SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HI3H WATER] ™mo.f^'Morning. 0.21 SUNSET.—ToIa Kvealnc. (l.ti. BUNRISE.—To-Morrow Morning. s;> AGE.-Lost Quarter. 26th, 8.39 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST KVKNINO. Annie Milbank, p.s., Crawford, from Whanga rel Golden Islo, schooner, Watt_, from Russell TJ-DAY. Christina, schooner. Smith, from Rursoll

DEPARTURES.

TO-DAY. Dayot, man o' war, Parrayon, for Valparaiso Paku, outtor, Diaz, for Tairua, Mercury, cutter, Yates, for Tairua

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Valparaiso—Dayot, French war vessel, Tuesday Chatham Island-—Omaha, loading Levuka—Meg .Morrillea, 25th lalands—Coronot, schooner, loading Now Plymoutn and South—Hawea, Tuesday i-jndon—Helon Denny loading Tauranga—Glouolg, Friday: Waitaki, Monday Uugsell-lona, Monday: Wait-kl, Wodnosday Melbourno, via South—Tararua, Wednesday Whangarel—Argyle, Tuesdays and Friuaya ; Waitaki, Friday

IMPORTS.

Por nawea-C cases from Arthur and Co. (limited), Glasgow, containing £100 worth of samples of every description ot_ umbrellas, underclothing, curtatnn, men's, boys, and j outli » clothing, &a—J. M. MoLaohlan.

EXPORTS.

Per Waikato for London: 215 tona manganese Por Coronot, for Maukl, Cook's Islands—SO bags rice, 20 cases geneva. 6(i mats sugar, _0 cases krrot-inn. G boxes tobacco, S cases and casks, wines beer and spirits, 8 cases drapers-, li oases preserved ll_h, 300 pieces timbor. 60 tins biscuit-, 20 tins Hour. 10 cases proaorved meat, and a quantity ot returned trade and sundries.

The as. Tararua is expect >d to arrivo from tho South about neon to-morrow.

Tho brigantino Orwell sallod from Dunedin yesterday fjr this port with a cargo of bread- BtulTs.

Tho ship Fernglen han been shifted Into tho berth vacated by tho ship Wulkato.

The cutter Fawn Is announced to leave Bhortly for Glsborno and East Coast ports.

Tho sohooner Coronet cleared to-day for Cook's -Bland with & full cargo and tho follow ing DAB^ongers: G. Dunnett, Junr., B. Hlrd.aud C.Ward.

The brigantine Magellan Clond left Lyttelton for Kaipara yesterday.

Tho ship Opawa, from Plymouth with immi grants, arrived at Lyitnlton yesterday after a smart passage or SI day..

The s.s. Talaroa left Port Chalmers yesterday with the following pas»enger6 for tho Manukau: —Mr Pearce, Mr and .Mra Wilson, and twolvo children, and ten iv tho steerage.

Thesohooner Torea loft Lyttelton yesterday for this port with a cargo of breadstuff's.

On tho dlschargo of hor inward cargo, the brig Thomas and Henry will proceed to Kaipara to load with timber for Dunedin.

A topsail school) >r or brigantino was signalled went we wont to press.

Tho ship Waikato cleared at tho Customs to day for Napier, whoro sho will load with wool for London, .he takes 215 tons manganese S-lff-niog. It is oxpeotod that she will sail to morrow morning.

A handsome looking nlno-ton yoeht was lannohed fromlthe yard of Messrs jHewson and Melville, Met hanio's Bay.l this morning. Sho haa been built as a ilshing boat for Mr F. Williams, but her lines are similar to those of tho"N.Y." woll known hero some yoars ago, and sho Is therefore oxpeoted to be a vory fasts-iler. Her dimensions aro:—Length of keel, 20 foot; overall, 29 feet: depth of hold, 1 foot; breadth of boa.v. 9 feet 8 inches. Sno has been christened tho Oity of Naples.

Tho following Is a oomploto list of the new steamers being built for tho Peninsular and Oriental Company :—By Harland and Wolf*, Belfast: Kosetta, iron, 3600 tons, 700 h.p.; Shannon, steel, 1300 ton», 750 h.p. By Doxford and Co., Sunderland: Brlndi'i, iron, 3600 tona, 550 tup. By Caird and Co., Greenook: Rome. Iron, 1800 tons, 850 h.p.; Carthage. Iron, 4800 tons, 850 h.p. By Denny and Co., Dumbarton: Clyde, steel, 4100 tona. 750 hp. By Tho Barrow Ship Building Co.: Ganges, steel. 4100 tons, 750 hp.; Sntloj, Btoel, 4100 tons, 750 h.p. Total tannog., 33 300. The Kosetta was to have boon finished and dclivored in ..-ondou about tlo middle of September. The Brindisi is promised for November, and all tho other vessels aro to be delivered in from twelve to eighteen months. Ooean going steamers aro expensive Institu tions. It is stated that a steamer such as the Orient or tho Ln-ltania absorbs something like £22,000 in expenses for tho round voyngo from tho old country to Melbourno and back. The following is a llßt of the now steamers now In oourso of construction in England for tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. We understand that most it not all ot the new steamers aro Intended for the through line to Australia :—

THE S.S. GUNGA.

This morning MrLoddv, Manager of tho A.H.3. Company, received a telearam from Mr Trough ton, Manager of the A.S.N. Company, at Sydney, asking if any tidings had b.en re ceived in Auokland of tho s.s. Uunga, Captain Saunders, whioh Is overdue at the former port. Mr Loddor promptly ropUed that the Sorrthern Cross loft Levuka for Auokland on tho 3rd Inst., when the Uunga was announced to leave for Sydney on tbo following 11th. but was not then In port. The Ganga left Levuka on the previous trip on tho nth Septem ber, and no Intelligence has been received, hero Hince ot her arrival at Levuka. Mr Lodder however, surmise- that tbo Gunga. may bo quarantined at Fiji, from the fact that tho Government have bean Tory striot recently In enforcing tho health regulation*, tbe Suva having been quarantined with small-pox oa the occasion of tho last trip but ono of tho Southern Cross, and her cargo and passengers removed to the hulk. This stringent vigilaaoe Is rendered necessary from tho fact that -he last outbreak of measle3 ia aaid to have coat Fiji 10,000 lives and £70,000 in the irradicition of the di. ease. It may be mentioned that tho utmost precautions are taken by Mr Lodder for the proper medical supervision of tbo passengers antUorevf of the Southern Croas on he" departure from the port by the chief Health Officer.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTUBES. Hawea, a.s., Kennedy, for the South

The Union Co.'s _,_. Hawea left Onehunga this afternoon with the following passengers. If or Now Plymouth: W. Burton, Dans, Hod rolth. For Nelson: Mra G. E. Field and three children. Master W. Miller, Mrs Goodwin. Por Ploton: Thos. Hill, Baxter. For Wellington: Glasgow, Mr and Mrs Carley ano four children. Misses Campbell and Macphorson, G. Songster, T. smith, Simpklnson. For Lyttelton : Rev B. Gibbons, E. J. Gibbons. .

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this day. Arrivals:—lona, Llzzie_ Dream, VvhaiiK»r<il, Eleanor. Loading: Julia Price.. Soiled: Ruby Atlantic. _.iv■.as Gisborne; SMs day. Sailed: Tararua, for Auckland, at 9 __m. Bluff, this day. The Rlngarooma arrived at 4 a.m. She loft Melbourne on the I9_h, at 3.30 p.m., and experi enced very heavy weather. Was hovo-to for 12 hours. She sails at 6p m. for Dunedin. Pas sengers for Auokland:—Saloon: Mis Partridge, Mra Laroach, and 15 in tho steerage.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Tma Day. For Wangarol Hoods, Walpu, -\Yangarol, and Mongnpol. por Argyle, at 1 p.m For Tryphona, per Makorau, at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 27th Instant. For Talma, per Mono, at 9 a.ro. for Coromandel, per Coromandel, ot 11.30 ajn. For Russell and Kawakawa, por Waitaki, at 3 p.m. For Thames, por Enterpriio, at 5 p.m. For Tliuuiea. per Uotoinahana. at 5 30 p.m. Thursday, 28th instant. For Walwera, Te Kapa, Craigieburn, and Warkwortb, por Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. Friday, 29th Instant, For Gisborne, Napier, Southorn port*, and Aus tralian Colonies, per Tararua, at 9 a.m. Saturday. 30th inatant. For Chatham Islands, per Omaha. Tuesoay, 9th Novomber. Por b.s. City of Now York as follows :— For Sandwioh Islands, United Statos of America. Canada, British Columbia. Contral and South Ainorlca. and British and Foreign West Indies, Japan, and China, Including Hongkoug, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at I p.m. .... , For moaoy ordors, registered letters, and nowspapors, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters bearing an extra feo of sixpence. In addition to the postage, will bo received by the Mail Agent oa board tho steamer up to the timo ot sailing. Tnls mall will bo due In London on Tuesday. D comber 21st.

N.B.—ln future malls for Whatawhata, Waltetuna. and Raglan will closo at this oflloe at 7 p.m. on \Vodncßday» and Saturdays, and willarrlvo at 6.10 p.m.on Tuesdays and Fridays. Malls for Aotoa and To Mata will closo at this ofllco at 7 p.m. every Saturday, and will arrive at 6.10 p.m. every Tuesday. Mails for Razorback. Pokeno Valley, and Maungatawhirl, will closo at this ofllco at 7 p,m. lon Taoadays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and will arr.vo Kazorbaok at 6.10 p.m. on Tuoadayi. Thursdays, and Saturdays, and Pokeno Volloy and Mangatawhirl on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6.30 p.m. S B. BIS 3. Chief Postmaster.

Meetings, Entertainments, &c.

October 2G, 188 C Theatre Koyal—Mr and Mra Harts' " Happy Hours," last timo, 8 p.m. Parnoll Hall-Mr Moss's (M.H.R) Address to Electors, 8 p m. Mount Eden—Protestant Alliance, at Mr Cladding's roßldonce. 7.30 p.m.

DEATH.

CARLAW.—On October 25, Mary Anne, the beloved wife ot Jamos Carlaw; aired 61. The funeral will leavo her lato reßlrt.nce, Valve Hooso. Reservoir. Newton, on Thura day, at 3 o'olock. Friends pleaso accept this Invitation.

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1880.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, nd th roo that we can dn

We hereby certify the issue of tho Auckland Evening Star jar the week ending October -Zrd, 1880, to have been as under: —

Total issue for week ... 36,851 GEORGE FRASER) Public Acoount > ants and T. LEIGH WHTTKI City Auditors.

As we surmise! the returns of the September quarter's revenue and ex penditure as telegraphed contain several important errors and omissions. The " Gazette " returns now to hand, how ever, enable us to arrive at a more ac curate analysis of the condition of the finances during the past quarter as com pared with the corresponding period of last year. "We will first give the heads of revenue of the consolidated fund, omitting shillings and pence:— Increaso or de eeptemboT quarter, 1880. Boptfqwtttor, 1879. £. £. Revenue account of March quarter .. 18,711 — 11,706 decrease Ordinary revenue ..371,013 — 50,719 increase Receipts for services rendered 309,514 — 71,998 increase Territorial re venue. 68,573 - 17,078 Increase Miscellaneous re coveries 5,511 — 3,419 increase The total increase of revenue for the quarter under these six heads therefore amounted to £131,538, or upon the ac tual taxation 0f£143,244. It is worthy :of remark, however, that under the head of assets of the former year the Colonial Treasurer received in the September quarter of 1879 an instal ment of £23,727 from the sale of Wel lington reclaimed land. The following shew in detail the increases in the ordinary revenue as compared with the September quarter of last year: — Increase or de- September quarter, 1880. SeXquarter, 1879.

It will thus be seen that almost under evory head thoro has been a considerable 1 increaso in the rcveuuo for tho past ' quarter as compared with the cori-es- * ponding period of last year, and this ' will be largely augmented in the ; current and future quarters of tlio pre sent year by the receipts from tho Property Tax. Tho main increases have accrued from tho additional cus toms duties, railways, land sales, land and beer taxes. The total vovcruie under the heads enumerated for tho past Soptoinbcr quarter amounted to .EZ'IT.CTS, whilo that for the corres ponding quarter of last year was £~\!>, 155. Of this latter amount, however, ,GSO,OOO was received by way of transfer from Public Works Fund to Contingent Defence. Iv the same period Deficiency Bills wore issued to the amount of £150,000. In tho last quarter the amount of Deficiency and Treasury Bills issued to cover the deficit of tho previous year was £993,000. This, however, will bo added to the permanent dobt as pro posed by Major Atkinson iv Ids budget, Tho following shews the receipts to Con solidated Fund from local bodies :— Incroaßo or do- September quarter. ISSO. B o?t?mm?wr, 1879. £. £. Revenue from Li censes and other foes 30,195 — 15,119 Increaso Rovunuo from lands mado ovor .. .. 11l — 3_ Increase Golilllolds Rovenuo 5,360 — 2,031 Increaso Gold Duty 7,115 — 1170 increaso Counties— feimrnt. account .. l'-'.S/IO — 7.001 IncroiiHO Advanco account .. 1,191 — 1,3.0 inoroaso Thoro was also a balanco undor this head in tlio publio account from the Juno quarter accruing to tho September quarter, 1880, of £3,114, making tbe total receipts from local bodies .-£06,280, against X 37,551 for tho correspond ing quarter of 1879, or an increase of £ 28,705. Tho deposit accounts for the last quarter amounted to £'2,163, anil tho balances from 30th J uno in tlio public account to £38,298, making tho grand total undor this head £80,491. Wo shall deal with tlio ' expenditure in a future issue. The figures we havo quoted, aro, howover, a • sullicicnt reply to tho libels upon the • financial credit of the colony published iv " Truth " and other English jour nals. Thoy show unmistakably that the people of Now Zealand aro volun tarily submitting to heavy additional burdens in order to moet their engage i inonts, and to keep faitli with the English bond-holders.

CONTINUING our remarks on the production of petroleum, wo may observe that its oliucnieut aud uao nro purely of American discovery, as the substanco has been known at all hutouc periods. Herodotus, B.C. •1-10, writes o£ it as boing obtained uoar the town of Susn. Tho Arabs called it naphtli (from which naphtha is derived), and the mysterious perpetual lire of tho Ancients was obtained from an exudation of tho mineral, or thegasarisiugthcrefrom through crevices of the rocks. In later days it was found that the North American Indians hud utilised this mineral for several purposes, introducing it. into medicine by the name of seneca oil. How petroleum is produced iv the economy of nature has not yet beeu satisfactorily elucidated. There are several theories which diverge considerably. Some authorities adhere to its animal origin, others to its vegetable, and the latter seem to have tho advantage, by its association geologically cither above or below coal. Experimental and economical chemistry have their busiest Held in the wonderful ranee of the hydrocurbona produced from this mineral. Pctri-oleum (rock oil) is found iv various localities—nt Trinidad, Zauta, North Italy, Bavaria, Caspian Sea, Java, Burmah, Pennsylvania, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Havana, Barbadoes, and New Zealand. Tho largest producing countries are the United States and Canada. It is obtained by sinking wells from (10 to 500 ft. and upwards. Somo of them are flowing wells for varying periods, but several in North America have poured out such quantities ns to literally flood whole districts before any means of confining the precious fluid could bo devised or resorted to. Its colour, by transmitted light, ia usually of a reddish brown, with a stroug dark green by direct light. It- consistence varies very much for different localities. In Canada it is at ordinary temperatures, almost as thick as treacle ; some of the finer Amctican are slightly transparent, and those samples of the New Zealand product exhibited at the Garden Palace, resembled the above grade ot American, with the exception of being' semi-transparent, rum-coloured, and very lluid. Tho wells in America vary in gnage Irom four to six inches, and are Generally tubed to admit of the pumping apparatus, which is placed at such a depth that it will be below the oil level, so as to carry oft' the volume produced by the spring. This level gradually recedes from the surface in con sequence of the great drainago upon the oil stratum; until in the course of time many wells get dry. Some extraordinary mentis are resorted to by the fertile minds of the Americans'to reproduce a flow of oil. Whero where wells have been abandoned, it has been found that by. dropping a bomb of peculiar construction to the bottom, after explosion, the action has been such 33 com pletely to renew the value of the property. The wells follow distinct leads, such as will be understood by our readers, as like an alluvial gold lead—tho load or gutter being shallow and narrow at the top, and broad and deep at its further end. Many wells in America have struck oil at 50 feet, 111 oil ground of ordinary indications, and amall width, whilst following down the lead the width has increased to half-a-mile or so, and the depth may havo attained 2,000 feet. There are 12,000 producing wells in America; they aro protected by 2,000 miles of iron tubing, and casing pipes, aud thoy produce 2,400,000 gallons daily. The oil, as it is technically termed, iB directed into enormous iron tanks generally, of which there are over 500, containing an aggregate capacity for 400,000,000 gallons. Very little of this petroleum is refined by the producers; but is sold to to the refiners in various localities and countries. In order to convey it there are 3,000 tank cars (iron boilers mounted on railway frames), capable of carrying 10,000,000 gallons, besides which there are now 3,000 miles'of pipelines laid down, which havo yielded immense profits to the adven turers ; and there are 12,000 steam engines used in pumping the oil from the wells and delivering it along the tracka. The refiners in dealing with tho material, find benzine, illuminating oil or kerosene, lubricating oils of various kinds, paraffin, and wax, only about 50 per cent being residue, known as tar, which is used as fuel in the process of distillation. Naphtha or bezine are the first products which run from the refiners' still, after which a number of oils of different specific gravities come over at different degrees of heat, which arc allowed to flow into one tank as illuminating oil. Of this, then, about 50 or CO per cent of the original petroleum is taken, except in cases where a *cry fine quality is required, to stand a fire test of from 130 dog. to 150 deg. F., and a freezing point ot 10 deg. below Zero; then only about 40 or 45 per cent is obtainable, but for our market the former figures are the rule, Follov/ing the illumi nating oil, we then obtain from the still a dense heavy oil with a higher degree of heat, which serves tor lubricating; and, lastly, a still heavier oil containing paraffins and tar. The benzine and keroslne as they come from the still require treatment for dis colourisation and deoderisation. For these processes there are large quantities of sulphuric acid and other chemicals used until the oils have obtained the nec cesaary colour and brightness, and are in a marketable state. In obtaining kerosene from petroleum it is found that if this oil pavs'its own cost, the bye products-benzine, lubricating oils, and paraffin-form the basis of the enormous profits of the industry. With petroleum lands situated on our East Coast a Government to protect local in dustries, and capitalists looking for safe channels of investment, there is every reason why Auckland should be aa much a centre for colonial energy as Sydney or Melbourne, which have always held the leading position in perseverance and long sightedness.

Messrs Fraser and White, City Auditors J Public Accountants, certify that the force ol[the Evrarao Star last week was 36,851. ... Mr T auMilin O'Brien has been appointed • w nftl c Native Lands Court. The ajU«!manwiU be remembered as the ex gentleman w - Court a poßl tion registrar of the OP r h,Ch He has had an admirable legal tion.. ne v. . the eateera of ]us JXsfonal -brethren as well as of citizens generally.

The agitation in Ireland is evidently ap proaching a crisis. The murders and out rages recently perpetrated, the threats of further murderc, and the expressed determination cf Parnell and other agitators to continue the movement aa well as tho protests of the landlords, have aroused the I'ritiah Govern ment to the necessity of taking vigorous men surea for the protection of life and property. A cable ineaaage received to-day states that Parnell and other prominent members of the Land League are to be prosecuted for conspiracy, and that the trial will probably take place in London. It ia alao stated in the cable despatch.* published iv another column that several leading Roman Catholic prelates have denouueed the Land League, and that sym pathy with the movement ia decreas ing.

The busiuess of the Court of Petty Fes pious to-day consisted of threo cises, and were quickly settled by six juaticea, two of them, however, took no active part iv the conduct of affairs. There has not been so small an amount of business at this Court since the days of Mr Beckham, six years ago. The eases were reduced lo two, cue being withdrawn at tho request of com plainant, anil not a solitary drunkard appeared in tho dock.

The following tenders wore opened to-day by Messrs E. Mnhoney and Son for a build ing in Fort-street:— \V. G. Connolly, £523; Robert Kay, £530; Georgo Rhodes, £550 ; C. S. Wright, £506; Thomas Constable, £5G(>; Hose Brothers, £583 ;A. Watson, £585 j .1. J. Holland, £586 ; Dawson, £018; McConuoehie and Flatt, £633.

Mr Porcival desires to stato that no entries for the Cattle Show will be received niter Saturday next, 30th instant.

According to the " Wellington Chronicle" " Sir Arthur intends to take up his residence at Auckland dining each recess, and will in all probability make occasional visits to Fiji, for the purpose of exorcising an administrative check upon the affairs of that interesting Colony, uudjthc initiation of which was entirely hia own work. During tlio session of Parliament, of course, Sir Arthur will reside at Wellington."

In our yesterday's isnuo it waa stated hut tho Victoria Company aud hand paraded it St. Paul's church on lust Sunday, It hoiiltl havo read tho No. 3 Company, with heir line brass band.

The " Dunedin Herald" in an articlo on the outcry recently raided by the local Board of Education Bays: In tho accom modation afforded for teaching, thee, the Auckland schools arc only half as good as those in Otngo. If tho Education Depart ment has given Auckland £8000 moro than Otago, that sum will "0 but ft small way towards putting that district on an equality with Otago iv tho matter of muster's residences, leaving tho disparity iv the school accommodation outof the question. Let us nsk tho question—is Otngoso wronged as the members of our Kucation Board imagine! The Minister for Education says that in 1870, the sum of £4-1,522 wna spent by Otago 011 school building, extension, and furnishing, while only £28,7-18 was spent by Auckland. If this be true-and the figures aro before us in black and white — where is tho necessity for tho great outcry that has been raised ?

A cab cgram received from W. W. Cole by his agents, now in thia city, informs them that the great circus nnd menagerie sailed from Sun Francisco on the 23rd inst. per s.s. City of Sydney, and will arrive in Auckland oil or about the 15th of Nov. All preliminary arrangements are being com pleted for tho openingcxhi'oitions, Nov. 20th, and it is safe to predict a succession of crowded houses, as the many sterling fea tures of this mammoth amusement enterprise arc ot tin order far beyond anything that ever visited the colonies. The tents nre illuminated with the great electric lights, and strange foreigu novelties aro numbered in abundance.

It some ot our local tradesmen used a littlo more civility they would thrive none the less. We have beeu informed by n per son who recently went into the shop of a well-known firm in Queen-street that, having found some difficulty in obtaining what suited him, ho procured what he required from an adjoining establishment. Thia appeared to he taken ns an insult by the shopman, and our informant says he has been continually annoyed and assaulted by tho irate tradesman. These actß of rowdyism should be put a «top to, and the few petty tradesmen who practice these affronts should bo prevented from making a convenience of the public. We should cer tainly like to see tho offender in the above caso under the all-seeing eye of Mr Bar stow.

There was a numerous attendance at the first of Professor Proctor's lectures last night, at the Oddfellows' Hall, Christ church, nnd hundreds were turned away unable to find room, whilo the unoccupied portions of the stage was packed full. The meetings cf the Diocesan Synod and the City and Sydenham Borough Councils were adjourned to cnaolc the members to attend.

Some excitement was caused in Short land-street about half-past four o'clock yes torday afternoon, by the assembly of a large crowd ot people in frout of the office of a weekly print which is published iv that street. The concourse included a great many of what are usually designated the " youug bucks " of the city, besides a large number of notable citizens, many of whom, no doubt, were making their way home wards when their attention was attracted by a collection of larrikins surrounding a donkey. From what we could gather of the cause of the commotion, the affair was an organised brawl, headed by some person who considered himself aggrieved by a statement in the print referred to, and who had collected a crowd of young larrikins to carry out hia vengeance. Of the point at issue we know and care noth ing. Very likely from the tone of the weekly publications which havo spruag into existence of late years in Auckland he had received a good deal of provocation. But whether or not, it docs appear a most extraordinary state ot things that a brawl of this description can take place in our public thoroughfares in broad daylight, while the police aud magistracy quietly wink nt it. since one man who perpetrated a gross outrage on another in Queen-street, escaped, with a paltry fine, we can well be lieve that there will be a disposition among people who have no particular reputation at stake, and can afford to pay the piper, to tako the law into their own hands. The physically weak, therefore, are placed at the mercy of muscular ruffianism. But if such a state of things is in keeping with the viewß of our magistracy and police authori ties the sooner a change is made in both the better.

A most unblushing caso of malingering was recently brought under tho notice of the Hospital authorities in a rather singular way. A man was received into tLe institu tion, ostensibly suffering from a severe attack of paralyse*. His case appeared to demand the most careful attention, and it was cheerfully accorded, while the daintiest products of the cuisine were invariably pre served for him. Alter a few days nursing he began to look somewhat lively, although he seemed to havemadeno progress whatever towards the recovery of his powers of locomo tion. Ho had to be assisted two or three times a-day by half a dozen men to and from the verandah, and these periodical movements of his becamo quite improsaive in their effect upon the other patients. There was a kind of ceremonial pomp about them which made the occupants of the neighbourine beds actually envious. Then too the distressed paralytic conld receive only the most delicate nutriment.and his every call had to bo instantly obeyed. At lenpth he began to bo self-assertive, petulent, and even grossly insulting to tbe attendants. Whenever in their solicitude for his health they would ask him to leave the verandah he would abuse them most roundly in a choice selection of miscellaneous profanity and at last when force was used he exhibited a strength and activity quite unlooked for. His ouirageous conduct was brought under the notice of tho authorities and he wa3 ordered a night's solitary con finement in an isolated cell. The two wardsmen who were deputed to remove him still repent their temerity. He blackened the eyes of one of them, and soundly be laboured the other. In tho end nine men had to be told oil' to carry out the order, and when his nimbleness and sudden re-pos session of all his physical powers caused remark he had the audacity to affirm that an unprovoked attack upon him by ono of the attendants had wrought an inßtant and unexpected cure. It need hardly be added that he was promptly discharged.

Return ot the sick treated at the Provin cial District Hospital for the week ending .Saturday, October 23, 18S0:—Remained last return, 95 ; admitted since, 8 ; dis charged, 8 ; died, 1 ; remaining, 94—males, 75; females, 19. Arrangement of cases : zymotic, 11; constitutional, G; local, 42; developmental, 19 : and violent, 16. One death occurred, viz., E. C, aged 23 years, female, on the IStli inst., of phthisis pul nionalis. Thanks are returned to Mra Fuller for a parcel of old linen.

A youth named Dent has caught a small octopus, about sft in length, in tho Whau gorei river. The Kamo Northern Jockey Club in tends to collect about £120 for their next meeting to take place about three weeks hence. The biggest event will be for about £50, a hurdle race of £-10, and maiden platejof about the same amonnt.

Mr Moss, the member for Parnell, will address the electors of the district this even ing in the Parnell Hall, commencing at S o'clock.

Mr George A. Brown, the popular Sunday evening lecturer at the Temperance Hall, contemplates publishiug a monthly journal explanatory of his theological viewa, the lirat issue to bo distributed gratuitously.

Mra. McElroy, wife of a contractor at Mahurangi, received a nasty blow on the head yesterday afternoon, through the falling of the derrick. She was rendered unconscious for a short time, but upon her recovery it was found that the injuries were not of a very serious nature.

At the Supreme Court, Christchurch, yesterday, a young man named Haddend, obtained £415 damages against Mr Barrett,

he contractor, for the lirst line of tramway laid down. Ab Mr Haddcud waa ridiug

home one night his horse fell into an un lightcd excavation on tho works, and was badly hurt. He sued for £500 damages, and £200 for loss of situation.

Mr Lowis, Chief Inspector for the Auck land Cattle District, accompanied by Mr Sharp, Veterinary Surgeon, has gouo to ex amine the Waikato Land Association's estate, with a view to clearing it from the restrictions placed upon it norno months ago for pleuro pneumonia. The Company claim that the estate is tree from infection, and demand that cause shall be shown why it ia still kept in quarantine.

An inquest was held this morning at the Empire Hotel, Fielding, ou tho body of Henry Weathcrly, who committed suicide by drowning in tho creek at Taonui, on Saturday morning. The deceased tied his lunula with his handkerchief, and jumped into two feet of water. A verdict of suicide, while of unsound mind, was returned. The deceased was tin old soldier in tlio Crimea in the Coldstream guards, ami had a medal aiitl clasp for Sebaatopol, and the Turkish medal. He leaves a widow and eight chil dren.

Victoria haa one Cabinet Minister for each 100,000 inhabitants; Now South Wales, one for each SI,GOO ; New Zealand, one fur each 58,000; Queensland, one for each 3G.400 ; South Australia, ono for each 43,300 ; and Tasmania, one for each 28,200. Altogether, those six constitutional colonies have 42 Cabinet Ministers for a population numbering 2.686,051 nt tlio close of last year, with salaries aggregating £53,950 The present Gludntono Administration con sists of M Cabinet Miuiaters, with salaries aggregating, as nearly as one can ascertain, £57,925, for a population which could not have been much below 35,000,000 at tlie close of last year.

Mons. F. O. Cailliau, the eminent French musician, notifies through our columns that lie intends to open a second singing clasa on Tuesday next, in the Temperance Hall. The fees aro extremely low, being half a guinea pur quarter ior srcutlemcn, and 6s a quarter for ladies. M. Cailliau has now a largo number of pupila, and they all speak highly of his abilities as a teacher. Of his high qualifications for the position there can bo no doubt.

J. B. Glasson, hairdresser, Tcmuka, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. The deceased was formerly a hotel keeper ou tho Thames, and a successful mining speculator, but he lost the whole of his money,

The Public Works Department is under going extonaive reduction throughouts all its brauches, but the full effect of them Is, of courae, only felt at head-quartera. Iv Auck land the officers havo never been very largely manned, and the consequence is that there is not much room here for further re trenchment without doing serious iujury to the public interests. However, four officers have received notice that their services will bo dispensed with at the end of thia month, so that the remaining mem bers of the staif will find themselves tasked to the utmost point of endurance. The retiring officers are: —Mr I). M. Bcere, resident engineer in tho Waikato ; Mr G, R. Parke, assistant engineer in the Waikato; Mr Puckcy, clerk in tlie Thames office; and MrTriphook, ot Kawakawa.

The " Thames Advertiser" urges the burgesses to arouse themselves from their apathy in respect to the forthcoming mayoral election, tho aid of citizens of cliaiacter, position, and ability being neccsary in tho piescnt financial position of the Borough. It condemns the transaction of important business in committee with closed doors, and the facilities which are thus afforded for Government by cliques and jobbery. The Board of Education, if we can place any reliance on what wc hear from thoroughly well-informed sources, is open to a similar charge. We arc informed that business of vital importance, of which the public should be fully informed through the Press, is oltcn transacted in committee, after tbe reporters have been requested to withdraw. We may have something further to say on this subject on a future occasion.

A correspondent of the "Southland News," who evidently has a calculating turn of mind, points out that the exhibition numberofthe "Argus" contained 140 columns of closely printed matter—the largest daily publication ever issued in tho colonies. The number of letters or separate pieces of typo amount to 1,250,000, which is con siderably more letters than are usually to be found in threo octavo volumes, each containing 400 pages. If the types were laid end to end they would form a Hoe more than 143 miles in length, or, if laid side by side, they would then form a line over twelve miles in length. If a person were compelled to count these types one by one, and devoted ten hours a day to the work and counted at a moderately rapid rate, it would take him six weeks to complete his task. If one compositor had to do the mere " setting up " of these types, and worked ten hours a day at the usual rate, he would bo nearly five months beforo his work was done.

At the weekly meeting of St. James' Association last night, an interesting and animated discussion took place upon the question, " Are the Fine Arts and Litera ture moro Progressive under a Monarchy than under a Democracy f Mr E. W. Burton opened in the affirmative, and con structed a very good case by references to ancient and modern history. Mr H. S. F. Peltzer advocated the negative of the pro position. Ho contended that democratic institutions by ameliorating tho condition of the lower classes and disseminating broadcast the blessing of education fostered that tasto tor art and literature, which, under monarchical regimes, was in the generality of cases restricted to privileged classes. Freedom, he affirmed, was essential to the full development of culture of all kinds. Upon a devision being taken the question was determined in the affirmative. The annual business meeting of the Association takes place ou Monday evening next, when amongst other things the desirability of having a social gathering of the members and their friends will be considered.

A recent number of the London " Bio graph and Roview," a magazine devoted to the biography of eminent living men and women, contains a brief memoir of Rev. Frederick Langbridge, brother of Mr Bartlcet Langbridge, of this city, from which wo extract the following:—" To many of the readers of the " Biograph " the name at the head of this sketch must be familiar. For some sixteen years it has in many magazines and periodicals appeared at the foot of his many lyrics, and during the same number of years on the title pages of several volumes in which these lyrics and other poems have been collected and published. Mr Langbridge began writing verse at a : very early age. "He lisped in numbers for the numbers came." In a letter 'penes me,' he says—" It must be about 1G years ago Bince I dropped into the letter-box of the Gazette—with what guilty trepidation you will my first love-lyric, which appeared next Monday in the glory of large type, and rendered seclusion a joy that I must henceforth vainly sigh for." The young lyrist was thenceforward a pretty frequent contributor to the " Poet's Corner," of the local " Gazette ;" and in 1865 published " Miscellaneous Poems," a collection of verse, written between the ages of 12 and IG. Of course, they displayed the juvenility of tho singer, but they also displayed a musical car, and gave promise of better things. This was followed in 1874, by "Mr i Satan at Homo : a Satire," of which nothing need be said here. In February of this year, 1880, |Mr Langbridge published his " Gaslight and Stars : a Book of Verse." In this we Hud poems of a doeper tone; in which is revealed that the "years which bring the philosophic mind," also waken the heart to tho " burden and the mystery of all thia unintelligible world," and to the beauty and pathos that are to bo found in common things and common events. The daily life of the poor, their large charities and love made sacrifices in tho face of much self -ullering, have now become very properly the theme of many a sad, and many a beautiful poem. Since Wordsworth struck , this rock, what a stream of living waters has perennially flowed from the cleft which he made IMr Langbridge sees and sings of i these annals of the poor with loving pathos and natural feeling. '

One or two typographical errors occurred in the letter by Mr G. (Aickin, C.E., on " Railway Trains " yesterday. One in 40 or 20," should have read "one in4o or 80.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln your issue the other evening you acknowledged £5 on behalf of Mr S. Coombes' expenses of his recent law suit. I gave a guinea for that object a long time ago, and was told that Mr Coombes has received nothing and heard nothiug of the matter. What ought I to do ?—Yours, &C, ANXIOUS ENQUIRER. —[Our corrcapondent should look after the man he gave the money to.—Ed. E.S.]

Mr Naucarrow, the Government Inspec tor of Marine boilera aud machinery, returned to town this morning from the Kaipara, whither he has been to inspect the Miunie Casey. This steamer has lately undergone a complete overhaul iv view of the approaching summer passcnger;trallicin the Wairoa. She has been fitted with new propeller and shaft, aud her boiler covered with Hadrill's non-conducting composition, making a vast improvement in her steam iug. Tho cabins have been refitted aud re upholstered, extra sleeping accommodation being afforded by the introduction of shift ing "berths. A large skylight has been fitted, rendering the saloon light and airy. The ladies' cabin, which has hitherto been untenable by reason of the extreme heat from the boiler, is now rendered cool and inhabitable, and free from smell, the manager having ordered the bulkhead separating the cabin from tho engine-room to be lined with the same material that ia ou the boiler, the result being highly satis factory. The Minnie Casey, owiug to these improvemeiita, ia now made more service able and comfortable to the travelling public. Indeed the manager, who has for the last fortnight superintended the altera tions, has spared no pains in this respect. Through the propeller being shipped the speed of the steamer has been increased nearly two knots.

Mr R. Arthur Bells to-morrow by public auction somo valuable lots in the city and suburbs. Tbe land is situated in Kyber

Pas', Sealiekl View, Regent-street, and Park Road.

Wo call attention lo an advertisement elsewhere announcing the opening of the Mount Albert Public Hall. This enterprise on the part of the residents is worthy of suppoit, and we therefore recommend all who are interested to lie present at the opening meetiDg on Thursday. We hear that the programme provided ia of special intcrcat, many of the residents exerting themselves to provide something Iworthy of the occaaion. Piano bolos, duets, and songa will be given,to conclude with a laugh able sketch, entitled, "My Wife's Maid." We notice that a 'buswill convey intending visitors from the Union btnk at a quarter to Beven. To the Editor: Sir,—lt seems rather hard in a place like Auckland, where people pride themaelves on their liberal views, to lintl that the Chinamen gardeners have little or no protection. The larrikins of Kyber Paaa-roid enter their gardens aud pull up the vegetables, and when remonstrated with, threaten iv their own vernacular to " plug " them. " John" as a rule is quiet and peaceable, he works hard, and doca his best to obey the laws. lam happy to nay that tho police are on the scent and if those would-be men do not look-out,they will find, themselves in trouble.—! am, &c. SATOU.

The Rev. Mr Berry contemplates leaving England for New Zealand on the 20th November. The following letter announc ing the fact appeared in the " Christian World ":—" Sir,—As I frequently receive enquiries from your readers, concerning the date of my intended return to New Zealand, kindly permit me to say that I am arranging to sail for Auckland, with my family, about the 20th November next. Those who wish to joiu the select party which will accompany me, should write soon, enclosing stamp for reply.—Yours, &c, JuSEI'H BERRY, Wesleyan Minister, Norgrove buildings, Bishopsgate - street Within, London, E.C."

By a notice in another column it will be seen that Messis Carbines and Lusher have uone into partnership as auctioneers and commission agents. Tho two gentlemen ate well known, and highly respected. Mr Carbines has been iv business in Dur ham-street for some time, and Mr Luther ia known for yenrs in Auckland aa manager of the Telegraph Office. No doubt a good deal of business will be given the new firm, and it ia hoped that they may be highly successful.

There is, among the patients in the Auck land Hospital, an eccentric and enteebled old man, familiarly known as Dominic, who spends the greater part of his waking hours in the working of mathematical problems, over which, with pen and writing materials at hand, he will ait for a whole afternoon at a time. The coming and going of visitors disturbs him not, and the con versation of patients or the hurrying about of wardsmen haa not tho slightest effect upon him. He remains profoundly ab stracted until the vexed solution is arrived at when it ia punctitiously registered upon a cardboard, which the aged mathematician keeps hanging by his bed. He is an Italian, and it is said that he is the son of an officer who held a very responsible position in |the Navy of his country.

The " Lyttelton Times " contains a scath ing article againßt Major Atkinson. It says :—" Hi 3 Budgets are dissolving views. In 1875, we had the Budeet of false pre tences. The rainbow of Provincial Aboli tion was proclaimed as the precursor of a financial millennium ; aud at the bottom of the arch we were promised perpetual pots of gold. In 1876, Major Atkinson held divided empire with the Jove of Finance; and we had a charming Budget of Bubbles. Beet-root, Treasury Bills, aud the annexa tion of Polynesia, wore among tho novelties of tho season. In 1877, Major Atkin son was himself again. He was Premier as well aa Colonial Treasurer for the first half of the session. He pro pounded the Budget of Larceny and Rest. After a forced retirement of two years, Major Atkinson reappeared in 1879 with a Budget of Bogyism; and last session he produced his Budget of Bunkum, which altogether collapsed, but which, no doubt, next session will be revived, with new scenery and new dresses, and mado more suitable to the public taste. There is no consistency, no permanence, no foresight, no principle, in Major Atkinson's finance. He is no moro a financier than a man who lives by his wits is a capitalist."

The " Otago Daily Times," in an article on the policy now pursued on the Waimate Plains, refers to the prisoners (?) as follows : —" One is reminded of the account of Mr Brodlaugh's condition when under arrest recently by order of tho Speaker of tbe House of Commons. ' Mr Brndlaugh waß discovered seated in a comfortable armchair in the Clock Tower, enjoying the cham pagne and hospitality of the b'ergeant-at- Arms,' we are told. Wo do not suppose the Government supply the Maoris with armchairs and champngne, but in all other respects they are luxuriously treated. They do no work, they bask in the sun or indulge in athletic games on the reclaimed ground, and smoke undeniable tobacco duty free. At Ripa Island the Armed Con stabulary has to hew wood and draw water for these victims of State cruelty. Can anything be moro ridiculous ? No wonder the Constabulary resigned. Did Mr Bryce issue an order that the Maori prisoners were not even to fetch their own provisions; or is it a standing regulation of the A.C. force that they aro to givo themselves most martial airs before the Natives in the field, but to become their domestic servants when the contumacious fencer is converted into the State prisoner ? It is time the Govern ment were called upon to alter the state of things. They have been accorded patiently ample time for the reasonable elaboration of any policy, and the country is beginning to demand some tangible results."

A WAR STORY.

DUBING tbe war Gen. McLaws, now Post master at Savannah, was riding down his picket line and encountered a son of the Old Pine Tree State on duty who had taken his gun apart with tho intention of giving it a thorough cleaning. The General halted in front of him. " Look here, my man, are you not a sentinel on duty ?" " Well, y-a-s, a bit of a one." " Don't you know it is wrong to take your gun apart while on duty ?" "Well, now, who are you ?" The General saw his chance, and with a sly twinkle o£ the eye replied, "I'm a bit of a General." " Well, Gineral, you must excuse me. You sco thar is so many fools ridin' round here a fellow can't tell who's Gineral and who ain't. If you will jist wait till I git Betsey Jane fixed, I will give you a bit ot a a'lute. " —From the "Savannah News.',.

"Clara, I love but thee alone." Thus sighed the tender youth. " Oh, hear me, then, my passion own ; with trembliug lips and earnest tone I swear I speak the truth." He paused—a blush o'er-spread her cheek. She let him draw her near. Scarce for emotion could she speak. Yet she did aek, in accents meek, " How much have you a-year. V

Scintillations.

'Be briof; ror, it ib with words as wit i son beams; the more they aro candonaeS, tho deeper they burn."—SoUTnEY.

Mr Sheehan is expected to return to Auck land about Sunday next. Major lleaphy, V.0., is to retire from the Commissionsliip of Native Reserves. Five tenders are invited for the construc tion of night-soil carts ova new principle. The new public hall at Mount Albert will be opened on Thursday evening with an entertainment. There were 239 inmates of the Lunatic Asylum on Saturday. The natives at Paribaka are potatoo planting. * Mr A. Lakcman, an old telegraph oflicer, died at Duuedin on Sunday. Mr Saunders, M.H.K., says his speech was inaccurately reported. Inspector Mallard, of Dunedin, is to get a public testimonial. A "free breakfast table."—Morning rations in a police ollice. "If I hit ycr," said a small boy to another, " ver will be vain' yerself for snulf to-morrer." One who thinks he knows all about farm ing, says tho best way to raise strawberries is with a spoou. " Strive to make a good impression wher ever you go," said Jones, aa he pulled his foot out of the mud. Darwin's ancestors, the monkeys, could n have beeu so ignorant after all. They were all educated in the higher branches.

£1,500 was refused for the prize ram Duke at Melbourne. A southern paper says " a Taranaki man proper thinks it infra dig to do aught beside wearing quasi military raiment and loot Maori cattle." Major Perry made 14 consecutive bulls' eycs with a small-bore rifle at the 600 yards range at Mount Hden one day last week. Stopping a busy man on the street and taking up hia time ia simply highway rob bery. A maiden lady of Johnstown, for disap pointed love, has let her toe-nails grow seven years long. The only proposal she has received since was from a man with two wooden legs. A preacher of Chicago advocates the in troduction of lady ushers in church, to make tho young men attend. Mr James Mackay has started a mining anil general agency at Greymouth. It is believed that if the Agent-General ship is not offered to Mr Stafford one of the Ministers will get it. Caught in the act: The performer who forgets his part. A beautiful young girl is confined in the Virginia State penitentiary tor horse-steal ing, 0 Been taking what was not her roan, eh? A North Carolina woman stabbed the man who attempted to hug her. This proves that all women are not enthusiastically in favour of a free press. Wiac's Directory shews that the colony has 9G6 Smiths, 496 Browns, 312 Jones, and 170 Robinsons. Who can drive tho British from out Afghan istan . When Burrows was defeated, they answered Ayub Khan (can). But we quickly have compelled them to with drawn their nasty vaunt. For Hoberts at Umßajab has taught them Ayub can't. The Nelson Colonist in that article on Vogel says there are plenty of land and railway monopolists v. ho would be glad to make a seat iv the New Zealand Parlia ment for him, Burrows, of Nelson, was kicked by a horse the other day. The " Mail" in a jumble of grammar points out that it was a wise step, because he had insured his life. A step out of the horse's way would have been wiser. The "New Zealand Times" thinks the Remi-ofiicial bulletin about Sir G. Grey's bad leg is intended to secure freedom from tourists and interviewers. A correspondent wants to know whether or not Rewi will have to pay the Propeity Tax on the splendid mansion which a generous Government has built for him at Kihikihi. Scene : Hatter's shop, Queen - street. Customer: "At the least you might be civil ; civility costs nothing." Shopman : " Can't aay so much for that; civility to a lawyer means six-aud-eightpence." Three boys supposed to have been concerned in shooting Mr Pearce at Christchuich have been committed for trial. The house of Mr

James Kinlay at Ohore was burnt yester day. The house was insured for £100 in the Liverpool and Globe. It is claimed by Eome medical men that smoking weakens the eyesight. May be it docs, but just see bow it strengthens the breath. The young man arrested for leaving p. place of refreshment without paying for his stew, on telling the judge he had forgotten it, was reminded that he had played that one-stew often. '• Ah, remarkedJJones as he laid down his book'on Political Reform, to tell the dozenth collector that day to call around next week. "Ah, the'demand for change Beems to bo on he increase."

Dr. Hall soys that every blade of grass contains a sermon. We can understand why some people shave their lawns down so close ; they want the sermons cut short. " What decoration is that you are wear ing t" said an Austrian sergeant to a new recruit. The man blushed deeply, and responded, "It is a medal our cow won at the cattle show." Answered their Purpose.—A tall man having rallied his friend on the shortness of his legs, the friend replied : "My legs reach the ground; what more can yours do ?"

Visitor from the country (to German next door); " Jane not at home, did you say?" German : " Nein ; Chane's not at home.-'

Visitor ; "Where is she?" German-: "She's gone dor cemetery down." Visitor: " When will come back ?" German ; " Oh 1

she von't come back already any more; she's gone to stay ; she's det. "How many children have I J" asked a woman of a spirit-rapper.—" Four." "And how many have I ? " asked her husband. " Two," was the astonishing reply. Mis take somewhere.

There must have been a good deal of smuggling in cards lately. A local book seller who had! a large stock (offered them at cost price. He was astonished to find that other vendors could offer almost as good quality at a little over half the price. The Clergymen of Christchurch have set an example to Mr. Proctor. It will be remembered that he attempted to lecture in Sydney on Sunday evenings bnt was interdicted by Sir Henry Parkes, At Christchurch, however, some of tbe Churches have agreed to suspend their week-day services in order not to clash with Mr Proctor's lectures.

" When shall New Zealand's debt be paid ? Dear Mr Proctor say- Will this poor planet die and fade Before our bills we pay 1 •' Well, really. Madam, judging by Tho action of the stars, I calculate the Beas will dry Up In the planet Mars. Ere you can pay the millions baci. One hundred million years Mast roll along tho solar track- Dear Madam, dry your tears.''

Bliffers has a French servant girl of whom he is very proud. He says he never Metz such a girl as Nancy, and says that things would soon go to Rouen if he didn't Havre in the house. He has just given her a new Marseilles dress, a pair of Lisle gloves and several Rhcims of note paper. It fills his Brest with pain to think of parting with her, as she had been m his family Toulon Tou louse.

An American Secretary of State had two afflictions—an obliging door-keeper and a pertinacious office-hunter. Day after day the latter called, and the former was too polite to shut him out. _ The secretary, when he could stand the nuisance no longer, said to the door-keeper, "Do you know what that man comes after?"—" Yes," replied the functionary—" an office I suppose." — " True; but do you know what office ?"— "No."—" Well then I'll tell you —he wants your office." The bore was admitted no more.

The British Wesleyan Conference has ap proved tbe measures taken for the holding of a Methodist Ecumenical Conference. Tbe Conference will meet in City Road Cha pel, London, in September, 1881, and will be composed of 400 delegates, half of whom will be laymen.

"My Dear," said a penitent husband to his wile, " if I have ever used any unkind words to you, I take them all back."—" No you won't," exclaimed the wife. "No, you won't. I know you. You only want to get 'em back so's to use 'em all over again."

A man getting into his train in great haste complained of having a bad stitch in his side.—" How did you get it?" asked a fellow-passenger.—"l rather think," was the reply, " that I got it by being hemmed in by a crowd a little way down the street."

At a theatre in Dublin, a gentlemen requested a man in front to sit down, adding sarcastically, " I suppose you are aware, sir, that you are opaque."—*«l shall sit down when it suits me," was tlie response ; " and if you want to handle my name, it's not O'Pake, but O'Brien."

"Ella is your father at home?" said a bashful lover to his sweetheart. '' I wan to propose something very important to him." "No Clarence, papa is not at home, but lam. Couldn't you propose to me jnst as well ?" And he did with perfect suc cess.

CABLEGRAMS.

EUKOJPHIAW.

[KKUTKR'S TELEGRAMS,]

Decisive Action "by Imperial Government

Prosecution of Leading Homo Rulers.

A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.

LONDON, October 25.

In consequence of the scrioua nature of the action which is being taken by th Irish Land League and the increasing agitation in Irelaud, the Government havo decided to prosecu'e Parnell, Dillon Kellv Biggar, Sexton, T. D. Sullivan, A. M Sullivan, T. B. O'Connor, and Arthur O'Connor, all members of the Honse of Commons, together with the officers of tha League, for conspiracy. It is rumoured that the trial will take place in London. THE IRISH AGITATION. LONDON, October H. The land agitation in Ireland, and out. rages arising from it, still continues. The Romau Catholic feeling against the League is spreading. The Archbishop of DubHn'B pastoral address and Bishop Clogne's speech are significant of this feeling, j> a rl Annee.1 ley, Lord Templemore, and other landlerda refuse to winter in Ireland. « ACCIDENT TO DUKE OF CON. NAUGHT. ' LONDON, October 12. The Duke of Connaught has met with an accident on falling from his horae. He wa»* only slightly injured. SIR BARTLE FItEBE. Sir Bartle Frere, who recently arrrived in London, has had an audience of the Queen REVOLT IN CHINA. A Mahommedan revolt has taken place at Kouhoar, Chinese Tartary, against the Chinese. LONDON, October 13, 7 There is a decided revival in general - commerce. DOOMED LANDLORDS. It is thought that there are five peera marked for shooting in Irelaud. MR RUSKIN ON LIBERALISM. Mr John Buskin, the art critic, inarecent letter in connection with the Lord Rector. ship of the Glasgow University, at present held by Mr Gladstone, declares that lie . hates Liberalism as he hates Beelzebub. "

RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. It is asserted that P.ussia has advised Prince Nikaka, Montenegro, to/refiue1 to accept the cession of Dulcignounleai upon terms which would be likely to pto.j duce hostilities against Turkey. -~'■■• GERMANY'S ADVICE TO THE PORTE Germany urge the Porte to yield to the! demand made upon her as a course which, ■ while being more against Russia, would at. the same time afford a golden .bridge for Mr Gladstone's Government to recede from the dangerous position they have taken up. THE POWERS NOT IN CONCERT..f 1 In any event the European concert has become bo strained that further coercioa of * the Porte is impossible. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR, Greece, Bulgaria, aud Ronmania con. tinue to increase and strengthen their,l^!. armament, pending the surrender of 1 Dulcigno to Montenegro. The combined Fleet remains at the Gulf., r of Cattaro. PROPOSED DEPOSITION OF THE - SULTAN. : :..V.' The papers have discussed the question I of the deposition of the Sultan of Turkey,- i and the exclusion of the present dynasty from the throne. The King of Greece has returned to Athens from his visit to the European Capital. SYMPATHY WITH MURDERESS.'" Mr Parnell intends to re-visit America, m with the view of raising funds to continue i his agitation in Ireland. „„ The land league is advancing funds for tbe defence of the alleged murderers of. Lord Mountmorris. THE BASUTO WAE,.

It is feared that the difficulty in BasU-tv land will not be settled witUßfat the j assistance of the Home Government; Wt,,;^ this iwas refused, and also the capitation,;, proposed by Sir Hicks Beach, late secretaijjf* for the colonies, and also by the Earl '<&m_ Kimberley, the present secretary for the colonies, except on the condition'of thß*Z Home Government having the control Ssjs& native affairs.

FEELING AGAINST THE lEISH I LAND LEASUE. There are signs of a reaction in Ireland against the Land League. The indictment I framed against some prominent memberi of the League for violent and seditious language has been approved. THE SUSPECTED MURDEREBB7 * Four persons suspected of the mardjtgt _ Lord Mountmorris have been discharged. ', THE CHAMPION ROWING MATCH. LONDON, October _3. Trickett and Laycock have returned from " their trip to the Isle of Wight, and are ag^n; ■ in training at Putney. TBE BASDTO WAR. , ,1 . CAPE TOWN, October 23. * Telegrams from the seat of hostilities in- Basutoland report that notwithstanding their recent defeats, tne Basutos continue to, net on the offensive. A large body of §8 enemy now threaten the rear of Colonel Clarke's position at Mafeting, at whiA. place he was recently relieved with route,; forcemeats of the Cape Rifles. .& i THE GREEK QUESTION,. J§| LONDON, October 25. The semi-official " Agencie Russe ",'P afe| lishes an article in which it strongly com»||| sels Greece to act with moderation and <Us9| THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. "l October 25. . The attempt which was made by the Powers to mediate between Chili and^Pente* tor the purpose of terminating hostilities,1 has proved a failure. THE AGRARIAN MURDEKS. LONDON, October 25. $ Mr Parnell made a speech at Galway, iw which he stated that he considered * the 1 House of Lords and Mr W. E. Forster, Chief I Secretary for Ireland, were anawerable for ■ tho murders which have been committed.; | He further believed that the sole remedy fori I Ihe state of affairs which at present exist in ■ Ireland was local autonomy. HURRICANE AT COPENHAGEN. I LONDON, October 23. § Telegrams have been received from I Copenhagen, announcing that a severe I hurricane has been experienced there whicV has caused numerous shipping casualties, j FLOODS AT CHERBOURG. PARIS, October 23. Owing to heavy rains, the environs ofthe Port ot Cherbourg are completely inun dated, and much damage done to property. THE CESSION OF DULCIGNO. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 23. The German, French, and Austrian Am bassadors to the Porte are, in accordance with instructions from their Governments, urging the Sultan to order Riza Pasha to surrender Dulcigno to .the Montenegrins within live days. RESIGNATION OF THE GREEK MINISTRY. ATHENS, October 23. Inconsequence of the Opposition which; the Greek Ministry have met with in Par liament, they have tendered their resigna tion, and a now Ministry is in course ot formation. THE KHURDISH INROADS. TEHERAN, October 23. The tribes of Khurds who recently crossed tlie Persian frontier and pillaged a number of villages and massacred mm inhabitants havo begun renewed ravages and are continuing their depredations. Persian troops; under Hcsmeked Sowlahare rapidly advancing against the enemy. THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 22. The convention ot the delegates of the Great Powers and Turkey, which has been sitting at Cettinge Bince the 18th inst., have failed to come to any understanding as to the details in regard to tbe cession OT Dulcigno, and the sittings of the convention have accordingly been suspended. NEW ZEALAND SECURITIES. LONDON, October 22. Consols have advanced 90J. _ New Zealand securities have improved and are to day quoted as follows : -Five par cent. (10.40) loan, 100 . five per cent. (18tW loan, 101J; four and a-half per cent. (187* 1904) loan, 93f.



Name. Material. Shannon .. Steel Brindisi .. Iron Rome _ Iron Carthage .. Iron Hyde .. Steel 3angea .. Steel i-tle. _ Sto.l I'liames .. Steel

Tonnage 4300 3600 4800 480O 4100 4100 4100 41U0

power. 750 550 850 850 750 750 750 »£0



londay, Uct. 18 b,3Ub -uesday, „ 19 6,151 Wednesday, „ 20 6,124 Thursday, „ 21 6,151 'riday, „ 22 6,063 Saturday, „ 23 6,054



s. a, Customs .. _ .. 315,378 — 25,976 increase Stamps.. _. .. .. 38 086 — 2,188 increase Land Tax 13.001 — 13,001 increase Beer Duty 9,583 — 9,583 increase Railways 202.250 — 58,108 increase Postal 33,921 — 2,688 increase Telegraphic .. .. 17.412 — 490 Increase Judlolal 13,821 — 81 increase Land Transfer and Deed Registry .. 11,086 — 1,612 Increase Registration and other fees 8,568 — 1,765 decrease Marine.. .. _. .. 3,407 — 1.418decrease Miscellaneous .. .. 19,073 — 12,175 increase LandSalea 48,081 — 13,697 inorease Depasturing Licen- ses, Rente, &c .. 9,319 — 2,939 increase Miscellaneous .... 569 — 142 increase Miscellaneous re- . . coverlel. 5,611 — 3,419 increase



~JW"EW QPRING nOODS. IS-NOW OPENING UP m AT RUSHBROOK & BBIDGMAM'S, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, A Very Large and Choice; hon\ of ATBW fIOODSI J> c w vitoodsl Fob the Incoming Season's Trade. NEW PRINTS, In Inrmenso Variety POMPADOUR SATEENS and 'CAMBRICS ATT ALE A. TWILL, in the New P.hades ATH'OL LUSTRES GALATEA STRIPES And other Fancy Washing Materials IP ANOY DRESS GOODS, fro m 6d per yd. SUMMER SKIRTS, Very Cheap ! and a Large Stock of GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS OF EVERY DRSCRIFTION. Also, NEW CLOTHING (of all kinds), Tor Boys' and Men's wear. BOYS* SUITS Job Lines in Boyb' KNICER SUIT) 3 NEW TWEEDS, Etc. ALL CAREFULLY SELECTED, WELL BOUGHT, AND TO BE SOLD CIIEAP, A .Discount of Is in the £ allowed upon a.'ll Cash Purchases of _0s and Upwards. T3USHBROOK & "ORIDGMA.N DRAPERS AND CLOTHIERS, Opposito tbe Army and Navy Hotel, Upper Queen-street. Auckland IML M. FRCH IE, MERCHANT TAILOR AND IMPORTER.



FRESH ARRIVALS. English ahd Scotch Tweeds—7 cases by - ' Loohnagar' Shbqk Suitinos In Blue and Black, of a New Make and Finish BoMBTniNO New In Bannockburn Tweeds, whioh waß awarded Ist prize at tho Sydnoy I -Exhibition Saxony. Tweeds in Blue and Black, of superior _ quality and new design. Another Consignment to arrive by ' Fernglen. -JSSS!feL_,!fSS_-toan yßda™aß. The Immense _Sd^sfi«uSSS' weJ' hI P t0 ttlo lar *c cities Sat thTcraNM rvv°_° TA? Bufflciont guarantee -___tttS%sk_% and MAKK <* *™° G°°*> Orders by m^^*ve<mr best attention. WANTED, four First-class Tailors to -wWn oonstant employment will bo given atthe tSS penny log. *«w>a- M. MVRC HI E, Opposite Arch. Clark _c Son's, SiroBIXA-NU SI'SBBT, t!t



Special Advertiaementa. mHS MEUIDEN BRITANNIA CO. MANCFACTURKRS OF TIIK HIGHEST GRADE OF SILVER PLATED WARE, OTH ON NICKEL SILVER AND WHITE METAL. Sample Rooms and Offices—l 6, Eaßt Fourteenth streot, Union Square, Now York. Factorica—Wost Morldon, Connecticut. Sole Agents forjtho North Island, "' at a. MORRIN



qfring qliow, 1380. Summer Show, isso-i. OPENED— Tho Greatest Vurioty of DRESS GOODS. ON VIEW—The Very Latest Fashions in DRESSES. SELLING- Tho CHEAPEST DRESSES in town. A pURE riASH OY3TEM. / c._s. \ \0.0./ ALI, DRAPER-. & CLOTHING \r AT i-><o-OPEIIATIVE r*.\Sll T>RICSS At tho CITY HALL ARCADE, GARLICK & CRANWELL, PROPRIETORS.



YOU will readily meet with what will salt you in DI-KBSKB at our Katabllshment, as wo havo all tlio NIC WES l' STYLES in Pompadour and Plain Materials, in Silk, Cambrics and Prlnta. Lustres, French Boig-B, Sateens. Cashmeres, and tho Lo dios' Favourite, " Tho Princess of Wales." GARLICK & CRANWELL. PINAFORES — SKIRTS —'lustily Trimmed Very cheap. GARLICK & CRANWELL. SILK S.—With tho groatest oonfldonco we assert tlie CHEAPEST Black and Coloured Sllkß are now bolng offered by us. BPECIAI_- Lyons Gros Grain at Is Od. sa, 5a Gd Only Two-thirds their Value. Coloured—New Shades—la 3d, 5a Od China Silk—a Bargain. GARLIOK & CRANWKLL. /-10LD AND SILVER TRIMMINGS-Bugle, \JT Seaweed— Fringes for Dresses Millinery Trimming", ot all kinds New Gauzes, just arrived—various colours GARLICK Se CRANWELL. PORCUPINE HATS. BERNHARDT. MARL BOROUGH, and all the Loading Shapes Trimmed Hats and Bonnots Hats from lid upwards GARLICK & CRANWELL.



i^O-OPERATIVE f^iASR T>RICES. SUNSHADES, from la.—An Immense Varioty in Pompadour, Zonella, Silk and Satin GLOVES.— Opon Lace, Fancy Top, Silk, and Lislo Thread Gloves Kid Gloves, 1, 2, 3,4, 6, and 8 Buttons Two Button Kid at Is lid and 23 (Light and Dark). _ (Tna Principal Gloyb Warehouse.) GARLICK & CRANWELL. OLD GOLD AND CREAM LACES, FRIL LINGS, &C. Pelerines, Braid and Bugle Collarots, Fichus, &c. Rufllings, Fancy Scarves Ladies' and Children's Under Clothing GARLICK fc CRANWELL. NOVELTIES Opened up EVERY WKKK, and Sold at Co-operative Cash Pricks. GARLICK & CRANWELL. SPLENDID Lot of CRETONNES Just Un paoked, 8d to 23 6d per yard. GARLICK & CRANWELL. BANKRUPT STOCK ot Men's and Boys Clothing and Mercery- Now being MOLD at Robinson's Cost, and Manu facturers' Prices by GARLICK & CRANWELL. ERY CHEAP TABLE DAMASKS, from Is 6d per yard. WE wonld remind tho Public wo havo SACRIFIOKD a Credit Trade for tho eako of establishing the {-.0-OPERATIVE pASH QYSTEM Wo Opon no New Accounts for Dra pery. Wo LOSE Customers who ask for Crkdit; all we ask in return is a Liberal Support by Cash Buyers, to enablo na to oontinue what is a Public Benefit. Our Goods aro vory Carefully Bought, and Marked at a Very Small Percentage over Cost, and we must do a Labor Business to continue the System, and the Larger our "Turn Over" tha moro oor Customers will Benefit by their Support. '/GARLICK & riRANWELL, CITY HALL ARCADE, Qukkn-btrket, Auckland. AUCKLAND CLOTHING COMPANY, LATE J. B. .ROBINSON.



this "DANKRUPT Q T O C,K IS NOW BEING SOLD by GAHLICK &■ CRANWELL, DRAPERS. "CLOTHIERS, AND : HOUSE FURNISHERS, AT THE CITY HALL ARCADE, At LESS than Two-thirds its Value, To Clear it Off Qnfckly. Bought by tender at a Large Discount off Original Cost from the trusteeß of the estate. t noBGBAYi- & f^o. At their Premises, Queen-street, i will make a GENERAL SHOW OF THEIR "VTEW QUMMER SHIPMENTS I THIS DAY, Together with Important SPDCIAL LOTS, Purchased at Large Discounts by our representative from various Manu facturers, as bolow stated. The FANCY DRESS DEPARTMENT contains all the Newest Goods of the Season, in Pompadours. Lustres, Carbmbre and 1! I_IQE3. Tho MILLINERY DEPARTMENT onslsts of the Choicest Designs In Hats and BONNETS,-Ladles' nnd Childrens' Cobtumes, Vlsettos and Dolman's L-.ce, Bertha's Flowers and Feat_iebb. Tho SILK DEPARTMENT ia replete with the Newest Shades In Velvets, Silks and Ribbons. We call particular attention to onr Stook of BLACK HILK3,-whioh Is tho Largest in tha colony. Onr Stock of LaSees' UNDERCLOTHING is Largo and Well-assorted, fand contains aU tho Ntwvflst Makes and Styles, Ladles' and Chliaron's Jerseys in all colours. In the MANCHESTER DEPARTMENT we ore Offering Particularly Good Value In White and Gbby Calicos, Sheetings and F-,anne_,_. T pOSGRAVE & £JO. ARE! NOW OFFERING GREAT ADVANTAGES to the Public, as tiie y Import their t I -_■'■ a: GOODS jtbom the Best I I English and French Manufacturers, I : ,-, ..- AND ABB I * SHWONG AY WHQLHBALB PRIOK".' *



Speoial Advertisements. «"mSE~JSYSTERY OF J^ORD "ORACKENBURY." BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Author of "BAUHAnA'.- History," "Dkdki. iiam's Vow," &c. FIRST CHAPTERS IN THE "STAR" OF THURSDAY. NOV. 1. SPECIAL NOTICE. O Wo. tho undersigned, respoerfully invito the Inspection of tho Ladies ot Auckland and the surrounding district to tlio fact that wo are Opening up a A LARGE AND VARIKD ASSORTMENT



ENGLISH, FRENCH, & AMERICAN GOODS, IN MILLINERY, HO3IKRY GLOVES. FEATHERS FLOWERS'. LACKS Sec, Sec, Sec, DUNNF, HALL, & CO., 174, (JUKKN-STKI-KT, AUCKLAND (Oppo.lto tho Thl-tlo Hotol). rr.HE BEST VALUE FOR READY JL MONEY IS TIIK ME«.NS) CLOTUIN G (Se BOYS' MANCI'iCTUItKD IIV TIIK NEW ZKALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Which can bo purchased at thoir Rotail Hranchcs now established all ovor Now Zonlund. Tbo Garments nro Thoroughly Shrunk Tho Kit and Stylo aro Perfect The Workmanship is equal to bespoko Tho Trimmings are of Superior Quality and Strength , , Tho Twoedß aro of tho Very Best Dosctlption The Btock Is tho Largost iv tho Southern Hemi sphere The Tall, Short, Lean, and Stout can bo equally Well Flttod Tho Goods are all Markotl in I'laln h igurcs The Systkm of Hosinkss is to Kxoitanqi- EVKIiV AKTICLK THAT DOKS NOT Givk Satisfaction. And in addition to all these advantages you can purchase A SINGLE OARMKNT AT THE WHOLE SALIC PRICE. Morcory, Hats, Shirts, Tlob, Scarfs, Rags, Portmanteaux, Rugs, and Blankets at Whole sale Prices. Thomanda of Dlsoernlng Customers testify that the Now Zealand ('lathing Factory's Gar ments aro the Very Bost Value for Ready Money. AUOKLAND BRANCH: Queen-stroot (opposite Thoatro Royal). Thames Branch : Albert-Btroot, Thames. J. FITZ9IMON3, MANAGER. I i