SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

*v ' TO-BAY.

DEPARTURE LAST EVNING.

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IMPORTS.

120 tags onions, U,.nmnlri l(Wl>W»°nodust. SJThisKd »0G pacUnges and case* of general merchandise.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARAWATS.

Th«BAAmwirtßMnv»a^X j 8 t i nsta.it, She loft Sydney nt 5 P.m.™ Thr e o Kings cleared heads at 5.30' P-"}^ O npo at 5.30 a.m.. at 2 a.m. °n 'ho Mn, fP™ t > ssg p . m . and Cape Brott at noou, iinau^ gftmo flat reached wharf nt ID.* 11-^'l1-^' woath er until Experionoed strong oascy.^ flnQ yenthor morning oj 6Ui tn?S e ng C i^ - Jliaaoa MmotU, ancLsmopUi b«u l<^^p u(ian n nd child, Giffin ©. Mo3dftmM Hiuu^ bl . HungO rford. ffi^Vo^.Smp S on. Pudan, Kerry. iuid2olnstoorogo.

ARRIVAL OF THE TE ANAU.

at 1 a.m. on too ova, "" „, 2 3l in. on tho on tTie Basno day; J**'"i^rt»s33o fl™• 0" »o 6th, and «nlv«d ft'^f^ht wS winds kßShb Maofarlane. Mto Batt'or, Mr "}^S' MlUg , jSx and JO tnrtia Bteersgo.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

i ARRIVAL. * Maogregor, s,s., MoAtthnr. for Waltara The schooner Gael waH expeotod to Ball tor GroymonthtWßaCiernoon. The c 8 Bowen» arrived from Now Plymouth VTbX a «aW. process *™^ "n Brrlval oI EnKlim mail.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

RUBS«l t. tbia dnr. Sailed: Wellington, for tho Noith,

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

(BY TSLKGRATII—OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Kauuiu He*d9, this day. A^U? terqn" baa iW.e to M^nnt-an to load._

Mail Notice.

Mails wiix Omsk as usder :— mrs day. . For Russell, Knwatews, Levnka, Suvo, ono. ftuaoa, por Kotoma ot i p.m. For Thames, por Kntrrprlso, »r. 6.3U Pitn. BtaAiutriHan Colonies and V" He*S,?v ?o via Brlndißi, /or lottow, etc., B«°oiolly bo propM* and addreßßOd. por b.b. To Anan, at 3 L™t'o letters tor Bydnoy and Molbourne only at 5.30 p.m. Thuubday, Bth Maroh. For WBlwora, To Kapa, CraWoburn. and Workworth, per Koso Cnsor. at 10 a.m. For Gffiomo. Napier. Soothorn Portt. m<J Anotrallan Colonlou, por Arawatu, at 11 B#For money ordore, roßlstorod lettoM. »nd nowspapore, at 10 am. 1-*U» lottors UU u.w FornThamoß, por Rotoraananß, nt; 12.80 p m. War llokianKa. Bto. per Orotl, at 3 p.m. vlv WhlUffKi 2nd Oppor MUI. por DoHRIM. at For PTauranss, Ohlnomnra, and Opotlkl, per Glonolß, at i p.m. For Whanßorol Uoado, Whangarel, and Kamo, per lona. at i p.m. ForTaranakl and Ponthern Porte, PfrHjwea, immediately after the avrlval ot tho Cwy of For Australian Oolonioa, per Citr ot Now York, Immediately aftor her arrival Irom Honolulu. N.B.—Tho steamer Caborthun will leavo Sjdnoy tor Hong Kong on 3lßt Maroh next. A Poat-oflloo has boon opened at Cowos', Wai. hoko lalntid. Mails will bo mado np at thi ofllooovory if riday; roturn mnlU will bo rooolvod overy Saturday by Goromatdol stonmor. 8i B. OIS3, Uhiol Poatmaeter. Ohiet PoaMffloe. Anoklanfl.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

MAnon 7, 1883. 1 hoatro Koysl—Stmonaen'a RoyalKnßllsh »nd Onraio Opera Company, " Boocaccio" 8 P.m. Royal Australian Clrous-Markot Square, 8. p.m. .\bbvt'a npira Houpo-Macoibo'B Monologue KntcrtilDmont,' Bogono Dull unro," 8 p.m. Pilmltlrn Moihodlst OaaDcl, Nowmarkot- Kxoelsior Juvonllo Tont of Itcohabltos, 7,30 p.m, l'iatrlot Orand I.odao ot Auckland, K.0. ---lrivo.uaaoii'a 11*11,7 30 p.m. Ddilahed.—Monthly lnapootlon Hob3an Com i pany, 7 30 p.m. at. Sepnlohri-'a—Horvloe, 7.30 p.m.

Marriage.

GKRICHTEN-SMALL.~On Maroh 5, nt Al Saints' Church, I'onaonby, by tho Hot. J. X Davics, ltonrich Yon Gorlchton. of Spoyor Knvi-wen, Gormimy, to Lizzie, third dau^htci oC Edward Small, Wylo. Wlltsltiro, Kußland.

Death.

Q ORDON.—On Mnroh 7, at Mr Smithon's rosi donco, Vincont-stroot, after a long and palndi illness, John Uorilon, lato Sorcoivnt of tho 65U ltOßlniont; agod 51 years.—Nolaon andßolfaa papora ploiiso copy. • Tho runorall will loavo hiß Into rcsldenoi to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 o'olook. Krlond plooso accept this Invitation. Tho Orange Brethren will attend.

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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1883.

For the causa that kicks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance, And the Rood that we can do.

The mischievous fruits of Mr JKedinond's mission to theso colonies on behalf of the Irish National League, aro already being reaped in the dieorderly meeting at Sydney reported in our telegrams to-day. It has been the aim of every enlightened Irish man, no loss than of the Englishman and Scotchmen who have founded homes in the colonies, to leavo behind them wretched class feuds, and join together as one people in founding young nationalities on truer and bettci lines than those which h vc produced the bitter feelinge, the poverty and miseries, oi the old nations of the world With a purpose so noble befcro Us, wo lack lo stimulus to patriotism, but it is n patriotism iv a bond of brotherhood, and pursuing a g<and mission wboae very foundation rests on the aboli> tion of race hates. Mr Redmond comes to the colonies with the object of arousing in the minds of Irish colon sts, all those animositiea that rend the unhappy country at home, and the inevit able effect is to divide into hostile campa those who were before working in perfect amity. We do not hesitate to say that such a mission ought to be discountenanced by every true New Zealandtr, no matter what his nationality, and the fact that £150 (according to an Adelaide telegram) ropre sent the en'ire proceeds of Mr Kedmoud'a appeal in South Australia, we cannot sup pose that his aims have commended them selves to the sympathy of the bulk of Irishmen in that colony, however loudly they may be lauded by the noisy few. Mr Kedmond has felt the pulse of the colonies well enough to know that treasonable utterances aro unpalatable here, and speeches adapted for a South of Ireland audience must giro place to a dif' ferent style of oratory. His addresses in the neighbouring colonies aim at being perfect mar?elso[ moderation. But when heappeala for funds to continue the agitation In Ire laud, wo aro bound to look into the charac ter of that agitation as it is carried on thore nnd uot as It is pictured hero. Side by side on the platform with MrEedmond, M.P., stands his brother, who openly proclaims himself a fugitiro from th-j Queen's writ, for seditious utterances. Wo are surely warranted in accepting his speeches as being within the programme of the agitation which residents in theso colonies aro asked to perpetuate with their money. Tho Cork correspondent of tho London "Times" supplies a report of the appli cation made by the Sessional Crown Prosecutor tor a warrant against Mr Wil liam Redmond, for having committed an offence under the Crimes Prevention Act, in a speech of his on November 21st Mr Blake read tho following passage from tha speech ; "Tho land League, which has done much for Ireland, is nominally suppressed by proclamation, but they cannot suppress tbe lessons which tho Land League taught tho Irish people. (Cheers). It taught them many lessons, but there were t-vo of which 1 would remind you, though fall well-1 know that you have not forgotten them. The Land League taught yon that any farmer that ever farmed in Ireland who occupied land was more justified, and was doing a duty more sacred in tho sight of God and man, in not paying any rent till bis family had sufficient food, clothing, and education, and such comforts as tho inclem ency of this climate absolutely rendered nec essary. (Cheers.) The teaching of the Land Lenguo was that if any man was untrue to the1 cause of Ireland, such a man should bo boycotted. ('Hear, hear,' and laughter.) Boycotting does Dot mean any personal in jury, Apd now I Bay to you, if there be anyfariner'liera-(A voice: 'Wot one')- Qiat J advise, reduction or no reduction, net to pay one cent of rent till they see that themselves and their families havo all that ia necessary for them to have. Segojidly, I adyis,o the people here, and those people whom my words may reach, to continue to nse moderately an,4 wisely the expedient weapon of boycotting upon pypry man who betrayß the national cause. The Land League is dead, but its spirit lives. I(t in the duty of cvory Irishman to support tho National League." But his language on tho future course of the agitation is still more incendiary and dangerous s - " When the work of the new Leajjno Is completed, when landlordism sball bo no j more, and when we shall havo a Parlia- I mont in Dublin wisely legiblating for Ire land -1 say if there is any more to be done - (cheers during which some words wero not heard.) I aay, as a Nationalist, that no man yearns more than I do to see Ire land a free nation, untrammelled by any shadow of British law j but I aay to you that no league will do that—it can only be accomplished by tbe swords and united armsof tho liish people. I have some be lief in constitutional agitation, but greater still is my belief in the sword, for history teaches us that no country over gained her liberty without usint; the sword. , (Cheers.) While I hold that I am as ad vanced a Nationalist as any man in this | country, I say the only medium for work- . ing for Ireland now is the Irhh National League. I say that we are living in an op pressed country, and under a tyrannical and rotten form of Government, which mast fell. I say revolution will come, but, in tho meantime, use peaceful agitation. It is the only weapon with which you can strike your emmiea. Kevolution must come, and I say it is the duty of every man, not only , in Cork, but in all Ireland, to prepare for ' that revolution, and when the day comes may it be said that rebel Cork was never backward in the march for liberty and peace. (Cheers,)" We shall say nothing of thetreaaonablo part, of this spoecb, it canics its own con demnation. Nor Bhall wo roraark upon Mr Jte<Jmo :!<''» conduct ie saving himpolf from

prosecution by flight, leaving any misguided i compatriots who acted on his atlvico in pro- / paring for revolution and boodshed, to re-1 coive the penalties already dealt out to Walsh j and others. But his sketch of the work of the League admits of a word or two of if- . maik. We have been told that the League i asks for only fair ronts. Let those who be-1 licvoit is so explain Mr Redmond's language.. For our own part we do not see why such liberal views as those advocated by Mr Redmond, in the iutere»ts of the tenantry, should bo confined to Ireland. If it is a right thing for an Irish tenant to satisfy every conceivable want before thinking of paying for tho house and land he occupies, ft ia no less right for the tenant in New Zealand. And those gentlemen who ap prove of the principles of tho Loaguo for Ireland are inconsistent in pressing their owntenantsforront. So with "Boycotting." There wai onco a form of " Boycotting " exceedingly common in the employment of labour. It was expressed in tho words "No Irish neod apply." That kind of " Boycotting" has happily been put down by the unitod forco of public feel ing rogarding Its offensive, and unjust character. But tho "Boycotting" advo cated by Mr W. Redmond U tenfold more offensive. It is an infringement of indi vidual liberty and ha? been enforced by crime. The inovitablo result of boycotting on the one part is retaliation on tho other, and wo notice already that Mr Redmond had the groatest difficulty in Sydney to secure a hall in which to deliver his address, Tho meeting, however, was finally held in the Academy of Music, and passed off without tho slightest disturbance or inter ruption. Tho monster opposition meoting, our cable despatches state, met with a different fate, for it would seem that a numbor of tho disciples of Mr Redmond, and of physical force, hadlattendod for the pur poie of obstructing the proceedings, but they had to succumb to superior forco, and werocjcctcdfromthenioeliug. The "Sydney Morning Herald," remarking upon the refusal of tho Masonic Hall and Gaiety Thcatro proprietors, saya : " Mr Redmond had some difficulty in finding a hall in which to deliver his speech, aad of that ho has no right to complain. Tho direct ten dency of his oratory is to stir up ill-feeling between tho English and Irish settlers in Austia'ln. lie conies hero to accuso Eng lishmen of most of tho sufferings and crim* a of Ireland, and to hold up England's f-re;»t ---oat statesmen to popular detestation. Is It reasonable in him to presume that such things will always bs tolerated with the most perfect equanimity? For our own part, wo hope that they always will be and that Englishmen will liston to tor. rents of abuse from Irish orators, and yet retain their calmness under tho greatest provocation. But Mr Redmond has no right to expect it, or that special faclities should bo given to him for stirring up that animosity here which in Ireland has reached the" point of tho Phoenix Park assassinations We bco here, as in the counter demonstrations at Sydnoy and Adelaide tho premonitory signs of trouble—tbc fanning into flames of the dormant race hates-and wo feel tho utmost sorrow and alarm for tho futmo of these young com munities. Cheerfully have tho people of all classes subscribed in tho past for the relief of destitution in Ireland. Tho sub scription lists for tho last fsniino proved that the funds came almost entirely from 6 merica and Australia; and that they were grossly misused is certain. Seed potatoes woro considerably cheaper in Ireland than in Scotland, and woro shipped in heavy cargoos from tho famine-stricken land to tho supposed land of plenty. Nevorthclesa, tho cry of distress from Ireland will never fall on deaf car« in the colonies. If Mr Redmond's mission lmd been of a puroly benevolent character; or if it had been to provide funds to bring th« objects of his commiseration to shores where they can live under now and happior conditions, his reception would have been a different one. But when he comes to us with the avowed object_ oi raising money to carry on an agitation most disastrous in the past, and conducted by professional agitator.*, we say fear lessly that ho is the enemy of colonial peace and goodwill. And thusc who have sympathised with the work of tha Land league hitherto will have to remember, before giving their countenance and money to its successor that already tho Irish tenantry have been granted under tbe Land Act privileges enjojed by no other tenantry in the world, thoy have been given in fact a vested interest with the landlord in tha possession ot the soil. They will also have to recol lect that thero arc at tbU moment upwards of 130,000 applications under tho considera tion of tho Courts for the payment out of public funds of arrears ot rent amounting to £800,000 incurted by the Irish tenantry, and that upon tho authority of the Dublin " Frecman'R Journal," the organisation ol the arrears department, has been thoroughly efficient, and a very largo proportion of the case 3 have already boen cleared off. The Gladstone Government hsve exhibited the greatest solicitude for the amelioration ol the condition of Ireland; and If, seeing that, the inhabitants of this colony en deavour to embarrass the Home authoritie; and sustain an agitation which we havo no means of controlling, whal right have wo to protest auainst Im pcrialtinterferencojin our orcniiffairai^ Om interposition in tho matter is no more justi fiable than would an Imperial edict have beon establishing Te Whiti and Tohu nl Farihaka. To put tho case mildly, the inhabi'ants of tho United Kingdom have roached that stage of their development when they may be ullowed to manage their own affairs.

Intellicjbnce has been received from Wellington to the effect that the Govern ment have resolved upon tho liberation of Ta Whiti, the prophet, along with Tohu, his disciple.andthootherWestCoastnativeswhc ■were taken charge of after tho celebrated dispersion of tho Parihaka fanatics. Thia is a determination with which wo fancy moat people in tho colony will agree. The chief dissentients from tho Government policy, viz., those who hold that these natives should never have been imprisoned, will now have their mouths closed; and those few people who may still clinj? to tho belief that the preachers of sedition and humbug should do consigned to perpetual durance vile, are not likely to make much noisa after the success of the Ministerial move in pardoning Te Kooti under the Amnesty Act. While the release of To Whiti and his friends was un. avoidable as a development of the Govern ment policy, it is nevertheless» stop which will find its best justification in ito con. sequences. There seems no reason to doubt that its results will bo favourable. Govern ment profess to have iuformation as to the disposition of tho imprisoned chiefs and their former dupes, which warrants them in believing that no risk is run by the liberation of the captives, and that »s an act of grace it will ha\e an excellent effect upon tho general body of natives. Wo entirely approve of the liberation of Te Whiti and Tohu, and of their libera tion juat now. Had they bpen sent to their homes earlier, their return would have been hailed us a verification of some prophecy more or leas definitely statjog thp period of their captivity. As it is, tho prophetic business is pretty well pluyed' oat, and not even the wad est stretch of Maori fanaticism can successtully Impute miraculous power to the discomfited prophet and his disciple. If they over believed themselves that they }jad such power, a detention of eighteen months has probably completely disabused their minds ci the idea, and it is hoped that they will now for ever lay aside the mantle of inspiration and bpcojno peaceful members ot t"e .community.

The Harbour Board took the remarks made l>y Mr J. C. Guthrie, Glasgow ship, owner, on the defects of our shipping aa. commodatioD, in such good part, and manifested bo earnest a deter, mination to remove all causes of complaint, that it I?, wo hope, a work of supererogation to say any more on the subject. Mr Guthrio placed , tho disadvantages of our wharfage system In bo practical a light that his call I for reform was irresistible, and though .he might, perhaps, have refrained from asking tho Board to go humbly to Welling, ton and Lyttelton for a lesson in harbour management, the example of those ports will provido stimulus enough to exertion until it can be said that Auckland i 3 not one whit behind thorn in her arrangements for the cheap and speedy discharge of vessels.

At the Police Court to-morrow, John Koss will be charged with assaulting John Race, by striking him on tbo shoulder with n stick, A man named William Scott waa brought dowu from Wainku to-day, and taken to tbe-Hospiial, anff'-ring frnm scarlet fever. A fever case was ills:- admitted yesterday.

An adjourned meeting of creditors in the QStiite of JamcK William Marriott was to' have boen held yesterday afternoon, but na there were none present, Mr Bennett was appointed trunteo by the Kegistrar. Tho Liabilities wore stated at £250, and tho assets at £50. By telegram from Dnnedin we learn that Mr J. A. Tolo has been re-elected to the Board of Governors of the Auckland Col lego and Grammar School by the Senate of the New Zealand University. The Senate, at its meeting ye»tcrday, also agreed to the request of the Auckland College for affilia tion, The people of Opotiki are endeavouring to raise sufficient monoy to purchase or build a new steamer for their own trade, and thus render themselvoa independent of tho Northern Steamship Company. A sum of £3300 has been promised to Mr J. F. Connolly, and ho expocts to have this in creased to £4000 in Opotiki alone. An examination of scholars was recently hold in Auckland under tho auspices of tho Sunday-school Union, at which there were between t!irce and four hundrod com petitors. The papers nre now being judged, and the prizes will be awarded at the annual public meeting of the Union, which ia to bo held in St. James's Hall, about a month hence- The intention is to make the examination an aunual ono. Yesterday the following gontlomon were nominated for tho Otahuhu Licensing Com mitteo :—Messrs John Gordon, J.P., Thos. Augustine Browo, Thos. Stringer, William Absolura, Philip Warren, John Fairburn, Charles A. Bowden, aud Samuel Luke, J.P. Mr O'Callighan is tho Roturniug Officer, and" Tuesday, March 20th, the day of election of the Committee. "We understand that the Auckland Sunday-school Union has decided upon holding another children's industrial exhi bition this year similar to those held at intervals during the last ton years. Tho proposal lias alroady been submitted to the various schools, and the scholars have taken tho matter up so enthusiastically that under proper management no doubt ia entertained of hucccsb. The exhibition, which will consist of articles of almost ovcry description, worked and manu factured by tho exhibitors, will probably bo held in tho Drill-shed, that place having boen found most suitable hitherto. Tho proposed wharf at Ponsonby pro mises ero long to becomo un accomplished fact. It has boon decided by tho Harbour Board to accept the tender of Mr V, Swift for the work, provided that tho ttorthcoto and Ponsonby Fony Company pay tho aiuouut agreed upon within soven days. Should this bo done, the engineer will call for tenders for tho ncceasary piles without delay. Mr Swift's tender was £743, being £127 below tho engineer's estimate. Tho Board also accepted ltnckstraw and Ham- Boy's tender of £78010s for tho erection of sheds on tho wharf, and Ollivcr's of £425 for building a pilot cottage at tho North Shore. Tho Ponsonby Bogatta Committee de serves credit for a very evident desiro fo smooth away tho obstacles and difficulties that have interfered with towing competi* tions in our harbour for some years past. At a meeting hold last night, tho following resolution was passed : -" That tho Pon sonby Regatta Cluh agrees to row tho races at the forthcoming regatta in accord ance with tho proposed rules as nt present published by the Rowing Association about to be formed in Auckland." This is an important step in the right direc tion, and tho Ponsonby Club having taken tho initiative, it ia to be hoped that tho committees of the Auckland and JNorth Shore Regattas will confirm tholr action, and finally settle tho much vexed question of amateur rowing. With the objfci of providing amusement for children during the winter mouths, tho Sanday-tchool Union has purchased two panoramas iv England at a c ist of £70. Thoy represent the "Wondera of tho World " anil " Itoland and tho Irish." A proposal was recently under consideration to have a panorama palntf d horo showing Now Zealand scenety, views of tmvDs, Native settlements, &c. It was suggested 'hut nfter exhibition in the colony, it might be disposed of to tho Home Union profit ably. The idea will, however, bo aban doned, uula.;B privu'o aid is extended to the enterprise, the Commlttoo not considering themselves justified in going to much further expeuao iv tho purcbaso of pano ramas than thoy have already dono. Volunteers and ahootists gcnorally are notified by advortUement in another column of the annual firing in connection with tho Auckland liifle Association, which is to take place on tha 24th and 26th instant (Saturday and Easter Monday). A roally liberal programme is submitted, and it is anticipated that a very lareo number will tako part in the iiriug—for wo are informed tho mbsciiptions are coming iv rapidly— and that this nicotine promises to be tho most successful yet held. Thoro are two novel matches ou tho programme, viz., a lsdy's match and the companies' teams match of five. In the former, lady sub scribers are to be allowed to nominate n member to do battle for them, aud the buc ccssful marksman U to have the honour to present his " fair nominator" with the trophy. Members are reminded in the advertisement that all subscriptions ro qniro to be pnid oa or before 9 p.m. of Saturday, the 10th inst., and that, if after that date, a further sum will bo charged. Mr Seaman reports having on the 6th in stant received, at Panmure. tho nominations of Messrs Kobert George Hill, John Star rott, Archibald Stewart, AndrewStovenson Thompson, and Charles Woolgar, tor the Mount Wellington Licensing Committee, and having declared the ssme duly elected. The quarterly meeting of the rotiring com mittee was held at the Pnnmare bchool room on the 6th instant, and a favourable report was received from the Inspcctorrethe EUerslie Hotel. Tho first meeting of the newly-elected committee for tho Panmure Licensing District having been hold on the sth instant, at which Mr Thomas Cleary was appointed chairman, their quarterly meeting was held on the 6th instant at the Panmure Schoolroom. Present - the Chair man and Messrs juonnelly and Flemming, with Mr Seaman as clerk. A favourable report of the Inspector a9 to tho two licensed houses in the district was received, and it was resolved that tbo quarterly meetings of this committee be held in tho samo building. Local publicans may have indulged a gleam of nope that by a sound interpreta tion of tho Licensing Act of 1881 tho value of their license should not be taken into ac count in fixing the valuation of the property for purposes of taxation. In tho assess? ment Court at Wellington yesterday, how (ver Mr Hardpast'e, E.M. decided tho point adversely to the publicans. The question was raised by Mr B. Shaw, in thp case pf the Tramway Hotel, and lie claimed that £40 should bo struck off the assessed value, 03 boiDg tho value of tho license. In giving his decision His Worship said:—lt has been decide! (Regina v. Bradlord) that under the Bnßllsh law and our own statute?, the license must be valued because it is contended that undor the Licensing Apt of 1881, tho license is granted to a per? son and not to the house, and that this is demonstrated by section 07, whiph allows tho renewal of thp license from ono house to another, and that therefore, as the license js no longpr appur tenaneod to the property, it should not be valued with it, I cannot take this view. Sections 38 and 98 f jrbid mp to think that the license is not still appurtenaneed to the bouse. It cannot bo removed without the consent of tho owner of the property, and the valuation must bo confirmed. An onergetic member of the police force had a rather singular experience tfne pven- Jng this week. He resides in apartment situated in Queen-street, above a certain jeweler's shop, and on tho night in ques tion retired to rest as usual. Purinff the night a ferocious ball-dog, which he alwayu keeps in the housa, woke him by barking loudly, The "preserver of the peace" im mediately got up, and observing some per eon in tho back yard, upeedily proceeded thither through the back door, followed by tho bull-dog. The latter had no sooner got out of the houso than ho made a great rush for a Btrango man, who was ovidently in the yard for no good purpose, I and mado things romarkably un pleasant for him. The stransjer bolted for what he supposed was the gate, but brought up against a solid fence. Here the dog collared him by the coat-tails, ; and after a Jierce struggle the garment parted and tho man fled. The constable, meanwhile, had secured a broom, and thus armed, he set off at a run after the stranger, with the " garments of night" fluttering iv the breeze. His bare feet, however, pre vented rapid progress over the stones, so after travelling round somo distance in the vicinity of Wakefield-street, he gave the runaway a parting brick (which of course missed the mark), and returned to his houßp. Upon entering the yard, he found it necessary to turn out another person after application ot a bucket of water, which duty accomplished, he considered it quite safe to retire to rest. The strnogor can have hia coat-toiis by applying on tho ■ premises.

a tow good specimens of picked slono :rom the Justin-Time claim, Coroniandel, ivere on viow at Mr F. A. White's office to ]ay. The atone, which ia of a very pro nising character, aud shows gold freely, ;ame from No. 2 leader yesterday. The Ponsonby Regatta Committee have received intimation from Captain Mc lircgor, manager of the Northern B.S. Company, that tho steamer Wellington has been placed at their disposal for use as flagship on Easter Monday, the 27th inst., according to request. The second ordinary or closed meeting of the Arch Hill Senior Band of Hope took place in tho Newton Weat School last even iDg. There was a lull attendance of mom bora present. Essays were read on tho followinguubjocts:— "The Advantages of Senior Band of Hopes"and "Tobacco." Both eßsaya received a fair share of criticism by the mombors, the majority being of tho opinion that tho first essayist had not done his subject that justice which its importance demanded, and showed a great want of preparation ; whilst It was very evident that the gentleman who contributed tho essay on "Tobacco" had dovotcd much cave and study to his subject, and had dealt with it in a very able manner. At the close of tho meeting five new names were placed on the roll. The noxc meeting takes phce in a foitnight's time, when recitations with criticism will occupy the attention of the members. In the case, Barker v. Hales (Mr Cotter for applicant, and Mr Hesketh for defendant), Ilia Worship delivered judg ment. The whole of the particulars ot this case have already appeared. Tho applicant, Mr Nathan Harker, applied, under Section 137 of tho Public Works Act, 1882, to restrain Mr Hales, Engineer and Surveyor, from occupying certain land at Britomart, held by him (Mr Harkor) under lcaso of tho Harbour Board, Mr Hales, who Is in charge of thcrailway works, having given notice of hia intention to occupy the same fur getting material, rock and stone, for the railway works now in progress, Hia Wor ship wont carefully over the evidence, and considered that a question of title to land waa involved, upon which, in tho absence of express provisions, ho had no power to ad judicate The restriction in tho loose was peculiarly worded, and if use was made of tho land for the purposes specified, care should bo taken in removing rock and stone that no more damage was done than was absolutely uecessaiy. Mr Cottor having replied, Hia Worship said thcro was to be no unreasonable interference. An order would thereforo be drawn up between the parties to guide them in their future proceedings. A squabble of a sensational character, which resembles in some of its features the siege of the telegraph office at Pukekohe by the servants of the Railway Department, ia reported from VThanganui. The volun ttor companies of the latter town have leng waged a dispute as to their respective rights in the drill-shed, and this culminated yes terday in the Naval Brigade, by order of their captain, entering tho building, barri cading the doors, and holding it against all comers. The hall had been let by Captain Watt, of tho Whanganul Rifles, to tho Horticnltarttl Society for tho show to-day, but tho Naval", who dispute Captain Watt's right to let the hall and take the rent, refused to allow the society to enter, and the show will take place in tho theatre instead. A great deal oi ill-feeling exists between tho commanding officers, and a collision was feared. Captain Watt, how ever, telegraphed to Colonel Header for an official enquiry, and Major Stapp, the officer commanding the district, has been diicctcd to proceed to VYhanganui at onco and hold one. Tho Navals still hold the hall against all comers, and the excitement is reported to be intense. The industry carried on in our midst by the Union Soap and Candle Company is becoming a very extensive one. Some 20 or 30 hands are engaged at the works, and tho output of soap exceeds 50 tons per month. There id an excellent market tor tho company's productions throughout tho North Island provincial districts, and even as far south as Grey mouth Auckland soap is largoly used. One fact that speak* well lor the quality of tho finer goods turned out by tho company is that the importation of " Old Windsor" and other favourite brands of foreign fancy soap is rapidly decreasing. The company purpose commencing tbo mauufactureof "glycerine soap" next month. For this artiolo there in always a ready sale. The candle-making plant ordered from Home some timo ago is expeated to arrive in tho colony in about three months, when it is confidently anticipated that tho company will increase the working staff to 50 or 60. With the knowledge that our present great industry—.that connected with timber- will not last many years longer, Aucklanders should, by every moans in their power, oncourago all now branches of heal industry, so that by the time oar kauri forests aro things of the past, we will have other staple articles of export. An excellent programmo has been pre pared for the concert and literary en'er tainment in connection with St. James's Mutual Improvement Socioty, which will be held in St. James's Hall to-morrow, Thursday evening. Wo would direct atten tion to an advertisement which appears in another column, from which it will bo seen that tho programme is a lengthy one and further, that each item ia of a specially attractive nature. Mr James G. Culpan, who has tho whole management of the con cert, bos been especially successful in securing the services of a capital string band, including two cornets, two first violins, two second violins, one tenor violin, violincello and double bass. The band will give four selections during the evening and ought to prove a special attraction. The vocal selections altogether are very choice, and in most instances ufa lively character, and it can be safely said that each item will be done justice to. The readings, including an original production by Mr J. Kelly, aro well chosen, and the recitations by Mr Alex. Smith and Mr Law rence are new, and should prove well worth hearing. Notwithstanding many counter attractions, we understand a large number of tickets have been disposed 01, so that a Rood attendance is expected. The price of admission has been fixed at Is, with the object of courting popularity rather than securing a great financial suc cess. At tho meeting of tho Ponsonby Regatta Committee held latt evening, tho prize list was completed. It was decided to offer for tho various events, in addition to trophies, money to tho amount of about £80, dis posed of aa follows ;—First-class yachts ; First prize, Messrs Partridge and Woollarns' cup and £5 (no second prize). Amateur Scullers' Race: Prize, "Herald" cup, Second-class yachts : First prize, Coombes' cup and £3; second prizo, £2. Fpur-oaied gigs, allcomers: Prize, £10. Third-class yachts (under 4 tons): First prize, Mr Lewioson's cup and £3; second prize £3, Four-oared gigs, rowed by amateurs ?, Prize. £6. Second-class open sailing boats; First prize, Mr Kohn's cup; second prize, £2 Four-oared gigs (no outriggers), rowed by amateurs : Prize, £10. Third-class open sailing boats; First prize, EyKNiIJO SirAß cup ; second prize, £2. Four-oared gigs (no outriggers) rowed by amateurs who have never won a rape: Pri^o, £6. Rob Roy canoes : First prize, smoking jacket; second prize, £1, Fourth-class open sailing boats (13ft.): J? Jrst prize, Messrs Moyriu's cup and £2; second prize, £1. pingies: First prize, Messrs Pprter and Co.'s cup and £1; second prize, £1. Merchunt vessels and steamers gigs : First prize, £6; second prijje, £2. Ladies' Race: First prize, silk fltpss, valued at £5 ss, prpsented by Mr A. Linabury; second prizo, dress valued at £2 2s, pre sented by Mr W. Kattray. Tiib Race : Prize, £1. Married Men's Race t Prize, hats; Duck Hunt: Prize, £1, Sokyte of our Ipflftl bpatbuilders having expressed diasatisfaption becausp of tho measurement rules hitherto adopted by the Ponsnnby Regatta Club, the question waa considered at a mppting of the club last I evening. The committee was under tho Impression that last* year's rule operated vory unfairly in excluding depth altogether ns a factor in the measurement, to the disadvantage of these yachts of greater depth. Respecting open boats, the old rule, it was explained, practically prohi bited tho construction of any thing original, as builders were obliged to work within certain limits. After fully discussing the matter tha following two rules were adopted i—(1) For yachts multiply length at water line from fore patt of stem to after part of stern post by greatest beam, exclusive ot bolts, water, and mouldings; and the product by depth from top of covering board to a line drawn level with the lower edge of rabbet at greatest beam, and divide this product by 160 for tonnage; time allowance, 30 seconds per ton. (2) For open sailing boats multiply greatest length bptwepn perpen? diculars, by greatest beam exclusive of belts or mouldings, and the product by depth to lower edge of rabbet at greatest beam, and divide' this product by 20 for feet. First class open boats are those not exceeding 26J feet; second class not ex ceeding 15 feet; and third class not exceed ing 12 feet by this measurement; time allowance, 10 seconds por foot.

Messrs C. Hesketh,- Thomas CMnf,', W. F. Buckland, M. A. Clarke, and A. Aitlrin have been eloctirt a Licensing Committee tor liemuera. An old offender named Patrick Dunn was arrested to-day on a charge of stealing a bundle containing twelve pairs of braces, valued at Bs. He is alleged lo have taken them from a peg outside Mr Coombes's window, J The list of small debt cases set down for < hearing at the Resident Magistrate's Court i to-morrow amounts to fifty, and as some of j thc<e are defended, the Court is likely to bis occupied all day. ! Tenders for the erection of the new , Metropolitan Hotel have been received by ' Messrs Mahoney and i*on as follows :-Ji ' Morris and Co., £4943; Mill and Lee, £4854 ; Baildon and Stephenson, £4808 ; J. W. Jones, £4807; J. J. Holland, £4798; Robert Kay, £4675; W. Blewden, £4580 ; B. Shailer, £4390; a. Maguiro, £4270; J. Currie (accepted), £4268, Mr T.* Walker, of Karangahapo Road, whose block of buildings at the corner of Howe-street was burned down some months ago, announces in our advertising column to-day that he will to-morrrow remove from his temporary premises, and re open in the new building erected on the sile^of that which} was destroyed. Mr Walker has erected this block at a cost of £2400, and his undaunted enterprise, and I the way in which he has carried on his businesb after the loss he sustained by tlie mrninft entitle him to public considera tion. The Victoria Company assembled at tbe Drill-shed last night for Government inspection parade. The inspecting officer was Major Withers. The company was under the command of Captain Mahon, Lieutenants Skinner and Self, and Dr. DawsoD, being also present. There was a very fine muster, there being present on parade 53 of all ranks, out of a total of 62, The following movements were very credit ably performed : —Advancing and retiring as a company in column by the left, wheel ing to the left and right on the maicti, countermarching by rr.nks at the halt and on the march, forming company to the front on the march, wheeling into line as a front company of battalion. The whole of these movements, especially the wheeling, were veiy well performed. The company then wout through the bayone exercise by numbers and in quick time, to , the entire satisfaction of the Major com manding. A meeting of the company wus held to elect a secretary, also a member of the Garrison Band Committee. Mr W. E. Bennett was unanimously elected secretaiy, and Captain Mahon was unanimous y elected to represent the company on the latter. The company then formed iouis, and headed by the Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Morris, proceeded up Wei lesley-stfeet, down Siymond, Shortland, and Queen-streets. The band mustered 24 members. Captain Mahon thanked the band for their kindness in attending the parade of his company.

AUCKLAND C HORA L SOCIETY.

The second concert of the season took place last night. The hall was filled with a large audience, but—thanks to the new regulation of ';ickets—there was no over crowding, and the utmost order prevailed throughout. The programme was not too long, and tbe concert ended soon after ten o'clock. It is gratifying to be able to re cord a performance that was, on the whole, satisfactory to the members, ami it is especially gratifying to testify to tho con tinued exertions of Herr Si'chrnitt, the Society's talented conductor. To his un tiring zeal and vigilance tin measure of success achieved last night is maioly due.

It is just five years since the "Stabat Mater " was performed bs the Society. < *n the last occasion it was conducted by M. Leon Caron, and the ba-s and tenor solos were sung by S. Cesari and S. Faladini, of the Guadagnini opera troupe. Tbe charac ter of the music is too well known to no ;d description. Considering the other work 4 of tha gifted composer, and the ornate stvlc in which he wrote, tho fact of his setting music to the solemn words of "Stabat Mater "is indeed a musical wonder. Tho music, as all Kossini's, is operatic nud sensnouß to a degree, but at the same time it is impressive and occasionally sublime, The work is so constructed as to impose the severest tax upon the soloists. Tno chorus has comparatively little to do except in the final number, which is moro difficult than inter esting. With the exception of tbo " In flammatus," tho treble solos were under taken by Mrs Dacre, who has done much to remedy the defects observable on the L.st occasion of her tinging, Her rich voice is peculiarly suited for music of this kind, and she sang well throughout, Miss Maunsell tang the second treble solos, excepting the cavatina, "Fac'ut Fortem," which was omitted. Considering that the part was allotted to a contralto voice, the omission was doubtless a wise one; but we confess to a feeling of disappointment that, with tho manifold resources of the Society, it was necessary to omit that beautiful solo. So far as the music was within her reach, Miss Mttiiusell's singing was pure and good. 'I he 1 duet, " Quis et Homo," by the two ladies, was a very great treat. Both voices were sweet and powerful, and the final cadence was well executed. Mr Edwards, who sang the tonor solo, has a great deal to learn before he attains to proficiency in music of this kind. The " Uujus Animam " lacked depth of expres sion, and he betrayed not a little of that self-consciousness which every true artist should strive to avoid. But he has Improved very much since wo last hoard him, particularly in intonation, and we hope for better things yet. air Rhodes was at home in the bass solos, especially In the "Pro Peccatis," whoh no delivered in fine style. The quartettes were not success ful ; they seemed not to have had sufficient rehearsal. We ought, by the way, to notice that tha " Quando Corpus " was omitted. Wo reserve to the last our mention of tbe magnificent and soul-stirring " Inflammatus," which was admirably sung by Miss Bleazard, and gave the utmost satisfaction. The chorus did not do justice to the unaccompanied music in "Ela Mater," but otherwise it was fairly creditable. The orchestra, though incom plete, was steady, harmonious, and not too powerful. Notwithstanding the popularity of Kos sini's work, an agreeable contrast was pro duced by the opening movement of " The Erl King's Daughter" (N, Gade) which com prised the second part of the concert. This cantata was sung once about two years ago in Auckland, The niu-ic is full of grace and beauty, and the words are excellent for a " translation. A tunefvil melody recurs throughout the piece, varying in accent and in key. The solos are dramatic in construction, and the choruses, besides being bright and spirited, are not too difficult foe amateur voices,

Mr Rhodes again took the part of Sir Olaf, and achieved a decided success. His singing: was in excellent taste throughout, easy, graceful, and foil ot expression. We have seldom heard a better performance than the songs ''When Through the Meadows'' and "Might, Th.ou Art Silent." The latter, making allowance for a false note at starting, was remarkable for accuracy of tone. The part of the Mather was Interpreted by Mrs Judaon in a very feeing manner. The mournful and sym pathetic character of the music was clearly expressed by her. Nothing could be moro charming than her delivery of the air, " 1 Watchod Botore the Ca«t!'e Gate." There may bavo been a lack of power, but there was the fullest delicacy of tone. We congratulate Mis? Kempthorne on her performance of the part of the Erl King a Daughter. Some of the music was tfiO high for her voice, but otherwise she gang tmthfully and witj» power, Toe chorus of Erl maidens was good, but some what too loud in parts. The delightful effects of a pianissimo close did not seem to ibe fully realised, Not so with the choruses which formed the prologue and epilogue. They were very well sung indeed, the marks of expression beinp carefully observed. The "Morninp Hymn," which comes as a pleasant sur prise at the opening of the third part of the cantata, was an excellent choral perform ancq. The accompaniments throughout the cantata were givpn with prepision and vigour; in fact, wo never heard the orchestra to better advantage. We are glad to learn that there is a pros pect of hearing other lyrical cantatas by the same composer. The subdued applause last night gives an assurance that such music will be very welcome to the subscribers. We feel bound, however, to point out that the strength of the Society mainly consists in its choral re source*, and that for many reasons it is desir able not to neglect the rehearsal of such musip as will tenjl to their fullest deyelop nient.

The next subject of rehearsal is Schu mann's "Paradise and tho Peii,' a work which will require most careful and thorough practice in choruses as well as in solos.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Pkr s.s. Aeawata.]

Emelie Melville in Court.

Melbourne, Feb. 28,

The hearing of the action brought by Miss Emelie Melville, the ..well-known operatic vocalist, against Messra William son, Garner and Musgrove, theatrical man agers, (for the recovery of £2500 damages for breach of engagement, commenced in the Supreme Couit to-day before Mr Justice i Williams and a jury of 12. According to j the evidence of the plaintiff, she was en-' gaged on. her arrival in the colony in June last, to sing at theatres un. der the management of the defen dants for 24 weeks, ending 23rd December last, at a salary of £160 per week for the first month and £100 a week afterwards. After she had played six weeks at the Opera House, Melbourne, the defendants dispensed with her services. The defence waa that the agreement was only for the term for which the defendants hud leased the Opera House, with an option in their favour to retain her services for any period up to the 23rd December. There was no formal contract signed, but only a memo randum of agreement, which was produced by the plaintiff. Mr Williamson's ex amination had not concluded when the Court roso.

Melbourne, March 1

A horrible murder was committed this morning at Ballingaroch, near Gisborno, by a well-known resident (lhomas O'JDonnell), who got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and went into the bedroom where his wife was slcepingi and there with an axe nearly severed her head from her body. He then woke up his son, aged about 13, and told the boy" that his mother was dead. Her death must have been instantaneous. O'Donnell, who was highly respected, and in good circumstances, is supposed to be insane, as for several days past he has com plained about his head. Xhe murderer has been arrested.

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, Thompson, the late stationmaster at Haw thorn, and the guard, Hunt, were charged with the manslaughter oE William Thoma?, who died from the injuries he received in the Hawthorn railway collision. It waa j contended by the Crown that the defendants were guilty of culpable neglect in allowing the special train to leave Hawthorn before the arrival of the ordinary train from Mel bourne. It was submitted for the defence that this was merely an error of judgment, and that the blunder was caused by the de fective manner in which the timetable was made ont. The jury, after deliberating an hour and a-half, acquitted both prisoner*. The Hon. Ivo Wigh has acquiesced in the proposal that the forthcoming match which will be the last played by Ms team in Australia, shall be against a combined Australian team, instead of a Victorian eleven. The match has been postponed for a week, Friday, the 9th Marcb, being the fixed date for the commeucemeet, in order that both teams may have an opportunity of thoroughly preparing for the grand con te:t.

Sydney. March 1

The announcement that no fewer than seven fresh cases of smallpox were yester day discovered amongst the people who ar rived by the steamship Menmuir will be re ceived with a considerable amount of re gret by tho public, especially when it is remembered that every precaution which wisdom and experience could sugggest was taken to prevent the spread of the disease Six of the new cases are Chinese, and are a portion of those who are (m the hospital ship Faraway. The Hight Key, Dr Quinn, R.C., Bishop of Batburst, who is about to proceed to Rome, has been the subject of a most im pudent robbery in Sydney. The bishop, in company with his vicar-general {tbe Very Rev. J. P. Byrne), arrived from Bathurst on Wednesday evening and. put up at Arnott. House, Wynyard-square. A young woman, employed, at that establishment, carried in the prelate's luggage and placed it in the inner hall of the house. Amongst the packages were a golden presentation chalici>,thegiftofsomeecclesi)Slicalstudeiits at Bathurst, and a portmanteau which contained robes, scarfs, two silver crosses, two candlestick?, and other articles of value, About 9 o'clock detective McClean, who was ondnty in King-street, found a young man named John Kyan, sitting upon a low window sill and partly concealing a cylin drical-looking object which was wrapped in a rjbe. The detective questioned Ryan, and as his account of the manner in which the parcel got there was not satisfactory, took bim into cuetody. The parcel was examined, and found to contain a golden chalice. Tbe other articles belonging to the Bishop were discovered at ibe Model Lodging House where Ryan had deposited them. He was committed for trial.

Brisbane, February 26,

William Boardman was committed for trial on ISaturday for breaking into the New Zealand Insurance buildings on the 15th February last; also on four charges of embezzlement from the Singer's Sewing Machine Company. A wooden building used as a kerosene bond collapsed on Friday night, owing to the rains undermining the foundations. There were 7000 cases in the building, and a considerable quantity was destroyed. A large cottage, the property of Mr Henderson, of Toowoomba, was burned down last night. The estimated damage is £800. The building was insured in the Commercial, the Union, and the South British Companies, for £500.

Raising of the Steamship Austral.

The accident to this magnificent steamer, and the means adopted to rai*c her, are justly claimed to be almost without parallel in the history of marine casualties. The disaster to the Austral occurred about 4 o'clock on. the morning of the 11th Novem ber last. While -lying snugly at anchor in Neutral Bay, receiving coals from a tender alongside, she suddenly listed over, and her ports being open, the water poured in so rapidly that she foundered in a few minutes There were on board at the time the officers and crew, numbering between 70 and 80 men, and of these five perished ; the others just succeeded in saving them selves by jumping into the lighter alongside the ship. The most of them were in their bertha sound asleep at the time the alarm was raised, and had only time to rush out half naked as 1 they were and escape. The Austral had 200 tons of iron and 1,500 tons of coal on board at the time of the accident, and she was to have continued coaling until she had taken on board from 2,700 to 3,000 tons, i Within a day or two after the Austral went down, the company's local agents took , prompt steps for removing all available articles from the interior of the ship, and for stopping up the apertures by which the I water flowed in. Beyond that nothing 1 could be done until the board of directors had decided upon the measures they would adopt for raising the ship, lvot much time was lost in doing that, and the Sydney' agent wns speedily apprised of the kind of work to bo performed pending the arrival of the com pany's naval architect. The best authori ties in England were consulted by the directors of the company as to the best means for raising tho Austral, and the plan resolved upon was the construction of a i "coffer-dam." Its main principle is merely that of a dam for keeping back water. In the case of the Austral, it was absolutely necessary, before attempting to raise her to pump, the water out; but the very first thing co bo done was to make provision for keeping the water out when it was once expelled, The simplest and most effective method was to construct a dam all round tho upper part of the ship. In other words, the sidea of the vessel were built up above the water, so that, instead of bein« entirely submerged, her topsidos were pa£ tically raised a few feet above the surface Tho water with which she was filled would then be pumped out, and the vessel should rise by her own buoyancy.

The number of men who have been con stantly employed at the ship since tho be ginning of the year has been about 100 in cluding 16 divers. Two oE these were obtained from England, and throe other." 'highly experienced mcD, wore placed at the disposal of tho company by the Govern, ment. Pumping operations were com menced on February 27th and con tinued vigorously on Wednesday, 28th. When operations were suspended on Tues day night, the vessel was afloat astern, bnt her head was aground. It had then been discovered that there was an inflow of water forwatd in consequence of some of the glass sidelights being broken, while the water in the hold of the ship could not be kept under control, owing evidently to the bulkheads not being all secure!.? closed. The effect of this was that as the vessel floated aft the water in the hull surged for ward and assisted to keep her head down while the inflow through the broken side lights added to the weight of water in the fore part of the ship. The first work under taken on Wednesday morning (says tho Sydney "Morning Herald," of March Ist), waatbefmdintf of the exact locality of the apertures, and takingstepstomakethoves

psed in exploring the ™nteH n "S t *««<-■ for the purpose of teali™ IL°r o£">e Jht thebulkVeaV ThisS B n oth t V fl tabll^ that general readers might raJS? *W *«* The water in tho hulisSfr^bb? and tho light is shnt out ifi.^ a* ink docks and the coffer-damT "l^Ml divers con d not see an nch'i ° h4 them After patient inveattlH fcont oj bulkhead doors were L e°* tk permittins the tt«4 freely fore and af j -J» w^ were securely closed, and thS? • do°!< no known leakage in the hul L °o n W»» pumpa Was fitted up forward Veß t?r/ Oi tt' pumping was carried on at StS^ •* satisfactory results. WhenopeS^t sapended last evening the wJhK^ffC!« reduced to 18 inches belo^ fte fc" d **« deck. There was no pumping 6J^ ' part of the ship is already Tefl ai 8? N the mam object of the workvva, t $ * the buoyancy forward. There J«ct(!a* '< rt.onKS.W. wind blowing fite««4« j that those in charge were «S l 9"^ attempt to float thfsCfe.. however, was got in readmes.T" '■ mormn B . The "S. M. Herald "ft* «" 1 °n oucxprcss a h°Pe the a ■ , would be successfully floated thSLf"f** I a hope which our cable muaJ£u£sS 'i the floating of the steamer on JC? o'^' S shows to have been well-foundei ? <

THE SUEZ MAIL.

Albaky, Februarys" The P. andO. Company's steamship ' matto arrived at Albany this nit flying the yellow ib,, andi mMe 2 took up a position in the quarantin M ,7! The Health Officer was at once municated with, and he received **' that there were two casea of g n *" chicken-pox ou hoard, which had In* out shortly after the vessel left o«i i" rratique was immediately granted w' Paramatta, but her departure wa, » r tße as Bhe required 150 tons of Zl %fr& on board 142 passengers, -^d or availing themselves of a day's bleu? * shore. r«aauri! a

Lord Derby and the Coloni es The Status Of Agents-General.

London, Jan W y« Lord Derby received, oa the lothi^,* at the Colonial Office, the High (W sioners of Canada and the AeeWGfnTi of the Australian colonies, New ZeZ and the Cape of Good Hope. Sir AW1 derUalt ia addressing L Pord£fe gratulated him upon his acceptance ofi? Secretaryship of the Colonies, andwe'-'- '.' the present interview as evidence efts appreciation of the growing importance constitutional colonies. He truted «•' the personal usefulness of himself and ea! leagues in serving their res^ecWf Go". ' ments would be promoted by am'oretomii recognition than hitherto found adviart of the deep interest felt by the coloais t all that concerns the welfare of theiutk of which they reg.-rd themselves m m ! Lord Derby, in rcp.y, expressed thanbfa the address, and said the growing i m tauce of the great self-governed ccloiubb recognised by every Englishman b! As. ever party or class, "We roioira. 111. said, " in their strength and prosperity and have a right to expect resultsJu'chMfrij world has not often seen, where ftefe gies and the experiences of ancientcllfe tion are applied to the bonndlesa'taritay and unexhausted soiL The position whits our country will hold in history fa:fttmJ will, in my judgment, at least, imi more on the achievements in the my i colonisation, and oa the diffusion of out race over so many of the choicest rcjioiia si the earth, than on the part we hare fkjel or may still play in Europe. - It la 4. cult to avoid language of exaggeration wbile speaking of the possible future i! such countries as Canada and AutntK We fully recognise and duly Take (ie at tachment of our colonial kwaea to tk Constitution under which we lire, to (la mother country whence they tec tprag and to the empire of which, though foiM by distance, they continue to form fat, It will bo my duty and my tob, id. ii will be equally that of any Mmijlenrb may hereafter stand in rcy place, io • • care that tbe deep interest felt bf If people of these islands ij : welfare of the colonies will find Ki..:1! expression in the language and ii'h action of the official repres-entativeiiolti Crown." The "Times," in discussiasti interview, says: —"The claims juadife the Agents-General mark a sta^e inev.V' ia the development of the relations Isr-: the mother country and the colonies, I; < now felt that the Agents-General stall1 enjoy the status accorded to therepreseoti tives of other Governments. They ta come to be channels through 'svliicli fe ' i Imperial Government can obtain anlhsiS: knowledge of the wishes of the rofau! Governments. Governors nominated bjas Crown are no longer capable of cwfja; what a colony has to say to v?." ;

ABBAT'S OPERA HOUSE.

Mr F. Maccabe's Opening i* | nig Jit. Mr Fkederick Maccabb, ykm jsh for many years Las been ahonsoboMwi X amongst British playgoers, artiwA to If the s.s. Te Anau, and gives his nliislp formauce at Abbott's Opera Hsa-e ftSi, evening. Mr Msceabe's enteWnnol , which has the chararl ri 'i ■- nation "Begone null Core," IP" --by himself single -handed^ »* * a "vocal, ventriloquial, niusfetj si .; '' sartorial melange." Each evenijjs to 9 pears in a score or more delineation!, ri each chaiacter is quite dlstmet {(«i" others. Mr Maccabe's po« ■ imoftej gift of ventriloquism greatly i«W»w .], giving an autoaomy oeachofkis.RPt*1 ■ tations. We anticipate a large attan"" |jl at the Opera House thiserening,a™?!E' ••;■: diet for Mr Maecabea saccessM se«» fJ>

POLIOE COURT.-This Day.

(Before H. G. Soth Smith, Esq, B' Drunk.—Two persons, 5a eaclu ~.. D and I>.-Jobu Richardson wK h M«? with being dnmte anadisordeririaß^E street n t an e**ly hnn? thN morr.lM.-l M"! •iuJlivan dep-eed that ha Baw W«K;» morning about 2 o'clock, in oowjjWjW. eral fclrfs oflooso oharsctsr, in Dnwaa » Ofondautjwaa noity (.ad foolißhf ■•ggM: would no; be quiet. Fined 208 ami cbmi* " default feven days. ..i-jj, WKKTCH4DNESS »KD VtO'.-TW »"* nates, namely, Susan Dadteo wa "» KenDodv, were brougtt np urnicridj •«- Act, oharcefl with BeUg habltatl W™*, rogues and vagabonds, fcr in ' -»W" ■ and pleaded guiltj. ~v , r-. Om shore. ■ Kdward Joseph Mj-Si-1 aon weto ohargoa with wilpl ™gSsft lawful commands on board the *«»«. "^ Instant. - Prisoner*) t pleaded .»»'!& Captain Johnson dopoted were prtleled seamen; on Jf.'ff'BS tonr o'oock in the ofternMii,jw.^ re£u>ed to do .duty; they said UieW,, go ashore. He told them It outil4nrt»» £ woieproparing for ses, .TW^fffi»«* would rro. He jjerousded them to IMJ work. bn« they Btlll resieted, JM_«g w wonld rathor ao to gaol th»n wa»»jrL|»f He effered a Rood fieal ct inoonw^Ksi sequence o( -he coadact at the n><»rS", - Foreman wai called 10 take »«'"' >' h^g Heard tha mea refuse to wwfc-*"* {j { » pacify tho men aid pawp'WlrS itePl wort. Toid them that the '"^.'liafiti was not daafrab^. Still ther rtS> The prisoner Axelson fiaid,he was «, ablo to dotheworkof getttnloMP , , captain in answer to His w^&«* would not Uko to take the men oatog^1- Sovendays imprisonment wß*iha*»*^ Stoning Pat. - h »JSI*«M» woman, was charged with <»'"""jj OarroU by striking him oni me \a» ,^i weighty stone on the 6* tot- SupJ ... . explained the ease and asked Jora^^j, Carroll might die in^the H^J^'W a very critical state. Mr "S^iiiW there was no dangor. o*?°"^ in -'' weatt from loss oJ bioou, s j a hospital, but he was not in a fS »*/? I£ tho case adioS rned«,Cffl& tr»S bail. His eUent had been shamww had six small children to *««.««> Jg»J»B occupier of a lc^ginß^ouseanahW^jjißj J| ; looked to her for their ioi?.iUi"^ l(1 • ■ wivs finally roinanded for a Tt cek, •» admitted to bail in £20. _ fflßf jjw- '» aß«io brought up, ohargod wl""'"" batdp» ;i and fl^dlOs.-MaryJ«oMw^»» Q |gH I convloted over 50 times, was »""• three months. This was all the boalnesß.

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{T» & H* 0 ooze, 44 AND 46, VICTOIUA-RTREBT, Begto^w^ea^n^omdlcsandGtentie. tABBB AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF "CiSJKNITUBK, stands, &c, &c. /"IAKPKT3, ■ inolocUng Brussels, Tapestry, Mciaerminßter, SdWt Carpets, HearthraOT, Coir and Chtoa Mattings. Stair Carpets, Linoleum. Floorcloth, DoorSSts Wool Mats, Bed-rcom Bugs, &c TDBDDINa Kapok Beds,. Bolsters and PiUows, and Pal liasses. T. & i. COOKE, 44 AND iS, VICTOIUA-STUEET. IFactory, EUiott-stroßt.]



JL» Ijikabury .« Co/s NEW GOODS I NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS I JSEW iiOODS! WB AXE NOW SHOWING OUB BURST SHIPMENT OF BpbIWG AMD BuMMEK DKESS GOODS, MILLINERY, JACKETS, MANTLES ULSTJSBS, &0. vjv> HA.VH •''HE L4R9KST AND BK3T %/rrt t ™«rv IN MILLINERY MILLINEKY AUCKIiAj m MILLINEKY AUCKLAi- MII.LLNISRY —Yen aro— —rwpootluUy— -invited to visit— _Onr Ksmblishment— I —before making— I -your Par— j —chases.— '• -+1+- VJOBSSHULTSISQ ON THE FBEMIBBB. COSTUMKS MADS OK IWBHTY FOUR HOUBB" NOTICE, lis Ann By »*. o. No o E BKES WAXI" HUES WAX! FniCfcaaei l» aw Quantity tor Caeh. Bnyera ol Fungus ana Muntz Metol. recSenitHem, and trußts that aU oraScSttw"":"' GmwolW t0 moaHon' JA 254, Qnaciwaraa X j^XTRACT. taßX B tomento£6heJollowtoK!- KBPLBRS BXXBACT OF^Alj^j KIOTMBO BXTBACK OF MAM^ Horn KKPLKE-a BXTEAOT OF MALT^ KEPLHB'S HXTEAOT OT h^T.oAi KBPtKB-S B^KA^Off a MAXT, E il .i,.«,t> aa?s^-"Keiiler Malt Extract 1119 Mfl Sto tired with coafldenoe. -tovM*BOj».'}Jrt?<Jfui 9. lisncot" on the Kepler Kalt SsttßCJ--fr^•«, shev«,p-sn«ioß as was C'-.i ~( c!l XtIBOEOOI I WW-'f"!'' • ■■■■ ; _„ ,



Special advertisements, Velvejeens. Velveteens, "the louis velveteen," GENOA FACIC, FAST WOYES PILIT. A Gunrnnteeof Woar accompanies overy ywd ot the Genuine "i.onte," from the oiu-aotßt quality to the beat. None neaulno unit 39 atampod " Louis " oa the back of ovory yard. THE "BRUNSWICK" VELVETEEN, FAST PIWC, Ta alao Btamjod on ovory two yards as » iKUornntoo of wear. "The Queen." the ladles nswopaper. sayß:-" For lightness of wolgbt snd flrmnoßs of texture, thoy upproaon no&rer te Lyons Silk Volvot than any we have »«* mcl with . . . Itwouldmakouplnittyllßh oostamoß, and as It 1b qulto froo from Btlffnoeß. It wtinld noltbor orosßo nor mark. nmTNB . Tho Gennlno '-LOUIS" and "BKUNB W10K" Velveteens can bo nroonrod »n »» analltloa and ootoura, at most modernto 1 r.oou, irom Smith & (Jaughey, IMPOBTKR?. WHOLKSALK AND KKTiIL DRAPKRB. 300 - 302. UPPKR QnEKN-9TRKKT. | Andnttholr BBINCB yaTiBMSnMBMT IN NBWMABKtT. rpHOBNTOMT SMITH AND FIKTtt HAVK FOR SALK : . "Or wn" Flour, In sackfl, 100's and Wb Champion" do. do. do. "Ciuitab" do. do. do. I Sharps Bran Fowl Whoat ipiX S.S. 'GAKONNB. ! 1 CASK NOVELTIES IN ' EMEKOID&ISY, In W hito and Dream Guipure, Also, White, Croßm,BndDMk Colours, worked In oolourt). ONffi CAS« NKW TKRRY OIiOTH. OR TlTKir-^H TOWKIiLINtt lOT UroHMfl, In White, Croam, I'luk, Sky, and Drab. ONK CASK NUN' 3V. IL INQ. In Street and Kvonlnsr Shades. MILNK AND CFOYCB, QUKKN-STRKKT. ——" ~~ "~~" NEW GOODS cases gg " JUST OPENED DP, " AND NOW BEING " DISPLAYED. •• SPLENDID VARIETY OF " MEN'S, BOYS" AND YOUTHS' C LOTIIINGrt Tnß Ckkam of the Mabkkt fob Value and Variety. -■ SPECIAL CHEAP LINES IN Hats SniRTS .. TIKS SOAUJ'9 Braces Umbrellas Belts Bags UUOS I'ORTMANTEACX A largo quantity of tho above Goods woro bought under ex ceptionally favourable ciroum stances, and will bo sold fully 30 per cout. under ordinary market value. '•• THE N£W ZEALAND ;; CLOTHING ;; FACTORY, '.'. 153 AND 160, QUEEN-STREET, " J. FITZSIMON3, Branch Manager. TtTEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY J\ AND ME CANTILE COMPANY 0.1 a«u«. (LIMITED). CAPITAL £1,000,000 Hkad Offices, NewSZealand: THE TRIANGLE, CHRISTCHURCH. ManasrinK Director: Geo. G. Stead. Consrfting Director: P. Cunningham^ Tho nndorslßned begs to Inform Grain Mer chants and others that he has been appointed AGENT for the above Company, and is now prepared to reoeivo ordera-which shall have prompt attention-f or Grain and ALL kinds of New Wand producer STBVENgONf Agent. Union Insurance Office, Quoen-street



CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS AP POINTED PROVINCIAL GAZKTTKS. JAMBB PBKNDBBSAST, Administrator of the Government Whereas, by the twelfth Beetton of " The Abolition of rtrovinceaAot. 1875," it ta, among other UJdrs. Reacted that in Acts of the Gen eral Aesombb. and In overy Aot or Ordinance of the i^lSaturß of an abolished Proyinoe under the Baid Aot, the expression "Provlnolal Oszotto " or •' Provincial Government Gazette, or other similar expressions, Bhonld, wilh MBoeot to sny provincial district, be deemed to mean the - New Zealand Gaza*t-." or Bnoh newspaper na from time to time may be ap- DOlntod by no Gfivprnorfor the Purpose of In eertlng therein notifications of any kind relat , -"w the Goveromentof the colony, or tt c ad- of the Goveroment within any VT^a^toro I Ja.nes Pwidereart, the MHPHf S% e y Act» sssatfasssff's respectively to anottsohednlo, SCHBDUMt m Provtnolal Name of Newspaper. Diatrtot "TaranaW Herald-- - - SSJffiKfk--, ;• Daily Telwash".. - •• %*g™BßaTt ;. West Coaat Times' „ •• ggtaSSr. As wltneM the hand of his K»»Ueuoy the eighthundre.landeiihtT.U,^^ Chbistmas & Hew Year WILLIAM RATTRAY Bens to inCorm those roanirma rlstmai en New Year Preßentß.thathehasa SPLENDID STOCK OF DB^K DRBSSKS OIiOIHINS mantles OOSTUMKB BSIU.INBRY HOBIKRY RIBBONS ggg^ V LAOSS MHXS SHIRTS AND HATS* The Gooda re of tha Best Qoalite', have bee» Bought Cheap, and will be Bold Cheap, at VV ILI'lAM Rattrays CEHTttAL DKAPEKY WAREHOUSE, 578, 180, & 182, QUKEN-STRSKI, . AOTEKAND;



Knitting, Sewing, and fflJggjST ' ' -P. S. Chambers. TO, Queen-stre * j furnituro from Gariiolt Ky» , j Btxeet, Anoklani-AUVT. BC >je* ~; ■SSSJKSWoS*-^ 'ft -Hesiop. uarbytitroet.-(».mn $j |i