SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

, TO .™,, W (This Afternoon,* 11.59 HU-.H WAI 1-,R— } To _ morrow Morning — SUN SET.—This Evoninj?, 5.26 BUN 111SE.—To-morrow Morning, 6.40 MOON'S AGTT.—Last Quarter, 21st, 3.47 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. Elsinore, schooner, Dam, from Russell Rowene, e.s., Sellars, from Tauranga TO-DAY. Taranaki, s.s., Malcolm fromßussell

DEAPRTURES.

LAST EVENING. Argvle, s.s., Stephenson, for Whangarei and KusseU TO-DAY. Leo, cutter. Williams, for Ngunguru

PROJECTED DEPARTURS.

For Levuka—Dunelni. barque, at once For London—Schiehalhon, barque, early; Spirit of the Dawn, barque, early , For Russell, Bay of Islands—lona, every Mon day ; Taupo, Monday next For Sydney and Melbourne —Hero, s.s., i^tn September. _ , . For Tauranga and the South—Taranaki, s.s., Thursday next ._ For Honolulu and San Francisco-City of New York, R.M.3., 17th prox. . • For Tamnaki aud Southern provinces (frem Mamikau)-T-aiaroa. s.s., Tuesday next For Chatham Islands—lsland Ltly, brigantine, For Sydney-ZealandiD, R.M. 8.8., Wednesday For "Whangarci and Mangapai—Argyle, every Tuesday.

IMPORTS.

Per Lady Jocelyn: sScrate3 holloware.—T. H. Hallav-dCo. Per ship Lady Jocelyn, from London: 40 kegs whito lead, 15 barrels linseed oil, 4 barrels colza oii 1 'T3e oak varnish, 6 cases castor oil, 4 casks Brunswick black. 19 £-ca-ks sherry. 20 kegs herrings.—John Reid and Co.

EXPORTS.

Per Island Lily, for Chatham islands:— 95 packages oilman's stores, 1128 pieces timber, 6,ooo9hingles, 2 pairs sashes, 2 doors, 7 cases echnapps, 40 packages hardware, 26 do sundries, 2 coils wire, 5 packages oils and paint, 3 do nails. 3 iron pots, I load hay, iO sacks oats. 1 grate, 2 nests tubs, 21 cases beex* and spirits, 29 packages groceries, 20 bags flour, 12 sacks coal. 2 packages. Owen and Graham. ' Per Island Lily, for Chatham Islands: U pkgs. hardware, 2 nests tubes.—E. Porter and Co. l 3e<- Tpranaki, for the South: 25 cases schnapps, 1 cask brandy. 6 mats and 3 gunnies sugar, lo sacks oats, 36 cases fruit, 150 cases, 22 casks, 41 kegs, 3 bales, 207 packages, 3 bundles, 2 trusses, l Stca,sk orandy, 6 matts and 3 gunnies sugar.— Henderson and Macfarlane.

Lvwards Coastwise. — Three Brothers, cutter, from Tryphena, with 48 tons firewood ; Geelonsj, s.s., from Wangape, with 9 bags gum; South Carolina, cutter, from the Barrier, with 52 tons firewood. ' Outwards Coastwise.— Mary Ann, cutter, for Cabbage Bay, in ballast: Adah, ketch, for the Thames, with 22 tons soal, 60 sacks oats.and If f,on3 flour. , . . ~ The brigantine Island Lily has cleared for the Chatham Islands with the following passengers : —Mr? Hough and child. Mr3 Emere, Messrs. Shanaghan and R. Ritchie. The s.s. Taranaki arrived from Rnssell this morning with 150 tons coal, 110 sacks oysters, 12 case 3 fish, and the following passengers :— Messre. Purchas, Leaf, and Bushy. The Taranaki leaves to-night ior the bontn, this being one day earlier than the usual time. The tarigantine Oceola sailed from Oamaru lor this port yesterday with a cargo of bread- SThsß.s?ArgyleleftlasteveningforWhangarei, Mangapai, and Russell, with a general cargo of merchandise, and several passengers. The Loch Fieet, 713 tons, commenced to load at London for thi3 port on July 3rd. Tha ship Halcione, from .London to Aucfciana. with a number of the Vesey Stewart special settlers, was spoken on June oth, in lat. 40. North and B'West. . . _ . Tha barquentine Fairlie was loading at Sydney for this port when the Australia left. The brig Rest<e3s arrived at Sydney from Hokianga ou the 9th inst. Tm .a«« The barque Glen'ora waa loaning at London for tiis port when the Suez mail left.! Tho schooner Look-out, 108 tons, ia loading at Sydney for this port. _ The ketch Venus, which went ashore at lame Capo, ha-- been floated off, and will probably come on to this port for repairs. Tha Auckland brigantine Ada C. Owen was loading at the Solomon Group for this port when the Loelia left on July 16th. The ship Famenoth sailed from London on Jane 29th for this port, and passed Deal next day. She is therefore 52 days out. The follow ing is a list of her passengers:-Saloon—Mr King3ford, Mr3 Kingsford, Mary Kingsfprd, Miss Hoy, J. A. McMahon, Airs McMahon, Mrs Tutty, Mrs Matson, Edward Matson, Cuthbert Matßon, and UJlizabethiHorne. Second CafvertT^i^iam^. o?^^^^^.^^^ Jardiae, and C. S. Hill, Steerage-Mari Beck, Fedel Beck, Anton Schamble, Rupert Morally, C. '-vl. 80-wen, N. Henderson, Thomas Fisher, Edward Coxon, Mrs Coxon, Isaac Whitfleld, Mr Brrirsgton, George Couch, William James Greav. Mrs M. Boulker, Frances Boulker, Ada Boulker. Charles Boulker, Herbert Boulker, Arnold Boulker, Alice Boulker, John Boulker, Stanley Hunter, Mr Bartfett, C. Philiipson, and Willi*m PhiUipson. The s.s. Rowena arrived from Tauranga and Mercury Say at-11 o'clock last night, having ex perienced heavy weather ou the passage up. .-he brought 170 sacks, 16 baas potatoes, a quantity of sundries, and the following passen gers-—Siesdamea Webster and Ferguson, Messrs Ellingham, Dison, Forrett, Taylor, Avent, and ai Sh3 Vs!s. Hawea was off New Plymouth this morning, but owing to the heavy weather was unable co obtain communication. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. Btjssell, this day. The s.s. Rotorua arrived from Auckland at 7 o'clock this morning.

BIRTH.

AICISIN.—On the 19th instant, at Ripon House Ep=om, Mrs. G. Aickin of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

BATH AM—SOfONDS.—At St. Peter's Church, Onehunga, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. A. R. Tomlinson, James Meacham Batham, Esq., District Land Registrar, Napier, to Merelina Grey, second daughter of Captain Symonds, R.M., Judge Native Lands Court, and niece of Admiral Sir Thomas Symonds, X.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief. Devonport. TURNER—WOODS.—On the Ist August, at Onepu, Avonside, Christchurch, by the Rev. R. Tout, Mr. W. R. Turner, to Misa M. A. Woods, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Woods, of Auckland. No cards.

DEATH.

BARNETT.—On 19th August, at the Provincial Hospital, William Barnett, late of the Thames, aged Hi years.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1878.

Fortbecatiso that lacksasslstanee. For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future In the distance. And the good that wo undo.

Parliamentary business is nnpreceden teSly dull. The Electoral Bill occupied t,h e CTrea tor part. r>F yestcidaj'D olttiog, but without eliciting anything very new or very interesting. The only little diversion afforded by the debate is the discussion on enfranchisement of women, cropping out under the ratepayers' qualification, which confers the privilege of voting upon women possessed of property. The fran chise is already exercised by them at city elections, and|as the ratepayers' list becomes a portion of the electoral roll for the House of Representatives, under the new Act, special exception must be made if the colony is to be guarded against the awful calamity foreseen by Mr Curtis of a woman possibly opposing her husband for a seat in the Colonial Parliament. The con sequences in Mr Curtis's case are too terrible to contemplate. He may, how ever, rest perfectly easy, for neither the experience of city elections nor the average progress of any movement which goes dead in the teeth of all conventional usage and prejudice, leads us to believe that the danger is a very near one, even if the Bill leaves the women who pay rates the same rights in respect of their properties as those enjoyed by the "lords of creation." A compact column of twaddle on the subject has on two occasions figured under the editorial heading of the "Herald." To argue as the writer does to-day, that women should be debarred from the franchise because they are intellectually so very much inferior to men, or because certain female gorgons of the Besant type bring ignominy on the sex, is sheer nonsense. Where would manhood suffrage be tried by similar conditions? The strength of the chain must be tested by its weakest link, aiid our contemporary's argument to be good for anything must be capable of balancing the mass of intelligent virtuous women against the besotted residue of the other sex who are considered 4o be wronged by exclusion from all voice in the framing of those laws by which they are governed, and the spending of the monies taken, trom their pockets. The fatal objections to the women's franchise do not rest on the capability or otherwise of women to exercise the franchise if their inclinations led them to take an interest in politics ; but the fact, on the average, is exactly the reverse. The mingling of women in politics shocks our conceptions of the sphere marked out for the gentler sex, both by their physical and mental constitution. These views are, perhaps, a little arbitrary, and framed to fit into the other and higher sphere mapped out for the opposite sex, but, on the whole, they adjust tolerably well. We agree with Mr John Stuart Mill, and all other great thinkers ou social questions, that in view of a large body of women who perform all the duties and responsibilities to the State that are borne by men—who work and suffer under bad Jaws — demanding the franchise, we should not be justified in refusing them. But that time is not yet.

We observe that in all the centres where addresses congratulating Earl Beaconsfield on his noble and disinterested labours at the Berlin Conference have been adopted, there is a strong opposing feeling. In Christchurcl), Dunedin, and othor New Zealand centres the papers teem with letters questioning the right of small local bodies to pledge the public on a question about -which there is, to say the least, a wide divergence of opinion. In Sydney, the Beaconsfield address has called forth a counter movement headed by the Premier, Sir John Robertson, and the ex-Premier and present leader of the Opposition, Sir Henry Parkiis, and a host of the leading Liberal statesmen of New South Wales. The resolution carried by the Hon. Mr Fraser in the Legislative. Council last night favourable to the adoption of an address to the Queen, conveying. congratu lations on tne issue of the Berlin Conference is not open to the same objec tion. If parliament adopts such an address it will be at once representative and honoui - able. The result of the Conference, after England had been led so far in the direction of a bloody and objectless war, must afford extreme and general satisfaction. It will still be a matter of opinion, however^ whether but for the policy of Earl Beacons.

field, M. much better settlement, with- no aggrandisement to; Kusßia, no destruction of Turkey, anight nit havjflbeen achieved ■withoit li£ wa^ atgfSall? by the wise S exercise Of England's influence. The Mrge 'section of thoughtful people in England and the colonies who believe that peace has been achieved in spite of Earl through,the. unceasing national agitation against »"itai on the side of the Turk, is attested by monster anti-war petitions and Liberal tions. 7~Fbr"our "orra"part," it appears a matter of little consequence whether the issue of Earl Beaconsfield's policy was what he designed; whether the division of Turkey which has taken place was foreseen and secretly connived at; or whether it has been forwid upon him, and Jke a wise man he recognised and made the best of the inevitable. The sum total is too substantial and satisfactory to make us too particular about the contributary items. Earl Beaconsfield may receive all the admiration his admirers choose to bestow on him. But there is a good deal of force in the objection urged against small public bodies or isolated individuals pledging the political views of the whole community. At the Thames, a few persons went round with the hat, and collected enough to pay the cost of a telegram to the Noble Earl, which was published in the Court Circular as the voice of Grahamstown. Of what value is such an expression of opinion, or is it possible to conceive that it can prove a source of gratification to Earl Beaconsfield? In all probability, the sole person to set eyes upon such telegrams is his lordship's private secretary, who must know pretty well by this time how to answer these communications. But even supposing that the august Premier himself did tear open the envelope, we can picture him exclaiming : " Hang it 1 there goes another five guineas." Most men's senti ments would be the same under like circumstances. An occasional and un expected compliment is agreeable enough, but a surfeit simply sickens. Lord Beacons field, with nil his faults, is too true a gentleman to like " toadyism." There is, however, another and more serious aspect to thew telegrams. If they possess any value at all, it is only as political capital, and may strengthen the Beaconsfield Cabinet on questions about -which the colonists know very little. While we are struggling ourselves for home reform, why should we allow our foolish vanity to weaken the demands of the people of England for similar advantages? But for this danger, the congratulatory telegrams might be viewed as a very harmless sort of mania. It must be observed that all public bodies strongly resemble sheep in one particular. When the bell-wether (Melbourne or Sydney) starts an idea, •which seems on the surface to be apropos, they all follow helter skelter, without taking the trouble to think the thing out for themselves. We will venture to assert that had no Australian city forwarded an address of congratulation to the English Premier Mr J. C. Firth and the Chamber of Commerce would never have thought of doing auything of the sort. It has struck many people, too, that considering how all but moribund the Chamber has been of late years, -its action in this matter was more remarkable for vanity and grandilo quence than for a great taste. The same complaint could not, of course, be made of the City Council; but if they do decide to send a message we trust it will be paid for out of their own pockets, and not out of the public funds. It would be a manifest injustice to do anything of the sort while so many citizens are very far from enthusiastic about Lord Beaconsfield, and have not the least desire in the world to plaster him with fulsome praise, or aid him politically. Though 3 they are willing to admit that it is true he has managed to get us out of a mess, they maintain that he also undeniably got us into it, and there is not much to be grateful for. Had he been more patriotic and less _ anxious to poaturo effectively, the crisis would never have occurred at all. Through out he has peen perfectly unscrupulous, for after carrying the war party to the verge of the consummation they so devoutly desired, ho stopped short, calmly threw them over (knowing they dare not murmur) and then did precisely what might have been done many months ago. The fact of the matter is Disraeli's brilliancy blinds people's common sense. All that we see now is that a great crisis has been tided over by him. We never stop to think by what means that crisis was brought on, or if wo do our doubts are lulled to sleep by reading that " England's honour has been vindicated," or some such piece of patriotic bunkum.

In consequenco of a resolution passed by the Dunedm Chamber of Commerce about the tax on flour, Mr Firth addressed the following letter to Mr Stout .-—"Auckland, August 20th, 1876. Dear Sir,—l hope you will not give way to representations of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce re tax on flour and grain. The Government have wisely resolved to abolish both, and I hope they will not be influenced to withdraw from a resolution at once just, statesman like and wi3e.—J. C. FIBTH. To the Hon. Mr Stout, M. H. R." Mr Firth received the following reply to-day :—" Have replied to Dunediu Chamber that New Zealand being a great and growing food producing country does not require Government aid to protect the cotony against foreign .grown food.— Robert Stout."

To the Editor : Sir, —I was much annoyed at reading in your issue of the 19th a so called report of the mishap which happened to the s.s. Go-Ahead during her last passage from the Matyikau to Waitara,- especially that part referring to the steamer Hannah Mokau, which is entirely at vaiiance with facts. It is true we sighted the Hannah Mokau on the way, but not off the place mentioned in your report, but off Raglan, and then some 8 or 9 miles distant, and no doubt too far off to make out any signals we might make. From what I know of Captain McKenzie, he would be the last to pass by a \ essel supposed to be in distress, and I am sorry any paragraph should have ap peared in your columns tending in the least to reflect on his conduct as a master mariner. I was quite at a loss to know .who was your informant; but should you at any future time require particulars of my passages or cargo, it will readily be correctly furnished by either myself, chief officer, or agent, and I trust you will for the future not accept a report from any other.—Yours, &c, F. Mklhuish Dicker, master.

As will be seen by the telegram from our special correspondent at Wellington, a depu tation of members waited on fMr Ballance to-day with reference to the beer tax. A written list of objections was read, to which the Colonial Treasurer replied in detail. He afterwards stated that the Government had no desire to be hard upon the brewers, but that they intended, as we predicted, to stick to the three half-penny tax. Mr Ballance professed to labour under the pleasing delusion that the consumer will pay the tax, and with this object stated provision would be made to enabie brewers to add the tax on to auy existing contract. .

Mr G. D. Chaplin opens on Monday next the famous spectacular drama, of '* Enoch Arden" which will be specially mounted. Speaking of Mr, Chaplin's " Richelieu" which he played on the occasion of his last benefit, the "Sydney Morning Herald :> says : "Mr Chaplin has completed a very successful season here ; and it ; is gratifying to record that his benefit was a substantial one, every part of the house being crowded; The piece selected for the occasion was Lytton's play of " Richelieu," and in the title role Mr Chaplin afforded a confirmation of the favourable impression which he has made during, his stay-in.: Sdyney. The French political Cardinal'has seldom been better represented and the audience testified its approval of the acting by repeated calls before the curtain."

The programme of; tfev St. James' entertainment in lid of the school building fund, appears in the present issue, lne concert will be held to-morrow evening in the Lome-street HaU, arid in its musical and dramatic features, will be specially a The concert and ball in aid of the Victoria Band, will be held this evening. At the Onehunga Borough Council on Monday evening, the Mayor in the'cn«ur, it was resolved on the motion of Mr Blakey ""That no footpath be formed or until the cattle nuisance is abated. borne division of opinion was manifested on the question, and Mr Earle moved, -That; a footpath be formed in Church-street. lne Mayor replied that Mr Earle's motion could not be entertained after the carrymg of Mr Blakey's motion. As a check upon the Chinese in Queens land, an Act was passed limiting the num ber of passengers, and taxing each one £10. Then the miners' right was raised to £3 Now no Chinaman is to work on a gold field until three years after its discovery. A New Plymouth organ will have it tnat servant-girls there are neither to be got for love or money. What next? And were is the parson? Edward Truelove, a bookseller, London, has been convicted of selling a book called "Moral Physiology," suggesting methods for limiting families. He was sentenced to pay a fine of £50, and be imprisoned for four months. Young Manning was brought up at the Police Court, Christchurch, yesterday, and remanded. He stated that Mr Coster, the manager of the Bank in the Cathedral City, knew all about the robbery, and sent him to Auckland to see if he could arrange the matter. Robert Roberts was fined £3 and cost 3at the Police Court, Christchurch, yesterday for kissing Mrs Chevers, of Chever's and Kennedy's Minstrels. He had been drink ing. A Timaru clergyman—the Rev James Preston—ls missing. He left Geraldine to go to Burkes Pass a few days ago, and has not since been heard of.

Napier boasts of a female athlete who exercises the privilege ot severely flogging her husband. On the 25th ult., this lady —Mrs Elizabeth Gallagher—was bound over, ir> two sureties of £25, to keep the peace for six months for first scolding, then scald ing, then thrashing, and finally threatening her husband with a knife. It transpired that on the same occasion she pelted a car penter with stones, and broke his head with a paling. We may remark that Mrs Gallagher and her husband previously re sided in Auckland, having emigrated to the peaceful district of Napier some time ago.

The Government steamer Hinemoa, with abouti-200 passengers and about 130 tons of baggage, will leave the Lady Jocelyn at 10 o'clock this evening for Taurauga, from whence she will proceed straight to Wellington. Last Friday riight an entertainment was held in the Queen's Redoubt Public Hall, commencing with the laughable farce of " Box and Cox," in which Messrs W. H. Porter and 0. Fletcher acted the gentle men's part with considerable success, whilst Mr T. Porter's "Landlady" plainly shewed a careful study of the feminine original. Songs (comic and sentimental) by 'Various mateurs succeeded, and were terminated with thejNational^Anthem. The enjoyment of the evening was greatly marred by the incessant patter of rain on the iron roof which rendered hearing --difficult, and the rain also spoilt the subsequent dancing by lessening the attendance of the gentleman's natural patners. Under this affliction many of the gentlemen had to take one another "for better or worse," and the result was an exhibition more remarkable for vigor than gracefulness. I am told it always rainswhen an entertainment is announced at this place, but next time I hope the weather won't be in the weeping mood. Our rail way station has just received a much needed improvement, in the shape of ladies' waiting-room, and wo hope to see it still further improved before long by a telegraph station, and the recoipt and departure of a daily mail.—Correspondent. A correspondent writing from Newcastle complains that notwithstanding the murder of the man Morgan, through being locked up in the same cell as natives, the con stables have again started the same thing, and locked up white men with Maoris, and left them together at one another' a ercy. The liabilities in the estate £of James Baker, boot and shoemaker, of Kyber Pass. Road were set down at £200, assets nil. Mr Macffarlane will act as creditor's trustee. The demand for violets yesterday at Mr Brewin's store by the Katikati settlers was very large. No less than 17 dozen bunches were^disposed of by the vendor. The instrument used by Mr "W. F. Somer ville at the service in the Theatre Royal yesterday was one of Mason and Hamlin's, and was kindly lent by Messrs Hoffman and Sons Avithout charge. A large number of the friends of the learned doctor were on the wharf to witness his departure. Amongst others we noticed his Lordship Bishop Cowie and the leading ministers of other denominations. To the Editor: Sir,—On behalf of the widow and orphans, for whose benefit the concert, held in the Temperance Hall, Albert-street, on Thursday, the Bth inst., I tender my most sincere thanks to Mr Black man and the friends who so kindly gave their valuable assistance; also, the Good Templar Lodges iv Auckland for their kind patronag* and support.—Yours, &c, R.OSINA COTTINGHAM. Councillor Isaacs asks us to say that as His Worship is expected in Auckland on Saturday he will defer calling the Beacons field meeting until that gentleman's arrival. Mr Wayte, bookseller, of Queen-street, has purchased the MSS. of Mr Gudgeon's graphic description of the Maori wars which ■will be published as speedily as possible by Sampson Low and Son of Ludgate Hill. The work is judiciously and gracefully writ ten and, when published will form a reliable aid to the future history of New Zealand. The members of the S. Sepulchre's Mutual Improvement Society met on Mon day evening to discuss the question, " Should Manhood Suffrage be established in this country ?" The debate was opened in the affirmative by. Messrs Ussher and Williamson, who ably advocated manhood suffrage in two excellent speeches, bring ing forward a number of historical and social facts in support of their position. The negative side was taken iip by Messrs Smith and Connell, and although the speeches in favour of the franchise were the best, the hands held up by noes were in the majority, the ayes being 6 ; noes, 9. This was one of the most debates of the season. Mr A. H. Spicer promised the class a short lecture on the " First Burmese War of 1829," on the evening of the 2ud prox. A W.N.W. gale has been blowing all to-day, accompanied with frequent heavy squalls of rain and hail. The latter were very severe and in one storm this afternoon the hailstones were larger than peas. Messrs .E. and A, Isaacs held a well at tended sale of cabin fittings and ship's stores ex Martha Fisher, to-day. The wines, spirits, and stores, consisting of 425 pack ages, were quitted at fair prices.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

To-day's Quotations— Bank of New Zealand—£24 ss; buyers, £24 • sellers, £24 ss. ' National Bank—Sellers, 82s. Colonial Bank—Sellers, 625. South British Insurance—Buyers, 725; sellers, 735. . , _ Union Insurance—l4s, 14a 6d; buyers lis • sellers, Ms 6d. .. ' Thames Gag—33s. Auckland Gas—Sellers, £10' ss. New Zealand Shipping—Sellers, 92s 6d. Union Sash and Door—£lo 5s ; sellers, £10 5* New Zealand Loan & Mercantile—Sellers. £6 Alburnia—47s 6d, buyers, 16a ; sellers. 47s Bendigo United-33 63. ' Beuers> *'*' Caledonian—Sellers, 55s Corby—Sellers, 16s. Union Beach—Sellers, 10s. ■■', :; Ouro—3s 9d. Bismarck (old)—l2s. North Devon—4s. JOSEPH NEWMAN, Chairman.

CABLEGRAMS.

... _«■. [SPECIAL TO PBESS AGENCY.] Depression at Vienna. Austria's Reply to the Sultan. The New Chief of Police. LONDON, August 20. Great depression exists at Vienna, in consequence of the difficulties encountered by the Austrian troops during the advance into Bosnia. There is immense excitement at Pestn because of the lossea sustained by the Hungarian troops. j In reply to the statement of the Porte that the Sultan is unable to stop the in snrgents, Austria announced that further bloodshed would lead to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by right of con quest. The Powers have addressed' a simultane ous remonstrance to the Porte, in conse quence of the Portes frefusal to cede Crete to Greece. The Russian papers urge that neutral troops ought to occupy Thcssaly. Count SchouvalofTs succeeds Mezentnow as £cbief of the Police at St. Petersburg. . H.M.S. Emerald, war-ship, has sailed from Plymouth for Australia. [REUTERS SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.] AUSTRALIANS V. HEATON. LONDON, August 19. The first innings of tho Heaton team closed for 91. The Australians have seven out for 47. There was a large attendance at the match.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA TION.

(To the Editor of the EVENING STAB). In reply to " Contribution " I beg to notify that subscription's will be received by Mesera Ewington, Shalden, and McMaster, in Queen-street, or by any member of com mittee, and I take this opportunity of stating that I will ask you to publish in to morrow's issue a short statement of the present condition of the fund.—Yours, &c, T. Buddle, Hon. Sec.

PARLIAMENTARY

FROM 0 UR SPECIAL REPORTER. (BY STAR SPECIAL WIRE). WELLINGTON, this day. THE HOLIDAY TRIP. IN the House yesterday Mr Bastings gave notice that on the 4th of September the House shall rise until the 9fch to enable members to be present at the opening of the railway from Christchurch to Dunedin. Mr Ormond gave notice to move that one-third of the proceeds from the sale of land under the deferred payment system should go to the Board in each district, whether accruing before 1877 or not. Mr Sheehan gave notice to introduce a JN. ative Lands Bill. AN INDIAN JUDGE WANTS TO SEE REWL Mr Fox said that before proceeding to the business on the paper he would ask a question without notice. There was now travelling in the colony a gentleman named Thomas, who had held the position of Judge in India. He haa reached Taranaki, and was anxious to have an in terview with Rewi, but telegraphed that he was unable to see him except in company of a member of the Armed Constabulary, and he asked the opininon of the Govern ment on the subject. Mr Sheehan said he had not been aware that the gentleman referred to bad been under such snrveillance. He had hea»-d that he was anxious to interview Rewi. in order to secure a block of land, and the Government d»siied him to defer his scheme for the present. The Government would give orders that police surveillance should not be continued. The Government apprehended that the gentleman who had held the position of Jndjje in India would not attempt to go between the Government and the natives. (Loud " Hear, hears.") NATIVE MATTERS. The following papers were laid on the table by Mr Sheehan : —Report on the alleged native disturbance at Waitara ; report by the Commissioners appointed to investigate the charges against Mr James Booth, of the Native Land Purchase Department. NEW BILLS. Mr Sheehan also gave notice of the follow ing Bills :—Whakatane Crown Grants Validation Bill, 1878 ; Cemeteries Manage ment Act, 1877. The Amendment Act of 1878 provides means for the local bodies to arrange with Robert Graham about the Cemetery at Ellerslie. THE MEURANT CLAIM. In reply to Mr Swanson's question as to whether the Government intended to settle Mrs Meurant's claim, Mr.Sheehan said that the matter will be settled without further delay. THE GREAT SOUTH ROAD. Mr Tole yesterday gave notice that he would ask the Government whether they will take steps to have the niain^rpads in the Connty of Eden in a proper slate of repair. EDUCATON AMENDMENT BILL. Mr Curtis's Education Act Amendment Bill is to introduce the clause he moved in Committee on 18th September last, and reported in "Hansard," vol. 25, page 539, with some verbal alterations to suit the Act as passed. The intention is to enable Roman Catholics to come under tho Act. ALLEGED DISQUALIFICATION OF SIR GEGRGE GREY. Mr Whitaker said he was desirous of bringing under the consideration of the House an important question affecting the privileges and position of occupants of the Government benches. Some time ago ho saw a notification in the " Gazette" of the appointment of the Premier to the office of Commissioner of Customs, and he then formed an impression regarding it as to whether the 'Civil Service Act had been complied with. On Saturday last he looked up the question. On the 13th of October last the then Ministers' resignation were gazetted, and the appointments made of new members of the Kxecutive Council,: but no office was conferred upon them until the 15th of the same month, The Civil Service Act, 1873, contained express pro visions as to the payment of salaries, and it appeared that the Premier had illegally received two days' pay for the days ■when he held no portfolio. The ques tion arose whether he had not thus disqualified himself from sitting under the fourth clause of the Disqualifica tion Act, 1876. • Section five con tained an exemption of perrons holding certain offices mentioned in the. third schedule, which applied to the Premier, iMessrs Macandrew, Sheehan, and Larnach. \ When the Premier became Commissioner of Customs he resigned^? the office of i Colonial Secretary, which was handed \ over to Colonel Whitmore in January. ' The Premier resigned the office of i Commissioner of Customs, and since i then he had not held auy of the offices j referred to in the schedule, and he would • therefore be disqualified. Under the fourth i pjipcLpfthe. Act of 1877, Ministers would ! be liable to penalties unless it c6ultl~bT| shown that they had not acted wilfully and ! knowingly. The question of most impor- > tanee was that affecting the lawfulness of the administrative Acts clone by the Govern

menti If any legislation should be deeiW necessary in order to legalise the Acts of the Government, ho would assist in passim, v i;Mr Stout said the hon. membKSSjL quite right m drawing attention to the matter, as it would be -wrong if office W been held in the way stated. g Hisopinff " however, was that it was not necessa^ that the Premier should hold any DosiH^ other than that of member of the ExecuS-. He would take time and give an answer n« a futuie day. v PERSONAL EXPLANATION BY Tin? PREMIER. lttE Sir George Grey asked leave to make a T personal explanation. Mr Macandrew had' ordered a supply of salmon ova from* England, and the vessel came via M e i. bourne. The Government of Victoria asked leave to take out three thousand ova for the use of that colony, which was granted - Subsequently the Victorian • Government - wrote, asking what would be charged, and the Premier replied that no charge would be made. This morning he received a letter to the effect that the Acclimatization Society of Victoria had sent him a silver medal. He thought Mr Macandrew was really entitled to all the credit of- intro ducing these salmon, and therefore thought it his duty to order that the medal be deposited in the Museum, as a proof of the services rendered by him to the colony, BAD HEARING. "■ ,_-, „ Complaints as to bad hearing in the Chamber arc continual. Mr Barff, who had frequently pointed out this vexatious defect, which renders the satisfactory - performance of reporters' duties almost impossible, said members sitting at the library end of the Chamber had. V scarcely heard one word the Speaker said' It had been suggested that the network of " wires recently extended across the building should bo raised, in order to improve the T, acoustic properties, though he thought the.. '': best plan would be to remove them . ' altogether. Mr Murray suggested that professional advice be taken as to the improvement ef the acoustic properties of the Chamber. FREE PASSES FOR VOLUNTEERS. Mr Hobbs, in asking the Government whether they will make arrangements to enable volunteers proceeding on duty by train to have free passes to-and-fro, provided'" they have a certificate from the commanding.,. officer of their company that they are'pro ceeding on duty, said he knew many cases' of hardship occurred to young men who • gave their time to volunteering, but were__ * unable to pay the fare. If the volunteer" Force was not to be a sham, some encourage*;, ment should be given in this way. Mr Macandrew replied that the Govern ment recognise the importance of encourag ing volunteers in every possible way, and will make arrangements by which command ing officers may defray the cost of members' passages, and a sum would be placed on the estimates for the purpose. The system, of free passes has been open to great abuses. In reply to a question whether copies of t the book on indigenous grasses would-be^ I furnished to all public libraries, the: Go-' ; vcrnment said the expenses of the work were- i. considerable, and the number of copies on. hand inadequate to requirements. They,., j could not furnish copies to every public library, but a smaller octavo edition was now beinff prepared, and would be supplied; j A very long discussion occurred in the ' House to-day on Mr Stout's Civil' Service i Act Amendment Bill. A new clause was ■, • proposed by Mr Kelly as follows :—"Pro i vided that no person who ceased to be a i Civil Servant before the coming into opera-. ■ tion of the Amendment Act, and who has . j been re-appointed to the Civil Service after - ! such Amendment Act came into operation, j shall thereby become entitled to any re i tiring allowance under the said Act." l- A | Mr Pyke made a strong appeal in favour, j of goldlields' officers, whom ne saw,_ by the ; existence of General and Provincial Go-.- , ! vernments, were suspended like Mahomet's • coffin, between heaven and hell. This' | remark evoked roars of laughter. He con- , , tended that those officers had always been ) officers of the General Government, and . ;, were harshly dealt with iv being deprived" • i of rights under the Civil Service Act, 1866. ! The Government had treated them in an I unjust manner. It treated them as Civil " I Servants or otherwise, just as it suited thep / General Government interests.. I Mr Stoist said the Wardens got a special allowance from Provincial Governments. Mr Pyke : When? Mr Stout: They got extra salary. - | : Mr Pyke : That is uot correct. Mr Stout: It is correct. The hon. niem-;: ber's memory must be failing him. ." The new clause was carried. ■ -.-, :■ Mr Kelly also moved the following new clause: "No x>erson who was a provincial officer on the coming into operation of the 1 '. "Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," and.' transferred to the Civil Service on the said : Act coming into operation, shall be entitled to any retiring or superannuation allowance under the said Act, or any Act repealed by ! such Act." .' , ' This caused a long and heated discussion. .- I Mr Rolleston strongly opposed it, as ~; ' destroying rights which had legally ac • crued. V- Ci:;i«ra!!j: ''.t ---| Mr Pyke claimed that provincial officers: ! should be placed on a footing of equality 'with General Government officers in. the : Blatter of salary. They were deprived-of- ~.. their offices by a resolution—(loud cries of : No, no, and counter cries of Yes, yes)— : ! and it \v»s one of the happiest resolutions ; that ever happened in any country. ■.; (Laughter). , i^ri Several divisions took place on.this. i discussion to insert the words " nullify ■ the proposed efFect," which was negatived., : j by 37 to 24; aud to report progress, which ! was negatived on the voices, but it being within five minutes of the usual time for . the Speaker to leave the chair, Major , Atkinson's party-called for a division, the . result being that a motion to report i progress was negatived by 48 to 22. The House then ad]ourned for dinner.-: i!f;: THE ELECTORAL BILL. . '}■ The House last sight debated the second;, \ reading of the Electoral Bill until half-past ;; ; ; twelve. r •j Mr Reeves supported the bill with a few. j more amendments, principally a redaction ■ : of the leasehold qualification. \ Mr Thompson supported the bill, and ■ condemned manhood suffrage as unnecessary ."-, : and uncalled for. He instanced Tictopa and United States as a proof of the un satisfactory work of manhood suffrage.-;, : The Bribery Bill would be the only: safe; guard. The six months continuous-resi-; dence clause would disfranchise^. many^ valuable votes, such as commercial tra vellers. He would vote against that portion lof the bill. ' • ' "i :' Mr Russell said the Premier was a man ' who would rule New Zealand on Napoleonic principles. He weuld be demo : cratic, but had been overborne by. the more views of his colleagues. He was glacLto ; ; see this, and would support the Bill, lie ' did not agree with Mr Whitaker's Bill..r.Jy' r Mr Curtis was funny at the expense °r r ; the female franchise. He created roars oi . . laughter by the term "hair system. *■&: | idea of a woman opposing her husband ipr ' ! a seat, quite unnerved him. i Mr Turnbuli supported the BilL ,!« : advocated plural voting where a person naa ; property in two districts. Females snouia ;■ . exercise the suffrage, but not have Cbe right to sit in the House. '. .-, !.. Mr Sheehan said the proposal top" !; Women in the Flouse was unsoand._.r Mpl^ I-an open question with the -Cabinet,--£* . I: would take many years to prepare cue colony-for manhood suffrage,. pure. ;^ 1 simple. The native pi^perty vote womu ...,, induce them to pay taxes and rates, ami conform to European customs. -^elj°"xu' 'of Europeans towasds natives in the SSona . '; Island was different from any other couog/ as being one of peace and conciliation: -o_ ; regarded double voting as a temP°^J experiment to continue only as an exp^* ment until the Maoris paid rates. Ju? believed in five years special representatio^. It could be abolished, but it would «» ; wrong to reverse in a moment a P^i j which had continued for fifteen years^,■ y r ■-■ , ' Mr Fox followed Mr Sheehan, making a

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A MAGNIFICENT STOCK ;■'" ■".;" y - of . : NBW AUTUMN AND WINTER DRESS MATER A IS Just Opened. Ho Atkins Invites attention to his Stock o» • New Dress Materials, Ladies Jackets, Ulsters, Black and Coloured Silks, velvets, Velve teens, &c., suitable for the coming Sea9on. Now on "View. Splen did Colours in New Silk Heps, Wool Reps, Wool Poplinettes, Satin Cloths, Wool Serges.Twilled Carmelites, Estamane Serges, French Merinos, Winseys, and Fancy Dress Goods. All splendid value. All the new shades pro curable In Stock. The selection this season is the largest and best ever shewn in tho city. Good quality Black Silk at 3s lid per yard. All the new shades in Coloured Silks. Also Good Cheap Blankets, Quilts, 3heetings, Table Linen, Flannels, Calicos, and Manchester Goods. IK THE „ CLOTHING DEPART M|E' ; N T New Tweed Suite, Coats, Trow sers and Ve3ts suitable for all olasses. A large Stock of Boy's and Youth'a Tweed Suits, in oar own make and imported. An immense stock of New Tweeds in Bannookbnrn, Mosgiel, Scotch, West of England, &o. Tailors can select from the largest stock in Auckland at Wholesale Prices. Cheap Tweeds suitable for Boy's wear.



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