SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

«r< >i WATJfR 'This Afiersioon, 6.11 '."!•' SUN SET.—Tin. K.euinyr, 5.42 BliN lIISK.—To-morrow Alornim-. 6.11 MOON'S AO '■'■. Full Moon, 12th, 3^S a.m.

ARRIVALS.

TO-DAY. Halcione, ship, Parker, from London

DEPARTURES.

TO-DAY.

Telegraph, schooner. Doughty, for East Coast

LAST EVENING. Wanaka, s.s., McGillivray, for Russell lona, s.s., Farquhar, for Russell Rowena, s.s., Sellar3, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For London—Schiohalhon, barque, early ; bpirit

of the Dawn, barque, early For Honolulu and San Francisco -City of New

York, 17th inst. _ ... For Sydney and Melbourne—Hero, s.s., 12.h For UusseH-loua and Tau»o, Monday For Whangarei and Mangapai-Argyle, Tues day. „__,«,,______,

IMPORTS.

Prr Halcione. from London: Plain cottons. £1,318; coloured cottons. --698; print, d cottons. £2,219 ; woollens and worsteds, £1,667: flannels. £6.5; linen m bases, £380; linen in case, £503: cottons and woollens, £1,339; muslins, £9 ; silk °.nd cottons, £136; silk and velvets, £201: ribbons, £13:>; millinery, £693; hos'erv, £1,192; sewing thread, £11; haber dashery, £2,292 ; parasols, £12 ; umbrellas, £9S; cotton and linen shirts, £70 ; app.rel. £7,332; biankets, £212; _rpets and rugs £611; toilet and table covers £26; counterpanes, £68 : straw hats, £2i7; felt hats and cans, £939; dve-sed leather. £90: wrought leather, £1,798; saddlery, £339; floor cloth, £10; [sewing machines, £28: vestas, 116 cases; agriouT t iral implement.,, £112; agricultural machinery, £22; books, £50 ; paper. 116 cwt.; paperhangings, £63; horse hair and seating, £75: upholstery, £113; iron bedsteads. £83; brashware, £2o; pianos, £379; perfumery, £82 ; agricultural and garden seed?, £1,325; clay tobacco pipes, £9; gnnoawder, 471 cwt.; iron tanks, £3; hardware and cutlery, £798 ; bar and rod iron, 7 tons; tin phites,2o boxes; iron nails, 11 tons ; and wire rope, 34 tons; zinc, 1 ton; linseed oil. 2,170 gallons; turpentine, 45 gallons j varnish, £48; whitin-r, 12 tons ; paint colours, £265 ; flint gla-s, £48; foreign window class, 225 cases: china and earthenware, £221; bran and flour bags, £227; canvas, £35; cordage, £33; lines and twine;, £66 ; slates, 30 tons; marble, £39 ; cement, 350 barrels: brandy in bulk, 1620 proof gallons : brandy in rase, 1140 proof cal lous ; rum, 1167 proof gallons ; geneva, 1033 proof ga'lons; British spirits in bulk, 1141 proof gallons ; British spirit, in case, 62 proof gallons, perfumed spirit. l< erallons ; red Wine, 10.. gallons; white wine. 102j-_:lans; beer (inbarrels of 36 gallons), 52 gallons; bacon and hams, lOcwt: assorted oilmen's stores. £456; vinegar, 200 gallons ; foreign salad oil. 283 gallons: nuts, 90 bushels; musta _. £80 : white salt, 80 tons ; rock salt, 10 tons: British and Foreign candles, 160cwt; soap, 28swt; dates. 30owt; ra'sins, filewt; currants, 128cvvt.: alraonds. llcwt ; flgs, 7cwt; c mfeclionery and peel, 178 cases ; chemicals (not otherwise described), 5 cases ; apothecary ware. £379: tartaric acid, 2cwt; coru flour, £18. Total declare.l value of cargo, £40,600. .. ,_ _ 432 pk*.s, 15ca_e_, 5 bales.—Owen and Graham. oca.es Maw's Drrggirts' sundries.—T. h. Hill. 5 bale- carpets, 3 bales curled hair, 2 biles feathers, 1 case table covers, Sec— Winks and HaU. 1 case Lachenal's eoneertiDa=f. 1 do. com pendiums, 2 do. cabinet goods. 2 do. perfumery, 5 do. tin and I.R. toys. 2 do. china mugs. 1 do. spectacles, 1 do. purses, 3 do. sundries.—M. Levy and Co.

THE S.S. HERO.

The s.s. Hero, from Sydney, passea itusseii at seven o'clock this morning. Shs may, therefore, be expected any moment.

ARRIVAL OF THE HALCIONE, FROM LONDON.

The fine iron ship Halcione, Captain Parker from London, anchored off Tiritiri early tins morning, and came up with the afternoon tide, anchoring in harbour shortly after four o'clock. The shipping reporter of this journal boarded her outside the reef, and obtained tVie following repo:t of the passage:— "The Halcione left London on 29th May, and took on board 60 tons powder at Gravesend, which was left the game day. Passed Start Point on June Ist, in compary wih the Zealandia for »Wellington, biarht • esterly wea<_*r was experienced for a short time after starting. Thence to crossing the Equator, on July 2nd, in longitude 26 degrees west, light north-east trades and variable winds. Strong south-east trades were experienced for some time, and lest in 21 degrees south. Thence to the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope, Which was passed on August 4th; strong south-east winds and eal.s. Thence to sighting tho Three Li^s, which were sighted on Sunday morning last, moderate northerly and north-east winds. Down the coast, northerly winds, a nchered inside Tiritiri at 4 a.m. to-day,and in the powder ground at 4.15 p.m. There was no deaths on the voyage, but Mrs Forsyth was safely delivered of a son . The Halcione is a large iron shic of about 1200 tons register. She brings a cargo of merchandi-'o valued at £40,000, aud comes con?'"'- . •-.-*» Messrs Cruicksbaok &C-~a* -- . -P"? 4 *_ Shaw, Saville and On. r" --rfentt of Mes-rs nfl ac -- • «,. me following are tne __.«_-(. on board, several of .whom are _MV Velsey Stuart's Katikati special settlers :-- ■ Second cabin; John Curry, K. Morton W. Davy, and D. Denbigh. Steerage: P. Carlet.!., Jas Parkinson, F-an-.e.. Parkinson, Evelyn Parkinson, Wm. Parkiasoh, Wm Storing, Margt. Sterling. Alice Storlmg, Edwin Sterling. Thomas Sterling, James O Keefe. J. B.Pike, J. McClintock. Mr McClintock, J. W. Stanfield.H. T. Stanfleld, R. Fleck. Sergeant w. Forsyth, Charlotte Forsyth, Wm. Forsyth, Andrew Hughe3, Campbell Hughes, Robert H. Shep *__. Halcione has 230-casks on board for Napier, and wiU proceed to that port after dis charging her Auckland ca-go.

The "Bay of Plenty Times" saya: "The new * steamer for the Auckland and Tauranga trade will leave England about the middle .ot November next, and may be expected to arrive iv Auckland some time in February She Is being built, under the instructions of Captain Maclregor. by Blackwood and Gordon, of Port Gla=low, tho builders of the s.s. Taranaki and Wellington, an 1 is to be 135 ft long. 22ft beam, ■and depth of hold 9 feet. with.v guaranteed soeed of Wh knots, and is to be fitted up with ail the latest improvements. . The sehoonei- Energy and Marion arrived at Tonera on August 13th, and the Marion sailed north three days later. She was followed by thi Ei-ergy on the 21st ult. The Dunedin whaler Splendid, with 8 \ tuns ariVrm oil, was at Vavau on August 3rd. It was the intention of the eaytain to commence hump backiDg at Vavau. . , , . The g.s. Southern Cross is advertised to leave for Napier to-morrow evening. The schooner Transit, having discharged a portion of her cargo at Napier, was to come on to Auckland, leaving some time last week. A small French war steamer, named the La Mothe, called at Kobart Town .on the 27th August, on her way to Tahiti via Auckland. Owing, however, to the news of the New Caledonia revolt, it was probable that she would! proceed to that place instead. She is a, baraue-risrged wooden vessel of 270 tons British measurement. She has 95 men, and six steel guns of 9-inch calibre and one small brass boat 8 The barque 3 Schiehallion and. Spirit of the Down have now all but completed loading, and they will clear for London before the end of the The s.s. Rofcomahana is to make a trip to Coromandel every Wednesday.

BIRTH.

CHITHAM.—On the 9th instant, at her resi dence, Parnell, tho wife ot Mr. Alfred Ohit ham of a daughter, :+ t O'BRIFfiN.—On the 9ch September, at Mount Albert, Morningude, the wife of Mr. Jaiuo. O'Brien of a Bon.

MARRIAGE.

LONF.RGAN-COX.—On the 10th SiptemUr, 1878, at St. Patrick's Catheiral. Auckland, by the Rev. Walter McDonald, James PaMick, eldest son ofiMr. Thomas Lonergau, Merchant Tailor, Auckland,. to : Hachael Jane, third daughter of the late Robert Cox, Onehunga.

DEATH.

JONES.—On the 9th September, Joseph Thomas, youngest son of Joseph Henry and Hannah Jones, aged 3 years. The funeral will leave his parents'residence, Brown-street, Ponsonby. on Wednesday, at 3.30 p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Hknry, Newmarket.—You will neither require a patent nor a license for the sale of your compound. Constant Reader. — The battle between Heenan and Sayers was fought in a meadow ia the Parish of Farnborough, between Bag- Bhot Heath aud Aldershot on the 17th Sept., 1860. It was a drawn battle. Sayers bad his arm broken in the fourth round, and Heenan was completely blind, hence the ropes were cut. Both men died a few years afterward■>.

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

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.

For th_ cause that lacks assistance, F»_ the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

Poor Tukkey I Despite the wise delibera tions of diplomats, the congratulations and good advice of friends, and the threatenings of enemies, dissolution seems near at hand, and that from causes within. As Earl Derby observed months ago, we may save Turkey from murder, but cannot prevent her from committing suicide. Yes terday, the massacre of Mehemct Ali and suite was announced. To-day cable, des patches speak of insurrections in Alabama, and the murder of Turkish officials. Whether the two messages refer to the same event we cannot tell, but in cither case the picture is a dark one. Now, when quiet is most essential that the country may recruit after a desolating war, the land is given over to anarchy, and every man's hand is against his neighbour. Unless some wise administrator arises to save the battered ship of State, it cannot much longer resist the rude buffettings which are driving it to destruction,

Eon once, the "New Zealander" has hit the nail squarely on the head, when it attributes to the choice circle of retired colonists, who are living upon wealth drawn from the land they malign, the frequent misrepresentations of colonial questions that appear in the English press. As a rule, English journalists are equally ignorant of colonia politics and colonial geography.. In dealing with the details of dry statistics they are generally on safe ground ; but whenever they attempt anything beyond, it is either conspicuous for an" utter want of knowledge of colonial matters or is tinged with a colouring which only a retired' squatter could impart. The man who has made his money in the colonies, no doubt, becomes a perfect autocrat of the dinner table on colonial ques tions, and it is perhaps pardonable if jour nalists who accept his hospitality^ imagine that in adopting such a man's opinions they are drinking at the pure fountain of colonial sentiment. Experience . and success appear to be on his side ; yet in reality no worse authority could be selected. Many of these men have been rejected for colonial con stituencies. Their feelings and interests are alike opposed to settlement and progress. Wool, tallow, and land monopoly are their guiding stars politically and socially. Without patriotism, without liberal senti ment, elbowed out 'of the colonies, and occupying a very questionable position in relation to English society, these gentle men wreak their little vengeance upon colo nists by misrepresenting those who are bear ing the heat and burden of the day in the great work of colonisation. .

A meeting of. Mr Cosgrave's supporters will beheld at the Albert Hall, Darby street) at 8 o'clock this evening, and all interested are iuvited to attend. •; - •

; We are requested to state that another meeting of Mr Peacock's**supporter.-,,; will take place! ; this evening at half-past 7 o'clock in .. the same room in." which the previous committee-meetings -have been.; held, as notified by the secretary in the circulais transmitted to Mr Peacock's friends:- !

The singing class for teachers in.connec tion with the Board of Education; con ducted by Mr Ciahwell, meets at 11.-5 On Saturday morning, not on Friday as stated in a paragraph yesterday. '.*-. ;/ Zi'f"

Some friends of mine, says a writer in " Truth," supped the the other day atßig non's new caft. at Pari..: The party con sisted of 20, and the bill was 13,000 francs. On their remonstrating, 3,000 francs were taken off, and they had the pleasure of pay ing 10,000 francs for their supper.

The following report,of the Progresss G MZCo., Coromandel, was .received yes terday by the directors :—" The work done for the week in you _ companys mine is : i have driven 5 feet ort the two leaders, lhey still continue the", same..; couise, and are looking very well. I prospected both of them last evening, and got a little gold from the small leader. ' As: I have before stated, nothing important may be expected before the two reefs junction, which I hope will take place before mauy feet are driven. Mr Henry N. Garland has been appointed secretary and accountant to the Education Reserves Commission, at an annual salary of £50. There were eleven applications for the position. , ._._•■_._. t At the adjourned meeting of the bear or Auckland Lodge of Oddfellows, under the American Constitution, last evening, in the Insurance Buildings, lour new members were initiated and ten proposed for member-

ship. The shipwrights held their half-yearly trade meeting lust evening in the Working Men's Club-room. The meeting was well attended. Mr William Ellis was elected chairman, and Mr Fox secretary for the ensuing year. The report and balance sheet was favourable to the Society, show ing a sound and healthy condition. The question of co-operation was. introduced, but finally deferred for consideration at a special meeting.

; To the Editor : Sir,—Can you inform me of the reasons for the violent leader iv your contemporary of. yesterday against the Anglo-Israelitish - subject,* now occupying and engrossing so much of the public mind at home, and whose arguments are .so very strongly in iavour of actual probability that no counter argument of any consequence lias, as yet, been adduced to damage this important question ? Having weighed the Z'pros and,cons" of th. ..übjoct, if it can be said to have any "cons," I am come to the conclusion, that, although nothing has, as yet, been actually proved, yet there is (not withstanding anything the writer] of the leader in question may state) an amount- of circumstantial evidence, iv the shape of ■history bearing out prophecy, that goes a long way to show those that care to study the question that it is one that is all deser ving of their most serious thought and calm deliberative judgment. For a man like the writer of the afore-mentioned "leader" (who evidently knows nothing about the question he takes upon himself to criticise in such very bad taste, descending, as he does, to nothing short of insult to the gentle men advocating the "identity in stig matising them as madmen") I consider is apiece of presumption I've seldom known equalled, and is calculated to damage the paper he writes for in the eyes of sensible aud impartial men. Judging by the report of the lecture given at Onehunga last Thursday by the Rev. Mr. Warren—pro fessedly opposing the Identity Question— ou careful perusal I could not see that any single argument was adduced in any way calculated to damage their views. My owu opinion is simply this, that they should not be stigmatised as " madmen" until honest refutation can be adduced. Failing this, I, together with mauy others, would like to know more of the subject, and should be sorry to see them insulted and set aside as madmen before the question has been thoroughly investigated aud then discussed on its own merits.—Yours, ""Fair PL AY."

The S. Thomas's entertainment will not take place this evening iv S. Matthew's school-room, as originally proposed, but on the evening of Tuesday, the 17th iust. The proceeds of these pleasant evenings with composers and poets go towards the S. Thomas's Church fund. The programme of the next entertainment will consist of two parts, the lust, music by the Orpheus baud, solos, part songs, and ballads by ladies and gentlemen of the choir. The second part will embrace a lecture on "Astronomy," with dissolving views by Mr Sinallfield. Between the parts, Mr Blackmail will read an original humorous sketch, "Dinniford Dash, of Dunstable House."

Tile settters of Raglan have presented Dr. Harsant with a set of plate and a hand some sofa an 1 easy chairs as a mark of esteem. The occasion is the doctor's departure from tlie district after twenty years' residence in the district as medical attendant and Resident Magistrate.

The sitting of the Native Lands Court, arranged for the 28th August, has been postponed to a date to be fixed.

The Jackson.. Bay settlement has cost the Government £21,000, and the special settlers are indebted to the Government £10,000, which, it is considered, may at o:ice be written off.

Under the hcadiug " Masculine sitting," the "Sun" says :—" The correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald," writing from Wellington, says of the Hon. Mr Sheehau, that he was ' born and educated under Mr o*Sullivan, now the Inspector of Schools th ere.'"

To the Editor Sir, —In the " Herald's" account of the N val Brigade's shooting for the Company's Belt, it states that Petty Officer Moore made an aggregate of 72 points out of 21 shots, whereas his 72 points were oiit of 27 shots. By inserting this you will obIige.—MA2.KSMA.N. On the effort to secure the return of Sir Julius. Vogel to New Zealand, the "Bruce Herald" thus dilates : " A movement is re ported to be on the tapis in .Wellington for getting out the great Sir Julius again to the colony to lead an Opposition to the present

y~" :„_, jiii upposi.i.r. ... _~~~ pic:. ~~ Government.'^ A session or two since, he seems to have been nearly cryiug-—though it is.-not upon record in ' I.au,.ard,' that he actually burst into tears—because some hard hearted members of our House of Representatives opposed his going home, aud now it would seem there is an expecta tion that he would not be averse to retiming here. Perhaps Sir Julius thinks like Milton's Satan, that, '. it is better to ' reign in hell, than serve in heaven," though I do not mean to com pare Great Britain or this colony to either one or the other-place. Ido not know that we want a stronger Opposition. It would be better if the public business was done during the session, than that time should be taken up by fighting for what men ahull be in and what out; and if there be no better reason for the return of Sir Julius Vogel than that of putting him at the head of an Opposition to turn out the Grey Ministry, I should think it might be as Avell for the colony he should remain at home for the present."

" Vanity Fair" remarks :—" The sad death of the young Queen of Spain adds another to the long list of victims who have fallen uuderthe dreadful modern scourge of typhoid or \ enteric fever. It seems as although some such universal malady must always exist in the world. Leprosy was once the terror and horror of a large portion of the earth ; tho plague was even more dreaded, as the lingering remains of quaran tine laws still show ; small-pox, the black death, and the sweating sioknessintheir day slew their tens of thousands; and nowtyphoid. has taken its place as, a successor to these equally awful and equally impartial in its ravages. The strange part of it is that this malady, which the learned men tell us !is duo to defective drainage or bad water, should have come upon us precisely when we have, as we flatter ourselves, realised the greatest triumphs in disposing of our drainage., But, iv truth, the contrary is the fact, and the result of, our departure from the simplicity of tormer times and the adoption of ingcuious and costly main drainage schemes is that we have invented typhoid and laid it on into our houses, while! we have polluted ail our streams and poison'ed'the basis of all-our drinks." '. The-.-.anniversary of the Battle, of Sedan served as an excuse to enable the German residents of -Wellington to spend a._very pleasali t time in the Poly technic HallZiiThe attendance numbered nearly, two hundred,, who had evidently assembled determined to enjoy themselves and succeeded in carry ing ;"out their laudable resolution.' The speeches were all in German, but it may be interesting to.mention that the chairman, Consul Krn.ll, intimated that a German inau-o'-war would visit Wellington about the beginning of January next.—"New Zealaudci"." - -.:*•* ■.... -'ZZ....■•'-..' .'"•■''"''

Captain Parker, of the Halcione, which: reached port to-day, was formerly captain of the Langston, and married a daughter of Mr W. Atkiu. His .arrival, therefore, will be wecomed by many friends, more espe cially as his wife accompanies him. V.j'

A telegram from our Wellington "corres pondent on Saturday, gave the substance of an attack in the Wellington "Post" upon Auckland betting, and the proposed formation of a 'i 'attersall's Club. }It is rather a significant circumstance .that.tiie real cause of the movement to form this club, was certain bets made by a Welling ton man which were afterwards disputed. Whatever may be said about the morality of batting, there can be no question respect ing the right of those who bet and pay, to protect themselves from those who bet aud are very punctillious in demanding what they win, but are a trifle less exact when they lose. This is the object of the Tatter sail's Club, and turf molality will, on the whole, be a gainer by its existence. It is intended to supply, by a little extraneous stimulus, that " honour" which should be the soul of betting, but which unfortunately is sadly deficient in some of those who trade upon it.

A general meeting of the Tradesmen's Athletic Club will be held to-morrow even ing, at the Club-room, to consider what steps should be taken regarding the action, Shep pard v. Graham, in which the plaintiff was nonsuited iv the District Court yesterday.

There was a fair attendance of members last night at the St. James' Literary Class. The President opened the meeting in the usual way, and after some preliminary busi ness, Mr J. Parker read a brief essay on " Commerce," his first attempt. The paper was favourably received. Mr J. C. Macky followed witli his long promised paper on " Ritualism," one of the best written papers of the session. The papers were duly criticised, and thanks accorded to the essayists. The Secretary informed the audieuce that the next papers would be by Mr W. J. Geddis, ou the "Power *,of the Press," and by Mr Eeid on " Self Culture," both good subjects.

In Sydney Mr Jack and Miss Firmin closed their season with "East Lyune," and we are told that Miss Firmin's imper sonation of the heroine was by far the best ever seen in that city. Mr Jack is warmly praised, and the " Mail" regrets that two memb-rs of the dramatic profession, who can achieve so decided a success in such a drama as " East Lynne," should have selected to commence their theatrical career in tho colonies with such rubbish as " Mliss " and " Our Boarding House."

Another remarkable charge of ill-usage, preferred by a domestic servant, has arisen in Otago. A girl named Mary Hamilton, aged 13, came into the Waverley Boarding House, Dunedin, iv an emaciated and dying state. She attributed her ill-usage to overwork at the house of Mr Owen, postmaster, Kaitanga. Dr Coughtrey, who was called in, sent for the police to take what it is feared will prove her dying depositions.

Dr. Samuel Manning, inhis"Land of the Pharaohs," says he has seen more emaciated stinted } and depressed men, women, aud children in a single week in England than he observed from end to end of the land of Egypt. The disreputable scenes which occurred iv connection with tho City West " Noah's Ark," now early forgotton, are, it appeals, likely to be re-enacted. Residents iv and around Freeman's Bay have been disturbed during the nights of the last few weeks by midnight brawls and carousals which threaten to biing the district into unenvi able notoriety, and to restore the bad name which it formerly held. These disturb ances are, we understand, due to the fact that several houses in the immediate locality have been let to women of question able respectablity, who fancy they can cany on their nefarious trade there with impuuity. A most dis graceful^scene, and one which has been the means of attracting considerable atten tion to the matter, occurred last evening. Several persons, evidently of low repute, took possession of a house in one of the most i espectable streets of the neighbour hood, and after getting all their belongings into it they indulged pretty freely iv the intoxicating cup. A drunken brawl (the usual result;) followed, and one of the women, who had a child in her arms, came outside, and deliberately broke six panes of the window glass with her hand, which was very much lacerated. The residents ia the street are naturally indignant at such goings on. We draw the attention of the police authorities to the matter, and feel certain that they will take the necessary steps in the matter. Sunday at Home.—Wife, "Good-bye, Dick, I'm going to church. Now promise you won't play theilute."—Anti-Sabbatarian Husband. " Pooh ! why not ?"—Wife. " Well, Dick, the new cook Iris come, and she might be shocked you know."—

"Punch."

A meeting of ratepayers aud candidates for civic honours will be held to-morrrow evening, in the Mechanics* Institute, when the "Seven," it is expected, will express their sentiments in support of their special claims upon citizens. The "New Zealand Sun" the Licensed Victuallers' organ, quotes at full length iv its leading coiumns our remarks on the beer tax and the sham that has characterised the arguments employed against it, and is forced to make the following confession : — "Much as has been said for and against the new beer tax imposed by the Government, there can be no doubt but that the Trade generally, if it were left alone, would not regard it as a pre posterous one. Of course, we are fully of opinion that it would have been as well had the consideration of taxing that class of "luxuries" been postponed to another session. The Government and the Assembly have their hands pretty full this year of schemes wherewith to increase the revenue. The laud and property tax is be fore Parliament, audit is a very popular one. Compared to its effects, this new beer tax will be but a drop of water in the ocean. It is possible, if not probable, that the move ment afoot just -now at the investigation of the brewers, and of some portions ot the Trade, will be successful in getting Mr Ballance's proposals shelved, but if it does attain its object we think'that, looking at thepros and cons of the question—at the dif ference in prices between Mh. wholesale artcile and that retailed be the Trade -it might be well, if too much notoriety be given to this effort, to put off, until another year or two, this l_d tax on a gallon of beer. Much has been said and written- on the subject of this additional burthen to the imposts already placed upon the productive elements of the colony, but we fancy that the Auck land Star, in the following article, has pretty well saddled the right horse, and that most of the arguments it uses can scarcely be cavilled at. Our contemporary has evidently given much thought to the matter at issue, and although we do not agree entirely with its deductions we fairly admit that there is a good deal in them." ' Mr Anthony Trollope, in his recent book on South Africa, bears witness to the high esteem iv which Sir George. Grey is held in that colony : "At this time (1857) Sir Geo. Grey was Governor of the colony—a most remarkable man, avlio had.been Governor of South Australia and: of New Zealand, who had been once recalled from his office of Governor ot the Cape and then re stored, who was sent back, to New Zea land as' Governor in the hottest =of the Maori warfare, aud who now lives 'in that Colony, and is at this moment— the begin ning of 1878—singularly enough'— Pnme Minister in the dependency in which lie has been twice the Queen's vicegerent. What ever he may be, oriniy, have been in New Zealand,;hedias^er.vinly;leftbehind.nm at ! the Cape ot Good <Hoy e a very, great reputa tion There can be, n\ doubt that"of all our South Afncan, Goveiiors he was the most popular and -probabl} Ztlie most high handed, j.';.- \-> : -Val Vose, thevehtrifest. aud Madame" Cora, have turned up aUast. They are at Invercargill where they,will remain for a few days, then work t c ir wav north wards. ' ■':■. ::,\ , . -~...

rTlie very Interesting cerem<i^7o7z crating the Scroll of the Law nrw ?*** M^Joel,,took l place at the P& *d Duuedni, on Sunday. y^ogUe, A.brut<.';cailed George Orchard ' ling:with a man named B N $ Uarrel. Whittle'shotel, Karkoura, bit th„ ? nes at" nose clean/off. ' fc the rf h? sporting writer of the "New 7„ , Sun "criticising the handicap of tL AH^ Handicap says : "The general verdict J*°' that it is a good fair handicap, if .„_,?*« the top weights having the b-:t . ln«' In summing up. he prefers the".-. A U'" Fishhook amongst the top wei- _U t6B oi ■ lands, Puriri, and Songster of "thp'v^^ divisiou; Nemo and Merlin of »;_. ,?dl» lot. The last named should be vS h^ winning for Mr Gilligan the first bill ne3r cap of the season. UJs aaudi. The p.s. Luna has taken to Cii.j.M, a number of men from Grey mouth £ r$ passages the Governmeut had paid C* l° 8e had no means thereof gaiuing a ii,'ji?uthey The Luna started from Creymoufch ? d' forty-two but a number disanrip- J lth* Wellington, at whicih port thf 2 at called. -""r steac ie_,

The man George Harrison, a cai-iipi- Z Parnell, has not yet been found irl Harrison appeared at the Police Court' - great state of excitement,expr ess i n „ P a' that her husband has destroyed himself tv appears that he had often threat^ fl "make a hole in the water," hif *£? eW expression ; but as ho took a new S f reive away with him, she landes keSX be found hanging on a tree in sbniP' ._.-8 , part of the Domain. u™e-ietired- The two cases set down for he_.ri.._.'.i'; ' morning at the Resident Magistrate'sSf L viz., Coupland and Co. v. Alex Pv, ' son, claim £32 17s ; and Geor™ \i v. same, claim £37 Ss 6d, for'hhdS^ age to cargo, on board the Roderick Ift 1' m her passage from Duudeiu to AuckW were withdrawn, having bfp.n „ ; ' Court. " ™m outot

We are requested to state for -thenaru" faction of the Sons of Old Colonists thnt ;: letter has been received jfroniF J vfa a Esq., in whose charge the petition now !' stating that the petition has been refer.,_. '> ) the' Waste Lands Committee, but the L gentleman states he is afraid that the __«£_ ; have no show. ~es ■ A tale of distress, appalling i„ the n. a J5 tilde of its numbers, has been borne towarl our shores from an eastern clime Twel months have elapsed since it *vy as .*fi_S: announced that a terrible famine nrevm'U i in China During that period o^erg millions of persons have died from starva tion, and the distress instead of decrta.-' ing appears still to _pread. Whole" districts have been depopulated, aud the resources of the Celestial Empire are totally inadequate to cope with such a disaster " The funds at their command havel not ; formed a tithe of what wa3 necessary to provide even the most in eagre supply^ food _ Missionaries and foreigners resident" in China have nobly done what they could in mitigation of the catastrophe, while from our own and other countries some help has been sent. When Xerxes poured his vast army into Greece, which, with camp followers, is said to have numbered^... than five millions of human beings he wept one day at the thought-that: in a hundred years not one human! being in that great ocean of humauity.uMu'-Z ---which he looked down would be a living. Z soul. Death would have claimed, every Z oue of that enormous concourse. But China Z has lost as many of her people in one year? —more than the united populations of' London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, and Birmingham. Well may tliestarving. people of Celestial Empire clap their hands at the sight of that cloud upon the horizon which tells them that the Heavens shall be come black with wind, aud that there will be a great rain 1

Mr H. N. Garland was yesterday appointed Secretary to the Education Reserves Cora missioners.at a salary of £50 a year.

"ELIJAH."

The Auckland Choral Society will per-Z form Mendelssohn's splendid oratorio, " Elijah," this evening, in the .Choral : Hall, commencing at eight o'clock. The concert is expected to be oue of the finest of the season. ZZI

CABLEGRAMS.

[reuter'.s special cablegrams.]

Insurrection in Albania.

Massacre of Officials.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept.;..

Au insurrectionary movement has taken . place against Mahomedans in Albania. Th; insurgents massacred several officials. The Mahomedan population of Batoum emigrated to Trebizond when the Russians occupied it.

AUSTRALIAN.

SYDNEY, September 9. Arrived : The Wakatipu. Edwards unsuccessfully- attempted to - walk 110 miles in 23.hours. He succeeded in doing 102. . .••■. f

COLONIAL SNOBS IN ENGLAND.

[BY TELEGRAPH],

(From our own Correspondent.)-

WELLINGTON, this day. THE "New Zcalander" this morning, com menting ou articles in English journals alleging the democratic deterioration or.'" Australia and New Zealand, .■ays:,','lJlls feeling is fostered by a numhur of absentees claiming superiority over those who remain to bear the beat aud burden of the day. It refers to Mr Hugh Carletou. as* . . grandfather of the House-with no political influence, who, to the real colonial appeared little more than a pedantic aud gamilous 3_jotist." The article goes on to say that many of this stamp, having lost all hope of gaining the confidence 01 their fellow-colonists in the.:, colony have gone home and associated themsere ogether as a second Parliament, hoping tim to exercise an influence which theyfauw w obtain in the colonies, and this is' the class which is doing what they can to. discreUU colonial politics whenever any statesman ;^ moves from the beaten track of Old AYoria , notions. The same men obtained the earo journalists, and some, like Cavleton, can wield the pen themselves. The article con- ■ eludes by deprecating the -action-of-tnow who propose to stop the downward career . colonial politics by interoosing the repress!•■:»■■■■ tative of Her Majesty, and says : *J, officious governor standing in.the turbnie arena, of politics would he a target »' thousand shafts; a martyr to the temeriry and felly of those who placed him there.

THEATRE ROYAL.

Messrs Bakkk akd Faki.on and't.heu.sl company of actors and vocalists attrauieu, eager audience at tho Theatre last nignr. lively and interesting drama oi,''<->o?™3„ r _ i y Lizetie'' v.as again repeated with^S success. Mr Baker's representations ofbei^ character ou great American MissiSßiJ"i , "Tim Flaherty," and other bahada in charac^ v set the bouse in a roar of laughter; 'WS :K who witnessed tlicuerformartcf s on theprc;* , might -were : tempted, in. spite? of Mi, wea' hor* to . cc the repetition of scenes eva « The programme o_ •:-;-,.. '. THIS EVENING *. i&Lgalt will embrace many of the choicest nTnsU&iffi^ also."the unwearying drama, foUowediPy^A . comic songs as "'I irk, Tick;", 'M®>:_" DtD ic: songaandoancts. Mr Baker's irresistapie"-" ft medley, tho popular "Muldoon,,,auaru=. splendid burlesque, cone hiding; with tne W niedl.y of the " Quarrelsome Lovers....-""* _hf : and eornpited by Mr Baker. One can sw» {a conceive of an entertainment calcaw?' fli ■■ amuse and exc^o light-hearted laugH^i tt)j tho- humourous production. •;i".*WaX? _»VB''' ' Mes rsßakei-and'lTsaTon,'which r all «»l .vitnessed them pay- Though fle.it the houis, right We*l those hour, are spent ;..,. With mirth, amusing, song, | And merriment. I

EVENING '<UIX TtESOAV, '.KH'K'.iTER '0



XjlH COURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES t To the People ov Auckland l Messes. Hallenste n Brothers Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH OF THE NEW.J ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOKY Is Now Open In Queen-street, opposite Theatre RoyeL To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, tbey have decided toSELL a Single Ahticlk at the Wholesale Price. , All Goods are marked in Plai 3 Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased and not ap proved of, will be exchanged with the earns courtesy with which It was sold, or if desired, .. money will be returned. * The success -which Las attended the New Zealand Ci thing Factory's Kotail Branches in oilier towns leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy daetro on tha part o- the Public .to. encourage New Zealand Industries, especially wher superior advantages are offered; and . your support is eoiicitedon this under standing only. :.:.-" „.. .■.■„ J. B. ROBINSON,. : MANACtEB AUCKLAND BRANCH. SOLE, AGENT FOX, W .35 R T H E 1 M;' 8 CELEBRATED SEW IN G MA CHINES, THE B ST MACHINE IN THE WORLD. |



FURNITURE— For the Drawing ro** 7 ID Dining-room, Library, Be _ ro or Kitchen, on Sale at 1 6 COOKE'S. . ,-'„-, CARPETS— Including Brussels, 1 apes try, Kidderminster, Stair" Felt, and Butch, on Sale 1 & H. COOKES. LINOLEUM aud Floorcloths, all widths, Bath Mats, in Linoleur and Floorcloth, on Sale at T & H. COOKE'S. HEARTH RUGS, Door Mats, plain and wool bordered, Matting, Wool Mats, Bed-side Rugs, oa Sale at T. & H. COOKE'S. IRON BEDSTEADS. — French, Half Tester, Stump and Folding ; Iron Cots, all sizes, W<_d Bedsteads and Wood Cots, on Sale at T. & H. COOKH.S. BEDDING.— Hair, Wool, Spring, Cocoa Fibre, and Flax Mattresses, Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pil lows, on Sale at T. & H. COOKE'S. GLASSES.— Chimney Glasses, in Gilt, Walnut, and Maple Frames. Toi let Glasses, Toiletware, Cane- Beated Chairs, in great variety, on Sale at T. sc H. COOKE'S. PRICES. —As we import direct from the English Manufacturers, we are able to sell all imported goods as low as any house in town; and, employing steam power in cur Factory, are enabled to offer articles of local manufacture at a very moderate rate. T- & H_ Osoko's FURNITURE AND CARPET WAREHOU E 07. QUEEN-STREET. ■T_TOIITH BRITISH AND MERCAN ±S TILS INSURANCE COMPANY. LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Established 1809. ! Incorporated by Royal Charter. Oanital . -. 7. .7 .. - __2.000.000 Reserve Fund 1,082,763 Income of the Fire Department, Net Premiums and Interest, 1877 .. .. _16,610 President: His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T. v ie_-Presidents : Hia vGrace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G.; His Grace the Du_« of Abercorn, K.G. EXTKAORDINAI.Y DIRECTORS : Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie, Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore, Right Pon. Sir James Fer gUßSon, of Kilkerran, Bart, Sir Matthew White Ridley. Bart., Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin, Right Hon. Lord V\'olverton, Sir Walter James, Bart., Sir John Majorbanks, of Lees, Bart., Sir Robert Hay, of Haystoun, Bart., David Mahony, Esq., Dublin. GENERAL COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chairman : Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, G.C.8., G.C.5.1., I and P.C. Fir© Risks taken on buildings and property in ' tho Provincial District of Auckland at lowest RATES. Losses promptly and liberally dealt with. SHERA BHOS., Agents, Queen-street. mO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE PONSONBY HIGHWAY DISTRICT. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am a Candidate for the seat on the Ponsonby Highway Board, vacated though the resignation of Mr. S. E. Hughes, jun., and, if elected, will do my utmost to forward the interests and prosperity of the whole district. I am, yours obediently, A. LINABURY. •VTEW GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT. A. W. GLADDING (late of the New North Road) respectfully intimates to his friends that he has opened a General Grocery Business in those premises immediately opposite S. Sepulchre's Church, Upper Symonds-street. To • those who know him he need hardly say that he means to supply' nothing but the Very Best Goods. —__ to Bell them at the lowe&t possible. * ;..tint.' He thinks hM Custom**- ~ ay rely __ po _ what they tnay purchase from his Shop. The Grocery Goods are all newly-selected; his Teas are of very superior quality and flavour. Orders received will be promptly delivered. Families wait-id upon. \TEW SILK JACKETS! AS NEW COSTUMES ! SUMMER JACKETS! SUMMER COSTUMttS W. RATTRAY Has Just Received, ex 'Martha Fisher, < A LARGE STOCK OE LADTES* SILK JACKETS AND SUMMER COSTUMBS, OF THE Newest and Most Fashionable Styles and Materials, Which he requests the Ladies of Auckland to call and insnect. ;■ ®_>g3 WILLIAM KATTRAY, DRAPER AND SILK MERC EB, New Zealand House, 66, Queen-street, Auckland. Opposite the Bank of Now Zealand. |-\ISSOLUTION OF PAKTNEI.SUIF We nave Opened 3overa! Cases of BLACK AND COLOURED SILKS, ' Purchased at Very Low Pricep in the Home Markets. THE CO O UR X D SILKS -Comprise 1 the NrcwaeT Shades. THE BLACK SILKS Wil be Sold at 2s. 11d. fk.r Yard, in Order to Clear, i IMMENSE QUANTITIES of DRESS GOODS W ill be Brought B'orWaru at Job Prions. GREAT BARGAINS I __ WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE WEEK J. COSGRAVE & CO., MERCHANTS AND MPORTEWS Qukkn.street. Auckland. BONEDUST! BONEDUST BONEDUST! TO AR R I V•__!,'■• Per * Darcy Pratt,' •Faiilea'' and 'Lcok-ou 150 tons BONEDUST - ■-> '-"-■ Also, 50 tons SUPERPHOSPHATE. W. J. HURST & CO., 101, Queen-street. |^| N S A L E, Ex Late Arrivals : 167 tans FLOUR. 200's 20 „ „ 100'S 30 „ ~ 50's 290 sacks WHEAT 200 ~ OATS 150 „ BA.RLEY 130 ~ OATMEAL T,Z2o „ PICARL BARLEY ""-t'casea HAMS and BACON (in. Cloth an Bar© 3-_- ton 3 ritto. Farmers' Cure 3 cases ROLL BACON 2 „ - BATH CHOPS - 5; „ LARD. : , 25.., „ CHttESE 4 kegs HONitY ■■'''-•' <■"■ ■■■'■^ ''V To bales NELSON HOPS 50 case 3 GLUCOS3 .'-.;'., , B . 10;'•'.. ; MACCARONIandVERMACELLI FINE QUAUTYTEAS^^;,.: .;, ——■ — '■ . : '.-'-„-...• -.- . i .. . ... T. H. HALL & CO., j ;_ ..Bigh-street and Vulcan Lane. j •"■;■' ; ';--.;: _v ■"."; —— ■:■ < m O A R R: 1-V E, £ - ; Ex Famenoth : j Z 10.ca<es GALVANIZI-D CORRUGATED J IRON. c "I c , T. H. HALL & CO. L«



X U S T O P E N---EZD, AT Z. ZZ LIN A l_ U R __""& GO'S. 10 0 DOZEN FOUR-BUTTON KID GLOVES <QUITE SOUND. o_ly 2s. 6d. PEPv Pair. ' A. LIN A BURY' & CO.'S, 201 __ SCO. QUKKN-STRKKT." \ Auckland. '.'.'";,' :'.-.■''.- ."'.'Z ■ ■■' " ' T\ V' N A M I T: E. To Arrive, per Queen on1 te_ West, now due from London— TEN TONS DYNAMITE DETONATORS, BATTERY, INSULATED COPPER WIRE, FUSE, E.G.. H'.TO. DYNAMITE is the Safest and Most Powerful Explosive in use. The Safety of Dynamite During Transport and Storage. Extracts from the Official evidence given before the House of Commons Select Committee on Explosive Substances—Parliamentary Sos i sion of 1871 London. i Boxes filled with dynamite have been thrown from a great height, and _o_.ua to sustain any i amount of shock without exploding. They have also been placed upon an open lire, when tho dyuamlte burned slov/ly away without ex ploding.—Parll mentary report—Blue Book, page 17_. Dynamite has been In a railway collision, and, though the van and boxes containing it were broken, no explosion took place—Blue Book, page 182, par. 2979. Maior Maiendi?, R.A., H.Ms. Inspector of Gunpowder and Dynamite Factories, states, in his evidonce (page 18, par. 100), that the law re lating to dynamite is as much too stringent as the gunpowder law is too lax; and (page 20, par 115) that the time h>_a come for relieving safe nitro-glycerlne preparations from such un necessary restrictions aa the nitro-glycorlne Act mposes upon them. Professor Abel, the Chemist to Her Majesty's War Department, gives his experience that Nobel- dynamite is oao of tho safest, most powerful, and most convenient explosive agents applicable to Industrial purposes.—Blue Book, pageß 56, 57, and 59, Agents: E. PORTER <_ CO., QUEEN STREET. AUCKLAND. A MAGHIFIOEKT STOCK new autumn and winter dress mater al s Just. Oj_.ij.ed. JEL A TKINS I NVITUS ATTENTION TO HIS STOCK I New Dress Materials, Ladle? Jaokets, Ulsters, Blaok and Coloured Silks, Velvets, Velve teens, &0., suitable for tho coming Season. Now on View. Splen did Coloura in New Silk Reps, Wool Reps, "Wool Poplinettes, Satin Cloths, Wool Serges, Twilled Carmelites, Estamane Serges, French Merinos, Wlnseys, and Fancy Dress Goods. All splendid value. All the new shades pro curable In Stock. Tho selection this season is the largest and best ever shewn in the city. Good quality Black Silk at 3s lid per yard. All the new Bhades in Coloured Silks. Also Good Cheap Blankets, Quilts, Sheetings, Table Lfnen, Flannels, Calicos, and Manchester Goods. IN THJC -LOT.-HNQ DEPARTMENT New Tweed Suits. Coats, i_..' sera and Yeats suitable for all j classes. A largo Stock of Boy's and Youth's Tweed Suits, in onr [ own make and imported. An ; immense stock of New Tweeds in j Bannockburn, Mosgiel, Scotch, West of England, &c. Tailors can seloot from the largest atock ln Auckland at Wholesale Prices. j Cheap Tweeds suitable for Boy's wear. Good Quality Guaranteed, ajstd Prioes Lowest in Auckland for All Descriptions of Drapery and Clothing. %HST EL A T K.I X S "«_•: ■. ■ -VTATIONAL INSURANCE COM PANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital .. £100,000. UNLIMITED LIABILITY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, of every description accepted on the most favourable terms. All funds invested in the colony. HENRY E. WILLIAMS, Manager. OHIKF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND. Mails will Close ah Under:- - For Thames,.to morrow, at 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Rotoniahana, to-morrow, at 11.30 a.m. For Waiheke and Coromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 2.30 p.m. For Fort Fitzroy, per Wanderer, this day, at 4 p.m. '_■;-:. For Tairua, per Mana, tbis day, at 1 p.m. , For Wangarei Heads. Waipu, Wangarei,.and Mangapai, per Argyle, this day, at 1p.m... For Napier, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. For Waiwera. Warkworth, Te Arai, ■ Waipu, . Wangarei. and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, on Thursday next, at 10 a.m. For Wanganui, per Go-ahead, on Thursday next, at 10.5 a.m. . _ ...._. .. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Provinces, per Wanaka, on Thursday next, at 3 p.m. fer s.s. City of New York, on Tuesday, 17th instant, as follow:— • „ _' , For Sandwich Island?., United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 3 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 3 p.m. ._-,.-__ j For money orders, registered lettera, and newspapers, at L3d p.m. Late letters bear ing an oxtra fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. Per s.s. Taiaroa, on Tuesday, 17th instant, as For India. China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 7 a.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (for lettera specially so addressed), at 8 a.m. For United Kingdom, via Brindisi. and late letters for Southern Provinces, at 8.15 a.m. For newspapers, at 6 a.m. ■ _'~ _ For money orders and registered letters, the previous evening, at 4 o'clock. Should a later opportunity offer, supplemen tary mails will be forwarded. ... at3.2op.m. , . ". !; •;".;. "'.'..._ '■■>■■ 8. F_ BISS Ch!e£ ; Postmaster| After the fire has drawn up, Coke may-. ', he &Me& in small lumps (not in large masses), either alone or mixed with Coal A fire made in this way is better'for hot being stirred, so long as there is spaco between the fragments of fuel. for ; .a free current of air. . The value of Cqke as a fuel and as a means of economy of Coal is hardly appreciated sufficiently. A: mixed :fuel of Coal and Coke is invaluable forthe ordinary purposes of heating, and still more for those of cooking, as jt absorbs the smoke or in flammable gases given off by Coal during combustion, and renders the five brighter, clearer, and hotter, than it cau be made by any other means.—[Advt;]



WANTED^ Wanted, Wanted to Sell (cheap), 50 boxes of Good Tea, only 20s pecbox;:about 2 tons of Treacle left, only 3d lb., '12_>_. for 2s 6d, 2£d by the barrel; Sperm Candles, Ud: lb.. _lbs. for. 3s 6d; Raisins and Currants, only Id lb:; China, blue and green lined, _3 per dozen-;-" White and Gold China'Cupsand'Saucers, Is each, lis per dozen; lot of Screws, damaged, only 9d per gross:; Rusty Wire Nails, only 2d lb.; 2-inch Wire Nails, only 3d a.; Clothes Pegs, 4 dozen for 6d, 6s per box of 5 gross ; Sperm Can dles, lOd lb. by the box of 251b5.; lot of Kiddles left, from 3s to3os each; Yard Broomß, lOd each ; Brown Teapots, from ls6dto3s; Haricot Beans must be sold, only Id _b.,7__.for6d; lot of Jams 7d tin; Not_paper, In packets, 6 sheets and 6 envelopes, 2d a packet, 4 packets for Gd; Cruets, with 3 bottles, 2s 6d each, 21a per dozen, with 4 bottles, 3s 6d; lot of English Fancy Kits, from 9d to Is 6d; Slate Pencils, 8 for Id, 8d per box, 6s Eer 1000, School Slates, from 3d to 6deach; Glass lecanters. 3s pair; 100 dozen Glass Tumblers, Id each, 3s per dozen : Wain Wine G!aa3f s, 3s 6-1 dozen ; 100 Toilet Sets for the Toilet Table, from ls6'i the set, to 25s ; Children s Tea Sots, from' Is to 12s; 1 case of Children's Music...' Toy*, from 9d to la; Britannia Metal Teapots, 5s 6d and 6s 6d each; 1 cese of Tea Trays, from 7s 6d -he set to 15s; lot of Meat Pi.hes cho-p. White and Gold China Teacups, small size, 8s ncr dozer • Cups, without the saucers, 6d ; Ri__i_.o__ Brown Windsor Soap, 7 cakes for I_,- other Fancy Soap, 8d the bar; Men's Side-spring Boots, only 7s (id pair; Large size Flower Puts, from 2d to 83 61 per pair ; Boot Elastic, Is per yard, 3 yards for 2s 6d ; Small Pictures, ft i each, or 4 for Is 6d ; Gilt-framed Looking Glasses, from Id to 2s 6d ; and a variety of other articles to numerous to mention.—H, Watts, General Dealer, Pitt street. ; . fiKEMIC AL TMT A.N U X I_. The undersigned are now prepared to 'pimply their CHEMICAL MANURE for Root uud Green Crops, in any quantity. Analysis now ready, and copies will bo for warded on application. W, J. HURST & CO., ...".: 101, Queeu-street. There are "land rats and water rats,"says Shakespeare, meaning tricksters on land as well as pirates on the sea. A certain class of the former are at present occupying themselves In the preparation and sale of sophisticated liquor disguised in bottles which had for their first contents the finest medicinal beverage of the age, viz., Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aro matic Schnapps. ,' Accept none but the genui ne. Era, Ear, and Throat Specialist.—Dr. -Ohwartzbuch, Devonshire Home, Kobson-st. Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A young man in the prime of life, full of vigor and high suirits.not heeding the dangers of the festive board,-and the fashionable follies of modern social lifo. was suddenly found to be stricken down by an attack of Rheumatic Gout ofa very severe and dangerous character. His friends induced him to us. the Rheumatism and Gout Mixtures of " Ghollah's ureat Indian Cures." A few-bottles restored him to health, mastering the attack completely, and so rescu- ■ ing a valuable life from destruction. See testi monials at the Chemists.