entire of that raliable property lately held by Hon. C. Taylor, toitpris ing 15J acres of the best situated Jani in Remuera, opposite St.. Marks Church, \ and within a short distance of the Preslytirian Church. The property is within a few lunlred yards of the Newmarket Railway statioi. I j Mr. George Sibbin will hold a clearing out sale of boots and shoes,, on Monday nexti on tie premises of Mr. Green, to be sold in tradelots. (SeeAdvt.) \ \ The Papakura annual Races will be tield aa. January 29th, nominations to bemadebyFridaj, January 3rd, 1879. The following are the successful nunibaß drawn for in the Melbourne Champion. Rkci. last night :—2l, Sunset; 25, Proposal; 42, Calaaia. 72, Tim Whiffler filly; 114, Philistine; 133, Nappe: Tandy; 169, Cap-a-pie; 264, Woodlawn; mi Robinson Crusoe; 271, Emerald; 360, Chester; 415, Warlock; 424, Vulcan; 426, Bosworth; 451. Martindale; 456, The Rover; 464, Wellington:. 465, Bohemian Girl; 469, Lockleys;. 514, HylliB! 521, Riverton; 523, First Lord; 531, Roland; 559. Pride of the Vale; 589, The Vagabond; ofe; Lord Burghley; 613* Nerissa; 622, CoongooH! 643, Japan; 646, First King; 677, Jacko' Lantern 684, Bordeaux; 687, Soothsayer; 763,.Odd.Trick; 771, His Lordship; 820 } Roodee; 845, Cowardice; 927, X.C.8.; 939, Earl of Mar; 996,.]50n CarlosJ j A meeting of footballists is to be held in the m the Thames Hotel on Tuesday evening next,, to consider a letter received by Mr T. Henderson,, relative to 'a projected visit to these colonies of an English football team.

OUR SPECIALS.

FORTY-EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED,

LONDON, December 26. An accident has occurred on the River Orne, in the Department of Orne, France, by which 48 persons have been drowned. The cause was a breakage in the ice.

[REUTERS SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS],

RUSSIANS LEAVING TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 25 Thirty transports have been chartered at Odessa for the conveyance of the Russian troops who are returning from the Russian army in occupation of Turkey.

THE TARANAKI CRICKETERS.

A telegram has been received, by Messus Henderson and Macfarlane stating that ihe boat conveying the Taranaki cricketers.will not arriys in the Manukau until tlie> 31st December. The first match will not;, there fore, be played until the Ist and 2M Jan., on the Domain cricket ground,

Special Despatches TO THE STAR.

Steamer Wotonga Fired Upon.

narrow Escape of Officers.

Fo-andariag- of tho La Perouse.

Cannibalism ia Ww Caledoaia.

SYDNEY, Friday The steamer Wotonga, belonging to the A.S.N. Company, was fired upon ffom Pyrmont with shots from a revolver Captain Stuart, the chief engineer and the steward narrowly escaped. ' The schooner La Perouse, bound from Graf ton to Lyttelton, foundered last ni<>ht oif Kichmond bar. ~ &

The crew were saved.

The reported arrival of the Mecca, with Chinese, is a false alarm. She has not vet been sighted anywhere.

The Christchurch Cricketers at Ballarat.

(Fkom our Special Reporter.)

(SPECIAL'TO THE "STAR-)

B&LLARAT, Friday. The Christclvurch cricketers arrived here on Boxing Day at midnight, and com menced their first match with Ballarat to-day.

Canterbury won the toss, and Neilson (the captain) decided to send his men in first. The wicket played splendidly. Chiefly by the line play of Ollivier, the score soon went up to 31. He was at length caught by Figgis off a ball delivered by his brother, W. Figgis. Ashbv, who ■who faced Ollivier, was soon disposed of without scoring, lie was clean bowled by Morey.

Watson is making a good stand. He has already' added 21 to the score, and is not oiit. Neilson, the captain, followed Ashby aud was caught out after playing a fine innings for 19. The . fielding of Ballarat is very good. Canterbury has scored 7S with the loss of only three wickets.

Friday night. The Canterbury are all out for 131. Hart laud was bowled by Cleverly without scor iug. Watson was bowled immediately after forwarding my first message without adding any more to the score. The following are the scores :— Canterbury Eleven. i'irst Innings. A . M. Ollivier, c Figgis, bE. Jfiggis .. .. 31 D, Ashby b Morey .. — • ■ 0 G. Watson b Herbert ..21 W. V. .Neilson, c Cooper, b Herbert .. _ 19 J. F. Hartland b Cleveiiey .. .. .. 0 T. .^. Baker, c Williamson, b Cleverley ■.. 5 G. H. Lee b Cleverley .. .. „ .. 13, Jfowler, 0 Antctiffe, b Clevery.. .. ;. 8 C Firth 15 W. Frith, c Herbert, b Morey .. _ .. n E. T. A. Fuller, c Figgis, b JViorey .. „ 0 Extras „ .. 8 > Total « ..-. .. .. .. 131 ..■'"■■ BALLAKIT EjLEVEN. . . . First innings Wil'iamson, run out ' .. .. 0 Sherrard, lbw., b Frith .. .. .. .. 8 McGregor, b Ashby .. .. .. .. .. 2 Cleverley, c Fowler, b Ashby .. .. .. 2 W. Feggis, c Oilivier, b Frith .. .. ..12 ' Natile, b Frith .15 E. F.:gKis, c Neilson, d Aehby .. 0 Cooper, run out .. .. ".. .. .. 1 Morey, b Frith.. ..■ .. ~ .. .. 0 Antcliffe, not out .. .. „ .. .. 0 ICxtras .. .. 2 Total .. .. .. li The Ballarat Eleven then went in for thefr second innings, and when the stumps were drawn. E. Feggis had scored 19, and Natile 31; extras, 3. The bowling of Frith on behalf of Canter bury was very good. The fielding of the Ballarat was excellent. .W. Feggis and Natile played in fine form. The fielding of Canterbury was indifferent.

ENGLISH ELEVEN V. MELBOURNE.

[From our own Correspondent.]

MELBOURNE, Friday evening.

The match was resumed to-day. The Melbourne Fifteen made a total of 313 runs. There are six of Lord Harris' team out for 201.

AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN V. ADELAIDE

[From our own Correspondent.]

ADELAIDE, Friday.. The Eighteen are all out for 59. Spof forth bowled six running for nil. The Australians have eight wickets down*

SYDNEY V. MELBOURNE UNIVER SITY.

(From our own Correspondent.)

SYDNEY, this day. An eleven from the Melbourne Umver sity played eleven of the Sydney Univer sity to-day. The latter were defeated, Melbourne winning with three wickets and! one run to spare.

CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

SYDNEY WINS UNIVERSITY.

[SPECIAL TO PEESS AGENCY.]

SYDNEY, Eriday>. The Premier replied to a deputation thafe he would advocate the restriction of Chinese emigration.

THE CRICKET TOURNAMENTS.

MELBOURNE, Friday night. The Victorian Fifteen in their first innings scored 345. Lord Harris' Eleven have eight wickets down for 304, and. have displayed grand batting. Lucas scored* 90, Boyle, 78. . The Canterbury team, is playing at Ballarat. The New Zealand teamis first innings closed for 131, and Ballaratifi>r42. The Ballarat team in their second, innings have scored 53 with none out.

THE SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

[reu-ter's special cablegrams.]

SYDNEY. December 27.

The officers or tne seamen 01 tne wmon, urge the strikers to abstain from violence towards the 350 Chinese now on their y^ay to serve the Company; and state that unless they abstain they will resign. + An attempt was made to. shoot the captain aud engineer of the Company s steamer Wotonga. The assailants are unknown. ■ SYDNEY, December 27. Gunga's "Noumean News'" states that k friendlyg|tribe have killed and eaten a party of fifteen of the lebels. I The schooner La Perouse, from the Clarence to Lyttelton, foundered rester iight, off Richmond bar. All hands were saved. • , o i ' MELBOWENE, December 27. I'; Sailed, to-day : The 3.5. Tararua ana (Wide Hamilton. ' \ Arrived, on Thursday :. The s.s. Arawata..

Loss of the Talisman.

SHE BECOMES A TOTAL WREC^.

1. . Tie schooner Edith, which arrived fro^ the Islands this morning, brings particular* off the wreck of the Auckland sehoonei Tilisman* on Aitutakl, one of theit-owe Group, ia the South Pacific. The ia foibatMa to hand is of a meagsenattjre* but fall particulars will be brought up »y the Mazeppa, wliieh is now daily expeawa. j Thfe disaster happened, as mar as can_d» ascertained, about two months ago, and tnß WsseUvasthen lying at aachor og^AUP;

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mHE -M-EW 7BUAHD «ar CLOTHING FACTORY "©* EMPLOYS UPWARDS OP 60 WORKPEOPLE. BEAHOHBag^^^E OF OUB AT :" AUCKLAND napier WELLINGTON WANGANTJI DUNEDIN OAMARU TIMABU INVERCARGILL CHRISTCHURCH. The Proprietors have had to fight their way inch by inch in opposition" to the interests of Importers and Stopper* tout the desire on the part of the Pubhci to encourage New Zealand Industries haa been manifested by the great success which has attended all the Branches of he New Zealand Clothing Factory, YOUTHS' CLOTHING, especially Manufactured for thk Auckland Market, and Superior in Sttu* and Fit to the Imported Goods. A. great portion ia made oC the famous Mospel Tweeds, manufactured ofißpure Isew Zealand wools. . . A SINGLE GARMENT SOLD AT -WHOLESALE PRICE. •JChe Largestatid Choicest Stock in New Zealand of Hats, Caps. Hosiery, Port m^teaux. Bai», and>e latest Novel ties in Ties, Scarfs, Collars, Bee. A SINGLE AKTICI/J! SOLD AT WHOLESALE PEICE. AlVGoodsare marked in'.PlainF ores, Cor CASH ONLY. Any Article purchased andVnot appro ved of will be exchanged with the same courtly with which it, was sold, or, if rlesiredl the money will be returned. J. B. ROBINSON, MANAGER AUCKLAND BRANCH. PRESENTS \J NEW AND ELEGANT ALBUMS, Vert Cheap, . i AT EEED'S MUSIC,.WAIREHOUSE, - opposite the Thistle Hotel, . QUBBN-3TBEET. • i( HARMONIUMS from £8. 41. l7.nTcom P ?.e»t pLo»s to taste and judge of its quality- __—



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