SH IPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATEIt [ i, hiß k7onlns 11.9 c,..,,,™ 1 To-mcirnv Morclmr, 11.33 SUNSET.-Thls Evening, 5,10 .^U N KIdE -To-Mocrow Morning. 7.1 MOON' 3 AGE.-First Quarter, 3rd, 4,21 p.m.

ARRIVALS

LAST EVENING. Gem, schooner, Pearce, from Tairua TO-DAY. Arawata, s.s., Einclair, from Sydney

DEPARTURES.

last evening. lona, s.s., Stevhenson, for Russell Glenelg, s.s., Farquhar, for Taurangi Rona, sohooner, McKenzio, for Kaipara

TODAY.

Reliance, ketch, Laweon, for Russell Onmarn, brigantine, Ohhon, for Whangarel Darcy Pratt, brigantine, Goodman, for Kaipara Saucy Kate, schooner, Lewis, for Rasselt

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London—Halclone, shin, SatnrJoy Laranukt and South—Penguin, Tuesday Sydney—Arawata, about August 9 Melbourne, via South-Rotomahana, Thursday Gisborne and Napier—Orcti, Wodnesday Russell—-lona, Mondays Tauranga—Glenelg or Wellington, Monday and Thursday Whangarel aud Whangarey Heads—Argyle, " Tuesday and Friday Mangawai- Flngal, Thursday Mercury Bay—Fingal, Monday

IMPORTS.

Ex Opawa, to Lyttelton—sso sewing machines. Ex Fornglen, to Wellington — 300 sewing maohines. Ex Waipa, to Lyttelton—3oo sowing machines. Ex Araby Maid, to Dunedin—sso sewing machines.—The Singer Manufacturing Company.

EXPORTS.

Per Atlantic for Rarotonga—2o cases kero sine, 18 mats sugar, 15 packages drapory and apparel, 10 packages shipchandlory, 10 pack ages) doors and sashes, 2,193 pieces timber, 30 kegs beer, 10 cases preserved meats, 10 saoks maize, 21 sacks potatoes, 41 packages stores and sundries.

Per Bapido, for Now York-2,515 cases and 51 bags gum.

PerFetu Lele, for Samoa-40 bags rice, 135 (Sases biscuits, 89 coses preserved meat, 39 kog salt beef, 80 tins flour, 87 pieces timber.

Inwards Coastwise.—Llzette, from Thames; Nancy, from Thames; Dream, from Tairua; Wave, from Tairua.

- Odtward3 Coastwise. — Fanny Kelly, for Whangaroa; lizett, for Thames; Mercury, for Tairua: Dream, for Tairua: Mana, for Tairua: Rata, for Port Charles; Griffln, for Russell.

The brigantine Ada C. Owen left Whangaroa On Friday.

The schooner Fetu Melo cleared to-day for Samoa, but had nst sailed when we wont to press.

The barqno Ashmore was berthed at the inner side of tha outer eastern 1' ot ths Qaeen strcet Wharf to-day.

The barque Rapido will clear at the Customs tomorrow for New York. She takes 2515 cases 51 bngs gum.

Two schooners insitio Tiri were signalled when we went to press. ■

The Bcbooner Atlantic, under chatter to Messrs Donald and Kdeuhoroush, cleared at the Custoim today, for Rarotonga. Captain Hayward takes commind.

The barquo Araby Mold will arriva hero from Dunedin about a fortnight hence. She loids for the New Zealand Shipping Compiny and follows the Halcione to London. Tho Araby Maid is commanded by Captain Cromarty while Mr Jaffroy,' who paid this port a" visit in the barque John Bull about 12 months ago, oc cupies the position of ohief offloar, - ' •"

ARRIVAL OF THE ARAWATA.

The s.s. Arawata arrived from Sydney at 11 o clock this morning, and in accordance with the existing custom proceeded direct to the Quarantine Station, where she will remain for the usual term.

The Customs launch was undergoing sbine slight repair, and Bhe did not leave the wharf, therefore, until about ono o'clock. Dr. Philson the Health Officer, visited the Arawata in the launch, which had not returned up to the time at which we went to press.

THE CLARA HARGRAVES DISPUTE.

The "Melbourne Age" of July 15, contaios a lengthy article on the arbitration in the oaae of Glenn Bros. v. tbe Union Fire and Marine Insuranco Co npany of New Zoaland, which has just been concluded. Tho subject of dispute was the barque Clara Hargreaves, now lyingat this port, the history of which vessel most of our readers are mo3t probably very well ac quainted wita. After relating the manner in which tbe disigreement arose, the article pro ceeds :—" On the 20th May, the master wrote to the underwriters' agents, " Having called for tenders,in terms of surveyor's report of 17th insf, and flndingthe lowest tender td bo £1725 without extras, I have decided to abandon and to sell/" i The agents declined to accept aban donment, and the sale having been advertised in the evening paper of t.h ß 21st, and in the morning paDera of the 22nd May; tbe vessel was sold by public auction at eleven o'clock in the foronoon of the 22nd for £150. Tho purchaser was Mr T. Niccol, who had been previously p*id £110 for tho repairs, whioh!ho had executed under Ms first tsnder. Subsequently Nlcool repaired tho damage as described in the first survey re ports and specification, with some additions of his own, at a cost of £307. When theso repairs were completed, the vessel was surveyed by M. T. Clayton, Lloyd's EMveyot'ndH. Worsp, who reported her to be a hotter risk, and in a more eeawoithy condition than when she left New castle. Nloool also reported to the same effect. Tlio vessel was then chartered to take a cargo of timber from Kaipara to Dunedin, and was sold Bubject to the charter, for £125. When leaving Kaipara timbsr-iaden, she stranded on the bar, damaging her keel and copper, was coudemned on her arrival at Dunedin, re turned to Auokland in "ballast, was then sold for £150, and used as a hulk to raise the sunken steamer Taupo. Both policies of. inani»nce contained the fol lowing clause:—ln cases of damage, the com pany will not be liable as for a total loss, unless the estimated cost of repairing such damage shall exceed the value of the ship in the polioy." On the ground that there had been a constructive total los 3of the ship, the owners claimed from the underwriters the full amounts insured, and also their contribution In general ayersge to the loss of the cargo jettisoned; the net proceadß of the auction sale, £140, being taken as the contributing value of the ship. Tho underwriters contend that there had been no valid notice of abandonment, that abandonment had not been mado. and that there was no constructive total lobs ; but admitted their liability for a particular average loss, and for a general average contri bution, provide* that the latter was basod on the surveyor's estimate of £100. as the ship's contributing value at the time of her arrival at Auckland.' Tha plaintiffs thin brought an action in the Supreme Court to recover the amounts claimed, and the defendant companies paid into court £481 10s Id., which sum was based on a statement -prepared by an average adjuster, showing tho liability'of tha insurance companies B3 for a particular average lo*s, and in^yhich the estimated cost of repairing the ship was taken to be £1027. The comuanies aho paid into court their contribution to the genera! aver age, taking the ship'd contributing va'uoat£4Bo. In their award tho arbitrators found that the dafondants were not liable far a constructive total loss; that ths>y wero llabls for £200 In addition to the money paid into court for the particular average loss; that thoy wore liable for £19 Us 2d In addition to the sum paid into c? u,rf'.|? r' tho sonoral average loss; that the plaintiffs and defendants each bear thair own oosts of the reference, anc each pay half the costs of the award; and that the defendants pay the plaintiffs the snm of £6), as and for their costs of the cause and issues. In the award, only the proportion of the particular average payable by the Union Insurance Company is Btated; bat as tho .award applies also to tbe National Insurance. Company, the amount is given in.full,for the sake of clearness. The ■ Hading as to the general average applies only to.the cargo, whioh was insured.with the Union Insurance Company. . • ,;j «,o ;,; ■'

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

(j ARRIVAL, .1 Lalla Rookb, s.s.. Robertson, from Raglan' Wild Dnok. ketoh, from Waitara (at the Heads)

DEPARTURE.

Wanaka, s.s.,MoGillivery. for the South AIJtHOJI

IMPORTS,

Per Lalla Rookh, from Raglan—36 hides, 19 bundles sheopskins, 28 bales flax, 23 bales tow, 17 cases bacon, 2 kegs lard, 32 pigs and 8 packages Bundries. .•..',"••..'.;.?■■■ • »"'

The s.s. Wanafca left for.the South at 11.15 a.m to-day. 'Passengers: — Miss Bennett, Mrs Johnston, Mr ahd'Mrs Laurie and two children, Mr Starkey,' B, 'W. Buttle, Kennedy. Mrs Evans and two children, Mr and Mrs Heard, Mrs Saunders, Darling, Griffiths, Hagu, Greaves, Ml«sßeaie.!l .. ■•..'.-

The s.s. Lalla Rookb arrived some time laßt evening from Raglan with a cargo of pigs and produce. She was to leave again this afternoon for Waitara.

The s.s. Rowena is expected to arrive from Hokionga to-morrow morning. She proceeds to Waitara at Ip.m. tho same day. ; '

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING,

'-'■■•'•-- i -,;'■ .Rossbll, this day. Arrivals: Rotomahana and lona.

Sailed: Spitfire and Gipsy; also, the Roto mahona. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Ford and ono prisoner.

;,, ".; London, July 30. Arrived: Ship Lord of Lome, from Lyttelton, Oil April 28

London, July 31. Arrived: The ship Romeo, from Lyttelton, on April 22: and Orient Company's steamship Chimborazo. with the Australian and New Zea land mails, ;trom Melbourne, on June 14. .

COMMERCIAL.

'Evening Star offlco, Tuesday,

Mr Gabriel Lewis held a sale of leather goods, ex.'Dunkeld, to-day. consisting of French calf, .*. Persian, eto., which was well attended. Nearly <*the: whole, of the lines were sold at satisfactory prices. -J, , -, '

Messrs G. W. Binney and Co. held a large trade sole to-day at their mart, Queen-streot. Btoon and bams brought 51 to 8d; cheese (in ferior), 3d to id; oats, 2s 6d to 2a 7d; fruits, 6-t to

9s per case; other goods at proportionately fair prices..

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

:'; „..:*'. August 2. Bank of N.Z,-Selleri»,£24 5s Notional Bank—Buyers, 77s 6d • Colonial Bank—Sellers. 46* - National Insurance—Bayers, 58s Standard Insurance—Buyers, 30s Colonial Insurance—Buyers, lie 6d: sellers Ma Thames iiea - Sailers. 31s "overs. ua Union Sash and Boor-Sollera, £S ss, cam dlv N.Z. Loan and Meroantile-£<S53; seller? £R%. Bay of Islands Coal Co.-£9los, cum div N.Z. Shipping-Sellers, £515a Tauplrl Uoal-lOs, cum dlv ■-- ■•■■•• 3 New Whau—Bayers, Si 6d; sellers, 9s 9d golden Crown—Buyers, 10s 6d; sellers. 12a Tokatea-Bnyers, 8s Snccess-SsM to 3s lOd; sellere, li""' Wg_»_ Tieroan's—Sellers, 9s 6d JMQB Home Rule-Used; buyers,lis -: '.;_. I '*Wf«-^>'>'-' - '•-. JOSEPH NEWMAN;/;' /" H| Chairman.

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close as Under.—

THIS Day. For Wangaroa, par Fanny Kelly, at 4 p.m. For Whangarel Heads, Waipu, Whangarel, and Mangapai, per Argjle, at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 4.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 3rd Inßtant. For Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 11.30 a.m. For Waitara, Sec, per Rowena, at 11 a.m.« For Thame?, per Rotomahana, at 5 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. ,

Thursday, Ith Instant. For Gisborne, Napier, Southern ports, and Australian Colonies, per Rotomahana, at For w'aiwera, Te Kapa, Craigieburn, and Warkwortb, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Mangawai, per Flngal, at 3 p.m, For Gisborne and Napier, per Oreti, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, 16th August. Per 8.8. City of Sydney, asi follows:- - For Sandwioh Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indieß, at 4 p.m. .■>'■"_, _' _ For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 4 p.m. ___~_ For money orders registered letters, and ucwapapßrs, at 2 30 p.m. Late lotters bearing au oxtra foe of slxpenoe, in addition to tho postsgo, will be reoeived by tho Mail Agent on board tho steamer up to the timo of sailing. This mail will be duo in London on Tuesdoy, , Soptembor 27, 1881. 8. B. BISH, Cblof Postmaster. Chief Pcst-ofQco. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

August 2, 1881.

Theatre Royal—Carden Dramatic Company] ' The Frozen Deep," 8 p.m. '• Lorne-Btreet Hall-Carpenters' and Joiner 3 Ball, 8 p.m. Mount Albert Hall-Entertainment, Musioal and Dramatic, 8 p.m. Drill-shed-Meeting of members of N.Z. Rifle Association, 8.30 p.m. St. Andrew's Sohoolroom—Musical and Lite wry entertainment, 8 p.m. Eden Hall-Lecture by Edward Lowia," What constituted a church,! 7,30 p.m. Temperance Hall—Anniversary Tea meeting and entertainment (Mr George A. Erowns con gregation), 6.30 p.m.

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

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1881.

Eor the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance, And the Rood that wc can do.

The less some men know of a subject the more loudly and dogmatically they talk about it. A year or two ago there ap peared in the "London Daily News." a series of letters from a Mr Arthur Clayden, who, on tho strength of a flying journey along our coasts, professed to be a per fect -walking encycldpasdia of New Zealand lore. Afflicted with an in curable attack of cacoethes scribendi, Mr Clayden wrote rhoSt effusively about the icolony. It is difficult to say which was the imore amusing of the two featuresof these their wonderful gush or their ;amazing ignorance' of the subject upon which they laid down the law. Of course colonists grinned and held their peace be .causeMr Clayden doubtless meant well, and he was a capital advertisement. Indeed, if he had not advised as suitable subjects for emigration genteel young ladies, and other classes who are almost bound to succumb under the rough conditions of a colonial struggle for existence, there might not have been much to complain about in his self complacent dissertations. Howover, in spite of Mr Clayden's superhuman efforts to avert the dreadful calamity, New Zea land became unpopular, and Mr Clayden's star went down with it. ;

However, once more the " Daily News " deigns to shed the light of its countenance upon Now Zealand, and to tell tho English people nil about it. This time the inspira tioncomes from a correspondent who addresses his letters from Nelson, and introduces himself1 by saying that so many contradictory accouuts have been pub lished in . England about New Zea land that he was resolved to embark upon a benevolent and disinterested mission .. of 13,000 miles iv search of the truth! "It seemed almost hopeless"," he 'writes, "to get at, the real state of the case. With a view, however, to at least attempt to do so, I took passage by the Orient Line steamer the Lusitania. in February last, for Melbourne, and thence, gome six weeks subsequently, I travelled by an intercolonial steamer to New Zealand," Really this exhibition of disinterested philanthropy ought to be brought before Parliament in order to receive its due reward. "Since my arrival here," continues the budding Livingstone, ?-' I have been pushing my inquiries and using my eyes,' I have paid a .flying visit to the four leading cities —Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Nelson, and I will now give the results." The "results," as noted by a Writer who. ; -speaks of Kelson as onu of f'/the four leading cities" -of New Zealand, are, as mi^ht be surmised, no less charmingly accurate and entertaining than the observations of. Mr Arthur Clay den. In fact, ode might almost swear to the presence of that gentleman's fine Roman hand iv the production. Be that as it may, there i* an easy, Munchausen style about tbe big stoiies ot the new contributor that would do uo discredit to the veritable Arthur. He tells the gaping quidnuncs that Si ben the expenditure of the public works loans was iv full swing "Scores of men with a full development of the bump of acquisitiveness have become millionaires, and hundreds of others have acquired comfortable competencies. The woi king man has been master of the position, and has disported himself accord ingly. Wage 3 which amounted annually to, more than that, which many English professional men were receiving were scoffed ■' at as instlfficieht;' and greed was; ,in excelsis. ",', , .. The whole colony; presented the appearance of a scramble1 for,gold.' The bishops and clefgy.^wbO: bad come out with the pious intention of converting the people gave up in despair, and turned land speculators; 1 and- the - various -nonconforming minis ters -iwent i in;; generally for SJ making themselves as comfortable as possible. It was » ten; years', carnival." •'But al'ofi I" continues the'Writ'ety 'lari end came' to the -'gold;"- r. '.' ■.'■' There; is ;an undoubted' and -very serious :> depression here, answering olbseJy -to- the de presaiou of, ,t£e".;old. home. Many thousands of persons, arb at their wits'end to know, what to do, for the best/..ni'l . , Public expenditure has'ceased.";' The Wor king-man-monopolist is turned out of para ; disc, and is angry- a!t -being compelled to take'wages of seven shillings a day.- .The men'who have made their/pile are selling , outand' going'to England tb^ enjoy '/their spoil, and prop up declining Conservatism there:-' Those' who cannot get away '.are 'doing their ,best to accommodate themselves to' the altered circumstance's.:" /And, adds the veracious writer, persons who think of emigrating had better stop at home. :' -' >

; }t .is-unnecessary 'to'tell colonists what ■unmitigated bosh this stuff is t. Where are. the people who became millionaires and !are how rtishinsj' away from the colony? And what wero the fabulous wages from .which working men have fallen to a modest seven shillings a day ? The prosperity of the colony was never steadier^ and wages on an average 'have never been very much higher or firmer than at present. Progress was never more rapid, money cheaper, or produce in better request. The "Daily News" correspondent, whoever he may be, ;is manifestly one of those irrepressiblehum bugs whom, people delight' in," fooling to .the top of their 'bent," and who, being [effectually;stuffed, is now repeating the 'process' npon many confiding persons un« aware of his weaknesses, who are led to ■attach some importance to statements given under cover .ofi/fi cgreat; paper like the j"Daily News." ~,

: The funeral of the late Mr. J. S. Cousins (took place this afternoon _ attended _by a :'very large company of relatives and friends; The funeral was simple and free from out ward show, in accordance witb the' wish .and modest character of the man. A short 'service was held at the late residence oi .'deceased in Symonds-street previously to ':bea.ingaway the'remains tjf the departed (to the peaceful cemetevy on the opposite side of the street. At this service, held by the Rev J. Robertson, the Rev B. T. Dudley assisted. The coffin was borne to the grave on the shoulders of woikraen who 'had long been in the service of the .'firm •of Messrs Cousins and Atkin. An impressive burial service was spoken by the Rev. J. Robertson, of Beresford-street Church. In the procession were observed many intitnafs friends and countrymen of deceased, also members of the Auckland Choral Society. The scene was solemn and impressive, and gathered around the open graye ; in ■tojeea. .of.;'their esteem for one whose character was blameless and estimable.

His Honor Mr Justice Gillies sat in Chambers this morning, and disposed of two formal applications. Mr J. M. Alex ander applied for, and was granted, letters of administration, for the widow of Henry McKay, while, on a motion for reduction of security iv re Samuel Thornally, deceased, it was ordered that the Security should be reduced iv accordance with the amount of estate now sworn to. A sitting in bauco will be held to-morrow morning, at which application will be made for the discharge of John Stuart Milne, from bankruptcy, after whicli the argument on demurrer in Kich and Another v. Feuton will take place.

Mr Reid, contractor for the Whangarel railway extension, has received all his plant from Dunedin aud begins work next Monday, A number of barrows have gone down to the Bluff. A raft of timber has also gone down for a store for Mr G, Rainey.

A meeting of the Engineer Volunteers was held last evening in reference to the benefit to be given to the corps by the Car^ den Dramatic Company. Nothing definite was agreed upon, and eventually it was agreed to adjourn till this evening.

Mr Thomas Spurgeou, sou of the cele brated preacher whose name is a house hold word even' at the Antipodes, has kindlyt consented to preach iv connection with the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, on Thursday evening, iv the Choral Hall, Many who are desirous of hearing Mr Spurgeou will thus have an oppor tunity of doing so.

Pollard's Liliptitiari Opera Company opens at the Lome Street Hall to-morrow evening in "Les Cloches de Corneville," a comic opera new to Auckland. The performance will be on a grand scale, new scenery, dresses aud effects having been prepared tor the occasion. Au en largement of the stage has been effected, while the hall has undergone renovation. The caste is a strong one, and introduces the whole of the performers in the recent representation of "Pinafore," which was so successfully received recently.

A meeting of shareholders iv tho New Colonial claim adjoiuing the Success Com pany niiue at Coromandel was held yester day at No. 5, Now Zealand Insurance ISiiildings, Mr Shepherd in tbe chair. It was resolved to form a Company to be called the New Colonial Gold Mining Com pany under the Joint Stock Company Act 1860, with capital of £7,500 in 15,000 shares of 10?, each nil paid up. Messrs F. Stephens, H. M. Shepherd, W. J. Young, G. Duunet and J.- McGregor were elected directors. Mr J. K. Kanderson was appointed secre tary, Messrs Hughes and George solicitors, Mr J. Wayinduth additdr, and the Bank of NewZealasd baukers to the Conipany.^

Mr Goldie has givon notice that he will move at the meeting of tha Board of Kduca tion on Friday next: (1) "Tuat it be the duty of the Inspector of .education directly after each examination for standards iv the various.public schools under the Board to furnish to every head teacher, or to any parent tnrough such teacher, asking for the same information as to the particular branch or branches of study in which such pupil or pupils have failed with a-vie'w/to the scholars.receiving special instruction in in those branches in • which they have shewn themselves deficient ; (2) That there be laid upon the Boardroom table in the months of January, April, July, and .October a return of the' schools visited officially by each, Inspector duriug such period." ~

The quarterly mretirtjjl of tho Good Samaritan Lodge was held last evening in the lodge-room, Wellesley-street, and was fairly attended. This lodge is of the origi ual order of Templars, and appeats to be iv a satisfactory position, both numerically and financially. Uf tbe members it may be saidj in the languago of the poet Gray:— . " Along the cool sequottered valo o£ life, Thoykocp thu uoieeless tenor of their way 1" The chief business transacted last night was the election ot officers for ihe ensuing term, as follows, installed by Brother Sym*, , O.G. W.C.T., assisted by Brother Jones, I.W.M.,.and Brother Holson, I.D.M.":—

W.C.T., Brother T. H. Biggs; ; W.0., Brotber Sytns; W.V.T., Sister Bushel), jun.; W.S, Brother J. C. Dawson j ■ W.A.S., Sister, Jessie Leotham; W.KS,, Brother Caugblev; W.T., Siater Keelor, re-elected; W.M, Brother Scot t; W.D.M., Brother McConnell; W.1.G., Brother C. Townsend ; W.0.G,, Brother-Miller. ../

Two excellent paintings by Mr Gibb, a Southern artist, appear in the shop-window ot Mr Leech, carver and gilder, of Short lan'l-itreet, Which will add considerabjy to the artist's reputation. Tin-first represents Milford Sound, West Coa-d. This is the ; nrost famous Sound on the New Zealand Coast. The sce^e is carefully and exactly delineated : the waterfall in the csmtre of the picture is near the opening to thos?a; the hill to the left is known as Mitre Peak, 4,000 feet in height; Lion Rock i 3 clearly visible, with its towering peak towards the clouds, '3,000 feet high ; the snow-clad peak to the right represents Mount Pem broke, 7,000 feet high, and the adjacent falls, 4,000 feet above tho waters, bears the appellation of Stilling Falls. The other painting represents Cape Brett, at isunset, near the entrance to the Bay of Islands. The,hues of the clouds and the glories of a line evening aro cleverly depicted. Milford Sound.is at the extreme South, and Cape Brett at the extreme North, of New Zealand;

A Melbourne exchange observes: "The Reyal Princes have,loft our shores, and happily their visit was unaccompanied by the alarming outbreak of flunkeyism and fussiness that was anticipated by: Wiany. Tiatwoyouth3, though received, with',- the honor and-welcomed with the hospitality that' their visit demanded, were aliped as much privacy,.'and leisure for enjoyment as could be fairly be expected."

i The'• August number of the "Church Gazette "-contains • mOro thku the usual amount of letter-press. fn the Diocesan intelligence' will be found the interesting news from Norfolk Island; also a vety; gratifying letter from the Bishop :of Melanesia, iv which the Bishop gives of incidents iv connection. . with Mrs Judd's excelleut paper on '' How to retain'our Elder Scholars"1 is concluded; This paper is well-written, and must be acceptable ;to . teachers generally. Tho Ideas sueg'e'ste'd by Mrs Judd, a lady well-i; known ~-, for- her right - heartedness ; aud works of beneficence; are worthy of respectful.. attention,'' and, might ..be' practically', adopted in the conducti.df Sun day-schools .with advantage. A/moving appeal is made by Bishop Cowio ou behalf of the Home Mission, which, it appears, iias.,not>, dping the past year,, receivcij adequate/ support. "/Collections; will, .be made^on Sunday next in aid of this neces sary and Useful enterprise. ; The-Biihop, ml his address,'urges' upon the members of the church throughout the diocese theinecessity for increasing their contributions to the fund, and adds/ "without such increase in the ordinary contributions, the mission will not only be'unable to extend its operations in proportion to the increase in the number of our/, people by. immigration; but will be obliged to diminish the grants now made to some of; the districts." The remaining, pages of the Gazette are devoted to English' church news; notices of bpokiij/, Sunday school lessons, the monthly, balendar,. ex tracts,: &C.I. ..'. -, - ~;; ,; '„[>_ I The entertainment and ball in favour of Gunner'Joh'n Masters was fairly, but not largely; attended. The programme, with* put two exceptions, was faithfully carried but. The items of interest were as follows: 'r— Musical, selection, "Notre Chere," Alsace, by the well-trained Artillery Band, under the leadership of Bandmaster Hunter.-' The.';band also rendered, wish great" effect, a fantasia,, from the popular "Piratesof Penzance," Mr John Edwards followed with his favourite ballad "In the Gloaming" (encored.) Mrs Heighway's rendering of Tennyson's stanza* on the "Christmas Bells "with their fine senti ments, was sung-in a manner which; elicited deceived applause. - Mr Worrell gave the '" Four Jolly Smiths " to the delight of the :audience. Miss May Hastings sang "Thy Face," /and sang, .it well;/and' an response ■to the- clappings of the" •people, repeated' the last stanza. This;■.- lady was ,in . excellent voice. Mws" Peace showed great improvement in the "Blind Girl to Her Harp," a pathetic [song;- arid which is frequently entrusted.to less worthy hands. This lady's interpreta ;tibn was the right 'one, and full of feeling. Mr Tom Williams gave the "Girl in the Pinafore Dress" and-other comic ditties,' iwhich tickled the'younger portion of the audience into a fever of wild delight. Mr Ji. Peace gave " Madcap," a comic piece which.was vociferously received/the singer being'in'female costume with a skipping rope,, with which he performed the.most fantastic tricks, and when bis fall disclosed a huge moustache, the aallery stars were convulsed with laughter, aud the per former re-appeared and danceda jig. Miss Smith was successful with "Sing me an English Song," alsoMks Gillingham with the "Murmerof the Shell," highly credit able. Mrs Heighway and her brother gave the "A. B. C. Duet." Mr Allen saug, " Silver Threads Among the Gold," and in answer to a recall, "Far Away." Mr A. Hughes danced a sailor's hornpipe in new style with much success.- The singers were accom panied by Mr R. peace on the piano and Mr McGinley on the violin. The entertain ment closed with the National Anthem by the company. The dances were largely patronised t ,iUndcr;the'official: eys.pf Ser. geant-Major Ansell, Master of Ceremonies.'

A correspondent ''F.J." wishes tocoutta diet a scintillafiou in last evening's issue about the Jersey girls among whom be spent his earlier .years. He says -tho girls of that little island do not need to take "yeast to make them rise early in the morning." He asserts thot they are generally early risers, hard-working, andof tho merriest nature. The majority rise with tlie lark, and are proverbial for their usefulness aud activities. "As lively as a 'Jersey girl" is quite a common saying in the Channel Islands.

Notwithstanding the improbability of the visit of the young Princes to our fair city, some of our leading tradesmen in' Queen street, in anticipation of that great event aud a most prosperous time, in their, busi ness matters, are bestirring themselves by makiug extensive alterations. Conspicuous among a number of them is noticable the excellent attractive arrangements of goods in the shop windows of Messrs Aioken, Upton, Goodson, and many others.

The Rev. Heury Ward Beecher's " Life of Christ,', which has been for many years in progress, but was recently suspended, will shortly be completed. Mrs Lyell, the sister-fn-law of the late Sir Chatles Lyell, ia preparing for publication the life and letters of the distinguished geologist. Mr Darwin has a new book nearly ready, lt-i title is " The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the aetiou of Worms, with observations ou their Habits."

The anniversary tea meeting of Mr Geo. A, Brown's congregation will be held this evening in the Temperance Hall, and as a large number of tickets have been circu lated, a full attendance is anticipated. The meeting will be presided over by Mr Brown, and addresses will be delivered by several friends. Mr Brown, as' a religious teacher, and by his energy of style, has, made himself very popular iv this city. We may add that his discourse on Sunday evening was a masterpiece ot oratory, and equally remarkable for sterling and incontrovertible truths.

As so many young men of this city are making efforts at debating classes to dis tinguish themselves as public speakers, wegivc tbo opinion ot the late Karl of llciiconsfield, when'a very young man, on the subject. The opinion is extracted tvom liis novel " The Youug Duke :"— "Before a mm-can, addr,:ss a popular assembly with command" he must know something of mankind ; and he cm know nothing of 'niankinil without something' of himself. &clf-ki!b\vtcd,,{e is' the property of that man' whose1 passions have their play, ''But who'ponders over their result j. Such a man sympathises by inspiration with bis-kind." He has a key t-j every heart. He can divine, in the flash of a single' thought, all that they .require, all that they wish. Such a man speaks to the very core. • All feel that a master hand tears oil' the veil of cant with which, from tU!C?ssity, tUey have enveloped their"souls; for c*nt ia nothing more than the sophis try which results from attempting to ac count for what is unintelligible, 0r.,t0 do.; fend wliat is impiopor." . ;

A typographical mistake in our report of the City Couucil meetiug yesterday ren dered it impossible for,the ordinary reader to know how many tenders wero received for the estabjishmeut-of a tramway system. Tbe fact, .was that none .were, received,,, hence the decision to"extend by six months the time for.iehdihg in tenders.

Return of sick treated at the Provincial District Hospital i for the , week ending Saturday, July 30th, 1881 : "Remaned laiSi return, 102; admitted sin.cc, 15 j discharged, 12; died, 1; remaining, 104: males, 84; females, 18. Arrangement of cases: Zy motic, 24; constitutional, 11; local,'3S;' do ve'opmentul, IS; violejit, 13. ; One death occurred, viz., G. R., male, aged 40 years, ou 25tU iust., of phthiiis pulmona'is. Thanks are returned to the Secretary of the Auck land' Club for newspapers, and fo Mrs .Brame for a pared of old linen.

Oh tlio value of Grey coal for gas-making, the Dunedin "Star" says:—"With res pect to the inferior illuminating power of thogas supplied by the Corporation,during tbo last few days, the gas engineer informs us that this is attributable to the fact that the supply of Greymouth coal at the works is exhausted, and New South Wales coal has bad to be relied upon. The Grey bar has been almo-t closed up to ordinary trad ing schooners, and unfortunately bue of the two that left,last, week for Dunedin Gas Works has been- wrecked at.. Wellington Heads.. ..As the illuminating power of the ga* from Greymouth coal averages, and has averaged for the past six months,lS candles, i)io nid'ien and compulsory change to New South Wales coil ulone, which at the bett' is 16 candles, witb good samples, can easily be understood. ; • ■'

'To'the'Editor:'Sir,-—Allow me through your columns to direct, the attention of the (proper authorities to the great, annoyance to which all the resideuts iv the upper part of Union, Wellingtonrand William-streets are subjected by tlio band practice. iv the Catholic Institute.: In addition to the wind instruments they have a big drum, which is hammered to such a degree that all the music- is completely drowned. The noise is perfectly deafening.. Children cannot sleep, babies are disturbed, and poor mothers who want the time so badly for iiii-nding children's c'othes, &c, have their whole evenings taken up ivith nursing. Surely no one has any right to disturb a whole neighbourhood in such a manner.-An bcui.isiiiiiil concert maybe v&ry/well, but to hive this intolerable din' for several hours twice a week or more is too much of a good thing altogether—a poor, bsd-ridderi wothau tying in one of the nearest bojiscs,' too. I bppc thi- reminder will b^,sufficient; if not, hmro'cffjctlta.l /means must,bo adopted. —I ani.-i&c.',,Resident.'. / -.-t ~/-./,- ~.' .. . .

i Tn the 'course of tha discusiioa which took place at the City Couucll mootingye'taiday. afternoon upon ;tbe expediency of extend ing the time for receiving tenders for a tram way system, Cr C .owttur exp-ess-d his op'nioti that the real cause, of no tenders being sent in w^s not any want of publicity in notifying the requirement but the imprac ticability of,.workiug tho .scheme profitably; in' ' Auckland. That, to his' mind,'' wiw the great discouragement. He had tried to thiuk tho matter out himself, and he would jiavc tendered if ho had seen the slightest chau.ee of inakiug the tramway a success. But when he perceived that he \vfould, h'aye to employ a mßn.tokeep the track clear,,to; maintain the- roadway, to pay a man as money collector, etc., he found-that it w'rts bubtigh to,frighten ;any6ne. Other Council lors/and notably Crs.Wuddel and Thompson, thought-that as; the ratepayers had signified through the'ballot-box their desire for the establishment of a tramway system in the city further means should betaken to secure the'rtalisatioii of their wishes, : At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Parnell Borough ;Conneil, held lust evening, the-following members were present:—The Mayor (Mr J. F. Clarke) iv the chair, Cap tain McKenzie, Messrs Winks, Walker, Mullins, Barber,^ -wDavij, Wood, and gkinner. Letters .were received from the secretary of .the. Hariiour Board,' intimating that the protest against landing powder had been-referred to the Works aud En dowments Committee ;;; from the Assistant Under-Secretary'of; Public. Works re taking lands forpublic Wotks and forwarding cer tain information on'the subject and method of acquiring those lands ; from Mr _/W. D. Campbell, submitting himself.for tbe office of engineer to the Council. -, In reference to the latter tho Mayor Said,-that if they wanted a sutvfeyor they would adver tise in. I the j usual way. A letter was read 'front Mr .Talbot, re defective, drainage, and referred -to the Inspec'or'bf Nuisances;;' several'accounts were passed for payriierit} the rbport of the Foreman of Works was'iiread'aud received and tha report ;of the inspector of Nuisances re " Soap Factory "was raid before the Coun cil, .Tho Inspector stated that, the only complaint was that a few bucket's of soapy water had baen • allowed to ftow-ou York« street; - The;; report also referred toi thb ttiatter.bf slaughter-house inspection, day! pound, rubbish depOt and sundry minor matters. The report was received, tbe Streets' Committee to inspect the rubbish' depot. "; ;.'.'-'. ■ ".'.'' "

I A heartrending account of the sufferings of the crew of the German'barque/Tiger is ( . published in the' English papers," '.The/ vessel; was;spoken'by the steamer'Nebb iff lat. 33' N.; *ibd '-'long.- 72-58 W/; ■ flying j signals of distress. On sendinga boat, it, was'fbund that the'^cre'vv were'starying,' not,. ' having; tasted proper food or rwaterfor ;nine' days, and had been, on a short allowab'ce for atiiuchlonger'.,time; '.^The Tiger .&'— bound, for Baltimore, .but :had/been tossed -about; by contrary-galos i from early in. January till- April,' The crew had' suffered...,horrible privations The captain's ' dog, ' a large retriever, had been kilied and eaijen by the famished .men., Boots were "cut in. strips had poikcd'in lamp oil and eaten five''days before l.hi!.iS*e.iip ; sighted them. ; _ Evjh this" horrible food had been finished ; the w^tcr was exhausted, and, impelled by the agonies of starvation, the m.-n had begun to think of murder aud cannibalism.- Two vessels, a German and au American, passed at daylight within v mile of the fchip, but barbarously slighted.her signal of distress. When the first man from'the NeboVv'ehtbii board eating a biscuit, he was pounced bpon^by the hungry men, who tore it from Jiithi' .' A month's provisions were given. to the crew, but they, were too/exhausted, fo 'eat .with/ avidity, .and they; cried - like children on fqbd,' '■'iA' breeze Springing upy;thCyessflb;jvere'then obliged topaft'coinpanyl"" '_, I

j A deputation of the English Licensed I Victuallers' Defence Association waited j upon Mr Gladstone in May, with the ob ject of inducing him to legislate for the I amen.'iation of tho better class of hotel i keepers. Mr- Gladstone pointed out the benefits that had aleady resulted from the effort* of tha Legislature, but declined to reduce the license fee ou the ground that the licensed victuallers, were well ableto bear even an increased annual charge, and that the revenue derived from such a souice was below the anticipated amount.

The anti-Semitic crusade is entirely rep robated in France. An example of this was furnished recently at one of tho cafes in Paris. A number of Germans who had been drink ing ua til they were lively, began to shout : " abas les juifs " (Dowu with the Jews 1) Everybody iv the place turned, around and looked at them, there were general signs of anger, and the cry was raised, " Ah I voila dcs barbares allemanda " (They are German barbarians) and was caught up and repeated, onallsides. Others shouted : Wekuowno difference between Christians and Je?vs. We are Frenchmen 1" Great uproar: fol lowed, and it was some time before quiet was restored. ■ Presently the Germans again raised the cry: "Down with tbe Jews!" Upon this -the Frenchman no longer cou fined tbemsolves to words, but settingupon the Germans, drove them out of tho place.

The small pox ha 3 been stamped out effectually at Honolulu. The " Tawaiian Gazette" of July 6, says 'Ere next_ issue the Tabu will be raised and the inter-island traffic will have resumed its normal tone. We may really conside. the small-pox epidemic at an end ; it U now ten days Biuce the last case broke out, and even if another case or so should break out, we have the disease narrowed down to such small dimen sions, that it would be almost impossible for it to again obtain the foothold it has done. After the epidemic had broken out a day was set aidde for special prayer to relieve us from uur affliction. Now that the disease has beeu removed, wc are sure all bodies of Christians of all denominations will hasten to uuite iv offering up heart felt thanks that we are once more a healthy people.'

The weekiy meeting of St. James Association was largely attended last evening, a considerable number of visitors in;addition to members being present. Mr —, S. F. Peltzer, in the abseuce of the chair, man, presided. After the despatch of some private ..business, Mr .E. West (Hon. Treasurer), delivered his promised lecture oii "The Late : Earl of' .Beaconsfield." The salient events in the statesman's career were touched upon, the steps by whicli he mounted to a position of pre eminence amongst ; tho Conservatives.poted, and' his merits' as a; novelist .^criticised. The lecturer's opinion was that the deceased peer was a political soldier: of; fortune, ambitious of fame and influence, which he achieved by his indomitable perseverance and'the iirestible force of genius. An animated discussion followed. The next meeting will be deveted to short prepared speeches ou "Social Recreation?^' viz., '_. Lea, Meetings," "Sunday-school Picnics," " Charity Concerts,' "Nigger; Miustrei Kntortainments," and "Archery and Croquet Clubs." >- , .<;

Tbe new Victorian Cabinet is being very severely handled by the Press of 'that colony. One journal says: "It is not alone a burlesque ; it is not. alone elevating Billingsgate and stupidity; it is- not ulone a monstrous piece of Cabinet manufacture. It is worse than all this; for it is an insult to> the country. , Tho very rakings of n the Assembly have been; brought together to discharge functions which none but men of intelligence, good character/and pre'dige among their fellows should have any kind of part in. With, the exception'; ot one 1 member, there is not a man iv this new Miuia'try who is not either a rowdy, a chronic placc-huuter, a traitor to his party, or. a political imbecile of the first water. The sole exception is Dr Dobaon; and how the mi-chief a man.-of his culture, Uni versity standing, and respectability, could have anything to do with such a motley ccw passes all comprehension, All the rest 'are the very' "rag-tag and bob-tajl" of the house, without their careers of late exhibiting one redeeming foaturo." It is not generally known that ns early as 11867 Sir Benjamin Brodie held the opinion ;that the to-called* elementary substances of thec^rth would.in all probability exist under independent forms in the atmosphere of the stjii. ' The idea was ah anticipation of Mr Norman Loekyer's conclu»ion,'arrived' at in 1373, that disassoeiation of the terrestrial elements would take place in the Bun. The recent , researches ,pf this a'coouiplbbcd, solar physicist co to prove this conclusion hy spectro scopic observations.". The presence. of iron has been surmised in the sun from the similarity of wdve lengths and intensity existing between 'tha. Fraaenhofcr lines of the solar spectrum aud the bright lines of iron; but Mr Lockyer, after, a most pains taking investigation, is led to conclude that there is no iron in the nucleus' of the sun, but.'only, itl constituents, -and that these exist at different levels in Itho solar atmosphere, and ( produce more complex forms by condensation. This 'result, is, of course,,in agreement, with the general theory of Mr Ptout and Mr Lockycr, that all the ; " elementary " bodies are in reality clu-ters of a tingle elementary sub stauce which bays bjen determined by loss of heat.:—" Engineering." -. , ...■.,,.,.-

'A case of what is known as ."lambing down" has been'hoard at the Melbourne County Court,-.- before His; Honor Judge Cope, when Mr Henry Cobkson sued Mr A, L. Levy, a publican at Sandridge,-for the recovery !of £49 10s, whichbe'hadentrustecf' 'to his care. It appeared that theplaintiffin" the month'bf April last went ou the "spree," audentpred defendant's hotel with ,£4£).lQa in. his/possession^' He> gave; the" money.to [Mr Levy to keep for him during-the" time be stayed at his hotel. He remained there for oigbteen days,l and at the'expiration of that term left the hotel. -A'few days after wards he sent his wife to Mr Levy-to ask him for the balance of the money) when £2 was handed to her. The defendant put in as a; set-off an account amounting to £48 9s 6d., which was for board and lodging and iiqftor' consumed during eighteen, days;j by..;tbp. plaintiff. /By thiß account it appeared that the plaintiff had swallowed the inordinate nnmber -of: thirty-bottles of - champagne ;duriiig'the time he Stayedtherc,' to'say no* khing, of the unlimited ""drinks '!. t ot beer, brandy, whisky,clar. t, &t. .On some days his thirst could not be allayed under 'fffue! bottles of cbatupagrio, with a plentiful \6t6i brandy besides. The defendant claimed that as the account became due, he took plain till' bis moiiey and returned it to him, demand ing his paymont,--When plaintiff paid him,. To-;thiS' plaintiff replied that he had" no recollection whatever of doing such an act, land if he did it was done whilst he tyap drunk. His Honor'coilsidered the charges exorbitant. -Ih'his bpihibu'lOsl a day for ■board and lodging, and 10s a. day for drinks, Was as much as ever the defendant could have expected. "He made an order there-' "fore foi the return to plaintiff of £80 of the Inioney left ill the defendant's bands, 8 V ! In'iribwng.his resolution'™ inspection of. milk and dairies.at the. meeting of the jCity Cou iicil.-jyesterday, ; ..afternoop, the Mayer aa.U that bo had beeu, waited upon; quite recently by a man who had at one time acted as Inspector ot Dairies in a icountry district and who from,a personal iater,e4t',iu the. matter had; continued' t__ pro^ecute his investigations. This ex-in spector had given him information touching tbe condition of dairies situated outside the, limits of the city which_.was perfectly ap-: palling. He'had mentionedoue instance in ivvhich he had found in the same building as the dairy the, putrid carcase of a cow that bad died in' calving; arid near it fa portion bf the calf that bad beeu taken from it. Be had. .noticed putrefying, animal remains l,fiug iii close prox'iruity io Jother dairies, and iv one case the . stench Which proceeded' from the whole establishment could be detected fully a hundred yards awajrr Yet the milk from that place was sent iuto and found a ready sale in the city.; , At another place the milk that was set for cream was found under the family bed.™- It* wa* absolutely necessary, jthat-ahy Inspectbrwhb might be appointed' J3|iould not hate, his authority, confined to milk pioduccd within the city, but that be Should have-power to examiue and test all Imilk/ brought ' within ■ our;, '■ bottlers. Aickiu, remarked.that it' jvasa well-krio,wnfact that nothing absorbed noxious matter so readily or was corrupted more ;easily .than slich fatty 'aubsVaribes 'hs cream, butter, aud ollici products of the dairy. Councillor Waddel-thought the ytry'appearance of the unsightly ca't.ts in which the.milk, was' coureyeU, to the' city, to say nothing of tho .condition of the; drivers, ivas quite sufficient to alarmt'ibe citizens.■ 'An inspection,of the- shanties'in ; "which much of the milk was ..kept, .before" b6ing sent to town would increase /that alarm and lead to iu-tant acton. Councillor Thompson con sidered that the spread of diseese in cattle should also be taken in hand and means adopted to arrest it." Some of the leading men iv the medicd faculty had declared,,for instance, that cancer amongst cows was contagious, and as the milk of animals so diseased must be prejudicial to its con sumers;'the; subject came fairly within.'tbe province of those who were eutrustcd with tbe duty of conserving the public health. — The Mayor's.lc^oiutioip, as set fprth ia our lost impression, wois eventually passed, and has since been,i telegraphed.,to the, Gover nment. ' '"-'-v........... ...J..,,

■ Duelling does not flourish in England as it does in Frauce, but gentlemen have a much more effective way of resenting in sults. - Lord Edward Thynne received a severe caning from the Marquis of Towns hend, aided and abetted by Colonel Nepeau and Francis Ellis, who stood by and saw; the noble lord thoroughly thrashed. At the subsequent preliminary trial the Marquis gave., as a reason for his assault upon : the /noble lord, that some years ago this same lord ' had run away with his (the Marquis') wife, and that this was their first meeting since that occurrence. The three gentlemen were re leased on a surety collectively of £600. It is' unfortunate for the noble lord that he did not mn away with a French Marquis' wife, in which event a challenge would have been in order and afforded him an opportunity to kill the wronged husband,

Never was the passion of gambling carried to such a height among the ladies as in Paris at this moment. As the petits chevaux is the Jmost senseless and uniateL lectual of all the stupid |games that ever were invented is losing somewhat of its at tractions, a new time-killer has been intro duced. It is called Le steeplechase dcs troupees, and demands no more brains or attention than les petits ebevaUx, The game is played with eight Dutch spinning tops of different colours, all set spinning at the same moment. Away they fly, knocking over every obstacle, and banging against each other in laaghable confusion. The top which reaches the goal before the others wins the stakes. Immense sumshave been already lost and won at this very intelli gent game. One young scion of a noble; house has left to join the war against the Kroumirs, in consequeuce of having been' completely deoave at ibis noble sport.

SCINTILLATIONS.

"Be brief lor It is witn words as with sun-; beams be more they are condensed the deeper they burn."—SouTHEY. , • ,;,; .

The American Bible House issued 1,085,695 Bibles the lost year. The colored Baptists in the United States number about 800,000.

The_ American Bible Society , supports two missionary colporteurs in Siberia,

The whole number of mission stations in Greenland issiXj with twenty raissiona-, ries and over 1,500 members. / 7- '77' It appears that there arc 25 distinct Methodist denominations in the world, with a tottii of 4,630,780 members; * e\* A London, hatter advertises that.-'Lord Beaconsfield bought his last hat of him.

Four young women this year received the degree.of Bachelor of .Arts at the London 'University.* "" * !' ' " ' *'"' Professor Billroth, of. Vienna, has for-a fourth time performed successfully the diffi cult 'and delicate operation of resection, of the stomach. ' . 'j. ' /,,."* The "Figaro" asserts- that of .twenty 'marriages iv the higher and middle classes in Paili, five are the work of professional matrimonial agents. ■' •, *

Ihe complete Census leturnsifor South |Australia shews the population 'of the ;colonynow numbers 286,211,- as against 21^«24 in 1876, the increase for the five years being 68,98,7, There, are 6,346 aborigines in the settled districts,; ThS Northern Territory is set down as contain ing 2,734 Chinese males, - ■

Prince ; Louis, or rather Liidwig,.. of Battenburg, who is travelling with the young Princes, is the brother to ,the King of Bulgaria, besides being" the nephew of the late Empress of Russia. ..,

LiviLY.— Villager : " A weel," they tell me that in yer ither parish ye sent a'yer folks to sleep wi yer sermon." Pastor]: " VVeel, John, they may say as they like1;' but let me tell' ye, a never got a chance to keep their een wide, for they were a sleepin' before a opened ma mou."— "Judy."

" Mother," remarked a Duluth girl, " I think: Harry must be goiug to propose'to me." " Why so, my daughter ?' queried the old'lady, laying down her'spectacles, while her face beamed' like the rapon in its fourteenth night. "Well, he'asked me this evening if I wasn't tired of living with Mich a menagerie as you and dad."

' Mr Harry Rickardssings ''InMemoriani;" a dirge on tbe death of Beaconsfield.

Whatuext? Philadelphia variety theatres are encouraging pie-eating matches between hie men and wide-mouthed little boys.!''""[; Wong Tze Fung, an elderly Chinaman' in San Francisco, recently ;.saw a live turtle lying ou its back in front of a restaurant, and having purchased it for £3, had it con veyed to a wharf and thrown iuto the sea.

Mr Dawhurat, a Shakespearean actor of good English reputation, arrived in Mel bourne by the Cotopaxi and has commenced an engagement id the Royal; Mr Dewhurst. has a fine physique, and is said to be scarcely second to Brooke as the noble Moor, which part is regarded as one.of his best. : ' * . , '•"'

The drama in America is apparently, as go-ahead in everything else. Messrs Rob son and Crane have produced a piece called A.D. 1900. They are evidently determined that we shall have a drama of the future as well as miisic of the future. V ' ia ■ .-,,' j The Rev. Mr Forbes, late of Pukekohe, has written to the Presbytery finally resign ing his connection with the.New. Zealand Church. ..'.

: Farms; in Scotland, of which the leases which expired at Whitsun-duy, were re-let' at sconsiderabjy lower, rent, varied from 20 t6"50 "per cent,.. .' -,-. , %>

Mft Morau,- who.was the defendantdn' ,th.c recent bujhTburning caseisays that although the damage,,was only £6 the case cost- him. £150: '" "'"'/" / .;' ". /- "". -■" " J

The County of'Gisborne has/passed a resolution,,in, favqpr, of, tha,Crownii^nd Native Lands Rating Act. A discovery of-kerosine shale has-been made at Nelsoti', aiiSntm* ■:,; jsoK.so

Mr D. M Speddfng, "of Dunedin,"" offered nowseason's teasyesterday,ex Bowen , The attendance was poor. Qne.lot .of'fliill/ bbses :was fold'atjl* 3d per'box. biiVriof a j single other purchase, was made..■ .<. I ■■::■:■•- X

The principal musical event in Melbourne'; has ; been the reviyal;6f;H;M.S. Pinafore at the Opera House by the WilliamsonsiSigiibra Veuostsr—has-assumed the* role of Little Butteroup aud Mr Howard Verndn that <ffl, Sir Jwepli Porter, •Vice^Mr'alnd- iftrf Williamson.; Both \vere extre'inS.l'y.succjjss fulj'.and the.popuiarityin^the'pe'rfbrmatice seemß,.to,b"e.hnabated. ....;•; ,_ts»itO I All the principal light-houses .ou .',tli£ French coast will soon "be lighted'jbj" elec tricity ,;asd;.prQvided with powbrfuUstealu trumpets..for rfogj; sighds, at■' a 'cbsk "bf £320,000. ..,,_., -■'•-••-':"■■.-•'' / i*',J ! GeneralPti¥a','firstPeuSu'ch:bttJi«BSig'ol, Sjajs,.hasarriveddnvParis.'. Whentttbome he rules over 350 youdgiliidieß iir"the rbyS.l haremf, hit aids/iff, the service "being female's '■' -£-?'.,_%_ ' J «1; The Sunday ClbMas'Act/In Irelandcfias diminished the consumption of spirits in the first year undefr:its Operatibl'-bne-sixfh,' from 6,'lls,ooo'gWd'ni iffil'B79,sto 5,075:000 iulßßo

i Mr Predi'MSrshall. arrived'at>'4be^Blaff yesterday bound for Auckland tp-JFufiLhis, Engagement with Mr DeLias".;/'.//;,)''"-;'s i An America'ri publisher says5 that during the last fourteen, his firm have' had overj a 'thousand novels ■ submitted;to' them in manuscript; and of this number they regarded only two as worthy of pub, liCatioh:"''- . ,*•" , ' \ ,/,"./• ' ! :.Ta\V'jisp and bis, followers fraternised heartily witk the Ngaruawahia people yes terday. He left for. Mereerto^day/witii/a number of his followers' ib canOes; iheJtitain taking the balance bf tbe party. ' Victor Hugo's, forthcoming ,-work,„^ r L'es Quatre*Ventsde'l,Espr'it',"*fco'aiiists bi two volumes. The first, ctmtaining two dramas, isalr'eady print^;.'the secondiiriirconcludd with along poem, entitled " Les R6volu? tions." -•—

An analysis in Melbourne of 'Pafriliff clay taken from the Southern Cros3 ground, Poverty Bay, shewed^ percent, of water-' 24 per cont of clay, 73 per cent, of parrafin' aud oils. It is estimated that after- clean- Sing the stuff will be worth £28 per tori. ; The Tiki battery, 11 stampers, made a successful trial start last Saturday. IMr A. Robb's paper on,.our " Liqensiug.. Lawsi"; read before the Epsom Mutual-Im provement Association, was a- gobd- deal? criticised, on tho ground of being too purely teetotal in.its view<of;the question.*-"-1" *** Queen "Victoria is about to purchase the c famous, historical .estate of.StdkeziPbirftj". She went, through)the. mansion rthe rothey jiay with her daughter Beatrice, and yas greatly pleased with it, T'ha price is set at £250,006 i /;/;,;" ; ;,.;_ ;, ~

The Princess Louise Is fohd'bf-htfus'^ keeping^,,and is ,the" best 01. friends, and hostesses. "She nursed .Lady through theiscarlet fever at Rideau Hall; its well as another lady,-'to whom'''she catried every .bowl of gruel and every glass of water with her own hands. '- -1

\ A humane butcher whistles "Pinafore " airs.to'the animals, and-makes 'them"Twant to be killed. .. ;_..•- . m'J _ ■-. J

1 Messrs Baker and Farron have reached So!n/Francisco. bn.route for New'Zealaud'., They are, fulfilling an engagement in the Standard Theatre.* -_•' ■

CABLEGRAMS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] .•-'

Another Murder is Ireland.

LONDON, July 31,

Telegrams have been received from Ire land reporting that Mr Swanton.Mandlord of Ballydital estate, was shot .yesterday. The police are pjaking enquiries into the matter. Up to the present time they .shave found no trace of the murderers, v-.-fl;1

AYUB;AT KANDAHAR.

CALCUTTA, August 1

News has been received from Kandahar to the effect that shortly after.the battle of Karezillaryer, Ayub Khan marched north ward with all his 'forces, and has arrived before tbe city of Kandahar.

AUSTRALIAN

ANOTHER SMALL-POX CASE.

SYDNEY, August 1,

A it'esh case of small-pox was reported to, ,the Health Officers to-day. Theisuf fercr is a woman named Rebecca Gall, resident in Clarence-street,'near Sussex street, where several cases have occurred.

MORE SMALL POX.

SYDNEY, Tuesday.

A. fresh case of small-pox is,reported to day to the Health Board, the sufferer is a man named Parks, residing in the suburb of Alexandria. . .- A boy, residing In Barker's Lane, in the city, isalso believed to be attacked, but the case is not yet authenticated. ■ „-,../' STATUE OF'THE QUEEN.

' Prince Albert Victor of Wales will to day'lay the foundation of a statue of the Queen, which is to' be crected/;in the enclosure opposite St. James' Church in the city. ■

MINING NEWS.

THE following1 Mine Managers reports have I been received :— ■' - • '; ' Golden Star. —'" Since my last" report, t'Vvo' me^-'aire'cntting through the large reef iin fobUwail. I have not yef gotrthrough it. The hanging-wall .portion of the reef ■is flinty-looking, and,-as I think we are ;nearidg,;tbe;.first wall, :the. :quaftzi rhas'Ja i more kindly appearance withinore mineral, and , showing, good colours,_pf gplji."—vß.v COWE., . , '■ -Iv •' '.a (-! Success.— "_ 'I o-day specimen; gold !and rich specimens'of stone ; more showing."— IVKEID."' .\m ..': ;fnl ~NaW GoiiDiN-PAH.—-*-' Two-drives aie ibeing pushed on as fast as possible, and ■surface prospectipg .continued. Crushing j will be commenced as soon as possible,-"— !\Y. G.:Maktikj :■ 'a 0 JI £T i Break o' Day.—"We have driven 60 jfcet; this Jasfrfortnigbt trying; fo-pick up-th^e' the leader,''but'have "n'oit1 succeeded yet jfurther .than getting good prospects ,by crushing'loose,stone out of the.surface."— ;J. S. JBOYb."--,/''" '" £-'!'':''"'; jf^, !. . ._

THEATRE ROYAL.

"THE FROZEN DEEP."

The announcement of the first production of- a'dramatized version of Wilkie' Collin's; novel "The-Frozen Deep," drew a.good; house at the" Theatre Royal last 'evening, Possessing sensational interest; 'the drama was mostfavqurablyreceived.but its success was chiefly due to the excellent manner in which it was represented. The plot is con nected with the attempt of an expedition in the Wanderer and Sea Mew to discover the. north-west' passage,. and may briefly be related, as follows;— Richard .Wardell (Mr Garden), an English officer, and'a man of ungovernable, temper; falls in love with Clara BuinhamjMiss Maraton Leigh),: > He declares his love for her, and, -without waiting to give her', an opportunity:'to say she does not, lt lovo/'him,. says- he will r return, -from .the African/ station eie long to claim her as hia :bride.: He then disappears, .and a letter which, she Writes declaring'thereal state,-of .herfeel ings .is never .'answered, and consequently she feels assured never reaches' fa'icti: /'Prior' to, the departure, of, the, Arctic Expedition, she becomes .betrothed to Frank Aldersley, r an officer belonging to the Sea Me*, and immediately after be 'bids her, adieu,,\\Tar dell. leturns. to /claim.,,her hand..-: declares that she is-engaged to ■ another, and Richard leaves her vowing that he will find the man who stole her heart, and. murder/hirii. The next act finds both crews, after having spent two years wan-, deringohthe icej in a cabin in the Arctic, regions. „/Wardour and -Aldersley are both amongst the survivors... An exploring party' is organised, and lots drawn whp.shall go, or sjay. 'Aldersley/is amopgst the former, while Richard Wardell is cast to remain. He discovers his rival by the;ham6 "Clara Btlrnham '/carved on Aldersley^ bunk; and his(passionate nature induces.benu to decide upon tbe murder of his c6mrade. f;l!!One' !iof' the relief party has his" leg~Brbken,~and" jWardell, despite the efforts of Lieut. Cray ford, knows-all, takes his place."" In the next scene, Clara Burnham, who is said to be possessed of the gift of, second sight, kees Wardell and Aldersley in an exhausted condition. The former raises an axe as if to strike his .victim, and Clara, swoons in the belief that the murderous/intention has been carried into effe<j£j /News comes that the survivors have be'en\rescued and taken to Newfoundland,-'and Mrs Crayford and ,Clara, fl pr9ceed jrjhitihpr.* sYjfafdpll \_ apd; ;A'ldersley" are/aipongst; : the/missing, and", Clara declares that, the latter has been >nurde.red.'> jThei ships areipreparingnp leave /for Ebglamdv when ft' famished1; and demente.dTnan enters the 'cabiu'and.jpravea1 tood; "It"is" supplied; tOibimf'/andicnafter' being;:"-refr'fesh".ad;"<t.he? ;speaks in his naturalI;'.rvoice,_ and is recognised—as. RiohaFdOWafdelL Clarii'i din&ricesiWifi as the murderer of her lover, when ce rushes forth, and ffetfirns with Aldersley in hi^fijßriuj'ltJis theurdhtted,tliatlf6r)JbVe pf Clara, Wardell bad struggled ou with him through ice and snow, and in a couige,o_y,er, );hff'wst(ir,- until they' had "been."washed' b'p" on the Newfoundland shore. His intention iben'J.'tt&iJ-to. persevere.^ff'-'JillGhß^feitoted^ hi_m. > ,to, iClara,'j"t'Thft ;relaJ.i9n» i; o{ aihese/ troubles is followed by" the death of Wardell. Thepkce was wpll played throughout, ..Mr fliil.mj?S'^,C»rdeß'B . .impersonation /'ot;-/the. i ba'B>ioMaite2R'ic.bvd.!Wardell:i!^6n»o^the boot pourtrayalsj jyhi.chj WO. Aaye witnessed at his .IwpdSj s and,, was full of strong dramatic power. - Miss Leigh played ex cellently" as Clara, .while Jd^s.j.Taune^ although -only-cas'f forW'smali part, made tlie *hiost' Of it.v^Mr! James O'Rrieu/in'adef a good'ytank lAld(ir^l^, 'aud the .impersonal tiobij /ol Nnaval i (..officers by /Messrs; Elliott and r.-.West/ | weire ./good. Mr McGow&'ii -and'Miss'-Maggie''°KnigKt as {he..' 'Irish? Obfrjther; add' sister 'causdd: amusement iv their-reip&fetiv6 parts. In tKe J first act,. Miss Knight sang " Babies on fjie, Block,"/sb wellthat the,attdiepCe.were not satisfied until the-young Tadyha(l per formed too;Bteps,dapces fori their rentertara taent. Baltig Joe.iby -Afc J./Jf. ,W.elßh was in oxcellent, _make-up, /"Frozen.:Deep" ivill be repeated this evening, ! pNEFif^O THE-^CO^TISH

! .y7i" j --.-'r^-eOMPANY.-;.-;,:- y,-~ JrT . j "iTb-tnorrow night, the.; comedy of the^ I' Romantic Family" by Gilbert, and "Leaves," wilUbeprbduced for the benefit of. th.c Engineer. and Scottish Cgnjpanjes of Volunteers. .',..' ~.,/..

AN APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE AS SISTANCE.

llooloitv.' ~: <To,the Editor)-,;T/"\ 7's v Sir,—A most5 distressing base L has Just been brought uridor my. notice,, and I have, been aVked' to' fexfefir mjself to relieve:it. v "''W t hat<sver''is'';dorie' imnßt'be' done immediately; /The "objects of Shis appealrare;.a widqw flndf.twq orphans lamed.Skemrigt^n. who ,pamb. herein the oxfdfd''*' sab6ut/;!,- J ;i|iw,9 : ;1..i;,.m6Siis ""'ago'.1 Mr Skeffingtori, -a— man " well-con nected}) died.ronthe, vbVage; out a'-fort^ ijight before • th'fr-ship' arrived here. Since lji4""~death~: tbe- widow~"and-orpbaus Have- Wdwed great; hardships,[ .and iit is thought \}Mt to send them back -to the old country/;" #here they will He'-cared-'for^by relatives. .Here theyJareidostituteandtrieridleStf.''The [ship' Syilf/'/leave ; next '/Satu'rdayjf find it wi^coist £40,t0 send them hoirie/ second class..' -For this sum I appeal; .with :con ijdence/(td* a generous public; wriich-'has of top showtt practical kindness to ,the berejiyed arid destitute., idf sufficient rnbhey' is not raised iv time, every contribution entrusted to me will be returned.—l-am"; &?., aa . . 0 ... . F. G. JtSwiNGT^N.....

I Barrium'^ snake wagon was smashed up by arnnaway .Salem,iMasesacbusett's,.ft few weeks ago. ■■ The stakes escaped and hid themselves iff the high grass of the principal street of the old city. One' old toper, refiirniug from apilgririiase' to a saloon fumbled, oyer, a fifteen, foot boa, but bd Was'notataJl startled, and rl&jirked that it was fibtbinc to w^at he'Bdd seen in *b|.PipMtetiP»[4»fejfWn; ft* jjtmsaxm

SPORTING.

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

LATEST Melbourne papers contain the f i '" lowing items with reference to the proaching metropolitan meeting :—Forth' Victoria Derby 1000 to 200 was taken abont Darebin, but he fell to 6 to 1 __ nVi after wards, which price would be tsk ' about Monmouth. A good deal of i ao „Wl' has been put on Somnus, who may now ? quoted at 100 to 13 taken and offered/i^ -tolO being-the' price about lection, although it is said 1400 to 200 w booked to Nautilus, which seems «earee!t reasonable..J?or the.Cup.a fewJOqo -fa ?__ have been written against Sir ModtecfaiS also against Somnus, and later on 1000 * 35 .was booked to each, whereas W&terion altojgether now.stands responsible.for n.^ 20.000,.; In doubles,; .'.Derby S*O^^B several 1000 to 15 have been accepted cerning.thet two Gloucesters, and' at 10m to 6 Somnus and Sir Modred have Wn backed to win £30,000, another 30000 haying- been" taken - about Somnps }«S * Sbmiius,•: The following are the odda (3m V.R. C. Derby. ' ■' '•'« _ 6 to lagat. Darebin 6to 1 Monmouth ' 4 >'\ ; - -'""" 7to 1 Somnus _ '_____& 8 to I Nautilus — 10 to 1 -—Splnningdala • . , . / Melbourne Cup. ,f'4:ii\'' 100 to 5 agst. Monmouth . ~ ; '-. 300. to 5 — Hesperian ; IC3 to 4 Darebin ''" ICO to 4 Wandering Jew ' . 100 to 4 — Lord hurghley """"" 100 to 4—- Splnningdole r j • - 100 to 4 Nautiluß- i i ■ ■;/'• « 100 to 4 Venam 100 to 4 — Henchman :. .. -. —■*' ' * .. ... "100 to 4"-^— Waterloo -"~_J:lt*. 200 to 7 Progress - 100 to 3—— Sovanaka -'-■ .; ,*r._ -100 to 3-—SicModred ; - :. aj . 100 to 3 First Water

ACCEPTANCES FOR THE C.J.C.

[BY TELKGRAPn. —PRESS -ASSOCIATION,] ''"": CHRISTCHURCH, Monday, - The following are the acceptances'fcfth^ ;C. J. Handicap :—The Governor, Nonpareil, Hilda, Laertes, Blue Jacket, Grip,"£nvov ! filly,-"'Matalku,. Louis dOr, Chancellor, 'LIT beller.rAnlulet,! La Mode, Zealahdia,«(Jfi. ■ tanette filly, Luna, Holde'rhess, On Dit/ ' 'Dauphin, Lure, Hinemoa, Le.Loup,'yblua. ;teer, Gitana, aud Lady Emma. * »_ « 'f Entries, for the Canterbury Cup :—The ;Governor,'La Mode;' Nonpareil, Zealanflis •The Painter, "Blue,. Jacket, Grip, -Envoy ' filly, Dauphin, VMataku, Kn ' Avunt filly, ;Louis:! -d'Or,-Hinemoa,:Le^Loup, Amulet, 'Peeress colt,,, LogeVdemain, Lady EmmnJ, ■ and.Matau. . i.; l {

WHITE ATTACK ON NEW BRITAIN NATIVES.

i ~ , -'" , —•; •" ■ j ■•■, ~a,;,*; ;-"" ---; [PEE/S^S, TE ANAT7 AT THt feLtjPP.jij/, ! " i>!'y- ;! f:r.i': MELBOURNE, 'Jpljr'2^ '. ;The latest news; from,.' New Britain states that the natives'made ahokite'manifesta tion against the white inhabitants on tbo .island.';', .The\ latter'^ believing /that; tb'ei^ liliVesfKiwere n'endangeifedj < attacked tbo Inlanders, killing about.so.^ No whites' kwere killed., .H-M.5. Conflict appea^diioiis I ;tbe. scene ".and-hanged ithree'Of thenatiVeS hfor the murder of the Whites. ;' _ t" i; '< v*

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Bofore'R.'C: Barstow,'Esq'.,-K,J^t;* Thb Common . CmtsE.—six „ person^, pleaded guilty; to'drunkenness, andiwero. dealt witfcaccardibgi to law. iWilliata^ ;Walker . jy^d^ufferiijg from, deMwt tremens, was;'on the application of JQx'i jPardy, remanded for a week"./-; --. —IB \ /QATS.—Janies Whittle/was again brought}. up on a charge of stealing twolbags of oats, ,value 20s, on.the 25th Juty/-the property.) of' George H. Short, of Oaraaru.—Mr_E. > Cooper appeared for prisoner and pleaded guilty.; The-! prisoner did: take-the oats,' 1 but not with a-telbhiOns'intent.r^Mr.Pardy. explained.particulars:"' 'The'prisoner.had J the batsr,lii his cart,'and'soild, them tS'ltfir Mos»opjand he must;liave k'upwn. the; oats* taken;;.ftom'.'ltW. vessel Were not' 'Jus^-i. :fS George Henry''Short;'master,'mariner, of / Oamaru,' deposed that,hie/w^'discharging^ | a quantity of bags of oats from the Daroy- Pratt, lying in' tM port bf Auckland.. Two I bags were missing.' The'b&gproduced.MS? his initials, and; was his properly.—James Francis, a carter, was .employed witbi Whittle and another man in; cai^rying^awoj^fSß the oats. "He signed' for/ttiein.1' :An extra,, bag -was ' discovered -in Whittle's cart! There were 50 bags in the'three cart»,-and taken to. the' Kail if ay1 station;/ He was' ;» responsible.—To Mr^Coopers.'Hii'lwasm-i'l}^, li employ o^Mr^Butcher. ' Any/deficiency S| afterihaVing signed/for"goods was made up /S by-carter*. Prisoner- was responsible-to. hinij-ryTpMr-Pai^y.: -Ajmn;Tjas expected to Anpw/whajfihe;got in his cart, li If he had" a Fag"too much,.hie.should' have' taken it' back; to the hi Ate-:;-1- net 'sell i'it^WiHiam Mossop,..;:■ a',:,.carter,dideposed-^fthatr: he! . saw prisotfeV-: stfaimTu'esdayJt "-iii Fbrt street, and l7 ofiered . him ,a > sack of pats,for 7s. r 'He fe'f vised' to' purchase, as, *:;; prisoner "did not satisfy him as" to/how/he' came by the/palg,.-' iH_e came, .a second;time, j with another- man; who assured-witness it was -aH"'rights/hence.',-;!^ ■ -j§ ■-To His,JJrpfship tjfle'jShbuldliaive iJjiM? 8s / or 10s for sinnlar, oats it/a, store.—-John . ,; Napmani deposed that -he;niet Whittle by 7 the"Mit?6politW. -He said, "Jack llefs /S have *n drink."—He~wettt. _""Prisofierthetr »n : ,oygir [tp \Quipfeleyfs;p §t<)r^—HeeW»t ;£ terihtiip/wAtbthe view.oflgetting lri#Stiß^; as he was in liquor. He Said, -*i_,Allrigbt' *" hut.nqt.in relation to the oatß.but'allnght. iiii^eistjd^ him Kome.—Detective Brennan arrested prisoner on the charge.—He replied ihatj'he'foUnd'slu;e3ttra[lbag in his cart;. &nd,;.. hS'^hbught finding,' .wash'B^ing,";and'jo')ie^ - sold/them' again 'for his own/benefit.—■'■ Mt-'E.;Cooper- addressed' the Court, for the'; defence, and contended that tho evi^cttae ' o^d-hbt, disdoW a.',s!^ Worship inadeisomeremarkson the nature pf'fth'eJoßi6n<;e':i;'the'6ats',!wefo"-',iilan'ed and j tind knowingl^y n )ietainedjapd/s^idißyjßli^ / 6oner. He nrosfc find*_,^in} guilty^ agd sen tenc.g4;hi«« to' onpinonth's' imprisonment, i Obscene I L^WGuAttk^KiMfirtiP Bars, fieldran" old] offender, was'iharged ikdar* ; the; Vagrant,; Aot.r^jth /using ;filthy s and_ ;.; abpmlnable language in .Queert-stf oas#<s the-2l6t!'July.r.':Prisoner> pleaded £nfltYt tf • Nff'Tardy referred to' i h'e^b'gpjgg'u^JtiT tvas used towards Mrsl/Johh Darby, as really shocking, and, calculated to provoke a breach qf the/peace./, His, Worship said this appeared tO/bV'an unfortunat^'failing. - pf prisoner's, aW'fHis Was!jaljout;;thpjßixtli _ time he had;abeeii; convicted/of va like offence. Fined 40s, costs' lis,- or 'id de fault one month's imprisonment. - i William' Powley''/w^^.'bh|^|dY!-with having committed a iiniilajfoiwoSrion the 22nd ult., in Grey-streetu^ Defendant eaid he o had no recollection -qf; haying .nsfd,the 1 words. Mr" P&rdy said, tHe^pVJLttirie^aM another /manl^went; to thei/nouieiof.A'irfli spectable jonng womanlvwitli*wKoiiiMbV :l!| terms; but as de- / fendttnt and his companion were in liquor, _ the/young' Wofnan would not admit them. Defendant- -then uttered the.-'offensive/ language. ,Fin|o,dr£3, ( costs 13s, <a)fcs6nb'" month in Mount Eden.', -„ h ,^;»i;j' [ Ellen 'Havftthbrn'was" charged "with' "a similar offence; in : !'WelliDgton-stroet.~Mr ■ ■ Laishley appeared- for -'defendant;' and , pleaded not., guilty—MrPardy said*the 11*' grincipal'witness iff this case was'.jjl'ih'tho pspital.. Ho would, however,rgoon£wittj h such'eyiden'ce as; lie Jcoul^get,— MrsiKelly.^ deposed that she resided with'her;hosbsu>di':'. William^Eslly, in Wellington-Street, and next door to Mrs Hawthorn; She was Stending in i the passage, wben-she^iSS! 3 accosted byyMrs Hawthbrne^whpaskiiiJyrM' shewas laughing at. The lairiguagecfniijO';; ■'; J plained of was then used.—To Mr LaisUOT : i>he gave; defendan^no'jprotocatipn.'6*Her .aister.was prescKit,; but did hot lailgh atMrs,^ Hawthorn.' Did'nb't iiall 'h&&__iggo£sft not;,spfa.k,r.to- rherrsilt*.happened! in>lthe»^ evening.—To Mr" Pardy s Mrs-Halttbrn wasinjignor aj the time.", Mary,Gris,spJigfe was/called, (here cohsiderablftcohrasittßiwaß?'* caused by the father of witness^ j™ 8 v object6d;tb* bis iJdau'gifef;-giving "eWdebgljn , against detendantj l ,.and.,aa,.»be. c pefPJßtwa he w*apnt?o.ot of Coart). Miss Griscongh was then examined, and .corroboratedJuß— - evidence of Mrs Kelly, her lister. Thelon' guage' could' ''have Jbeen' heard by 4%S§||v passing.—.Tp Mr Laishley : lii ptmit^pif , was given," She did not laugh ot'hcr.-JDJd/, not call her,a (,rblooming hawtbofn^" ndTl anything like itji-To' Mr Pardy: She- wai _ standiqtr about three yards', from the '^ayie ment wheh''the/ianguage4^*sl;Ußed.—Mr Laishley taid the language said to bavo been used '.was ttofcset Out in>'the infortnart'. ■ tion. 'He'woifld .Suggest respectfully;'.tfiat itimußfc*.be digmissed.-His Worsbipreoin cided with'Mr Laiehley's view, and the..cas<v Was dismissed. '' ;. ', '"'" '/.""■'-*■ ]'•■■. f l I jWirHqii.T^A Eight, 1*,"^111 , was charged on summons with not.keeping a light burning over the. street door ot the GharlemontiHotel on the night of ■ the lith, iiist.—A plea of/gqUty was"put fpj^nd^a dnepf.3» imposed, cosfe^i!. j ,.',,. ( / uJ . ~,; i Tny''B'^ali'te'busiiicss. '," .. nil

G ' mla v ■ „',»-_ n v-;."»l."n o j Mdlla r ,,AM<PWe''fdig' Weiw^ aone- " handed''J?rericli "piabis'te," is announced to appear shortly in Boston,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. TUESDAY. AUGUST 2.



Special Advertisements. 1 1 2 . | mhe a ALE OF DOAK AND WATS 0 N'S Bankrupt Qtock of Drapery and Clothing WILL COMMENCE ON JJ/f onday, August Ist, issi, AT THE CITY HALL ARCADE. noODS AT TXAL'F. PRICE. GARLICK & CRANWELL. 1 1 % ;.-:,. 2 THE TCTEW ZEALAND CLOTHING 13( FACTORY. The Proprietors of the New Zealand Clothing Factorx take this opportunity of Informing the • publio that they are not holding a GREAT CLEARING SALE Their business being established on I such a sound footing as tha - , . CASH principle, the expedient of holding ;. ; ;.»."';. CLEARING SALES to get rid of accumulated rubbish Is . ..in ■ obviated. They nevertheless still continue to .',.,, S ELL A Single Article at the Wholesale P R I -C E; And any Goods sold and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with whioh they wore ; SO LD, or, if desired, the Money will be Re- , turned. Auckland Branch. queen street, (Opposite Theatre Royal), And at Albert-street, Thames, J. FITZSIMONS, ,-:'■ Branch Manager. xxr i n k 8 & rx al i* Wholesale and Retail " ■'--- cabinetmakers and upholsterers. and carpet warehousemen, i ,<y. shortland-street, -: Beg to inform the Publio I that they have OrUNKD THEIR NEW WAREHOUSE : ; '.;' . ■""' - WITDA ' -■ J"" SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF ■■■■' FURNITURE/ ■ The Latest Novelties, and The Newest Their Btock of CARPETS, for Variety, Qnallty, ---' and Price has never been surpassed in " Auckland. ■.. ,- ; A large assortment of LINOLEUM and FLOOR CLOTHB in aU.wldths. ..-.-.. MATTINGS, MATS, and RUGS' ln: great variety.- " ->'■'- ' - ~.,.-. The Newest and Latest Patterns in Cretonnes ! and Trimmings. "-'" . . .._.. ~ Silk and Worsted Rejja, Cotoleinea, Tapestry. | "and Damask Coverings. Cloth and Tapestry Table Covers. Lace, Net, and Muslin Curtains. ",'. iA-iarge and' well-assorted Stook of all the Newest Patterns in Toiletware. Agents for the Iron Venetian Blinds—"The Blind of the Period." These are the only j. perfect blinds made. The Largest Stock of Brass and Iron BED STKADS and COTS in New Zealand to choose from. A ohoice assortment of Dolly Varden Down Qnilts, Blankets, Bed and Table Linen, . Towels, Toilet Covers. &0.. Sco. .-......■^■:. :; Inspection Invited. yf INKS ~:&: H ALL,, Shortland-street. T3USHBROOK AND TJVrIDGMAN Have just reoeived a Choice Ship .. meat of MELBOURNE - MADE ; ", CLOTHING 6 their order direct, i comprising— ■ -■•■.*■ im. .jiumj !- ~ Geei.ong Tweed TsotrsEßSi Trousers and Vests, Both' Suits, &a. &c Sec ■ (Cross sizes to fit Kxcra Stout or ■-.-■. y., I Slender Men). RUSHBROOK. ci BRIDGMAN Have Received, ex Te Anau, a Fresh Supply of -• , . . RO3LYN FLANNELS • .-. ,'■■• .•■■ •■ (invariety) ''■"■ »■' .-..,. ROSLYN PL AIDING ' " -l "' ROSLY N BLANKET KUSHiJROOK & BRIDGMAN J; / sr/ncj Have always in Stook a -Tory Large . '„ Variety of Patterns in MOSGIKL ; ■-■"- and KAIPOI TWEEDS. SHIRT-; INGS, snd-Hoßiery. RUSHBROOK. &; BRIDGMAN * > ?/ | ~. . Have a Splendid Stock of OVER-? : ! ?'.,'.;■ COATS, UL.STERS and MAOIN-1 I TOSH COATS to select from. i ■> "? ■" '■ -i '■ ■' ';'"AISO, ~-' : .."•'; - V I x C L O:T H I N M OF EVEEr-DESOBIPTION. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMASP; « - '•' Have lots ot Special Lines in -■'■■''■■ i HOSIERY i . V.. ':,'."" '■ SKIRTS l UMBRELLAS ~ 1 b;- •' JACKETS and ULSTERS " ,;!"' i Remnants Very Cheap, to dear. I ■ ' • FANCY BUTTONS " ; ■...'/■.■!•■ ,'<!■'.-■' TRIMMINGS,:&O.. &0,; GENERAL DRAPERY OF ' EVERY DBSCEIP | •_>:'-.':■ ti.HON AT LOWEST BATES. ---j ....:-.; . 6% Discount (Is in the £) allowed off all CASH ' Purchases of 20s and Upwards."* | [!'■. t> USHBROOK^toEIDGkIN, i Junction .Drapery Warehouse;; (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel), : .Upper Queen-street,1- ■; -| ~■'■"''-'*",'"'Auckland. '"■' .n.EEAT X> EDUCTIONS ■.IN-. jY'inter Drapery. ..... JMT I L N E AND nfl O V O E j .• . Are now Selling at Greatly Reduced Prices BALANCE OF WINTER STOCK Millineky, Mantles, Jackets, Ulsters, I <!.■:.- SKIRTS, ■-- IWn ''ST' " Mantle and Ulster Cloths, , , 'Dbess Materials, ... „~■ -•.-. Ladies' and Children's Costumes}-, Hosiery, Fancy" Wooi. Goods.'""", ji'jj; . ;,. .q JUST TO HAND,.'j ■_. I Ol:1-!'] f ALL THE NEW EVENING SHADES IN ' j COTTON SATTEENS.; j ; . .{■'■::\-''.'^Af6Yrliimot\: : ''':'':'_7'7ly " Underclothing ExcBBDraGLY; Cheap j Remnants fkom all Depabtmbnts. I I MILNE & CHOYCE, AUCKLAND. ,X> U R;■» D O N X D U S T. SOPPET AND CO. Are supplying Fine Bonedust of their own manu faoture. guaranteed free from any adulteration *8 108 per tom sacks or bags included, at tho Mills. Freeman's Bailor their Store, No. 8 .Lower Queen-street. • ,; Bones bought In anyjeuantitlei.' .-; ."■ 7 Octobor 25, 1880



! Mersrs Garlick and Cranwell having ! purchased the Drapery and Clothing Stock of Doaic and Watsons', at such a low rate; wilt sell it off at Half Pkice. It ia a new Stock—the Bankrupts only havicg been in partnership about six months. It will be .sold for Cash payment, at a lower rate than any Stock ever offeied in Auckland, before.. .Two Dresses for prlco ot cue; Two suits of Clothes for the price of one. Examine the and satisfy yourselves. AUaxofflmences at thai City Hall Arcade oa Saturday. 30th July.—( advt.)