SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(This Afternoon, 6.8 HlbtH WATER--] T O . luorrow Morning, 5.33 SUN SKT.-This Evening. 1.18 qtlN RISK —To-morrow Monnnar, 7.1S MOON'R Aflffi -New Moon, lat, 1.27 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Tonn. s s Farquhar, from Russell Kawn onttor. JanpeD, from Russell. Ltale' cut or Diaz, from WhanKapona. Swallowschoor.er, Moore, from North Cape.

DEPARTURES.

Flirt, brigantine, McLellan, for Levuka

VESSELS EXPECTED. Australia P.M.S., from San Francisco, July 3 tostone, barque (J.R.8.M.), from London,

MiJthftfahor, barque, (W.T.K.S.), from Lon- Ceirta^KLWJ). from Glasgow Lebu ailb^rqife ri(JFLN), from London; to sail Citymo\ d Aucklaffship (KMTR), from London ; Lady SS^SwitVJMWb from Belfast; Olnstee; barque, from New York, early rnrnnpt schooner, from Tahiti, early Activl, Wantine, from Friendly and Naviga tnr'a "Wands, early Helena brigantine, from Lyttelton, early &h, barque, from London, early Belle Brandon, schooner, from the Islands, eaily Linc^n. Webor, brigantine, from Lyttelton, early Ada C Owen, brigantine, from Noumea and Solomon Islands, early Nyniphe, schooner, from Levuka, early Mary Anderson, schooner, from Samoa, early Mazeppa, schooner, from Levuka. early Talisman, schooner, from Tahiti early Charybdis. schooner, from the Islands, early Wanaka. 8.3., from South, Saturday Lajtitia, schooner, from Noumea, early Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Levuka, early. Blanche, schooner, from Karotonga, early

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For London-SohiehalHon. barque, early, opuiu TorßSfflf BW «^t WW M°n" day : Wanaka, Monday, July Ist For Sydney and Melbourne-Hero, S.S., July Sth Fo? Taranaki and Southern provinces (from Manufeau)-Taranaki, s.s.. Tuesday next For Noumea---Elizabeth Conway, schooner, Fo/Tahiti—Edith, schooner, early

Inwards CoAST\vi3E.-Fawn. cutter, from Russell, with 10 tons manganese; Swallow, schooner, from Parengarenga and North Cape, withl2 tons gum, 1 bundle sheepskins, 1 calf skin; Lizzie, cutter, from Whangapona, with 29,000 feet timber; Sovereign of the Seaa, ketch, from Mercury Bay, with 20,000 feet timber. £ T to brffitLne Flirt sailedl yesterday for Lovuka, Fiji, with passengers and cargo. The brig Syren is to load timber at Kaipara for Sydney, on completing the discharge of her C£The's.s. Watiaka will arrive from Tauranga and Southern ports late to-night. , Thes.s. Taranaki, from Now Plymouth ana. the South, should arrive in the Manukau to fflThSe'-w^o-no sign of the barque signally ?* --oanaown yesterday, this mgrgft^eifwas the baroufrK^ie^ dar! ISbound from Newcastle to the Thames with a cargo of. coal.. The new steamer Hannah was brought over from the North Shore this morning, and had her bfh eL Pi a?ona\?^ teTfrom Russell this morn ing with several passengers and a general cargo.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Tauranga, this day. _ The b.s. Rowena sailed for Auckland at 0.10 PThe yt t fl e. rdPretty.Jane should arrive from Gisborne this evening. ..

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, oa Monday next, at 1.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Waiheke and Corornandel, per Argyle, on Monday next, at 11.30 a.m. For New Caledonia, per Elizabeth Conway, this day. at 1 p.m. For Levuka, per Rose, on Monday next, at 1 p.m. For Russell and Kawa Kawa, per Wanaka, on Monday next, at 3 p.m. For Russell, Kawa Kawa, Wangaroa, and Mon«onui, per lona, on Monday next, at & p.m. For Whitianga, Taui-anfm, and Opotiki, per Rowetia, on Monday m xtj at 1 XMtti For "Waiwera, Kawau, Oruano, aud iYlatakana, per Annie Milbank, on Tuesday next, at 10 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, Waipu, "Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle, on Tuesday next, at 1 p.m. For Taranaki, and Southern Provinces, per Taranaki, immediately after the arrival of the s.s. Australia. For Australian Colonies, Batavia, Singapore, China, and Japan, via Torres Straita, per Australia, immediately after arrrival from Honolulu. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

MARTINSON—On the 27th June, at her resi dence, Karangahape Road, Newton, Mrs. P. F. Martinson, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

BUCKLAND-TAYLOR.-On May 8, at 3t. John's College, near Auckland, by his Lordship the Bishop of Auckland, John Segar, eldest son of Alfred Buckland, Esq., of this city, to Jessie, fourth daughter of R. J. Taylor, Esq., of Glendowie, Tamaki West. CLIFTON-WILLCOCKB.-On the 27th instant at St. Paul's Church, by tha Rev. C. M. Nelson. William Edward, eldest son of William C* Clifton, EBq., J.P.. agent P. and O. S.N. Co.' King George's Sound, W.A., to Emma Mart" ley, youngest daughter of Edward S. Will cocks, Esq., Registrar of the Supreme Court, Auckland, N.Z.

DEATH.

BOND.—On June 27. James Bond, aged 63 years, deeply regretted. The funeral will leave his late residence, Victoria-street, on Sunday, at 2 p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation.

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1878.

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THE telegrams from Waitara, although largely occupied with that mystifying Maori palaver which may mean very much or very little, have brought out two importantfacts. First, that Sir George Grey's proposals for settlement rest upon the ground that the pakehas and Maoris should be one people, withcommonlaws,andcommongovernment. Second, that Rewi blames himself very much for the war ; that he earnestly desires peace now, and seeks its restoration and the accomplishment of Sir George Grey's mission by a return of the Maori people to the Christian religion, and a^ general fraternisation. The realisation of such an adjustment will be devoutly .hoped for by every one who has the welfare of both races at heart.

TUBNING from the lesser to the greater, it is encouraging to find that, while Sir George Grey and Rewi were exchanging words of peace at Waitara, the Russian Chancellor and British Prime Minister were similarly occupied at Berlin. The course of events in Europe for th&, moment tends steadily to the quiet ' settlement of Eastern troubles by a liberal arrangement of points of differences. Our cable messages this afternoon shew that the agreement between Lord Salisbury and Count Schouvaloif, which found its way into the newspapers prematurely, was stolen for press purposes, and the Government have resolved to make an examble of the offender. It is a well-known fact that some of the leading press organisations of Europe have in their pay high officials who are well feed for early news.

The Government have issued their Licensing Bill, and from the .summary sent by the Press Agency, we learn that the new provisions are directed mainly against adulteration, and are of a very stringent character. It was reported that one of the objects o£ the bill would be to prevent brewers from acquiring hotel properties, but the statement was positively denied, and the telegraphicsynopsis gives no inkling of so objection an interference with private right". The efforts to suppress poisonous compounds will meet with general approval. Every evil of the drink traffic is intensified by the sale of bad grog. The measure of punishment prescribed in the bill is severe enough: £20 or a month's imprisonment for the first oifeuce, and £100 for subsequent offences, with alternatives of three months' imprisonment and liability to disqualifica tion as an hotel-keeper for ten years, with loss of license, and closing of the house for five years, should be deterrent if the machinery for carrying out the law is adequate. It is iv the latter respect that legislation of this kind almost invariably fails and becomes a dead letter. An officer ought to be appointed iv each district to enforce the Act. Failure to ascertain the character of the grog vended.should also, in cases of adulteration, be.iuterpreted as culpable neglect on the part of the seller. Until the bill comes to hand we cannot enter at detail into those parts of its machinery. Nor does the telegram afford any clue to the constitution of the licensing authority, or the relation of the bill to the permissive principle.

HAPPY Canterbury ! Another million pounds worth of the Crown lands has been sold during the last twelve months, from which the local bodies, under the 20 per ceufc. land fund arrangement be come entitled .to £220,000 for roads and works. But what, we should like to be in formed, will ' posterity reap from this rapid alienation of the national estate. We very much desire to see a return of the pro portions in which the 554,1GS acres of rural lands sold last year were applied to the creation of those legitimate and most desirable small agricultural holdings, which are the strength of a country ; and how niuch,went to swell the overgrown freeholds wherein some ambitious founder of a " great family estate" arrogates to himself many miles of the earth's surface. No amount of legitimate progress will account for the acquisition in one year of the freehold of an acreage nearly equalling a liftcenth of the area of Canterbury, and one-half the total amount of cultivated lauds iv the district. These enormous sales are due to large purchases by those who have amassed wealth from leaseholds, gridironing, and similar dealings with the public estate, for which, forsooth, they laid claim to special consideration from Parliament. Speaking of gridironing, which has so often been mentioned, and was made a great point of against the squatters .by Sir George Grey in his Chiistcnurch speech, it may interest readers to learn exactly what it means. Under the Canterbury land regulations ten acres was fixed as the minimum size of a rural holding. The land-grabbers turned the regulation to account in this way : They applied for and obtained a number of small holdings, laid off chess-board fashion, so as to enclose completely, smaller holdings of nine acres, which they did not apply for ; and being below the minimum area no one else could. The consequence was that a leasehold so manoeuvred wsis made to include i.eaiJy double the area rented ; and possession was as secure as if the whole had been com prised in one large holding. The swindle obtained .the appropriate title or '' grid ironing," a word which is now very unpala table to some Canterbury cars.

Mr E. H. Stevenson, Auckland manager of the Un/on Insurance Company, has furnished us with a copy of the balance sheet of tliat Company for the first nine months of its existence. The statement is also sent by the Press Agent from Christchitrch, aud appears in our telegram columns The business sales premiums amount/tig to £42,355 and a nett profit of £14; 142 which must be considered extremely satisfactory. Loyalty.—Buckingham Palace, the Lon don residence of Queen Victoria, was origi nally the site of Arlington House, and was purchased by John Sheffield, Duke of Buck ingKam, who rebuilt it in 1703, and named it Buckingham House. In 1762 it was pur chased by George 111. as a residence for Qneen Charlotte, on whom it was settled in 1775, in lieu of Somerset House.

An old Aucklander, now at Gore, Otago, reflecting on the sunny clouds yesterday, rushed to the telegraph office, and -wires to a friend here:—" Pelting snow now. Country covered with snow."

The progress which the settlements of I the Wade and Puhoi are making is very marked, and although little attention has hitherto been devoted to them, the prospects of the settlers are gradually improving. For some time past .a. great want has been felt for steam communi cation with Auckland, in order to meet the requirements of the districts in question. With this object in view, the small schooner Firefly, which has been known as the regular Wade trader, was superseded some time ago by the more suitable steamer Tarn O'Shanter. Lately, the settlers have seriously considered tho question of pur chasing the Tarn O'Shanter from her present owners, and;, running her regularly on the Wade, Puhoi, and Auckland trade. A meeting of settlers to consider the propriety of forming a Steam Navigation Company to trade between these places has been arranged for this afternoon, at the Whau Post-office, and the question ot pur chasing the Tarn O'Shanter will then be introduced. That steamer leaves the wharf at 12 o'clock to-night to convey those desi rous of attending the meetiDg to the Wade. We understand that there are about 300 settlers at each of the settlements, and great inconvenience has hitherto been caused to them by the almost utter impossibility of getting their produce, consisting of poultry, cheese, eggs, butter, vegetables, etc., to the Auckland market. Besides the articles mentioned, the settlers send up large quantities of shingles, gum, etc. The opening up of tho district by steamer tralhc, will, therefore, do much towards adding to the prosperity of the settlers. At the", weekly meeting of St James Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associa tion on Monday evening next, three original tales will bo read by tho authors. The titlea of tho stories are (1) "Prospectum in Furore," (2). "What may Happen, or Freaks of Fortune," (3) " Friend Peter, or tho Shadow and tho Substance." As this is tho first time in Auckland that such a literary experiment has been made, a large gathering of members and visitors is expected. A Good Templar Lodge is to be opened shortly at llotorua. The usual application has been made to the Grand Lodge Officers. Residents in Nelson-street, near the Gas Works, were pleased yesterday to observe that Mr Dempsey had commenced his im portant work of forming the footpath from Victoria-street. A delay has been caused through a Bub-contractor, for stone, having failed to fulfil his agreement with Mr Dempsey. This being the anniversary of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ccmmunion Service was held this morning in|the Churches of S. Paul and S. Sepulchre. " Query" is referred to •• Notes and Queries " for an answer to his question, "why is a certain preparation of apples called yi charlotte ?" A charlotte is a combination of apples with thiu slices of buttered bread, which are generally arranged as to fo;m a mould for the fruit ; hence Thackeray's well-known lines to Werther's heroin* :— ' Werther had & lovo for Charlotte Such as words could never utter : Would you know Uow first ho met her 1 She was cutting broad and butter.' Tho following extract from the "New Zealand Gazette" of Juno 13th will be of interest to Highway Board Trustees and others: —"All material required for tho construction anl maintenance of streets and roads to bo carried at one penny (Id) per ton per mile, <vith a minimum charge of five shillings (ss) per truck of live tons' load. Dated sth June, 1878. J. Mac andrew, Midstor.of Public Works. Such a modification of charges will bo hailed with pleasure by* communities living along the line of railway who are not blessed with the presence of an extinct volcano, whose lands have rot been covered with molten lava, but -whose roads arc knee deep in mud, and rejuiro the beneficial introduction of scoria stcne acd gravel." In the matter of James Edwards and John Henry Edwards, both of Alexandra, Mr Hesketk made an application for an order under tho 121 st section of the District Conrts Act, calling upon the clerk of tho District Court at Hamilton to show_ cause why he should not call another meeting of creditors, as a Sunday had intervened in the interval announced, and the Clerk of the Court insisted upon regarding it as a dies non ia the legal sense, refusing to call another meeting, as powers were not given him under the Act. His Honor: A section of the District Courts Act of 1858 could not apply to a section of the Bankruptcy Act passed in 1876. Tho present bankruptcy laws did not exist in 1858. But, if an expression of opinion by the Court will have any effect, I have no hesitation to state that when the first meeting fails it must be taken as if no meeting had been called, and the Clerk of the Conrt—as the proper officer for that purpose—is bound to call a meeting. Here as Sunday intervened it cannot be ex cluded, and as owing to the Clerk's view, a meeting has not been held, he has not ex hausted his duty which is to fix another meeting in accordance with the Act. Mr Hesketh': I have no doubt your Honor's expression of opinion will have all the effect desired which is not to put the Clerk to any expense, but to exercise the debtors to proceed. IgMr Moriarty, C.E., who was called in to report on the Auckland dock question was a passenger by the Zealandia, en route for England on a nine months' leave of absence, granted to him partly to enable him to re cruit his health, and partly in order that he may study tho various engineering works of America, England, and Scotland, more especially in reference to waterworks, docks, breakwaters, locking rivers, and other matters in connection with his special de partment. The present Minister of Public Works for New South Wales wisely con sidering that after a thirty years residence in the colony an officer having under his control the expenditure of large sums of money, and the construction of works of national importance, should have an oppor tunity of witnessing the progress of science in these directions in the old country.

At the opening of the Patea breakwater, contracted for by Mr. Dickson, the Chair man of the Harbour Board said :—Sir John Coode, when here, expressed himself in the highest terms of the river generally, and of its capabilities as a port. As you are, no doubt, aware, he has forwarded an interim report and plan, in which he has BUggested an important modi fication as regards site and design. The Harbor Board have adopted his suggestion, and I am happy to say that Mr Dickson, the contractor, has met the Board in a very straightforward and business-like way, and the result is that the work is going right straight on. Mr Hesketh made an application yester day in the Supremo Court to His Honor Mr Justice Gillies for the discharge of Charles Marks, a debtor, recently carrying on business in Queen-street in the boot and shoe trade. Mr J. B. Russell, on the part of Messrs Me Arthur and Co., the opposing creditors, examined the bankrupt at great length, eliciting facts which disclosed a loose style of carrying on business. His Honor in reviewing the debtor's evidence said, the manner in which the bankrupt carried on his trade, his method of keeping accounts, and his general dealings with goods when nearly upon the eve of bank ruptcy, when he ought to have known his real position, warrant the belief that the debtor had not acted in a way that entitled him to any benefit from the Act, which was only meant for persons whose position was alone owing to trade vicissitudes. His books, according to his own shewing, were kept in such a way that the debtor himself could not understand them, hence the mis take of £1.000 in the representation of his liabilities. The bankrupt was discharged, his certificate to take effect at the expiration of twelve months.

Mr_ Donald Reid, lately member for Taieri, has commenced business as an auctioneer in Dnnedin.

We have before us a copy of the " Inter national Good Templar, the official organ of the Eight Worthy Grand Lodge of the World, 1.0. G.T. It is a quarterly journal, published in Birmingham, and. circulated throughout the world. It contains new 3 from all parts of' the globe, and well written articles on the temperance question* The paper is well got up, and very credit able to the Order. We believe copies may be obtained from Bro. Ellis, G.W.S.N.Z. North. ' Announcements of Sunday services at the several denominational churches of Auckland, will be found in the present issue. It is said that the St. Andre >vs Presby terian congregation, who recently sold their church property on Lambton-quay, Welling ton, for £10,000, are going to erect not only anew church on the Terrace, but they also propose spending £2,000 in the erection of a suitable building for a church in the Newtowu district.

- Some of the leading natives in Kaugi xikei have gone in for buggies of super excellent finish and splendour, with their names emblazoned thereonin golden letters. The next step will be for them to obtain coats-of-arms and have them emblazoned on their traps.

Mr Davis, representative of the Union Pacific Railroad, who came to the colonies a few months ago with the object of ascer taining the requirements ot the through passenger trade and improving the travell ing facilities by the overland route, is now in L Auckland, after an extended visit to the Australian colonies. Since Mr Davis came down the through rate from Auckland to London via mail steamer, Central Pacific and Union railroads, has been reduced from £76 10s to £70. This amount, which is less than a first-class fare by direct steamer, entitles the traveller to saloon passage t/y steamers to San Francisco, and from New York to England, and overl&ud transit by rail (ax-' elusive of sleeping cars). The'railway tickets are available for any length of time, the holder having the right to stop over anywhere until the ticket lands him at his destination. The Union route traverses many interesting districts, including the Niagara. After a week's stay iii Auckland, Mr Davis Avill go soutb, completing the whole round of the colonies before his re turn. His visit shows great business fore sight and enterprise on the part of the Com pany, which yill, no doubt, be rewarded, and will be the means of conferring many advantages op. colonists.

The Feast of S. Peter and S. Paul was commemorated to-day in the Roman Catholic Churches of the city and suburbs. At S. Patrick's Cathedral, High Mass was celebrated at ten o'clock, and this evening, there will be Vespers and Benediction, at the usual hour.

The einbaukineut at the (Hepburn-street) end of Anglesea-street has come to grief in a most unequivocal manner. On the side facing Mr Buddlo's house, from 2 to 3 feet has been washed away for a distance of about 30 yards, carrying with it the wooden palin»s, which are completely rooted up. The other side is not so bad, as the palings are atill standing, and only a comparatively, small portion of the road has given. The original breadth of the streets seems to have been about 18 feet, it is now only about 7 in the places where the embank ment has fallen away on both Bides. Tho embankment in question was one of the principal subjects of complaint in the allegations brought against the City Surveyor by Councillor Dickson, who predicted that, from the construction of the embankment, what has now occurred would happen. One or more parts of Wellington town belt are about to be planted and ?et aside as recreation grounds for tho people. The large and beautiful botanical gardens are at Thbrudon, but these new grounds are quite at the opposite end of Wellington. At the temperance meeting this evening, Mr Richards, who has lately arrived from America, will give an address, Mr Rich ards has been actively engaged in temper ance work in America, and thus much in teresting matter may be expected. We have to acknowledge the receipt of £1, from "Mercer," for the Waterloo veteran. »■ ,The following evidence of warm feminine sympathy for a weather-beaten old soldier, merits more than a passing meed of praise : "Dear sir, —I send you the promised shirt foi the Waterloo veteran ami some sugar. I have made the shirt rather conspicuous, so that he may easily know it. I hope the coat will be of use this cold weather. I shall be away on a visit, and then I will see what I can beg from my friends. I presume he call on you. I would like him to have the shirt as soon as possible, that I am sure you will see to, and oblige." The Sunday evening services in the Theatro Roval, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, will be resumed on Sunday, 7th July.

The Smyrna correspondent of the ''Frank furter Zeitung" gives a translation of a Turkish version of the circumstances of the late war, which has just appeared as a leader in the Smyrna official journal. The faithful are informed that tho Sultan's troop.? were victorious in every encounter, and that the Sultan had some trouble in compelling the humble Czar to send his brother to sue for pardon, and do homage to the Khalif in his palace of Dohnabagtche ; and that satisfied with such submission he had graciously granted to the penitent Muscovites their lives and permission to depart in peace by Stamboul—to signify their passing under the yoke—leaving, how ever, fifty thousand men as hostages. It is precisely in this spirit that our alliance with Turkey is regarded by the mass of Mahomedans in India.

The attention of library committees and others, is invited to Mr E. Wayte's ship ments of the latest novelties in literary and scientific works by well-known popular authors. , The subsidies now being paid to libraries will render Mr Wayte's announce ment in another column tho more interest ing, as the chief desire among subscribers to libraries is to be provided with the most original current literature. ' . A requsition, numerously signed by a number of influential ratepayers, was for warded to the Mayor on Thumday last, asking him to convene a public rieeting as early as possible to urge upon the Govern ment the necessity of providing r suitable railway station for this city. In compliance with the request, His Worship has sum moned a meeting for eight o'clock on Monday eveniug next, in the Mechanics' Institute. As the question is t, very im portant one, a large attendance may be anticipated.

We notice by advertisement in this evening's issue, that the Albe[t Dancing Class has been formed, and will open on Wednesday evening next, in the Albert Hall, under the management of Mr W. Donald, which is a sufficient guarantee for it being well-conducted. The music by the band of Messrs. Davis and Eeed.

In the demurrer case before His Honor Mr Justice Gillies, Improvement Com missioners versus Montague, tht judgment of the Court on tie three points at issue, was for the plaintift

To the Editor : Sir, —Numerous com plaints are made of straying catile in the city, and the questip arises, when we see old offenders who lave been simmarised twentyor thirty time?, yet only ined from Is to 5s if it does not pay to let <attle stray on the roads and in peoples gardens and grounds ?—Your*, &c, Yes.

Gas is superior to civery other Material as a light-giving agent, tot only on account of its brilliancy and its iheapness, lut because it is safer, economise! time and kbour, and is more easily maikged. Ajaongst all Glasses of society it is h high favour; taking rank with the necessaries, as veil as the elcsrancies of life. It njerits whatever can be said on its behalf. Tlose who hive enjoyed its advantages are always the host ready, as they are also the host competent to pro claim its praise. -r-[Se< Advertisement.] We learn that Mrpreorge Htrdy, of the Whau Lunatic Asylup, has beei promoted to the position of hsid keeper, rendered vacant by the death oJEMr Timcfby Lowry.

RIFLE ASSOCIATION PRIZE FIRING.

The firing for the Kile Assochtion prize was continued at the sifle Raige to-day, when the second matclj which ■ commenced on Saturday last waj complied. The prizes were :—lst EVEfING STIR Cup and 25s ; 2nd, 20s ; 3rd, 151; 4th, l)s. The foliowiuer were ac score?:—

CABLEGRAMS.

FROM OUR SPJItwiAL LONDON CORRE^PC^NDBNT) LOiNDON, .Thursday. A copying clerk of tkhe Foreign Office lias been arrested, and renifianded, charged with giving newspapers i| the Anglo-Russian Agreement. * $ Varna is declared a £jjfreo port. Australian I Cricketers. A Press Agent , Stole t£e Anglo- Russian Agreement. —i — Varna to be js a Free Port. [REUTERS SPECIAL CABUEGRAMS.] The Australians a re playing eighteen at Hunslet, near Lee< ;ls. The Australians have nine out for 1|75 runs i Bannerman, 52; Gregory, 31. "W reather h|)t. The Government 1 tas commenced a pro secution of a writer ii 1 the Foreign Office, for stealing the Anglo-Russian agreement published in the "Globe." Congress decided yesterday that Varna shall be a commercu Jly free port. Bank rate, 3 per c ent. Pacific S-fpeeches. be'blin. June 27. Prince Gortschakoff, Russian Premier, made a most impressive pacific speech at the Congress to-day. Earl Beaconsfield replied.

AUSTRALIAN.

(SPECIAL TO "STAB.")

Shipments of Teas for Australia,

SYDNEY.—THIS ])AY. The Killarney reports the ?oochoow tea market active, at fair fignres. Five vessel^, are loauing teas for the Australian market.

Last Week's Storm.

The Lady Don ashoß at Wai'

kato Heads

Vessel and Cargo beljved to be

Safe, j Information was receivecan town this morning of the stranding of[ jic brigantine Lady Don at Waikato He^fi, about four hundred yards south of thopace where the Kate Macgregor was strayed last year. The vessel left Oamaru sote time ago, for Waitara, with acargo of Weat. She was driven out of he; course tlough stress of weather, and wait ashore at the place stated. The coastt|i question is a very dangerous md ruggewne. The Lady Don is a brigaftine of 6j v ons, and was built in Melbouiae in 186| i She was in sured in the iew Zealaic .-Company for £700. We be^eve the caij § was also in sured in the Sotthern part £j the Colony. Captains Claytin and Woji left by the 1.15 p.m. train to-day for ie purpose of holding a survey on the ye; A. They will arrivo at Mcrcff this evenir '^and will im mediately p»c(ed to the sc< c of the wreck by a steamer. ! We undei land that the vessel and cjrg« are safe 8< far. An en quiry into tie crcumstance^f the strand ing will prolaby take platejefore the Col lector of Cuitons.

SUPPOSED WRECK OF THE SCHOONER HELEN.

SHE tS-REPORT&D DIS MASTBDI

From infoim&ion receivef in town to day, there ipjiars to be ncjpoubt that the schooner Ifelei, which li|> this port on Thursday lit l>r Whangai|u, in ballast, has becomeii btal wreck a some of the numerous idaids near the ntrance to our harbour, oi liat she h§ gone to the bottom. (ki|ain WilliSk Motion;-of the cutter Mry Ann, j|>ort3 that en Tuesday lai, when coimg from the Barrier, he coirved a dismsted vessel out to sea. He ai down on ier, and found that she wastle schooner l|len, with only one man, Faok Gomez, Jbative of Por tugal, on boari Gomez stfcd that ho had left Aucklaid on Thursiy, the 20th, bound to "Owing to his inability to oiain a mate t ua<i sailed by himself. On tturday nighf began blowing ; hard from th W.S. \V., anjpe violence of the wind cried away tp rigging, the masts going f the board. %.t that time he was some i stance f urtbf down than Omaha. Ci tain Motion elired Gomez to go on boari the Mary Ah, but this he obstinately i ifused to doJA stiff north easter was U»wing at theipe, but Motion determined h take theielen in tow. A tow-line, was passef across, and vessels kept together froin|o.3o a.rn, to 4 p.m. the sab day. Atth|tinie the wiud changed to c southard, ad the sea be came very ;avy. They id got between Mokohincu md the Needli Motion, be lieving tha bis own vessejwas in great dagger wit] the Helen inafw, decided to cut the line* He again enfavoured to in duce Gornelto go on boar^he Mary Ann, but withoi success. HJ then cut the rope forf hiß own | safety, _ and when last den Gomez was folding his hand up lor thermot to cut the jjpe. The Helen then drift| away to the&rnthward, and the Mary iin continued la: course. Since then nothig has been seeil or heard of the former ve|el. The Heln Mas a small wooden scjboner of 23 tens register, and was built at Wangaroa in 1862 by H. Ferguson. She was recently pur chased I Gomez, aid vas insured in the Soi h British Ifisitane Company for £100. We undersand iiat Gomez is a married run, but are not tjwarf whether or not he has any family.

Safety of the Sea Belle.

Tlie aniety experienced coperning the safety of he fishing yacht Sej Belle, has been releved by the statement of Mr Hunter, oipassenger by the I rham, who has inforcißd the friends of thi c ou board, that he siv the Sea Bell and >red yester day aftenoon, between Gr am's and McKenzi* > Islands. Those 01 board were engaged lihing. The yachtl no donbt, rode out le gale in some slajtered cove at Waihee.

THE HYDRABAD.

1 The Marne Surveyors have rported that the ship Jiydrabad, which walwrecked at Otaki as ort time ago, is not framed, and that cargj can be saved, and Sossibly the ship; but it will be a tedioufand rather expensiv^operation.

AMATUER THEATRICALS IN PARNELL.

In spite >f the unfavourablj weather a large and distinguished audieife assembled in the P^nell Hall last nigt to witness some priiate theatricals, got tp under the auspices & the Rinking Club| The pieces cbosen let representation we'} the come dietta of !j How to make a Hjpie Happy," and the Veil-known burlesqit of " Bom bastes ijirioso," which seels to have peculiar charms for amateur a<jors', though it must je somewhat stale if their audi ences. Ijoth pieces were fairljrepresented, and seeiied to create greafcamusenient. The actiig was neither bettr nor worse then we are accustomed to a such occa sions. Every body worked hid. ior a suc cess, the ladies particularly d<|ng wonders. The burlesque was enliventjl with new music of several smart local alusions which were we! received. There is some talk of the performance being repiated at the Choral Hall.

The Great Waitara Meeting.

Iff TEI,E(iR A p H] THEtANGiANDPEED.

pxlmg their food-.Jp Sto Jn\ At about 11 o'clock i?* o.ol* great hea* the new arrivals to W a >f^ lefs welcom£ (1 distribution of food fo£ *?*TTea th P and Te Pata both "gSj6 **5 the ceremony, which Wa f jj"Bpatb £ It having been declared a „ y ate «rta m New Plymouth the p^ff*l h°Way with v iai tors. Twoswffit *M cro *<! during the day foj £' al tra»« were ru very full. Afti £ c fS^ d .b°th we to the different tribes «. M Yea aw cooking and feeding, °atlves be g ; for the remainder of the d ay ny ANOTHER MEETING WPm GEORGE GREY™ Sl* At 4.15 p.m. a large numhpV * • and Europeans assembled ative» closure provided for the acZ™^ 6 en- Maoris, the object beinc an o^° datioa <* with Sir George Grey S I f 6* -meeting Hon. Mr Sheehan ffidgflffi? and natives present were too nLrrtf W1 »,uarc, the Enghah temaiding .."'S| Mr Grace, the interpreter, then raii^ f silence and Rewi said he wouT d "fflj?£ George Grey to commence. bu SIR GEORGE GREY AND REWI Sir George Grey, still retaining his seat then spoke. His address was &£? 3 utterance slow the late inclement weather having evidently done much to retard his recovery from his late indisposition H? said :I am very glad to see you. ' Rewi who at first seemed nervous and extremely thoughtful, then replied in these words : I a ked Sir George Grey to come here to tell us what he had to say, and for that reason I said we would go to Waitara' Writ ,oll§ e Grey said :We will bo*h go" What I had to say with respect to Waitara was this. I gave my body away at Wai tara; I now wish to give my thoughts also to Waitara, and that is all I shall say at the present meeting. J Sir George Grey (by the request of Ta whiao's natives): I went to Hikurangi to see Tawhiao. He and myself agreed hi conver sation. We, as people, now think over that conversation. Rewi was not present atthat meeting. He proposed I should meet him here. I thought it desirable to him and his people to meet their wishes, and here I am I wish him to speak to me as Tawhiao did' I have known Rewi and his people for many years. They well know that lam friendly towards them, and they may speak fteelv to me a3 a friend. J

There was a silence for a few minutes and Rewi replied : When I listened to Sir George Grey just now, I thought he meant someone to speak. 1 did not say that I wished anyone else to speak here but our selves. It is not by this or that person that trouble existed in the past, but through myself that trouble spread over the whole island. If William King were here, and lasked Jhioi to speak, that would be investigating the matter; but this I speak absolutely with respect to Europeans and natives that divisions between them should sease to exist—that they should be one people, as Sir George Grey has said. That is why I fixed on Waitara for the place of the meeting. If Sir George Grey should say that I am to have Waitara, all is then finished. I have nothing more to say. There was then rather long conversation between Sir George Grey and the Hon. Mr Sheehan.

Sir George Grey then asked Rewi to explain and mako4»i&jtneamn^jcleaJv__ Rewi : I have only one word to explain^ I wish Sir George Grey to give me back Waitara.

Sir George Grey : Is there pnything else you wish to say ?

Rewi replied : Thk was the head subject we have to talk about. Railways and tele graphs have to be talked about when this is finished. We will talk of other matters.

One of the chiefs rose and saluted every one.

THE END.

Rewi then rose, and said : It is finished. We will postpone this meeting to another opportunity, when matters shall be more tolly discussed; but I shall, keep Sir George Grey here until all is ended between us.

All the natives at once rose, and with a loud cheer terminated one of the largest meetings that this township has ever witnessed. The rain came down in torrents after the meeting, and the natives returned to their huts.

PRIVATE INTERVIEW.

This day, 11 o'clock. Sir George Grey and Rewi are having a private interview before the meeting takes place. The special train from New Plymouth is now coming in with a great number of visitors.

The weather is again very stormy, and heavy showers falling.

(Per Press Agency.)

WAIT ABA, Friday. It is a public holiday in New Plymouth to-day, and the running of special trains has brought a great number of people here. Processions of the natives, headed by Rewi, marched through the township to their place of meeting at 10 a. m. Rewi, addressing various tribes, wel comed them to Waitara. The division of food took place, and the meeting then adjourned till Saturday at noon. This day.

FREE DINNER.

Great preparations are being made for providing a free dinner to the natives'on Monday next. His Worship the Mayor has declared the day a public holiday. The meeting just commenced.

THEATRE ROYAL.

" LEAH."

There was a very good attendance at the.; Theatre Royal last evening, considering the inclemency of the weather, and the well filled benches formed a pleasant contrast to their emptiness on the preceding evening. The play to be represented was the great drama, "Leah, the Forsaken." Mrs Walter Hill undertook the difficult cha racter of Leah, the Jewish maiden. H«r acting throughout was good, and with Mr Steel c, she was frequently called before the curtain. Mr J. B. Steele made an excellent Rudolph, and Ms impersonation oE the character was very fine indeed. Miss May, as Sarah, a Jewish maid; and Miss Jessie Raymond, as Madalina, niece or Father Herman, were both good. "Nainan, an Apostate," was a very fair representation in the hands of Mr C. Burford. Mr M«£ grave made au excellent Lorenz, Emmett was very successful as *atneJ Herman. Mr tyrrel, as Jacob » Abraham; and Mr O'Brien,' as LudWig, both did well. We should not omit w mention Miss Mclan's impersonation 01 Dame Gertrude, which was good, wrae Amy Glover did extremely well as Lean, the child. On the whole, the drama W» well performed, to the evident satisfaction oftheaudence. __ w MACBETH, TO-NIGHT. p . This evening Shakespeare's grand tngwu of Macbeth will be presented.

EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1878.



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-T^TEW ZEALAND HOUSE. FLANNELS*! FLANNELS! FLANNELS!! "WILLIAM RATTRAY Has Just Opened and is NOW SHOWING a very large assortment of White and Coloured Flannels in Medium, Imitation, Saxony, and Real Welßh and White and Coloured French Flannels. He has also a great, variety of Patterns in Crimean - Shirtings m different makes, and a varied and well-selected Stock of Table and other Linens, Calicos, Sheetings, Towels, &c, &c. Now in Stock—3 Sin. and 62in. in W. P. Sheeting. W Rattray would call especial attention to the above, as being worthy of inspection and trial. WILLIAM RATTRAY, GENERAL DRAPER AND SILK MERCKR, 66, Queen-street, Auckland.



STNION INSURANCE COMPANY \J OB1 SEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL Z~. -..£2,000,000 AUCK LA N D BKAN CH : QUKKN-STKK IB T, Next he Colonial Bank. 7IRK DEPARTMENT. ■■ Xnsut-ttHO granted on Dwelling-l.caseb Stores, Shops, Suild<»gß in which trade i* carried on. Merchandise, and Goods of every description. / M s S '!KS :. \RTMKNT. \ jr..;- ... ■;_*• r £-•■.; ■-.(.).-ra, Merchandise of all vuiuiH, • ■■'■'.:•;..': -.m! '■ • - (■■:■ United Kingdom, at :" -^V::' ""■■'>,'■ 3. STEVENSON Manager. ;, P Ji C [ A ■■ NOTICE. in addition o our V&w. i'^arge Assortment of ilKSJlii^BO; SKH-.V'iD FURNITURE, ■ V' ■! ivY, .;'■"<?-■ ■• Sco •■r:r.: t i following GOODS, ,\-,,;:. ;•■ ic'or. px ' Aikshaw':— •,?AJ/-:t?T i LIATMTSa-aOOM SUITES, in KARBLE-TOP \VAiffISTANDS <;3B£WEY-G LAPSES, Oilt, Very Handsome O XRWKiiy-aiiASSihiS, Iti Walnut and Maplo OANE-SBATaD Cj Ci^V 3, Various Patterns TCflltST f>l.'A3Sl^3, ;>i'U!i.t Variety. ':- O'HNJTUItIi; "ARPK'P, AWD FLOOR-CLOTH anoyf-m^Mi: '*, qukkn-street. SX-KAM O/:.::i V P'VCTORY : 1 ' V■:■:::.:., ..„■' sja.rr.



I \ "S3OJ UTI< fJN OS IV. V' r!-- h.-, c Ofiev.r-i cioveral Cases of .LACK -Xi) COLOURED SILKS, j^ubchasbd at vkby low prices in the Home Markets. THE CO OUR ED SILKS Comprise 1 the Newest Shades. THK BLACK SILKS Will br Sold at 2s. 11d. pur Yard, in Order to Clear. IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF : DRESS GOODS Will be Brodght Forward at Job Prices. GREAT BARGAINS 1 WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE WEEK! J. COSGRATE & CO., MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS, QUEKN-STREET. AUCKLAND.



\atA HEMI CA L li/f ANU RE. \ Just to Hand, V Per 'Spirit of the Dawn ..' \A N D TO ARKI YE, '; , V Per ' SchiehaUion,' ■■y-'l -I SULPHATE OF AMMONIA Wn (' NITRATE OF SODA * MURIATE OF POTASH. ordeti ! i tf^% BiSi«SL ar-? now, P^t pared to execute ; wUcW a « Mf^brated Chemical Manure. | +^«tohtt^aSa«SpSlS[ cc seasons «f tracted \ :^fe^Otoo^r2BN^efcher tmtmov -•■-■, ' Ml.Queen-atreoti, r"y"fir:;r~t-^~ ":< '' v \. \ f^ : ■■■",,. :-. \ 4, ■-- '



im NCO UR AGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES! To the People of Auckland ! JxLessrs. Hallenstein Brothers Deske to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH OF THE NSW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY Is Now Open in Queen-Btreet, opposite Theatre Royal.



To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article, they have decided to SELL a Single Akticle at the Wholesale Prick. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for Nett Cash only. Any Article purchased and ap proved of, will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or if desired, the money will be returned. The success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Retail Branches in oilier towns leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the Public to encourage Now Zealand Industries, especially where superior advantages are offered; and your support is solicited on this under standing only.



J. B. ROBINSON, Manager Auckland Branch. sole agent for WERTHEIM'S ELEBRATED SEWING MACHINES ; THE BEST MACHINE IN THE WORLD A* LINABURY & C DRESSMAKERS and MILLINERS. NEW DRESS MATERIALS. A Large Assortmont, of New Dress Goods or the present Season, in every fashionable shade, Ju3t Opened up at A. LINABURY & CO.'«. NKW WINTER COSTUMES, NKW MANTLES, NEW^Y trMILLINKRT. NEW HATS A Large Assortment of Paris Trimmed Hats and Bonnets Just Opened up. Also, Hosiery, Silk Ti<?s, Umbrellas, Collars and Cuffs, Gloves, Chilare s Mantles and Jackets. Also, A LARGK STOCK OF NOVELTIES, Which are Cheap, and will have Quick aal».



£*r Look in at "©» A. LINABUKY & CO. 'S, 204 &206, quekn-stree t, Auckland. f i('SHBROOK AND |"SRIDGMAN Respectfully invite attention to their Largo Carefully-selected and Entirely Now Stock of DRAPERY AND CLOTHING FOR THE WINTER TRADE. Comprising— Blankets, all sizes, and flrst-clasa value Flannels, white and scarlet, all mako3 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 lino at od per yard Fancy Dress Goods, now shades, in groat variety French Merino, Serge, Satin Cloth, and some Special Lines of Fancy Materials, bought a job, and 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 LadieB1 Waterproof Cloaks, to be cleared out at much below regular price. Calicoes, Sheeting, Counterpanes Furnishing and Manchester Goods of every description Boys' and Men's Clothing of every description, Good and Cheap Hosriery, Shirts, Hats. &c. Strong Material for Boys' Wear—Tweeds, Mole kin. Corduroy, Serge &c, &o. &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 Buppl their Customers' wants at the lowest price com menßurate with legitimate trading. 5 % (1/ in the £) Discount allowed upon all Cash Purchases of 20/ and upwards. RUSHBROOK AND BRIDGMAN, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0., JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel), UPP.'SR QOEEN-SIREET, Auckland.



EYE, EAR, AND THROAT SPECIA LIST.— Dr Schwartzbach is paying a Final visit to Auckland, and may bo Consulted at Devonshire House, Hobson-atreet, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., until about the end of July. When we contemplate the lone and pitiful condition of those living in lonely parts of the far interior, isolated, and struck down by sick neos, without the aid of the physician or the chance of procuring medicine, we should be thankful for our own privileges in being able to procure those invaluable medicines, "Uhollahs Great Indian Cures;" and in kindness to ethers recommend their use, as we have found them truly beneficial. Proved and attested to by, un doubted testimonials. The particular attention of the public is called to the fact that without the exercise of a little caution they are likely to be imposed upon by cheap, imitations of the standard medicinal beverage, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Ako matip Schnapps. These spurious imitations are frequently put up in second-hand bottles of .the true article, and often bear false labels. ' H-vaiiKP-jcHOM Cough in Ten Minutes SHAM^®S¥& CHERRY PECTORAL, 2s. 6d. -* Bottle.— v<np,o»l^U<ke Post-office, Auckland.