SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mm- w a thr IThla Evening, 3.57 , HIGH WATER| To . morrow Morning, 4.23 SUNSET.—This Evening, 5.52 SUNRISE —To-Morrow Morning, 5.51 MOON' 3 AGE.-Now Moon, 23rd. 11.33 P.m.

ARRIVALS.

satorday evknin'G. Venus, ketch, Regan, from Morcury Bay YHSTERDAY- Zoalanois, P.M. s.s., Chevalier, from San Fran cisco _ Glenelg. s.s,, Stephenson, fromTouranga Roderick Dhu, brisantine, Robertson, from Oamaru ... Marion, schooner. Short, from Niene L'zzie Guv, briganttno, Stevens, from Oamaru. fiwordflsh.briifantine.Horsburg. from Lyttelton Gem, sohooner, Pearso, from Tairua. TO-DAY. Rlngarooma, s.s. Cuatfield, from Southern ports. Cami_e, brigantine, Oraig, from Lyttelton.

DEPARTURES.

* - YESTERDAY. Tauranga, schooner, Dunn, for Noumea Zealandia, P.M.s.s.. Chevalier, for Sydney

IMPORTS.

Por Marion, from Nleuo-21 bales, 172 bags cotton, 25 boles and 78 bass fungus, 15 bales fibre, 12 tons copra, 75 kits orrowroot. Per Camille, from Lyttelton-2821 Books barley, 82 sacks beans, 1362 sacks wheat, 1092 sacks and 920 bogs flour. Per Lizzie Guy. from Oamaru-.1000 bags Wheat, 72 bigs and 1 ton potatoes, 4 keg 3 nails, 1 tou copper, 3 kegs butter. Per Swordflah, from Lyttelton — 783 Books potatoes, 500 sacks wheat, 220 sacks flour, 1140 bags flour, 1265 paling*. ■ Per Roderick Dhn from Dunedin—72s sacks oats. 771 saoks wheat, 48 sacks pollard, 10 hhds. alo, 90 sooks oatmeal, 652 saoks flour, 10 saoks pearl barley. 'Per "Zeolandia" from San Francisco ond Honolulu-50 boxes fish, 35 flasks quioksllver. 1 box castings, 1 ca3o seeds, 9 saoks barley, 660 oases apples, 50 coses onions, 1 bales broom corn. 1 oaso wlro, 100 cases salmon. 50 boxoß dried fruits, 2 packages rake material, 1 case aamplo boxes, 1 box clocks. 2 bales clothing, 1 pnekago printed mattor, 6 cases books, 1 oase shoes, 2 oases drugs, 16 cases merchandise, 1 package rubber stamps, 11 parcels sundries, 2 cases borax, 8 packages sundries.—Total 1010 packages.

Per Ringaroomn from Melbourne—l9oo mats and 520 p*okages sugar, 80 bags rico. 10 drums oil, 100 bars iron, 12 plates iron, 324 boxes and 123 hal -ohetts teo, 6 *ogs paint, 2 cases plants, 14 casks zinc, 2 qr-oosks wino, 18 packages sun dries.—From Hobart—l6 caso3 fruit, 15 bogs potatoes 120 Oises jam, 1 case leather. From Bluff—loo sacks Hour, 7 hhds beer. From Dunedin—2l boxes tin plate?, 2 casks zinc, 15 boles wool-packs, 130 paokaees sundries. From jLyttolton—l cases baoon. 6 cases hams, 5 kegs sausage sMn3. 6 ash planks, 10 reels wire, 12 packages sundries. From Wellington—s cases cheese. 3 pair axles, 2 horses, 11 kegs butter, 22 Backs horns, 5 telegraph poles, 35 cases meats. 2 cases galvanised iron. 4 kegs shot, 15 cases sundries. From Gisborne—6o bogs maize, 25 bales hoy, 21 hides, 2 boxes butter.

Inwards Coastwise.—Sovereign of the Seas. from Triphena, with 35 tons firewood, 8 head oattle; Ven.s, from Meroury Bay, with 30,000 feetr timber; Naoy, from Thames, with 16,000 feet sawn timber; Dream, from Tairua, with > 23.112 feet timber; Kangatira, from Barrier, ":'/ , with 50 tons firewood; Four Slaters, from Mata kuna, with 37 tons firewood; Totara, from Port Charles, 30.300 feet timber; Opotiki, from Opo tlkl, with 216 sacks maize, 5 pigs; Lizzie, from Whangapoua, with 28,000 feet timber; Gem, from Tairna, with 23,000 foot sawn timber. Ootwards Coastwise.—Sovereign of the - Seas, for Trypnena; Norval, for Resell; Rangatira. for Omaha; Four Sisters, for Mahu rangi; Totara, for Port Cnarles. '■ The schooner Marion arrived from Nieue yesterday. Passenger: Mr H. G. Carr. The ship Hermione "cleared at the Customs foe Napier to day. ' The brigantine Bannockbura Captain Lamb, left Melbourne for Wnikato, New Zealand, on Sept 3, with a cargo comprising 180 tons bone dust. The brltrantine Anthems has been purchased J)7 Messrs Kennedy Bros, of Greymouth. The b.b. Rowena was to have left at S p.m. to-day for Opunake, via Waitara and New Ply month. The sohooper Gieborne makea her maiden trip to Poverty Bay, for which port she cleared - at the Customs to-day with a largo general cargo. Bhe is in charge of Mr John H. Skinner. Passenger—Mr B. Walker. The s.B. Lalla Kookh arrived at an early hour thia morning from Waitara,with two passengers —Messrs Piosserand Hoby—and the following cargo:—2o head cattle, 121 sheep, 1 dray, 1 plough, 12 packages butter, and X ton sundries, She returns thither to-morrow. ' Mr O. Bailey discharged all the men engaged ; on the new ferry boat this morning, owing to a dispute which has arisen as to the planking re quired. Mr Brown who was appointed to super- Intandthe work, has taken exooption to the sflza of planks i EOiand work has been suspended until some settlement is arranged. The' cutter Muriel capsized near the hulk ]Va"tha at Taurangn, on fcranday afternoon last, Mr Martin and another person who was witb him in the boat, managed to gat into the dingy and came safe to shore. At low water the Muriel was high and dry. and ehe was easily floated off with the returning tide. The brigantine Camil'o arrived from Lyttetoi this morning, having left that port on the 10th, Experienced light S.E. winds /or the first thre« days, then had a heavy f ,W. gale for tairtj hours, since when till arrival fine weather, ' Passengers :—Mrs Craig and 2 children. Tht Camilla loads here for New York. Thos.s. Glenelg arrived from Tauranga yes terday with the following passengers :—Miai , Pension, Mossrd White, Sibbin. Croxton. Sims, Braund, Whiteside, Webster, Bnrgoss. Menzie, O'Connor, Mackay, Ansley.Biggs, Keale, Daore, Bindon, Henderson, Brain,Campbell, McQechie, Brabant, Medcalfe, White, Stuart, F. Wrigley, J. Wrigley, and 6 steerage. The 8.8. Hawea arrived bom the South at 7.3 C • ■■> a.nau yesterday with 23 packages bnttor, 9 cases . mineral waters, I horse, 56 packages sundries, and the following passangers :—Miss Cleghorn, Mm Pore and servant, Mrs Owen, Mr and Mrs Alexander, Messrs Wright, Engel, De La Mare, JDr Harvey and 5 steerage. She returned Soutt at 4 5 p.m. with Col. Lyon, Mesara Ackerman Jrodale, Naunun, Hunter, Watson, Touch Keeley, Rigby, Frazer and Atkinson as passen gerj, and liiii cases and packages sundries, and 2z9 bags Bcgl&h mail for all ports. -- The schooner yacht Asteroid, which is on t trip round the world, is now at Melbourne '; She is under command of Mr J. H. Burton -..who is also her owner, and is accom : panied in his trip by Messrs Deacon ant and Littleda'e, two of his f lends. The vesse: visited numerous places in the Mediteranear and the eastern parts of the world. The cruise „ commenced in August 1880, and the first place . ■'" touched at was Gibraltar. When the cruising through the Meditteranean was concluded the vessel was towed through the Suez Canal, nex( . visitecT various eastern nort?, and men came or : to Australia. After the round of these colonies has been made she will proceed to New Zea land. The Asteroid is one of tho Royal Mersej Yacht Squadron. The s.a. Ringarooma arrived from Southen ports at 10 a.m. to-day. We are indebted to the purser for late files, passenger list, &c, and the ■'■;, following report:—"Tha Ringarooma lefl . Sandrldge on the 7th at 2.45 p.m. Called al Hobart and Southern ports, having experienced strong W. wincls-from Melbourne to the Bluff up coast variable weather. Passengers: Misses Dpn, Fee, Cionsdale (2), Badbam, Fairbnrn Townley, Carroll, Mesdames Sower. Townley !■;■';■ Messrs Baker, Bull, Btarkey, Hive, Wood Battray, Hill, Leonard, Cotton, Lintatt, Sunder, Seat. Johnston, Dargaville, Adair, Spead 1 Bradley, Lewis, Moir. The cutter Leah had a very narrow escape from wreckage recently, as will be seen from the following, which we o'ip from the "B. P, Times ":—" The Leah, after discharging a carer. of timber at Ohiwa, set sail, with a fair wind, for Opotiki. but when on the bar the wind com: pletely died away, leaving her to the mercy ol a heavy surf. This surf drove the vessel foi ; upwards of a mile until at last she came into * blind channel, where the anchor was dropp'ai ana a good hold obtained. During the time t£ vessel waa in the surf the seas broke half n«uj - . hign, and the decks were swimming in w&taj i-"'from end to end. Captain Ramsey and nil two men, after making everything as se , cure as possible, and lashing the small caller on to the deck, had to go below to pro vent themselves being washed. overboard Captain Ramsay says he never thought so smali a vessel could have stood so heavy a sea A light breeze springing up when in the blind channel, they got way on the vessel again bui there was not sufficient water for them to set ont, and the vessel was washed on to the beach the hawse pipe being tora away, and the night ■ heads broken. The tiller handle was also .. washed overboard, but this they managed to recover. When the sea moderated the Leah was got into the main channel again and i over hauled, and her stern which was somewhat r damaged was re-caulked.

ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S.S. ZEALANDIA.

Tho R.M. b.B. Zealandia arrived from San Francisco and Honolulu at 7 a.m. yesterday. We aro indebted to Mr R. Macd«nald, purser for late flies, eta. and following report :—August 28th (Sunday) 2.15 t>.m. lef&P.M. b.b. Co.'s Wnaifc : Saff iCrancisco; discharged pilot at 3.39 pus.* arrived at Honolulu Sept, 4, 10, a.m., ana laf> .- attain at 5.40 p.m.; Bißhtqd Great Barrier 18t>i' 0.30 a.m,, and stopped t pr Auckland pilot at 6id a.m.; received DUot on board at 8.25 a.in Steaming time, San. Francisco to Honolnln « flayß 18 hours 21>minnte3; atoaming time Hono lulu, to Aiackland, 12days 11 hours 45 minutes . detention at Honolulu, 7 hours 40 minutes ■ time San Francisco to Auckland, 19 days 13 hours Ib minutes, weather moderate and fine durlntr 1 the vdyage, with the exoeption of 11th, 12th, 13tb when strong head winds and sea were met with' Passenßerafor Auckland (saloon)—Mm Gay anr 1 * child, Mrs T. T. Gamble, Misses Gay- Wrt ' ■ ; Woods, Mesara W. k. Newman, J. BL Ton »v X, H. Wake, H. Clayton, L. Harris. A. B. r .^ lop, Ackerman, Tohloherne, and Master T < • Jl . Wi^)! fetearagel-Mrs Sheasbyaidohili',^ , Porter. Mesara Qeo. Ewing, Wm. Bwinp irvl fiarratt, John Porter, F. Sheasby. J. ■ i' ? obt •a. K,MoMannus, J. H. Josdale. X B in Thoa. Watson.and Master Gay «). Pas- ™?™*?/, Sydney-Mr Mollneanx and wife. 11^ 18*01 1 and \rite. Mr Weir and wife, Mr A' I**L^SP 1 and 2 boss, Misses Donovan, and *mSi!£^ ' dames MoQuira and S childrer / SfT'M 68; ohUd, Messrs Moßean, Grs pSSIfS?.] :Koniiok,;Morsely, Holdswo ■■£*' v™£%2£ r' I Oieae; Sohuttaler, Thiele, Bc-j.V& v^ om,^' fflV nfylnefafioV • &&2E&?EB SBWp&iiho^ ye S te ritoSkth a e?of towing paßßengera )T froTjj^'ucklind ?- Mrs N

THE TAINUI RUNS DOWN THE ENTER PRISE NO. 2.

donrtdem'ole surprise waa manifested yester nay morning when the Enterprise No, 2 was dis ;oovereajiaU-way under the Wbarf, with hep fore-mast snapped shert off by the deck anal ■having .apparently Buffered connlderabte farther damage. It Bppeara that about m am. yesterday, the Enterprise was lyinir In h OT ÜBtjal herth, when the fforth Shore Bterf wS5i?iSSS vlSi in fom the direction of • stayea, a pile -was carriedawar nnfl .i,f otlld bs on 'to the EnteroriXcS^iS? s^,|h^» en* , tteroby causing tho damage previous^- SaSs* ThekTalnni w^a easily Rot clearSLtt* to have BnflferedTiJ-Tnjui^wStov^^ha' , Enterprise cannot| leave for the Thamim tw» . evoniog, but will be tmtoAeSwm^iUto , I

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close as Under.— This Day. For Russell, Kawokawo, Wangaroa, and Mongonul, per Glenelg, at i p.m. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu, and Opotikl, per | Wellington, at _ p.m. Tuesday, 20th instant. For Tairua, per Mono, at 9 a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 10 a.m. For Waiwera, _awau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Rose Casey, at 10 o.m. For Tairua, per Dream, at 11 am. For Waitara, etc., per Lalla Rookh, at 1 p.m. For Russell, Kawokawo, and Australian Colonies, por Ringarooma, at 3 p.m. For Coromandel. per Coromandel, at 3 p.m. For Tairua, per Paku, at 3 p.m. For Whangarei Heads, Waipu, Whangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle, at 1 p.m. For Coromandel, per Annie Milbank.at 5.30 p.m. Thursday, 22nd instant. For Gisborne, Napier, Soathern ports, and Australian Colonies, por Albion, at 9 a.m. For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at 11 a.m. Tcesday. 11th Ootober. Per B.S. City of New York, as follows :— For Sondwioh Islands, United States Ot America. Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at lp.m. For money orders registered letters, and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters bearing an extra fee of sixpence, In addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing, S. B. Bias, Chief Poetmaster. Chief Post-office. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

S-PTEMBEBI9,IBBI. j Theatre Royal—"An Hour In Seville," 8 p.m. Choral Hall—Philharmooio Society's Concert, 8 p.m. Boresford-street Congregational Churoh, Sacred Concert, 8 p.m, St, Sepulchre's Mutual Improvement Society, Entertainment, 8 p.m. Newmarket Hall—Remnoro Band Of Hope; Quarterly Public Meeting, 7.30 p.m.

Notices to Correspondents.

MoNooNur.—Musket is tho property ot the Auckland Stud Company,

Birth.

LYONS.—On September 17th. at Day-street, th 9 wife Of W. Lyonß of a daughter.

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

MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1881.

For the cause that lacks a„ii _cc. For the wrong that needs resistanc Foi the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The altered attitude of Te Whiti occasions a good deal of speculation. His speech at Parihaka was warlike, andHhough interpre tations putting a less hostile construction on his words have been offered, it is evident from the statement made by the Native Minister in Parliament to-day, that the Government believe there are grounds for uneasiness. Onr telegrams give the latest news upon the snbjeet, which was discussed at this morning's sitting of the House of Representatives.

| Mining prospects at the Waihi are brightening. In the Waihi mine another reef has besn struck ten feet in width and showing gold, while in the Young Colonial a reef has been.found in the foot-wall 21 feet thick. Half shares in this mine are not now procurable upon the Thames at less than. £50. The contractors believe that the whole of the stone from hanging to foot wall is payable.

The City Council ask for tenders for leasing four cottages by Thursday next— one situate off Karangahape Road, of four rooms (lately occupied by Mrs Williamson), and the other three in the Albert-street Market entrance. These properties are well suited for small families, and the latter are (handily situated for workmen or per sons closely employed in the city.

The *' Herald " has made another won derful discovery. It has noticed in Mr Raf ton's establishment a novel wicker-work contrivance for catching sparrows which it recommends farmers and gardeners to have a Jook at. " Farmers aud gardeners " have been regularly supplied with these " contri vances by Mr T. Cole for the last six or eight years.

The football match which was played on Saturday last between Auckland and Tau ranga at —.c latter township, resulted in a victory for the Auckland men by a goal and a try to aothing. There was some good play, and the game was a well-contested one. Yates captained the Tauranga representa tives.and T.Henderson the Ancklandera. A dinner was givea by the local men at the Commercial Hotel is. the eyening.

At the meeting of St James's Association this evening Mr fl. S. F. Peltzer will deliver a lecture upon "Leon Gambetia," the lead ing French Statesman ot the day. Mr Peltzer was acquainted with him* when the •great man was only a shabby-genteel barri-tejr. and consequently is in a position to give many interesting particulars con cerning him and the manner in which he has attained ito his wonderful popularity in France.

A cabby without ferains caused great alarm in Vincent-street yesterday morning by shouting to every, womfin he saw "Is yonrybusband an engineer; is your husband au engineer f «' There is an accident at the wharf." At last he found a woman who admitted her husband was an engineer. Cabby again shouted " There is an accident at the wharf; there is an accident at the wharf. How many jvomen this idiot has frighiened into fits or what damage is other wise being done is hard to say.—Yours, &c, TINCENTITE,

Mr Reader Wood, M.H.R., was a passen ger by the Bingarooma which arrived from, the Sonth this morning.

A rumour' is in circulation in Franklin, that Mr Hamlin has secured a promise ol an appointmeut from tho Government, and is therefore not likely to be a candidate iv the next elections.

Weiinderstand that the difficulty between the Headmaster of Wellesley-street school, and Mrs Dawson, iv reference to the grand children of the latter, has beer, settled. The two girls, Mary and Maria Brinsden, were taken to the school by their father, and re-admitted, last week.

Mr James Simpson sends us a letter, which may bo coudensed into the following sentence:—" It would seem that the thing termed ' Frcethought' is represented in New Zealand by a few travelling ad venturers, not by any means endowed with the spirit of philanthropy."

One of the fifteen unemployed who were sent up by the Government from Oamaru, in the s.s. Albion, sends an account of his journey. He says he and some others landed in this city penniless. The first day he had to get half-a-crown.to tide him over the night, which paid for his tea and bed, and the following morning he obtained work at Onehuuga.

The steamer Anno Milbank loaves for Coromandel to-morrow night at 10 o'clock, returning thence on Wednesday night at tho same hour, so that Auckland visitors will have the opportunity of spending the whole of Wednesday ou tho goldiields, and of witnessing tho official opening of the new battery.

The following is a list of the tenders received for the erection of building next the Theatre Royal: T. Colcbrook, -1.7G7 ; Baildon and Stephenson, £1,581 j Allan Maguiro, £1,510; Thos, Constablo, £1,45G; J. W. Mackrell, £1,451; Jones and Pollard, £1,450.; Robert Kay, £1,450; James J. Holland, £1,445 ; McConnechie and Flatt, £1,440; J. aud E. Morris, £1,400; C. S. Wright, £1,397; William Philcox (accepted), £1,384.

"An Observer" writes urging the stall holders of the market to form themselves into a Company to take the lease into their own hands, to employ an efficient man to clean, and otherwise look after the market, and divide the surplus money among them selves in proportion to the amount of rent each may pay, thus securing themselves against their routs boing raised. He thinks the market should also be kept open till nine o'clock every night.

Lyon's Tourists attracted a very fair house on Saturday evening at the Theatre Royal, and went through their programme creditably. The songs and dances by several of the "party" were applauded. Tho characteristics of several nations aud the various dialects were well produced. A complete change will take place this evening, excepting in one instance, viz., the Wyburd's sousational skating act. The new piece is entitled " An Hour in Seville," to be succeeded by the musical burletta " Hash." Miss Amy Horton will appear in several new impersonations,

Mr John Weir of California, has on board the s.s. Zealandia a shipment of four trot ting stallions and six mares for Australia. Mr Weir is a Scotchman of enterprise, aud a man well known in American horse circles. He was formerly connected on a large scale with tbe Transatlantic stock trade, between New York and Europe. Being a member of the Pacific Blood Horse Association as well as a Veterinary Surgeon of Edinburgh, he has no doubt made a careful selection of his stock, nnd judging from their fino nppearauce hh arri val in Sydney will be very interesting to many Australian horsemen. He proposes establishing a regular trade botween Cali fornia and the colonies, shipping bolting horses down and sending back various breeds of sheep and cattle which are wanted there for stock purposes. Before proceeding to Melbourne he means to spend several weeks in Sydney so that the animals may get well rested after their long voyage. His head-quarters will be at the Imperial Hotel, Wyneyard Square.

The following advertisement appeared in the " Athenamm "of August 6th. it is an evidenco that the Agent General has taken proper steps for tho selection of a competent Head Master for the Grammar School :— " College and Grammar School, Auck land, New Zealand.—A Head Master is required for this institution. Ho must have graduated in Honours at one of the leading Universities in the United King dom, and had experience nnd success as a Master in some important Public School. The salary will be £700 per annum, without houso allowance, but a capitation fee of 10s for every pupil paying school fees. £150 will be allowed for passage money to the colony. .he following gentle men have consented to act as a commission for the selection of the master : —Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh_, Professor Jowett, of Oxford, Arthur Sidewick, E?q., of Oxford, and Rev. J. M. Wilson, Clifton College. Intending candidates can obtain of the un dersigned application forms and printed statements, giving further particulars as to the school and conditions of the appoint ment, &c—All applications must be made on tho forms, and De sent in on or beforo September 30th, to Walter Kennaway, New Zealand Government Offices, 7, West minster Chambers London, S.VY."

At the conclusion of tho services at St James's Presbyterian Church yesterday, Rev. 1?. F. Macnicol announced his inten tion of devoting an hour every Saturday morning to the religious instruction of the young people of the congregation. He said he was anxious to render all the assistance in his power to parents in the education of their children in Scriptural knowledge, and although he had now more work than ho could conveniently attend to. he was re solved not to neglect his duty in this direc tion. He had already expressed the opinion that tho children wore unfitted to receive in struction at the close of school, when they had been wearied with the studies of the day, and consequently he would ask them to meet him from ten to eleven o'clock every Saturday morning in St. James's Hall. All from five years upwards should como, and he would expect them. He hoped that parents would not go to any extra trouble in preparing the children, but simply send them in their ordinary school dress. In his concluding remarks, the rev. gentleman said that the question of religious instruc tion in schools was to be brought forward at the next meeting of the Presbytery, and he wished to test the success or otherwise of this experiment before that time. He trusted the parents would co-operate with him in making it a success.

Mr C. K. Jeffs, a Freethought lecturer, who is travelling under the norn de guerre of "Iconoclast," gave last night in the Lome-street Hall the first of a series of controversial discourses, its special subject being "Can Man Believe as He Pleases?" The hall was not more than half filled. Mr Jeffs does not trust himself to extem pore speaking. His lecture was written out, and he read it slowly and deliberately, emphasizing particular passages, but utterly failing to infuse any animation into the delivery, and not once departing from the monotone in which he commenced. At the outset he addressed himself to the task of proving that the operations of a man's mind are quite independent of his will, that he cannot be held responsible for his beliefs, and that consequently a Creator of infinite mercy and justice would not award punish ment for omental act which it is beyond the power of the finite creature to control. Men, he said, regarded the punishment of their fellows for matters of opinion or belief as cruel and tyrannical, and surely we could not be better in this or in any other respect than the infinitely loving and merciful God, who governs the universe, and maintains all His works in perfect harmony 1 Having established this proposition to his satisfac tion.the lecturer proceeded to point out con tradictions in the Bible, and to shew that the ideas of God contained in the Old Testament were degrading and dishonour ing. Numerous quotations were made from Jeremiah and Numbers in support of the position taken up. He also inveighed against the doctrine (which, he said, was preached from every pulpit in the land) that those who did not believe everything in the Bible would be damned, while those who believed it all would bo saved. At the close of the lecture, Mr Geo. Brown signi fied his desire to put a few questions. Dr. 'Pennant was thereupon voted to the chair, and Mr Brown, having mounted the plat , form, challenged Mr Jeffs to point out any passage in the Bible which enunciated the doctrine that it was essential to salvation to believe everything contained in tho Bible, and that damnation was the necessary con sequence of disbelief in any portion.—Mr Joffs answered by saying that it was an article of Christian faith, and that it was preached from every Christian pulpit. The question was pressed, but no more direct answer was obtained. Mr Brown then enquired, why there were so many pestil ences, famines, wars and human disagree ments in the world if perfect harmony existed throughout all God's works. Mr Jeffs evaded the question, and then Mr Brown began to address the audience. In terruptions ensued, various partisans of the contending debaters were suddenly seized with the desire to "orate," and eventually the proceedings were closed with some part ing remarks by Mr Jeffs.

In our paragraph on Saturday announcing the sale of the Southern Cross to the Union Company, we omitted to mention that the price was £8,500, which includes goodwill and a coal hulk.

The following tenders were received to-day by Messrs E. Mahoney and Son for the erection of a family residence in Parnell. — H. T. Jones, £2067 ; Leigh Brothers, £2151; W. J. Connolly, £2193 ; Jones and Pollard £2280 ; R. Kay, £2460 ; McConnachie and Flatt, £2493 ; A. Watson, £2586; A. Stevenson, £3G30; C. Ehodes, £2644; 3cott aud Coombes, £2644; James Morris, £2689.

"A Parent" writes from Whangaroa North defending the teacher of that place. Ho says : " Re the last examination, about 15 children were presented, three were absent, and the others are young children not lit for any standard ; and those who failed were the irregular offenders. During the past 12 months there havo been four or five different teachers, and part of the time the school was closed. Mr Booth has only been hero a few months, and is scarcely as yet responsible for the back ward state of the children's education. However, I am well satisfied with tho pro gress my children have made under Mr booth's tuition, aud I think that all parents in the district agree with me except your correspondent."

At tho ordinary meeting of tho French Literary Association on Saturday evening Mr Thos. Mahoney delivered an interesting descriptive lecture on "A Visit to the Sydney Exhibition." In a graphic manner and unlaboured stylo, ho gave his impressions of the city aud its beautiful harbour, rapidly stated tho character of tho Exhibition, and tho arrangements in connection with it, and then naving referred to the most remarkable exhibits iv the various courts, concluded with some very pertinent observations upon the importance of such exhibitions. Mr H. S. F. Peltzer followed with a spirited reading from Erckmann'1 Chatrian's "Madame Thdrese." Both lecturer and reciter were complimented for their perform ances. On Saturday evening next readings will be given by Messrs B. Cronin and J. M. Geddis.

At a banquet to the Thames Scot tish Battalion, held a few weeks ago, Mr E. Lewis, of this city, presented to fte corps a handsome silver cup, for firing com petition. Mr Lewis has just received the following acknowledgment from the secre tary to the battalion .-—"Sir,—l am in structed by the officer commanding, to inform you that at our meeting of the Thames Scottish Battalion, it was unani mously resolved that cordial thanks bo for warded to Mr Lewis for the handsome silver cup he has so generously given as a prize to bo fired for by this battalion, and I am further instructed to say that as a slight recognition by the battalion of your generosity aud tho interest you i aye thus shown in its welfare the battallion unanimously elected both your self and Mr Lewis, jnn., the bearer of your munificent gift, to bo life honorary members of the corps. lam also to add that, in ac cordance with your wishes, as expressed by your son, the conditions on which tho cup becomes the property of a competitor are, that it shall bo won three times in succes sion or five times at intervals. It has been agreed by the battalion that the prize shall be lired for at monthly intervals, the first competition to take place on Saturday, the 17th inst."

Tho usual monthly meeting of tho Pukekohe East Band of Hope was held on the evening of September 9th. At the close of tho meeting, Mr Wm. Sharp, jun., pre sented Mr Morgan, on behalf of the Pukekohe Ea3t Presbyterian Church Com mittee, with a handsome inkstand. In making the presentation, Mr Sharp said :— "Mr Morgan,-Dcar sir,-Circumstances having occurred (over which the Pukekohe East Presbyterian Church Committee had no control) to deprive you of tbe use of the building in which you have so long preached, we, Messrs Easton, Comrie, and myself, members of the Church Committee, desire you to accept this small gift as a token of gratitudo nnd respect for tho services you have so long and faithfully conducted ever since the settlement of the district. We hope yon will not look so much to the valuo of tho article as to the feeling it is intended to convey, and that we may yet havo the pleasure of again listen ing to you in this place," Mr Morgan made a suitable reply, and thanked the Committee for their kindness.—(Corres pondent),

Tho Hobson Corps and Victoria Rifle Volunteers will meet for tho usual monthly inspection to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 7.30 p.m., as per announcement, ia the Drill shod. The Hobsons will hold a'special meeting for important business at the close of pirado.

The members of the West End Cricket Club will hold their annnal businofs meeting to-morrow evening, at the Young Men's Chris tian Association Rooms, at 8 p.m. The report and balance-sheet will bo produced by the secretary, Mr Mitchell, and the election of officers will bn hold. Young men, fond of tho old English sport, are cordially invit&d to membership.

It has been resolved by several leading amateur and professional muslolans of Auok land to tonder a complimentary concort to Miss May Hastings prior tj her approaching de parture for Australia. Monday, Ootober 3, is tho date pitched upon, Tho lady has always readily given her services in charitable under takings, so that the response of the publio should be both prompt and oordial.

LOST IN THE TAIRUA BUSH.

Dead Body of Mr Wm, White

Becovcred.

An advertisement has recently appeared in several newspapers requesting authentic in formation of the whereabouts of Mr Wm. White, late of the Shamrock Hotel, Welles, ley-street, Auckland, last heard of as wan dering between Tairua and Mercury Bay. Mr Pearse, master of the schooner Gem, which arrived from Tairua yesterday, in. forms us that the dead body of Mr White was discovered in the bush about a mile from the Tairua Mill by Mr Bennett, one of the search party, on Friday last. He says there were no marks .of violence on the body, but is not aware of tho real cause of death, An inquest was held on the following day, at which Mr Pearse gave evidenco stating that the deceased came from Auckland to Tairua ia the schooner Gem with him about six weeks ago. Ho then appeared to be in liquor and unable to control his actions. Natives watched|over him carefully, but somehow White escaped frojn the vessel without attracting atten tion, and since then nothing had been heard of him until his dead body was discovered, j The verdict had not been returned when the Gem left.

TE WHITI'S MEETING AT PARIHAKA.

(BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday. No direct information is to hand, bat from a reliable aouroe it is said that To Whiti's speech today Is the moat specific one he has over delivered. There were over 1000 Maori men capable of bearing arms present at the meeting. To Whiti is reported to have said—there might be twenty thousand pakehas settled on the land, bat it would be thoir sepulchre?, NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. The Parlhaka meeting on Saturday was not of so pacific a nature as previous ones. Both Te Whm and Tohu spoke in an exoitod and at times threatening manner. To Whitl said every man must drop the pea and take up the sword. If pakehas cast a stone at them, the natives were to stone the pakehas. If Europeans hit them with their fists, th9y wore to strike with their flats. If pakehas took firearms to fight, natives wore to do the same. Throughout the meeting this kind of talk was indulged in. It may mean nothing, but from the bold insolent front of the natives tfcey apoear ready for any thing, and it ia only Te Whiti's influence that keeps them in subjeoSion at all. The rebellions spirits are amongst those who have been im prisoned before, and who should never have been allowed to return 10 Parihaka.

ANOTHER INTERPRETATION.

OPUNAKE, this day. Te Whiti, in addressing his people, ordered that the flßht should be continued—meaning fenoinß of the confiscated lands at the Cape whiohsome Europeans took to mean hostilities. The prophet has all along said he was fighting hard against the Government with his tongue, whioh'ls his only weapon to wage war with.

ANXIETY IN WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, this day,

[BY-TELEGRAPH.—OWN GOKRESPONDENT.)

Considerable anxiety Is felt among members as to the position of affairs on the West Coast. The Government has promised to give all In formation to the house up to latest moment, but are at present keeping matters quiet. I, as corres pondent of the STAR.senta note to Mr Rolleston to-day asking him If he would supply me with any information he had respecting affairs on tho West Coast, He sent me the following note :— "I have no fresh information from Porihoka this morning, of any moment." In his own statement in the Hoase, however, which the Association telegraph verbatim, he intimates that he has serioas intelligence, and it is well known that the Armed Constabulary here hove received instructions to hold themselves in readiness to leave for the front. Of course no information would come from Porihoka men tioned In Mr Rolleston's note, for it is the seat of the enemy, but it would come from Pun garehu,

CABLEGRAMS.

IReutee's Telegrams.]

LONDON, September 17.

The Powers have sent a collective note to the Porte demanding the early despatch of a Commissioner to Armenia to make pro vision for carrying out the necessary re forms in that country. IRISH LAND LEAGUE CONVENTION. The Irish Land League Convention at Dublin has now closed its sitting. The whole tone of the Convention was violently anti-English. At the final sitting, it was resolved to submit cases to tho Irish Land Commission to test the working _of the Land Act, and it was further decided to take measures to protect Irish industries. Consols advanced to 99g. New Zealand securities unchanged. Adelaido and New Zealand breadstuff's are firm at last quota tions. At tho wool sales to-day, 7,000 bales were ofl'cred. A fair demand was again experienced. ANOTHER RELAPSE. WASHINGTON, September 17. The latest bulletin trom Long Branch re ports that tho President has suffered anothor relapse, and that symptoms of blood-poisoning havo set in. The President's condition is pronounced pre carious. ANGLO-FRENCH COMMERCIAL TREATIES. LONDON, September 16, It has been agreed between the French and English Governments that the present commercial treaties shall be prolonged for a period of three months from November,, when they would otherwise terminate. Iv the meantime negotiations will be carried on between the two Powers with the view to bring about a permanent future under standing in regard to thoir commercial re lations.

AUSTRALIAN.

RELICS OF LEICHARDT. BRISBANE, Monday. Mr Skuthorpe again insists that he pos sesses relics of the Lcichnrdt expedition, and offers to deliver them to the New South Wales Government on payment of a con siderable sum. BIG FIRE AT TOWNSVILLE. A largo fire occurred at Townsville on Friday night last. Several houses were completely destroyed. The insurances havo not yet been ascertained.

ADDITIONAL CABLEGRAMS.

[Via Melbourne and the Bluff.]

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE.

• LONDON, September 5. . 8 An extraordinary outrage has taken place ;. at Lille, an important manufacturing city y of France, in the Department of the Nord. P A large number of principal citizena of the !' place received parcels containing some ex« n plosive material, and on an attempt being; il made to open them, they exploded, in it several cases with very disastrous results, c Many persons were killed, and others injured. The cause of tbo outrage is at 0 present entirely inexplicable. b BRIGANDS IN SPAIN. 0 LONDON, September 6. la tha vicinity of Toledo, the capital of the province of ihat name in Spain, situated |[ on the Tiigus, 41 miles south of Madrid, a band of brigands attacked a train running ~ on the branch railway from Madrid. They c were repulsed, and in escaping a number j were drowned in the river which nearly c surrounds the city. X RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. 3 LONDON, September 7. '» Relations between the Empires of Russia 1 and Austria have of late become strained, 0 A marked coldness between the two Powers ' is apparont, arising out of their conflicting * interests in South-east Europe. The 0 Austrian press are dißCiissing the question, c and declare that recent indications'point to c war with Russia as imminent. „ ANTI-JEWISH FEELING. c The Anti. Jewish feeling in Germany is I- still very marked among the Jower class ofthe population, notwithstanding that the agita tion is discountenanced by the Govern- P ment. y CHOLERA IN ADEN. 0 Cholera has broken out in Aden, a '• British station at the entrance to tho Red r Sea. Precautions havo been taken to 1 secure, as far as possible, the health of the ' troop*, but the epidemic is making great i- ravages. * FKOZEN MEAT BY THE PROTOS. t Upon examination of the frozen beef by 0 the Protos, the meat was found tainted in » the centre. This disappointing result is attributed to a" mistake in the original ? freezing of the meat in Melbourne, the beef 3 either being frozen too soon after killing, or :• being frozen too rapidly, so that the ex -8 tcrnal surface was hsrd, whilst the centre f of the carcase was unfrozen. 1 COERCION. The Ministry desires to exhibit a spirit of clemency in the administration of the , Coercion Act in Ireland. COLONIAL FREE TRADE CON- ViiNTION. ! LONDON, Sept. 10. A proposed cc nference of colonial repre sentatives will be held in London with a view of considering, the practicability of " securing free trade between Great Britain • and the colonies, and representation ot the . latter in the Imperial Parliament. . URISIS IN THE COTTON TRADE. A serious crisis is threatened in the cotton trade, owing to tho unscrupulous 1 action of a ring of spectators in Liverpool, " whose operations for some time past have ! embarrassed manufacturers, who are afraid ! to eater into extensive contracts. An ar rangement has now been come to among ! cotton operations, and they, threaten to stop : the mills merely for a time in order to sup press the Liverpool ring. , RAILWAY ACCIDENT. > A serious railway accident has occurred "in the State of Kentucky. A bridge gave i way as the train was passing over, causing 1 a terrible smash. Seven persons were ■ killed on the spot, and a number of others seriously injured. HEAT Itf NEW YORK. The heat in New York during the week , I hns been of a tropical character. Numerous I deaths from sunstroke are reported. PIRACY IN, GREEK ISLANDS. LONDON, September 12. Piracy is developing amongst the in habitants of the islands of Greek, Archipelago. Recently Englisn trading vessels has been seized. The pirates are at Samoa, one at the principal islands, situated on the West Coast of Asia Minor. Strong representations have been made to the Turkish Govern ment on the necessity of suppressing the outrages, and vessels of war have been despatched to punish the offenders. LAND AGITATION IN BRITAIN. LONDON, September 13. Agitation is rapidly spreading among the farming population of England and Scot land, in favour of an extension to those countries of the new principles of land legislation embodied in the Irish Land Act. LONDON, September 13, The cession of territory given by Turkey to Greece under the present Convention is being peaceably carried out. GENERAL GARFIELD'S ILLNESS,— ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF GUITEAU'S GUARD. LONDON, September 13. The condition of General Garfield is more favourable. The unfavourable symptoms have subsided, and the latest bulletin issued by the physicians state that he is decidedly better. Much excitement has been caused in the United States by an_ attempt made at Washington to assassinate Mason, the guard in whosejeustody Chas.| Jules Guiteau, the would-be murderer of President Gar field, has been placed. He was shot at by some unknown person, and very narrowly Bscappd.

The interest attaching to the opening concert of the Philharmonic Society, and the first appearance in Auckland of Profes. sor Cailliau—an interest in great mgasurp the result of his searching criticisms as editor of "The Muse"—has been been demonstrated by the rapidity with which the tickets have gone off. We are informed that there has been a strong demand for them, and there is n.O quostion as to the prevalence, of a desire among the critical to seize the opportunity of sitting in judg ment upon their whilom critic. Apart from this, the programme is one which appeals to lovers of classical music, and an additional feature of interest will be the execution of orchestral accompaniments to the various selections,

PARLIAMENTARY.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

REPRESENTATION BILL. WELLINGTON, This day. The objection taken by Mr Sheehan to the Representation Bill is that a message from the Governor can only deal with matters affecting pecuniary aid or supply to the Crown or the prerogative of the CrowD, and that the Crown has no power to initiate legislation. BKOGDEN'S CLAIMS Mr Sheehan, to-day, will raise the ques< tion of the Attorney-General refusing to grant a fiat enabling Mr Brogden to file a petition of right. His object is to get the Government to show cause for refusal. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION BILL. The Railway Construction Bill has been amended in Council and must come back to the House for consideration. AUCKLAND ELECTORATES. The following are the amended boun daries of the electoral districts of Auck land :— COROMANDEL.—This district is bounded towards the North and East by the sea to a point due East of the conflux of the Hape Creek and Kauaeranga river, towards the South by a lino running due West to the Parawai Highway District, towards the West by that district and the borough of Thames to the sea, thence by the Firth of Thames and Hauraki gulf, and including the adjacent islands. Thames. —This district commences at a point bearing from the trig station F, 282 degrees, 3Gmirj. 15 sees.—distant, ll,Gßlf links, thence due East to Rocky Point 80 linke, thence bearing 126degs., 52mins. dis tant 4,250 links to trig station F, thence by a right line to trig station 5 Kuranui Hill, thence by a right line to trig station No. 1 Waotahi Spine, thence by a right line to the middle of Karaka Koad opposite the'middlc of Sands-streot, thence along the middle of the Karaka Road to the middle of Eolleston-street, ■ thence along the middle of Rolleston-street to the middle of Hape Creek, thence along the middle of that Creek by the north-east and south boundaries of the line of the Parawai Highway District to the Kauaeranga stream. Towards the Eouth-west by that stream to itsconiluonce with the Hape Creek, thence due west 80 chains, thence by a right line to the line of commencement, a distance of 286 chains or thereabouts. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. Mr Sheehan lias introduced the Liberty of the Press Extension Bill, which provides that from and after the passing of the Act no criminal proceedings shall be instituted or taken in respect of any alleged libellous matter appearing in any newspaper, unless and until the consent of the Attorney-General for the . time being shall have first been obtained. In the event of vacancy in the ofhee of the At torney-General, the Solicitor-General shall possess the power of the Attorney-General for the purposes of tin* Act. This Act shall not apply to any criminal proceeding for libel which may be on foot at the time of it coming into force, PROPERTY TAX. The Property Tax Amendment Bill pro vides : "For the six months commencing on the first day of April, 1881, there shall be charged, levied, and collected, the duties hereinafter mentioned: For and in respect of all property for every twenty shillings ot the value thereof a duty of one half-penny; for and in respect of all Fire, Marine or guarantee policies issued by any Insurance Company for every one hun dred pounds of premiums received by such Company in the said six months in respect of such policies, the duty of fifteen shillings. And such duties shall be paid on such day as the Governor-in-Councill shall appoint. 3. For the six months commencing on the first day of October, 1881, there shall be charged, levied, collected, and paid, for the use of Her Majesty, the several duties hereinaf termentioned, that is to say—forand in respect of all property for every twenty shillings of the value thereof the duty of one farthing; for and in respect of all fire marine or guarantee policies issued by any Insurance Company for every one hundred pounds of premiums received by such Com pany in the said Bix months in respect of such policies, the duty of seven shillings and sixpence, and such duties shall be paid on such day as the Governor-in-Council shall appoint. 4. The duties hereby charged shall be levied, collected, and paid under or by virtue of the Property Assessment Act, 1879, and the Acts amending the same, which Acts shall be read and con strued with this Act.

Legislative Council.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Saturday,. BAILWAYS CONSTEUCriOH BILL. At 9.30 the Bill was reported, the only important amendment made throughout the measure being one providing that the pro portion ot land to be given by Government shall be calculated on a maximum cost of construction of £5000 per mile. No percen tage of land to be given on any cost above that sum. The third reading was ordered for Men day.

House of Representatives.

Saturday,

CASE OF MR J. H. SHAW. The report of the Petitions Committee against the claim of J. H. Shaw, for com. pensation for loss of office, was brought up. ' The report was ordered to lie on the table. CALLS TO THE UPPER HOUSE.. Eeplying to Mr Lundon, Mr HALL said that while the Government was anxious to have both races fully represented in the Legislature, they did not feel called on to say who they would propose the Governor Bhould call to the Upper House belonging either to the Maori or the European races. REPRESENTATION BILL. Amendment* by the Administrator of the Government of the Kepresentation Bill were brought up for consideration. Mr Shbehan said he fully admitted the right of the Legislative Council to interfere in this matter. He positively denied the right of the Governor to make the amend ments submitted, or indeed interfere in the matter at all. He charged the Government with the grossest possible breach of faith jn the amendments proposed. There were in all 20 alterations in the schedule, and he would oppose and divide on every one of them. The men who fought against the Bill on the floor of the House in a constitu tional manner had been sacrificed, whereas those who supported the Bill, subject to certain mental restrictions, had been re warded by getting all they wanted in the amendments nowsent down by Government. He moved the rejection of the amendments. After some discussion the motion for the adoption of the Governor's amendment was agreed to on the voices. BILLS ADVANCED., Li committee the following Bills were considered:—Supreme Court Procedure, Employment of Females and others, Special Powers and Contracts Bill. With respect to the latter, Mr KOLLESTON said that he meant to omit the clause in the schedule referring to Onehuoga.

Sir M. O'Rokke complained bitterly that this course was proposed iv deference to the wishes of one or two individuals, and that the Opposition was most unfair and un reasoning, so far as his constituency was concerned.

On a division the clause was retained, Ayes, 30 j noes, 12.

On the question that the clause pass, Mr Sw ANSON, moved that the chairman leave the chair. Ayes, 19; noes, 29.

A motion for reporting progress was then agreed to.

The Supreme Court Procedure and Em ployment of Females' Bills, were reported, read a third time and passed. The Houso rose at 12 till Monday at 11 a.m,

MINING NEWS.

Bugle Call.—The manager of the Bugle Call G.M. Co. received a telegram from the acting mine manager to-day, stating that the leader from which good gold was got on the surface had been cut in the low level, shewing good prospects.

New Gqldjsn Pah.—Twenty - six feet has been driven in Fast Driye during the fortnight. Several small stringers of quartz have been met with. In South Level, the leader is pinched up very small. Clay seam could only be traced. The manager has discontinued driving cross-cut, but ex pects to meet with another leader shortly. Bomb Kulk.—The following telegram was received by Mr D. G. Macdonnell to day :—" HOlbs. specimens on Saturday evening. More left in face,—John Brem- NEK." .'■- ;

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S' ZEALANDIA' WITH THE English and American Mails.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Charlbs George Noel, Earl of Gains borough, is dead. — The Canadian Temperance Act has been carried in the county of Cape Breton by a majority of 400. —A Paris dispatch says that the Republican journals interpret Gambetta's recent speech as a decision to accept the Premiership of the next Cabinet.—Advices from Rio Janeiro of the 26th of July state that the dispatch from La Paz,. Bolivia, announces that the Bolivia Convention has decided to continue the war against Chili. —Brison, the probable snecessor of Gambetta as President of the French Chamber of Deputies, has declared for the aboli tion of the Senate, secularization of property of the clergy and the election of magistrates by universal suffrage.— Tennyson is working at another drama.— Parnell is agitating for the protection of Irish manufacturers. — Miss Braddon is issuing a new edition of Scott's novels con densed. —Heavy rains in Colorado hove caused great damage to railroads by wash outs.—John Everett Millais has been ap pointed a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, in place of the late Dean Stanley.— One of the brigands who captured the Englishman, Suter, near Salonica, April last, has been arrested at Athens with 11,000 francs in his possession. — Tho "Saturday Review" devotes two columns of laudation to Sherriff Garret, who shot " Billy the Kid," and thinks him exactly the man for the County Galway, Ireland.— The energy displayed by the German authorities against the persecution of the Jews is attributable to the represen tations of the Crown Prince Frederick William to the Minister of the Interior.— The total values of exports of domestic breadstuff's from the United States during the seven months ending July 31,1881, was $131,962,709 j for the same period in 1880 they were valued at §153,586,362.—A British member of the Dalmatian Commis sion has been attacked by brigands near the frontier of Epirus, and after a short encounter, in which the commander of the Turkish escort was killed, the brigands were driven oft*. —On Thursday a consign ment of forty Clydesdale horses, mares aud fillies left Glasgow for Liverpool for ship ment to New York. A second consignment of thirty leaves Glasgow on Saturday next, including the noted stallion Druid.— A Mr Brock and a Mr Verhyden declared themselves to be the designers of the me morial busts of Charles Kingsley and Canon Conway, of tbe statue of Dean Stanley, and of the Byron monument, claimed by Mr Belt, the fashionable London sculptor.— The latest phase of Boycotting comes from Templetuohy, Tipperary county, where Mrs Power Lalor evicted one of her tenants, and the people of the district have for the last two Sundays been plac ing the evicted man in Mrs Lalor's pew in the- parish chapel, built by herself.— At Birmingham, W. E. George, the pedes trian, won the thousand yards handicap from the scratch in two' minutes fifteen seconds. This beats the best amateur record in the world, Myers having done the same distance in two minutes eighteen and four-fifths seconds. George is going to the United States to compete with Myers.— During a bull-fight at Marseilles, several tiers of seats collapsed, and twelve persons were killed and 150 injured.— A correspondent writes from Val d'Anzasca, Italy, stating that Signor Marinette, a dis tinguished member of the Italian Alpine Club, while attempting to ascend Mount Rose on the Bth inst., was overwhelmed by an avalanche, together with two guides.— Troubles occurred at Saaburi, near Cag liarria, in Sardinia, during the election for a new Mayor. The late Mayor had misap propriated public money.and the new May _ in his distress ordered new impositions of taxes on the people, who, already exasper ated by the bad harvest, attacked the old Mayor's houso and assaulted him, leaving him for dead. A fight ensued between the Carbineers and populace, during which seven persons were killed and forty severely wounded. Seventy were arrested. —The Duke of Argyll is denounced by the Radical press as an instigator of the ob struction of the Lords, and it certainly does look as if to prepare himself for marriage into a Tory family he had done his best to wreck the Ministry which he has deserted. It is said, indeed, that the Duke is so incensed against the Government that he has written to the Marquis of Lome recom mending him to resign his Govercor- Generalship of Canada, so that the house of Argyll may not be beholden in any respect to the Ministry of the day.— An old building, four s'ories high, situated in the most frequented patt of Vienna, next to the Graben, suddenly fell on Saturday. The greater part of the building was ocqu> pied by offices. Twenty lives were lost and thirty persons were seriously injured.— Much excitement has been caused in Berlin by an article in the Augsberg " Algemeine- Zeitung" declaring that, by ratifying the appointment of the Korum as Catholic Bishop of Treves, the Roman Curia has triumphed over Bismarck.— The liabilities of Judah, Lee, Simmons, & Co., of London, are estimated at £100,000. —A fire occurred in a petroleum factory near Paris. The loss is estimated at 800,000 francs.—By order of the Federal Ceuncil, the Nihilist Russian Prince Rrapatkini has been expelled from Switzerland.—The steamer Faraday has spliced the end of the new cable off Land's^End, and is laying the mid-ocean section.—A London dispatch says the forward hold of the Anchor Line steamer Furnessia, is full of water, and the cargo of cotton is entirely destroyed.— A basket left at the Midland Railway Station, in London, by two men who im mediately decamped,- was found to contain a laige quantity of gunpowder and cart ridges.—At an election at Leeds yesterday, to fill the vacancy iv the Commons, caused by the appointment of Herbert Gladstone to be Junior Lord of the Treasury, Glad stone was returned without opposition.— The New York " Tribune " reports the case of a man. named Lautens selling to a carpenter named Janson his (Lautens') wife for $1. Mrs Lautens had been unfaithful, and the bargain seemed to please all parties. —At Philadelphia, the fruit warohouse of Warner and Merritt was burned. Loss, $100,000; also the stock and machinery to the value of $125,000, partially insured. The falling walls demolished several small adjoining buildings. The fire originated from exploaion of gas.— Ayonb -Chan is making preparations for an advance on Cabul.—" Vanity Fair " denies the report that the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk is blind.—A large meeting in opposition to the Papal Guaranty Law was held in Rome yesterday.—English papers continue to predict an approaching financial crisis in thei United Stateg.— In Dailington County, S.C., on Thursday, a stroke of lightning killed four men and dangerously wounded ten others.—A par toon in the Dublin " National Comic Jour nal " represents Hibernia repelling a box of dynamite offered by a skeleton.—The noted Indian chief, Spotted Tail, has been killed at the Rosebud agency by Crow Dog. There had been ill-feeling between them for some time.—The Pope's allocution com ments with great warmth upon the responsi bility of the Government for the recent dis turbances in Rome.—Francis Murphy, the Irish-American temperance lecturer, has sailed for England, intending to hold Gospel temperance meetings in Great Britain and" Ireland.—News from the Arctic steamer Kite poinla to the successful landing of the Greely party by the Protens, on the shores of Lady Franklin Bay, — The St. Petersburg " Golos " has been suspended for six months for having exceeded propriety in criticising the conduct of the Prince of Bulgaria, and for exposing the disorder on board Rus sian men-of-war in foreign stations.— It transpires that the vessels Diogenes and Socrates, embargoed at Kiel, Prussia, were ordered for General Pierola, Ex.Sictator ot Pern, at the instigation of Montero, Pierola'a" helpmate.'' The owners of the vessels intend to proceed against the Government for their detention.—The herring-fishing fleet was caught in a gale off Peterhead, Scotland. One account states that 100 boats are still at sea. It is feared that there is a considerable loss—Sixty labourers sailed from Liverpool for Dublin last night to aid in harvesting the crops of "boycotted" landlords. —Marriott and Atkinson, file-makers, of Sheffield, have failed. Liabilities, from £50,000 to £80,000.—The Russian Colonels Prokopop and Palipa, who vere arrested recently while examining the fortifications' of Przcmysl, Galicia, have been sent across the frohtipr.— The " Uiritto " (Rome) learns on the best authority, but gives the news with reserve, that the Pope purposes going to Malta to reside.—Preparations are progressing to deal with the new state of things caused by the passage of the Land Bill. The Land Leagrie and the Land Committee will care fully te_t and defend the cases, Struggling

• * landlords, who could not affordTiT,, ?' ( will probably be the first attJkni Pm!= their cases will be fally ddSSK' ? A prevent a precedent king made l^ 0 Rector ana other respectable inhabitant, • Tipperary, who did not illuminate *■* houses m honour of Dillon's relent l*l\ their windows smashed by Sececoeni, the famous South African ail who surrendered in 1879, and was a,*** Cape Town, has been released^ it General Quinn says the story that the P has been urged to transfer the Holy sJ S" America is sheer nonsense.—An It»r ironclad has gone to Sfax to in« • into the claims of Italian subject* T losses owing to the insurrection them King Kalakaua expects to be in New YnX next month, Regarding the Chinese oW tion, the king favours their immianS' butsaya he does not Bhare the views ofT Ministry on the subject.—At Shoebttrvn^ the Canadian team won the prize givea W the Marquis of Lome for the defiemZt that could unmount and remount a canoni the least time. The Canadians defeS eleven teams of Britisbartilleiy volunteers The general result of the French auJ'^ up to the present shows the return of"°? Republicans and 39 Oppositionists rl former gained 45 seats, of which th? Moderate Republicans secured 31 Renuh lican Union 9, Extreme Left 3 'and tiv Intracsigeants 2. Forty-six second balW will be necessary here. The ereatfaX of the elections is the defeat of th Bonapartists. In -Dordogue aC! tbo Bouapartists lost fonr s^ata c°^ n iSkß \ C-°" oil merchants, re'eentk failed. The business some time ago t>u»A from the hands of the old proprietors to thr present sole paitner, and he absconded to Spain.af tor putting into circulation £20 QOfl i worth of forged bills. One small discount company is involved.—Two sanguinary en Kagements have occurred between the am corps sent from Bagdad and the Montefit < Arabs; the latter were defeated on both cc casions and their leader killed. They now '■ ask for amnesty.—The "Times" eaVth, opinion in the best informed quarters is that the American gold drain will continue It it dees, there can be but little doubt'of a I further rise in the Bank rate for money It is probable that a further Bum to gold will be withdrawn from the Bank ; of England for America.—Recent arrivals ! from San Domingo say ten revolu. '■ siomsts have baen killed and twenty I wounded iv an encounter with troops —In Soudan an affray occurred between the pon. j ulation and £oldierß,caused by the preachinw ' ' I of a false prophet. One hundred ana" ' twenty Egyptian soldiers were skilled ' —Parnell, in speaking to a meeting ai Castle Derge, County Tyrone-, asked tna electors to decide between the two repre< ! sentatives of the people and a Government > which formed the fetters of coercion for the noblest of Ireland's children. T. A. Dickson i is a candidate, if elected, who would take a seat behind Buckshot Forater and Slanderer Harcourt. The Land Bill was passed through Parliament in fear of the Land i League, and the Government only released John Dillon when they found continued imprisonment would kill him. Parnell con cluded by asking those who favour the release of the "suspects" to "plrimp" for Ryletc— The "Times" of August 27 says: With each day there is less hope of a good har vest. The_ weather has turned against us at the critical moment. The loss to th« country from the late rains is to be reckoned by millions of pounds. It is im possible to gather grain, and it will soon cease to be worth gathering. The situation f of our farmers is dismal, and for many of '■ them a bad harvest must mean absolute ruin. —The Bank of England refuses to aril l| more bars, and has reduced the price of ' imperials and napoleons to £3 16s lOjd and £3 16s 6Jd per ounce, respectively.—lt Li stated that insurances were effected to-day for £5,000,000 gold to be shipped to new York to-morrow. The Bank of England has, however, checked shippers' operations by declining to sell bars, and as the trans mission ot sovereigns is less profitable a smaller amount was taken than was anticipated. — Germany has decline;! to purchase the north-eastern coa»E of Borneo for the establishment of a German colony there, as was in* tended.—A "Times'1 Paris despatch eaya the heat there is excessive, The Frenc'i hospitals at Galeta and ." Manouba arc crowded with sick soldiers. — A man and wife, named' Temple, were instantly killed in their house, near, Fulton, Illinois, by aii -^Sf stroke of lightning. Their five little chil dren, who were in the house with theni| miraculously escaped. — Forty thousand Scottish Volunteers were present at the Royal review at Edinburgh. There was a great concourse of spectators, but the rain marred the proceeding. — The" House of Commons was counted out last night while Hope (Liberal Conserva tive) was moving a second reading of the bill for the relief of contumacious prisoners, ! The bill, which is consequently lost for this session, was intended to effect the release of Rev F. S. Green, the Ritualist, imprisoned at Lancaster. The bill has already passed ;'if the House of Lords.—A private letter from Bangkok, Siam, says the Asiatic cholera is raging there, and it is variously estimated that from one hundred to three hundred natives are dying daily. Very few foreigners have died, but several have fled to Singapore and Hongkong. Every one feels as though he were living jn a grave yard.—A serious riot has occurred at Rath keale, County Limerick, owiDg toarepo't 'm that the police were about, to re- '{."I move some cattle, seized for rent. A mohM.tw assembled and stoned the police, who charged the crowd several times. —A land slip has occurred at the village of/'^H Tatarani, in Moldavia, and sixty-fivp houses disappeared, No lives were lost.—- !*ss Much indignation' has been expressed about the conduct of fifty strongly-built ami well-dressed Englishmen, who stood around a basin in Kensington Gardens, deliberately watching a little gill four years old drown | ;,* in two feet of water. The Coroner said he was utterly ashamed of their inhumanity and cowardice. The mortality from heat jn New York was excessive. Sixty persons died in onp day ande veninpr. The deaths in Chicago.from the same cause, were never known to be so numerous. Captain Howga^c, at one time prominent in his efforts to promote Artie exploration, has been arrested for the e.m oezzlement of $4Q,038 while acting as dis-" ;>? bursing officer or the Signal Service, and held in §40,000. The charges are preferred by General Hnzen, chief of the Bureau. Ihe punishment is $1000 fine, and one ti ten years' imprisonment.—The "Daily News " has. the following from Madrid s Elections have resulted in great success k the Liberals, whose candidates are returned in two-thirds of the polls already known. . A great fraud was detected a few hour; before polling began. Two hundred and fifty persons were bribed to vote successive* ly under false names, in every district in Madrid, to secure the return of the Conser vative candidates, • The prefect obtained full confessions from the accused. In every district of Spain the registered electors nnmber only 1,500,000 out of 16,000 000 inhabitants. London, Aug. 20.—The death of Tre laVVney, the friend of Byron and Sh,elley t has passed fpr some days unnoticed, most people being unaware that eg distinguished a survivor of Lord Byron's Greek enterprise was among them. Trelawney was o, good deal ot a rover. His books of adventure read like Oriental romances. He had great personal admiration for Shelley, but was too severe on Shelley's wife.' The lady was doubtless uninteresting. Sir Percy Shelley never forgave him these comments on his mother. St. Petersburg, August 27-—The Go vernment will give every assistance to the projected scientific expedition to the Tekke oasis in Central Asia. Such expeditious have generally preceded annexation. —A telegram from Lahore, said that a few days ago the Ameer, with a large force, arrived within a few miles of KbelaM-Ghilzai. The advance posts of Ayoub Khan are be< lieved to be only a few marohes distant, but it is improbable that they will resist if attackod. The report is so far unconfirmed that Ayoub meditates a retreat to Herat. Geneva, Aug. 22.—The Socialists have addressed a threatening letter to the Federal Tribunal in regard to their appeal from the decision of the Grand Council of Zurich, prohibiting the Social Congress theie in | September. This letter warns the Judges of the Tribunal that they will be the first to be blown up, and states that the Socialists have enough dynamite to blow up half of Switzerland, and it is in Switzer land that the conflagration will begin that will burn up the world. Calcutta, Aug. 15.—The official report of the crops in the province of Mysore says they are more hopeful but rain is greatly ' wanted.—There is a serious insur rection at Mune poor, but no details. The Maharajah has executed seventeen men and imprisoned 300. . / The Land Leaguf Agltatioii. London, August 2St'h.—Pamelas' m'ani; festo to the electors "at jNortb. "Durham i| most violent. It entirely ignores the Land :, Act, and declares it impossible for the Irish party to enter into an alliance with any section which allows itself to be used in support of a Coercionist Ministry, who . banished personal liberty from Ireland and reduced it to a worse condition than that of

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.



JrORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. Hawea, h.s., Kennedy, from the South Lalla Kookh. 8.8.. Roßortson, Irom Waitara Wild Unok, ketoh, Phipps, from Baglan DEPARTURES. HawGa, 8.5., Kennedy, for tho South Hannah Mokau, J.s.. McCarthy, for Waitara The s.B. Hannah Mokau which Je«ats.lsp.w. on Baturday for Waitara took JO boxßß soap. 11 cases biscuits. 1 horse, 2i paokagea lolnery ano 76 packages merchandise. The ketoh Wild Duok arrived from Baghn about 7 o'olook this morning, with 26 pigs, Si ions sundries, and about 30 tons building stone. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. Kiresßix, this day. Loaded: Rnby, Onward, and Kenilworth. It U blowing hard Irom the eastward with rain, bmjff, this day. The Arawata arrived at 7 a.m. Passengers for Auckland:—Mr and Mrs Featheiston and child. ________——. Special Advertisements. TheFijiGuide N3W READY. P R I C K:-g3. (>D. T^ A M O ?T O A E. DKPOT: NEXT PUBLIC BATHS. OFFICE: No. 5, South British insurance Company, KAMO COAL la Delivered from depot ENTIRELY FREE FROM SLACK, And is Guaranteed SUPERIOR TO NEWCASTLE FOB HOUSEHOLD PURPOSBS. £ COMPLETE /"ILEARING QUT. JjAST J|/[ONTH OP W. Rattray-s Qbeap Qabh Salf, W. EATTRAY WILL HOLD A SPECIAL GRAND SHOW OF PARIBIAN \ -VTILLINKRY, AND [ MILUNBBy ' M]LL I N ERY BNQLISHj IVIIIiUNKRY MANTLES, FICHUS. AND COSTUMES, ALSO UNDERCLOTHING, ON ■Jt/TONDAY, PTTH QEPTEMBER EVERYTHING OhbapJ Cheap ! Cheap AS he 18 Determined Bbfobb REMOVING :i TO HIS NEW PREMISES TO CLEAR OUT IN THIS DEPART MENT THE WHOLE OF HIS MAGNIFICENT STOCK i ..■,-.;.. OF THE ABOVE GOODS, j AND )MAKE BOOM FOR FRE3H SHIPMENTS Tho Whole of the Articles have been Marked s JJnglish Prices t i LACE AND FANCY GOODS AT HAU PRICE! . GLOVES AND HOSIERY , AT HALF PRICK •BOYS', YOUTHS1, & MEN'S CLOTHINC AT HALF PRICE J v thl Nfcw Scion/ E *U »traror PATEOTSEAJULBSSGLOVESj AB™^ >T» B A 7 T R A "X ~;,. V®. QUEBN-STREET, Opposite bank o* Nkw Zealand. Jp R O M X> A R 1 S The Most MAGNIFICENT CRBTO N N E J§ Kvkr Shown in Auckland, Ex Orient Steamer' Garonne.' Just Opened, ta£ on iSalo by GARLICK ft ORANWELL Nickel Plated r.'AEITiCH AND HALF TESTEI Iron BED3TBADS« TBRX HANDSOME, AND A NOVELTY JOST LANDED, BX HbEMIONEj LARGEST STOCK OF BEDSTEADS IN AUCKLAND AT THE - ■ C ITZ JET 4111 A ROADB' n.AKIiICK & riRANWELL, HOUSE FURNISHERS. FANQY GARDEN TABLES. ANB IOUWGES FOR VERANDAHS, BLADE ABTD WHITE WOOIi SSKARTHRUGS. U JESTRY, iBBUSSSEL, & STAIR CARPET. : CmjRCE PBW SEATING, *RX HIOB, "AHD J?«aiB'ERABLB TO CUSHIONS & fJRANWELL,



" Special Advertisements. TySSOLUxiUJN OF PARTNERSHIP. GENUINE CI-EAP CASH SALE. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN Has purchased Mr. Ruslihrook's lntorest IN THE Junction Drapery Warehouse, i And, prior to making extensive alterations the premises, has made HEAVY REDUCTIONS ON THE WHOLE STOCK. 25 pairs White Matting, slightly damaged, SJd yard Good Wide Felt Carpets, 2/11 yard Fingering Yarns, all colours, 12/6 head Largo stock of Dace Curtains, 4/6, 5/6, 6/6, to 17/6 pair 2000 yds Good Dress Materials. 53d) mt U9lml 81d.93d.10Jd.12id. j prico Black Lustres, extra value, C.?d, BJd, ll}d, 13Jd. 1/11 to 2/6J Blaok Silks, unsurpassed, 2/61 d, 2/11, 3/3, 3/I}, to 6/11 White colico,aUprlces,from23d\ 20 % under Grey Calico, all prlceß, from 2idJ usual price Well Assorted Stock of Blankets, Mosglel, ' Kaiapoi, and other makes from 5/6 d eaoh Cheap Tweeds for Boys wear, 1/9}, 1/111, 2/21. 2/4 Kaiapoi & Mosgiol Tweeds, now Goods, from 3/3, boing a very small advance on mill prices Large Assortment of Corsots, from 1/5 per • pair. Large Lot of Girls'. Maids', ond Women's Hose, to clear, 9ld per pair Lot ot Good Blaok Braid, 36 yards for 1/ (piece) Men's Cotton Singlets, from 1/10 Merino .. from 1/11 „,.„,. Splendid Stook of Brown Hollands, CM, 7}d, Bd, 9}d, 12Jd, tho oheopest Goods in the market „ , . 3500 yards Flannel, in Roslyn, Kaispol, and other makes, cannot be boaten, from UJd, 9d. lOld. 12|d-line is worth 1/0 per yard FuU Yard Wide Flannel, 1/2}, 1/6 per yard largo Bath Towels. Old. JO.d, 1/, 172. and 1/4 Good Stook of Winoeye, splendid valuo, from 3|d por yard 1500 yards Oxford shirting. Now Goods, splen did quality and patterns, BJd per yard. Cotton Shirtings. 4Jd and 6}d por yord 2000 yds Wide Silk Ribbons, 31d yard Good UB Damask Table Cloths, 1/11,2/8,3/4, ond 4/9 . . — , ~ ~ Scarlet and Amber Worsted Fringe, 4} to 11 MenVrweed Trousers, 5/10,6/10. 7/8. to 14/6 Boys' Tweed Trousers, 4/10; Youths' do, 5/9 Men's White Shirts, good quality, from 4/S Men's Back Alpine Hats, 2/9 Largo variety Boys' Felt Hats from 1/11 A .Beautiful Line of Boy 3' Norfolk Tweed Suits. 12/0 Fine Stook of Molbourno Clothing at Clear ing Prices 228 Cocoa Door Mats. 1/8. 2/3. 3/2, 4/4, 5/5 Fanoy Door Mats, 2/4 oach. Country Orders sent with Cash at Sale Pbioes. All Goods Marked in Plain Red Figures at Greatly Reduced Pkices foe Cash Only.



William _R. _Bi«dgman (LATB RUSnUROOK & BBID-MAN), UPPER QUKKN-SIRKKT AUCKLAND.



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