HOTEL ARRIVALS.

STAR HOTEL, R. J. Davidson, P«>prletorj- For week ending 30th November, 1878:—Mr F. M. Carnahan, Tauranga: Mr James Stewau, Wellington; Mr Lionel Phillips, New Plymouth; Mr F. Baume, Dunedin; Mr Wm. Hayman, Dunedin ; Mrsß. Chaytor, Tauranga; Mr JVG. Bernard, Signapore ; Mr George Richardson. Tavinui, Fiji ; Mr Alex. Little, Gloucester, England- Air L. Little, Gloucester, England ; Mr A G. Benest, London; Mr C. H. Stewart, Ireland: Miss H. Yates. Sydney; Mr J. Mc- Lenon, Hamilton; Mr Wm. H. James, Alex andra ; Mr and Mrs Hugh Kirk wood, Cam bridge; Mr and Mrs Carpenter, Thames; Mr Lewis Rye, Kaipara: Mr John M. Abbott, Russell; Mr George Inwoocl, Tauranga ; Mr J. H. Thompson, Tauranga. . ...'.. -

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

rTrT T w . mR (This Afternoon, 10.11 _ HICtH WAIKR—-J xo-morrow Morning, 10.33 SUN SET.-This Evening, 613 SUN RISK.—To-morrow Moraine:, 4.46 MOON'S AGlil.— Last Quarter, ISth, 5 37 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Saturday Evening. . Glimpse, barque, Morgan, from shanghai Vavau, schooner. Wolfe, from Tonga. Hinemoa, s.s., Fairchild, from Russell Oroheus, schooner, Dunn, from Gisborne Rowena, s.s., Sellars, from Tauranga P. over schooner, Anderson, froni \\ angarei YESTERDAY. Teleeraph, sohooner, Doughty, from East Coast Ocean, schooner, Rawlings, from Tauranga Onward, schooner, Pankow, from Russell TO-DAY. Eawea, s.s., Kennedy, from the South Opotiki. cutter, Niold, fromiEast Coast Sunderland, cuttor, Allen, from Tauranga Saxon, schooner, McKenzie, from Lyttelton Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, Stephens, from East Coast w Hineinoa, 5.3., Fairchild, fromKawau Sea Belle, schooner, Ross, from Adelaide Coralie, cutter, Eggerton, from Russell. . eg Mary Ann. cutter, Nappert, from Whangarei. m lona, s.s., Farquhar, from Tauranga.

DEPARTURES.

Saturday Evening. Island Lily, brigantine, Cooper, for Chatham Island . , Pretty Jane, s.s., Amodeo, for Gisborne YESTERDAY. Hinemoa, s.s., Fairchild. for Kawau TO-DAY. Hawea, s.s., Kennedy, for Russell

IMPORTS.

Per Sea Belle, from Adelaide: 400 seeks wheat, 1,600 sacks flour, 100 qr.-casks vinegar, 6 casks seeds. 40 cases copper, 47 kef«. c? pp®r^!i s 'Ino1no cases wine. 3 cases pictures, 870 bags bark, 198 packages rope and oakum. Per Hawea, for the South ; 50 pkgs., 100 hides, 3 boxes, 113 cases, 2 trunks, 353 pipes, 215 sacks, 79 cheeses, and 43 cask?. Per Glimpse, from Shanghai: 150 armchairs, SO easy chairs, 14 reclining chairs, 14 rattan sofas, 2'? of drawers. 158 rolls matting, 85 cases preserved ginger, 29,856 bricks.—B. Tonks and °Per Saxson, from Lyttelton: 1,200 sacks flour. 16 casks meat, 26 cases bacon, 6 kega butter, 5 '"per Hawea from the South:— 7 cases bacon and hams, 79 cheeses, J. H. Hall and Co. Ex Hawea from Dunedin :-62 hhds, 5 barrels, 2 kilderkins, Marshall and Copeland s ale, 4 hhds, gi& SIS Shanghai :-289 packages furniture, 30,000 bricks, 79 packages matting, 8o cases ginger, 9 pictures, 2 vases, and 1 piece silk gause.

EXPORTS.

Per Pretty Jane, for Gisborne and Napier: 20 ca«es wbiskv, 200 firebrick?, 83 pieces- timber, 47 Biero3 hardwood, 36 flower-rots. 2 casks putty, 47 mats sugar, 15 Ws staples, 10 boxes, 62 cases, 10 cases kerosine, 147 packages, 33 kegs, and 31 kP]Per Wave of Life, for Lyttelton : 48,000 feet timber.

ARRIVAL OF THE SEA BELLE FROM ADELAIDE.

The three-masted schooner Sea Bplle arrived from .Adelaide -with a cargo of wheat, flour, bark, &c, this morning, after a, passage of 21 daya. Captain Rosa reports leaving on the 11th, with a north-east wind, which lasted till reach ing Northumberland, on the South Coast of Queensland. Strong westerly winds were experienced till making the Three Kings on Tuesday last. Light north-ea3t winds to Cape Brott, and strong winds from the same quarter ARrFvAL OF sH ra^ H GLIMPSB FROM Mr J. M. Dargaville's well-known barque Glimpse arrived from Shanghai on Saturday night, withacargoof bricks, -matting. &c. Cap tain Morgan renorts leaving on September 4th. and experiencing B.N.E. winds for 10 days, when th c tail-end of a heavy typhoon was encountered, the wind blowing all round the compass with preat fury. The ship ran before it under two lower top and foresails to mid-day of the 15th, when the barque was hove-to under lower top saiJs. At i p.m., no signs of the weather abating, the lower topsails were taken off, and she lay under mizen-staysail and double-reefed storm trysail. Fine weather ultimately set in, and lickt winds and calms were experienced until October 2Sth, when the Equator, which had been cro=sed and re-crossed several times, was passed inloa°\ 165-6 B. The trades were light, varying from S.E. to S.S.K. Thence to arrival moderate EN B. winds. Poor Knights were sighted on Saturday, at 3.30 a.m., and the harbour made at 6 p.m. Passenger—Mra Morgan,

Iswabds Coastwise :-Ehzabeth Conway, schooner, from Whangaroa, with 32,24a feet timber; Coralie, cutter, from Russell, with 44 tons coal; Onward, schooner, from Russell, with 52 tons coal; Rover, schooner, from Whangarei, •with 30 tons coal, 19 bales wool, 1 bale fungus, 21 sacks gum, and 7 hides; Mary Ann, cutter, from Whangarei, with 30 tons limestone; Opo ™cutter?from'Opot.iki ,with.l3o sacte, maize 17 sacks potatoes, 4 casks beef, o bags fungu3, 12 hides, and* 11 pigs; Ocean,»2schooner, from Tauranga, in ballast; Orpheus, schooner, from Gisborne, with 120 bags flour, 93 sacks bran, t 6O CoASTWiSE.-Griffin, schooner, fo^e USs 9chooSe br al ßaxon arrived from Lyttelton to-day. She left on the 23rd, and [experienced arrived from East Coast to-day with a cargo of produce. Passenger :— Mr Downey Mbr^**^ The 3 steamer Pretty Jane. Island City, and several coasters, took shelter from the gale [in Drunken Bay on Saturday night. Ihe Pretty Jane resumed her voyage yesterday morning. Tlie schooner Wave of Life cleared to-day for Ngungum. where she is to load with 48,000 feet sailed for Gisborne and Napier with a full cargo on Saturday afternoon. Pa3senger—Mr W. McLennan. The barque Lebu is to commence loading up for London at once for the New Zealand Shipping °The as Qs/ Argyle leaves for Whangarei and Mangapai to-morrow afternoon. The brigantme Island Lily sailed for Chatham Islands on Saturday afternoon, with a fall cargo and the following passengers^—Messrs Joseph Rayner, N.Sorenson, E. Avenll, Cbas. Wishart, NTCain, B. Wall, D. Frater, G. Gillies, and N. The schooner Caledonia left Haabai on November 18th for Nunnka and Tonga. The s s. Hawea arrived from the South at an early hour this morning. Passengers:—Misses Chapman, Rowe, Gordon, Reynolds, and Lind, Mesdames Carr, Lyon, Roberts, Spencer, Bonham, and Allender, Mr and Mrs Teasdale, Mr and Mrs Andrews, Messrs Hill, Yon der Heyde, McDowell, Eldom, Sheppard, Rutley, Nichol Barnett, Scott, Pole, Horrell, White, McLean, Garrett, Wilson, Mandeno, Graham, McKay, Beaver, Jones, Harris, Johnston, Bridgewater, Mabel, Blackwell, Captains Worsp Sid Sinclair, Dr Henry/.2l steerage, and officers and crew of s.s. Taranaki. The brigantme Active was at Vavau on the 13The 1s.s. Rowena arrived from Tauranga on Saturday evening with 30 bales wool, 30 sacks wheat, and 100 sacks wheat, and tiie following passengers :-Mesdames Fielding, Page, Thomp son Mr and Mrs Tarbot, and Messrs Nolan, Chatfleld.andlnwo6d. . The schooner Norval wa3 lying at Apia, sailed for Russell this after hood. She will return on Wednesday morning, and will sail South on Thursday afternoon. The Hawea picks up the Gisborne and Napier pas sengers by the Taranaki at Tauranga, and will land them at their destination on her way South. Passengers : Mrs Williams and three children, Misses Gilfillan and Rackstrawc (2). <&*as£ Messr3 Goodefroi and Sons'" island trading Schooner Vavau arrived from-the islands on Saturday evening in ballast, for the purpose of undergoing repairs. She left Tonga on the 19th ulfc and encountered moderate and strong breezes and calms on the run across, making the harbour at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Beetchon and two children, Mr The schooner Energy left Haabai for Vavau on November 17th, - . The schooner Mary Ander3on left Apia, Samoa, for a labour cruise to New Hebrides oniuctober 2ad' LYTTELTON. N0v.24; Josephine, from Thames; Circe, fromßatavia; Camille, Torea, and Helena from Kaipara; Letterfourie, from Onehunga. Nov. 24: Prince Alfred, for Kaipara. Sailed—Nov. 25: Barque Stag, for Kaipara. ONEHUNGA SHIPPING. DEPARTURES, Atlanta, schooner, Abrams, for Waitara. EXPORTS. Per Fiery Cross, for Invercarglll: 50,000 feet sawn timber. IgJThe schooner Atlanta sailed to-day for Waitara with 22,000 feet timber. • .■: ', V t The schooner ■•• Fiery fjCrostf"cleared at the Customs to-day for Invercargillf with a cargo of timber, which will be loaded at the I Heads. >

DEATHS.

KELL V.-On the 2nd December, at her parents 3 Weave as abovetCHnwrow (Tuesday) af tarnoon, at 3 o'clock. Friends will please accept this invitation. '■-,

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

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1878

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

New Zealand has ofteu been foully libelled in English journals by disappointed and unscrupulous writers. " Shallow observers have rushed through the colony at railway speed, aud have scribbled off a rambl ing sketch for publication in some English newspaper, as for instance Sir Charles Dilke, who thought that the Bay of Islands was in the tropics. Soft-handed adven turers havecome out withcoleur do, rose views of the rough earnest life of the bush, and finding it sheer hard work instead of romauce and poetry, have returned disappointed seeking any excuse but their own want of pluck and industry to explain their failure; and have vented their disgust in the columns of any journal open to them. Mischievous political schemers, reckless of the financial credit and commercial prosperity of the colony, have sought to undermine opponents by circulating in sidious libels in influential English journals, and in various ways attempts have been made to injure the colony. Fortunately through the able advocacy of colonists, New Zealand has been completely vindi cated ; and in the great majority of cases the crucial arguments of facts and figures have dissipated the shallow flippancies of the libellers. But perhaps the most in famous and lying specimen of this kind of thing we have ever seen in print was published in a newspaper called "The Colonies and India," in Oct. last. The paper tbmigh it has not a large circulation amongst ordinary readers, is, as its name indicates, widely distributed. We reprint the following precious extract :—"Go some Saturday evening into some small public house in any country town ; see there a man dirty and unkempt, smelling .strongly of beer or gin, with his hands in his trousers pockets, and a battered hat on the back of his head, without a necktie, and -with a shirt from the appearance of which one might justly conclude that he had been born and grown up in it—a man who never in his life made the acquaintance of the letter h, and whose education was begun, continued by means of "Reynolds'" or some similarprint —a man whose sole subjectof conversation is sensuality in its various forms, and whose only idea of music is a, bawdy song, and, such as he is, you have an ex cellent type of a certain class of the honourable representatives of this colony." From a perusal of the paper in which this stuff appears we gather that it is devoted to the interests of the squatters and landowners in the colonies, and it is therefore not surpris ing that Sir George Grey, Mr Berry, and other friends of the people are roundly abused. The style of the extract above quoted is, however, sufficient to stamp the character of the writer. His knowledge of low-class public-houses, and his familiarity with bar loafers point him out as one of those outcasts of English respectability who are sometimes expatriated by their relatives to save the family honour, and who eke out a precarious existence between the intervals of occasional charitable re mittances by loafing on some confiding hotel-keeper, or prostituting the degraded remnants of an early liberal education in the interestsofpoliticalschemesand monopolists. Such men, through the influence of friends in England, occasionally foist upon English journals,letters tinged with the misanthropy and low associations of the writers, but the landom arrows thus discharged seldom strike home. Their only mischief lies in anonymity. Were the real character and position of such writers as the Welling ton correspondent of "The Colonies aud India" disclosed his raviug would be con temptuously consigned to the purifying element of the nearest lire. We venture to say that there is not a single member of either branch of the New Zealand Legis lature to which the above extract would apply. It is a lying fabrication, and it stamps the man who penned it as a con temptible libeller. He has evidently taken as his model that lamentable specimen of wasted talents and irreclaimable intempe rance, who, from occupying one of the most honorable positions in the colony, sunk by degrees to the depths of a pot-bouse loafer, and a poor homeless vagrant, a spectacle for angels and men to weep over. But even in this pitiable case there was educated talent of the highest capacity, and talent which still occasionally gleams up from the expiring embers of former genius. We make bold to say that there is not now, and never was, any member of the New Zealand Parliament which the above extract would fit.

THE NEW TELEGRAPH ASSOCI ATION.

IN the " Herald " of Saturday, under the heading "English Cablegrams," appears one of the most remarkable rigmaroles we have seen, even in the columns of our contemporary. The writer informs "our readers" that there has been in existence for some time "a very singular and profitable monopoly," which "through securing the exclusive right to Reuters cable messages from London, as well as the special messages to the "Sydney Morning Herald " and " Melbourne Argus," which were purchased at a low figure, and retailed to the newspapers of this colony at a large profit, has long defied competition, neglected complaints, and pocketed a very handsome income." The article then goes on to say that Mr Collins, Reuters general agent, has resolved to supply any papers in New Zealand directly—and taking ad vantage of this, a new association has been formed in opposition to Messrs Holt and McCarthy's firm, who are, it is alleged, now only to receive cablegrams in the same way as their opponents. The outcome of it all is to be that under the new Association " the payment for these messages will be made, not at so much per word, which is a premium upon bogus ' filling in,' but by an annual fixed sum, which will include all charges except the local wire charges in New Zealand. The annual contribution will be fixed upon alow scale, and, considering the increase in the messages which has been promised, it is estimated that a reduction of fully 25 per cent, will be effected upon present rates." What all this has to do with " Herald" readers we cannot pretend to say. Our contemporary is not usually so communi cative touching private business affairs, and probably the stimulus on the present occasion is a desire to put the best face it can on the failure of what would, if perpe trated, have been the biggest job and monopoly ever attempted in New Zealand, In the first place, it must be observed, that Messrs Holt and McCarthy have never exercised a monopoly. The telegrams procured by them on behalf of the whole press were impartially open to all subscribers upon the most reasonable terms ; and in addition, the papers might procure as much special telegraphic matter as they chose. This did not suit several newspapers. On the one hand_they were too parsimonious to employ special correspon dents, as the Star has continuously done, and on the other hand|they wished to get special advantages from the Agency to the detriment of other papers. Fail ing r this with , Messrs • Holt and McCarthy, they endeavoured by political r scheming to procure privileges in the tele graph department, denied to other journals —the right in fact of using this public office some hours after it was closed to

i everyone else. There they were again thwarted, the' Government making a con tract with them,, but at the> same time, making another contract, upon'exactly the same terms, with Messrs#Holt\and Mc- Carthy. The next move was to send an emissary over to Sydney and Melbourne for the purpose of buying the right to the cablegrams, to be used exclusively by these two or three .would-be monopolists. For it should be observed that these papers, unlike Holt and McCarthy absolutely refusedj'at that time, to supply others in the same town. The Press Agency and its supporters, however, wei c too active for them in Austra lia, and bid higher. The consequence is that the cost of cable messages has gone up very considerably, the extra profit going into Australian instead of New Zealand . pockets, but the morning paper combination -was outbid and outwitted. They then opened up negotiations with the Stab, Special agent in Sydney, for the purpose of buying him over. Being kept posted up in all their movements, we were able to upset the scheme again. The whole thing having thus ended in a miserable sham, the original design defeated it is hoped now to tempt into the abortion of an association, those newspapers which before were to be shut out, with the ultimate intention, we presume, of playing fast and loose with them after the Press Agency is got out of the field. It is hardly necessary to say that the independent sections of jthe press are not such tools as to walk into the trap. The giant in labour has brought forth a miserable mouse, which within a very short time from its birth will probably be devoured by the portly cat in the form of the Press Agency. That the " Herald" is calculating without its host even in the small privileges which the article referred to claims, is pretty conclusively shown by the following telegram from our correspondent in Wellington:— WELLINGTON, Saturday. Mr Horton of the Herald is telegraphing round tho colony that the Press Agency are circulating false reports that they have been appointed Reuters agents for cable new rs and adding that he. has arranged with Mr Collins, Reuters managing man, that the new agency will be supplied with cable news as well as the Press Agency. Mr Horton must be under a misappre hension, because I have seen the original tele gram from Melbourne, and a letter from Mr Holt to Mr McCarthy, confirming the matter. The agreement was signed last Monday. Mr Horton is angry because yesterday he tele graphed to the Agency that after the end of the year ho would not require nows of any kind from them. Mr Horton appears to have been euchred altogether, both in his attempt to kill the Agency and secure for his paper the Stab's specials.

On our fourth page to-day appears several letters with reference to Father Henneberry aud Pastor Chiniquy. With reference to the accident to Mr Moon at Hamilton a correspondent suggests that the same system should be adopted iv connection with punts in country districts as was used in Australia, on the Murray and Murrambidgee, where a bar was put up at either ends of the landing whenever the punt left for the other side. The annual soiree' of 'the Graf ton-road Wesleyan Sunday-school will-be held in the school-room to-morrow evening at half-past six o'clock. C. J. Stone, Esq., will occupy the chair. The addresses will be inter spersed with music. The regular monthly meeting of the mem bers of the Ara Lodge will be held this evening in the Masonic Hotel, Piiuces street. Mr J. S. Macfarlane will meet the electors of Waitemata to-morrow (Tuesday) eveiaing in the Devonport Hall. The members of the Eemuera Literaiy and Discussion Society will close their first session this evening with a discussion on Oliver Cromwell, a character which, we be lieve, has been discussed by every class of young men in Christendom. Poor JN oil! Kequiescat in pace. UsThe Saturday evening temperance meet ing in the Albert-street Hall was better at tended, and a nnmber of speakers were pre sent. Mr Madden sen. occupied thelchair. Mr Waymouth read extracts from the evi dence of Dr Richardson, oh the obstructive influences of alcohol on the physical|system, closing with Wm. Bailey's moving experi ences. Mr Downey followed with a speech of considerable length on the three crutches of the drinking custom, (1) the social crutch, (2) the business crutch, and (3) the health crutch, all of which were cleverly broken by the speaker. Mr McDermott gave a recitation, " The skipper and his daiighter," and Mr McLeod closed with reminiscences of Edinburgh, and the doings of Scottish people at John Knox's coiner, before the passing of McKenzie's Act against Sunday drinking. A cricket match in the Domain on Satur day afternoon, between the Parnell and Union Clubs, resulted in favour of the former. The scores -were—Parnell 70, Union 52. W. Ivens for Parnell made 45, and A. Cromwell 13 and D. Kane 10 for the Union.

We have received from the Government Printer, a volume containing the Local and Personal Acts of the General Assembly, during last Session. Several events came off at the Amateur Athletic Club Sports on Saturday afternoon after we went to press. Davy won the mile handicap easily, with Haultain second. The 300 yards handicap was won by Ring, Gatland being second. Henries won the mile walking handicap, with Cotter second. A plan for the extension of the Domain Cricket Ground is at present before the Domain Board. Should the ideas contained therein be carried out, there will be suffi cient space for three wickets. Some efforts should be made to have the work com menced, as it would prove a great boon to the cricketing portion of the community. The Hon. J. Sheehan is expected to arrive in Auckland early to-morrow from New Plymouth. AnJialarm of fire was raised last even ing a few minutes after 7 o'clock, which was said to be in Chapel-street. The mem bers of the brigade, under Mr Hughes, and others-were speedily on the spot, and in a few seconds the fire was extinguished by buckets of water. The fire was caused by, it is supposed, a spark getting among some shavings. Fortunately no damage was done beyond the breaking of a window.

We have been requested to state that Miss Aifiel won the Consolation Stakes at the Waikato Races, and not Mermaid, as published by the Waikato " Times." In consequence of the number of applica tions coming in, the receipt of proposals for shares in Kempthorne and Prosser's Drug. Company has been extended till December 21st. A notice to that effect by Mr A. Saunders, Auckland broker, appears in tmother column.

Mr Jack, the general manager of the National Insurance Company, during his visit to the United States has completed arrangements with the South British Com : pany for the agents of the latter in California, Messrs Callingham and Co., to represent also the National there. The two Companies now issue a joint policy in California and adjoining States, and the papers speak approvingly of the financial strength, of the combined Companies, and of the agents in 'Frisco.

Our own correspondent at Hamilton writes:—The Rev Mr Calder, Mr Alfred Cox, and Mr R. F. Sandes, worked most energetically to render the bazaar a success, and they succeeded in achieving a financial success beyond their highest expectations. Mr N. JK. Cox took charge of ths decoration of the stalls, and stuck to his post through out. The Ladies' Committee worked most assiduously, and was composed of the fol lowing :—Mrs Calder, Mrs Cox, Mrs Gwynne, Mrs Hume, Mrs Jolly, Mrs McPherson, Mrs Sandes, Mrs Searancke, and Mrs Vialou.

A handsome presentation was made on SaturdayJn the Telegraph Office to Miss Coleman and. Miss Mary Coleman, on the occasion of their retirement: from the Department. A1 richly embossed album, suitably inscribed, was given to each young lady, in token of the high estimation in which they have always been held by all the officers of the Department. We learn on good authority that Mr W. J. Hurst is expected to arrive in Auckland by the January San Fraancisco mail.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Domain Board, which should Have, been held this morning, lapsed for want of a quorum. The only member present was Mr G. M, Mitford. A cricket match was played on Friday after noon between the City East CO. and the Choral Hall CO., and was won by the former by 45 runs. The following are the scores :—' Cityvkast C.C.-First innings: VVynyard, 9; McConnell. 2; Nicholson, 3; Oblson,,10; Oolebrook, 1, Brnce, 0; Baker, 1; Speight, 0; Wooller, 5; F. Burton, 1; Croker. 1; extras, 5 : total, 38. Second innings: Wynyard, 9; MoConnell, 2, Nicholson. 0; Ohlson,6; Cole»rook, 12; Bruce. 5; Baker, i; Speight, 9; Wooller 21; F. Burton, 1; Cioker, 1; extras, 3: total, 51.-ChoralHall C.C. -First innings: Done, 9; Durrien, 4; Car micliael, 5; Laird, 0 ; Burton, 0; Somerfleld, 0, Ashton, 0; E. Ashton, 1; Rosa, 1; Tottle, 0; HewEon.o'; extras, 2: total, 22.. Second innings: Done,!; Somerfleld, 1; Dumen,7; Lanrd, 01, Carmichael, 0 ; Kirby, 5 ; Burton, 1; Asnton, U, Hi. Ashton 0; Boss 1,; Hargrayes, 0: total, 22. The Kemuera Musical and Literary Society s closing discussion on "Oliver Cromwell will take place this evening. 0Q At about ten o'clock [on the night of Sept. 28, Bays me Samoan Times, we were visited by ia heavy shock of earthquake, which lasted for £ illy thirty seconds, and appeared to 1 r ivol from west to east. The raitling of the;wmdows, the rocking of the houses, and roar of the earthquake Itself, put one in mind of being in an omnibus driving over a metal road. The shock was also folt on board the vessels in harbour, causing them to jolt and the chains to rattle as if the anchor was being dragged over a rocky bottom. Yesterday morning we were visited by another shock, though in a milder form.

WRECK OF THE SHIP SOUTHMINSTER.

[BY TELEGRAPH.]

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, this day. The Southern Cross, which arrived here last night, reports sighting the ship South minster, 1,243 tons, Captain McFee, with twenty-three hands, and the captain's wife (a passenger), on shore, inside the Kelp Reef, near this port, while on her voyage from Lyttelton to Wellington. _ The Southern Cross despatched a boat imme diately on shore with Mr Lodder, manager of the Auckland Steam Packet Company, with the mate, the purser, and two hands, to see if they could render any assistance. They found the vessel had four holes in her bottom, and the water was washing in and out with the rise and fall of the tides. At high water, there was about 7 feet of water in the hold, and at low water about 1 foot. The captain and his wife left for the Kai koura telegraph station that morning. THE MATE'S ACCOUNT.

The mate has supplied the following particulars :—The ship went ashore on Friday morning early, on the Shepherdess Reef, while the vessel was shaping N.E. by N., with light winds and thick foggy weather. The rudder was knocked out, aud afterwards she drifted inside the kelp bed, where she now lies with a rock through her bottom. fc*he was built in Quebec two years ago, and is now owned by a London firm ; Ler cargo being Yankee notions, McCormick's reapers and binders, and American organs from New York ; in all between 400 and 500 tons of cargo. She was consigned to Messrs. W. M. Bandayne and Co., of Wellington. lam unable to give any particulars about the insurance, although I believe both the ship aud the cargo were partly insured.

All the crew had landed with their effects by noon on Friday in the ship's boats, but nothing has been done towards landing the rigging and cargo ; in fact, the sails were all loose and flying, just as they were when she went ashore.

THE STELLA GOES TO THE SCENE.

It is considered that it will be a hopeless attempt to get her off; but with the wind from the N. VV., as now, all the cargo and running gear ought to be saved, as the sea is quif c smooth, and the vessel close to the beach. With aS. E. wind she would go quickly to pieces, and nearly everything be lost or seriously damaged. A portion of the cargo, consisting of organs, will be completely damaged. Pieces of the cargo are floating about at high water. The crew reported they were in want of nothing, having landed enough stores, and made tents of the sails. They declined going to Wellington with the Southern Cross, be cause the captain was absent; so the steamer proceeded on her course, after a detention of about two hours. The Kiwi, which arrived here early this morning, reported having seen .the wrecked \essel, with the sails flying loose, as described above. The Stella has gone to the scene of the wreck, INSURANCES. The United Insurance Co. has £550 on the cargo of the Southminstor, aud the National £500. The South British had lines to other ports, which are landed ; amount on goods remaining in vessel, £2,189, F.P.A. only. Any re-insurances are under open policy on total lives in vessel, and are not now accurately known.

CABLEGRAMS.

(SPECIAL, TO THE "STAR").

(FROM OUR SPECIAL LONDON

CORRESPONDENT.)

THE AFGHAN WAR.

impulsion cf Socialists from Germany. LONDON, December 1. Forty leaders of Socialists, including many members of the German Parliament, have been expelled from Berlin.

Russian Peace Party Active.

Khyber Pass Communication.

LONDON, Saturday. The peace party in Russia is very active. Communications in Khyber Pass, which were interrupted, have been restored.

(SPECIAL TO PKESS AGENCY.)

Attack on a Convoy in Kyber Pass.

The Attack Repulsed. Russian Intrigues with the Ameer. LONDON, November SO. The Afreedis attacked a signalling party in the Kyber Pass, where the progress was blocked by a convoy. The attacking party was stopped by heavy firing at Ali Musjid. Only one tribe is hostile. LONDON, December Ist. Diplomatic correspondence from Central Asia shows that General Kaufmann is in constant communication with the Ameer of Cabul. The Russian Government at first denied that their troops were marching on Cabul, but afterwards treated the matterj as an independent act of Kaufmann, and declared that he was only on sick leave, and his motive was one of simple courtesy to the Ameer. Russia repeats her past assurances that she has no intention of intervention in the affairs of Afghanistan.

THE WOOL MARKET.

LONDON, November 30. The Queensland has arrived, j The money market is rather firm. The bank minimum is unchanged. The bank rate for three months bills is 4&.. ~ ~~:~. ....,., ■ i'" ■ Government securities are steady. Con sols, 96. " . , ; : Wool is dull. Prices,; as compared with last series, show a decline in medium and inferior of 2d to 2£d." Reserved lots are neglected. New Zealand is Jd lower. Cross-bred"wools* have been disposed of. The corn market is firm and steady.

Wreck of the Taranaki.

Account by a Passenger. The following account of the wreck of the steamer Taranaki, written by a passenger, gives a very graphic account of the FIRST'GLIMPSE OF THE ISLAND. 1 I was on deck at the time the. vessel struck, which was about five minutes to 9 a.m. If'was very foggy. The breakfast bell had just rung, when suddenly a large mass of apparently dark clouds loomed up right ahead. I Was wondering what i,t was, but I kept my eyes on it; and was horrified to see it assume the form of an upright cliff, with breakers bursting at the foot of it, and ugly-looking rocks stretching out of the water all round. We were only 200 yards off, and were goiDg full speed ahead. I wondered why no alarm was given, but I have since learned that the cap tain, as soon as the danger was per ceived, gave the order " Stop her," and "Full speed astern." I did not hear any thing until I saw a man rush to the engine room skylight and call out " Hard astern." Captain Malcolm tells me that he at first tried to put the helm sufficiently hard a-port to carry the vessel clear, but although the island is not more than 300 yards across, and we were going right on to the centre of it, the distance was too short to enable the ship to answer her helm; and, seeing this, he left her to go straight in. - When we struck we were going about seven knots an hour. By great good luck we did not go bang against the solid rock, but HIT A LITTLE CLEFT between two detached rocks, where the water gradually shallowed. The steamer ran up with a hard grating sound, without much of a shock, and immediately began to lurch over to port, making loud, clanging bumps with each successive swell of the sea. The chief danger at this time was that the vessel might slip off into deep water, but fortunately she ran onfarenough to hold on till alllives were saved. Auother fortunate circumstance was that there was a big half-tide rock under her port bow, which kept her from falling over on to her beam-ends. _ __ GETTING OUT THE BOATS. It seemed a tremendous time before the boats were got out, but this, I believe, is always the impression under similar circum stances. The actual length of time was caused by the wise precaution of getting all the k boats ready before any boat was sent down. There were only eight men in the crew, and had four or five of these been sent away there would not have been sufficient left to get the last two boats out. The women and children were the first sent for ward. Captain Malcolm feared that the vessel might go down stern first, but when he saw she had settled firmly on the ledge he sent the women and children aft, and they were got into the boats from the starboard gangway. There was some little crying on the part of the women, but they be haved splendidly ; more especially when it is remembered that for fully 20 minutes before they got away, the ship was lurching tremendously, and threatening to go right over. Only one man disgraced himself, and that was a" dark-looking ruffian, a steerage passenger, who;used the foulest language, and kept threatening to brain everyone who opposed his progress. The mate threatened to throw him overboard if he persisted in his attempts to get on board the first boat, and the cowardly cur was wise enoughto retreat. When the 'women were being sent off a large number of the male passengers LANDED ON A LARGE DETACHED

rock ; ou the port side, getting there by a rope and plank. The messroom steward had a very narrow escape. While stepping from the plank a huge wave caught him before he could get out of reach, and he was washed right off into the breakers. The under current prevented him coming to the surface for nearly half a minute, and when he did another wave dashed him within 3 inches of a sharp ledge, which would have smashed his skull in had he struck it. As it happened, he caught it as he rose, and clambered up out of harm's way. Half-an hour later those on the rock were ordered back on board by the skipper, as it was impossible for the boats to come round to them owing to the heavy swelL By half past 10 all were safely put ashore under the lee of the island. It is called Karewa or Lizard Island, from the large number of ENORMOUS LIZARDS

with which it abounds. Some of them are seen measuring fully 18in long. It is simply a huge rock about 4 acres in area, with a peak about 500 ft high at the southern end, and a stunted growth of kara"kas almost covering it. The Jight soil* overspreading the rock is very treacherous; being full of bird holes and lizard burrows. There was no shelter, and we waited patientlyjfrom 10 till 4 before thes.s. Staffa came and took us off. Had I not received valuable assistance from Mr Brown, of the Australasian Life Insurance office, and another gentleman, whose name I do not know, I fear it would have fared badly with one of the little ones. You may imagine how thankful I was to see them all safe in the - boat. There was no time to look after my luggage, and nearly all of it is lost; although, in this respect, I am no worse off than several others. Our largest case was picked up by the cutter Waratah and brought into Tau ranga yesterday. THE MISTAKE.

Captain Malcolm received three cheers when the Staffa left for Tauranga, and he has our heartiest sympathy, for no man could have been more careful. He says, according to his reckoning,—aud he had been pricking his position on the chart only five minutes before, he should have been 4 miles north and 2 miles to the eastward of his actual position. It was fearfully bad luck to hit such a small island. A captain might try to do it fifty times and not succeed. Some of the pas sengers return to Auckland by the Hawea and resume their journey via the West Coast, but we shall have to wait until the Hawea returns. The people of Tauranga have behaved nobly, putting themselves to the greatest inconvenience to accommodate us. Mr Edgcumbe, late ot the " Bay of Plenty Times," has, with the greatest kindness, insisted on our remaining at his house until we can go on. It was unfortunate that so many women and children were on board. The ladies' cabin was so crowded that the gentlemen had to turn out of two of the adjoining cabins,Jand give them additional room. The Maoris on board were very philosophical over the accident, and some of them began playing cards as soon as they were put ashore. Had the accident happened at night and where there was any sea on, there must have been great loss of life. The vessel broke up during Friday night, and there is only a small portion now above water. WHAT THE MAORIS SAY. Some Maori diggers from the Thames, who were on the Taranaki at the time of the disaster, say that if a native had been at the wheel or on the look-out, the accident would never have happened. One of them declares he whispered to the man on the look-out, ten minutes before the ship struck, that there was land ahead. COMPLIMENTARY ADDRESS TO CAPT. MALCOLM. On Saturday morning an address, signed by the passengers, was presented to Captain Malcolm, sympathising with him, express ing their indebtedness to Mr Holme and himself, and requesting him to distribute the accompanying sum of money, £53 7s, between the crew. ' Attention was specially drawn to services rendered by the sflicers of the stewards' department, and a lad from the Training School. A complimentary letter was also forwarded to Capt. Baker, of the Staffa. / f ARRIVAL OF THE HAWEA AND ! ■' : '■'■ , lONA. | ; The Hawea arrived at 10.30 a.m. yester day, and the lona, with Mr G. Yon der Heyde and Captain Worsp, at' 11.30 a.m. ; The lona has called at the. wreck on the: way -down. A survey was deemed un necessary, and the Hawea lett again at

officers remaining behind % <W H:

DISCOURSE TO MARRIED MEN.

JSO MBit Immediately after «,„ ■ ■ ? night, Father Hennew'gJ'* o^ ' married men and a;' es u^ted»ft; I orderthathis ofa^^to *$!* been interrupted by the C *' morning might be compfiL'* Whf remained in the bnildSJ^.Ab3 I m general terms to tlie ;r tet refe* 0 I married state, and the 1 2eS>« ft prayer^ for the divine^^"Sftf married people to succe^fnn to 2' ¥ manifold' duties, 3 t ""yPe< t 8 I to which they were po«J Slst %S 1 the rev. gentto f n S^ **nJ 1 the pernicious, nnnatSSuSj «SR ing practices which we re S^W vooated by certain infidelsCS^ ' preventing birth, and which & aW| vailed to an alarming extent ?» States, where hundrfd s o Hho±A cruelly and barbarous] v ZT^fe - year before they were Zn ""g^ 5 bloody trace" of which he f^T^% <& in New Zealand, tending no?. 5^4 birth, butto destroy the hS^ to cause them to be bom -liffiS^i I compared to the crimes whicH nr^ I other persecutors of the peoule n f t °d and Ys mitted when they destroyShS^l^ V God's chosen race. The va*L{ !i Hell was open to receive' those wffij?ol ! m such practices ; and the derSanS^ I spirits were rejoicing that the,KJ S I which they were ignominiously fi> I not allowed to be re-occumed in ***** I of the action of those abominaS q> I natural fathers who refused A v and^ I ■ dren. The rev. FathefS^fe^ i: necessity of maintaining a strict^ H l over children, and howin d t2>ttl was that the sexes should \SFS***> il I every family, « even if they coX aJedill I" up curtains." But every J^^W I poor, could afford to spend a K n °lTevtf I board, to divide his %XS2 ?!? ; , children's safety was at stake Tf ?, hi 3 would say they had not a &l JL^ would ask themwherewasaW ds't8 they had earned since ftw&fS* Zealand, and how many sovSdSl^ I pour down their throats everJ?? ey N whisky which should be expendedStf i material and spiritual interests of ? ' families. Owing to the latene» iii? : hour. Father Henneberry fflH^j ■ refrain from touching upon thp 07,» *• m I education, which wa! tK ghe S 0] 0! momentous matter which coffieS 1 attention; butjhe wouldlake"thaEfe the subject of a-special discourse,2s p would be permitted to listen n v 1 Whenhe would be in a poffi to i" I that discourse he would announce later on^ 1

REV FATHER HENNEBERRY ON EDUCATION.

jneitoman uatholic service-yestetfofliiiM ing m the marquee was attended by uSSi 3000 people, including a comMefiWe nrSH P from other denominations. The 1W W" !''. Henneberry, before proceeding t&btt ¥< his: discourse, requested -the' HiberS©? 1 1 to attend in full TegaUa .next Sund^afe I' o'clock mass, when his mission Kofi E would close. Proceeding to speak on tiSv! If of education, said the provisS rth ft i mg.of boyswas inefficient:, .He then dS" I a discourse from the text, 2nd Cor.MixS lA the course of his remarks drew adS - mcture of the torments, of- the dam Sot ' damped,, as printed in our contßmSK; p plunged in the tortures and flames of hellffi eternity. In the evening the reV. eent ß m»! I' tookfor his text Kphesi-msvi. ?.«Dom»™SS ' He said the Church, and not the SuMfe \ l missioned by God to teach the people ' IfetnM I an anecdote of a son who had reproyedX father; and he argued that Christian education ' was necessary, in order to supply;the neglect 1' and inability of parents. The mention of W ■ and religion was excluded, from public schools "' and therefore he advised'his hearers to send • their children to Christian schools Tfo quoted his experience of the United ' States as an example of the deinofaludnL result of purely secular education. There were twenty I 1 millions of people in America who had no I religion. During the present century th*-T' Roman Catholic Church had lost 6,090000 of' its people through, secular education. As as M example of the dishonesty prevailing in America, he said that one morning the officera tJ of the Treasury robbed the Government of the I United States of 100,008,030 dollars; andmillions of acres of land had been acquired by bogus '•. titles. During the first quarter of the present fil year there were 3,000 bankruptcies in America, 1 and there were 57,000 divorces in the States every year. Hundreds of thousands of infanta* I were put to death by their own parents annually in the United States. That was the result of' 11 secular education, which opened the flood-gateaß of immorality. He predicted that similar 11 results would ultimately flow from the con- {11 tinuance of the present gofllesai system; of'il education in New Zealand. He quoted the * statements of Archbishop Williams, of Boston, who told parents to send their children to I give the public schools a fair trial, putting I; priests on the school committees, so as to take I the harm out of the system, and prevent thepso | of immoral books in the children's libraries, [) Three years ago BishopTWMams told hispriesta f, that their attempts to utilise the system tad I failed, millions of people having been led by tho [ secular system into infidelity. Unles3 the ehi!- Jjp dren were taught religdn every day in tLcaclioob \ . it would be useless for theirj parents -or pastes \f to try and instruct them. The Sovereign Pontil p! had expressed his opinion that any Catholic j| who approved of the secular system of educa- 11, tion could not be a true Catholic or recoivuttci Sacraments. He found that there were only three or four Catholics in Auckland who ap- j proved of secular education. They had thoso f ■ ange's of God, the Sißters of Mercy, amongst | them; and, so far as the education of Auckland ■ ladies was concerned, it was well cared for; though the education of the boys was notso I efßcient. j'eknew that a large number of tho a present congregation were non-Catholics, tat- | those who were Christians would not |f support a purely secular system of edu cation. He called on all present wao : were in favour of Catholic sehools.,to Btoaa up. (Here a large proportion •■ rose up, ana 100 rev. gentleman requested them to be again w seated.) He would on a future occasion sketcn > out a plan of Catholic education. The Christian Brothers could not visit Auckland at present, i but meantime au efficient corps of teacheH ought to be provided. After exhortingparents v on their duties in connection with the education g of their children, he said if the Government per- | sisted in withholding from Catholics the share of the taxes which they paid towards oiucabon, , he advised them to give a block vote agajnat any • man who would not vote for Christian schools. He knew the Catholic 3 were not strong enough to carry I'electipns, Cut tobj , i could punish some enemy, and any man wno i voted for secular education, was an ensmy vi * Catholics. Let them run against any such ma^, give a block vote against him,; scethim.ora: w a quickly as possible, and that would settta m 11 mind on the matter of education. Even v ™ newspapers were to make au onslaugut on n™ g he would repent what he said. By-and-by m | would recover their rights, and a system w I religious education would be estabhshedUwbiofl would contain principles of morality. ■.•1. J115I > I gentleman spoke throughout with great force, s But the above is necessarily only a Bummary w j his discourse. .

SUDDEN DEATH AT PONSONBY.

Another case of sudden death has oca red at Ponsonby to a maul in'years, nam» David Buchanan, who had been fflnpWJ* as a watchman at the Rope WorfodM* NeO Lloyd, of Ponsonby. On gwng v business this morning, Mr Lloyd was s • prised, on entermg|his office/to see _j » lifeless body of Buchanan stretched out* the floor. Information was immediau) forwarded to Constable Jones, who went v the place indicated by the messenger, m sawthe dead body. He sentferDrßaynW the nearest medical man of the district, w« attended, and having examined the dihj considered that it tad. been dead-.ati«u» eight hours. The body was cqnveyejw the dead house at Freeman's .Bay, »*JvL a Coroner's inquest, unless such sUoum^ deemed unnecessary. Mr known Buchanan for 25 years, he had ion erly been a hard drinker, but on enteu»r Mr Lloyd's employ as watchman ne'j'' turned over a new leaf, and abandonee .» drink ; he was from Scotland, was toye* of age, and without relations in the coit^ He had complained recently of pains pl stomach, and fancied he was touched in *- liver. __

A cricket match was played »* J^ESffi •between the Papakura and Epsom._Jf% a 6 Clubs, and resulted in a drawn ffi^JJes stroßgly in favour of Papakura. .}*ZZ , go; were? as follows r-Papakura-Ist taW&L the 2nd. 68. Epsom-lst innings, 41; 2nd, 21, w* "• loss of four wickets. Ttr»ii(.«iev-strts^ Rev. Allan W. Webb, of Welledey^ fc r Baptist Church, repeated his sermon, on» w from the Grave," last evening in .WfLtermon Royal, to a verylargecongregatiqn. ifl^ was in two pans, aud listened to with rapt at tion. The evangelic choir, directed by Wfa. Blomfleld, sang a number of hymns from «* and Moody, suitable to the occasion. .' "... ; : ""'■

EVENING SI A It, MONDAY, DECEMBER %



TffOTI C E O F REM OVAL. -DRiHAINES Will Remove on December from Parnell to the Alton Road—house recently- occupied by Owen Jones, Bsg., next to Presbyterian Church.



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