SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

nian WATFR (ThißKvonlng. 0.33 HIGH WAiKK^ To . morrowMornU ,g )l ,7 SUNSET.—ThIa Evening, 5.49 SUNKISE.—To-Morrow Morning, 6.0 MOON'S AGE.-New Moon, 23rd. 11.33 P.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVKNINO.

Atalauta, sohooner, Donovan, from Nguncuru Argyle, s.s., Crawford, from Whangarei

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING.

Tauranga, sohoonor, Duncan.'for Noumea Hinemoa.G.s.B., Johnson, for Wellington

EXPORTS.

Per OreM. for Gißborne-20 oases sulptmrio aoid, 10kegscarb. soda,Bboxes, BO a a?;,i°,? OXio candles, 10 cases kerosene, 11 tins biscuits, 10 bags salt 2 oases paint, 2 pockets hop?, Jf oases and packages) snndries. For Naplor—l paoK agos soap, 1 caak limejuice, 9 colls rope, 2 oases turps.

Inwards CoASTWWB.-Morcury, fromTalrna with22.ooo fret timber: EW«iore. from Tajraa, -with sn 000 feet timber; Pakn. from lairua, with 24,000 feet timber: Peweverance, from, Waiheko; Adah, from ThamOT. The s.s. Oreti was to havo left for Glsborne and Napier at 4 o'clook this afternoon. The bara.no Bella Mayy- whioh left Oamaru for this port on theßth inst h.s the following nargo :-399 saoks flour, SO Backs wheat, 823 sacks barley, 1400 sacks wheat, 176 bags potatoes. The brieantine Swordflsh loft Lyttelton for Auoklandon the 6th in«t, with 783saoKs potatoes, 600 saoks wheat, 220 sacks flour, 1140 bags flour, 1265 palings, Captain Wbrsp, who has been sent by the Underwriters to the Staff, reports that "the vessel Is in no danger; Is discharging cargo, and likely to float to-morrow (Saturday)." Mr Win. Hollo Brown, of the firm of Sims and Brown, shipbuilders, etc., has been appointed by the dlreotora of the Devonport Steam Ferry Company to superintend tho construction of the new steamers now being built. The s.B. Argyle, from Whang&rei last evening, brought 80 saoks gi—r, 12 kegs butter, 2 horses, IS sacks Bharpa, 10 hnhb flour, 36 boxes eggs, 11 dozen fish, 6 fetndles skins, 11 hides, 6 cases poultry, 16 packages sundries, 6 oases fruit, and the following passengers: Miss Canty, Mes dames Ward, Laird, Doobo, and Graul, Mr and Mrs McDonald. Messrs Luke, Ward. Tetley, Steel, Kyanß, Atere, MoDcraald, 2 others, and 7 steerage. THE MAIL STEAMER. The P.M.a.s. Zealandia may be expected to arrive from San Francisco with the inward 'Frisco mail on Saturday night or Sunday morning. The as. Hawea will leave Onehunga for Southern Ports immediately afterwards. -

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DKPARTUREB. Rowena, b.p,, Scott, for Waitara Lalln Bookh, s.s., Hobertson, for Waitara

The s.s. Hannah Mokau should arrive from Raglan before dusk this evening, and will pro bably proceed to Waitara some time to-morrow forenoon.

The s a. Rowena whioh left for Waitara yes terday, took 27 packages sugar. 61 bars and 8 bundles iron, 2ibars Bteel, 19 packages oilman s stores, 12 packages furniture, 21 doors, 10 pack ages sundry merchandise, and the following passengers— Messrs S. Coombes, Smith, Hay and Jarvis.

The fl.a. Lslla Rookh left at an early hour thia morning for Waitara, with about 10 tons sun dries, 12,000 feet timber, and one passenger, Mr Baker.

The Rowena is expeoted to arrive from Waitara to-morrow morning, and returns thither aeoordlng to announcement, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

. Poet Chalmers, yesterday. Sailed! Crusader, ship, for London, with 11,914 saoks wheat; Wakatipu, for Sydney, via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers for Auckland! Mr MoQill.

COMMERCIAL.

Kvknino Stab Office, Friday.

LIVE STOCK MAEKET.

MX ALFRED BUOKLAND'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket, on Friday, Sept. 9, fodder was in full Bupply, and bronght from 2a Cd to 4s 6d par owt; 100 bags oata 2s Bdto 2s 9d per bushel. Horses were yarded in fair numbers. Active medium draught brought good prices, viz., fiir to £25; heavy ditto £10 to £50; light - harness horses and hacks, £5 10s to £17. At the Haymarket sale of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, 13th inst., sound clean hides brought from 3d to 4 S-26d the lb; full-woolled sheep skins, 4s to 6s Id ; inferior, Is 7d 3i 6d each; tallow. 20s 6d to 23s 3d the owt. Th'i fair hold at Bemuera on Wednesday, was well attended with buyers. Six hundred and eleven cattle were yarded, and very few withdrawn. The calves penned were generally in good condition, and were briskly competed for at relatively high values; they ranged from 37s Cd to 54s each; the older cattle were very backward in condition. Yearlings brought from 17s 6d to 70s; two-year-old 60s to f6'; three year olds, £1 to £510a; four year-olds, £510s to £6 7b 6d eaoh; young fairiydned bulls, «Bta£Blsaa-pleoe. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle of good quality were in demand, and brought £10 and £11 each; but middling animals were dull of Bale at late values; In store cattle, there was no alteration from yesterday's values; a pen of fresh conditioned Bteera, rising three years, brought £5 5s each: fat cattle were slightly higher in price than last week, and ranged from 25s to 28a tlia lOOlbs. Sheep were also batter worth, and reached 3|d the lb.; the greater part penned were of choice quality; lambs were numerous, and did not reach the high values of - last week; best quality brought from 12a to 16s each. Pigs-were numerous; well-bred animals realised fully id the lb., live weight, bnt coarse bred pigs were little over naif that price. • Xlebbbs Hunter and Nolan's weekly report: —Houses: The number brought forward has not been so large as usual, but an active demand has existed. At the Durham Yards, on Friday, scarcely an average number were entered, but competition wan spirited throughout the sale, and there was a marked upward tendency in price for hacks and light harness horses. wool, hides and skins: A good many have been brought forward, and the biddings were spirited; hides, 3Jd to 3gd; skins, from 4s Cd to 5s lid; tallow, 22s per lOOlba. Cattle: There has been a more spirited demand for store stock, which have been brought forward in lurge numbers. D»iry and fat beasts were without much alteration. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, the yards were well filled, there being a much larger proportion of storo stock thanhas been the case for some time. At Puke kohe, the yards were not sufficiently, largo to hold all the cattle, but as buyers were in atten dance, and competition spirited, a draft of those disposed of were soon cleared off to make room to yard the others. There has been little alteration In dairy stock: or fat boasts, bnt prices for stores have an upward tendency, and were in favour of vendors as compared with the previous week. The shipment from Qisborae did not consist ot such heavy weights as last week, but sold equally well, although, consequently, the average was lower. Sheep: Tnero was a large muster at Newmarket on Tuesday. The demand was steady throughout the aile, wethers at from 17s to 24s 6d ; ewes, 12s 6d to 15s. Pigs: Supply insufficient for require ment, and advanced prices were consequently given. *<v ■ Banks and Co's ■Weekly Report.—At Farawal fat cattle were in average supply. Mostly well grown steeis of good quality were in unison with the trade generally. Bidding was dull throughout the sale, and prices lower by 2s to 2s 6d per lOOlba. Best quality may be quoted at 255, second rate being somewhat lower. Sheep were very plentiful, and all ot nice quality. Business in this line was rather more brisk than for beef, medium sized wethers in their wool making 17s 6d to 23a 3d each; Bhorn ditto, 17s 6d. The eight month's old pure bred Berkshire boar advertised, brought 82 10b; sow, £3 6s.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

•Wholesale. Retail. s. di s.d, h d. s. il ' Butter, fs,lb 0 10-0 0 Milk, quart 0 4—o 0 Batter, Bit, lbO 8-0 0 Butter, te,lb 13-0 0 Cheese (local) 0 6-0 0 Butter, salt 8 10-0 0 -Do., Cant. 0 4§—o 6 Cheese (col) 0 8-0 0 Kjkb,doz. 0 B—o 0 Eggs.doz... 010—0 0 . tsa;ib(tins)o 7-0 8 Lard,lb ..0 0-0 10 Bacon and Hams, Fowls, each 2 6—3 0 0 7—olo Duoks, eaoh 2 6—3 0 Canterbury Hams Geese, each 6 o—7 0 and Bacon (In Turkeys ... 6 0-7 0 Cloth) .. 0 101-1 0 Bacon, Ih ~ 0 10—1 0 Hams, lb .. 1 o—l 3 • Bread, Id to did per 21b loaf Jams, per case, 5 doz, 35s to 37s fid Butchers Meat; Kb tall. Roasting Beet ...... .. 0 sto 0 7 Boiling Beef .. .. - ..04 —05 Mutton, hind-quarter .. .. ,0 4-0 6 ' ' ''••;. lore-quarter 02J — 0 3 Lamb, fore-quarter ) ;■■■": ofi —0 7 , „ hind-quarter/ " ° v ' , Fork and Veal .. .. .. ..06 —07 .■;■ Steaks .. ..• .. .- - 06— 0 8 Chops and Sausages 0 5 — 06 Tallow best (wholesale)—mutton, 325; mixed, V 22s to 30b. . •■■■ • Flotjk Market, Wholesale. ■ & b. a Snnerflne Flour, silk dressed, per ton.. MOO Fine Viour, ditto, household ..£12103—13 0 0 Adelaide, per ton .. .. .. ...0 0 0 None in market. Oamaru, per ton .. .. „ .. 1210 0 Dunedln, per ton .. .-..,. ... .. 12 10 0 Canterbury, per ton 12 10 0 Bran per ton (sacks included) £5103—6 0 0 Sharps, per ton .. £& lfis-6 0 0 - Cabin Bread .. .. ~ .. .. 19 0 0 ' Oatmeal.. .. ■.. .. .. «13-1310 0 Eearl Barley -■ .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 •-i-'-i. iv HAY and Corn Market. ' inic ■ i - Wholesale. s. d. s. d. &s. £s. Maize'fSyd.) 3 9-4 0 Hay, me'dow (CaL) 0-0 0 ton pressed 5 o—6 0 - (Flin.) 3 10—3 11 Lucerne, do 6 o—6 10 '; (Coast) 3 9—4 0 Straw (load) 0 18-110 Oats ..- .'« 6-2 9 Chaff .. ~3 10-4 10 ' Wheat (Cowl) 3 0-3 3 Ha; (oaten) 5 0-5 10 fe potatoes,«2l6sto£3. Retail. .. s. a. b. A. ■... s. d. s. d. Maize, bushel 4 6-0 0 Luoerne, owt.7 6—B 0 Oats, ditto ..2 9—3 3 Oaten, ditto 6 o^-7 0 Bran, lOOlbs 6 o—6 6 Straw, ditto 3 o—4 0 ;■- Wheat (fowl) 3 6-3 9 Chaff, ditto 5 W 0 Hay.owt. ..6 0-0 0 Potat'es.ditto3 6-4 6 Wheat seed 5 6-fl 0 Seeds.—Retail. .. ■■; S. d.-s. d. a. d. s. d. ;. ■ Ryegrass ..8 o—o 0 Cocksfoot, b1.6 6—7 0 : Italian,do. ..7 6-8 0 Trefoil, lb, 0 7-0 0 ' EedClover,lbOU—l 0 Ratetail, lb. 1 6-0 7 WaiteCloyerl 0-1 3 Timothy.lb. 0. 7-0 0 AlsHrke, lb ..0 ft 3 Lucerne, lb. 1-0 0 Cowgrasa, lbl 2-1 3 Rape, lb ..0 5 0 0 ■ Woolpacka in quantity, 3s 3d to 3s Sdeach corn saoks, 8s to 9s 6d per dozen. Fencing wire * Nos. 6. 7 andS.assorted,£l6losto £17per toa ;'-. •. , Coali and Firewood Market. | CoAt.—Newoastle (ship's side), cargo 35s per ■ ton: yard, 40a to 45a. Bay o£ Islands, at yards, 25b "%' Boreened^HOd; ditto at the mine, 12s; ship's slde,23Bßd;'Waikato 1 atmine,ss; inAuokland | : i 17s0ato228;Tanplri,atmlnes,6a6d to 12a-at & yMi, 188 to 21s; delivered, 26b to 295. WangareL S atmlne, 8a 6d; yard (ateum), m; household, 225, •, Miranda, at yard (household), ■ 18a; steam, 18s. fe Kamo (household), 28s, 30s delivered; Bteani 23s st! y Fibewood.—Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 8a to ft 9b per ton; delivered, 12a; out, 14s to m, ■ 1..":.,"' ■;'■■■ ■'■■'•' ;■:■ - y - .■' ' ": •■'■'':

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close as Undue.—

This Day.

For Tauranga, Ohinomutu, and Opotiki. per Ulenelg, at & p.m. For Whangarei Beads, Parua, Waipu, Whan- Ratrei, Tangihua, and Mangapai, per Analc, at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 6 p.m. For Coromandel, per Annie Milbank.at 5.30 p.m.

Saturday, Uth instant. For Thames, per ilotomahuno, at 7.30 o.ni. For Waiwora, Mohurangi, Matakana, Manga wal. So., per Roso Casey, at 10 a.m. For Talma, per Mercury, at 11 a.m. For waitara, per Rowena, at 1 p.m. For Tairua, pec Blsinor, at 1 p.m. For Mangawai, per tfingal, at 2 p.m.

Monday, 19th instant. For Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 10.30 a.m. For Talma, per Dream, at 11 am. For Whitiangi, per Fingal, at 3 p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, Wangaroß, and Mongonul, per Glenelg, at i p.m. Thursday, 22nd instant. For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at 11 a.m.

For Australian Colonies per s.s. Zoalandla, immediately after her arrival from Honolulu For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Hawea, immediately after arrival of Zealandia. S. B, BIBS, Chief PostmaniM-. Chief Post-office. Auokland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

September 16,1881.

Theatre Royal—Lyons Tourists or Pleasure Party, 8 p.m.

Drill-shed—Naval Brigade Monthly Inspeo tion, 7.30 p.m.

Wellesley-street Kast School—Mr Worthing ton's lecture on " Fragments of Roman History," ii p.m.'

Marriage.

TIERNAN-MOORE.-0n the 12th September, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, by the Rev. Father Walter MoDonald, Franols Tiernan, of Ooromandel, to Sarah Moore, of this city. *■,?

Death.

GKKEN.—On the 15th September. 1881, Harriet Green, the reliot o£ the late Thomas Green, aged 95 years. Tbe funeral will leave the residence of her daughter (Mrs Eggenton), Coburß-etrent, on Sunday, 18th instant, at 3.30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.

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

FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1881.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance^ Foi the future in the distance) And the good that we can do.

The session is fast drawing to a close; the hurly-burly Is over; and when the Property Tax and Tariff Bills aro disposed of the other business will be thrown aside and the curtain drawn upon a session which reflects very little credit upon anyone. Most of the Southern members propose to go on Saturday, and the prorogation should take place on Tuesday or Wednesday. The Lords hope to be practically finished by Saturday, on which day, most likely, both Houses will sit. The whole of last night's sitting was wasted, as the work partly done will never be completed now. It is even doubtful if it is of any effect, as there was a count-out, and the bills dealt with in Committee could not be reported to the House.

The Licensing Bill, after being cut to pieces in its passage through both Houses, committed and re-committed, sent back from one branch of the Legislature to the other, returned, and finally jointly conferred npon, has at last got through its final stage, and will become law. It is in very different shape from that in which it entered Par liament, and no doubt the process of cutting it up and re-patching has left holes enough in it to drive many coaches through Still the bill will effect a radical change in the existing licensing law. The fact that it repeals forty-nine statutes and places the licensing law of the whole of the colony within, the covers of one not very bulky Act shews that something has been achieved. The law,as it has finally passed, makes the Licensing Bench elective by the ratepayers. A struggle between the two Houses took place over the limita tion of the licensing districts, the Council endeavouring to enlarge the districts, and the House of Representatives to contract them. As agreed to, the clause will read : " Such districts shall, as far m possible aud' convenient, be identical and conterminous respectively with existing and future—(l) Undivided boroughs; (2) Wards of divided boroughs; (3) Ridings of counties; (4) Koad districts outside the counties aforesaid ; (5) Such other districts in parts of the colony not comprised within any of the foregoing, as may seem fitting, pro vided that no licensing district shall con tain less than one hundred ratepayers." The change here indicated is tho most radical in the bill. Whether it will achieve the results expected by its proposers, the Local Option party, remains to be seen— we very much doubt it; but it gives the people a larger voice in the management of liieir own affairs and, therefore, it is in the right direction.

The Act will bring about another change which both publicans and teetotallers, will hail with satisfaction, It makes all new licenses subject to Local Option. The Chairman of the Licensing Committee is required to appoint a poll to be taken of the ratepayers In the licensing district, and a bare majority decides for or against the proposed increase of licensed houses. Inasmuch as the hotel-keeping interest will combine with the Good Templars in keeping down further competition, this.

clause is likely to provo rather an effectual barrier to tbe granting of new licenses, and will proportionately increase the value of existing houses. The license foefor a 10 o'clock house within a borough is £40 a year; outside borough limits, £25. The Licensing Committee may authorise an exteusion of hours to midnight for a fee of £10, if it is of opinion that the requirements of the district make such an extension desirable. Sunday liquor traffic is for bidden except for the supply of lodgers and bona fide travellers, the qualification of the latter being proof that he slept three miles away from the hotel on the previous night. If any person represents himselt falsely as a bona lido traveller, the landlord is acquitted, but the person supplied may be proceeded against ana fined. It is also provided bj the Act that " in proving the sale or consumption ot liquor for the purpose of any proceeding rolative to any oftence under luis Act, it shall not be necessary to show that any money actually passed or any liquor was actually consumed, if the Court hearing the case be satiaßed that a transaction in tbo nature of a sule actually took place, or that any consump tion of liquor was about to take place; aud proof of consumption or intended consumption of liquor, on pre mises to which a license under this Act is attached, by some person other than the occupier of or a servant in such premises shall be evidence that such liquer was sold to the person consuming, or being about to consume, or carrying away the same, by or on behalf of the holder of such license."

Another question which haa often been discussed by tho trade— namely, the maintenance of a light outside, is left optional with the Licensing Committeo, The bill contoins yery stringent provisions against adulteration, against disorderly bouses, counterfeiting labels or using bottles with the original labels undofaced, against paying wages at an hotel, and on a variety of other subjects. With respect to Club licenses, which has been one of the bones of contention between tho two branches of the Legislature, differences have been merged in an arrangement by which Clubs, on payment of a fee of £5, receive a charter from tho Colonial Secretary, to whom a report ou their work ing must be forwarded annually by the inspector. Tho wholesale license foe is £20 ; and botilc licenses aro permitted only in the districts where they now exist, at a fee of £40.

Taken altogother, tho bill, bo far as can be seen, appears to be a yery fair one; making provision for tho ordorly conduct of the existing traffic, and for its limitation within reasonable bounds. It remains for experi ence toshow, however, whether the measure will provo workable, and will stand the test of the assaults that aro sure to bo mado upon it. _____________

The.local Board of Health has counter manded its order for an inoculated calf from (Sydney, pending certain enquiries which are about to bo instituted. We understand that Dr. Philson has expressed concurrence with Dr. Stockwell's recom mendation, upon which tbo Board's action was based.

Mr Heron's tender, £1749 has been accep tor the Wesleyan Church Ponsonby. The trustees decided to have a slated roof end gothic rercdos, at the back of rostrum. Mr Heron's tender was the lowest for tho work complete.

School teachers will bo interested to learn that tho Board of Education decided at a meeting this afternoon to discontinue the ten per cent redaction from their salaries from the first of tho present month.

A. maD, named Joseph Stovens, was brought up from Mercury Bay yesterday, suffering from a nasty uash on the left kuue —the result of an accident which happened to him last Monday. He was engaged in road-making, and when catting the limb of a tree, the axe glanced off and entered his leg close to the knee-cap. He has been ad mitted to the hospital for treatment.

It seems tlmt we weie in error in stating that Mr Jeffs ("Iconoclast") bears with him letters of introduction from Mr Kobert Stout. He has, however, been favourably noticed and criticised iv that gentleman's organ, "The Echo."

Visitors to Ooromandel who wish to be present at the opening of the new' ' iki battery may leave by the steamer Coro mandcl at four o'clock on Tuesday after noon next, returning on Thursday, the 22ud, at eight o'clock iv the morning, reaching town by mid-day. The steamer's time table will be found in our advertising columns.

Mr W. F. Buckland announces that ha will be a candidate for'the North Franklin electorate. Some of the electors of Papa toitoi have put in circulation a requisition to Mr Clande to contest the district on ihe same side, which is rather ungrateful to Mr liucklaud, who f ught such a game battle at the last election. We have not heard which of the two sitting members will select the Northern division of the district, but probably it will be Major Harris. Altogether a lively contest may be looked for in Franklin.

The Naval Brigade are rcquosted by ad vertisement to muster for monthly inspection parade, at the Drill-shed, at 7.30 sharp this evening.

Mr Holmes, of Otago, has made the fol lowing calculation of the possible export of frozen mutton : " Taking 14,000,000 as the number of sheep in the colony in 1881, the number of breeding ewes would bo 4,660,000, and the number of lambs about 3,000,000. The increase displacing an equal number of old sheep, we have a supply of 3,000,000 sheep fit for, the butcher." Of these about a million are set down as avail able for export, the population, at the rule of half-a-pound a-day, consuming a million and thren-quarters, and a quarter of a mil lion being allowed for contingencies of all kinds. This million of sheep represent■<, at 20 sheep of 501b each to the ton, a vast annual freight of 50,000 tons measure ment."

To the Editor: Sir, —Doubtless, you I;are noticed in your columns a report of a police case brought against me, which was ad journed day after day, at the request of the police, for three consecutive day*, and then dismissed, putting mo to great loss, having horses and drays at contract work, In the first place, I was charged with com mitting the offonco of obstructing tlio thoroughfare on the 28tb, which was a Sunday. Ido not work on that day ;on that ground alone the case should have been dismissed. Is it not cruel, Mr Editor, to a hard-working man to bo thus per secuted? I was as innocent as your self. I have to suffer loss of time, pay expenses of witnesses, and annoyance, aud get no redress. Should I have been found guilty, I would have had to pay or go to gaol. lam found innocent, but I cannot send my persecutors to that mountain of bliss.—l am, &c, THOMA3 Lupton.

Mr H. H. Smith will give another of his grand panoramic exhibitions to-night in the Newmarket Hall, when an entire change of programme will be presented; including New Zealand scenery, Zulu war views, etc., concluding with the real waterfall with different coloured waters. This ecene in itself is said to be well worth seeing for its realistic beauty.

The police at Madrid having recently re newed their raids upon the gambling houses; und some persons connected with these es tablishments have resorted to laying down bombs and petrads in tho streets in order to distract attention, so that they may be left unmolested, A young man who was recently apprehended confessed to being an agent of the conspiracy.

1 To tho Editor, Sir.—l was greatly sur prised at seeing several notices posted in this settlement that Mr M. W. Mac- Kenzie was appointed public vaccinator. Surely whoever appointed him could not be aware a resident medical gentleman (Doctor Smith) has been residing here for three years. Many in this district object to vaccination on account of its serious and sometimes dangerous sequences, although performed by a qualified medical man. How a man like M. W. McKenzie couldbe appointed to so serious a thing as vaccin ation we are at a loss to know, and con sider his appointment an insult to Pr Smith and the medical faculty in general. I hope the head of the faculty will take the mattsr up, and not allow a non-pro fessional man who does not know good lymph from bad, to act as vaccinator.— Yours, &c, Settler.

At a sitting of the District Court this afternoon, His Honor, Judge Macdonald, gave judgment in the case of May v. King, in which plaintiff claimed damage and loss £100, through having been de ' tamed with hi* exhibition, the Sightascope, at Taranaki, owing to alleged neglect on the part of defendant, his steamer, the Oreti, not calling at Tarauaki and taking ■ plaintiff and his show on to Wanganui as agreed upon. The particulars of this case have already appeared. His B onor having care fully examined the evidence, gave judgment for plaintiff, for £10 10s, costs £8 ss>.

Bheumatic gout has attacked the eyes of Mr Wilkie Collins.

An exhibition in black and white is announced by the " Society of Arts" to bo held early In November.

Mi1 Gordon Gooch, our resident popular basso in Auckland, intends to give the Coromandel musical people a treat in. the shape of a firat-class concert. We believe the first part will consist of the best sacred, pieces, solos, and quartettes; whilst tho secoud will include some fine old English bass descriptive songs, the singing of which by Mr Gooch always commanded success when that gentleman was the " baaeo profundo" of Madame Carandini's very effective concert company.

A British heroine, Mrs Smith, widow of the bandmaster of the 37th regimont. a- rived on a transport ship in London two weeks ago, with other invalids from tho South African war. At tbe battle of Brunker's Spruit her husband was shot bo side her, and she herslf was wounded in the head, as woll as her daughter, 3 years of age. Notwithstanding all this, she bravely throuKhout the fight visited the wounded, and by tearing up her clothing, stopped tlio men's wounds, bhe bas been recommended for the Order of St. Cathorino.

To the Editor : Sir,—For tho causo of humanity, I wish to draw attention to a little circumstance which made my very blood run cold. Iv the neighbourhood of Kyber Paas I observed a poor animal-I could not call it a horao—trudging along the road in the greatest agony, goaded now mid again by merciless cuts on its carcase, 'i he poor thing was covered with galls—some of which are about half-an-inch deep in the flesh and two especially under the collar showed a red gaping wound of about four inches long. Now, Mr Editor, in tho name of humanity let one of our civil policemca take a walk out to Mount Hoskill, where tho milkman lives, and he will see for him nuif.—l am, «Sc, Humanity.

The settlers of West Tamaki anticipate an important and agreeable change in the material aspects of their hitherto quiet settlement at no distant period. A gontlo ruan named Gifford ha? this week purchased tho farm of 200 acres, belonging to Mr James Gollan, for £7,000, boing £35 per acre, which the purchaser intends to divide into villa sites for families. The land is on a good flnt, commanding (he best views of the neighbourhood. A wharf is to be built, and a steamer will ply daily between Auck land and West Tamaki. Other important changes arc in prospect, which will, if car ried out, prove of advantage to settlors and increase the value of land in that salubrious district.

The sham fight at Alderahot before the Princo and Princes* of Wales, on July 4th, turned out quite serious for quite a num ber. The heat on the hills and field was greater than had been known for a loug time past, the thermometer registering 110 degrees. Quite a number of non-com missioned officers of tbe regular and militia regiments are likely to die, besides tiie six already dead, from sunstroke. The Quucu expressed deep regret on hearing the a d results of tbo review, and the War Depart ment will inquire why tho review took pl»ce under circumstances which wore aure to bo productive of great barm. For forcibly kissingan English governo -a, a, workman named Parroux in Paris was condemned to eight days' imprisonment. The man appealed, and the Advocate- General, in tlio name of the Government, said that the punishment was excessive, and that the case ought never to have been brought into Court. Tho Court of Appeal took no account of these remark!l, and confirmed purely and simply the sentenco ot the Correctional Tribunal, and severely moralized tho prisoner into the bargain, telling him that it was not allowed to kiss a woman by force in tho public streets, "oven if the woman wero an English governess."

The mombera of St. Andrew's Mutual Improvement class met last evening in the school-room, Symonds-strcct, and spent a merry hour in speaking extemporaneously on divers subjects—as they were drawn from a. bat. The speakers, therefore, have no opportunity for preparing a speech, The subjects spoken upon included a varioty of themes, such as " Inoculation," " Love in a Cottage," "Local Industries," &a, &c. Tho orations, in several instances, were well managed, witty, and very amusing to the ladies. The subject annouueed for Thursday next is a debate on the question, "Is a Society Journal Prejudicial to the Community ?"' Mr J. A, Haslett taking the affirmative, aud Mr D. H, Chambers the negative.

A statement made by Mr T. Gillespio, the liquidator to the shareholders of the Australian Accident Assura ro Company, uhows a credit balauco of £4,369, from which a dividend of Is 4d per share was payable to-day, leaving a sum of £49 to meet the winding-up oxpenses, which are expected to absorb this amount. It may be remembered that tho goodwill of the business was told to the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, with wh :m all the risks on policies from tbo Ist of November to their expiry were re-insured,' the final liability of the company, however, not ceasing until yesterday. The total amount paid for claims during the existence of the company was £3,198.—" Syoney Morning Herald."

It is very rarely indeed that any colonial journal Is called upon to chronicle the <le cease of a local nonagenarian. Such a duty falls to our lot today. The deceased, Mrs Green, of Coburg-street, was a lady of 95 years of age, 38 of which she had spent in this city alone. She arrived from London with her husband, Thomas Green, and a family of four.in 1843, by the ship Westmin ster, and amongst her neighbours and ac quaintances ahe has always been held in estimation for uprightness of character nnd maternal affection. She survived her hus band 14 years, and lived to see her daugh ter and three sons comfortably settled in Hfo and surrounded by olive-branches. She has passed down to the grave full of years, a conspicuous example of what simple habits and a temperate and virtuous life will effect, The funeral takes place on Sunday.

On Sunday last tho Roy. W. Morley conducted divine service morning, after noon, and evening, at Coromandel, aud on each occasion preached to a large assem blage. His ministrations proved highly acceptable to the people. On Tuesday evening last a soiree was held In the Lower Township school-room, and, despite tho inclemency of the weather, it was well at tended, After toa the Roy. Mr Morloy delivered a very interesting lecture on " The Bible—how we got our English var sion, why wo keep it, and what advantages we may expect to receive from the revised edition." He was listened to with marked attention, and, at the close, received and acknowledged ijtrery hearty vote of thanks. The choir sang several selections of munio during the evening. The Coromandol Wesleyans have decided to take the neces sary steps to obtain a clergyman.

A remarkable occurrence is reported from Ballarat. Mr and Mrs Schott, who resido in a shop in Sturt-street, noticed during Tuesday evening a loud and unusual noise, which bore some resemblance to thunder, and seemed to shake the building they occu- Eied. Mr Schott roso early on Wednesday, ut fortunately not before daylight, find went out to his back yard. ■ He had hardly stepped outside when ho noticed a vast blaok abyss within. 18 inches of the spot he stood upon. A remarkable subsidence had taiceu place on what was subsequently ascertained to have been the old shaft of the British Lion Mining Company, which had been partially and carelessly filled in. Mrs Schott had_ a fortunate escape, for she had been working some hours on the spot where the subsidence occurred up to within a short time of. the occurrence. The tubs, boiler, &c, which she had been using were left on the spot, and were precipitated into the abyss, which was from 150 to 250 feet deep. Amongst other statements recently made by an " unemployed " petition to Parliament fromOamaru, was one that "some of the petitioners were going about almost naked, while many of their wives and children 'were ill and could not get medical aid." Those unfortunates askedthat they should be shipped off to Mr Proudfoot's works in New South Wales. The Government referred the petition to the Borough Council of* Oamaru to make inquiry into the case of the petitioners, and this bas resulted ia a strange exposure, according to the "North Otago Times." That paper says :—" Scarcely any of the signatures were those of the working men, let alone the unemployed. One was the autograph of a genial wholesale merchant in Tyne street, who is certainly neither under fed, ill-clothed,*nor married, nor perhaps we may add, likely to enter the blissful state—at least not just yet. Two of thfe signatures were those of gentlemen who have been dead three years; one was that , of a leading draper in Oamaru, another was j a well-to-do hotelkeeper, one that of a vete- , rinary surgeon, one of a blacksmith, and one ; of a master saddler (a bachelor) now in '■ England. Certainly none of these gentle- I men couldjustly describe themselves as un- • employed, nor do we suppose they would be eager to do so. The names have evidently been cut from some old memorial on some other subject, and attached to this unem ployed petition either by way of hoax or swindle.

Mrs Crosbie of tho Thames, had a largo tumour taken from her breast yesterday by Dr PhilsoD. It had been forming for 8 years.

A football match will bo played in the Domain hollow to-morow, the 17th, between the Ponsonby 2nd Fifteon and Parnell Football Clubs. The following at'o tho Teams : Ponaonby—E. Owen, Clayton, Keano, Charter, Henderson, Farquhar, McDermott, Stewart, Dixon, Lawry, Borry, Lewis, Braund, Monnock, Finlay, Emergoucl.es: Pilkington, Donald. Pa> nell—Lecky, Ryan, Pow, Morgan, Twinamo, Marshall, Hardwick, Whitoside, Ridings, Watts, Talbot, George, . Cox, Vcrnon, Colo. Emergencies: Twiname, Willis.

A very good entertainment in aid of the Buildiiig Fund of the Papakura Public Library, was given in the school-room, on the evening of tho 9th instant, under the presidency of the Kov. Thomas Norrie. The entertainment was of a dramatic character, consisting of scenes from Shakespoie's " Merchant of Vonico," with inimical iuter lincations. The passages selected were Act 1, scene 3 ; act 4, aceno 1, and part 3. Onr informant states that the " Merchant " was well handled, and gave groat satisfac tion to persona present. The afterpiece, " Our Boys," arranged by Mr Brabazon, was successful. The chairman announced that a second entertainment of a .similar character will be held on the evening of the 7th Octobor, when he hoped tho building would bo finished.

While at Hampton recently tho Prince of Wales suddenly found himself hailed as the King of Egypt. Some gipsies got rouud tho royal carriage, but while Her Royal Highness declined to enquire tco curiously into tho future, tho Prince of Wales propitiated tho dark-skinned sons of Pharaoh by purchasing from one of the fraternity a couple of cubs. For this act of generosity he was at once hailed by the Queen Gipsy as King of Egypt. Prophecy had probably little to do with tho cry, and in Mr Gladstone's time of non-interveu tion it will possess no meaning, but with Lord Beaconsfield in power the apostrophe of tho gipsy woman might have had some significance.

At tbe benefit in aid of the family of the late Marcus Clark, in Melbourne, when Mr Hoskins made his appearance to deliver "Antony's oration over the dead body of Julius Cxsar," ho met with round upon round of applause. This, it appears, was given in consequence of the rumour spread about on all sides that he was about to lead to the altar Bliss Maud Dougluss (sisterof Miss Kate Douglass—Mrs Weight man). Mr iiosklns looked immense, und showed to all appearance that there's pluck in the old boy yet. To Mr J. P. Macdouald and Mr Garnet Walch is due the most praise for their untiring energy in working up the Clark benefit to auch a very suc cessful issue. The amount realised will, we learn, amount to some £250,

An action was brought by George Gyde, engineer, to recover wages, £21 2s lid, ot Mr J. W. Waller, agent, in the 11. M. Court. Tho plaintiff's wages amounted to £20 per month as engineer ot ttioa.s. Lulla Kookh. Considerable evidence on both sides was given. That for tho plaintiff appeared in our last issue. Captain Kobiu son, Charles Nixon, John Dempsey, and the part owner of the vessel, Mr King, gave evidence in defence, -with a view of Bhewing that plaintiff was discharged through his own neglect in not being at his post at the proper time, consequently the vessel was delayed, and the company put to unnecessary expense. The defence, as stated by Mr Laishley, defendant's counsel, was as follows .'—Defendant refused to pay on tho ground of the expense tho vessel was put to through plaintiffs conduct, because the plaintiff was ■ drunk; nnd further, because he had no business to be away from the vessel without leave. His Worahip,in summing up, considered that the allegation of the plaintiff being drunk was not sustained. In fact, it was rather unfair, It was not to be forgotten that both sides were speaking under irrita tion. But the captain would have b:en strictly within the letter of the law in dis missing the plaintiff for being absent from tho ship without leave. He bad no sym pathy with a, defence which suggested three false charges, 1. drunkenness of plaintiff; 2. that plaintiff had induced two other men to leave the vessel; 3. that plaintiff had said he would do something to tho ship which would prevent her taking another trip. Judgment for plaintiff, £21 2s lid, tho tall amount, with costs.

A meeting was convened by the office bearers of tbe Devonport Wesleyan Church on Tuesday evening to ascertain the views of members and congregation as to the desirability of securing a resident minister, and to ask the New Zealand Conterence to grant their request. The attendance vrti not large. The R«v. Wm. Morley iook the chair ; with him were Messrß Wilson and Thorns, circuit stewards The chairman stated the object of the meeting, and ex pressed his opinion that the demands of the church were more than could be efficiently done for Its spiritual welfare with the present staff of ministers of the Auck land circuit. If the congregation and mem bers were not able to support a minister, to ask the Conterence to grant a third minister for Pitt-street church, and for him to reside on the North Shore. He viewed it very favourably, and called upon those preseut to express their opinions upon the subject, so that they may be represented at the next Conference. Several members spoke, and their views generally were in support of a minister for the district only, arid a separate circuit formed. The finance of the church, as stated, showed that it was in a good condition, and with growing districts as the Lake", Stokes' Point, and Devonport, sufficient funds should be raised to maintain a minister, the church haying in the.past year paid off a large shaie of her debt. It was resolved that the Conference be asked to grant Devonport a separate circuit, and supply a young minister. An amendment was moved for a third minister. The meet ing closed with prayer.

The irrepressible Marquis do Bays has not abandoned his colonising scheme at Now Ireland. A letter from Meoka, Duke of York Island, dated August 9th, says: "Since writing to you last per Sea Kip in June, there is not much to report, with the exception of the arrival of the s.s. Port Breton in New Ireland, and the barque Marquis de Kays with emigrants and supplies for another venture in the Marquis de .Kays', colonisation scheme. Notwithstanding the many blunders that have been made, the Marquis is deter mined to try it again, and this time, I am informed, with the consent aad protec tion of the Spanish Government; That nation already lays claim to New Ireland, it having been seen in 1700 by a Spanish ship of war. Their principal headquarters is Manilla. There is plenty, of room for such an undertaking, and if properly guided it would prove a success. The weather is unusually severe; in fact the worst that has been known for many years. Food among the natives is very short. The German ship of war Habicht arrived on the 21st ultimo, Captain Kuhn in command, with the German Coruul-General, Captain Zembacb, on board. She is on a cruise all over this part of the Pacific, protect ing German interests where it is necessary to do so against the attacks of the natives. On the 22nd ultimo there was an official enqniiy respecting the murder of Mr T. Klinesmith and his two assistants in Meoka; but owing to the death of Liplip, one of the principal chiefs, it had to be aban doned. The Habicht proceeded to New Ireland to punish the natives who mur dered a trader there."

Variety, the very spice of Ufa that gives it all its flavour. The Largest Variety of itfeat at G. Hulme's, Butcher, Queen-street. Boast Beef, id;. Mutton, 2Jd: Boiling Beef, 3d; Corned Beef, 3d; Superior Sausages, Id; Lard, 6d; Bacon, 3d to8d; Hama, 9d; Ox Tongues and Poultry.—(advt.) To-morrow, -at the Central Stall, City Market, the Auokland Provision and Dairy Produoe Company will bring forward and offer for sale a very superior lot of f armors' dairy-fed and home ourod Bacon and Hams, prices 6d to 9d; very rloh fall flavoured Canterbury Cheese, best in Auokland, 6d to 7d; prime new-potted Butter, tbe double rose, at lOd ; Tea, equal to 3a. at 2s; full pint Bottles of ■Worcestershire Sauce is oaoh, worth Is 6d; lib Tina Baking Powder! 6d oaoh. Other tklngs equally cheap, and all guaranteed of- flrit-clasa quality. The Company works upon 00-operativo principles, and are therefore enabled to give their customers an advantage equal to 20 per cent, upon all pur chases. We shall open punotually at 11 o'clock a.m., and sell until 11 p.m. Please call or send early to avoid the rush and confusion of the evening.—A. Bettany, General Manager.

INTERCOLONIAL WEATHER EX CHANGE.

SYDNEY, Thursday evening. The depression is reported fiouth of Tehuca. The wind on the East Coast has changed to the North, with cloudy sky and rain, and to S.W. at Albany. Barometer: Albany, 29.8 ; Borda, 29.9; Portland, 30; Hobart, 30; Sydney, 30.2; Brisbane, 30.1. j

CABLEGRAMS.

IRBUTBE'S TELEGRAMS.]

REFORM IN EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, September 14. CHEBiF PASHA, President of tho Council of Ministers, has issued a manifesto setting forth the programme of reforms proposed to be carried out in Egypt. Tho manifesto suggests that the present European control of Egyptian financial arrangements should bo maintained. The Khedive has expressed his approval of the Ministerial programme. THE TKIPLE ALLIANCE RENEWED.

LONDON, September 14,

Russian and German official newspapers are almost unanimous in declaring that the meeting which took place last month at Gastien between the emperors of Germany and Austria and recently at Dantzio be tween the Czar and Emperor William tes tify fully to the re-union of the three Empe rors, and afford a guarantee of European peace. OBITUAKY. General Sir Richard Airey. G.C.B-, aged 78. , SUBMISSION OF THE EGYPTIAN REBELS. ALEXANDRIA, September 13. The crisis in this country has now ter minated. The loaders of the military rising have tendered their complete submission to the Khedive. Cherif Pasha has completed tho formation of a new Cabinet. He assumes the position of president of the Council of Ministers. Hiidar Pasha is appointed Minister of Finance, and Maho med Pasha Minister of war. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 14. It is now announced that the Porto ha? decided to abandon the intention of ap pointing a commission to inquire into the recent military outbreak in Egypt. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report as follows :— LONDON, September 13. Wool.—The sales progress firmly, though there is much irregularity in the biddings. The market is ftrmor for superior combing washed, but easier for scoured. Seedy and burry wools, are neglected. Up to date 159,000 bales have been sold. 79,000 have been taken for export. Wheat.—Market flat. Reports are un favourable concerning the growing crops here. Adelaide is worth 57^ 6d (? ex ship), and New Zealand 55s Sd (? ex granary), per 4961b5. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mutton is worth 39s 6d. and best beef 37s Gd per cvvt, Leather.—Market quiet. Best sides are worth lljd porlb.

AUSTRALIAN.

£2,500 IN NOTES MISSING. MELBOURNE, September 15.

Notes to the value of £2,500 are missing from the Bank of Victoria. No clue can be obtained regarding them.

SCINTILLATIONS.

" Bo brief, tor It la with words as with Ban beams ; tbe more they are ooadensed the deeper they burn."—Southkf.

"Struck off the roles." an engagement. The Flautist's Paradise.— Tooting Mixing iv Society,—Brandy-and-aoda, and then champagne. Highly Productive.—House-top garden ing.

—An actor out of

Shakespearian.—Why is a mendacious member of the Lower ffouso like Donald bain in Macbeth ? Because he " lies ia the Second Chamber."

Mr Carlyle's bn.-t is to be placed in the Poet's Comer of Westminster Abbey. When Boawell's "Johnson" and when Moore's " Byron " appeared, the same sort of a commotion was created as that which Fronde's " .Reminiscences of Carlyle " has produced. .Mr Carlylo figures as Dr. Pessimist Anti cant in Anthony Trollope's novel " The Warden," while Mr Popular Sentiment re presents Dickens.

Mr Edmund About is the new president of the Society of Literary Men. A second entertainment in aid of the building fund of Papakura Public Library was very successful. No license can be granted for a liquor saloon in Khode Island within 400 feet of a school-room.

Moody and Sankey will shortly commence an "evangelizing mission" in Scotland. The first town to be visited is Edinburgh. The Auckland Savings Bank are still endeavouring to get some good local build ing stone.

The " Herald" informs its readers to-day that MissFleetwood sang " Barney O'Hea " with considerable freedom and abandon, at St Matthew's concert last night,notwith standing the fact that the lady was not there at all. It looks very much as* if the reporter wrote with considerable freedom and abandon.

Mr John Mackinlay, teacher of Pukekohe school, has been presented with an ink and stationery-stand and pocket-book, together with an address, on severing his connection with the school.

The wolf's sense of smelling is peculiarly strong. He can smell carrion at the dis tance of nearly a mile.

Carrier pigeons often exhibit a remarkablp love of music, and they are exceedingly fond of aromatic odors.

Jelly fishes can lire cut in two for an in definite period. Halves of them will swim along as if nothing had happened. There is a species of the crow in Florida that gives vent to a series of haw I haws 1 in exact imitation of the human voice.

"Go where there is most sin, my son," was the advice of the clergyman's father. He thought it over, and concluded, that where there was most money there was most sin. So he accepted the call with th« biggest salary attached.

' The fool goeth out in a sailing-boat when he doesn't know a boom from a" breaker, but the wise man picks up pebbles on the shore and flirts with the girl in the pink dress.

" I do not think I shall go to the coun try this summer. My boiler-iron villa is not quite finished, and I find that my steel bathing suit is too short."—Alexander

" When I was a young man I was always in a hurry to hold the big end of the log and do all the lifting; now lam older, I seize hold of the small end and I do all the grunting."

An American has purchased the "Sappho " of Alma Tadenu for £3000. Gustave Dore" waa so broken-hearted by the death of his mother that he has not been able to paint anything for the walls of the Palais d'lndustrio this year. Bland Holt will make a tour of New Zealand with the two dramas, " New Babylon" and "The World." "The World " has been one ot the greatest hits of recent times in Melbourne.

Mr Pierre Lorillard, the owner of Iroquois, the winner of the Derby, and which also won the St. Leger yesterday, is engaged in business as one of the leading tobacco merchants and cigar manu facturers in the United States, aud at Newport (Rhode Island), the Brighton of New York, where he wiles away the hot weather in one of the costliest " cottages " in that unapproachable costliest resort of fashionable Americans.

We know a lady who never hurries her dressmaker. She waits until all the neigh boars get through with her. This lady, by the way, is "better posted in city news than any other woman.

" It's a lone; way from thi3 world to the next," said a dying man to a friend who stood at his bedside.- "Oh, never mind, my dear fellow," answered the friend con solingly, "you'll have it all down hill." Twice armed is he, and fears no check, Whose girl's white arms are ronnd his neck • Thrice aimed is he, whose quarrel's just. And four times he whose bio w counts fust.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—This day.

(Before J. E, Macdonald, Esq., 11.M.)

Hitobkns v, Ooopkr ; claim £24.—Mr Qeorge for plaintiff, and Mr E. Cooper for defendant.— This claim, made by Mr H. A. Hitobena, oom poander of medicine, was for balance of account. moneys lent, etc. The evidence Bhowed that the plaintiff and the defendant, Mr Henry W. Cooper, had jointly established cnrative vapour (oaths for invalids; on the other hand, it was alleged that .the defendant had a contra claim for expenses and picture frames supplied to Mr Uitchens. — Several patients were examined as to matters of detai', Dut without throwing muoh light on eitheraide. His Worship went carefully into the items of account, and was of opinion that defendant was indebted £16.—Mr Cooper urged that his client had a cross action for about £10, and it plaintiff would admit It, judgment might be given for the balance which would Bave further trouble.— Mr George said plaintiff would admit this in part.—His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff, £9 17s Bd, coats £3 12. Welsh v. Davis ; claim *3.—Mr Dufaur for plaintiff. It was agreed to take this case to morrow morning, at half-past ten o'oloctc, in oonseq.nence of the number of witnesses to be examined. The damages for trespass are laid at £3, and the parties are residents in the neighbourhood of the Lake Takapuna

PARLIAMENTARY.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

WELLINGTON, this day. BKOGDBNS' CLAIMS.

The following is the report of the Public Petitions Committee on Messrs Brogdens' immigration, claims :—" In dealing with the petitioners' case the committee have availed themselves by the Public Works and Immigration Committee of 1873. The committee have also obtained documentary evidence from the Public Works Depart ment and fully examined such witnesses as have been submitted for examination by the petitioners. After carefully consider ing the evidence and giving due weight to the circumstances under which the im migration contract was entered into, I am directed to report that the committee are o£ opinion that the petitioners have no claim against the colony." The above refers only to the sum of £20,739 Impounded by the Government from money due to them for the Moeraki railway contract, at agaiust the firm's pro missory noteß given to Dr. Featherstone for the 2,000 immigrants introduced to the colonies by them, and is not otherwise con nected in any way with their proceedings in the Supreme Court against the Govern ment for the recovery ot monies alleged to be duo to them under theirrailway contracts amounting to a little over a quarter of a million. MH. MUOREHOUSE'S FUNERAL. The Honse adjourned this [afternoon, to allow members to attend Mr Moorhouse's remains to the Stella, STAMP DUTY ACT. The Stamp Duty Act Amendment Bill provides inter alia that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act con tained,one foim of stamp of various denorni. nations, according to the money value of each, may be created, which may be used either as postage labels cr for any other purpose for which stamps are used or permitted to be used, whether under the Stamp Act, 1875, or the Stamp Fee Act, 1880, or other, wise howsoever except under the Beer Duty Act, 1880. If a person using any stamps required to be put on any document whatso ever shall use that one stamp which shall denote the whole amount required for the stamping of such document, or if therd be no one stamp which shall denote such amount, then he shall use as few stamps us it is possible to use, having regard to the denominations of stamps that are used Any officer whose duty it may be to receive any document so stamped, may lawfully refuse to receive the same or treat it as duly stamped if in stamping the same the provi sions of the preceding section have been wilfully disregarded. The law as to the duties payable upon receipts is amended as follows :—All receipts given to Her Majesty, or to any person on her behalf for or in respect of any pension or other super annuation or retiring allowance payable out of the funds of the Imperial or Indian Governments are hereby declared exempt from duty.

[PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

Legislative Council.

Thursday,

W. S. MOORHOUSE,

The Council met at 2.30, but immediately adjourned, on the motion of Mr Whitaker, till 7.30, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Mr Moorbouse, Mr Whitaker stating that, though it was not usual for one Chamber to adjourn upon the death of a member of the other, yet in this case Mr Moorhouse's character and career justified them in ignoring precedent, and giving the last mark ot their esteem of a most eminent public man. (Hear, hear.)

The Council resumed at 7.30 p.m. VARIOUS BILLS.

The .Native Land Division Bill was read a third time, as was also the Fencing Bill. The Gold Duties Act Amendment Bill was read a second time.

The Protection of Crops Bill was thrown out by 14 to 8.

The amendments made by the Lonrei House in various Bills were agreed to.

BUSINESS,

In reply to Mr MILLBB, Mr Whitakeb said he hoped they would be able to finish the business practically by Saturday.

House of Representatives.

Thursday, STAMPS ON IMPKFJAL PENSIONS.

Sir 6. Grey gave notice that he would ask, "If Government would return the amount deducted from Imperial pensions in nnmo of receipt duties." CAEEIAGK OF STOCK. Id reply to a question it was stated that the Government had under consideration the question of what relief can he provided under the railway tariff to exporters of produce, In the case of live stock, trucks had beeu provided that would carry double the number of sheep, and in that way a material saving would be secured to the exporters of that description of lire stock. READ SECOND TIME. On the motion of Mr Hotceinson the Gas consumers Liability Bill was read a second time. DIVORCE. The Law of Divorce Amendment Bill was considered in committee. Mr Stewart moved, as an addition, 11 That desertion for a period of seven years should constitute a ground for divorce." He argued that it was a transcript of the Scotch law, and be had been desired by a i large section of the legal profession to have this clause inserted. Mr Wakefield, who was in charge of 1 the bill, refused to receive it, Mr Fcri/TON spoke in favour of the amend -1 ment, dwelling at some length on the hard ship of cases that had come under his own notice, where young women immediately after marriage were deserted by their hus ' bands. It was really a very great hardship that these young women" should still be supposed by law to be united to the men who had deserted them and not contribute ' a sixpence to their maintenance. Mr MAC ANDREW hoped the amendment would be received. It had worked well in Scotland, and wbat worked well there would, ;he believed, suit this colony very well. Ou the motion that the clause be added to the Bill, a division took place. Ayes 32; 1 noes, 19. The clanse was added. A further motion by Mr SEDDON, making three convictions for drunkenness a ground for divorce, was negatiyed on the voices. - The Bill was reported with the amend ment, agreed to, read a third time, and passed. BILLS PASSED. The following Bills also passed through committee, were reported with amendments, read a third time, and passed :- Neglected aud Criminal Children's Act Amendment Bill, and the Dentists' Act Amendment Bill. LICENSING BILL. The report of the conference on the Licen sing Bill was brought up and agreed to as follows :—"The managers of the free con ference have the honour to report that— Clause 6— the managers on, behalf of the Legislative Council have withdrawn their objection to Clause 6", subject to the erasure of the following words in the third sub section 'as herein defined, or road districts within such counties,' and subject to the addition of the following proviso : ' Provided that no licensing district shall con tain less than one hundred ratepayers.' Of Clause 29 and old Clause 31, it is agreed to restore sub-section 3 of clause 29, and aa a consequential amend ment to restore the words "New Zealand wino license" wherever they occur through out the Bill, and also to restore the whole of the old clause 31, with the addition at the end thereof of the following words:— " Provided that such license be granted in boroughs only." Clauses 44, 45, and 46 :It is agreed in clause 44 to strike out the words "of the district," and the words " within the district." In clause 46 it is agreed to strike out the words "in the dig trict," and to add at the end of the clause the words, "In the licensing district for which the poll is to be taken," if as a consequential ■ amendment it is necessary. In the 45th clause to strike out the words " which comprises a county, or riding of a county, a borough, or ward of a borough, or a road district wherein a ratepayers' roll as herein defined is in force;" and also the further words, " the poll shall be taken separately on the smallest of a division in which a separate ratepayers' rollis inforce." Clauses 140 and 141: The managers of the House of Representatives agree to the alteration in clause 140, and to the addition to the pro rosed new clause 141, subject to an ex ension of the time from three to six months Clause 229: The managers of the House of Representatives agree to the retention of the 229 th clause, subject to the adoption of the following addition after the word "comfort," in sub-section a, viz.—"And

providing its own liquors." And at the en,* of sub-section c, the addition of a new 3111 section, as follows:—" An annual fee or^ffillli shall be paid in respect of such charter vllll the committee of the club, to the freaanr?lli of the borough, county, or road dish?J ■*-■ within which tho club may be situat^'i**' and also at the end of the clati' ■ a new sub-section as follows:~<<«till fhe committee for every club to •ffV C ' charter has been granted shall send to th» Colonial Secretary during the month i January in each year a certificate thatV ■ 1 said clubcontinues to fulfil all the conditim iP on which Its charter was granted and??!!! statement from the borough, county « I road district within which the club is «fw \ that the fee of £5 has been paid." aate MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' BILI Mr Oliver moved the second reading t I the Medical Practitioners' Society Bill • '' Mr Bowden moved an aniendmenf "That the Bill be read a second time thi!**' day six months," " lal« The amendment was carried by 30 to 25 NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BIIx ' : Mr Kelly moved, " That the House Pn t into committee on the Kew Plymouth TT? t '~ School Act Amendment Bill." ' Mr COLLINS moved as an amendment "That it bccommitted this day cix month*" : : i On a division, the amendment was carrier by 35 to 17. The Bill was thrown ont ' NATIVE BILLS. ' 1 The Native Land Act Amendment Bill was read :i second time, on the tnotim, \i I Mr McDonald. oa o£ COUNTIES ACT AMENDMBNT BILL, Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Counties Act Amendment Bill,-iW,f"^ Hall objected, and moved the second I reading that day six months. - ... ~. : A lengthened discussion .ensued the * question turning on the propriety of the chairmen of County Couacils being elected by the ratepayers, or remaining as if: lj 0 { ■ election by the Council. The motion for the second reading -pgg carried. MUNICIPAL BILL. Tho. House then went into committee oa 11 tho Municipal Corporation Act Amendment Bill. l BILLS. After 1.30 the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill passed through craaiit mittee. The Miners' Rights Fees Reduction Bill was thrown out, and a motion that than?: Chairman leave the chair being carried by ' 12 to 9 in committee. SUBSIDY TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES. On Mr GISBORHB'S long standing motion for an address for a subsidy of £6000 to public libraries/attention beiug called to the fact that there was no quorum present, the fact was reported to the Speaker, and the ' • Bill having again failed to bring a quorum, the House was counted out at three o'clock.

Sitting This Day.

BILLS. The House met at 11 o'clock. The following bills were road a second ''"■■ time: —Patent Acts Amendment, Sheep Act Amendment, Port Chalmers Dock?! Trust. ■■ '- :::<mt COUNTIES SUSPENSION BIUJ, Mr Hall moved the second reading of-a the Counties Suspension Bill. -4 Mr Ballanoe pointed out that the bill !H raised most important Issues, and ought not "'* to be put forward at this stage of theseßaion, | If operated on it was de&tined to throw the ...i whole system of County Government into inextricable disorder. Mr Hall, said without prejudice to tna f 1 bill on its merits, that it was plainly a measure upon which a great deal of dis. • cussion and consequent delay would ensue, ■ Under these circumstances he would post pone it, so as to enable other business to bo gone on with. Sir G. Gbey hoped the measure would ,*j| not be postponed. It was one urgently ; wanted for the North Island, and it was bat I right that districts should have the power to say whether they should be governed by : .: Road Boards or County Councils. Mr "Wood pointed out that the necessity for the measure was very great. A number of petitions bad been received from the dis« - r tricts in its favour, , : The motion tor second reading was put and carried. OTHEB BILLS.

The House went into Committee on the I I following bills : Patent Act Amendment, SSheep Act Amendment, and Public Health,

An Act (Amendment) Port Chalmers fa Dock Trust, the Employment of Female* -i and others Bill, Volunteer Bill, Special Powers and Contracts. The latter was still under consideration when the honr'for adjournment arrived. All the above, with ? the exception of the Special Powers and Contracts, weie read a third time, and passed. The House rose at 1.45. v

POLICE COURT-This day.

(Before K. C. Barstow, Esq., E.M.)

Caught Nappino.—Henry Palmer wag /, charged under the Vamant Aot, with being found in the dwelling-house of Edward Hals tead ■ on the sight of the 16th instant, without lawful excuse. Prisoner, a minple looking younK man, nodded, and had nothing to say.—Mr Party ■ stated the case; he knew nothing of the prisoner, he had been a hanger on at an hotel, and for a time was an inmate of the Asylum.— Discharged with, a caution. 'SB Bkikf Cases. — Robert Mankerville was ■ charged with a breach of the Public Works Act : by driving furiously at Remuera, on the 2nd instant, to the danger of persons passing. — .; Defendant, a smart young man, smiled, and murmured "guilty." Several witnesses wera .;. in attendance. Fined 10s, coats 11b. Cathsrinh's Cows. — Catherine Rutledgs pleaded guilty to allowing her three cows to be at liberty among the sweet green Brass in the glades of Ponsonby. His worship said ha ": would impose a fine of 3s, namely, a shilling a oow, costs9s. . ' ' .- .. ■-. i ■•':.' Charge of Cruelty.—Henry Applin was Oharged with working a horse in harness while in an unfit state.—Defendant insinuated that ha . was not verily guilty. Toe wound, he thought, > was healed up, bat it broke out afresh. It was - all through an accident.—Sergeant Gamble de tailed the facts of the case, whioh were extremely bad. Defendant was driving a load ~:' ot flour in Shoriland-street Spoke to defendant, who treated the matter very lightly. He told him if he continued to work the animal in that ' state, he should take him to the lock-np.—Mr Hill, aolioitor, and another gentleman, gave -■■'■-■ evidence on the sad state ot tha wounded animal.—Fined 80s; costs, Us. :. 1 The Lost Child.—John O'Noil was called upon to contribute towards the support ot John 0 Noil, junr,, now in the Industrial School, ; Howe-street.—Defendant said he was earning lls per diem, and was willing to pay Sa pel week towards the support of little Jaok.—Order accordingly. Tickrible Threat. — James Lindsay was oharged with using indeoent language in Dur- ■.";• ham-street, and threatening to screw the neck of a person named Moborly.—Defendant said he would plead guilty under provoking circumstances. He was told by Mr Moberly that he had bought stolen cigars of young Moberly, which wan false. Con sequently, in a moment of irritation, ha . i threatened to screw Moberley'fl neck, but did ■■"■< not do it. Mr Pardy explained, and defendant was fined iOs, coats 18s. ' 1 A Mother in Want.—Arthur Eookley waa charged with failing to support his mother. Defendant was away in the cosmtry, and the case was adjourned for a week. ■„■> ■ ■ Very Indiscreet. — Mrs Whitehead was charged with throwing a pot-stiok at the head of Mrs Veale with evil intent A certificate was put in from Dr. Da vrson to the effect that defendant was ill and unable to be present.— Mrs Veale said it was no snoh thing.—Hla Worship, however, was inclined to favourtho authority of the good doctor, and adjourned the case until the 24th instant. *." ij ;

Ufhoistbry, . Bro. — Jane Newman was oharged with larceny of a bedßtead, 80fa,and Bundry articles ot upholstery, value «7, she property of John Newman, on the 9th inst—Mr Pardy explained the nature of this case.—John Newman, working man, deposed that he had ... been living with Jane as his wife. Was notniar ried. He went to the Tiki on a job; left lies on good terms in a house in Grey-atMe*: had perfect faith in Jane. Sent her money regularly. He returned from Tiki on Thursday. Wont to his lodgings; they were empty. Jane _, had gone; uoods and all, namely hiß bedstead, niattrass, couch, boiler, pint saucepan used for j potatoes and gruel,» frying pan, a broken tea- Dot, a sugar basin, two oups and saucers, ana one egg-cup: about £5 worth altogether.—To Mr ■»; Browning: First met Jane in January last Sne took in washing. She helped to furnish: buthe v believed with his money. Sent her £3 in ax weeks. There was 6s 6d a week rent. Had several letters from her: ssnt her one in return, letter put in. "Dearest Jane, sell the old table, if .you -. really want money; but pray, my love, dont spend money foolishly; don't sell my trousers; lots of kisses; will be home soon." Johnny .. found some of the goods in Victoria-street; ROC them back again; she always went as Mrs Newman; he always intended to marry her; meant it still.—His Worship made Borne re marks, and thought prisoner had aoted rather imprudently; but as complainant treated her as his wife, and she was known as Mrs New man, the evideaoe was scarcely strong enough foraoonviotion. Robert Jambs Again.—Robert James again appeared on a oharge of failing to obey an . order of the Court towards supporting his , male illegitimate child. Defendant pleaded inability, he was a carter, but had been for some time out of employment; he was willing to pay but had not the means. His Worship said be ought to send prisoner back to gaol, but he would give him one more chance of doibgßonie thing in this case, by adjourning it for a fort night ; when something decided must be done. This was all the business.

The " Figaro " says that an English Judge who was to the last degree cross-eyed once had three prisoners before him. Speaking to the first of them, but, by reason of his ocular infirmity, resting his eye upon the second, he asked: "Your name and domicile!" The second believing himself questioned gives an answer. The Judge looks at him severely and cries: "I did not speak toyou," when up starts the third, on whom his eye is fixed: "Nor did I answer you, Judge."

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