SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

-r.x_.-rr v., .miKO (This Afternoon,;6.ll HIGH WATER-i To . mo rrow Morning 6.27 SHN SET.—This Evening, ;6.6 SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 5.26 MOON'S AGE.-Pull Moon, 11th, 8.33 p.m.

ARRIVALS THIS DAY.

Josephine, schooner, Donovan, from Lyttelton Rowena, s.s., Sellars, from Tauranga

DEPARTURES. LAST EVENING.

Mercury,, cutter, Baxter, .for Tairua Dream, cutter, Jansen, for Russell Lsetitia, schooner, Austen, for Russell

THIS day. Active, brigantine. Lane, for-Saraoa Hero, s.s., Logan, for Sydney and Melbourne

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney—Rotorua, S.S., Tuesday For Samoa — Active, brigantine, at once, Elizabeth, barque, early For New Galedonia—Marion, schooner, early

IMPORTS. Per Hero, from Sydney: 5 tons sugar, 80 bags rice. 5 half -chests tea.—C. Ma* or. Per Omaha, from Chatham Islands : 350 sheep, ,10 tierces beef. 3 casks tallow, 8 bales fungus, 80 bides, 4 bales sheepskins, 6 tons potatoes. Per Josephine, from Lyttelton ; 180 sacks and 850 bags flour, 33 .cases bacon, 50 sacks oats, 156 sacks potatoes, 8 casks beef, 36 packs wheat. Per Kate McGregor, from Lyttelton: 551 sacks potatoes, 235 sacks malt.

EXPORTS.

Per Taupo: 2 cases briar pipes.—E. &A. Isaacs. Per Taupo for the South: 10 bags maize, 150 cases kerosine, 7 bundles ridging, 10 empty casks, 17 sacks oysters. 269 boxes soap, 10 cases sauce, 65 cases, 190 packages, i trusses, 3 bales. Per Hero for Melbourne: 1 case curios, 30 casks limejuice, 60 hides, 118 bales flax, 1 parcel, 1 parcel stationary, 1 cask nails. For Sydney : 97 bales phormium, 57 bales tow, 9 bales hemp, .2 cases, 14 bales fungus.

DEPARTURE OF THE HERO.

The regular trading s.s. Hero saiteuai.a inio hour this afternoon for Sydney and Melbourne. She took a small quantity of cargo, and the fol lowing passengers:—H. Rappell, F. G. Reed, Mr and Mrs Wm. Hamley, Robert Mason, E. Larkins, Annie Larkins. W. R. Outen, Thomas Morrison, W. C. Rutter, Joseph Rlggs, Robert Hogg, C. Hatty, Richard Roberts, Mr md Mrs Roberts.

Inwards Coastwise— Spitfire, cutter, from Cape Colvilie, with 50 tons firewood. Outwards Coastwise.—Onward, schooner, for Russell, in ballast; Spitfire, cutter, for Russell, in ballast; Rover, schooner, for Wangarei. with 100 sacks wheat. 5,120 ft timber, 639 pieces timber, and i tons sundries. The brigantine Helena and the schooner bissy are to load at Lyttelton for this port. The Josephine passed a three-masted schooner bound North, on Monday, off White Island. The brigantine Active sailed this morning for Tonga and Samoa, with a large general cargo, and the following pasengers: Isabella. Haines, Maria Parsons, R. F. Spencer, J. Chaplin, Wm. Stevenson, Mrs Lane and two children, ii. f. Gribbon, and F. A.. Jone3. . „. , The barque Bella Mary arrived at Hooart Town from this port on the 4th instant, after a passage of 21 days. . , _ The s.s. Argyle will arrive from Wangarei and Mangapai to-morrow morning. The ship Halcione hauled out into the stream yesterday afternoon. After taking in a further quantity of manganese, she will proceed to Napier, and there load up with wool, &c.. for London. ~ . ~ The ship Famenoth hauled into the berth alongside the Queen-street wharf, vacated by the Halcione this morning. After discharging her cargo, she is to load up for London. The s.s. Pretty Jane is advertised to leave for Gisborne on Saturday next. The German barque Elizabeth will leave for Apia, SBmoa, direct, in a few d-+ys. The schooner Kate McGreg . is discharging her cargo of potatoes alongside the Railway wharf. . . . , . . The schooner Josephine rrrived about midnight last night from Lyfr ilton, with a cargo of general produce. She 1- ton the _Jna inst., and experienced moderate w. • .terly winds, calms, and south-west winds t-> East Cape. 1 which was rounded on Sunday night. Thence to port variable winds. The Jos >hine is dis charging on the eastern side of the Queen-street A brigantine was signalled when we went to press. The s.s. Rowena from Tauranga was coming up the hart our when we went to press, The brigantine Omaha, from Chatham Islands, came up from Kohimaramara to-day. and is discharging her cargo alongside the Railway Wharf.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES. Hauraki, p.s. Holmes, for Waitara

The p.s. Hauraki sailed this morning for Waitara, with a number of cattle and a quantity Of timber.

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

Arrived.—October sth, Augusta, from West port: 6th, King Oscar, from Dunedin; 7th, Moa, from Auckland; do., Colonist, from Waitara; do., Flora, from Lyttelton; 9th, Cynthia, from Wellington ; do.. Julius Yogel, from Wellington; do.. Annie Hiu, from Wel lington ; do., Thomas and Henry, from Dunedin. A. brig unknown anchored at dark. vessel at the Heads bar bound, Rhoderick Dhu. Aratapu.—Sarah Pile, Belle Brandon, and Mersey. , _ The King Oscar in coming in struck on inry Shoal and carried away her rudder, and lost both anchors, but got one to-day from the Moa, brig. w-

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close ah Under t For Thames, to-morrow, at 11.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Waiheke and Coromandel, per Argyle,

to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m. For Ngunguru, per Rob Roy, this day, at 4 p.m. For Friendly Islands and Samoa, per H.M.S.

Nymphe, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, to-morrow, at i p.m. For Waiwera. Mahurangi, Matakana, Man gawai, Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Anne Milbank, on Saturday next, at 10 a.m. For Noumea, per Marion, on Saturday next, at

4.30 p.m. 5 For Russell and Kawakawa, per Hawea, on

Saturday next, at 5 p.m. For Gisborne. per Pretty Jane, on Saturday

next, at 5 p.m. For Russell. Kawakawa, Wangaroa, and Mon gonui. per lona, on Monday next, at i p.m. Bor Australian Colonies, per Rotorua, on Tues-

day next, at 3 p.m. For Chatham Islands, via Whitianga, per Rowena and Omaha, on Wednesday, 30th inst., at 10 a.m. '.„_.., . _. Per s.s. Taiaroa, on Tuesday, 15th instant, as follows:— For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 5 a.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton and via Brindisi (for letters specially so ad dressed), at 5 a.m. For money orders and registered letters, on Saturday. 12th inst., at 5 a.m. Should a later opportunity offer, supplemen tary mails will be forwarded. fer s.s. Zealandia, on Tuesday, loth Oct., as follow:— . For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 3p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 3 p.m. Newspapers, at 1.30 p.m. Late letters bear ing an extra fee of 6d in addition to the Eostage, will be received by the Mail Agent on oard the steamer up to the time of sailing. S. B. BISi., Chief Postmaster.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J.B.—Mr Martin is unable to lecture at Otahuhu through indisposition. The Rev. Mr Dutton takes his place. Other information will be found in advertisement. A Wife.—We doubt whether the book can be obtained in Auckland. Inquire at the stationers. A Stjbscribkr (Coromandel).—The Municipal Corporations Act is stringent and explicit on the subject. AU rates must be paid to entitle a burgess to be placed on the roll.

DEATHS,

IRELAND.—On the 9th October, 1878, at the Shakespeare Hotel, Wyndham-street, Auck land, Philip B. Ireland, late of Fifeshire, Scot land, aged 28 years. The funeral will leave the Shakespeare Hotel on Saturday next, 12th instant, at three p.m. Friends please accept thi3 intimation.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 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.

A number of letters have appeared in our columns during the last few days upon early closing, and we observe that a meeting of drapers' assistants is convened for to-morrow afternoon, to consider the same question. We are glad to notice that there is a general disposition among employers to en courage the movement. One branch of business after another has announced its intention to grant the Saturday half-holiday, and the deserted condition of the business streets on that day indicates that already a very substantial advance has been made in the right direction. We are sorry that the City Council set an illiberal example in this respect, in reply to the memorial of their employes, and hope they may be in duced to re-consider their hasty decision. It must be admitted that Auckland is behind the time in this matter. In England, a very large body of employes are liberated on Saturday afternoon, and the lead ing cities of Australia have recently followed the example. Upon this ques tion, in fact, appears to depend very largely the efficiency of our volunteer corps, the excellence of our young men in those manly games whichhavebeen the pride of the nation and have given stamina to the sons of Britain, the cultivation of the the finer and more gentle arts, among the masses of the people—horticulture paint ing, &c, with attendant comfort, taste, and contentment in the homes of the people. For these the daily drudge has absolutely no leisure. Over-worked through the ! week, he falls back on stimulants to sus tain his energies, and is too worn out to enjoy the quiet leisure of Sunday. Over work, and insufficient recreation and fresh air, are recognised causes of an excessive thirst for drink, and the temperance advo cate should join with the social reformer in advocating wholesome re laxation. Looked at from a busi ness point of view, it is hard _to see what the non-manufacturer (all being pretty well agreed) can lose. Unfor tunately no business firm in Auckland has cause to complain that the day is too short to supply their trade; and whether they fix mid-day or midnight as the hour of closing, the business to be done wiU be finished within or extended through the period set apart for the purpose. If people who have shopping to do' knew that it must be done within certain reason able hours they would manage to do.it. That is Certainly true. What then is the practical gain from the waste of energy involved in dragging a smaU amount of business over a drearily long period of time? But the difficulty which deters

many employers is the impossibility o securing a fair amount of unanimity among those who usually push competition very hard. How is this obstacle to be overcome ? The answer rests with a few of the larger establishments. Let them set the example. If only as an ex periment, let it be tried in order to' test the actual loss or gam. None who have taken this step have re gretted it, and we do not see why the case should be otherwise with those who still hold aloof. With more immediate reference to the drapers' assistants, who are now agitating for this privilege, it may be said that no class of employe's work so many hours, or require fresh air and exercise more. Their looks alone tell the tale of unhealthy sedentary „ confinement. The labourer or mechanic pursue^ anout-door calling, and often has more spare time on his hands than he likes, but to a draper's assistant a holiday comes like an oasis in the midst of a dreary monotonous desert. We most heartily wish them success in their prayer for emancipation.

The '' Herald " is nothing unless illogical. In an article to-day on the beer tax it attempts to rebut the Treasurer's state ment that* the tax was defeated through the lobbying of the trade, and in proof cites its own extraordinary wisdom in condemn ing the bill from the first. "When the tax was proposed," exclaims our contem porary, "we condemned it as a mistake. It was a tax on an article consumed, for the most part, by the poorer classes, and which is quite as much a necessary (according to Mr Fox) as tea; and, besides, it was one retrograde step in the policy of the Government. No Government is so strong as to be able to carry a measure, especially when that means the impo sition of a tax, against aU reason, and, therefore, the Beer Duty Bill failed. It is somewhat marvellous after this touch ing appeal for the poor man and sweeping condemnation of any tax|onjhis beer, to find that it is intended to support this impo tent conclusion : " An equal duty ought to be placed on both imported and colonially made beer, so that the State should get the benefit it ought to receive from the con sumption of the article." In the language of the poet,we may exclaim "The difference, as you .plainly see, is 'twixt tweedledum and tweedledee." What the "Herald" means, in other words, then, is : "We have no objection to your taxing the working man's pint if you only lower the duty on our bottled English." The " Herald" prates a good deal about this tax as a mistake from a free trade point of view, let us see what is the custom in England, the only truly free trade country in the world; where it is laid down as an absolute economic rule that no duty shall be levied for protective purposes. The excise duty on malt there is 2s 7d per bushel and 5 per cent, and reckoning 5J bushels to the hogshead of beer, we have a tax of 14s 2jd per hogshead, or more tban double the duty proposed by our Govern ment ! But this is not all; the malster has also to pay a license, aud the brewer pays 12s Gdjlicense for every 50 barrels he brews. The malt duty alone in 1876 yielded £7,654,681 to the national revenue. Now let us see what customs duty the Government consider necessary (without protection to manufacture) to protect this fruitful source of income. The duty on beer imported into England is £1 per barrel of 36 gallons. The article |is | simply taxed because it is a commodity which may fairly contribute to the revenuo. Those who pay the tax do so voluntarily. In some of the States in America the voluntary principle is absolutely fiven expression to in collecting the tax y what is known as the " bell punch." By means of the small in strument bearing that name every pint of beer drawn by the barman is registered, as ag meter registers the gas supply, and a penny of the purchase money paid by the consumer is dropped into the Revenue Officer's till for every two-pence which goes into the landlord's drawer.

The signatures to the petition asking the Government to divide the city into wards have been impugned by Mr Cosgrave who has telegraphed to the Colonial Secretary asking for an inquiry. The Government have replied to the effect that they wish for a more definite statement upon which fla Commission may be ap pointed.

On our fourth page to-day appear several letters on " The Cause that Fags As sistants," this beiug the facetious name applied to the draper's early closing move ment. The letters merit perusal. The usual quarterly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was held this afternoon at the Park Hotel. The accounts were passed in due form, after which the question of holding the annual ball in November was mooted. This, together with other matters of interest to the Association, were freely discussed. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) produce tele gram dated London, 26th September, says : " Wool. —The sales progress flatly. Com petition by both home and foreign buyers is dull. Up to date 228,000 bales have been sold."

An old offender named Margaret Saius bury was found by Sergeant Fleming in a state of intoxication, lying at the corner of High and Shortland-streets this afternoon. He had her conveyed to the station in the police cart. The report that Mr Studholme had purchased 10,000 acres of land in the Piako for £40,000 is not quite correct. The facts of the case, be believe, are these : Mr Stud holme has purchased a half interest, or equal partnership, in Messrs T. and S. Morrin's estate in the Piako for the sum of £38,000.—" Waikato Times." The anniversary soiree of the Otahuhu Wesleyan Church takes place in the public hall, Otahuhu, to-morrow. Mr Josiah Martin had engaged to give one of his scientific lectures with experiments, but on account of ill-health he will not be able to be present. This has necessitated an entire change of programme, and the Rev. D. Dutton, F.R.A.S., has kindly consented to deliver his lecture entitled, Knowledge : its importance, and how to obtain. The annual church meeting in connec tion with the Diocesan Synod will be held to-morrow (Friday) evening in the Choral Hall, at half-past seven o'clock. Admission is free, but a coUection. will be made to defray the expenses of the meeting. Papers on the state of the diocese past and present will be read by Venerable Arch deacons Maunsell and Clarke; on the Selwyn memorial by the Right Rev the Bishop; and on the present condition of Palestine b> Colonel Haultain., The music, which is always a most interesting feature of these gatherings, will comprise of selec tions of anthems, hymns, and carols, to be sung by a select choir under the direction of Mr Brown.

A well-attended meeting of the Union Cricket Club took place last evening at tbe Wynyard Arms Hotel, Mr W. George in the chair. A resolution was brought forward and carried, as an inducement to members, '.ha;, the Union play twelve matches for tne season, aud that the best average batsman and bowler oi six matches be pre en ed with a bat each. An acceptance of a chal lenge from the Otahuhu Cricket Club was read, and, after considerable discussion, it was decided to be played at Otahuhu on [ Saturday the 13th inst. The following men will represent the Onion :—W. George, J. George, W. McGregor, Fraser, Wright, Grant, D. Keane, B. Keane, Mulraney, Higgins, and Henderson. Emergency nien : Campbell, Mcjyor, . Cromwell, Harrison, and Manning. Members are warned to be punctual, and catch the quarter-past one train, as they cannot get out afterwards. Guthrie and Larnach's manager here has j contracted for the supply of five million feet baulk kauri to be snipped at Kaipara, Hokianga; and Wangaroa for the company's works at Dunedin.

The 13th November is fixed upon for the holding of the Agricultural, and Pastoral Show at Ellerslie. * .V.« , '.'■

The ritaiversary services of the Grahams town Wesleyan Sunday-school were held on Sunday last, and the annual tea-meetin took place on Tuesday evening. The pro ceeds are expected to amount to about £3< >. Messrs Maseiield & Co. have just com pleted a set of massive gates of cast iron, 1« r fhe palace of the King of Tonga. The gat were made to the order of Messrs McAith -. and Co., and were shipped to-day by th. schooner Active. The king's coat of am.. under the cap-pieces of the pillars we. •• carved by Mr Batts, of Ponsonby, and il ium much credit.

The farewell entertainment of t... Minstrels, at the Theatre Royal, ws-< fairly attended last evening, and was l the benefit of one of their particular stai-. Mr Horace Bent, whose lively characteristic . have won for him a name. The programs c was large, aud the songs, dances, and tare*:* of an entertaining character^ The Minstrels left to-day for Gisborne, where they intend to interest the settlers. An elegant address, executed by Mr Slator, has been presented to Dr Schwarz bach by persons who have received bencht to their sight by his successful treatment. The doctor is staying at the Thames for a short time, and proposes to visit the towns and cities ot the South before his departure for England and the Continent. We believe that Dr Schwarzbach intends finally to resume practice in the colony. We acknowledge for the blind man 5s from Mr Daff, and 3s from Mrs Temperley. William Vospor was fined 40s and costs yesterday at the Resident Magistrate's Court for moving a truck near the Penrose Station, which caused an obstruction on the line. Mr Wm. Lodder, manager of the Auck land Steam Ship Company, has commenced business as a shipping broker, insurance and commission agent, and will issue a monthly circular respecting the same, the first number of which has already appeared.

A special meeting of the Shipwright's Protection Society will be held on Monday evening next, for the purpose of inaugu rating a co-operative society.

By the colliery explosion at Haydock 202 men were killed, leaving 93 widows and 282 children destitute.

Rev. D. Dutton will deliver his popular lecture on " Knowledge—its importance, and how to obtain it," this evening, in the public hall, Otahuhu, in connection with the district Wehleyan soiree. Several reci tations and readings will be given by mem bers of the Pitt-street Church, and a select choir will give musical and vocal selections. The drapers' as istants of the city will hold a meeting this evening in the Wel lesley-street lecture room, for the purpose of obtaining Saturday]! half-holidays, and the closing of drapers' shops on other even ings at half-past seven o'clock. Mr Dempsey, contractor for the Freeman's Bay wall, is instructed to carry it out as originally contracted for, along the front of the new roadway. We think this is the wiser plan. The creation of an intake for the deposit of filth along the frontage of the new road would neither be conducive to health nor city improvement.

Major Mair has had his interview with Rewi and has gone to unbosom himself to the Hon. W. .Fox, at Wellington. If the Press Agency telegram is reliable his mission to the Ngatimaniapoto chief was a failure: —"He endeavoured to impress up on Rewi that his friendship for the natives had secured his dismissal from the Native Office, but the Maoris say they are dark about that statement being applicable to the present Ministry. In reply to Major Mair's questions about settlers living at Mokau, Te Wetere said the natives wanted settlers there. The distance to Taranaki was too far to carry corn, potatoes, and pigs ; while the pake has would live at Mokau, purchase the produce, and bring a steamer into the river. The Maoris are getting tired of this class of visitors, and they thoroughly understand the nature of Major Mail's errand.

Yesterday afternoon the clowns at the circus, with characteristic smartness, took advantage of a slight hitch in the Mayor's providore arrangements, which occurred in this wise: Abundance of buns were provided the children of the various institutions who had been treated to a visit to the circus by his Worship. When the buns were sent up there was no one to dis tribute them. The clowns were, however, quite equal to the occasion, and seemed highly pleased to have the chance of intro ducing something more substantial into the youthful system than wit and humour. Seizing the trays and boxes of buns they rushed into the arena, one of them shouting : " We have a little duty to perform, Mr Barlow, aud a very pleasant duty it is too ; it is to deliver hot crossi buus." Amid screams of laughter and great cheers the clowns distributed the buns. It should be stated that in consequence of a number of other children having been seated with those from the various institutions who were the Mayor's special proteges Mr Burton kindly went to the expense of an extra supply of buns ; consequently each juvenile physiognomy was irradiated with pleasure while the refreshments went round. a

That the wearing of the beard has some tendency to prolong life is a fact. Longevity decreased rapidly in all nations when, for fashion's sake, the razor was into use. Statistic show that among people who have never worn wiskers, no matter how simple may have been their other habit. of life, old age is a rare thing, and that since it again became fashionable to Avear moustaches and whiskers longevity is on the increase.— Court Journal.

Who paid for the whiskey and the tele gram? The special Ministerial organ in Wellington stated the other day that the Hon. Mr Sheehan received the following telegram, relative to the survey of the Waimate Plains, on Saturday :—" Some twenty-live of Tito Kowaru's young men, on horseback, came to the advanced camp yesterday. They good-humoredly said it was their first visit to the surveyors, and some one ought to ' shout' for them. A bottle of whiskey was handed to them and disposed.of, and they then left." A bottle of whiskey between twenty-five young Maoris and a European survey party ! This is too much—not the whiskey, but the yarn ! —Exchange.

At the inquest on the body of Malcolm McDonald, late mate of the Linda Weber, Daniel McPherson, who accompanied the deceased down the wharf, deposed that they walked down the wharf on Sunday evening, September 29th, at 7 o'clock, from the Thames Hotel to the Railway Wharf, where the schooner Linda Weber lay. They had supper at the Thames Hotel, only taking tea and bread. Both were perfectly sober. I. was dark, and the tide was coming in — about mid-tide. Deceased tried to go aboard by a ladder, the vessel being then about five yards from the pier, but on her moorings. They found the ladder belonging to the ship on the wharf, and put it across to the vessel. It was long enough to reach. Deceased went^foremost on the ladder, and it turned round with him, after he had nearly reached the ship. He fell into the water. He did not call out or shout, but immdi ately sank, and did not rise again although able to swim.

J The ladies of All Saints' Church are busily engaged just now in preparing for a Christmas Tree and fancy fair in aid of the organ fund of that church. Contributions of any kind are solicited, and volunteers in the good cause will be welcomed. There is every prospect, from the number and skill of the ladies who have taken the affair in hand, that it will be a great success. The improvements observable in this pretty suburban church bear testimony to the interest now taken in the promotion of the welfare of the parish. The bazaar will be held in the building ,at the corner of Wyndham and Queen-streets, < recently purchased by the Bank of Australasia, and formerly occupied by Mr Sibbin, as an auction mart. ' •

The rains of late have had the desirable effect of flooding creeks and bringing abundance of logs to various mills. Last Sunday 600 logs were driven to Guthrie and Larnach's Parahaha Saw Mills, Manukau Heads, which are estimated to contain 7,200,000 feet of timber. It is said that neither the Parahaha nor the Whatipu mills will be stopped for the want of logs during the coming winter.

Mr John Neale Writes on the evil of sub contractors, under which many hard-work ing men have been done out of their wages. He says that he and many others have been working in the Tairua bush for three months, and the order given him by the sub-contractor has been dishonoured. He says : _"ls there no law in New Zealand to protect a man from these sub-contrac tors, for there have been scores of men swindled out of their hard earnmgs this last year up the Wairoa and other places ; and because they do not happen to have any money they lose the fruits of their labour. A man is not sure of his money hardly anywhere in the bush now. These contractors start without any money and get into debt, and then the men they get to worlcare done out of theirwages. An Act should be passed to make them find security, or else force them to pay once a week. There is no doubt whatever that the sub-contractor system leads to very great abuse, and it is the duty of large employers to protect the men engaged in connection with their works from being victimised by men of straw.

BURTON'S AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS.

THIS now popular circus, reminding older spectators of the palmy days of Astley's, and the Ducrow's of a past age, was largely attended last evening by persons of aU ages, who relished the feats of horse-man ship, acrobatic exercise, and canine sagacity, with the delight and sftervescence of youth. The whole of the performance was sustained ia a creditable manner, and followed by clappings of hands, indicative of satisfaction. A special treat will be introduced to-night for " our boys," being nothing less than — TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK,

in which the proprietor will appear as the renowned highwayman, with his " Bonnie Black Bess." The whole of the incidents in the touching story of Dick Turpi n will be pourtrayed, the stopping of the mail coach, the wonderful leap over the turnpike gate, the ride to York, and the death and burial of the animal. A new clown.brimful of new jokes, will make his debut this evening, in the midst of novel equestrian scenes.

CANDAHAR.

(To the Editor of the Evening STAR.) Sir,—The re-appearance of the Afghan "skeleton," so soon after the disappear ance of the "Sick Man" from the blood stained arena, may prove after aU not an unmixed evil, as I shall briefly attempt to show. Your readers are aware, that on account of the enormous yields of silver from the various American mines, for some years past, the value of this mineral has sensibly decreased. Now, silver is the standard currency of our vast Indian Empire, so that the Indian rupee became depreciated in sympathy with silver generally. Next to a famine, or another mutiny, this is perhaps the most knotty Eastern Question yet presented for solution to our able Anglo-Indian administrators ; for it at once touches the pocket (or the turban more strictly speaking) of the people at large, who cannot possibly be expected to under stand the cause of such a startling effect. Well, we learn upon the authority of Sir Henry Rawlinson, the present President of the Royal Geographical Society, and late British Minister to the Persian Court at Teheran, that Candahar is situated in a gold bearing district. Should Candahar then become a portion of British India, and Sir Henry's prediction prove correct, the rupee question would be settled once and forever by establishing a gold currency to supersede the present cumbersome silver one.—Yours, &c, F. H. Troup.

DIOCESAN SYNOD.

The Synod resumed it 3 sitting in the Bishop s I-ibrary last evening, Hia Lordship Bishop Cowie presiding. The following members of both orders were present :—Yenerable Arch deacons Clarke, Maunsell, and Pritt; Revs. Bates, Biggs, Brady, Bree, Burrows, ( "alder, Dudley, Gould, Hall, Haaeldean, Kidd. Kinder, Lush, Mulgan, Nelson, Phillips, Purchas, Scott, Taylor, Tomllnson, Walsn, and Willis; Messrs. Adams, Bather, Boardman, Burnside, Oadman, Cochrane, Crispe, Dargaville, Dickson. Doonin. Dyer, Fergusson, Qolasbro', Gossett, Haultain, Hesketh, Hill, Hughes, Ireland, Jackson, Kensington, Eirkbride, Kissling, Luke. Lusk, Maclean, McMillan, Maseiield, Mitford, Nolan, Parsons, Pieroe, Rawlings, Rice, Seccombe, Speight, Stewart, Taylor, Trollope, Upton, Viekers, Wile man, Williams. Willcocks, Wright, Yai-borough.—Archdeacon Maunsell and Mr G. P. Pieroe were elected diocesan nominators. Me-srs Pierce, Mitford, E. H. Williams, Dr Goldsbro' and Colonel Haultain. The Synod proceeded to consider the Selwyu memorial. Mr Boardman suggested that a fund might be raised by means of a committee to endow a Selwyn Chap laincy, to bo at the disposal of the bishops of the diocese, but with special reference to the minis trations at the Gaol, Hospital, and Lunatic Asylum. Rev Dr Purohas suggested that the endowment should be for "chaplain or chap lains," and Mr Boa^dman's proposal,' as amended by Dr Purcha<», was adopted. Tne committee was instructed to aot in the matter without delay. It was agreed that the Bishop of the Diocese should ask the representatives of the late Bishop Selwyn to forward to him the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of investment in aid of the Bishopric Endowment Fund. The President announced that he was in receipt of advices to the effect that the money would be paid over to any person authorised to receive it. On the motion of Mr E. Hesketh, it was agreed.." That in the opinion of this Synod it is advisable that in future all lands to be acquired solely for the benefit of this diocese should be conveyed and vested in a Trust Board, to consist of the Bishop, Rev R. Burrows, Messrs A. Boardman, W. S. Cochrane, S. W. Hill, J. D. Jackson, Theo. Kissling, G. M. Mitford, and G. P. Pierce." The President stated that a member of the Synod had intimated his intention of subscribing £50 each half year for one year, to the "Selwyn Chaplain Fund." Mr Yiekers was re-elected auditor of. accounts under the General Synod, .dessrs Batger and Rawlinga were appointed auditors under the Standing _Committee. It was agreed that a commitee be appointed to re commend to the Standing Committee the best means of securing registration of persons eligible to be enrolled on the electoral roll. In answer to Mr Speight, the President gave infor mation regarding St. John's College, and Mr Speight gave notice of the following motion : "That, having in view the urgent need which exiatsiin the diocese for a really first-class Board ing-school, where youths caa obtain the higher branches of and become qualified for Civil Service and University examinations, it is desirable that this Synod do respectfully submit for the consideration of the Board of Governors of St. John's College the question, ' Whether that institution cannot be made more extensively useful and efficient, so that it may better meet the acknowledged want, without in any way neglecting the primary objects for which the College was instituted and en dowed?" On the motion of Rev A. R. Tomlin son it was agreed, "That no.money be in future lent by the Standing Committee out of funds at their disposal for the building, enlargement, or restorationlof anyjehurch or parsonage, unless the plans and estimates for such work be first approved by the Standing Committee. The Synod adjourned at 10.10 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday.

"MURDERS WILL OUT."

(To the Editor).

Sir,—ln the Star of October 3, it is reported that Mr Coleman said, "He trusted that in the future administration of Borough affairs they shoufd be spared such a blunder and such a waste of funds as had taken ; place in Rutland Road East, Parnell." To Mr Coleman I render my sincere thanks for any assistance I had from him in helping me in discharging my duties as Town Clerk. That duty is done, but there now remains a duty to be done to myself, seeing that the report has by the words " Voice :. Strange's folly " pointed to me as the cause of blunders and waste of funds. Did Mr Coleman —as a lawyer, whoislsupposedto know the status quo of officers and Boards—l repeat, did Mr Coleman correct " Voice" 3 No word is said in the report that he did, and I infer that Mr Coleman has thrown down the gauntlet that I am a blunderer and waster of funds. I accept his challenge, and I give him his choice of weapons, either -as "gentleman" or "Hit as hard as you can, men;" but with sterling truth tempered. I will even now admit (to help Mr Coleman) that there was the murder committed, and that I had accomplices ; and that I court inquiry (not for their Bakes, but for my own). lam only biding my time. The bosses; of my armour are thick.—Yours, &c, J. B. Strange.

PARLIAMENTARY.

F&OUGVRSPECIALREeo^

(BT STAR SPECIAL Wl_

WELLINGTON,^ _7: PETITIONS. day" . ■"_* five petitions following inquired into by the wSf7 er.. *% mittee :-AuckUnd Corps of l_\T** Co? lery ; Auckland Naval Volunt?o^ 1 4 McGregors; John KB?s?s S Walton. As all these were c j ai^ n. 3 the Committee repeat tff Sff^kJ refer them to the\ U ckland^2^ « Board to inquire and report-" -rv was recommended on account 'of+l culty, and in most cases the im J ■ % of petitioners coming to WelHn ißl^ bringing their, witnesses or-otK1. ■«. If this weie insisted 6n,it''woul_l ence, a denial of justice. The aCr!-°Htit't« were presented by Mr Swansor m S been held over by the committed t-.?o^ at once, so that his evidence ar.il he had to say could be taken ,ttoythil. ting. "'at.;onesit.

n YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS 1 Great progress was made; WaS? I a number of bills. In.-: &?T 7 I Council the second reading of f*t^P.s« I Bill was carried by 25 agarnar if Wettoi»l I MEDICAL MAN AT LAlCfc I Mr Sheehan, in reply to CantanTu 1 promised to consider the apt.oin.rno iotrisi 1 medical man at Lake RotoS eat of« I CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT I Mr Bowen's motion that: t_w' _. I endowments should be set «riS U I waste lands in various dis,trir+n _f- ont °' I for hospitals and charitable relief P We I good deal of discussion. ■■lfc^W d»'l demned the introduction Sv 11" 1 resembling a poor lawandsiiddruS^ 1 was. the chief cause of paupeff^S I motion was earned by 34t0 ll re m ROADS IN THE NORTH I Sir Robert Douglas moved- for am,-. I £5,000 to open the Great NortSS/ 1 Whangarei to the Bay of Islands AS_T I discussion, generally adverse':'to thl* 1 motions, he withdrew it. w 1 The Government promised to place _ L 1 on the estimates for chain' {Sfiffi I testing apparatus. , ,: ; x flor 1 THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER I The bill legalizing [manjaget mM I ceased wife's sister met its usual fate in I the Lords, being thrown out- ott JLT I reading by 18 to 9. ...■ ,seccnd « PERSONAL EXPLANATION BY Ml. I , TOLE. I Mr Tole explained that during his absence Mr Ormond had stated in the House that he (Mr Tole) had telegraphed ttfMr Sheehan m connection with the Bay of Islands roll that it was important that Mr Williama ' I should be dismissed, w_ile wbathe really I did telegraph was that it was important.hat ' I he (Mr Tole) should know whether Mr I Williams had received official: intimatidh I from the Government, requiring his resigns. I tion. He said Mr Ormond was aware of the I nature of his telegram before,,as he had; I explained it in Committee and had yet i persisting in misrepresenting it. Mr Sheehan said a committee of the House had reported on and approved of th" dismissal of Mr Williams. : NEWMARKET RESERVES. The Newmarket Reserves Bill was read a second time and ordered to be councilled next Wednesday. REGULATION OF TOWNS. Mr Thomsons motion for second reading of the Plan of Towns on Prirate Lands Regulation Bill was read a second time oa I the voices. It provides that when persons cut up blocks of land for sale all streets should be a chain and a-half in width; one tenth of all private lands laid off to vest in Government for public building sites; no acre lot to be sub-divided into more than four allotments. DENOMINATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr Curtis's Education Act Amendment Bill was postponed till Thursday week, Mr j Pyke expressing a hope that the Govern, i ment were not putting it down on the paper with a view of shelving it. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' JOINT STOCK. COMPANIES. The second reading was carried of .Mr Stout's Joint Stock Companies Act, 1870, Amendment Bill, to allow Friendly Societies to be formed for the purpose underithe. Joint Stock Companies Act, but.without any dividend being payable to members. Mr Stout said it was, in fact, only a Chari table Institutions Bill, and was urged on Government by Bible Societies/who desire to be companies, but don't wish it to be supposed that they were speculators. BILLS ADVANCED:., A large number of other bills advanced various stages, the House finally rising at 12.15 a.m. DR POLLEN'S VERACITY. Colonel Whitmore, replying on the second reading of the Electoral Bill, to the remarks of Dr. Pollen, said he expected, from Dr. Pollen's great experience, that he would confine himself to facts; but he did not when speaking to the Bay of Islands ques tion. For instance, the hon. gentleman _i : speaking on that matter; had only quoted: one-half of the Native -Affairs Committees Report on the subject—not that part which justified the Government in the action they had taken, but the part which he could construe into his argument that the; Go vernment nad been guilty of mal-practice. Dr. Pollen gave notice that..he would. move for the production of all letters, tele grams, &c., relating to the. dismissal of Mr Williams, Returning Officer'for the Rayoi Islands. ' '■' ! ■': " THE POLICE PAY. . The Police Pay Committee has closed it labours. Colonel Whitmore, SuPer}™ n" dents Shearman and Weldon. Superinten dent Thomson (of Auckland), and certain other members of the force, have given evidence. The Committee, in their report,; recommend an increase .Jol.-pay.^^ commissioned officers and , constats throughout the colony, and the formation of a Superannuation Fund,; 7 This lattn recommendation, if carried out, wiU secure, piovisionformembersoftheforcewheninca pacitated from age, sickness, or in]™®; received while oh duty; also, prowsion wr the widow of any member killed m ™ execution of duty. . A BILL FOR THE BETI^^^VDW-'; TRATION OF JUSTICE.. - mcd SDr Wallis has a BiU for jintrodncbon_fonw* for the avowed purpose of ' SU^P JJS^ C| the administration of justice, i The f°.tf°&lw preamble:-" Whereas by reason of *^; expenses incident to civil proceedings in. ™ ~ superior courts of judicature; in2^ the whole of the members of-the poor© cms* of the community, and a veiy large propui^ of the middle classes thereof,.are ™^? O SV or defend their rights in civil mato^iwLf to '■• are often compelled, in consequence tnera»> submit to grevious injustice, OPPr^?°S the': wrong; and whereas it'is-essennai^Ww efficient administration of justice in tnesw : and inferior courts of judicature in, the-<W m that the judges thereof should be men wnofla made English jurisprudence a.special »wi : and whose attainments therein are> or »^ £ or respectable order, equal atTleast _wJ^^g. the respective judges in -the C°S-Whereas courts of judicature in England .^""witii the judges of the said inferior courts^are.. very few exceptions, men who havei»"|> te and such study, who possess no suchatfa^^^... who would be deemed incompetent in fji^j to the exercise of similar offices; anttW""^ die far greater proportion of civil caubw finally heard and determinedly andbeiorey. judges, and failures of, justice,-^„_£_.i fle sequence, constantly arising; and wneiw said members of the poorer.classes^aiinos^ variably instittite their civU-smtS^i"^ inferior courts, and it is enjoined W.^S-Va are the same consideration' and legal ami wi" given and applied in determiiung we^.. ___. of tho rich, should bo given and APP UC determining those of the poor:— , ! _v __, 01 jBseI And whereas thenecessai-y hcense■ oi* _g. in the examination of witnesses, in tne w» #& rior and inferior comts, has been jrcmeniu,. exceeded and abused that the ne^°^&ne, of honest and indifferent witnesses have oew^ - ofi their examination therein, unaw i,een and their minds and; niemones^hav^ thereby rendered troubled and c°^S c tory they have been made to give ** answers and to appear to the a ?£ e?& truth, persons who did not wish to speak tne whereas they had no such 7^^"repute,. whereas many persons of fair f^^^u-ds, who would voluntarily, and on y™]_____€L-^

EVENING SHU. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10



TCEW ZEALAND LOAN AND J3I MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY <LIMITED). Notice is hereby given that the First Call o One Pound per Share, on the Fourth Issue of the above Company, will be payable at its various offices throughout the Colonies on FRIDAY, the Ist day of November, 1878. By order of the Board of Directors. FREDERICK BATTLEY, Secretary. 50,000 XABDS °7 DRESS MATERIALS __T T 0 BE SOLD CHEAP. 10,000 YARDS OF PLAIN LUSTRES asr TO BE SOLD CHEAP. BL A TKINS Invites Inspection of his NEW SPRING ANE SUMMER DRESS MATERIALS. The Stock this Season is an immense one, oi thr greatest variety, and the prices the lowest in the City. H.A. has also just received ex 'Lebu'to hi. own order, a Very Large Stock of BLACK SILKS, same as always kept in Stock. These can be specially recommended. They alway. wear well, and give great' satisfaction. Also. COLOURKD SILKS—a splendid assortment ir all the new Colors. 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 VALUE of New Suits, Coats, Trowsersand Vests, Trowsers, Sec SPECIAL LINES in Galatea and Paget Coats, in Bine and Black Cloth, Worsted Coatings, Diagonal Tweed, &c., &c. f gee. The STOCK of Boy's and. Youth's Clothing is very large this Season, and of good value. THE LARGEST STOCK OF TWEEDS IN THE COLONY. YVJi£i ■" Tailors Supplied at Wholesale Prices. GOOD TWEED for Boy's Wear, from is ua per yard. H. AT X INS. IS. 3D. per DOZEN.—AIe and Porter X ■ Bottles Purchased in any Quantity.- BhrenMed Bros., Queen-street, __ Dick



fpHE T^EW ZEALAND tar CLOTHING FACTORY lEd EMPLOYS UPWARDS OF 600 WORKPEOPLE. BRANCHES FOR THE SALE OF OUR MANUFACTURES AT ' AUCKLAND NAPIER .^..-.WELLINGTON wanganui DUNEDIN OAMARU TIMARU INVERCARGILL CHRISTCHURCH. The Proprietors have had to fight their way inch by inch in opposition to the interests of Importers and Shippers, but the desire on the part of the Public to encourage New Zealand Industries has been manifested by the great success which .has attended all the Branches of the New.Zealand Clothing Factory. SUMMER SEASON, 1878-1879 Now in receipt of MEN'S, BOYS', and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, especially Manufactored for the Auckland Market, and Superior in Style and Fit to the Imported Goods. A great portion is made of the famous Mosgiel Tweeds, manufactured of pure New Zealand wools. A SINGLE GARMENT SOLD AT WHOLESALE PRICE. The Largest and Choicest Stock in New Zealand of Hats, Caps. Hosiery, Port manteaux, Bags, and the latest Novel ties in Ties, Scarfs, Collars, Sec A SINGLE ARTICLE SOLD AT WHOLESALE PRICE. o. AU Goods are marked in Plain Figures, for CASH ONLY. Any Article purchased and not appro ved of will be exchanged with the same . courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. J. B. ROBINSON, Manager Auckland Branch. Agency in New Zealand for Wertheim's Celebrated Sewing Machines. ■DANK OF AUSTRALASIA. r oorporated by Royal Charter, 1835. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 •Guarantee and Reserve Funds .. 215.71 C Undivided Profits ... ... •• 151.59S This Bank is prepared to make special arrange ments with respect to Deposits and to transact all other Banking business on the most favour able terms. Rates can be ascertained on application. Auckland Branch : jlawforDi Manager. URNITURE—For the Drawingroon ' Dining-room, Library, Be iroom or Kitchen, on Sale at 1 & H COOKE'S. _ CARPETS— Including Brussels, lapes try. Kidderminster, Stair Felt and Dutch, on Sale 1 & H COOKE'S. T TNOLEUM and Floorcloths, aU widths I J Bath Mats, in Linoleur anc "^ Floorcloth, on Sale at T & H COOKE'S. ■ O EARTH RUGS, Door Mats, plain ant jrl. wool bordered. Matting, Woo Mats, Bed-side Rugs, on Sale a T. &H. COOKE'S. , __ , > RON BEDSTEADS. — French. Hal 'j Tester, Stump and Folding; Iroi Cots, all sizes, Wod Bedstead and Wood Cota, on Sale at T. & -H. COOKE'S. BEDDING.— Hair, Wool.tSprmg, Cocoi Fibre, and Flax Mattresses m!2_gj,Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pll SSSKows, on Sale at T. Se U COOKE'S. . _~. GLASSES.— Ghimney Glasses, in Gilt Walnut, and Maple Frames, Toi let Glasses, Toiletware, Cane seated Chairs, in great variety, oi Sale at T. X H. COOKE'S. PRICES.— As we import direct from th- English Manufacturers, we an able to sell all imported goods a low as any house in town: and employing steam power in ou Factory, are enabled to otfe articles of local manufacture at i very moderate rate. T, & H„ Cooke's B-URNITURE AND CARPET WAREHOU I 87. QUKKN-STRBI-T. TTIX'CITY OF SYDNEY. 100 cases SALMON, lib. 25 cases SALMON, 21b. FOR SALE HY W. S. LAURIE, 7, Wyndham-street. New S pring Goods The Undersigned are NOW OPENING UJ heir STOCK OF NEW GOODS for the ir coming Season's trade, comprising— NEW FANCY DRESS MATERIALS (IN VARIETY). Circy and Black Lustres, Danish Lustres (ne\ shades). New WasMng Materials. Brocaded Cambrics, Lace Patterns, Galate Stripes, and a very large assortment of PRINTS ! PRINTS ! ! PRINTS ! ! Great Variety of Patterns and Us usually Cheap. New linen Goods, Cuffs, Collars, and Sets, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, Sec «®, HOSIERY OF ALL KINDS. "S White and Grey Calicos, in all the best makes (English and American). FURNISHING GOODS, and a carefully-selecte Stock of General Drapery of every description. Also, NEW CLOTHING OF ALL KIND For Boy's and Men. Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Tweeds, Sec, &c. t_T X (l/In the£) Discount allowed upon a Cash Purchases of 20/ and upwards. RUSHBROOK AND BRIDGMAN, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &o„ JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOOS; (Opposite the Array and Navy Hotel!, DPP^R QUEEN-STRES'i Auckland JINION INSURANCE COMPAN. NH:W ZEALAND C A-PKTaL . £2,000,00) AUCKLAND BRANCH QUEEN-S T R E E T. Next he Colonial Bank. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurano granted on Dwelling - houas; Stores, Shops, Buildings la whioh trade i oarrled on, Merchandise, and Goods of . ver; description. MARINE DEPARTMENT. Hulls of Ships or Steamers, Merchandise of al kinds, Specie and Wool to United Kingdom, a. Lowest Current Rates. R. H. ST.* '• ON, Manager. JUST OPENED AT. LINABURY & C OS. ,00 DOZEN FOUR-BUTTON KID GLOVES quite sound. Only 2s. 6d. per Pair, a. linablFry & CO.'S, 204 & 206 QUBKN-STRKKT. AUCKLAND. Turpln's



-RATION AEL INSURANCE COM PANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL .. - £1,000,«00. UNLIMITED UABILIT X. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, of every description accepted on the most favourable terms. All funds invested in the colony. HENRY E WILLIAMS, Manager. HAVE OPE N E D, This Day, 6 doz. LADIES' GEM RINGS, From 403 to 100s. Importation. _a F. H. LEWISSON, Jeweller, Queenstheet, Auckland,



Electricity locally applied means healthy stimulation of the vital forces.—Extracts from the " Dictionary of Medical and Surgical Know ledge," Houlston and Wright Paternoster Row. 1863. Page 516. Paralysis, nheuiuatlsm and Gout.—" The next agent is of niportanoe—one that is perfectly free from every risk, and may be as safely prescribed by a non-professional as by a medical man; that agent is Galvanism, produced by the superior mode of administra tion by Pulvermaoher- Chain Bands and Belts. By the proper application of these, a steady cur rent of galvanic fluid will be carried through the spine, and the base of the head, to the several parts affected." See "Medical Galvanism."— Agent for New Zealand:—G. AICKIN, The Pharmacy," Qoeen-street, Auckland. ".The enormous sales of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, a medicinal beverage without a peer, either as regards flavour or curative qualities, have induced a pack of law-contemning scamps to attempt tho imposition of vending in genuine bottles of tho Schnapps compounds of adulterated spirits and hurtful drugs. Buyers, insnect the labels closely. "Good ware makes quick markets" has of ten been said truiy; and in no instance is it more remarkable than that of " Ghollah's Great In dian Cures." These medicines were introduced into New Zealand but a very short while since, and they have rapidly gained the favour and patronage of the public. They are now eagerly sought by all classes In every part of the colony, and have done an amount of good that would seem incredible were it not for the numerous and trustworthy testimonials given to the pro prietor, from those who have been cured of long-standing diseases by these truly wonderful medicines.



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