SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

_. _™«1 ThisEvsnlng, 848 HIGH WATER}To-morrow Morning,7.3 BUNBET.—This Evening, 547 BUNRISE.-To-morrow Mor.ing, 6.20 MOON'S AGE,-Full Moon, sth, 018 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

SATOBDAT KVENINO. Wellington, S.S., Farquhar, from Tauranga YKSfBRDAY. Fingal, s.s., Norrie, from Mangawsi Howard, schooner, Anderson, from Whangarei

TO-DAY. Elslnore, sob, Urquhart, from Morcury Bay

DEPARTURES.

YKfITEBDAY. Minnie Hare, schooner. NtoMJasi toy Gisborne Cabarfoidh. barque. MoKonssie, for Sydney Coronot. schooner. Hoy ward, for Whitiangi

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Bvdnov-Clty of New York, to-morrow Sfetoourne a 7nd South-Albion, to-morrow Tttanakiand south-Penguin, Tuesday k"toIL Whangaroa. and Mongonui-Welling ton nr Gleneig, Monday T_ur_n„a-Clenelß or Wellington. Monday or

Whangarei and Whangarei Heads— Argyle, Tuoiday and Friday Mongawai-Flng&l, Thunday Mercury Bay—Fingal, Monday

EXPORTS.

Per Cabarfeidh. for Sydney-108.3iOfMbaulk kouri timbor, 85,715tt dressed and 8,529 ft rough sawn timbor, 510 doors. 12 packages casements, 83 bundlos mouldings, 322 keg- batter.

Inwards CoASTWisa-Reward, Mom Wh* ngaroi, with GO tons coal. 1,000 palings, 11.000 shingles; Klsinorc, from Mercury Bay, with 20,300 feet timber; Ghost, from Thames), with 2 boilers and machinery; Esk, from Waiheke, with U tons firewood! Teviot. from Tryphena, with 11 head cattlo, 200 rails, 10 tons firewood; Dream, from Tairua, with 21,300 foot timbor. OUTWABD3 CoAß'rwiai_.-Mabol,fsr Tairua; Ghost, for Urewa ; Four Sisters, for Omaha ; Medora, for Awanul; Dream, for Tairua.

The barnne Cabarfeidh .sailed for Sydney yestofday. Paseongers-Mr John Smith and Mlas M; Smith.

The s.s. Rotorua f .om Sydnoy, may he looked for during to-morrow afternoon; bhe roturns to that pott on Thursday at 1 pimi

Tho barquo Thamnß has entersd out at the Customs for Now York, and the mis_on schooner Southern Cross for Norfolk ißland.

Upon discharge of her Auckland cargo, the Bhlo Oxford proceeds to Akayab (Birmah) In ballast.

Tho s.s. Fingal arrivod from Maogawal at 4 a.m. yoßterday. with 111 l sacks gum, a quantity of sundries, and 8 paseongers'.

The s.s. Rotomahana having loft Qlsborne at 8 31 o.m. to-day mny hooxpeoted io arrive hero about 9 o'olook to-morrow mornin?.

The new schooner Wairikl was sue en 'fully launched by Mr H. Nlccjl from his North Shore yards at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tho christening ceremony was performed In the orthodox manner by Miss Jeannle Cardno, daughter ol Mr E. R. Cardno.

The brigantine Ethel left Whangaroa, timber I aden, for Sydney on March 25.

Messrs Benderson and Spragzon have under taken to effeot several improvements, in the barque Alcstls. The cabin is to bo altered con siderably, and got np in a style totally diffisreat to the present arrangement. The men s house will be renewed and ail the ironwork over hauled, while several new yards and a new suit of sails are to be provided.

The schooner yacht Astoroi* and brigantine Arntapu were docked this morning. During tho day a large number of persons camo to in spect tho former and expressed pleasure at viewing so pretty a model, bothofa flrat-olass sea going boat and a fast sailer. Tho littlo craft has really boautiful linos, and strikes oven tho casual observer as something much superior to the usual run of such vossels which visit these waters. Persons interested in suoh matters would do well to pay a viait to tho dock to-mor row, as It may bo a long timo before they may again have an opportunity of inspecting the handiwork of our English builders, in tho con struction of pleasnro yachts.

The as. Wellington arrived from Tauranga at G o'olook ou Saturday evening, with the follow ing pasiongers :-Mesdames A. Farqahar.Whit como, George, Misses Latimer, Hayes, Farqu har, Mr ana Mrs Unlvort. Mr and Mra Jackmwi, Mr and Miss Etone. Mr and Mrs Bailey. Hon. AoUnd and party (I), Captain Norris, Messrs Brown, Marsh, Lewis, Uhadwiok, Abrama, Lowis. Douglas, Peroy Smith, Mason, Hay, Glondinning, (foster. Taylor, Thorn, Blumonthal, Moore, Jones, Reynolds, Wrlgley. BMley, Smith, Mills, Strong. Woodburn. Ellingham, T. and W. Farquhar. Murdoch, Parsons. War brick, Bsaloy, Simpson, Archibald (2), Slater, Matblesou 13), Cainoll, Collis, McKwen, Hobson Band, and 6 steerage.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

The 8.8. Penguin nr ived in tho Manukau from the South this afternoon, with thi< following passengers i— Mr Williams, Mr Georges, Mr Kralo, Mr Master, Mr Mc- Gee. Miss Richmond, Mr Bill, Mr Lyons Mr Sallauher, Mr Cunningham. Mr Brassey' Mrs Christie, Mr Alnslle, Captain Newall, Mr Hughes, Mrs Roberts, Mr Roberts, Mr Go wan, Mr Brown, Rev Mr and Mrs Carr and 3 ohild ron, Mias Hosking, Mr Duncan, Mr and Mrs atone, Master Craig, Miss Briant.MrSilverston. Mr and Mrs Smith, Mrs Taylor, Miss Moss, and Mr Williamson, and 5 steerage.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Gisuornb, this day. Balled: Rotomahana, s.s., for Anokland, 5.30 a-m. WHAKOABBI, tbis day. Balled: Argyle, s.s., for Auckland, 930 a.m.

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

April 3. Bank Of N._.-Buyorj, £2312s 6d; sellers,£23l3 National Bank—fc'olloro. 78s Colonh.l Bank- 18s Od, 48s 9d; sellers, 50s N.Z. Insurance-Mollers, 80s South British Insurance-Seliors, 60s National—Bayers, 265, new Issue; sellers, 31s. oamdiv Standard Insurance-Sellers, IBs Gd Union Insurance-Sellers, 23* Union Ba.h and Door—Sellers. £8 Northern U.S. Co.—Sellers, 12s6d Fisher St Co—Buyers, lis Acoldent Insurance—Sellers, 3s 3d Caledonian—Seller?, 16s Cd Golden Calf-Sellers, 2s 3d Tokatea—°ollerp, 10s Deep Level Tribute-Bayers, la; sellers, Is 2d Premier—Bellers, Is JOSEPH NKWMAN, Chairman,

Wolfe's Aromatic Sohihdam Schnapps, to Induce the destruction and prevent the im proper use of their wrappers and labels, and thus further proteot the Public against fraud and decopHori, havo enclosod In tho wrappers, or under the label on the quart bottles, sinoe Ist Ootober, 1878, and continue to enolose in kvbby DAY'S PAOKINO TIII.OUGnOUT THH YKAB THREE _1 ORDERS, whioh ore drawn upon tho undersigned, and whioh will be cashed by thorn ou prosontatlou. To secure these Gifts, the Publio must be oareful to ask for, and accept nothing but, the Genuine Udolfho Wolfe's SonNArrs, with our name upon tho top label, M. Mooa & Co., Wynyard Lano. Sydney.

Man Notice.

MAita win Close: a-> -Undbb,—

Tina Vay. For Tairua. por Droam, at X p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, Wangaroa, and Mon gonul, par Wellington, at 4.30 p.m. For Taurangn, Ohinomutn, and Opotiki, per Gleneig, at 4.30 p.m. Kor Thames, por Enterprise, at 5.30 r.m. Tuesday. 4th instant. For Taranaki and Southern ports, por Ponßtiln, at 5.30 a.m. if or Port lfl'z.oy. per Watarllly, at 8 a.m. For Tairua, per Mabel, at 8 a.m. For Hokianga, etc., por Rowena, at 11 n.m,' For Thames, per Rotomahana. at 1.30 p.m. For Waiwera, Kawau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per Rotomahana, at 1 p.m. For Whangaroi Heads. Waipn, Wangarel, Kamo, and Mangapai, per Argyle, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, sth Instant For Fiiendly Islands and Samoa, per Love spring, at 3 p.m. Thursday, 6th instant For Australian Colonies, per Rotorua. at 3 p.m. Saturday, Bth instant. For Norfolk I*land, par Southern Cross, at 11a.m. For Australian Colonies, por City of Now York, immediately after her arrival from Honolulu. 8. a 8188. Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-ofUoe. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

Arnt, 3. 1833. Albert Hall—Mr Doras'* New Entertainment, Negro Minstrels and Comloilitiiis. 8 p.m. Alexandra street Primitive UathodUt—Soiree tj Rev. J. Long ; tea. 6.30 ; meeting, 7.30 p.m. Ponaonby Wesleyan Band ot Hope—Free publio entertainment, 730 p.m. St. James's Dlsousslon Class—Readings from th* British posts, 7.30 p.m. St. Bepulohr*'s M.I. SocUty—Looture by Mr Klssolla, "Tudor and Stuart, or Church and Crown," 8 p.m. Masonic HaU—Lodgo Aro. 7.30 p.m. Catholio Institute, Wellington street—Debate, 8 p.m. St. Paul's aid St Sepulchre's — Bvening servloesand speolal addresses, 730 p.m. Newton Weet Sohool—ArohhlU Ratepayer*. Moating, 7.30 p.m. Court Uureka, A.O.F.—Qaartorly Meeting, 8 p.m.

St. Jamn's Hall—Auckland Philharmonic Sosletv, Kehearsal, 7.30 p.m. St Thomas's Schoolroom—Special Rehearsal for Orphan Home Concert, 8 p.m. "■ ' " ' a ■ ——a 'I" ia™ ■ i —_a

Notices to Correspondents.

Juno.—Posting bills about a district, announc ing a race - meeting, wouU unquestionably constitute " advertising " it. To " advortlso " simply means to givo publio notice, unless specially defined as advertising In. the news papers. A, Prince.—Before you pay any more, you ought to see the trustee, and act npon his advice.

Birth.

SLOANK.—On Maroh Slat. At Yarborough street. Ponsonby, Mrs J. It. Bloano, of a daughter.

Marriage.

BARKER-SMITII.-On Maroh 18th, at tha reiidence ot the bride's slstar, KiDB-stroot, by the Rev. W. Morlsy, Charles, the third survi ving son of the lata A. I>. Harker. Plompton Hall, Knar»*bro', Yorkshire, to Sarah Ann, the third daughter ot tho lato J. Smlih, Parnell—Yorkshire papers pleasa cipy,

Death.

KENT.—On April 3rd, John, tho youngest son of George and Diana Kent, aged 2 months. The funeral will leave hia parents' residence, Newmarket to-morrow, at 3.30 p.m.

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

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1882.

For th* oause that lades assistance, For the wrong thai needs resistance Far the future in the distance. And tlie good that we can do.

Mr Justice Gilliss addressed the Grand Jury to-day on a calendar which, though heavy, possessed no very remarkable fen* tures. Hence His Honor's charge travelled but little beyond an enumeration of the cases, with a few remarks npon their special peculiarities and legal bearings. There are 22 persons accused of 35 offences. The most remarkable case on the calendar is that against a Maori chief, who Ib accused of killling a native at a racecourse beyond Cambridge In this case, there is a great conflict of evi dence, and much tribal feeling has been engendered. Ono set of witnesses swear positively that the prisoner was the offender, while another set swear that they saw a member of the other hapn do the deed. The wound was nl-o a very singular one, The weapon—a small penknife — penetrated, by - a strange chance, to the heart, death'ensuing instan taneously. The blade broke off in tbs wound, and though the handle of the knife has been sought for diligently it caunot be found.. Eleven of the prisoners charged on the calendar this session—a clear half- are old oflenders, a sad commentary upon the , utter failure of our priion system in its re formatory aspect, and a lamentable evidence of the growth of a criminal class even in a country like this, where the means of living are easily obtained by anyone who honestly applies himself to steady industry.

A Social Problem.

AMONG the many blots on our Christian civilisation, that known as " tho social evil" is, without doubt, the foulest and most disgraceful. Mankind, usually prone to apply some euphemistic name to their acts of sinful indulgence, have, in reference to this subject, given a correct definition of the evil in their popular language ; for unquestionably the vice of prostitution is the social evil of our times—the deepest stain an onr manhood, the most degraded form in which humanity is presented, and the most palpable evidence of the failure of onr legal system, our national benevolence, and our Christian ity, In every civilised community, Pagan or Christian, from the earliest times till now, this curse seems to have been an in. evitable concomitant of advancement in commerce, manufactures, and arts, and even in the .purely pastoral life of the ancient Jews, the evil was anything buf; unknown. This feature of the subject has led some to conclude that it is a '.' necessary evil,'' an 4 there have not been wanting those who have defended it, just as in more recent days men of learning and intelligence haye defended tbe practice of drunkenness, :«s providing a kind of moral safety-valve for the evil proclivities of Ibe dapgerons classes in the community, Ihe ancient Romans, in this wise, advocated prostitn tion in order to ensure the purity ©f thpi t

maids and matrons; but it is quite unneces sary now-a-days to cxposo tho fallacy of this idea, since it is universally iccognised that these forms of evil indulgence "grow by what thoy feed on," and ovory thing that debases a human being prepares the way for grosser excesses and crimes. This social cancer, if it is to be "cured, must bo approached in no squeamish spirit, and no false delicacy must prevent its being firmly dealt with. The extent to which the evil prevails in this city may be gleaned from the horriblo revelations of the debasing traffic which every now and again crop up in the Polico Court, and from tho fact that the police enumerate at proseut 137 women and girls in Auckland who are the victims of the system. Wo say ad visedly that theso unhappy creatures are the " victims" of this iniquitous system, and if all their history were known, it would be found in uin* cases out of ten that thoy are more deserving of pity than coidomna tLou. But how is the evil to bo met ? Some Advocate tho French or Continental system of State protection and inspection; but this is a recognition ot tho evil, and not a preventative, and it has been productive of more widespread demoralisation.

"Vico is a monster of such hideous mien That to bo hated needs but to bo seen; Hut scon too oft—familiar with its face — Wo llrst enduro, then pity, then embrace." Such is tho almost invariable result of evil communications of any kind; and iv tho case of a vico which appeals to a universal appetito of man, the effect of contact is almost certainly degrading. Believing firmly as we do in the tightness of the English system of deal ing with prostitution by prohibit ing it, so far as is compatible with the freedom of the individual, we aro alive to the radical dofect in tho law on the subject. This lies in the fact that whilo women of ill-famo aro houndod and perse cuted—forbidden to have a house of their own over their hoads, and prevented from receiving shelter anywhere—there is no attempt mado to provide them with a homo or honest employment. It is becoming more widoly rccoguiscd, however, that tho law's function is a3 much to reform as to punish, and it is to bo hoped that some pre vision will shortly be made for the rescue of these unfortunate girls and women from their degrading life. Then, a groat deal depends upon tho administration of tha law a* it at present stands. There arc, no doubt thoso in high as well as low places who connive at the continunuco of the social ovil; but these aro, aftor all, but a small minority ; and tho goncral respcctablo body of the community should insist ou such a thorough application of the law as will ensure tho repression of this plague-spot, otherwise thoy will stand convicted of tamely allowing a great ovil to llourish to the detriment of tho community, merely for tho sake of gratifying the depraved passions of the few. In this way, tho evil may bo roatrained and its growth pre vented ; but repressive measures alono will never eradicate it, The education of women, tho reform of ladies' drass, the equality of the sexes, aud finally, fomalc suffrage, will all ba required to operate be fore tho root of the matter ia reached. Tho great causo of tho "social evil" is the ignorance, vanity, and idleuess of women (traits of feminine character which too many people affect to admire, con founding them with simplicity, taste, and gentility); and tho roaaon of its continuance ia thai women have no voice in the making of the laws. We aro not much enamoured of tho movement fur female suffrage, foi the good reason that tho groat majority of tho sex are utterly incap able of iutollicently exerciaing a vote, but the complete failure of men to legislate in a fair way for women forms a strong grouud for holding that they should no longer have a monopoly of tho position of law-makers.

Some items of mining news and throe letters to the editor on current topics ap pear on our fourth page to-night.

Sergeant-Major Duiidas, of tho A.O. Force, who has for tho last fivo yeats be*n stationed in the Taupo District, died on Saturday at Ohinemutu.

We havo beon shown a telegram from Coromandel stating that on Friday IOOIbs. of specimens, worth I.J ounces per pound, were taken from Vizard and Vaughan's new fi-d at Mstawai.

A lecturo on th* life and writings of Sir Walter Scott will bo given to-morrow (Tuesday) eveninf; at Devoupon by the Rev. H. R, Dowabury. The proceeds of the lecture will bo given to tho fund for liquidating the debt ou tho Wcileyan church of the district.

Tho Sunday Sohool Union annual public meeting will bo hold to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, in tho hall ot the Youug Men's Christian Association, at 7.30, J. U. Firth Ksq. in tho chair, when the annual report will be read. Addrciscs will be delivered by tho Rev. J. Kobsrtsou, aud Messrs li wing ton and Hemus.

Wo would call attention to St. Andrew's choir concert, in our advertising columns, which takes place to-morrow (Tuesday) evening. Wo understand the progrumme contains some choice selections.

Another Sir Henry Hnvclock "At Home' will be held to-morrow evening in the school-room of tho Primitive Methodist Church at eight o'clock. Songs, recitations, games, and a vario y of amusements for young and old, grave and gay.

Councillor Crowthcr gave his employes a trip by 'bus yesterday, for the benefit of the fresh air. The four line greys aud large 'bus attracted much attention between Auckland and Onehunga.

A Dutchman, named Hovcn, boasts of having jumped overboard from the barque Gwendoline, and swimming thence to Stokes's Point, on Friday night, to escape a voyage to New York, under a captain whom he disliked, and who intended to force hi* services during the voyage. The Gwendoline sailed on Satur day morning, and after seeing her safely round the North Head he returned to town,

An amusing incident occurred on April Ist. A little boy dropped a box full of saw dust on the pavement outside the Police Court, and it happened that some little pirls came past and pickad up this parcel, which had on the outside, "Poison—with care." The boy seeing the girls pick up thia, asked them what it was, and told them to tike it into the Police Station. When they took it in one of the gentlemen took it, and opening it carefully to see what was in it, was much snpriscd to find it full of saw dust. One of the girl* spoke easily to the other, "What an April Fool."

A cricket match between Tauranga and Auckland teams will be played in tho Tau ranga Domain next Friday and Saturday. The Auckland team is to be chosen from the following : Messrs A. and G. Beale, MacCormick, Osmsnd, W., T., and N. Porch, Reid, Ripley, R. M. and J. J. Roach, aud Webster. Tauranga : Messrs Goldsmith, Griffiths, Farrer, Whelan, McKinney, Warbrick, Stevens, Surtees, Dumbleton, Balston, Reed, and Percy. Kmergency men — Messrs Camming, and Cooke.

The Rev. Wm. Morley, Wesleyan minis ter, will leavo Auckland during the present week for his new sphere of duty at Canter bury. The rev. gentleman preached his farewell sermons yesterday te large congre gations. Tha subject of the morning dis coutss was based on the Ist book of Samuel, c. 7 v 12, " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us "; aud of the evening, on St. Matthew c. 20 v. 1 to 17, viz , the parable of the labourer. The discourses were to the purpose, and cbaracteriied by earnestness and exhortation to work in the cause of Chriitianity. On Wednesday evening next, the valedictory soiree will take place in the Pitt-street schoolroom.

Doran's minstrels were greeted by a. Urge number of spectators on Saturday evening at the Albert Hall, and everything was welcomed in a cheering and happy manner. The entertainment was nearly the same as that of the preceding night, viz., the "chair" performance, followed by tho march of the Parihaka Volunteers, comic and sentimental songs, nigger dances, duets, etc. We notice that an entirely new programme will be presented to-night, with new songs, the Margotts and St. Clair Budget, local conundrums, ballads by|Mar shall and Campbell, musical solos and selections on tho piano by Madame Andree, and a nigger importation from Carolina,

At tho weekly niectiug of the French j Literary Club on Saturday evening, Mr A. F. T. Ansley delivered a highly interesting lecture on his travels in Saxony, in the course of which he described, in a lucid manner, the manners, customs and laws, of the Saxon?, and dwelt at souip length on the efficiency of their system ot public education. The lecture was very well received and attentively listened to. Mr C. de L'£au followed with ths reading of an amusing ghost stqry written by himself. Messrs Lewisson, A. Brook, aud Martin were unanimously elected members of the asso ciation. On Saturday next, Mr H. S. F. Peltier will lecture on Charles Dickens, aud, as Mr Pcltzer is leaving Auckland towards the end of the month, this will be his last lecture in Auckland,

Constable Moar, who has for somo years past been stationed at Devonport, is to be removed to Mangonui, his place boiug filled by Conatable Hutchinson,

The farewell tea and friendly gather ing of tho congregation of Alexandra-street, aud friends ol tho Rev, Joseph Long, will tako place this evening, according to an nouncement elsewhere.

Elocution will engage the attention of tho members of St. James's Mutual Improvement Association this eveniog, rcadiugs or recitals from the English poets having beeu promised by Messrs J. M. Geddis, K. L. Skeen, J. A. Sneddon, and E. West. The substance of the pieces selected, and also the manner of delivery, will form subjects of criticism by the other members. Tho meeting commences in the vestry of St. Janus'a Hall at 7.30 o'clock, and is open to tha public.

Mr W. Gardner, who haa acted aa libra rian of the Epsom Mutual Improvement Association from its commencement, is about to leave thedistrict for the Canterbury provinces, for the purpose of studying tho higher branches of agriculture in the Lin coln school. A vote of thanks was passed to the young man for his services to the society, to be recorded on the minutes, Mr John Davis was elected to tho position.

Considerable interest was manifested in a race between Mr Loomb s Pacific and Mr FallwoU's Twilight, which took place at Panmure on Saturday last, Farmers and others interested assembled in large num bers, Otahuhu being well represented, The stakes wero £5 n-side. Pacific took the lead and won without ditliculty.

Mr R. J. Ib; Lias, proprietor of tho Theatre Royal, proceeds to Sydney to morrow, per City of New York, for tho benefit of his health. Iv all probability while there he will arrange for fresh dramatic uovolties. Overtures have been going ou with the Williamsons for the production of "Struck Oil," and term, hive also beon, offered Miss Ada Ward, but in neither caso lias any defitittoundcrstand ing b:ou come to.

Whilst Mr John McKinncy was excavat ing in Upper Hnniilton-atreet, near the two houses r»c(iutly erected there, he unearthed tho ikoloton of a human being—probably a Maori. It hail evidently been buried a long time, the skull being so rotten that tho spado went through it easily. The body had been buri.il in a eittiug posture, the head being about 14 inches below tho sur face of the ground. From the size of tho thigh bones the remains must be those of a full-grown Maori standing nearly six feet, —"Tauranga Times."

Tho pastor and deacons of tho Wellciley strcct Baptist Church have determined upon abolishing tho system of Sunday "col lections" and "seat rents,' allowing tho church to bo maintained entirely by volun tary contributions. Tho roform is one in the right direction, audita institution at tbe present time is all tho more commendable in view of the special effort that tho con gregation are making for tho purpoao of moating the fresh liabilities that the pro jected erection of anew chapel throws upon tlicm. At tho usual service yoitarilay morning, the change was announced from tho pulpit, and the reasons given for it were that tbo taking up of collections un pleasantly interrupted tho service, and broke up tho impresiious that they werein tended to produce, that thoy involved a loss of tini'i, aud were the moans of extracting unwilling contributions from the uugodly. The Free Mothodiats long ago made similai chang-a in connection with their church, and have found them to operate woll.

The llov. Mr Bond, preachiDgattho One huuga Wesleyan Church yesterday, made reference to tbo sad death ol tho young man Henry McQuoid. He made reference to the evils of iuteiiiporance, referring espe cially to the habit of publicans supply ing already intoxicated persons with liquor. Ho said that the publican who had given tho drink to youug McQuoid was iv a manner responsible for his death. The deceased was a respectable aud industrious lad. Re this matter, wo may mention that the attention of the Licensing Bench is to bo called to tho circumstances attendiug MoQuoid's death.

Some sailors belonging to the barque* Thames and Alccstis, lyiug at tha inner wcateru tec of tho yuceu-streot Wharf, having ij-bibed rather freely, had a free light on the pier early ou Sunday morning. Axos, belaying pius, aud eventually re volvers 'hero eeiztd, but no one was in jured thereby, although four shots were tired. Conttablo McConnell appeared on the scene at the right time, and, with tho

assistance of Sergeant Kidd and Countable Collis, who came down tlie wharf in res ponse to a " call," the sailors wero du pursed and placed on board tlieir vaasols. Wo have made enquiry irom some of tho seamen ensued in the row, but all have singularly bad memories, and can give little iuformatiourelativa tothefray. Onamanbe longing to the Alcestis and another from tho Thames were pitched overboard during Ihe progxe-s of the light, but both managed to scramble on to the wharf ajjaiu and rouow tho struggle. It would appear that the quarrel aro?« from some slight difference between ono or two of the crews of each vestel, and that upon blows beisg ex changed the friends of each party wore drawn in, with the result above eta'cd. Tlie Alcestis is manucd by Englishmen, and the Thames by foreigners, and this difference in nationality led to the division of tho crows, and ths animosity-displayed when they were ence engaged in combat. Both crews previoiuly had the reputation of being quiet and orderly, and tho late disturbance can onl> be attributed to tbe exhilarating effects of tho spirits disposed of by our Auckland publicans, and so wil lingly accepted by the scamon.

The women of the " Lane " who pleaded 'marriage,' on being charged with haling no viable means a few days since, made a socond appoarauce this morning in their best garb, accompanied with saintly looks. Mary An_| or Maria Drummond eaid Dan wis her lawful husband, and though ho had bo ttd he was paying the rent of her scanty domicile in the*" Lane." Certainly she had a littlo company occasionally at eventide, chiefly with the vitw of keeping away the rata, those nasty varmints. Dan was her Oan, and through him she had "lawful visible means," Constable Strnthearn depoaed that Mrs Drummond hid no lawful means; in fact she was a viry naughty Dcraon, tho associate of thieves and—"Faith, and I have," replied Mrs D, "every loaf I get is visible; and what is get by fair means is lawful." It was further stated to tbe Court tbat Dan Drummond had been to the station with tears in his eyas, and pitifully saying that his life was a burden, with Molly, who waa a mystery, declariDg he would bolt. Tho ether woman failed to ahow that she (Curtis) was a msrried woman. She could not remember where she was married. The minister was "a tall gentleman in black. Unfortunately, she had lost her certificate. The women, as poon as tho sentence was pronounced, literally shook she Court with their fearful yells, "several person? gazing upwards at the ceiling, The scene at the •t.tion when the women were starting for i Edeifwss one to be remembered.

Mr Proctor, whoso lectures on astronomy will be remembered with pleasure by many of our readers, has recently started in London a weekly publication called " Knowledge," an illustrated magazine of science plainly worded—exactly describid, Iv tho number for December 16th, ho com mences a series of papers on betMng and mathematics, and he thus pleasantly dis courses about a New Zealand betting man : —" A curious instance of the loss of all sense of honour, or even of the honesty which bettiug begets, occurrtd to me when I was in New Zealand. A bookmaker— 'by profession,' as he said-as genial and good-natured a man as one would care to meet, and with a stronff sense of right and justice outside betting, had learmd somehow that ten horses can come ia—apart from dead heats—in 3,628,000 different ways. This curious pieco of information seemed to him an admirable way of getting money from the inexperienced. So ho began to wager about it, endeavouring— though it will be seen he failed—to win money by wagering on a certainty. Un. fortunately, he early came across a man as 'cute as himself, and a, shade 'cuter (« brigand, brigand ct demi), who worded the question on which the wager turns thus: "In how how many ways can ten horses be placed?" Of course, this is a very different thing, Only the first three horses can be placed, and the sots of three which can be made out of ten horses number only ten times nino times eight, or 720 (thera are only 120 actual sets of threo, but each set can be placed in six different ways). My geniul, but (what ever he thought himself) not quite honest friend, submitted the matter to me. Not noticing at first the technical use of the word 'placed,' I told him there were 3,628,000 different arrangements. He re joiced as though the money wagered were already ip his pocket, When this was corrected, and I told him his opponent had qertainly wod, as the question would be understood, by betting men, he was at first depressed, but presently recovering, lie said—' Ah I well, I shall win more out of this little trick, now Tfiee through it, than I lose this time'" ,

The Spray won the 16ft open boat race at the Tauranga Regatta, with 5 minutes to spare. The Nancy Leo waa second and the Polonaiso third.

The P.M.s.s. City of Now York from San Francisco nnd Honolulu with th« Eiglish mail for February, had not been signalled up to the time at which we went to press, She may bo expected during the evening. The usual monthly meeting of the Auck land Catholic Literary Institute will be held in the hall, Wellington-streot, thia evening at 8 o'clock. In addition to tho yearly reports to be brought up, a debate will take place, viz, '* Is hanging, as a capital punishment, a crime V

The following tenders have beon reoeived by Messrs Mahoney and Son, for the erec tion of a villa at Mangere:- James and Denize, £587; Hatcher, £655 ; McCono. nochio and Flatt, £660; Kay, £742; Jones, £745.

The committco appointed at tho recent meeting of the ratepayers of the Karangahape Highway District waited on His Worship the Mayor at 11.30 to-day. The proceedings were of a private charac ter.

A man named Frank Douglas, an elderly man, was charged at tho Polico Court tbis morning with committing a violent asaault upon hie steD-son, John Moran, by striking him on [the head with a candleatick. Tha wound is not likely to be attended with very serious results, although the injured youth lost a large quantity of blood. He i_ under the treatment of Dr. Wine. Douglas ad mitted the offence, and was remanded.

Mr W. Dowden held a sale of leasehold building allotments at his Exchange Mart to-day, The sale was largely attoudtd and competition spirited. The allotments are situated in tho New North Road, in the neighbourhood of Kden Terrace. The following were the results of tho sale : -Let 1. £10 10s ; lot 2, £10 5s ; lots 3 and 4, £10 each ; lots 5, 6, and 7 (to gelher), £25 10s; lots 10 and 11, £5 5s each ; lot 12, £417s Cd J lots, 13, 19, 20,22, 23, 35, 36, 37, and 38, £5 each; lot 39, £5 10.; lots, 40, 47, 48, and 49, £2 17s 6d each; lot 50, £3; lots 51,52, and 53, £3 2s Gd each; lots 54 and 55, £3 10s each ; lots, 5G and 57 (together), £26, Mr R. S. Sniythe, the " much-travelled " manager, has made atrangements with Mr' Archibald Forbes, the famous Special Cor respondent, to make a lecturing tour through the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, beginning in May, 1882. Tho course will consist of five lectures, via :—l, " Inner Life of a 'War Correspondent" ; 2, " Kings and Princes I Ilavc Met " ; 3, " Warriors I Have Known" (with illustrations); 4, ' Th (Armies of Europo"; 5, "Lecturing Experiences in both Hemispheres." The verdict of a jury in Milan has caused csuiiderablo aatoni.li_.ent. The case was quite curious and attracted great attention. It appears that on* evening last June, Teresina la Fioraia, a flower-girl of extraordinary bounty, was returning t* her lodgings from a performance at th* ' Reuz Circus, when as she stepped out of i her cab at the door, a cloaked figure ; sprang upon her from tbo portico with a • menacing geiture, and then vanished in i the darkness, having, however, contrived • to inflict a severe wound on har right i chesk with one dexterous cut of a razor as I he brushed post hor. She fell bleeding pro fusely to the ground, whence she was pro . gently picked up and convoy ed to th* hospital , disfigarod for life. The police succeeded in discovering the author of this barbarous . outrage, a Neapolitan by birth, who, ) strange to say, bad >o personal grudge t against his victim, but had undertaken to i mutilate her on behalf of a fiiend whom . she had grevieualy «IIond»d. For some . months previous to tbo catastrophe in , question,Teresina had carried on a liaiason ) with a handsome young volunteer is ; the No vara regiment of Lancers, an i jealous as he was loving. Wearied j at last of his jcalouay, site threw , him over, and openly traniferred her , affections to another of her many admirers. , Driven to despair by her fickleuots, the youthful Lancer confided hia aorrew* to a comrade, the Neapolitan above alluded to, who, observing that " in Naples it waa the custom for jilted lovers to set their mark on [ the faithless destroyers of tbeir peso*," ' ollered to act as bis friend's avonger, and ; did so with the result already stated. In ' credible as it may appear, the jury before ' which he and hi* comrade were tried a few i days ago acquitted both culprits, on the amazing ground that "the impulses of jealousy being irresistible, as all men know, tho accused coald not be held \ 10-pousiMe for actions committed under the influence of that overwhelming passion."

The "Press" gives tho following details none-tiling the case of attempted murder at the Chatham Islands latoly mentioned in our tolegrams :—"i)a tho night of March 7th, a carpentor, named William Gordon Jacoba, the owner of a block of land, fired four shots from a revolver, three with the object of killing his wife and ono at his sod. Tho firing was done from ontaid* tbe honse at which Mrs Jacobs and her boy were staying at the time, and the litst shot hit her on the breatt and glanced along, passing through her left breast and ont under the armpit. The direction of ths ball was thus turned by comiug in contact with the woman's corsets. The second Bhot hit the table in tho room, and at tliat moment Jacoba's boy ran to tbe door and called, " Dou't, papa -don't," when Jacob* turned the pistol towards him and fired, but for tunately missed his son. After aeiding uuother ball through the window of the dwelling he d*camped, It seems he re turned to his own home, and told his family that thoir mother and brother Willie wero " oo more," and that before the morn ing he himaelf would be dead. He next took s*me cartridges and a loaf of bread, and started for the buah, whore he was cap tured the day fallowing by Mestrs Moore, ledd, and Shane. Jacobs was brought be fore the magistrate, ana formally oean. mittod for trial. He would probably be sent on to Lyttelton in the brigantine Omaha. Mrs Jae*bs was attended by Dr. Cooper, and when the steamer left was on a fair way to recovery. The husband and wife had not lived en good torms together for some considerable time prtvious to Jacobs'* attack upon her. She had aeparated from him a law ofay* pre vious, and botaken herself to a naighbonr't house, the place the attempt on her life was made. They hare a family of light children, for whom a good deal of sympathy is felt.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS IN THS DOMAIN.

Wn conclude our re part of the Athletic Sports at tho Domain on Saturday. Handicap 120 Yabds.—Final Heat. Pickering 1 Donovan ,•> 2 Freeman 0 Whiteside 0 Pickering, who bad booked himself to win, landed an easy winner, Time, 13 seconds. Half-mile Handicap. Huckstop, 50yds, 1 Stewart, 70yd 2 O'Brien, scratch, ... ..-. 3 Roid (6'Oyds), Carpenter (65yda), J. Hen dry and O'Hare (75yds), and Undorwood (85yds), also ran. uendry dropped out at the second lap. Time, lmin 57 4-sths. Handicap, 2207 M—First Heat. Freeman, scratch ... .», 1 Smith, 10yds 2 Reid (llyd») and Warbrick (llyda) also ran. Time, 23 3-sths sees. Second Heat Pickering, 10yds 1 Whiteside, 14yds .. .. 2 Cummin* (7yda), Mattam (10yds), and Monnock (11yds), alio ran. Time, 22 2-sths sees. FINAL HEAT, Freeman 1 Pickering 2 Time, 23 seconds. There was a goneral impression that Pickering could have won the race had he wished. ONB MILE HANDICAP. O'Brien (scratch) 1 O'Connor (60 yards) 2 Preston and Daley 140 yards, Reid 150 yards, Jones 190 yards, Goodman 250, and Mellas 260 yards, also started. The latter fell out in the third lap. Fully half the distanco was covered before tho Champions O'Brien and O'Connor appeared to have a say in 'he race. In the last lap O'Connor took the lead, and O'Brien, making a grand spurt, landed a winner on the post. Time : 4mins 24secs.

The concluding event was O'Brion's ex hibition run ot 10 miles in one hour. He kept up a pretty uniform speed the whole distance, and beat time by one and a half minutes. The achievement was loudly ap plauded, O'tjrien being carriol' to the pavilion shoulder high.

Tbe gods have a curse fcr him who wil lingly tells another the wrong road.— George Eliot _

SCINTILLATIONS.

"Be brief, to* it ia wit* words as with sunbeam*; th* mor* ther are coodeased tha deopor th*y buna,"—Jßoormr.

Riflemen. —Pickpockets. Field Exerciie.— Ploughing. The " Pease" Society.—Vegetarians. High-class Literature.—Giant stories. An Endless Source of Amusement.—A hoop. Tbe Most Instructive Thing iv Marriage. —Age. Why is a mad bull an animal of a con vivial spirit "I —Because he offers a horn to every one he meets. Jerrold says that young boys who marry old maids " gather in tho spring of life tho golden fruits of autumn." Why are pretty girls lik* oatmeal cakes ? —Because they give one the heartburn. Foppery is the egetism of clothes.—Victor Hugo. To liv* long, it is necessary to live slowly. — Cicero.

It is difficult to be sick without care, and easy to be happy without wealth—Clwttield,

For children there is absolutely no mo rality except example, either narrated or seen,— Kichter.

Nature has sometimes mado a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making. —Addieon.

Minds of moderate calibre ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.—Rochefoucauld. Tlie mind does not know what diet it can feed on until it has been brought to the starvation point.—Holmes. Detective Jeffrey is in Auckland and looks well. He is summoned to give evi dence in connection with a case before tho Supreme Court. The "Lyttelt*n "Times" says it cost Mr Williamson £800 in fares for his Opera Company, and his expenses cannot be leas than £100 a night. He wiil have to do a big business, therefore, to make ' Patience' pay, The "Timatn Herald" says: "The new loan and publio works scheme.local govern ment, and reform of Parliamentary proceeduie are likely to be the chief Minis terial measures for the coming session."

At Sheffield lately, a Liberal personat ing agent named James Rippon was finea £10 for infringing; the Ballot Act by dis closing to the Liberal candidate the names of voters who had not polled on tbe occa sion of the recent municipal election. The secrecy of the ballot in England is enforced with great rigidity. In Lyttelton Harbour.one morning lately, there were no lets than 22 vessels—barques and ships—l 2of which were over 1,000 tons register, and representing in aggre gate a total of 22,237 tons register. Almost ths whale of the** vessels are foreign-bound ships loodiag grain, and auch a large number has never been seen before in Lyttaltan Harbour at one time. An illiterate farmer advertised a little whilo back for a nun " to sleep in the honse but to eat bis own vitals,"

A musical composer having been asked if he had done anything lately, replied that his last work was a composition with his creditors.

The following verdict waa givenin writing by the foreman of a coroner's jury :—" We are of A Pinion that the Deoest met with hir death from Violant Information in ths Arm produst trom sum Unoan Cauce." W. H. Clayton, brother-in-law to Sir Julius Vogtl, ha* been lentenced to six months' imprisonment at Napier for patting a valueless cheque and theft. A specimen of quartz obtained in the Kaimai ranges has been received by the Clerk ef the Tauranga County Council from tbe prospectors, Messrs Moon & Co. The quartz appear* of a very satisfactory character.

The marriag* of Mr G, B. Howard, of the Star Hotel, Tauranga, with Miss Annie Jackman was celebrated at Trinity Church on Friday. Dr Jacob Samuel, M.D., L.L.D., a well known old colonist, died at New Plymonth yesterday morning, at the age of 82 years. " Alas I how oarily things go wrong, A word too much or a kiss too long, And there falleth a mist, and a blinding rain. And life is never the same again."

60,500 share* hare been applied for in the Wellington Wese Coaat North Island Rail way Company. This ia 500 above the num ber decided to b* issued at present.

Mr* Green, a p_rominor.it msmbtr of the Primitive Methodist Church, Thames, has been pr**«nted with a handsome albnm and " Farrar. Life of Chriat " on leaving that diitrict,

The public debt of Auitrilasia averages over £32 par h*ad of popalatioi, but the average of New Zealand ia £53 10a. New Zealand has borrowed in * very few year* th* mm of £25,683,231 or £53 10s per head of population, and its debt per head of population ia th* highsit in th* world. Saint Cyr i* tho national military school of France" Tho cadets of Saint Cyr are never allowed to- attend political meetings of any character. Ton of them wero expel led by General Campenon for listening to a political oration. A correspondent of the London "Tablet" Is authority for ths statement that daring the past thirty years great numbers of tbe laity and ever 300 ot the Anglican Estab lishment have become converts to the Catholic Chnrtb.

A gigantic mission was lately given by tho Redemptorist Fathers of Limerick in ths Cathedral parish, Cork, and 25,000 per sons r«c*ived commmion on that occasion. Onr forty priests wars engaged in hearing confessions.

A man at Rangiora, named Thetnas, killed himself by drinking half a pint of the solution used in galvanic batteries. He had been suffering from sciatica, for which he was uiiiag the battery.

RIF LE MATCH.

THE VICTORIAB WIS.

The match between the Anokland Victoria aad Wairoa Rifles reaolted in a victory for the local men, with 35 poiats to spare. Appended are the complete scores :—

The Victoria team entertained the visitors at a oemplimentary dinner in the evoniu _ at the Working Men's Club. Cap tain Mahon presided, and on hi* right asd left were Lieutenant Crawford, of the Wai roa Rifles, and Captain Payne, of the " A " Battery Artillery, reapactlvely. Sub- Lieutenant Salf occupied the vice-chair. Dinner was partaken of by about forty member* ot the two companies. The usual loyal and patriotic toaats having been drunk, tha Chairman proposed the toast of "The Wairoa Team," coupled with the name of Captain Crawford. In doing so he referred te the good feeling that had existed daring the progress of the match. Although the Victoria had won, he was convinced that tho opposing team was not ene to be trifled with. Cap tain Mahon further intimated to the Victoria Company that be had received another challenge from the Wairoa Kl3.es to fire a return match at Wairoa, and he had ac cepted it, the match to take place on Satur day week. Lieutenant Crawford responded. He thanked them for the cardial manner iv which they had drunk the toast. His men feared they would be beaten when they issued the challenge, bnt their desire was to 'establish a friendly feeling with the Auckland companies, and in this they hoped to have succeeded. He concluded by proposing the 'toast of " The Victoria Company," coupled with the name of Captain Mahon, who replied, He considered that at present they had the , best company in the colony. Last year they had an average of 61 "at their weekly i and monthly parades, and few'companies in New Zealand conld, he thought, surpass that. Lieutenant Crawford prtiposed " The health of Captain payne?' He was a trne favourite at the Thames, Auckland, and Wairoa, ahd was a thorough volunteer. Captain Payne responded, The toasts of ; "-The Band," "The Ladies," L' The Press," and " The Host," were given and responded to.

TELEGRAMS.

V_OM OUE OWN COBBESPONDKNT,)

OPOTIKI, this day. The increased settlement of the Opotiki and Whnkatoue country has qnite outgrown existing mail service from Tauranga, for year* carried by horsemen, the consequence being that papers are constantly left in Tauranga, the mail being too heavy, Urgent representations are being made to Mr Bias on the matter.

(PER PBKSS ASSOCIATION,)

NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. A REMINISCENCE OF BOUNA-

PARTE,

Dr. Samuel, who died yesterday, was a student in Wilsea, in Poland, and joined in the procession that greeted Napoleon on his way to Moscow, in the famous cam paign of 1812.

WELLINGTON, this day,

In the Supreme Court this morning, Mr Justice Richmond reterrtd to the light calender, and briefly touched on the caseß. His Honor directed the Grand Jury to find no bill against James Robert Henry for embezzlement as a bailee, on the ground that the evidence would not bear out a charge of that nature. The case ot Mar garet Cruder Lucy, housebreaking, is pro ceeding.

At the Supreme Court, Margaret Lucy was acquittod. True bills were toundagainst Robert Hickling for astault with intent, J. C. Donwell stealing from person, Jules Csesar Hinpan uttering a forged cheque. No bills were found against John Smith for assault with intent, and James Anderson for receiving stolen goods.

CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A MONSTER EXHIBIT. One of the exhibits for the International Exhibition—the Victorian Sugar Com pany's trophy—is so large that it has been found impossible to transmit it through tho tunnel from Lyttelton without first taking it to pieces. MR BALLANCE A CANDIDATE. The "Times" this morning *ays : — "We learn privately that Mr Ballance, of Wanganui, will probably be a candidate for Stanmore, and that iv the event of his standing Mr Andrews will resign in hia favour." On Friday last a trout 18.1bs weight was caught at the mouth of the Waimak iriri. The criminal sessions of tha Supreme Court commenced this morning, before His Honor the Chief Justice, who delivered a short address containing nothing of special importance. The calendar comprises twelve cases, including rape, attempted rape, in decent assault, impersonation, conspiracy to defraud, arson, infanticide, forgery, lar ceny, and violent assault.

DUNEDIN, this day.

The Supreme Court opened to-day. The Jndge referred to the fact that the calen dar was somewhat heavier than usual, bnt stated that none of the cases presented any special difficulties. Hugh Murray has been acquitted for horte-ttealing.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

The movements of Ministers within the last tew days have been of the most abrupt and uncertain character, and a perceptible air of excitement has pervaded tbe Government offices, bat so far all efforts to penetrate the mystery have proved uaavailing. Civil servants wear a look of perplexity when interrogated on the subject, and Ministers themselves affest to ridicule the notion tbat anything haa occurred to disturb their plans or to cauea them uneasiness. The hasty renouncement of their country trip by Mr Bryce and Major Atkinson and their hurried return to town were alleged to be quite unconnected with any news that might have been obtained trom Wellington, and it was authoritatively announced on Saturday afternoon that Major Atkinson fully intended to ac company Mr Mitchelaon to the Northern Wairoa in the early part of this week, while arrangements were made between him and Mr W. Swanson, M.H.R., for visiting a number of local manufactories to day. On Saturday night messages arrived hero which necessitated an instant chang of intention and the absolute abandonment of all cngagemeat. for this week. The Hinemoa was stated to be on her way to the Manukau for the purpose of convey ing the Native Minister and Colonial Treasurer. This morning, accordingly, both Ministers left for Oaehunga by the seven o'clock train, and on arriving there and finding tbat tbe expected steamer had not yet put in appearance they set off in the pilot boat to meet her, leaving their lnggage to be brought after them by a waterman. What all this ex treme haste may signify or portend we are at a loss to say. From Wellington the report comes that it is the result of an unexpected rupture with the Governor over a proposed liberation of Te Whiti and Tohu, but even were tbis so the matter is hardly of inch pressing importance as to cause Ministers to act with such precipitance as to repealcslly break promises and suddenly alter arrange ments of greater or less importance. Another report which proceeds from a Minis terial source alleges that the sudden determination of Mr Bryce to retnrn so quickly from Matamata was the resultof a conference between him and the Hons W, Rolletton and Major Atkinson on their trip up in the train as to the advisability of special attention being given to tbe Mokau matter, while Major Atkinten's hasty departure is said to be occasioned by a message from the Premier, requesting him to be present at the opening of the Christchurch Exhibition iv his place, as he woald be prevented by illoHa from going. This report alto fails to give a satisfactory explanation of the feverish impatience with which the two Ministers hare hurried their departure fiom Auckland at the expense of breaking at a moment's notice plan* which both of them bad carefully arranged and pledged th.na selves to abide by. There are grounds moie relative than these which those in authority are seemingly snxions to keep covered. Mr Bryce will be landed at New Plymouth, and Major Atkinson goes on to Wellington. Mr B, J. Seddon, M.11.R , we are told, was also a passenger by the Hinemoa,

The " Bay of Plenty Times " contributes Its quota to the speculations on the r*» cent erratic movements. It says i—A special telegram in another column dis closes the fact that things are not all coukw de rose in the Cabinet. The bone of contention appears to be the contempla ted removal by the Native Minister of the Native Lands Court Department from Auck land to Wellington. This ill-advised arbi trary proceeding we have already con demned, and are, therefore, not surprised at the determined opposition it is meeting at the hands of Mr Bryce'* colleagues. How ever, it is difficult to prognosticate the out come of the squabble among the members ot this vaunted "Happy Family." Mr Bryce will assuredly make the most of his extraordinary position, and like the spoilt child, cry—"lf you won't give me my way I'll resign again |" Th* end is not yet.— Noiu vcrrons I

I The telegram referred to runs as follows: " The Treasurer has arrived post haste from the Empire City, and there is evidently 1 something out of the ordinary coil of red tape developing. The Native Minister, who was to have left Auckland this mom ing by the ordinary 8.30 Waikato tr»in to Hamilton, en route to Ohinemutu via Cambridce and Oxford, has not yet started, and his departure is indefinitely postponed. The Minister of Lands, who is moat anxious to join Mrs Rolleston at the Lakes for a few days' relaxation after hi* hard travelling and coming hard sessional labours, has also delayed his departure. The Attorney General look* more sleek and cunning than usnal, and is evidently chuckling over the disappoint ments of his Southern colleagues. And all this trouble is to ba attributed to Mr Bryce's pig-headed determination to re move tho Naive Lands Court Department from Auckland to Wellington. This ques tion has exercised the trio—Kolleston, Whitaker, and Bryce—ever hince it was mooted some fortnight ago now. Mr Wbitaker "has been dead against it, j aud persists, it Is understood, in his opposi. tion; Mr Kolleston appoars undecided, while the Knight of Parihaka (Bryce) is quite obdurate. In this dilemma the Treasurer was telegraphed tor, and here he is' now. Mr Bryce threatens to resign ' straight' if he ;is not allowed to have his own way-and this won't suit the Govern', ment at all. In the face of tlie avowed' ex istence of a 'Third' or 'Middle' Party, ?, rj.?B^ second rerignation would damn the Hall Cabinet. .

CABLEGRAMS.

[REOTKR'S TKUtajAlO.]

Respite to a Condemned Feh»_ 1 LONDO*. April?' ' Ur. Lamion, who is under seni_ n .. . death for murder of his brother in ." 0f Percy Maleston John, at CX&7 SufSr se 'hMbeßnreßpited"SttS Summary XxecuUons at Odessa ST. PETERSBURG, April 1. Later telegrams to hand from Ode*** im port that the two murder.rs of General Strelikow, Public Prosecutor, have W» found guilty after a summary trial onS were hanged to-day. '- °II HON OUR TO SIR H. PARKES.

LONDON, April 1. Sir Henry Parkes, th* Premier of New South Walts, was entertained at dinner to. day by Lord Sherbrooke (formerly _v , J Robert Lows.) Among other guests present were tho Right Hon. W, E, Gladstone, and other distinguished statesmen.

A LIBERAL VICTORY. The election;to fill the vacancy in the representation of East Cornwall in the House ol Commons took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Mr iuckland (Buckland)? a Liberal, by a majority of 200 over the Conservative candidate. NIHILISTS ARRESTED. . ST. PETERSBURG, April I. The Nihilists charged with bring implf. cated in the assassination of Gener.l 7 Strelikow, at Odessa, have been arretted, Tho sentences of death passed upon tea 7 prominent Nihilists in February last ha. in the case of nine been commnted by the Czar to penal setvitnde for life. The capital lentence will be carried out in the 7 caße ot the other prisoner. the English Budget. LONDON, March 31.

It ii announced that the Right Hon. W '% Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer will deliver the Budget statement on tba 21st April. MISS O'CONNOR SENTENCED TO -i IMPRISONMENT. |

LOUDON, March 31. A sister of Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P.. the Land Leaguer, who ha* recently been | openly inciting the tenants to pay no rent, j has been arrested on the oharge, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, March 30, Consols hare declined to lOlg. The bank rate of discount remains at 3-M per cent,, and the market rate at 3}. The 'M total reserve in notes and bullion in tho BaDk of England is £14,600,000. Australian tallow : Best beef is 39* Gd ; >| best mttton, 44s Gd. LONDON WOOL MARKET. J LONDON, March 30. At to-day's wool auction 19,900 bale* j were offered, and a decidedly firmer tone was experienced. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, April 1. -Jj Consols remain at 101f; Adelaide wheat, 1 ex warehouse, declined 6d to 545; New Zealand ditto remains at 51s; Adelaide -'J flour, ex warehouse, 37* 6d ; total quantity '1 of wheat afloat tor Great Britain, 2,730,000, 1 There is only a limited demand for Austin- " lian hides. WOOL SALES. The wool sales close with good spirit 1 ahd without further quotable change in price. Tha total quantity sold daring ths series was 230,000 bales. 19,000 bales have been held over for the next series. RUSSIAN CARAVANS TO MEBV. A LONDON, April L Telegrams are to hand, from Central Asia, reporting that the Rtusiiins have ,| organised regular caravans between their present paste on the Caspian Sea and Merv, in Turkettan. OXrORu WINS THE BOAT RACF. LONDON, March SL '.; The Oxford and Cambridge boat race was . rowed to-day, and resulted in an easy vie- .;■* tory for Oxford by six lengths. TAX RIOTS IN SPAIN. MADRID, March 31. 1 Owing to the increasing dittnrbanoe and ri rioting arising out of the opposition to the f additional taxation which is being levied, the province of Catalonia has been declared in a state of liege. RUSSIAN GENERAL SHOT. ST. PETERSBURG, March 31. News ia to hand from Odessa that Gene. ral Strelikow, public prosecutor in tfcat town, has been shot at and killed.

AUSTRALIAN.

NEW SOUTH WALEB REVENUE. i; SYDNEY, April 1. 'Ihe tevenue of New South Wales for the March quarter amounted to ■ £1,675,000, being an increase 01-i £282,000 compared with tbe correspond. ing period of last year, Railway reoeiptlTl show an incrcaie of £131,000, land rent of £79,000, and Customs an iictsateof - £33,000. SYDNEY GRAIN MARKET. 7 SYDNEY, April 1. New Zealand wheat is qnotid at 6s fid per bushel; New Zealand oats, 3s 7-j maize, pers6lbs., 6*6 d. 7 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE. \ ADELAIDE, April I, The South Australian revenue for the quarter which ended 31st Mareb amounts I to £571,000, being an increase of £52,836 as compared with the corresponding period of 1881. "i VICTORIAN REVENUE. MELBOURNE, April li % The Victorian revenue returns for the quarter which ended Slat March amounted I to £1,640,000, being an incraaie of £114,000, ', as compared with the corresponding quitter •,' of last year. The revenue from th* Co* . torn* has increated during tha same period by £96,781; from excise duties, ky £21,140) ] and frompablic works, by £15,247. The, * 1 revenue for the nine months ended Marcb ,31 shows an increase of £435,600. ' $

IMPROVEMENTS TO ST. ANDREWS CHURCH.

Soke two or three m oaths ago the session of St. Andrew's Church determined on ; beautifying that very iaornat*, prim-looking :: structure by the addition of a steeple. Ia furtherance of the object competitive;.}1;! designs were called fljjfor, the priw7s* being awarded to Mr Matthew Henderson, Mr Bartley, the well-known architect, wu if inatructed to prepare plans in accordance 7 with the prise design) and daring the psst few days these have been completed,,and I tenders are now being called tor the work. '<| The most salient points of the proposed f| improvements are a, portico and tower. The portico, whioh will be after the Greetan-lonic style *f architectnr.1, will be supported by four massive pillars, J The portico will extend 15 feet past the western end of the present bnilding, this addition forming the foundation of the tower. The total height of the latter trill , be 123 feet, the architecture being compo site. The firjt story is of lonic design wit- M balustrade and pillars, and the second story Corinthian, the capitals of its pillars being highly ornate. Over the tower there will m be an enlongated cupola which in turn will be surmounted by a graceful little spire or minaret. Indeed, judging from the plans, the tower will have a somewhat Oriental appearance; the dasiga is one of the most elaborate yet attempted in the city, and the tower will prove a pleasing as well as imposing feature in the landscape. We must not neglect tea mention that the npper-story of the tower will contain a handsome clock, which we H havo no doubt will be hailed as a great -1 beon hy those residing in the vicinity of the church.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR MONDAY. APRIL 3.



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XJtT - HAVE OPENED SEVERAL CA9ES OB MA N T L E S, INCLUDING REAL SEALSKIN JACKETS, BROCADED SATIN DOLMANS. ' WATERPROOF MANTLES W TH ) NEWEST SHAPES. T pOSGRAVE AND- QO. AUSTRIAN BENT WOOD ... rj ~ ~,„,„„ Cane Chairs, Austrian ™*^ n wva.n, Ben t woo a (-< ane couehesand 123, Quoen-street. LSnuKOB. Austrian Bentwood Cane Rocking Chairs. ALNOT DRAWING ..- .-.„■„«■ KOOM SUITES In &^ta__^_^_T SUk, Tapestry, Rep, and Cre -123, Queen-street. ggjjg, walnut Tables, What- notn and Canterbnrys. ! TV/TAHOGANY, CEDAR m *. rr nnninr ■»-■- Rimu, and Kauri Din ,T™^£°a£w'«nß-room Suites in Leather 133, Qneen-street. H « iroloth< mi American Cloth. I" ROK Half-Tester Bed ., *r ~ . -. „ ... „ steads. Iron Frenoh Bed &*S_!_!____S'Steads, Iron Stump Bsd -123, Queen-Btreet. Bteaflgi Iron Folding chair J Bedsteads. Iron Cots. ATENT Spring Roller Blinds and Venetian 3, Qaeen-street Blinds, Gilt Cornices and Prench-pollrjhed Cornice Poles ______________ Linoleum, Floorcloth, 123, Qneen-street Matting, Door Mats, Bath Mata. In great variety. L_ _ IBKBAL m BCOUNT to ... „.. „. Gash Pnrohasers. AU aw^S___hSS' B°°aß delivered froe in town. 128. Qneen-street. Cata iogneß pOßttree on appli- cation. KDKOOM WUKNITORK In Choice Mottled Kauri, _& Qneen-strsst Wardrobes, Bedsteads, Wash ' * tands and Toilet Tables. _ lOKIN S HYPO PHOSPHITES. Aiokin's Syrup of Hypophosphlte of lame Is guaranteed equal to the Frenoh preparations of Dr Churohill, and less than half the prioe, ,_„„*_, The great expeneo of the Imported preparation to the slot, and the foot that snchlP-armaoeutlcal preparatlons.oon be manufactured equally well In Auckland, has Induced the proprietor to engage In making a really reliable artiole of Standard Strength and Ohbmiojj. purity thatl may be recommended with confidence by the medical faculty to their patients and others. AidKM's Hypophosphltes will answer all the requirements stated, and a trial will uufflce to Bhow that in therapeutical notion they ore quite as efficacious in all diseases for which the continental pre parations are so justly celebrated. Sold In bottles at 2s (Id each. Dose, two teaspoonf nls only. aickin's Syrup o» Htpophos phitkb of Limb and Soda, especially suitable In some oases of lung diseases, ana is most palatable and cordial, eaoh teaspoontnl contains threo grains pure hypophosphlte ot lime and one and a halt grains hypophosphlte ot soda. Sola in bottleß at 2s 6d each. Request your medical adviser to try the Local Syrups ot Hnophosphltes, made by Aickin of definite uniform , strength, AICKIN, Wholesale Manufacturing Chemist, The Pharmacy. Auokland _. .; ».-... ..,..„.!,.»„..;,-!....,«=:-* ,:..»■.-!•-,,.,,„«-_....



Special Advertu.em.enta PRELIMINARY NOTICE. B. SCHWARZBACH, M.D. (Lately from the Berlin and Vienna Eye Hospi tal.), has returned to Now Zealand, and will resume his Practice in Auoklaad as a Specialist FOR DISEASES OP THB K_E. EAR, AND THROAT, about the beginning of Jnne. < mHORNTON, SMITH AND FIRTH HAVE EOR SALE : •'Crown" Flour, in saoks, 100'sand60's "Champion",, „ ~ „ "Cantab' ~ ~ •• •• Sharps Bran Fowl Wheat Whabf Mill, Auckland. QJMITH AND ARNO LD, ARCHITECTS, OLD CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Seeds i Sebds i Seeds i W. J. Hffl & C 8: Have Jost Landbd their NEW SEASON'S CLOVERS, whioh aro of Very Superior Quality. White Clover. English and Dutch Red Clover. English and American Cowgrass, Engliih and Amorloan Alsyko, Timothy, Trsfoll, Rape Luoerno, Linseed, £c See., Sec Having purchased prior to the rise, enables them to offer the above at wholesale rates. Inspeotion Invited. Also, Poverty Bay Rye Grass, moohine dressed a splendid sample Southern Rye Grass. Italian Rye Grass Cocksfoot, Prairie Grass, Poa Prcstensls And all other kinds of Agricultural and Garden Beads. BONEDUST! BONEDUST At the City Council's desire, wo havo deter mined to dear out our present stook. and in order to do so quiokly, we have reduoed the prices for oash. Our quotations are from £6 to A3, according to quantity and quality. IhStoob:: Bell's Celebrated J inch and Bonoflour; Sydnoy 2 Star and 3 Star Bonedust and Boneflour; and a limited quantity ot Sop pot's local manufacture We have also for Sale: 2 New Robey's 6 and 8 h.p. Engines and Thrashers Coulter's Drills Kearsley's Combined Reaper and Mower Corness* Patent H.P, Chaff cutter Also, Clorbett & Peel's manufacture Double-furrow Ploturhs, well worth lnspootlon Single furrow Ploughs; Horso Hoes Cultivators, Rollers and Clod-orushera Winnowers, Cheese Presses Cheesemaksrs, Chair-cutters (small) So.,' Sec. Seo. Also, Feed and Seed Oats, Maize. Barley, Flour. fc harps, Oatmeal. Chaff, Bran, Fowl Wheat, &c Sec, Sec Prime Samples of Picked Table Potatoes



G U A N O. i Peruvian, OhlendorfTs, Dissolved Peruvian? i Maldon Island. Hnon Island, and othor Clio mlcal Manures. :W. J. EP"" & C°" 101. OUK-N--TRKET, Auokland. AMERICAN GOODQ i * (Just Abrivbd) ON BALE BY GARLICK B_ CRANWELT GARLICK 0C CRANVVKLL. JU. I "i Spindle Grecian CHAIRS nn.ina I York no. Do. ■»» Kxtra Washington Do. Ti&msa ißentQuincoy Do. liANDIKO s 0(lk D , nlng Uo . -a-arikich roou.las (Arm) Do. *£J? I Children's High Do. 1 v«™ Vnri, Amerioan Wood rRADLKS , New XO.K. | paney Carpot CHAIRS J American PIiRAMBULATORS i The Trade Scpplikd. '. a ARLICK &CR A N WELL, City Hall Arcade. 1 AUSTRIAN BENT WOOD FURNITURE Now Landing, ex Crownthorpe— \ Ladies' Easy and Rocking Chairs Gents' Do. and Do. Do. Shop Chairs and Piano Stools v,„„ English Blroh Folding Chairs, xvow witll „ r w i_,ont Anna t .*-,,*- English Carpet (folding Chairs, LANUGO wlth H1)?h BlJckg Xx Jost r'rßrf_i> Up ; n R n w TJ. t Drawing-room Furniture, UKOWW fßlaok and Gold. Walnut and i-tmn p v. Fancy Painted Whatnots i_.u«_-o. rjavanports, Coffee Tables t- nm Tapestry and BrnßSels Carpets aom Ladies' Occasional Chairs (for rs,-.**- Drawing-room) -onaon. New Uegi(alg ln cornloes Do, Do. Cretonnes New Fringes for Mantle Shelves, J Cornices, Tables TOILETWARE, to arrive ex Pareora. ■ NEW CARPETS, do. do. do. NEW DESIGNS TN LINOLEUM, to arrive ox Arabella. Oak Dining-room Suite Frames Just Reckivbd. WHOLESALE~AND RETAIL. /GARLICK & pKANWELL, ; GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHERS AND CABINETMAKERS. QUEEN-STRKBT AND LOB_H-(__BBT, Anokland. Yf WILLIAM T>ATTRAY J: Hag now Opened his :JH NEW STOCK " OF | JJ CHOICE FASHIONABLE -«*• GOODS -i^- FOR THS AUTUMN T» y SEASON, A-nr Whioh have been csrofally eeleo- VV tad by his own Buyer in Tthe Best London and Paris Houses, TA * — R U Btyllsh Paris Millinery Am Handsome Mantles and Paletots JL Fashionable Costumes to suit all Ytt Classes U Ladles' and Girls' Ulsters. a_ MBizes ana prices Velvets, Velveteens, Ytlour, I-\r Broohe, and Plushes ii Silks and Satins for Dresses and S Trimmings Foule Cloths, Cashmeres, Cash- Gmirettes, and Serges £200 worth of Colored Dress Nf\ Fringes at wholesale prices \J Ribbons, Scarfs. Laces, Ladieß* Or\ Bags and Pockets \J Messrs; J. &R.Morley's Hosiery, Wn la their latest styles V A splendid Use of Twilled Cotton S Sheetings at a little over oost prloes s _, -H jj N.B.—Five per cent, discount OB allowed for Cash on all purchases of £2 and upwards. W — -*■ Note the Address; ■" 178,180, & 182, QUEEN-STREET, -T Auokland; "IUST RECEIVED Ex Crownthorpe and Arabella, and Late Arrivals, - large shipments 07 brussels and tapestry Carpets, (AM. HBW PATTERNS), A Splendid Assortment of Frenoh and English CRETONNES. LAOE AND NET CURTAINB In Great Variety. Brass and Iron Bedsteads and Cots. iron venetian bunds (all ooloura). VERANDAH BLINDS. PERAMBULATORS. FURNITURE of every description In Btook and made to order. UINSPKCrJON INVITED, WINKS AND JTALL. > Wholesale and Retail I CABINETMAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS, . AND CARPET WAREHOUSEMEN, ] SHOETLAND-BTKEST. t



Special Advertiaements. XUST OPENED UP, Ex Cbownthobpb, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT *' OF TTL3TER3, JACKETS, -jyrANTLK3, T4JANTLE CLOTHS, TTLSTER CLOTHS. DRESS GOODS, IN GREAT VABIBTY. Plain and Brooaded VELVETS. Plain and Brocaded VELVETEENS. I j HO3IERY j-In ovory Quality and Stylo. | Milne and Choyce Queen and Wklleslev-stkkets, . auckland.



0. Hulme's price list: choice beef (boil* I Ing). from ..&; roaatt, Id; mutton, 2d, 3d, »nd 4d; superior beef *au«ages,i_; German sausage. 6d; corned beer. 3d; pork, from 3d; poultry, •jr*. tripping. Stc; oorne* b*ot On 100. $M_»f M 300 lb barrels), at 2_& (package* extr»)i *_&__ killed for ev.ning trade,-QaeeMtree«,Anolt'l land.—(Anyr.) - Yonng ladies and gentlemen about to start housekeeping will be relieved ot a great deal of troublo by calling oh the undersigned. * You can ascertain in a tew minutes the cost of furnishing a three, four, five, or six roomed house. Not only oan you form a odrreet estimate, bat yon oan See all the goods ready for delivery at the various prices.- Garlick and Cranwell keep t larger stock ot carrots and bedsteads than any other 'house In Anokland; also the greatest variety of household .urnituHH tm__m it manufactured by their own workfien,. P_tM per oent. discount allowed for cash at time w purchase. New-comers are invited to stroll through the City Hall Arcade, and stHfflOT themselves by an inspeotion of the stook Of the good value we offer, and the readiness we are enabled to execute orders entrusted to Our care. -Uarliok and Cranwell, City Hall Arcade,- ADV»,I.„ s! , i