SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FT "H wATH'n.jThifl Evenlnp. 1.12 H H WATER} To . morrow Mornlng( SUN BET Th!a Kvouinst, 5.10 uN RISK.—To-Morrow Morning. 7.1 KOON'S AOB^New Moon. Gth 327 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

SATDKOAY aVENINU. v. TV Waitakl, 5.8., Edie, from "Whangarei YESTERDAY. Reward, schooner, Anderson, from WhanHarei L zzie, nutter, from Whansapou* Lancashire Lass, cut or, Austen, from Tauranga TO-DAT. Rotomahana, s.s , Underwood, from the South Avocn, bchooQur, Cable, fr^m Newcastle

DEPARTURES.

SATUHDAY BVifNING. Island I.ily, brmantino, Coopor. for Kaipara Columbia, cohooner, Conway. for Nopioe Aratapu, briKantine, iiower, for Kaitnra TODAY. lona, a 3., Farquhar. for Ruwell Waituki, a a., Kdic. for Tauran'ga Darcy Pratt, brigantlne, Ohlsou, for Timarn

IMPORTS.

RSPer Rotomahsna: From Melbourne: — ,G boxes tobacco, 55 4-chosts tea, 210 bap rlco 80 baessuifar. 21 casks load, 12.i-cnßk3 brandy, 12' casks oil, 8 bags popper, 5 caeca chicory. 5 car riages 3 noraes, 23 paokaßoa From Hobart Town —10 cases fruit. 12 eases jam". Kron Dunodin :— 20 sacks oatmenl, 15 cases and pack ages. From Lyttolton :—llO saclts po'atoss, 100 bags oats, 100 biRS malt, G case 3 bacon, 8 eases ohecse. From Wellington :-100 packs ina!t, R2 ca=e* nnd packages, 23 kegs. From Nupioi- :— 200shoBD. ioljose hidos. From Oiibome:—iO quartors baef, 10 hides, 3 bags maize.

EXPORTS.

I'cr Columbia, for Napier,-100 tons drain pipes.

Inwards Coastwise. — Porseverance, from WalhokH. with 300 bushels shinvlo; Whnngarol, t ro ti Waikawau, witu 900 posts, 10 ton 3 fire wood, nnd 1 ton gum; Kllen, from Maraia, wiih 10,600 feet limber; liclianc", from Whanga- Boua, in ballast; Lizzie, fr mi Whangapoua, with 21,500 feet i imber; Sunboam, from Manaia, with 13.13J feet timber.

Outwards Coastwise.— Perseverance, for "vVaiheko; alien, for Manaia; Lizzie, for Whangapoua,

Tho throo ma^toi schooner Fairly left Whan earoa for Sydney with a cargo of timber on Tue.day laat.

The depasture of the s.s. Glcnolg for Tau ranga has bom postponed until to-morrow afternoon.

Tin biigantino Defiance wai to have left Dunedin forthis port ou tho night of Tuo day last with a full canro of So'ithorn produce. Sho may, therefore, bj daily expected here.

Tho barque Mary Ann Annison left Whan gavoa for Arlelp.ido with a cargo of timber on Wednesday la3t.

Th>j biigantino TCthel 'eft Timaru for this port with a cargo of broadatuffs yesterday.

The brlgantine Helena, and Rchooner Josophlno aro loading with proiuco at Lvttel ton for this port. Thos.p. Woitiki returned from Whangarol on Saturday ovening with tho following passen gers :—Mra Donald McKAy, Mi^s a McMi'lan (2), Messrs McTuman. Kiliot, J. Marchant, R. Aubrey, Qeorco Waight, Courtney, and two children, Jo eph Ba 1. Hunt, Murray, Oiemoata. She loft for Tauranga thi i afternoon.

The p s. Enterprise Is being overhauled ond ropiintad in the Dock.

Tho barqnontinp Sophia is übout to reload the cargo of Oamaru ttone which sho landed hco at the time she put into tho p trt in a leuky condition, and convey it on to Bri-tbane. Mr (J. J. Hutchiuson invites tenders for loading tho vessel.

A stupid typographical error in onr Saturday's issue made it appear that th« Vretla^i was "boached" two days off Cape Jerri*!, and two dajs in Bass's Straits. The word ''beached" should have been " becalmed."

The masW of the American barqu9 EU»warth arrived at Thursday Island on 2nd July, having been picked up by jerdine's manager at Bauer. The former reports the total loss ot the ship on Stephen's Island, in the North-east Passage, ■with oleven hundred tons of coal. The wreck was BOd, by auction for £200. No lives were bst. The captain and crew proceeded south by a Dutch steamer. On the 9th July tho purchas ers proceeded to tho wreck and found it burnt tj the wator's edge.

A German-built brisrantine, 139 tons. Captain Deyo, left Lyttelton for Auckland with a cargo of produoo on the 28th instant. Sho will loiid timber at the Manukau for Ly ttolton.

The schooner Norval is loading at Oamaru with breadstnHs for this port.

The schooner Albatros3 is on tho berth at Lyttleton for Auckland.

The barqaentlne Piince .Alfred eal'ed from lyttelton to this portoi iVednorday last with the following cargo: 924 sacks of potatoes, 136 sacks bran, 688 sacks wheat, 50 sacks flour, 9 oases chicory. Tho three-masted schoonor Avoca. with a cargo of coal from Newcas 10, was b9sting up Rangltoto channel as wo went to press. It wil ho remembered that tho Avoca left Newcastle on July 2, but subsequently put in'o Sydn'y in a leaky condition. While there, sho discharged /,ec cargo, andhai her topsitles caulked.

At the half-yoarly rrcctliig of (he Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company, thfichairm m in tho conrso of hi 3 remarks said when tho shareholders last met, the'r new ships-the Ravenna, Kohilla and Hosstta—wera reported as building. Two of them hal b?on completed, and the third, the Rosetta, had been launched, nnd would bo finished atane'rly date. These three ships wore all of the same type and sizj, viz, 3,500 tons,with ssven hundred horso power, and endowed: with hign postal speed ai welJ as large carrying capacity. They would bo valu able additions to their fleet. In addi'im to the phlpa which he had already named, it had been found necessary to order tlio construction of three more new vessel?, one of whir*, the Hrlndisi, was btiing built by MoFsrs Doxford and Co ,of Snndertond, and would bo a large oa'rying useful ship of 3.100 tons, anrt dOO horse power. The other two vessels had been paced in the hands of i\lessr3 Cai-d and Co., of Greenock. who had given the lowtst tenders, and would pos^Bfi the high speed of nearly eighteen statue miles p;r hour.and woild be the laisrostyet bailtby the company. Hitherto it had been the caetom to devote the after part of the deck to the accommodation of first-class passengers, but in tho present instance accom modation would be afforded for them in the middlß of tho vessels, and thereby the tendency to discomfort and sea sijkno s would bo mater ially diminished. There was no probability of any further declins in Eastern freights, and tho receipt* on their Australian line would increase nnder the influence cfthe openlna of the Mol bsnrne Exhibition and the arrangements wuich they hid made for facilitating tratflc with that cjlony. The success which had at tended the Import of nfiigerated mt'at by tho steamship Strathleven promised to call a new trade into exiatcnoo with Australia, and when the rosu'is of meat refriger ation were somewhat further tested, they w> ulrl not be slow to fit their direct ships with accom modation for that trade. There wai another favourable feature in the soming half year, and that was that tho combination of tho .Austra lian colliers, under which coal had been mnin t.iinetl at a high price, bad been thoroughly broken up, and in consequence coal in Austra'ia had bsen reduced nearly one-third in pric\ with every prospect of a further reduction.

THE HERO.

Messrs Cruickshank and Co. have received advice to the eff- ct that the s.s. Hero will leare Melbourne on the 17th and Sydney on tho 21st of this month, cominc on to Auckland by wa,y of Wflinaton. It is intended that she shall in future make Wellington the first port of call in New Zealand, proceeding up tho const to Auckland, and thn on to f-ydney direct. Dnriug her stay in Melbo vrxe, the Hero baa undergone a complete overhaul.

ARRIVAL OF THE ROTOMAHANA.

The Union Company's s.fl. Rotomahana ar rived from Melbourne, vii Sonthern and Kaat Coast ports, shortly before no-n today. We nre indebted to Mr L. C. Miller, purser, for Jate flies. &c, and the following report nnd passen ger list;— She left Hobaon's Pay at 12.30 a.m. on tho 21^t July. Oieired Port Phillip Heads at 2 35 a.m., and passed Swan Island at 8 p.m. same day. Experienced Jteht southerly winds and fine wea'her unt 1 her arrival at Hobart Town at 130 p.m. on the 22nd July. Left again at 11 p.m. same day. Experienced light nor therly winds during the run across, and arrived at Bluff harbour at 8 a.m. on the 26th July. Left again at 5 p.m., and had thick weather nntil arrival at Port Chalmers at 8 a.m. on the 27th. Sailed again at 4.40 p.m. on tbo 28th, nnd arrived at Lytolton at 8.10 a.m. on the 29th. called at 7 p.m., and arrived at Wellington at S a.m., on the 30th. Sailed at 3.40 p.m., arrivim; at Napier at 8 a.m. on the 31st. Sailed again at 8 p.m. and met with thick, rainy weather until arrival at Olßborne at 7.30 am. on the Ist August. Sailed again at nosn. and rounded Kant, Cape at 6 p.m. Experienced strong southerly winds from tho Capo until arrival Passengers: —From Melbourno : Baloon, Mr and Mrs F. Stratton, and Mr William Crowiher. From Const: Saloon. Mrs Dryflen, Mrs Bill Mr and Mrs .Taokson, Mi3s Armitag,-, Messrs Har ding, Mfttthewu, M. Jennings, Mulling J C. Fo3ter, A. K. Wyllie, Littlewood. 11. 0. sinc'air MoCorni'ck, Fraso", Wjk-sm'th, Ilodlana' Ham'in, Freeman, Wilson and s^n, C. Maltroy' J. H. Dalton, A. Tlllle, Mi?s McKenzle, and six teen in the steerage. The R< tonwhana leaves again for Russell th's evening, and will return oa Wednesday. She pwoceds South again at noon on Thuisday.

THE OCEOLA IN QUARANTINE.

The master of the brigantine Ojeola writO3 to the "Sydney Evening News" as follows:— «g IB> please allow me space in your valuable paper to caution mastera of ve^elsagainstusirp; Sydney as a port of refuge. In my case, I left Newcistle bound fo 1 Adelaide on tUe3oh ult, and met with southerly gales for three days, oirrying away aoma siila an i riKKing. I mnde for Sydney, and oa iho 6th I arrived at the Heads. Wehadstror.u ebbtide aid baffling winds. I CDuld not fetch Watson'd Bay; I kept away for Spring Cove/ that placa bc-lig recom mended by the harbour directions, and not being prohibited in the harbour regulations as quarantine grounds, I brought up about 40 > yards from tho steamer Java. The super intendent came off and cautioned mo not to move tho vessel from there until the health-oiflcer came that affcarnooT and relieved me. i explained to them that I was ignorant cf the!r regulationl, and that I had s*en a vessel In Watßoa's Bay in quarantine -wiien I left here on tha 2Cth ult. Now lam here a prisoner, with a policeman looking after me, not allowed to land or go anywhere, while the steamer's crew ard passengers can land, and the doctor and his boats crew landa every day, and then they are Voa to go up to Sydney. I have drawn the constable's attention to this, also ray crew. I consider my owners are ill usad while the vessel is detained, there being no sickness on board,—l remain, your obedient servant, Rko. Davi», Master of the Oceoln, of Auckland, N.Z., Quarantine Ground, July 12."

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Hawea, s.s., Kennedy, trom the South Augußta, brlgantine, Pullman, from Groymouth

DEPARTURES.

Bowena, s.s., Amodeo, for Waitara

IMPORTS.

■ Per Hawea from the eouth:—l7 cases drapery, 4 cases stationery, 3 coilapiplnor, 12 aaoks pota toes. 20 cases spirits, i Jcegs batter, 32 packages sundries.

The n.?. Hawea, which arrived from the South yostorday morniDg, brought the following pas neneera: Mr and Mrs Hunter, Mr anti Mrs C'ark. Mr and Mis Marsden and family (a). Mi nnd Mrs Rutherford, Mr and Mrs Findley, M SS33 McGowan and McDonald, Master Me Go wan, Messrs Robinson, Martin. Crawford, J. Vealo, Austin. W. Clarke, Tilley, Buokley, Tref way, flume, E. Orr, Murdooh, McK-Dzie, Grif fiths Payne, W. C. Koberls. a- d 3 steer-me, •j'h'jßtoam-r loaves again for the South tomor row.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russkii, th's day. Th 9 Hinemoa arrived last evening ani tails again at C p.m. for Taranakl. ._..., Arrived - Ocean. Sea Breeze and Christina. Sallcd-Ruby and Atlantic.

WHANGAREt, this lUy. Sailed : Argyle, for Auckland, aiß a.m. New Hlymodtii, this day. Tho schoonor Julius Vogel, from Groymouth, on enteriDß the Waitara river on Saturday evening, Rronnded on tho north spit. She is ex pected to bo got off this evooinpr. Lyttklton, Saturday. Ar. ived: Waratah, barque, from Hobarc Town Timaru. this day. failed: Hlizaboth Mentz, barque, for Lonaoa. Miclbjurne, July 30. Arrived: Union Company's steamer Ts.rarus, froii tbo Bluff.

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

Arrival's: 28tb. Masrollan Cloud, from Auck land ; 3'jth, Kdlth Held, from Waitaa. Depirtarca : Marmion, fo* Ounedin. Wlndbound at Heads: Palace, Drover, and Look Out, for Australian ports. July 31: A brig and schooner outiilo tho bar. The brig is supposed to be oltner tho Pakeha or Thomas and Henry,

When Honry Taylor wrote In his eminont work, "Philip Van -Artovolde," that"thoworld knows nothinK of its greatest mon," ho raoant to convey the idea that mankind were not pro informed of the ma3tor-mi'Hl3 that would loave their " form and presauro " on the times in which they live, Fecauso groat men naturally m*ko themselves known. They stamp their olory and their gonius on thewo'ld. Many a sufFeror would have reiolced, could it have b>icn known anticipativoly or prophetically, that Udolpho Wolfo'd Schiedam Aromatic Schnapp3 wa3 in embryo, before it was born to tho world.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

mails wiu ulosb ah uhukki— Thh Day. For Rnaaoll, Kawakawa, Wangaroa, and Mon gonui, per lona, at 4 n.m. For Tauranga aad Opotiki, per Waitaki, at For Tahiti, por Fronch war steamer Gulchcn, at 4 p.m. For Thamjs, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Tuesday, 3rd August. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 10 a.m. For Waiwera, Kawau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Hawea, nt 1 p.m. For Cook Islands and Rarotonga, por Transit, at 2 p.m. (Tor Tryphena, per South Caro'ina, at 3 p.m. For Port Fitz-oy, par Wanderer, at 4 p.m. For Whi iangi, Tairua, Tduranga, and Opottkl, per Glenelg, at 4 p.m. For Wangarei Heads, Waipu, Wang*rol, and Mangapai, per Argylo. at 4 p.m For Thames, per Anne Millbank, at 5.30 p.m. Thursday. sth Instant. For G'sborne, Napier, Southern ports, and Australian Colonies, per Kotomahana, at 11 a.m. Tuesday. 17th instant. Pers.a. Zealanrlia as follows:— For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia. Contral 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 orde-s, registered letters, and newspapers, ot 11 30 a.m. Lato letters bearing an nxtra fee of. sixpence. In addition to the postage, will be received by the Mall Agent on board the steamer np to the time of sailing. Tni3 mail will be due in London on Tuesday, September 28

S. B Biss, Chief Postmaster.

Meetings, Entertainments, &c.

August 2, 1880. Theatre Royal—" Lighthouse," 8 p m. Lorae-street Hall—Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners' Ball and Supper. Temperance Hall—Alliance Meeting, 7.30 p.m. Masonr; Hall—T-odge Ara, 7.30 p.m. Dcvonpart Hall—Hart'a Oforotta Company, 8 p.m.

St. James's Dlsous3!oq Class-Dcbato. 7.30 p.m, Pit'^-ntroEt Wesleyan School-room—Servico of Song, '• Samuel," 7.3' i p m.

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 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

We hereby certify tlie issue of the Auckland Evening Star jor the week ending July 31s/, 1880, to have leen as under : — Monday, July 26 6,128 Tuesday, „ 27 6,310 Wednesday „ 28 6,245 Thursday, „ 29 6,185 Friday, „ 30 6,179 Saturday, „ 31 6,266

Total issue for week ... 37,313 GEORGS FRASER)PubIIr» Acoount } ants and T. LEIGH WHITE » City Auditors.

The Post-office report for last year laid before Parliament contains some in teresting information. It is a creditable fact that the postal department in New Zealand, including its costly mail services, nearly pays its own expenses. The receipts last year were £115,680, and the expenditure and liabilities £\ 17,107. The business during 1879 increased at an extraordinary and un expected ratio. The revenue was .£14,480 in excess of the estimate. The number of letters transmitted was 34-99 per cent, greater than in the pre ceding year; the book packets, 51 '84 per cent.; and newspapers, 6- 88 per cent.; post cards, 96-5O per cent. In discussing the English mail services the report shows how highly favourable the San Francisco mail is to the colony. The average time of the two services for the year was : Via Via 'Frisco. Brindisi. To Auckland ... 40-33 ... 5337 To Wellington ... 43-33 ... 49-62 ToDunedin 4475 ... 47-5 The San Francisco mail, therefore, is much faster even from Dunpdin than the .mail via Suez. The difference in cost is very much in favour of the Pacific mail, for Victoria charges full sixpence upon every letter sent by that route, merely for conveyance from Melbourne to Galle. The charge of conveyance to Melbourne has to be borne by the colony, which also loses on the convey ance from England to Galle. The consequence is that while New Zealand paid £7,526 in excess of receipts for carrying 67,913 letters sent and 93,715 received via Suez, it sent 415,275 letters and received 385,055 via San Francisco at a net cost of £7,227. The Imperial Government had raised the price for the delivery of the mails to and from San Francisco from one penny to two ■

pence, but Mr Creighton having suc ceeded in getting the American Go vernment to convey the mails across the Continent for nothing, it is hoped that the Home Government will go back to the old system of paying over flvepence of the postage received on every letter in England. The report contains the usual evi dence of carelessness in transmitting valuable letters :—134 money orders for £434 10s 8d; G3 bank drafts, £3,458 10s 7d ; 83 cheques, £592 8s 3d ; 2 promisory notes, £324 Is 4d ; postage stamps. £3 19s lOd ; bank notes, £99 ; gold £21 10s; silver and copper, 16a lOd. Representing a total of £4,934 17s 6d. There were also received in the Dead Letter Office: —2 silver watches, 5 gold rings (two of which were set with precious stones), 2 war medals, and 1 small gold modal, 811 unclaimed regis tered letters, 44 letters posted without addresses, 259 letters detained for postage, of which only 13 were sub sequently prepaid and forwarded, 749 newspapers and 381 books and other articles without addresses; of these, it was found practicable to deliver 84.

The report which has been drawn up by Mr Gray, Secretary to the Depart ment, is very complete, supplying all the information that is likely to be sought for by persons desirous oi acquainting themselves with the work ing of the postal system in Now Zealand,

In the reply made by Mr Lawson to the strictures of the Civil Service Commissiou ers, reference is made to the cost of main tenance on the Kai para line. We believe this complaint is strictly true. The line, al though, so recently constructed, is in a very bail condition. Men, nt high rates of pay, are constantly employed to repuir defects, and the unreprod tic live outlay thus incurred has spoiled what little chance there was of the railway paying. The Commissioners in their report specially indicated the expensive character of the stall'and workiug expenses of this line, and very good grounds appear to exist for their complaints. Mr Mars donald attributed the cost solely to faulty construction, while the Commissioners thought that besides the expense which may arise from that cause, the officials were too numerous and costly for the tralli o. Apart from the merits of this contention, the question arises, " Why should the lino havo been so badly constructed in the first instance as t" entail extraordinary outlay fur wear and tear?' Tho country is not clHlicu't, a d laud for the lino could have been got for no thing through almost any pat t of the disti ict To this query no attempt at an answer hasbeen made. Admitting that Mr Lawson's state menr, supported by Mr Macdonnld nud the high rato of working expenses, is true, anil that the maintenance absorbs a great part of the receipt*, would it not be a judicious thing, instead of going on patching and re novating with highly paid day labour, t« havo estimates made of the works necessary to place the lino in a thoroughly cllieient state of repair, from end to end, and give it a choncc of paying? At present it is most unfaitly handicapped with chnraes .vliich do not ariso in tho working of otlirr better made railways, against which the percentage of its working expenses i* nevertheless contrasted.

A BLUE HOOK recently published reveals some interesting facts about the National Debt. The return ij divided into tlnee sections, and deal* with thu period between April Ist 1875 and March 31st 18S0. No. 1 section shows that the Sinking Fund established in 1875 has paid off £2,423,212 of funded debt, and £G50,000 of unfunded. The total amouut'of the National Debl (inclusive of the capital value of terminal annuities) is now £770",055,5G7 as against £775,343,G3G in 1875, so that the practical increase during five years of war and unusual di'pre»siou has only been £739,881. This seems at lirst sight an exceptionally small augmentation; but No. 3 section states that the amount of the debt (exclusive of the capital value of terminal annuities) was £720,039,015 in 1875 and is £737,821,250 now, the increase being £17,784,244. These last figures, of course, represent realities of the expenditure in excess of actual revenue. The explanation is that all the savings which were expected, and should have been made from terminable annuities, hare beeu soaked up by Tory extravagance. America'.s success in wiping out her National Debt oilers an extraordinary contrast to England's failure iv the same direction.

The popular belief in Mr Gladstone's capabilities as a financier was undoubtedly one of the chief causes of the late political upheaval in England. It was hoped that if restored to otlicc, ho would by some feat of fiscal legerdemain materially lighten the burden of taxation. This being so, it is scarcely surprising to hear that the Sup plementary Budget, the draft of which was cabled about six weeks ago, has caused a feeling of disappointment throughout the country. The ground of the said feeling is, of courso, the augmentation of tho Income Tax by one penny. People seem to have considered it a crude disagreeable expedient altogether unworthy of the Chancellor's financial ability. On tho other hand, of course, it may bo fairly ur^ed that it was Conservative Rial-administra tion which has obliged the great Liberal leader to do thU tliiug, and that a few years will show a very different state of atl'airs. "i lie abolition of the malt tnx is on all hands admitted to be an undoubted stroke of (heal genius. Tho agricultural classes, who have for a long time past been suffering severely, will be soothed by the re moval of their most vonerableaud well estab lished grievance, aud tho startling exodus of yeoman farmers temporarily checked. As an alternative to the malt tax, Mr Gladstone has instituted a tax on beer. The chief objection urged against this iv times past was that it would put a stop to private brew ing. The Chancellor showed that private brewing was already dead, and need, therefore, be no longer regarded as an obstacle. Amoug other results of this tax, the introduction of several new kinds of beer is predicted. As much of the beer now consumed is undoubtedly very nas:v, atiy new beer lesa unwholesome and unpleasant would probably be welcome tv a large number of "persons. The remainder of Mr Gladstone's p'opo-als, which deal with the duties ou light wives, etc., need not be referred to, as they have since fallen through. Suffice it to say that in the House the budget wns not very severely criticised. The Conseivatives se mi to have been a good deal staggered by the announcement about the malt tax : in fact, one Tory M.P. announced, with simple frankness, that he was sorry it hadn't come from one of his own party.

About the middle of last mouth there came a cablegram from England 9tatiug in a few brief words that a disturbance had taken place in the House of Commons ou the subject of the character ot M. Challe mel-Lacoui-, the newly-appointed French Ambassador. No satisfactory explanation was given at the time, and it may therefore interest our readers (more especially as there are now a good many Frenchmen and Cotn muniats in Auckland) to know the rights ot the affair. The circumstances are these. On the evening of Juue 14, Mr O'Donnell — the member for Dungarvan— asked whether the uew French Ambassador, M. Challemel- Lacour, was the citizen Challemel-Lacour who, as one of the Prefects of the Provisional Government of September 4, 1870, ordered the massacre of Colonel Carayon Latour's battalion in the telegram " Fusillez-moi ces gens-ln," contained in the report of the Commission of the National Assembly on the subject, and who had since beeu condemned by a Court of Justice in France to pay some three thousand pounds compensation for his share in the plunder ot a convent during the same period; nnd whether the Rarao pcraou was not suggested as F;ench Am bassador at Berlin last year, but promptly withdrawn •in deference to the opinion of the German Government. Sir Charles Dilkc amid loud cheers gave an answer, which was a complete contradic tion on every point. There was no such massacre, and no copy of such an order had ever been produced. The action for damages was agaiust M. Challemel-Lacour, not as an individual but as the head of the Department of the Rhone, aud it was now on appeal before the Court of Ca~-satiou. me Uerman Government had not objected to him, and would have received him with the utmost cordiality. Mr O'Donnell was proceeding to eS pr es? bi 3 dissatisfaction with the answer aud his reasons for thinking the Government had been misled, when the Speaker pointed out to him that this would be an abuse or. privilege, and the proper course would be to give notice of an

\ddress to the Crown. Mr. O'Donnell, howeve-, persevered, and having intimated that 113 would conclude by moving the adjournment of the debate, Mr Gladstone immediately rose, and amid cheers from both sides, moved " that Mr O'Donnell be not heard." Thereupon arose an acrimoni oils discussion, the like of which has not been heard in the British Parliament for many a long day. The Speaker said no motion to stop a member's mouth had been made for 200 years, but he added, neilhei had any occasion such as this arisen for it. A. terribly stormy debate on the poini followed. Lord Hartington poiuted out that the emergency was one in which the leader of the House was justified in pro ceeding to extreme s;eps. If he did not do so the privileges of Parliament would be liable to abuse. At this there was a cry from the Irish faction of "Cnjsarism"—"Despotism." Mr Glad stone tried in vaia to throw oil on thp troubled waters, bnt it was no good, and after several futile divisions the Home adjourned, leaving Mr O'Donnell practically in possession of the field. There appear? to be but one opinion about that gentlemanl!- --conduct. An ambassador is an almost •<acred personage, and the offence of assailing him is aggravated when, as in the case of M. Lacoiir, he is a statrsmau deserving of honest etilogium. The "Daily News" opines that it would bo hardly possible for any one to say a word in palliation of Mr VDonnell's conduct, and is inclined to think that if the House of Commons had been solely considering Mr O'Donnell and the propriety of his actions, there would be rtnrdly a single member found to oppose the course suggested by Mr Gladstone. Vofie of the papers, however, not even the "xtreme Liberal organs, uphold Mr Glad stone's action in moving that Mr O'Donnell's mouth should be closed. The "Daily Ne\Y3" doss not venture to say "That there might not be occasions when the House of Commons might properly exercise that right which every assembly of gentle msn must somehow retain in their hands, and declare that they would listen to no more of some particularly olfensive speech. Hut it is, at all events, a very grave respon sibility for the House of Commons to as same wlien it takes upon itself to say that the voice of a certain member must be coerced into silence."

The issue of the Star for the week ending Saturday last, as shown by the City Auditors' rppnrt, was 37,313, against 36.550 for the week preceding.

Mr Bars tow, R.M., remarked this morning upon the singular fact, that there was notone charge of drunkenness on a Sunday before the Court. It was a very long time since he had not had one or more Sunday casss to deal with on a Monday morning.'

The evening service at the Theatre Koyal was largely attended, and addresses given byllevs. Messrs Taylor and Do wsbury. Dr Kenderdine occupied the position of presi dent, and informed the congregation that the collection on the previous Sunday evening was £ I 16s, which shewed a slight fulling o*f. The selected choir was under the direction of Mr John liyau.

The first meeting of the friends of the proposed New Zealand Alliance (Auckland branch) will be held thh evening, in the Temperance Hall. The meeting is called with the view of inaugurating a Society for the lawful suppression of the liquor trade and enrolling members; chair to ba taken at 7.30 p.m.

A football match was played in tho Domain on Saturday between the I'arncll Grammar School and City East, resulting in a victory for the Grammar School by one touch-down (two points) to nil. The game was a well-contested one throughout. C. Harding', Twinham, and Moss plnyed very well for the Giainm ir School, while for City East, Riding*, Oewar, and 11. Crocker were smart and good.

In our telegraphic summary, the division of the vote amongst the Auckland counties, the £15 mentioned as. being voted to Mr Uuyard should have appeared £25. Thn sum ought not to have been charged against [he county, as it was merely to cover the coat of a mistake made by the Government in selling a piece of land without a road to it. The list of Smiths in New York covers fifteen solid pages in the new directory. Of Charles Smiths alone there are over 100, and uf Johns there is a full page of fine and closely printed type. Of the female Smiths, there are forty-eight widows all in a row, and all named Mavy. This does not include the Mary A.'s and Mary B.'a who are widows, and of whom there is a moderate sized regiment. And, besides these, there are between four and live pages of German Schmidts and Schmitte.

■\Ve uotico the death of Mr John Cowell, which occurred at Awhitn, in the Mnnnkau, on the 12th of July, in the G7th year of his age. Mr Cowell was about the oldest settler in tho North Island, having resided in various parts of the colony for half a cen tury. Deceased had been out shooting several days before his death, and caught cold through getting wet, which led to a termination of his earthly career. Mr Cowell was very much respected by all who kn-:w him, ami from aa immense store of information about Now Zealand and her wars, gathered by observa tion through fifty years, was an iuterc*liii" companion. He was, moreover, a good Maori scholar, and had been a useful and active settler. The knowledge possessed by Mr Cowell would be of special use to the future historian of New Zpaland, and especially of her struggles which necessarily form the early chapters in the history of every nation. Mr Cowell leaves a widow, one son, and three daughters behind him.

Mr Dicksou forwards the following report for the week cudiug 31st July :—Weather, damp; barometer, rather low ; temperature, about the average of July; wind, light. Baro meter highest on Saturday eveninsr, 30-308, falling very rapidly to 29776 at about 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday ; then very stationery between 299 and 300 for the rest of the week—average, 29970. Approximate moan temperature (about one degree above last week), 52*1 ; the 16 years' average for July being one-tenth higher. Heaviest rain, on Monday a little under oue inch (-970): total fall from Sunday afternoon to Monday evening (with light showers on Tuesday and Wednesday nights); 1J (1245! inch. Wiud, strong on Sunday night and Monday morn in" (24 miles per hour at 9 a.m.) fromN.E., shTftiug to N. W. ; light and N. W. to S.W. for the rest of the week ; at times very still; Wcduesilay, Thursday, aud Friday morn ings, misty.

Tho "St. Paul's Magazine" for August continnrs its uninterrupted course with un abated interest, bearing, retrospectively and protectively, the fruits of its parochial mission. The events of the past month arc neatly chronicled in " elite " and sober fash ion, "enrrente calamo." The confirmation of the Bishop of Auckland is fixed for th& evening of the 23rd instant, the virgil of St. Bartholomew. The choir concert in aid ot the Parsonage Fuud will shortly take plac;. The parisbo:iora, we learn, are subscribing liberally towards the pleasant parsonage " o'er-looking the »ea." An ac count of the children's eutertaiumcut occu pies a page. The mode of getting up a tea-party by the cougregatiau of St. Paul's is rather out of the ordinary line, which needs a word of explanation; otherwise, the list of contributions, tea, sugar, bread, butter, fruits, jams, and lollies may be mis interpreted, as adults, when they contribute tliC3e good things, pay for tickets of admis sion ; but where the fact shiues forth, star like, that the feast is free to between 200 and 300 children, the light of truth dispels the mist of wonder, and the reasonableness of the mode of working up a liberal feast is at once apparent. Marriages have been slow at St. Paul's, but the list will probably ba lager iv the September issue, as it is expected that a number of young ladies have consented to a change of name. Tho literary coutenls this month are connected with several well-linished wood cuts, one beiug the ferry-boat on the river, with the angler's roaort iv the shadow of elm trees, and the si»u of the " white-hart" swinging from a brauch, and the other a view of the old Abbey of Bylaud. Several tales aud sketches, three or four religious poems—one from the pen of Longfellow; a story of an old shoemaker, told by one of the vicars of Leeds, and a short sermon will sullice to interest and inform its readers.

The Bradlaugh debate in the House of Commons was conducted in a spirit happily rare in parliamentary discussion. The Tories shrieked and howled and danced like dervishes ; they foamed at the mouth, fell do»-n in fits, had apopletic strokes and long periods of mental aberration, with occas ional lucid intervals. They hurled books on the floor, "raised their eyes to heaven, aud poured forth such a torrent of righteous sentiment oue almost expected to sec the little haloes come down from the roof and drop upon their heads. It is understood that after the decision a secret meeting of the new crusaders took place, at which tbey all bound themselves to prevent Bradlaugh taking the oath, or perish in the attempt. '■ He shall walk to the table only over my dead body," cried one enthusiastic defender <f the faith. "And mine—aud mine!" shrieked his comrades in chorus. The spectacle of Mr Bradlaugh marching to the Speaker's table over the bruised and battered corpses of the Tory minority will be a glorious subject for the historical painter of to-morrow.

No fewei than 86 telegraph stations come under the headius ot no-paying, and are to have an extra sixpence per telegram charge on them—29 are in the Provincial District of Auckland

Ihe usual monthly meeting of the Band of Hope and Temperance Society in con nection with the High-street Sabbath school was held on Friday evening, Mr A. Henderson iv the chair. A well selected pro gramme consisting of readings, recitations, and lmisic was well carried out, principally tiy the members., and seemed to give satis faction to the audience. A solo by Mis;- Ellen Freestone, and a duet by Miss May Connolly and Miss Minnie Henderson ■;voked well merited applause. As thi society i 9 but in its infancy we anticipate, from the interest already manifested, suc cessful meetings as well as lasting good to members by_ the inculcation of total abs'i nence principles and bespeak for it the support nnd encouragement of sympathiz ing friends.

The Americans are a wonderful people for advertising. No expense is spared for any effective mode of making customers and purveyor's thoroughly acquainted with each other. We mentioned in our Saturday's issue the receipt of a map and illuminated card from tho Chicago and North-Western Railway Company. Thi3 map, on examina tion, is found to be a remarkably good map of tho whole of the United States, and its intricate railway system. The Chicago and North-Western Line is marked specially, showing it to be the direct track trom Council Bluffs to Chicago onto the great American overland route, ft is also the only line that runs Pulman Hotel coaches between those point?. The Company ia one of the largest railway cor porations in the world, having control of 3,000 miles of railway running north, north-west, and west, its position gives_ it special advantages for Australian tourists bound for Europe, and no doubt that fad has weighed with the management in scek inc to cultivate closer relations with these colonies by diffusing; in an attractive form the facts connected with their important lines of traffic.

" The sick man," says " Truth," " is now l'ttle more than a putrefying corpse. The Sultan's palace is_ surrounded by troops and earthworks, behind which the wretched creature cowers in dread of dethronement or asnassination. To suppose that Turkey can be regenerated by meana of the ruling Turks is to ignore palpable facts, The first step toward regeneration would be to sweep away their political existence. To treat with them, or to discuss with them, is a mere wa«te of time. Tho right to govern means with them the right to rob, and to put down oflicial robbery is to extinguish their ' raison d'etre.' The mistake that as yet has been made has boon to have regarded these knaves as statesmen in the European sense of the word. In intrigue, it is true, they are exceedingly clever; but it is intrigue in its lowest form. For the last two or three years their solo aims have been to obtain a loan from Europe, which they may divide among themselves, and to main tain thameolvi'S in place, no as to bo in a position to profit by tho loan, if ever that manna Is rained dowu upon Constanti nople."

The concert by the St. Matthews' Sunday school choir will be given in the Lome street Hall, on Thursday evening next, under the direction of Mr T. 11. Wobb We learn that several friends of St. Matthews' will assist with ballads, a reading and original pocnis for the occasion, closing <vith Morton's marvellous " Box and Cox. "

Mr George Frnser, public auditor and ac coun*a»t of this city, has taken oHices at 6, Insurance Buildings, and in Fort-street (Mr W. S. Graham's) where he is prepared to do business as an investing and estate agent, accountant, etc., as notified by his advertisement.

A limc-lipht exhibition of views in the Holy Laud, with descriptive lecture, will be given to-morrow evening in the Wellesley street Baptist schoolroom, in aid of the school funds.

The Loyal United Friendi will hold a special meeting to-morrow (Tuesday) even ing, in the Masonic Hall, Newton, for business of importance in connection with the Order.

Scintillations.

• Bo triot; for, it is with words us with nun beams; the more thny are condensed, thedceoar hoy burn."—Southky.

THE football match botwon the Wellington and Grey town Athletic Clubs was played on Saturday and terminated in a victory for tho former. Master (who has been carefully explain ing the nse of the "hyphen") : "Now, boys, here I have written the compound word, ' bird's-ncst.' What U the use of the bar in the middle ?"—Clever Boy : " Please, sir, for the bird to roosht 00, sir !" The loss to the reveuues in the United Kingdom on the contract for the mails to India, China, and Australia for the year IS7B-9 was £240,000.

Australia and New Zealand consume between them one-half of the spirits ex ported from Englaud.

The Princess de Sagan, a fashionable frivolcr of the French capital, recently bought a black boy, to carry her train, for

£40. The editor of a Paris Journal has black>

leaded his two youngest and offered them to the lady for £10 each. Ho is still awaiting a reply. In the deb.ite in the House of Commons on tho Island of Cyprus, it was noticeable that botb. sides carefully abstained from dis cussing it as a pormaneut possession. Ou tha night Lord Sherbrook (Mr Lowe) took his seat in the House of Lords the Burials' Bill came on for discussion. Tho ucw peer slept peacefully through the debate.

" if men arc the salt of tho earth, women are the sugar. Salt is a necessity, suyai is a luxury. Vicious meu are the saltpetre ; hard, atom men, tho rock salt; nice, family men, tho table salt. Old maids are the brown sugar; good-natured matrons, the loaf sugar ; pretty g'rls, the iino pulverised white sugar."

M. De Lcssep3 says that with 8000 men he will make tho Panama ("anal in six years for 512,000,000 francs.

Some surprise is expressed by the Eng lish papers that no honours have been conferred on Sir Garnet Wolsey for his services at the Cape. Lord Kimberly, distributing the prizes to tho medical students at London University said, " Really, skilled and reliable medical officers are greatly needed throughout our colonies, and wherovor they are to be found they are of the jjreatcst service to the Colonial Onice." Whatever did his lord ship mean?

A company of scapegraces meeting a pious old man named Samson, one of them exclaimed: "Ah, now we're safe 1 We'll take Salmon along with in, and then, should we bo act upon by a thousand Philistines, he'll slay them all." "My young friend," quietly responded tho old man, ' to do that I should have to borrow your jawbone !"

There arc only 300 riutkers in Austra lasia.

A subscription hai been opened by the Lord Mayor of London for the suflerers by tho Atalantn.

The Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal has been awarded to Mr Ernest Giles for having led four Teat ex peditions through the inferior of "Western Australia between the years 1572-6, durin" which 6,000 miles of route were surveyed1 and 20,000 square mile 3of new country dis covered.

We are sorry to ho compelled to protest against the brutal conduct of some of the M.H.K.'s who took part in the Retrench ment debate. So anxious was every one to speak, that no less than 20 members tried to catch the Speaker's eye at tho same ti.iie, inflicting so much injury that the right hoa gentleman was unable" to do more than wink at their misconduct. The struggle for the ear of the House was at times fear ful, and it i 3 rumoured that the "rgan in question has in consequence suffered severely.

A table-top made from different kinds of New Zealand woods was o:i exhibition at the offices of the Emigration Aid Corpora tion^ Westminster, in May. Ie i 3 the opinion of the fashionable cabinetmakers that furniture made of New Zealand wood would realise high prices. The Earl of Malmesbury has been writing in favour of a reform in English orthography. Ho declares that " no Prime Ministor, from Lord Bute to Lord Palmerston, could pass au exaininat:on in spelling. " "You get up all kind-j of bricks here, don t you ? " enquired a man at one of our leading brickyards. "Yes, about all. What do you want ?" The man edged towards the front of the yard as he replied, "Cambricka would do," and then cam bricks at his head in every direction as he took to flight.

" Land and Water " of a recent date con tains an account ot the venomous spiders of New Zealand.

At a meeting of the Colonial Institute on May 25th, Mr A'frcd Haloorabe read a paper on New Zealand.

Mr A. Deacon and Mr Robert Harding Palmer have been elected auditors of the London Branch of the Unnn Bank of Australia.

Musical, Theatrical, and Literary Jottings.

Webbr'S "Oberou" has just been pro duced at Dresden, with recitatives written by Wullner instead of the spoken dia logue. Mr Herbert Reeves, son of the great Eng lish tenor, had a splendid[reception oa the occasion of bis d<Sbut at Mr Gan« ■ fourth orchestral concert. As he stood on platform to sin;: bis first son 8 , the anx.ouj audience were struck with his singular per sonal likeness to his father. .Fac*. hgnre, walk, and even style of singing were won derfully alike, but, alas, here the likeness ended, for however sweet his voice may be, and notwithstanding the art with which he •,iu<% it must in truth be confessed that bis voice is but a weak echo of his father s, and this opiuion was confirmed after hearing him sing thfi second and third time. MrJ. F. Barnett has just completed tne score of his new cantata, " The Building of the Sbip," written for the coming Leede festival, and the choruses have already been put in rehearsal by the choir. The libretto is founded on Longfellow's poem, and the work contains fifteen numbers. A new comic English opera ia to ba pro duced at the Theatre Eoyal, Manchester, in the autumn, composed by Mr John Crook, the libretto being written by Mr J. Wilton Jones. The title of the work is " The Kiug's Dragoons." A uew cautitrice has made a successiul ddbut as Lucia at Convent Garden. The lady in question is Mdlle. Marcella Som brich, and at Dresden she some time ago created much sensation. She played the piano well at six years of age, and was known some years ago as a youthful prodigy at Madrid. hould the oratorio which Arthur Sulli van is writing for the Leeds Festival prove a success, the composer will, in all proba bility, be Knighted. Adelina Putti's reutree at Covent Gar den as the heroine of Gounod's " Komeo c Giulietta" was the signal for ope of the usual Patti furores. A London critic says : " Her reception was enthusiaitic, and her singing and acting showed no falling off in tho brilliant powers that long ago nude her the idol of a music loving world. Signoi Nicolini (or " Nic" aa he is usually called) who took the part of Romeo, with, the ad vance of time is becoming an old Nic, and uot much admiration was wasted over him ou this occasion."

At a recent concert at the Albert Hall, the Duke of Edinburgh played the violin obligato iv Gounod's " Aye Maria" to Marie Roze's soprano solo. Although accustomed to face the public, His Royal Highness was at first a little nervous, and his bow seemed slightly to tremble ; but a? he went on his wings unfolded, and he went to worft boldly. Marie Roze, in a gold brocade dress and diamond eyes, sang, rivalling the intonation of the violin, and an encore was the un avoidable consequence. After his perform ance the Duke packed his two fiddles (a Guarnerim father and a Guarnerius son) in the famous leather case, locked it with his key, and off he is again to Ireland, to help where help is needed.

The Queen, who loves music, as all know who are admitted to her august presence, sent the other day for little D'Albert, who holds the Queen's scholarship in the Ken sington Training-school. Mr Arthur Sul livan of course, as the principal, took him to Court. When before her Majesty this wonderful little boy—who, fortunately for himself, is not a wonder-child, but a true wonder when he plays, and a true child when he does not—sat dowu and played, without fear and without reproach, a whole programme which the Queen had selected. When he came to play Liszt's "Rhapsodic llongioi*e " the Quorn ro3e from her seat perfectly astonished, aud stood behind his chair expr ssing her satisfaction aud her pleasure iv the most gracious manner. This little D'Albert, the son of the famous composer of dance music, is not only so remarkable a pianist, but at his age he has written a canon for sixteen voices, and it may be hoped that in the great pupil of his great master we may hail a new Sullivau to come.

A Mr Herman is "starring" at the Theatre Royal, Wellington, in "Janet Pride," and kiudrod pieces.

A comedy entitled "A Professional Beauty " has beea successfully produced at the Impeii-il Theatre. The scene is laid in London, the characters depicted belong to the present period, and the theme is pic silraed to illustrate the superiority of homo felicity to the whirl of pleasures in fashion able society. Ethel Carraway, the daughter of a retired tradesman at Bayswater, is wooed and won by Wilfred Allcndale, a youug geutleman of position in Kelgravia, and, proud of the beauty of his wife, the husband allows her to become the cenlrj of admiration in the higher social sphere to which she is introduced. His jealousy is at last aroused by the attentions he has been the first to invite, and he at longth becomes awakened to the danger his neglect has occasioned, and aware of the penalties attached to the photographic popularity of the lady who bean his name.

" The Green Room " is to be the title of Routledge's Christmas annual. Like it 3 predecessor, " The Stage Door," it will be edited by Mr Clement Scott, who has al ready secured a strong staff of contributors.

It has been roughly calculated that at least £10,000 clear profit will be make by someone before the Passion Play perform ances are over, and that nearly £30,000 of money will pour into Ober-Ammorgau he fore the end of the season as payment for play-lodgings and carriages. Mauager Bertraud, of Puris, sometimes allows on aspiriug young dramatist to read him a new play. During the ordeal he asks if the reader is cold. Tho young dramatist assenting, Manager Bertraod rings for the servant. "Madolaine," he says, "put three manuscripts on the lire," and the reading is usually discontinued.

It U now definitely settled that Sara Brenhardt goes to the United State 3. She has signed au eugagemeut with an enter prising American who, no doubt, sees his way to making money, although he has given the great actress the mo3t astounding terms. The salary commences with a clear sura of one hundred pounds a night for the six regular performances of the week, and the same for any special matinee: after that Sara is to lecoive a third of the nightly receipts. All the expenses out and home are to be paid by tlia impressario, who fur ther guarantees a weekly sum of sixty pounds to pay hotel bills tor Sara and suits. She is_ to have a benefit in all the large towns in which she plays, and will share the profits of the libretto, which will give all her plays in French and English, aud which is to be decorated with a design from the versatile artist's own pencil.

William U. Vanderbilfc, P. T. Barnum, and a few other men who have macta millions by giving the public vey little for their money, are as sociated in an enterpiise which they justly term colossal It is the erection of a gigantic building on the aide of the present Madison Square Garden, in which every variety of amusemeut shall be furnished the public, trim a foot-raca to an opera. George Rigaold recently mat with a queer accident at the Queen's Theatre, Manches ter. Kays the " Referee " : George Rignold on Wednesday evening went through his performance aa Henry V. at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester. He had won his battles against fearful odd-i, and on his noble white "charger" had bowed his acknowledgment) of the enthusiastic plaudits which greeted him, and was just thinking of going home to supper, when a roar from the fiont demanded auo'iher up lifting of the cur'ain. Thou again the spectators gazed with admiral ion upon the victorious and haudsome monarch and his creamy steed. Sudlenly the animal stumbled, and down he went, with his leg in a hole. It was the off hind leg, and there was some fear that the hind leg would really have to be "oil"' in another sense, as the poor brute could not extricate it. Do you want to know what Rignold was doing ? Well, he was, according to all accounta, as cool as the proverbial cucumber. He was seen kneeling behind the animal, giving direc tion through the now wholly open trap to those below ; but directions and tuggings proved of no avail, and those looking on f iom before the footlights felt anything but com fortable when the horse rolled over and dis appeared altogether. What became of it regains to many a mystery until this day ; but as the bold George presently uppeared before the curtain to announce that no in jury had been received either by himself or the "charger," I'supposa it win all right, and that the affair eud>;d with a wigoing for the individuals in charge of the traps. A new journal, called the "Ismail Peik," has been started at Constantinople- It is published in the Hindustani and Turkish languages, and is printed at the State print ing office. It speaks of the Sultan as the Caliph of India.

From a recent lawsuit it transpires that M. Pierce Egan, the writer of the blood and-thunder romances for the "London Journal," receives from £700 to £800 for each story.

Under the Mle of " Glimpses through the Gannon-Smoke," Mr Archibald Forbes is just about to publish a series of sketche« reprints of articles written in the peaceful intervals which have divided his periods cf campa'gamg. l i A ?»T nSJ e1 'entitled " A Sailors' Sweet of Ba« 'Th by w f Wv W Russel1 'the »^hor I « I ?^ k of the Grosvenor" will Low&C P Sh6d by Messis S™on

CABLEGRAMS.

EU-ROPEAN

[R BUT F.R'S TELKORAMS.] The Great Bowers Befuse Turkey's Proposal. LONDON. July 31. The Great Powers have declined the pro posal made b/ Turkey to re-npen thoqw tiou of the rectification of the Grc-ek frontier. _ A Seat for Dodson. "ORE LONDON. July 31. The Right Hon. J. G. Dodson, Present of the' J-ocal Government Board in Mr Gladstone's Ministry, who was unseated as a member for Chester o«ing to the corrupt practices of his agent in the election, has been elected for Scarborough Mr S. ii Johuson having retired in his favour. Belief for Ireland. la the House of Lords the Irish Relief Bill has passed through committee. The Hares' and Babbits' Bill. In the House of Commons a Bill has been read a second time for conferring the privileges on Iri«h districts, with regard to tlie shooting of hares and rabbits. Australians v. 18 of Crewe. The cricket match, Australians v. 18 of the Alexandra Club of Crewe, in Cheshire, was resumed to-day, the Australians con tinuing- their innings. Two wickets were down for 61 runs. They were all disposed ~f for 257 runs. Blackbam was caught tor 40. In the second innings the home team had 8 wickets down for 29 runs. The attendance af each was moderate, and the game was drawn in favour of the Aus tralians. Commercial. LONDON. July 31. Consols, 98J. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,730,000 quarters. Best Australian mutton tallow is at 35s 6d.

AUSTRALIAN.

[REUTEE'S SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.]

The Outlaw Kelly.

MELBOURNE,

August 1. Ned Kelly has been sent to Beechwortb.

The Y/aimate Plains,

(BY TEttGRAPH.)

[FKOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

PUKERINIIAU, this day. TWO MORE NATIVES ARRESTED.—

A CONSTABLE'S HORSE TAKEN. FOUR natives were arrested yesterday. Two Paiihaka natives finding a horse belonging to a man of the name of Thomas Feldiug, on tho wheat, caught and led it away to Opunake, intending to put the beast in the pound. Thomas is an Armed Constabulary man, and the horse is private property. All the Government horses are kept tied up and carefully guarded, to prevent them from trespassing on the wheat. Leading away the horse is, of course, illegal, but the natives are doubtless ignorant of this. It does not appear that there is a case of Go vernment interference, because although the Government claims the labd, it is in the occupation of the natives.

THEATRE ROYAL.

"The Lighthouse; or the Inn upon the Sands" was repeated at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night.and played very effectively indeed. It is a combination ot sensational episodes, constructed on the principle of check and counter-check, and one event follows another with such rapidity that the mind is spared much opportunity for reflec tion. The villains of the piece, though des perate of intent and fertile in resource, are foiled again and, again just on the eve of complete success, and the denouement is tho happy triumph of virtue, and o singular re-union of long-parted relatives'. Starting with a secret marriage, there follows a diabolical plot, which is unexpectedly overheard, then a villain murders his accomplice in mistake followed in turn by the arrest and conviction of_a,n innocent person, his release at the critic.il moment, an attempted murder, and finally the violent death of the arch-ruffian of the piece. -The Court scene and the lighthouse scene are happily contrived, and leud much additional interest to the plot. The former bears more resemblance to the appearance of a Court, and the proceedings have more similarity to the regular torm of a trial than the generality of such stage scenes. The members of the Company were well versed in their respective parts, aud they played well together. Mr Reynolds, Mr Thompson, and Mr Steele, as well as Mr O'Brien, gave capital impersonations, while Mr Patterson, as the Crowa Prose cutor, appeared to great advantage. Miss Hudson, Mi*s Wilton, Miss Hathaway, and Mr Haygarth are also entitled to favour able notice. The performance will be repeated to-night, aud should draw a crowded house.

ALBERT HALL.—DORAN'S VARIETY TROUPE.

The newly organised Variety troupe of vocalists aud performers opened a new season on Saturday evening in the Albert Hall under promising circumstances. The hall was comfortably tilled by enthusiastic spectators. The invocatory wa? played by Mr McComish's band, which had the effect of througiug Darby-street before the lifting of the curtain. The entertainment was superior in tone and character to any that have preceded it. Mr McKenzie. a skilful musician, pmided at the pianoforte, and played tha opening ove' ture aud the accom paniments to the songs of tha evening. The fo'lowing was tha programme :—Song, "Julia'(com:c), Thos. Williams ; Song and dines in dirkie guise. " My hea-t was caufcht," Wra. Mettam; Sentimental song by Mr Grindley, formerly of the Christy Minstrel^, " Ro^es undeineat'i the snow," which elicited a round of applause. -This song deserves special notice as a poetic gem, ani the siuger a word of encourage ment for his exquisite leideiing of it. •Vnother song containing a common tiuth was given by Mr Grin-iley. The " Hiber nian Twins," and aa Irhh jig were lively by Robert Glover ; but an Irishman was necessary to give due rendeiiug of thu brogue. A. hornpipe was danced by Mr Hughes. Mr aud Mrs Leonard pp.rfoimed several feats on ths irapsze, pieccded by a young man whose name we cannot give. A comic duet was cleverly represented by Me3?rs O'Haro and Mettam amid roars of laughter. The second part comprised a farce, "Peace at any Price," by Mr and M:s Glover, aud a voice. This simple farce was framed of only two incideuts, and did notaJFord much scope for talent. The heroine_ (Miss Jessie Raymond) sustained her vole in an easy aud natural manner, shewing that a shrewd, business like woman is quite a match for a man. A medley of song was given towards the close of the piece. The last sensation was the distribution of sundry gifts—legs of mutton, and bags of flour. The living pig fell to the lot of Master Stovcy (107), who manfully shouldered the terrified pqueaker, and carried him triumphantly out of the hall, shouting " Be quiet piggy-wiggy —roast pig for mother to-morrow." The entertainment this evening will include the " Bonnie Fish wife," MiS3 Raymond's leading character, several now ballads, a golden shoe dance by Messrs Heighton and Seager, and about 15 gifts, on view to-day at Mr Burgess's, oppo site the Thistle Hotel.

Gen Farre has determined to abolish drums iv the French army, aud-terrible loss for nursery maids—the gigantic drum major. The pros and cons of this question have been long discussed. The roll of the drum, it was argued, was inspiring, and dear to traditiou. But the reasons which have prevailed are lhat iv actual service the dium is not heard so far as the bugle, is not so well adapted to convey orders by sound and, moreover, that the heavily ladon drum mer cannot carry a rifle, which the bugler a nvKJ^'n* I*'1 *' Res' Q9nts. andToarUts piying nSlmt cannot, rightly estimate the bus? withou §»i\} X tao f t«n °K.bournes of Auckland kirn? ft Jw tUl€ tha °n, ly establishment of the t ,wJ hI J Clt3r wnlch » conducted on the mpnf? S Bt?rm> comblnln? tha various depart- CloihW 1 w OUB°, Furnishing, Drapery and 7™5 We refer to tho City Hall Arcade, a stroll through which will woll repay the visitor, me proprietors (Messrs GariioK & Cranwolll •ii^v. '"st oompletoi important alterations, wtuch are not only a vast improvement in the appoaranoo of the pranvaos, but enables them a .lrooil tho 'argost variety of Urawinfr-room suites in town (ready for delivery), also an lnimnuo assortment of Iro?, Brass, and Wool Bedsteads, and other House Furnishing Requi sites. This but-ines*) ii managed on tho Co opkr ativb CABn systotD. All kinds of Drapery, Millinery, and Men's and Boys' Clothing being snld at onc-balf the profit that wou'd ba re quired it oredit was given. Furnitura~imd i arpßts to suit every Class of Customer kept. A large return at a small profit ii ihe Dollcr of Garmck and CBiNWKLL, ot the City Hall Arcdo, Qaeeo-strcet.

TELEGRAMS.

(FKOM OUR OWN CORREBp OI , D

THE NEW SETTLER 3 % I Intending settlers under the wL I Act arrived by the Hiaetnoa Z"WH morning, and started this mornino t^JM land They were heartily welcoffi^H md from their general appcaranrl, **$■ (o be desirable settlers. nee SB

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, this fe At the Supreme Court, in the cm., i Bank of New Zealacd v. Schwari? *> £720, balance of account, jqSm^ given for the plaintiffs. The caf< Z %•*> v. the City Corporation, claim &3 commission on drainage scheme and'alT' wrongful dismissal, is proceeding. fW CHRISTCHWCB, thi.il The vital statistics of ChrbtchmX July were: Births, 206; marrwi deaths, 50, s ™<.s There was a narrow escape of fi fe «t Garrick Hotel on Saturday night. Alwi I ot spirit* was accidentally brokenfl1! caught fire. The flames were extinoilKf before much damage was done. ™t A telegram has been received fromwi Ross cautioning the unemployed 2*i proceeding to the new goldfields Ri West Coast, saying any large influx mr\ capital would have a disastrous result The report of the Industrial ExWbitu Commission, published by the CobwJl sioners, state that the Exhibition 21 gratifying evidences of success. express a high sense of the generai m|»m the Exhibition, and the admirable 2! in which it was managed. * ■As evidencing an increased constum** of Walvern Bills coal, one pit last j2 sold 960 tons, against 345 tominJnlyS year. "™ At the inquest on the body of Ja. •?urdon a verdict of "Found dead"*!! returned. There was no evidence to al« the cause of death. . ' The Canterbury Com sing Club's Mmm concluded on Saturday. * z The Canterbury Cup was divided k McDonald Rododendron and E. CaTBjC Hie St. Ledger Stakes were won w? Melville Smith's Lancashire Lacs,'? Howard's Holy Friar runner up. V* DUNEDLV, ihUK, Alexander Cameron committed i& by jumpiug down a well at Maori HilU Saturday. He was a married man Wlh,' family. At Tapanui Peter Boyne comn^tUi > suicide by poisoning himself, Be info) old settler. The free distribution of meat and bttii' by two city tradesmen on Saturday ij largely. availed of, c vcr four hundredlo(j a being given away.

COWARDLY ASSAULT UPON CON STABLE DEWS.

A savagb attack was made uponCosiiilJjlp Dews at Panmure on Saturday eveofatjUHs a powerful young fellow of the dimW called Jim Hogan. The assailant was «««§ going through the village towards the {bMdHi in an excited state, followed by his molfatf H| who was weeping and sobbing, "OL'itfle son." Hogan rushed into the hotcl;fk'fl| seeing that be was in a half drunkemWi H the landlord refused to Ki^|s§^H drink. The poor mother, in ,» X agonised state of miud, besought 4 ■ constable to confer with her son, a^j. I duce him, if possible, to return home, lift X a savoury supper awaited him. Cowf»% H Dews persuaded him to go home, in UK own expressive words', " like a good feIWHI Hogan, however, eaid he would havaoMHp pint first and then go home and snp . MlE| pork sausages which his dear m other >HhH prepared for him. Again he stumbled It&ißH the hotel, and again the JandJord refused UMfl draw. A young -Panmurian nil at the bar, and was supplied witljjM a pint oftnebes', but no sooner bad tbH sparkling I/quid left the hand of mine liosWW than Hogan snatched up the pewter, aujH drank the contents without commenMß Hagan then left the bar, and on going onuHt side gave Constable Dews a violent blovrtiH the back of the head, which knocked Liitjral down. Hagan then used Constable I)SH badly, as his cut aud bruised face this monijH '• ing darkly proved. Constable DewiißHl rested Hogan, but as there is no lock-up uf^j Panmure, he was compelled to let himfsH and this morning a warrant was issnod vIH the arrest of the miscreant, who ehonld |H made to suffer smartly for the «npro||| and cowardly assault upon an unflwH constable.

SUDDEN DEATH.

A sad case of sudden death occur Saturday night or early on Sunday mi in the "village of Otahuhu, to as named Rose Ann Stone, about 501 age, who was found dead a few yaa her own residence, in Railway-streei body was first discovered by a settler) Bogg.», who went and informed Ca Graham, who went and examined It: end then informed Dr ElmeliejjH mediately attended and pronmiw; extiact. Deceased was a womaMBM able character; not given to drink; lived with her husband and faiffl|§ street above-mentioned. Mrs fitcm been in poor health for some weeb,! supposed to have dropped undef|Hj attack of heart disease. An inqud considered necessary and was held afternoon. ■ ___jfflm

POLICE COURT. -THIS DAY

(Before R. C. Barstow, Ese., ftjji| DRUNKENNESS. '".'" Thomas Puil'ips, Catherine Taylor, v, Peter Smith, juu., were fiaed s*.'!*:■■■ costs. Eardley Blakely, being his third offes was ordered to prison for 7 days. "■ FAILING IN PARENTAL D"3™H Elizabsth Hodson was charger! w neglectiug to contribute towards t&e^, port of her spa in the Naval TtuOfi- , School, she being of sufficient abilfyl. render such assistance. Defendant paid 15s on arrears," i< consented to an order for 2s Cd perww Robert McOullough was charged** neglecting to subscribe towaids'tfiuH his step-son, Joseph McNamara, wju*;/ of the same school. Defendant, in this case, did uclifp as- the summons had beeu served'oa wife. Sub-Inspector Pirdy said defendiM.* a stubborn kind of mau, butwastiS" these proceedings. He would call WW to shew that defendant bad means. Sergeant Clarke proved that MeOffl was a labouring man in employment^ was able to contribute out of his earufe I The mother of the boy was a hardi«w| woman, and had other children nastt^ .^. care. Hia Worship said, as defendant h«a«| step 'Children to support he ouldnotW a large order upou him. :' Older, 2s 6d per weik. ; Thia was all the business. !

"A TRAMP ABROAD."

Beyond doubt the new book from iSMBj of Mark Twain is bis masterplecft J*' --'^ lively in tone, and instructive frooi Wgj ning to end. This extract from his«F£: encej iv the Swiss mountain", a'"^S out in a soaking rain, is so pleasant); * that we make an extract :— ,^ '■ We stripped aud went to bod, «• i our clothes down to be baked. A" horde of soaked tourists &l^W?fa'..t* That chao3 of clothing got mixed m.j ;»" kitchen, aud there were conseqacn^j|MM; did not get back the samp **^ ~"' I scut down when oar thioff ■. up at 6..15; I got a pair on>'«F:|Jj| |h They were merely a pair of '*}{*!*» ruflle-cuffed sleeves, hitched top with a narrow baud, and rjjjjfiQfli X come quite down to my knees. pretty enough, but they niado P* pflrß two people, and disconnected att"^.j^M man must hare been aa idiot .""J.^gaim self up that way to rough it in W« p. : mountains. ; # The shirt they brought me ffff'figijjßj:' than th 3 drawers, and hadn't wfJSjMJ; to it,-at least it hadn't oasvm^OU,^ than what Mr Darwin vJ^mH^ " rudimentary" sleeves. i??i(wffl edging around them, but t%Osl was rediculously pluia. Tho knitsiu^ ..^mm shirt they brought me was on a j^tEM and was really a sensiblo thmjf r '^XWM behind, aiul had pocketa in ]'^.v t)&. shoulder-blades in ; but they °}A^i (dX to lit mine. Thay gave my W^^(B| to somebody else; and sent w.f »". , jjm suitable for a giraffe. I had Rrj/jjajiig lar on, because there was no butw • on the foolish littlo shirt. , afiirt^K When I went to dinner a "?'f j,<ljH& recognized his ulster as soon •J^j^MHii tail of it following me id, " L'.fi claimed my shirt and J ,: described them as well as gave them to the chambermaiagnHnj when I went to bed, an^sbePl<'Sffli the owner, for my things, werfl <w beside my door in the morning-

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR MONDAY. AUGUST 3, 1880



Special Advertisements. mHE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING i FACTORY'S ; GARMENTS FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR i Fitßktter :: Aura Better Cot i Look Bktticr :: Arb Bkttkr Made Wear Hetter :: Ahe Better Shrunk • And therefore give more satisfaction than any r other gojrJs oirered to tho public. . Testified to by their Thousands of Customers i who purchase constantly at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY'S BRANCHES. ! Now Established in DONICPIff ... WELLINGTON t iNVKROAROfLT, NKLSON 1 Oamaru Wanoinui Timaru New Plymouth ashburton napikr Lyttkiton Tiiamks " CHnisTciiußcn Auckland A biNOLK Gaumknt^t Wholesalb Prior. N. 8.: Onr Novf-JCVlnter Ma ufactures are now r * Ready. i «a. "TRY THE N.Z. O\HRCOAT. SHinT3, Hats and Hosiery of every descrip -1 tion at Wno.r,m lk Prices, ' AUCKLAN D B RANCH, Qucon-Btreot (opposite Theatro Royal). y J. FIIZ3IMON3, Manager I r ' 1 PRINCIPAL GLOVE WAREHOUSE. ) _ ■ GARL 7OK & CftANWELL intend always x to keep a Largo Stock of Gloves to suit f every cla»8 of customer. Besides Thread, Silk, Cloth, and other seasonable Gloves, 1 thoy havonow on sale, iG° Q D ' TWO-BUI TON Kid Gloves (Coloured), Is lid. Those are a Job lino, and worth a t great deal moro. One, Tw \ and Thren-BuUon, at 13 91 (slightly damaged). > Wo have Ju3t Opened np a much 1 JJETTER 1 GLOVK, in all sizes, viz.— ('■ne-Button Josephines, new colours ' One-Bu'ton ditto Blaok i Tho publ'c will generally bo obtainable to i tho very ] B EST and Fashionable Gloves at tho City Hal Arcade. We have just received a 'argo assortment ' STX-BUTTON Black Kid Gloves } FOUR-BUTTON Blaok ditto 1 THREK-BUTTON ditto ditto TWO-BUTT.-'N ditto ditto l ONK-HU ITON ditto ditto ' ONE-BUTTON lßt choice Coloured Joseph i inoa. > Will be sold at \ CO-OPERATIVE CASH PKICES. 3 GARLICK & CRANWELL, | City Hall Arcade, Qaeen-slroet, Auckland. 3 5 |7X 'SAM MrcNDEU' from London, ex J Ht 'CAMILLB!,'from Now York. | NEW GOODS by these ves3ela Just Opened by 1 GARLIOK & CRANWEIX. ' Tapestry and Brnesela Carpet, new Hi signß ? Black & Gold Fringes) Very hnndsomaforCor i Bullion &'"Woured f n:ces & Gip;-y Tables 1 3, 3}, 4. nnd ij-feet Iron Bedsteads ■ 2-:j. 36, and 12-fec-t Oilcloths : Fiinoy Carpet Occasional Chairs ' Folding Ladips' Work Tables ' I) ivenporta, Whatnots, Coffee Tabes 1 Marble-top Cheffoniers, Walnut Centre Tables ' Toi'ctwaro, Toilet masses * Children's Cha>r?. Iron Cots, Perambulators ■ Door Mats, American Cradles, Cane Chairs And various Yankee Notions we invite ml l spection of. s GARLICK & CEANWELL, i CITY HALL ARCADE, ' QOEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. I i fiLOTHING AND DRAPERY : \J 1 SEASONABLE AND CHEAP. r AT ! RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN'S. [ Particular aHoation is dirsoted to th? following i n°°3 '— BLANKETS. ALT, Siziw iO inch ITeavy Whlto Twill Sheeting, at Is per yard FUR MUFF 1 in variety, nnd to be cleared at half-price NSW FANCY WOOLLTCN GOOD3—Squares, Polkos. &c, to bo cleared off cheap 1 New Galoon i resa Trimmings, bought a Job, J and to be cleared at, less than quarter 1 wholesale pi ices 1 Girls', Maids', and Lidieß' ULSTERS i A Job Lot of Ladies' Alpaca Umbrellas, at 2s 6d; 1 a bargain ' KIiANNffiLS, from 9d par yard X Winter Ho>ibby—a large variety Girls' and 3 Women's, Ham and Striped, 9d per pair New Costume Clctha A line of Homespun at 7Jd per yard Carpet Bags, cheap A Job Lot of Boys' Inverness Capss, very cheap Gents' Waterproof Tweed Overcoats Men's Flannel Undcrshlrtst, our own make, 3s 9< ■ Boys' Black Cloth Trousers, a Job line, to be cleared at 6s 9d per pair MEN'S tIOSIKIfY, very cheap A strong lino of Worsted, half hoso, Is per pair Clothing and Drapery Goods of every description, at very reasonable rates, and 5 per cent (Is in the fill DISCOUNT allowed off at CASH Parcia;-es of liOs and upwards. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, JUNCTIOM URAPBRY WAREHOUSE Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel, Upper Qufkn-street, Auckland. OPECIAL TO FARM II! S. CHEAP MANURES. FINE BONEDUST, from .. ..fir v&u ton BONEFLOUR, £8 SUPERPHOSPHATE, £9 „ GUANO of all descriptions. Special Quotations for Largo Quantities. W. J. HURST .& CO., 101, QUBEN-STEEET. j^U.CKLAND CLOTHING FACTORY. LOCAL INDUSTRY. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. J. B. Rodinbon has tho honour to an u ounce that he has secured the services of an eminent fashionable Cutter from Sydney, and a competent staff cf Tailoro, and haß made extensive pre parations for tho manufacture of colonial cloths ; and Is now in a position to supply Men's, Youthß's and Boy's Suits mad« to measure, at Eng llshlslop prices on tho Bhorteat notice. Suits made to order on twelvo hours' notice. Colonial Tweed Trousers, made! to measure at 13s 6d, on six hours' notice. All Tweeds guaranteed we'l Bhrunk. As it Is intended to devote the whole of tho resources of the Establishment solely to the manufacture of Men'B Youths' and Boy's Clothing, the present Stock of Ready-mado Goods will bo bold at fbime cost, to make room for thoao of Jourlown manufacture. J. B, ROBINSON, AUCKLAND /CLOTHING ITfAOTORrj QUEEN-STREET Two doors below Mr Tank's Auction Mart). -'



Special Advertisements. I THE T3OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY -"' FIRE AND LIFE), Aeknowlerlged to be the most SUCCESSFUL INSURANCE INSTITUTION in existence. For the time it has been established. Namely, 35 years. And taking rank as one of the LEA'iING BRITI3H OFFIOKS, Has now card- d on business in this ColoDy for 16 years, During which period, in Auckland itself, nn mcro honourable record exi,t.s of the do.-lingsof auy kindred institution than that of rrißE -pOYAL ICxtending through a'l th > old dr,ys of fire until b tter times camo, when The Company was the First to Withdraw from Tariff Arrangements, And give Auckla7\D Insurers tho benoflt of Hkduckd RAtks. The undersigned Agent continues to accept FIRE RISKS on every description of Insurable Property, at tho LOWEST R4TES obtainable. COAIM3 for LO3SE3 aro Promptly and Liberally adjusert, without reference elsewhere, and immediately paid at the Company's Baukerp in Auckland. GEO. W. JONKS, Chief Agent for tho Proviuco of Auckland, Office: Shortlandstreot. May 22,188 X rp H E BALANCE IF yy INTER Q.OODS WIL', CONTiNUK 10 B1 SOLD AT REDUCED PRICES UNTIL CLEARSD. TIT ILNE & rtHOYM, CHEAPSIDK HOU3B, QUEffiN-STREET.