SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

BUNSKT.-Thls Evening. 5.23 ' •■'• ,'■■> "^ BUNKIBK.-To-Morrow Morning, 0.J3 MOON'S AGE.-Last Quarter, 17th, 4.3G ».m,

ARRIVALS.

LAST KVKNING. City ot Sydney, P.M. b.b., Dearborn, from Sydney Lapwing, brigantine, Watts, from Lytt*lton ' ;• Argyle, s.s., Crawford, from Whangarel' TO-DAT. Oreti, s.a., Campbell, from Napier and Giaborne

DEPARTURES.

.LAST EVENING).

Coronet, schooner. Henty, for KingsmiU Group Glenelg, s.a., Stophenson. for Tauranga WelUngton,9.B., Farquhar, for Russell--'-• - *s»

•TO-DAT. ■• Ashmore, ship, Whitmora. for Oamara Defiance, brigantine, McKay, for Whanganw

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Melbourne via South-Ponguin, Thursday ' Tarauakl and South—Hawea, Tuesday. Rusaell—lona, Mondays. Pengoln, Monday - : Tanranpra—Glonolg or Wellington, Monday and Thursday Whangarei and Whangarei Heads—Argyle, Tuesday and Friday . ~ ■•■■ Mangawal- Flogal, Thursday 5 Mercury Bay—Fingal, Monday , • ■,

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of New York, P.M. as, from San Fran-

Cisco, August 22, Hermlone, ship (W.T.R.D), from London; to sail June 25 ' Firth of Tay, ship, from London; loading Looh Cree, ship, from London; loading Araby Maid, barque, from Lyttelton O.iA. Littlefleld, barque, from New York Ooeola. brlgantlne, from New York Ktliol, brigantine, from Dnnedin Aratapn, origantmo, from Lyttelton Rboderick Dhu, brigantine, from Donedln ■Winifred, schooner, from New Hebrides Belle Brandon, sohooner,from Samoa ■••' ' "■;■' Transit, schooner, from Rarotonga Kstelle, schooner, from Lyttelton Tauranga, schooner, from New Caledonia, via Whangaroa. ' ; ' '.-. •

IMPORTS.

Per Lapwing, from Lyttelton—4so sacks floor. 80 sicks oatmeal, 1350 sacks oats, 20 sacks pearl barley, 1200 sacks potatoes.

EXPORTS.

Per City of Sydney for Honolulu-22J bags potatoes. For Ban Francisco— 36 packages gum, 65 bags coal.

Inwards Coastwise.—Lizzie, from Whanga poua and Whangamete, with 22,000 feet timber, 20 hides, and 105 saoka gum: Opotlki, form Upo tiki, with 265 sacks maize; Nancy, from Thames with 10,000 feet timber.

Ootwards Coastwise...tfanny Kelly, for Whangaroa: Lizzie, for Whaneapoua; De nance, for whangaroa: Mercury, for Tairna ; Zillah, for Thames.

The schooner Energy is loading with timber at the Auokland Timber Company's mill, for Sydney.

The Albatrosß will take In a quantity of tim ber here, and will then proceed to Mercury Bay o complete her loading for Suva.

The b.s. Argyle arrived from Whangarei last evenine with:—24o sneop, 10 sacks oysters, 10 sacks hides. 3 bales ekinn. 5 eaoka gnm. H Kegs butter, 15paokagos sundries and the,fol lowing passengers: Mleses Clothworthy and Hay ward,Mr and Mrs Herman, Messrs Gribbon, F. F. Day. Haywarrt. Kaye, Burns, J. T. Rey burn, 2 others and' 6 steerage.

The following passengers have booked to pro ceed by the P.M.s.s. City of Sydney to San Franolsco this evening :—TC. W. Wilding, A, J. Warbriok, Mrs Bowman and 2 infants, J. C. Jones, H. M. Miles, A. MoLoskey.

The brigantlno Lapwing arrived from Lgttel ton last evening, after a passage o£ nine days. She was in company with tho brigantino Aratapu on Sunday last. "

' The B.B.'Oreti, Captain A. Campbell, left the pier, at the spit (Napier), on Saturday, 13th August at S p.m., arriving at Gisborne at day light the next morning (Sunday); took in a full load of cattle and sheep, and'sailed again for Anolcland at 3 p.m.;' encountered strong head winds to the East Cnpe, which was passed at 3 a.m. next morning (Monday); after whioh, the wind varied from NX to SE, with heavy con fused eea; Cape Colvillo was reached at 2.30 5.10. this morning, -and the cattle station (Tamaki) at 7 o'ciooK; discharged the stock and moored alongside the Queen-street wharf this morningv- Passengers—From papier (saloon)': Measra Webator and Lynch, From Giaborne (saloon),: Major Teesdale and Mr Graene ; steerage: Messrs Bell and Williams. Cargo— From Napier : 349 Books potatoes. From Gis borne: 42 head cattle, 185 sheep, & cases honey, 1 package circular saws, 3 bales hay.

THE CITY OF SYDNEY.

..'The mail steamer City of Sydney arrived at the Quarantine Station, Motulhl, last Dight, at 10.65 p.m. She left Sydney on the 11th, at 3.45 p.m., making the run with fine weather: in 103 hoars. The mails were landed at tho Quarantine' Station- last night, and the. vessel then steamed up to the North Head.; The steamer has-the, folio wine passengers:—' For San Franbisco: A. Bright, Sadding-: ton. Argree, G. U. Runell, D. A. Stodart,: finely, H. B. Hamilton. Capt. Doyle, Hey Benja min, F. Bonny, Misses J. and M. MoWade and: Homerfleia, V. Phillips, K. W. Hitchcock and wife, Capt. Avoir, Miss Smart, and 15steerage.. 'DrPhilßon visited thefsteamer this morning. Thore is no aiokneaa on board.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS.

Lalla Hookh, c.8,, Robertson, from Waitara

DEPARTURES.

Till, 8.8,. Wills, for the South

IMPORTS.

Per Lalla Rookb, from Waitara: 129 sheep and 18 head cattle.

The b.s. Lalla Koohh arrived from Waitara at soon to-day with one passenger—Mr May.

The s.s. Hawea was coming np the harbour and would reach the wharf about 12,30 p.m. to-day.

The B.s. Tui left at 3.10 p.m. yesterday for Wellington and way ports with 45 sacks oats, 8 cases spirits, 10 cases stout, 10 gunnies sugar, 11 Backs potatoes, 12 boxes soap, 6 boxes candles, 6 cnaoa kerosine, 12 sheets iron, 19 packages, and three passengers—Messrs Cosser, Fyfe, and Cap tain Holmes. BTTho] s.s. Hawes.iCapt. Kennedy, left Port Chalmers on the Bth Augnst at 1.15 p.m., arrived at Akaroa on the 9th at i a.m., sailed at 6 a.m. for Lyttelton, arrived at 10.15 a.m., sailed at 5.30 p.m. for Wellington, arrived on the 10th at 9.15 a.m. ,|aailed on the 11th at 12.45 p.m. for Pioton ? arrived at 6 p m., sailed at 11,50 p.m. for Nelson, arrived on the 12' h at 8 30 a.m, sailed on the 13th at 11 a.m. for Pioton, Jin rived at 6.30 p.m., sailed at 8 p.m. for Wellington, arrived 14th at la.m., sailed at 5 p.m. for Taranaki, arrived on the 15th at 10 a.m., sailed 530 p.m. for Manukau, arrived on the 16th at 12.3(1 p.m. Passengers—Saloon: Mrs Whitson. Mr Hill, Mr M. Dymock, Mr Bggington, Miss Cox. Mr Donald, Rev. Mr Spencer, Mr Perrin, Mr G. Brook, Mr Halmur, Mr Carter, Mr Bruce, Mr Byrne, Mr Thos. MoNilly. Mr J. H. Pope, Mr Haloombe, Mr Collins, Mr O. Harrison, Miss Beale, Mr Clerk, Mr T. Bltzslmmons, Mr McGillan, Mr Orr, Mr MoAdain, Mr Griffiths, Mr Sharland, Mr Brockbank, Mr Richmond, and 26 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

„„,.... . JRussELL.thlß dayv Arrived: Steamer Wellington, whaleahlp Alaska, schooners Saucy Kate, Ocean, and Christina.

LxTTßiitOif, yesterday. Sailed: Sea Bird, for. Auckland , , -,- ... v :' * Port Chalmbkb, yesterday. Soiled: Barque, Araby Maid, for Auckland: Wanaka, 8.8. for.Northern ports.—Passengers for Auckland: Mr M. Scott. For Sydney: Misses Todd <2).>" ■• .■'.•;.;.•..":■,,

Mail Notice.

Mails will Closk as Under.— ■ , ■ This Day. For Whangarel Heads, Waipu, Whangarel, and Mangapai, per Argyle, at i p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 4.30 p.m. Wednesday, 17th instant. For Gisborne and Napier, per Oreti, at 9 a.m. For Coromandel, per Coromandel. at 11.30 a.m. For Waitara, &c, per Hannah Mokau,at 1 p.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per Penguin, at 3 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 5.30 p.m. Thursday, 18th instant. For Gisborne, ■ Napier, Southern ports, and Australian Colonies, por Penguin, at 9 a.m. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, Craigiebum, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Tanranga, Ohinemutu, and Opotikl, per Glenelg, at i p.m. S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster, Chief Post-office. Auokland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

August 10,1881,

Theatre Royal—Byron's "Blow for Blow, 8 p.m.

V.M.C.A. Rooms — Auckland Dispensary Meeting, i p.m.

Alexandra - street Schoolroom — Havelook Templars' "At Home," 7.30 p.m.

Eden Hall-Lecture—"The Bible the Test oj Humility"—by Edward Lewis, 7.30 p.m.

Lome-street Hall—Pollards'Llllputian Opera Company: "LesClochesdeComeville," 8 p.m.

Drill Bhed—Monthly Inspection of Victorias, No. 3, Scottish, and Hobson Companies, at 7.30 P.m.; ■ : ■•

Death.

BURKB.-Suddenlv, on the 16th instant, at his residence, Wakefleld-Btreet, George Daniel . Burke, late Sergeant H.M.s 18th Regiment of Foot, aged 37; native of Cork, Ireland, CHKRMSIDE.—On August 15, Eliza Cherm side, relict of the Into Edward Chennside, of JPotaferry, Ireland; aged 72 years. The funeral will leave the residence of her sons, Albert-street, on Wednesday, at 3 p.m. - Jf riends are invited to attend. DIAMOND.-On tho 15th instant, at his father's residence, Alexandra-street, Theodore,' eldest son of Jobn and Mary Ann Diamond, aged 16 years.—Thamtra papers please copy. The funeral will leave the above address to-1 morrow, I7th instant, at 2.30 p.m. ! ROBERTS.-On 16th August, at Montague street, Newton, Alfred, the beloved husband of Margaret Roberts, aged 36 years. The funeral will take place on Thursday next, 18th instant, at 3 p.m. Friends please aocept this invitation.

Notices to Correspondents.

Subscribes.—The produoe of mangolds in the competition between Messrs Morrin, Marks, and Stevens, was at the rate of 110 tona per aero. The patches grown for competition were 12 perches each, and Mr 8. Morrin won ■ first honours with 10tons 15owt 6lbs; Mr Stevens came next with 9tona 3cwt 2ilbs; then Mr Marks with 7 tons 18 owt 2 qrs. Mr Marks graw the heaviest mangold, weighing 65 lbs; the noxt came from Mr Morrln's ground, ' weighing 64 lbs and 63 lbs each.

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

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1881.

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

Competition is the spirit ,of the age. In the opinion of some there may be too much of it, but we must take things as they are it is in vain to struggle against the current. The universal cry throughout the world seems to be at present, " Come and be examined." The law of competitive exami nations is the survival of the attest; the weakest go to the wall. They are bound to do so, both in physical and in mental work. One man kills himself by brain work, and another by athletics; the," race is to the swift and the battle to the strong." Spite of all these drawbacks, examinations are by no means an un mixed evil. What a growl there was when the Engineers, Artillery, and Civil Service were thrown open to public competition; what a general outcry from the supporters of the old Byistem ! " We want men who can nde across country, and not palefaced bookworms," sairUmany a military man. :■■iiMtittffliSnwtad Aaofcirdtf^teiaafbi'^-.Wit

5 H OR T L A N D -S T li E E T "; 'I 6 (Opposite the-Poat-officel. ■

unfitted a man for a public office. -.-.'£ he few unfit men in the army and Civil Sei« vice were triumphantly pointed at as the results of the new system, the opponents.of the new^ordeifpf things being utterly oij. livious of the more numerous failure's under the old system. But what actually is the result; the soldier is now a combination of muscle and ■ brains, instead of being all muscle and no. brains as ho sometimes via under the/old System, "apd as,for the Civil/'Servfce, it vis mdre looked up to^nd respected than ever. The cry is'-v.the,': old one, "Great is IHana of tne-Ephesians," the ..graft, is in danger, The same spirit was manifested by the ownyjs ancl drivers of stage coaches, when railways were' introduced, who said " that i the - national, ■ character-would deteriorate, And that, the trace; of horses would become extinct in a few years," It; is the'cry that has been Raised, and will be raised to the end of time. What is wanted in the present age is."the. combination of the soldier ana the ' man ' of, science,I. Naval officers ate now-a-duys" highly culti vated men > but that noble man, Commodore Goodencragb, thought that, with all their cultivation, they were still below the. requisite standard. He says, and surely too' words of such a man are worthy of attention, " Our officers so far from beinc over-educated are still under-educated," Many evils are no doubt connected with undue competition, but there would pro. bably be more if everything were reduced to one dead level; life under these circum stances would lose, half its variety and flavour. But however strong competition ia in the old country, we cannot say the same for it here. - If in England they have bad too much, here we have had too little. Book learning can certainly be over-done, as we see in Greece. There the whole of the education is free of cost, both primary and secondary; a paternal Government provides them with free nniveroiiy educa tion, and ihe effect of-this,' is that all the' young men are political loafers. The Greeks have naturally a great love of learning and have given themselves up to it with this disastrous result. So much for free education, which is evidently a mistake. But here we are very far indeed from this point, and we hope never lo come to it. Education, however, has made great strides during the last fifteen years, in New Zea land, and we will take a brief survey of it during that period.

In the year 1866 thore Was not a single good public school in the whole ot the North Island of New Zealand. The only schools of any note were in the South, Nelson, Carisfrchurch, and Dunedin, and ot these three Christchurch was the only really successful school at that time. Dunedin and Nelson had suffered from a constant change of headmasters. Christ church had made a reputation by means of its headmaster, Mr Harris, who happened to be a man of great culture and manliness, a man who had made up his mind to stamp his individuality on the place. The great drawback, at that time, to people landing in New Zealand, was the fact that a Rood education was difficult to be had. Now look at the contrast; we have gowi public schools in every large town in New Zealand, besides numerous high schools, and training colleges, and last of all the university, which yesterday presented a candidate, who has most honourably distinguished himself, with the degree of B.A. People said at first that the country was too new for a University; we know no thing of this, bat this we do know that there baa been a "stirring of the dry bones" from the North to the South of the land. A general stimulus has been given to the schools. The young men of New Zealand are'rousing themselves right and left, and trying to make their mark at the University. A few years ago the utmost you could get a young man in this country to do was to learn to warble a few songs in the drawing-room ; all this is now being rapidly changed. Every, young man has an object before him, where before all was objectless. One very good feature in our young men is that they do aot content themselves with a mere poll degree. They all seem desirous of attaining honours. Mr Davis, to whom we have just alluded, suc ceeded in carrying off the first senior classical scholarship which has been gained in Auckland. Now honours are the only standard by s which we can guage a man. If a man has taken honours at Oxford or at Cambridge we know pretty well of what stuff he is made, but if he has only taken a pass degree, as far as scholarship goes, he is a mere nobody. There are some cases, of course, where really emiuentmen have been obliged to content themselves with a pass, on account of their health, or other unavbid , able causes, but, as a rule, the mere pass at Oxford or at Cambridge is a decided stamp of mediocrity. I Some people will say, perhaps, there is no to talk of honours and degrees ; our young men will be rendered conceited by this. All we can say is, that we shall be very glad to Bee the numbers of those who run the risk of_ being spoiled by con ceit steadily on the increase. Modesty is a quality which it is most desirable and neces sary for our young men to cultivate; as Charles Kingsley remarks, " Modesty and honesty are the distinguishing character istics of a gentleman," but our young men will soon find their own level in this respect.

Are modesty and humility, then, the distinguishing characteristics of meu edu cated at the English Universities as con trasted with men educated in the colonies ? A. little observation will show us that such is by no means invariably the case. Our young men may fperhaps get a little con ceited from the want of opportunity of measuring themselves with their superiors, but what of those men who have had such opportunities in abundanco; surely the conceit must be more deeply rooted in the one case than in the other, if, in spite of these advantages, it is so apparent, There is no doubt that a public school and University education have a tendency, and particularly the public school, to knock the nonsense out of most men, but still Knglish University men are not.always models of modesty and humility. The. University of. Kew. Zealand is at present only an examining body, and our students do not derive the great benefits that are to be gained at resident universities. It is to bo hoped that, in course of time, for we must not move too fast in these matters, some ccutral university will be established, where, our young men can obtain the" good results of social intercourse with their equals, and also thegreat advantages of resident.tutors. English lads are sent to public schools and the University to be made men of, as the £mperor Napoleon said to the authorities of. Woolwich about his son,: the Prince "■lmperial,' " Gentlemen, I leave him with you; make a man of him," and they most certainly did.

y¥e have every reason to, congratulate ourselves on the possession of a University; it is doing and will do good service for the country. What we want to be particular about is the stamp of men we import as professors. Men of breeding and culture they must be, but besides that they must be men of [great modesty, manliness of heart,.and humanity; we want mm of breadth of view and force of mind.and character. Men who are so refined as to be good for nothing are not wanted in this country. Men of the stamp of Canon Liddon are wanted; men of force and refine ment who have peculiar power to win the hearts of young men from sympathy with them. Men who, in the words of Lowell: Give a slender mite.

But give to that which iB out of sight; That thread of the all-sustaining jjeauty. Which runs through all, and doth all unite.

Take heart then,young men in the colony, and if teachers happen to arise who in sinuate that you can never reach their elevation, know at once that they arc "as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" ; such_ teachers will never bo leaders of men, and it is men and leaders of men that we want. We hope to seethe time when there will be as much esprit tie corps in our New Zealand schools as there is at home, and as manly and modest a tone among our New Zealand graduates as there is among the best stamp of graduates in the world. New Zealand will one day be a great country, and it rests with our youths to _ make it so; but university and non university, men remember what Kingsley ! says : " Honesty and modesty are the chief characteristics of a gentleman." A liberal education ought to have the effect of pro ducing a generous, noble, liberal mind, and not a narrow and illiberal one. There is a fine substratum of manliness in New Zea land : our business is to see that it is properly developed. ■ •'•' •: / ~ '

The following te egram was received toi day by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in reply to one ■which he for warded the Premier yesterday with regard to Auckland's representation upon the Direct Steam Service Committee in the Upper House, viz., "Committee not pro posed by Government. Two Auckland members on it—Messrs Williamson and Henderson—Auckland's snare.—J. HALL." This information is quite satisfactory, and the interchange of telegrams which has taken place will serve to convince Ministers that we are not neglecting our interests. 3Tc.McMUlan deserves much praise for the at Quality, iim<ij*j«ri>uvnmo_;u ~ r .jj. <exZ2 BiKOWN, BABKETT & d& ft July 13t!^. Bif - M .. cj '•■J ;i ■ iiP" • • ■■■■

it existed, was calculated to halve worked' to the detriment of this portion of the Colony. It is consoling,at any rate, to know*, that tho ehargcsi of unfair representation upon Committeed.appoirited todealwith a subject of Bucli vital importance as Steam Service with England are unfounded, and that; our case is in good hands, Nothing will more effectively stimulate our r^presen ..Jtatiyjes, to do their besjt Under the .'circutn,; 'stances than the'knowledge tij'at' the eyes 0? their constituents are upon them.

The final rehearsals for " Elijah " arc to night, and Monday, the 22nd inst. Tickets for the remainder of course arc half-price. , A correspondent asks if any of our readers' can tell him the best-way to quickly ripen green bananas, without deteriorating! from; their flavour. '.....'.. 1: A few friends of the late Mr J. S. Macf ax- Jane have importe d fmm S cotlaud a mou v me v t of polished Aberdeen granite, which they; intend erecting to the deceased gentleman's: memory in Epsom cemetery.' It arrived byj one of the last English vessels, and was only unpacked yesterday. The dimensions are nine feet in height by four feet in width: at the base, and the only ornamentation abonc it is an urn partially covered with drapery which will surmount the stone.; The inscription will be simple. Tenders' have been invited by Messrs Iteals and Son for the erection |of the. monument. His Honor, Mr Justice Gillies, held a short sitting in banco this' morning, when letters of administration were granted the Widow of James Hedley and the order for. administration in Ye Michael Walsh, (deceased) renewed. In tho matter of Kaspar v. Palmer, which is an action for the enforcement of a judgment obtained in, the lower Court, Mr James Rus sell, on behalf of the plaintiff,' applied' for an order directing the attendance of witnesses on Tuesday next in order that it may.be shown that the defendant has means: of satisfying tbe judgment, The order which -was applied for was under the pro visions of th' 6 Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Act, 1874, was mado as requested. People who are interested in the architec tural improvement of the city will learn j with pleasure that it is intended at an early date to raze to the ground the dilapidated: little rookeries which are situated in Shortland-street between Clark and Sons' warehouse and Bycroft's biscuit manufac tory. . The days of Probort's furniture Btorc with its sign of the dustpan, of Fort's shop, and the adjacent butchery establishment, are numbered, and their places ere long will be occupied by an extension of Messrs Clark's warehouse. This building is to be practically reconstructed, for as the contem plated extension will give it a street fron tage of 96 feet the front entrance will have to be shifted to the centre of the block, and the various departments subdivided anew. The front entrance is to be flanked by five jvindpwson either side, while the first floor will be lighted by no less than eleven win dows, all overlooking Shortland-street. The change will be a decided improvement. Tenders have been iuvited for the work. A telegraph station was opened to-day at Tokatea, and worked by telephone, in con nection with Coromandol. The office at the former place is at Mr Luk's store, who has charge of the instrument, having been appointed an officer oi tho department for that purpose, A plan shewing the new proposed Electo ral Districts, for the City and suburbs, may be viewed at the Town Clerk's office,Canada1 Buildings> Quean-street, any day during office hours. To the Editor : Sir,—ln Mr Field's letter in last evenirjg's STAR is another whining, allusion to the very limited amount of funds that will be at the disposal ot the present' Board. Yet in addition to the tree-plant ing, which all practical men say might have: . been postponed, I am told that the Board are going to spend abouc .670 for seats at the hall, and for obvious reasons are NOT going. to advertise tor tenders I—l am, &c, ONE "Who Wants Not to be Gulled Any Longer.

An interesting debate took place at St. James' Mutual Improvement Association last evening on the question, " Was the Evacuation of Kandahar a Prudent of Politic Act ?" Mr W. J. Napier opened in the affirmative, and Mr E. Cooper replied in the negative. Several other members spoke, and the question was carried in the affirmative by a considerable majority. Next Monday evening Mr J. L. Kinsslla will deliver a lecture on "Thomas Carlyle." A very valuable black spaniel was stolen from the premises of Mr Walker, of Eden Creseut on Saturday, by some person or per sons unknown. The animal was much prized by its owner, and was very hand some ; it was imported from England by Mr Buckworth, of Tauranga. Mr Walker offers £1 for the recovery ot the dog, or tor such information as will lead to the offender. At the Onehunga Congregational Church a service of song and series of dissolving views of the Holy Land and Scripture scenes were given last evening. The views of Bible land exhibited by Mr Smith were very good, and the choir rendered the. musical pieces very nicely, making a plea sant and instructive evening's amusement for the young. Mr S. will give his grand panorama views of the World, at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening, which will conclude with a real waterfall scene, which is one of sweat beauty and appears quite natural.

A concert given by the orchestra of the Choral Society, numbering about forty members, will take place on Thursday night in the Choral Hall. The members have been rehearsing for some months under Mr Schmitt, and lively anticipations have been excited with respect to first public appear ance of the Society under his conductor ship. Several new faces will make their appearance among the soloists. One of the chief items on the programme is a scene from an opera composed by Herr Schmitt, in which Mesdames Dacre and Upton and Miss Fenton will sustain the leading rOles. The "Festival March," one of the most successful of the conductor's compositions, will also be played by the full band. It was first rendered on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to Sydney, by whom its dedication was ac cepted, Tt is described by those who have heard it as a striking and powerful compo sition. Herr Schmitt will also perform on the violin on Thursday. , : .: : .

John Diclcson, who behaved with so much eccentricity, in the streets of One huDga, oa Saturday last, was yesterday fined, in the usual penalty for drunkenness, by the Mayor, Mr JJlakey. Dicksou, who is said, to be a tailor by calling, was a pas senger per the s.s. Tui, from Waitara to Onehunga, Shortly after his arrival he paraded Queen-ntreet, declaring as he went along, that he was King David, and that he should judge the people who were to be saved. He soon got a following of boys, and as he was Been to arm himself with scoria stones, and being manifestly in a demented state, from drink, he was con siderately taken into custody by Serjeant Greene. On approaching the lock-up he showed a decided disinclination to enter, and inflicted some slight abrasions on the Serjeant's forehead, before he was secured.

The Mount Albert Total Abstinence Society held their second meeting last even ing in the hall. There was a large attend ance, and the proceedings were of an enter taining and instructive nature. Addresses were delivered be the chairman (Rev. J. Haselden), Mr Maher, and Mr Garlick, all bearing strictly on the temperance question. Mr Aseley'a choix and Maori students, from the Three Kings, delighted the audience with several melodies and glees. Readings by Mrs Shepherd and Mr Battley were loudly applauded. The meeting, which was a successful one, being closed with prayer, the further enrolment of members took place, reaching the number of ninety five on the roll.

Some of tho English coal mines have been run out under the ocean. So vast is this resource, that in Northumberland the net available quantity of coal is estimated by geologists at 403,000.000 tons ; and on tne Durham coast under the sea, including a breadth of three and one-half miles, with an area of seventy-one square miles, 734,500,000 tons-this latter,it is calculated, having an aggregate thickness of thirty feet, distributed in six seams. As to the coal under water, it has been estimated that the mineral will be worked under the sea a distance of three and one-halt miles by means of land collieries, and that a further breadth of eeveu miles may be worked by sinking shafts for "ven tilating in the sea itself. To what actual distance from the shore coal will be available must necessarily depend upon a variety of considerations.

Sir Henry Allsopp's Third Duke of Hill hurst (30975), having become unserviceable, has been slaughtered at the age of 9 years. This bull realised. 3000 guineas at the Dun more sale in 1875. The averages realised at recent sales of pure-bred Shorthorns in England were as follow .-—Messrs Cruick shank's.Lethenty herd, 55 animals, £59 2s lOd, the families, grouped separately, show that 11 Georgies sold at an average of £88 Iss sd, 8 Annas, £82 11s Id, 9 Mantalinis £67 4s 4d, 4 Bracelets £4917s 6d, 11 Fare wells £27 16s ; Colonel Loyd-Ldndaay's herd, 81 animals averaged £36 4s 2d; Mr Chapman's herd, Oakham, 55 animals, £22 lie' 104^ Mr O, Ellis's herd, Meldreth,

F^, A-^3£l atif&Ji2s 12s 9d; the Kil hlna, andVarcJienwure o£ tJ^ygnng Jr atk nerd,

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ACCIDENT.

A lamentable tramway accident, result ing in''the doath of Mr George Oakes, M.L.C.,;'tpok'place in front of the tramway 'otueei'. ■'•■ Erom the account obtained from Mr' Tyer, of the tramway office, we are enabled to lay tho following particulars be fore our readers :—

Mr bakes was in his usual place ,in the 1 Legislative' Council; yesterday afternoon. On'the adjournment of the Council, he went down to the station;' -HeAVas stand ing under the verandah in front of the, office when two trams were coming in, the leading one being that from Waverley. At that time the tram for Redfern was at the other end of: Hunter^street, but Mr Oakes elected to' cross : over in front of the Waverley tram, m order to take up a position on the other side of the road, to be in readiness to'get into the Redfern tram wheli it Cam& along. • It appears he suffers from soreness of one of the legs, to which an accident had occurred some years before, and the tram was close upon \ huh before he could get out of the way. The fireman, seeing his danger, stooped over the front of the motor, and as it came up to the deceased gentleman, pushed him by the shoulders, ■ and ho fell outside the rails, with his feet towards the wheels, and his head upon the asphalt near the kerbing. The heel of his boot caught' in the wheel of the tram, and his foot was dragged along a few inches. The motor was then stopped, and Mr Oakes was found with his liead lying in a pool of blood, and the boot cut off the foot whsoh had, been lying under tho wheel of the tram. He had at tjhat time evidently not lost' his senses, for he ex claimed-—f'.Put.my boot, on; put my boot oh." . After a short delay he was removed to the Infirmary, where it was foundhe was i suffering from a fracture of the skull. It was'1 'at ' first proposed to perform an operation' on tlte head, but the idea of doing so at once was abandoned. Tho medical men did what they could, but the unfortunate gentleman grew weaker and weaker, and expired shortly after 8 o'clock, Mr Oakes was 66 years of age, and was born at Parramatta, his mother being the first white woman given birth to at that place. She was on one occasion introduced to the Earl of Beltnore, the Governor of New South Wales, as the oldest woman in Parramatta.—" Sydney Telegraph."

DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON.

(For 8.M.8. City of Sydney),

The "Sydney Morning Herald" says:—"Tho vessels of tho Detaohed Squadron presented a busy scene yesterday, for from an. early hour preparations for departure, in tho aftornoon woro in progress. His Excolloncy the Governor paid a .farewell visit to the: Inconstant and tho. Bacchanto,,and in, tho afternoon, tho Mayor' of Sydney and a number of tho Aldermen visited the different i ■ ships and wished tho oaptaina a pleasant voyage.. Whon on the Baohannto thoy woro roooived by tholr Itoyol Highnesses Prfnoo Edward and Princo George, oAValos, to each of whom littlo Mastor Harris, son of tho Mayor, prosorited, a lovply bouquet of flowore. Tho Admiral, who is now ablo to exorclso on dock, is noarly well again; and at noon yestorday tho signal was mado from tho flagship—" Tho squadron will {proceed to Brisbano and Yokohama, 'and will. probably touch at Fiji." What is te to beoomo of tho mails sent on to Auckland was not said, but they will probably bosfint in [pursuit of tho squadron, and roach it months henco, as the routo' now projectod is likely enough to bo changed when the vessels reach Brisbane. The stay at Moroton Bay will be short, probably only long enough to acquaint tho Admiralty with tho state of Earl Clan Wil liam's health, and to receive definite instruc tions about visiting Fiji. " •' Tho squadron's stay at Moreton Bay will bo short, probably long enough to reoeive instruc tions about Fiji. >- ;, Baron Maoloay, the naturalist, has gone to Now Guinea in the Wolverene for the purpose of continuing his Bcientiflo labours. • :

SUDDEN DEATH.

Gkorqk lUniki. Burke;, bellows maker, died suddenly this morning at his house in Wakoneld- Btreet, at half-past six o'clock. Cone table Graham states that, whllo on duty in! the neighbourhood this morning, he Was. informed that a man had fallen deados above. lie' went immediately, and fpund deceased lying on his back in his bedroom, quite doad to outward appearance. Thoro were throo slight wounds on his nose, three on his forehead, and his right leg was bleeding. Mrs M, Burke stated that she got' up about fix o'clock, and wont down stairs to inuka tho flro in order to prepare brealcfost. Presently one of her children called out "Mother, father has fallen out of bed." She ran upstaUa, and found her husband on the Hoof breathing heavily. Bhe applied water to his face and hands, and a spoonful of brandy to his month. Ho seemed to have lost conscious ness, and apparently was dying. She called Mrs Hall, a neighbour, and, on returning to tho room, felt that he had gone. Dr. Dawson, who had been attending him, and iir. Purchas were sent for and cpeedily ar rived, but their services were of no avail, and having examined the body, these gentlemen pronounced life to bo extinct. Mrs Burke says that her husband had been suffering from a severe cold, but otherwleo he was In his usual health. He went to boil without com plaining of any illness. Dr Dawson had been attending deceased for a disease in the eyes, caused by congestion of tho brain, a disease which would be likely to cause death at any moment. In his opinion, death resulted from apoplexy. Burke was 37 years of age, and was formerly a sergeant in the 18th Irish Roelmont. Should It be necessary an inquest will bo held this afternoon or to-morrow.

THEATRE ROYAL.

"BLOW FOR BLOW."

There was another large audienco at the Theatro last evening, on the occasion of Mr V. Marshall's second appearance in "Blow for Blow." The whole production was very euo otiestul. Mr Marshall has established, his reputation as a genuine "star" of the first magnitude. While on tho stage, he kept the house in continuous laughter, and his play proved bo acceptable that encores were de manded on two occasions. When he is oft the stage, tho audience seem in a fidget for his re-arjpearanco, even though tho aoting of the other members may be ever so satisfactory. In an unaßsnming way he pro duces a desire for fun, which he is well able to Hatisfy. and his eVery action seams cause for merriment to some portion of tho on-loqkers. Apart from the representation of the junior clerk in Joaiah Craddock's office, the aoting was good, and received well-merited applause. Miss Jennie Watt Tanner proved very effective and sensational, and Miss Maggie Knight greatly assisted in lending effect to the success of the performanpe. " Blow for Blow " will be repeated this evening, , On Thursday "Our Bpys" will be produced, Mr Marshall in the role of Mlddlewich, the butterman.. " Jeames" Is billed for Saturday.

"LES CLOCHES DE CORNE VILLE."

This pretty comic opera was repeated at the Lome-street Hall lost evening before a mode rately good house, and the performance passed off moat satisfactorily. The youthful vooalists enter into the spirit of their parts with so much vigour that the whole of the pieos in lively and raoy and no dullness is perceptible. '• Lea Cloches" will be repeated on only four moro e;enings,and a new production Is announood for Saturday. .■■■■■.:.■■■.■. ■ .

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

August 16. Bank of N.Z.—Buyers, £2310a; sellers £21 Sa Colonial Bank—4ss 6d; buyers, 15s; sellers, 16s N.Z. Insurance—Buyers, 80s: sellers, 85a South British Insuranoe—Sellers, 61s 6d ■ Standard—lss Union—Buyers, 22s . ■ ; Colonial Insurance—l2s; Bayers, llg 9d# sellers, 12s Gd :■•.■■■ tinion Sash and Door—Sellers, £6 , , ■ N.Z. Loan and Mercantile—Sellers, £6 5s N.Z. Mortgage-Sellers, 30s6d Taupiri Coal -Buyers 9s 6d Coromandel Steam—Buyers, 12s; sellers, 15s Moanataiari—Buyers, 17s 6d; sellers. 20s Albutnia—Buyers, 17s 6d; sellers, 20a Kurunut Hill—Sellers. 16a New Whau—Buyers, 8a 6d Golden Crown—Buyers I is •'".', 1 okatea-12a 9d; buy era, 13s 3d Queen of Beauty—Buyers, 1b Blaokmoro's—l9a 6d to 20s; buyers, 19s 6d; sellers, 20s Matawai—2s 3d; sellers, 2s 6d Suooeas-Buyors, 3s Home Rule—Sellers, 123 6d Stoddart's—2s

JOSEPH NBWMAN, Chairman,

A self-lightiDg pipe is the latest Yankee notion. It will be rough oa the govern ment labourers if it ever comes into general use, for then they'll have'to invent some other excuse for stopping work every five minutes. . ■ '".'<

Professor Fraser will giv« his popular physioloeical leotnre on " Alochol v. Brain," in the Temperance Hall, on Thursday evening, in favour of the Auckland Total Abstinence So ciety.in connection with Important experiments and mneical selections. No charge for admis sion. Messrs E. and A. Isaacs will offer for sale by publio auotion, at their stores. Fort-street, on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock, the -well-known coasting steamer Anne Milbank, to close part nership accoymtß; also, the well-known trading sohooner Edith, 59 tons register Cheap Iron Bedsteads.—A large lot lust opened up at the City Hall Arcade. Also, some very handsome Black and Gold Framo Pier Glasses of quite a new design, some having shelves for ornaments to rest on; Cheffonier Backs, Gilt Frame Glasses, Toilet Glasses, Child's Folding Carriage, Rooking and High Chair Combined—a very ingenious contrivance. Fresh shipment of Austrian Bent Wood Furni ture now on view—a great numbers of patterns. This style of furniture so well adapted for the climate, is fast crowing in favour, as it is suit able for either dining or drawing-room. Just landed a shipment of American Chairs and Perambulators. A large stock of Genera- Household Furniture to select from, and Bed. cinq of all sizes Kept ready for delivery. New comers should especially visit the City Hall Arcade, as well as Residents and those abeut to marry. Five per cent, discount is allowed for. cash payments if paid at time of purchase. QH~~ l ~" ■J-'-° *■" t"t part of.the^t«ltJ^r L-- :-■ ■■'■I •■■ ,-. ik'"■ •, -v i~^KsMs^^

CABLEGRAMS.

IKBUTBB'S TELEGKAMS.]

CALCUTTA, August 15,

Latest intelligence from Afghanistan is to the effect that Ayoub Khan ia still in tho neighbourhood of Kandahar, s 'where he is recruiting .Jus forces ' .and making requisitions upon the inhabi tants of the district for supplies and arms, of which he stands in much need. Ilia artillery is reported to be insufficiently strong, and iiftoen. of tho Amir's cannon, captured at'the battle of Kerez Illyiar last month, are, in consequence, being sent to Herat;. ■'■:'""" " '';' ■/" v '' A'"''' *' •*«*»'•*•■■ PUBLIC OPINION ON THE ACTION OF THE LOKDS. LONDON, August 14. The " Morning Post "to-day, in a lead ing article on the position of affairs in regard to the Irish Land Bill,.: warmly approves of the opposition of the Marquis of Salisbury and bis supporters, and of the amendments to the provisions of the measure as brought about at their instig ation in the House of Lords. PUBLIC MEETINGS. Meetings were held last night in this city, and at various other places in England, at which speeches were made and resolutions passod, expressing approval of iho policy of the Government in regard to the Irish Land Bill. Other meetings with a similar object in view are being originated at various towns. . . THE JOHN ELDER. The Orient Company's steamship John Elder, which left Melbourne on June 28, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. ~' . ■» " ''- AUSIMAJbIA-N. ~ . MELBO URNE, this day. Sailed, yesterday afternoon : Union Com pany's Kotorua, for the Bluff. ' A VESSEL SUNK. Private telegrams from London report that, a collision has occurred between the barque Clodian, bound from Melbourne on April 6, to Liverpool, with wheat, And the barque Yarmouth. The former vessel was sunk, and has become a total loas. THE SQUADKON. BRISBANE, Tuesday. The Detached Squadron was sighted off Stradbrooke Island yesterday morning, and is expected to anchor in the river at 1 p.m. to-day; The Right Rev. G. H. Stanton, Bishop of Northern Queensland, is seriously ill, and is not expected to recover. MORE SMALL-POX CASES. SYDNEY, August 15. Three fresh, cases of small-pox have been recorded to-day—a man named Rogers/ a clerk, residing in Pyrmont; a woman named Sarah Foster, of Clarence-street ; and another woman, named Moeit, living in Harbour-Street. The patient in each case has been removed to the Quarantine station.

The case at Surrey Hiil« has also been quarantined, the doctors having decided that the patient is suffering from small-pox.

ADDITIONAL CABLEGRAMS.

AGITATION FOR RECIPROGITy. LONDON, August 1. A VfIKY strong feeling is growing in England iv favour of modifying the present free trade tariff with a view to establish reciprocity with other countries. Complaints are made hat owing to the policy of protection main tained by the United States and several most important colonies the export trade of Great Britain is seriously injured, and her industries threatened. In manufacturing districts an agitation has been set on foot for the purpose of securing reciprocity, and with this object a league has been formed called "the National Fair Trade League, which is receiving influential support. Mr Farnell returned to Ireland after his suspension in the House, and, addressing a crowded meeting at Dublin, delivered a very inflammatory speech. Ho unspar ingly condemned the Irish Bill, which he declared would not give satisfaction to the people of Ireland, even if. left uncurtailed by the Lords. He bitterly denounced Messrs- Gladstone and Forster, and con« demned the Government as a whole. ANTI-JEWISH FEELING. * A strong anti- Jewish feeling is still mani fessed in Germany, and Jews are subjected to much maltreatment. The Barenwade Jewish Synagogue was attacked on Satur day, by an infnriated mob, who wrecked the building and assaulted, the worship- PerS" LONDON, August 4. Owing to the wholesale bribery at last general election, several borough constitu encies have determined to act on the recommendations of a Coromiesionnppointcd to investigate some of the most flagrant cases, and which propose to the House of Commons that the seven boroughs be dis franchised. . .. , THREATENING MR FOSTER. The trial of Hockerman, who was recently brought before the Bow-street Police Court, charged with having sent a threatening letter to Mr Forster,has taken place. The prisoner was convicted for Fonianism. A NAILERS' STRIKE. The strike among the nailers in Stafford shire still continues, and both masters and men exhibit a, determination not to give way. An immense meeting was held to day, attended by fully 30,000. Addresses were delivered inviting the men to stand firm, and not consent to any reduction of wages. The men declared that they would never yield—that starvation was prefer able. PLOT TO MURDER THE CZAR. . LONDON, August,7, Another plot to murder the Czar and his family has been discovered, and frus trated through the activity of the. Russian Police. A short time ago the Czar removed from, Castle Gatchiha, where he has resided since his accession, The Palace of Peter hoif is at a small port at the mouth of the Neva, 16 miles west of St. Petersburg. -Thd utmost precautions: were taken, but not withstanding it 'was only -at the last moment that the suspicions of the police were directed towards the inmates of a cottage near, the palace. ! They wers sud denly arrested and. from evidence here dis covered the police arrested sixty persons, on supposition of being concerned in the conspiracy. Subsequently the poiice re ceived further information in consequence of which they arrested two Geneva Nihilists who were believed to be engaged in a simi lar design. IRISH INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. A movement is on foot for the purpose ot devoloping the industrial resources of Ire land. It is proposed to establish a company with a capital of £4,000,000 to purchase a large quantity of Waste Lands in the coun try and reclaim .and cultivate them. The prospectus of the Company has' been pub lished and the project has been favourably seceived. ' '.., ~..,...-,..'.. ILLNESS OF MR BRADLAUGH. Mr Bradlaugh is confined to his house through illness. He complaining of an in jury to his arm, and his medical advisers report that erysipelas has set in. EXHIBITION AT SHANGHAI. It is proposed to hoid an International Exhibition in 1883 at Shanghai, the chief foreign settlement of China. The project is warmly supported by foreign merchants, who bclieve_ that it will do much to develop the trade with China. INDIAN WAU. The Indian tribes in the U.S. territory ot New Mexico are on the war-path, and have made raids on tho white settlements, in flicting considerable damage. Troops have been despatched against them. INTENSE HEAT. \ The heat of summer in the United States has been altogether.unprecedented. An unusual number of deaths from sunstroke have occurred.

LONDON, August 8. Unprecedented weather continues in the United States. On Saturday there were no less than sixty deaths reported to have been caused by sunstroke and other illness in duced by the heat of the weather. FURTHER ARRESTS IN IRELAND. LONDON, August 8. A further number of arrests hare been made in the county of Kerry, and also at Nenagh, county Tipperary, for rioting and disturbances in connection with the Land League agitation. MR BRADLAUGH. LONDON, August 8. The application of Mr Bradlaugh for a rule nisi for a new trial has been made ab solute, It is returnable in November. Mr Bradlaugh addressed an assemblage of 10,000 people at Northampton. Great en thusiasm prevailed on his behalf. ENGLISH SCULLING CHAMPION- J^iTzr. shji^w ''"■■'^hS&ISKTBHM-arw;---- '- <"

EXPLOSION AT A CARTRIDGE FACTORY.

■■■:■{ LONDON, Auguot.9. : A terrible explosion occurred to-day at a cartridge manufactory in the town of Per pignau, France. Eleven persons were-more or less seriously wounded.

PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

WELLINGTON, Monday. The Public Works Estimates were brought down to-night. Tho total proposed ex penditure is £1,765,989. Tho following are the totals of the proposed votes:— ■ >- .;. ■••• ■ .--:•■:;■. & Claes I—lmmigration .. .. .. 23,588 Class 2-Publio Works Department .. 12,772 Class 3-Railways 1,017,636 Claes 4—Surveys of now lines ot rail .. 1.000 Class 5-Roads.. .. .. ~ .. 262,763 Classß-Laudpurohoaes .. ... .. 87,623 Claßa 7—Waterworks or goldflolds .. 22,000 Class B—Telegraph extension .. .. 11,151 Class B—Publlo buildings - •• - 190,906 Class 10—Lighthouees 31,5-15 Class 11—Contingent defence .. .. 81,000 Claaa 12—Charges and expensos for raising loans.. .. .. .. .. Ii.OOO Total „ .. .. „ £1,765,989 Shillings and pence are omitted Of the Vote for Immigration, £6,433 has ] already been expended. With regard to class 3, " railways," the following are the the amounts to bo appropriated tor the North Island (the first figures show the vote, and the second the amount expended between Ist April and 30th June, and liabilities on latter date) :— ; . 1 Vote. Expend to June 30. A & Kuwakawa, construction and land .. .. .. .. 12,060 25,228 Whangarelto Kamo, construc tion and land .. .. .. 24,850 16,151 Kaipara to Waikato, construc tion and land 99,110 58,216 Hamilton-Cambridge branoh, construction ot land (£15,0110 ■ required for 1881-82) .. .. 12,000 - Total .. :.. .. .. 111,110 56,216 Waikato to Thames, Hamilton- ■..'■ • : To Aroha and Te Aroha- Tlmmea, construction and land .. .. 6,000 27,783 Among the items for surveys and new lines, £2,000 is set down for North of Auckland. Class s—Roads. The following are the votes for roads and bridges, etc, in Auckland, together with the amounts expended already: — Roads, bridges and wharves North ot Auckland .. .. 22,877 21,716 (Included In tho vote now omitted). Hondo, bridges and wharves North Island .. .. ..' 16,000 8,621 Main roads, Manurangi to Whangarel 129 129 Mangero Bridge repairs .. 37 21 Rood from. Pukekohe Rail way Station to Waiuku .. 181 181 Road from Pukekohe Kailway Station through Kaat Fuko koho District to Bombay ... 21 6 Road to Buokland Station „ 300 300 Bridge ovor Waipa on Raglan main road .. .. .. 1,190 972 Tuhikaramea to Hamilton ..350 — Hamilton-Waipa.. .. .. 1,000 — Kaglan-Kawhla 500 — Road from Te Awamutu Sta tion to Township .. .. 193 320 Bridge over Waikato at Ham ilton (contribution) .. .. 281 281 Waimapa Bridge« .. .. 5.500 5,500 Cambridge-Taupo .. .. 10,500 118 CambridKe-Tauranga .. .. 2,000 • — Xhames-Tauranga .. - 2,000- . — Taurang*. tfost Cape, Whaka- ■ • ~ tano, Te Teko, and sundry roads at Bay of Plenty .. 3,000 1,213 Road from Tauranga to Opo- . ■ .r • ■ ■ ■•■■/ tiki _ .. ~ .. .. 100 100 Tauranßa-TauDO.. '~'" „ 1,600 1,166 Road from Ormond to Opotiki 950 925 Road from Giaborne to Kaat Capo „ 2 2 Road from Napier to Tanpo ~; ■ . (Auokland) '.. .. .. 1,193 726 Total vote „ _ 68,061 15,293 Class 6.—Land Purchasb, In this class £7000 is set down for pur chase of land north of Auckland, £277 for salaries in construction therewith, £6000 for purchase of land at the Thames, and the rest and £254 for salaries and expenses. Class 9.—Public Buildings.'' ! In this class £331 was proposed for the Court-house, Auckland, and this amount has already been spent. £200 is set down fora new prisonl at Auckland, £310 for alterations of postal and telegraph offices is all expended except some £7 ; £450, postal and telegraph offices, Alexandra. £60,720 is'set down fbr Lunatic Asylums through put the colony, £25,137 of which is already expended. There is no detail in connection with this vote. £2500 is proposed for re pairs toHospital generally,' and £85,000.fpr school buildings, £3,700 of which has been, expended already. • ■ ■ • ■■ :. ; Class 10.—Lighthouses and Harbouk ; Works. \ £3,800 is proposed for a light in Ilanraki' Gulf, and £6,500 on the fatal Waipapa Point. :■: Class 11.— Contingent Defence. . £75,000 is set down for Contingent De fence, £1,000 already spent; and £9,000 for Harbour Defences, £1,396 already spent. Class 12.— Charges and Expenses of raising Loans. uf the £14,000 set down for this, £13,576 has been already melted. Votb for Unemployed. Last year the House voted £75,000 to be expended on railways for the unemployed, but from this year's Public Works' esti mates I observe that not one penny of that. sum has been expended. Southern Railway Votes. The followingarethe totals of voteson rail, ways outside of Auckland :—Napier.Wood ville line, £41,079; Wellington Woodville branch to Greytown, £32,000; Wellington to Foxton, £10,000; Foxton to Patea, with branches, £86,000; Patea to Waitara, £60,000; Nelson to Roundell, £62,000; Greyinoutn to Nelson Creek, £11,000; Grey mouth to Hokitika, £500 ; Wettport to Ngakawan, £6,500; Picton to Hurunui, £11,000; Hurunui to Waitaki, with I branches, £207,920; Canterbury Interior main line, £17,000 ; Waitaki to Bluff, with branches, £198,C00, Otago Central, £36,000'; Invercargill to Kingston, £7,000 ; Western Railways, £43,000. £3,000 is set down for contingent expenses.,. ■ :■;.;> o Roads to Open Lands; The total vote for roads to open np lands before sale in the Auckland district, is £43,970, made up \as follows :—Head of Kaihu Valley to Kaikoke, £2000; to open Homestead blocks, Mongonui, £500; Pakiri block, £300; Wairua to Sandy Bay, £1500;! Wairua to jtlelena Bay, £800; Whangarei through Taiheke block, £800; Puma and MfJtigakahia district, £430.; block 2, Tangihu'a, nil; Tanglhua, No. 3; £260; Mongonul-Bluffto Kaihu, £2100 j Takihue to Manganuwia, £84G ; Takahue to Herd's Point, £45; Okaihue to Victoria Valley, £4000 ; ■ flelensville to ' • Eaipatiki £1500; Waikato River to block 16, Awaroa district, £800; Lake Whangapo to block 7/ Awaroa district, £1,350; Hikritaia to Ohinemuri, £2,600; Te P,uke, £4,300; Opotiki to Waiotahi, £500'; Opotiki to Ormond, £4,500; Te AroHa" block, £1,140; Huihuitahi- Pateteres, £700; through Kuakuitiri block, £1,200, Ormond to Waipa, £6,000 ; Gisborhe to Waimate, £1,800 ; Gisborne to Wairoa and. adjacent cross-roads, £4,|)00. 1 From Wairoa and Waitakermona bridle' track through the Maiaru district, Poverty Bay. Of the , total Bum only £5,298 has been spent np to the present. In' the matter of roads, .the Auckland provincial district has larger votes than any other district in the colony. , ~j

POLICE COURT.- This day.

(Before JVE. Macdonald, Esq., R.M.)

Drunkenness.— Henry Hawkoa and George Baker wore fined ss. A Practised Hand.—Willlairi Wilking, a man of decent appearanoe, was brought up on a charge of stealing a coat, value £1 17b fid, the property of Thomas MoMastor, draper.of Queen street Prisoner said he took the coat by mis take. It was lying on the footpath.—Sergeant Gamble Btatod tho circumstances.—Alexander Weir, assistant to Mr MoMaster, deposed that between1 one and two o'clock, he saw the prisoner; deliberately take the coat- from the Jbook an% walk away with it.—bamuel MoMuater deposed that on being told that a man had taken a coat from the door, he followed the man as far as Wellesley-street. He was holding the coat before him. He held the pri soner until a constable came, when he gave him into custody.—The constable deposed to arrest ing the prisoner on the charge of larceny.—This being the ninth conviction against prisoner for larceny, the Court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. .

Obstructions ir» Durhah-stbbbt. — Frede rick Robinson, Joseph Glendina, and William Gooseman, were severally charged with ob structing the carriage-way In Durtium-etreat, on the 29th of July.—Defendants pleaded not guilty. —Constables Kistund Walker proved the cases; the defendants were drivers of carts, loaded with hay and in standing in Dnrham-Btreet, earned an obstruction, and by so doing.coramit ted a breach of the by-law.—The Court, under all circumstances, took a lenient view of the case, as defendants were ignorant of the bye lawß.—Fined Is and costs each.

Kirk.—John Trevallian appeared in answer to a summons charging him with allowing the chimney of his house In Hobaon-atreet to be on fire, on the 2nd taut. Mr Trevallian said he would plead guily; he had swept the chimney ten feet from the grate, but there was a secret flue, in whioh a large quantity of soot had gathered, which, without his permission, cot on fire. He extinguished the fire in the twink ling of an eye. Fined Is and costs. This was all the business.

The new bridge over the Waipa, at Te Kore, has teen opened with great eclat "Lenora" sends us a poem, beginning; " I ask but one Email share in that great heart of thine." You had better emigrate to Utah, Lenora, whore they koep, such ! material in job lots,- We do strictly whole [sale business, « i B8l» m l «Mmuadmam« a^m«ml mm^m m mmamm

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.

CEREMONY AT THE CHORAL HALL,

Yesterday afternoon His Lordship Bishop Cowie, attended by the graduates of the New Zealand.nnd other Universities^ conferred the degree of Bachelor of "Arts oh Mr John King Davis, in the Choral Hall. There was a large attendance. On the platform weie: Bishop Cowie, D.D., Cambridge) .Arph deaconMauasell, LL.p.,Dublin; R: Kjdd, LL.D., Dublin ; Rev. D. Biuce, Edinburgh; C.F. Goldsbro',M.D, .Sydney; C. H. Haines, B. A., M.D., Dublin; IS. H. Gulliver, M. A,, Cambridge; ■G. M. Nelson, M.A., Gam bridge; J. F. Sloman, B.A;, Sydney; A. de L. Hammond, 8.A., Sydney ; J. Ander soq,iß.A., Glasgow; W. Morrison, 8.A., Oxford; W. H. V. Bindon, 8.A., Dublin; S. Edger, 8.A., London; J. H, Tompson, London.

Bishop Gowie said that for, the convenience of University students and their friends,tne Senate had,at its last meeting.resolved that diplomas granted by the University should be presented annually in the same month throughout the colony, and had appointed August as the month,leaving it to the Chan* cellor to fix the day. As neither the Chan cellor nor the Vice-Chancellor resided in Auckland, the Bishop had been delegated, as a member of the Senate, to act for that body, in admitting to the degree of Bachelor of Arts an Auckland student. The Senate, which ia the governing body of the Univer sity, said the Bishop, consists of twenty four members-, at present all appointed by the Governor in Council, of whom four only are Auckland citizens; the three others being Sir G. Maurice iO'Korke, the Key. David Bruce, and Mr Theophilus Heale. Tho function of the University was to en courage the higher' education throughout the colony. At present it did this, by holding examinations and granting scholar ships and degrees. It has no locus, but its Chancellor, and Registrar at present reside at Christohurcli. In the Auckland province there are four educational instir tutions affiliated to . the . University; but we havo no University Cbllege, as they have at Christohurch and at Dunedin, for the special purpose of preparing students for University: examinations. It is owing to this want chiefly that bo few of our young people, compared with those of Canterbury and Otago, have graduated at the University. From a return published by the Senate, showing the num ber of students belonging to the several educational institutions in the colony who have obtained degrees, it appears that' only four degrees have been conferred on Auck land students, while the graduates of Can terbury College arc 15, and those of Otago are 11. This state of things, we may hope, will.Boon be remedied by the establishment of a University College at Auckland. The Senate, at its last session, reccommended the establishment of aucha college, on the the motion of Sir G. Maurice O'Korke, and a bill has been introduced to,the: House of ■Representatives, by the member for Eden, to give effect to that recommendation. One result of this Bill when it becomes a statute of the colony will be,, we may. expect, that in future. Augusts .we shall not have a single recipient of an Arts diploma,; as we have to-day, but a number increasintr from year to year. As it is the tendency of some: to exaggeratethe importance of "ad vantages which they, do .not themselves 1 possess, it is the tendency of others to de preciate them. :In Auckland, at present, the latter of these two.mistakes appears to prevail. ■f We have done very well thus: far without a University College and the higher education, some seem to think. Why make any change, especially if it involves an ex penditure of public money? That Auckland has done very well for its years, in many respects, is riot' to be1 doubted; but no one acquainted jvith ,the progress of the higher education in other colonies, or even at Christchurchor Dunedin, can say. that we havo in . this matter done as well ■as other communities as young as ourselves. From much that I have heard in my ;wanderings .through tho ; province, I 'cannot doubt that there is a widely prevalent confusion in the minds, of people —of the teaching of Latin and Greek in our secondary schools with what is com monly understood by a University- course. This is not the place or time for me to* champion the old British system 01 teaching' our boys Latinand Greek, even when they fire not looking forward to becoming mcmbeni of what are called the learned pro? fessions, but I will say. a few words ,bn a. ■kindred subject,; namely, the compati bility of a University course with the ex pectation of commercial, political, or pro fessional distinction. The University was originally,it has been said,a protest against the isolation of man from man ; and this isolation was,to be counteracted by the per fectiiiK of the culture of the faculties of each individual, pbynical, mental, and moral.. It was a protest also against the isolation of the several branches of study, and implied a faith in the unity of all true science, whether theological, political or moral. A. residence at Oxford or Cam bridge was not to result in a mere aquisi tion of knowledge for future: application, like the storing ot electricity for, after use, but tho training and polishing of all the faculties, for the rendering of them as serviceable as possible to their possessor and to the state. Among the indis pensable branches of study at .the ancient Universities of Europe the Latin language and .mathematics' have always been in cluded. They are also iudispensible in the Arts examinations of the University of New Zealand. "He whoknbwns' not mathematics," said Roger Bacon, "cannot know any other sciences; and, what, is more, he cannot discover his own ignorance or find its proper remedies." And of the study of Latin, I may say, as of the study of Greek, that it is one of the best means of disciplining the mind that is available to men and women of this generation. Of our own citizens and those who have left their mark for good on the colony, those who have had such a University training have been among the most respected by their fellow colonists. Our three Chief Justices— .Sir! William Martin, Sir George Arney,,and Sir James .f rendergast—all had the advan tage of a University course. . Our fellow citizen, the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, is a graduate of the University ot': Dublin,, and of the present Ministry.the Hon.. Mr. Rolleston is a graduate of the Univer sity of Cambridge. Among living British statesmen, some of the most distinguished owe not a little of.their usefulness to the ad?. vantages of a University education, as they are ever ready to acknowledge. The Prime Minister, th.fi, Lord ChanceUorj; and the Secretary; of State, for the. Colonies, were all | first-class men'at Oxford; where other mem bers of the1 Government also distinguished themselves,; . The" Secretary.'of. State,' for War, the Home Secretary, and the Post master-General, all took honours at Cam-' bride.where the las>named, myold frietad, Mr Fawcett,'burnt'the midnight oil in a. garret dyer myhead buried in mathematical lore.! Mr Fawcett, one of the most prac tical of Postmaster-Generals, said, qua ' recent occasion,1 that when at Cambridge he had spent moat of his time in studying' mathematics, which, he had never been able to turn to any direct account; but that, if he had his course to go over again, he would do in this matter as he bad done, for the in direct advantages from the study of mathe-* matics which he had reaped in all his subse quent labours. But the acquisition of knowledge is not the, only object of:4. University course. That knowledge might, to a great extent, be obtained among our-' selves without the ' establishment 'of | a University College. One of the chief objects of a University is to cherish; culture in. the more general sense' of the word, that resultant of other teachings and training which is commonly to be acquired only where students live together in college. Without culture in this sense, a famous writer of last century said, " the scholar is a pedant the philos opher a cynic, and everybody is disagree able." It is towards the obtaining of this general culture for our students that a great step will be made, we may hope, when a college is established in Auckland, in and about which our elder students will reside, associating with one another, and their pro fessors day by day, in the lecture-room and in their recreations. By such social inter course, angularities of mind and manner will be smoothed down, narrowness and conceit will be counteracted, and habits of -toleration, and forbearance, and general courtesy will be cherished. A writer in the Quartearly Review said not long since," In the training of manners, which is closely allied to morals, in the inculcation of respect for the feeling of others, our Board school system, if it is to be judged by its results, has utterly tailed." It is our duty to profit by the mistakes, as well as by the improvements, of British institutions ; and while we hope that it will not be possible to say with truth of those educated at our common schools what the Quarterly says of others in England, we may be assured that until we have a University College estab lished in our midst we shall be without that of which in other countries it has been said, Emollit mores, n-ec sinit esse feros. In the twelfth century the state of learning was so low in England that English youths had to take their place as one of the " nations" in the University of Paris. Unless an improvement in this matter—the imparting of the higher education, and its attendant culture—is effected soon among ourselves, our. Auckland youths will have ito go to Christchnrch or Duncdiu for

advantage)};;: which we \ have a right to possess;ld our v own highly •favoured city and climate.': •.:

. Mr J.1 K. Davis, on the invitation of the Bishop,: ascended the platform, and re ceived his diploma from His Lordship's hands in the following terms:—" Under instructions from the Chancellor, and by authority of the Senate, I admit you, John King: Davis, to the. degree of Bachelor of Arts in the'iUnivcrsity of New Zealand,"

PARLIAMENTARY.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER,)..

, t ..,,.,,..,;.. WELLINGTON, ,this..da y>ij _ j DEBATE ON REPRESUN TA TION. The debate on the Representation Bill was carried on last, night without the, least: spirit. In fact it was a field night for the' small fry and bores. Nelson does notj possess "a' single decent speaker, and its; representatives' were the principal speakers. They had an all-round growl about being, :deprived of their "rights and privileges," and will stick out as hard as they can for more representation thau it is proposed to give them. Messrs George and Wallis Were1 the only Auckland speakers up to midnight, and they went against the Bill; the latter • also against Mr Gisborne's amendment. Mr' Western on this occasion gave Auckland a helping hand, probably because a fellow- ; feeling ' makes us wondrous kind. Mr Sutton seemed to enjoy the Bill immensely, and was lavish of encomiums on the, Go-, vernment for such a choice measure, i 0n1y,,: said he, "I don't exactly like the way my district has been out up." ,There is no telling when the division will take place, but probable to-morrow evening. There* i was scarcely a quorum present at any time j during the sitting. ; After midnight last night Messrs Wood, Luudon and Colbeck, spoke in favour of ex tended representation for the North, but all" the speeches were;dull. Mr Dick sided' with the.South, and sneered, at the want ■ of progress in Nelson, and Auckland, which rendered it necessary for Otago and Canter-: bury to have more representation than these places. His speech was a wretched one, and in execrable taste. There is a genuine ! feeling among many that the preponderance of power given to the South, will result in g the Seat ot Government being removed thither. : '■■■■■ " : OTAGO PASTORAL LANDS. ; The Otago Pastoral Lands Committee have resolved to recommend the cutting up of. all runs falling in, and leasing and sell ing on deferred payments, and with condi-: i tions of residence in the latter case. I hear there has been great debating over it. THAMES DEPUTATION TO THE ' J PREMIER. , A:. deputation consisting of Sir. George' : Grey, Messrs Sheehan, Wilkinson,'(Mayor!; of Thames),and Brodie,(Uounty Chairman), waited on the Premier yesterday on sundry? .matters connected with the. Thames, The.', question of damage done 'by theic recent floods was first considered and discussed at 'considerable "length.'" The estimated damage ■" was said to be £1^,000,!f3000; of which' has already been,;, "paid to the county and borough. The.: Premier' said this was '& large sum, and asked ,th 6 deputation,.to consider the' schedules.'of • damage,.andl' point out the- r principal' works .necessary to-be done, and he would then consider1 the" matter. The ''' Mayor th'eu brought up the' question of the Tararu,tramway, and the Premier asked if the borough would take £1,000 and take. over the;tramway in its, present condition, , in fulfilment of the bond entered .into with;. the original shareholders.' The Mayor said" he would' communicate ' with- the' borough, , if.... the . Premier promised ;the county power to maintain the purity of the water in the big race, and : to extend the race already|constructed. The : deputation next' asked the Government : to complete the' railway line to Kopu as soon as possible'; also to extend it to'To Aroha; on:, failing to complete the latter,,if they -would bring the Hamilton, line down ; to the Waihou river.. as far as the borough,,, endowment ia concerned, the Premier pro-• mises to,look;into the matter, and.give.^" r reply as'carly aVpossible.."Mr Brodie was' informed that the' question of roads would . be dealt with in; connection with estimates. for native affairs/ "'''[■{■/r, '■',■•''■„>'' I ;;li'J

(BY TELKGRAPH, — PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

House of Representatives.

j i ~,,.■„. ,''1-'''I ' ;':.'."""',-';Mpndayi«(iFT . i The House met at 7.30. '. ' GAMING AND LOTTEBIES'BIIiI,. ;,,,.> i ; On Mr DlCKfs motion,... Mr Bowen, Mr - Montgomery, ■ and himself were appointed., managers to' draw up reasons for insisting.' on thu amendments made in.the Gaming and, Lptteries' Bill.; , "' " . '' ]r> ' ':: ,if»

' ; '"::;,.' I ..;;EBKEESBNTATi6N' i Bii.ii.'!.!,;-i. i :';;"!:. ; L Mr Gibbs resumed the debate on the Ke- ' presentation Bill. He supported Mr Gis .borne, and felt bound to defend the political existence ot his;district, 'Which? the BUl^ threatened to extinguish. : ■ ;., : :vS..

Mr GEOKQE criticised the proposals of the Bill Ss' regards the yariouß provuicial dis- _ tricts^'stating that'Otago would gain'three 1 ' additional members and Canterbury seven. He argued that if-the North Island suc ceeded in -getting the natives included,;oo r , the population basis, Auckland would be entitled to2l members instead of 19, as pro posed, .while Canterbury would have 19, and Otago 22, the total number not being increased.' The total number to which the North Island would be entitled was 3d members, and the. South 49. He objected to the breaking up of constituencies to . single electorates.. That was intended to throw the balance of power into the hands:, of the propertied class, If the Bill became. law. Otago and Canterbury would securer complete control of the colony, further bor rowing powers would: be .asked for before many years, and in that case' the chances of the North Island to a fair and equitable ex-V penditure would .be very small indeed. ■ Had the North had the same chances in this respect, he contended that it would have been far iv advance of the South- ••■ The San Francisco mail service would be knocked on the head, and a direct steam service would be. established with the Souths Island. Tliei\ again the seat of Government would most likely be removed to the South. Canterbury saying to Otago : " Give us the seat of Government,1 you can-have the direct steam service."''•'■■ '■ ■: ■

j Dr. Wallis expressed qualified disap proval'of the bill :and ; - unqualified: disap proval of the amendment.,. He argued m , contradistinction the- remarks made by Sir - W. Fox that the'full enjoyment of political rights was calculated to improve the. moral and social advancement of the masßes. He admitted that the. proposed' re-^ distribution was an improvement on the J ,present. distribution of seats, but still ho complained that it was nothing like. What it., teemed to be and what they' had a right to■' expect; It appeared to bo little.else-than a* . multiplication ot members' Bill, . Members/; had manipulated the Bill in a most extraor- " diaary manner, so as to suit their own •; prospects, and purpose*., .They ought hot tofj leave out either the Chinese or^he Maprica j{ ( in their basis and computation. Another objection and a most important one, was thabthe'Bill proposed taking a most undue preponderance of - political- 'power to the, Siouth. '' ;.' i. '.■;' ■. ; fj x, ■■,- : . ■

Mr' Sutton: congratulated thd Ministry on the Bill, although ho did not approve of all the details.' ' ' ...!.', ".•'"■', ',/

; Mr Shephakd believed the time was not far distant when tbe population of the North would be larger than that of the South, and then the difficulty' would arise in getting restitution of these electoral rights. i Mr Pyke, referring to the Maori question, said the special representation was a mis take.

Mr Wkston eaid that he would vote against the Bill. It was,to his mind,uniair to the North Island.

' Mr"' Pitt was disappointed with the silence observed by the Government party. He could only account for thi3 on the as-., sumption that they, had a majority at their ' backs sufficient for enabling them ■ to carry the measure without argument: The representation proposed' for Qta4° and Canterbury was within one of the full half of the number proposed for the whole; colony., . . .. ; '"; "i. Mr Mubkay spoke .in opposition to tne proposal for single constituencies. . :Major'HAKßis said that the balance of power would be in favour of Otago and Canterbury, and where the power was there the money expenditure •would be found., He advocated the necessity for making the basis of representation more equitable for the North by computing the Maori popula-

tion. : Mr WOOD said that while the population * « basis had been objected to, yet no alterna^ tive had been proposed. If they took thejf ,J electors as had been suggested, the result would come out pretty much as was DJOTH poned m the Bill. It they adopted imprestl' jt ■where "would they stop ? Population wj | the only true principle. I . £ Mr Dick could sec no party inditfatiof in the manner in which the Bill haa bat .■ '<? debated. He could not see the gronhdipif objecting by the Nelson members, seeffng that their district was simply made to aunt «i j from the principle of the Bill. Ctoternmen 11 regretted that, much, but hxna^'M adpgted/a fair " and reasonable basiß, theyjW oouw not help it, ;■ ....■• ; ( ■. t -■ ."ky^

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR TUESDAY. AUGUST 16.



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