SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATEB-<™ 10.33 Sf7N SET.—Thie Evening, 6.43 SUN Rlßrf..—To-morrow Morning, 4.46 MOON'S a«R.—Last Quarter, 18th. 5 3/ a.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. _ City of New York, P.M. s.s., Cobb, from San Francisco and Honolulu TO-DAY. EUiotts, brig, Blake, from Newcastle Wanaka, s s., McGillnray, from Russell Rover, schooner, Andersoi, from Whangarei Minnie Hare, schooner, Skinner, from Gisborne

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Pretty Jane, s.s., Amodeo, for Gisborne Argyle, s.s., Stephenson, for W angarei

TO-DAY. City of New York, P.M. s.s., Cobb, for Sydney

IMPORTS.

Per City of New York, from San Francisco :— 35 live sheep, 70 bales hops, 25 cases hardware, 1,039 pks;s. green fruit, 566 pkgs. canned frmt, 10a pkgs. reapers and mowers, 40 pieces lumbor 820 pkis. salmon. 05 pkgs. lead, 406 pkra. merchan dise, and 518 tons in transit for Sydney Mcl- tons coal.

ARRIVAL OF THK CITY OF NEW YORK. The mail steamer City of N»w York, which was announced in onr last evening's issue as having been signalled, arrived in harbour shortly after six o'clock, having made the rassase from San Francisco in one day under contract time. We are'indebted to the courtesy of Mr S. A. Beardsley. purser, for prompt delivery of or flies, passenger list, and other favours, and for the following report ot the run down:-The P.M. b.s. City of New York, 3020 ton^ N B Cobb, commander, left San Jbrancisco October 28th, at 12m., with 115 cabin and 197 steerage passenger?. 16238 pkgs, 973 tons cargo, 501 bags mail, and 22.070d013. in treasure. Night of October 31st encountered strong westerly g .le ■with high head soa, which lasted until the morning of November 2nd. From then to Honolulu, fine clear weather; arriving Is overn ber sth, at 4.30 a.m. Discharged 4190 pksrs, 251 tons cargo, 11 bags mail, and 22,0/Odolj iv treasure ; and landed 50 cabin and 136 steerage p^ssenger3 ; and lefr, the same day at 430 pm. nave experienced pleasant weather with light easterly trades since then uj to dat?. Nov. 17th—Crossed the 180' long., and as this date fell on Sunday, the next rtav was dropped insteai. Passed the Samoan Group on Wednesday, the 13th inst.. the island of Cnitui La appearing fresh and green. On the 15th insf. (Friday), at 5.30 a.m., la', 22 30 south, long. 174' 30' west, passed steamer City of rtydney, standing to the northward, 13 miles to wmd- OnV saw her saila ; as we had no canvas set she rould not have sighted this ship. On Nov. 19th. at 345 P m took Auckland pilot. Time from Honolulu: 13 days 3 hoara 49 minutes. Have had a very pleasant trip, witn an Amusement Committee who were very energetic in organis ing amateur concert*, negro minstrels, anddanc ini? Pev ur W. Moore White officiated at the Sunday services, assisted by a very good pianist and choir. Arrived at Auckland Nov. 19, at 6.30 v m. and made fast to wharf. All well on board. The'following is the Passenger list :-SaiOon: Mr and Mrs J. Beaumont, Hon. C. H. Brooiby, Charle3 l^eys wife, and four children; Captain William King, Messrs W. K. Graham, ToVm McLane A. W. G. Buchannan, William Bteoklock H Britton. C Reid. For Lyttelton : Mr and Mrs'J A- Sutton Mr and Mrs J. T. White Mr H. H. Hill. For Port Chalmer3: 5 Kichardson, Mr E. Griffiths. Steerage for Auckland : William Alexander, wife, and four children, Messrs. Jonathan Water all 9 and W. Brown, James Gilmore, w' Boddy. John Guntray, Robert Heale. Georee King, Robt. Lawrence, \v. A. iSson John Nellis. For Lyttelton : Alex. Aiilsohrook wife, and three children, Peter OUphant For^Sydney: Mrand Miss Gill, Mrs M. Keely, Mr and Mrs S. Smith, Mr and Mrs W. Upton, Mr and Mrs A. W Beard Mr and Mrs A Leake, Mr and Mrs W. H, H. Lane, Hon. Mr and Mrs Thomas Garratt and child, Mrs J. M. Stokes, Messrs M. A. Bell, H. Butterfleld, J. Woolworth, Upton (2), Leake. Rev Dr Moore White, Walter Hopkins H M. Peabody, R. Russell, R. Swansto*, William Thomas, Bailey. Conway, Garrett, Gregory, Gibbes, A. and C. Bannerman T. Horan, tf. K. Allan, Spofforth. Murdock. Blackham, Boyle Upward, Caleb Peacock. J. M. Gill; and 38 T^PARTURE OF T E MAIL STEAMER. DThemail steamer City of New York sailed for Sydney at seven o'clock this morning with 580 ton? original cargo, and the following passen gers :-Mr and Mrs Hansam nudtwo children, Mrs Kane, Mr, Huctam, aud Messrs Blhott, Putmwqbi T M Dickson, A. C. Black, 1. H. is. 5St k\ Davis, Patrick McVeagh, and Captain Marshall.

Lnwardt Coastwise.—Leviot, cutter, from Thames, with 15,000 feet timber iMormng "Li"ht cutter, from Cabbage Pay, with aU tons firewood; Three Brothers, cutter from Try -ihena with 50 tons firewood; Knemhilda, ?ohooner, from Wongaroa. with 27,000 feet sawn timber and 5,000 Bbmeles; Lake Erie barge from Orewa, with 18,000 feet sawn timber and 40,000 shingles ; four sisters, cutter, from Mata kaOuTWARDS Coastwise.—Adah, (ketch, it or the Thames with 80 cases kerosine, 50 sacks flour, and sundries; Teviot, cutter, for Sandspit, in ballast: Morning Light, cutter, for Cabbage Bay, iS baliast; Golden Isle, schooner, for Russell, with sundries; Three Brothers, for Tryphena, to ballast; Mercury, cutter, for Tairua, with SlThe lbiig Elliotts arrived early this morning from Newcastle, with a cargo of coal. She left on the 7th and had light and Btrong winds from Russell this morning with 100 tons coal, 4 casks oil, 61 sacks oysters, 1 horse, 3 baskets fish, 6 bales and 5 bags wool 12 sack 3 gum, 3 cases .sundries. Passen gers -Mesdames Bushnell, Tyne. Atkinson, Davies, Biter, Hall, Bates, Blair, Coyle. Rev. Hammond, land Captain Henry. She will sail SOXbar muSe a Avonc° a Onfrom Oamaru, com menced the discharge of her cargo ot graia, &c., this morning, at the inner western tee of the QS'Se-mas rted F 6hooner Sea Belle left Adelaide for this port on the 10th mstant with a ge TheaKrture of the ss. Southern Cross for Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttelton, has been postponed until 5 o'clock to-morrow afThe°s s' Rowena will arrive from Tauranga and Mercury Bay to-morrow afternoon. The schooner Mazeppa will probably clear at the Customs, and sail for Rarotonga to-morrow.

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

The barque Alastor is being madea at .London for Auckland by Messrs Shaw. Savill and Co. The New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Clan Ferguson, Capt. Jark, for Auckland, left Gravesend on September 14th, and passed Deal Savill and Co.'s baraue James Wishart sailed from Gravesend, for Auckland, on October 4th, and passed Deal the same day. The following are the passengers:—Second Cabin—Thomas Jackson, Ann Jackson, John Jackson, Walter Jackson, Bertha Jackson, Robert A. Jackson, Theophilus Jackson, Alfred Jackson, William Henry Jackson, John W. Chammon, and Mr H. N. Harvey. Steerage- James Hunter, W. H. O"Mahoney, D. A. Osbome, William Robertson, Frederick Nightin fale, Mary J. Nightingale, Chatles Nightingale )avid Emery, HallMurphy^ Daniel T.Metge Joseph Hawthorn, Robert Pilson, Herbert F Ward Alfred William Jones, and Emily Jones. The New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, has despatched the following vessels since last month :-September 14th, Clan Ferguson for Auckland, with 22 passengers; 23th, -Wanganui, 0tag0,49; October Ist, Piako, Canterbury via Plymouth, 298 passengers; 4th, Tiroes, do., ao.; do Fernglen, Nelson and Wellington.via Plymouth, 230; 7th, Maraval, Auckland via Plymouth 385. And will despatch—October 19th, JEasterhill, for Otago; 21st, Endymion, Auck land; 25th, Mennock, Canterbury: Waikato, ao. via Plymouth; 26th, Duke of Athole, Wel lington; Mendoza, Napier • November_llth, Loch Fergus. Wellington; Star of the North, Auckland; 20th, Orthes, Canterbury ; Bendres, Otago. ■_ ' !'■■

ONEHUNGA SHIPPING.

DEPARTURE.

Taiaroa, s.s., Peterson, for the South

TMPORTS.

Per Taiaroa from the South: 7 boxes butter, S bales fungus, 4 pkgs, 14 cases, 2 calks.

EXPORTS. Per Transit for Dunedin: 60,000 ft. timber. Per Taiaroa for the South : 30 bags bark, 194 pieces timber, 10 pkgs, 29 cases, 26 sacks,

The s s. Taiaroa sailed for the South at 4 a.m. to-day, with the San Francisco mail and the following paaengers :-Miss Smith, Mrs Nelson, Mr HareT and StarPantomine Troupe (14). The schooner Transit cleared at the Customs to-day for Dunedin with a cargo of timber.. -

COMMERCIAL.

Mr R. Arthur's sala of earthenware, tea services, and articles of domestic use, was largely attended by the trade and householders The wares were imported direct to Mr Arthur from London by the Avona. Goodpnce3 were HMessrs. B. Tonksand Co. offered for sale to day at their mart, by instructions from the City Council, the right of grazing paddocks at the City Abattoirs. The results were as follows, at per acre :—l, 203, Mr W. Stimpson; 3. 17s, A. Carter; 4,175, G. Garrett; 5, 235, B. Barringtonl; 6,203. G. Garrett; 7. 58s, R. and W. Hellaby : 8, 403, Enoch Wood; 9,125, W. Stimpson; 10, 275, "Wm. Maxwell; 11,415,', R. and W. Hellaby.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Undrri-

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and on Friday next, at 10.30 a.m. For Coromandel, per Rotomahana, to-morrow,

at 10.30 a.m. For Rarotonga, per Mazeppa, this day, at

4 p.m. For Waiwera, W ark worth, Te Arai, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per

Wanaka, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttel-

ton, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at & p.m. For Chatham Islands, per Island Lily, on

Friday next, at 11 a.m. For Whitiangi. Taurangi, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Friday next, at 4 p.m. •8. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

gaWhatthe sunshine is to the unwarmed soil, the dew to the thirsting flower—what a breath of cool air is to the spirit confined to a heated atmosphere, the stars to the night, the oasis to the desert, love to, the heart, and religion to the soul, is" tJdolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps." as a diuretic, to those affected with urinal troubles, a tonic to the debilitated, an in vigorant to the convalescent, and a grateful cordial to weak stomachs, lost appetites, and delicate nerves. ■ •

BIRTHS.

COOPER.— On the 18th November, at her resi dence, Parnell, the wife of Capt. D. R. Cooper of a son. DICKSON.—On the 15th November, at her residence. Hobson-street, the wife of George Dickson, jun., of a daughter.

DEATHS.

BBASLBY.—On the 19th November,at Parnen, Emily; Olivia, second daughter df the late ; Richard Beasley, of County Kildare. BROOKS.— Suddenly, at North Shore, on the 19th November, Elizabeth, the infant daughter 1 of James Brooks, engineer s.s. Katikati.- The funeral will leave her parents' residence to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation.^ .•■_.•. Jb DGE.- On the 18th November, 1878. atWan eanui, from injuries received by a shea falling on him, Michael Judge, late of Parnell, aged 38 years. Deeply regretted by ma numerous friends. Requiescat in pace.

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

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1878

For the cause that acks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The Ameer of Afghanistan is reported by latest cable advices to be in no apparent mood for war with England, though his reply to the Viceroy of India is said to have been : " You may do your worst, and the issue is in God's hands." It is more than probable that this change of tone is owing to the more pacific attitude of Russia, on whose morali and material support the Ameer must have reckoned in his defiance ot England. Latest English paper to hand by the mail show the Avar was not regarded as an easy one. Great Britain was about to attempt with a force of IS, 000 Europeans and natives to invade an " Asiatic Swizerland " as large as Germany, and held against us by a million of armed men, who might possibly be directed by Russian Bakeis and Hobarts. But it was.not merely the odds in numbers that was to be dreaded. England has been accustomed to fight against odds. Many of her greatest victories, especially in India, have been wrested from an overwhelming preponderance of mere numbers. Only six and-thirty years ago, within the memory of men who .are now living, England thrashed the Afghans. But in 1842 these mountaineers did not possess the 70,000 rifles and batteries of artillery with which we have since furnished them, neither had they a leader to compare with Shere AH or his son, Yakoob Khan. That which appears to trouble the mind of Lord Lawrence and other leading men in Eng land is that a war against the Ameer of Afghanistan wonld not be a just war. These contend that we propose to invade the territory of an independent sovereign, because he has " insulted " us by refusing to Dermit an armed mission, uninvited, to marchuponhiscapital in order to demand the surrender of that very independence which we were pledged to respect. It is argued that it is mere childish dread of Russia to suppose that the presence of a single Musco vite in Cabool can place our Indian Empire in imminent jeopardy. England would pro bably secure a temporary military triumph, but the Ameer would be driven into an alliance with Russia in consequence of our menacing attitude. Added to this, the peace expenditure of the nation at the present time exceeds the money spent dur ing a whole year of the Crimean war, ivith a deficit in India ot £16,000,000 in three years, and a prospect at home ot £3,000,000 or £4,000,000 this year. In the face of this the rulers of the nation propose to enter upon a war which would coat from £20,000,000 to £25,000,000, merely to teach the Ameer a lesson, and to destroy Russian influence in Cabool. Count Scheuvaloff said wittily—" The Afghan scare is but a symptom of the Indian Malady which is chronic in England, and one does not reason with Maladeis," and he added—" I actually believe that if Lord Salisbury were to fall from his horse to-morrow an angry note would be despatched to St. Petersburg charging Russian intrigue against your Indian Empire with being the cause of the accident" The secret of this feeling is evidently that Russia, our near Asiatic neighbour, is am bitious, aggressive, and not to be trusted. The former conquest of Afghanistan was undertaken for precisely similar reasons to those which are now influencing the British mind. In 1837 a Russian envoy was re ceived by Dost Mahommed at Cabool, just as General Abramoff was recently re ceived by Shere AIL At that time a Persian army was beseiging Herat, "the' key of India," with the secret connivance of Russia. Dost Mahomed was told by Lord Auckland, the Governor-General, that he must have no foreign alliances, and the Ameer at once threw himself into the arms of Russia. In December, 1838, a British force of 20,000 men entered Cabool, bribed an Aflghan chiet to betray Caudabar, blew up the gates of Ghuznee, and stuck a puppet of our own on the throne of Cabul. The campaign was pronounced a brilliant success. Lord Auckland was rewarded! with an earldom, and honours were distributed thickly. But on the day after the triumph our troubles began. We set up Shah Sujah with British bayonets, but then we discovered that the moment the bayonets were withdrawn, Shah Sujah would be dethroned by his subjects, so we set to work to hold the country we had taken. To do this we had to maintain an army of 20,000 men at a cost of £2,000,000 a year, to which Af ghanistan itself never contributed more than £150,000, We had to pay " black mail" to the border chiefs in order to sub sidise them to keep the passes open. For two years and a half we kept up this wretched game, which strained the military and financial resources of India most cruelly, and the result was a nominal authority in the country. At last things became insup portable, and it was resolved to reduce the garrison and retrench. General Sale was sent back to India with three regiments, and the subsidies to the chiefs in the passes were reduced by one-half. As a conse quence General Sale's brigade had to fight its way through the defiles from Cabul to Jellalabad. They had braverly reached the latter place when the Afghans were in full revolt. Sir "Wm. McNaghten and Sir A. Burnes were killed, and the English gar rison, starved into capitulation at Cabul, signed an engagement promising to evacu ate Afghanistan. In a single month the whole work was shivered to atoms. General Sale refused to evacuate Jellalabad, but the evacuation of Cabul commenced forthwith. 4,500 men and 10,000 camp followers left the city under promise of safe conduct, but no sooner had they entered the passes than they were attacked on all sides by their treacherous foes. The snow, cold, hunger, and fatigue did their work, and only one man of all that force reached Jellabad alive No more terrible catastrophe is recorded in the annals of our Eastern Empire. For five months the garrison of Jellalabad held out against overwhelming odds. At last relief came. Generals Pollock and Nutt, with the relieving force, dispersed the Affghan army, and inflicted a terrible vengeance on the country. Cabul was given to the flames. Istaliff and three other towns were reduced to ashes. The valleys of Mamoo Khail were desolated. " The villagerswerehunted out of the valley, and the smoke of every fort, village, and hut ascended to heaven. Then came the destruction of the crops, vines, orchards, and whatever had contributed to the loveliness of the valley." And then, after having burned and slain and desolated the land the British forces retired, leaving Dost Mahomed to return to his throne, and abandoning the insane attempt to establish British influence by force of arms at the other side of the Indus. The historian adds :—" Thus terminated the Affghan war in which every principle of equity and justice "Vi'as sacrifice/I to con siderations of policy, and that policy so fatally false that its success only served to augment our danger. The expedition is memorable in Indian annals as having in flicted, on us the most astounding disaster which had ever befallen our arms, and entailed on the Indian exchequer the loss of thirteen millions." And now our present course points to an additional threepence income tax for half a dozen year?. The Government, while facing Russia, garrisoning Cyprus, claiming ascen dency in Egypt, and threatening to occupy Asia Minor, is plunging into a war of con quest at the back of the Asiatic world.

A TELEGRAM in another;: column reports that the Hon. the Native Minister has re ceived a special invitation, from the chief

Rewi to proceed through the King Country via Waitara. This will afford an excellent opportunity to the i\ative Minister to pre pare the way for the great meeting which has been appointed for March, and at which the question of the grand trunk railway to Taranaki, and the final settlement of the relations between the two races, will be discussed.

An account of a terrible railway accident in America, by which 25 persons were killed and upwards of 100 injured, appears on tur fourth page to-day.

The Loan and Mercantile Agency's circular for October 10th reports that colonial securities have, on the whole, been steady. Of the £6,000,000 advances made by the Glasgow Bank to eight firms, it is understood that a considerable port'on of these are directly or indirectly secured by the properties of the Australian and New Zealand Land Company.

To the Editor : Sir,—Could you say whether a Constable is stationed in Upper Symonds-street, or not ? The larrikins there are something terrible. Last night a gentle man had three windows broken by these young scamps, and ladies cannot walk oat without being insulted. Such things ought not to be.—Yours, &c, RESIDENT.

To the Editor : Sir,—l have a little girl, about 11 years old, who now lies danger ously ill in bed, suffering from a fatal disease for the last ten days. This day I called, about one o'clock, on a medical gentleman who was passing my door, to come to see my child. He turned round in his saddle, and told me to go and get somebody else—that he had no time, as he had too much to do. The mother of the child was weeping at the time at the child's bedside. I did not want the doctor's services for nothing; I could pay him his fee. I will leave you, Mr Editor, to judge of this conduct. My little girl might have died for all he cared.—l am, &c, A DAILY Read he of Your Jouenal.—Mount Eden Gaol Road, November 12, 1878.

A paragraph in the Home News announces that the Queen has approved of the appoint ment of Mr. Franz Kummer, as Consul for New Zealand.

We learn that Messrs D. Goldie and Lay bourne have been appointed Commissioners to inquire into and report upon the dispute between certain settlers at Pukekohe and the District Engineer respecting puviri tim ber contracts The inquiries will be com menced at once, with the view of an early and a final settlement.

To the Editor : Sir, —In your issue last night a letter appeared, evidently written with a view to injure Devonport as a place of popular resort ; the language of the letter being of such a highly-scented and overdrawn description of the stajfe of the district, that an intending visitor reading the article referred to would naturally seek other scenes and pastures fair. All that the people of Devonport ask is to come and judge for yourselves. The swamp referred to by the writer is a low piece of ground be longing to the Board of Education, who have promised and undertaken to drain the said swamp as soon as possible. If your correspondent takeslany interest in the wel fare of the district I would suggest that in stead of rushing into print he make one of a deputation to the Educational Reserves Commissioners, and so strengthen the hands of the local Board ; he would render a real service to the district.—Wm. Hoile Brown.

A man named William Dodd found a cheque for £1 amongst a heap of rubbish at Paeroa, and it has been handed over to the police. The owner is a man named Chas. Latham, who arrived from the Thames several days ago, and he can now recover his property at the Police Station.

Mr John Stewart, the celebrated Ameri can advertising agent, of whose doings we have already heard from the South, has arrived in Auckland with several tons of printing material illustrative of the merits of the wares vended by his principals. His course through the colonies is marked by a number of newspaper notices, from which we learn that American firms represented by Mr Stewa.it spend from £30,000 to £100,000 a year on advertising. The Newcastle "Morning Herald" contains the following announcement of Mr Stewart's advent: — " The world has grown wiser in this genera tion in the direction of advertising than it was in the last. In those days the majority of business men trembled in their shoes when they invested a sovereign in advertis ing. It is true that such bold and adven turous spirits as Holloway, Brartdreth, Moses and Son, Warren, Day and Martin, and others of that ilk, quickly left the beaten track and hung up their business banners—not OHly on the outward Avails ef brick and stone, and in every newspaper of every city of the known world—but Warren hung his blacking banner on the Egyptian Pyramids ! Gradually the colossal fortunes acquired by these shrewd observers of human nature stirred up the business public of civilization to go and do likewise. Time has shown that the largest advertisers are the most successful. As the great Napoleon observed, " Military success attends the greatest number of battalions," so we say " Commercial success attends the greatest number of advertisements," and with num ber we include variety. It is gratifying to see that the true enterprising race of advertisers has its representatives in New South Wales. Foremost among these we must place Messrs M. Moss and Co., of Sydney, who, repre sented by that Prince of advertising agents, Mr John Stewart, are now before the New castle public. With the same bold, yet thoughtful spirit,which animated the early race of advertisers, but with infinitely more dash, liberality, daring spirit of adventure, and unbounded versatility of speech, Mr Stewart appears before us, not only as an advertiser, but in the character of a gratui tous dispenser of some of the most useful and ornamental articles known in artistic and domestic economy. Amongst a few of the articles for which he is agent, on behalf of Messrs M. Moss and Co., we may mention Home Shuttle Sewing Machine, Bristol's Sarsaparilla, and Coated Pills, Murray and Lanman's Florida Water, Barry's Pearl Cream, Barry's Tricopherous, Barry's Marfilina, Barry's Hair Dye, Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps, Kingsford's Oswego Corn Flour, and Dew of the Alps."

The City Council are, by the incoming mail boat, in receipt of 500 feet patent Eureka fire hose; also, some new patent distributing nozzles, &c. The hose will, we learn, withstand a pressure of 3001bs. to the inch, and will be kept for the lower portion of the city, where the pressure is greatest.

A beautiful shield of photographs of 52 of the officers and members of the Napier Ar tilk-1-.y was presented to Major Withers at the Drill Shed last evening, with a suitable address, as a mark of esteem. Major Der rom made the presentation on behalf of the Napier Artillery, and Major Withers made a suitable reply.

The Delta Hotel, Ngaruawahia, has been greatly improved by its present proprietor, Mr Hugh Hood ; the whole of the apart ment having been renovated and re furnished in handsome style, and with a view to the complete comfort of guests. A more pleasant trip could not be desired than to this picturesque township of Ngaruawahia, or, as the railroad authorities persist in calling it, Newcastle. This latter name should die out, as it is very misleading. We learn that one reason of the name being changed was the fact of a gushing epistle intended for Newcastle, N.S.W.; innocently reaching a person at Ngaruawahia, whose name corresponded Avith the address ; the writer being high in office, '-'pulled the strings" on discovering the joke.

Sir George Grey is expected to visit Whangarei at an early date. The settlers talk of welcoming Sir George by a public banquet.

The members of the Hope of Parnell Lodge of Good Templars wil hold an open lodge meeting this evening in the Wealeyan Chapel. ■ ;

A special evangelical service -will be held this evening in the Devonport Hall. North Shore. '

It is our painful duty to chronicle the fact that a literary gentleman iv the reporting staff of our contemporary, yesterday under went a short compulsory incarceration in the Harbour Board offices. Overcome by literary labours he enjoyed a brief siesta in one of the rooms, and was awakened by the sounds of cheering and martial music, only to discover that _ the Australian Cricketers had arrived without his having an oppor tunity of welcoming them. Forthwith he endeavoured to escape by the door, and in so doing unfortunately inflicted injuries to his hands. He then appealed to the passers-by to rescue him from his temporary place of imprisonment, and two stalwart policemen were at once sent for. On arrival they found means to release him by directing him to raise the latch of the window from in side, and to step out on to the street. Today, the unfortunate gentleman appeared with his arm in a sling, and was the subject of much public sympathy.

Mr Michael Judge, formerly a resident of Parnell, was killed on Monday at Wan ganui, by an accident.

The "Enreka" Lodge of Oddfellows, (964) National Independent, was opened by Bro. Henry Rafton, P.G.M., assisted by D.C.M. Thompson, and P.G.M. Wright. Mr Rafton made a long speech, explanatory of the advantages of the order, which was well received.

A portrait in oil of a popular Russian prince appears in the shop-window of Mr DeCourcy, Wakefield-street. by a young artist of promise, Mr Thomas Partington.

The annual soiree of the Excelsior Lodge, Franklin Road, will be held this evening. Tea on the table at half-past six o'clock ; entertainment at half-past seven.

Auckland Harbour Board 6 per cent, de bentures are quoted in the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency's Circular of October 10 at 104 to 106 for closing quota tions.

The mate of the Saucy Kate, a native of Stockholm, was washed overboard in a heavy gale on Friday last, off Cape Palliser, aud was drowned.

Natator is scratched for the Welling ton Cup.

The Hon. Col. Whitmore and the Hon. John Sheeban reached Wellington yester day.

Sir George Greyjj will leave Wellington by the Hinemoa ongthe 21st hist., for his Island home at the Kawau.

The jury found a verdict of " Accidental Death on the inquest at the Terminus Hotel last evening, before Dr Philson, on the body of James Beith, who was killed on Monday morning at Riverhead by the falling of a crane.

CABLEGRAMS.

(SPECIAL TO THE "STAR")

(FROM OUR SPECIAL LONDON CO RREPPONADENT.)

TO-DAY'S DESPATCHES.

Rejoicings over Escape of Italian King- Operations of Internationalists- Bombs Exploded and Great Loss of Life. LONDON, November 19. There have been great rejoicings throughf out Italy, in consequence of the escape 0 the King from assassinations. Congratulatory telegrams were received from other European potentates. The rejoicings attracted many Interna tionalists to Italy. Secret movements are not suspended. The Internationalists operated success fully at Florence, where they attacked a procession in the heart of the city, throwing bombs, and causing a fearful explosion. Many were killed and wounded.

The Brindisi Mail.

Disastrous Floods and Fearful Gales. [SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY], LONDON. Nov. 19. The Brindisi mails have been delivered. Disastrous floods have occurred in the Eastern Counties. Fearful gales have been experienced in the North Sea.

THE GRECIAN DIFFICULTY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, November 17. A Council of Ministers has advised the Sultan of Turkey to make amicable arrange ments with Greece before foreign interven tion. The assent of the Sultan is consi dered certain.

AUSTRALIAN.

[retjter's special cablegram.]

ANOTHER STEAM FLEET FOR NEW

ZEALAND,

MELBOURNE, November 19.

George McLean to-day purchased Mc- Meckau's Riugarooma, Arawata, Tararua, and Albion, for the Union Company.

ARRIVAL OF THE "CITY OF NEW YORK."

MAIL SUMMARY.

EUROPEAN

It is expected that the proclamation of war againt the Ameer will be gazetted shortly, specifying full reasons for declaring it.

Army officers are ordered to learn the Afghan language.

Herr Hoffman, Imperial Chancellor of Germany, has resigned. The City of Glasgow Bank failed on the 3rd instant for £5,000,000, in consequence of large advances on American securites, grain and real estate. The value of the latter is much depreciated. Smith, Flam ing, and Co., East Indian merchants, Leadenhall-street, are- liable for cash ad vances amounting to £853,000, and accept ances for £900,000. All the directors Avere arrested, and charged with fraud, and con fined separately. Of these, W. E. Taylor is ex-Town Collector of Glasgow, member of the School Board, aud partner in a large grain-dealing firm in west of Scotland; Inglis is a landed proprietor in East Scot land ; Loais Potter is a member of a large shipping firm in Glasgow, Scotland; Wright is a member of an East Indian firm in London and Glasgow; Eoberfc Salmon way manager of the City of Glasgow Bank when it stopped in 1857; Stewart is an Edinburgh merchant. The arrest created a great sensation, but it has met with general approval. The Crown authorities have ap pointed a lawyer to officially investigate the affairs of the Bank ; the research is to ex tend back to 1857. The report is worse than the most gloomy forebodings. The loss is £5,100,983 ; which, with, the addition of £1,000,000 capital, shareholders will have to make good. The report shows systematic deception. A call has been made on the shareholders for £500 per share. Steps are being taken to organise a relief fund for the shareholders. J. Nicoll \Fleming, con nected with the Bank, had absconded,; chartering a steamer for the cbasb of Kintyre, whence ie hoped to reach Spain. A large numbea? of Glasgow and London failures have followed this financial crash. Among theja : Potter, Wilson/ and Co., Glasgow, lor £600,000 ; Hanna, Donald and Wilson, Engineers, Paisley, for £70,000, Westwick and Co., spirit

merchants, of Lonrlnn t Heagh Balfour and Co 'Ml £}°*W '? £2,00^000. James Mo° ton anfe Vor gow, have placed their boo£ fe J&'i?18" ---of accountants. They were 7, debted to the Bank. lar^ly in. Two batteries of Artillery ami +v Battalion of the 14th Reg Sen? jfe"** V are ordered to India. J Cvr ragb 7 ' A correspondent at Calcutta teletn^i. follows: Unless Shere Ali gives Phs"» faction the present occasion will £ **»• to secure for ourselves the passea^Beize4 the mountain ranges along a e pxsNf:'' frontier from theKhyber to the Bm. further strategic measures will bY T? 5 and to dominate the Suelieman Sana! Mo^ Hindoo Koosh Mountains S andtl* The S;iltau has been asked to in^ between Afghanistan and England eae A number of war-ships have I ": - ordered to the Persian Gulf fromthe«on J 6611 A dispatch from Bombay to T on j says : Troops have been ordered to aX °U' from Dera Ghazikhan, thus threaW 6* Afghanistan from a new point. reatening It is reported that dissensions W broken out among the Great Afghani^ 6 chiefs. The Ameer has asked the &' Councils for assistance. Ifc is believrf «?T tribes mustering 150,000 fighting nWV * assented. The other tribes™S a W 35,000 warriors, will remain neutral Th " Ameer has freed from prison his t Hakoub Khan, who is a noted General. A dispatch from Darjelling says • TV hundred men of each regiment at PeilinJ; ° •, and the Horse Artillery, 0 with fortySJE'1' batteries, have gone to Jarnrood. - A dispach from St. Petersburg says •Tf the Ameer is beaten, and his terriwf annexed by England, Kussia Wo 3 Merr and Ebalkh in Southern Turßgfv near the Afghan borders. wi Th.? Ameer of Afghanistan's force at Ali Musjid is estimated at 25,000. An Afghan Embassy is to proceed to Petersburgb. Ol" •;. The Ameer's reply to the Viceroy ha.^ been received, and is iv substance • <rVm may do your worst, and the issue is in God's hands" ■ Sir Stafford Northcote, in a speech at Wolverhampton, on the 22nd, admitted thp;' possibility of a renewal of war. :■ The Government has offered a free - passage home to the families of officers engaged in active service in India. The organisation of the Quettah column-.. of invasion is approaching completion Sit will have six months' supplies bytheijlst instant. , - The French Cabinet is discussing Ithe" English and Afghanistan question, and the state of affairs in Turkey. The situation ia '■"■ ---held to be very grave. A movement is on foot in Bulgaria to exterminate the Mohammedans. Baker Pasha has undertaken to1 complete' the fortifications of Constantinople iiivtwo months. ■.;■. ;.■:; The British Minister energetically insists that the Turkish slave trade must be abolished. 80,000 Austrian troops have been -with drawn from Bosnia. Roumania has been recognised by. the' United States. ■ The British fleet has withdrawn to ArtaH Bay. Further withdrawal has been stayed on account of the movements of the ■ Russians. Turkish money has depreciated so that rapidly, it is now only" one-third its ft ■ nominal value. The corruption among Russian army officers is discovered to be widespread. 500 officers, Including 40 Colonels, are acciisel 0 of mis-application of money. .; The Government at Constantinople has received intelligence that Saad Getden Pasha, on announcing that he had received ' orders to surrender Podgoritza to-the- Montenegrins, was killed by the Albanians, and 156 officers and men under his command massacred. Turkey has definitely rejected the Austro. Turkish Convention. . , . - Pirates have appeared in the Peruvian Gulf. War between Turkey and Greece is con sidered inevitable. A dispatch from Vienna states : Kussia has informed the Powers of thestoppage of the retreat of Russian troops, and'has invited them to join in energetic representa tions, -which Prince Lobanoff is instructed to make, in order to induce the Porte to take prompt measures to stop outrages upon Christians. - - A Vienna dispatch says : Russia is stfll\ urging Roumelia to conclude a Convention- granting right of passage for Russian troops through her territory for the minimum period of two years. Count Andrassy has so far induced Roumelia to withhold her consent. The Russian army in Roumelia and Bulgaria still amounts, contrary to the treaty, to 153,000 men. ■ ' 4,000 waggons, with Christians,.are in the wake of the Russian army.. . The Sultan has declared to Minister Layard that he would never conclude an i, alliance with Russia. The} Russians refuse to quit Adrianople till the signing of a definitive treaty with Turkey. The Czar is contracting the issue of military furloughs— yn no case are they' to extend beyond February. Russia will make an immediate demand on Russia for 3*000,000 roubles.' ;The Russian tariff is to be raised 15 per cent,, and an income tax added. The Servian army is to be reduced to a peace footing immediately. ' The Clyde shipbuilders have redHQed j; ■ their wages 7$ per cent/ The reduction affects 40,000 employe's. It has been quietly accepted. The Eddy stone Lighthouse; thought to have been, overthrown in a recent storm, re mains uninjured. The foundations^ how-; ever, are reported unsafe. ■: The Colonial Trust Corporation, of lon-, don, has decided on a voluntary liquidation, i Wages have been reduced to 10 per cent. at Oldham. Negotiations are said to be pending be-) tween Austria, France, and England, to secure an anti-Russian alliance.. : James Sawers and Co., of Liverpool, hare suspended. Their liabilities are one to two millions. ; The race for the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket, on the 21st, was won by Monsieur Phillipe ; Lancastrian second ;s Rozonder third. The Cambridgeshire Stakes, was won by Isonemy. Count Yon Bismarck, nephew to the Ger man Chancellor, committed suicide; at Venice. The cause was physical suffering. Thereis a panic in the Glasgow iron trade. The price of pig iron at one time was 10a lower. Viscount Bury and other directors of the London Colonial Trust Corporation, which defaulted in its debenture interest, have beett ' sued, and the- books of the company orderedt into Court. ." 1,000 Glasgow weavers are on strike against 7| per cent reduction of wages. A panic at the Colosseum Theatre,. Liverpool, led to frightful results. 3!5 men, two ladsj ariji several women were*snji^v ~ cated. TheW were between 4,000 andV. 5,000. in the theatre at the time, "be;" panic was caused by a cry of "Fire without cause. . ■ , ■' By a railway collision at Pontypridck "Wales, 12 persons were killed and 20 wounded. • A Prussian 4 per cent loan las bse^ effected with Berlia bankers to t&e arnonot. of 6,000,000 marks. ■■ , . Countess Bismarck, Prince Bisma^feS;. daughter, will, it is annoisaced, va&Ks Count Rantzau, on November 4. . r "i.<?, ;■ : Emperor William will resume the rein^ of Government early in December. j The German Socialist. Bill has passed, and the Central Socialist Committee voluntarily dissolved. Socialist newspapers have also suspended, and mU appear unaer new titles. ■c^ndi ! Rothschilds have agreed to lend, EgyF , £6,000,000. .-; mii ni England, Italy, and France will bo» recognize Sej-vian independence tiu W».v

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AVOCA, from Oamani.—Consignees will pleaee present Bills of Lading, and pay Freight, to John Reid & Co., agents. 26, Queen etreet. "■ ■••• — • . • *9*^fcfcvlT' A- G L A IS. LALLA ROOKH W%VI leave O»eb.anga Wharf as above 10- M.QRRQW rfiiursday) BYftNINa. Weather Jand other cyzoumatances permitting, Eor freisrht, &c., apply to 1 WTH^pE '& XABNACH CO, (LIMITED), A.\ujkiand and Oaenuaaa,



TjlO REST TREE ACT. < c. w. "sTpurdie, < Gardener, urafton Road, < Is prepared to Supply and Plant, viz., English. ( Ash, Oaks, Elms, Sycamrres (sugar producing), Acacia Decurrens, or BJack Wattle, Pmusln- * signis, and other varieties, at £4 per acre, ten ( acres or more, 900 plants to an acre. Plants guaranteed. __ 50,00<T V A E D s ° * • DRESS WTO BE SOLD CH E]AIP. 10,000 YARDS OF PLAIN LUSTRES «3T TO BE SOLD CHEAP. BL Atkins Invites Inspection .'of hi 3 NEW SPRING AND SUMMER DRESS MATERIALS. The' Stock this Season is an immense one, of thr greatest variety, and the prices the lowest jn the City. H.A. has also just received ex 'Lebu'to his own order, a Very Large Stock of ii.LAO.iv SILKS, same as always kept in btock. These can be specially recommended. '1 hey always wear well, and give great satisfaction. Also. COLOURED SILKS—a splendid assortment in all then w Colois. ALSO, JUsT OPENED, A Complete Stock of Long Curtains, Quilts, . Table Linen, Sheetings, Blankets. Calicos, and Manchester Goods. IN THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT (A Very Heavy Stock). SPLENDID VALUK of New Suits.'Coats,.' Trowser3 and Vesta, Trowsers, &c. SPECIAL IiINES in Galatea and Paget Coats, in Blue and Black Cloth. Worsted Coatings, Diagonal Tweed, Sec, &c. Sec. The STOCK of Boy's and Youth' 3 Clothing is very large this Season, and of good value. THE LARGEST STOCK OF TWEEDS IN THE COLONY. Tailors Supplied at Wholesale Prices. GOOD TWEED for Roy's Wear, from Is lid per yard. H. ATK~I NS. i^TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN IS TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital £2,000,000 Reserve Fund 1,082,768 Income of the Fire Department, Net Premiums and Interest, 1877 - .. 916,546 President: His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T. V ick-Presidents : His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G.; His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, K.G. Extraordinary Directors : Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie, Right Hon. the Sari of atrathmore, Right Hon. Sir James Fer gusson, of Kilkerran. Bart., Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., Right Hon. the Karl of Elgin, Right Hon. Lord VVolverton, Sir Walter James, Bart., Sir John Maiorbanks, of Lees, Bart., Sir Robert Hay, of Haystonn, Bart., David Mahony, Esq., Dublin. GENERAL COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chairman : Right Hon. Lord Lawrence, G.C.8., G.C.S.L, and P.O. Fire Risks taken on buildings and property in the Provincial District of Auckland at lowest BATES. Losses promptly and liberally dealt with. SHERA BROS., Agents, (Queen-street. HE MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1824. CAPITAIi ONE MILLION STERLING. REVENUE. 1855 £19,762 1865 91,558 1875 196,720 1876 224,014 1877 265,993 FIRE RISKS on all Insurable Property taken at Lowest Rates ok Premium. N.B.—All Losses will fee paid here with liber ality and despatch. A gent for the Provincial District and City of Auckland. JOHN R. RANDERSON, No. 5, Insurance Buildings, Queen-street. TO THE HEADS OF AUCKLAND FAMILIES. NEW BOOTS ! NKW BOOTS I NEW SHOE 3! A MONTH'S CHEAP BOOT SALE. F. STEPHENS Has Bought at Auction a LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF BOOTS AND SHOES, also SLIPPERS. These Goods are of moßt Superior Quality and Finish, were sacrificed at the auction, and will NOW BE SOLD at VERY LOW PRICES, * viz.:—• Gentß' Calf Elastic-sides for 10s 6d Gents' Lace-up Boots, 12s 6d Ladies' New Patent Double Tie Derby Walk ing 16s 6d Shoes now selling at 12s 6d. (This is a fashionable and attractive Shoe) Seal Morocco Oxford 16s Walking Shoe now selling at 12s Ladies' Pretty 12s 6d Dress Shoes are now 9a 6d Ladies Kid Fancy Shoes (Buckle) were 11s 6d, but are now 8s 6d Cheap Lines in Ladies' Kid Elastic, from 5s 6d to 8s 6d per pair. The whole Consignment is offered to the Public at similar Cheap Rates during the next month. F. STEPHENS. JUST OPENED, 2000 dozen Gentlemen Striped Thread Socks, Is Id per pair; worth, 2s 6d.—Samuel Coombes, City Clothing Mart, 92, Queen-street, Auckland; and Devon- Btreet, Taranaki. y\ I VI D E N D. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. The DIVIDEND is now Payable at this Branch. Shareholders can have Warrants forwarded to them on sending their address to the nearest Agent of the Company. HENRY E. WILLIAMS, Manager. { TTNION INSURANCE COMPANY ! <U op NEW ZEALAND. | CAPITAL £2,000,000. .- AUCKLAND BRANCH, < QUEEN STREET, next to the Colonial Bank. I FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances granted on Dwelling-houses, Stores, Shops, Buildings In which trade iv 1 carried on, Merchandise, and Goods of every description. MARINK DEPARTMENT. Hulls of Ships or Steamers, Merchandise of all ] kinds, Specie and Wool to United Kingdom, at Lowest Current Rates. ' ~ ~- .. :; r -.:.-. r. h. Stevenson, j ~■ ■ ~;■ . ■ ■ Manager. /~VA T S! OATiS! OATS! 500 bags PRIMB TARTARIAN OATS 1000 bags PRIME POTATOffI OATS. 1 ' W. J. HURST & CO., 101. Queen-street. Auckland.



/ IKEATISST VAKIISTX Ot JbEDSTEADS \JT in Auckland. Greatest Variety of BEDROOM FtmNrrtnsE Greatest Variety of Drawing-room Suitks Greatest Variety of Dining-room Suites Greatest Variety of CARPETS Greatest Variety of FLOORCLOTHS CITY HALL FURNISHING ARCADE. Holloway, Garlick & Cranwell Have for Sale— qsaBEDSTEADS, the Handsomest in OO\J Auckland. Iron, Kauri, Cedar, Rimu, and Mottled Kauri, Half Tester ano French in all sizes. Stump and Stret chers, Wood and Iron Cote, Folding and Rocking Cots. m ROLLS of CARPET to select from Brussels, Tapestry, Velvet Pile, Kid derminster, Felt. Duch, Jute, and Stair Carpets; Hearth Rugs; Mat tings, various kinds 1 r\C\f\ CHAIRS, comprising American, JL V\J\J English, Austrian Bent Wood, Italian, and Colonial, to suit all classes. Wholesale and Retail. a(\f) TOILET GLASSES. Very handsome O\JyJ ones just opened; also, a large lot ot Chimney Glasses, Walnut, Gilt, and Ebonized Frames. A(\ CHESTS DRAWERS in various woods and styles. KA WASHSTANDS & TOILET TABLE 3, " various designs. QA SETS TOILET WARE, some very <-' v-' choice. BEDDING of all kinda BLANKETS, QUILTS, SHEETS, &C AOK PAIR WHITE CURTAINS, Lace, J Leno, Aplique, &c. MANCHESTER DRAPERY GOODS CLOTHING. &c. Book Catalogues sext Post Free. Holloway, G-arlick and Cranwell, CITY HALL ARC AD IC. QUEEN AND LORNK-STREETS, Auckland. TrriURNITURE—For the Drawingroom C Dining-room, Library, Be room, or Kitchen, on Sale at I &H. COOKE'S. ipAßPETS—lncluding Brussels, lapes \J try, Kidderminster, Stair Felt, and Dutch, on Sale 1 & H. COOKK'S. lINOLEUM and Floorcloths, all widths, J Bath Mats, in Linoleu r and Floorcloth, on Sale at T & H. COOKE'S. HEARTH RUGS, Door Mats, plain and wool bordered, Matting, Wool Mats, Bed-side Rugs, on Sale at T. & H. COOKE'S. $ RON BEDSTEADS. — French, Half J_ Tester, Stump and Folding; Iron Cots, all sizes. Wood Bedsteads and Wood Cots, on Sale at T, & H. COOKK'S. BEDDING.— Hair, Wool/Spring, Cocoa Fibre, and Flax Mattresses, Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pil lows, on Sale at T. & H. COOKK'S. JTi LASSES.—Ghimney Glasses, in Gilt, \3T Walnut, and Maple Frames, Toi let Glasses. Toiletware, Cane- Beated Chairs, in great variety, on Sale at T. « H. COOKE'S. PRICES. —As we import direct from the English Manufacturers, we are able to sell all imported goods as low as any house in town; and, employing steam power in our Factory, are enabled to offer articles of local manufacture at a very moderate rate. T. & a. Gooke's FURNITURE and UARPKT WARKHOU B 67, QUKEN-STRKET. "VTOTIGE TO OFFICERS OF LODGES. THE AUCKLAND ALMANAC AND PROVINCIAL HANDBOOK FOR 1879. Is now in the Press, and Officers of various Societies will oblige by forwarding to the Publisher, Evening Star Office, at their earliest convenience, lists of ofnce-bearer3, and other information. Letters to_be marked, " Almanac matter." jpfHEMICAL IUT ANU RE, The undersigned are now prepared to apply their CHEMICAL MANURE for Root snd Green Crops, in any quantity. aAnalysis now ready, and copies will be for 3ard od ou aoplicatiou. W. J. HURST & CO., 101. Queen-Btree CARPET SALE ! CARPET SALE! ARPET SALE 1 CAKf JfiT HALE ! W. RATTRAY having boight a Large Stock of NEW CARPETS, at a Very Heavy Discount, is enabled to offer them to his customers, and the general public, at Prices that deity compe tition. I3L Tapestry (best make), from 2/11 Ha. Brussels (best make), from 4/11 ica. Kidderminster (best make), from 2/11 S3L Felts, all price 3. i t NEW Floorcloths, Linoleums JUST J NEW Mattings, Curtains O P X N E D— I NKW Cretonnes, Orumbcloths I NKW Table-covers, Mats, &c. All at Reduced Prices!!! Remnants of Carpets and Floorcloth under cost. W. RATTRAY, DRAPER AND SILK MERCER, 66, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland, Opposite the Bank of New Zealand. 9 ' RATIONAL INSURANCE COM PANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital .. £1,000,000. UNLIMITED LIABILITY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, of every description accepted on the most favourable terms. All funds invested in thefcolony. HENRY E WILLIAMS, Mana er, THE NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company is now prepared, to grant INSURANCE (upon any approved risk) against FIRE to the extent of £10.000. GEORGE P. PIERCE, Manager.