SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

.-ii ■! - v ,... rr \ I'hia Afternoon, 9.12 ■2zL--i .\ .-•.-) 'p, vmor vow TVlornini?, 9.33 -UN S.KT.—Tlvij Evening, 4.46 SUN RISK.—To-morrow Morninc;, 7.11 MOON'R A n F.-First Quarter, 7th, 3.31 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES. Taranaki, s.s. Malcolm, for Southern ports Hauraki, p.s. Oake?. for Waitara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For London—Lorraine, barque, early; Spirit of

the Davm, barque, early For Tauranga acd the South—Taupo, Thurs-

day, 6th For Russell, Bay of Islands—lona, every Mon-

day ; Waaafea, Monday, 10th For Sydney and Melbourne—Hero, s.s., Wednes-

clay, othinst. For Tnranoki and Southern provinces (from Manulcau)—Taranaki, to-morrow.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Sydney, P.M.S., from San Francisco,

Jun« 5 Queen of the West, ship (T.H.V.K.), from J^ondon. early rnnclm, barque (Y.P.R.M.), from London;

snileri March 15 Martha Fisher, barqne, (W.T.K.S.), from Lon ■""•'":-.ou ;to sail midale of April •SchiehalUon, barque (J.L.F.C), from London ;

wailed March JG Cerastes, barqna (KLWJ), from London; to

sail March 30 Lebu, barque. iJFLN). from London; to sail

middle of April City of Auckland, ship (TvMTR), from London ; to vail \T.sr'l 30 Spirit of the Dawn, barque (H.T.V.C.), from Lonrto-: willed February 11 Syren brig (T.P.N.H.I. from Sydney, early Belln 'Mary, barque '(T.M.J.8.), from Hobart

Town, early. George. Shotten, barque, from Lyttelton, early ?i;.,-T.uiß. T.u'u-s. barque, from New York, via Southern Ports, parly, "da C. Owen, brigantine, from Noumea and

Solomon Islands, earl; Nympbe. schooner, from Levuka, early Elizaboth Comvay, schooner, from Noumea,

et'-rly Mary Anderson, schooner, from Samoa, early Maswppa, schoouer, from > .evuka, early Talisman. sc!iooi:er, from Tahiti, early Cbarybdis, scbooner, from the Islands, early W'anaka, 5.8., from South, Saturday Lsetitia, solioor.er, from Noumea, early ?.:;'.>■uiliu Cloiul, schooner, from Levnku, e^rly. Edith, schooner, from Raroton^a, early Blanche, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Pearl, ketch, from Rarotonga, early Taiaroa, 5.8., trom ttieSovuh. Monday. K:c T?fro: 2 C:V 1 cigars.—E. and H. Isaacs.

THE MAIL STEAMER.

There was no sign of the mail ateamar when we went ;o rress.

In'wabbs Coastwise. — Mahurangi, cutter, from Chore, with 6 tons gum, 2 bales sheepskins, 14 oifaaiam and 2 casks honey; Isabel, cutter, from Matateana. with 25 lons firewood. Oittwakds Coastwise. — Rover, schooner, for AVhangarei, with 3,000 ft timber, 4 tons flour, and sundries; Phroaix. curter, for Russell, in bal'.&at: Isabel, cuttur, for ilatakai ->~ in ballast. The schooner Saxon cleared at the Cußtoms to-<:av, and will sail at once for Mercury Bay, where she is to load witfi 15,000 ft timber for The* r<!V. Tanpo arrived from Russell this mornim?, with 250 sacks coal, 120 sacks oysters, and 20 bags gum. . 51K1331 The 5.3. Taranaki sailed for New Plymouth and the South to-day. Passengers :—Mr and Mrs Dick3ori. child, and 2 servants. Mr and Mrs Thomas. Mr and Mrs Ruest, Mr and Mrs Orraoud, Mrs Hurst-house, Rev Mr Walsh, Major He-aphy, Messrs Patterson, Smith, Chat field, Nichol. Reid, Graham, Manninsr, Russell, Norman, Binney, Mer.celsohn, Blackaddor, and S i-ativPß-

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

Bank of New Zealand—Sellers, £23 10s. National Bank—Buyers, 783. Colonial Bank—Buyers, 535. South British Insurance—Sellers, 725. Union Insurance—Sellers, 16s. New Zealand Insurance—Sellers, 953. N.Z. Lroan (new)— Sellers, 67a 6d G-uthrie and Larnach Co—Sellers, 50s Union Sash and Dcor Co.-£5 73 6d Moanatairi— 65? ; buyers, 61s; sellers, 67s 6a. North Devon—l 23 6d; sellers, 12s Cd. Alburnia—Buyers, 553; sellers, 57s 6d. Union Beach—Sellers, 17s. Corby—3-is ; sellers, 355. Kuranni Hill—l4s Bendigo United—ss 3a. Watchman—ss 6d, 53 9a. Premier—2s 6d. __

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— Fcr Thames, this day, at 0.30 p.m.; ana to morrow, at 1 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Durham, to-morrow,

For An-tralian Colonies, Batavia, Singapore, China, and Japan, via Torres Straits, per s.s. City of Sydney, immediately after her arrival from Honolulu. ~...» For Wangarei Heads, per Rover, this day, at 1.30 p.m. For Kawau, per Heather Bell, to-morrow, at For' Waiwera, Warkworth, Te Arai, Waipu, AVangarei, and Mangapai, per Annie Mil bank, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Australian Colonies, per Hero, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. , , ~ . For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney asd Melbourne till 11.15 a.m. • For Taurar.ga, Gisborne, Napier, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Taupo, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. For Port Fitzroy, per Fairy, to-morrow, at For Whit'iariga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Friday next, at 4 p.m. N.B.—A post-office has been opened at near Wangarei. Mails will be made v.p-j-t this office every Tue?day,at 4 p.m. Keturn mails will be received every Friday at 10 a.m. S. B. BTSS. Ohlef .^OBjbmaßteT-.

BIRTH.

MORTON.—At Glunburn, Ponsonby, on tho 3rd June, tho wife of James Morton of a- son.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1878.

Ce**_s e__«a*fcaU*cl'i«i--^'«'*XM \ P tm lb. feSßce li_4_,e. _W.C,-, iw_i4fr_ f**fi___f(C*A,i-^*v»^ r-''-'J-

The N ew Zealand £3*500.000 loua bus been raised in London in twenty-four hours! Not only this, but move tluiu doulile tliat amount—in other words, upwards of £7,ooo,ooo—could have been raised if neces sary in the same time. This, surely, will be gratifying intelligence to the people of the colony, as shewing the strong confidence which practical and far seeing English financiers and capitalists have in the resources and prospects of the colony. When last session Sir George Grey moved the second reading of a Loan Bill to empower the Government to borrow a sum of £4,000,000 for purposes which shall presently be explained, Major Atkinson preached a kind of financial jerimiad on the extravagance of the proposal. He was good enough, out of his unbounded confidence in his heaven born genius for finance, to characterise the Premier as "."a mere baby in finance," and in a subsequent debate he delivered himself of the following lugubrious prophecy : — " The lirst thing that will be asked in the London Money Market will be ' what is the sum of £4,000,000 required for ?' and when the people at Home read the statement of the honourable gentleman and see that he knows nothing at all about our finance, and read those terrible untrue statements which appeared at the end of the financial statement, they will look with suspicion on the colony when they are asked to advance money to the extent proposed. * * If we attempt to place such a loan upontheMarket it must be an utter failure." No sooner had the news reached England of the' accession to office of the Grey Ministry than it was telegraphed out that there was a considerable rise in New Zealand stock, and'now after a lapse ot a few months the Government have not only succeeded in raising, without the slightest difficulty, a sum of £3,500,000, or £500,000 within the : amount asked for last session, but have \ received applications in one day for more J than (foublc that amount. So much for Major Atlcinson'.s reliability as a political prophet. The dolorous vaticination was, how ever, a legitimate deduction from his own j experience, the Atkinson Ministry, warned against making any further -application to the London market, having hypothecated every security in their possession, for tem porary loans. Alluding to this kind of finance Mr Thomson nn Otago member drily observed that what the Government called hypothecation was known in his country asL pawning. When the £4,000,000 Loan Bill was lincler discussion last session, the ex-- Premier, actuated, as subsequent events Droved, by a seliish desire to land his successful opponents, in financial diffi culty, used every means. tu induce a majority of the House to re duce the -amount to £2,000,000. The Government, however, found that it would be possible to carry a loaii'of £3,000,000 by a narrow majority, and, doubtless, would have succeeded in obtaining authority to raise r that : amount; but for one of these . Pariianipn tary;! accidents . which have ere now decided .even the fate of Ministries. Mr Joyce had paired for the; Government against Mr Moorhouse on the second reading of the Bill for half an-hour in order to bid farewell to a friend'

who was departing by an outgoing steamer. The half-hour passed, and Mr Joyce did not report himself to the Government whips. Whether it was that Mr Joyce was loth to tear himself away from the seductive company of his friend, or thatthesteamer was unexpectedly delayed, history sayeth not, but at all events the fact did not escape the observation of the Opposition whips. . The Government whips appealed to Mr Moor house to grant a few minutes' grace ; the member for Christchurch, with a show of Christian resignation, consulted his party, and of course that party claimed his vote. Thus it came a.bout that when Mr Joyce came rushing in a few minutes later £2,500,000 had been agreed upon as a compromise. The purposes to which the loan was to be applied were clearly exolaiued by Sir George Grey in moving the second reading of the £4,000,000 Loan Bill as follows :— £1,500,000 for immigration and public works ; £500,000 for payment of Provin cial liabilities; due on Treasury bills, £832,000 ; £1,000,000 due to the banks on the hypothecated deben tures of the £1,000,000 loan, authorised in 1876; £300,000 due to Public Works account, besides other liabilities and votes required to continue the policy of public works and immigration ior a period of about eighteen months. As we have al ready explained, the amount was reduced by the short-sighted and factious opposition of Major Atkinson and his party to £2,500,000, leaving the liabilities to the banks, Treasuryjbills, and other sumsunpro videdffor. However, under the New Zealand Loan Act of 1876 the Government had authority to raise £1,000,000 for_ the follow ing purposes :—350,000 additional ways and means required for public works to the 30th of June, 1877 , £400,000 for such expenditure as the House might direct between the close of 1876 and the date at which further sums would be provided in the session of 1877, for the continuance of public works, and £250,000 to provide for probable contracts, and other liabilities of the province requir ing to be met before the end of the financial year 1870-7. Upon the authority of this £1,000,000 loan, a sum of £500,000 was borrowed from the Bank of New South Wales, secured upon short dated dobenturos, and a like sum, upon similar terms, from the Bank of New Zealand. The principal was made payable in London in three equal instalments, at intervals of one month, the first falling due on tho Ist December, 1878. This £1,000,000 is, therefore, included in the £3,500,000 just floated.

We have received two letters in favour of the Newton Borough. One of these, which is concise and well-stated, appears in an other column ; tho other, treating the oppo sition as a personal movement, we do not insert. Tf the borough movement cannot, on its own merits, overcome any opposition instigated by purely personal motives, it can have no great claim on the consideration of the burgesses. For our own' part, the advantages on the side of a compact suburban borough that would absorb three or four little highway boarda eeem so indisputable that we cannot accept the resolution carriod by a narrow majority at tho meeting on Friday as indicative of the decision of the ratepayers after an intelligent Bnd careful study of both systems of local government. . A little ritudy of the Municipal Corpora tions Act would have removed the chief stumbling blocks which apparently influenced some of the voters in their deci sion. " Truth " elsewhere points out very explicitly several of tho main points. The impression which has obtained that a Cor poration possesses high rating powers is anot unnatural deduction from the 2s 3d rate in tbo city. But the Municipal Corporations Act of 1876 is a totally different law from that under which the present city burdens wore created. The Act absolutely limits the rating powers ot a Corporation to a maximum rate of one shilling in the pound per annum—the rate which is now current in Karangahape district. It may be as much less as. tho Council pleases,butcannot be more without the express sanction of a majority of ratepayers. In order that there may be no doubt on the point, we quote the clause :

"108. The Council of every Borough shall once at least in every year, and from time to time as it thinks fit, make and levy general rates for the general purposes of the Borough ; but the total amount of such rates made for any one year shall not exceed one shilling in the pound."

The rating and borrowing clauses of the Municipal Corporations' Act are almost identical with those in the Counties Act, only there is this very material difference : that, while the Corporations Act prescribes tho total rating, the County taxation will be additional to the local rates levied by the Highway Boards. The position of Karanga hape and adjoining districts then, is this, that the moment a majority of one in the Eden Comity Council resolves to bring the Act into force, or Parliament repeals the permissive clauses, the ratepayers may_ bo made liable for one shilling County rating, besides two other possible rates,' and the shilling thoy now pay. So much for rating. A word or two may now be said on the question of representation. When tho Borough is created, the Highway Boards and their boundaries pas£ into oblivion. It remains for the burgesses, to make a fair division of the newly-created area into wards, with representation proportioned to population. There is nothing in the Act to prevent a perfectly equitable ".division-—or, if the* ratepayers thought it preferable, to make every candi date run the gauntlet of the whole burgess list, as in tho city; but the latter tends to an undue preponderance of the thickly populated centres. In the election of Mayor every burgess in the borough is on a levei—entitled to only one vote. In that respect, the municipal system is more democratic than the highway law, providing for a distinct representation of numbors in the head of the Corporation. The burgess roll, for election of other Coun cillors, provides, like the Highways Act, for multiplicity of votes iv proportion to pro perty, the maximum being five. Another fallacy which, we are informed, has been ontertained is an idea that the presont highway boards will have 6. kind of pre ference claim in the choice of Borough Councillors. It is hardly necessary to say that there is no foundation for any opinion of the kind. After the Borough has been formed, the Mayor and members of Council must be elected do novo. We shall not again enter at length into the comparative advantages of the high way and borough systems, which have been fully discussed in previous articles. The Highways Act in its present mutilated shape is wholly unadapted for the government of suburban districts, while the Municipal law provides in a tolerably perfect form for all the wants of a town population. It gives the burgesses absolute control over all their local revenues, including licenses and other fees which now pass to the County, be sides entitling them to an endow ment ; it reduces the number of local boards; and, properly worked, should create one good administrative body with small but efficient staff. Finally, it pro vides for drainage, and places a check upon the too common system of cutting up pro perties into narrow fever-breeding lanes which become a burden upon the rates and' a danger to the public health. A good deal might be said in favour of the union of Karangahape with the city, in prefer ence to the formation of a separate borough, but for the one fatal objection that, as the law stands, no new district, can be added to the cityg accepting mutual responsibility for past liabilities; and that involves participation in the. 2s 3d rate. We haye stated the facts in as simple a form as possible,1 in order that the ratepayers may clearly understand the merits of the question on which they are now called, upon _to give a decision. "Upon their choice will depend much of the future of the suburbs, and 4 serio,jU mistake will be made if, instead of djealing with the subject dispassionately; householders allow tueir opinions to be

swayed by side issue 3, liko those which formed the chief grounds of objection at the late meeting,

A report of the concert in aid of St. Thomas' chnrch, and an interesting account of the fiah-doalers' meeting, appear on our fourth page to-day. A meeting of the directors of tho Cale donian, Golden Crown, Cure, Red Queen, Waiotahl, and Manukau Companies was held to-day in Mr Charles Tothill's office, Shortland-street, for tho purpose of considering the report .of Mes»rs Hail and Block on the lode cut at the 400-feet level from the Pumping Association shaft. No decision was come to, but the matter was referred to the compaaies intertsted. An adjourned meeting of the Domain Board was held this afternoon in the Ministers' room at tho post, office. The plans of the drives were examined, but no decision was come to. Several minor matters aa to the cricket ground, &c., were arranged. The usual quadrille assembly at the Odd follows Hall, under the management of the committee, will be held this evening. An official M. C. will be in attendance.

Mr P. Doran and his troupe, the " Invincible's," will appear in a grand negro entertainment in Panmure Hall, on tke anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. The proceeds will be given to the funds of the Panmure Catholic Church.

At a meeting of Committee of tho Board of College and Grammar School Governors yesterday, Mr W. J. Young, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, ■ present second master of the Horton College, Tasmania, wan appointed to the English mastership of the Auckland College and Grammar School ; and Mr A. de L. Hammond, Christ's College, Cambridge, assistant mas ter of the Sydney Grammar School, was ap pointed to the LowerfSchool. We commend the following subject of universal complaint to tho attention of the Harbour Board :—" I wish to draw your attention to the state of tho Breakwater road, between Sims and Brown's corner and the railway station. Tliero is a very large amount of traffic both to tho railway station and to tho wharf, and it is very inconvenient for the passengers when the 7 o'clock train comes In, as there is no light of any description, except a small kerosene lamp. It is time something was done to these road*, and something towards the lights also.—l am &c., A Traveller." Sir George Grey and the Hon. the Native Minister will meet Rewi, Wiremu Kingi, and representatives of many other tribes, at Waitara, on tho 2lßt insfc. The Customs revenue of Canterbury for last week amounted to £19,059, and the land sales for the month of May realised £98,534. Nino out of ten applications for licenses nt Christchurch were refused at the Court tliero yesterday. Tho p.s. Tongariro is doing double duty just now, the Enterprise being detained in Auckland until Friday night to receive a now mast and overhaul. The Tongariro made tho run last evening in four hours and-a-half from Auckland wharf. She was 41min. to Brown's Island, and 2h. and smin. to the sandspit. The Tongariro leaves at 7 this morning, and the Rotomahana at 9, bo that there will be no afternoon mail from the Thames to-day.—(Thames " Advertiser.")

The members of the Star of Newton and Excelsior Lodges paid a complimentary visit last night to the Sir Henry Havelock Lodge No. 211.0. G.T., at their lodge-room (Young Men's Rooms). A large number of both lodges were present, and, together with the lodge itself, completely filled the room. After the business ot tlie evening had been completed, an excellent entertainment con sisting of vocal and instrumental music, interspersed with dialogues and recitations, was givem The lodges in the city working under the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of thn world (British) intend paying periodical visits to the lodge, in order to express their approbation of tho courso pursued by it in severing its connection with those who support exclusion from lodges on acconnt of colour.

We understand that the creditors of Mr William Wilson, who received his final dis charge at the sitting of tho Supreme Court in bankruptcy to-day, unanimously voted him the sum of £50 at the final meeting, and allowed him all expenses. Ihe Auckland Museum was re-opened to» day, and the alterations in the lower part of tho building add greatly to the beauty and usefulness of this department. The new ornithological case is 70 feet in length, and 9 feet high, ornamented with chastely wrought Corinthian caps. There are ten partition glass doors and four rows fo shelves running the whole length of the room. Tho work has been executed by Mr Lerwoll, builder, at a cost of £105, and in a creditablo manner. We may add that Mr Lerwell was manager of the new hospital works. Mr Cheesemau hopes to hare the splendid collection of birds, brought from the islands by Rev. G. Brown, the enterprising missionary, all arranged in the cases by tho end of the present week. J There was a very brilliant display of bunting on tho wharf and amongst the various vessels iv harbour to-day, on the occasion of the marriago of Mr Windsor to Miss Ellis, danghter of Captain Ellis, Har bour-master. A line of flags was also passed across the tee on which the water inoui' house, water-police station, and wharfinger's shod, are situated.

Key. Mr Wobb, of Wellesley-street, gave a capital lecture on Monday evening to the members and teachers of his church, on " Christian Evans," ?a somewhat eccentric but original pieacher, who lived at the close of the last century. The lecture was ex tremely interesting, full of life and anecdote in respect of the itinerant Baptist minister, whoso " feet were blessed upon the moun tains," and whose voice rang along the valleys of North Wales, and was like an inspiration of thousands in his day. Tho lecture caused much merriment, and acted as a rebuke to lecturers whose subjects are dry as dead leaves at the close of autumn. It is hoped that Mr Webb may be induced to offer his lecture to the public, an it was really to good to be allowed to die out in a solitary school-room.

Mr J. L. Hall has been engaged at the Academy of Music, Melbourne. Mr J. A. Tole has been engaged on behalf of some 400 natives in the Bay of Islands and Mongouui electoral districts, whose claims t» be pj£ ~on the electoral roll have been objected™ Dy Mr Williams, the late Registration and Returning Officer.

Mr Cox, member of the House of Rep resentatives for Waipa, whose political relations, with a large section of his con stituents, hare not been of the happiest description, has received an influential requisition asking him to meet the electors at Hamilton and explain his views on the political situation. The presentation of the requisition was kept quiet in the local journal, the "Waikato Times," but a notice signed by Mr Cox appeared, together with a local paragraph, intimating that "in obserrance of the time-honored custom of addressing a constituency before the meet ing of Parliament, Mr Cox will meet his electors on Thursday evening, the 13th instant, at the Court House, Hamilton." This way of putting it does not appear to have satisfied some of the electors, for the complete requisition is advertised in our columns to-day.

To the Editor : Sir, —I see by your report of the opposition meeting to the borough, that 480 signatures were attached to the petition in favour of the borough. Isow, sir, if such is the fact, how can Mr Cherry say that the petition was got up in a clan destine manner, &c. ? Surely if 480 rate payers have been solicited for their signa tures, it must have been sufficient publicity to the wbole affair, and not underhanded, as some would try to make you beliero. Mr Cherry's present opposition is rather remarkable, ae»i«g that a minute stands on the books of th« Highway Board, shewing that when he was a member of that body he actHally proposed and carried a resolu tion in fay our of the formation of a Borough. -Yours &o M Batebaybk.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.- NO. 111.

[By Aeous].

Debieing not to weary your readers with details about the great spiritual Mosque, which the Jgenius if not the inspiration of the Prophet Mahomet had erected for Mahomrnfidans at Constantinople or Mecca, just as the Roman Catholics tell ua Peter did for them at Roma, let us now pass to the political condition of Turkey, no th at towards the close of the subject I may be enabled to trace, I trust distinctly, the cauae and effect, or in other words, the reason of the civilized world now seokin^ to blot Turkey from the map of Europe Proper. Or, as Mr Gladstone again roughly puts it, "to send the Mahommedan Turks (about 3$ millions in all) in Europe ' bag and baggage ' back into Asia." This is, then, wkat ia known as the Eastern Question of to-day ; and it is to ao lye this seemingly simple question that the whole world is now arming to the teeth, and Dr Gumming is furbishing up the rusty tools of his prophecy to sco if they will not answer the purpose at last, and so allow him to rival the witches in '' Macbeth," or the old lady of Endor ! But there is truly no accounting for unscriptural hobbies, evon among orthodox divines. Turkey, then, by sheer conquest, possessed territory in Europe, Asia, and Africa ; and at the latest reliable census, exclusive of the tributary States of Egypt, Koumania, and Servia, its population amounted to 28,000,000 souJs; and with these States added, to 33,000,000 soula, or a little over that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1872. Exclusive of the tributary states, ita population was composed of 15,000,000 Mahommedans and 13,000,000 nou-Mahommedans of numerous creeds. The former are known to be in a majority in Asia and Africa, but in a minority in European Turkey. This is an important fact to be remembered, when the treatment of Turkey's Christian and Jewish subjects in Europe comes, later on, to be considered. As already stated, of course, the 200,000,000 people who recognize the Sultan as their head are aubjocts of many other nations, such as England and Persia, and acknowledge him in much the same way as tko Roman Catholics throughout the world do their Pope at Rome. The Go vernment then was a semi-Bhercratic des potism, founded upon the precepts of the Koran ; and the executive power was exercised under the hereditary Sultan by two signataries—the Grand Vizier, the head of the Civil Government ; and the Sheik-al-lelam, the head of the Church. Both were appointed by the Sultan, the latter with the nominal concurrence of the Ulema, a body comprising the clergy and chief functionaries of the Jaw, over which the Sheik-al-lelam presided, although he himself exercised neither piiestly nor judicial func tions. The Mufti were the supreme inter preters of the Koran, and were eonuected with the Ulema. The Sultan never declared peace nor war without consulting these "wise men of tho East." The temporal administration comprised three classes of "Dignities of the Pen." Here Byron, with his Greek sympathies, would doubtless have repeated to-day from his own master-piece of satire, "English Bards," the line— "That mighty instrument of little men." (1) The Sublime Porte of the Grand Vizier, whose offices we learned were burned down last week ; (2) The Porte of the Minister of Finance ; (3) The Agha, comprised of many civil and military officers—but this has been altered lately. The " Dignities of the Sword" comprised vice-regal and provincial governors. The Pashas, or governors, also received the taxes, which were ground out of the people by " farmers" of the revenue, who paid so much for being allowed to squeeze and rob the unfortunate lower classes ; and this has been in the past, and still is, the curse of administration in every Oriental country, except perhaps now in honestly-governed British India.

CABLEGRAMS.

To-Day's Despatches.

(Special to the "Star.")

(FROM OUfi, SPECIAL LONDON

CORRESPONDENT)

URGENT TELEGRAM

Emperor "William's Condition

LONDON, June 3, WHAKAPUAKA, June 4, 8.26 p.m.

The Emperor of Germany is kept very qniet.

His fever has abated,

The ehot3 which penetrated the wrist still remain. Those in the face have been removed.

THAMES ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP. Higgins won the Champion Rowing Match of^ the Thames easily. ENGLISH REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CONGRESS. The official date for the meeting of the Congress on the Eastern Question is fixed for the 13th June, at Berlin. Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Salisbury, and Lord Odo Russell, British Ambassador at Berlin, will represent England at the Congress.. ,

[URGENT TELEGRAM.]

Australians v. Yorkshire.

T&m SCOBS

LONDON, June 4... In the match, the Australians v. York shire, the Australians scores are as follows : Charley Bannerman, 25 ; Alick Bannerman, not out, 17 ; Horan, 31 ; Garretfc, 26 ; Allan, not out, 11.

_ The howling and fielding of the Austra lians was superior, Spoilbrth especially distinguishing himself, taking nine wickets.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.

FREE DISCUSSION OF ST. STEFANO

TREATY.

LONDON, June 4.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in pre senting to the House of Commons the dip lomatic correspondence on the subject of the Congress, said that the British Govern ment had accepted the German invitation to attend the European Congress, free dis cussion of the San Stefano Treaty toeing permitted, and.the acceptance being condi tional upon the other Powers accepting the invitation.

[SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.]

LONDON, June 4.

Lord Salisbury aud Sir Stafford Northcote read the German in citation to the Congress to discuss the whole Treaty. BERLIN, May 31. Each Power sends the Premier and Foreign Minister to represent it at the Congress. • June 4. The Emperor's condition 13 favourable. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. LONDON, June 4. The race for the championship of '■ the Thames took place to-day. Higgins was the winner; Elliott was nowhere in the race. AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS V. SURREY. LONDON, June 4. The match,, the Australian Eleven v. ■ElevenJJof Surrey, commenced at the OValj yesterday (June 3). The Surrey men .went first to the wickets, and ttoeir innings closed for 107. The Australians then went in, and; made 110 in their first innings, three runs; • ahead of their opponents. The attendance ir*a enormous. . . ... • ' i THE YORKSHIRE MATCH. 1 The following are the scores in-the match befwean the Australian Eleven and an efeven of Yorkshire:—Yorkshire : First winnings, 72; second iuniags, S3. Att3tra-

■ 1 Ju-st inniD^Tllsr^bT^? ted to win were maie with thf i wickets,.the Australians tb u «tjos *<rt aix wickets. .

Three Million Loan Floated.

The three million and a half loin i. , successfully floated. The GoveSfr* night, received telegraphic information^ 1 the loan had been subscribed mn« Ahat twice over on tho first day and t^ "ail lists would close next morning a Y tile tho country maila were delivered " Ottss

NEWTON BOROUGH QUESTION

(To the Editor of the Sta&)

SlB,-Would you kindly inaert the folfew'*'" ing extracts for the information of* ' payers of the proposed Borough of Newf as those opposed to tho Borough denvtv?1 correctness of the same :— 7 the The Counties Act.--The Hon \r Sheehan, in reply to a deputation codstV of Messrs A. K. Taylor, Chairman County Council, J. Wrigley, and ToS i stated that the Government would chrrc ' next session, introduce an Act to conrnefl^ counties to take the Act into oBerSL Mr Sheohan also stated that he S think any advantage would be gaiueii h delay, as the now Act would not contai any material amendment to that already force.—"N.Z. Herald," December M*til 1877. **»'■■

Advantages ova Mtjnicipautv.—Th Native Minister, in reply to a deputation from Ponsonby, said : "Why not create tta district a Municipality? I think such ■ district as Ponsonby, which is progressiii R. so rapidly, ought to be a Borough. Yob will remember that by becoming a Boroueh' tho district becomes entitled to 2000 acrS: of land of the Crown, open for selsction If I were a resident in Ponsonby, takW ' an interest in ita local affairs, I would certainly go in for the higher kind of ? Gov emm en t. My own experience suggests that a Municipality would receive more consideration from the Assembly.—" N ew Zealand Herald," March 14th, 1878.

Powers of Hating. —Borough ?Act, .' clauso 108, provides that the totaf '''' amount of general rate shall not exceed one shilling in the pound par annum, 5 Qlause 3 provides that if a majority of rate payers de9ire any special works in any part ' of the borough, they can by petition of rati- 'A payers have a separate rate levied on such part of the borough denned in the petition and such rate muht he spent in- the boundaries denned in tho petition. Clause 139 provides for power to borrow money, subject to the following restrictions : first, a';! meeting of ratepayers shall be held to con- ' aider the question of borrowing (after being advertised four weeks), then if approved of "■ by the-ratepayers at such meeting the Major, a shall cause a poll of ratepayers to be taken^s and if the number of votes given for the pro posal to borrow exceeds the number gitenT against it by one-fifth the money can be bor rowed j^and if the majority be less than one fifth, the Council have no power to borrows mone

AVAKDS. —As to wards, clause 21 provides that the Governor can divide the Borough* into wards on petition of one-fourth of the ratepayers in the Borough. Clause 109 provides that the Council shall cause a map of the Borough to be, made, and the levels permanently fixed. Such map or jplanito be open for inspection of all ratepayers.' All ratepayers ■will see by the above the advantages to be gained by forming a Borough; support the same and you will* have the privilege of spending your own'V rates in the district. Oppose it and you';| will, have the* satisfaction of seeing your rates spent by the County Council in the ~ Tamaki and Whau districts.—Yours &c., Truth. • " .-"•

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN, this day.;

Cure.—4olbs more specimens and picked stone were obtained yesterday. The leader looks well, showing gold in several places.'*•• * Queen of Beauty.—Good progress is being made with sinking the shaft. The mans- ' ger is breaking out quartz from the reef at h Piako. No. 8 level will start crnshingli to-morrow.

Crown Princess. —Mr Chappell, tribntera ~■- crushed 281bs specimens, obtaining 250z, gold. Latest Quotations. —Sales: |Albumia, 565; New Zealand Independent, Is 6d; Queen of Beauty, 9s 6d. Buyers:, Caledonian, 50s ; Cure, 5s ; Kurauni Hill, 13s ; Alburnia, 555. Sellers : Caledonian; 60s ; Rowe's tribute, 4s ; Titania, Is ; New Zealand Independent, Is 2d ;g Devons, 12s 6d ; Albnrnia, 57s 6d; Moanatairl -67s 6d.

RUSSELL, this day , MR TOLE SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATS, • THE ELECTORAL OBJECTIONS. T At the Revising Couit to-day; before Mr Lawlor, twenty native chiefs were present Mr Tole appeared on behalf of all the-, native new claims, and raised a preliminary objection, that as Mr Williams, Eegisi'l ; tration Officer, was not present, no objec tions were beforothe Court; and requested V the Revising1 officer to discharge the list, which he did. This admits nearlviOO natives. _ to the franchise who had been persistently struck off the roll by the late Registration.! Officer. Mr Williams had resigned yester- • day. • • ■•,.',■■ t ;■/,'■. .■ .> Harbour-master Baker has assumed the; Registration duties instead of Mr Williams. The natives are all. delip.hted.i,, '!

OOROMANDEL/-this day. New Golden Pah. -Some firstrate stone was obtained from . ac mine to-day. : i Corby.— It is re: -".rted that a good parcel of specimens was >' 'tamed last night.:: !/ The Eureka covunue to get good crush-

ing.atuff. v ■ "!■ The Licensing 'Jourt yesterday was post poned until Thmsday, owing to there being. no quorum. •

DUNEDIN, this day-V SEVERE WEATHER UP COUNTRY. The weather up country has been unusually severe. Mining operations are, entirely suspended, sheep are dyiog_ oj hundreds at Cardrona,' the wind has been" incessantly high for a week, and •aU'fJfMft"' ujunication. between Cardrona an,a.;;W?' outside world is suspended for nearly/;*: fortnight. ' '

(PEESS AGENCY.)

• WELLINGTON, thisday.S NEW COURT-HOUSE. "« The Government have determined to seu the present Court-house on Lambton Qnay, and with the money they intend to. erecU new brick and far more capacious building on the reclaimed land. LIBEL ACTION. . The libel action brought by Bltmd&u Brothers against Mr Gardiner, of t&e 1 Chronicle," is now being argued oeiore the Chief Justice and Judge Richmond V Mr Travers for the plaintiffs, and XOS Attoraey-Gcneral and Mr Edwards PJ defendant. The Attorney-General «Jj has raised a demurrer, on the grojuw that the matter complained of as libeliioos does not admit of the interpretation-' P^ upon it. tKpI Afterj argument on demurrer in tne4% . action between the "Post" and "Chronicl^j the Court said the demurrer raised by J*H Stout must be over-ruled, with- costs, 0? both grouuds ; leave to appeal peift, granted, notice to be given we?j| and leave to plead within fourteeira^y?,,!! , appeal should be abandoned. , : . ~ .;;.

• —• . DUNEDIN, this day*,, INTEItRUPION OF RAILWAY , : : TRAFFIC. • ;. ": TEfough traffic on DunediH and W»* Jcouaiti line has. beeu suspended thrpugaw injury occasioned by the r^n-MiL T ,S- ■ ' SUIT BY UNDERWRITER^,, In consequence of a recenf;^ecision^ m tho Resident Masgistrate, thp wder^ | of the s.s. Express vrbieh:wiSwr6cm? ce*1' ,';V r : ■' ''■ .. M*.

EVENIiSG STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5,1878



rTTiTSSSSCuLfuiRisTS & others. ~**" • __* • ■ \V .) HUES!' cX CO. have on sale tho under mentioned Fertilizer's, all of which havo boon proved to produce satisfactory resnlts in this pistrict. Experieno caches that largo and profitable returns can be eliedonby a judicious and a free use of tliein. The flattering Testi monials from Je&ding Fanners justify tw. J. Hnrst & Co. in strongly commending them to every Agriculturist:- MALDIEN ISLAND GUANO PERUVIAN GUANO BELLS BON IE FLOUR i fxv.il J-inch BONKMUST BILLYARD'S No. 1 do. , NITRATE OF SODA SULPHATE OF AMMONIA MURIATE OF POTASH SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIMR'. SALT, BTJLPHATK OB1 LIMB. In addition lo the above, W. J. H. & Co. are prepared to ripply special Chemical Manures for stimulative weal: Corn Crops, and renovat ing Clorer-eick Pastures, aa well as the Potato and Mangold mixture that for the last two sea sons has attracted such favourable notice. Analysis, prices, and other particulars will be Supplied on application at the Stores. . 101. Qneen-street. A.* JLj i » abu «y & C DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS. NEW MtESS MATEKIALS. £ Largo Assortment of New Dress Goods or the present Season, in erery fashionable shade, Just Opened up at A. LINA.BURY & CO.'S. KUW WINTKR COSTUMES, NKW MANTLES, NEW ULSTERS, NEW MILLINERY, NEW HATS A Large Assortment of Paris -Trimmed Hats and Bcmuets Just Opened up. AT.SO. Hosiery; Si'kT;«». Umbrellas, Collars and Cnffs, Giovea, Chilar« a Mantles and Jackets. Also, A LARGE STOCK OF NOVELTIES, Which are CV.er.p, and will have quick sale. S3" Look in at "** '.. LIN A BUR V & CO. 'S, 201&20fi QUEKN-STHKET, Auckland, |?tI>OVEK SEEDS, KVr. GKASS, &c. Ok Sale, kx Late Aekivalb : CLOVEE SEEDS, CO'TSTSTixf: or White Clover Timothy Rod Clover Rape Cow Grass Trsfou Alsyke &0., &c, fee. Turnip also; 200 bushels EMGLI3H-PERENNIAL RYE 50 buahefs R ENGLISH POA PRATENSIS mm lbs! Indian doob.qrass . ..; ; g-888 IS:' iM^iciv timothy.; ~;/.-j AND ..'• ■ A fine Collection of Fabm and Garden Seeds. "The above have arrived in'flrsfc-claas condition. rSamples wHIt» forwa'rdedvon appliwtion. _ Poverty Bay. Canterbury, aridlocal Rye Gr&w Cacknioot, liatatall, Poas Fescues, &c &o. tront oarefnl'y selected samples, at lowest mar- W. I, HUKST & CO., Queea-Btr<eet.



JjJ" . O T I c. $. T. B. HILL Begs to inform his Friends and the Public of Auckland that he has Opened his New Premises, m the centre of Queen-3treet, opposite the Iheatre Royal. It is his intention, by personal attention to business, to make his Establishment a lihst-class Dispensing and Family Con cern, where any article may be obtained for the sick-room, as also. every approved New Medicine introduced into the Old Countries, as well a3 the Finest Medicinal Drugs and Chemicals. These will be regularly imported, at short intervals, direct from the Best Houses, so that the Patients may depend on having: the full benefit of the Physicians' skill. T. B. H., therefore, looks forward to a con tinuance of that confidence and support which has always been accorded to Mm by the inhabit ants of New Zealand. T. B. H. would also inform the Members of the Medical Profession that a Consultation Boom will be at their service, and from the central position of the Establishment this may be found unusually advantageous'to thorn and their Patients. N.B. — Family Orders from the Country promptly attended to. and despatched by the first opportunity. Postage akd Receipt Stamps. IJ3L Observe the Address— Opposite the Theatre Royal. IJtUKS AT WHOLESALE PRICES ! !! WILLIAM lIATTRAY, Having Bought from a Wholesale Firm their Whole Stock op FUR MUFFS and dOLLARETTES AT A HEAVY DISCOUNT, IS NOW SELLING THEM AT AND BELOW WHOLESALE PRICES ! The STOCK includes Real Sable, Grebe, Seal, Rcnl and Slock Ermine and Miniver, Kolinski Sablo. Musquash, Racoon, Angora, Silver Groy, JBadgar and Monkey Mnfla and Coll nr ottos. W. RATTRAY, DRAPER AND SILK MERCER, New Zealand ITouse, C 6, QITEEX-STREET, Auckland. DV N A MITE To Arrive, per Queen of the West, now duo from London— ~ TEN TONS DYNAMITE DETONATORS, TTERY, INSULATED COPPER W Etc., Etc. DYN AMTTK is the Safest and Most Powerful Explosive in. use. The Safety of Dynamite During Transport and Storage. Extracts from the Official ovidence given before the House of Commons Select Committee on Explosive Substances—Parliamentary Ses sion of 187-1, London. Boxes filled with dynamite have been thrown from a groat height, and founa to sustain any amount of anock without exploding. They have also been placed upon an open tire, when the dynamite burned slowly away without ex ploding.—Parliamentary report— Blue Book, page 179. : Dynamite has been in a railway collision, and, though the van and boxe3 containing it wore broken, no explosion took place.—Blue Book, page 182, par. 2979. Mai or Maiendie, R.A., ll.M's. Inspector of Gunpowder and Dynamite Factories, states, in his evidenco (page 18, par. 100), that the law re lating to dynamite is as much too stringent as the gnnpowdcr law is too lax; and (page 20, par 115) that the time h<is come for relieving safe nitro-glycerino preparations from such un necessary restrictions aa the nitro-glyccrino Act imposes upon them. Professor Abel, the Chemist to Her Majesty's War Department, give 3 his exporience that Nobel's dynamite is ono of the safest, most powerful, and most convenient explosive agents applicable to industrial purposes.—Blue Book, pages £6, 57, and 59, Agents : E. PORTER & CO., QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. fJNION' INSURANCE COMPANY \j OK NSW ZEALAND. C A.PTT aL £2,000,000 A H C !i L A N i'> BRANCH: fj U X Tf, N - S T R E X T, Next the Colonial Dank. 7IBK DEPARTMENT. lnsurunc granted on Dwelling - licaeea Stores. Shops. Butldhifis in which trade is carried on, Merohandieo, and Goodo of every description. HARINE DEPARTMENT. Hnlls Of Ships or Steamers, Merchandise ot all kinds, Specie and Wool to United Kingdom, at IIOWF.ST C!TTT»nKNT RATK-3. H. H. HTKVKNSON Manager. JBU'SHBROOK AND KrIDOMAN Respectfnlly invite attention- to their Large Cftrefnlly-selected and Entirely New Stock of DRAPERY AND CLOTHING FOR THE WINTER TRADE, Comprising— Blankets, all sizes, and first-class value Flannels, white and scarlet, all make 3 Crimean Shirtings, All-wool and Union, in great variety"of pattern and qualify Winceys, plain and fancy. A heavy stock. "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 Special Lines of Fancy Materials, bought a job, end being sold at very low rates Alloa and Fingering Yarns, all colours Winter Hosiery, Umbrel'aq, Ribbons. Flowers Waterproof Tweed and Waterproofs A Job Lot of Children's and Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks, to be cleared out at much below regular price. Calicoes, Sheeting, Counterpanes Furnishing and Manchester Goods of every description Boys' and Men's Clothing of every description, Good and Cheap Hosiery, Shirts, Hats, &c. Strong Material for Boys' Wear—Tweed a, Mole skin. Corduroy, Serge &0., &c, &c. In order to sustain the well-known character of the JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE for Cheapness and Quality combined, R. and B. procure their Supplies from the BEST MAR KETS ONLY, and spare no pains to supply their Customers' wants at the lowest price com mensurate with legitimate trading. 6 % (1/ in the £) Discount allowed upon all Cash Purchases of 20/ and upwardß. ftUSHBROOR AND BRIDGMAN, DRAPKKS, CLOTHIKKS, &0., JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE (Opposite the Army and Nnvy Hotel), UP F H.CJUEEN■ STRE ET, A U CXI.AN D. PRIME TABLE POTATOES PRIME TARTARIAN SEED OATS PRIME MILLING OATS . PRIME SPRING WHEAT - PRIME BONEDUST PRIME GARDEN SEEDS, \V. J. HURST & CO., 101, Q.ueen-atroet. SP E C I A L N O T I CE. In addition to our Usual Large Assortment of GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, We are Now Showing} the following GOODS, " Just Landed, ex 'Aikshaw':— WALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, in Silk AIARBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS CHIMNEY-GLASSES, Gilt, Very Handsome ■ Patterns CHIMNEY-GLASSES, in Walnut and Maple :.: Frames '■ ICANK-SEATED CHAIRS, Various Patterns' TOILET GLASSES, Great Variety. - \ ; T! 85 H. Cooke, ? ■ kuknltuke, oa.nphit, and floor-cloth show-rooms: 67, quken-strebt. SteaiS Cabinet Factory : VK IORIA-STBEKT.



RELIEF FROM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES. SHARIAND'S CHERRY PECTORAL, 2s. 6d. a Bottle. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, Auckland. T^f I X E V' S BLACK L'E AD. " Cleanliness." W. G. Nixey's Refined Black Lead is the cheapest and best for polishing Stoves and all kinds of Ironwork equal to Burnished Steel, without waste or dust. In Id., 2d., and 4d. Blocks, and Is. Boxes. Caution.—There are several imitations. Sold everywhere by all Shopkeepers. — Counting House: 12, Soho Square, London. T7HNCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND Hi INDUSTRIES! To the People of Auckland ! ■ M.ESSRS. HaLLENSTEIN IJROTHERS Desire to inform j-on that a RETAIL BRANCH OP TIIE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY Is NowOPEXinQuccn-strcct, opposite Theatre Royal. To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, they have decided to SELL a Single Article at the Wholesale Price. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased nud ap proved of, will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or if desired, the ironey will be returned. The success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Retail Branches in olher towns learifi the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy deaire on the part of the Public to encourage New Zealand Industries, especially where superior advantages ore offered; ana yoursupportis solicited on this under standing only. N. L. MEYER, Manager Auckland Branch. sole agent i-'or , W E R T H El M.' S CELEBRATED SEWING MACHINES ; THE BEST MACnrTE IN THE WOKU). I



Reliable information npon all the great and passing events of the day is it all times eagerly sought, nnd there ia no one subfort cj-r.-rnter than tho welfare of the body. Tf we would preserve ourselves from prematuro decay, we must mark the admonishing symptoms o£ disease, and by the timely administration of good and r>liab!.o medicine, chock nnd ward off any sickness fhnt miprht interfere with the wonted course of por fect health. "Ohollah's Great Tndian Cures," which can be had of all chemists, are the most reliable medicines known. S inn as you would prussie acid the detestable shams which thoir vendors proclaim as Identical with, similar to, or as good as Udolitto Wounds Sciukdam Aromatic Sgttn'apps. They are all worse than worthless. Very frequently they are sold in bottles which previously contained, the genuine article, which is as afcrceable and remedial as they are nauseous and hurtful.