SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

H "^ V/'ATFIIs rbi3 -Kvonln^, 5.7 _„.,. -**<■*•) To-morrow Morning, 8.55 SLN EK-V.—Tiiia Evonintr. 4.52 . V •■■ RISK.—To-Mor row Morning, 7.17 WroN'S ASJC— First Quarter, loth, 5 55 p m,

ARRIVALS.

T.AST KVKKINO. ■irrrle, 5.9., Crawford, from Whangnrei

TO DAY. W ki, g.B , Edie, from Rut-soil CfclfH i, Bchoonor, Bi hop, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

TO-DAY. 7 Ota ua. 3 s , Tozjr, for tho South J"« '0, 8.v., Crawford, for Wbangaroi «««, m, sch:oaor, Auatcn, for Lyttelton is.tn;ljf, s.s,, Fnrquhar, for Tauranga

IMPORTS.

Per Rotorua from Sydney—2,223 mats and bags sugar, 43 cn;ua i'ruit, 650 sacks maize, 3G C';. 3 o;auges, 20 cart baxes, 20 b»ga tapioca, 11 cisci axes, 12 axlo arms, SO cases oham pa J uo, 20 c»2C3 corn flour, 419 bags bone dust, 20 cases preserved meat1?, 50 piccea cedar, 0 pacUagC3 drapery, 36 qr.-casks and oases rum, 4 cases wine, 8 coila reps, 5 cases embrocation, 10 casm suiao, I) bags riou, 4 casea drugs, 4 cases id andurins, 217 case 3 and packages sundries.

Per Rotorun, from Sydney — 400 .mats I.C, sugar, 120 bagd I.W. sugar.—Chas. Major.

EXPORTS.

Per Rotoiua, for G.sbori>c: 10 gunnies sugar, 2U i acks flour, 15 casaa korcsine, 451 packages. For Napier: 2(1 gunnioa sugar, i 0 bags salt, CO cases and packsges. For Wellington: 12 sacks oy, tors, 3 casks oil, 11 case] and packages. For Lyttclton :33 ciaoa and sacks. For Dunedia :18 ci;cm and packages.

Per Meg Mcnilics, for Lavuka: 110 tins bis cuit n, 13j bose3 soap, 32 packages sashes, 131 pieces timb.r, 3 casea turnings. 1 bundle mou d «;;.>, o0 doors, 2 cases baco-i, 60 Sioks potatoes, 2 c .acs presorvod meats, 10 bags onions, 20 sacks bran, 100 cases kcroiine.

Ixward3 Co astwisg.—Griffin fiom Russell, ■with 81) toii3 coal; Ellen from Manaia, with 10,11.0 feet timber.

Ouawakds Coastwise.—Speedwell for Wha ng<ml, with 15 tens lire wood; Lady JL»on for lioklanga.

The barque Loongana entsrod out at tho Cus toms today for llobart Town. She will sail to morrow.

The biigantino Meg Mcnilica cleared at the Customs to day for Levuka, Fiji. She takes, as Utmal, a considerable quantity of cargo in addi tion to tho following passengers:—Mrs Switzer and chili, Miss Switzar, Misa a. Switzer, Messrs R, B. Martin, Joseph Stephens, John MoColi, and Cleorgo Huutcr. The Union (Jc.'a s.s. Kotorua sailed for Mel oonrnc, via iMaborno and Southern por.s, ihis morningl, witb the following passengers:—For Gitborno: Miss Morrin, Messrs H. B. Rock, Fuilay, W. Maude, Williamson. For Napier: Miy Simpso?, Messrs Hall, Fraser, C. Robert son. For Wellington: Messrs Girsing, McCrao, Lawry. For Lyttelton: Mrs Thieip;r and family, Alossrs Rutland and Xhierens.

The mi sion achooncr fcouthern Croas was at Norfola Island on June 23, und sho was expected tt have for Solomon Islands on tho following day. '1 he iiishop of Melanesia was to be a pas senger.

Tho schooner Tubal Cain loft Levuka for a labour cru'sa to tho New Hebrides on the 18th ult.

Itr C. Bailey, boitbuildor, ia having a shed ouilt near .tho Graving Dock. He intends to continue h's business at the North fchore also.

The s.s. Tarn o' Shanter will be taken on to Messrs Horderson and Spraggon's slip to morrow for the purpose of having a new stern post put in. Various other repairs will aiao bo mado.

The s.s. Waitakl arrived from Russoll this morning with the following passeDgera :— Masters Williams (4), Kemp ill, Uoff-j (2), Miss Dolaiae, Misa Laing, Messrs Owen, Push, i oater, and othera.

Tho Auckland schooner Orpheus left Lyttelt on yesterday for Wellington.

The echooner Marion proceeded to-day to the Thames River Sawmilla, where she will tako la a, cargo o£ sawn timber for Lyttelton.

The s.s. Argyie arrived last night from Whan- Rarei and Mangapai, with 14 boxc3 oags, 10 kegs buttt-r, 7 sacks hides, 6 ca^es fowls- 6 bundles tt«.me, 55 tacks and cases gum, 6 sacks fungus, 18 sheep. Pasaengers—Airs MoLeod, Miss Man ning, Mr and Mr3 Mulvany, Messrs Stegtholm, F. atreet, and Sloano, and 17 in the steerage. The steampr returned to the same ports this afternoon.

BH.M.S. Cormorant left Levuka on the 17th u!t. for Rotumah. From thence Bhe was to proceed to .vamoa, and subsequently to Sydney. A intoro3tintf eventin the annals of steamers Will bo a run between the P. and O. Company's ve&sel Kaiser-ilnd and the Orient Company's I'o.ose.both of which are over 4,000 tons burden, and will leavo Plymouth for Sydney on tho same day in August. H.M. schooner Alacrity arirved at Lsvuka f ?m Windward, whore aho had been engaged oi\ surveying work, on the 17th ultimo. The New Zealand lMtch Glimpse was at I'ovuka on tho 20lh ult.

Tho Chimborazo, steimor, Captiin Le oo Trench, of the Orient line, left Piymoaih on June 26th for Australia, with 308 passengers p id a full cargo. The tender of the Anckland Steamship Com pany for a monthly servico to Lovuka, Fni, has beon accepted. The amount is £2,500. The s.s. Rotoiti, which got aground in the Waipu river, is not yet afloat. The Union Co. intend providing against this mishap by getting a more auitabl'j boat, ono drawing Ics3 water and having greater carryiog capacity.— Northern Advocate."

LAUNCH OF THE TOKERAU.

In accordances with tie announcement pre viously made, Messrs Henderson and Spraggon 1 luncbod a now cutter nnmed tho Tokerau from their shipbuilding yard, Custom-house-street West, thi3 morning. Tho launch passed off very satisfactorily, no hitch ocsurring to war the pleasure of the spectators and those more pirticu'arly interested. Tho Tokerau is a fine, handy, and stronaly-built little craft of about 3ti ton 3 register. Sho has baen constructed with the best matorials, and judging from her ap pearance sho is not likely to bring discredit upon tho good reputation which her builders hsivo already obtained. Her dimensions are: Length of koel, 51 feet; breadth of beam, 16 fo,et 2 inclvs; depth of hold, 7 feet. As wo previously ststed, her registered lonnage v.-Pl bo 30 ton-1, but it is expect d that she will carry fully 70 tons of de3d weight cargo on a naven £eet draught of water, 'i'he Tokerau hi 3 been built for Mr David Ashor, merchant, of Tauranga, and Bho will ba employed by him in tha coa3ting trado, running principally bu twoen Tauracga and Auckland, and al3o to Maketu and other places in the Bay of t-'lonty district. Captain Cinnamon, formerly of the Wavo, has been appointed to take command of her. We understand that Messrs Henderson and Spraggon have taken the cutter-W avo in partr payment for the Tokerau. Immediately after tho launch the new vessel, which is ready tor soa, hauled alongaida tho barque Ansdell. ami c -mmonce 1 taking in a car^o of Newcastle cjal for Tauranga.

ENQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE WANGANUI.

An enquiry into tho circumstances attending tha less of tho s.s. Wanjjanui while going into tho Clarence Kiver on June 20th was hold at the Marine Board, Sydney, on the Ist instant. Captain Bayldon, in his evidence, deposed tiiat the Wantrauui was on a voyage from Sydney, via Newcastle, to tho Clarence, having left Newcastle on the lath Juno; ihsy had fair weather from Newcastle, and arrived off the bar at 10 p.m., this being about an hour after slack water; the tide ran in two hours after high water at tha Clarenco, and the witness afc toinpttd tha bar three hours after high .vater, when tho tide had been running out an hour ; no attribatol the vessel striking on tho reef to the ebb tido catching her on the starboard bow; tho witness came in with tho boacons in line, going dead slow, watching tho +ldo, and wh:n ho got to tho buoy, not thinkiDg there was much tido, he went full speed, and put tho helm hard a starboard, but tho tide caught her on the star board bow, and she coold not answer her port ho'm, and wert on to the reaf; he blamed no one for tho loss o£ the vessel, and accpted the whole responsibility; tho vessel steered from aft, and all tho people were at their stations. Two men wore drowned by the ship drifting on the top of tho buoy, smashing, between the ship aud the buoy, the boat in which they were; bnt for 'his accident no lives would have been lost; ho lowered and sent the lifeboat immediately to try and save tho people; had it been flood tide ho did not thisk tho vessel would have been lot; ho had been in there three times at night, but not alway3 on the «bb tide, and had tfle vessel struck ntthe same place when it was flood tide sho would have probably floated off the reef, and they could have anchored her; there ■was no danger of going on to the reef with the flood tido ; ho did not gut assistance until nearly midnight, when the vessel had been ashore for over mi hour; the engine-zoom was full of water a few minuto* after she struck, and the 'ore cabin al;o was full qirckly. After the accident, arid whila the Bhip was at anchor, s!io parted her c.itau. and was drifting away and b'nkine, so they all had to )cavo her'; he relumed a f w minutes afterwards and boarded hi r again finding that she did not sink; notwithstanding nil their efforts 'o try und «et the vessel into tho r;ver, the sank at 7

ft.nl., in S fatlioma o£ water; tho plot took the y.'S el in one, at night, ; tho next (icne tho ■\vitneaa took her in himselt, anJ th.i third time the was lost; when flrit ho traded to the Olaence ho tcok a pilot on two occasions, and fcinco thit ho had piolo'cd ber him- Bolf, this bsir.g the pixth trip he had made. Horatio VV*ooi3, ciicfolUoor p! tho Wanganui, could i.nly account for lior striking by tho fact that the ebb-tile struck her bencata tho star tDcirdbow. He saw b^th pairs of beacons, and also th« black buoy.—Tho 130 -rd, after del bera tion, found lhat the vessel was lost through the wrongful act or default oC Thomas Cook Bayl ilon, the master, for ntteroptint; to enter tho ('i.-irci'ce River at niuht tinu and at an improper time of tide. At a subsequent meeting of tho Board. IlayMon's certificate waa suspended for three month*.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. LaUa Kookh, p »., Cumpboll, from Waitara Hannah Mokau, a.9.. McUarthy, from Waitara Kangatira, s.s., Harvey, from the South

Tlio s.e. Eanfjatiro, which arrived from the South to-day, 13 advertised to leave for New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington and Lyttel- Ton to-morrow at 11 a.w.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, Friday. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. EZ.mr. Ai>aKD BtrdKKAsp'B weekly nitroßT. At tha Haymurkot, on Friday last, fodder was abundant, but in good demand, and maintained previous values. Ucstqua'ity brought from 3j 9d to la 6d tlio cwt; raaizo, 33 and 3a 3d ; oats. 23 ad • barley, 33 Bd tho bushel. Hoise stock were ia better demand than for several months. ■ ' ': Amonx those sold were joungnnbrolccn medium draught, at £20 to £25; riding torso?, i'rom £12 Tlio country sales at Waiu'iu and Pukokohl* wcro well Biipporttd, bath with stock and buyera, and pricus showed an upward ton- The'salo of hides, tkiiis, and wool, on Tues day, witslav«(;j' than nt-crago. Tho improved Uismand lor hides continues; price* ranged fron 3d to 4 3-16 d thu lb. Tallow, 22j Gd the cwt. ; tiheeiiskms, la 7d to Zi lid each; wool in greaso. Bid to Bn,d;8 n,d; lockn, u.',d the lb. At Itcmuera.on Thursday, dairy cattle, at or near calving, were in demand, and sightly better va'ue3 obtained for lh<un. Storo cattle. in fresh condition, were aho bettsr worth. Fat ' cattle were in moderate number; 118 heud yarded. Price a wore very irregular. Kor cow-i and Indli&reiitl/-fatted slews, 233 to 2Ga wera /*io" ruling prices, but cho;ce fsit cattle were £rbm3osto323pcrloolba. Fat ahcep were in less numbar tlian usmil, and ujitcr worth 2a ■-'■ each Tho eweuadverlißtid were ia lowcoudi- ..-lion, ndbrouKbtl&eapli.

MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Horses.—There has beon a marked improvc nrnt, both as to supply and demand. A draft from Wangannl> ex Rangatira, attracted con siderable notico. At the Durham Yards compe tition was spirited throughrut the sale, and lots were, olmojt without exception, o'oarod at satis factory prices. Woqnotohicksfrom£B to £16 7a 6d; light harness, £13 to £17 10a; draught, 28a to 403. Cattle.—The supply has b:on moderate, and demand steady. At Newmarket on Tuesday, the supp'y of dairy cows was goo ', which Iran also tho ca-c at Papakurn. on Wednesday. Stores were plentiful at the latter plae.o, nnd fat beasts were yarded in moderate numbers, but sufficient for requirements, and crices were without noteworthy alteration. Dairy stock was ashade higher in value, and stores at Papa kura were well competed for by a good attend ance of buyers. We quote dairy cows, £7 10.1 io £10 15a; sto.o ciws, £3 10s to £5 2a 6d: weaned calves, £2 to £2 l's ; yearlings, £3 to £3 5a ; two year-oldsteo's, £1 10j to £5 sa; three-year-old steers, £6 10s. Sheep.—The supply of fat sheep has beon adequate, and corresponding demand, conse quent'y prices were without ma'erial altera tion, although heavy wethew did cot attain co hi<?h a figure as tho provious week, tho fop price being 20s for wethers ; fat lambs, 8a Gd to 10s Gl.

Pigs woro in limited number?, but without alteration in value.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS FRIDAY.

Wholesale. Retail. s. d. s. d. s. d. a d. Butter,fs,lb 1 3-0 0 Milk, quart 0 4-0 5 Best Dairies 1 C-0 0 Butter, fs, lb 1 G-l 0 Butter, sit, lb 0 B—o 11 Butter, salt 1 o—l 2 Cheefoilocal)o 6-0 G\ Cheese (col.) 0 8-0 9 Do., Cant. 0 6V—O 7 Kggs.doz. .. 1 G-0 0 Kg«B, doz. 1 3—o 0 Lard, lb .. 0 o—o 10 Lard, lb (tin9)o 7—o 8 Fowls, each 2 6—3 0 Bacon and Hams, Ducks, each 2 6—3 G Provincial (new Geese, each 5 o—7 0 cmc) .. 0 9i— o 10 Turkeys .. 5 0-7 0 Canterbury Hams Bicon.lb.. 1 o—l 2 and Bacon (in Hams, lb .. 1 I—l 3 cloth) .. 0 10i-l 0 I fait Butter, Canterbury and Wai'ganui, lb, Sd, 9d Bread, Id to i|d per 21b loaf Jams, per case, 5 doz, 27s 6d to 32s Gd. Butchers Meat. Retail. s. d: s. d. Roasting Beef 0 5 to 0 7 Boiling Beef 04 — 05 Mutton, hind-quarter 0 0 - 0 1J „ forequartor 0 2J-0 3 Lamb, forr-quarter 0 0 — 06 „ hind quarter 0 0— 06 Pork and Veal 0 6-0 7 Steaks _ 0 6 — 0 8 Chops and Sausages 0 5 — 06 Tallow best (wholo3ale)—mutton, EOa; mixed, 223 to 253. Flour Market. Wholesale. £ 8. d. Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton.. 13 0 0 Fine Flour, ditto, household .. _ 12 0 0 Sharps (scarce), per ton 6 0 0 Adelaide, per ton It 0 0 Oamoru, per ton .. .. .. .. 12 10 0 Dunodin, per ton £12—13 10 0 Canterbury, per ton £12—13 0 0 Bran (scarce) per ton (sacks includod).. GOO Cabin Bread 18 0 0 Oatmeal £12-12 10 0 Pearl Barley £21—22 0 0 Hay and Cork Market. Wholesale. s. d. s. d. £ 8. £ 8. Maize (Syd.) 3 6—o 0 Hay, me'dow „ (Cal.) none ton pressed 5 o—s 10 „ (Fijn.) 3 0-0 0 Lucerno, do 6 o—6 10 „ (Coast) S 9—l 0 Straw (load) 0 18—1 10 Oats .. ..2 0-2 3 Chaff .. ..110-5 0 Wheat (fowl) 3 6— i 0 Hay (oaten) 5 o—s 10 Potatoes: Local, £3 to £3.108 per ton. Retail. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Maize, bushel 3 9—l 0 Lucerne, owt.7 6—B 0 Oata, ditto ..2 3—2 9 Oaten, ditto 6 o—7 0 Bran, lOOlbs 6 o—7 0 Straw, ditto 3 o—l 0 Wheat (fowl) 4 0-4 6 I Chaff, ditto 5 6-6 0 Hay, owt. ..6 0-6, 61 Potat'os.dltto3 G-4 0 Seeds.—Retail. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Ryegrosa ..5 O—G 0 I Cocksfoot, bI.G 0-8 0 Kalian, do. .. 8 0-0 0 | Trefoil, lb. 0 9-0 0 Red Clover.lbO 9-0 0 Ratstail, lb. 16-00 White Clover 1 I—o 0 Timothy, lb. 0 6-0 0 Alsyke, lb ..1 2 0 0 Lucerno, lb. 1 6-0 0 Cowgrass, lbl 0-0 0 Rapo, lb ..0 5 0 0 Woolpacka in quantity, 3a 3d to 3a Gd each, corn sacks, 8s to 9s Gd per dozen. Fencing wire Nos. 6, 7, and 8, assortoJ, £10 10a to £17 per ton Building Materials. Tjsibbr.—Boards and Scantliog. 100 ft., best 11s Gd ; second class, 7s Gd: best planed, tongued and grooved, i4s ; second-class ditto. 10s. Mills." Cargo, best, Bs6dtoys6d, second-class, is 9d. Bauik, 5s 61 to 6s 6d. Now Zonland Paliugß, sft (sip>, 10.i; sft (heart ; 13 i : Gf t, 13d Ti-tree Rails, £210» to £3 10a per 100; Puriri Posts. £6 to £7; Shingles, 16s per 1,000 ; Hobart Town Paling, sft, 18s; 6ft, 20s; Hobart Town Rails, 90s. Buying and selling quotation*; Bricks (at Whau,) 403 per 1,000; Town Yards, £2 ss: delivered, £2 10s. Drain pipes, per 100 (6 inches bore), 30s; 4 inches. Ha; 3 inches 9s: 2 inches, £2 5s per 1,000; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches 2s 6d per foot; 15 inches, 2a per foot; 12 inches, Is 6d per foot; 9 inches, Is per foot; 6 inches, Gd per foot; 4 inches, 4d per foot. Lime, slacked, la per bushel; quick lime in sack, la Gd to 2a. Kauri Gum and Flax Market. Gum much weaker. Tho following sales have been effected since last Friday:— Good ordinary Knipara and Wiiangarei at £25 to £27, Waikato £22 to £25, East Coast, £33 to £37; receipts for July to date, 109 tins. Flax.—Finest quality £21—£22 10s per ton Flax.—Medium .. .. 18—20 ~ Tow 12-14 „ Fungus 3Jd. per lb. Coal and Firewood Market. Coal.—Newcastle (ship's side), cargo 31s per ton; yard, 40s to 455. Bay of Islands, at yards, 25s 6d ; screened, 283 Gd;ditto at-the mine, 13s ; ship's side, 23s 6d. Waikato, at mine, os ;in Auckland, 17s 61 to 225; Taupiri, as mines, 63 Gd to 12s ; at yard, 183 to 21s. Wangarol, at mine, 8a Gd; yard (steam), 17s; household, 22s* Miranda, at yard (bousohold), 18s; steam, 18s. Kamo (household), 28s, SOs delivered ; steam, 235. Firewood.—Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 83 to 9a per ton ; delivered, 13s ; cut, 1 la to 17s. Manures. Bonkdust, £7 to £9 ; Peruvian, £18; Huou Guano, small lota, £3, bags included ; Mexican Guano, £5 to £10; Maiden Island Guano, £7 to £8; Super-Phosphate £9 to £10.

The iniquity of countcrfoitiiisr lies not so much in the hurt dono to tho proprietor o£ the genuine iirticlo, for this can only be of a pecuniary charactsr, bun to ihe people on whom tho imposition is practiced, Doubtless, many have been led to disbelieve In (he virtue and clllca-y otUdolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Bch nappe, from the fact that they have been ingeniously misled to believe that what they were using was the original. But a knowledges of the aiticle itself would soon detect the fraud.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Maim wii.l Closs as Under :—

This Day. '■ , For Whiiangi, Tairua, Tauranga. and OpotlKi, per Olenclg, at 4 p.ni. Ifor Wangarei Heads and Wangarei, per Argyio, at i p.m. ..„„_ For Hobart Town, per Looneana, at 1 <SOP m. For Wangarei Heads and Wangarei, per Waitaki, at 5 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 10th instant. For Taranaki, Wanganuf, Wellington, and Lyttolton, per Rangatira, at 8 a.m. For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Manga wai, Walpu, and Mangapal, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 3.30 p.m. For Thames, per Anno Milbank, at 5.30 p.m, Monday. 12th instant. For Waitara, por Lalla Rookh, at 8 a.m. For Coromandel, por Coromandol, at 11.30 a.m. Foi-jßußsell.Kawakawa, Waiigaroa, and Mon ' gonui, per lona, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, 13th instant. For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Ilawiia, at 8 a m. For Samoa, per Active, at 3 p.m. Tuesday. 20th instant. Per SB. City of New York as follows :— For Sandwich Iblanda, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign Wont Indios, Japan, and China, including Hongkong, at 1 p.m. for United Kingdom and Continont of Kurope, at 1 p.m. For money orders, and registered letters, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters bearing an oxtra fee of sixpence. In addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board tho steamer up to tho time of sailing. Tnia mail will bo duo in London on Tuesday, 31st August. S. B 33iss, Chief Postmaster.

Meetings, Entertainments, &c.

July 9, 1880.

Theatre Royal—" Under the Gaslight," 8 p.m, Bijou Thoatre—ilbortHall, " Drink," 8 p.m. Parnell Hall—Photographic Scanory by Lime. light, 8 p.m.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 9, 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 are glad to learn that the Auck land Steam Shipping Company are the successful tenderers for tht. Fiji service advertised by the Government. Theirs was the only tender sent in, and tlie following telegram from the Secretary of Post offices announcing conditiona acceptance for two years has been forwarded to the manager : — TO THE MANAGEIt OF THE A.S.S. CO.,— Conditionally on the subsidy being voted by Parliament, your tender for the Fiji Service (£2,500) for one year, will be accepted. Should the subsidy be voted next session for a continuance of the service for a further period of twelve months your contract will be extended accordingly. W. Gray. It will be observed that tho final acceptance of the tender is mado condi tional on Parliament voting the sub sidy, which will be submitted for adop tion by the Government. Notwith standing the urgent necessity for reductions in the public expenditure this is, we think, an undertaking which has strong enough claims on the Colony to ensure recognition. In an article a week or two ago we gave statistics illustrating the growth of Fiji during the last few years and tho ad vantages that Sydney is reaping from o trade which before fell naturally to New Zealand. The development of tho sugar industry makes it most desir able that this colony should be brought into direct steam communication with those islands, and it seems only fair that tho company which has made such pecuniary sacrifices at various times to open up the trade should receive any support tbo colony may determine to give to secure so important a commer cial connection.

Public attention has often been drawn to the great inequality that exists between the resources of the local bodies in tho North and those of Southern districts. It is not necessary to recapitulate the causes which have contributed to this state ot thiugs. The local allocation of the land fund is the chief one. The fact still remain's that Southern districts, which have been opened up by railways and improved by a large provincial expenditure for many years, relieved from the payment of rates by the immense revenues which they have con tinued to draw from Crown lands, whilst pioneer settlers in the North have struggled against bad commanication, relying almost entirely upon their own exertions. The amount of work they have done for a small sum of money is remarkable, and elicited a well-deserved eulogy Iroin the Colonial Treasurer when referring to the proposal to abolish road boards. The most forciblo ob jection urged against the continuance of the system of subsidies was the payment* to those bodies which have already a plethora of cash. The eflect has been to make the wealthy wealthier, aud render the dole poor iv proportion to the poverty of the re cipient—a system which is not particularly suggestive of wisdom. A paper laid before Parliament and tele graphed to us by our special reporter places in a very forcible light the financial incon gruities conuccted with the local governing bodies in the colony. The figures quoted shew the balances at the credit of certain road boards in the colony, on the 31st March

Ashley County, West Eyeeton, and other Road Boards.—Balauce at credit on 31st°March, 1880, £40,071. Sklwyn County. — Thirteen road boards, £118,418.

Sklwynand Ashley.—Upper Waima. kauri Road Board, £7,255.

Gladstone County.—The Levels Road Board, £4,864; Gcraldinc Road Board, £35,950 ; Mount Peel, £40,740 ; Mount Cook, £27,000; Temukaj £15,740.

Thus twenty-six lioacl Boards in Canter bury had a total credit balauce on the 31st March last of £291,017, of which five Koad Boards in Geraldiue county alone had acredit balance of £124,372. To show the iniquity of this system it is ouly necessary to contrast the foregoing figures with a representative Northern County. Whangarci, for example, iv which there are thirteen Road Boards, had a credit balance of £314; and seven Koad Boards in Waitemata county had a balance of only £336. The Road Board of Whareora began the year with a credit balance of £19 63 9£d, and spent £13 12s, leaving a balance in hand of £5 14s 9^(l. The expenditure of the various? road boards is on a par with their credit balances. The seven road boards in Ashley country spent £40,550; in Selwyn two board-3 spent £53 ; S00; in Selwyn and Ashley ona road board spent £3,400 ; in Selywn three speut £9,090 ; in Geraldiue five road boards spent £6G,600 Tints twenty-six road boards in Canterbury speut in the year £170,350. This, of course, is iv addition to the £291,017 total balance to credit during the sareie period. Let us now look at the other picture. Thirteen roa-1 boards in Whangarei spent £924, and seven road boards in Waitemata £550. And yet they say New Zealand is fairly governed, and Canterbury politicians talk of Auckland having received more than its shares of revenues

A XELHGEAM from Wellington contains some interesting information relative to the licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors issued last year. It will be seen from tho appended return that the various classes of licenses are carefully distiuguished, the fets received being added thereto. £ s. d. .Publican's Licenses (1512) .. ..42,198 10 0 Night Licenses (160) .. BSO 0 0 .PacketLicense* (s3) 1,218 16 0 Wholesale Licenses (248) .. .. 2,233 10 0 Bush Licenses (58).. .. 370 0 0 Accommodation Houses (72) '.'. " 453 0 0 Railway Refreshment Hoom (1) G 13 i Colonial Wine Licenses (3) "? 0 ft Wine and Bear (15) .. " " 1.17 10 n Bottle Licenses (213) .. " «2P"i 0 n Brewers (14) _ .. ~ " "'75 n 0 Licences under tho Distillation Act Brewers (137/ .. .. 137 0 0 Wine and Spirit Merchants (102) .'. 102 0 0 Total amount .. .. £19,331 19 4 Total number of licenses 2,919

The Pakuranga Huut Club will meet on Saturday next at Panmure at eleven o'clock.

Creditors in the estate of Newton Fairs; late bookseller, who have not proved their claims on the bankrupt's estate, are re quested to do so at once, in order to the de claration of a dividend.

The action, G. W. Binney v. the Union Steam Shipping Company occupied the R. M. Court yesterday afternoon. Mr Samuel Hesketh appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Tyler for the Company, The claim was £21 12s Oil, being the amount of damage al leged to have been done to a quantity of flour consigned to plaintiff on the Ist, May, and put on board the Rotomahana, which was to have been delivered at plaintiff's fctorein Auckland in a sound condition. A considerable amount of evidence was ad duced, and it was shown by Captains Elliot and Neariog that the" flour was damaged by tbe wet on the wharf after it had been landed. Finally Mr S. Hesketh accepted a nonsuit.

The sentence passed upon William Hol m«,u Curnow, for rape upon a little half caste girl, was inadverteutly omitted trom our report of the Supreme Court proceed ings yesterday. The sentence was ten years' penal Eervit'ide, and two private whippings with the cat-o'-nine tails.

The members of Court Eureka are par ticularly requested to peruse an advertise ment which appears in another column, signed by the secretary of the Court.

Attention is directed to an advertisement in another column notifying that the Lodge of Good Templars attached to H.M. S. Dana; will hold their usual meeting on Saturday next, July 10th, at Parnell.

Professor Frasor delivered a lecture last eveniug in the Temperance Hall ou the " Social Faculties, or How to Make Life Happy," to au intelligent audience. This lecture was a continuation of the first of the winter series, entitled "Man-the Atom and the Race."

A football match, Auckland v. (iraEton, will be played on the Metropolitan ground to-morrow afternoon, kick o/f at 2.30 p.m. sharp. The following are the teams :— Auckland : Bindon. Bradley, Cuter, Crox tou, Colbcck, Culpan, Dufaur, Cox, Kallen der, McCormack, Lee*, Heape, Bailey, Philson, Goodman, Lynch, and Macdonald. Urafton : Beale, A. Biggs, Green, Orchard, Yon Stunner, Ryan, Veitch, White, Broad hurst, Ansley, Keid, Neilson, Pearuo, Joughin, and O'Hare; emergency, Hall, Gilbert, and Doppiug.

A walking match has been arranged he tweon Messrs T. Fernandez and A. iicudry, for seven miles and the sum of £50 a-side. To be walked on the 14th of August, in the Domain Cricket Ground.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the North Auckland Cattle Board, which was to have been held to-day, did not take place owing to the absence of the Inspector and the small amount of business to be brought forward. The final meeting of creditors in the estate ot Major-Gcncr.il Stoddart, settler, of Katikati, was held this morning in the Supremo Court. The trustees' report, which was read, was of a favourable character. fho bankrupt guaranteed the full payment of all delicencies by a payment from his peusiou at the rate of £100 per annum. n e was determined to pay all his creditors 20s in the £. It was unanimously resolved to recommend the bankrupt's discharge..

Those persons whose business takes them frequently in the direction of the wharf will bo pleased to learn that tho City Council is having a footpath formed in front of the new brick stores iv Lower Queen-street. The change from wading through a sea of mud to walking on a nicely-gravelled foot path should not fail to be appreciated. The funeral of Mvs Elizabeth Neville took place in the Catholic Cemetery yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of friends and members of the Hibernian Society of which the husband of deceased, Mr P. Neville, was a member. Mrs Ne ville's illness was of short duration. She only returned to her residence in Purnoll on Tuesday evening, and, although appc&ring well, she complained of a cough ami seemed to be much fatigued She was seized with a lit of coughiug ou Wednesday morning, and the symptoms becoming alarming, medical aid was called to her assistance, hut she died before any help could be ren dorcd to her.

Two hotel-keepers wcro subjected to lines, one ia £5 anil tbe other iv £2 with costs, for supplying persona with drink ova Suuday, as will be seen in our public report. The cases-caused Mr Barstow to remark upon the numerous instances of drunkenness on Sundays, which shews that Sunday drinking is very prevalent iv Auck land os well as other places, but it is ilillictilt to prevent such unlawful trallic in prohibited hours. There is a tendency in human nature to break through restraint, and possibly if hotels were allowed to be open for "unwearied travellers" living iv the viciuity of hotels for a couple of hours, as in London and English towns, Sunday drinking might diminish or be less palpable. Mr John Kndcan, of the Terminus Hotel, nave n dinner last evening to the sailors of 11.M.5. Dun.c. The spread was creditable to the caterer ami relished by the men. The subsequent hours were passed in toast in;; and singiug songs. Two presentations were made as memorials or the Danre sailors' first visit to Auckland, viz., a hand some wool-worked picture representing the Dauare, surrounded by the flags of friendly nationalities, with the Prince ot Wales feather at the top. and a flower basket and strowed fuschias at the bottom, enclosed in a handsome guilt frame, accompanied by the following address:—"Presented to Mr and Mrs .Kniieiin by the port watch of of H.M.S. Danae, as a token of their appre ciation of their general kindness and atten tion during our stay in Auckland." Also, another picture of the Dauaj at sea, under an azure sky. Mr Waterman, of the dining-rooms opposite the theatre, enter tained the crew of the same ship to a dinner in the Albert Hall and a ball, which were largely attended. On Monday evening tho Onehunga Mutual Improvement Society varied their usual business by holding a valedictory meeting in honour of Messrs Bycroft and Finlay, three of their members, who are removing to town, Mr Whyte, the Pre sident of the Association, opened the meet ing by stating that they had assembled that evening especially to testify their esteem for their friends who were about to leave them, and to wish them all health and happiness in their new sphero of duty. A comic dialogue,given by three junior mem bers, several recitations, and a variety of songs rendered by ladies aud gentlemen, made up the programme of the evening. A brief interval was allowed tor refreshments and interchange of thought, which seemed to be very much enjoyed by the youih aud beauty assembled, after which the pro gramme was completed. The Vice-Presi dent, Mr James, in a neat little speech, proposed the thanks of the class to the retiring members, and stated thai the Society would watch with deep interest the progress of their friends in their new sphere of labour. Notwithstanding the unfavour able state of the weather and of the roads a large number of the fiieods of the Society were present, and the hearty rounds of applause which greeted the various per formers gave ample evidence that the entertainment was highly enjoyed.

Mrs Nelson, of Upper Queen-street, announces that she has a quantity of cheap goods on sale and invites inspection. Mr. W, McLean, fish dealer, Custom- HonsD-street, has received a large consign" meat of fresh cray-fish from Russell, and he announces them for sale at a very low price. Complaints having been made regarding the irregularity in the supply of this description of shell-fish, Mr McLc m has made arrange ments for a large supply twice weekly which he will supply either wholesale or retail. To-morrow, Saturday, A. Bettany will sell tho same quality Butter, Bacon, Hams Choose, &c, at his Central Stall in the Auckland Market; prices, same as last week.—[Advt.]

BOARD OF EDUCATION—THIS DAY.

At a meeling of the Board of Education this afternoon, it was resolved to authorise a further vote of £17 Cs for teachers'residence at Cambridge, and to accept the tender of Mr J. Mandeno, £104 for tho teachers' house at Te Awamutu.

A letter from the Minister of Education stated that iv consequence of the financial condition of the colony the proposed grant to the Girl's High School and others were held over for future consideration.

Thirty-four applications were received for the position of headmaster to the Training College.—Consideration of this was de ferred till after the disposal of the regular busines?.

With reference to complaints respecting the city teachers in connection with the recent holidays it was resolved on the motion of the Mayor " That definite charges should be made, in order that teachers might have opportunities of meeting them." Newton. —A request was read from the committee of the Newton East school for £20, to meet present liabilities necessarily incurred.—Declined.

Driving Creek. —A letter from Driving Creek wa9 received, giving a kesoription of the state of the district school, which n eled a fire-place, chimney, and other im provements, as the children who came to school suffered severely fiom the cold and damp.—Left over for consideration,

The Horsewhipping of Mr H. McKellar.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

(FKC3I OUR OWN COBRESPONr/ENT.)

WELLINGTON, this day. EVERY person conversant with the Assem bly knows, as a general rule, how useless it is to petition the House for redress with out interest. Those of us who attend the House regularly know how Louis T. Stead petitioned the House for three years, and, failing to obtain any redress for his Dun edin imprisonment, was sent to the Welling ton Luuatic Asylum. Another case equally bad has occurred. This time the man's name is Atkinson, but he is not a relation of the Colonial Treasurer. He was dis missed fioin the employment of the Govern ment in 1875. [f may be slightly inaccurate in some of my details, but not in the mam facts.] The lious; having done for the man it seems a case the Press ouly can deal with. He was in the Customs Department, and while th"re some dcfalcitions took place in the ollice on the part, uf his superior officer, which he.did not make public, be cause there is a rule that such complaints must go through the superior oilicer. He was dismissed for not informing against his superior. He had been fourteen years in the public service at the time of his dis missal, and he petitioned the House. He called for evidence, which was suppressed, he alleges, by the head of the Depart ment, and he has in his possession written evidence, which I have seeD aud read, from a brother clerk, describing how the evidence was suppressed and by whose orders. During the Grey adminis tration he was put to work in the Laud Tax Department, and went out of employ ment when the Hall party came in. When examined before the committee last year he did not disclose the fact of the suppressed evidence from an unwilliugness to injure the relations of his former chief. After petitioning last session he was taken in hand by Mr Swanson, who promised him a vacancy as a warder in the Lunatic Asylum when there was a vacancy, which was add ing insult to injury. tVaiting for the vacancy he enlisted in the A.C., but was compelled to ask for leave on account of liia wife's sickness. He went home and his wife died. He applied for an extension of his leave to make arrangements for the maintenance of his children, and got his dismissal this year. LUco all men who have once petitioned the House, aud have had delusive hopes held out to them, he earau back and petitioned the House again, tie wrote also to the Chairman of the Public Petition Committee, detailing all his griev ances and the euppres ion of evidence Without inlluenco, of course Atkinson shared the fate of other petitioners. Yester day those who saw him imagined his troubles aud waiting had driven him partially out of his mind, and yesterday morning he went aud horsewhipped the Collector of Customs. Home people here think ,this is the sanest thing lie could nave done There is a good deal of sym pathy expressed for him, though he has selected a method of ventilating his griev ance which will effectually preoluda his being ever again employed by the Govern ment.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Robert Atkinson was charged with horse whipping Mr McKellar, the Collector of Customs, and sentenced to six weeks hard labour. '1 he prisouer pleaded as an ex tenuating circumstance that when the in quiry was held after his dismissal from the Customs, Mr McKellar suppressed certain evidence in his favour.

MINING NEWS.

Kkuuen Park.—The following telegram was received to-day for Mr W. W. Comer, mine manager of tho above company : — "Juat blasted a hole iv bottom of winze; 61b«. of picked stone."

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Beforo JR. C. Barstow.Esq., R.M.)

DBUNK. James Hcdley was lined 10s. and costs. VAGRANCY. John James Brock was charged under the Vauraut Act with being an habitual drunkard, etc. Piisouer pleaded guilty. It appeared that prisouer was found iv a helpless condition in Newton Koud, and taken care of by the constable. Sub-Inspector Pardy gave a sad account of the prisouer"s career. He had been sub jected to delirium trcuicns three times recently. One month's imprisonnicut with hard labour. A SHARP KttOST. A man named John Frost, alias Wiuter, was charged with assaulting Constable Strathearu while in the execution of his duty, and attempting to strike him with an adze, ou tho 9th mat.

Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Sub-Inspector Pardy said prisoner was a young mau from the country, who found his way into a hoiue of ill-fame at tho back of the market. Detective Jeli'ery and Constable Strathern went to the house in quest ot a felou supposed to be iv the house. Detec tive Jeli'ery knocked at the front door and Constable Strathern at tho back. They de manded admittance and were refused. The prisouer immediately rushed out and was about to strike Strathern with an adze, but the blow was prevented by Detective Jeffery, who seized the prisoner. Detective Strathern deposed that on re ceiving information ho went to the house, kept by a woman named Absalom, when the assault was made upon him as described. A Mr Doyle came to his assistance, and told Frost to be cautious, for he was iv the presence of the police. He was not within striking distance: of him. Detective Jeffery corroborated in most particulars. He inquired for Auue Absalom, an inmate of the brothel, and was answered through tho key-hole by prisoner. Hearing voices at the back of the house, he ran round, and £>aw prisoner with the adze in his hand.

His Woiship said that ho must dismiss the case, a.% it was shown that prisoner was too far away from the constable to strike out, but prisoner had been a foolish fellow, and should take a lesson for his guidance in the future. Discharged. SUNDAY DRINKING. James Stewart, of the Thames Hotel, was charged with committing a breach of the Licensing Act, by supplying alcoholic liquor to George Barland aud Joseph Tun bridge, on the 4th iust. Mr Laishley appea-ed for Mr Stewart, and ploaded guilty uuder extenuating cir cumstances. The facts were these : Qar land had fallen into the harbour, and had got very wet, and the two men went into the hotel for the purpose of getting some thing to save him from the conse quences oE a severe cold. Mr Stewart was not aware of the serving of the liquor, but the barman, In the interest of humanity, being a benevolently-disposed young man, supplied the men with brandy. He thought, looking at the case in a medicinal light, and considering that defendant would suffer by a conviction more than by a mere fine, he hoped His Worship would exercise his discretion, and make the five Is, which would be sufficient under tho circum stances. Sub-Inspector Pardy ssiid if the case was as simple as the learned gentleman would lead the Court to suppose the charge would not have been brought forward, but when Constable Gordon went in to the hotel he found four men drinking. His Worship said ho could not view the matter so lightly. Fined £5, co*ts 15s. ANOTHER CASE. John Gillander, of the Pacific Hotel, wns charged with a breach of the Licensing Act, by supplying alcoholic liquor to James Trenwith, John Williams, and Henry Kowe, on Sunday, the 4th inst. Mr Tyler appeared for defendant, and pleaded guilty, but hoped the Court would deal with defendant as lightly ai possible, he being a young man, only recently started in business. He was moreover, instructed to say that defendant would exercise greater vigilance in tho future.

Sub-Inspector Pardy said the constable on duty visited this house on Sunday, and found three men therein, each with a pint of beer in hand.

His Worship said it was evident thero was a great deal of Sunday drinking, by the number of drunken persons about on Sundays, and this was more especially noticeable in country places. As this was defendant's first offence, the five would be but £2, costs 17s.

This was all the business,

A football match will bs played at the North Shore ou Saturday between the Local Club and the Ponsonby Club. Ponsonby players to go over by the 2.30 boat. The following will represent, Ponsonby :-T. Macky (captain), Anderson, Martin, Arncil, Skene (2), Coleman, Davy, A. Manna, Bravewatcr, Pou, Halcombe, Whitesidc, Cooke, Stewart, and Lumsden. North Shore : U. Burgess (captain), A. Burmese, McGcchie, Sibbin (3), Webster (2), Me- Laen, Sims, Shakespeare, Alexander, Reid. Hammond, Corbett, and Buchanan.

CABLEGRAMS.

BU-ROPEAW.

[RBUTEB'S SPECIAL CfAIJLBCtRAMS.] PARIS. July 8. The Chamber of Depute* haa adopted a compromise agreeing to au amnesty Doing graXuto all those whom M. Grdvy pardons before July ]*■ Trade Returns. LONDON. July 7. The Board of Trade returns of the imports for the past month amount to £30,i57,0W, showing an increase of £2,625,000 as com pared with the last mouth. The exports amount to £18,437,500, showing an increase of £1,875 500 as compared with the same period last mouth. Commercial. LONDON. July 7. The 3 per cent consols are 9S§. Adelaide wheat, pei 493'lbs, ex warehouse, is 37s 6d. The Case of Mr Bradiaugh. LONDON. June 25. The following is a more lucid explana tion of the Bradiaugh business than has yet been cabled : -It appears the first Com mittee refused Biadlaugh's claim to make an affirmation, and the second Committee refused his claim tp take the oath, but re commended that he should be allowed to make au affirmation. The combined opposition of the P-oman Catholics and a few Dissenters in the House brought about the defeat of the proposal to make affirmation by a majority of 45. A scene ensued such as has never before been witnessed in the House. Mr £radlaui;h walked up to the table and offered to take the oath, but was informed of the decision of the House, and was permitted to speak at the bar. The House subsequently voted a refusal of his claim, but Mr Brad laugh persisted, aud denounced the action of the House as illegal. He declined to leave the Chamber, and after a stouny scene lasting several hours, the House ordered him into custody. The Govern ment ou Tuesday supported the proposal to affirm, and permitted the oppositijn to initiate a committal. The whole thing is a ridiculous muddle. The case is one arising out of religious bigotry and Brad laugh's filthy literature. Bebellion in Morocco. LONDON. Junfi 29. A rebellion has broken out in Morocco, and it haa been repotted that the rebels have been victorious everywhere over the royal troops. The Sultan, Mulai Hassan, is reported to have lied. LONDON. June 30. A cablegram from New York conveys in formation of au .appalling steamboat acci dent that occurred at Long Island, in North America. A pleasure steamboat, tho Seawanhaka, caui/lit fire, and was totally destroyed. The vessel had a large number of excursionists on board, no less than 50 of whom perished by drowning, and some by lire. There was a scene of frenzied terror on board the steamboat during the titnu she was ou lire, aud many of the un happy excursionists were driven to seek a watery grave in order to escape the more terrible death by lire.

The cricket match between the Oxford and Cambridge University Elevens has resulted iv a victory for Cambridge. The total scores were : Cambridge, 398 ; Oxford, 282.

A crisis lias just been averted at the Cape by the Legislative Assembly passing a vote of confidence ia the Miuistiy. The Opposi tion, however, abstained from votiug.

The Americuu rifle team has beaten the liish team in the international match.

The Chinese have been victorious over the KussiaLs in three consecutive engage ments, aud have inflicted disastrous defeats upon them. The first and most important engagement took place at the Terek Pass, in Little Aiai Mountains, the range dividing the Khokand or Ferghana, in Russia Turkes tan, from the Chinese province of Kashgar. At this Pass the .Russians were completely defeated with heavy loss, and driven back t» their own territory. The Russian army then took up a position at Kizil Kurghau, a town ou tho main road from Kashgar. They were also repulsed from this portion by the Chinese, and they then fcJl back upon a town further north in Russian Tnkottm, called Gulsha. The Chinese, following up their previous victories, lost no time in giving their opponents battle again, and for the third time were victorious. The shattered Russian army were last reported to be in full retreat northward.

AUSTRALIAN.

[rkutkr's telegrams.]

The Wool, Coal, ana Stock

Duties. SYDNEY.

Friday. In the Legislative Assembly last night, the House went into committee on the Wool, Coal, aud Stock Taxes Bill, After the debate a division was taken, on the cliuise fixing tho export duty atonefartliin« per pound on greasy, and one half-penny per pound on washed and scoured wools, vvheu ayes aud noes were found to be equal. The chairman, however, gave his castiuc vote with the ayes, and the clause passed. Sir Henry Farkes, Premier, then moved that progress be reported and the chairman leave the chair. The Jmotion was carried and the House adjourned. Shipping. Sailed : Wakatipu, for Wellington. Sporting. MELBOURNE. July 8. Mata has been backed for the Melbourne Cup to win £10,000, at 100 to 4. Shipping. MELBOURNE. July 8. Arrived : The Union Company's steamer Ringarooma, from the Bluff.

CENTENARY SERVICE OF SONG.

Pursuant to announcement, and by re quest, the Service of £ong was repeated last evening in the Choral Hall. The audience was large, but far below in number thai of the first occasion. The President, the Rev. Allan W. Webb, opened the proceedings punctually at half-past 7 o'clock. The orchestra contained 250 singers. It was perceptible that greater freedom was evinced by the singers, on account of their greater familfarity with the pieces. The conductor, Mr Win. Bridson, had complete power over the voices, whose every movement was promptly interpreted by the performers. There were few, if any, in Auckland who could have so successfully conducted the service, and no small amount of the success of nacli performance was due to him. Had it not b;on for the singing the audience would have been grievously disappointed. The readings (prose and poetry) both in respect of compilation and composition, were unworthy of tho Union Editor. If the New Zealand Committee had put their head 3 together for a few hours a set of mutable readings could have been produced that would have shamfid. the English arrangement. The readers acquitted them selves as well as could be expected, but evidently suffered, like the audience, under a consciousness of the poverty of the material put in their hands. It is acknowledged by all public readers that to read successfully a person must be in love with the piece, and then only is it reasonable to expect that the author's feelings and thoughts will be fully interpreted. We.must not forget to men tion Professor Lambert and the Engineer Band, who gave such valuable help last evening. As a whole, the auditory were pleased. The readers were Messrs S. E Matthews, W. Beaumont, Thos. Buddie and F. G. Ewington.

(.jiitainly tho most beautiful Blankots ever ?*n £ fL ew,Zea», a M,d Bre those juat turned our from tho Roslyn Mills, near Uunedin. la Col Si- Substance and Finish they surpass any blankets °°°Jj»°'»l raaiiu&oture that have appeared in this Market, 'ho.r Flannels »lso arc of Buoerior flnwh 'lhe First shipment, from this Mill to Auck'and, arrived last week, to the order of Messrs Garhck aril Cranwoll, who, under then- (.cooperative Cash System, aro selling them at a sma 1 advance 9 n Manufacturer's prices, (i r hi£ m9 i .Rxhl^ ltion l Bedsteads havk arrived (lb different patterns). No v on view and for dale b y> Qarhck and Cranwell, at " City Hall

At the bYDNBT Exhibition tho B:rmingham Firm of Peyton and Peyton obtained thn Highest Award lot Iron Bedatpidn J2 » First Detrree of Merit and Special Mention for Substantial and Klegint Designs and Faithfal Workmanship" (all tho other British WLanu factnraw aro placed either 3rd or 4th in de^i of merit). These Prize Bedsteads aro now on view at the "City Hall Arcade' and any

SUPREME COURT.-YESTERDAY CON CLUDED.

CeiMtNAt, Sittings,

(Defoi'e His Honor Mr Justice Richmond.)

ALLBGKU LAUCENY. Arthur Vincent (80), doM»i ed M ™ * "teairUer/'inthc employment of Messrs. Gallagher and Ricketts, storekeepers., of Taupe*, wns indietfld upon a! charge of stealing a bale of drapery and a keg of brandy The prisoner pleaded not guilty, Said that the goods fell off faui bullock dray. He had met with losaes of the kind beThe'evidcnce having been heard, as well m the prisoner's statement, the Jury aftei a briet deliberation returned with a verdict consequently dia charged.

THIS DAY.

Ilia Houor took his seat upon the Bench at 10 o c oc . allkqeo ASSAUIjT . Tamokoro, a young aboriginal, was char K ed with an assault Upon one T°lterewe, at the end of May last, whereby the latter native sustained bodily harm. - Mr E. flesketh appeared for the pusoner, who pleaded not guilty. . The Crown Prosecutor (Mr Brookhdd),in opening the case, said that it was a very simple one, and in all probability it had mainly been sent oa instead oi being sum marily dealt with in the lower Oourt at tne desire of the parties interested. i k natives evinced a great parliahty for the Supreme Court. So far as he had been aoleto uatherfrom the depositions the prisoners defence was that he had received great provocation, and that he had Only struck out in self-defence. It would be for the iurv however.to consider aftsr hearing tue evidence whether he did not ride up and strike the tirst blow. After stating the .hort facts of the case the learned gentle man adduced the following evidence, Mr Brown interpreting : — Te Riwa deposed that he resided at Whskalmm. On the 25th of May he set out on horseback with other natives from Whakataun, and the following day they >vere at Awakiiniu. While they were jour ueyin" together he struck the horse of one llerewini in order to make it go faster. Hesewini complained that the whip had struck him also, and desired witness to get off his horse and fight. Witness was dis mounting from his hoi.se in order to accept the challenge when Tamokoro rode up and ,lealt him two blows o;i the forehead with the hammer end of a whip which he carried with him. Witness at once seized his .i-^ressor and dragged him off his horse, out before he could punish him they were separated by the other natives. Taraokoro then mounted his horse and galloped away, pursued by witness, who wanted his whip. Witness was a uutive policsmau. He had I'Lven no provocation whatever to Tamo koro. To Mr Hesketh : I wai not under the influence of drink at the time. I had only me glass of brandy thut day, although Vlehana had a bottle with him, I did not curse the priajuer i: Maori by reciinuieiid ing him to put his head into a pot ; neither ■viw I quarrelling with him before he struck ■ne. 1 was not on duty that day. A number of other witnesses having been examined,Mr Hesketh.addressed the jury cor the defence. HU Honor then summed up, and the jury, vithout leaviug the box, fouud the prisoner <uil ty of a common assault. A sentence of one month's imprisonment vas dealt out. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY. Kobert Little was arraigned upon an in lictment charging him, that having become i bankrupt under the provisions of " The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1866," he did iot to the best of his belief discover to the ' trustee of the estate (T. Macttarlane) part of •lia property, viz., 20 framed pictures and me cornice pole, nor the manner in which :ie had disposed of them. The pi isoner pleaded not guilty. Mr E. •iesketh appeared to defend him. Mr Brooklield, in opening the case, said that he would endeavour to convej to the jury in a few word* a clearer idea of the nature of the charge than would be gained from the long rigmarole of language in •vhich the indictment was necessarily framed. The charge was one of a breach igainst the Fraudulent Debtors Act of 1878, which was to be read conjointly with die Debtors and Creditors Act of 1866. le might state at the outset that there vcre two sub-sections of the Fraudulent Debtors /Vet under which Little was charged, md although he was only charged under one of them that was accounted for by ihe fact ohat in their nature both were the same, so that virtually both cases were being tried at <atne time, the evidence iv one being' the (nine as that ia tli-i other, so that, the prisoner was c iiiiil y guilty of both or equally inn cent of both. No doubt a? they were all men of lm-incsi they knew the terniH ot tne Act of ISB6. When a person found liiiiisolf unable to meet his engage ments w th Ilia creditors he tiled a declara tion to that ell'ect in the Court, and there upon he became bankrupt and his property was vested in thu Kc,'istrar until the appointment, of a creditor.*' trustee, when it und< r .vent transfer t j him. It wai also the duty of the bankiupt, within four days of the filing of the declaration of iusolvency, to file a complete statement of all his asset* of every kind, and to baud them over to the trustee, who had the power of allowing him to retain £25 worth of furniture and effects. Those were the requirements made of the bankrupt under t c Act just referred to. Theu the Fraudulent Debtors Act of 1878 provided a number of punishments for offences agaiast that Act,and it was for two of those offence; that itie prisoner was now being trie!. Tiie fourth section of it was as follows : " Any debtor shall in each of the cases £■ >11 'wica be d'-emed guilty of a misdemeanour"' that «a- as follows:—■ "If he doe* not to the bust of his know ledge and belief fully an l| ruly discover to the trustee all his property, real aud per sonal, and how, and to whom, and for what consideration, and where ho disposed of any part thereof, except such part as has been disposed of iv the ordinary way of his trade, if any, or laid out in the ordinary expenses of his family unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud." There was "mother indict ment on which the prisoner was charged. It se's out that "if he does not deliver up to the trustee, or as he directs, all such part of his real an 1 per onal property as is ia his custody, or under his control, and which he is required by law to deliver up, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud," the bankrupt is guilty. It would be for the jury to consider whether the prisoner had committed a breach of one or both of these sections. The learned gentleman then-went to state the facts of the case, after which he ad duced evidence.

Hudson Williamson, Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court, produced the declara tion of insolvency filed by the Drisoner on the 3th of March last, also his" statement of the assets and liabilities, and a list of tbc credito-s.

Thomas Macffarlaue, certificated accoun tant in bankruptcy, deposed that on the 13th of March he was elected creditors' trustee in the estite of Robert Little. Prior to that, the Registrar had appointed him to take over the property, and he had sent his clerk (Mr Woodruff) to make an inventory of it. Thestatementofa'raetsand liabilities filed by the prisoner stated the former at £625, made ur, as follows :—Stock in trade, £250; book d bts, £350; furniture, £25. The furniture he was allowed to keep. The prisoner had never givnn any information about the twenty pictures and a cornic-3 pole, and neither had any person con nected with the prisoner given such information.

To Mr Hesketh : I never knew he had them, and therefore never asked him for such information. I allowed the clerk to make an inspection of the property. Heneage Seymour Woodruff, clerk of ihe last witness, gave evidence as to niak iu^ an inventory of the prisoner's property. .Detective Jeffrey deposed as to niidiag a cornice pole and twenty framed pictures secreted under the house of a person named Connolly, who was the prisoner's ne;ghbour Connolly and his wife claimed them as his property, and the prisoner disclaimed all kuowlcdgeofthem, but Mis Little afterwards confessed that they were her husband's. Constable Brown, who accompauied Detective Jenrey on this expedition, cave similar evidence. (Left Sittinsr.) ,

Graham Flowers, the notorious horse fltealer, was sentenced to three years penal servitude at the Supreme Court, Christ church, yesterday. "."" Miss Eva Carmiyhuel, the heroine of the r°vJ d dlßastcr. is about to be married to Mr W. C. Maokay, the son of a wealthy ™l-« merchant. She has a fortune of izoO per annum.

An importation of Indian teas has been received at Christchurch, and proved a success. They blend finely with other teao.

_ The London Comedy Compauy are play nig "Pygmalion r.nd Galatea" and " War to the Knife " in Sydney. Ninety thousand copies of the " Eveninu News " were sold in Sydney on the evenin" of the aunouucement of the Kelly's cm" ture. ' l

PARLIAMENTARY.

(fiROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

WELLINGTON, this day. THE THAMES K.M. AND LICENSING BENCH.

MR Tole presented a petition from resU dents in Hauraki gold mining districts complaining against the Resident Magig. trate and Warden j also, a petition from Aline Robinson, complaining of the manner in which a Certain case was heard by the magistrate, and praying for rehearing.

SIX GEOKGE UEEY gate notice to move fora committee to inquire in Mr Ehrenfried'g petition, consisting of Captain Colbeck, Messrs H. Hirst, Macandrew, Macdonald, McLcau, Beeves, Whitaker, Wood, and the mover. The Pbbmier gave notice to add Mi' Rolleston's name to this committee. SESSION AT CHKISTCHURCH. Me McCaugHAN gave notice of motion that the nest session of parliament be hold at Christchufch, and the Governor be requesteit to place £20,000 on the estimates for that purpose. OI'HER QUESTIONS. MrtMooßHOUsa asks whether the Go vernment authorised Sir Julius Vogel to preside at meetings in London respecting Imperial Union. , _ Mr Andrews asks whether the Govern. ment,before procuring Volunteer uniforms ' from England, obtained the fullest iafor. ; motion that uniforms of equal quality could not be made in the colony at the same price, MR .I ONES aska whether the Government received any telegrams from Sir Julius Vcel not laid on the table. Replying- to Mr George, Mr Oliver said the Government were nofc aware of. any further correspondence regarding the division of the North Auckland road not laid on the tabTHE BONUS TO MR CONFERS.

Keplyingto Sir William Fox, Mr Oliver said an agreement was made 1 with Mr Conyerp, Middle Island Railway Commissioner, by the late Government, in ' 1877, that he should receive £903 per aunum, and, if the working of the lines proved satisfactory, to receive a bonus of £500. Last year the bnnus was paid on the authority of the then Government. SIB W. FOX gave notice for the produc- , tion of the correspondence. THE RAILWAY REPORT. The Railway report will not be presented 7 until next week, as the Commissioners are still engaged taking evidence, which, they will publish simultaneously with, the •? ■ It is stated here that Mr Cortiu, of Nel. son, will not be a candidate at the next election. INSURANCE BILL> Mr Hurst last night succeeded in post poning in committee the Fire and Marine Insurance Bill, so as to give Auckland companies the oppertunity of considering ts provisions. REPRESENTATION BILL. In the new Representation Bill tbe: schedules of which arc still under consider ation. City West is divided into two cjiistituencies. Auckland, therefore, has with City East, 3 separate electoral districts Eden is absorbed partly into Newton and p.rtly into the adjoining distmts. One-' liunga is abolished and divided among - other districts. Newton is devided intotwo seperate districts with one member each. Ohristchurch is divided into seperate districts in the centre. Invcrcargill v. nude one district, and the suburbs are divided among country constituences. TEE DRAINAGE SCHEME.

The report of the Agricultural Com mittee on Mr Murrays' Drainage Bill 13 to the following effect: —About half of the ' clauses are struck out, including those re lating to the advance of public money for drainage purposes. The clauses returned are those which make provision for the : steps to be taken by any person applying to a beach of Magistrates for redres?, in cases where a person applies to a neighbour or neighbours for Corporation in draining laud, and is met with a refusal. The .Com- . mittee deprecates the use of public money tor drainage purposes. THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. There seems to be a strong probability of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill getting through the Legislative Council after all. Colonel Whitrnore yesterday staked his , chances on a motion to throw it out1, saying he would abide by the result. His motion, was lost, and after several amendments had been made further consideration was de ferred till Tuesday. A motion by Colonel Whitmore to legiti matise children by pa?t marriage was a'so The Deceased Husbaud's Brother it'll ~ was thrown out by 13 to 10 on the motion - of the introducer of the bill. COUNCILLORS' HONORARIUM. Mr Peacock gave notice to move that the [ Government should rnalve a saving off som£ ■ other part of the estimates than Legislative Councillors' honorarium. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. The matter of chief interest in (he House was au important discussion on Mr DeL&if ■ tour's motion affirming the desirability of iitiliains: Government workshops for the ip- ; dustrial training of boys receiving educa tion at primary or secondary schools, andl'i; the desirability that primary or secondary! schools should be so organised as to en°;raftl ; practical instruction upon the present syß-|r, torn of education. Mr DcLautour madej;/ an eminently practical and effective speech ■■■ in support of his motion, and was followed! i by Mr Kolleston, Minister of Education, who strongly expressed himself in favour of Mr DeLautour's proposal*. Several other members spoke, everyone congratulating the mover upon the able manner ia which he had introduced the question, and expatiating on the advantages of technical instruction. The motion was carried on the voice*. M ' ? do not anticipate great results from the motion, but it will awake public attention to the subject, and doubtless produce valu able fruit in future. The motion waJ. merely tentative, and being a private mem ber's day,Mr DeLautour was anxious notto occupy too much time. He therefore dealt rather hurriedly with the subject, leaving out much that was important. It is onJj right, however, to state that whatever benefitted results may accrue froa the . debate, it is entirely wwitj: to the series of articles on '■#«' subject written in the Star in May la 4 copies of which were circulated amongst members with circulars requesting that active sympathy in ventilating the subject, and it was this which led Mr De Lautour|lt table his motion. I send you by mailtt morrow a full report of: the speeches, and shall therefore not notice them at length. ; LOBBY GOSSIP. 3 One subject of talk in the lobbies is an unfortunate slip by the Premier the other evening, when he said that'the maintenance of efficient Under-Sepretaries was of; mort importance than Ministers. Pir GeorgJ Grey, who was listening, seized upon &i admission instantly, remarking; that 8 proved all that had been alleged as to tb< country being controlled by Undersec retaries, who made Ministers their p"Pr Auother topic of the quid uuuos i» * rumour that Mr Bunny iiitends reaignjij his seat iv favour of Mr Carter of Wait* rapa, formerly a member of the Province There was no quorum when the Housed assembled after the dinner hour, and m bell had to be rung to secure the neceswHf number. Even when the House was row' up there was ouly about one-third of«" members present. A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. I find, from some cause, a telegram Is**l > . with reference to the division list on the n* -y confidence motion was frightfullym»npjj-" in transmission. What I meant to sayss v: that eight 01 ten days before the diviß»W gave the actual names of the ayes and "^ absolutely correctly, with the excepjWtt* Mr Fisher, accidentally absent, and »j Ireland walked out (barring such accidepß in my prediction). My object in reverft to the matter is not to trumpet my' o**" praises as a political prophet, but ratna show how completely the division ►*«.-; foregoue conclusion, and how great ww r waste of time in the debate. . • .; "HANSARD" REPORTS. The modifications in "Hausard_"jw«j* likely to take the shapa of abolisaiugl whole staff, but of reduciug the cosw condensation. Several newspap^f V • prietors, who arc meinbere nf .*"?^rf|| are stimulating a pre||dice against;, u^ sard" in order to grind their "j^ojj securing the job of publishing a fiUDai", newspaper "Hansard." CHINESE IMMIGRATION.^. , On the secind reading of the Vr-^j Immigration Prohibition Bill there w*°^ auimated debate. Dr. WaUi-,who aw* that he rose in great distress taro"f" 0 ing some member say lately that "eVtf. land was bankrupt, and t!>e statement^* allowed by Ministers to passunchW «, Being reminded by the Premier tn^aHj refnrring to a foiriier debiito, w. ! c ..jtf^--^. gular, the doctor returned to and launched out into au eloquon ti p> lie on the imiuuierablo arcn*1 "-'*1' | V

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR FRIDAY. JULY 9, 1880



Special Advertisements. M. M. URCH IE, MERCHANT TAILOR AND IMPORTER. OUR STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE. The Assortment will bo found much lahgek and. more varied than heretofore. Tho SUPxrtokity of the Clothing made by us to that offered by other Tailors is well known. We also offor the Advantage of the LARGEST STOCK IN THE TRADE. We are continually receiving all the novelties of the Season, and have always some thing new to show you. M. M U R C H I X, Shortla^d Steket. mHB NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY'S r. GARMENTS FOR MEN'S'AND BOYS' WEAR Fit Better :: Ark Better Cut Look Better :: Are Better Made Wear Better :: Ark Better Shrunk And therefore give more satisfaction than any other goods offered to the pnblic Testified to by their Thousands of Customers who purchase constantly at the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY' 3 BRANCHES. Now Established in dunedi.t wellington inveroarqili, nklson Oamaru Wanganui Timahu Nicw Plymouth Ashburton Napier Lyttklton Thames Christohuroh Auckland A Single Garment at Wholesale Price. N. 8.: Oar New Winter Ma ufacturos are now Ready. 83. "TRY 'i\IE N.Z. O\KRCOAT. Shirts, Hats and Hosiery of evory descrip tion at WiiooKSALE Prices AUCKL A Nl) B RANCH. Queen-Btrcet (opposite Theatre Royal). J. SIIZ3IMON3. Manager JJ 0T I C jsi juuTICB, NEW DRAPERY. NEW CLOTHING. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN Beg to announce that their NEW STOCK for the incoming Season's Trade is No"iV to Hand, comprising— Now Materials in Fancy Dress Goods, very cheap Satin Clo*3, Serge?, Reps Cashmeres, ifronch Merinos, &c, now shades Waterproof Tweeds and Ulster Cloths Ladies' and Maids' Jackets, a choice .'assort- New Fancy Woollen Goods in great variety Ladies' and Maids' Ulsters, all quite new I'Hosi.JCBY in variotyj&c. Also, A'Larire Stock of Flannels, various makers, and unusual good value Blankets, all sizes, white and coloured Winceys, Wool Plaids, Shirtings, &c. A Vory Choice Assortment of NEW CLOTHING FOR BOYd AND MEN. Overcoats and Waters Boyo' and Youths' ditto ditto Crimean Shirts, Oxford Shirts, White chirts Under-Flannels, L.W. Shirts and Panti Piinted und White Moleskia Trousers for Boys and Men Hats, Caps, &c. a Heavy Stock of Good Tweeds Cheap Tweod for Boys' wear, Blue Sewe, Moleskins, &c. tS" Five per cent, discount (Is in the £) al lowed uoon a'l Cash Purchasers of 20.-1 and upwards. BUSHUKOOK & B RIJD GMA N, Drapers and CLOTniERS, Opposito tho Army mid Navy Hotui, Upper ■ OUQOU-titreot. Auckland



Special Advertisements. A UCKLAND CLOTHING FACTORY. LOCjAL "INDUSTRY, TAILORING DEPARTMKNT. J. B. Robinson has the honour to an nounce that ho haa secured the services of an eminent fashionable Cutter from Sydney, and a competent '~T of Tailors, and has made extent j pre parations for tho manufauaro of colonial cloths; and la now In a position to supply Men's, "i'ouths's and Boy'a Suits made to measure, at Eng lishjslop prlcca on tho shortest notice. Suits made to order on twelve hours' notice. Colonial Tweed Trousers, made! to measure at 13s 6d, on six hours' notico. All Twoods guaranteed wo'l shrunk. As it !s intended to devote the whole of tho resources of tho Establishment solely to tho manufacture of Men's Youths'and Boy's Clothing, tho present Stock of Ready-made Goods will bo sold at primk cost, to mako room for those of our own manufacture. J. B. ROBINSON, A UCKLAND /CLOTHING J^ACTORY. QUKEN-STREKT (Two doors below B. Tonk'a Auction Mart). rjIHE MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO. MANURiCTUKBHS OF IHB HIGHEST GRA.DK OF SILVER PLATED WARE, IiOTH ON NICKEL SILVER AND WHITE MKTAL. Sample Rooms and Offices—lo, East Fourteenth street, Union Square, New York. Factories—West Meriden, Connecticut. Sole Agents for the North Island, T & S. MORRIN. TJOYAL TNSURANCE pOMPANY (PlUffi AND LIFK). CAPITAL £2,000,000 With Unlimited Liability of tub Shark holdeks. Accumulated Wunda in.hand EXCEED .. .. £4,000,000. Revenue :— From Fire Premiums £770,000. From Life Premiums £216,000. Exclusive of Interest on Investments. This Company continues to acoept FIRE RIsKS on every description of Insurablo Pro perty AT THE LOWEST RATES OBTAINABLK CLAIMS FOR I.OSSKS aro Promptly ai Liberally Adjuit'd without reference- els where, and immediately paid at tho Company's Bankers in Auckland. GEO, W. .lONKP, Chlof Agont for Province of Auckland. ofßc3: Shoriland-street. May 22,1850. Influential Agenta required for tho Suburbs and throughout the Province whore tho Com pany is not already reprmentsd ■pSTABUSfIHD 18 51. I GO CHEAPEST-! W BEST HOUSE 5 QUALITY IN MACHINES THE k—I I TRADE. | ONLY , M Sa! w WTX QHAKKSPEAR &?fm, 246 ; QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. ESTABLISHKD 183 7. TfXPIRATION OF LEASE. In consequence of tho Leaso of the Premises expiring in August, TyriLNK & pHOYCE dud it necessary to hold a GREAT CLEARING SALE OF THE WHOLE OF THEIR STOCK 1? OR () NE lVr ONTH QNLY. Every article in tho house will ba offered AT OP UNDER COST PRICE, FOR CASH. Sale to commence THURSDAY, July 1, 1830. M. & C. would invite their friends and tho public to take advantago of this Sale, as it will bo a GENUINE one. The whole of their new and Fashionable Goods (without reservation) In every department must be sold. N.B.—Country orders will be faithfully exe cuted. MILNE & CHOYCE, CHEAPSIDK HOUSE, QUEEN-STREET, Auckland. WO-I3UTTON Coloured Kid Gloves, at Is lid perpa'r. Wo have 25 dozen for sale, all sizes, bought a Job. Extra good value. —Garlick fc Cranwell. PRINCIPAL CARPrtT WAREHOUSE.— Tho Largest and Cheapest Stock of Tapes try, Brussels, felt, Kidderminßtor, Jute and Hemp Carpets ara to be seen at the City Hall Arcade. Carpets made and lltted to anyeizo room. GARLICK & oßA.iv 7ELL. Five per Cent. Discount for Cash at time of Purchase. IKON & BRASS :BWI)STEADS.—Up wards of 350 in stock to Select from, and all sizes— from 21ft. wirio to sft. wide. Stump, French, Halt-Tester, Folding Stretchers, Invalid's Clialr-Hods. A Groat Variety of Wood Bedsteads to suit every class of customer. Ch ildren'a Bedsteads and Cots various styles). GARLICK & CRANWELL. City Hall Arcade. Five per Cent. Discount for Cash at Ume of Purchase. ■ KDDINU OF ALL SIZES kept ready for Delivery. All our Bedding is miide at our own Factory. Kapok Down and Feather Beds; Hair. Fibre, Flock and Flax Mat rasses; Pillows and Bolsters of every kind; Spring Mattrasses and Pallias;es for any size bedstead. Mattrasses re-mado withdeapatch. KLicK: & CRANWEtx> Five per Cent. Discount for Cash at time of Purchase. EDROOM FURNITURE-the Plainest and Handsomest—to be aoen at the City Kail Arcade, at Prices to suit the working man, the middle class, and tha rich; to suit boarcling-houseand hotel-keopers. Ward robes, Che.st Drawers, Toilet Tables, Washstands, Commodes. GARLICK & CRANWELL. Five per Cent. Discount for Cash at time of Purchase. rpoiLBT GLASSES and TOILET^WARE— Awe study to keep such a Stock as to bo able to please every taste. Every Size in Toilet Glasses, and a Splendid Variety of Toilet-ware; Pier Glasses —very pretty Chimney Glares just opened GAaLICK. & CRANWELL, City Hall Arcade. Five per Cent. Viscount for Cash aJ time of Purcliagc. RAW ING-ROOM AND DINING-ROOM FURNITURE always on view audmadc to order on a short notice. Suites ready for delivery, anfl a Large Assortment of Coverings to soloct from. Centre and Occasional Tables, Cheffioniers, Whatnots, Cornices, Fenders, and Fire-irons. rTHuacH furniture, h&ll fujkni \j TURE, Library and Offlca Furniture; Kitchen Furniture, Belt-acting Roller Blinds, Floor Cloth, all kinds of Furnish ing Goods. FURNISH YOUR HOUSE FKOM THE pill. TTALL ARCADE, GAULIOK & CRANWELL, PBOPEIETOES. '■'iui ver Cent. JJismint for Cash at titnt o m v Purrchast. I