SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATBRl^S^bfning, 3.52 BUNSKT.-This Evening, 7.12 SUNRISE.—To-morrow Morning, 4.43 MOON'S AGE.-Full Moon, 25th, 3.20 a.m.

DEPARTURES.

L4BTEVESISG.

Itotomahana, s.s., Underwood for Russoll

TO-DAY. Odon, brigantino, Rifae, for Now York. Brren, briK, Bremuer, fur Kaipara Wl d buck Ketob, Fhlpps, fvr "übsoll Columbia, echoonor, Cjnway, for Nsplor

EXPORTS.

Per Cclambia, for > Tapler-80 tona drain pipes.

■INWARDS Coasiwisk. -Fouth Carolina, from Sirrier. with 40 touH wood; Columbia, from, itUßSell, with 77 tons ooal.'

(Kjtwabdb COA-.TwiBE. T Ghost, for Orewai Wild Duk, for tvhansarti. The schooner Marni'on left Duuodin for Auckland yesterday. The barques Loch Fleet, LocU Urr, Coro mandel, Mary Kvnns, and ship Margaret Galbraith, which have been for somo days ivind-bound in tho channel.got undprway yes terday, find sailed for their respective ports of destination, as previously announced. The Bohcosor Helle Brandon 18 dJsoh»r«l-g hot Sum ot oobra into tho bMp AaLinoro for London. The ket h Alfth Is anionnwd tj leave for No'tolk Island ou ifrlday. tho 22nd lust. ThA sonoooer Winifred Is to undergo a rtoMnrtSwhanl«hiß wtok, ana louder* havo Wailed lor .UippiaK. coppering and Reneial Tho only vessols at tho Railway Wharf to day woro tho ship Ashmorc, barque Andreas Bus, brig Naiad, aid schooner Dollo Brandon. The lollowlnfr vessels were- alongside of Queen-street Wharf to-d»y:-Ship Weuthers fleldi barquo Antores, s.s. Wellington, brig Syren kotoh Fanny Thornton, schooners Orpheus and Winifred, and brigantine Ocoola. Several vessels are now due trom alfltVrenl ro:tt,«lnoluding tbo Border Chief. 97 days from London; Olive ihurlow. from Now Yorivla Dnnedln; Uronßvaer. frcm New York via Wel flngton : Irene, from New York dlrcoi. sallod Bipttmber 16; Oabarfelnh and Albert the Good, froraNewoiaxlOi Ada O.owon. from Tima-u: Baagull and Marmlon. from DunadiD. 1 he briaanUne Unda Weber hiß been dooked In oo»p*ny wi'h the barque LaI ** forageceral overhaul.

The brig Syron sailed for Ktdpara thia after noon with a quantity of Ronoral oarßo, com prising 29 bMSB rtco. 40 ba«fl sngar. 17 bars kod, 10 >aoU maiM, 9 oubSb groaao, 116 Uower potß, 38 hatr-ohoftj tea, a cans paUf. At KalpftmsriO will probably loul timber lor an Australian port. _

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRBSrONDENT.)

Loaded! Aratapu.

Auat PD, this day.

Kaii'AßA Hfadj, this day.

A.rr£veo: Matin Virginia and a baraue; s tiled ViiloD, Waitomata uud lieflanco ; wind-bound Ciloniet.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

LSTrBTTOs, this day. Arrived: Hnrunul. Khio. CdHata HaEalwood, Iron London, Sept. H, with 62 passotigcra.

Mail Notice.

HA.IT.fI TTIIX OLOSH XH USIIKB —

THIB UAI.

For Thames, per Enterprise, at 5.30 p.m.

Thuksdat, 21st Instant. For Thames, per Kotomfthana,»»9 50 a.m. For Walwora, Te Kapa, Cralgloburo. and Warkworth. per Roso Casey, at 10 a.m. For Waltara, &0., per Maogrogor, at 11a.m. Per s.s. Kotomahona, as follows:— For India, China,Japan,MecUU)ranoan Ports, and Contlnont of Koropo, at 10 a.m. For ulflborne, Naplor, flouthern ports, Aus tralian Colonies, and Unltod Kingdom, via Snez and Brlndlßl, and via Nnples, for lestera, etc, apeolally bo piopald wiu oaareßaod, Rt orders, rcglatowd lottors and newsyapors, at 10 a,m. Late- lottcro till 11.20 a.m. For M&ngawai and Kalwaka, per Douglas, at 3

li,ni. For Tannrngi, Ohlnßmutu, and Opotl&l, per WclingtOD,&tlp.m.

FnroAY, 2'iod Instant,

For Wnlhoke and Coromundol, per Coromandol,

at 8.91 a m. Fur Norfolk Island, por Adah, at 3 p m,

Satuuday, 23rd Instant, For Olsborno Napier, and Otago, tor Rotorua at 5 p.m.

TOESOAY. Januaty 2nd. For 8.9. City of Now Yuri, as follow* :- For Sandwtoh Inlands, United otatea of •America. Canada, British Columbia, Central and Bouth America, and British and Foreign West Indies, ot 1 p.m. JTor United Kingdom and Oontiaent of Uarope, at 1 c.m. For money ordors, roßlstcrod loUors, and Late lotters bearing an oxtrn fee of slxpei 08, In addition to the postaso, will be received by tho Mall Agent on board tho steamer up to »he time of sailing. Thls,mall will bo dne In London, on Mot flay. February 12tb. 1883.

The Colonial Government's s.B. Stella will leave the Bluff for West Coast Bounds on the 81st instant.

Ohrlstmas Day. Vonday 2oth ma*. being a Poss Offloe holl<]By,«aU branohna of the Chief Post Oflloo will bo clobml on llut day. Malls usually oloaan and despatched en Monday will be closed at 7 30 p.m. on Saturday. 53rd inßt. T»o Chief Pjnt Offlsa wia be opoo bstwoen the hours df 7 30 and B.SO p.m. on Sttnrd&y, 23rd ins?., for Uio delivery of oorreeponde»(W. & B. BIBS, Obi rf Postmasto 1. Chlet Pent-office. Auckland,

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

■December 20, 1882.

Abbott'B Opora House-Kellar and Cnnard, the hoyal lUnslODlßts-Splrltu.llßm Kipostd 8 p.m.

American Novelty Hall, Qaeen-jtreot-Bxhl bltlon of Paintings of BgypMaa AVm and Pre sentation of Gifts, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

"Volunteer Drill-Bhed—Bazaar in aid of the Auckland Baptist Tabcrnaclo Building Fund, noon; concert at 8 p.m.

H,A.C.B. Society-Half-yearly meeting, 8 p.m.

Birth.

KADE.-At Renmora. on Novrmber 17, 1882, the wife of Rlohnrd Bade of a duuhior, SPRY.—On December 20, 1882. at HoTO-»tre«t. the wife o£ W. P. Spry ol twin daiiglitora. WALKER.—On December 10,1882, at her reel flonoo, Annlooos-strtot. Pcnsonby, thu wltu of C. 6, Walker of a daughter.

Marriages.

BRIDCJFORD — MARCH. —On Deoambor 12. 1882 at the ofQco of >he Regtetrar,.. uokland. Alfred, third son of the lato John HridKforo, to KUztbetb, fifth daughter ot W. March, bukor, of Auckland, N.Z. KSALS-REYNOLDS.-On December 18th, at t't. Mary's Choroh, farnoll, by tha Venerable Arohdeacon Maunnoll, IJ.D , Kdwin Koala, second son of Mr. Richard Koala, Parnell, to Kihel Mary, fourth daughter ot Mr. famuel Reynold?, Parnell, LirTLK-LEROY.-On Dooembtr 19, 1882, at the Parnell Wesleyan Oharco, by the Her. G, W, J. Spence, Arthur Llitlo. of Devonport, to Martha Catherine, second daughter ol Cape LoKoy, of Parnel1, Auckland.

Deaths.

BLOTJ\-On Deoember 20th, 1882, Abraham Blotr, aged 51 yean. The funeral wlil leavo his late residence, corner of Lincoln-street and Ponsonby Hoad, to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 o'clock. Friends are Invited to attend. BTODART.—On Deoember 19.1832, at Glen burn', Ponsoaby, William Henry, sixth eon of James Btodart,aged3o. The fonoral will lewe his late residence Hflckott-Etroot. Poneonby, on Thursday, the 21st ii- stunt., at 3 p^m. WINDSOR.-On December 10, at Viow Road, Mount Eden, tho infant daughter of H. F. and C. A. Windsor.

Notices to Correspondents.

GALATIIss VI.-It will serve no stand purpose to extend the disQueelon on tha subject.

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

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1882.

For the cams that lacks aaslstanct, if or the wrong that needs resisMnct For tha (uturaia tho distance, And Iho good that wo can do.

Thk year's work by the City Council, which is reviewed in tlio reports Jaid beforo the annual meeting to-day, aitords very satisfactory evidence of progress. Contracts covering permanent iinprovemepts to the value of £15,832 have been entered into ; the comumera of water have increased by 652; and the population of the city has growD, by annexations, to over 30,000. The various municipal departments are ministering on a larger scale to the public necessities. The Public Library ia attended by a growing number of visitors, who have behaved them selves with exemplary orderliness aud honesty, and 3G3 new books, many of them works of a practical kind, have been added to tho catalogue, and have received marked attention at tho hands of students. The average attendance is 300 on week days and 250 on bundays. The public abattoirs are, after much opposition, justifyiug the policy of their erection by supplying the wants of tbe trade—thirty-one butchers now use them, and 31,199 animals were slaughteied there duriog tho year. There is, however, a reverae side to the agreeable picture. Jt ia ; not at all re-assuring that a thousand cases of infectious disease were reported last . year- out of so small a population as lived within Ihe borough area prior to the amalgamation with tbe suburb?. I\ o thinsj O'a vioxo omphatic tban tbe teaching of modern medical science re garding tbe preventibilily of these diseases, aud whether they aie due locally to bail drainage producing conditions favourable to their propagation or are spread through

a careless disregard of necessary precau tions ia publij schools or private houses, the matter is one soiious enough to oxerc:sa the talents of tho Board ot Health aad I its medical officer. Fortunately, tho epidemics do not seem to have been of rt very malignant kind, the deaths from this) causes amounting to only 51, 25 being from scarlet fever and 21 from measles. But if the number of cases was so large when the disoftse appeared in a mild form, what niuy we expect from tho present sanitary arrangements should a malignant epidemics ever break out in tho city ? The Auckland manage ment in tbe last epidemic of scarlet fever nnii measles was much inferior to that dis played by the authorities at the Thames, whore outbicaks weto repeatedly sup pressed by strict isolation. Another statement in tbe reports which evidences retrogression rather than pro gress, m tho extraordinary decrease in the substitution of a«phalt for scoiia ash on the side-walks. Last year 13,447 square yarda of asphalt wcro laid j this year, oiily 7.565 yards. While extensive lines ot main thoroughfare liko We'llcsloy-sticet West, Franklin Koad, and others that might oe mentioned arc still receiving tho annual coating of scoria-ash, which is washed oil by the first downpour of rain, tho reduction in tho atplia't contract is to be deprecated. On the whole, however, the burgesses have not much to complain of iv the management of their lepiesontatives, and t'.io reports are creelitable to tbu Council and its officers.

French Colonisation.

The desperate attempts of Fiance to rival Britain in ihe matter of colonisation would ba wholly ridiculous but for the admixture of tragedy and impending national troubles which arc associated with them. The ex podition to Tunis, with tho subsequent at tompt nt aunexution, wcro eulliciently farci cal proceedings, but have as yet given riso to no curious complications, while the disas rous ending of the attempt by tho Marquis do Kays to colonise New lre'and is now fiudtug its scqui-1 in tho proseculiou oi the leader of the euterpriso fur gross incompe tence and imposture. Hut tho anti-climax has surely been reached in the protcmions vow biiu<,' ad vanced by the Frooch Republic on the continent of Africa and in ihe island of Madagascar. In tho latter cas«, France lays claim to certain territory belonging to the Queen of Madagascar ; euvovs ftom the Queen havo been insulted in Paris and foiced to lice to London for protection ; ■pourparlers ha.\o bcon interchanged between Britain and France onthc action of tlic latter Powor; n French wa'-sliip has pone to Madagascar to uphold tho claim, Bud a British corvette has been sent to watch tha Frenchman, "i hero are hero nil the elements of a pretty quarrel, and all over sumc miserablo piece of dramatic treaty making by an unauthoiised traveller,

The claim to territory in Central Africa, advanced ou the authority of the treaty made by M. de lirazza with a Congo ehiwf tain, is of a still more contemptible charac ter. The- true siory of this treaty was re cently told by Mr Henry M. Stanley at a banquet ill Paris. It seems thut d« Br»i!Z3, making a present of about ten shillings worth of beads to a chiuf, per suaded him to nllix hia mark to th "treaty" convoying tho sovoteiguty of hi territory to tbo Frouch Kopublio, after which tricolor Hugs weio d'stiibuud, and tho "annexation" whs complete. M. dv Brazza erected n hut, and utylcd it Brazza ville, aud Mr Stanley returning that way from a journoy was astounded on being met by two men carrying French Ha^n, who politely told him tha* they were "instrue'ed to .show him evey courtesy while pasting through French torritory." This (dt spite thy tropi cal surroundings) must have struck Mr Stanley as paniculnily "coo 1," when he remembcr-id that at the moment he nas ou his own land, near his own quarttrg, for which ho bad paid th« native chiif honestly, instotd of swindling him with a few beads. Eveu tho ten shillings tx ponded on thc?o beads, Mr Stanley atserts, was not French moDey, but was pjrt if the funds providod by thu Intornationol Society in connactl-n with which both Stanley and dc Brazza were travelling. Finally it appears that de Brazza U nnt even a Frenchman, but an Italian natur alited in France. So that if the French Government seriously attempt to uphold the so-called treaty, they will placo them selves in a most humiliating position, in trying to take advantage of a fraudulent transaction by a foieigu adventurer, who**' reputation seems to bo none of tlio best. It m ot likely that the British Government will view with complacency any overt act by Franco on tho Conga. They have an interest in thu territory lorjg prior to France, nnd all that do Brazza lus done has bcou to follow up tbe tracks of proceeding Briiish explores, and whiio Ilnr Majesty's Government may have no inten tion of claiming the land, they will doubt less icsent any attempt on the part of another Power to do fo, As "Imitation is tho sinccresi-. flattory," wo ought perhaps to apprcciato the compliment which France pays us in her colonising cftbiU; but it is quite another matter when she attempts to reap where wo have sowed, and to claim the reward where she has not htrsclt laboured. Tho proposed French protectorate of Tooquin, on Chinoo territory, v likely to prove another finsco. It hai alroady led to warlike preparations on the part of Ghin», and to serious dissensions in the French Ministry; and it is not yet clear but tbat the project will be pursued by France to its inevitable ending in disas ter and disg'aof. We do not by any means claim for Britain a monopoly in the work of colonisation; but tho facts of experience plainly show tbat our countrymen are host adapted to bo tbo pioneers of frosh settlement; and juatas plainly tho teaching pf history is that Frenohmou are destined to fail in their endeavours to found colonies, or at best can only achieve a very indifferent and in glorious success.

Members of the Auckland Choral Society are reminded that the concert on Fridnv ' evening begins at half-past seven. Per- forming members -vocal and in.truniontal , -are rcques'ed to be at the Hall not lutor than a nuarttrpast seven ' HiitKaatS cs toußth on k bt lf ]f s? ;«2 Walkomi".for a largo collection of -m? •, There was but a moderate attendance at Messrs Kelhr and Cuoard'r performaoce laatni^ht, and owing to the diificulty of getting persons from tho audicace ta go on the stage, romo of the items of tfco pro- giamme had to be omitted. At the Onehunga Borough Council meet- ing on Monday, the conditions drawn up forlea'dog tbo water-supply were considered so incomplete that they were not adopted. Tho Council resolvod to frame regulations for driving cattle through the streets Our readers are reminded of the Christ- mas tree and sale of useful and fancy articles in the Alewndra-strootschool reo£ For particulars sec adverthement. n- -m-j i » , On Friday last a young man named Wultcr Evans engaged at Kankari, Mauu- kau Heads, whilst chopping wood with an ES&rift treatmentin the Auckland Hospital. -~ •! ' « , Wllmcr' formerly Deputy- Registrar of tbo Supreme Court, Wellincr- / ton, and lately acting a? A.C.D. to Sir James Prcndergast, has died from heart difcase, from wnich he had long been suffering. The members of tho A. Battery, N.Z.K. A., arc notilied through our advertising columns that the monthly inspection will be held to-morrow evening. A meeting ■will be held after the parade to discuss the n ß w volunteer regulations. Alfred Finch, cook, complains that people do not withdraw their advertisements for servants immediately the places are filled, aud that persons seeking employment are put to fi roat inconvenience inconsequence. rj,, f , „. .. ~ " The ferry steamers Victoria, Alexandra, Tatnni, and Takapuua have boon provided wi«h awnings and otherwise placed in ex- cellcnt order for the conveyance of passcn- ; gers during the holiday season. All tbeso sieamers will be brought into service dunn g the coming holidays, . Various suburban districts are preparing to hold a meeting for the purpose of urging on the City Council the adoption of the Mount Eden f-ito for a. high pressure reser- voh'. At the meeting of the Onehmiga Borough Council on Monday, it was re- solved that the Mayor should attcud the meeting as the representative of that borough. . A man named Alexander Phillips was rccoivfd into the Hospital last Friday suffering from almost total blindness, caused by his having a short time pre- viously accidentally rcceiv d a quantity of fine dust or gravol in his eyes. Ho stated this afternoon that he was beginning to sco J a little, •

Tho criminal nittingi o( tho t'upumo Court will bo held on tlio 17th of January next, so that witnesses noed uot bo in attendance until that date. ■\Vhilo ongagod squaring a log at Hukarau on Saturday, the ICth insf., a man | named Francs Young cut his right leg a little above the instep with a broXd axe, The injury was pot very severe, but erysipelas set in very shortly afterwards, and ho ia now untlcr medicnl treatment at; the Hospital. j Tho Hobaou corps underwent their monthly inspection at tho Drill-s'acd with ' marked etliciency on Monday evening. '1 he company muttered largely, no less than 5G members aiid officers being present. The I officers were Captain Dignan, Lioutenints j Connolly and Clif'on, and Sub-Lieutenant Flyuu. At tho close of the parade a meet- i ing was licld, wlicji it was decided to ac cept service under the now regulation?. At tho annual meeting of: tho Iwyal Uuited Brothers Lodge No. 975, N.Z.0.0.1*1,, the following oilicors were elected and installed :—N.G., Bio. C. Soper; V.G., Bro. Wright j Elective Secrctnry, Bio. J. T. B. Dines; Warden, Bro. loiter; Conductor, L<ro. Dunstan ; K.S. to N.G., Bro, Juckmnn; US. to N.G., Bro. Wi'liamsj US. to V.G,, Hro. DooDnn ; L.S. to V.G , Bro. Nelson ; J.G., Bro. Thomas; 0.G., Bro. l'nrsoua; two PiG'l,—Bros. Wiiglcy and Morris- to Committee of Management; auditors, Hros. Wrigley anil McEise; medical ollic is (rc-elec'ed), Dra. Jiuyntun and i iobanlsou ; valuator, Bro. Jcseup. .Taints Gnllcvin, a labouiing mun, was icceived at the Hospital last ovening Hiffcr ing from a compound, fraciurc of the leg' Uo states ho was truvelliug from Taupirito Iluniley in a cait when lv got one of his legs over tho side aud caught in tho spokes, lie cilld loudly to tho drivor to "stop," and the horses being very obiditnt, brought up without much trouble It was then discovered that Galloviu had boon very seriously iujurcd. Ilia leg was broken abovo the ankle, and blood was Ilowiug freely from a wound Somo (riends plnccd him ou the iir«t train lor Auckland, and ho arrived at the Hospital at 10 30 p m. yoitorday. Gullovin proves a very restless patient, and will require to be well looked after to render amputation unnecessary. The Excelsior Lodgo of New Zealand Cuter of Good Templars, which has made rjpld progress and gained numerical strength under the new. commiitco of management, intcud to havo a picnic on Boxing Day at N< rthcoto, tents to be fixed in Mr Howard's paddock, a spot nicely sboltcJCtl by trees from the burning iay* of ihe surniuer sun, and in ether icspecti well fitted for such a party. The place is near the water, but, as the pxnlckcrs aio not likely t« get intoxicated, no danger of drowning is apprehended. A suitable opou-iir pogranimo will bo submitted, provisions prepared, and evciytuing calcu lated to promote general interest in connec tion with a Chrutmaa holiday. This is a week of Christmas trees and fancy fairs, with the two-fold view of gratifying parents and children aLd adding something to the funds of the several churches, Xt, David's (Presbyterian) wid raise n sonsonnbls tree to-morrow evtning iv tho school-roiim of St. oepulchre's, Symonds-strcct, to which friends aro io vittd. A Christina1? tree aud f.iucy fair will he oponed (o-morrow evening in St. Thomas's Hal), acd continued on Friday, The joilDCer mcmb.is of St. Thomas's, fswcially the l.idioj, have been moat iudu fittijiable during tho week in preparing de cora'i'<na; many pretty fancier will bo dis played, designed from nnturo, and will present quito a novel as well as an artistic nppea'ance, br. Matthew'?, not to be bebiarl, will unveil its gigantic ttco on Fruity, under the sup»rintend«nc» of Mr iVebb, tho Sunday-fchool choir-master. The opening soirco of the Fiimitivo Methodist Ctarch, Uiehtnond, wbh hold last evening. A fair numb-r sat down to ict, Mr O, GoWic prodded. Addresses were delivered by Mi-stm Smith, Andrews, Field, Rout, aud't-evs. YV. S. Potter auilJ. Uuy, Tha report showfd that sincd last rarotinp £'2l> Gs lid had been rals-cd in miuus ways. This sum was increased by promise* in tho meeting amounting to about £7. A number of friends guaranteed to meet the intcivst, to tint future efforts may go to reduce debt on the building. 1 liq Franklin Koa'l choir rendered anthems during tbo ivtniug. Cnffao taverns cn'iuuu to ilouiish and mult ply in Melbourne At tbo eighth half-yearly meeting of tho Coll'eo Taverns '.ompany bt the now Coll'no Pulace, Bourke-atrrot Kn»t, this month, tho report prearn'sd efnt-d that Mos. 1 aud 2 had shown a marked iucrcaao fur the winter's budiw, but on ing to tho extremely high rates for provisions and meat the prolitsliml unt been in proportion to receipts. After paying all expenses and making cvc:y proper duluction, a sum i-f £-Jtis 5s 8d had b in carried to the profit and lo.«s account. i be dirfctori proposed to carry this forward to next half-year, wheu ihey hoped to be in a position to pay a dividend. With regard to the buiiness dono in tho now tavern, the chairman said the placo hrtd Wen crowded during tho holidays, so much to that they had to make up "shake-downs " in tho sitting room's, and even now,, when it was not a bu»y season, the bedrooms wee all full. Thurc is to b3 a new bridge across the Thames, at London, and two more tunnels under it. The scheme i 3 a very complete ono and is likely to bo carried out. Tlio bridge is to bo a high level one, near the Cower, nnd ii to cost somo two or ibr<:e millions. A low level brirlgo would cost a million more, bcouso the whaifUgcra would demand excessive compensation, Is tbo high level scheme a wise one? No. Tbo lorel should bo as low as possible, evon if tho difference were two million! 1. A high level bridge would bo but little used It's approaches will lead half a mile from the rivrrsido tiatlic, and tho loss to Iho wharfingers would not bo one-teuth of the loss to tho public, for whose benefit tho bridge ia desiunod. The question is not ono of much importacce- to the southern herni pphere, but thero is a principle involved which should ba applicable everywhere. An Amateur Theatrical entertainment in

c 0110601,101; ™th "• Matthew's winter c«u,r, Sß to, ok J ,aco lasUlKht i" St. Jamca'a Hall> Bml >lltll°uSh ou'y sparely attended was ?,oa,° th™ußh »'uh muc" spirit. After V? 1, 1 1 y? oTcrturj, (L" Amours dv Diable ) by an orchestra consisting of t^A^sxrJttik Woods ; Bomb»tcs, Dr. Walker; Pnebos,- Mr Broomhall ; Distaflina, Mr Charters. Dr. Walker was particularly good in his i6lo, and Mr Broomhall secured a hearty round of plaudit? tor bis song. A wal'j!— " Gorman tovc Songs "—by the oichcsira followed, and then the trial scene from "7 ha Merchant of Venice" was S'VOD< tho cast being a-i under: — Duke, Mr «, 8. Binj ; Bassanio, fllr C. D. Kobortson ; Antonio, Mr F. G. Lawrence; Gratiano, Mr W. Lawrenco ; Shylock, Mr *■*• ■"?• Lawrence; Ncrissa, Miss Ellison; Portia, Mi-s C. D. Halstcad. After this ? no f^ or or«hMt™< waltz nnd then the en 9rt? lnmont ""brought to acloso withthe S Z'h S' M? S'"? 11"' 'V m,' r\ \v Vnn t "V 1 Messi* Cole, Worrall, Broomhall, Uerapath, and Doyle appeared. Tho audience ap. pearod to enjoy the fun immensely, and ap plauded witti Uie utmost heartiness. th * %t OsOt AoiQrrr o£ & afcoT ffft. To! ccption and consideration of the report of tho committee appointed to' d>al wilu the question ot a site for the .proposed boarding school. There wora preiseut : Mossrs F. D. Fenton (Chairman), Peacock, Tjler, Mackechnie, liev. C. M, Nelson, aud Colonel JHanltam, Mr Pracock presented the following report: —"The committee have considered' tho various sites afforded by tho block bounded by Symonds, liavclock, nnd Wynyarii s recta aud Grafton Koad, nnd have {faZ* c! the s^tch plan and r. pore from Mr Mahoney, now submitted. The com nn,U. CG aro ot "I 11,"10- "1, view_ of the difli. cultirs conncoM with tho utilising of tho j Da« mp;ut,. of '1C wilding in three cases, owing to the slope of the ground, and tho j fact in a fou.th case that some of! the houses are still in the hands of i osmWf that it would be bolter (o ndfam to ' tho previous intention of builtliu" th; I boarding-house on tiic ground at tbo iou h ' B id e of the school, and recommend accrd- , ingly/ Mr Tjler objected, on tho ground that there were no facilities in this place for a playground, The report, however, i was adopted. Colonel Baultain then j moved, tout Mr Mahoney should be in- Btiueted to call for tendors for the j building, while Mr Peacock, as an amendment, moved that it ba re- ' f«rred to tho committee to report on tint general financial condition of the Boan', and to indicate fcho manner in yli'cli funds should be raised for tho purposo of this building.—lhe amendment was agreed to. ' lhc '"toting thcu adjourned umil to morrow at 4 p.m., in order to receive the reP°'t of the committee and consider the l u'»tlon of calling for tenders /or the lo.udiDg-scb.ool.

A letter box has been opened at tbo new grocery store of Mr J. lioss, College Hill, which will prove of advantage to_ the numerous letter.writers of this thickly populated diutrict.

'Iho hnlf-yearly mooting of tho H.h.C. Boucfit Society will be held this evening in St. Patrick's Hall, for the election of officers fur the forthoiining session, also a medical attendant to the society.

Mr Ewington, the hon. secretary for the Philson tc.-timonial, specially requests lliat all lists bo returned to him immodi'itclyi and he notiiioa that ladies and gentlemen who wish to sign tho testimonial should do so without delay.

The steamer Coromandcl experienced very stiff weather on her last tup down, ;ind the passengers bad a somewhat lengthy detention under Waiheke, where the vessel was hove to until the aca had abated. Tho providorc (Mr Glover) was very attentive to the wants of tho passengers, and as be keops a good table tbe ftay was rondered less uncomfortable than would otherwise have been the case,

At Bangiriri,. on Saturday lasr, Mm Simpson accidentally stepped on a gla?s bottle, which rolled and threw her heavily upon tho ground. Her injuries were found so serious that she was at once conveyed to the Auckland Hospital, where she is now being tieated for compound fracture of the leg. Sho is progressing as well as could be expected.

The Hospital is at p-e cnt packed to overcrowding, and a man who had received a had accident was brought; thoro last night, and had to bo accommodated in one of the servants' rooms. Tho patients in clude a largo number who havo met with slight mishaps, and many old patient?. It is cvidmt luitber [accommodation is re quired, and tho mutter calls for speedy consideration.

On Thursday cveniiiK last, at Wairoa South, tho monibci'd of the Episcopal Church, after tbe usual choir practice, pie- Bcntei to Mhs Jessie Sponce, and Mr 4. J, Scott (our local p^ct), a handsome desk unetijiii rccoguition of their kiud so, vice* in playing the harmonium for the church ser vices. Tho desks were prcsontod by our esteemed lay-rqader, Mr \V. B, ll horp, with au appropriate speech to each, thank inn them for their great kindness in tbo io, teicst they had taken in our church, especially as tboy are not members of our denomination,

Tho following story about tho pugilist Mace is narrated by the Auckland corres pondent of the Thames "Star" :—Thames people cut their eyo teeth oarly, and when someone gets to windward of a roan from (Juarlzopolis, the fact is welt worth record ing. The tcl'cr in the Auckland branch of a itcw Zealand bunk, having its headquarters in London) is a thorough Thamesite; bo sucked in 'cutencss with the invigorating brcezci of tho Hauraki Gulf, and he—oh !it outs mo to the quick io write it—bas been had. It was ihuswwo : Just before tbo last mail steamer went to 'Frisco, the renowned pugilist, Jem Mace, Esq , ex-champion of the world, &c, waltzed into tbe bask, aud, producing a roll of notes and fome silver, asked the smart youni; teller to change it for gold, Now, the teller was not bound to do this, as none of tbo notes of hia bank wer« in Jem Maco's roll, but to oblige the Kicat man he gave aw illing afscnt, " How much in it?" aeked tho banker. " Sixty-seven poundi" was the r«ply. The 'cute Thames umu couatod the monoy in a somewhat porfunctory manner, and handed ovei tbo G7 sovereign*, hJaco bad not been gouo many ini»u*es before tho young man thought he weuld bave another o<tunt, and — ob, horror I time wai only £57 in Mace's roll. Hastily in forming ono of his superiors, lie clapped on his hit nuil nuhcri oil' to find tho ex champion of the world. Uo found that worthy Bipping a cocktail in a (Jucen alive1, bar, aud without moro a'io informed him of the m'stakc. Maco pooh-poohed thd story, though from his rnanntr it was evident ho knew something about tho money. The teller con<ulto« n solicitor, but found ho had no icdro'S. Tho ser vices of a detective wer« then pressed, with tbo view of ' binding' tho monoy out <f Maco, but he merely laughed at the threats of tho minion of the law, Our yonng banker then plcadeH io the great man irt forma pauperis, when Maco taid, "Well, you're ao honest looking young follow. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you fivo quid, sind toss you who has the otbornre." Uould " cheek" go further ? In vaiuthoyoungnianprotostedthat the money was not hit; Mnca was relentless, h tying, " If you don't like to do that, you can go to — —," well, to a placo wh»ro you don't roquira OTorcoatf, and where continual suiitmor—yos, very continual sunimor— roinns. To cut a long story flmrt, the Ihamesite was glad to taka the "firer" just as tho ntcarnsr was casting off. Ho doesn't think Join Mace is a very great rnaa now, and freely expresses his opinion.

SCINTILLATIONS

There aro four men in Nevr Zealand who h.ive deaf aud dumb wives.

Tho Kcv. D. Bruco has resigned the editorship of the "New Zealand Times,1' and returned to live in Auckland.

At the Altar.—A. youthtul couple were about to be joiued in wedtock. " Why do you tremble so ?' tsked tho swain. " Why don't you !' was tho fair one's reply. Cultivate not only the cornfields of your mind, but tho pleasure grounds also.

The Hon. F. Whitakcrsp-ndshis Christ mas holidays in Auckland, but returns to Wellington next month to rccciva 13is Ex cllcucy tin Gorernor, who is expected to arrive on iho 18th.

Delegates irom the Victorian Biblc-in- State-Sehoola League have declared beforo the Victorian Education Commission that there are at least 106,000 children In the colony who never enter wonday-schnoK

A mining manager at Castlcmaine has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, iv consequence of the roof of a drive, 24 feet in width, and 34 feet in length, falling in through not being pro perly secured by props, and crushing a

Tho Native Minister will visit Whan garci next month, for tho purpose of in quiring personally into the merits of tho native dispute there.

The total nnmbrr of churches, cbapcls, and other buildings used for religious services in tho colony is 1,114/ giving accommodation for 189,155 persons, or 45 per cent of the population over ten years of age, exclusive of Chinese.

There are 51 land and building jociau'es in r>osv Zealand, hiving 9,356 members, contributing on an avcrogo a gross sum of £39,230 3? 7d por month.

A sensitive old bachelor says that pretty (/iris always affect him as ornamental con fectionery does - they give him the heart burn.

ExamlDO the palm of h!s hand, nays a Brooklyn philosopher, and if it is full of pio-scratches, tell his sweetheart to use buttons on her waistband.

Tbo Wellington - slreot Quadrille As sembly hold a socinl gathoring iv tho l'orisonby Oddfellows' Hall on Boxipg night. 1 he man faithful fo princip'c is never cruel; the victim of expediency always ie Conscience makes a coward only where there is guilt, n«t wbero there is holiness,

Getting on, regardless of the means, is but another way of goins; back-

Mr James Stewart, C.E., is at Cam bridge. Ho goes to To Aroha to consider tome proposed alterations iv the railway sys'em. . An English diamond merchant is re ported "to have offered £400,000 for the Hegeut diamond, now the property of tho French IV-public. It was bought 150 yea's ago from an Englishman for £125,000. Mr James Craig, Mf ssrs Bcown, Camp bell, and Co.'b agent at the Theme, has been thrown from a buggy, and sustained some severe scalp wounds.

Kggs und butter are now both euccess fully preserved in a solution of salicylic acid—one tablcspoonful to the gallon. Jhe acid i 3 a tasteless tonic, having valuable properties, The Hobart "Mcroury" says of tho Kishop of Melbnurnc:--Mon of the Moor houso type create the impression that owiifi's of Ions; coats and shovel bats uro not necessarily so foolish as their dress would indicate,

CITY COUNCIL.-ANNUAL MEETING.

Tnsauuual meeting of iho Council was b eld at noou to-day. Present: His Wor ship the Mayor, Crs. Harper, Waddel, Montague, Crowthcr, Thompson, Garrett, Bell, Bums, Poillippj, Eoardman, Hem. in&, Maselield, George, Stevcueon, and Aickin.

The Mayor, alter taking the statutory do clarat;oD, said on oconsions like the present two speeches .were customary—ono from the retiring Mayor, and the o'uer from the Mayor coming into office. Under the pre sent circumstances only ono speech would bo made, aud without bad taste he thought he could make it short. During the past ten days he had been so busily en gaged with actual work, much of it public business, that he had but little taste of speechmaking. As regards what had been done dining the year, ho would say but little; tha returns from the fcveral depart ments which had been laid ou the table gave th.3 necessary information, aod to I allude to the busioc-sof iho past year at any length would simply be re iteration. There was one point in connection with munic'pal allrfirs which it was desirable sh uld bo looked into frequently, and ilut was the question ot accounts. But the pri sent was the woret time in the year to consider the accounts of the Corporation. 'J he last bo tiro thorn were for the half-year ended 3lßt September last, and though a comparison could bo instituted with tho accounts of tho corresponding period of the previous year, it would uot give an accurate account of tha income, owing to the fact that the receipt of tho income was not regular. Another reason why compari-on would be of no value was the alteration made by tho Council in the consumers' wa'cr rate, which had. como into forco in Octobor last. It was a question if the income from the incrcaso of consumers con sequent in tho reduction of the water rate would recoup the Corporation for tho re duction in the price. But tho principal reason why it was not advisable at present to go into tho matter of accounts was tho question of valuation. They only had la^t year's valuation which, with the new wards, amounted to £205,000. They knew that tbi» year there would bu a substantial incioasc,uot only on account of tho increase in the value of property, but al:o because a very large uuuiber of new buildings had been .0 cctcd durirjg the year. The end of the current half-year, March 31st, would be the time to go exhaustively into the question of accounts, tcfeningto the policy to be pursued, he said ho would allude to"one or two points, and he wished it to be under stood that allusions to matters that hud n.t como before the_ Council were merely expressions of his own personal opiaiou. Alluding to the extension of the city boundaries, he expressed regret that Parncll and Newmarket, together with the Domain,had not been added to the city. If that bad boen done, the city of auck land would bo second to no city in New Zealaud. The inclusion of the now wards bas thown Chat there is a large field fur ex penditure of money on highly useful works, » o balances were available that could be drawn on for tho-o works. All the money available bad been appropriated. Uo be lieved tbat it was the worst possible policy to sit down and waittill thesaworkscoiildb) coastructod out of the rates, though they should not ga into tbo question of a fresh loan huuL'dly—not until they had con sidered how it could bo expended judi ciously. Bo believed, such expendituio would pay in tho increa«e of tlic value of property, aud would also pay by presuming the health of tho city. lie said that so soon as they could dcciJo on tho amount of money that they could judiciously expend, then they should face tho quo^tion of another loiw. The O<>uuoil had kllirmcd that policy by waterworks plans, which would eventually entail an expendituio of £13,000, without first en quiring where tho money avbs to come itoiu in the first instance,-.»nd he thought Die name Dolicy m'ght be applied to drainage. His Worship referred to toe steps taken to Improve the watcrsnpply, bycarrjiog o*rth* ware pip«s to the a-nirco of the pprhus. Wbcn this work was completed, the Auck land water supply would h'. absolutely pure The Kybcr Hescrv»ii\ and the pro poa'id basin at Mouut Eden wi.ro also alluded to, Thcro was only one other matter to which ho would rrfor, viz., tho qucst'on of the town hall aud library The sum of £20,000 had been toted by the Council for tho Town Hull, nnd it bad been decided that tho cite should be at the junc tion of Que*n and Greystreets. Uo ex planned that t!ru<h oppcod to the tito at first ho had changed his opinion aud advocated tho construction of a Pictu'o Gallery and School of Ait with the Library. Ho would liko to sen tho building trectrd by tha Council and the S-vings B.nk, and the walls might bo clothed with pictures by the senoroMty of the public, lv concluding, ho expreiscd a hope that tbo same good fooling that hxl existed in tho past would contiouo to exist.

Tlo Counc'l then roj<\

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Ootoro W. J, Ham, Kiq , J.F.)

U*.vpE<ors AxiuskMcxT.—Feu-r Neileon, a toivlgnor, wbS cburgcd with [ilaulii* utoncs on ihx rn.Hn of tbo AMJkUnii uvd Uuulinn^"* 4i o, ut M.'uut Sm irt. qu tho 2Sib ulc, tv ilia daußor o( ih» iiuv iiKur<.—O.fennant pleaded not RUlltj'.—Alrx>udor Uinolc, f»im»r, J'nohui-n*. ooi'oeod Dint he i«» tho vl>onur about iwo montho n-go. Ho oillsd at hln huu»-> and Iwr, crt <02 food <tud lodKlnp. U»d o(t<m sroa pri>ntn>r tit'liiß about near 10 his ttublua, and wando Ing About tha vlllitßi'. Rtmioaiborod i'nr^t, Oreene oii'HuK and uuulriuK about tho priscrur. Had seen him with a black tsor, in mlnetrel faehloD. Mi-.1] id h quntit'ty of baO'in uftur prisoner htd cil<ud at rlnboa-o. but aooused no oa« ot tho thefc —Prlsoi or Slid ho w*s a uatl*o of Deumirir, and was hoc well soquslnted with Auckland Junoiiu<o.—llU Wonhll) otplaiic Mr black's ovldcnco totheprisonar.—frl-onn-: I uadersUod >our »Vorßhip ; h»ve nothing to say.—John Brcnn&n. farmer, Onohunea. k»vo »l« iinrcvMenoe. Saw prlsontr lylrß diunit by 'horoat'stde. Trlfd 10 got him v ,Nnth« dould not grand. Ills face vaa tuic«ly tarroi, nna be'oK nearly nuked he ooTcied hlsbady wlilm bus «ntil Herpeant. Utopne tork him tn'o h'S official caro.-Sergeant Grccno deposed that ho made onquiriea and found that prisonor had been in the locality or Mount Smart just boforo tho stones wero found on tho lino. Prisonor was well-known as a loafer, and had been dis covered in various stables. In somo enscs ho had turned out tho horses of settlers. Ho was frequently drunk. He was arrested at New markot by Conßtablo Ryan. Tho chargo of placing Btonea on the railway was not estab lished, and, under tho Vogrant Act, the prisoner was, on tho application of Sorgoant White, remanded lor eight day?, in order to mako f urthor onquiries.

Ausknt.—Fordinand Augustus Nelson, on warrant, was charged with absenting himself, without leavo, from tho British ship Coro mandol on tho 20th inst. — Prisonor pleaded cuilty, aad, on the application of Sergeant Whito, he was remanded to Napier. Convalescent. — Charles JS. Stewart was again brought up on a chargo of drunkenness, but as ho had recovered ho was discharged with a caution.

Savage A 't/ok.—Jo'oph Nwh (warraV) wai chargml with commUHni? a brncul OjOfiauU upon Julia Naibjoa-Wio 19 h ln«'ant, b? rtrlking ard kicking horabouc tl c bodr. iilnoMnß her ana onlllng h»r hair, ami throwing a buehoc cf wafer over her.—Prl onor eald it wan a'l throash tho drink; ho was vury BOrry onl would toko tbn pledio at onoc—Mrs Nauh dftirodtu withdraw tho oharcn; nho wa3 not Bfrloualy lijuro^.—Forgoa' t Wnltu sold tills was a oerlona own and xhould not bo pa<coil over without roprocf from tbo Bonota.- HA Worship rcprlnm dod prlaoner atd dlseharj cd h in.

LiiiTlE Goidkn Hair Kllon Cartla, a more child, with koI ton ringlets ovor har alioulit< r\ w»b charged with inealloß a purao eantainirK £15 on tho 15 h it-slant, from the lerson ot J*mo9 MoJnlnnnsn.fi burhoinn.—Oompl»iosrt Btatf d (on ca'h) that ho wan a bUrhmaD, nt nre sont in Auckland ; he c&llrd at EUnn's lioubo in Charnory Lcno, opposite Hyorofta mil; it was about threo In iho aftornoon when ho met the girl; she purenuJod him and ho vrus roollfh enouKh toco. (le;had three (Ivf^pound otru »nd lorao Bilvei-1 > hia onrao wnon ha .want iv ; when he csmo out hlsipursoaid mViooy had. goio; Ihenotia Wfroon tho Bank of N'W Z-a irind. ho pnrga and no'os »»ri In his rivrt t ( Jinnd ptc^et P.ieonoc was prtttv oKco lo him. Wont to Bl>'or> fur two hours and h/nrd the girl B>y—Poo oou oiftoohen O'BaMoraD. Yon d his p xket 'n nid in ido out. Went at onrn <o t>o Police Station and ro) ocied hla lore, Was told tbmt Kilon nad oont>B6ed to taking tha yrirso. Saw prisoner Bubaequ ntly in tha lano and eto Baid «ho took it but had lrst it. H»d offered hor £5 if tihe woold give him £10. Sho woit to tha stutlon and Rave hersoU up. did not give tho girl cennlsjion >o ploK bia p 'ok't. sho helpud hnraolf wittouthla know- Jedgo.—To prißouer : Didioctco my cithw gir'a |in t.ne rcom !Jlrl no; !io on tl o boi ; there wsb nobelthore; I l>y on t^o floor. Kid not know ) o by Bnrko -Tj fi!s Worship: Slept from S tils Was no', awa c that any other person n-mo li.to tho room. »v»sallghtsleeper; a glrYd footiten won d wa*o him an: could Identify the purse. Stephen O'HaUoran deposed that ho was ft lubourcr. Went in search of McGnimiess, who wns nn acquaintance, found him in Curtis's bedroom. Jim was stretched on tho floor. Tho girl was watohinK him. Saw his head pooping out of flannel. Ho lookod and Baid, "Hallo, McGuinness, are you hero?" Ho replied, "I am, my boy." Jim loft and accompanies him. Tho girl catno out shaking her yellow locks. Did not speak to her. Pro3ently the gft-l accosted him and Baid sho had taken care of McGuinness's purse. Had seen her pick up tho purse in tho house. Proseiitly she spoke to him and hoped he would say nothing about tho purso to McGuinness. Could not swear to the purse.— JohnMitohell Walteer deteoiive offioer, deposed to lecoivlug information of tho rubbery from complatnanr. The aooußed also came to Mm ofcti p*rrly confo'sed. He It eked hor up. Sho sild-'sbo wont through hito."-Hia Wors-lp: •'What dos that tcean?"—Bergtant whits: "It 1h a k'nd of technical oxprtssion among th's olftts ot peraona."—Witness: Prlso er burnt Into toars, and exol&irned', "Poor, dear Tim. IVe known him a look time, and now I'v* taken hla pivse." Bbo. thnu f«U In her bosom for her puiso, and pad, " Good»os<, I've lost ltl l oor rim, Tim "—Thii being the evidence, the depjßlUor.s woe rtal ovor, and prisoner was (uliy committed for trial; ball refused, Tuia was all the business)

CABLEGRAMS.

[itaUTEII'S IELECtBAM.]

Eoceived December 20, 1 p.m.

MELBOURNE, this day.

Arrived, this morning: The steamship Manapouri, from the iiluff. Sailed, this morning : Steamship Wairarapa, for tlie isluff. THE KAILWAY BILL. The Kail way Management Bill re onitly laid on thu table of the bouse,! has been circulated. It proposes the appointment ot a Railway l.ioard, the mcmbcis of whicli shall be reiuiovaWe by tno Governor. The "Argus" of to-day pronounces the measure a eham, and declares in an insult to the community, and demands that it be taken back and re cast.

[SfKCIAL TO TKKSS ASSOCUTI )»,

LONDON, December 18.

The ship Wuipa, belonging to the JNew Zealaud it hipping Company, which loaded at Sjdney, has arrived—all well.

' L'JHDO.V, December 19. ANOrHlilt FAMINE IN luKLAWD,

Thousands of people in the counties of Mayo and Donegal are almost starved.

M. GAMBETi'A'd JLLINESS.

M. Uambetta is now reported as mffer ing severely, and \ioing s-. rioualy ill with bowel complaint.

THIS BLATANT BIGGaB. Mr Biggar, M.P., bai denouncod tarl Spencir us a bloodihirsty ruler.

AUSTRALIAN.

FAILURE 01' THE WBE*T CHOP. ADELAIDE, December 10. Accounts to hand of the wheat crops arc less favourable than was anticipated. In some parts of the colony tho yield will only bo half-a-bushcl to the acre. la other pait? the crops will not be worth harvesting.

MINING.

KAKAKA. — Fromjthe manager's report, under date Dec; 16, wo learn that he iu tends starting ti drive on the lead«r in lower level on Monday. A crosscut ha 3 been commenced to intersect a leader on which a shaft has been sunk and good stone obtained. X'our leaders can be seen on the Lucky Hit load, all passing through the company's ground, and about 60 or 70 feet will cut the leader.

Buight Smilic.—^Tho manager reports that he js still driving towards Jamaica. The kader looks well for gold, and is in a line cla.s of country, There areJ9olbi. of specimens and picked stone in the bank, and about 141bs. of quartz in the hopper.

TEAM US, this day,

The Mining Inspector has condemned the rope in oosnection with the Winding Association's plant at the Crown Princess shaft.

00K0M iNDEL, this day.

UnijN Reach.—A few pounds of rich specimens have come to hand from flic cross reef.

Tokatba. —Knox and McNeill have put all their stuff thiougu for a yield of 220 ounces.

THE DEATH OF HUGH A HAMLLTON.

A l'lea for the Accused.

(To the liditor.)

Sm,—Will you allow mo space to suggest 110 iho many roftdchi interested iv the daily paragraphs re tha Hamilton case, that it is unfair for lh<in 10 inaiio up tluiriniuds, as many bare done, that tbe woman nnrt nian at present imprisoaed on the charge of murdT are goilty of that murder. I liavo carefully teud the r>aj>cn>, giving special attention to all paragraphs hcadid " Most Suspicions Circuautnnces," and urn aston iaded to see what tiifles may be magnified into mountains ol evidence. The woman is yet untriei), and yet through the iuflurncc of the daily column, she is already d»mncd in the eyes of tho greater portun t-f the public to whom I have spoken, and thiji bocauio tliey Lave Bccopfcd the biss which the wriJcrs in our journals havo given 10 the snbjnct. The woman is unfiie«dcd and miserable. I h*d i wai'cd to see oue good, word written for her, and failing in finding it, 1 want to suggest that, until proved to the contrary, the circumstances of the case are not against her. First, then, I rather think tiio poor dead fcll»w was a d'lKtkard and an in different husband, and that any talk of divorce or s-paration wouM bo probably c»usfd by his infidciiy, rather than by hia wife's mi«conduct. That he was a drunkard was plaiuto most who kue whim, and tho other and worse wrong was no secret from his associates. How this would afl'ect hia home might be easily guessed. The poor womaa is spokon of as bring hard-featured, and as not showing tko propel amount of gritf. Such trouble as she h«.s h«d would bo likely to inlluenco her features unfavour ably, and years of living with such a-tnan would school h«r to bsur, if uot wtan her from grief at his death. She did not ro into mouruirg Query, had aho the means to purchase mourning clothes with? /»nd oa the other hand, are all who fail to subscribe to custom iv this par ticular to bo adjudged of ci!loU3ircs« ? Koruebody thinks they saw her carrying an ! oxe undercover of a broom, and that ogiin is a "sufpicious circnmslauci'." To »c it seems dreadful that, the probably hm«Mnt action of carrying an axe and a brotaji to gether thouli be so construed. Must we never dare to hold an axe and a house bro'im in onr hands at the fame time ? Was the neulcct in not sending for help sooner an ovilence of crime? It wa« ceitaiuly wrong, but at worst appears nothing more than an error in judgment. Imagine a worn-out woman with a sick child; imagine a m»n who was in tho habit of coining homo drunk after niidnighr, hurting himself by falling ngainst a pro jection. \\ ho can blamo her, pre-rccuptcd as the was, and dazed with tronblo upon trouble, for not refilling the extent of the hurt ? Who ran blame };er for uot raising tho neighbourhood to witness her sorrow and disgraco? Even the woman's instinctive cleanliness tells against her, and because she was not slattern enough to leavo the place filthy for sn mdi finite time, sho must, torsooth, lie cuilty of this aerious crime. It is said that Hamilton wound up h's watch and d'sposed of the lodge fcook«. Why not ? He wai apparently used to it, and such a feat ii no wonder, even if followed by a drunken fall over a cirpct. Ami that nxo—at ptestnt tho axe proves nothing. Tho sani3 suspicious axe, Dealing tbo famo suspicious markf, may he picked up in any baclc yaid in Auckland As fur as I cau soe, all the " facts " are far teo flim.«y to bniid snch n serious theory upon; while tho surmises strike me as soanda', which for gratuitous wickedsets conld not well bo surpassed. Vfhat evi dence is there, for instance, that tho baby died an unnatural death ? It is truo that the post-mortem examinntion will settle tha', bnt evrn facts will tot set at rest the suspicion excited by the ptobablc lie which some and evoryb-dy startod as gossip. Innocent or guilty, the two poor souls now in gaol Jmo already been sentenced in many houses in Auckland ; in houses, too, which may supply juror* to try th" cases ; and pure pity, tocotbor with tho feeling that such treatment of fellow mortals is unfair, unchristian, tin everything that in good, has compelled me to write, —I nm, &c,

CIUKIIY

THE CRICKETERS IN THE SOUTH.

How the Christchurch Match tva, '• Lost.

Bail Management and N ot Inferior Flay.

(By Ons of Them,)

Auckland has long occupied a prominent position in this colony as a cricket, ing province, whose sons were f a u v able to sustain her reputation m the field in the manipulation of both willo * and leather. The victorious tour of her representatives through the southern districts nine jears »go, proved lhat tbia re putation wus justified, and in the contests which have takon place since then against All Knglund and Australian learns, our men have ever proved thenuelves capable ot a gallant struggle in defence of their laorek Despite numeious obstacles aud uufavou r ' able circumstances that mi^ht have been expected to extinguish all interest in t n " national sport, enthusiasm baa ejrried our youth triumphantly thrtm-h, and during tlie last ten yearn Auckland tnigbt fairlr claim to be the home of cricket in jj e £ Zealand. Xo Canterbury this honour w as generally conceded, though why this should nave been so it is difficult to say. Posses, sing fino wickets, and consequently excel' lent for the study and practice of the gamo, the representatives of the City of the I'laiiM could not stay the victo. i ions career of our men in 1873, andalthoneh they did sand a team here subtequently and won their match, there were eircum. stances connected with tbrit inaich which niado the victory an unoontested one, and not by any means a fair test.

Object of the loitr.

Competition in cricketing matches ba. twecn Auckland and Canterbury naturally became keen, and when our representative team left for the South five weeks ago, it was well kuown here that the object of the trip was to hiivo auother contest with the Can torburyites, and oodeavour to retrieve the luurols so etuily won from us by them on the occasion of their trip to Auckland. That we were tending a very strong team, no one for a moment doubted, and few indesd would have ventured the opinion that our men would have been beaten anywhere but at Ch-islchurcb.* The result equalled expectation in this respect, but in our review we shall state several facts which have been in circulation as rumours about town for the last fortnight, and which aloue will be eufficient to (how that the mutch against the choseu of Canterbury might have .been added to the victories achievxd by the northerners. We shall at the same time review tee whole of the tour in a general way, confident that our readers have not lost the interest in the tour which was so universally shewn during the last month<

I>unedin Match.

There were none who regretted' more sincerely thun $& our own mci, that the difficulty existing bctwean the two atsocia- Uaim prevented a ttam representing the wiule of the best cricketing talent of Olago from coaiiig forward to meet \u, but at the 6ame time, it is absurd to Bay that tha team chosen was by any msaas a weak one. Harris, their captain, is admitU4ly oae of the best bats in Otsgo, while C. Filth and Hayward (a professional) ac Bifncien'Jy well-known as excelled bowlera to tender further reference to them unnecessary. Greenwood is a fireti-clas* wielut-koeper, and dispensing with a long-stop, was of great assistance to his team, while the remainder of the eleven bad lxea judiciously chosen for their batting and bowling capa bilities. In fact, one of the Ducedin rUiifta was to couiidont couctruini? the merits of this team »a to venture the opinun aeveral dajs befoie we arrived that Auckland would be defeated in ono innings. A different tone was kotioeable after tne first Auckland practice on thn Caledonian ground, and ud.ds Wf re given in favour of the visitors. Daoed'n met Auckland at its b*st. GDI undLankhim wtre both bowliig splendidly. f»one of our own men were hurt, and tho craart stand by Barton and Arneil broke the bawling of tbeir opponents so com pletely, that Arneil vrus stepping out of his crease a«d ulogiiog at everjthing. Dunedin uevtr recovered the effacts of that stand, and consequently, Auckland won easily.

Oamai'u and limaru. Ttucre was a vfry " easy thine on "at t'amaru. The local team knev Backland by reput»tion, and his bowling was so good that dny th»t he had t»o honour* alt to himself. Eight wickets for 25 runs was a performance that fully entitled him to a place in the team during the lemaindcr of the tour, cßpec'alJy as he d d jo well subsiqusntly.—Tinaru loofced yevy much liko s oucienings match on the first day, bnt it wa» veiy fortunate indeed thut bsd judgment on the part ef our raptnin did not make this match a second Ncl'on one. After the firet innings the 'I imaruites p'oodnced two men whom tlicy dcsited to play instead of two who had , bi-cn batti»g. Objections were raited hy »oino of the team, but tttbinson would not refusi', and confequently they played. Tho result was that Nome, one of the two, made several grand catches besides acting as wicket-k«eper, while ioston, besides being a good field, made an excellent stand in the second innings. Although Auckland o ly required 26 runs to win, four ,of the best wickets fell before these were obtained, and had the collapse continued as it commenced, even the very few required might huve been wanting at the end.

A.shburton.

The match at this place was certaiuly ene of the best victories of tbe tour. Playing right throuph the week, the Auoklanders, on Friday, had to face fifteen representa tives of Athburton, including Keeves and Wilding, tw* of the best Canter bory men. Tbe fact that the match was on a cocoanut matting wicket was not reassuring, nine out of eleven never having prtvionslv pl.yed on ono. There was, however, the comforting knowledge that it would play trne. >shburton out tor 124 (Wilding, no"t oulr 66), and odds were laid that the visitors would bs lita'en. An old Aucklander named Page, who was on the 'grouud, took 5 to 1 that thres men would rnnke the score, and his pluck was rewarded. Bartou and Arn-il oatsfcone their previous efforts, and tho Mieket was too true to eire any chancs of eithir of them bring flispoScd of by a flukey ball. The one great disadvantage of this match, however, was_ the fact of our men being rnshod into Christcburoh tired and thoroughly worß> out, and compelled to cammenoe a match next day against the best eleven of Canter bury.

[Tbo remainder of this review of the tour, statiiiß'tbc real cau'e of defe»t at Christchurch, will appear to-morrow.]

BAPTIST B AZAAR

THE Baptist Tabernacle Bazaar was ORain well patronised la3t evening, and although sales vrfcto not so numerous as on tho previous evening,yet the receipts amounted to the giatifying total of £167 14s 6d, which with tho tskiDgs on Monday, makes an aggregate of £430 18s 3d. This is more than equal to the sanguine exp*cta'ions, and it is encouraging to the promtterg to penevere. Tbe yoang mens' and psstor's »nd John Ploughman's stills headed the list with £48, while the Sunday-scbool s'all came noxt with £30. Ponsoaby stall, which had been the most auccossfal on the picvious day, followed with £28 3i 6d, while Graftou had £18 17s 7d, *nd the City sta 1 £10 5s Gd. S> me idea ot the number of persons present may be formed from the fact that the cmr.ince money was £29 9s 9d. Be freshmentsyielded £7 16s; dissolving views, £3 4s 9d j tho ''Tabernacle] Builder," £1 SdJ; i flower atall, 10s 6i ; xrtigiung machines, 6s 6d. To'al, £167 14s 6d. Amongst those who have worked tor the succe s of tbe bazaar, we are nquited to mention the following : Mr aod Miss Oldham with other lady friends spent a lot of time collecting material and money and obtaining valuable '. caiitributions; Miss Smith, daughter of tho late Mr J. Smith, Queen-street, worked a very handsome tableottoman and footstools, the latter being very beauti fully mounted by Mr Keid, Cabinetmaker, Hobsoc-street; Mißs Canning, Queen streef, gave a very valuable Christmas cake. The bazaar and picture gallery were open ai^aiu this afternoon, and were vißited by a considerable number of persons. ,A con cert will take place to-night, and a glance * at the programme; which fs published else where, shows that it will be a remarkably good one.

Another great performance. — A.' young man in Boston is attempting the feat of go lag forty days without working. He says if his employers do not watch him he can doit.

Wt TfrWjuA»H-u Eyg^a^i" ■'- i W'DXKSoa>. DECEMBER



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Special Advertisemeata. PCKLAHD GAS COMPANY (LIMITED), KSTABUBIIBD 1883. rURVBYOBS OF LIGHT, HKAT, AMDPOWKB. The Company sell and ereot Rssflttlngß,ln oludlng KS9 apparatus of every description) aleo Oas-power engines. HtocK inoludea Otto Gal Engines*. Ofllco and Showrooms, Forc-Btreet, JST JB W CaKPBTS. William R. Bridgman Hub just received a nice Lotot New Gakpists which ho will Bell very oheap— TAPKSI'BY C iRPBTS, from 2/3 yard KU)Dn,HMIIvSrEK L'AKPEFS. from 2/11 BRUJ3SKLL3 C aKPBTS, from 3/11 NICK ASSOKTMKNT fF NEW TABLK COVJSHS. —- — I HKARTH B r"G3. from 5/6 1050 yards r»Etf V&NOi MATHNG, I/yard, A New Lot of Lsdleß* Silk and Ohf n!Ue OAPKB Slilt Brocade CAI'K-■, Cashmore DOLMANd 1 AOK UAPXB. &C. In great variety: choloo Goods to be said at Warehouse prlota Lot ot Ladles' nico Silk J AUKKTU, from2l/ A Sp'ondldLot o? NKW OLOTHINGIn Youths I and Boyn*. Vory good value. 120 Pairs Men's Summer TWEED THOUBKRB, 5/9 pair, worth fl/o 25 Men's Now SiO SUITS, 25/, worthlo/ Larfto 8 took ot Laoo and Muslin CUKfJINS, ?/9 to 30/ pair ALL GOODS BOLD AT THE LOWEST PRIOKS. JDMCTION DJBAPEKY WAREHOUSE, UPPER QUKEN-9THBKT. g xHKOISOGBAPa WATCHBB far ob- V 7 tainlng oorreot time for raring, Juat re oelvod Twelve, all In Hpod order, regnlatod. lor sale by F. H, LE Wia;ON, Warohmasor, Qoeon slraot, opposite Union Bank. J. CoSUIIAVE & Co. Bog to Inform tho Inhabitants of Auckland, that THKY HAVE BECKIVKI) TUEIB LAST SHIPMENT OF QUMMEK ri OODH, SuMMEK GrOODS, Ordered from Homo Last Year. THESE GOODS WILL BE hOLD REGARDLESS OF COST



THI3 WILL BE TH« T7HNAI. pIiKAKA.NOK CALK HK .TIKUL V^IiIIAKANCK ©ALK As their Tims is Limited in AUOKLiUD. •pREMISES WILL BE jTJLOSED OR WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, IN OBDBIt TO tvtark taown „„_ tpnvirb ctock Mark JLJown th" Jljntirk Otock The X tabllsbment WILL BK OPKNK ON FRIDAY, Nor. 17. TH E SALE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TENDERS AXE CALLED FOB, Which trill ttiko plaos Imme diately niter Christmas, All Acoonnts ate requoßtod to bo paid at once, or legal proceedings will bo taken after the let December, qpHORNTOW, SMITH AND FIRTH HAVE FOR SALE :- Crown' Flonr, In Backs, 100'fl and 50"fl i Champion' „ „ „ „ 'Contab" ~ „ ~ Sharps Bran • Fowl Wheat Mill, Auckland. ill o w q. roy *. BTBAWBKBKIHB and CRSAM, and other Refreshments, at WILLOW GROVK GAR DKNS, Llovonport, North Shore. Bvery attention to Plonlo Parties and others. WKLLS BROTHKR6, Devonport. A UOKLAKD NATIVE-LANDS COLO- J&. NISATION COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL .. .. .. .. £500,000, In 600,000 Shakes of £1 Each. 00,000 SHARES ABE NOW OFFERED TO T^IE PUBLIC, 300,000 SHARES TO BE RESERVED FOR NATIVES AND FUTURE USE. One Shilling payablo upon Application, One Shilling upon Allotment. Calf not to exceed One Shilling each, to be made at intervals of not less than Three Months, Provincial Directors: J. B. Whyte. M.H.R. W. R, Vines G.B. Morris, M.H.R. T.T.Masefleld J. Chambers John Reid C. O. McMillan Kennedy Hill F. R. Claude Franz Scherff Geo. Holdahip Major Jaokson Huirama Puke Captain Colbeck KoKoukiuta : , Boards of Referees : Sydney— The Hon. Sir G. Wigram Allen The Hon, John Frazor Dr. Fisher John Keep William MacmiUan (A. McArthurand Co,) Ebenezer Viokery Dunedin— W. J. M. Larnach, C.M.G. E. B. Oargill Robert Wilson Andrew Mowat Christehurch— Henry Thomson, M.H.R. J. B, Brown, M.H.R. T. S. Weston. M.H.R. Robt. Allan (Lightband, Allan, and Co.) George Roberts (Roberts, Paxton, and Co.) Bankers : ■ The Bank of New Zealand. Solicitors : Jaokson and Russell. Applications for Shares will bo received by the Secretary, at his office, Fort-street, until ; SATURDAY, the 30tb December, 1882. [ FRANZ SCHERFF, Secretary, pro tern,



On Sale, BROADCAST CLOVER AND SEED BARROW DRILLS, specially adopted for sowing broadoast Turnip, Olovor, Rro Grass, scd other, small seeds. AMBKICAN HOUSE RAKKB, whloh, with ono Man and Horse, will collect ready I for carting tlirco to four tons ot Hay per hoar. SELff.RELIEVING CHAIN HARROWS, co well known that description 1b tin necessary. COLONIAL TIN'K HARROWB. whloh for strength, offlolcnoy, and Blmpliolty have no rival. CHAFF CUITKKS. for hand, homo, or atoam pawor. Also, PLOUHIia (singto and Double), SUB aoiLKHS. HORBS HOES, CUIiTIVA- O i», &C, &0., &0,, manutaoturod by Thus, Cohuistt, throwßbuty, England,' at prlcoa whloh defy competition. Also, COULTAS'3 SEED AND MANURE DRILLS. KEARSLUY'S COMBINED 11KAPJIR AND MOWER. ROBEY & CIVB STKAM BNGINICS AND XHUA3UI MACHINES. W« J* HUKHX A -Co., 101. UUBKN-aTRKHTi Anoklsnd.



Dunn;: Mr Laugbrldge's illness the Advertising Bureau is carriod on as usual at Stlchbur/'a Buildlngs.-lAclvt.j



Tho Stirlingwnrth property (Mr Alley's, Hikutuin) will bo ofTered for sale about Jnnuarr 11th. A raro opportunity io obtain flrat-cluss land on reasonable terras. Tlio bulk of this land is rich, dry, alluvial loom, stronß whoat- RrowiiiK laud, 30 feet above the lovol of the river, capablo of ylulding (without artificial aid) up to GO bushels of wheat to tbo aero, 15 tons of potatoes, or uny oihor crop in proportion. It is not swamp land, as has boon orroncouslr stated, ami nover wtis, with the oxception of a few saiall patches, easily drained. Tho opening for various trades is also a good ono: £100 an aero has been offered for business sites on tho pro perty.—Fullest particulars in another colfimn, or from tho agents, T. W, lliokson & Co.—{Ad vt.



The silo of the GlcngTovc estato at Ota lmhu will bo held about tho 10th of January. Arrangements may be made for tho purchoso of sections in tlio meantime, on very reasonable terms. Lithographs aro out.—T. w. Hickson & <Jo.-{Advt.l



It is said tbe Empress Eugenic took gteat umbrage at the cordial reception England gave to Cetcwayo, whom indirectly she records as the murderer of "her bod, and not to be forgiven. A great taDgi is being held at Ohinemutu owr tlie death of a young chief named Hiwinui, son of Ko'.ohiko H&npapa, tho greatest chief of thosq parts. •v movement to raise 50,000 dollars for the Gatfiold monument by contributions from State Encampments of Knights Tern. plar, equivalent to one dollar for each Knight la tke jurisdiction, is meeting with gratifying fcuccess. Mtoical PRAcnrmoNras will find that tn m cipient phtbuis, cbronio bronchial affections, ESS »w^ as»»niatjcal complaints, and in moat cases whore the breathing powers aroopprcs fi?l ? -f ?mßtrlote(l. with corresponding loss pf vital energy, &c. Aidfcin's Syrup ot OniHnl? l^ Wlt«- %P°Pj;osPhite o( Lime and ymnine, is an effoctive pharamaceutical prepa ration ot great vafue. It has tho effect of ipeedfly stimulating the bronchial mououa membrane and teeing tonacloua phlegm, &0., thereta-yaffordfaK great relier in dis'reesing cougto. Its notion upon lung tissues is undoubt ¥ft h?ft US?i ariA,, reparativo. Ut»n the gene ral health thia medicine is permano?!«y tonio, im parting a vitality beyond the normal state or tha patient. The ofteot v«*n tho breJithinK powers In quickly apparent, the result being that the •utforer exporknees considerable relief, ami ultimata tecovory. r!™ 1 *""