SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

winw watwrl™ 9 Evening, 633 HtOH WATER^ To . morrow Morning, G. 15 HUN SET.—This Evening, 7.1 BIN RISE.-To-Morrow Morning, 5.29 MOON'S AGE.—Last Quarter, ltb, 3.17 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Saturday evening. Colonist, schooner, Rezer, from Chatham Islands YESTERDAY. Anne Milbank, P.s., Anderson, tt-tm. "Whangarei Wanaka, s.s., McGillivray, frrtm Rttsacll Gael, schooner, Urquhart, fr' jm Fiji TO-DA\ Ringarooma, s.s., ChatF.ad, frorj the South

DEPARTURES.

to-day. 2iS?Sl_m_?"' M°Gllhvr«r, for the Senth m^SSSSST," s3" Ch»*_eld, for Russell Speedwell,. kotßhi Anbroy, for Whangarei

IMPORTS.

I.er Gael, from Nandi Bay, Fiji—l,lso sacks Liaise, 294 mats sugar. Per Colonist, from Chatham Islands—lso fathom* chain, 2 tons tallow, and 1 bale wool.

Per Ringarooma, from Melbourne: 66 colooial (Ovens, 1 chests to a., 50 cases brandy, 15curacoa, 4 packages. From Dunedin: 10 sacks oatmeal, •50 coses spirits, 10 packages, From Lyttelton : *1 sack 3 seeks, 2 wheels, 3 cases bacon, 1 parcel. From Wellington: 5s cases meats, I case piano, 7 packages. From Napier: 3 gaekages tobacco, 6i cnests tea. From Poverty Bay^ 55 sacks .grass seod. EXPORT& Per Wanaka for Tauranga—ZOO mats sugar, 3 'packages, 4 cases. Poverty Bay—2oo bags and 40 sacks flour, 37 packages. Napier—2o mats nnd 7 gunnies sugar, 1 box tobacco, 1 box fruit, 10 paokages. Wellington—6 sacks onions, 1 case melons, 1 box fruit, 2 boxes, Lyttelton—l case leather, 3 bales, 1 case. Dunedin—9empty hhds., 2 {.ales, 2 bales, 1 box. T?er HJfno lor Harvey Group—lls packages o% mans' stores, 1 cases drapery, 1 case.B hardware, ■2 drams raw oil, 4 cases cottons, 12 case 3 kero ■sine, 20 cases geneva. 10 bags rice, 40 mats «nts-ar. 120 tins biscuits, 23 tins flour, 30 cases pre served ineits, 12 sacks potatoes, 2 boxes onions.

Inwards Coastwise.—Onward, from Ressell, with 52 tons coal; Lagoon, from Manafa, with 23,021 feetsawn timber; Rangatira, from Barrier, with 12 tohs firewood; South Carolina, Irom Barrier with 59 tons firewood; Perseverance, from Cruro Reef, with 200 tens shingle; Morn ing Light, from Cabbag« Bay, with 800 feet ships timber; Mercury, from Tairua, with 21,850 feet timbor, 18 sacks Ranrt gum: Fanny Kelly, from Whungaroa, with 31,000 feet timber; Kriemhilda, from Wban/nrto, with 20,100 feet timber; Ruby, from WhaAKapoua, with 27,981 leet timber.

llUTW.wibs Coastwise. — Rangatira, for Omaha; South Carolina, for Banier, Perse verance, for Waiheke; Morning Light, for Cab bage P a y ; Speedwell, for Whangarei, with 15 tons Vuilway iron, and 1500 bricks ; Lako Supe r»o<-. for Port Fitzroy.

rhehrigantine ityno cleared to-day _!or HerVey tJroup with cargo and one passetagor—Mr G. Dunnett. She sails to-morrow morning. The B.S. Wajiaka left for the South this after noon, with tho following passengers :—For Tauranga—Moesrs G. B. Milne, Reed, Ansley, CB. Stone. For Gisborne—Mossrs Milner. G. Kicci, Father Voggioli, Captain Anddrew. For ■Napier—Mr rngfron. For Wellington—Mr and Mrs Burn?. Messrs J. Henderson a___d H. Dnes- Bierry. For Lyttelton— -'essrs tt-. Cameron and •M. Montgomery. For Dunedin—Mr Johnson. Tho barque Ingle weed left tho Channel for 1 yi telton on Saturday. FThe P.M. -s.s. "Cits' of New "Xork from San ranc Isco with the Knglish and American malls may be expected to arrive to-morrow. The s.s. Wanaka arrived from Russell on Saturday,, With cargo and the following pas s°ngers>—Messrs Ord, Wynyard, Kipo, Levita, Waihiu, Edmonds, Kemp (3), Williams (S), Maibj Kawlti: Mesdames Yorke, Edmonds, Monroe, and Mr and Mrs Brigham. The topsail schooner Gael arrived yesterday from Nandi Bay, Fiji, with a cargo of maize and sugar. Sho left on Wednosday, January 28th, and, experienced light easterly and south easterly winds till making the Poor Knights at noon on Friday last. Light airs and calms till yesterday morning, when a fresh northerly breeze brought the vessel into port. She brought; two passengers—Messrs Owen and Lovell. Tho schooner Colonist arrived late on Satur day night from Chatham Island, with the staff of workmon who went there some time ago in order to recover cargo from the wreck of the Ocean Mail. The attempt was a failure, only a small quantity of tallow and chain being recovored. Several explosions were made, nut it was found that tho greater part of the wool was quite rotten, Tho schooner left Rangaroa Bay at 11 pm. on the 29tti ult. Tho East Cape was sighted five days later, and light northerly winds and calms till aitival. Passengers: Cap tain Bailey, MeS3ts Kdenborough, Brown, Under, Hearn, and De Fratus.

the s.s. Ringarooma arrived to-day from Gisborne and Southern ports and Melbourne. We are indebted to Mr W. B. Jones, purser, for report and passenger list, as follows:—The s.s. Ringarooma left Poverty Bay at 8.15 a.m. on J.ehruary Bth. Experienced fair weather and smooth sea, and a^iived at Auckland at 11.10 .:i.m. on February 9th. Saloon cussengers: Miss i'olanoy. Mesdames Brash, White, Leys, Caul ten and three children, Lu-k, ■■ emplcton, Messrs Quirk, Culling, Walton, Templeton, lottenham, Wilkinson, Kohn, Brnvesa, White, Beniamin, Forbes, May, Thompson, fcnedden, Dignau. Key H. BuU, and 12 in ttie steerago.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

AKPaVALS.

-u'aiaroa. s,s„ Peterson, from the South

IMPORTS.

Per Taiaroa trom tho feouth: 82 cases apples, 1 case.

Tho s.s. Taiaroa arrived from the South yesterday with tho Auckland portion of the Suez mails. Passengers : Colonel Scratchley, Captain Johnson, Messrs Williams, Owen, Master Owen. Mr and Mrs Rowe, Air Westin» Mr Perry, Mr Hammorton, Rev Mr and Mrs P-oirce, Mr Bacon, Mr Mackay, Mr and Mrs Woolley. Mr Woolley, Mr Churton, and four steerago.

The s.s. Rangatira, which arrived from the South on Saturday, brought the following pas sengers : Meßdames Bullock, Parkes and family, Chebbins and child, Mr Pardy, Captain Hyne and crew of tho wreckod brigantine Progress, ana three in the steerago.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Whangarei, this day. Tho b.s. Argyle left at 7 a.m. to-day for Auck land.

Wellington, thi3 day. Sailed; Hawea, for the North. Passengers for Auckland—Messrs McDowell (2), Dobson, Pea cock, Robinson and Neil.

Bluff, this day. Arrived: Rotoruafrom Melbourne.

Itetorua's passengers :—For Tauranga: Mr C. Agco. For Auckland: Mrs Durham, Miss Mr Wilkinson, Hon D. Moore, Col. and Mrs Shelton, Mr Isaac and family, liluckman, 3 steerage, and 13 tons cargo.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Monday.

At Messrs Cochrano's land sale to-day only two lots were disposed of. Weston's property at Kpsom brought £1,210, and the laud at Great Barrier 9s per aero.

Mr B. C. Greonwood's land salo to-day was moderately well attended. Mr Hoffman's Mount Albert-estate was purchased by Mr Caulton for £1,200; the KUerlle property brought £18; cottages, &c., in Upper Queen-street, £1%; and tho Waikomiti land 10a per acre.

MR BUCKLAND'S SHEEP FAIR.

To-day Mr Buckland held his annual Sheep Fair. The rams were generally speaking equal to those penned any previous year, being bred from the best imported stock. The sheep came from varions districts. Mr J. S. Grahamc of Awitu penned four prime Lincoln hoggets ; his Waiuku neighbour Mr J. Barr Brown, had a couple of good hoggets, and Mr Caleb Hoskiug bi ought forward 15 excellent hoggets from his capital flock of Lincoln.. There was a splendid lot of Lincoln rams and ram hoggets from the celebrated flock of Air Joseph. May. Epsom; Mi Gallagher of Kaipara, penned seven Rodney Marsh rams ; Mr David Nathan, ten good Lincoln rams ; Mr Duncan and Mr Niccol seventeen L'ncoln rams, of fai- quality. Mr R. J. Middleton is as usual high up in tbe scale ot excellency with the representatives of his Papakura flock. The fair is very poor compared with the former successful ones held by Mr Buckland, when upwards of ten thousand sheep have been penned. The improved price of wool will no doubt give an impetus to sheep breeding. And it is expected that good prices will be ob tained for the rams. To-morrow Mr Buckland will sell five pure bred Lincoln rams, bred by John W. Kirkham, Esq., of Cadebey Hall, Lincolnshire, aud imported by Messrs Foster and Grant. The Sale is proceeding as we go to press. The prices obtained for ewes, varied considerably ; the best figure was obtained for some Lincoln ewes, bred by Mr John May, which were of a very superior stamp, ten of them were bougnt by Mr James Wallace of Papatoitoi at 35s each.

The newP.C.S Eystem now being initiated by G. andC. will certainly prove a benefit to the public. It has been v great success in t-'ydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where tho goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C, sell their drapery, millinery, and o! othing at such prices for cash as gives tho buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of bains called upon to bear portion of the loss Bhould the year's business prove unsatis factory. (J. and C. will aim to retuin the con fidence which t-o publii havo hitherto shown them, and are determined to givo tbo pure cash system a fair trial; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co operative price, just tlio same as though they made a porsonal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general houso furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will bo marked at the lowest remunerative nrices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. Hav ing realised the entire value of the stock during tlio late cauli sale, tho present stock is new AmD vkuy ciikai'LY uouGiiT. An inspection is invited.—GaßUCK and Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing Arcado, Queen-street Auckland.

NoBXL'a Patent Dynamite.—By repeated experiments, and lonn and extensive uso in all the Australasian Colonies, and all over the world, Nobel's Patent has uncontrovertably proved itself to bo about twenty per cent. stronger than every other brand. 1 his dyna mito is advantageously applied to mining and quarrying, Wasting in hard or soft, wot or dry, rocks construction of tunnels, clearing land of tree roots and] boulders, breaking up blocks of metal or stoDo, clearing away wrecks, quays, sunken rocks, tnrpedos, i tormhigstrongholds.&c fc-oino of its advantages are—immense saving in labour, time and monoy. Safety in nee, transit and storage, &c. Printed instructions with every live lb package. Buyers should in sist in getting "Nobel's." Prices greatly re duced.—N.B.—The company's travelling in structor, now in Au"khiß_-__ond will give all

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CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

-* TOUt. tJEOSK AB UJNflta*- T¥_Tib IDa^t itor feussell.Kawakfcwa, Wangaroa, and Mon-i j gohui, per lo'n'i, At 'i p.tn. v i For Wangarel Hehds and W££Jj* ftre j per \ Anne J,Klbank, at 4 p.m. ' : For .Thames, per Enter^A,™ 5.30 p.ltt. • ' For Port Fitzroy, per ffefofrjlljf, It* pa. / ■! For TaJrad, perAlercm-V, 'at fl'aSa. £, or rforvey aro^, perKyrio, atll tt,m. -•or VVMtyßri, Kawau, Oiriaha, and Matakana, $dr Riga Casey, at 10 a.m. , Fcr Wangaroi Heads, Waipu, Wangarel; and Mangapai,.per Argyle, at 4 p.m ' For Whangaroa, per Kriemhilda, at 4 p.m-. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 11.89 A.in. For Mangawai and Waipu, pel' Kltfit, at 5 p.m. i

Wednesday. Htt instant. Foi-JCoromandel, per Coromandel, at 11.30 a.m. For Wbitiang* 'r&fcna, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Glenssl^, at 4 p.m.

~ ■ .Thursday, 12th instant. For Gisborne. Napier, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies.per Ringarooma, at 9 a.m.

For Australian Colonies, India, China, Japan, Ports, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via Brindisi, for letters specially so addressed, per s.s. City of New York, immediately after her arrival from Honolulu.

For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taiaroa, immf4!a'tely after arrival of s,s, City o: New York. ... , "S. % BISS. Chief Postmaster.

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

MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1880.

F« the cansa that lacks assistance, tot the toohK tha needs resistance, For the fritute in the distance,

And the good that we canfdo.

TH£ arrival of the Suez mail, per ' Ringarooma,' together with the full report of Sir George Grey's address to his Thames constituents on Saturday, compels us to exclude leading matter, correspondence, and various local re ports. The address by the member for the Thames, although, of course, con fined mainly to a review of the work of last session, and not containing any sketch of future policy, will doubtless be read with interest. He gave an emphatic denial to the rumours of his intended withdrawal from political life in New Zealand.

Persons desiiing to object against the assessment of city property do not require to address the Council on the subject. The adjustment and hearing of such ca.»e conies before the judge of the Assessment Court (It. Bnrstow,Ksq.,R.M.)on the Ist March at the Police Court, High-street. All objections must be forwarded, addressed, to the As sessment Court, High-street, on or before Saturday next, the 14th inst., while a copy of the same must be forwarded to the Town Clerk seven days before tho Bitting of the Court, on March Ist. All such objections should state shortly the ground of the appeal.

We arc pleased to acknowledge the re ceipt of a piece of dance music entitled, " Tho Clarice Waltzs," composed by Miss Henrietta C. Brubazon, of Sale-street, daughter of the respected principal of the Nelson-streot school, and published by Mr Newton Fairs, of Queen-street. The melody is simple, and it runs through the entire set with but slight variation. This frequent repetition of the same notes imparts to the music a somewhat monotonous character, but the rhythm is well marked, aud the air taking, so that it should prove an acceptable addition to ball-room selec tions. The composition certainly discovers constructive talent on the part of Miss Bra bazon, as well as a correct technical know ledge. We hope she will be encouraged to persevere. The printing has been very neatly executed at the Star oilice.

Employers of labour are informed by advertisement that they can post applica tions for labour free of charge to the local Immigration Office.

The new Baptist Chapel at Otahuhu was opened yesterday, and the services were well attended. Key. A. W. Webb preached in the morning, and Air Driver in the evening. Rev. J. Macky conducted the afternoon service, and delivered an instruc tive address.

Father Walter McDonald, for the Sisters Mercy, desires to acknowledge receipt, on behalf of Capt. Logan and the owners of the s.s. Hero, a cheque for £8 12s 6d. being the amount coming to the children of St. Mary's Orphanage from tho last trip to Motutapu.

A correspondent sends the following receipt to keep flies off horses :—Boil some onions of any sort well for half-an-hour, and then pour the water off and wash the horse with it after it has been cleaned. The flies will not trouble the animal any more.

We desire to remind our readers that the grand concert and drama in in aid of the Convent School, under the patronage apd in presence of His Grace Archbishop Steius, S J., takes place this evening in the Convent School, Ponsonby, at 8 o'clock.

In our report of the case Williams v. Jenson at the Resident Magistrates Court the decision was reversed. Judgement was given in favour of the defendant, Mr Jenson, not of the plantiff.

Early Jjin the week Dr Waddington, of Cambridge, was moving some palings he had just received from Onehunga, when he was bitten on the wrist hy a katipo. He took prompt measures to counteract the poison, but had a very bad arm for a day or two.

Mi Fallon, contractor on the Ohaupo railway, was riding home from Cambridge on Wednesday evening, when his horse shied and threw him, severely bruising his thigh and shaking him very much, neces sitating his return to Cambridge for the night

The sailing race on Saturday last resulted in a victory for Bailey's Rip, which won with a minute to spare. The Pastime was second, Nymphe third, Comet fourth, and Alert fifth. The conclusion of the race was a very pretty spectacle, no less than thirty three boats under canvas coming down the harbour with the competitors.

The membrrs of the Painters' Guild are requested to attend a meeting of the order this evening, in the shop of Mr John Henderson, vVyndham-street.

", Whakamaramatia," N.Z., sends the following, re Cain's wife, to " Notes and Queries " in the " Sydney Mail " :—I helieve that there were two creations and not one, and that Cain took his wife from these of the first creation. In Genesis wc read—"God created man, male and female, and told them to multiply, &c." Now these are what I consider the first creation, that is the aborigines. Then a little further on we read that " There was not a man to till the ground 1" This shews that the aborig ines (I will call them), knew nothing of cultivation and must have wandered on the face of the earth, and subsisted just as tbo blacks of Australia, or in fact any other savages have done. Tbe Creator seeing this created another man, but made him a living soul, Which made him as superior to the aboriginesasanglesaretous, nodoubt. Now this man was able to look after the Garden of Eden. The Creator also found that this man required a helpmate, and he built one, we are told how. And with all respects to the ladies, let me say that there is no mention of a soul being breathed into her. Well then, as a long period may have elapsed between the two^reatioiiSjit is quite feasible that the first would have increased and that Cain could have went among them and chosen a wife, just the same as scores of white men have with tho Maoris. Who will say that there is not something in the power of a white man has over niggers? and no doubt such men as Cresar, Shakespeare, Napoleou, Mozart, Capt. Cook, &c, possessed a greater amount of the original soul than others. Who will tell me that the poor unfortunate blacks of Australia had any of the original soul ? The Maori has ; but then he may be descended from Cain. If this theory is not received then the whole thing must be considered as a sealed book; and I would advise your correspondent whojasked the question to go iv for music or paintiug, instead of tryiug to fathom things which never can be known."

A serious accident occurred on Saturday j afternoon,to Mr. John Lamb. junA) whrohl caused, a iractufej of iis thigr_. Mr L_tmb.| was engaged »t (ho works at i'i e e 'i^ oft' Foijt.Btre'ot, near Jacob's . Ladder, in\thel, position of superintendent of the works.) Some of the-tiicu observed a quantity of j loose earth giving way, and immediately; gave the alarm. The earth fell on to the: platform, smashing it,,Jo pieces., The: majority of the men got away, but Mr; Lamb, thinking,he,was, put of.danger, didj not ni'oVe. Unfortunately, hoyever, hei was struck, by , a broken plank across' ;the leg, just above the knee, breaking the bone. Medical assistance was sent for. Dr. Haines arrived in the course cf a few minutes, and discovered that the thigh-bone was broken. A. cab was at once secured, and Mr Lamb conveyed to his home, where the broken limb was set. We are glad to learn that Mr Lamb is going on as well as can be expected under the cir cumstances.

At the first meeting of the Dedwobd School District Committee, held at the school-house, Ponsonby, Mr A. Devore was elected Chairman of the Committee [for^the ensuing year, and Mr Theo. Cooper Secre tary and" Treasurer. Mr Cooper was also appointed to sign cheques in conjunction with the Chairman.

The following tenders for shingling were received to-day at the oilice of Mr Bartley, architect. The tenders are for shingling per square :—James Jones £1 Bs. ; J. Mid tlletou, £1 Cs Cd ;C. Fagan, £1 6s; H. Piper, £1 4s ;E. Clarke, £1 2s; G. Carter, £1 Is.

To the Editor : Sir, —Your correspondent "Patriot," in Thursday's issue, evidently allows his zeal to outrun his discretion, when he asserts that the larl'ikinism now rampant in Australia (he might have added "aud in Auckland ") is to he attributed to the prohibition of Bible reading in our State schools. I can tell him where to seek the cause of said larrikinistn, viz., in the insufficient restraint placed upon chil dren by their parents, hordes of boys being permitted to roam the streets at night, where they vie with each other in deeds of rowdy ism, I object to " Patriot's " stutemetitthat " God's existence and his Diviuo laws are totally ignored in tbe daily school." All teachers worthy of the name will endeavour to keep the fact of the existence of a Supreme Beiug constantly before the minds of their pupils ; aud as for his Divine laws, " Patriot " must recollect that they are learnt best by studying God's works. This is done through the medium of science, the teaching of which very properly forms one of the compulsory items of a school teacher's duties.—l am, Sic, School Teacher.

Mr J. Mullally writes complaining that he was the only exception made in tho pay ment of men to whom Mr Dempsey was indebted on account of the coutract. He says he had obtaitied judgment for £131125, and adds : "In order to secure myself to some extent I seized a quantity of stone at the Newmarket quarries, which was got out for the stone facing of the reclamation. Soon after I received a notice from Mr Stewart, the District Engineer, that this stone was the property of the Government and that I could not claim, and I had there fore to give up possession. When I at tended yesterday at the Public Works Oilice I "was told that my claim could not be recognised, as I was not a working man. Sir, I claim that I was as much a working man as any other of tho carters who were paid by Mr Stewart the amounts for which they had obtained judgment, and it is a hardship that an exception should bo made in my cafe, and that I should have been singled out as the victim. I regret that although I will be the heaviest loser, I will not bo the only sufferer. The men whom I had employed had of course uo claim against Dempsey, aud I anticipated being able to pay them, when I received the money duo to mo which now 1 cannot do. These men as well ax myself will therefore have to remain out of their money, and us most of them have families, the consequences aro serious. I cannot understand why tlio exception was made in my case, and I wish to know the reason."

To the Editor: Sir,-Many other "now chums " besides myself will rejoice to see that worthy Councillor Aickin is to diroct attention at the next Council meeting to a marked deficiency in this city, namely, the absence of names to the streets, aud of num bers to the houses. "More power till him," as his fellow countrymen say. Now that a new era of immigration aud prosperity is setting, Auckland ought to put herself on the level of Christchurch and Dunediu in these points. At present, an inquiry after auy lodger or inhabitant, not absolutely an " old identity," is certuin to lead to a wild goose chase, trying indeed to the temper and shoe-leather of the seeker. In fact, the pursuit almost reminds me of the Yankee's definition of darkness, namely, "a black nigger looking for a black cat iv a cellar at midnight." And when at last, having bothered Tom, Dick, and Harry to find your friend, you discover that it is the wrong Smith or Jones. I observe by the advertisements that the professional teacher is obliged, by this deficiency, to announce his domicile as "opposite the residence of P. Snooks, Esq.," which is not the height of dignity, and conveys the impression tha' Auckland is about tho size of Gisborne or Tauranga. The non-existence of an Auck land City and Suburban Directory is also an argument for the pormpt re form suggested. Brett's Almanac, though admirable in its way, scarcely supplies this want. Such aimove will also much facil tate the collection of rates, taxes, and bills of all kinds, and also tbo postal delivery. The cost should be defrayed by a general rate ; and perhaps I may be permitted to suggest that all streets, whether closely inhabited or not, should be numbered, allowing duly for each futuro structure on the odd and even plan from Queen-street aud from the water-sido upwards; also, that the most durable and conspicuous method of naming streets has been found to be blue stoneware ground work, with white stoneware letters iulaid.—Yours respect fully, Medicus.

The evening addresses of the Latter Day Saints were well attended last night in the Temperance Ball. After the singiug of a hymn and a brief invocation, Bro. Lorensen read a chapter, and delivered a discourse on " Adult Baptism." Bro. Pearce then arose, and said ho had received a series of questions from " Enquirer," which he pro posed to answer as clearly as possible. He must inform his hearers, however, that he always required the names of correspon dents, in order to.insert such in his "diary." The questions put to him were : " Give us proof of Joseph Smith's Divine Mission " ; "What is purgatory ?" ; and "The Bible authoritylifor polygamy ?". His reply res pecting the prophetic missiou of Joseph Smith was somewhat vague. Persons could not understand it uutil they had been baptized into the Mormon church and re ceived the gift of tnc Holy Ghost, and then the great fact would be spiritually revealed to them. In respect of puigatory, he knew nothing about it, and cared less. It was thought that the thief who was crucified with Jesus went with him into Heaven. That was nonsense, because a "scoundrel and thief" would never be admitted into Heaven. The speaker here apologised to his audience for warmth ot feeling, but it was his belief. Paradise iv that instance meant rest. The Latter Day Saints had no purgatory, and their Paradise was Utah, where Christ in the latter days would establish His king dom. He had been asked about polygamy, and must say that that,was a question with which the outside world had nothing to do. It was a sacred right, given by Heaven through the Lord's servant, Joseph Smith', who set the example by taking to himself— he would not say, how many wives. He, Bro. Pearce,had seen live. It was not thegood and virtuous Brigham Young, therefore, that established polygamy, hut the Prophet Joseph, who fell "a blessed martyr." He had been asked to prove that polygamy was right according to the New Testament, Well, he could not do that, but he could show from the prophet Isaiah, eh. 4 v. 1 and 2, that it was in accordance with divine authority, and beyond dispute, "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, aud wear our own apparel, only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel." Bro. Pearce said the outsiders knew nothing of polygamy. If anyone were to ask him how many wives he possessed, he mieht expect a rough answer. It matters not what the world said about it; he knew a good deal about reporters ; they were persons who had no roligion. Polygamy was a divine institution, and if they should get into heaven, they would find themselves in a heaven of polygamies, Abraham, Isaac, David, and Solomon. The ladies ot Utah were dignified women, not jealous-minded, but women who like poly gamy. (Great sensation and laughter.). Brother Pearce hoped no unseemly exhibi tion of feeling would he shown ; the women delighted in polygamy because they were the wives of men,of God, and their children grew up like the figurative vine, sound in mind and healthy in hody. It is expected that Brother Pearce will give a lecture on the "Social Conditions and Habits of the Latter Day Saints" before his return to Utah.

A man .who gave his name as, Roberts w"3 e? 2edwitha,fit,on the Queen-street : x"^K w-day., His face was somewhat cut 'by. ths fall on the wharf., He was attended to by,Citable, Sampson, .and the efforts of toe tv&rthy' official were soon rewarded with success.1' m t V tv.'M i f-'--.;U i , ,', i ; W|e are glad to learn, that! matters are progressing at tiie quarantine .station. A cdrr^s|)opdent writ^s^ndignanitly defying the repprt in the Herald t that the scarlatina is spreadipg. There are at presput twe cases, only one of which has broken out oh the island, the day after the ship's arrival. Dr Menzies reports both patients improving.

Mr C. Williams, manufacturer, of Albert .street, is.dqing a. roaring business in his new trade of Sealing Wax, specially manu factured, for the tinning of fruit, which is being done on a large scale this season. The. Artillery Battery and Band will parade this evening in the Drill-shed, under the Inspection of Colonel Scratchley. Every member is requested to be present to night.

Major Morrow requests a full attendance of the members of No. 3 Company, A.R.V. at the Drill Shed this evening, in full dress uniform, for Inspection by Colonel Scratchley, N.E.

The Gas Company has paid a dividend of 15s per £5 share during the past seven years, or at the rate of 15 per cent per annum. The Company may therefore be looked upon as a sound investment, and purchasers of shares at present rates may expect a return of 9to 10 pel' cent. The shares which are to be allotted upon opening of tenders on Thursday next, at noon, will receive full dividend for the present half year, besides saving the cost of stamps, transfer fees, aud certificate. The tenders may be, we observe, for any number of shares up to three hundred. Investors have now a good and unusual opportunity. — [Advt].

CABLE NEWS.

(UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION.]

Tory Victory in Liverpool.

LONDON.

February 6. The Tories carried Liverpool elec tion, but by a small majority.

The Afghan War.

LONDON.

February 7,

The attempts to intercept supplies at Cabul on Saturday collapsed. French and Italian Exhibits at Melbourne. LONDON. February 7. An important meeting of merchants at Paris arranged for a good represen tation of France at Melbourne Exhibi tion. Italy will also bo officially repre sented at tlio Exhibition. Commercial. LONDON.

February 7,

New Zealand wheat is unchanged. It has, however, an upward tendency. Mult is lower.

Tory Victory at Liverpool.

IRKUTKR'S SPKOIAL CABLKQRAMS. I

LONDON. February 0. The result of the Liverpool clectiuu, for replacing Mr John I orr, a Tory, resulted in election of Whitley, also a Tory, by a majority ot two thousand, over Loid Ramsay, the Liberal candidate, who in con- Hcquence of agreeing to tho desirableness of a Parliamentary enquiry into the question of Home Utile for Ireland, received the bulk of the Irish votes.

The Irish Question in Parliament. LONDON.

February 7.

In the House of Commons, P. A. Redmond member for Wexord, moved an amendment to the undress condemning the Government for not having takon steps to alleviate the distress in Ireland, by making advances to the tenantry, aud demanding from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that detailed measures be at once taken. In the course of the debate the Hon. D. Plunkou member for Dublin University, denounced tho course pursued by Mr Parnell. Tho debate was adjourned.

AUSTRALIAN.

[REUTEU'S SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.]

SYDNEY

February 9, Arrived : Rotomahana and Hero.

Cricket Match.es. The Australian eleven beat tho Northern District team by twenty-two mils.

DI STRICT COURT.—This Day.

(Before J. E. Macdonald, Esq., District

Court Judge.)

Jackson and Russkli. v. Donnktt.— Claim, £80 7s Cd.—Mr James Russell, one of the complaitiants.dcposed to the particu lars of the claim, on which £20 had been paid. Defendant, it appeared, had endorsed a promissory note, and rendered himself liable. —Mr Russell asked that an order might bo made for the balance nt the rate of £7 per week.—His Honor made an order accordingly, with costs. Auckland City Council v. John Maxwell and Twelve Others.—Claim, £35.—Mr Theo. Cooper for plaintiff.—Th:s was a claim for rent on account of land at the Western Springs, held under agreement of the City Council at £35 por quarter.— Alexander Thome, accountant, and P. A. Phillips, Town Clerk, were the attesting witnesses to the signatures of John Max well, Walter Stephens, and George Garrett, and gave evidence as such.—Judgment for plaintiffs, costs, £5 14s. ADJOURNED. The following cases were adjourned until next Court day, at the request of plaintiff: Alfred Preece v. Robert Cashmore, claim £41 18s; same v. same, claim £29 4s (Mr Tyler for plfriptiff) j PcoXhierry v. O'Ncil, claim for services, £75 (Mr Dufaur for plaintiff.) -:

THEATRE ROYAL.

At the above place of amusement on Saturday'"The Queen's Evidence " was repeated, before & good house. To-night Mr Wallace appears, for the first time, in the highly sensational drama of " The Irish Exile." I ■ •' . 1.. '

A brief epitome of the plot will be inter esting to our readers ;—The prologue shows how Gerald Fitzgerald, who has been en gaged on the losing side in the Irish Rebel lion oi 1798, is obhgcd_to fly his country to save his life; Tbe action of tbe play begius nineteen years after, when Fitzgerald re appears in the disguise of a piper at the birthday celebration of Eileen, the only daughter of Lord Kilgour. The outlaw is recognised-by. one of his old comrades, and the recognition is noted by Morgan Wolfe, an'-iin'sCrupuloHS scheddor who is a rejected suitorforthe hand of Lord'Kilgour's daugh ter. .He overheats this, nobleman tell 'Robert Moran, the lover favoured both by the young lady and her parents, that Eileen is not really their daughter.' When Lady Kilgour gave birth to her child she was attacked with delirium, during which her infant died. Fearful, of the consequences should she awake to consciousness of the truth, Lord Kilgour substitutes the babe of a ■ poor Woman, passing by the name of O'Connell, who has just died, and whoso husband is absent This revelation makes no difference in Moran's sentiments, but Wolfe determines that the knowledge of it shallassist his desigus. He therefore, on the tlircat of otherwise denounces him as an outla a-, induces Eitzgerald—who desdiscs himself for yeilding—to claim Eileen as his daughter, and despite the entreaties of her reputed parents to take her away with him. Wolfe in vain sues for tho love of the girl, towards whom tho exile now expresses his determination to act the part of a father. It appears, however, from a letter which fortuitously turns up, that Eileen is indeed his daughter ; but no sooner has he made this happy discovery than Wolfe, enraged at his refusing to further his scheme, causes his arrest, and, he is thrown into prison, weere his daughterattends him. Dreading to die the death of a felon, Fitzgerald makes one of'the. sentries, in whom he discovers an old comrade; promise to fire at the light which he shall see through the barred window of hip cell St midnight, intending thus to end his life. Meanwhile his daugh let- has procured a file, with which she severs his manacles, atitt he ,is just about to escape,'having cut through the iron bars, when Wolfe come-in, gives the alarm, and rushing to the bars with a light is shot instead of the exile as the clock strikes twelve. Vice being thus defeated, virtue is rewarded by the arrival of a pardon for the outlaw, and the curtain descends on general happiness.

Sir George Grey at Grahamstown.

■ • _.- v,J ndTertiaene 11* i IN pursuance ot notice by » ■/ 7. - Sir Lrge Grey addressejl J«Jgg constituents in the Thealre Royal,G^ town, on Saturday night .J£>*J was packed in every part, and it was , mated that not. fewer than «J*g ' were present, including many late George Grey, on entering the WggJ^fr advancing to a seat on the ngM • ot tiie > was greeted with enthusiastic rourf cheers*, accompanied by YVavinß^*gM«g handkerchiefs. MrßwnfcM tjjmm^ the chair, in a few WW^, the introduced the speaker and referred* 1 c importance of tfie meeting, He. « Thames ought to be proud of seutative. Before calling on Si.t rtOJg Grey to address them, he would req*st Mr Carpenter to read the address Mr Carpenter, President ot theses Liberal Association, addressingSjgW Grey, said his constituents bad lonjdes ed an opportunity of testifying thoir a*»g« of his noble conduct i°/ a. r/'"t d nre being the first opportunity hat adpre sented itself, the Association desirl h m,to present the following address. MCaipen ter then read the addrea* as foi on : - "To Sir George (hey, K.C.B. M.H R of New Zealand, &c.-Sir,-Ou>ehalf ot the Thames Liberal Association we have much pleasure in giving you 1 hearty welcome to the Thames on this, t. occasion of your first visit since you held Je honour able position of Premier of Ne< Zealand. Although you have ceased toiold that office, you are none the less epemed by the majority of the people of N( Zealand. We thank you for your exertionas a mem ber of Parliament on behalf ( this con stituency. We hope we mayong retain you as our friend and reprpntative.— Signed by the President, Vice-Ppident, and Secretary, on behalf of the Asstiatiou." : Sir' George Grey said he wouldow merely thank them for the address, at he hoped they would assist him in theitruggle to promote their interests in ever way in his power. (Cheers). He had now ie honor to address a portion of Her Major's subjects whom the English papers had-alled "the mob of New Zealand," (lughter and cheers). A great many of tha papers had said that he was in great em because he bad placed himself in the ham of a mob, and they went ou to say that« was a for tunate thing that his dowiifl bad takeu place. There were, howevcrjiwo kinds of mob», there was a long aufl'erij and patient mob which bad suffered foimany years under unequal laws, and wo had occa sionally endeavoured with success to have those inequalities readied. This so called mob was mudeup of men who had helped to make Jigiand what she is, and they wore a oyal, honest and long-suffering communit; There was also what was called the swe mob (laugh ter and cheers) who endeavored to live on their fellow men, who d; not labour industriously, but possessedhemselves of what belonged to others. B would much rather belong to tbe lirst mc than to that swell mob. (Cheers.) Hjthought they would admittliathe hud down's hest to lead the people of New Zealand i thut which he believed to be right and got, and that he had not placed himself in ttfr bauds to do anything that was wrong. A'reat deal of at tention is now paid in Greaßritain to what is vow transpiring iv New ialand.aud that attention would not b paid unless they believed they wcrestruggling for what was good for th people and for the Empire, and tey would not give themselves the troubWto watch these proceedings unless theyfearod that the views vow advocated w«ld spread, and that the English people wdld determine to possess tlio tame rightsthat they woe struggling to obtain foi New Zealand. They hid recourse at honito ridicule, and we should therefore be jatified that the cause was working its wa; and would ulti mately succeed. (Cheers). tiw that they knew what they are in New ialaud, aud that lie was not merely the loser of a mob, but a blind und long-eared iumal who was led by the mob, they could understand each other. He saw Mr Slieaan in Auckland, and was very anxious tlii be should accom pany him (tho speakcij to tho Thames. but he had received a tlegratn from Mr Sheehan, stating that hi could not come, nnd giving the reasons tat he (Sir George Grey) was unpopular, ad that every word he said to-night would biseverely criticised throughout the colony, and Mr fheehau desired to come down Vffen those criticisms were made and defend is policy. He (Sir George Grey) desired tht they should both address their constitute together, and answer any ctiticisis at a future meeting. (Cheers.) tie would vow touch on local subjects.md the first would be that of land for thep*pleof the Thames. (Cheers). It wai rightthey should under stand the position of tit Premier with re gard to native lands. So had the power of directing that land slmld be acquired for settlement, but it happened that immedia tely land was acquird the action of the Premier was cramped Having acquired lands tho Government could hand them over to the Wasto Lads Hoard, a body known to the law of New Zealand, but unknown to any other law in the world. It was one of our peculiar institutions. (Laughter). It was mo of tho institutions imposed upon the people hy tho patty of the present day, who ire vow in power (oh). They said those Board) shall he nomiuatcd by the Ministry, nnd when the land is banded over to tliemtliey shall put it up for sale. If ho had his my, no laud should bo put up to auction until the people bad been afforded the fullost opportunities of getting land on tho bomosteu, or deferred payment system, but ho had no more power than those to whom ho van speaking, to do this. He had found 111 tie Assembly a party elected by his opponents, and thoy could not dictate what the law.hould be. The rule in England was,that where a Ministry obtained office with a majority, that majority voted with them as one man, but he had no opportunity of appealing to the country until just before they were thrown out of office. When they considered the tracts of land that were purchased by his Govern ment, they would admit that all that was possible had been done. For many years the Thames had been disappointed in having a Harbour Board constituted, and he and his friends introduced to the colony a great marine engineer, who had prepared plans for harbour works at the Thames, which must soon be constructed. (Cheers.) His Government next turned its attention to securing a railway for the Thames, and he had no heaitatioa iv saying that when they got that railway.large tracts of country would be opened np, and tho district would :be placed in a more prosperous condition than it had ever been hitherto. They would be told by some people that the railway would never be completed, but they should not believeany croakers of that kind. (Laughter). He was fully convinced that the railway would be completed, and that no Government would venture to stop it. The Assembly had pronounced its fiat, and voted the mouey for the work. There might be a temporary delay, but tho Government would not persist in delaying the progress of the work. They had an interview that day with a Miuistor, who had told them that it was not desirable to proceed with the railway until the necessary laud had been acquired,and that if they did uot wait, the Government would have actions brought against it for alleged damage done to land, and that the tendency was for juries to take tho side of individuals in such cases by awarding damages. He (Sir George Grey) did uot agree with the doc trine thus laid down. The law defined how land was to be acquired, and the rights of the Government and of individuals iv respect to it, but the Government ought not to lie by.in order to drive hard bargains with land-owners. It was their duty to take the laud under the law. There was a sum of £35,000 voted for tho Thames railway, which vote will lapse on the 31st March next. No man had a right, by his obstinacy, to lo«e this money from the district, and to ruin the contractor, becauso ho had under taken to complete a section of tho work in a certain timo, and if he were kept waiting for years, ho might have to sell his plant at a loss. He would not refer to tbe ignoraucc of those in other parts of the colony who were envious of the railway, be cause any depression or prosperity that affects, one part of the colony must bo felt by the whole. He had beeu laughed at when ho told them two or three years ago, that they were to get the railway, but he would now tell them again that it must go ou, and that bis prediction would be verified. He had also endeavoured to secure a High School for tho Thames, which would give the children that education which they could not get ia the primary schools, aud qualify them for fulfilling high offices in the State, (cheers) He owed them an explanation upon the Christchurch election. They were good enough to return him foi the Thames (wc will again), and he was most grateful to them for what they did. He was desirous of securing another seat for his party. It was no desire to desert the Thames that impelled him to adopt that course, but if he had succeeded iv keeping a great party together in the House, he would have remembered them. The question of his election was dealt with by a Committee of the House, and not in conformity with English law, or the custom that had prevailed in this colony. It was decided as a party question, to get rid of him, and to put in a man who

wasopposedto him. The principle in England Was ii?t that the candidate who poll&l the next number ol ,°. eB should be' elec'ted,hut that the votes should nov . Dp thrown away, and unless the person was d'isquaii^ed iroax sitting in Parliament, there would be* 8 fresh election In his case it was never alleged that he watj not duly qualified, but they fiad forced upon the electors a person whom they had. rcjectedi He had attempted to set the decision of. .the committee aside. A similar thing was once done in the House of Commons, which rescinded its former

decision. He intended to bring the matter before Parliament again, because if the As sembly had power to force aman upon the elec tors^ blow would be struck at theliberties of the people. There was a rumour through out the colony that he wan a disappointed, discontented, disgusted rattn. Thfl.t he had retired in dudgeon, and inteiided to go home and abandon them, and endeavour to get into the House of Commons. He be lieved that every man who was assisting to found a great nation was performing a grand duty, and therefore he would never leave them, until he saw fair, free, and just democratic institutions established in New Zealand. (Enthusiastic cheering). They had such a constitution once ; they had an elected chamber thatwasnotnominated; and they elected the Governors of each province; hut these institutions were swept away. He would stop here until we had equal institu tions, and he knew that in his efforts to obtain that, he Would have a majority of the people 6'n His bide. He wtfuld do his best to educate them, and discipline him self, would stand by the people to the last, and they would stand by him until tbey triumphed (loud cheers). They should not believe those stories. Ho would not be ungrateful to those who had stood by him. Having cleared up these matters he would come to the matter of his Govern ment being turned out of office last session. He could only give them his own views, and it was not for him to say what were the motives of those who were concerned in turning out his Government, but he believed his views on the subject were right, aud would leave them to judge of that. Soon after the session began he found there was a decided objection on the part of what he might call the speculators of Otago, to get then railways constructed by large sums of money taken from the public" funds. The leaders in the project had purchased large tracts of land iv Otago, aud they desired to sell those lands to English farmers, whom they intended to bring to the colony, and to increase the value of the estate they inteuded to make railways through it. They found that to complete the work would cost a greater sum than they could afford, aud his Government was called upon to purchase these railways and complete them, which would have cost £400,000. He declined to plaoo this burden upon tho people, in order to benefit a few persons (cheers.) From the moment he did that he believed his fate was sealed, and he had some mis givings iv meeting the House. There was a peculiarity iv tbe law of New Zealand, admirable because of its curiosity, which enabled a Government to hand over the Waste Lands to a practically irresponsible body. A powerful party in office could put a man into the Upper House who was re jected by a constituency, and he could afterwards resign his seat in tbe peers, get elected for some rotten borough, add lead a party in the Assembly ; and if defeated he could go back to the Council again. it was impossible for a Govern ment to stand agaiust persons who pos sessed powers of that sort, and as long as tho ruling power in England was hostile to the democratic views, they would assist their representatives in this colony. The gentleman who left the Upper House and got elected to the Assembly was the Hon. John Hall ; and it was not the first time he had done a similar thing. He (.Sir George Grey) did his beat to prevent that being done, because a man who entered into the Council entered into a contract with the Crown to remain there for life ; and the Crown was bound to maintain him there for life, and could not get rid of him. He uext found that the District Railway echeme was becoming serious. Hi* Government was ousted by a small majority of one. [" What about the rats ?"] He was then told that they could turn out the Ministry if lie would agree not to take office; that if he would retire they would be sure of four votes, pro bably six from the Otago party, lie said he was'sure that the Hall Government would make tbe poorer classes of the colony pay all the revenue, by increasing the customs duties. He had also been told that his Government would be ousted if they pre vented certain people from purchasing nutivo lands, the law then being that the land was to bo sold in small blocks iv order to give an equal chance to persons of small means, as well as capitalists. He felt that if the measures advocated by Mr Sheehan in September last were defeated, almost irretrie. able ruin would be inflicted on the country for an indefinite period. He felt certain that the new Government would not carry oat the law, or the Redistribution of Seats; and ttiat, therefore, the time had come for him to make a sacrifice of himself in order to keep the Liberal party together. He resigned tho leadership of the party, aud rccomuieuded Mr Macandrow as his suc cessor. They put Mr Macandrew in his place, and lie was got rid of; and one getitlcman made it a condition of his vote that he (Sir George Grey) should retire from public life at tbe close of the session. There wcro four votes to comu from Utago, but they threw over one vote, and tlio rest did not come at all. Then a deadlock took place, and he heard that there was discontent amongst their own friends, and next the most extraordinary event of the session look place. Some gentlemen connected with the press came to him and asked him if he was awa'o that four Auckland members had left their party. He said no, he did not believe such stories, that ho must havo known it if it were true, but the next morn ing when he wcut down to the House, ho found that tho rumours were true, (hisses). Tlio Liberal party bad tabled a vote of no-confidence, and tlio Government would not allow the debate to come on, but when the Government found that the four Auckland members had gone over, a Minister jumped up and said they wore quite williug to take the motion at once. (Laughter) He (Sir George) was not going to pass judgment on the motives of those four members. He thought that if they had determined to go over they did not do it in the right way, or that anyone could justify them. It had been said that they went over to get £64,000 for the North of Auckland, but how would that compensate for tbe injury done to the colouy by the increase of £300,000 iv the customs. He thought it was a fatal eiror of judgment on the part of those four, whatever may have been their motives, and that tkey erred iv the conclusion at which they arrived. It com pletely disorganised parties aud destroyed mutual confidence. (A voice, " What did Billy Swanson get ?") He would not attribute motives; but he could not find the reasons that had guided them. It was said that the contractors were not paid, and that when members went to the Government about it they were told, " If you want tho contractors paid, you must vote for us." But the paymeut of contractors should have boen insisted upon as a right, aud members of Parliament ought not to go to Miuisters' rooms aud ask for favours ou the streugth of their influence. They must establish such a rule if they wanted purity in public life in New Zealaud. The result of the defection was the District Railways 811, which he con sidered the most uufair attempt ever made to get possestion of public money for a few favoured person!". If these gentlemen wero cutitlod to receive £400,000 because they had failed iv their speculation, then every other public company that was unsuccessful would be entitled tv similar aid. if they had becu lucky, aud the price of their laud, enormously increused, they would not have given auything back to the public. The sum was reduced to £60,000 though he never agreed to any portion of it, (applause). That was a proposal that might hare been fairly but members grew weary and wanted to get home. This WDuld bo ouc of the blackest pages in the history of New Zealand, when it came to he written. The £300,000 put upon the Customs iv consequence of the defection of these four members, meant an increase of 15 per cent, ou the necessaries of life, and would render a large family an unsupport able hurdeti. Even if the £64,000 was voted for the North of Auckland, the Ministry would keep back the money until the vote lapsed. The next thing the Government did was to take off the Land Tax, and to leave the uucarned increment untaxed, so that men might actually grow rich while asleep, on the enhanced price given to their land by public expenditute. He had received from leading meu in Eng land letters expressing the highest ad miration of the fairness of the Land Tax. The Property Tax would fall upon the consumer in every Avay, tbe duty of 15 per cent, being added to the selling price, a profit of 20 of 25 per cent, would be exacted besides interest, and the Pro perty Tax was made chargeable on improve ments, while the man who held land merely for speculative purposes would have nothing to pay. Some improvements returned nothing to the owner for seven of eight years. He had made improvements of that kind. The man who put £1000 into a company on which he got no profit, but had to pay calls, would be taxed. (Laughter.) 1 The measure was ope the most obnoxious

ever passed, arid it was. doubtful whether the Government would venture' to. Min# it int.o operation. It was alleged that the*, was a deficiency of £800,000, which he estimated at £550,000, caused by falling oft | in land revenue, but the land which rta -t sold would realize the amount. £Bl tato Tin \ne *. SO that it would have fallen 0,1 the rich. ThflJ hadncard that the Government proposed to abolish be subsidies, the effect ot the present, sys tem being to compel persons to tax them selves or" tiie benefit uf wealtny property holders, and to deprive pow localities of their fair share of the public revenue. Why not go back to the o/cf system' under which the provinces or districts raised the revenue, and the Government only appro priated as much as was neccssaty xor Unei'al purposes, without compelling the focal bodies t0 make taxation. He did not approve of plural votfag where tlio subsidy w-as paid out of funds rafeed from the whole population, and he thought that no man should have mote than one vote in election* for the General Assembly. The public schools were not charitable •nstlt'iUoiis. There was perhaps no child that did not forego something tor education, a frock or a pair of boots, and the schools were paid for by tile public at large, Even High Schools were pttid for, and the universities wore endowed out of the public estate. U they were wise they wotlld see that tbe establish ments did, theft duty by theirt and their childreri, iti-l means are provided by which the children of tiie humble will have the advantages of such institutions by the en couragement of cheap residence in their neighbourhood. He would also advise them to educate their children in political knowledge, to have several legislatures, becarisc the Assembly was not equal to the legislative requirements of the colony. Some important measures were neglected, aud others passed wholesale in a tew hours or minutes. His mind frfvcured federation in some form, but he aid j not wish to force his views upon the country. He would next refer to our friends | in England, the "swell mob "as they are called, who'are afraid of democracy in New Zealand. But what the colonists meant was that the abuses of the old country should not be perpetuated in this colony, and that the people would govern them selves, watching carefully every law that is made sd that it may not encroach upon the rights that every man ought to possess con sistently with public safety. They would not rest satisfied with nominal liberty but would have Triennial Parliaments, members returned oh the basis of population, and dif ferent land laws from those in vogue in Eng land, under which a tew persons owned the greater part of Scotland, Ireland and England. The whole, of Europe stood aghast at the land laws of Great Britain; France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Austtia, Sweden, Norway, and Ireland had altered their land laws. Would the people of this colony allow the land to bs used only to support, sheep, without any land being given to the great body of the people ? He tfas convinced that they were determined to establish small estates, and that they would not set up a landed aristocracy for which there was no necessity, and that those lar^e estates should not endure in this colony whether they called this democracy, whether he was Prime Minister or not, whether he was dis missed or was at the top or bottom of affairs he would always stick to those great principles and insist upon their being carried out. (Loud cheers). He be lieved that what had happened last session had done no harm to the great Liberal Party, and if his friends adhered to him he would be able to take a free, fair, bold, and open course, and insist upon right being done, and that out of office he would not be fettered by colleagues or the restraints of official life. However the principles he advocated might be delayed he was sure they would ultimately triumph, and he was certain they would all put theii shoulders to the wheel—that they would not falter when they should be resolute— that they would not turn back from their political principles—that they would continue to adhere to him—and they might rest assured that he would adhere to them as long as his life lasted until these ends were attained. (Loud and prolonged cheers, the audience rising to their feet and waving hats and handkerchiefs.) The were loud calls for Mr Speight, who came forward and said he was proud to serve under such a leader as Sir George Grey (cheers). He could only say that he would continue to adhere to those great principles which had just been advocated, and there was no man who had a more sincere desire to serve the people thau Sir George Grey, whose views he had accepted iv the la.t se-sion as a guide for his future political career. Though their leader had been subjected to the most cruel and dastardly attacks, he stood head aud shoul ders, as a statesman, above every other politician in the country. (Loud cheers.) The Chairman asked if any gentleman present had auy questions to ask. (Cries of no, no.) Or. lvilgour, who said no man bad shewn a greater desire to serve the interests of the Thames than Sir George Grey, moved a cordial vote of thanks to him for his address, coupled with an expression of the fullest conlideucc in him as their representative in Parliament. Mr McCullough seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers.

Mr Donovan said Sir George Grey had been a true friend to the working classes of the whole colony, whatever the newspapers might say against him. (Cheers) A person in the body of the hall called for " three groans for the rats," which were given. Sir George Grey thanked the meeting for the vote of thanks aud confidence, and moved a vote of thanks to their worthy Mayor, the Chairman, whom he would sup port in all his measures for tho welfare of tbe district.

The motion was carried by acclammation, and after more cheers had been given for Sir George Grey the meetiug dispersed, i

Cricket Matches.

EPSOM V. OTAHUHU,

A CRICKbt match was played at Otahuhu' on Saturday last, between tbe Epsom and Otahuhu cricket clubs, resulting in* a viotory for the latter, as may be seen by the subjoined scores. The most notoworthy features of the match were the batting of Lankham senr. and of F. Porch. The latter put his runs together very rapidly, making one fine hit for 6. C. Bowden fielded well and by the way in which he bowled and caught Hesketh merited the applause which he drew forth frem those present. As two of the Epsom team did not reach Otahuhu Maling and White each took two innings, while two of the Otahuhu men took the places of the absentees on tne field, EPSOM. Rold o Hall b Bowden .. _ .. .. 1 Mears b W. Porch 0 Lankham, sen., c Waters b Snilth .. ..18 Mating bF. Porch , 11 Dufaur (run out) 3 Lankham, jun., b Bowden 0 S. Hesketh c Bowden b Bowden 5 Rat'ray b Smith 0 Whito b Bowden I) Maling (2) o Hall b Smith 9 White (2) (not out) 1 Byes 5 Leg-bye 1 No ball 1 Total 58 OTAHUHU. W. Porch b Moars .. .. _ .. .. 0 VV. Martin b Lankham, ,iun 0 F. Porch o W. Porch ..21 C. Bowden b Lankham. juu 0 N. Porch b Lankham, juu 10 T. Hall b Lankham, jun 18 D, Waters o Mears 3 G. Smith b I-ankham, juu. 1 H. S. Hill (not out) 1 Foley c Maling 0 C. A. Bowden c Iteid .0 Byes „ 10 Leg-byes 2 Total ■ 66 The match West End second 11 v. Excel sior Cricket Club was played on Saturday afternoon in the Domain Ground. The heavy shower of rain which fell tended to damp the proceedings, for several players wended their foot-steps homeward, thereto change their wet for dry clothing. Never theless the match proceeded, and resulted in a victory for West End by 25 runs. The principal scorers for West End were Isaac, 16 ; Woods, 34 ; Cottar, 5 ; Baker and Davy, 7 each. Por the Excelsior : Colgan, 19 ; Smith and Burns, 9 each ; Pooley, 8 ; and Belligham, 7, not out. The scores were: West End, 81; Excelsior, 56.

The match on Saturday between the North Shove and West End Clubs resulted in a draw. The West End scored 113, of which-Arneil made 53 and T. Macky 25. The North Shore scored 54 for the loss of three wickets. Of this number Carter made 18, and W. Swanson had 25 to his credit when time was called. The fielding of Waterhouse for the North Shore was greatly admired.

The committee of the Industrial Home acknowledge with thanks the gift of bread buns, cakes, etc., from St. Luke's Sunday school; also, a gift of vegetables from Mr Reay, of Epsom, and fruitfrom Mr Faulder, Arch Hill.—John Stickley, Master of the Home. •

THE SUEZ MAIL

BY the arrival, of the Pvingavooma with the Sticz mail', wc are in receipt of English filea i to the 13th December, nnd Indian papers to the 31st December, We give the follo\pi n „ extracts from our file? .<— A CRUEL MURDER. A\ <.*«. Which has created considerable interest for some time past wa. brought to a conclusion, fib far as the coroner's jury are concerned, on the 16th December, a young lady, named Miss Maclean, daughter of Colonel Maclean, of She Broadway, Wor cestershire, died some tour weeks ago from i the effects of drink, and ther<y are circttm. i stances which caused the belief that it ji_ a ,jj been' adriiiniatered by her paramour, ore , Lewis James Fakie. The facts cited i» cvi. ' ilence were of a very painful charatter The man Paine, who passed as Miss Mat. lean's husband, admitted being martlet} three times, ono of his wives?,-as he affirmed being dead, from another he had been \ divorced, while the tlitrd was in court. _\ e held himself out as the ostensible owner of i'he Shfifbbery and other prejperty belong. iacr to Miss Maclean, and she agreed to make a will in hi=» favour, leaving him nit she possessed ; he, in return, making a will ' in her favour, leaving her a policy of i MUN ance on his life for £500 on which. 'he acknowledged that he had not paid any premiums. Most of the witnesses affirm i that the deceased was treated in a shockingly el'uel manner, and that Paine, assisted by a young girl, named Matthews, daugh ter of the gardcuer of the Shrubbery, While keeping her without substantial food, poured raw spirits down her throat. In any cn.se,- she died miserably i v , a C iffee-house in Seymour-Place, and it was ou.vy by chance that au inquiry into the case wrf* instituted. These are the simple facts of the unhappy story. The coroner went minutely iflttf Hhe whole of the cvi. deuce and hauded certain questions to the jury which he thought wotfld help them. | In the result, after the coroner had summed up, the Jury without hesitation returned a verdict of wilful murder agaiust Paine and his associate,-, Fanny Matthews. A.very affecting .incident now occurred, which creat''d°soirte excitement The father- of the "itl Matthew.-, a respectable-looking manfentered the room, evidently labouring under feelings of strong emotiom. He ad" vaticed to the table and attempted to ad dress the cot oner. He said, "I wish to speak, Sir," The coroner strongly advised him to rcfiain from doiog so. Everything; that could be done for his daughter woaM be done, and he did not think Matthews would do any good by saying anything. Ihe coroner having made out the warrants committing the prisoners for wilful murder, they were handed over to the custody. of lu»pector Buckingham. Fanny Matthews is a healthy, fresh-coloured girl, with dark eyes and hair, and a clear complexion. Her demeanour throughout the whole of tho pro. ceedings indicated perfect unconcern, an<l I it was only after her father had been with 1 he that she betrayed any emotion. When the cab arrived to take the :prj. soncrs to Newgate a large and hostile crowd had assembled boil;

iv the passage and outside the house, The prisoner Paine, who went first, was greeted with a storm ot yells and execrations. The crowd surged to and fro round the eah door, and Inspector Buckingham and H. charge had to fight their way througlvan augry and dangerous mob. that seemed only too likely to break all bounds and wreak personal vengeance upon the unhappy prisoner. Matthews next went, under the care of Sergeant Morgan. At the foot of the stairs she kissed her father, whose state of grief was pitiable to regard, and asked him to give her love to her mother. The attention which Paine had attracted enabled the girl to get to the cab more easily thau he had done, and in a moment they were both safe inside. The witnesses having all been bound over to prosecute, at the instance of the Treasury, the proceed, iugs terminated.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PQI.T. LAND. The fifth Duke fof Portland died in his 80th year on Saturday, 6th December. The public knew nothing more of him than that he had vast (.states, was enormously wealthy, was extremely eccentric, and liked, as far as possible, to be invisible. The grounds of Welbcck Abbey were un dermined by passages, well paved and lighted, in "which he used to walk. He had constructed an enormous sub terranean riding - school and library at immense cost. His vineries and conservatories were some of the finest in the world. Altogether it is computed that he spent not less than a quarter of a million on the Welbcck works. He is said to havo taken to the last a keeu interest in tho breeding of hares aud, iv art. His heir is a young lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards —Mr Cavendish Bentinck—and a second cousin ot the. dead duke. Last week his present Grace of Portland had an income of £300 a year. Now he is the possessor of considerably more than £300,000. from the country estates the ducal rental is about £150,000 a year. The London property is even more valuable, and its value will in crease, for the leases are about to fall m, and the opportunity will then, of course be taken to raise the ground rects. MISCELLANEOUS. ,f.

Ou tho recommendation of the Colonial Office, the Koyal Humane Society's Medal lias been awaided to Williaai Jenkins and his boat's crew for saviDg upwards of 100 women and children from the wrecks of tbe City of Auckland aud Felixstowe, oil the coast of New Zealand; and also to Mr George Wise, of tbe Civil Service, Queens land for saving a boy named Kennedy fiotn drowning at Brisbaue. It was incidently mentioned that this was the fourth life saved from drowning by Mr 'Wise.

A number of watchmakers from Coventry and the sin rounding districts have recently set nail for Australia aud New Zealand. It is believed by some that th'sie i« a hopeful future for the watch I ade at the Antipodes, and at any rate it is clear that just now the industry is not flourishing in Coventry. The Koyal Commission on the Defence of British Possessions and Commeice has held three meeting. There were present Sir Henry Holkud, M.P., Admiral Sir Alex ander Milne, G.C.8., General Sir Lintoro Simmons, G.C.8., Sir Henry nßarkly, G.C.M.G., X.C.8., Mr T. Brassey, J/LP., Mr K. G. Hamilton, aiid Captain A. Jekyll, R.E., secretary. With regard to the Sputh Pacific, a correspondent,' signing himself "Cornstalk," suggests that what was wanted in those waters are two 'or three fast, lightly-armoured cruisers, that will be more than a match "for any hostile ships likely to put in au appearance there. iNot only must the stranger be shut out from the coal ports, but he must be stopped from getting a supply on the highseaß by capturing the collier steamers trading from New South Wales to the other colonies, and this can only be accomplished by our having ships superior to his. A case of . the utmost importance to colo nial Governors has just been decided by the judicial committee of the Privy Council Sir Anthony Musgrave, the Governor of Jamaica (who atteuded the' hearing) appealed from a decision ol the Supremo Court of the island allowing the demurrer ot Senor Jose Ignacio Pulido, aud giving iudgment for him as plaintiff in an action for £14,000 as damages for the detention of a British vessel (the Florence) at Kingston, which had been detained ou the ground that sho carried contraband articles. The Governor pleaded to the action that he was "privileged," that what he did in detaining the vessel was " an act of State," and that he could not he sued in the courts of tbe island of which lio was governor. Their lordships, ou the whole, thought the plea of privilege raised by the defendant unmaintainable, and they would consequently humbly advise ber Majesty to affirm the judgmedt of tiie courts below, and to dismiss the appeal with costs. . ■ ~h In the High Court of Justice on 4'" December, an application was made on be half of the Australian Mortgage Land ana Finance Company, for au injunction to res train the Australian and New Zealanu Mortgage Company from carrying on business under that or any other name only colorably diflercni from the name of the plaintiff company. Tne Vice-Chancellor was |of opinion mm the defendants' name did not so closeiy resemble that of the plaintiffs as to be cal culated Ito deceive or to call for the inter ference of the Court. He therefore retuseu the motion.

Ellerslie Sports.

The sports arranged by Mr Brenan to take place at the Ellerslie Gardens on &atnrfl*J afternoon, were well attended, and pasa off in a most satisfactory manner, am delay took place in startiug the first race, consequence of the interference ot so» unauthorised persons with the scales, after this the programme was gone wrou„ without interruption. Messrs Young an Lendrum officiated as judges, *B)", Russell acted as starter, The results were as follow :— • v - n „ i. Handicap Hurdle RACE.-Sea King,', Harkaway, 2. Three horses started. Kin? won by half-a-dozen l^gt^. „ j HUREVHCUKRY. -Harkaway, 1; Mf *u J 2 There were five competitors. Hawa" j won a good race by a couple of lenghte Consolation RACB.-Fernglen, i> »Y|| or Miss, 2.

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