SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mrm ■ar.Tvtt I rhls Evening, 1.1 HIGH WATER | To . morrow jioming, i.« BUNSET.—This Evening, 4.50 BUNRIBE.-To-Morrow Morning, SI MOON'S AGE.-Full Moon, 12th, LB2 a._U ,

ARRIVALS LAST EVENING. Columbia, schooner, Conway, from Napier

TO-DAY. fingal, s s„ Norris, from Mercury Bay Te Anau, s.s., Carey, from Rttsacll

.DEPARTURES. LAST EVENING. Wellington, s,s., Farquhar, for Tauranga Argyle, b.b., Crawford, for Whangarei Ada, C."' Owen, brigantine, MoLeod, tor Whangaroa . " t

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. - : London—Halcione, ship, early Taranaki and South—Wanaka Tneeday Melbourne, via South-Te Anau, Thursday Sydney—Ringarooma, Tuesday, 12th ~ . ■Russell—lona. Mondays _„ ,„ Tanranga-Wellington, Tuesday and TWJMOay; Whangarei and Mangapai-Argyle,] Tuesday. and Friday Mangawai- Fingal, Thursday Mercury Bay—Fingal, Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Inconstant. H.M.S. frigate, 6780,16 «nn*.»^ Admiral Right Hon. Earl of ClanwiUlam,

from _lelbourno _. . ~ - _, Carysfort, H-M.S. corvette, 2383, U guns, Capt, Henry F. Stephenson, C.8., fromMelDOnrne. Tourmali-o, H.-I.S. corvette, 2120,,12 gtms, Capt. Robert P. Denniawun, from Melboarne .Bacchante. H.M.S. corvette, 4130,16 guns. Right; Hon. Charles T. M. D. Scott, from Melbourne Cleopatra, H.M.S. corvette, 2383. 14 guns, Capt. Frances Dun-ant, from Ifolhourne Bowen (N.V.D.L.), s.s., from EooChow, daily Rakaia, ship (W.S.L.N.), from London; called Ashmoref 2 s_ip (Q.S.J.R.), from London ; saUed;

iFamenotb, ship (P.S.F.J.), from Lond on . WMkoto, ship (M.P.K.V.), from London; loading. Hern-one? ehlp (W.T.R.D), from London; to BailJnne26 , ■ ' .._ Firth of Tay, ship, from London; loading Loch Cree. ship, from London; loading . Orient, barque (R.C.J.N.),.from New. York; sailed February 11 »'_"_. Dnnkeld, barque (Q, W.N.V.), from London; to B aUMarch3l _ : . . , ' Rapldo. barque (P.G.R.L), from Adelaide C. A. Littlefleld, barque, from New Yor_ , AhsdeU, birqne, from Newcastle './:_„ Mary Blair, barque (W.M.V.R.), from Maurltina Camille, brig, from New York vlft: Lyttelton, sailed April 2 Seagull, brigantine, from Lyttelton Oamaru, brigantine, from Dunedln i Ooeola, brigantine, from New York , , Borealis, brigantine, from Lyttelton - LDOk Oat, brigantine, from Sydney Lapwing, brigantine, from Dunedin, Christine, schooner, from Dunedln Mazeppa, sohooner, from the Islands Agnes Donald, schooner, from Rarotonga Winifred, sohooner, from New Hebrides Taviuni, schooner, from the Islands Belle Brandon, schooner, from Samoa Norval, schooner, from Noumea Annie Wilßoi, sohooner, from Dunedin Transit, schooner, from Rarotonga

IMPORTS.

Per s,s. Penguin— 25 csseß finest Pioton, Woaters—rChas. Maior. " •

Per s.s., Hero transhipped ex P. and O. Bteamer-I case billiard and fancy meerchaum pipes, 1 do. Q.B.D. briar, 1 do. flth-booka, 1 do. plush albums, purses, fanß, &c„ &c—M. Levy; and Co.

EXPORTS

Per Byno, for Suwarrow—32 boxes tobacco, 3 1 boxes ditto, 5 cases kerosine,2 l-ohests tea, ; 11 mats sugar, 4 cases brandy, 4 casks beer, 4j cases claret, 10 gallons wine, 20 cases geneva, 12: cases and 1 bale drapery, 16 oases potted flsh.l 3 kegs nails, > drums oil, 40 hags and 50 tins flour, 200 tins biscuits, 8000 feet timber, 100 bags, rice, 58 packages sundry merchandise. Inwards Coastwise.— Fairy, from Russell,; with 52 tons coal. i. . > V' Outwards Coastwise. — Christina, for .Russell; Atalanta, for Ngunguru: Fairy, for. Russell. .• . The brlgantlno Orwell is expected to proceed from this port to Marßhall Islands. -'The barque Espeoulador cleared at the Cus-: tomß today for Long Inland via Russell. She. •will probably sail this evening, . • The sohooner Saxon proceeds to Kaipara to load for Lyttelton. She cleared at the CUBtoms .or the former port to-day. ~ ' / ' :-T_e brigantine Ryno is expected. to. Bail lor Suwarrow this evening. She cleared at the; Customs for that port to-day. . The barqnontine Fairlie is loading for Sydney. | She has accommodation for a few passengers. The Bchooner Columbia left Napier on the 22nd instant, and arrived in harbour at eleven; O'clock lost night. r; ' The' brig Vision is announced to sail for the- Northern Walroa stations immediately upon; discharge of Southern cargo. The B.s.Te Anau arrived from Russell early! this morning with 450 tonß coal, 84 saokß oysterj, 55 sheep and two passengers—Mr T. Russell and 'Mr and Mrs J. O'Connor. About noon to-day the signal of "a steamerl onteicfe Tlri_ri," was hoisted on the Mount Victoria signal station, shortly followed by the "coastwise"flag, and last of all "a steamer, broken down." The only two steamers whloh were expeoted from the coast, were the Staffa from Opotiki, and Fingal from Mercury Bay, and those persons who were at all acquainted with the shipping of the port, immediately con cluded that the unfortunate vessel mnst prove one of the two. Not so our contemporary the " Herald," however, whioh seems to have a peculiar code oil Its own, for a short time after the. ahni,al waa Been, thers __D««_<a-••_■»■ it bulletin board; Signalled— b.b. Bowen from Foochow." This had the effect of creating quite a sensation in town, as the Bowen is not expeoted until a few days hence at the earliest, .The Indignation of some of our1 merchants, who aro interested in that steamer's arrival, oan be well Imagined when they found the "Herald" had blundered, and that the Bowen had not been signalled. A crowd congregated on tho wharf to see the Bowen, as they thought, and were intensely disgusted when toe littlo s.s. Fingal was Been coming up tho harbour in tow of the Blanohe. Captain; Norris, of the ! Fingal, informs ns. that he left Mercury Ear at 4 pm. yesterd&y with 43 sacka gum and one pasaenger. When off Cape Colvilfe at 10.30 a.m. to-day, the steamer's shaft broke clean off. Sail was then set, and kept on until 11 o'clock, when the. _s. Blanche was Seen making In the direction of the Wade. Captain Noetlb requested to'bß towed up, which was agreed to, and both Bteaueis arrived at 1.30 p.m. The rßpairs to the Fingal will occupy two or three days, during whioh time she will be laid np, — -

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

, ; ,ji,;f J '■; ARRIVALS.;'.'1;:. ■- ■ Lalla Rookh, s,s„ Robertson, from Raglan Samson, p.B.,iHarvey, from Waitara :: • ,r IMPORTS.;- •• ,-,(«!'■• n'r" Per Lalla Rookh, from Raglan- 39 pigs, 2 hides, 15 bales flax, S bales tow, 2 sacks bacon, 1 gun, and 5 packages sundries; . Pee Samson, from Wait_ra-12 head cattle, 11 horses, 128 sheep, and 5 packages butter. The p.s. Samson arrived from Waltara at 10.30 a.m. to-day with the following pessengers: —Mr and Mrs Scholar and family (1), Messrs Kelly, Old, and Nathan (2). She is announced to return thither at 3 p.m. to-morrow. ' Ihe s.s. Lalla Rook-arrived.from Raglan at. 7 o'clock this morning. She was announced to leave again at noon lor Waltara. ;; ■. j . , r,,,. ~,., . ; . I m. . . " 1,,, . • ■: I

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

, ' Helens'ville, this day. j At Kopuru loading: Sohooner Nelson, Torea, Magellan Cloud. At Aratapn: Colinlst, Prince Alfred, Aratapu, Bannockburn, at the Heads. Loaded: Barque Sarah Ann, sohooner Ni.hting-: gale, rest outward-T)onnderß sailed. .

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

New Plymouth, this day. I Arrived: Penguin, from Onehunga, 9 a.m. Tauranga, this day. Arrived: Wellington, s.s., from Anokland, 11.15 a.m. •i. i I whangarei, this day. Arrived: Argylo, from Auckland, 10.30 a.m. Wellington, this day. Arrived: Hinemoa, s.s., from Lyttelton, 12.45 pirn.l- • ■ ■■ •*■ ' I Melbourne, July 6. I Sailed, this afternoon; The Union Company's steamship Arawata, for the Bluff.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Btar office, Wednesday. Messrs B. Tonks and C 0.., held a large fruit Sale to-day, consisting of 1.4C0 cases of Hobart town apples which were all sold at satisfactory prices. Mr B. Arthur's fruit sale had not olosed In time for a report in this evening's Issue.

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close as Under.— ~,.-., "' ; THIS DAY. For Wangaroa, per Linda Weber, at 1 P.m. ! For Thames, per Enterprise, at 6.30 p.m. Thursday, 7th instant. For Gisborne, Napier, Southern ports, and Ans, tralianColonies_per Te Anau, at 9 a.m. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, Craigieburn, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Port Fitzroy, per Waterlily.at 11 a.m. For Waitara, per Saosom, at Ip.m. For Rarotonga, per Lilian, at 3 p.m. For Mani?awai, per Fingal, at 3 p,m. For Tauranga, Oh—lemata. and OpotiKl, per. Glenelg, at i p.m. • • . ,• , : Friday, Bth Instant. ! ForWalhekeand Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 12.30 p.m. . _ ~ . I For Taranaki, and Wanganui, per Oretl, at. I p.m. Tuesday. 19th July. Per b.b. Zealandia, as follows :— For Sandwich Islands, United States of- 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 1 p.m.-, r ,•, - 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. This mail will be due in London on Tuesday, August 30th, 1881. S. 8.'885," Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-office. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

July 6,1881. Theatre Royal-Carden Dramatio Company, " The Wife's Sooret," 8 p.m.

St. Luke's Presbyterian Churoh, Remuera— Literary and Musical Entertainment, 7.30 p.m.

Otahuhu Public Hall—Concert In connection with the Catholio Church of the district, 7.30 p.m. • '":,.. , : ■■'■'" t ';

Court City of Auokland, A.0.F., 7.30 p.m.

Birth.

Guy.—On the 6th July, at the Parsonage, Franhlln Road, the wife of Rev. J. Guy, of a daughter.

Death.

FLETCHER.—On June 20, at his residence, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, in his 52nd year, after a lingering illness, the Rev.; William. Fletoher, B.A. (Law), formerly of Auckland, and for many years a Wesleyan missionary in Fiji and Rotumah.

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1881.

. For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistancei Fpr the future in the distance, And the good that wa can do.

If the "Gaming and Lotteries Bill"intro duced by the Attorney-General and now be foretbe Legislative Council shouldpass, the reverend gentlemen and their fair assistants who promote bazaars at which articles are disposed of by lot or chance will have to look out. The Bill has been brought down this session in the form in which it passed the Legislative Council last year, and its provisions are very stringent. By Clause 18 any person who establishes, or assists in establishing, conducts, pr assists. in 'conducting, or has any interest in any lottery or scheme, by, .which goods are disposed of .by chance, and any persons who shall sell tickets for such lottery ahull >>° IS-LU-lo » r—>»'*r "l jsaoo, and for-a second offencey shall, in addition to fine, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six calendar months. And in this, as in all otherbr'eaches of the Act, one half the penalty goes to the informer, who shall likewise be entitled to have his costs paid. The operation ■ot this clause would consign the' participants' in Church [and charitable bazaar, lotteries to 'one common and lamentable doom, the bare mention of which will Bend a thrill of horror through the palpitating breasts of the sedupr tive young tcreatures who. have so ; .often busied themselves in the popular excite ments now placed rudely under the ban; Still, wc do not think that either religion or the cause of philanthropy would Buffer much r .by the total suppression,-,6f these i-very -questionable; means of raising; money. The only saving clause that "might possibly be strained to legalise an evasion of the clear intention, of this clause is the t poAver vested in.the Colonial Secretary to grant a license to " any person being .the owner .of any painting, drawing, 'sculpture or other work of art" to dispose of the same by -raffle or chance. A permit granted under this proviso for the purpose of being exercised indiscriminately • in''the disposal of goods by lottery, would, how ever, be a palpable abuse of the letter and spirit of the Act. The Act,, in another clause, specially legislates 1 against the disposal, .of lands, ships, or any kind of goods by means of any game of skill or chance. Provision is', however, made for legitimate "Art Unions" or voluntary -Associations for the disposal of paintings, draAvings, sculptures, or other works of art. But in. the case of these Associations rules and regulations approved by the Attorney-General must be regis teredJ There is likewise a clause em powering Agricultural Associations to dis-; pose of show specimens by lot. [' ..'".■

The Act contains extensive provisions I for the suppression of gaming and betting houses, offices, or rooms, under penalty of £100. It authorises police inspection at any 'time, and inflicts heavy fines for obstructing officers. It pro hibits gaming . with any kind of instrument in any public place, with one exception,however—the Colonial Secretaty, with the approval of the Local Resident Magistrate, is empowered to issue a license! to any racing club to use not more than three totalizators, to be conducted under their own management, at any horse racing meeting held under their control. This is one of the new features in the Bill, the others being, in one shape or other provided tor under the various existing laws. Another notable prohibition in the Bill is that against what are known as Sweeepstakes on any sporting event. The clause that has been drafted to give effect to this purpose appears, by itsfraraer, to have, been worded with sufficient verbosity to cover any and all of the devices by which such sweepstakes are conducted. And the penalties imposed are the same as for ordinary..lotteries, not exceeding £200 fine for a first offence, and fine and imprison ment for a second one.

- The bookmakers appear to escape altogether, except that the existing pro vision rendering wagers not recoverable by law is re-enacted.

The proposal made by Mr Dargaville at the meeting of the Eeception Committee to take the young Princes to the Lake country is a very good one if at all practicable. We do not calculate upon impressing the Koyal visitors much with our bunting, our horse races, or balls. They Avill turn out very one-horse affairs after Avhat they have seen, even in Australia, to say nothing of the grander receptions and State shows to which i they have been accustomed from infancy.! But we have something which they hare never seen, and which they cannot see to equal perfection in any other part of the i world. The geysers, the terraces, the tremendous development of subterranean! force,'at Rotorua and Rotomahana, would! most assuredly impress their minds Avith an ineffaceable recollection of NeAV Zealand. These would stand foremost among the wonderful sights of which they will have to tell their mamma on reaching home at the close of their journey round the world. The visit may be made more complete, characteristic-and interesting by arranging for a large gathering of Maories, to dance a haka, which may easily be done at Kotorua. Their visit will afford them and the officers from the Squadron Avho would no doubt accompany them, a good flying view of the country, with a glimpse of that bush scenery whose glorious wealth of beautiful ever greens is, like the terraces, unrivalled any where. We believe the project to be a per fectly practicable one, and its advantages i

over any scheme for keeping the two young visitors hanging about the city are palpable enough to obviate extended discussipn. From our Victorian telegrams we-observe that their time in th 6 neighbouring colony is spent chiefly, in 'visiting interior towns.;' Among other "lions "of the lakes the' Princes will have a chance of seeing the place where their uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh, wrote his autograph upon the pink terrace, a spot marred, alas I by the chisel of, some colonial snob, who reverently chipped off and bore away the sacred pieces of silica on which the royal pencil had rested.

A rßi_L of some importance was'brought down in the_ Legislative Council yesterday by the Attorney-General. Its purpose is to legally define the custom in relation to crossed cheques, and regulate the mode: of payment in the case cf cheques that * are' ] rendered not negotiable by "crossing." Another most neces sary provision of the bill is' the. imposition of a penalty of five pounds upon any "holder of a bank-note who writes, prints, stamps,-or marks thereon or causes or permits to be written, printed, stamped, or marked thereon, his name or, names, or any. number, device; .printing,' or writing of any kind relating to such person! or his trade, business, or affairs. And the ; person whose name, number, device, print-; ing, or writing shall be so written, &c.,' shall, ' prima facie,' be - deemed guilty of the offence." A; further .clause ought to be inserted compelling banks to keep; their note issue in something approaching' decent condition. Many notes in cir-1 culation now are disgustingly filthy—fou both to touch and Bmell. It would be an interesting question for medical investigation to ascertain what part such notes play in the propogation of infectious and offensive diseases. While the authorities are so careful to : fumigate and . disinfect correspondence which may perchance through some, mysterious channel have absorbed the virus developed upon two or three people in a city of 250,000. inhabitants, it is curious to mark the com-, placency with which dirty and unwholesome; notes, that may have been carried about in close contact with the skin of fever patients, I are handled and pocketed, by persons of all classes. This source of danger from an extensive note issue is one which cannot easilyj beibvercome ; but it is possible to make banks keep their- notes in tolerably good condition; and now that it is, very properly, to be made penal to disfigure a note, a suitable penalty should simultane-. ously be provided against banks which fail to renew their paper issue when it has become defaced by. ordinary wear and tear.

Thirty-five prize books were yesterday afternoon awarded to scholars at the Devon port Public School by the agent of the Auckland Scripture Gift Association, for home Scripture exercises. The exercises exhibited care and neatness, and altogether occupied about seven weeks of spare time in preparation.

To the Editor: Sir, Will you kindly allow me space to direct the attention of the Ponsonby Highway Board to the present disgraceful' condition of, England-street, it being now over shoe-tops in mud. A few loads of scoria laid Upon the footpath would be thankfully < received by the residents, and which request the Board Society cannot refuse, Seeing that the said street is closely built upon and surrounds the most populated part of the district.—l am, &c., Ratepayer.

On Friday evening next, a literary and musical entertainment will be given in the new Epsom Hall, in aid of the building fund. The programme promises a pleasant evening's amusement. Mr James Buckland will take a prominent part in the literary department, and will give Beveral readings and recitations from the best authors of the centuryi The entertainment will con clude with a free dance, to which there will be ub extra charge. A conveyance for the accommodation of Auckland visitors will start from Lendrum's yard. Queen street, at 7 o'clock, returning at the close of the entertainment.

A meeting of shareholders in the Queen of England claim was convened this after noon for the purpose of forming a company lapsed for want of a quorum. ;'

We regret to notice in our obituary, the death of the Rev. William Fletcher, 8.A., Wesleyan Minister, which took place on the 20th nit., at Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W. It will be remembered by his numerous friends in Aucklaud, that towards the, end of last year, the rev. gentleman paid a visit to this city for the benefit of his health, which had for some time past been failing. The disease from which he was suffering was rather a peculiar one, and puzzled for a time his medical advisers; but from the hour they became acquainted with its deadly nature they held out no hopes of ultimate recovery, and though the patient hoped against hope, the disease slowly but surely did its work, until, as already stated, on the 20th of last montb, Mr Fletcher succumbed to it 3 effects, His end was one of calm peace—not abonnding joy.

To the Editor: Sir,—Mr Winstone's letter-of last night Is full ot abuse (and not argument) and a tissue of misstatements. As to Mr George Winstone's opinion pi myself, that I care little about, he being "a Christian and a gentleman;" but there is one that Mr George Winstone1 has never learned, but perhaps he has been waitiog for the new version of the New Testament, hoping to find an alteration, believing tbe old version to be in error. I refer him to the 13th chapter of the Ist Epistle to the Corinthians, and hope that he will carefully read and commit the came to memory.—l am, fye, Hehry M. Shepherd.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Onehnnga Borough Council was held on Monday night last. The Mayor (Mr G.;T, Blakey), Councillors Codlin, Kelsall; Hastie, Jackson, Tapp,. Hills, Broadfoot, and Hartnett were present. The water works report shewed that thirty vessels were supplied with 20,700 gallons of Water, paying for the same £10 7s 6d. Bank account, to credit balance, £143 10s 2d. Several.accounts were brought forward and passed for payment. Councillor Tapp moved, "That tenders be called-.for a supply of 150 yards of Mount Smart metal." —Carried. The Mayor moved, " That the kerbing on footpaths at the corners of streets be made round." Councillor Jack sou moved, " That a shed be built to hold tools, the property of the Council." This concluded the business.—(Own correspon dent.)

Daring his official tour throughout the Australian Colonies, Mr J. E. Fitzgerald, in accordance with a request of the Govern ment, ascertained the cost of the office ot Agent-General in London of each of them. The cost of the Agent-General's Depart ments for the current year was:—For New Zealand, £4,000, or with the salary of the Audit Officer added, £4,400. For Victoria it wa3 £4,662; New South Wales, £3,750; Queensland, £4125; South Australia, £3105!; and Tasmania only. £210. .The salaries of the several Agents-General vary —save in the case of Tasmania at£2lo—from £1250 for New Zealand, to £2,000 in the case of Victoria and New South Wales.

Herr Bandmann ond his dramatic com pany are winning their way successfully at New Plymouth in Shakespeare's leading dramas and in the "Corsican Brothers." The several members of this popular com pany have received favourable notices in the '".Budget." Our local actress, Miss Jessie Raymond (Mrs Glover) has been successful. In a notice of "Isast Lyrine," performed on Thursday last, the critic says ; —" Misa Jessie Raymond was cast for the part of Cornelia Carlyle, which she played well, making it one of the most noteworthy portraitures of the play. As the prim and sour-tempered Cornelia she made a most palpable hit, and was frequently ap plauded." Of the little daughter of this actress, the writer adds:—" Little Miss Edith Glover took the part of little Willie, and played it with that natural childlike simplicity that made the scene with Miss Beaudet the more telling and effective. The child evidently gives fair promise of future excellence."

The trick of the Nihilists described by the " Presse " is rather an old stratagem, but it has seldom been played on a large scale. The Nihilists knew that the Russian : Go vernment was aware that a consignment of I dynamite was arriving on the frontier. They therefore disguised themselves aa police, confiscated the dynamite, and. took it away to one of tfieir hiding places. Then the genuine police came up, and when they asked to be allowed to inspect the dynamite, found they had been anticipated. The scene might be added to Michael Strogoff with comic effect. The idea is that of the colonial Bishop and diamond ring trick as played in Bond street. A customer, dressed as a colonial Bishop, enters a jeweller's, asks for a dia mond ring, and gives' in exchange a £100 note. As he is leaving the shop he is arrested by a detective, who asks the shop keeper to hand over the presumably forged £100 note, and follow tho cab to the police office. The tradesman prepares to obey, but meanwhile the sham detective has dis appeared in a swift hansom with the sham Bishop, the diamond ring, the £100 note, and the change received for that document. —"London Telegraph."

Ticket, for the dramatic entertainment at Mrs Clayton's School on Friday evening can be obtained at Messrs Upton and Co.'s of of Mrs Clayton.

! A meeting of the Pioneer Good Templar Lodge was held last evening in the Temper ance Hall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of closing the lodge; the numbers on the roll having dwindled down to a lifeless minority. No resolution was made as to its destiny, but in alllikelihood at the next meetine, the Pioneer lodge will be classed among the things that were among the ruins of the dead past.

The Ponsonby Mutual Improvement Society held their usual weekly meeting in All Saints' Schoolroom on Tuesday evening. Readings and recitations were given by Messrs Burrow (2). Hall (2), Rewlett.Allen, and Warnock; nnd the criticisms which followed were favourable to the speakers. The following gentlemen were nominated as members:—Messrs Furbey, Warnock, 'Sinclair, and McKaig. The meetings com mence at 7.30 o'clock sharp, and all intending to join are; cordially invited to attends: The business will be impromptu speaking.

The members of the Loyal Good Intent Lodge of Oddfellows will celebrate their thirty-first anniversary on the evening of the 15th inst. with a supper and ball, in the Lome-street Hall. The committee are doing their best to make the entertainment as attractive as possible. The ball will be opened at 9 o'clock under an efficient master of ceremonies. Those friends-who have not already secured tickets may do so by apply ing to the secretary, Mr C. Westpfahl, or of any member of the ball committee- Messrs James, Akers, Carter, Gole, Fenton, Harley, Holland, Gow, and Homer.

We hope that some benevolently-inclined settler will act on this suggestion: Sir;- Itis to be sincerely hoped that some kindly disposed settler will take up the very humane offer made by Judge Gillies with regard to the boy Mulhern.' Give him another chance—this poor lad of fourteen— abandoned by his mother at 7 years old, and left to shift entirely for himself at that ten der age—rather than have him sent to gaol to come out branded,as a felon—and, most probably worse than he went in, Is it sur prising that the lad, under the circum stances, is what he. is? Under firm but kipd treatment, the boy. may grow up a useful man. Prevention is better than cure.—Yours.&c; Sbirley W. Hill.

The excellent comedy "Extremes" was produced again at the Theatre Royal last evening by the Carden Dramatic Company. Singularly enough; the attendance was not; by any means.large. ' The.performance was a highly successful one, and the audience, were kept almost constantly in roars ot laughter. A word of praise is dne to the! scenic artist for the splendid "Woodlands'" scene in the second act. • Enthusiastic ap-j plauee greeted its disclosure, and the artist was compelled to come forward and bow his acknowledgements. A change of pro* gramme is announced for this evening, wnen the drama of " The 'Wife's Secret" will be ; produced. The company is undoubtedly a most excellent one, and well deserves the patronage of the public.

We have received a letter from Mr Maurice Kelly, senr., from the Wade, in reply to statements' from the " Herald" correspondent with reference to the recent conviction tor smuggling. As we stated in reply to a correspondent on .the other side a few days ago, this matter is one in which too serious allocations are made on both sides for an adjustment to be come to by means of newspaper correspondence. The proper course for the settlers who believe Polkinehorne to be innocent is to place before the Government any evidence they may have to support their belief, and ask for a further inquiry—or they might proceed by petition to the House of Representatives. But allegations of crimes, which are freely mado or insinuated in the course of the correspondence, cannot be profitably inves tigated in the columns of a newspaper; ■ We therefore mast decline to open up columns to -such statements either from the one side or the other.

! 'Any change or sign of life in the In surance Buildings creates a pleasant sen sation, and is welcomed like gleams of sun shine after days ot dreary weather. A number of carpenters and labourers are busy in pulling down the walls and fixtures at the most dilapidated end of the build ings, where old men have been wont to talk over old times, and members of the Stock and Mining Association have gathered for years at the sound ot the magical bell. All this is to be altered, and this morning agents are seeking another room near Queen-street; The raised platform, where some time ago Rishon Cowie and church ministers • addressed sailors on Sunday mornings, will shortly be transformed into a Chamber of Commerce, in connection with a reading room and office for Mr James Stodart, who will henceforth carry, on his agency business there. The office of Mr Joshua Jacksou is in comparative ruins, and he has had to seek new quarters, and remove his timepiece. The association is changing its quarters. The alterations, however, are not,to be regretted,, but welcomed,!;as new interest will be added to the old buildings, from whose promenade the, light of other days has faded, but whose memories linger among the dust and cobwebs of deserted offices.

The American papers of the last mail contain the usual proportion of official swindles. One of the most notable of these is a charge brought against Superintendent Dodge of the Californian Mint, of receiving 400,000 ounces cf lowgrade and refractory silver bullion from the representatives of two bullion brokerage establishments in San. Francisco, 181,000 ounces of which were reported by the Anglo-Californian Bank and 225,000 ounces by one George Your, while rejecting the same bullion offered by. certain other parties. To the President of the Anglo-Californian Bank .Superintendent, Dodge was mainly indebted for his present official position. The charge sets forth that the receipt of this bullion by Mr Dodge was an act of favouritism shown to personal friends and calculated to make a monopoly of the purchase of this class of silver bullion in their interest, and that by this wrong doing of. Superintendent .Dodge the loss to .the Government during the fiscal, year end ing June 30, 1880, in the Melter's and Refiner's Department, was not less than 22,b00d018., as shown by.the Mint report." At Oakland, six officials have been indicted for felony and perjury in'connection with a system of wholesale swindling in building the Hall of Records.'_ . ' ..

At the meeting of the Union Insurance Company in Christchurch yesterday, the Chairman said,:—" When speaking to you on former occasions ■I- have allude J to the ridiculous competition which existed in various places in the colony. lam sorry to say that it still continues to a greater or less extent. I have heard of such a thing as wooden dwelling-houses being insured at a rate of 2s 6d percent, I wonder if the agents accepting such rates ever paused tb consider that their company must go on re ceiving that 2s 6d per cent, for 800 years before they will be recouped for a total loss of the building insured. This calculation excludes working expenses paid and interest received. The last item would, of course, reduce the number of years tothe same ex tent. Perhaps some ingenious actuary will be able to work it out, and see what extent we had stood as much as possible out of tbe race for premium at all hazards, and as a natural result our revenue has fallen off con siderably at those places where competition is reckless. We do not regret onr course of action, feeling assured that it will stand the test of time, and prove to be the right one." Mr Meares, the manager, in returning thanks on behalf of the officers, said he might be permitted to inform them that the risks-which had been declined had sub sequently resulted in losses extending to upwards of £7000. This would show that they had reason to be satisfied with the care exercised.

Iv Finland dairying is taught the women in the most thorough style at Government expense. In 1868 travelling dairy-maids were appointed throughout the country, and, being paid from the public treasuries, every inhabitant had a right to claim in struction or assistance. The next step was tho founding of seventeen dairy schools, of which ten were established by owners of private dairies. Each school had a : teacher at its head who gave theore tical instruction, and a female teacher, who taught the principal part ot the work. Each school is calculated for eight pupils, who ' are admitted by the teacher, and required to be able to read and write. After a course of two years they have to pass a final examination in the presence of members of the Agricultural Society. The instruction given them during the first year comprises animal physiology, tending of ani mals in general, the most common diseases of cattle and their treatment, the use .of the thermometer, the different methods of cool ing milk and their effect as to the formation of cream, the treatment of the cream and the making of butter, the manufacture of cheese from skimmed and unskimmed milk, and, finally, book-keping by single entry. The contract for the erection of a dairy school with the owner of a dairy applying for ones is generally made for five years. During the first yoar only four pupils aro received; none during the last. Hence, only sixteen pupils can be fully educated during the term of contract,

A postmortem examination on the body of a little boy named Buckley, ten years old, who was accidentally shot;while look ing on at the shooting gallery, at th. Thames, failed to discover the bullet, whieb. was no Digger than a pea. It was shewn, bowever.thatdeathhad resulted from the ex tensive bleeding which was caused by the wound.

The following are some of Carlisle's opin ions, taken from his reminiscences:—" Sir Walter Scott, a toothless relator of old" wives' fables; Brougham, an eternal grinder of commonplace and pretentious noise, like a man playing on a hurdy gurdy ; Coleridge, talking in a ma.dlin sleep an infinite deal of nothing; Words worth, stooping to extract a spiritual catsup from mushrooms which were little better than toadstools; John Wilson, taken to presiding at Noctes, and painting haggises in food ; Peel, a plausible fox ; John Wilson Croker, an unhanged hound ; Lord John Russell, a turnspit of good pedigree ; .Lord Melbourne, a monkey; ' these be thy gods, O Israel 1' Others occupied in undertakings as absurd as to seek to suck the moon out of the sky ; the wind-bag yelping for liberty to the negro, and that other for the im provement of prisons—all sham and impos ture together; a giant lie which may soon go down in hell-fire."

kA visitor to' Matamato, describing his journey in the " Waikato Times," says :— "Having again admired the trim cottages about, in which the head men. of from 40 to 60 always employed on the property reside, and thinking that they must have a most desirable life of it—none being engaged under £1 a week wages, with substantial food and a comfortable dwelling-place—l followed my obliging guide at a brisk can ter down the broad private road of 11. miles, through the estate to the landing place on the Waihou Kiver, and presently we came to some fine paddocks of about 1400 acres, sown with grass and turnips, in which the bullocks of tbe herd were enjoying themselves, /.'he grass only wanted a little rain, of which it has since had abundance to afford first-rate feed, and the turnips, though only half grown, and somewhat retarded by the dryness of the season, were healthy and plentiful. The condition im which the cattle appeared fully attested the excellence of their keep and their enjoyment of the state of life in which it had pleased the pigs to place them. x"The herd includes 1,900 head of all kinds with the yearlings and calves, and nearly all are tolerably pure-bred shorthorns, about two-thirds of them having been bred on the place, ~ ,'

A writer In New York gives a few facts about the " fortunes made in little things " in that.city... He says : •' One man has got rich in.the oyster shell business. He has a barge ready to receive all that are sent, and these, he lakes to Long.lslands and burns into lime. His carts call at the oyster saloons and remove their shells to the barge, for which he receives 75 cents per .load. _ Another man has made a fortune •' in* the' manure' business. His carts call at the livery stables and loaded without charge, the accommo dation being, a sufficient consideration. They dump into a barge, and the contents are floated to Long. Island and sold to far mers. The sand trade also reaches an immense extent. This article is brought in barges a distance of 100 miles, and is stored in yards and sold to builders as may be wanted. The traffic in empty .barrels.has also become a heavy item. Empty molasses casts are taken to pieces, bouud up in " shookß," and reshipped to the plantations. Carpet-shaking has also become a great specialty, being now done by steam. The beating is done in a large upper-room where the draft carries oil the dust, and the result is so satisfactory that the old method is superseded. The steam carpet-beater reaps a rich harvest at this season of the year. Little things thus reach a vast aggregate in a large city, and fortunes are made in specialties apparently' of the; most petty character. Nothing is wasted here. The refuse of the market is bought by-cheap boarding house keepers, and the chiffonier gleanS from the sweepings of the streets."

A dramatic entertainment will be given on Friday evening, in Mrs Clayton's school room, St. George's Bay Road, in aid of St. Mary's Sunday-school Library. The dramatic selec tions, we learn, are ot a high order of merit.

Mr Gabriel Lewis will hold an important sale to-morrow at his store, consisting of 80 packagos ot useful goods, received ex Loch Ooon direct from London. Tho goods are in good oondition, and inolude glassware, dessert and teaser-ices, toilet seta, o—ndlesticka, orna ments, etc., in great variety. The sale will com mence at 11 o'clock precisely.

Professsor Fraser will give one of his most interesting lootures to-morrow (Thursday) even ing, In the Temperance Hall, viz., " Men who have risen and how they, rose." As the lecture will be more especially addressed to young men starting in life, there Bhould be a large attendance. The lecture will be illustrated in _ gi-auHiui aim pieaminc manner, intersperse. with suitable anecdotes ot tamous men, asso ciated with the lessons of their lives; " - I

DESTRUCTION BY RE TURNED PRISONERS.

]BY TELEGRAPH, OWN CO-RESPONDENT.]

" > NORMANBY, this day. The Ngatiruanui portion of the released prisoners returned to the Plains yesterday. On their way they are reported to have destroyed part of a ditch and bank fence, which one of their.old dray tracks on the Plains.

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Before Messrs J. M. Dargaville (chairman), and H. D. Martelli, Justices ot the Peace.)

DrUNKKNNESS. —Elizabeth Harrison and John Sargent were fined 5s each, and Annie Hamilton (second offence) 10s and costs.. Alleged Vagrants.—Michael Ryan was charged under the Vagrant Act with being an habitual drunkard and without means of a livelihood. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment "' with hard labour.— John;, Graham was charged under the Vagrant | Act with wilfully exposing his person in front'of a lady's house in Cook street.—Prisoner said .he .was -in liquor.— Sergeant Gamble said this was one of the most disgusting caaes tbat had ever been brought before the Court. . Ho kept it up for an hour, and half until the ladies sent for, Constable Bernard. On -seeing- the constable the prisoner took to his heels, and was'subsequently found in the Rob Roy Hotel.—Prisoner said he was drunk at the time, and as this was his first offence he hoped the Court would deal-leniently with him. Three months' imprisonment with hard labour.

' LARCENY.-r-John Powell was charged with the larceny of a gold watch and chain, value £30, the property of Thomas i Joseph Selions, of Temuka, on the 7th inst.—On the application of Sergeant Gamble the hearing of this case was adjourned until Friday next. Strapping a Youth.—Cardinal Sainty was charged with assaulting Ernest Reginald White, and beating him on the head and shoulders with a leather strap, at Chelten ham, on the 29th inst.— Defendant pleaded guilty under very provoking circumstances. —Thomas Leigh"White stated that he was not actuated by any vindictive feeling iv taking these proceedings against Captain Sainty. On the day in question his son had Bomething to tell him. He was not present at the time of the assault. His son in formed him that defendant, without any provocation, caught him by the collar and struck him over the head and shoulders with a strap.—Defendant said Mr White knew nothing about tho matter.—The Court thought tho little boy should bs examinad. —Ernest Reginald White, aged 11, was sworn arid deposed that on Wednesday last Mr Sainty struck him with a leather strap. Had never been thrashed so much at school. Several boys saw the beating, Alfred Bailey, Charles Williams, and another boy. Charley Sainty was about to hit Willie Brown, when he told him not to do so, as Willie was a smaller boy. Charley Sainty then hit him (witness). He struck him back. They had a stand-up, schoolboy fight.—To the Bench :It was 10 o'clock in the morning. A fair light. He licked Charley. He went home.—To Mr White; Captain Sainty came along about eleven o'clock and took a strap out of his pocket and strapped him.—To defendant: Charley was not held to the ground. Did not throw a stone. You hit me three times. —To the Court: Did not give Charley a black eye. 'Hit him on the teeth.—Charles Williams saw Mr Sainty strike Ernest White three or four times with a strap. (Produced).— The Court: This is just the sort of strap for boys.—To Mr Sainty : Did not hold Charley down nor throw a stone. —Charles Sainty made his statement. He had a fight with Ernest AVhito. The fight was fair. Two boys wero there. They held him down, and consequently he was beaten, or he believed he should have come out best man.—The Court said it wai merely a boy's squabble, and it would have been better to have left it to them selves, but as Captain Sainty had interfered in the way he did he must pay a fine of 10s and coats'.

Failing to Pay.—John Harrison was charged with failing to obey an order of the Court for regular payments in support ot his wife, Bridget Harrison, arrears £10 Bs.— Mr E. Cooper said this case must be heard before a ' Resident Magistrate.—lt was accordingly adjour_ed until Friday next. This was all the.business.

AT THE QUARANTINE A STATION.

[FEOM OCR SPECIAL COBBESPOND-MT.]

Motuihi, July 5,

I NOW forward you a few lines relating to life under the yellow flag at Motuihi for your information. The passengers are all living on board the Hero, and think it a great farce being quarantined, as there were no cases of small-pox in Sydney when they left, the two persons affected having been removed from the city. However, as it cannot be helped they try to pass the time as pleasantly as they can, some remaining on board to fish and shoot sea-gulls, while others go ashore to hunt for rabbits, stroll on the beach, and otherwise amuse" them selves. Swings are erected for the children. The mails were all fumigated last night and forwarded to Auckland early this morn ing. The ship and cargo are now being oper ated on and are expected to be finished this afternoon. It was quite amusing to see the passengers sneeze and make faces while they were shut up in the saloon with the sulphur fumes so thick that you could not recognise a person a few yards distant. Captain McGee and his officers are most energetic in their efforts to provide amuse ments for the people, and things altogether are much more satisfactory than if the passengers were living at the quarantine buildings. There is much room for improve ' menc in the management of the buildings on the island, and it wonld be a great con venience if a shed was erected noar the oven, for the reception of mails and other matter to be fumigated, as at present they have to be opened in a shed 100 yards from the oven, and if the weather happens to be at all bad, are liable to be damaged in carrying them to and from the oven.

SCINTILLATIONS.

"Be brief; for it is wlt_ words as with sun beams . he more they are oondensed the deeper hey burn."—Souths?.

Carpets are kept down by tho heavy tackses. ■ i

A Broadway milliner has an income of £10,000 per year.,, Through life a man must take his bitters with the sweet.

Among Mr Beecher's listeners lately was Chang, the Chinese giant. It is asserted in Vienna that Prince Rudolph, marrying Princess Stephanie, married his own aunt.

; A.medical writer says children need more wraps than adults. They generally get more.

"I find with light meals my health improves," said the Esquimaux, and down went another candle.

Mr Richard Hobbs, of Pokeno, has im ported two pure-bred Irish setter pups by the Loongana from Hobart Town. ' Beaconsfield was asked how he managed to become such a favourite of her Majesty. "Well," he said, "I never contradict, and I sometimes forget."

•Several cases of measles have appeared amongst the children at the Roman Catholic school, Lyttelton, which* have led to the closing of the schools for a fortnight.

A resident of Invercargill was fined £5 yesterday for drunkenness in a railway carriage. It was stated that the accused was a member of the Licensing Bench.

Sorry he Spoke.—Bulky old gent, making the twelfth inside,: "Phewl Dreadfully stuffy, these 'buses I" Strong-minded slim lady, severely: "We did not remark it till yon came in, sir !''

•Mr Damock has been appointed to the chief inspectorship of the National Bank, whose headquarters are now-in Ducedin. Mr Young has been appointed the Dunedin manager.

At London, McCullough's "Othello" is less liked'than hia " Virginius," but:he continues to draw good houses. The Booth- Irving combination attracts overflowing houses , nightly. A prolongation of the season is promised in June.

The census of Utah, recently completed, reveals the fact that the Gentile population has increased 200 per cent., while the Mormon increase has been only 45 p"er cent. It is now 70 years since the first Hindoo baptism by Dr. Carey. There are in India, Burmah and Ceylon 500,000 persons of, the native population professing and ranking themselves as Christians.

The kind of books that are most read now are those in which the villain always has a cold smile playing around his mouth. People like to think that there is someone, even a villain, who can- always smile coldly.

■At the annual meeting: of the Home Missionary' Society at Boston, i United Statflß. the Secretary's report showed' th_» the work among tho Chinese and Indians was full of promise. One hundred and eighty Chinamen have renounced idolatry and professed conversion.

Tiny boots, with -little gilt spurs, arid three-story hoods of Brussels lace, lined with pink satin, are among the latest whims of Parisian women. '-..), _■■ ■. , ,

The testhetic people who have afforded so much run to London by their queer costumes, Jong hair, and general tomfoolery, are known as the Dadocracy. ,

M. Daubigny, electrical engineer in Paris, has sent to the Municipal Council a petition! asking for authority to establish oa the top of the Golonne de Julliett a huge electric lump, fed by a magneto-electric machine of fifty-horse power. The enormous amount of light will,be diffused by a reflector of special construction. - y. : , r i

Lonis, Bavaria's crazy king, now . keeps his palace closed all day, and open between sunset and sunrise. : At sunrise the court goes to bed. When the : stars begin to twinkle everybody marches down to break fast and the King calls for his shaving water, l: • :

, Mr T. G.. Sandes has been appointed engineer to the contractor on the Morriris vUle section of the Thames-Waikato rail way. - • . - • .;• (•

The Orange Lodges, at Waikato, are going to celebrate the 12th of July by a sermon in tbe afternoon at the Wesleyan Chapel, Cambridge, and a public meeting at night in the hall. . , . .. .

-A naturalist has discovered that monkeys may be taught ti dance. If he had. been brought up in fashionable Society he would have discovered it long ago. ..iSa'dorne Albohi is at' Covent '■ Garden Theatre, and is more popular than ever. Critics say her voice has gained a breadth of force without losing its charm. New York Mechanics are endeavouring to secure a half-holiday on Saturday, and many, employers have already conceded it. Irritated Mamma: " Ho, it does not fit as if he had been born in it.' It doesn't fit at all, and I shall expect the money back." Mr Ikeymo : " But, shelp me , I. M. : Your advertisements say, 'Money returned if not approved.1"" Mr Ikeymo : "So they do, ma tear, so they do; but your money vaa approved—it was very goot money I" ■'

There is in London a "Society for Pre venting Street Accidents." They have is sued returns showing the lArge number of such casualties, and they resolve that it is desirable, in the interests of the public, that the Society do prosecute in case of dangerons driving.

Mr, Galvan, the well-known Raglan blacksmith, died suddenly on Wednesday last, while working in his forge. Feeling unwell, he went into his house, and in about ten minutes was a corpse. Verdict : " Death from natural causes."

RUSSIAN GRAND DUCAL JOKE.

AMONG many amusing anecdotes of the Russian Inperial family related in the late Karl Bender's Memoirs, is (says a Home paper) the following highly characteris tic story "of the eccentric Grand Duke Comstantine, Czar Alexander's eldest uncle. While resising at Warsaw Constantine gave a splendid banquet to a number of the great Polish nobles, to each of whom, at the conclusion of the feast an ordinary tallow candle was served on a plate by the attendant lacqueys.. As soon as all his guests were supplied with these peculiarly unappetising objects,, .the Grand Dnke, who had given orders that an imitation candle, admirably executed in marchpane, should be placed upon his plate, rose from his scat and ex claimed, " Gentleman, let us eat, to tho honour of Russia. The favourite national combustible of my country. Look at me. This is the way to do it." So saying, he threw back his head, opened his mouth wide, and inserted tberem two inches or so of the dainty in question. As he closed his teeth, however, the expression of bis coun tenance suffered an extraordinaty change. One of the noblemen sitting in his imme diate vicinity had contrived to substitute his own genuine tallow candle for tho marchpane imitation [set before the Grand Duke, who, not choosing to betray himself to his guests, found himself condemned to chew at least one copious mouthful of good Russian tallow, as an examplo to all th o victims of this detestable jest, none of whom of course, dared to abstain from doing tia the terrible Constantine did. It is needless to say that tho dexterous appropriator of the Marchpane c„ndle, while devouring that toothsome article with a joyful heart heart, baffled suspicion by the most hideous visual contortions, expressive of loathing and nausea.

CABLEGRAMS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

EUROPEAN.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT.

WASHINGTON, Jnly 4.

This evening's bulletin reports that the President's condition is fluctuating. Symptoms of tympanitis continue. Further inquiries into the antecedents of Gintean, the would-be assassin, prove that he has long been insane. CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

LONDON, July 4.

lathe House of Commons to-day, Sir Charles Dilke, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, iv reply to a question, said it was not intended by the Government to take steps to modify the existing treaties with China so as to enable the Australians to deal with the question of Chinese im migration. :

AUSTRALIAN.

THE POWERS OF THE JHIGH COM-

MISSIONER,

HOBAKT, July 5.

The Hobart "Mercury " publishes, in to day's issue, a circular dispatch by the Bight Hon. Earl Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Her Majesty s representatives in Australasia, relating to the series of resolutions passed by the members of the Intercolonial Conference held at Sydney in January last, with re gard to the resolution concerning the func tions of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Earl Kimberley states that, while fully appreciating the high ability and earnestness displayed by Sir Arthur Gordon in maintaining Imperial jurisdiction in the Pacific during his term ot office, the British Government neverthe less are sensible of the great importance.of the points raised by the conference, and will take them into its serious consideration at an early date. His Lordship adds that the Admiralty has already been com municated with upon the subject. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. SYDNEY, July 5. Parliament was opened to-day by Bis Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus. In his address the Governor announced that during the session "the following measures would be brought in :—A Bill for the Regu lation of Chinese Immigration, Legislature Bill, Licensing and. Municipal Bills, together with others for the amendment of various Acts.now in force in the colony.l, J THB MARQUIS OF NORMANBY i REFUSES A DISSOLUTION. ; • : ■: MELBOURNE, "Jiily 5V ' It is now definitely, known that the Governor has refused the advice of the Ministry that Parliament should be dis solved in the present crisis.

MOUNT ALBERT.

An influential and well-attended meeting of Mount Albert settlers was held last evening in the district public hall for the purpose of establishing a local Total Abstinence Society, i Among the gentlemen present were-Mr-F; Battley (chairman), the Rev. B, T. Dudley (incumbentof St. Sepulchre's), Rev. H. R. Dewsbury, Messrs G. Hemus, Edward Allen, J. T. Garlick,-and six of the Maori students from the Three Kings Institute, and one of the tutors. The Rev. John Haselden, being ill, was unable to be present...The Chairman, in his opening remarks; regretted the absence of the Rev.' Mr Haselden, who was! to have taken the; chair,1 and.especially as that gentleman bad taken a deep interest in this and other bene ficent causes. He then explained tbe immediate object of the meeting, viz., the: formation of a Mount Albert Total Abstinence Society.—Rev. H. R. Dews bury, of Pitt-street, proposed the first resolution, "That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable that a total, abstinence society be formed for the Mount Albert district." Mr Dewsbury spoke at some,length in support of his resolution; and was glad that a society of this nature was about to be established in the Mount Albert district. He urged the necessity of united action in the cause, and said.the licensed victuallers-were standing together,? and sparing no expense in pushing their in terests ; they had even sent a delegate to Wellington to haunt the lobbies. When they saw- such efforts and combination on the other side, they alto ought to combine. If there, were .resent tn—___*' «ny who could not go with . them to the front rank of total abstinence, let them not dis courage others who were willing to do so. The temperance question was a .practical one. Every day they threw their influence into the scale either one way or the other, and it was not amongst the lower classeß ! only that intemperance was spreading, for they found from the " Saturday Review," and the " Pall Mall Gazette," that inebria tion waa spreading amongst the. ladies at Home..: If thoy looked at their back streets and alleys they found another phase of this evil, and in their hospitals and gaols they found still another phase. The Governor of the.gaol at Wellington- had 'stated that every inmate of the gaol ceuld trace his! downward career to drink. .Even the Church-was Inot spared from 'its" ravages,! Some of its brightest ornaments and ablest, divines had erred through strong drink.! The speaker then referred to the question of Local Option, and the difficulty of compen sation; contending that hotel-keepers had! no vested right entitling them to comp,ensa r , tion, still, if it must be, let them have it/ but it was for the people to say whether, public houses.shall or shall not exist upon1 drunkenness,—Mr John R. Randerson seconded tbe motion which was carried unanimously.—The Rev. B. ■TV Dudley, of St..,Sepulcbre!s, followed in a .well-set ad dress ; he had been invited to take part in the meeting, no doubt, from the fact that he took a deep interest-In the welfare of the settlers. The Temperance Society," in con nection with the Church' of Englan_,':has two modes of operation: one branch composed i of; total abstainers j and the other for .those , who did ,-not go so far, -but were moderate . drinkers. He was pleased to say, however, that, the energetic workers were found among the total abstainers. The temperance branch was more ornamental than useful.' (Hear, hear.) The Mount Albort Society; however, Eroposed total abstinence Simply, so they ad not to deal with that question, and it seemed to him that this society ought to be a great success, for here they had none of the temptations which abounded in other districts: They'had no publichouses,'and many of the residents were determined that there should not be any. They bad many natural advantages—a healthy district, with plenty of freßh air and good water, and physical blessings, with nothing to induce a craving for strong drink, so that the society was started under the most favour able auspices. He urged on moderate drinkers, even at some self-sacrifice, for the benefit of • those around them, and an example to the young, and in the second place he urged them to join the society because he believed that total abstinence leads to the purest physical enjoyment.— Mr Dudley then moved that the rules, as prepared, form the constitution. of the Mount Albert Total Abstinence Society. —Mr J. T. Garlick, in seconding the adop tion of the constitution, hoped that the infant society would grow with the rapidity of a mushroom, the strength of a Samson, and have the stability of a rock; and certainly he bad his wish partially fulfilled, for the numbers that crowded up to sign the pledge-book after the meeting exceeded most sanguine expectations. Upwards of 80 signed the pledge; and then some few who were willing had to leave, on account of the lateness of the hour, without doing'so.—The motion was carried. —It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr Edward Allen, seconded by Mr- George Hemus, "That the Rev. John Haselden be president of the society, and that Mr J. T. Garlick be vice-president. Five ladies and live gentlemen wore nomi nated aa a Committee. . Several musical selections, songs, duets, and glees were given by residents, by Mr Shirley, Mr Bartley, and several of the native students, while Mr G. Hemus delivered a campital address, and a pleasant evening closed with votes of thanks and prayer.

MINING NEWS.

Tun: following reports are to hand to-day :—

Success.—Since I wrote last I have only banked 12 ozs. specimens. Both reefs are more broken this week and ths gold more scattered. I havo to take a face of Bft in width to keep tho two. The foot-wall reel has taken more off. It will bo some time before they come together. At preaont they are parallel and still carry gold ahead. For the week 1 have driven about 6ft, In No. 2 reef there is nothing fresh.—Peteb Reid, July 1. Kuranui.—The crushing on company's ac count was completed on Saturday and re torted to-day, with a result of 73 ozs. 19 dwta gold. Nearly tbe whole of this was got from the surface runs In the Junction and all Nations. The trial parcels from the large leaders in Kelly's and in Charlatan sections turned out very unsatisfactory, and In these lodes I have suspended work. We were able to commence work on the reef at 360 ft level on Tuesday last, and will break down to-morrow. The surface workings continue unchanged. During last week, we cot no picked stone, but saw gold frequently.—W, J, Walkbr, Ith July, 1881,

PARLIAMENTARY.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

WELLINGTON, this day.

PREPARING FOR THE ELECTIONS.

In view of the approaching general elec tion, a large number of members appear anxious to do all in their power to prevent expense in their candidature, and a strong feeling prevails in favour of making the i provisions of the Corrupt Practices Bill very stringent. Among tbe provisions of the bill now before the Imperial Par liament, which the Government in tend- to propose, -will- be one to the effect that no candidate shall be entitled to spend money on an election except through an official election-agent, who will limit the expenditure to the amount absolutely required for defraying expenses absolutely necessary. Theu a p rp» vision will be inserted making it illegal to incur any expenses for the private convey ance of members to the polling-booth. The members last night waxed very eloquent on the subject of their woes in connection with the candidature. Dr. Wallis wanted provision made against the bribery of news- . papers, against Ministers giving balls and dinners, against the dishonest and dis honourable practice of nursing constituencies by members giving honorariums to libraries and charities, and was of opinion that pre vention of undue influence should extend to the practice of shutting the door of heaven against persons who did not vote as directed in certain quarters as well as to employers who threatened to shut the doors of estab lishments against employes jwho were also refractory in the matter of recording their votes. ■'■'■ Mr Swanßon will, to-day, aßk leave of absence for Mr Sheehan for a fortnight. , THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, The financial statement, Mr Hall an nounced, would be brought down to-morrow, (■Wednesday) night. , . The Sergeaut-at-Arms is absent, being ill of inflamamtion of the lungs.

Legislative Council.

| Tuesday. The Council met at 2.30. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS BILL. The Chinese Immigrants Bill was passed through committee without amendment, read a. third time, and passed. An amend-; ment by Dr. Pollen, '! That the Bill should only become operative when the Chinese numbered 2 per cent, of the Euro pean population," waa negatived by fourteen toseven. BILLS ADVANCBD. .. ~ The Banks and Bankers' Act, 1880;, Amendment Bill, and the Gaming and Lotteries Bill were advanced. jo.

House of Representatives.

Tuesday,

AUCKLAND INSTITUTE,

Mr Speight yesterday afternoon asked the Government whether they have undeE their consideration the claim made to the Minister of Lands by the council of the Auckland Institute to have the Museum^ under their control, placed upon a similar, footing as regards, endowments ;', asf '.museums in'- other parts of the colony, and what course the Government purpose adopting in the matter. He said that museums in other parts of the colony wore ; properly endowed, but the Auckland one stood in an entirely different position. AU ;it had, ever received was £2,200, which wast given as, a subsidy to money raised pri vately; while the whole cost was borne byj private subscriptions, which barely reached £300 per annum, ; Mr Rolleston in reply, said he had .had a conference with some Auckland gentle men when he was in Auckland, and in formed them that the Government-were prepared [to favourably consider a proposal to place the Museum on a somewhat similar footing to those in Otago and Canterbury. Since then he bad had the ad-, vantage of communication with members of .the House interested in the matter with: Iwhom he had (conferred, with a view to! seeing what was the best form to do this in. When that was finally decided upouj he Would be in a. position to answer the hon. gentleman's question. He was not at present, . .-"' r - ~ ;'''!-.- PETITIONS. :;',.-•"' ;",,,',, The Waste Lands Committee reported on petitions of J. J. Duress,'1 X.r J. Faulkner/ :M. Collins, Thomas Stewart, E. D. Hal stead, John Wilks, Writ, Simms, and others,-praying for grants of land iv consi deration of military services, and aa dig :c_arge_ soldiers : that as similar petitions to the foregoing have had the consideration, of j prerious committees appointed by this* House, who decided that the petitioners! had no:,claim, this committee sees no'^ reason to recommend the prayers of the -0 above petitions.' | ~.- v -;:; --. -,-A DULL SITTING. ! The bnsiness of the House last night was comprised in the second.reading of the Cor rupt i Practices Bill, second reading of tho Chatham Islands Bill, and committee on the Regulation of Elections Bill.1, No, in terest seemed to be taken in any ol them, as, except during a division, there were never more than 30 members present at any time, ! while .frequently there were only 26 to 29; ■present; some of whom! were asleep, andf others apparently' not listening,' •'■.'■;■"__■ CORRUPT 'PRACTIOES AT: ELECTIONS. , The discussion on the Corrupt' Practices Prevention; Bill: mainly turned upon what , a candidate's legitimate 'ex penses an,d what was to be understood by :cofrupt-treatirig. Dr. Wallis was Bore iabout his experience in City Weßt. J :The: Hon.;Mr Johnston;said a clause was in course of preparation, based on the English Bill; prohibiting any expenditure at all, unless it passed through the hands' land was spent at the discretion of an officer ;specially appointed by the Government for that purpose. Other clauses;[from ".the1 EngUsh,Act r would;ako.be introduced.;, 1,.,.| On this'assurance the,bill.passed.second reading. , . ~ '■ . err^. sjt__U_ArtoN OF ELECTIONS. '^.A, :' ~ _rpon~this bill in Committee, considerable j discussion was raised! by Mr . George's .amendment, "That a sub-section,be..ituM?-' ted-providing that; t; member joining ?t_,e Ministry during the currency of Parliament should return for re-election by his consti tuency before takings-is seat ou'the'Gp, vernment benches.'" ~'"'\ , J.T

The amendment was finally negatived on division, as follows:«— Ayes, 14 : .Messrs!, Ballance, De Latour, j. T. Fisher (Heath-; cote), George, Montgomery,-Moss, Reeves, Shrimski, Speight,' Swanson, Te Wheoro, Tole, Turnbull, Wood. Noes, 36.:. Messrs Allwright, Bain,! Basting's,'- Beet-am, 1 Bowen, ' Bunny; Colbeck, Collins, Fox, Gibbs, Hall, H. Hirst, (Wallace), Hurst house, Johnson, ! Levestau, Mason, McCalighan, McDonald,Murray, Rolleßtori, j Saunders, Shanks, Shephard, Stevens, Stud holme, Sutton, .-Thomson.' Tomoana, Trimble, Wakefield, Wallis, Weston, WhiiaKer, White, and Wright. T A clause was carried placing the mode of nomination in much the sable position as at present., , . •'.-'' The remainder of the Bill and schedules were then pot and- passed, and the Bill re ported on as amended. The House rose about half-past nine.

TO COOK A HUSBAND.

The first thing to be done is to catch him. Many a good husband la spoiled iv the cooking. Some women keep them in hot water. The others: freeze them with con jugal coldness; some smother them with contention, and still others keep them in a pickle all their lives. These women serve them with tongue sauce. Now, it is not to be supposed that husbands will be tender and good if treated this way ; i but they are, on the contrary, very delicious when managed as follows : Get a largo jar, called the jar of carefulness, which all good honscwives have on hand; place your husband in it, and place him near the fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty hot, especially let it be clear; above all, let the heat be constant; cover him over with spice of pleasantry, and if you add kisses and other confections, let them be accom panied with a sufficient portion of secresy, mixed with prudence and moderation. - \

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEPNESDaT. JULY 6,



bA UTUMN A«a, ysTINTER DRAPERY AND CLOTHING. RUSHBROOK AND BRIDGMAN Ate now bringing forward their Stock of NEW GOODS FOR THB SEASON, ALL SBLKOTKD WITH GREAT CABK AND WKLL BOTJCrHT. Splendid Value In Blankets and Rugs Flannels, Shirtings, and all Plain Goods A Choico Lot of New Dress Goods, Satin Cloth, Serge, Merino, Wincey, &c Trimmings and Buttons Job Lines In Fancy Dress Goods, very cheap . Ladies' Jackets and later .: Girls'aad Maids' Ulsters . Umbrellas, Hosiery, Ribbons, toe A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHING TO SELECT FROM OF ALL KINDS, FOR BOYS AND HEN, OVERCOATS, ULSTERS, to MACINTOSHES, Large Selection of COLONIAL AND IMPORTED TWEEDS. strong material for boys' wear, SERGES, toC. .% Discount (Is in the £) allowed off all CASH Purchases of 20s and Upwards. "OUSHBROOK & "ORIDGMAN, [Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel],' Upper Queen-street, auckland.



Special Advertisements. TT7- 1 N X,, b-& |J AJL v. WHO-isALE AND-RBTAH-f/ CABINETMAKERS AND OTHOLSTERERS, AND OARPET-WAREHOUSEMEN, ';/>-, SHORTI__ND-STREET, W ' Beg to Inform the Publio that they have Opened theib New Warehouse AVITH A'.- SPLENDID ASSORTMENT ov , ..•:'■-'■ FURNITURE, • •■■'•':" -a Th- Latest Novblties. and .The Newest Designs. \ V _ ,1 Their stock of CARPETS, for Varletr^Qnallty, and Price has never been surpassed in Auckland. A law assortment of LINOLEUM and FLOOR CLOTHS In all wldthß. MATTINGS, MATS, and RUGS in great variety. The Newest and Latest Patterns in Cbbtonnes and Trimmings. ...■■.• Silk and Worsted Rep 3. Cotelelnes, Tapeßtry, ~~ and Damask Coverings. Cloth and Tapestry Table Covebs. ( Lace, ; Net,; ' ' and Muslin Curtains. jfl A large and well-assorted Stook of all t_e| N eweßt Patterns In Toiletware. : Agents for the Iron Venetian Blinds—" Ihe; Blind of the Period." These are the onlyi perfect blinds made. The Largest Stock of Brass and Iron BED-j STEADS and COTS In New Zealand to] choose from. : A choice assortment of Dolly Varden Down Qnilts, Blankets, Bed and Table Unen,, Towels, Toilet Covers, &c„ too. Inspection Invited. .WINKS & H ALL-, • i Shoktland-steeet. TTT A" MO |J 0 A L.i DEPOT: NEXT PUBLIC BATHS. vl ' OFFICE: No. 5, Couth British InsuranoeilCompany.l KAMO COAL / is Delivered fbom'Hepot ENTIRELY FREE FROM SLACK, ! Akd is Guaranteed SUPERIOR TO NEWCASTLE FOR; HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. Tjl X T E N S I V E: ; Clearing Out Sale. Prior to Removal to More Extensive and; Commodious Premises, \j w. nATTR&x: I Is now offering his Customers and the Publlo ;BNORMOUS REDUCTIONS ! ,'• ':;"'■ throughout every Department.... ; This SALE, which will be for CASH only,: .li commenced on the Ist July, and will be. ! i. ' ■ continued during this Month; / Specimen of Cash Sale Prioes:— 20 dozen Superior Military' Front Dress Shirty, ;-■ reduced from 10s 6d to 7s 6d . .'"„'»/■ | • 15 dozen Oxford fchirts, with collars, cash Balei j '-price. 3s lid " "" I i 150 Boys' and Men's Waterproof Coats, ,sale prices, from 7s 6d ' ■ •'. . | ' 250 Turkish Fur Caps, Bale price, 2s lid . A lot of little Boys' Hats reduced to half-price I : FOR THE LADIES. , Pym Brothers' Real Iriah Poplins, very dressy, I sale price, 4Blld ; Silk Warp Serges, reduced from 3s 6d to Is lid Frenoh Cashmeres at 3s 9d per yard, reduced to lslljd i Wool Operettas, sale prices, from Is Swiss Embroidery, sale prices, 3Jd Real Indian Embroidery, sale prices, 2}d . Ladies' Underolothiho to be Cleared Out Regardless of Cost, Ladies' Drawers, reduced from 5s to 2s 6d Combination Suits, reduced from 13s fid to 10s 6d PrlnceßS Robe Night Dresses, reduced from 13s ea to ios ed Ladies' Chemises, reduced from Is lid to 2s lid ; HOSLERY. HOSIERY. HOSIERY;' : J. and R. Morley.'Best Hosiery at Clearing-out ! prices ~ ,' .. '.. " ".' ':. y Children's Sox at 6d per pair ' i f 1 Ladies' Hose from lljd per pair . . - '-*- . JoßophlheKid Gloves, Is 6d per pair ' >i LOOK GUT FOR FRESH BARGAINS .| :«_.'.'/ olMf. EVERY DAY. ; " 'J:);:,: •j VV I N T E R :St O CX. : The Balance of a Very Large Winter Stock: wlllbe ofleredof . LADIES' COSTUMES, For Morning Wear, Visiting, or Walking Out. They are of exceptionable quality and style, and the Prices for - 1 Cash, marked in plain figures, 1 will be found to command.an Immediate Sole, ~ • f '■ ■'- ■-~•---- -.-•.'• Also,"''"' 'JJ ,'.'' , LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S ULSTERS ■j . ; ,...., AND JACKETS, ■!'.-;,," '. Very Fashionablb, and of Latest ; Importations, ) BEDUOED TO A LITTLE MORE '■ THAN I . COST PRICK. \ „;/;,;/, MILLINERY. 'AXuW li LADIES' BONNETS AND HATS, ! A Perfect Match to some of the Most Stylish • !o - ■.'...■ Costumes. ■■' •' .'• ; II , ....... .... ,■. -, : ' PABIS BdNNETS, 1 ,pii p] Real French Flowers, ■■an -. • !! 1 , "•„.,..,. Chu,dben/s Hats. . J Att of Firsfc-olass Quality, Perfectly New, and ' at Prices hitherto unknown in » ,:'.-.!,'1 i'j-.iJ .:Anokland. 1 O "•■ -/•:>>--;' ) j ./TE N EJR A L TYR APERY. DRESS DEPARTMENT. J* In order to clear out, Ladles will be able to buy the Best Dress • -f Pieces at a very small advance on; actual cost. Most of the best lines' ' , j 7 will be offered in the proportion ~' ;.y 'oi Three Dresses to, the former .... ! JJ,. priceof, tyto..'.. Z~J JJ —,'_.l'__..'_.l t BOYS' AND* YOUTHS':'CLOTHING : A Large Stock Well-assorted T WEEDS, very j. Cheap, Knickerbocker and Jorsey ~ Suite,&o„&c, . , ....— \i The fTXT RATTRAY Is determlnM ,; Whole tt . upon effecting an Entire Stock to bek Clearance, so as to open his Cleared. I future premises with perfeotly WEW GOODS. As this is a purely CAS H -S ALE, !' And the Goods marked at almost Cost Prices, . there will be no Booking ok Discount DURING THIS MONTH. 62, QUEEN-STREET ,;,7. (Opposite the, Bank of New Zealand.) ' ' ' j O:, O 5...... JL . E R ...Y 1 LADIES' • GENTS' MAIDS' YOUTHS' CHILDREN'S BOYS'. OriA PACKAGES JUST OPENED UP .., . ( GARLICK & CRANWJBLL A.'Yeby Supe r lor lot OF '■Z:ZZZ' ..Winter ,J[os__ry.'; .' Especially: suitable for this: Climate.—Moneys well-known make. ;; 'tsr To the Public, i ... .. ~; Consequent oh the Ladles of Anokland having repeatedly stated the difficulty of obtaining ' really First-olass Hosiery, we have imported a large lot of Morley and Son's best makes to meet this want, and hope onr efforts to please will be appreciated. Amongst the shipment will be foandHoseof - all the fashionable patterns and leading colours,1 such as Navy, Cardinal, Steel, Marone, Wine,; Prune, Loutro, Black, &c„ &c. ._ \ GARLICK & CRANWELL. At the CITY HALL ARCADE .... , '.TOD OAN OBTAIN , Z'Zil Ladies' Cashmere Hose, 2/ to 7s/ Ladieß' Cashmere Embroidered Fronts, 6/9 to 6/8 Ladies' Cashmere Sprigs, 2/ to 8/9 > Ladieß' Ribbed Cashmere, 1/10 to 6/6 Ladies' Steeple Spot ditto, 3/9 to 6/ . 1: fa H Ladies' Plain and Ribbed Celerioal Merino, 1/' to 7/ Ladies' Plain Oxford Mixture, 1/ to 7/ Ladies'Lambßwobl, grey and white .r I . Ladles' Pearl and Blaok Bilk ,1 Ladles' Lisle Thread Ladies' White Hosiery, from /5 to 4/6 • Maids' lln all the above kinds of Hose, Children's) sizes Ito C. LaOe Hose and Lace Front Hose Ladles' Merino Vests, short and low? sleeves Ladles' Merino Vests, high and low neck, from 2/6 to 8/9. Children's Socks in great variety. Gents' Clifton Cashmere Half Hose Gents' New Merino Random Stripes Gents' New Drab Merino Gents' Simla Merino Gents' Bismarck Merino Gents' Vicnria Merino Gents' Fancy Stripes, new colours Gente' 2/1 Ribbed Worsted Half Hose Genta* Stockings, in Scotch Lambs wool, Worsted and Cotton, 2/6 to 3/11 Gents' Vests and Drawers, plain and fanoy Gente' Colonial-made Hosiery. tsr Buy your Hosiery from . GARLICK to CRANWELL, Ji City Hall Arcade, ...:. : ':'', ■ \ ' .-': v.< Auckland-



Special Advertisements. E. HAINES begs to Inform .his patients that he will be absent from Anokland from the sth to the 19th Inst, Dr. Goldsbbo' has kindly, consented to act' ior Dr. Haines, if required to do SO. '/■■■ '" ':"J -, July i, 1881. ' ' : _— &l Free Gusts I—The Proprietors ol Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam schnapps, to Induce the destruction and prevent the im oroper use of their Avrappers and label 3, and thus further protect the Publio against Jraud and deception, have enclosed in the wrappers, or under he label on the quart bottles, since Ist October, 1878, andcontinue to enclose in every DAY'S PACKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR •T- H'^R E E &l O R D BR S,-whioh are drawn upon the undersigned, and which rwill be cashed by them on presentation. To secure these Gifts, the Publio must be carefu to ask for, and accept nothing but, the Genuine Udoipho Wolfe's Schnapps, with our name upon the top label, M. Moss & Co Wynyard Lane. Sydney.



The prettiest Rooking Choir tor any class of room ia that known as the Austrian Bent Wood. This stylo of furniture Is well adapted for this climate. It is light-looking and yet very strong; It is suitable for either sitting, dining or drawing-room. Garlick and Cranwell were the fleet to introduce it to the Auckland publio. and they have now a large assortment at lower prices than when first offered for Bale just landed ex Oxford and previous shipments in Black and Walnut principally. Arm and Side Chairs, Ladies' and Gents' Rocking Chairs, Shop and Piano High Choirs, ChildrensT-hle Chairs Chlldrens' Low and Arm Chair?, Settees, etc Our stock of House Furniture and Carpets Is well worth Inspecting. New-comers especially should visit the City Hall Arcaae. Residents and those about to marry will bo d by con sulting onr Book Catalogue, and will find in onr Stock such a variety that will enable them to furnUth their house in a few hours, ond at the heapest rates. Five per cent, discount is, allowed for all cash payments on fui-ishing, orders. Note the address—City Hall Aroade, Queen-street, _. uokland—Garlick and Cranwell, proprietors.—adyt.