SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. Rotorua, s.s., Tozer, from Melbourne .Arayle, s.s.. Crawfoid, from Whangarei l.oongana. barque, Fisher, from Hobart Opotiki, schooner. Kirby, from Noumea Waiwera, schooner, Napoloan, from Meroury Bay

DEPARTURES.

LABT RVKNINQ. Wollinßton. s.s., Farquhar. for Russell GlonoUr, s.s., Stephenoon, for Tauranga Oroti, 5.8., Campboll. for Gisborno TO-DA.Y. Rotorua, s.s., Tozer. for Russell Energy, schooner. Savory, for Sydney PROJECTED DBPARTURK3 Melbourne, via South-Rotomahana, Thursday Tarannkl and South—Hawea, Tueßday Russell—lona, Mondays " Tauransa—Glonelg or Wellington, Monday and Whanwef^nd Whangarel Heads—Argyle, Tuesday and Friday Mangawal- Fingal, Thursday Meroury Bay—Kingal, Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Zoalandia. ship, (J.G.H.V.) from London; sailed Fith Uof Tay. ship, (Q.N.D.T.) from London; sailodJnned. Stracathro, ship, from London: loading LoonTcre« shlpf (M.B.Q.V.)from Glasgow;sailed Bealrloo Havernor, barquo (J.Q.C.L.) from New York, to sail in July C. A. Littlofleld, barque, (H.T.N.F.) from New York; sailed June 18 Oceola, briganthie, from Now York; cleared May 26 , Ktbel, brigantine, from Urinedin Rhoderiok Dhu,brigantino. from Dunedin Cal9donia, schooner, from Noumea Belle Brandon, schooner, from Samoa Anthons, schooner, from Suva Mary King, sohooner, from Lyttelton

EXPORTS.

Per Oroti, for Napier—9 boxea soap. 12 paok rkos. doore, 7 bundles mouldings. 500 border tiles, 6 sacks guano. 171 socket pipes, 12 coila rope, 2-1 brooms, 13 kngs staples. 170 cases and paokages sundry merch»ndiso. For Glsborne— 10 sacks flour, 52 bundle's mouldings, 6 puckacos sasHes, 12 doors, 150 bags malt, 61 bundles bananas, 100 cases and packagos sundry merchandise.

IMPORTS.

Per Glenelf?. from Opotiki—9o sacks maize.— John Reid & Co.

Per Loongana, from Hobart—7Bo bags bark 4,600 rails, 2.700 palings. 2,500 oase3 fruit, 160 bagg potatoes, GO bundles willows, 1,314 caseß jam. ;

Per Opotiki, from Noumea and Norfolk Island: —490 bunches and 8 casc3 bananas, 49 hides,-55i ba(?s sweet potatoes l ton yams, 6 cases plants,' 1 bag seeds, and sundry packages.

Per Rotorua, from Melbourne-10 cases castor^ oil. 310 bags rice, 50 case 3 milk. 107 boxes and 91 i halfehesfs tea, 8 packagos maohines, 1,500 mats: and 205 packages suuar. 65 bags s»orl, 20 cases' wine, 50 packages nundrifs. From Dunedin— '< ■Ifi parckayes. i'rom LyttoJton—l72 sacks pota-i toes and packages lu»p;ago, 5 packages sundries.' From Wellington—l 3 cases jnk, 377 cases and, packages sundries, 14 tons 8 cwt pig iron, 5 bags' quartz, 200 boxea candles. From Napier—9 packages. From Gisborne—2oo sheep, 6 pack ages.

Inwards Coastwise.—Walwera, from Mer cury Bay with 33,600 feet sawn timber; ZlDah, from Thames, with 20,000 feet sawn timber. I Outwards Coastwise.—Fanny Kelly, for Whanßaroa: Zillah, for Thames, with 80 sheep, 10 hend cattle. The schooner Griffin is announced to sail for Tonga and Samoa on Thursday next, the Ist Instant. The schooner Reward will leave for Whan garel and Parua Bay to-morrow. The b.b. Rowena's sailing for Hokianga has been poatponed till to-morrow, owing to the state of the Manukan Bar, The barque Loongana arrived from Hobart last evening after a passage of 11 days. A terriflo gale was enoonntored from the 22nd to' the 21th, during which the vessel was hove to. Passengers :—Mi3a Brown, Mr and Mrs Bren f Bad and family (3), and Mr Grain. The s.B. Argyle arrived from Whangarel last evening with 100 sacks gum, 6 Backs oysters, 10 boxes eggs, 19 dozen mullet, 2 tons luggage, 2 ketrs butter, 6 bundles trees, 18 packages sun dries, and tho following passengers :—-Mrs Bivia, Rev Mr Hudson, Messrs J, Will, Kent, Soring, Shanley. Sykes, Devlin, McArthnr, Main, Thorburn 12). C. Baker. Coyle, Murray, Mclieod, Adamson, Carter, anil Buokland.

The schooner Opotikl arrived from Noumea and Norfolk Island last evening. She left Auokland on June 25, arrived at Norfolk Island July 3, Noume* July 23; Returned to Norfolk Island and sailed for Auckland August 23. brought up at Whangarei for shelter on Friday, and arrived as above. The run from Norfolk Island to Whangarei, was made in the smart time of 3 days 22hours.

The s.s., Rotorna, arrived from Melbourne via Southern Ports, at 9 p.m. yesterday, Passen ni: —From Melbourne: Messrs, J. R. Morris . Elvers, Fitzfjibbon, Louch, Mrs. and Miaa Kivers, and 3 Bteerage. From Coast :Mr. Regi. nald Brae, Rev. and Mrs. Upton Davies, Messra Goldberg, J. Delbridge. Scouby, Parrent, Mr. and Mrs. C F. Stovin, Mrs. Moore, Messrs. Orr Hhortland Jolly, Mr. and Mrs Kettle, Messrs Stock, Littlswood, and 22 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

RiiHsiiix, this day. Airivod: Wellington, s.a, tvova Auckland, at 7.15 a.m. i

Sydnkt, August 29. Arrived, this morning: The Union Company's b.b. Hero, from New Zealand,

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS.

BUia Mary, brigantine, Bom, from "Westport DEPARTURE. Hnwea, b.b., Kennedy, for the South

IMPORTS.

■ Per Eliza Mary from Wertport—2lo tons coal. Owing to the heavy weather prevailing for the last few days, tho s.s. Lalla Rookh has been unable to leave for Wait ira. The B.s. Rowena for Hokianga is also detained from the same OWIBO, • The brigantine Kltea Mary arrived from Westport yesterday morning with a full oargo of coal. Captain Born reports: Left Westport on Tuesday, the 23rd inst., and oxoerienced very heavy northerly weather for the first three daya. Thence till Manufcau lii;ht wi« sighted, on w Saturday night, had strong sontheriy winds. P Crossed the bar on Sunday, and reached the wharf as above. The a.s. Hawea has been detained until to morrow at 10 p.m. owing to heavy weather. She takes the following passengers :—For New J, Plymouth—Messrs McDonald, Blackett and » Son, Gold water, Judge L. O'Brien and 6 natives. P Bt)r Greyinonth—Mr Gregory.

COMMERCIAL.

Kveniito Stab Office, Tuesday. , Messrs B. Tonka & Co. held a sale of Fiji! sugars aud general groceries to-day, but bidd ing was not brisk, several lines of mats of light yellow and crystal sugars were sold at fair prices. ;' . ' -~'•, ' .^.'".r»\ Mesara 6. W. Blnney & Co, sold about 80 cases of Hobart apples, ranging from 5s 3d to 7sßd. .. ~ .' ; :. .. Messrs Coohune & Son, hela a furnitsre sale with fair results. The Dedwood store was Bold for, £150; the • allotments in Clarence-street, brought £26 each.

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close as Under.— this day. For Whangtiroajper Fanny Kelly, at i P.m. For Whangarel Heads, Waipu, Whangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle, at i p.m. Wednesday, 31st instant. For Waitara, etc., per Lalla Rookh, at 8 a.m. For Port Fitzroy, per Waterlily, at 8 a.m. For Hokianga, etc., per Howena, at 11 a.m. For Coromandel, per Coromandel, a: 11,30 a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 4 p.m. For Thames, jjer Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Thursday, Ist September. . For Gisborne, Napier, Southern ports, and Australian Colonies, per Rotorua, at 9 a.m. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, Craigioburn, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Mangawai, per Fingal, at 3 p m. For Tauranga. Ohinomutu, and Opotiki. per Ulenelg, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, 13th September. Per s.s. Austxaia, as follows;— For Sandwich Islands, United States Of America. Canada, rsritiah Columbia,. Cuutial and Bonth America, and British auii tToroixn West Indies, atl p.m. :"or United Kingdom and Contlnenl Of Knropo, atl p.m. ( ■ For money orders registered letters, und newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Latelotturs bearing an murnfee of Blxper.ce, In addition to the posting, will be reoelved by the Mail Avent on uumm (ho sceuraec up to the time o( aaillna. l'his mail will be due in London on Tuesday, October 25, 18S1, N.B.—A Post Office will ba opened" at Kl!erslle (hoyond "-Jo-"'market) on Thursday, September Ist. Mails will b» made up at this office d'ily at 830 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Mails will be received at 9.15 a.m. and 1.50 p.m. S. 11 BI3S, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-office Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

AUGUST 30,1881. Theatre Royal—" Orange Bloeisoms" and 'Milky White," Bp.m. New Masonic Hall, Komuera-Mr Drook'B leotnre on " Chaucer." S p.m. St. JaniOß' Hall-Concert and "Trial by Jury,1; 8 p.m. ~ | ■ Epsom Hall-PubUo Meeting ot Ratepayers, to consider the state of Auckland aud One hungfl roads, 7 30 p.m. ' Eden Hall—Lecture by Mr Edward Lewis on " The Four Gospels," 7.30 p.m.

Death.

HUDSON.—On the 18th August, at her residence, Mahurangi, Margaret, the beloved wife or John Spink Hudson, in her 37th year. LANDKR.-On August 30th, Edwin Lander, BlThe funeral will leave his late residence, Pitt Terraoa, at 3.30 o'clock to-morrow, 3tst instant. Friends will pleaße accept this in-1 vftation.' V SHBA.TH.-On the 29th August, at the residence of his parenta, Chriatohureh, John B. Sbeath, nephew of Alfred Sheath; Hulme Houae, Par nefi. ,

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

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 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 full text of the report of the ]oint com mittee of the two Houses of Parliament appointed to consider the question of .a direct steam service between England and New Zealand is given in our telegraphic columns to-dny. The Committee, as before announced, avoided the rock of interprovih cial jealousies, by leaving the question of ports ot call for future determination. They recommend that the Government shall im mediaiely call tenders for a service to be per. formed by six steamers of 4000 tons each, guaranteeing a subsidy not exceeding six per cent., or £60,000 a year for the purpose. On these' terms it seems not impossible that, should the report be adopted by the House, the Government may succeed in getting some Company to undertake the service.

WElobserve, with surprise and regret, that the steps taken to postpone the sale at the Acclimatisation Society's Gardens have been of no avail. The request made to ttie Council by some of the most influential members of the Society was a very reason able one, and deserved greater considera tion than it received. It waa admitted at the meeting of the Council hold yesterday afternoon (of which we give a report else where) that the proposal to sell was carried by the majority at a meeting of 17 mem bers. The request to postpone the sale was made by 19 members. Many others were known to be in favour of the postpone ment, but the signatures could not be obtained in time, as they either resided in the country or were temporarily abseut from Auckland. It is evident the .pro gramme put forward by the President, and thO3e adopting his views, will entail very considerable expense. The mere mention of it, viewed in the light of their present proceedings, ia laughable in the extreme. ,No person can seriously think for a mo ment that any such idea will be carried out. A society that cannot expend a few pounds a week in retaining an ordinary working gardener is'not likely to engage the services of a more skilled curator, whose ; salaiy would be' at least £500 a year. The garden, it is clear, will be sacrificed—a radical change is imperatively required. In the meantime,- the thanks of the public are due to those gentlemen who have moved in the matter y especially to His Worship the Mayor and Mr Fenton, whose ■prompt action, as chairman' of the Domain Board, compelled the present rul ing spirits of the society, materially, to modify their, destruction policy. The garden has been-saved from the complete desolation contemplated, though no thanks for that are due to the'sporting majority of the Acclimatization Society, who were only restrained at all by a consciousness:of the questionable.legality of their, proceedings,. in view of the nature of their tenancy and the prohibition of the Domain Board; The, conduct of the ruling faction in the Society is the more flagrant because a considerable port of the property which they proposed to sell was derived from the donatious of gentle men interested in promoting a taste for horti culture and botanical acclimatisation. It is not at all clear what the' Society intend to' do with the proceeds of the sale, but presu mably the object.in view is to extend those, operations against the, farmer which have been carried on for years by the introduc tion of birds, respecting the habits of which the importers appear 'to have possessed only the vaguest ideas.' Their recent pro ceedings will not. tend to diminish the adverse feeling which is pretty generally felt throughout the' Provincial District ' Concerning the Society's proceedings. So far as the gardera are concerned, there should be no hesitancy on the part of .the Domain Board to take them over and invite the citizens to' unite in making them a credit to the place, Failing of success in the endeavour to procure other endowments, the proposal to lease a portion of the open domain lands for revenue purposes must t>e resorted to. ' With energy judiciously directed the magnificent estate under the control of the Board might, in a climate like ours, be transformed into one of. the moat beautiful public resorts in Australasia.

In continuation of our remarks last week on the question of University extension, it .must not be forgotten that only a compara tively small proportion of the youth of the colony can ever hope to enjoy the benefits which residence is supposed to confer j and that the majority of those desirous oi acquiring what ia known as a liberal education will be compelled by the tyranny of circumstances, to look upon the University simply as & dry-nurse, not as an alma mater. 'To drop the metaphorical —the time is at hand when each year will see enrolled among the undergraduates a considerable'number of students who will 'pursue their University course almost alto gether unaided by tutors and professors, and undisciplined by the culture-breathing atmosphere of the lecture-room. They will get their, living during the day; each night they will devote to study. The case ot such should, be considered and provided .for. They toil hard and diligently; they h'ave'few encouragements beyond what 'their innate love of learning affords ; by 'University officials it would seem that they are looked askance at and snubbed. Men of this class, with their limited opportunities, who are able to secure even i a pass, are as deserving of praise as those who, occupied their whole time with- their studies, pass in.honours and get scholar ships. And we venture to say that these men,,though their names may not figure in future calendars as prize* takers or iv honour lists, will nevertheless do credit to the University with which they are con- < nected, despite'the fact that their ties may not be so strong and binding &s they might have'been in more fortunate circumstances.' In a recent very admirable address, Bishop Oowie could not praise a University .train, ing too much,'nor place too high a value

on the advantages attending residence. By I the social intercourse thereby rendered possible, '' irregularities of mind and» manner will be smoothed down, narrowness and conceit will be counteracted, and habits of toleration, and forbearance, and general courtesy will be cherished." In short, the Bishop thinks one of the chief advantages of a University education is the resulting culture. But what ia culture ? It ia not the knowledge how to doff one's hat and make ' an elegant bow to a lady, or how .to waltz aud play lawn-tennis. Nor is that detestable drawl of speech, and that deli cate sense of the vulgar and " low " affected by so many University men, necessarily a token of " cult-chaw. I: A man may have an intimate acquaintance with /Eschylus and Plato, understand all Persius, and eveu be a Senior Wrangler, and yet be a strauecr to true culture. He may live his whole life in a University, aud not stray beyond the shadow of its ancient colleges, and still at, the end be as much a prig and no gentleman as if he had never once seen an academical gown and cap. What culture really means is the proportional education of all tho facultie3, not one or one set at the expense of another, Universities can help to attain this desir able end, this laudable ambition, which, happily, can also be arrived at by other, moan?. The fact is, that it depends very much upon the student himselt. If he is unfitttid for culture, either by constitution or by inclinatiou, all the educational machinery ever invented, no matter how elaborate and perfect, will not make a really cultured man of him.

It is well that, while the advantages which a. University training affords are not to bo under-rated, another side of the question equally important should not be left in the dark. We want to turn it round so that it may have its fair share of inspection with the other sides. If the claims of nocn resident students are not urged with some emphasis, they may be ignored presently when the Central University is au accom plisuod fact. The recent action of the New Zealand University proves that there are grounds for fear that this might happen.' Let us have a central institution of the sort by all means ; but let some provision be mado, «ome encouragement held out, to the class of undergraduates under notice. The telegraph wires South were down for a considerable time last night, but they were restored this morning. Our Parlia mentary budget shews that stone-watling continues. Last night's sitting was wholly wasted. The man William Larkins, who was so severely burned at the Wade last week, had the thumb and fore linger of the right hand taken off by Dr. Philson to-day. A "City Man " writes that he thinks a, " Parnell Man " remarks In very bad taste, and that the Faruell Borough have no reason to complain of being treated other that'liberally by the city, in fact, much more so than they are legally entitled'to; but they must not be greedy because poor. The meeting of the Grammar School Board of Governors, which • should have been'held this forenoon, lapsed for want of a quorum. Colonel Haultain, Key. C. M. Nelson, and Messrs T. Peacock, and J. M, Dargiville were tho members present. It was decided to meet at 9.45 a.m. to-morrow to consider various items of business,' in cluding the releasing of the Parnell proper ties. A boy named Benjamin Reed has been received into the Hospital from Maungata whirl, with his right forearm broken. He was climbing a tree on Sunday last, when one of the branches gave way and precipi tated'him to the grovnd, thus causing the accident referred to. The patient arrived at fhe Hospital yesterday afternoon, and the bone was set by Dr. Philson. ~At a meeting of the Parnell Borough Council last night the new boundaries of Parnell and Eden electorates were sub mitted. Messrs Heskoth and Richmond in formed the Council that they had been in communication with the City Couucil, Har bour Board, the Colonial Secretary, and Mr Moas, M.H.K., tor Parnell, relative to the proposal to exclude the allotments in Mechanics' Bay within the Borough. The rates bu St. .Stephen's Orphan Home were remitted. The suicidal mania is speading so rapidly in Berlin that the authorities are earnestly considering in what manner it can best be checked. A pamphlet just published in Berlin states that in the years from 1575 to 1878, 280 cases of suicide were registered per million inhabitants in Berlin, 285 in Vienna, 450 in Leipsic, und only 85 in Lon don. Paris, with 400 suicides, nearly ap proached the startling figure of Leipsic. Return of sick treated at the Provincial District Hospital, for the week emliug Saturday, 27th August, 1881. Remained last return, 102; admitted since, 16; dis charged, 10 ; remaining, 108 ; males, S4 ; females, 24. Arrangement of cases|: Zymotic, 20 ; constitutional, 9; local, 44 ; develop me utal, 21 ;■ violent, 14. Thanks are returned to Mrs Hellaby for a parcel of old linen. The British and African Steamship Com pany 'b Hteamer Volta arrived at Liverpool oii Saturday night, the 25th June. Captain Barron landed, having- with him the gold axe of Ashantee, which has been sent by King Mensah to the Queen. The Volta also brought 1,400 ounces ef gold dust, the first instalment of the fine of 2,000 ounces imposed on the Ashantee King. The balance is expected to follow shortly.

At tho beginning of the 13th century the ports of England ranked : London, Boston, Southampton, Lincoln, Lynn, Hull, tiighty years later, Boston, London, Hull. Toward the closer of the 16th century, Lynn was the most important port; then came Hull, Yar mouth, Exeter, Bristol, while Boston had gone do^n to number ten to rank, and Newcastle was looming up. Fifty years later, Bristol was winning the race, to have her nose put out of joint in another half century by Liverpool, .

An AHierican paper alluding to a report that part of King Kalakau's mission to Europe is to sell his kingdom, says:— " It is possible, but not probable, that King Kill akoua wishes to dispose of his , little island kingdom, but, granting tbe rumours of his overtures with this object in view to bo. true, the course would rathor,4end to complicate the bargain. The independence of the Sandwich Islands was guaranteed in 1844 by the United States, France, and Great Britain, hence, tbeseislaads cannot sell or give themselves away to the United States or any other country without the'eonsent of the above-mentioned Powers. , Under these" circumstances it is entirely out of the ques tion that the Sandwich Islands will be absorbed (6y either China or Japan, but their acquisition' may become a large bone of contention between the United States, England, France, and possibly Germany. The islands are located about in tb'e centre of the great Pacific Ocean, being nearly in the route between San Francisco to Australia, the East Indies, China,and' Japan, and directly between the latter twp countries and Panama. : The possessions of the Great Powers in the Pacific Ocean are insignificant and'valueless in comparison to jwhat these islands would be.in the hands of either of the great Powers—:the United States or Great Britain—who, would vir tnally become mistress of thePacificOcean. King Kals.kaua may, after all, not be will ing to barter his kingdom away; but in the i near future a change of Government is sure I to take place;"1 '' .

Last evening.an entertainment of a very pleasing cbnracter was given in the Masonic Hall, Onehunga, by the members of the Sir Henry HaVelo'ck Lodge of Good Templars, from Auckland. 'Buses and breaks started from town at 5 p.m., and, after a fine and rapid drive; arrived safely at Onehunga, The entertainment commenced with a concert consisting, of comic and sentimental songs by Messrs' Marson, Paver, Peace, and Schoeficld and Mra Wilcock, all of whom acquitted themselves in. a very creditable manner. Afterwards a new Temperance drama, written by Mr T. L. Wilcock, was placed upon the stage. The piece was en titled " Tin a Long Lane that Has no Turn iDg." The character of Tomkins, a drunkard and • Rambler was ably sustained by Mr Good. Mr Devenport played a card sharper in a very realistic manner. Mr Latchmorc provoked much laughter by his representa tion of a'drunken squire, while Mr Power ably seconded him as a magistrate "three sheets in ttoe wind." Mr Tom Lowrey took, the character of an artisan, and played a pretty little courting scene with Miss Gribble who acted her part to the life. Misa James as Mrs Tomkins jrave a very pathe tic delineation of a drunkard's wife, whilst Miss Good in the part of her daughter sang "Father, Come Home," with much effect. Great credit is due to Mr Power, as stage rhanager.for the manner in which he worked up the play. A short concert followed. Mr Jones sang in very good form "I'm waiting my darling, for thee," followed by Mr I Marson in a comic song, " Babes in the Wood," which was encored. Mr Mackroll gave his favourite song, '! Jeremiah," and was ably assisted in the' chorus by the gods, who entered into the fun with great spirit. Mrs Wilcock sang with much sweetness and feeling " Maggie's Secret." Master Charles Marson rendered an old but excellent character song, "I'm Ninety-] Jive." He had a good conception of the piece, and sang it with great verve. This brought an enjoyable evening to a close. We must not forget to mention that Mrs Peace kindly acced as piauiste, and performed herduties very ably.,' ' ,': r : ;■!

I Only three nominations were received for the representation of North, East and South wards, in the City Council and these were of the retiring Councillors, viz., Messrs W. K. Waddell, W. Crowther and Alex. Flemming. They are accordingly returned unopposed. Some time ago the City Council, acting upon a recommendation from the Inspector of Abattoirs, suggested to the Government the desirability of introducing a Bill making it unlawful for any person to own, soil, or kill, for the purposes of food, any beast allected with cancer, and providing for the inspeation of suspected herds or ilocks. By direction of the Hon. Mr Dick, a reply has just been returned to the Municipal communication. The Minister thinks that the Diseased Cattle Act will meet the case by the governor, making one of the diseases to which it refers. With regard to tho inspection of dairies, the information is vouchsafed that a Bill making ample pro vision towards that end is now before the Lepislature.

An Interesting account is given lii the April number of ' Scribner's Monthly Maga zine,' to which attention, ia now being drawn. It is that of the " Solarium of the New York Hospital," where those patients who can leave their beds are treated to " a sun-bath." The roof ia "mansard, and a large part of it is taken up by a skylight." A fountain, plants, easy chairs, and pillows are placed there, and the good effect upon those able to sit there, even for a short time, is said to bo wondorful,

Catherine Horan, an elderly woman I aged 63, dried suddenly yesterday at Waikomiti. She was the wife of a bush man, William Horan, and had been suffering for some days with a severe cold. Constable Kelly proceeded to the locality to make the necessary investigations, and learned that deceased had beed ailing for some time, but would not go into the Hospital. The particulars of the case was duly reported to Dr.. Pkilson, who con sidered that an inquest was not requisite. The case was reported to the police by Mr John Smyth, a settler in the district arid a neighbour ot deceased.

inert were no less than 17 tenders for additions to the premises of Messrs A, Clark and1 Sons, of Shortland-street, yester day, and the tender of Mr J. J. Holland, builder, £4,939, waa accepted. Mr Holland has succeeded satisfactorily in putting up a number of new buildings in and about the city within tHe last four years. The archi tects are Messrs Reals and Son, of the Insuranco.Builo'ingSj'and when the several buildings at this part of Shortjund-street are completed they will add considerably to the importance of the street. Mr Fort, the long-settled bootmaker, has removed into Mrs Probert's shop, which is now divided into two compartments. A temporary butcher* shop is in coarse of erection next to Mr Young's for the Messrs Hellaby until their new premises are completed. ,!,

The young man, Dufty, who wiis santoucod to six weeks' imprisonment at the Police Court, haS previously borne a good character, but. in consequence'of mingling with bad companions, suddenly fell, and his confession was but a pom return for kindnesses received at the hands of the young man Jamieson. It is possible that he might haVe escaped had he not shown a disposition to share the proceed? of the robbery by stuffing the three note* into the toe part of his ooot. "• Mr Tyler made a forcible address in his favour, at the request of Dufty's lato employer, which, no doubt, had a good effect upon the mind of the Court. Mr Winder, storekeeper, of the Thames, expressed surprise that Dufiy, who had served him faithfully and well, should have fallen into an error of this kind. His Worship commented upon the ingratitmlo of the whole of tho case, and under thp circumstances, the prisoner must receive punishment. The story should act as v salutary lesson to vountr men.

"From time immprtal," observes the Creswick Advertiser, "'women and wide' have been prolific sources of trouhlc. Jealousy over some interesting daughter of Eve was the cause last week, when an Italian and a sailor, both aspirants for the hand of the same youQg woman, agreed to have their differences out in a paddock, between Creßwick and Broorafielil. Agreeably to arrangement they met, when the sailor demanded that the encounter should be fought in John Bull style, with nature's weapons. To this the other positively objected, having brought two knifes with him for the occasion, and threw one down for bis antagonist to take up. This, it is said, the latter declined, until the Italian attacked him, stabbing him in two places, when the sailor sprang on tbe Italian, and in a abort time cut a deep gash around the unfortunate fellow's shoulder blade, and caused him to appeal for mercy And some people say, 'Where were the police?" . .At a meeting in Melbourne to organise a fund to aid the persecuted Jews of Southern Russia, the Mayor in opening the proceed ings said.—"As British subjects, we were ull lovers |Of liberty and of those English laws baaed upon equity and justice under which we are governed. As such we could have no sympathy with tyranny, intoler ance, or oppression in any part of the world. (Cheers.) Wo had read in the press,of the recent, attacks by mobs in Russia upou peaceable and industrious Jewish citizens, how they had been robbed and murdered, aud that without regard to age or sex. Men,* .woman, and children had been assassinated in the open streets of cities. In the space of one month—in May last - Jewish property had been destroyed'by mobs to the extent of £16,000,000, and hundreds of families had been turned adrift under most wretched circumstances to seek for food and shelter in other lauds. To bin miud such barbarous atrocities as bad been lately committed in Odessa, Kiev, aud other centres of population in that most unhappy and wretched country, Russia were unpanii lelcd in modern history." " Jewish Herald" announces that £1000 have been collected and forwarded home to Russia. The same journal sav3: —" The accouuts that reach us from the scene of the outrages arc 'horrifying in the extreme, and the authori ties fcem to wink at all. The following filittlo episode, culled from the '~' Jewish World, will serve as an illustration :— • "From Odessa ..we hear, of .a funeral gathering in. Iho enclosure* of the hospital, .where a Jew had died from injuries re ceived In the late riots, being attacked by a 'party of Uossacka, who struck at men,; women, and, children with their abort, 'thick thong whips, whilst the officer,in command, according to the "Paroidofc," almost choked himself with laughter at the consternation of the 1 affrighted peobie.1 !Tho corpse was taken back to the hospital and buried privately by night. One person , was injured so severely that' he is not ex pected to live.; Jewish lawyers, doctors'■ and other* were leavingior Constantinople, Vienna, and other cities,-. 600 families thus voluntarily exiling themselves from Odessa." ~ , ■ . • ■ A romantic story is told in the " Ballarat , Star " of a man named Robert Humphreys who, in 1853, landed at Melbourne, having, at that time, a wife and tine child. " Soon after landing he took a situation at a station known as Lexington, twelve miles outside, Ararat, arid about midway between that township and the Grampian Ranges., He |was .not very long in his new situation when his child died, and<some two months afterwards his wife was confined of a son", and died, a few days after its birth, The father was broken-hearted at the loss of his wife1 an'd'first child, and decided to leave the station. He accordingly apprised his em ployer of his intention, bat what to do with the child, who was only a few days old, he did not know. His employer, however, got a married couple named Daniels, then re siding at the station, to take the child, and keep it for a certain time, or until the father's return, and said he would recom pense them for their trouble. The fal;her then left, went to Melbourne, aud from thence to the digging where he remained two or three years. On his return the station had changed hands; his former employer had gone to Queensland,and the Danielses, who, took his child, had also left. After many inquiries he. failed .to .find the whereabouts of the Danielses, and the matter remained a mystery to him till about eighteen or ninteeu years ago, when he heard that the Danielses were residing in the Piggoreet district. As Mr Jtfuin' phreys was then," and is still, residing near Erclidone, ho came to Happy Valley, and inquired after his child. The Dan ielsoH. told him the child died;when 12 month's old, and was buried in the Buniu yong Cemetery. Mr Humphreys accordingly retraced his steps and returned, to his home. Some weeks ago, however/he received tier-' tain information which led hin to believe that his child was still alive. He accordingly put the matter.in the hands of the police, and from enquiries made by the latter and. Mr Humphreys,;-it was ascer tained that a young man named George, Daniels was v/orking with a contractor at Skipton, named James Madden. Thither MrHumphreys repaired, arrivingat Skipton >n Sunday last, the 7th iast., and on Mqn lay he had an interview with young Daniels, the result being that Mr iluin ihrey.s is certain he has found his long lost < ion, and the son is equally certain he has j ound his father, and said he was aware 1 or years tbe Danielses were not his parents. I ■Ir Humphreys married .some years after i he death'-'of'his first wife;1 but has v n!o S amily. He is a highly tespectaple !maki; • I nd a'well-to-do farmer,'? ":>.■■): ei-.o'.j i{o.'<

Mr M. Gallagher has received a cable gram stating that the Hawkesbury*Handi cap was won by Long's Trump Yossfr with Wcntworth's Sardonyx second, and Bell's Warhawk tbird. There were twenty-two starters, It is an interesting fact that the wiuner was out of the Australian Stud Company's mare Onyx. Mr Superintendent Thompson received a telegram from Constable Coughlan, of Hokiauga, to-day, stating that on the pro secution of the police, a storekeeper at Waihoa, named George Kendal, was fined £50 and costs for sly grog selling to a native woman. The latest ill news from Russia is that there is famine in various departments of the empire.. The condition of the popula tion in those districts is said to be wretched in. the extreme. At the same time typhus is reported to be raging in a deadly form among the garrisons of Uralsk and Kalrm kowa, in consequence of the bad food sup plied to the troops. Tainted fish and meat are said to havo been furnished by contrac tors. A football match which was played in the Domain on Saturday between the West End XC. and the Newton JF.C, resulted in ! a victory for the West End by 4 points to 2. Talbot. Whiteside, Hardwick, Kilfoylc, W. Connell, Sam, Cole (Parnell) Berry, Tucker, played well for Newton, while R. Whiteside, Braund, Skeen, Pilkinton, Moore, Murray, Finlay, and Monnock, dis tinguished themselves ou behalf of the winners.

The nomination of persons toJJGU tho vacancies in the Paruell Borough Council caused by the retirement of Messrs Barker, Skinner, and Wood look place to-day. Mr J. W. Gossett, Returning office, was in attendance at the Council chambers, and received the nominations of Messrs liarlan, Page Barber, John Wood, David, Meddins, William Henry Skinner, and Caleb Wood. All the retiring councillors were thus pro posed for re-election, and as the number nominated exceeds the vacant seats by two, a poll will take place ou Thursday, Septem ber Bth. '

• A survivor of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on the 25th October, 1854, was recently charged at the Mansion House with having attempted to commit suicide. The man stated that after having served twelve years in the army he had been discharged "without a pennon, and was now destitute and nearly blind. He was re leased from custody with a special recom mendation from the magistrate to the work house authorities.

The International six days pedestrian match in London came to a premature close on the 22nd of June. Weston, the American champion, performed 198 miles during:the two days and a few hours, but was obliged to relinquish the struggle from sheer fatigue. His English opponent, Rowell, left the track at 3 o'clock on the same clay, having scored 280 miles since Sunday midnight. The English Press hope that this is the last " wobbling " exhibition they shall see in that country. . There is no doubt they have been "played out" long ago. ■■

Land League principles have some aris tocratic advocates in Great Britain. Lord Kimborley, presiding on the 22nd at the Norfolk Agricultural Association at Wy mondham, pointed out that for farmers to cheer the cry for Protection was absurd, be cause, as it was absolutely certain the food of tho country would never again be' taxed, if Protection were introduced in manufac tures agriculturists would buy and consume taxed goods, while they would sell untaxed produce. But no protective tariff that could be framed for our enormous trade would hold water. In order that capital might bo attracted to the soil, he would give the tenant seenrity for his capital, and would also repeal the laws of entail and primogeniture.

"Trial by Jury," preceded by a concert, will ba given this evening in tho St Jame3's Hall, for tho benefit of Mr Rhodes, tho con ductor. We notice that Mrs Tebbs will sing Herrlok's morry song, "Cherry Kipe;" Miss fampaon will «ive, "'dhe Wore a Wreath of Roses;" and Miss Jackson will render, " Re member or Forget;" Mrs Revitt, a new song by Kstello, " The Brook." The oonoert, there fore, should bo a success.

The arrangements for the repetition of the service, by song, John Tregenoweth, are an nounced in our advertising columns, and from which we understand the managers have de cided toprmt tho words of the pieces and present a copy to each visitor, fome of tho tunes aro new to Auckland, and no doubt will hecomo popular. Ab tho doors will be opened at 7 o'clock for tioket-holdors only, early application for tickets ehoald ba made. Mrs Hampaon has very kindly given her serviuos as reader.and without doubt tho piece will receivo justice at her handn. It is a considerable lime since the people ot Auokland had the pleasure of listening to this lady.and wo hopo,for tho sake of tho institution on whose behalf she again appears in public that a very largo number will receive her in a hearty manner.

A mutnal and literary entertainment will bo given to-morrow evening tn Newton Kast ;-ohooI(Mr Bindon's) In aid of tho School Library Fund, The programme Is of much interest, consisting of music, ballads, reading, nnd other performances. The choruses and ladies' songs will bo glveu by pupils; alsp several readings from Shalcespore's "King John" and "JuHub Oresar." Mr P. smaUfleld,Mr Mason and a lady will contribute readings from popular author?* Hongs will be sung by Messrs Oradwell, Forth. Bii-pham, Corbett, Hart, and Garland. Mr Gradwoll will sine the "Pilgrim's Return," Mr GorbeV, "Tar's Farewell." and Mr Forth the '"Three Jolly Sailor Boys." The programme is promising, fall of musical and literary interest, and the entertainment, no doubt, will be largely attended. ■'

MR LUSK'S LECTURE.

AN interesting lecture, oa the " Urigin of the English People," was delivered before St. Sepulchre's Mutual Improvement As sociation last eveniog by Mr H. H. Lusk. I here was a good attendance, and many of those present were ladies. Key. B. T. Dudley occupied the ebair, and introduced the lecturer to the meeting. In his open ing remarks, Mr Lusk said that although the subject was one of importance to our selves, yet it had only received a small ■ portion of the intelligent study to which it | was entitled. He believed that before the connection with the western or Human civilization, there was a connection .with earlier civilization. A kind of- -civiliza tion and a certain sort of learning existed in-Kngland something- like five hundred .years before the 'Chnstiau era.. Julius Caesar's,.record of. .the ancient' i Britons was the!first that we had, and he spoke of them as being a number of tribes 1 jwhioh .could unite uuder a common leader; as a courageous race' of savages'.painted blue, .paddling, .about in basket boats; but he had been beaten by them, and con sequently b& Misrepresented them. Others wh6!catne.,M'h.n6 hostile intentions des cribed them as being a tall dignified race; withvblue^eyes, and wearing long .cloaks. They~defeated the greatest general that Koine ever produced,and it took,:.thirteen years to subjugate them. Between sixty and; eighty: thousand people were then quartered1 in great Britain, and these men were acknowledged us the ancestors of the English people., He was ambitious enough to trace his ancestry further back than the arrival of the hordes from the mouth of the Elbe. ' There is no history extant pt Koman tule, but the later writers throw consider able light upon their government. Britain \vas only drilled into Roman civilisation; the Britons! were' still the people'; Britain contained 200 municipalities and large towns. Remains show evidence of great civilisation and large population; The Roman occupation lasted from 60 to 410 k.D,, and Britain was 'governed for most part in peace. Great advance was made in the arts and sciences, and Wine and other products were exported. Onssar says the people on the eastern and southern shores of Britain were the same as £he Belgoe in the north" of France. They Were completely different from those of the West of England, Ireland, and the high lands of Scotland. The Britons were the only people who did not wait to be cast off from Rome, but finding the connection uo longer to their advantage, said it must cease. But the Britons had forgotten in the interval of 350 years how to govern, and forty years after the Roman assistance was withdrawn, they found themselves in great straits. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle he considered to be a palpable forgery, and it was contrary to experience that a handful of savages should have extirpated a power ful race so that no trace should be found. He believed the ancestors of the British' people were a powerful race of people in the south And west of Europe, found at the gates of Hercules, Spain, at the mouth of the Ebro, until the boundary of the Basque provinces was reached. They were known as JUiguri ansjana resembled the Britons ia every par ticular. .-, They were not so much a fighting people, like the Saxons, as a people deter mined to be free. Mr Green simply taxes purii credulity when he asks us to believe dhat the racebegan in 449. He didnot believe that we owed our origin to the Germans. It. was nowadays a foregone conclusion that We owe our origin to three races — the Angles, the Saxons, and" Jutes, and yet the more it was investigated the less proba bility there was in it. He thought our an cestors were the same that ad hurled back the legions of Julius Caesar. He was afraid we had done our Briton forefathers the in justice of, allowing the Saxons to take, not mly their lands, but their language. — The ecturer eaid his theories were original, and ie'could not say that he had fully worked ;he subject out, but it might be that his ■emarks would lead to further investigation. r On' the motion of-Mr George, seconded? iy Dr. Purchases* vote of thanks was ac iorded to the lecturer;1- - !.' .<'■'' •'-'''■'■

SCINTILLATIONS.

"Be brief, for it la witii words as with sun beams "the more they are oondensed the deeper they burn."—Soothe?. The chances ef business success during a lifetime are said to be but 3 in 100. Yale College has 108 instructors, 1,037 students, and 126,000 volumes m the libra- In eighty years the English-speaking population of the globe has increased 270 per cent. „. , , , A Kabelais of the edition of 1711 brought £500 at a recent sale in Paris, £100 a volume, ,_. New York has just put up 1,150 new buildings so far this year, at a cost of over £3,800,000. , „ ~ The huee hunting spiders of South America and Ceylon have legs which cover a foot of ground. Captain Handley if under treatment in tbe Hospital for severe chronic rheumatism. The church at Irwin, Col., is 10,500 feet above tidewater—probably the highest Presbyterian Church in the world. Large as the annual product of the pre cious metals now is, it is significant that the amount is less by £15,000,000 than m 1853. Leavenworth, Kansas, sparrows con demned one of their number to death the otherday for some fault, and hung him with a piece of twine from an eave-trougta. An old woman named Catherine Horan died at Waikomiti yesterday rather suddenly. On the police inquiring, how ever, it was found that she had been ill with a heavy cold on the chest. Dr. Philsoh did not consider an inquest neces sary. Judge Thayer, of Philadelphia, decides that if a passenger is hurt by stepping from a horse car before it comes to stop, damages from the company cunnot be recovered. Mr Lewis, of Auckland, has forwarded to the officer commanding the Scottish Bat talion, Thames, a magnificent silver cup for rifle competition. The gift stands about a foot in height, aud comprises a cup sup ported on three crossed rifles. No man ever needed the sympathy, the encouragement, and the kind words of his fellow-men, more than he, who, at a recent swell ball, stooped to pick up his partner's fan, and, burst both back bra,ce-buttons simultaneously. They found a keg of blacking, at least they . thought 'twaa such; . ,: They stuffed a " red-hot poker in, and grinned. and ohuckled much: ,-_...; But when they roae, with one accord,, in an ex tended lino, . < ■' It struck them blacking never could make such "a "brilliant sbine. The coal boring operations at Mahurangi have tested to a depth of 216 feet. _ The manager, Mr Checkley, has resigned through ill-health, but it was resolved to go on with the work. The whitefish, placed by Mr J. Ci'Firth In the river Te Awahou, Kotorua district, have been seen by the natives. Mr John Howe, and Mr Tom Margetts, ■were . well patronised on Saturday- evening in their entertainment entitled, " An Horn With Charles Dickens," at the Academy ol Music, Grahamstown. • • ! A tramway from Devonport round Monni Victoria is on the tapis. ~ . They, were having a family set-to, and she asked him if there was anything in the^paat that he would like to recall,' and he" heart lessly said : " Yes, the day ybu-fifst refused me." When woman's rnby lips unolose, Harsh syllables to utter, "•' " ■ 'Tib like a blemish on a rose. Or. tangled hair in butter. , ,„ After supper at a ballr-He: " Withoul joking, Elsie, Ido adore you. When 1 look at you there is, mch a commotion|in mj breast!" She: "Aud in mme -to, Henri it must be the lobster salad 1" The Ngaruawahla Town Board have wisely had the river bank sloped, sodded, and planted with willows. < Mr T. J, Sarides supervised the work. lv Mrs. Langtry's Island of Jersey ii appears you can hire a handsome bouse, unfurnished, for about £18 a year, with a good sized field attached, which can be sub let for about £10 a year. A clumsy attempt was made at Paria recently to blow up the statue of M Thiere. A box of gunpowder exploded, but merely blackened the statue in a few places, with out doing material injury. A new waltz has made its appearance this season in London which has quite taken the place of tbe old one. 'It is merely a little pause in this otherwise simple movement, which puts the difficulty into it and gives it its charm, Tawhiao is considering the advisability of throwing open Kawhia harbour. He has removed his settlement from from Hikuraugi to Kaipiha, near Alexandra. "I am leading a dog's life," lately remarked Mr Gladstone, according to " Truth." "Yes," replied Lord Houghton, who was standing near, "the life of a St. Bernard which is spent in saving the lives of others." New "York is to have a great sale oi property for unpaid taxes and arrears oi water-rent next October, the amount due on unpaid- taxes from 1870 to 1875 amounting to about £400,000, They want t\ Coun cillor Goldie in Tammany Hall. , A memorial volume of Marcus Clark's works edited by Messrs George A. Walstab, Garnet "Walch and B. T. Whitworth, is to be published for the benefit, of tbe widow. : The French crown jewels are to be sold in London. It is asserted that Mrs Macky is resolved on having the " regent" to pre sent to the Pope, while Mine. Blanc of Monaco wants it for her daughter,. Mine. Bonaparte. The 20,000,000 cinchona trees planted in Ceylon in 1880 are expected to yield in six years 10,000,000 pounds each year, but it is believed that the demand will fully_ keep up with the supply, so .that prices will not decline. False ears, says the London Lancet; are the new "fashionable adjunct" in Paris, and have already been noticed in the London drawing-rooms. They are described as "pearly" and "shell-like." The hair is allowed to cover the ugly things made by nature. The London ' Truth' says : Is,this,a fair bet? If I win, you are to keep me in chocolate creams for a year. • MiUd, I.like the pointed ones. If you win, 111 work you something. ■ There is a certain vagueness about that " something," though none as tqtthe .creams;, . : ; :•• i2l O

MINING NEWS.

m • ■..■'-1 Woods Point.—A.meeting of shareholders In the/Wood's, Point claim (Tpkatea) was held yesterday at Mr Randerson's offloo, when it was decided to form a company under the Joint Stock' Companies Act, 1860, to be oalle'd the Wood's Polat Gold Mining Company (Limited), with a capital of £5,000 In 10.000 shares oMOa eaoh, nil paid up. Messrs Stephens, Coombea. Fisher, Hiokson, and Parks were elected directors; and Mr J. H, Randerson, secretary. The rnlnn is situated near the Colonial and' Hope olaiins (Tokatea), and a lode is already in hand in which gold is visible, aud from whioh picked stone has been obtained. Work will be con tinued without delay. VJ ' f Nbw Goldkm Pah. —The work la .being carried on as fast as possible in the mine. KOiut level (east drive) is being continued. Ground is good for driving. I hope to report with the Neptune root shortly. Golden Bt*k.—l am still driving ahead; in main drive and cross-cutting in foot wall. The lode in main drive still keeps the same, but no gold shewing. There ia a small leader come in on the foatwali of main* lode from two to four inohes thick. It will junotlon with main lode further,ahead, when I trust it will make gold. In the cross-out a new lode is shewing in floor of drive. I have not got through it Ithasavery flat.underlay. The stone broken out is well mineralised by the time if is out through. I hope to see gold in it. The country is veryhara ana the lode hard to break.—Henry Cowk I Moanataiari.—Bo-feet level, nerth-east cross cut and east from shaft; The leader at this point is from two <o three inohes thick and of a pro mising character, though somewhat disordered at present; it has yielded some nice gold-bear ing stone this week. The leader on the opposite bido of crosscut has been oat off by means of a cross course, and we are now trying to find it on the other side of this. All Nations leader: 80 ---teet level west of shaft: We are cleaning np and repairing the old drive, with a view of proving the leader ia the vicinity of the main slido. A large block of ground is standing ia this quarter, from the eighty feet to tuunel level, whioh should be worked. No. 3 footwall leader: In driving west of tunnol level no material change has taken plaoe, and the same remark will apply to the rise at this level. Operations here will be suspended after to-day, until the parcel of quartz now on hand is tested. Tunnel level. No, 3 stones: There are two loaders here, besides some small stringers : these together will average four Inches ■in tbiokness. The hangingwall leader produced some good pioked stone yesterday; the country at present is all we could desire for gold. 132 ---feet level, No. 3 slopes: There are four branch leaders here, varying in width from two to six inohes. They are also of different quality. Two have, however, shown good strong colours" of gold when broken. Morning Star section, 50 ---feet level: The oross-out h»s been driven 20,feot this week, through a light.class of country, yery little could be done without powder for some shifts, but the gronnd has become easier again, I think we are'now very neqr ihe main slide, and next week we shall open out on one or two of the leaoers intersected.—JohV W. Vivian. Old Caledonian,—There is very little change to report generally in the mine. No. 1 level, oast drive, has been driven U feet this last 'fortnight, wittt no chxnge of consequence The west drive has been driven six feet only with the same result. The rise has been risen 101 feet for the fortnight. Still on the bang intr wall of No. 2 reef. Shall not break into it until I get up some 10 or 50 feet. Clearing out of cross cut from old stopes progressing very slowly, I have crushed six loads of quartz from the under hand stopea. Young American leader, for the poor yield of sdwts per load—no good—also six bads from winze No. 3 level, got some time ago, only yielding 7dwt. per load; one load from the eader in the oross-out now clearing out, for I3dwis., and two loads from the east drive, No 1 level which yielded 3ozs. of retorted gold; but I think there has been a mixture of the different parcels, and this latter yield cannot be reliedon. lam now engaged break'ag out another trial1 from here to ascertain its correctness. If this should prove correct, we have something worth whilo.-T.-Bi;HioKS.' ■' . I

"ANCIENT IRELAND."

—, « ■ -- LORD ABBOT ALUOCK'S LECTURE. Lord Abbot Alcock, 0.5.8-, delivered a lecture last evening on "Ancient Ireland" iv the Choral Hall, in aid of the Newton Church Building Fund, and before one of thalargest audiences ever assembled within the building. It was thronged to excess, and after eight o'clock it was impossible to obtain within its limits even comfortable standing room. The Very Rev. H. J. Fynes, Vicar-General, presided; and the following clergymen were also present, viz., Revs. Fathers Downey, Walter Macdonald, O'Sullivan, O'Hara, Kiordan, and O'Gara. A Committee of Stewards undertook the business management of the affair, and at tended to the comfort of the audience. The proceedings were opened with the execution of a pianoforte solo by Miss Flood, and by the rendering of the well-known song, "The Dear Little Shamrock," by Mr O'Sullivan. The Rev. Chairman then introduced the lecturer of the evening in a few well-chosen remarks. > •The Lord Abbot was received with cordial applause. He said that he did not deem any apology necessary for the choice lie had made of a subject to lecture upon, and although it was doubtless right that he should apologise for venturing to treat of matters so difficult, yet'he did not intend to do anything of the sort, for he purposed to do his best, and England, they knew, ex pected no more from any man. (Applause.) Therefore, without further preamble, he would plunge into his discourse. Ancient Ireland shared the obscurity in which the early history of her sister country was enshrouded. It was clear, however, that; in the remotest ages the Celtic race were engaged in pastoral avocations, and that they were,' as now, characterised by >j an exuberant Eaiety of manner, a daring recklessness of life, and a chival rous devotion to their native land. Their dress was somewhat similar to that now peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders, while their weapons were various, conspicuous amongst the collection, however, being, a cudgel, iwielded by one hand—suggestive of the more modern shillilagh.1' (Laughter.) The early Irish, were"' musical,people, and they had an admitted, pre-eminence.i-.in performances upon the harp. . In illustra tion of this national passion for music and songs, an anecdote was related of Moderda, a character bearing some resemblance to the scriptural David, who was converted to Christianity 'through being attracted to v monastery by the sweet songs of the priests. The Danish incursions did something , ; to ; reduce a thea £>flfarh'e, and to lessen the prosperity of Ireland. Her schools became Jew generally resorted to, the arts declined, and the con* lent'of the country wasndisturbed. ■•■ As an illustration of her condition in that time, an interesting passage was read:!from.i,an ancient M.S.. written,, by..-a. Benedictine monk in 1080 and preserved in an Italian monastery. After a JerVid eulogy upon Naples, near which this monastery ~is situated, .the lecturer proceeded to ;enlarge "upon the/, deeds .of the.first Irish Apostles. It was wonderful, he said, what the much-decried lazy and' idle monks did in those day's for, their' fellow-countrymen, and for the world.in general. Besides.dis charging their religious duties, they were' the teachers of agriculture to the people,' arid their nights were spent-in, the! scrip-* iorium, inditing those, precious records which were the only lights that we now had to* relieve -the obscurity of ..that, far' away' age. : , The'island was-,: then divided into five kingdoms, governed by their own kings, whp, for national pur purposes, owned allegiance to an Ard-righ or chief king, and each, kingdom contained, many; opulent and' populous cities' and' industrious populations. St., Patrick'was, tbe'most illustrious of the firsi apostles, and from hisfollowing of Welsh and British priests, " he' chose, his 35 bishops. St. David', the.tutelary saint of ■' Wales, was the son of an Irishwoman, and he built upon the point of land nearest to Ireland ~that, monastery which had given to the VeU" known' promontory the name of St. David's Head. To these.monks ot St. Patrick was due the introduction of bees into Ireland, and by the -encouragement which they gave to, painting, architecture, sculp ture , and literature, they raised the island to that proud position which she enjoyed at that1 period of iher history. Monastic cities were formed throughout the land, and they became toe-centres of en lightenment aud civilisation, the abodes of art, the repositaries of > learning and the sanctuaries of piety, from which the rest of the country derived its benefits arid im bibed its lessons of peace and progress. An interlude occurred at this stage of the lecture, thus affording tlie opportunity of further varying the proceedings with music. Mr Edwards sang "Killarney," in his best style, and in response to a very hearty encore, repeated the last stanza,1 while Miss Slattery contributed;" Kathleen! Mavourneen.". ■ •,....: ; The Lord Abbotin resuming his remarks^ passed on: to treat of Ki. 'Columbo' or Coluinbkill (as he is variously called); a scion of the regal house of O'Neil, the gallant race. which had maintained, during cbrituries so determined a island against Plautaganet, -Tudor, and Stuart aggression. r His life wsb, associated witli the niost beautiful Irish legends." He jre ceived his rudimentary .. education, in -an Irish monastery, and beforehe'died 35 mon astic institutions acknowledged him- as jtheir founder., Most of thorn were situated iHthe midst, of.vast, oak forests, but the" saint's favourite one was at Deny, [to i which .place Columba was greatly attached, as much of his poetry evidenced. The flight of Columbkill from Ireland in consequence of his dispute"' 'with King Diarmid, his excommunication^ by the Irish bishops, and his forgive ness on • condition that he ' converted as many Pagans to Christianity as of Irish men his' recalcitrancy had caused to be slain were described in a' graphic and pic turesque manner. The sentence of banish-, pent prbhouncedVupon! the Saint was "not withdrawn, and with patient zeal he there fore applied himself to the evaugelisation of Scotland and-the adjacent isles. -The'lec turer, digressing for a few minutet>, entered into al'vivid arid eloqueut; descrfptiinjof Scottish coastal scenery at-,.th.e\,time to which he" was: referring. It: was listened to with evident enjoyment, and a hearty round 'of'"approbation marked 'ita'-'cTose. Resuming the thread of .his narrative, His Lordship went on .to say:—A voluntary' exile at the age of 42, Cdlumbkill, with his twelve companions, set up his habitation at Iqna, v and on .that now. famousr^ock established the;.mission .which achieved the glorious work of Christianising a savage people. His days and nights were'passed in yearnings for his beloved Erin, as hia poetic remains' amply attested, but his aspirations, did not stay or impede his labours.'" .The ruins of 58 _'..churches, built by hirnin Scotland alone, proved his labo'rib'usness and zeal. To these self denying exertions and the hard life which he led, he was impelled by force of necessity. His family was noble, and had he chosen he might have .ledA life of luxurious ease. .; He was related to .the chiefs' of. Argyleshire, from whom, Her ~Majesty was.; lineally descended, for the Highlanders and the Irish were brethren of the' same "race; The Queen was the representative/ and:.-.the descendant,,of (r the O'Neilla,, ,the Stuarts, and the 'Royal"Saxon" House. They would i-therefore join him :in:: saying "God save the Queen, and give ,her ..-.a... prosperous and happy, life;" After stating somefarther-particularS con cerning Columbktll- and his. labours, and giving a touching accpiint of his peaceful death, His Lordship concluded -by saying fjhat the object of the lecture had been to lay before the audience reminiscences of Irish history taken, not from romance, but from reliable authorities, and his aim in all thab he had said had been to state succinctly such of the facts as might be new to most of his hearers. If he had succeeded in say ing anything which someone of their num ber had not heard before, or if he had contrived to say aught that had entertained and amused, he was sufficiently recompensed for any trouble he had taken. ' The lecturer resumed his seat amidst general, applause. 1 Miss Swarm then sang "Child ofi'Mis fortune" with' great expression, and in response^o an emphatic recall supplemented itiwitluin equally' sweet songj viz., "Be lieve :.'me, if. all those Endearing' !Young Charms." i Mr OwenMahon then, on behalf of the- Newton Church Committee," returned, thanks for the generous patronage of the public, after which" Miss; Flood executed with consummate taste and skill upon the harp the familiar air " The.Barp that Once through Tara's Halls." The choir con tributed "Let Erin Remember the Days of Oldt'.' 0 and the singing, of the National Anthem brought the entertainment to a close. Thechoir,. which tendered such ac ceptable service in the course of the evening, was composed of Misses Lynch, Lonergan (2), Slattery, and Swaun, and Messrs Ryan, Edwards and O'Sullivan, while Miss Boylau accompanied very effectively on the piane.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Independence Beige" says the Jewish troubles have been excessively exaggerated. Where 100 Jews are reported massacred, one has been so disposed of, and the loss of the.i.Qdessa., Israelites <instead of:■,being; 1 millions has been a few thousands.

CABLEGRAMS.

(.Redtbe's telbgkams.] • Coercing the House of Lords.— Vreation of New Peers. LONDON, August 29. An official gazette issued to-day contains the following amongst other announce ments:—Marquis of Tweedale and Lord Keay (Peers of Scotland), and Earl Howth (an Irish Peer), has been created Peers of Parliament, and will thus take seat* in .the '§, House of Lords. Sir William Vemon * Harcourt Horns Secretary), Sir FrederjiJc JoUnstone (M.P. for Weymouth), Sir D. 0. Majorbanks (M.P. for Berwick), .and Mr Lupton (sic) have been raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ........... MOKJS DISASTROUS EARTH QUAKES. CONSTANTINOPLE August 29.; Intelligence has been received that sev eral severe shocks of earthquake have been experienced at Tchesnie,_ a maritime yi]. lage in Asia Minor opposite the Island of Chio, -which suffered so severely from similar visitations in April last. :The shocks felt at Tchesme have been moat disastrous great destruction ot property ac-. companiedlby loss of life having resulted,

AUSTRALIAN.

MOKE SMALL-POX. " SYDNEY, Monday. Several more fresh cases of small-pox have been reported to the authorities to-day. A second batch of small-pox patients were liberated from the quarantine station to day. ■ ' ■ ■ SYDNEY, Tuesday. . Arrived, last evening, Pacific Mail Steam ship City of New York, from Auckland. . ■ ""!' THE ENGLISH CKICKETERS. BRISBANE," Tuesday.; % The Queensland Cricket Association, at ' a meeting last night, resolved that it was unable to arrange'for a' visit of the English '; team upon the > terms, proposed by Mr Conwayi; but, at the same time, it is willing to.dp all in its power to assist the, team if they come on their own responsibility. ADELAIDE WHEAT. MARKET; ' ...,,.,„,. ,V. ADELAIDE,.August.^9, t . ■Wheat has been sold to-day at ss. Bd, bat holders are'asking higher prices. <:< .••■«■>

ACCLIMATISATION' SOCIETY.

A-'speciAl. meeting or the Council of the above was held in the Museum yesterday afternoon ■ lor tbe. purpose'of considering'a memorial'signed by, nineteen memberg^of the Society," asking that the jale^ of '■'the birds, animals, and plants at the gardens should be postponed. Mir Bull occupied the chair; and there were also present: flig Worship the Mayor, Messrs JET. Brett, J. Russell, T. B, Hill, Macke'chnie, Burtt, Hughes, and Pond;',,,,' ."-."_.,''.', Mr Mackechnie said that oh Saturday, finding that many members of the Society were desirous that the projected sale should be postponed, he drew up a memorial to the Council to that, effect. He presented the memorial, saying that the nineteen signa tures was a'large number out of a total of : .d about sixty members, """especially considered that a number resided in the country and in suburbs which- had-precluded him from seeing them..; He then moved a resolution to the effect that the sale be postponed for two months, and that, in the meantime, I the plants lie returned to the ground. [The signatures, tp the memorial were as follow': :: '—Messrs.; W.%AtKin, R. C. Barstow, H. ■ i Brett. T. Buddie, J. L. Campbell, J. M. ; Clark i; .-A. i Clark, S; Coombes, D.-iBS , Cruickshank, D. Goldie, B. Ireland;.^. i Ireland, H. IT. Lußk,-K."1 A, Mackechnie, S. Morrin L. D. Nathan, Porter and Co., J. ■B.'Whitaker.'ktid Till:' White.] ? 1; Mr T. B. Hill seconded, saying if he had i been asknd he would have had much plea sure in signing the memorial. If the sale ! went on they would never hear the end of it. Besides, the gardens were greatly .appreciated by/the country people, and, if ; the country districts and the town were j property . canvassed,. ..there, would be no i difficulty iii finding funds.. y ■,;/•.•'.v.'v't I Mr burtt said the Society was one of the 'best abused in the province. The public ; were always ready to condemn them, but !they never-got the slightest credit for the i they had done to the country in intro ; during insect-destroying birds. Only now idid they hear expressions of regret that ithe Society should go to the wall, bat, as. coaches could" -.hot gd j';withput ..''wktiMir,' jneither could' they "get' along "without ■money.,, . The Chairman went at some length into .the .cause's .which led; ; to tne proposal: 'to effect the sale being adopted. The motion had been proposed by Mr J. G.. Firth, a gentleman who took the greatest jinterest,,in jtho':Society, and had been adopted by a meeting of . ; subacriberß,i jthere being only two dissentients. .(This 'year there was a deficiency of-' £180 in (licenses alone, and he could not see how jth.eynw.ere. to : keep on .the gardens and icarry out their legitimate sphere of useful? jness ; it was not only a matter of spending jmoney—it was a matter of going into debt. He suggested that the gardens !might be kept open by the City Council orj Domain Board, aud concluded with .i:, reference' io the unbusinesslike nature of jthe course proposed. -,-■"... • I Mr, Hughes spoke against the motion,* pointing' out that the business of the Society ■ was;iidt to ,crow roaes to be looked at acd, admired, but to introduce plants that would,: be of some economic value to the country,,,, ; :Mr Brett'thought that the Society, .ffaia mainly kept up by the ornamental side of the garden, as from it they obtained £70 or £80 per annum . from.... visitors,-'; and £100 per annum from' subscribers, He felt sUfei^ 100 new subscribers •Cpnld] bej'jobiained,,v in,'! Queen-street if!'.',tne was""properly representecl, .H'eihads. po'ide'acat .last'meeting that it was prti-, pp'sßS^v?i6^dißVoso''l6f;'^he rplaiits, oian3i l ' % )li^' tnought':" it"would'",b'e.un'wiFe to .sellj tijtes animals^ -as Iheyviwouldjinot-rgalise more £5, whereas if they kept them they would'toing: IS a reTenue of £20 a-year '; Mr" Hill considered thafit would "be an act'^of -yan'dalis'm/ bid \vould like 1 to know when! it!.was decided PDI.^'1 •■•■••■• -■■ ■---'■- _. j- ii ,j, ; . i j j The Chairman said the sale was agreed" to at a meeting .of. subscribers, at which Mr Hijl was present. "'.-',' . aSJ I Mr Kuesell spoke against the motion, sayingl that' the ,_ money' devoted to' the! Gardens was a misappropriation of funds. 1 Mr Mackechoie having .replied, briefly, the resolution was put >to the meeting.* Four voted for it and four against, butjt' was'lost through the' Casting vote of the , Chairman. - ... ~;, , s , •.;,;. Wi «ita^[ ! Mr Hill asked that the names be taken down, which the Chairman, after a slight dernur, assented to., For the. postponement: Mackechnie, ' Clark, Brett, ana Against: Russell, ;Pond, Burtt, an 3?' Hughes. ; ' ' \ ', I ,8 Q J :.; ■ ;l ' H V. :

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Befofeß. C.^arstow, Esq.; R.M.) * I At Death's Door—Mary Ann Blddiok, was callertto answer a charge of drankennesa ontha Wharf, on the 21st inst; prisoner did not appear. Mr Pardy ; stated that the woman was still suf fering in the Hospital from injuries received by • tailing Into the water while In a state of intoxi cation.— Adjonrnod until to-morrow. ~,. ... I Dklirium Tkkmkns Mnggie Vare, oharged with habitual drunkenness, was still suft'erinK from delirium tremens in the hospital, and un able to be removed. I Asking a Husband.—Elizabeth Driscollwas called to answer to a charge of assaulting her husband Daniel, and striking him on the leg with an American axe.—The particulars of this case appeared last evening,—The woman said she wanted to leave the town, and the case was adjourned for the purpose of giving her an opportunity of clearing out; bat, rs she was not quite prepared, a further remand until Thursday was granted. ,' I A Cup op Mocha. — Mary Storey -.via,. charged nnder the Vagrant Act with using dis gusting and abominable language last night in Queen-street—Prisoner denied the charge, or, at least; she had roTecoUeotlon of it.—Mr Pardy explained, and' Constable Bowman'put in a paper containing the words whioh he heard the prisoner make use'of.—Prisoner still denied the charge; she. simply, .went, into the .'.Frisco, . restaurant for, a cup of Cox's mocha, and was insulted br BtJfne low■" fellah'" there.—Samuel Cox, restaurant keeper, said prisoner came into his house at mjdhight and ordered supper: she seemed quiet.: bat i after being served with coffee he heard a row in the compartment were prisoner was sitting. Prisoner Was threatening to put a knife into a mari'STieart, who screamed with.terror. Prisoner's tongue.rose,high. ~He ordered the waiter to pat the woman out. He roplied ''No fear: rod had better do it ybiirsolf. governor." He (Mr Uox) then put her out, but with > much'..fliffioblty. . On Kettine outside she swore and used,the language of tbeim'orma tioh—The Court imposed a fine of 10s orl4 days. | Charge of Stealing Cigahs.- Jonn Murphy and Patrick Smith were charged with stealing cigar?, value 16s on the 29th met., the property of Amos Clarke.—Mr Pardy said there were other boys connected with the thelt and the selling of these oigars. The boys were offering them at Id each, end as they were worth 6d each suspicion was aroused and the boys were arrested.—Remanded until Friday, I This was all tbo busines.

< George Warner, the billiard room lessee, who was reported in our Friday .evening's * as ne to be suffering from scarlet, ferer in lie jf.wpital, is rapidly^ approaching 6 nvalesence. ' His case was a bad one.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.



"Special Advertisements. JT .A *M O /^l O A L. ,: ■ DBPOT: NBXT PUBLIC BATHS. OFFICE: No. 6, South British Instjranob Company. KAMO COAL . Is Dklivbrkd from depot ENTIRELY FREE PROM SLACK, Am> is (JoAHantkkd SUPERIOR TO NEWCASTLE FOR HOUSKHOMJ PURPOSES.



SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. Hand or Treadle, at will. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINjeS. Establishes over 30 years. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, The most approved in all countries SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES Have received 160 First-olass Medals. SINGEK'S SEWING MACHINES. The best for the family. Easiest to learn. CUNGER'S SEWING MACHINES, k3 The best for the Dressmaker; most durable. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, Best for the Tailor; sews rongest seams. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES, Best tor tho Bootmaker; light or heavy work. SINGBK.S SEWING MACHINES Sews finest muslins and heaviest cloths. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. An Economy in every Household. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. N w v Improvements without»cxtra cost. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES Will last a lifetime in constant work. CJINGER'S, SEWING MACHINES. kJ 10 per cent discount for cash. UINGER'S SEWING MACHINES >3 Easytorins. Within the means of thepoorest SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES.1 1 Kasy terms. No addition to the price. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES Will earn their cos s in a few months. SINGEPw'S SEWING MACHINES. Best terms to Wholesale Buyers. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. Write tor address of nearest Agent. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. Send for Price List to The SINGER Manufactdeing Company. No. 166a, Qneen-street, Auckland. SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES ■ Sales oxceo cLfGh Tmrmillion annually. SINGZR MANOTAOTOEY COMPANY|] ,r. have opened a Wholesale and Retail Depot, jl, Queenokland, , , ;.•.'■..;.,



Special Advertisements. IN OKDjER TO MAKE tiOOM 1 for ensuing season's goods, and to .reduce my >t,AKGK AND VARIED STOCK OF WOOLLENS, I bee to inform my numerous customers and thelgeneral publlothat I have decidad to REDUCE THE PRIDES BY TEN PER CENT. At the same time I wish to imply that evory Barment turned oat will be, as usual, under my pSalewervision, and, as heretofore, nothing bU Inhm a kinrtnifannounoement.l trust tore ceive an extra share of patronage, and to return thanks for past favours. H. L. POSSKNKSKIE, Merchant Tailor and Habitmakkr, SHORTLAND-STBEKT, AUCKLAND (Opposite South British Insurance Company). -rvISSOLUTION OJf PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership hitherto existing between us,' tho undorslKned, as Drapers and Clothiers, under tho name, style, or firm of "Rushbrook & Brititrmao," has this day been Dissolved by our mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on by W. K. Bridbman, who will pay all debts owing by the late firm, and to whom all debts owing to the late firm mußt be paid. Dated this 17th day of August, 1881. WM. RUSHBROOK. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN. Witness—William Thornk, Solicitor, Auckland. , Parties indebted to the late firm will please to settle their Aocounts as spoedily as possible.



pHEAP QASH jS ALEI WILLIAM K. BRIDGMaN Has some Very Cheap Lines— 2000 yds of good Dresa Material.s3d yd \ Half tlsual SOOOyfls at 6}d, BJd, 9fd, IOJd yd ) price Good Black Lustres at B}d, 9Jd, \\\. 13} d, Is 41d Good Black Silks at 2s 6Jd, 28 lid, 3a 3d, 3s 91-. Splendid value Cold Job Silks to be cleared at 2s lljd, 3s 9d White CaliQO3 from 23a. yd—Thesa are very cheap Grey Calicos from 2J4yd „ Largo stock of Blankets from 10a lid pair Nice Stook OF MELBOURNE CLOTHING for MKNS' and BOYS' WEAR. Splendid line GEELONG T WEKD TROUSERS and VEST3,22s 6d. ' TWEED, TROUBBRB, from sfl lid pair. | All Goods' Marked in Plain Red Figures At Greatly Reduced Prloos for Cash. WILLIAM K. BRIDUMAN, -' v ' ■■■'(Lateßushbrook& Bridgman), UPPER QUEEN-STREET. ipfi KA T "DEDUCTIONS 'Wintbr: Drapery. , ~.u i s i -m/TILNE AND QHOYOE. Are now Selling at Greatly Bkduoicd Prices BALANCE OF WINTER STOCK j of ■ • ■ :■■'■ • ■' •••• ; MILLINEKY, MANTTjES, JACKETS, ULSTERS, Skirts, Mantle and Ulster Cloths, , \! i Dbess Materials, Ladies' and Children's Costumes, r Hosiery, Fancy Wool Goods. ...^ ~... -JUST,TO HAND, ALL THE NEW EVENING SHADES IN r .- ''ivCOTTON SATTEENS. A tew lines of UNDERCLOTHINa EXCEEDINGLY CHEAP Remnants from all Departments. MILNE & CHOYCE, •' AUCKLAND.



• '• (^lothing Factory. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Which lor Superior Value and Excel lence justify the New Zealand Ci-othinq Factory being called the Criterion Kstabhshmbnt of New . ZEALAND. THK MEN'S AND BOYS1 CLOTHING. made from the Celebrated PRIZE MRDAL MOSGIKLTWEKDS, combine wonderfu.l wear-resisting qualities, with . • sterling value. The prodnotions for this season are pronounced i unequalled In Quality and.PmoEaiby any Goods we have yet offered to the New Zealand : Public. ! : : . : ! ' - The NwStock of HATS, SHIRTS,;" 7 TIHSB, BRACKS, HOSIERY, .COLLARS, PORTMANTEAUX, UMBRELLAS, RUGS,'&c., Is"'moat'comprehensive In variety, and will be found to satisfy the most fastidious tastes. (Auckland Bbanch : QUEKN - STREET (Opposite Theatre . ; t Royal), Irt .■..'. And at Albert-street, Thames. '■'"■'■ |. o-.',cri zauist} fJJiii J. FITZSIMOiirS,r :;/ Rranoh Manager. /^ARMCK AND U RAN WELL, \JF !;:>:■■ COMPLETE1 -! ■-' ! ::■"!>■•■ 'HOUSE FURNISHERSI "1';;:;.'';' CITY HA L I<v A B CAD E • ": QTJEEN-STREET« AUCKLAND, t 1 UABLIOK AND ! j Cranwbll's stock : « contains a very > © , y extensive :.choice I Si & of Furniture, of. '°w * English. Amerir : Kg gg can, Italian, and ' 'O Oj ' '■■■'■ U Colonial manufac ' 55M oO^ tare', and is Bold at ! *&%#*. VFURNITOREWtha lowest possible S *;<j« price consistent !wi HW i ';,.•....... -with' durability t>§ (U and good taste; I w «o and they respeot i <1 j fully invite en in ! OS O V I i i" i fPsotion of their. ! B tj ». •■ a 0W Booms from I Q those about to fur ,ax)Jxa . . vnisnv " 'J""; •\ / A'Beautifnl Lot Bft? i ■-•..■.■)■ ■|of< Drawing-room I SSh CARPETS, jUBt nfi."lKEH3sl ' landed.of the most ZfcsiOma. ~•,.,- I fashionable > da agF-iOpSW I slgns,andcertainly SSispJ-OAMBTS -i^»iS £a-§<i§M ders,3/B;Taiießtry, (a^W^SB ' 2ttl: variousotber > v •• Main. Handsome ; Hntn " Borders for Car feM , -, pets, Hearth Rugs, ; : a ') I < ■ ■ made to matoh."' ' /^AKLICKi & OK4NWELL keep a \DT Large Stock of Floor Cloths for Halls. Rooms and Offices. Linoleum, all widths, at lowest prices. /"I ARLICK & CRANWELL keep" a VX Great Variety of Austrian Bentwood Furniture, and American Cane Chairs. Whole sale and Retail. .... ' -- WE allow a DISCOUNT of FIVE PEE Cent, on Furniture, Carpets, and Floor cloths, for Cash Payments. BEDDING, all sizes, of our own manu facture, kept ready for Delivery.. .., , JJIURNITURE/ 'and all other Goods, Jj delivered Free in Town, and Book Cata logues sent to Intending Furnishers on ap plication. fV ARLICK & CRANWELIi- keep "an \JT immense assortment of Iron Bkdbtkads. FDRNISH YOUR HOUSE From the CITY HALL ARCADE, '" " '' GARLICS & CRANWELL, 1 Proprietors, CABINBT3IAKBIMI AND , UPHOLBTBSERa |



) "TO" INK 8 & IT A I, L, Wholesale and Retail oabinktmakerß and upholsterers, and carpet warehousemen, shortland-street, Beg to inform the Piiblio that they have Opened their New Wakehotjsb' ' WITH A SPLEJfDID ASSORTMENT FURNITURE, „ Ibs Latest Novbltibb, and The Newest Designs. Their stock of CARPETS, for Variety, Quality, and Price has never been surpassed in Auckland, i ..... j ... ... «.-» A large assortment of LINOLEUM and FLOOR CBOTHB in all widths. : ■ ( ul UATTINGSi MATS, and RUGS in great' 1 variety. ■ : Ihe,Newest and Latest Patterns in Cretonnes' | ' and Trimmings. Silk and Worsted Reps, Gotelelnes, Tapestry,* aridDamaskCoverinps.. .; ■■_■• ... Cloth and Tapestry Table Covers. Lace, Net, and Muslin Curtains. A large and well-assorted Stock of all the Keweßt Patterns in Toiletware. Agents for the Iron Venetian Blinds—"The Blind of the Period." These are the only perfect blinds made. The Largest Stock' of Brass and Iron BED STKADS and COTS in New Zealand to choose from. A "nSIuL a^prtnJent of Dolly Varden Dorm T^weV?K e> »*■«* Table Linen,, ■> < loweis, Toilet Covers. &c &o- WINKS,& a ALL, SHOBTLAHD-STBakT.