SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

BI3H WATKR^ To . morrowMornJllg>c ,2 : i BUN SBT.—This Evening. 5.20 BIJN RISE.—To-Morrow Morning, G. 22 'uOON'S AQK.— New Moon, 6th, 1.31 a.m.

ARRIVALS. LAST EVENING.

irnyle, b.s., Crawford, from Whangarei TO-DAY. Waitaki, 8.8., Edie, for RnsaoU Daroy Pratt, briqtantloe, Ohlson, from Oamara Champion, cutter, from Ngunguru > • Josephine, schooner, from tho Thames

DEPARTURES. TO-DAY.

Argylo, 5.8., Crawford, for Whangaroi Glonelg, 8.8., Farqubar, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London—Loch Doon, loading _~,.„ Tanranga—Glenelg, Wodnesday; Waitaki, Mon - day Sydney—Hero, shortly; Rotomahana, Tuesday Whangarei—Argyle, Tuesdays and Fridays ; Waitaki, Friday _. . Molbourno, via the South—Albion, Thursday Russell-lona, Monday: WalUkl. Wednesday New Plymouth and South— Wanaka, Tueiaay Levnka—Meg Morrllles, to-morrow Friendly lalands-Myrtlo, brigantino San Francisco—Scottish Lassio, barquo Samoa—Mazeppa, to-morrow Vavau—Caledonia, to-morrow Jtarotonga-Norval, to-morrow Napier—Langstone, shortly

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Wanalca, 8.8., from the South, Sunday Kotoniahana, s.s., from tho South, Monday Albion, 0.5., from Sydney, Wednesday Hyrena, H.1.G.M.5., from Samoa Dante, H.M.S., from Wellington Hero, s.s., from Sydney and Melbonrno, shortly Waikato, ship (M.P.K V,) from London, sailed June 25th Wanganui. ship, from London, Hailed Aug. 4th Fornglen, barque, from London, sailed July ICth Luttarwortb, barque, from London, sailod July 8 Cabarfeldh, barquo (S.Q.M.J.), from Hongkong Loon Fleet, barque (LK.P.S.), from London Lochnagar, barque, trom London; sailed June 1 Loch Urr, barque, from London, loading Inge burg, barque, from New1 York; sailed June 17 Olenlora, barquo, from London, loading Htag, barque, from Adelaide; sailed Freetrader, barque, from Dunodiu Ocean Rancor, barqnontine, (W.T.N.V.) from New York, sailed April 28th Falrlle, barquentine, from Newcastle; sailed 2nd Vision, brig, from JJuncdin Kmily, brig, from Oauiaru : Balled 21th Ocenla, brigantino. from Adelaide Juntos A. Stewart, brJKantine, from Oamaru -Active, brigantino, from Samoa Flirt, brigantino (W.L.G.P.). from Levuka Aratapu, briganttne, from Lyttelton j/toroulis, brlgantine. from Levuka Clansman, brlgantine, from Timarn Oauiaru, brlgantine, from Oamaru Helena, brlgantine. from Oamaru Ryno. briguntine, from Lyttelton lapwing, origantine, from Dunedln Omaha, brigantino, from Chatham Islands Roderick Dhu, brigantino, from Dunedin Barah Pile, brigantino, from Lyttolton Knergy, schooner, from Noumea Dayspring, mission schooner (W.N.8.M.), from Sybil, schooner, from Fooohow, sailed July 17th Afrnen Donald, schooner, f.om R^rotonga Bile Brandon, schooner i'rom Line Islands Gael, schooner (5.R.G.8.), from Samoa Aoba, schooner, from New Caledonia Kphomy, schooner, from Noumea Coronet, schooner, from AUutaki Saxon, schooner, from Lyttelton': soiled 23rd Policeman, schooner, from New Caledonia O valau, schooner, from Karotonga

IMPORTS.

Per Daroy Pratt, from uamaru :—iTio aaoKa oata, 300 bags flour, Sil sacks wheat. Inwabdb Coastwise.—Perseverance, from Sandsplt, with 300 bushels sand. Outwards Coistwisr.—Persevoranco, for Waiboko; Sunbeam, for Manaia. The barque Bells cleared at the Customs to-day /or Newcastle in ballast. The schooner Mazeppa is expected to leave for Samoa to-morrow. Tho barquentlne Fairlie, -with a cargo of coal for Messrs Htone Brothers, left Newcastle for this port yesterday. The brigantine Magellan Cloud is expected to proceed hence to Kaipara to load with timber for a Southern port. The s.s. Rowena was floated out of the Dock yesterday afternoon. She is announced to leave for Hokianga to-morrow. The schooner Norval has been taken into the Dock for an overhaul prior to leaving for Karo toDga. The brig Emily bound from Oamarn to this port was passed by the Daroy Pratt in the Bay tf Plenty. The schooner Minnie Hare is announced to leave for Gisborne and other East Coast ports on Saturday next. Tho brigantino Daroy Pratt arrived from Carnaru this morning, sifter a smart passage of eeven daya. Capt tin Ohlson reports having left on the 27th, with N.W. wind. Passed Bank's Peninsula at nc on next day, with fresh sontberly wind, which lasted till off tho East Cape, at midnight on the 31st. Thenca till arrival, northerly winds. The 8.8, Argyle arrived last evening from Whangarei and Mangapai with 110 sacks kauri gum, 5 saoks bacon, 22 cases butter and pggs, 6 pigs and sundries. Passengers: Dr and Mrs Trill, Messrs Lannigaa, Cottlo, McLeod, McDonald, Thomas, Sims, and thirteen in the steerage. Captain Ohlson reports that tho following vessels, grain laden, are on their way from Uamaru to this port :—James A. Stewart., brigan tine, sailed on the 26th: Oamaru, brltrantino, sailed 31st; Emily, brig, 2Mb ; Freetrader, barque, 25th; Helena, brigantino, 27th;Mansion, topsail schooner, 23th. H.M.S. Banco is expectod from Wellington before the end of the present month. A barque and brig were signalled as we went to press.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Lalla Bookb, p.s., Campbell, from Waitara

DEPARTURES.

Lallah Rookh, p.s., Campbell, for Waitara Oweke, schooner, for Waitara *

IMPORTS.

Per Lalla Rookh, from Waitara: 128 elieop, 10 hcrses, 4 ponies, 2 kegs butter.

EXPORTS.

Per Oweke, for Waitara: 48,000 feet timber.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Wellington, yesterday. Arrived: HinemoajfromWelllDgton; Bailed Wanaka, for ihe Manakau. Passengers:—; Cabin: Missesßodingtonand Hovery. Messts Bayfleld, Hovery, Harris, Richmond, Hall Presley, and Football Team (IS). - This day. ABBIVAL OF THE HERO. The Hero arrived from Sydney at 8 a.m. Pas- B ngers for Auckland:—Captain and Mrs Boyd, Misses Bark (2), Mrs Stevenson, Master Stevon i op, Mr and Mrs Cross and child and Mrs JJ'Albcdyhoo and child. Arrived: Anne Melhuieh, barque, from New castle, on the 26th. A passenger named Thomas Lynan jumped overboard and was drowned. H very endeavour was made to rescue him, but proved unsuccessful. Pobt Chalmbbs, yesterday, Sailed : Rotomahana, for Sydney, via Auck land, Passengers for Auckland: Mr and Mrs Jiieh and family, Mr and Mis Holmes, Mias Warren and Mr Prosser. For Sydney: Mrs Arnold, Messrs Townsend and Brown. Sailed the Jessie Miocol, schooner, for Wellington. WAitabA. this day. The p.s. Haurakl left for Manukau at 7.30 a.m. to-day, but put back two hours later. Ltttelto», this day. Cleared: Loch Awe, barque, 801 tons, for Lon don. Hailed: Athelred, 1,053 tons, for London, with nine passengers.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

MB. AXiFBED BUCKLAHD'3 WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket on Friday, 27th August fodder was abundant, but all that of choice quality at lower values; the greater part from SSi to 2s Cd. Two ohoice parcels only of oaten and red clover hay brought 5s 3d the cwt. Horse stock wow offered in limited number, but were in good demand. Heavy draught, £10 and £15; riding horses, £11 £16; aotive harness, £17 10a to £33; but young unbroken stock were not in much request. At the bides and skin sale on Tuesday hides maintained their values, and skins phowed a Blight improvement, and brought from 3s 3d to 6s Id each; wool in greaso, BJd the Ib. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows were In better enquiry than for several weeks. Ail near calving were In improved demand. Best animals brought from £10 to £12 caoh. Store cattle were in limited number, but batter enquiry, particularly young cattle. Fat cattle were in average number. One-hnndred-and flf ty head sold. They were in Bteady demand throughout the sal 9, at an advance over last ■wook s prices, and brought from 32s to 36s the lOOibs. Sheep were plentiful Between 900 and 1000 sold at prices steadily ranging from 3}d to id per lb. Pigs wore numerous, principally stores, and

MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Horses.—There has been an improvement In the horse market. At the Durham Yards, on Friday, about the usual number of horses were entered for sale by auction, and with few exoep tlons all in were disposed of at an advance on last week's quotations. Cattle.—There has been an nnusual vitality in the market, and a very large number have changed hands, particularly stores, which realised high values. The cattle fair at Fapakura, on Monday, was a groat success, both as to the numbers yarded and attendance of buyers, one thousand head having changed hands at this market during the week. At Newmarket, on. Tuesday, there was an in creased number of stores offered, and dairy cows •were better represented. The supply of fat beasts were scarcely so large as the previous week, but there was an evident indisposition to buy except at a alight reduction on the previous week's rates. Sheep.—Scarcely bo largo a number as usual were yarded on Tuesday, at Newmarket. Bidding was brisk, and prices were at least 2s per head higher than last week. We quote fat Wethers from 183 to 26s Gd; mixed sexes, from 12a 61 to 18a 6rt. Pira were yarded in largo numbers, and prices ruled about 3d per lb. live weight.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

molefeL B a EetaU- Butter, fe.ll) 10-0 0* Milk anai-f n'^!_ Sn d s Best Dairies X 3-0 0 Bnt^Tlb l fc? « Butter, sU,lbO 8-0 10 Butter Salt n inZi n CaeoaeiltwaDO 6-0 6 Cheese (col.) o sin 8 Da, Cant 0 6-0 OJBggs.dozi ln n n Xgge,doz. 010-0 0 I*rd.ib o nlfliS £Sa,lb(tiDß)O 7-0 8 FowKeaoh 2 ti 0 Bacon andHanw, Ducka.eaoh 2 6-3 6 Provincial 0 7—olo Geese, each 5 o—7 n Canterbury Haras Turkeys .. 5 0-7 o and Bacon (In JSscon, It> .. 010—1 0 clolh) ~ 010H 0 Un.xm.lh ..10-13 Salt Batter, Canterbury and Wanganui, lb, M, Od Ordinary Fresh Batter i* rather more plenti ful, bat really first-class dairies can find pur- Bread, Id to IWpor 21b loaf , J«n»,perca»c,sdoz,27aCdto32B 6d.

Botchkr'b Meat. Retail. . . b. d. 8. d. Roaßtlngßeef 0 6toO 7 Hollingßeof g * — ° .? Mutton, hind-quarter.. .. -00 -0 « „ fore-quarter 02J — 0 3 Lamb, tore-quarter por quarter „ hind-quarter por quarter Pork and Veal 0 8-0 I Steaks — 06 — 0 o Chops and Sauaagoß .. •• •• JL B~J a^ Tallow best (wholesale)—mutton, SOfl; mixed, 228 to 853" flour Markkt. Wholesale. & B _ d Superfine Flour, silk dressed, perton.. 13 0 0 Fine Flour, ditto, household .. •• *; „ n Sharps (scarce), per ton ii n n Adelaide, por ton To n n Oamaru, per ton .. .. - .;; Mj ! Dnnedin, per ton .. .. ■• *"-Js 2Y, B'raMacScefpert^n (sackslncluded).. 7 0 0 Onliin Rrniui m • • .. lo U U Ontmnn.l .. .. •• »!* —" *" " Pearl Barloy, .. - •• •• *21—22 0 0 Hay and Corn Market. Wholosale. 8. d. a. d., JS a.a. £a. Maize* (Syd.) 3 G-0 0 Hay, mo'dow (Cm.) none ton pressed 5 o—o 0 ' (Kijn.) 3 0--0 0 Luoerno, do IJono (Coast) 3 0-0 0 Straw (load) 0 18—1 10 Oats .. ..2 0-2 3 Chaff .. ..4 10-5 0 Whoat (fowl) 3 6-4 0 Hay (oaton) 5 10-6 0 Potatoes: Looal, all used up. Canterbury (upward tendency), £1. Oamaru, £1 to &i ss. » Soarco. Retail. 8. d. 8. d. 9. a. a. (1. Maize, bushel 3 o—l 0 Lucorno. owt.7 6-8 0 Oats, ditto ..2 3—2 G Oaton, ditto 6 0-7 0 Bran, lOOlbs 0 o—7 0 Straw, ditto 3 o—l 0 Wheat (fowl) i 0-4 6 Chaff, ditto 5 6-6 0 Hay, owt. ..0 0-6 6 Potat'os.dltto 4 0-5 0 Seeds.—Retail. 8. d. s. d. b. d. s. d. Ryeirrasa ..5 o—6 0 Cocksfoot.bl.6 0-8 0 Italian.do. ..8 0-0 0 Trefoil. |b. 0 9-0 0 Red Clover.lbO 9-0 0 Ratstail, lb. 1 6-0 0 WhlteCloverl 1-0 0 Tlmotny.lb. 0 G-0 0 Alsyke, lb ..1 2-0 0 Lucerne,lb. 1 6-0 0 Cowgrasa, lbl 0-0 0 Rapo. lb ..0 5 0 0 Woolpaoks in quantity, 3s 3d to 3s Gd oaoh; corn sacks, 8a to 9a Cd por dozen. Fencing wire Nos. 6, 7. and 8, assorted. £16 10sto £17 por ton Building Materials. Timber.—Boards and Soantllng. 100 ft., best 11s 6d ; second class, 7s 6d ; best planed, tonguod and grooved, 13s 6d; second-class ditto. 9a Gd. Mills: Cargo, best, 8s 6d to Us 6d, socond-class, Is 9d. Baulk, 5s 6d to Gs 6d. New Zealand Palings, sft (sap), 10a: sft (heart) 13i; 6ft. 13a Tl-troe Rails, £210* to £3 10s per 100; Furiri Posts. £6 to £7; Shingles, 16s per 1,000; Hobart Town Paling, sft, 18s: 6ft, 20s: Hobart Town Rails, 90s. Buying nnd soiling quotatione. Bhicks (at vvhau.) 40s por 1,000; Town Yards £2 101: dolivor»d. £3. Drain pipes, per 100 (6 inches bore), 30s; 1 Inches, lls: 3 inohos 9s: 2 inches, £2 10s per 1,000; sockot glazed pipes, 18 inohoa 2a 6d por foot; 15 inohos, 2s por foot; 12 inchoi, Is 6d por foot; 9 inohos, Is per foot; 6 inches, Gd per foot; i incheH. iO. por foot. Lime, slacked. Is per bushol; quick lime In sack, is Gil to 2s. Kauri Gum and Flax Market. Gum is steady. The following sales have been effected since last Friday :—Good ordinary Kaipara and Whansarei at £30 to £32, VVai kato £25 to £28. Kast Coast, £35 to £15; recoipta for August, 370 tons. Flax.—trineat quality £ 21—£23 por ton FLAX.-Medlum .. .. 20 „ Tow - 12—U „ FCNaus 3id. porlb. Coal and Firewood Markkt. Coal.—Newcastle (ship's side), cargo 31s per ton; yard, 10a to 15s. Bay of Islands, at yards, 251 6d ; screened, 28a Od; ditto at the mine, 13s: ship's side, 23s 6d. Waikato, at mine, 5s ;In Auckland, 17s Ikl to 225; Taupiri, at mines, 6a Gd to 12s ;at yari?, 18a to 21b. Wangaret, at mine, 8a 6d; yard (steam), 17s; household, 225. Miranda, at yard (household), 18s; steam, 18s. Kamo (household), 28s, 30a delivered; steam, 235. Firewood.—Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 8a to gB per ton; delivered, 133 ; cut, lls to 163. Manures. Bonedust, £7 to £9 ; Peruvian, £18 ; Huon Guano, small lots, £8, bags inoludod; Mexican Guano, £5 to £10; Maiden Island Guano, £7 to £3; Super-Phosphate £9to£l

" Men shut thoir doors against a sotting sun," is l very remarkable saying, to b > found in "Timoniof Athena," and one of tho oracular utterances of tho atroat Bard ot Avon. Tho ex pression is a truism. Tho moment a thing deolines, it is dismissed from public favor. Let a man degenerate, and friendship closes Its hand against him, society taboos him, and ho is exorcised, as it were, from all his past associa tions. This contrary condition otthlnga Droves the high oateern and popularity of Udolpho Wolfe'a Schiedam Aromatio Schnapps. Tho gates of all tho marts of all the world aro open to it.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Closh as Undur :— This Day. For Whiiiangl, Talrua, Tauranga. and Opotlkl, per Glunulg, at i p.m. For Wangaroi Heads and "Wangarol, por Argyle, at I p.m. For <Wangarei Heada and Wangarel, per Waitaki, at 5 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Saturday. Ith inetant. For Walwera, Mahuraniri, Matak&na, Manga wal, Walpu, and Mangapal, por Rose Casey, at 10 a.in. For Samoa, por Mazoppa, at 11 a.m. For Friondly Island, per Cilednniu, at 11 a.m. For Hokianga, per Mowcnn, at 11 a.m; For Thames, per Rotomahaoa. at 11.30 a.m. For Rarotonga, por Norval, at 3 p.m. Monday, 6th instant. For Taranaki, Wanganui, and Wellington, per Rangatirn, at 8 sum. For Ijo vuka. por Meg Morrlllos, at noon For Russell, Kawakawa, Waugaroa, and Mon gonui. per louu, at i p.m. Tuesday, 7th instant. For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Wanaka, at 6 a.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, and Australian Colonies, per Rotomahana, at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Hth Soptomber. Por s.s. City ot Sydney as follows :— For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, Japan, and China, including Hongkong, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters bearing an extra fee ot sixpence, in addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the lime of sailing. Tnls mail will bo duo in London on Tuesday, October 6. Note, —A Post-offlca has boon established at Lake Takumma. Mails will be closed at this office evo'y Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8.15 a m.; and; will arrive erory Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 3.30 p.m. N.B.—The Waikato mails from Auckland to To Awamutn, hitherto closing dally at 7 a.m.. will in future be clojcd at 11 a.m.; return malls will bo received at 6.10 p.m. The Waikato mails, from Auckland to Ngarua wahia, hitherto closing daily at 3.15 p.m., will in future be clored at 7 p.m.; return mails will bo received at 9.15 a m. S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

Meetings, Entertainments, &c.

September 3, 1880. Theatre Royal—" Our Boys " (Llogards), 8 p m. V.M.C.A.—Lecture, " Serampor Carey nnd his compeers," by Key. A. W. Webb, 7.30 p.m. Masonic Hall, Oaehunga—Mr and Mrs Hart'a Drawing-room Bntertainment, 8 p.m. Temperance Hall—Pioneer Lodge, 7.30 p.m. Waitemata Hotel—Non-sooiety Shipwright's Meeting, 8 p.m. Prudential Assurance Society—Office of Mr Leers, Insurance Buildings, 7.30 p.m.

DEATH.

COLLINS.—Sarah Jane Collins, on tho Ist Inst.; aged 3 years and 3 months.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Censob.—You wl'l see by the report of tho Council yesterday that your opinion is now acted upon.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1880.

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

The cry of " Justice to Auckland " is so old, and has been so impotent for good, that the public ear in the North is scarcely less deaf, aud the public pulse hardly more responsive than the ears and heart of the South. The matter has lost its first freshness and has become almost a dry philosophical stwdy, in which speculation as to the amount of the colonial in debtedness to Auckland, occasionally gives rise to a little flutter of mild controversy with no practical result or prospect of result. Year after year passes by, yet the returns of Public Works expenditure for the past and estimates for the future' go heavily against Auckland. One or two newspapers say, " This is very wrong," and a member of Parliament or so re-echos the sentiment, and there is some recrimination, and the subject drops until another despoilment brings it up once more to go through the same process. In our public depart ments it is the same thing—Auckland is a subjugated country, and its people serfas, dragged at the chariot wheels. To be an Aucklander is to be damned in the eyes of the whole South. Our very officials, if here many years, come under the ban, and are ruthlessly sacrificed, on the first sound of reduction, to make loom for successors from the Happy Land where Southern breezes blow. The ciy of " injustice to Auck land " is still heard in the General Assembly, but is usually received with a kind of incredulous amused smile, which probably nothing would disturb short of the withdrawal of our repre-

sentatives in a body, and their refusal to sit in a House where their remon strances are treated with contempt. But it was probably with no view to so tragic a termination that Messrs Hurst and F. A. Whitaker introduced the subject last session, and endeavoured to establish the wrongs of Auckland, by statements shewing the extent of the injustice that has been inflicted upon the Provincial District in the ap portionment of the Public Works loans. It is not with any hope of being more successful in redeeming the dead past than they were that we draw attention to tho question now, but simply to settle the amount in which Auckland has been swindled through Southern predominance in tho House of Representatives and Southern ad ministration of tho Publio Works Department. Mr J. M. Clark, several months ago, mado a very careful review ot the Public Accounts and proved that Auckland Provincial District had been defrauded to tho extent of between £100,000 and £500,000. Wo propose now to furnish, for purposes of com parison, the calculation mado by Mr Hurst, fi-ora totally difforent premises, and it is surprising how closely the results tally.

Mr F. A. Whitaker, who also spoko on tho samo subject last session, con fined his remarks solely to the oxpon diture in tho North Island, and adopted tho population basis. Ho said, " The expenditure on railways in Auckland up to the present timo undor tho Public Works Act has been £1,005,000. Tho expenditure in Wellington, Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay has boon £2,841,069 —nearly doublo tho sum spent in tho province from which I como. Tho area of tho Province of Auckland is 17,000,000 acros; tho area of Wol! Hugton is 7,000,000 acres; of Tarn! naki, 2,290,000 acres; of HawW Bay, 2,950,000: making a total of 12,210,000 acres as against 17,000,000. Tho population of Auckland is 82,061 ; of Wellington, 51,009; of Taranaki, 9,403; and of Hawkes' Bay, 15,015 : tho population of the last threo pro vinces being altogether 75,547, and leaving a balance in favour of Auck land of 7,114 peoplo. Thus, in regard to both aroa and population, Auckland exceeds tho wliolo of tho rest of tho North Island put together, and it has recoived about half tho amount of monoy for expenditure on railways."

Tho basis taken by tho member for City Wost was a rovonuo ono, coin moucing with tho relativo positions of tho provinces when tho borrowing policy bogan, and continuing tho com parison up to date. In 1870-71 the contributions of tho several provinces to the colonial revenuo woro : Auckland, £201,000 ; Wellington, .£93,000 ; Can terbury, £132,000 ; Otago, £282,000. Tho history of tho following oight years in which the South managed to forco up its population and rovonuo and to forco Auckland down by comparison was very epigrammatically told, " Ono year it has been that wo want railways, and the next year wo want peoplo to make tho railways, and tho next year wo want to mako moro railways to give employment to tho people." And now, " what a con trast is presented in 1878-9, occasioned, beyond doubt, to a. great ox tent by tho importation of people and tho largo ex penditure on railways and other public works out of tho borrowed money ! Auckland contributed £318,000, Can torbury £475,000, Otago, £041,000, Wellington £375,000. But now that tho expenditure lias partially ceased, what does tho Customs revenuo for tho last three quarters show 1 Why, that Auckland is onlyslightlybeneathOtago, and in advance of both Canterbury and Wellington. Besides, in these thrco districts tho revenue is artificially in flated by an expenditure to maintain tho unemployed, whoreas in Auckland there is nothing of tho sort." Briofly stated tho results of Mr Hurst's arithmetical labours is that Auckland, on tho basis of population, has receivod £843,435 less than its share of tho £14,071,458 public works and immigration loans. The other provinces deficient are Can terbury, £281,721; Nelson, £230,484; Mariborough, £29,933. Tho provinces that havo received in excess nro Wel lington, £769,853 ; Otago, £112,939; Hawkes* Bay, £302,124; Taranaki, £142,864; Wcstland, £63,896. Leav ing the population basis, and estimating the loan division according to contribu tions to revenue, Mr Hurst shews un questionably that Auckland has received £497,893 less than its just share. Ho concluded : " A duty devolves upon tho House to do justico to those districts which have not participated in the largo expenditure of past years; a duty devolves upon tho Treasurer to devise some scheme whereby ho may either free the peoplo of those districts I refer to from taxation, or may impose upon those districts which havo enjoyed a large expenditure of borrowed money the burden of that expenditure."

Tho actual debt due by the colony to Auckland on Publio Works Account is, therefore,nob leas than half-a-million sterling. Tlria may be accepted as established beyond dispute. Will ie ever be paid ? We doubt it; but our representatives should at least see that the debt is made no greater, and that no money shall be borrowed Without the purposo3 for which it is to be applied being distinctly specified.

A CABLEGRAM received yesterdayannounces that the contest between the Jesuits and the French Government has ended as all thinking persons anticipated it would in the defeat of tho ecclesiastics. The fathers now promise to secularise their schools forthwith, and to abstain in future from all intermeddling with affairs political. Whether this pledgo will be kept remains to be seen. For our part, .we do not think it will. From time immemorial the Jesuits have used all their immense influence to intrigue for power, and it seems scarcely probable that a trilling persecution like the present will effect any material change. There can bo little doubt that though the Government of France has so far prevailed in the struggle, it has incurred considerable obloquy both from the friends of clericalism and from many of the more disinterested friends of freedom. The fact is tho expul sion of the priests was not -well managed, in more than one instance force had to be resorted to, and a good deal of sympathy was aroused on behalf of those roughly treated by the authorities. This rough treatment was undoubtedly a mistake. It gave the Catholic party a pretext for com plaint, and enabled them to appeal to the public for justice. " Tho Government," they uaid, " open the prison doors for the return of criminal Communists, while they expel peaceful and law-abiding citizens who have educated the greater number of those who founded, and now maintain, a Bound and wholesome Republic—can our teach ing, then, have been so much amiss ?" Tho position undoubtedly was strong, but not strong enough. The move moat was supported by a force which no prudent Government could decline to take account of the force of the French democracy, whose hostility to priestly iuiluence is deep-seated and ineradicable. The conduct of the Jesuits will now be jealously watched and it will, as the saying Is, take them all their time to defeat the vili"ance of their Gendamerie

Some months ago a party ot French viguerons made application to the' Auckland Waste Lands .Board for a suitable piece of land, upon which to commence the vine growing industry. They had made a tour of the North in search of a desirable selec tion, and after much trouble had succeeded in finding one most admirably adapted for all their requirements. This piece was indicated at the time the re-, quest was made, The members of th

Board were desirous of offering every possi ble encouragement for the establishment of the proposed iudustry, but unfortunately it was found that tho natives had a claim against the suggested ai'ea, and therefore it had to be reluctantly refused. However, a arant of land in the Bay of Islands district was given instead, and thither accordingly the grateful vignerons repaired with all possible expedition. On reaching the area set apart for them, they were dismayed to find it utterly unsuit able for their purposes, aud after having as sured themselves that there was no practic able moans of utilising it they returned to Auckland, The matter was duly repre sented to tho Board, and that body, after full deliberation, made a grant of 300 acres of " first-class " land on the borders of the Waikomiti highway district. Mr Larchcr, tho leadnr of tho party, wont up with the surveyor to examine it, He was shown au extent of fair land, and believing that it would suit ho. came backjto town, and made all the neces sary preparations for occupying it. The framework for cxtensivo viucries was con structed, timber for houses procured, furni ture and agricultural implements bought, and a valuable collection of vines, fruit trees and bushes obtained. With those tho party lett town for tho promised land. Uiotherand even more grievous disappoint ment than tho last awaited them. The land pointed out to M. Larcher turned out to be piivato property, whilo that granted by the Board was found out to be, not 300 but 600 acres iv extent, terribly rugged, aud of a strong argillapious soil. Deep ravinos intersected it in every part, and to add to all this thero was an impenetrable growth of scrub upon it. It was, in fact, a barren and irrccluimablo waste, almost inaccessible, and altogether useless for vino growing, After a two mouths' residonco upon it tho vigncrous have been obliged to relinquish thoir hopes, and to-day an advertisement appears in another column announcing tho salo of tho material. M. Larchor is admittedly one of tho best vignerons in theso colonies, and it is there fore highly unfortuunto for New Zealand that ho has not roooived more cordial assin- Uuico in tho establishment of his projected iudustry. Ho intends now to leave for America, but wo uudcrutaud that no would consent to niako another trial in this province if a favourable reservation of land wero mado to him. Wo hopo that ho will bo prevailed upon to make application oaco more to.the Wasito Lunds Board.

Wo have a telegram from Wellington stating that the Hero will leave Wellington to-morrow for Auckland, and will lca.vc Auckland again for Sydnoy and Mclboumo, via Lyttlcton and Wellington on Friday, the 10th.

Tho tcudor of Mr Keys, £180, for a church at North Kaukapaktipa, has been accepted by tho church committee

At tho ordinary monthly mooting of tho Otahuhu DiHtrict School Committee, huld yesterday (2nd September), Mr John Fair burn was nominated to lill tho vacancy in tho Board of Ediioatiou caused by the retire ment of Colonel llaultain.

The Kcv. Allen Webb will lecture this evening at 7.30 in the ltooma of tho Young Men's Christian Association, on "Scracn poro : Carey aud hisj compeors." Mr BloomhVld will bo present and render some excellent music.

Tho reports ot the Works and Finance Committees, published in our last iesue, wore adopted by tho City Council.

In view of the arrival of the Governor in this city on his way to Australia, tho City Council lias deputed tho Mayor and Town Clerk to draw up and present a farewe\l address, and with tho sub-Kinanco Com mittee to Ukc such other steps iv the matter as may bo dcenicd-dcsirablo.

The enquiry into tho arrest of Mr Samuol Brown by order of the captain of tho Ulimpso has boon completed before Mr Superinten dent Thompson, who made a careful and thorough invcH'igation of tho whole case. Tho result of the enquiry will have the ell'ect of preventing any similar occurrence in futuro, as preciso instructions have been issued for tho guidance of constables and oflicers in future. No person will be iucar ccratcd under the Vagrant Act, at least under such circumstances an those which caused Mr Brown's arrest, without reference either to Superintendent Thomson or Sub luspector Pardy.

Tho " Now Zealand Presbyterian Cliurch Nowa" fur the present month in not quite equal in strength of character to Bevoral previous numbers of this useful, religious, serial. A sketch of tho 'Prodigal son,'by Rev. D. W. Kunciman, of Ponsouby, and Canon Boll's essay on selfinlmess, nro cettaiuly tho host ot its articles. Tho nowg of tli's churches luivo several items of special interest for rcadors, particularly the letter referring to Dr. Somorville, who has been visiting tho beautiful cities and classical ruins of Ituly, wbero the veaerablo Doctor's lively appearauco, aud happy stylo of preaching, attracted an audioucc of 1,500 to 2,000 persons, which was remarkable iv such a country.

An extraordinary mooting of tho share holders of the New Golden Fall Goldmining Company was held at three o'clock yesterday in Mr Kandersou's oflicc, Mr Thomas Macky in tho chair. The following resolu tions were carried, on the motion of Mr Greenwood, seconded by Mr Parker: "That the directors bo empowered to let tho whole or any portion of the mine on tribute." On the motion of Mr Parker, seconded by Mr Nealo, " That the director! be recom mended to employ three or four men in prospecting the mine, and that not more than three Bixponny calls bo made before tho annual meeting." A voto of thanks to the chairman closed tho meeting.

At tho Crown Lands Board meeting letters were receivod from General Stoddard and Mr McKinney, of Katikati, with tho view of proving that they were eligible for Crown grants. The General stated that he was moro to be pitied than blamed. He had done his best to bring his acres into cultivation under disadvantageous circumstances. The General's statement was received in a favourable light, and left to the ranger, Mr Hill, to further report upon. Mr McKinney urged in his favour that he had made a good fence, which he hoped tho Board would regard as an improvement. Tho Board decided that Mr McKinney should endeavour to cultivate a larger area of land, when his claim might meet with favourable consideration.

Some weeks ago the City Council invited tenders for the supply ot now uniforms to the men of the Fire Brigade. Six were received, but as it was represented that a larger number would bo obtained if an extension of timo were allowed, it was resolved to return the tenders unopened, and re-advortise the Corporation require ment. This course was pursued, and the result ii that the number of tenderers have dwindled down to threo, viz. : J. D. Phillips, £3 2s 3d per uniform; J. Alwinger, £3 5a Gd per tunic, and 25s additional per pair of trousers; and S. Coombcs, £3 16s*9d per uniform. Phillips' tender was ac cepted.

George Henry Shepperaon, the man with three wives, was charged this morning with threatening Mary Ann Featon, and was bound over to keep the peace. The charge of bigamy will probably be preferred against the prisoner, as soon as the neces sary witnesses can be procured. The certificates of Shcpporson's several mar riages were in Court, and will be produced in evidence at the propor timo. His mar riage with Lucy Jackpou was solemnised in tho parish church of Bottesford, Leicester shire, England, on tho 3rd March 1862; his marriage with Mary McGuirc on the 20th June 1864, at the Alexander-street Primitive Methodist Chapel, by the Hey. Joseph Long ; and hia third certificate shows that ho was married on tho 6th of December 1879, to Mary Ann Featon, at tho office of the Auckland Registrar. The unfortunate man seomod to feel his thorny position, and that he had too many wives by two for his peace of mind. He arguod that he had borne a fair character, but was the creatnro of circumstances ; he had .'even written Lucy's epitaph, was creditably informed that Mary was dead, and lived in tho sweet faith that Sarah Ann was his only partner for life.

This month's number of the St. Sepulchre's " Parish Magazine " is of unusual interest to the parishioners. In addition to much readable matter in the way of stories, poetry, and a sermon, ifc'contains a great deal of local information. A good tribute is paid to the memory of William Henry Allright, one of the parishioners, and for merly a teacher in the Sunday-school, who was drowned at the Kaiparalast month; and the death of .Jane Fernandez, one of the scholars, is recorded. Only £10 9s lOd is re quired now to make up the necessary sum before beginning the new church. During the month there was a meeting of the Sun day-school Teachers' .Union, when Messrs Judd and Ewington read esssys ou Sunday scho->l work. The magazine records that a good number of teachers attended from the various schools, and an epitome of Mr Judd's paper is given, while an epitome of Mr Ewington's is promised for next month. The next meeting of the Union will take place at St. Sepulchre's on the 13th inst., when Mr T. K. Davis will conduct a model class before the assembled teachers. The magazine contains a very detailed accouut of the Church anniversary services on the 26th ult., and a tabulated list of [services and meetings for the current mouth.

Thn " Liverpool Daily Post" states that the movement for the establishment of a university college for Liverpool ia likely soon to be crowned with success. The amount required is £80,000, and of this sum £60,000 have been subscribed, to which Lord Derby contributes £10,000, Mr W. Kathbono "£IO,OOO, Messrs Grant, of Kockferry, £10,000 ; Colonel A. H. Browne and Messrs Crossfield (between them), £10,000. , A meeting of the unemployed was held on the Albeit Barrack Reserve, at 2. 30. o'clock this afteruooD, thirty men and ten boys being present. It was raining smartly at "the time, and the convener, Mr Garrad, therefore proposed a adjournment till to-morrow at 2 p.m. The motion was car ried unanimously. It was also resolved to request the attendance of any of the instru nicutal bands which may wish to advance the cause. One of tho apprentices on the barque Scottish Lassie was injured yesterday afternoon by falling down tho hold of that vessel. Sdme Jdifllculty was experienced in obtaining medical assistance, bat eventually i,ko services of Dr. Ecclos were obtained.

To the Editor : Sir,—At la9t the aristo fatic suburb of Bevonport is to be endowed ith a puolic recreation ground. For .this blessing wo may thank Messrs Hurst and Wood, who, we believe, "eu passant," are to be regaled with pork and potatoes, Maori fashion, ad libitum, for tho service. Although the Education Board has leased it for pastoral purposes wo anticipate no diffi culty in getting it handed over at once, as tho lessees aro so well-known for their generosity and desire to further the in teroats of tho district, that there can bo no doubt they will be only too happy to give up their claims for the public benefit, thereby gaining tho blessings of tho whole com munity. Surely when Dcvonpovt has such patriotic and disinterested men, although it may not bo the most aristocratic suburb—as we beliovo that honour has been already claimed by Mr Tolo tor Mount Eden, an as sertion wo havo not tho slightest intention ot disputing, tho society up there being a little too oxclusivo for the liberty-loving re sidents of this placo—yet we still possess a few moii with tho bump of disinterestedness largely developed.—l am, &., GUI BONO. Tko model of a monster iloatiug railway station has iusfc boon made by Messrs I'almcr's Shipbuilding and Iron Company, J arrow, from tho plans of one ot their <lmu«htHiiiei>. Tho idea consists in con necting England with tho French capital by railway, tho iloatiug station being so constructed as to carry trains across the Channel at tho rate of 14 knots per hour, thus minimising sea-sickness, and obviating the necessity of unloading goods. Each train would provido accommodation for 2,000 pasaeugere. The model has boon forwarded to London for the purpose of being thoroughly examined by the Admi ralty officials. The meeting of A Battery Artillery to elect a sub-lieutenant, in consequeuco of the informality which had rendered Mr Peace's election void, was held last night. Captain I'ayno presided, and explained that the regulations required the examination of a new officer to take place withiu six months after tho election. Mr Peace's examination took place just one day beyond the required time, and Colonel l'icrco, in consequence, declared tho election xoid. Sergeant-Major Ausell thou proposed that Mr Peace be elected sub-lieutenant of the company; QuartormosterSorgcantlleighway seconded. Gunner Hendersou proposed Mr Birnie ; se conded by Bombadier G. Leigh. The pro posers of the candidates were appointed scru tineers, and a ballot was taken, which re sulted as follows :—Peace, 42; Birnie, 33; majority for Peace, 9. Tho result was re ceived with cheers. Mr Peace returned thanks, and said that his majority was one greater than on the last occasion. Gunner Henderson also thanked those who had voted for him. Major Burns said ho re gretted to learu that some members ot the force had communicated secretly to Colonel , l'icrco on the subject. If such au act of insubordination should occur again, he would caußO the names of the offenders to bo erased from the roll. All communica tions must pass through Captain Payne and himself. However, tho election having resulted as it had done, he would allow the matter to drop, lie might inform them that Colonel Pierce, being a thorough soldier, had merely torn their communica tion up. lie would not receive it in that way. He was quite satisfied Captain Payno would forward any complaint they had to make. Lieutenant Norrio spoke, urging unity iv tho corps, and the meeting then terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

To the Editor : Sir,—The writer ot your sub-leader, who has honoured me with a reply—nut answer—to my strictures on his assertion that man is not responsible for his belief, discusses tho subject as if we were beings of pure intellect, forgettiDg that we arc creatures of prejudices and passions, of iikea aud dislikes. Were intellect alone concerned, I daresay he would bo right. Hud we, for example, only mathematical problemsl to denl with it, the evidence were sufficient, and where there was sulli cieut intellect to comprehend, it would force conviction. Well do I remember tho delight experienced when first studying euclid as tho demonstrations carried conviction and tho truth of the propositions appeared indubitable. To have doubted or dis believed would have been impossible, The belief was, as Dr Carpenter says, "an automatic action." But when we leave the region ofpurointeljectandenterthedomain of morals and religion, tho case is entirely changed. _A third clement is now introduced that exercises a powerful influence with respect to the conclusions arrived at. intellect and evidence were alone concerned iv the first case ; in tho second, a disturb ing or blinding element is at work that tends to disqualify the mind for rightly appreciating the evidence presented ; and it is lutile for anyone to say that he is not responsible for the particular moral con dition that affects his judgment, and therefore, for the conclusion arrived at. What ia said about Mussulmans, America, and so forth, is beside tho mark, and I can scarcely think that the writer considers it "ad rem." His sentiment that called forth my observations was made with reference to prevailing scepticism, and anythiug not bearing on tliat does not touch the question. Paley or Buttler also will not help him. God has not left us without worship of the truth of his* revelation, and these men bavo placed that evidence, direct and pre sumptive, clearly before us ; but those who will look at it through the medium of a dis tempered moral nature arc not likely to see its force. —I am, &c, Fjdks.

Professor Fraser delivered the last of his series of lectures on phrenological subjects last evening in tho Temperance Hall. The attcndanco~was large and respectable, in cluding many ladies. The subject was, " How to make a good Head." The lecturer, in his opening remarks, said a good head is not necessarily a beautiful head, and tho question was, have wo any power in assisting to make a good head ? aud he wont on to assort, from phrenological facts, that men possess the power in n great measure towards the formation of a good head. We arc free to increase any musical power by action, and in like manner we aro free to cultivate any brain organ. All the faculties aro given for definite purposes ; take away any single faculty, and the nun is no longer a man. Out of the perversion of good faculties come thefts and vices which make bolts and bars neces sary. He contended that tho proper uses of intellectual and moral power are within tho province of mau—he can either increase or decrease the different faculties. He illus trated this natural truth in a picture of a flower, traced from its gcrrn-aced, and the old story ot the wheat which had slept in the hand of a mummy through thou sands of years, but when exposed to outer influences, the light of the sun and air came lorth, and taught tho world what kind of wheat the Kgyptians used three thousand years ago. Just so with tho human faculties, tho inner prin ciples must bo evolved by outer forces; the spirit|rules the man, and so, in the language of Shakespeare :

To thino own boH be truo, And it must follow, as tho night tho day, Thou canst not thon bo falso to any maD.

If a man wants a good head ho has only to train all his faculties in duo proportion, but it is best to begiu in early lite. The process was illustrated at length from infancy through the several stages of life, inter spersed with apt anecdotes from the lecturer's experience. A man has the power, if he choose, to put his foot, bo to speak, upon tho weaker points of his organisation, stamp out his vices, and say, "I will bo a man/ aud by persevering efforts ho will assuredly conquer, and his life bo all tho happier. Every man and woman is continually making in his mind a picture gallery of supreme boauty, or a chamber of horrors, in which tho soul dreads to bo alono. The lecture was excellent throughout, conclud ing with tho laureate's philosophical poem of tho "Golden Year," whioh might be taken as an index to tho spirit of the.whole. Several gentlemen put themselves undor the lecturer's hands for examination. Among these were Mr S. Coombes aud Mr Herbert 11. Smith, which were pronounced to b3 strictly correct. Mr Smith, however, objected to be compared to a chattering bruok, as he was rather an euergetic worker, and decidedly of a mechanical and inven tive turn of mind. Professor Fraser an nounced that he would, in accordance with tho general wish of his friends, give a lec ture on tho " Religion of Phrenology," dato to be announced in the Star and other journals.

Scintillations.

"Ec brief; for, it is with words as With sun beams ; tho moro they aro condensed, the deoper they burn."-30UTHKY.

PETEONEk was struck out of all engage ments at Goodwood. The Customs Duty collected at Lyttelton during August were £18,182. The new reservoir at Oamaru was opened yesterday. The Wellington Hospital Inquiry will pro bably close this week. The American colt Troguois, carried off the Tindon Stakes at Goodwood.

Miss Fanny Huddard, a once well-known and popular vocalist, is dead. A faint heart never won a fair lady, but a faint whisper often catches her. Mr Isaac Seaman has retired from the editorship of "Public Opinion/ after a connection of 17 years. Freckles are not so bad. It is said that one girl does not object to seeing them on another girl's face. Says a French critic: " 1 like a girl before she gets womanish, arid a woman before she gets girlish." Count Sztaray's Gamiani, a filly by Cam buscan—Grand Duchess, won the North German Derby at Hamburg. There isn't much difference between a grass-widow and a grasshopper, after all. Either will jump at the first chance. In some respects the gentler sex far sur pass us. No man, for instance, can deliver a lecture with a dozen pins in his mouth. The " fifteen " puzzle has been given to the Maori prisoners at Lyttelton, to keep them quiet. Tho Christchurch Board of Education doos not propose to reduce it teachers' salaries till December.

The supporters of Mr P. K. McCaughan, M.H.R., for Riverton, have invited him "lo a banquet. Leave has been given to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Rhodes v. Rhodes.

Captain Purris, of the Danro, considers tho Wellington Naval Brigade a very line lot of men.

One-sixth more space has been allotted to New Zealand at the Melbourne Exhibi tion,

Captain Ellis, for 20 years Collector of Customs in Southland, retires, and is suc ceeded by Mr Barrie, late lauding waiter at Port Chalmers.

The Inter-Varsity match at Lord's en ded in a victory for Cambridge by 115 runs, Score :—Oxford, 132 and 151; Cambridge. 100 and 232.

Mr Carrard, who is getting up the un employed agitation, wishes it stated that he is not answerable for the man going about ringing a bell to-day. Tho man had no in structions whatever from him.

" How could you think of calling auntie stupid? Go to her immediately and tell her that you are sorry." Freddy goes to auntie and save, " Auntie, I am sorry you aro so stupid." Old Mrs Rothschild, when 97, once said to her physician, " Doctor, you must keep me up for three years moro at least; it would be discreditable for a Rothschild to go offuudcr par." Inval, beaten a head by Mycena> in tho Northumberland Plate, won the Queen's Guineas at Winchester, beating, among others, Favo, who lauded a similar cvcßt on Newcastle Town Moor.

Some leading members of the South Australian Jockoy Club have, it is said, de termined that the Adelaide Cup shall be tho principal turf event of Australia, and have resolved to givo 2,000 sots, next year. A word-rate of lls lOd per word hoa been introduced by the Indo-European Telegraph Company for messages between New Zea land and England. The previous scale was somewhat complicated, aud expensive for short messages. Those old opponents, Notts and Yorkshire, contended at Trent Bridge Grounds in the first week of July, when " the Lambs" were victorious by two wickets. Score :— Yorks, 6G and 84; Notts, 98 and 53 for eight wickets. Twickenham on July 2nd was the scene of a match between the Canadians and the Orleans Club. The visitors did not play well, and wezc defeated in one innings by twenty-four runs. Score : —Canadians, 57 and GO ; Orleans Club, 171.

A million copies of the Book of Common Prayer are, says the " Quarterly Review, priuted every year, for use at home aud in Jl.er Majesty's foreign possessions. It has also been translated into more than GO different languages. The correspondent of the "Areus" at Temora says: " I would strongly urge upon young men not to leave their situations to go to Temora. Hundreds are still arriving daily at tbo rush from all parts of the colonies, and a contingent of miners arrived this week from Auckland."

A terrible pamphlet has appeared on the tobacco question. We arc reminded that £14,000,000 sterling per annum is spent on this virtual poison, and that dreadful diseases are solely due to its malignant properties. Cancer of the lip is, of course, enumerated among other fell evils, and, ac cording to the writer, we are, as a nation, in great peril of blindness. An American legal periodical says, that a judge recently stated that a person applied to him for some jury work to do. His physician had told him he must not use his mind, and it seemed to him that if he could sit upon a jury he would have an excellent opportunity of resting from mental labour. Was the would-be juryman re cently from New Zealand ? An Awful Crammer.—Proprietor of boarding-house (takiug stout guest aside) : You'll excuse mo Mr Sharpset, but your appetite is so large .that I shall be com pelled to charge you a shilling extra. It can't be done at two shillings! Diner: No ! For heaven's sake don't do that 1 I can cat two shilling's-worth easy; but if I have to do three—l really—'afraid I should—but I'll try.—"Punch."

An Irishman lately went to his priest to make a confession of his sins, amongst others ho confessed to the theft of some hay, at the same time acknowledging his sense of the great sin he had committed. On the priest inquiring the quantity stolen, Paddy replied, " Well, you may as well put it down as the whale stack, for mo and my missus manes to take the other half on the first dark night." A little exuberance over an election with* out opposition is pardonable, but it is a bad sign when it takes the form of bouncing persons who are in any way subject to us. Treating them to champagne is a more amiable manifestation. Councillor Oiler should remember this. Tho ratepayers do not ask their representatives to do nigger drivers' work. The debate iv the Council yesterday showed that tho Mayor and a majority of the Councillors are conscious of what is due to their own dignity and self respect, ns well as to that of tho public oilicers under their direction.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A mekting was held this afternoon in the offices, Wyndhatn-street. Presout: Messrs Moat (chair), Luke, May, Prime, Darga villc, His Worship the Mayor, and Mr O'Siillivan, Inspector of Schools.

Minutes.—The minutes of the last meet ing were confirmed. Executive Committee's Repobt.—The following report was submitted and passed : —The Committee authorised acceptance of the tender of Gavin. Shanks, jun., £23, for the completion of fencing the school ground at Kaukapakapa.—The Committee granted one week's extension of time for comple tion of the contract for the teacher's dwell ing at Puketo. —They also recommend that, as Mr Keycs has failed to complete the contract bond within the specified time, the next lowest tender (Alexander Watson, £536) be accepted for the erection of .school building at Mangaro.

Inspector's Keport. —This report, which has been printed, was ordered to be sen t to the teachers of the district, in accor dance with the rules.

GRANTS.—Several applications were re ceived for the erection of school buildings, which were held over.

Dr. Campbell.—The resignation of Dr. Campbell was recoived, but was informal. —The Chairman considered it would be better if Dr. Campbell's membership could be continued, if his stay in England would not be very long.—His Worship moved that a telegram be sent to Dr. Campbell, at •Sydney, with an expression of regret at the loss of his valuable services, and if he would pormit the retention of his name, the Board would grant him an extended leave of absence.—This resolution met with the unanimous approval of tho Board. The Board then rose.

AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET.

Septembbr 3,1880. Hauk oC Now Zealand—Buyers, £20153 National Bank—6os; sellers, 60s Colonial Bank—Buyers, 46s 6d N.Z. Insurance - 61s 6d; buyers, 02s Cd National Insurance—Sellers, 28s N.Z. Loan and Mercantile—Sellora, £5 12s 6d Auckland Gas—buyers, £915s Union Sush and Door- £6 ; sellers, £0 5s Thames—Sellers, 30s Hay of Islands Coal Co.—Buyers, £7 Mosnataiari—Buyers, 60s Auckland Timber Co —Buyers 95s Alburnia—39s, <10s; sellors, 10a Calodonian—Sellers, 28a Koranui Hill—Buyers, 9s; sellers, 98 3d North Devon—Buyers, 19s Golden Calf (oall paid)— Buyers, 6s 6d JOSEPH NEWMAN, Chairman,

CABLEGRAMS.

EUROPEAN.

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The August "Wool Sales.

LONDON, Sept. 1.

At the wool sale to-day 8,500 bales were offered, making a total of 121,800 catalogued since tho opening. There was firm and active demand for nearly all classes of wools. Commercial. Consols remain unchanged at 97£. New. Zealand securities are firm at last quotations. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, remains at 445; Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 47s Gd ; Adelaide flout, ex warehouse, 34s Gd ; Aus tralian tallow is unchanged. Large withdrawals ofgold are being made from thfc Bank of England for North . America; Australians v. Hastings. The cricket match, the Australians v. the eighteen of Hastings, was resumed and concluded to-day. The Home team went in for their second innings and scored 176. Palmer bowled well and took 7_ wickets. The Australians commenced their second iunings, but want of time prevented its completion. The match is therefore drawn, the Australians having 176 runs to make. The Anniversary of Sedan. BERLIN, Sept, I. A proclamation has been issued by the Emperor to the German nation, recalling the tenth anniversary to-morrow of the surrender of Sedan. His Majesty urges the people to train vigorously for war through out tho States, as a means of guarding Fatherland in future days.

Ayub Khan Apologetic

General Roberts' Demands his Unconditional Sur render.

CALCUTTA, Sept. 2.

Further intelligence has been received from Kandahar regarding the negociations which were commenced between Ayub Khan and General Roberts. The former wrote a letter in an apologetic tone, saying he had been forced into hostilities with the British. General Roberts replied demanding the surrender of all prisoners and the uncondi tional submission of Ayub. These terms ho would not accept. Ayub is now entrenched at Umsajah, and has partly forced on hostilities Avith our troops. The Bribisli Attack. CALCUTTA, September 1. Later intelligence has just been re ceived from Kandahar that a difficulty has arisen, and the negotiations for peace have been broken off. General Roberts has decided to attack Ayub Khan at Arghandab to-day. Kyber Pass Probably Aban doned. LONDON, August 24. General Donald Stewart is evidently retiring with his army to Lundi Kotal, and even Kyber will perhaps be abandoned. Eetention of Kandahar. An agitation has commenced in England in favour of the retention of Kandahar by the British. The Tichborne Case. Permission has been granted to the Tich borne claimant to appeal lo the House of Lords agaiDst the recent decision of the Court on the writ error. Jean Luie's Statement. Nobody credits Luie's statement that since his release ho has been able to produce evidence that the claimant landed at Mel bourne from the Osprey. Sara Bernhardt.

LONDON, August 26,

At a banquet given at Copenhagen to Sara Bernhardt, the well-known actress, the German Minister pro posed the toast of France, and Sara Bernhardt. In replying, she said aho hoped the toast included Alsace and Lorraine. Great confusion ensued, the Danescheeringthesentimeßt. M.Theimuer, of the French Legation, then spoke of the former intimate relations between France and Denmark. Renewed confusion thcre upou ensued, and the chairman left the chair. The Germaa Government have directed their Minister to take leave of absence.

Positions of our Troops.

LONDON, August 23,

Thn British troops now occupy various strategic positions in the Kyber Pass, between* Peshawur and Jella labad. General Gough is in command of the garrisons in the Pass. A recent despatch contains information of the fight between a strong body of the enemy at Kuchamudan Post in Kyber Pass, and the British. The enemy were repulsed after a sharp engagement with the loss of 100 killed, and a large number wounded. The British loss was trifling. Daring Thefc A daring theft has been perpetrated at the Military Barracks at Bacagher. The stores were broken open during the night, aud a large number of rifles stolen. No clue has been obtained as to the persons concerned in the robbery, but it is generally understood that the thieves arc Fenians, and the weapons stolen are intended for aggressive acts of disloyalty. The English Prisoners. News has been received from the pri soners taken by Ayub Khan when he sur prised and defeated General Burrows' bri gades. It was feared they were massacred by Afghans, but Colonel Macline has com municated the fact that ho and other pri soners have been well treated by their captors. Obstruction in Parliament. In the llof.se of Commons when the vote for police purposes, in Committee of Sup port, came on, obstruction was offered by the Irish members who combined to prevent the vote from passing. The obstructing members averred that the police force in Ireland had been employed to assist unjust landlords in trampling upon the rights and liberties of the Irish tenantry. They strongly denounced the conduct of the police and authorities in connection with the recent disturbances. Mahommed Pasha. August 25. Mahommcd Pasha, one of the reactionary party in Turkey, who has persistently op posed all outside interference with Turkish affairs, and was some months ago dismissed from the position of one of the Sultan's ad visers, has been again summoned by the Sultan to his Council. "Wool Market. The wool market is weaker, and priceß show a tendency to decline. Sir Charles iDilke. LONDON, August 27. The physicians attending Sir Charles Dilke report that he is suffering from au abscess, and that his gout has not been im proved. Bioting at Bustchuk. A cable from Constantinople states that serious rioting has taken place by the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Rustchuk on the Danube. The riots were quelled by the Roumanian soldiery, but not without terrible slaughter.

AUSTRALIAN.

Irkutsk's special cablegrams.]

The Speaker of the Victorian

Assembly.

MELBOURNE, this day,

In tho Legislative Assembly last night, the Speaker (Mr Lalor) read a paper con troverting the views expressed by tho Governor in replying to an address-iu reply regarding the transaction of business before the speech had been delivered. The discussion of Mr Lalor's statement was adjourned. MELBOURNE, Friday. The Government has decided to issue the balance of two millions of the last authorised loan of five millions on the London Market in the middle of October. Acts of the 3Mew Ministry. MELBOURNE, September 2. Mr Ford has been re-appointed by the Berry Ministry, and Mr Green, Resident Engineer, has been dismissed. Further retrenchments are taking place in tho navy, and the local artillery will shortly be abolished. Arrival of the Duke of Man chester. ADELAIDE, this day. The Orient Company's steamship Sorata has arrived from Plymouth, The Duke of Manchester is a passenger by her, '

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, f GRAHAMSTOWN, thiuday.W The Caledonian looked improved in th^ low level nearly underneath the old rW «c S gold. a Boot of The Albumia has slightly improved Nothing else fresh. "'Proved. A complimentary soiree to Mr Speight. I M.H.It., has been arranged on his return ' at which Sir Geo. Grey is expectedti attend, in recognition of his services re th* M Thames Valley railway vote. HAMILTON, this day I A poor woman, named Bainstable wan found yesterday by Constable Murray'lyka in her house in a Btate of unconsciousness H from brutal usage by her husband. Medical attendance was at once summoned, aud the constable then proceeded to search for the-; offender. Ultimately he discovered him hiding in the tfct-ree, and took him intl custody, 'uro QHINEMUTU, this day. The son of the great chief Potitai was buried yesterday. There was a great tanm after which over 300 native chiefs held a meeting re the vexed matter of Obinimnt« Hotel. Attention, was directed to the tele, gram published by the "N.Z. Herald'V few days ago, alleging that the native owner had given Mr Robert Graham notice to qnh Lake House. It was resolved that the author's name should be demanded of tb* editor of the "Herald." The meeting con firmed the gift of laud whereon the hotel is erected to Mr Robert Graham for ever

WELLINGTON, this *» ■

THE PROPERTY TAX.

The new schedule of the Property Tax was settled to-day. Owing to a delay in the issue, the time of the return would probably extend to the middle of October Mr Dick did not go to-day. He remains to form a quorum of the Executive, to sweai in the acting Governor.

(PER UIUTJSU IMIKSS ASSOCIATION.) ;

CHRISTCHURCH, this day. It is proposed to form a Sickness and Accident Mutual Assurance Association for New Zealand, the head office to be at Chtistchuich. Messrs L. E. Nathan, Geo King, and It. Wilkin have consented to act as trustees. W. Charters was electefl manager. Judge Johnston leaves for Wellington to day, to swear in the Chief Justice as Officer Administering Government. A boy, named Wallace, cnly sixteen years old, has been admitted to the Hos pital in a comatose condition, from drink ' iog a great portion of a bottle of brandy. He is lying in a very precarious condition," EXTRAORDINARY DEATH. The boy Wallace, who drank the greater part of a bottle of brandy, died in the hospital this morning. The police are inquiring into the circumstances under ' which he obtained the brandy. The Middle Park Co.'s stallion King of Clubs arrived safely by the Rotomahana from Melbourne in splendid condition. OAMARU, Thursday. An accident happened to the express train from the North, to-day. On account of * horse being on the line, the cow-catcher caught the animal, but did cot throw it off * and the engine left the metals, requiring- lh an hour and a half to replace it. The train did not arrive at Oamaru till 5 o'clock, j INVERUARGILL, this day. Mr McCaughan is to be entertained at , a banquet at Winton by a portion of hig constituents in recognition of his services to the Forest Bill tramway. Bro. Caldwell, of Dunedin, opens » Mark Mason's lodge here next week. Another reef was struck a mile west of Port Long WooL J. P. Joyce, ex-member for Wallace, w- !f . I ceived a requisition to stand for WaikaifuSw H. Feldvrick, late member for Invercargtll, has also been communicated with, but declined.

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Before X.. C. Barstow Esq., R.M.jg|| A LITTLE LAMB. Constable Collis, while on his beat lasti;,' night, observed something lying by^tluH pavement side in Queen-street. On raising*^ it, a voice issued from what appeared to be :; a bundle of rags : " What are ye 'bout wi ■■>.: Annie Lamb : she's drunk, she is.";*' Fined 5s and costs. A FREAK. Margaret Freak, astoutjolly woman, vi& -> her face wreathed with smiles, was charged ' under the Vagrant Act with using obsoeSiH language in Wellesley-3treet,on the nightOTM the 2nd inst. ]*m \ Fined 40s and costs or one month's im« :: prisenment. YOUNG SCAMPS. Daniel Moor and Edward Holt weve ■? charged with absconding from the Naval *; Training School, oa the 30th inst. The boys pleaded guilty, and on the ap- - plication of Sub-Inspector Pardy, werera- •■'■ i manded until to-morrow. .1 STRIKING A FATHER. John McMahon pleaded guilty to strik* ■ ing and kicking his father, Franeii •-- McMahon, on the 31st August. ; Mr McMahon said he wished to withdraw , the charge ; but as this was not tbe first offence of the kind, the Court could notl ' listen to the father. One months' imprisonment with hard: :'.. THE GOLD KING. Thomas Horam was charged with ob taining a gold ring, value £2, by falsa* pretences, of George Peebles, at Auckland,': on the 2nd inst., with, intent to defraud. Prisoner pleaded not euilty. >iS , George Peebles deposed, that being in want of a little money, he called upon Mr";■ Bart, the pawnbroker, and pledged his gold ring for 10s 6d, but unfortunately, he lost v the ticket. He called again at Mr Hart's, but found that some man in the meantime had redeemed it. R. Levy deposed that he was assistant to _ Mr Hart. The prisoner called yesterday morning with the ticket, aud said he had ' purchased it of the owner for 2s'6d, and wished to release it. Constable Strathearn said lie received in formation, and suspected the prisoner. He ' found the ring upon him. He said he . picked up the ticket in the street, and think ing it worth having, took the ring out.; One month's imprisonment with hard^ A CARELESS MOTHER. Mary Ann Biddick was charged \nw , neglecting to pay towards the support of her children in the Industrial School—ar rears £10 10s. '^aSH Sub-Inspector Pardy said prisoner, who ' was a strong, hearty woman, had made no ■ effort towards the support of her children. She was leading a life of vice and infamy, r and the public were keeping her children; Prisoner, who treated the matter with -' indifference, agreed topay'2os by to-morroW| -'~:(, at noon, or in default two monthB 1 imprison ment. THE MA.N WITH A TBIO OF WIVES. '■ ■<■ . George Henry Shepperson was cnarged |j:j] with threatening to injure Sarah Adn,!'i Fcaton, his latest wife/on the2Bth August. ■■\m Sub-Inspector Pardy stated the circum- . stances in a few words. .*'* Sarah Ann Featon deposed to" being married to the prisoner on the 6th ot De cembnr, 1879, but finding that he had other j wives, and, being frequently threatened, she left him on the 18th August. On hear- ing that his former wife was living, she was i>t. naturally unhappy with another womans j ■;<. husband. Words ensued, and he threatened to smash her face, and poison her food. She retired to a cottage at Onehunga. The prisoner found her out and threatened not ,S only to smash her face, but to smash up her ; j home. To prisoner : Have known you six years. I might have taken moonlight flirt*, but : what of that ? Prisoner: I don't want to expose your cape re. Sergeant Greene deposed that he was sent for by Mrs Featon, as her husband was-, likely to do her grevious bodily harm. Mo' ,.f went down. Prisoner was in a threatening attitude, and the woman was trembling with fear, He tried to restore peace between them. William Smith, Settler of Papakura, deposed that he knew prisoner, who was his p brother-in-law having married Mrs Smiths || sister; ho was at the marriage feast. .■ l Jiisoncr's wife was now living in Sydney.';; He was keeping prisoner's children (cer tilicate of marriage produced). Prisoner: I don't deny that I was mar- ~ ricd to Mrs Smith's sister. I wish to call several witnesses, and especially »r Wayland, in respect of the last marriage. My second wife's sister at Newmarket told >| me that Mary was dead. ~ M His Worship : You are not charged wittt bigamy at present, but may yet have that pleasure. Prisoner : I have been too good to this woman. His Worship: I have only to deal with : the present charge now, and must order you to find sureties to keep the peace ? , towards Mary Ann Featon, and all Her .jj| Majesty's subjects, for the space of >}* months, yourself in £40, and two sureties in >. i £20 each, and to pay costs, £12a 9d. ;

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR FBIDAY. SEPTEMBER a.



Special Advertisements. riLOTHING AND DRAPERY SEASONABLE AND CHEAP. AT EUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN'S. Partlcnlar attention Is directed to the following lines :— BLANKETS, ALL SIZRS 10 inoh Heavy White Twill Sheeting, at la per FUR MUFF 3in variety, and to be cleared at half-price NEW FANCY WOOLLEN GOODS—Squares, Polkas, Sec, to be cleared off cheap New Galoon Dress Trimmings, bought a Job, and to be cleared at less than quarter wholesale prices Girls', Maids', and Ladies' ULSTERS A Job Lot of Ladies' Alpaca Umbrellas, at 2s 6d FLANNELS, from 9d par yard "Winter Homhby—A large varioty Girls' and Women's, Plain and Striped, Ud per pair, New Costume Cloths »■' A line of Homespsn at 7Jd per yard Carpet Bags, cheap A. Job Lot of Boys Inverness Capes, very cheap Gents' Waterproof Tweed Overcoats Men's Flannel Undershirts, our own mako, 3a 9& Boys' Black Cloth Trousers, a Job lino, to be cleared at 6s 9d per pair MEN'S HOSIKKY, very cheap A strong line of Worsted, half hose, Is per pair Clothing and Drapery Goods of every description, at very reasonable rates, andsper cent (la in the £U DISCOUNT allowed off at DASH I'ur.ihatcs of 20s and upwards. RUS HBROOK & BRIDGMAN, UNCTION DRAPERY WAKE HO USE Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel, Upjper Queen-street, Auckland. FTIHE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY'S GARMENTS FOR MEN'S AND,BOYS' WEAR Fit Better :: Ark Better Cut Look Better it Are Better Made > Wear Better :: Are Better Shrunk And therefore give more satisfaction than any other goods offered to the public. Testified to by their Thousands of Customers who purchase constantly at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHINGf FACTORY'S BRANCHED Now Established in Dunkdin Wellington inveroarqill nklßon Oamaku Wanoanui Timabu New Plymouth ashburton napibr Lyttblton Thames CURISTOHURCH < AUCKLAND A Single gabmsnt at Wholesale Price, N. 8.: Our New Winter Ma nfaoturea are now Ready. d. "TRY THE N.Z. O\KRCOAT. Shirts, Hats and Hosiery of every descrip tion at Wholesale Prices, A U C X L AND # B RANCH, Queen-street (opposite Theatre Royal). J. FITZBIMON3 MANAGER mHE MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO. MANUFACTURERS OF THE HIGHEST GRADE OF BHiVER PLATEE WARE, OTH ON NICKEL SILVER AND WHITE METAL. Sample Rooms and Offices—46, East Fourteenth street, Union Square, New York. Factories—West Meriden, Connecticut. Sole Agents for the North Island, T & S. MORRIN. riiiU v jiS PRINCIPAL GLOVE WAREHOUSE. GARLTCK & CRANWELL intend always to keep a Large Stock of Gloves to suit every class of customer. Besides Thread, Sill:, Cloth, and other seasonable Gloves, they have now on sale, Q.OOD TWO-BUITON Kid Gloves (Coloured), Is lid. These are a Job line, and worth a great deal more. One, Two, and Three-Button, at Is OtJ (slightly damaged).- We have Just Opened up a much JJETTEK, GLOVE, in all sizes, viz.— One-Button Josephines, new colours One-Button ditto Black The public will generally be obtainable to the very gEST and Fashionable Gloves at tho City Hal Arcade. We have just received a largo assortment of SIX-BUTTON Black Kid Gloves FOUR-BUTTON Black ditto THREE-BUTTON ditto ditto TWO-BUTTON ditto ditto ONE-BUTTON ditto ditto ONE-BUTTON Ist choice Coloured Joseph inos. Will be sold at CO-OPERATIVE CASH PRICES, GARLICK & CRANWELL, City Hall Arcade, Qaeen-street, Auckland. EX 'SAM MKNDEL,' from London, ex ' CAMILLE,' from New York, NEW GOOD 3by these vessels Just Opened by Garlics: & Cranwell. Tapestry and Brussels Carpet, new designs Black &Gold Fringes) Very handsome for Co r & Coloured f nloas & Gipsy Tables 3,-31, i. and 4Heot Iron Bedsteads 2-3, 3-6, and 12-feet Oiloloths Fancy Carpet Occasional Chairs Folding Ladies' Work Tables Davenports, Whatnots, Coffee Tables Marble-top Cheffonlere, Walnut Centre Tables Toiletware, Toilet Glasses Children's Uhaira. Iron Cots, Perambulators Door Mats, American Cradles, Cane Chairs Ana various Yankee Notions wo Invite in spection of. GAKLICK & CRANWELL, CITY HALL ARCADE, Qowm-maan, Auckland



Special Advertisements. AUCKLAND Business Men desiring to farther tholr Waikato connection should ADVKBTISH! In the WAIKATO TIMES. Soale o£ Charges on application to Messrs Hammond and Bybon, 1, Fort-street, Auckland, Sole Auckland Agents.—B. M. jidqcumbe & Co., Proprietors. "BUST RECEIVED. 2, i, 6, AND 12-BUTTON KID GLOVES. m H £ BALANCE OF Q.OODS STILL UHSINO BOLD AT REDUCED PRICES A/riliNK It pjHOYCK, CHEAPSIDE HOUSIS, QUEEN-BTREET. moINHU X E R S. SECURITY Should bo the i'rlin wyjConsidoratlon. THE "DOYAL TNSURANCE /COMPANY Affords thla desideratum by tho Fulfilment of thk Q.'jists rooonimondod by THE BOARD OB1 TRADE: A small por-contago of Working Coat, and tho Profits Not anticipated. Also, by an AMPLE CAPITAL, VIZ. ... £4,000,000 Of which £280,515 la paid up and In hand 'with, in addition, the Unlimited Liability of tho Sharoholdors. Large Accumulation ov Funds, EXCEEDING .. .. .. .. £1,000,000 And an Annual Revenue of 1)31,250,000. Tho undersigned Agont continues to accept FIRE RISKS on evory description o( Insurablo Proporty AT THE LOWEST RATES OBTAINABLE. Claims for Loss us Are Promptly and Liberally adjusted, •without reference elsewhere, and immediately paid, at the Company's Bankers In Auckland. QHO. W. JONES, Chiof Agent forltlio Provinco or Auokland. Oillro: Shortland-atreot. May 22.1880