SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Edith schooner, from the Islands Catherine, cutter, Ray, from Whangarei Ocean, schooner, Rawling3, from Mercury Bay.

DEPARTURES.

"VVanaka, s.s., McGillivray, for Russell lona, s.s., FarQi-har, for Jtius3ell Kriemhilda. schooner, Bathurst, for Russell Llsinore, schooner, Dam, for Russell Argyle. s.s., Stevenson, for Tauranga Mana, cutter, Meeruerney, for Tairua Mercury, cutter, Baxter, for Tairua Wild Duck, ketch, for Patea

IMPORTS.

Per Spirit of the Dawn

50 boxes T.D. pipes, 40 drums zinc paint, 10 qr.-casks port wine. 4 cases fancy goods, 3 do. toys, 20 drums co'za oil. 2 cases felt Alpine hats. 6do. fancy Brazilian mole trousers, 2 do. assorted toys, 2 do. fancy beaded goods, 16 do. patent soda-water bottles, 50 kegs wire naiis, 200 cases geneva. 2 do. tir. foil paper, 60 kegs Ewbank's nails, lit cases coffee and milk, 10 do. cocoa and milk. 10 barrels raw oil, 5 casks putty, 40 drums white lead, 40 cases white starch, (Colman's), 2 do. coloured twine. 1 steam engine, 16 cases pianos, 10 cases ships' sperm candles. 3 do. cross cut saws, (-pear and Jackson). 4 do. Japanned cruets, 10 half-chesta extra superior tea, 1 case publicans' pewter beer pots, 3 do. Tanns thief and fire-proot safes, 100 do. encore whisky, 7 do. charcoal box irons, 2 bales sail cloth, 2 cases gelatine lozen^fs, 1 do. butchers' knives, 1 do. Waltham Company's watches, 1 do. combware, 1 do. brier pipes. 1 do. Heiffor's hollow-ground razors 1 do. farniture, 1 do. fish-hooks, 6 do. domestic brushwarc, 2 do. tin candlesticks, 1 do. gla^s candlesticks, 3 do. clocks, 2 tanks Eleme raising, 1-rio. mu-catels, 1 do. black pepper, 1 do. Sultana raisins. 1 case Jordon almonds, 5 cases Brazil nuts, 1 do. olives, 1 do. ruled note-paper. —ft. and H. Isaac?, Importers. Per Rotorua, from Sydney: 100 cases oranges, 12 do. mandarins, 3 do. lemons, 50 do. apples, 170 bags maize—L. W. Eaton. Per Queen of the West, from London : 115 rases bottled beer, 250 casks cement, 19 ba!e3, 11 cases, 100 cases brandy, 1 truss, 135 boxes 31 cables, 10 kegs, 6 crates 5 hhds. earthen ware, 50 drums. 10 barrels oil, 100 barrels whiting. —Owen and Graham. _ _ 19 cases, 300 405 boxe3.—E. Porter 2 puncheons. 1 cask. 1 bale.—lreland Brothers. Per Rotorua. from Sydney : 12 oars, 20 cases axes, 20 casks currants. 1 case books. 02 bags bark. 50 case 3 5 hhds. brandy, 19 barrels coffee, 32s cases fruit, 2 cases raisins, 551 bags maize, 25 box*s dates, 210 gunnies sugar, 2 bundles hay, 12 cases acids. 10 bundles wire, 12 bundles springs 119 J-chests, 25 chests, and 10 boxes tea, Si cart boxes, 11 plates. 145 pieces iron, 1«:0 boxes candles, 3 cases chicory, 4i tons shale. 20 ca3es axes, I bales.—X.. Porter and Co. 4 packages.—Owen and Graham. 1 case.—Henderson and Macfarlane.

EXPORTS.

Per Wild Duck, for Patea : 30,000 ft timber. Per Rororua, for Southern ports: 1 i-cask spirits of wine, 13 sacks oysters. 2 tierces beef, 2 sails, 1 box, 3 bales, 2 cases, 1 parcel, 251 pkgs. 3 bales.—Wilsons and Horton. 237 packages.—Henderson and Macfarlane.

ARRIVAL OF THE EDITH.

The schooner Edith arrived from the Islands shortly before we went to press, with a cargo of fruit, *&c.

Outwakds Coastwise.—Tarn O shanter, s.s., for the Wade, with sundries: Zulah, ketch, for Thames, with 50 tons coal; Ocean 1 schooner, for Mercury Bay, with groceries ; Rangatira, cutter, ror Omaha, in ballast. Ixwakds Coastwise.—Tarn O Shanter, b.sl, from Puhoi, with 32 bags charcoaLand 12,000 shingles ; Catherine, cutter, from Whangarei, with 916 bushels lime; Zillah.ketch.from Thames, in ballast; Rangatira, cuttor, from Omaha with 31 tons firewood, 26,500 shingles 3000 palings, 3000 staves, and 100 rails ; Helen, schooner, from Whangaruru, with 32 tons fire wood. 6 head cattle, 150 feet kauri ricker, and SUThe l'cor,tract for performing certain repairs to the brigantine Omaha has been let to Messrs. Darrach and Co., shipbuilders, Mechanics Bay The s. s. lona left for Russell and >,orthern ports last evening, with a general cargo and several passengers. ' The brig Syren is on the berth at Sydney for this port. „ , , . . , The s.s. Wanaka sailed last evening for Russell, with a cargo of merchandise and s-veral passengers. She will return to-morrow morning, and leaves again for the South on Thursday. , , ~ „ ~_ The barque Woodville arrived at Newcastle from this port on the 30th ult. The brigantine Borough Belle was loading at Sydney for this port when the Rotorua left. The' s.s. Argyle sailed last evening for Tauranga and Mercury Bay, with passengers and cargo, owing to the accident to the Rowena having rendered it impossible for her to make her usual trip. , . ._„_,_ A Sydney firm advertises in the Sydney Morning Herald" to load up vessels for Auck- The ketch Wild Duck sailed from the Manukau Head 3 for Patea to-day, with a cargo of timber. . . . . __ . The s.s. Rotorua sails this evening for Napier and Southern ports with a general cargo, and the following passengers:—Mrs Dunnose, Messrs Foote, Nicholl, and Laurie. -~_,_ The Aurora, a large schooner of 133 tons, entered outwards at Sydney on the_3oth ult. for this port. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. Russell, this day. The Wanaka arrived at _ a.m. to-day from Auckland, and the lona at 10.30. a.m.

BIRTH.

ADAMS.—On the 9th June, at Waiuku, the wife of Mr. James A. Adams of sons (twins). HART.—On the 11th June, 1878. at her residence, corner of Union-street, Freeman's Bay, Mrs. George Hart of a daughter, both doing well. NETTLBSHIP.—On the Oth June, at Grace street, Porißonby, tho wife of W. Nettleahip of

a son. VVARMOLL.—On tho 2nd June, at her residence, Chapel-street South, the wife of Mr. John Warmoll of a daughter.

MARRIAGE

WINDSOR—ELLIS.—On the sth June, at St. Paul's Church, by tho Rev. C. M. Nelson, Henry Fletcher, second son of Henry Marston Windsor, of LyminKton, Hampshire, to Con stance Amelia, second daughter of Captain William Ellis, Harbour Master of tho Port of Auckland.

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MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1878

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The review of Socialism in Europe in our last issue was brought down to the rise of that movement which is now convulsing Germany. We propose in the present article to describe German Socialism. Mario, the German, who devoted twenty years to the study of social problems, at tacked the plutocracy as monsters, and ad vocated a co-operative mode of production in which all engaged should have an interest and all share in the profits. The name of Karl Marx, another German, will be familiar to many in connection with the In ternational movement. His theory is that private fortunes are amassed by " Phisma chere dcs kapitals," or the overplus gained by capital, by grinding down the labourer to a bare subsistence. He quotes the state ment of a great factory owner : * 'Ifyouallow me to work ten minutes over-time daily, you will put £1,000 annually into my pocket." He argues that the productive power of labour in society is simply the productive power in the interest of the capitalist, and that the overplus value or profit is spent in luxuries tending to economic waste. Max says: "As a rule the capitalist enriches himself not so much by his own labour and abstinence as by the labour and compulsory abstinence of those whom he employs. It is the value or profit arising from their ex ertions which he appropriates." Fer dinand Lasselle, the popular agitator and leader of the working men in Germany, advocates constitutional reforms with a view to ameliorate the condition of the industrial classes by the action of the State. He demands universal suffrage, work to be done in common, the necessary funds to be provided out of a common purse, and the reward of labour to be dis tributed in proportion to work done; in fact association of labourers assisted by State credit. He believes this system would exterminate pure speculation, and render the industrial classes safe from those miseries which result from commercial fluctuations, failures of crops, the inequali ties of exchange, commercial crises, and frauds. He proposes to regulate produc tion by the establishment of a Central Commission of scientific statisticians. Lasselle says :—

"As the great battalions on the field of battle, so also the huge nias.es of labourers, and the

great capitals, must decide tho victory on tho economic field of battle. Hence nothing would be easier thanjtransforming a free competition' which at present crushes the labourer, into an instrument for his liberation. But, in order to this, it is necessar/ to bring tho larger battalions on the side of the labourers, that Ib, on the side of the Association. This the Stat© can do, as on the battle field, so also in the economic war fare, by means of State credit, which alone can set in motion the labour battalions and secure for them the victory."

Mario tersely says : " Property is theft. Lasselle's dictum is : " Present privato possessions 'are alienated common pro perty," and he wants a distribution of that property for the benefit of iociety at large ; or the conversion of existing private capital and the property of private companies into a general State Bank fund, for the benefit of Societies founded for co-operative pro duction. Karl Marx argues that capital which is formed by the production of another's labour, command* the market and the fluctuations of the exchauge, takes advantage 'of trade for the depression of wages, and finally defrauds labour at the exchange. Kaufmann defines this theory as follows :

" The Socialistic theory •_ th_ school is that ' every article purchased in the market repre sents so much human labour, no more, and nt> less: and that under cover of wages the labourer is injured incessantly, the whole and true value of labour produce being only in part ref uuded to the working man, and under the mask of exchange he is deprived of his due. They con tend that capital, which is accumulated profits on labour, does not flow back into the proper channel, the original source of production, but enriches the individuals capitalist in an increas ing ratio, correspondingly impoverishing the labourer.'"

In short, the Socialist champions Bay that the present distribution of wealth ia an anarchical and unjust socialism, which should be replaced by a better socialism in some form of 'collective or wmmon pro perty, tending towards sooial federalism or concentration of all capital property in the State; that existing possereiona are the result of a systematic curtailing of wages, deducting so much from ©very labouring day. German socialism,^ we gather from a careful perusal of the view, of its ex ponents, docs not aim at individuals, but the system. One of their argnments is that property is the outcome of two factors —toil and labour—but property beiug in the hands of the few —as in England, where 27,000 persons actually own the whole soil —the great mass of the peoplo are made dependent upon this privilegod class. " The proletarian," they say, "has only labour, and labour by itself cannot produce any thing out of nothing; and hence the con stant inequality and struggle of life between these two classes." Though there may be some fallacy in these modes of Btating the questions, they contain suggestions which ought to be carefully laid to bpart by the working men of New Zealand, where an iniquitous system of land monopoly has been even encouraged by successive Govern ments as tho easiest means of raising money. Dr Schaffle, with the far-reaching vision of a profound thinker, says : —

Colonizatian on Wakefield's plan--transporting the economic faults of the old coun*r into tho new, by en couraging land speculation, without effectually stem ming the progress of proletarian wretchedness, thus only staving off the evil day, must be considered likewise as only a partial remedy."

In answer to the argument that private capital and private property represent so much savings, the German eociulists argue that a great part of such property was acquired by accident of birth, fraud, violence, or "abuse of powers, and is there fore not the product of labour, or legitimate investment of capital. o^J-^'"^/^*, ~- '•: .-.- -. ■■.*_--.-____--»-._?:■-—:4_r»-PS*^cri-r'.'-.r3>" ■::'. " Proletarians," they say, " are the slaves and serfs of capitalists, but as such are attached to their masters by no such tender ties as in ancient days. What is the good of a heightened productivity of labour and capital if the benefit is felt only by a few, and capital becomes the insatiable sponge which absorbs the surplus value of labour, leaving the working man exposed to the fluctuation and disturbances in the social ocean, and making him the scapegoat of those commercial crises and other contingencies which are. the result of over speculation and the abuse of credit, private and public. By these abuses millions of interest are paid overho a few members of the plutocracy, and one man, without labour, is made rich at the expense of thousands drudg ing in misery."

The answer of the French economist Dunoyer to this species of argument was characteristic :

" Proletarian misery," he wrote, " is Insepara ble from human society; we must have It as a warning Mto society that there are places into which those families sink whose behaviour is reprehensible. Misery represents the nether world; it is an unavoidable gulf opening before fools, prodigals, and spendthrifts. But a proletarian who smarts already in the fourth generation of his family in that " nether world" of misery will consider it a bitter and insulting' sarcasm to be told, "You area spendthrift; you are lazy and stupid, and therefore are justly in difficul ties," whilst at the same time ho labours 14 hours a day, and gets nothing but the bare maintenance to keep up life from day to day, and never obtained that education, or those chances which would have enabled him to better himself. These articles have already exceeded the ordi nary limits, and we must therefore hurry to aconclusion. Wemayremark, however, that though there are many glaring fallacies in the arguments of the Socialists, there is much that is highly suggestive ; and so long as those theories find many disciples it be comes the duty of Governments, philan thropists, and thinkers to seek some mode of directing the line of thought into a channel which will avert those dangers which mere coercion would inevitably precipitate.

THE Grammar School embroglio, so far sa we are aware, has undergone no change. The school is conducted from day to day by permission of the Improvement Commis sioners, whose baliff is in possession. Someone is greatly to blame that such a state of things should have been pre cipated in defiance both of the Grammar School Governors and Education Board, which authorised the removal of the school to the Choral Hall. A meeting of the Board of Governors takes place on Thurs day, when perhaps it will be explained why its wishes have been wholly ignored in the matter. The Board has never met since it was reported that arrangements were pro gressing favourably with the object of carrying out the decision arrived at. six weeks ago for the transfer of the school to the Choral Hall in order that the advantageous bargain between the Government and Commissioners might be completed. The Governors as a body, therefore, have given no sanction to the recent obstruction, nor do'we believe that they would become a party to any legal quibbles with the view of absolving themselves from an agreement which they have repeatedly declared their willingness and obliga tion to fulfil. Happily, no particular harm has yet been done, and the Grammar School Governors should make immediate arrangements for carrying out their original resolution, or obtain other accommodation for the school. We understand that Judge Fenton, who has been so shamefully misrepresented in this matter, was even ready to suffer the inconvenience of giving up the District Court building, and recommend the Government to permit its - use, so that the work of the Grammar School should not be in the slightest degree disturbed. H this zeal for the general good had been at all recipro cated there would not have arisen the slightest obstacle to the amicable settle ment of all matters with great advantage to the public. The Grammar School Gov einorshave hadthechoice of three buildings, two at least of which are infinitely superior for the purpose of a schoolgjto the barn now occupied. The teachers, we are informed, regard the measures taken to remove the school as a kind of deliverance from a dungeon. And the boys, many of whom have suffered violent colds and neuralgia from the draughts of the present school, while others are contracting permanent defects of Bight in its dark, low ceilened rooms, will equally rejoice at the change. The Commissioners at a meetiug to-day resolved to apply to the Government for an immediate completion of the contract legalised under the Public Reserve Act, through Mr Whitaker's exertions in the interests of Auckland; and they should lose no time in forming the new cricket ground, and taking other steps necessary for the application of the park to its rightful purpose.

The Government having decided to push on the Publilc Works' contracts, which were temporarily in abeyance owing to a tight ness in the money chest, we trust no time will be lost in proceeding with the Queen Street Wharf railway extension. The work is ono of great public utility, and as it was authorised last session, there is no reasonable ground for delay now that the funds are in hand. We would suggest to the Harbour and City authorities the propriety of urging this work on the notice of the Government, " W.C." writes a letter which embodies the agonized wail of a bachelor, whose existence is soured by the proximity of babies. He complains of a neighbour whose sole occupation appears to be the exhibition of his son and heir in all sorts of inappropriate places. " W.C." concludes his letter as follows :—" According to the Bible story, no babies were Jtaken into the Ark. I cherish the belief that the Deluge was universal, because it is very comfort ing to me to reflect that once upon a time the world was swept clean of every " flabby dabby babby " in existence. I have thus unburthened myself, Mr Editor, because I have long felt that babies, as at present constituted, are a crying evil, and it is time public attention was called to the fact. " W. C." ought to have lived in the days of Sparta, when bachelors were annually subjected to a sound thrashing at the hands of the Lacedremonian women, and those same females, as every student of tho classics knows, were far different from the delicate creatures of modern times. There is extant a story of a Spartan woman who could fell an ox with a blow of her fist. Would "W. C." dare to asperse the character of babies in the presence of such a woman as that ? A speculative English snip bought up a line of handsome ready-made clothes in the latest fashions, and shipped himself and his stock to Constantinople. He opened a shop near St. Stephano, and did a roaring trade with Russian officers, who wanted "mufti." One day a Russian tried on a rather stylish-looking coat, which fitted him nicely. Struck with the fashion of the article, he asked its name. "The Salisbury" replied the unsuspecting tailor ; whereupon the Russian tore off the garment, kicked it into a corner, donned his own uniform, and strode out in high dudgeon. The tailor immediately altered the name of the " Salisburys" into " Czars." Baker and Farron have been playing "Lisa Ecclns" at the Queen's Theatre, Sydney, with great success. The Soldene Opera Company were to appear at the Victoria Theatre after the departure of Mr Orcswick. Miss Clara Vesey writes to the "Figaro" contradicting a report in the " New Zealand Sun" that she had left the Soldene troupe.

" The boss devil of America" is what a rabid teetotal lecturer, named Rev G. B. Taylor, calls alcohol.

The whole of Bulgaria is now eaten bare. Since the beginning of the present year the volunteer force in England has a large accession of numbers to its ranks. The Ethiopian carnival and Ball by Ross and Dean's ministrels, for the benefit of widow Kendrick and her fatherless family, will be given in the Lome-street Hall, on Tuesday evening, the 25th instant—this day fortnight. We learn that a really brilliant programme is in the course of preparation, consisting of comic and senti mental melodies, music bya select orchestra, new conundrums, local hits, —not hurtful either to the body or the feelings,—dances and a darkie sketch ; and all for the assistance of a widow and family in distressed circumstances.

Bismarck is credited with hinting to the Germau capitalists, bankers or money lenders generally, not to have anything to do with the Russian loan. It is barely possible that the wily Chancellor became convinced that nothing but the want of money could bring the Russian Govern ment to a state of feeling in which some con cessions for the sake of peace might be ad mitted. Undoubtedly the position forced upon Russia to maintain a large army upon a war footing, has been and is a costly one, no much less than that of actual war. But England's peace-upon-war basis costs her but little above her ordinary expenditures. It is noteworthy that the great Rothchilds also refused to have anything to do with the Russian loan. At a recent meeting of the Church Missionary Seciety in Sydney, Rev. B. Ashwell gave an outline of his missionary career in New Zealand.

The only case before the Police Court this morning was that of a drunkard named Kingston, who pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs. The presiding Justice was Edward Isaacs Esq. Sergeant-Major Mason conducted on the part of the police. The crowd of the unemployed, upon hearing the sentence, immediately began to yawn, and quietly left the Court. The utmost order prevailed throughout the hearing of the case.

The German residents of Wellington have sent a letter of sympathy to Emperor William.

Sam Howard, Mr and Mrs Keogh, and Mr and Mrs Hesford, have gone to Sydney from Wellington.

At the meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the chairman lamented the lack of interest taken in its welfare by the community. It would thus appear that Auckland is not singular in this respect.

" Ponsonby" replies to "Fair Play's" re ■marks on the football match. He rebuts the statement that Ponsonby had three more men than North Shore, stating that in the first twenty they had two more, but only one more in the second twenty. He concludes: "Fair Play omits to mention that when the last try was obtained, and goal kicked, there was no one opposing them. In reference to the Umpire, he says that if Ponsonby had had a competent Umpire there would have been less disputing, which remark will apply to their Umpire as well. At the same time, it would have been only a matter of common courtesy to visitors on their part to have provided at least one competent umpire. I would also state that there is less pleasure in playing tho North Shore than in playing any other Club, as there is aiways sojne disagree ment."

The tone and language _of the Pope's Encyclical were characteristically moderate.

The employes of the Christchurch sec tion of the New Zealand railways have formed a sick benefit society amongst themselves. The benefits arc £1 for twelve weeks of illness or incapacity to work caused by accident ; 15s per week, for the next twelve weeks, and 10s per .week so long as the member remains unable to work. On the death of a member the sum of £6 will be paid to his wife or next of kin, and £3 on the death of a member's wife. At the end of each year, atfer deducting Is per member as a reserve fund, the surplus funds, if any, are to be divided amongst the mem bers in proportion to the duration of their membership.

The Pioneer Lodge, 1.0. G.T., propose holding a public meeting in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening. A really good programme has been prepared, and we have no doubt there will be a large attendance should the weather be fine.

The Elder Bros., from Auckland, two infants, aged respectively seven and nine years, with a one-legged gymnast, are astonishing the Dunedinites.

The Government will erect a building at Waitara for the approaching native meet ing.

The tender of Messrs Hendersen and Fergus, of Dunedin, for the three river improvements at Wanganui, amounting to £25,197, has been accepted.

A London cablegram conveys the cheer ing intelligence that New Zealand secu rities have recovered from the temporary relapse which followed the announcement of the £3,500,000 loan. This is another proof, if such were wanting, of the stability of our credit in the English money market.

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Eng land met on April 24th in the Tempi? of the Freemason's Hall, for the purpose of iustalliug the Prince of Walas as Grand Master of English Freemasons, and although the visit of the Heir Apparent was kept comparatively a secret, there was a most crowded assemblage of the brethren from all parts of the kiugdom. At ten minutes past five o'clock the Prince of Wales entered the hall, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, who is also Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Den mark, the Earl of Carnarvon, Pro- Grand Master, Lord Skelmersdale, and a great body of grand officers, &c. The ceremony of inducting the Prince 01 Wales having been peformed H.R.H. invited the brethren to give a cordial welcome to the Crown Prince [of Denmark. The latter, in acknowledging the welcome, expressed a hope that the kindly feeliug which had existed between the Freemason's of England and Denmark would increase. The Prince of Wales, in a long speech, said : It is, I assure you, a source of regret to myself that 1 have not hao the advan tage of being present at the Grand Lodge for some years, but I trust that so long a time will not elapse in the future. _ The reason of my absence has been from circum stances over which I have had no control. I have had no opportunity or time to occupy myself with Freemasonary as I could wish or in any way desire, and 1 can assure you that at all times I do my best to uphold your interests, which is the dearest wish of my heart, and I again thank you for the cordial reception you have given me to-day. (Loud cheers.) His Royal Highness then proceeded to appoint the grand officers as follows :—Earl of Carnarvon, Pro Grand Master; Lord Skelmersdale, Deputy Grand Master; Lord Heuniker, Grand G.S.W. ; Sir H. Johnstone, M.P., J.G.W. ; the Rev H. A. Pickard, the Rev Alfred Hill, M.A., Grand Chaplains ; /Euius M'lntyre, Grand Registrar; J. Hervey, Grand Secretary; Dr°Erasmus Wilson, Henry Clark, R. P. Montague, Grand Deacons ; Sir A. Woods, Grand Director of Ceremonies; Lewis Thomas, Assistant Graud Director of Ceremonies , H. Lucia, Grand Sword Bearer; C. Willing, Grand Registrar. This was followed by a banquet and concert. General Carey, Avell known in New Zealand, succeeds Sir Archibald Alison as Commandant of the Star! College.

Bishop Selwyn's death was noticedat considerable length in all the leading Enclish journals. The Birmingham " Daily Gazette" says :— "Bishop Selwyn was a man who wrought with his trowel in one hand building up the walls of Zion, whilst in the other hand he held the sword to defend her from the horde who hang around eager for destruction and greedy for plunder. His toil was ceaseless ; and the eleven years in Lichfield proved far more wearing than the twenty-six in New Zealand, where life had been freer and spent more in the open air, with less of desk-work. In his last illness his mind wandered back to his Southern life, and dwelt upon the promise of that salvation which is to be " a light to lighten the Gentiles;" and upon the urgent need for forwarding the work of our missions. Almost his latest words were spoken in the Maori language, to him familiar as English, declaring "It is light. So the light came to one who had always earnestly desired it, and who had done his work abroad and at home an an honest, upright Englishman and a self denying minister of distinguished wis dom, faithfulness, and zeal." The "Daily Telegraph" says:—"He almost lived in the saddle, and carried on his mission with a fervid enthusiasm and a contempt for luxury and ease that allied him with the apostolic fathers of the ancient rather than with the chiefs of the modern church ... As the Bishop of the Black Country, he had to deal with nearly as much Paganism as surrounded him in New Zealand . _ . . gradually he made a

perceptible impression on the dark mass of savagery around him ; and latterly he could always calculate on attracting a large and respectful audience of these rough toilers. The "Spectator" speaks of him as "the athletic Bishop who could swim, and build, and find his way through the wildest Land in a wild colony," and one whose 'genius suited him better for muscular Christianity and a genuinely paternal despotism than for intellectual disputes and constitutional policy.' . . . The chivalry of the man was indeed one of his most remarkable characteristics." "The Morning Post" says :— " Altogether he Avas a most noble type of man, and an exemplary Bishop." The "Standard" says that he was "as frank and fearless in the exposure of what he believed to be abuses, as he was un wavering in his defence of what he believed to be the truth."

Mr Francis J. Shortt advertises that he has received from England a quantity of long hair, —a fact which will, no doubt, give great satisfaction to the ladies.

The "New Zealand Wesleyan," published at Christchurch, and edited by Rev Wm. Morley, an Auckland man, is a well-con ducted journal, and contains much interest ing matter relating to the cause of Wes leyanisra in New Zealand. The number for June is introduced by a thoughtful discourse on " Pulpit power," by Rev J. C. Woodcock, followed by a sketch of Lefevra, and a visit to the Lake Districts, by Mr Harper. There is also a very interesting letter from the Rev James Buller, formerly of the Thames, who is now living at Nor wood, near London. Six or seven other articles of more or less interest appear, and altogether the " Wesleyan" is instructive and commendable.

The quarterly meeting of the members of the Auckland Branch {of the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society will be held this evening, in St Patrick's Hall, for the general business of the Society.

Apropos of the colonial departments at the Paris exhibition, " Truth " has the following :—I hear from Paris that the Prince of Wales deserves the gratitude of England for the pains he has been at to make things smooth for the Colonial Com missioners. He made them feel that they re presented an extended Britain, in whose welfare he took as keen an interest as in that of the nucleus Kingdom. Owing to the tact and good feeling of the Prince, and his well-known courtesy, they and the British Commission are on the friendliest terms. When our material hold on the Colonies is so slender, we surely ought to congratulate ourselves on the successful efforts made by the Prince of Wales to bring them to identify themselves with England.

Diamonds belonging to the Princess of Wales and the Indian Treasury, and worth a million of francs, aro said to have arrived at the Pari. Exhibition. Eight police by day and sixteen by night are in charge. The Russians offered Turkey a large diminution in the indemnity, and terri torial concessions in Asia, in exchange for a defensive and offensive alliance.

The Volunteer Naval Artillery Brigade of London has offered to go on active service anywhere and whenever the war office may direct.

A lad named Ma-honey, employed at the Union Sash & Door Company's Mill, jMechanics' Bay, had his hand injured, and two of his fingers taken off yesterday, by allowing it to be caught in the machinery.

A. telegram from Constantinople states that 50,000 Turkish troops are now en camped in the plain of Buyukdere, and fifty battalions in the lines defending the capital.

The latest returns show that the Italian Army has a grand total of 18.836 officers, and 867,866 non-commissioned officers and men.

Sam. Johnston sold the " Vicar of Wake field "for sixty pounds, and "brought Gold smith the money." Two letters of poor " Goody " are to be seen in a shop-window in St. James's-street, and the price is one hundred guineas. He appeared to be almost gone. Rolling his eyes towards the partner of his bosom, he gasped: "Bury me 'neath the weeping willow; plant a simple white rose above my head." "Oh, it's no use," she snapped out, " Your nose would scorch the roots." He got well.

Itis said that Mr Gathorne -H_m~~~"" be raised to the peerage, with tlJ l%^ Earl Si CWford. be' ™c *«_ of To-ifiorr6% evening a lecture enW • ment will be given at the N P Jr! ,"*• Primitive Methodist Chapel on »»l mat*et ' Hymn Writers," with musical j^ffi.B^ by the choir, in aid of the fuSSft* Sunday-school. Peisons desirous of t c ing new facts in connection with thpr° W" of hymn writers, and the circumstanced which many of our most popular]^ : were written, will da well to attend *l-8 lecture. . a *&*

The Volunteers of this city contemn! the formation of a Volunteer LiW I istitute, which] shall embrace a _£j reading, and class-room; also chess ar& coffee rooms. We believe the project h met with much sympathy, and there ? every probability of its being carried out The question of debate between the Pin street and St. James' Young Men's Asm ciations, last evening, was "Manhood S_f frage," and despite the unfavourable stat" of the weather there was a good attendance The chair was occupied by Rev. R. Taylor and prayer was uttered by Rev. W. Kir_' Wesleyan minister. The question in the affirmative was ably opened by Mr. Wi_ Cooper, who contended with much'reason that every man of sane mind had a right to a voice in electing those who were to make the laws which men were compelled to - obey. "Taxation without representation was tyranny," uttered by the Earl of Chat ham, was an enduring truth. Mr. Cooper, arguments in favour of the suffrage elicited much suppoat from the members of his class —Messrs Macky, Burton, and Schmidt. The negative side was taken up vigorously by the Pitt-street members, Messrs Ewing. ton considering that manhood suffrage would not operate profitably to the general community, and that the franchise was sufficiently extended for the time. The debate was carried on with good feeling' and closed peacefully with the benediction ' The "Illustrated Herald" of Lunedin for the month of June contains some exiKl! lent pictures, including "A corduroy load," "the crew of H.M.S. turret-ship Cerberus'" " Victorianpermanentdef ence force at drill i " Cocoa nut grove, Fiji," and " A struggle for life."

The Turkish war is said to have cost Russia £90,000,000. One Russian out of every six sent into Turkey was either killed: or wounded.

In a private letter received by a gentleman in town to-day from Doctor Schwartzbach that gentleman says that shortly be intendsl paying Auckland a flying visit prior fo leaving for Europe. He has been very, successful in the Australian Colonies and wherever he has visited has performed wonderful cures.

WORKING MEN'S CLUB.

An adjourned special general meeting of the Working Men's Club was held last) evening to receive the report of a special committee appointed at the .last meeting to wait upon a firm in Auckland who had made advances to the Club, and supplied furniture, etc. The report of the committee presented last night shewed that Messrs Heslop and Cook were not under any personal responsibility for the advances and goods supplied to the Club, though they had taken the Club premises in their/ own name. It was considered, however, that the old committee had never been legally elected, and that it was there-, fore necessary to elect a new committee , which should take over the liability for occupation of the premises. The election of officers was accordingly proceeded with, when the following were elected :—Patron: Sir George Grey, (X.C.8.). President: His Worship the Mayor (H. Brett, Esq;.), Vice President: Mr Mandeno ; Trustees: Messrs A. Aley and Phillips ; Treasurer: Mr Roycroft ; Committee : Messrs Heslop, Alex. Smith, P. C. Self, Ross. Hampton,- Graham, McEwen, C. W. Sanders, Robson,!. Ditty, McCormack, Jerome Cadman. Two of the committee will retire at the, end of every three months. Considerable ■ dissatisfaction had existed among the members in consequence of some alleged mismanagement of the former committee, but one of these matters, which related to a question connected with the furniture and advances obtained for the Club, under a promise that the name of the firm supply ing should be kept secret from some of, the , members of tke committee, was satis factorily explained. These meetings of the Club have .cleared the atmosphere, dissipated disagreeable sus picions and discontent, and generallyaccom plished a, large measure of good. The,nuinv ber of members is large, and ought, with good management to increase. All that-is1 required to make the Club a permanent, success is unity of effort and general for bearance. ■ We trust that under the man agement of the new Committee, the Club will become all that its founders and well- , wishers expected of it.

IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.

A Committee meeting of the Improvement Commissioners was held to-day, at which the-Secretary was instructed to write a letter to the Government, stating that the- Commissioners are now in a position to cany out the agreement for the transfer,{Of certain buildings authorised by the Public^ Reserves Sale Act of last session ; and expressing the hope of the Commissioners, that the Government will be good enough to give immediate orders for the requisite arrangements to be made. The Commissioners, by their bold and determined action, have, at length, suc ceeded in freeing,tho Albert Park- property from some of it* incumbrances, and we may hope before long to see the original purposes of the t:;ist fulfilled by planting the place with : rees, and rendering itm every way suitable as a public recreation'1 ground. It is <i the highest importance that tho citizens .should have a convenient resort of this kind, and that our young men and boys should have a place for acetic sports. We are, therefore, sanguine that we shall shortly have a convenient place for the manly old English game of cricket, ana other outdoor pastimes.

As it is possible that a large proportion of the community are not acquainted witn the transaction to which the above meeting of the Improvement Commissioners. aas reference, we may state that under tne Reserves Sale Act of last session it was provided that the land in the following Schedule should be transferred by^ tne Government to the Improvement Com-, missioners of Auckland. wir

SCHEDULE B. . . ~. 1. All that parcel of land in the City of Auck land on which stand the buildings occupied m the Resident Magistrate's Court, being we western part of Police site, situated wl.a^S& 4 of the City of Auckland ; and bounded toward the North by Lot No. _ of Section No. 4jtfore. said, fifty-eight (58) feet seven (7) »<»»»*,£; wards the East by a passage about 10 feet W fifty-four (54) feet nine (9) inches! towards w». South by-Chancery-street, nfty-nme (59)^ and towards the West by High-street. MtJ-gg. (54) feet nine (9) inches; and containing eieveu (11) perches, more or less. ,' This was given in exchange for the land described in the following schedule: Schedule C. : « .ZvJ 1. All that parcel of land in the City oM*S5[ and on which stand the buildings now OPOWgS, by tho Grammar School, and being Pa^ffiJS old Albert Barracks Reserve, being bum» siona! Lot No. 17 of Subsection No 4 of Seopuu No. 13 of the City of Auckland. &&_*£_ wards the North-east by O'Rorke-street, one hundred and fifty-two (152) feet: towardsM*w .South-east by subdivisiona! Lot No. i °,fl ftr . section No. 4 aforesaid, one hundred eight (158) feet; towards the South-west bysu divisional Lot No. 16 of the aforesaid Subsecuou. one hundred (100) fefet; an<3 to wards, the *»"" west by Park-street, one hundred and sixer" d (165) feet; and containing one (1) rooa »" • thirty-two (32) perches. , , „i to, The Commissioners,also agreed to _s? u," the Government the lands described m ws? following schedule :

SCHEDULED. ZjWJ Anck 1. All that parcel of laud in. thejOlfar or .A"g* land on which stand the buildings kßOWn.as £ Wesleyan Chapel/and School, beingJ o.?' o city Lots Nos. 27 and 26 of Section No. 4 of the £ j, of Auckland. Bounded towards? portion of Lot No. 27, seventy^ne (TUfiWj „ y , twenty-one (21) feet: towards the j_™&* an d portions of Lot No.. 26, one hundred.^» by thirteen (113) feet: again towards ie«» (51) portion, of Lot No. 26 aforesaid, flfty-on»

EVENLNG STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1878



IiiiSHBKOOK AND BrIDGMAN Respectfully invite attention to their Large Carefully-selected and Entirely New Stock of D R APERY AND CLOTHING FOR THE WINTER TRADE, Comprising— Blankets, all sizes, and first-class value Flannels, white and scarlet, all makes Crimean Shirtings, All-wool and Union, in great variety of pattern and quality Winceys, plain and fancy. A heavy stock. •' Good and Cheap," a good line at od per Fancy Dress Goods, new shades, in great variety French Merino, Serge, Satin Cloth, and some Special Lines of Fancy Materials, bought a iob, end being sold at very low rates Alloa and Fingering Yarns, all colours Winter Hosiery, Umbrellas, Ribbons, Flowers Waterproof Tweed and Waterproofs A Job Lot of Children's and Ladles' Waterproof Cloaks, to be cleared out at much below regular price. Calicoes, Sheet _g, Counterpanes Furnishing and Manchester Goods of every description , . ~ Boys' and Men's Clothing of every description, Good and Cheap Hosiery, Shirts, Hats. &c. Strong Material for Boys' Wear—Tweeds, Mole skin. Corduroy, Serge &c„ &c, &c. In order to sustain the well-known character of the JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE for Cheapness and Quality combined, R. and B. procure their Supplies from the BEST MAR KETS ONLY, and spare no pains to supply" their Customers' wants at the lowest price com mensurate with legitimate trading. 5 % (1/ in the &) Discount allowed upon all Cash — -**-!, purchases of 20/ and upwards. RUSEBROOL AND BRIDGMAN, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &C„ JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel), U pF *5 R QUEEN-S T R E E T, AJUCKT.ANP. fi | NiiiN INSURANCE COMPANY \ ' Off SRW ZEALAND. . CtPIT-l £2,000,000 AUCKLAND BRANCH: Q IJ X B N- S T R E B T, Next he Colonial Bank. 7IRE DEPARTMENT. __insura_o granted on Dwelling - hc:use_ stores. Shops, Buildings in which trade is carried on, Merohandiße, and Goodn of every inscription. MARINE DEPARTMENT. jjgiiulhi or Ships or Steamers, Merchandise of all Kinds, Specie and Wool to United Kingdom, at TjOXVJSRT (InRRRNT RATKS. K. H. STEVENSON Manager. "/TUCKLAND AGRICULTURAL AND J_L PASTORAL ASSOCIATION PLOUGHING MATCH, Will take place On SATURDAY, 15th JUNE, On Mr. Wallace's Farm, Hillside. Papatoitoi, adjoining the Railway Station. PRIZES, First Class, Double or Treble Ploughs. --Ist prize, £6; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, special prize. Second Class Single Ploughs (Swing or Wheel).—lst prize, £5; 2nd, £2; 3rd, special prize. Third Class (open only to Boys under 18 years of age).—lst prize, £3; 2nd, £2: 3rd, special prize. Entrance fee, 5 per cent, on amount of Ist prize money, for all classes. Also a DRAINING Match.—lst prize, £2; 2nd, £1; 3rd prize, special. Eutrance fee, 2s 6d. All entries both for ploughing and draining must be made in writing, addressed to the Secretary, at Mr. J. Hall's, Otahuhu, on or before Wednesday, 12th June, at 8 p.m. Special prizes are offered by the following gentlemen:—J. Wiseman, Ireland Bros., J. and J. Dickey, J. C. Firth, John Lamb, Cruickshank and Miller, T. and S. Morrin, James Mclntyre, J. and A, Dunwoodie, Close Bros., S. Green, ThO". Ellison, W. Patterson, E. Porter and Co., Coupland and Co., New Zealand Clothing Fac tory; Wallace and Hotham, W. G. Jones, W. Morgan, and Jolm Scott. Dinner will be held at the Criterion Hotel, o'.,ahuhu, after the Ploughing Match. Tickets, (£-_ach. WM. PERCIVAL, Secretary.



m 6 AGRICULTURISTS & OTHERS. W. -JZHURST & Co. have on sale the under mentioned Fertilizers, all of which have been proved to produce satisfactory results in this district. Experienc caches that large and profitable returns can be elied on by a j udicious and a free use of them. The flattering Testi monials from leading Farmers justify W, J. Hurst &Co..in strongly commending them to every Agriculturist :— MALDEN ISLAND GUANO PERUVIAN GUANO MEXICAN do. BELLS BONE FLOUR Jandi-inch BONKIU'si BILL YARD'S "No. 1 do. NITRATE OF SODA SULPHATE OF AMMONIA MURIATE OF POTASH SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIMJt. SALT, SULPHATE OF LIME. In addition to the above, W. J. H. & Co. are prepared to supply special Chemical Manures for stimulating weak Corn Crops, and renovat ing Clover-sick Pastures, as well as the Potato and Mangold mixture that for the last two sea sons has attracted such favourable notice. Analysis, prices, and other particulars will be supplied on application at the Stores. W. J. HURST & CC, 101. Queen-street Tpw V N AMITE To .Arrive, per Queen of the West, now due from London— TEN TONS DYNAMITE DETONATORS, TTERY, INSULATED COPPER W Etc., Etc. DYNAMITE is the Safest and Most Powerful Explosive in use. The Safety of Dynamite During Transport and Storage. Extracts from tho Official evidence given before the House of Commons Select Committee on Explosive Substances— Parliamentary Ses sion of 1874, London. Boxes filled with dynamite have been thrown from a great height, and forma to sustain any amount of shock without exploding. They have also been placed upon an open fire, when the dynamite burned slowly away without ex ploding.—Parliamentary report—Blue Book, P Dynamite has been in a railway collision, and, though the van and boxes containing it were broken, no explosion took place.—Blue Book, PfMli lor' Maiendie, R.A., H.Ms. Inspector of Gunpowder and Dynamite Factories, states, in his evidence (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 has come for relieving safe nitro-glycerine preparations from such un necessary restrictions as the nitro-glycerine Act imposes upon them. . 22 Arta!?,; - __. Professor Abel, tho Chemist to Her Majesty s War Department, gives his experience that Nobel's dynamite is one of the safest, most powerful, and most convenient explosive agent applicable to industrial purposes.—Blue Book, pages 56, 57, and 59, Agents : E. P OR T E R & CO., QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. i 1 LOVER SEEDS, KYE GIiASS, &C On Sale, kx Late Arrivals : CLOVER SEEDS, consisting or White Clover Timothy Red Clover S ap,,0., Cow Grass l rofo, l! Alsyke i&c, &c„ &c. Turnip ALSO, :200 bushels ENGLISH PERENNIAL RYE 50 bushsf ENGLISH POA PRATENSIS i 3! 500 lbs. INDIAN DOOB GRASS £S ft iffiiSSi* TIMOTHY. AND A Fine Collection of Farm and Garden Seeds. '^The above have arrived in first-class condition. _Bamples will be forwarded on application. Poverty Bay, Canterbury, and local Rye Gras Cocksfoot, Ratstail, Poas Fescues, &c. &c. from carefully selected samples, at lowest mar *et rates. HuRgT & Queen-street. A.» Lin a_b ur y & \j DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS. NEW DRESS MATERIALS. A Latee Assortment of New Dress Goods or the present Season, in every fashionable shade, Just Opened up at A. LINABURY & CO 'S. NEW WINTER COSTUMES, NEW MANTLES, NEW ULSTERS, _ NEW MILiINHJRY. NEW HATS A Large Assortment of Paris Trimmed Hats and Bonnet 3 Just Opened up. Also, * ._ _ Hosiery, Silk T:<?s, Umbrellas, CollarslandCntta. Gloveß, Chilare s Mantles and Jackets. A LARGE STOCK OF NOVELTIES, Which are Cheap, and will have quick sale. i_" Look in at *«* A. LINABURY & CO.' S, _0i & 200, QUEKN-STREET, Auckland. RELIEF FROM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES. SHARIAND'S CHERRY PECTORAL, 2s. 6d. a Bottle. OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. Auckland. _J O T i" C E. T. B. HILL Begs to inform his Friends and the Public of Auckland that he has Opened his New Premises, in the centre of. Queen-street, opposite the Theatre Royal. It is his intention, by-personal attention to business, to make his Establishment First-class Dispensing and Family Con cern, where any article may be obtained for tho sick-room, as also every approved New Medicine introduced into the Old Countries, as well as the Finest Medicinal Drugs and Chemicals. These will be regularly imported, at short intervals, direct from the Best Houses, so that the Patients may depend on having the full benefit of the Physicians'skill. T. B. H., therefore, looks forward to a con tinuance of that confidence and support which has always been accorded to him by the inhabit ants of New Zealand. T B H. would also inform the Members of the Medical Profession that a Consultation Room will be at their service, and from the central position of the Establishment this may be found unusually advantageous to them and their Patients. „ ~ __ . NB. — Family Orders from the Country promptly attended to, and despatched by the first opportunity. Postage and Receipt Stamps. $_. Observe the Address— Opposite the Theatre Royal. T>RIM|E TABLE POTATOES PRIME TARTARIAN SEED OATS PRIME MILLING OATS PRIME SPRING WHEAT PRIME BONEDUST PRIME GARDEN SEEDS. W. J. HURST & CO., 101, Queen-street. When You Wish to Furnish Tour Souse obtain a Book Catalogue from the City Hall Arcade, which contains valuable informa tion, not only enumerating what can be obtained there, but shewing the cost of Fur nishing a. Three, Four, Five, and Six-roomed house ; also, Drawingroom separately, and Bachelor's Rooms. The proprietors have lately purchased from Messrs. Grossman and Harding the balance of their very hand some Stock of Swiss Goods, beautifully and wonderfully carved, which are being rapidly disposed of, at Haw-price ! Also, just opened up, a large lot of Fancy Baskets and various articles suitable for presents. Just received, some magnificent all-wool Kidder minster Carpets, for dining and bed-rooms ; very cheap Tapestry, Brussels and Felt Carpets : the largest stock in Auckland. All kinds of House Furniture, and an immense assortment of Bedsteads in Iron* Brass, Kauri, Cedar, Bimu, and Mottled Kauri ; with Wardrobes, Drawers, Wash stands, and Tables to match. Dining and Drawing-room Suites to §.uit all classes. Several new designs in Linoleum not seen before in the city ; Oil Cloths, all widths. Carpets measured for, cut out, and laid, and Goods delivered Free OF Charge to any part of the town. Catalogues sent Post Free. Ladies and gentleman about to Furnish are invited to stroll through ths "Arcade," where, in addition to House- Furnishing Goods, will be seen Drapery, Clothing, Millinery, and Fancy Goods.— Hollo-way, Garlick, And Ceanwell, ; Proprietors, City Hall Arcade, Queen-steet Auckland.



SPECIAL NOTICE. In addition to our Usual Large Assortment of GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, We are Now Showing the following GOODS, Juat Landed, ex ' Aikshaw' :— WALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, in Silk MARBLE-TOP WASHSTANDS CHIMNEY-GLASSES, Gilt, Very Handsome Patterns CHIMNEY-GLASSES, in Walnut and Maple Frames CANE-SEATED CHAIRS, Various Patterns TOILET GLASSES, Great Variety. T. & H. Cooke, FURNITURE, CARPET, AND FLOOR-CLOTH SHOW-ROOMS: 67, QUEEN-STREET. Steam Cabinet Factory : VICTORI A-STEEET. I ; . TfINCOUIRAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES! To the People of Auckland ! Messrs. xiallen stein Jjrothers Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH OP THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY Is Now OPENin Queen-street, opposite Theatre Royal. To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, they have decided to SELL a Single Article at the Wholesale Pride. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased and ap proved of, will bo exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or if desired, the money will be returned. Tho success which has attended tho New Zealand Clothing Factory's Retail Blanches in other towns leads tho Proprietors to behove that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of tho Public to encourage New Zealand Industries, especially where auporior advantages are offered; and your support is solicited on this under standing only. N. L. MEYER, Manager Auckland Branch. sole agent for WERTHEIM'S CELEBRATED SEWING MACHINES; TnE HEST MACHINE IN THE WORLD. ZReliable information upon all the great and passing event 3of the day is it all times eagerly sought, and there is no one subject greater than the welfare of the body. If we would preserve oursolves from premature decay, we must mark the admonishing symptoms of disease, and by tho timely administration of good and reliable medicine, check and ward off any sickness that might interfere with the wonted course of per fect health. "Ohollah's Great Indian Cures," which can be had of all chemists, are the most reliable medicines known. Look out for shams in the shape of poisonous imitations of the People's favourite health beverage, Udolpho Wolfe's SoniEDAM Aro matic Schnapps. These detestable swindles often bear counterfeit labels or names closely approximating to that of the true article. A close scrutiny should bo brought to bear upon preparations purporting to be the real Schnapps.