SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

txtiTct w 4 Tire < Thls Afternoon, 10.11 HIGH WATER—) To . morrow Morning, 10.33 SUN SET.—This Evening, 6.43 SUN RISB.—To-morrow Aloruina, 4.46 MOON'S AGK.-Last Quarter, 18th, 5 37 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. ■ ' " TO-DAY. ' Mahurangi, cntter. Sulritzky, from Ohofe Southern Cross, s.s., from Napier and Southern

ports Agnes Donald, schooner, Murray, from Levuka Wanaka, s.s., McGillivray, from the South lona, s.s., Farquhar, from Russell Minnie Hare, schooner, Skinner, from Wangaroa

DEPARTURES.

liAST-EVISMXa. TO-DAY. Opotiki, cutter, Nield, for Opotiki Coralie, cutter, Eggerfon, for Tairua

IMPORTS.

Per Wanaka, from the South : 69 pipes, 150 sacks flour. 10 cases meats, 11 cases bacon, and. sundries. Per Agnes Donald, from Levuka: 650 sacks maize, 82 mats sugar. 19 hides, 1 case effects, 2 ca=es coral, 1 case curios, 110 bunches banana 3, 900 pineapples. . Per Southe n Cross, s s., from Napier and 80 tons reapers and binders, G65 sacks maize, 3 tons sundries, 505 sheep.

THE TARANAKI INQUIRY.

[BY TELEGRAPH.]

TAURANGA, Friday evening. The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Taranaki decide!:—" That the vessel being out of her course was caused by error of compass, and probably also by the current setting into the bay; also, that the ignorance of the officers as to the distance run was caused either by error in the clock, which was proved to be a common one. or by the officers having in correctly read such clock. I am further of opinion that the master shpuld have taken soundings and glowed his engines, as the weather was so foggy; that, if he had done so the accident might have been avoided. In con, sideration of the master's long coasting service, as is known to both the assessors, and of his conduct having been h'ghly praiseworthy after the accident occurred, I do not suspend the master's certificate. lam further ot opinion that the chief officer's log was not so well kent as it ought to have been. No blame is thrown on the second officer or engineer. The cantain is ordered to pay coats. I am advised by my assessors, and. agree with them, that iron steam vessels should be swung, at least, once a year in Northern ports, as well as Southern, on account of the difference of latitude, and that steamers should be provided with clocks of good gualitr— one for (he captain's crbin, and one for the sngine-room, and also with patent sounding apparatus."

ARRIVAL OF THE AGNES DONALD. The regular trading schooner Agnes Donald arrived from Levuka at an early hour this morning, with a cargo of maize, &c, and three nassengers, viz.. Mrs Woobs, Mrs VV hitard, and Captain R. McKeuzie. Captain Murray reports leaving Levuka on the 25th ult., with a light breezo from E.S.E., rvhich f re=hened that night. Thick dirty weather for three days, and got Within 120 miles of the Barrier on Sunday last. Thence to port light winds and calms. The Agnes Donald has hauled alongside the Queen stree? Wharf for the purpose of discharging her cargo.

THE HERO. There was no appearance of the s.s. Hero trom Sydney and Melbourne, when we went to press. She may be expected.to arrive during the night.

I>nvARDS Coaswise.—Thr;e Brothers cutter, from Trypheiia, with 50 tons,firewood, 2 bales and 2 bags wool, 1 bag fungus, 1 plou K h. and 3 boxes eggs ; Ma-hurangi, cutter, from Ohore, with 25 bales and 8 bags wool, 3o Backs gum, 1 bundle sheepskin 3, 1 hide, i bundles dried sharks: Minnie Hare, schooner, from w&ngaro*, with 41,300 ft. timber, i-ton honey, i sacks gum. Outwards Coastwise.— Rangatira, cutter, for Omaha, in ballast; Wanaka, s.s., for Rus sell ; Kriemhilda, schooner, for Wangaroa, with SUm^" ef' s T Ona arrived from Russel anb the North this morning with a number of passengers, and the following cargo :-101 bales wool, 13 bags fyngns, 9 baskets and 5 kits of fish 67 sacks gum, and sundries. She will return on Monday. The. s*--Rotorua is to make the annual ex cursion to the West Coast in the place of the Taranaki. She leaves Auckland on the 2oth Instant, and Dunedin on the 31st, returning on 3 ThSsTan'dtradicgschooner Daphne is reported at Kaipara Heads and crew of the Tnbal Cain to Levuka. The vessel s reported to be breaking up fast. BTne s.s. Wanaka leaves for Russell to-morrow Sid the South on Tuesday. The Union Company's steamer Wanaka arrived from the South early this morning. She left Chalmers on the 30th, Lyttelton on the tod "arriving at Wellington on the 3rd at 11 a.m. SaUedazainat3.3op.Tn., arriving at Napier on Kohn; Gulliver, dudgeon, Elmsley, C'ayton, Roberson, Suster. Scott, Beetham. Minto, Hay- McCawley Howe, Culler, Wheeler, Doyle, and 8 steerage. We are indebted to Mr C. Harnew purser, for customary favours. §¥hefWuentine Malay cleared at the Cus toms to-day With original cargo from Sydney. The Southern Cross arrived to-day from Napier and the South. She reports having left Aiiokland November 213t at 9 p.m. Arrived at p O YertvßaraSa.m. on the23rd. Discharged fboutSO tons of cargo, and left for Napier at i ■nm someday. Arrivedm Napier on the ilth WK^Discharged about 30 tons cargo, tndieft to WeUingtfn on the 25th at 3 p.m. Arrived in Wellington at 5 p.m. on the 26th. Left Wellington for Lyttelton on the 27th at 1 T>m. Arrived in Lyttelton on the 28th at 8 a.m Discharged cargo, and took in about W0 tons cargo for Northern, ports. Left for Wel- Unrton at 7 p.m. on the 30th. At 4 p.m. on the l 9 t&mber7 when off Flaxboum tound a full riffled ship ashore, which proved to be the Southmonster, from Lyttelton bound lo Wel- Sneton with part of onginal cargo from America Arrived in Wellington at 11 p.m. sametw. Left Wellington for Napier at 5,30 nm on the 2nd. Arrived at N apier at 6.30 (p.m. oiftne 3rd. Discharged about 60 tons cargo, and took to 606 sheep, 665 bags maize, and about 3 tons sundries, and left for Auckland 1.30 p.m. tmihe >ith nrrivine in Auckland at noon, the 7th* FmewSef aU the way. Cargo about 150 tons. Passengers:-Mra Harpley-ana cbM. Mrs Emmery and child, Mr W. Lodder.Mis Cashmore, Missßadley, Messrs Proffltt, Warren, Williams, McDonald, and Ah Ting.

BIRTH.

PARSONS.—On tho 14th November, the wife of Henry Parsons, mill sawyor, of a son; both doing well. : 1 .

MARRIAGE.

BROWN—PHILLIPS.-On the;3oth November. 1878, at the residence of the bride's parents, Coburg-street, by the Rev. R. B\ Maoniccol, James Fulcher Brown, to Harriett Jane ' Phillips, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas , /■.:<.:■■ -.! i-i-MuVia is j

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

One Interested.—Your communication is not of a character suited to our columns. Roman Catholic writes with reference to Father Henneberry's exhortation- this morn ing, to pray for the souls in purgatory. He protests as a Catholic against the charge ot Ss and 7s 6d made for masses, which he says excites the taunts of non-Catholics. Hia letter however," discusses a purely Church matter, and is therefore unsnited to our columns. " Elain's" letter .on the confessional is excluded on the same grounds.

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 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.

The serious dimensions which the Chinese difficulty has assumed in Sydney will .compel the Colonial Legislatures to face the question with the view of devising a practical remedy. The rights of free citizenship extended to immigrants from all countries by British constitutional usage, and more particularly the Anglo-Chinese Treaty, have hitherto been the stumbling blocks,in the way of cany prohibitive legis lation against ■ the importation of Chinese. England's colonies, are now jipaying the of that most iniquitous Opium War, •which;was~entered into ,with s the of coercing the Chinese into opening their .porlpfjfcOp^^sh.andi.fpreigJi commerce, arid wmc&' 'resufted^in a" treaty inyqlvigg-" equivd§iit HcIbrlc''edsions. As long agb as:lßsß,'; Victoria,'alfga"dy'c<JgHisant'of^he inevitable: BYilsgwhidiMfaceompanied othe jnomadic qfJ-sc<)uringS|of China, imposed | a c iml.Jsvimkl was..design_ed ,_to_.^^operate as a prohibition..., The, tax was evjaded by tKe MbngoHaris,'-who landed1 at Adelaide and itravelled overlarid to .the Victorian diggings, which they polluted with their

I filthy habits and demoralised mode of life. The tide of immigration from China whicb^ then set in has continued to flow towarclsi *the colouies with more or less strength ever since, and has even extended, to New Zealand, Fiji, and other islands' of the The nibtto of Chinesef appears to be "men may come, and men may go> b£t we go on for ever^" The colonies were'onlyithoroughly aroused to aisenso of their" danger when the evil had assumed such alarming proportions in California that honest European labour was driven out of the market, and misery and sufferiag were inflicted upon 'the populatidn 'of "an" entire" State. fQueenslandiwas the first to face the difficulty ; and she did it in the only way ■that. the. Constitution allowed—by imposing" oppressive special taxation. . New South Wales.niust follow suit. It. ,is abundantly manifest that the industrial population of that colony is in, rarms against the impend ing danger. The A. S. N. Co., with a degree of selfishness and cupidity which is charac teristic of an age when the conflict between cheap and dear labour, is keen, partly manned its vessels with aliens between whom and Europeans there is an instinc tive antipathy, an antipathy which is perhaps all the more aggravated by the pusillanimous docility of the Chinese and their readiness to adapt themselves to the most menial of employments. The act carried with it an implied insult to the sturdy independence of English seamen and workmen. The men felt that it was an attempt on the part of capitalists having the control of the labour market to force their noses to the grind stone, and very rightly they resented it, though they have not chosen the most pru dent methods. It is the weakness of men suffering under a sense of injury and wrong to act on the impulse of the moment. They do not pause to consider that the greatest social reforms must be accom plished by the force of reason _ and the influence of an educated public opinion, and not by revolutionary measures. On the other hand the Company have shown a dis position to carry matters with a high hand and to bear down all opposition to their pecuniary interests by the sheer weight of the long purse. The end of the struggle between capital and labour is easily fore seen. The strikers may hold out for a time with the aid of various Trades Unions, but where other labour is procurable they must in the long run succumb to that reserved power which always accompanies money. The dangeris that when the struggle reaches its height the strikers may in sheer des peration seek to compel respectful attention to their grievances by acts of violence of a far more serious nature than that of sacking the Chinese factories.

To us in New Zealand there is a remark able moral in this question of Chinese cheap labour. Can we doubt that the prevailing extravagance and high living are the direct causes of the preference shewn by large employers •*% ho are engaged in a life and death competition for the temperate, docile, and plodding Chinaman? It is of no use to talk to such men of the operation of great social laws, and of the baneful influence which wholesale Chinese immigration must exercise on the future condition of a people. They are men whose hearts are bound up in the pre sent, whose minds are engrossed ■with the problem of how to amass riches, who regard tangible results, and have no time for the study of theories. To such men the problem is now to buy in the cheapest mar ket and sell in the dearest, to produce the best of a given article in the cheapest way. We are no advocates for low wages. We believe that all other things being equalhigh wages and prosperity go hand in hand, but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that a great mass of the working classes of the colonies do not habitually practise that economy and prudent foresight which form the avenue to independence. Nor do »ye say that any European, born and accustomed to the comforts of home life, and the harmless luxuries and indulgences which lighten human existence and elevate mankind above mere brutish torpidity and sensuality, can successfully compete with a type of humanity which has been physically and morally degraded and bebased through out countless generations of national igno rance, neglect of sanitary laws, vice, barbarism, and oppression. Whatever may be the solution of the Chinese question, we must not permit the vigorous blood of this young colony to be tainted with that of Tartars and the scum of Eastern cities, nor must our hardy and comparatively prosperous industrial popula tion be outbid and crushed by the incubus of Chinese cheap labour. It will not avail to wait until the prohibitive restrictions of the other colonies have forced the polluting stream in? this direction. We must erect a barrier, so as to anticipate it, and dam it off. Already a biove with that object has been made in Wellington, and the other centres of population ought to follow suit. The world is wide. There is room enough in the interior of New Guinea and Africa for iho huddled-up swarms of China. We cannot force out the Chinese who have already found a footing amongst us, and who by the . inevitable laws of population must die out and disappear; but we can : confine the evil to its present limitsl We say, emphatically to the working men of this colony that they will be false to their own interests, false to the welfare of those who will come after them, if they do not whenever opportunity occurs, bring pressure to bear upon the Legislature through their: representatives to stay the evil while yet there is time.; r '.' a

aE;M.B." writes against the proposal that Father Henneberry should remain'and meet Pastor Chiniquyi-V She considers such a meeting "..would be' degrading to Father Henneberry/'and that " If he were bound to grapple with every false prophet that comes along, he would indeed have to be a Briareus." She concludes : '•' I beg you to remember that your journal is powerful for ,good or evil, and pray you to use your best endeavours to prevent the citizens of Auck land allowing ;their pure /[wives and daughters to be corrupted by- any of the blasphemous things Chiniquy may utter while he is here. With respect to the latter remark we would observe' that our business .as a secular journal is dimply to report fairly all passing events. The same fair play which,has been given to Father Henneberry will be accorded to Pastor Chiniquy if he visits this city. At the same time we decline to make our: columns a vehicle for purely religious controversy, carried on anonymously. We have " a dpzen letters of this kind—some very virulent, some quite indecent, and many pot attested with the authors' signa tures in confidence. When, however, a man comes forward on a public platform in our city and has the courage to openly advocate his sentiments, he has a right to expect that, whether his views be those of Dr. Sommerville, Father Henneberry, Pastor Chiniquy, Charles Bright, Rev. Charles Clark, or Thomas Walker, the newspaper reports shall be impartial — whatever the opinion of the journal, ex pressed editorially or otherwise, may be upon the subject. The cause of truth requires no artificial bolstering. In one of the French galleries of the Paris Exhibition there was a marvel of labour and industry which has been manufactured Iby a cutler, of Montron, in the department of the Dordogne. It consists of 100 micro scopic knives enclosed in an ordinary sized cherry-stone! They have all boxwood handles, open and. shut in the ordinary way, and yet they do not weigh more than seven grains in'.alk -Again, in the Italian section, is a wonder of-typography, in the shape of the smallest book'that has ever been printed in any;Janguage. :The extraordinary nature/ however, ;Oj^tMs_ curiosity does not arise jfrom its - mmute ~size^ as i? books::much "smaUer; cpuld/e^ily/fberturried qutj but what- isjsot especially;a-emarkableiab6utit;iß -theyuagnitude of-its -contents)- cohtainirig, /^s 9lt•does,';thei:whole:of Dante's ]' Divinia Comedia." It; T has -b!een. printed in Padua; andds so small, that, although handsomely bound in fed velvet and silver; it may easily be worn as a charm hanging from the watch-chain. ~,,. .

To the Editor: Sir,—Thefta of garment left ou the ground by cricketers and other their games on the Barrack Green and.the4Domain, are of rather frequent iocciirrence;' more particularly on Saturday afternoons; and it is juveniles who are suspected. / Can there be no check given to this—at any rate in the first-named locality, right under the windows of the police barracks? That this vice, as well as others, may be on the increase is no particular wonder, when we remember that even the Ten Commandments are now shut out of our daily public schools ! It would be well at next" session" of the New Zealand parlia ment that" some member should bring forward that copies of the Ten Command ments might be printed in* large, readable characters, and hung in the public school rooms throughout the colony. This step could offend no class, and would be a recognition of the Creator's moral law for all.—Yours, &c, PATKIOT.

All arrangements are now completed for a race between Messrs Baxter and Jones, both connected with ship-chandlery. The distance is to be a half-mile, and the event is to come off on Boxing Day; but the place at present is not decided upon. Jones is to have 30 yards' start. The event is causing much excitement, and several large bets have been made. The odds ; are mostly laid on Baxter. The race was to have been run last year, but, owing to unforeseen cir cumstances, was postponed till a future occasion. Both men are undergoing severe coaching. Baxter had a trial spin yester day morning, and his style was much admired. Jones, we believe, is also im proving in style, and is likely to make the pace rather fast.

To avoid a contest in Parnell for the office of Councillor, Mr Robinson yesterday retired in favour of Mr K. Couzens.

Mr B. Maclean has returned from the South, 'and is now engaged organising the Land Tax Department for the Provincial District of Auckland.

Most of the seed and corn merchants closed at 2 o'clock to-day, having agreed to the Saturday half-holiday,

" Greenstone" writes : " The Irish Judge Keogh is dead. Mournful close to a singular career. Here in London and through England the news created some talk, but in Ireland there is quite a sensa tion. Here he was in social and political circles popular ; there he was widely execrated. Bis intimate connection with Sadlier, the Irish politician, banker, and M.P., who, after secretly swindling his friends and the public out of a cool couple of millions, committed suicide on Hamp stead Heath,is bitterly remembered against Keogh by the Irish to this hour, not because Sadlier was a forger and suicide, but because the pairof thembeing ultra-patriotic political leaders, planned and carried out what the Irish considered a betrayal of their cause to the Government. Sadlier was made a Lord to the Treasury, Keogh judge, and between the latter and the Irish fierce hatred raged thenceforth. The other day when the news came that the judge was raving mad and tried to murder his valet, a hoarse shout_ of exultation went up in Ireland, and a million noices there and in America returned thanks tor a " visitation of God." The unfortunate judge was, in social life, one of the most charming and entertaining of companions. He was highly gifted intellectually, a match less pleader,poasessed amazing courage: and an indomitable will. In the. House of Commons 25 years ago he was an immense favourite.

On Monday evenincr the Hobson Band will have the second of their monthly moonlight excursions, leaving the whart at 7.30. We learn that arrangements are in progress, so that a visit of half-an-hour may be made to the strawberry gardens of Mr R. Allison, North Shore, during the trip. We should advise people to secure their tickets early, as a limited number only will be issued, obtainable until 6 o'clock on Monday, at the usual place.

We would again call the attention of our readers, and more particularly those residing at the North Shore, to the excellent and varied entertainment to be given in the Devonport Hall, North Shore, on behalf of Mrs Blakely and children. The object is a most deserving one, and should meet with general sympathy and approval. A choice and attractive programme has been prepared for the occasion, embracing a concert by lady and gentlemen amateurs, a minstrel performance, and a speciality in the form of an original local comedy, written by Mr James Spry. The latter should in itself prove a sufficient attraction to fill the house. The dialogue is brilliant, and sparkles with wit aud humour; and the whole comedy is said to be a good composition. Arrange ments have been made for special steamers, which will run as per advertisement in another column. No doubt a large number of persons in the city will take advantage of such an excellent opportunity for enjoy ing a moonlight trip and a fine evening's amusement.

We have already received applications from the country for five hundred copies of the " Auckland Almanac aud Provincial Handbook." Subscribers wishing copies sent by post should forward name and sub scription, with postage, as early as possible to this office. We would again remind advertisers and officers of lodges that matter intended for publication must be sent in at. once. Holding a place in every household throughout the province for the whole year, this book is an unrivalled means of advertising, affording a circulating medium of a kind supplied by no other work. The text book of the stranger, the country settler, and the business man, it reaches all classes, and obtains a place on the book shelves after its purpose as an almanac has been fulfilled.

Pascoc Marks has been dismissed from the piiot service on account of his assault on Mr Edgcumbe, proprietor of the Bay of Plenty Times.

A couple of young colts which were being driven to Mr Buckland's auction mart, ran down past the Exchange hotel,, and ran inio Mr Binney's auction room. Fortunat ely they did no damage. A by-stander remarked that the horses were evidently in a hurry to be sold.

6 Several appointments are gazetted in the Gazette of November 28th. Wiliiam Bindy is appointed a member of the Licen sing Court, for the district of Taupo, Sergeant E. S. White is appointed Gaoler afc Tauranga, H. Brett is appointed a justice of the Peace.

- The regulations for the colonial prize firing issued by the Defence Office in Wel lington yesterday notify that the sum of £800 having been voted'by the General As sembly for prizes, the amount has been divided, pro rata, amongst the Volunteer Corps, according to the nominal strength on October 31, 1878, viz. : Auckland, £91; Waiuku, £35 ; Waikato, £16 16s ; Tara naki. £11 ; Wanganui, £2518s ; Hangitikei £9 18s ; Wellington, £41 11s ; Grey town, £5 45.: Napier, £17 3s ; Poverty Bay, £13 10s ; Bay of Plenty, £1410s ; Thames, £81 12s ; Nelson, £40 5s ; Marlboi-ough, 5110s ; Canterbury, £53 Is; Oamaru, £30 15s; Dunedin, £149 Is; Invercargill, £42 6s ; Lake, £21 18s; Westland, £18 10s ; A.C. Reserve, £35 6s ; total, £300. Each district must arrange for markers at its own ex pense. A committee composed of officers commanding, and not less than two senior Volunteer officers in each district, will divide the amounts set apart for their respective districts into such prizes as they may determine, and to be competed for at such ranges, &c, as they may appoint. The firing for the prizes must be in accord ance with the general rules published this year. . ■ ;■,■;-,/ '■■• ■ . . ■"; ':.;

.; T^e. ■" Bay of Plenty Times " relates the following on dits in connection twiththe wreck of the Taranaki :—" The Maori passengers weyery^philosopnicali and sat down to, cards /at once;' while(two? Govern mentrLife Insurance. agentHniprbved :j\thS occaeiibni ;by : soliciting■. livesvi;'.;;Mr }B-tT'. GiUon,latie editor of the" Cf New Zealander ?'■ kept guard over the grog, but althoiigh very zealous in' his efforts, could not prevent a few getting too much." : Who were the few?

I The names of Mra Johnston and Miss [Buchanan were omitted by oiir correspon dent from the list of ladies jwhO'fuTiiiisljed trays at the. Presbyterian soiree &i.ihe Whau. In addition tolthe list of prize-winners-at Wellesley-street Baptist SimeJa^-schpol, an nounced in our issue of last evening were Mr Herbert Cooper and Miss EBen Steven son for essays on the "Life of our Lord." Also special prizes to Lucy BrowH and Fred Lambourne in the first divisionl. Delia Main should read Leila Main. The procession of Catholic total abstainers i will be formed at half-past 3 to-morjo\v at the marquee in Hobson-street. Sashes for the occasion are to be had at Mr. Eyre's, Victoria-street. The sashes are sold exclu sively for the benefit; of the orphans. A spurt took place yesterday in Royal Oak shares, scrip rising from Is to 7s dur ing the day. The cause is shown in our Coromandel telegrams. , j The members of the "Wednesday night dancing class will give the final break-up dance on Monday next,' the 11th inst. Dancing will commence at 8 o'clock p.m. Refreshments will be provided free of charge; ■ To the Editor : Sir,—Will you kindly permit me, through the columns of your valuable journal, to ask the Rev. Father Henaebery to re-deliver his first sermon on Purgatory, before the marquee is taken down; the proceeds of which might be devoted to the Propogation of the Faith or some other of our good Catholic causes. I know a great number who wish to hear it.—l am, &c, A CATHOLIC. We would draw attention to a sale of fourteen large and pleasantly-situated villa sites, adjoining the residence of C. Hammond Esq., North Head, to take ; place at Sibbin's Mart at 11 o'clock oh Monday. No other sites such as these can be again offered for sale on the North Shore. We would recommend all those who wish to secure a really good building site in this rising suburb to attend the sale. The salubrity of the North Head has become proverbial. Half of the purchase money can remain on mortgage . for any period buyers may desire. News from South Africa through the Press Agency reports the removal of the troops to Natal, where the chief Cetyways is heading a rebellion. .The British forces have gained various minor successes. In KafFraria everything is quiet. The locating of the natives b^ond the Keiis progressing satisfactorily, and the Gaikas sesm happy and contentScft with their new prospects. At Cape Coftfhy, popular "attention seems at present directed towards the general elections, which are rapidly approaching, and at which the watch-word ia to he "con federation." As to this the Ministerial organ has given forth no uncertain sound, and, as the Yankees have it, candidates who are not "sound upon tha goose "have no chance. A schooner, coal-laden, put into Cape Town on fire.

CABLEGRAMS.

TO-DAY'S DESPATCHES.

(SPEOIAI, TO THE 'rSTAR").y (F&OM OUR SPMOIAL LONDON CORfiESPONDENT,y y ' Fierce Battle at Peiwar. Total Defeat of Afghans. LONDON, December 5. The Afghans attacked the British a Peiwur Pass. A fierce battle ensued. ■ Ultimately the British captured the town of Peiwur. The Afghans were totally defeated. MR GLADSTONE MOVES A VOTE OF CENSURE. A REFORM MINISTRY IN TURKEY. LONDON, December sth. 4.45 p.m. The Liberals will not move any amend ment on the address in reply to the Queen's speech. ' :._--__.:. Mr Gladstone will propose a vote of censure. : -— Important changes have taken place in the Turkish Ministry, which are favourable to reforms in the administration.

SECOND DESPATCH.

The British Loss at Tqiwvlv.

The Afghaa Guns and Ammuni tion Captoed. I-

BOMBAY, December 6:

Intelligence-has been received of the capture of Peiwur Pass, by General Roberts' force, after a second severe engagement.'" All the Afghan guns and ammunition fell into the hands of the British. ~, . TTf . ■ The Afghans sustained very heavy losses in killed and wounded. .; '"Kj i The victory was complete. ; -,- :; The British loss in killed and wounded was four officers and eighty men. : ■

THIRD DESPATCH.

QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE AFGHAN • WAR. RECEPTION: OF^EMPEROR WILLIAM AT BERLIN, I LONDON, December 24. Among other matters mentioned in the Queen's Speech, on the opening of Parlia ment, it states that suitable redress will be demanded from the Ameer at the conclusion of hostilities.. ~,,,/' - H .., ■ LONDON, Dec. 5, evening. In the House of Commons the Underi ! Secretary for India,: gave notice of a resolution that the expense of the Afghan: war should be borne by.^the Indian-Ex; chequer. . :' : ;[: ssS::.:Sl: ±ji?}l': \ , .-;> ; ■■■ . BERLIN, December 5. Emperor "William : was enthusiastically received at Berlin on, the occasion of Ms resuming the Government. : "V ' -■■■ '■ + Address in Reply Adopted. \ • LONDON, Dec. 6. The address in reply to the Queen's speech has been adopted by bolh Houses of Parlia ment.

Queen's Speech on Berlin Treaty.

LONDON, December 5. The Queen's Speech expresses,- a belief that the Berlin Treaty will'secure the peace of Europe. A-. ;j .; -v _. T ', •.1 \, The speech contains no financial pro posals. ■. '~';_■/;':.., V*Y [ia' -■-':' , • [REUTERS SPEOIAI,OA'gIjB(3RiMSI. fl>;?i

THE AFGHAN WAR.

-)liHf^%i 5^ ; __ Generalr,Koberts KalifQught^ai battle *a;t < Peiwur,. and has worn a grand, victory^ '" All-tthe'fguiiS; 'Cir':tli¥ iCen(eaSy tt'-vfere cap -tured.' %l, ■; '.' . .'-\ .' ■ j: a :-^r-r The loss of the enemy was enormous. The British loss amounted to 100 men.

AUSTRALIAN CABLEGRAMS

(SPECIAL TO THE "STAR.")

toat 3Prizo Plght. A prize-fight, for SS?^ %&„ Mr Wilson backs tC c aa<J p o i> Mace the latiter?mtbeforißer, a s% Two- hundred ponud* k % posited. ™ana* We - Foley is the favourite. : *

LATER.

me strikers have severely renegade who accepted S te^^a by the Company. c teri »s off ete | There is great excitement a .j, outrages of a serious characte^fthet The Government is takinJ p»« eaiei Prevent injury to- life or p r o| e^ Te to

THEATRE ROyAL.-"pTN^?, "Pink Dominoes" was rem^ DOj&Noirs.,' Royallaet evei!in g) .^h r thPe\l&^S acters as on the previons evaS?. e£Steof Sr wa 9 well.placedjn the staFAd-> « ably received. Mrs Walter Bill Sr^B* fi«S? ssw •*aasftS " Serious Family." These artisteso?^ <*£ favourably known ia Auckland a^^aad therefore, no doubt, meet with Tf^wS reception. They will be Bop^Aj*P*«S pany which has been playing? t)1 ,» during the last week, and this is m m 6. cation that the comediea willbe Xlrjf6m -aft

GOVERNOR NORMANBY GOING TO MELBOURNE.

[Per Press Agency.]

WELLINGTON tw j The report that the Marquis oi Sf^ has been offered and has accen^^ Governorship of Victoria fe eSS S his Excellency and suite will i« Bnd Melbourne at the latter end of nexfc^ll 1

REV FATHER HENNEBERRY'S MISSION.

AT THE MARQUEE LAST NIGHT No sooner were the doors bf'ttiema™, as it is called, thrown open laSSffi a great crowd, numbering., a fc"ieSaf fIS persons, poured into the building n front seats appeared to beia.i em f; d lh were soon hUel It should.be meH that though great eagerness is displayed ! secure the seats as rnear C S! to the altar, and pulpit, there? disorder, nor josthng • the ;i crowd 8 fifa! l n i - OVH -the dlfferent entrances, 5 taking their seats quietly. Doubts ]Z bee^ expressed^ as to : the °J people which the: marquee-^capable I accommodating. Froma.careful examina. taon of the dimensions, .^.should judge that not fewer than between 4,000 anM people could be squeezed into, the seats tot not. with any . degreef t o f Co 4j £ ve° u.??. eir- oramary circumstances, wliea building is not crowded, one finds 1 difhcult to get down between the seats Added to this, the want of'height in the building, and the heat from many gas lets renders the atmosphere very oppressive! The casual visitor, however,Hjannot but k struck with the evidences. of, ; .earnestness and devoutness which meet the eye on every' hand. Signs of poverty thereare all about signs of suffering and toil, faces stamped with that peculiarly hard and,£are-worn ex pression, which is the impress of long yean of battling with the wolf -at the door, But there is hardly any . diatidction of persons here. A few of what may be termed the aristocratic section of the con. gregation appear to take -gdoji care to secure the best front seats/ Bat over the rest of the building you'see ; youth and old; age, wealthy and poverty, great; and small mingled together in picturesque contrast The poor toiling women,,with ? lier yonng family at home, sits therein'faded gown .and-plain head-dress besidethe-young lady in fashionable.finery; but generally you will observe that, when they r , : kneel down to tether, the earnestness and,rintensity of eyotion is on the * side tofVthe former. Another noteworthy"feature is the perfect freedom from cold formality which marks the service. The missionary-Kas evidently sought to divest the prpcee^lnks of the more rigorous devotional exierciges, in order to popularise the hteetings^ilind rendsr them less irksome than t ■ they might otherwise be to a mere His style is characteristic of' all'revivalists. Throughout his discoui-ses there is a con tinual contrast of pathos andflninionr, the great national trait of Irishmen. He has a fund of anecdote^ and his occasional touches of rich-Milesian go straightto the hearts of his hearers.

■Last evening-after the usual devotions lie spoke on the subject-of ithegbpagation of -the faath.i^rHe Romany Church at the present: mom&jt :inumbered ,25p,Q0p>000;adheriehts/;a^ were /spread all, ;Ovef xthei'Vorld., He j referred Especially :ito: 2the*y necessity: of extending the missions~"in China,,, where infants/ were nighfly^cast out of iwindows into the streets for rafflje todevoui; and he-said that the nlflßef ef children thus cruelly sacrificed is sMargethatoftea; when the men go-round in the morning to gather up the bones Jhey^find infants left alive, ,or,, half-dead. ' 'Other parents; he said: in the .country districtsirpf China take; their infants to some river or- pond, and, having tied' stones to theft necks, drown them; } " shall I say it, asjhey_.drown pnps In Ireland." The thrill of horror which had; run through the audience here happ#/ found relief in laughter.= -Passing on, m missionary urged upon Catholics the duty of contributing, in however small a degreej to the funds'required for missions, and w concluded by announcing that he wantea -400 coilectorsitogoamongstithHOOOjnei^ bers of the Catholic religion in Ancklana s . and'reeeive subscriptions., f . ;^hen he caue° | uporiall those who were willing to under take this duty to stand up there was a scene j which is not easily forgotten; ? Men, ffome^i | and children to the numberpf between^ and: 300 left their seats and thronged roona the - pulpit to-give their names to an alien- ] dant priest, and to receive little canvassing: . books, with a margin forenames ofjuj ; scribers, and a column for theramountap, i date of the contribution. By this time tw. ■ rain was descending in a torrent, ana w clatter upon .the corrugated iron roarreu dered the Rev Father's voice iriandiblew^ but those in the immediate vicirutyot^ pulpit. " I want 150 more," sivid p;.?J,: sionary, when the crowd about .flin]i «*■ returned to their seats. More volunte^: another crowd round the pulpit,more i^.i ing out of hands, a general buzz of convey tira, and again silence. "I^^Sk I want the-children; let only thech^J come this time," and then 100 children wen The-,missionary again raisedvlus VOlC\ inl . the noise of the; rain^rendered ; «j; almost inaudible. : This, time^ H^ «^ he ! upon those who were willing to •*^" : l;v ,. i temperance pledge to stand-up. _l' £- dn J-' women, and youths of both-se^s sw* !up, I Ixaised: their - right -b^ ds' f ge rrepeatedwiafteri him the OV^ promise to abstain. He then- *&*%% : that -there would be mass ;at"? & o af, Saturday morning for the repose on | "goulsof friends in purgatory. ,osO- : ; j •!Q«S-this eve^Ml^JjfSe. : :^|e»luppor&g.^choqb.^ .causedtßb^s the r^.^oul^»ve ny expect nothing from r.#&^^the, but they coulisee I*from ;th^»gns w times that a movement for|pe . going on in the direction of haying «c > national schools, and before long thej

EVENING SIAR, SATURDAI. DECEMBER 7



.W CLOTHING FACTORY "«* EMPLOYS UPWARDS OF 600 WORKPEOPLE. BRANCHES FOR THE SALE OF OUR MANUFACTURES AT AUCKLAND NAPIER I\TELLINGTON wanganui DUNEDIN OAMARU TIMARU . INVERCARaiLL CHEISTCHURCH. The Proprietors have had to fight their way inch by inch, in opposition to the interests of Importers and Shippers, hut > the desire on the part of the Public to encourage New Zealand Industries has been manifested by the great success which has attended all the Branches of ne Ne-w Zealand Clothing Factory, ■-■'■'■■'■.'' SUMMER SEASON, 1878-1879. v No^v in receipt of MKN'S, BOYS', and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, ESPECIALLY :-'■'■'-' i; : Manufactured for the Auckland Market, and Superior in Style and /; Fit to the Imported Goods. A great •'■■■"■■• portion is made of the famous Mosgiel tweeds, manufactured of. pura New i■, ■ Zealand wools. - • A SINGLE GARMENT SOLD AT WHOLESALE PRICE. SyJChe Largestana Choicest Stock inNew .".'.■.. .Zealand of Hats,. Caps. Hosiery, Port manteaux, Bags, and tne latest Novel ties in Ties, Scarfs, Collars, &c. ' '* ' * A SINGLE ARTICLE SOLD AT WHOLESALE PRICE. All Qoodsare markediiarPlain F i ureff,r< > H •Ki-ifm. CASH ONLY. ; :-■;".; 'd S (; Article'ptirbhaßedi and; rtf6t appro- ,- s red of will be exchanged with Jthe same S'JT :<>--, n>' *<sii'te3y')witbj:-wliibh itfWas soldi pr,fiffflF t'i os ■<.a-A -;, i^eslreai tae rmonfiyvwlll;bo wturned.1-- ?« &< M^j^'::' yh ';;::-':J?^RfrBINSON, ,- rsJUfe» .: MANAGER ATJOKLAND BRANCH. i r . Agency in New Zealand for Wertheim'a ite. " Celebrated SewinK Machines.



I^TORTH BRITrSH AND MERC AN J3i TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. LONDON AND-EDINBURGH Established 1809. £ .) Incorparated.by Royal Charter. Capital . ~~~~. .. ..£2,000,000 Reserve Fund.. .. - ••*«,•: I.°B2>768 Income of the Fire Department, Net n . BOIB Premiums and Interest, 1877 ~ ... 916,646 PhesiOent:. His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T. V iaE-PRESIDENTS". His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G.; His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, K.G. Extraordinary Directors : Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie, Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore, Right Hon. Sir James Fer- Russon; of Kilkerran. Bart., Sir Matthew White. Ridley, Bart., Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin, Right Hon. Lord Wolverton, Sir Walter James r Bart., Sir John Maiorbanks, of LeesrßarfcrSir' Robert Hay, of Haystoun, Bart;, David Mahony, Esq., Dublin. GENERAL COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chairman : i Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, G.C.8., G.C.5.1., and P.O. Fire Risks taken on buildings and property in the Provincial District of Auckland at lowest BATUS.i| Losses promptly and liberally dealt with. ['[","' SHERA BROS., AGENTS, IQUEEN-STREET. /GREATEST VARIETY of Bedsteads VJT in Auckland. , . . Greatest Variety of BEDROOMJFurniture Greatest Variety of Drawing-room Suites Greatest Variety of Dining-room Suites Greatest Variety of CARPETS ' Greatest Variety of FLOORCLOTHS CITY HALL FURNISHING ARCADE. Holleway, ©arliok-& Cranwell Have for Sale— Q«r A 3EDSTEADS, tha Handsomest in OOy' Auckland. Iron, Kauri. Cedar, Rimu, and Mottled Kauri, naif Tester and French in all sizes. Stump and Stret chers, Wood and Iron Cots, Folding and Rocking Cots. 1 >7K ROLLS of CARPET to select fro m ■!•»«J Brussels, Tapestry, Velvet Pile, Kid derminßter, Felt. Duch, Jute, and Stair Carpets; Hearth Rugs; Mat tings, various kinds -^=3, Z^Z 1 (\C\(\ CHAIRS, comprising American, I V\J\J English, Austrian Bent Wood, Italian, and Colonial, to suit all classes. Wholesale.and Retail.^ .... , r ,_^ r^ia o(\(\ TOILET GLASSES. Very handsome O\J\J ones just opened; also, a large lot of Chimney Glasses, Walnut, Gilt, and Ebonized Frames. -"i Aft CHESTS DRAWERS in various WOOda v and styles.' 8 -*■.* KA WASHSTANDS & TOILET TABLES, ° v various designs. on SETS TOILTCT WARE, some very OKJ choice.' BEDDINGsOf all kinds 1 BLANKETS, QUILTS, SHEETS, &o. yinE PAIR WHITE CURTAINS, Lace, Leno, Aplique, &c. DRAPERY GOODS CLOTHING. &O. Book Catalogues sent Post Free. Holloway, Garlick and Oranwell, CITY HALL ARCADK. QUEEN AND LORNE-STREETS, AUCKLAND. /~\ N SALE, AT THE Stores of the Undersigned : el two - horse mowerjand corn binder3machine 1 No. 2 TAUNTON HAY-MAKER j 1 NO. 27 HORSE-RAKE 1 N.S.D. CHAFF-CUTTER 1 FAN MILL, for. Winnowing tGrain". and Seeds. The above Machines are well worth inspection. W. J. HURST & CO., 101. Queen-street. 50,000 YAKP S °~F DRESS MATERIALS t& TO B E SO-LD cJh;E."AJP. 10,000 YARDS OF PLAIN LUSTRES VST; TO BE SOLD CHEAP. H« Atkins ' '■'~[■■■ Invites Inspection !of his NEW SPRING AND SUMMER DRESS MATERIALS. ; J The' Stock this Season is an immense one, of thr greatest variety, and the prices the lowest n the City. - ; - '; , •» . - g H.A.has also just received ex 'Lebu' to his own order, a Very; Large Stock of BLACK SILKS, same as always kept tin Stock. These can be specially recommended. They.always, wear well, and srive greatl satisfaction. ' Also, COLOURKD SUiKS—a splendid assortment in all the n wiColore. ; ■ '• 'p '■ •*-" ■ ';' '*• '- Also, JUST OPENED, A'Comdete Stock of Long Curtains, Quilt Table Linen, Sheetings. Blankets, Calicos, and Manchester Goods. IN THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT ' (A Very Heavy Stacls» " SPLENDID VALUE of New fifnits.'Coats, Trowsers and Vests, Trowsers, &c. SPECIAL LINES in Galatea and Paget Coats, in Blue and Black Cloth, Worsted i Coatings, Diagonal Tweed, &c, &c, &c. The STOCK of Boy's and Youth's Clothing is very large this Season, and of good value. THE LARGEST STOCK OF TWEEDS IN THE COLONY. Tailors Supplied at Wholesale Prices. GOOD TWEED for Boy's Wear, from Is lid per yard. H. A T X INS. ' : JT EMPTHORNE, PROSSER & CO.'S NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY —!.'. _ :;:I^S^?^(LIMITED). - \ f iam.o-i'l ,HOXia HUHTHA | r ABplic^tj-on^o^ghares^^illbft.receiveduntil SATURDAY, aisfeDecembep.^at thejofflceot, o . o^,^ ifs^fpip!' ;y~7 2,. Insurance Buildings, :-,' v



"ORETT'S AUCKLAND ALMANAC AND PROVINCIAL HANDBOOK FOR 1879. Notice to Advertisers. $ The above popular work is in the Press, and will be ISSUED IN A FEW DAYS. Advortisers must forward ■ their' Business Notices AT ONCE to theEvening-Star office, or they will be unavoidably excluded. rl '. THE PARTNERSHIP hitherto . sub sisting between. J. Cosgrave and W. Graham has been dissolved by mutual consent. 7SteaedV JOHN COSQR AYE. V SI? ned) ~ WM, GRAHAM. , In consequence of the Dissolution, jthe WHOLE of the STOCK-IN-TRADE, BOOK DEBTS, r&c., in Auckland and elsewhere, must be sold immediately, in order to realise. " • The SALE OF THE GOODS will take plaoe in Queen-street on TO-MORROW : (Thursday), when that Enormous and Valuable Stock must be Sold Regardless'of Cost !! : J» COSGRAVE & Co. Wholesale and Retail DRAPERS AND CLOTHIERS. Queen-street, Auckland. FURNITURE— For the Drawingroom Dining-room, Library, Be room, or Kitchen, on Sale at V &H. COOKE'S. _ CARPETS— Including Brussels, lapes \j try, Kidderminster, Stair Felt, and Dutoh, on Sale 1 & H. COOKE'S. lINOLEUM and Floorcloths, all widths, 1 Bath Mata, in Linoleu r and Floorcloth, on Sale at T & H. COOKE'S. i HEARTH RUGS, Door Mats, plain and wool bordered, Matting. Wool Mats, Bed-side Rugs, on Salo at T. & H. COOKE'S. $ RON BEDSTEADS. — French, Half I Tester, Stump and Folding; Iron Cots, all sizes, Wood Bedsteads and Wood Cota, on Sale at T, & H. COOKE'S. BEDDING.— Hair, Wool, Spring, Cocoa Fibre, and Flax .Mattresses, Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pil lows, on Sale at T. & H. (Hi LASSES.—Ghimney Glasses, in Gilt, \^R~ Walnut, and Maple Frames, Tol ' let Glasses. Toiletware, Cane seated Chairs, in great variety, on IHS? Sale at T. & H. COOKIE'S. PRICES. —As we import direct from the : English Manufacturers, we are able to sell all imported goods as low as any houae in town; and, employing btkam power in our Factory, are enabled to offer articles of local manufacture at a very moderate rate. T. & H. Qooke'a EURNITUKK AND UARPET WARKHOU E 07. QUBBN-STRKKT. THE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1821. CAPITAL ONE MILLION STERLING. REVENUE. 1855 £19,762 1865 91,658 1875 196,720 1876 224,014 1877 265,998 FD3E RISKS on all Insurablo Property taken at Lowest Rates ok Premium. N.B.—All Losses will bo paid hore with liber ality and despatch. Agent for the Provincial Distriot and City of Auckland. JOHN R. RANDKRSON, , No. 5, Insurance Buildings, Qucon-street. COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY \J OF NEW ZEALAND. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital £2,000,000 HEAD OFFICE—WELLINGTON. NOTICE TO INSURERS. ' „' '.. At the expiration of the first Financial Period Of the Company the Directors will offer to persons who'have insured with the Company the right of taking up at par one of the unalloted shares for every £1 of premium paid by them whether for fire or marine risks. GKO. S. GRAHAM. Goneral Manager. Just as great men are targets for envy and jealousy to aim their shafts at, so is a celebrated proprietary medicine a shining mark for trick sters to rob of its lustre. This species of piracy is a mean type of pilfering., It is literally petty larceny, because, under cover of the name that "carries the game," they can concoct the most pernicious beverages, the moßt destructive poisons, the most bogus compounds, and over laying them with the imprint and labels of some great original, like " Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps," palm off the stuff for the celebrated diuretic and tonic.