SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

j3IGH_WATER| To . morrow Morning, 7.31 SUNSKT.-This Evening, 7.18. SUNRISE.—To-morrow Morning, 7.18 MOON'S AGE.-NOW Moon, 9th, 1.58 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. lona, 8.r., Johr son, from Whangarei TO-DAY. City ot Sydney, P,M,b.b„ Dearborn, from San FronclßCO

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. We'Hngton, sa, rarqubor, fur Buasell Glenelg. 5.«., Stephenson, for Tani anga Douglas, as. Norrln. for Mercury Bay TO-DAY.

IMPORTS.

Per riiy ot Sydney, from San Francisco and Honolulu-51 pegs merchandise, 16 boxes, 338 pkgs maohlaery. 630 raws salmon. 25} boxes ditto, 268 cases point?, 191 casjj canned goodo, 46 packages groceries, 20 iliaks aulok-Bllver, 120 cusa apple;.

' OtrrwAßts CojfiTwiSß- .—Magle. for Whar. Sirei; Agnes Martin, far Mahurai g.

■The Lefterewe, 793 tins, lefc Liverpool for Auckland on November 18th. The Warwick, 931 tons, was then leading.

The Norwegian barque. Johan Theodore, 56 tans.was loading at New York for Dunedin and Aucklard on Deoember 16th.

The Bbip iHalcione (Captain Parker), arrived nt .London from Auckland, 121 days out, on December Ist.

Nearly all the Australian and New Zealand vessels now loading at London, are shutting out cargo.

The Glance, 1800 tern wa» <o bave left London oa December sth, and the Himalaya, 2,000 tons on December 18 both bound for Auokland.

The New Zealand Company's Brahomin (Cap tain Sowete), left London on November 23rd, with the following passongers for Auckland :- Saloon: Mr Wil iam R. Swire, Mr Hugh Croc kett, Mr Robert Jackson, and Mr Thomas Dup puy. Steerage George Knight, wife, and family, John Gaihoa, James Jonos, Elizabeth Mallandlne and thnce children, Samson Joel, James Walker, Henry Lane, Mary Moller, Thomas Body, wife, and family, Marks Levin eohn. Isaac Sharp, Edward Hood, wife, and family, George Hussey, wife, and family, Thomas Pocey, wife, and family, Marie Camp bell and two children, Robert Tindall, Thomas Bellamy, wife, and family, and Henry Cook.

The !•.«. lona arrived from Whangarei last eveoincr with 37 biles wool, 40 saoks gum 13 eesee Ah, 18 cases fruit, 10 sacks fungus, and tte following passenger!:-Miss Taylor, iiias Cook, Mrs Svmadlocy, Mr and Mrs F«x, Mrs North. Missis Coulter I2>, Heyber, Coilett, Canty, Moroy, Bpragg, Fisher, Brdee. Bykes. Rose. Tothli), gptcer, MoCooaland, MeEeszle, Morrison, H. Simpson, MoLeod, Sheddawar, 8. W. Minor, George, Shrowsoury i 2-, Davi?, Frater. Mr and Mm M'tcbell an 1 family, W. M. Tothlli. Greaves, William?, Young, Stewart, Meredith, Pursey, Boyle, Lee, and 3 steerage.

"" ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL STEAMER. The P.M.s.B. Company's City of Sydney, 3020 tons, H. C. Dearborn, commander, arrived in harbour at 6.30 a.m. to day. She left San Fran cisco pilot December 18th, 1882, 4.18 p.m.: received Honolulu pilot December 26th, ISB2 t.25 a.m.; left Honolulu pilot December 26th, 1882,1.18 p.m.; received Auckland pilot January Oth; 18SJ, 5.48 a.m. 23 cabin »nd 15 steerage passengers for Auckland, 21 cabin and 15 steerage passengers for Sydney, and 195 tons of freight for Auckland. Passongers-Cabin for Auckland: Frank Nolson, Miss Humphrey, Mr Beech,' W. G. Brown, A. S. Buch, wife, «nd 2 Infants, H. J. Case, Dr. Moriss and wife, W. B. West, Capt. A. J. Steele, H. D. King, Miss Dairy, Mrs Brown, Miss L. Humphrey, C. BUI and wi'o, L. Mathiar and wife, J. S. King, and Alexander McLean, Steerage: Wm. Cox, wife, and 2 children, Thos. Yates, wife, and infant, Hugh Yates, John Munn, John Davis, Joseph Treloar, Wm. Graham, Phil Laurence, Wm. Johnson, and P. CHaurahan. Cabin for Australia: Sir James McCulloch, Lady McCulloch, Mies Inglis, Mrs Perkins, James Murphy, H. A. Keep, J. Baird, Robert Kerr, Mrs D. C. Freeman, J. Strong, W. J. Moxham, Rev. M. Hayes, Miss P. Conolly, Samuel Hutchinson and son, Priugle Hughes, Miss 11. Thompson, Miss Maud Shoobert, Wm. Lidgato, Morris S. Bates, and Geo. Fessler.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS.

Hiurabl, s.a., Harvey, from Waitara

DEPARTURES.

Tataros p.s, H»nsby, tor tbe South. Gael, i chooser, Austen, (or Greymouth Henna Motau ».e„ Robertson, tor itaglan via Port Waiuato ' Tho Vt ion Co.'« Bteatoer Talaroa left *t 10 IS ».m. to-dar for Southern ports, with SO tons sundries, 238 bags mall, and a number ot pa»ien gers. £ Tbe t.r. Hauraki arrived early this morning with 41 head oattle, 3 hwies and 51 ekeep from Waitara, she waa to leave agtin this after noon for Wellington via Opuuake. The s.s MlCgregor left Watiara at 810 a.m. to day, and should arrive to-night or early to-morrow morning.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, thisday. Arrived: s.s. Wellington. Bluff, this dw. Arrived: Araw&ta. from Melbourne. Pa» lenoerafor .Auckland—Messrs Prince, Woolfe, McDonald, Clark, Misses Pareona (2) and Bright, and three steerage.

Mail Notices.

ISAoa wir.i, Close as Übdsb.— TBIS DAT. Fjr Australian Colonies and Unlt3dKiegd)m, via Brlndlsl, per s s. City of Sydney, at 4 p.m. For Whangarei Heads, Waipu, Whangare', Kamo, and Mangapal, per Argyle, at 1 p.m. For '1 ryphene, per WBndeier, at 4 p.nii Wednesday. 10th Instant For Waitara, eto,per Maogregor, at 11a.m. i For Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 130 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 2,30 p.m. For Rnssell, Kawakawa, Levuka, and Suva, per Rotorcn at 4 p.m. For Thames, per enterprise, at 5.30 p.m. Tbubboav. llth Instant . , For Waiwera, Te Kapa, Cr»igleburn,!and WtKK worth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Glßborno, Napier, Sonthern Porte, and Australian Colonlen. per Rlogarooma.at 11 a.ra For Mangawai and Kalwaka, per Douglas, at S o.m. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu, sad Opotiki, per Glenelg, at 4 p.m. Si B, BISS. Chief Postmaster, Chief Past-offloe. Auokland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

JAKUAIIT 9, 1883. ' Abbott's Opera House—Juvenile Company, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer, 8 p.m. Theatre Koyal— Heywoad'a Novelty Company, 8 p.m. Freem«Bon'j Hall—Royal Aroh Chapter, No. 313,1.0., 6 30 p.m, Dii'l eliod-Vlctorla Rifles, Special Meeting, S p.m. Al"sindra-Btreet Sohool-room — N.Z.1.0 G. Sir H-jnrr Havelcok Open Lcdyto and Entertain ment, 8 p.m

Marriages.

HUGHES-ROGERS.-On tho 21st Dccembor, at St. James's Church, by tho Roy. Mr Runcl man, Stowart, tho oldest son of James Hughes, to Maria MoOouat Rogors, youngest daughtor of tho late John Rogors. LYNCH-DUANE.—On the 31st December, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Roy. Father Lcnaban, Edward Lynon to Elizabeth Duano.

Deaths.

CAMPBELL.-On January 7th, at his lato resi dence, Lincoln street, Ponsonby, Robert Cam obeli. DIXON.-On January Sth, at View Road, Mount Eden, Florence, tho beloved dmiKhtcr of Joseph and Mary Ann Dixon (late ot Lincoln shire, England), aged 11 years and 9 months. Tho funeral will leave her parent's rosidonco on Thursday, tho 11th inst., at 2 p.m., for Cemetery. Friends pleaße accept this intima tion.

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1883.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs .resistance Tor the future is tho distance, And tho good that we can do.

The arrival of tbo European mail, via Fan Francisco, thia morning, puts us in pos session of a full budget of interesting news, which will be found in Other parts of this issue, including three columns on the fourth page. The grounds of the Supreme Court-House are beiog put in order by a gang of hard labour men. The Mauapouri yo'tenky brought to Auckland ten bulls and one calf for the Piako Land Association. At the inquest on the body of tho lad Neil Campbell Main", a verdict of "Acci dental Death was returned. Mr H. Wright has been elected Secretary of the Wellington Meat and Export Com piny. W. Butnip, licenseo of the Mlddleton'a hotel, Kaiapoi, was fined £10, or a months' imprisonment, for suppiyUg drink to a pro hibited person, A number of men have been set to. work to get the ground in order for the erection of the buildings for the Colonial Sugar Re finrry Company at Northcoto. Extensive preparations are being made for Sir William Jervois's reo- ption in AVel lington. The Mayer invites all New Zoa land Mayors. About a dozen competitive designs have been received by tho directors of tbo Auck land Agricultural Association, for the laying out of the Surrey Hill estate, Pon«onby, lately belonging to the Hon. James William son. A man named Tnnos, on being arrested at Timaru yesterday for wilfully sotting ire to a stack of grain on Mr Levell'e estate, valued at £150, said be had heard smoke was good for the liver complaiut. The Pantomime of "Jack tho Giant- Killer" retains its popularity at Abbott's Opera House, and will be repsated this eveniog. There was a full attendance last night, and the piece received a pleaiant and even enthusiastic reception. Heywood's Novelty Company Introduced a new programme last night at the Theatre Royal, iocluding new sketches, vocri specialities, the "Irish Juitice," a very humorous prodnctlon, and the fascinating bird act, concluding wiih "The Belles of the Kitchen." In withdrawing from partnership with Mr K. Laishley, Mr Logan announces that "such withdrawal was not intended to be, and must sot be construed as any reflection or imputation against" Mr Ltuhley, but was simply owing to a want of congeniality between them.

Yesterday Mr Bisn, Chief Postmaster, received a deputation of Northcoto resi dents, who presented a petition asking that the store just opened at Birkenhead wharf might be made a poßt-oflice, for the accom modation of the settlers and of the work men at the Sugar Company's works. Mr Biss promised to give tbe matier favourable consideration

By advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that " W.S.P., Bax 167, Auckland," has the "Next of Kin Register" on sale, and undertakes to search in it for required information on receipt of a small fee.

Those interc«ted in the developmnt of the agricultural and pastoral interests of Auckland will be pleased to hear that ar rangements have been made by tbe New Zealand Shipping Company to have dairy produce fent to the company's vessel*, when loading at Southern ports, free of freight charges. Our local producers and factories will thus be placed on a footing of equality with those in other parts of the colony.

The settlers of Ohaupo district are to meet on Thursday first, at, the grand-stand on Ohaupo racecourse, to consider a pro posal which has been made for tbo conver sion of the grand-stand. into a cheese and bacon factory. Mr Williamson, who is taking a leading part in the project, would, it is unde-stcod, be in a position to supply » good deal of the milk required in the manufacture of cheese.

The first recital by Madame Summer, haycs will probably tako place on Friday evening first in the Choral Hall, but definite arrangements are not yet comploted. A grand pianoforte by Messrs Brinsmead and Son, consigned to Mr Hoffmann, of tbis city, will bo u«ed on the occasion, so that the accomplished lady will bave the full advantage of a first class instrument upon which to di«« play her skill. Madamo Summerhayes is meanwhile residing at Wynyard House. She came to the colonies originally under engagement to Brinsmead and Sons, to play on their pianofortes in Sydney Exhibi tion.

The members of the Ancient Order of Druids held their first half-yearly meeting last night in the Lodge-room, Insurance Buildings, when the following brethren were elected to office .--Junior P. Arch, Brother Wildman; Arch Druid, Brother A. Kidd; Y. Arch Druid, Brother Flannigan; Secretary, Brother F. W. Paul; Minute Secretary, Brother Martin ; Arch Bards, B others Leaning and. Penuall; Vice Arch Bards, Brothers Wil son and Johns ; Junior Guardian, Brother Thomas; Outer Guardian, Brother J. Cullen. At tbe close of tho ordinary busi ness, the brethren passed to Bro. Kidd's Commercial Hotel, where refreshments awaited tbem. We learn that this newlv established lodge ts progressing in the most satisfactory manner.

A sitting of tho Supreme Courii in Cham bers was held tbis morning before His Honor Mr Just'oe Gillies. Probate was granted in re William Henry Stodart (deceased), and John Lees Faulkner (deceased). Mr Coleman moved for an order to register copy of will in re William Harkin (deceased), which was issued accordingly. Letters of administra tion were granted in the esta'es of Walter Edward Payne (deceased), Waller Dillwyn Perkins (deceased), and James Wm, Armitage (deceased.) In re Ralph Georgo James (a debtor), Mr George moved for an odor directing letters directed to the debtor to be be redirected or delivered by the Chief Postmaster to the Trustee of the Estate; order made as prayed for

j Sir Julius and Lady Vogel leave Dunedin ' for Melbourne on Thursday, nnd Mel-] bourne for England on the 7th of I February. Messrs E, and A. Istact announce a. sale of ships stores ex Weatheisfield at their, auction rooms to-morrow, at 11 a.m, A junior branch of tbo Auckland Gram mar School will, it is reported, be establis hed in Ponsonby about the beginning of February. An infant, 18 months old, son of a labourer named Whiting, fell into the Opawa River, Blenheim, yesterday morn ing, and was drowned. It has been decided to build the new theatre at Christchurch, on the sito of the Free Thought Hall in Cathedral Square. The theatre is to be about the same the as t^c Melbourne Bijou. At the Whangarei R.M. Court yesterday, Mr J, Bell, J.P., was summoned for using abusive language towards Dr, Vance, and was bound over, to keep the peaci for six months. Tbo Northern AVafroa cricketers arrived in town last night, and will commence their scries of matches in the Domain to-morrow, either against " Our Boys " or Alpha Clubs the latter being desirous of arranging s match, " Our Boys" team — Whiteside (captain), Walker. Ripley, Cromwell, White, Georgo, Mills, Machattio, Hendry, Hill, and Ullis. Louis Ghezzi, a boy of cloven years o' ago, met with au accident at Waiuku on Saturday, by hiving his loot caught in the wheel of a bullock dray in which he wai tiding. Ho sustained several ugly injuries, and was brought into the Hospital yester day and placed under treatment. Mr McLeary, who has been gaoler at Hokitika for sixteen years, was entertained by the citizens of that place on Saturday last, on tho oocasion of his leaving to assume tlie governorship of Auckland piison. There was a large attendance, tbe chair being taken by the Mayor; and Mr McLeary was presented with a service of silver plate.

CABLEGRAMS.

(Special to Press association.)

(Received —January 9th, I.SO p.m.) GiMBETTA'S GRAVE. LONDON, Bth, 6.20 a.m. One hundred thousand persons visi'ed Gambetta's grave In the cemetery of Pero le Chaise on Sundsy. THE FLOODS SUBSIDING, The floods in Europe are generally sub. siding.

ANOTHER PROPOSED CANAL A scheme has been mooted for the con struction of a canal to connect tho Tyno with the Solway. TBE BRITISH AND EGYPT. The circular not issued by the Eoglish Government with regard to position in Egypt has been presented lo the Powors, EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. Tbo State of Tennessee has been com pelled to repudiate, the State Treasurer having embezzled half a-million dollars and then absconded.

lEBUTKR S TELEGRAM.

(Received January 9—11.15 n.ni.) MX GLADSTONE'S ILLNGSS, LONDON January 8, noon, It has been ascertained that Gladstone's indisposition arises from overwork, and his medic il advisers havo recommended com plete rcsr. Gladstone has consequently abandoned his intended political t/ur in the Midlothian.

STEAMER COLLISION.

A serious collision occurred to-day in the Mersey between the Inman lino steamship Cityot Brussels and another vessel. The former sank in deep water shortly after tho collision, and ten persons were drowned, MR GLADSTONE UNWtLL. LONDON, January 8. It is reported that Mr Gladstono is seriously Indisposed, and that Dr. Clarke, tho Premiers medical advisor, has been summoned to Hawardcn. PAKLIAMENTARY CHANGE. LONDON, January 9. Tho Fiabt Hon. Dr. lyon Playfair has resigned his office as Chairman ot Com mittees in the Home of Commons. RESIGNATION OF SPANISH MINISTRY. MADRID, January 6. The Spanish Ministry has resigned, a split in the Cabinet having occurred upon the queaiion of finance.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE LATE WRKCK AT CLARENCE RIV*R HEADS. SYDNEY, Januarys. The Marine Board inquiry into the cir enmatasecs attending the wrock tf the stesnuhip New England, at Clarence River Heads, on the 27th ult., concluded to-day. The Court found tint tho vessel was lost through the negligence of Pilot Smith, and ordered that his certificate should bo can celled, _^___________

TELEGRAMS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) RUSSELL, thia day. The high price of gum is causing a great number of tbe coal miners to ge gum dig ging as they can make big wages, but it is censing the Coal Company a deal of incon veninnce to raise coal, no miners b'ing ob tainable, and consequently the steamers had to go short, Messrs Larkins and O'Brien ran the first ballast train yesterday, having arranged for a locomotive from tbe Co<l Co. This will expedite the finishing of the railway. The County Council mot yesterday. It is proposed to bring the Dog Tax ogam into force, as a number of curs bave ap peared since tho Tax was ab dished, a motion was also passed re communicating with tbo Government to close the oyster beds for three years.

POLIC E COURT.-This Day.

(Before Hugh Seth Smith, Esq., 8.M.) LARCENY.—Richard Irvin, a sharp-look ing youth, was charged with the larceny of a velvet vest with 7s Gd, belonging to Amelia Johnson, of Auckland.—Tho priso ner pleaded not guilty, and tho case was thercforo adjourned till to-morrow, A Fever B-d.—Sydenham Snow.a well known identity of military bearing and irreproachable shirt cuff was charged with a breach of the Public Health Act, by allow ing bis dwelling place in William-street to be in such a sta'c aY to cause a nuisance, notwithstanding information to abate tbo same,—The defendant did not appear.— Mr Cotter, for tbe prosecution, l opened tbe case, and then called Dr. Stockwell, medical officer to tho Board of Health, who stated that on visiting tho defendant's house be found it full of old rags, every sort of filth, putrid moat, and very stule bread, while cobweb* hung,from the ceilings half-way down to the floor. The house was totally unfit for human habitation, and yet tho defendant and his mother lived in it. He paid a second vi<it when the house was found to be in the same state. The old woman bad since been re moved.— G. Goldie, Inspector of Nuisances, gave corroborative evidence. He described tbestate of defendant's house as "something horrid" and aa " unfit for pigs to live in," Fever had broken out in the neighourhood. He had vi-ited the place both, on the 21-t December, and the Ist instant, and on the latter occasion he saw that do attempt had been made to abate the nuisance.— Thos. Hodges, assistant to tho Inspector of Nuisances, deposed to the service of the summons. This being the cisc, Mr Cotter applied far the infliction of a penalty, tho issue ot an order demanding Iho abatement of the nuisance, and of another order declaims the house in question unfit for human habitation.—A fine of £5 and costs was imposed, and the two orders applied for were duly made, that touching tho abatement of the nuisance requiting that this should be done by the 17th inst. alleged Evasion op Railway fare. —Arthur Kirk, a young man, was charged with a breach of the Railway By-laws by travelling on the 23rd December last iv a railway carriage between Auckland and Newmarket without having previously paid his fare.—The defendant denied tbe charge; be had a ticket, but gave it up to the New maiket station-master,— The hearing of the case was postponed till tc-morrow. The hearing of the charge against Priestley and Mrs Hamilton (r*port«d else-' where) was then proceeded with. I

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY, WITH THE English and American Mails VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

THE LATEST NEWS.

Great Britain.

Decsmber 18, 1882,

Lord Derby, in a speech made at Man-1 Chester on the 13th, rejected tbo idea of a Protectorate for Egypt. England, he said, ought not to remain in that country longer than absolutely necessary to restore ordor. English influence iu'Ejjypt must preponde rate, that it is not nece-sary to cxerci c it in an offensivo spirit, nor exclude friendly | consultation with France Kefcrriug to tbe , attitude of France toward Madagascar, the speaker said :" If amicable mediation would prevent the invasion of Madagascar, we ought to offer our services; but if, ai appears probable, the dispute is only a pre text for annexation for a part of the Island, we must abstain from mediating." The Malagassy Envoy had an iuterview with the Qseeu at Windsor pn the 12fi. Fallowing Lord Salisbury in Scotland, Mr Foster delivered a speech on the 16th, instant, strikingly In contrast to Lord Derby's views oa tho subject of Egypt. Forstcr argues that the process of extension Is part of the law ot existence as an empire, and considers England's pretence in Egypt tho only guarantee ot order, and that itis impossible to say how long she will remain. Tho idea of appointing Sir Charles Dilke Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster hhs been abandoned, according to the London " Observer," of December 16th, owiog to the difficulty ef conferring an office so closely connected with tbe Court upon ooe who entertains such views concerning tho Civil list. It is certain, however, Dilko will sojn entor the Cabinet in some other capacity. Dispatch from Dublin, Dec. 17tb, says tbo applications to the Westport Poor Law Union for assistanca to emigrate, number 1000. Many desire to go to Australia. The barque Langtipghall, which left Liverpool recently for a port not stated, is r.ported wrecked on Tuscar Rock, aud twenty-four of tho crew were drowntd. The British ship Glad Tidings, f om Cal cutta, went asaorc at Piowle Point on tho 15th. Sbe caught lire and burned up. Two of tho ciew were drowned,

Sir Thomas Watson, one of the Queen's physician?, died on December 13. Parnell, O'Connor, aod Sexton, wero banqueted in Uork, on the 17th December. During the evening, a man proposed a toast to tto Queen of the Belgians, at d was promptly put out, although ho drew a revolver to pr< vent it. The Hematite Iron Company, of Mari port, failed for £200,000; also, Morris, Smith & Co., of .swautea, tin pla'c manufacturers, for £100,000. In a tire, destroying a match factory at Belfast, four employes perished. The following batch of failures aro re ported in Fngland, under date, London, December 14th : Mortis and Co , of Brigh ton Ferry, aud W. Morris, of Llangenneck, lloplate-workcr*. £150 000 and £140,000 rc-pcctlvoly. Tbey were involved in the downfall of Biddulpb, Jrrvou.', and Com pany, Liverpool. Forester and Company, tin-plato workers.wlth liabilities of £50,000; tho Cambria Tin-plato Focicty; and tbo Red B>ok Tin-plite Company, liabilities large, have also failed. Übituary : Henley, tho well known tele graphic engineer, and the Bishop of Llan dail, are dead. .John M. Saunders, who threatened the lifo of Gladstone, has been acqulted on tho ground of insanity. In tho Kelt lib»l case, on Iho 14th De cember, Alma Tndemi and other woll kuown arttsta were called, and expressed Btrong opinions that the bust, which. Belt has personally executed in a room adjoin ing tbe Conrt and exhibited in tho wituecs box the day beforo as proof of his skill, was far interior to any other bust from tbe same model which IJelt was alleged to have executed.

Lord Derby in bis Manchester speech, Ecconiberl3th, said, " his personal opinion was that some millions spent in prompting emigration from Ireland -would bo a profit able expendi'ure. He believed that in a few yea's, despite tbe Land Act, the small tenants in Ireland would be just as de pendeut as ever "on the forbearance of the lindlords. Thus the eld difficulty would recur ; but he thought the Govarnmeot should abstain from encour*ging further proposals for legislation in regard to Irish land. The Government should refuse to listen for an hour tb the claim for Irish nationality in whatever disguise it is pre sented. An Irish Parliament would lead to a separation as certain as two and two make four. If we don't want this to be come a practical question, he said, we must be carelul to avotd giving vague pledges which will be construed ns meanisg more than they do," Haroptou Court Koyal Falaco was damaged by fire on tho morning of ot December 14th. Twelve rooms in the ea.t quadrangle were scorched, nnd two were actually burne). The curiosities and tapestry were considerably damaged by water. The tapestry that Buffered most was the part that represents Alexander the Great entering Babylon and the battles of Gcrmanilus. Iv Queen Anne's bedroom tbf. celebrated painted ceiliog was damaged. The pictutes by Rembrandt, Rubens, and Kncller, and Lily's celebrated " Beauties," had a narrow escape. The rooms known as the queen's gallery, tbe king's and queen's private chambers, and the private drawing-room were partially flooded. One woman was suffocated. The loss is roughly es'imated at £30,000.

Forstcr rave his opinion recently <hat "home rule in Ireland means absolute separation from England and a groat probability of civil war in licland,

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

San Francisco December IS. The Bailing of the City of Sydney was de layed two days over tKc advertised time. Preparations aro being made in New York to produce a passion play after tho manner of that at Oheiatn morgan, at Chiistaw time. Tho opposition to it is, very marked, especially aa it is a Jewish speculation. Professor Hoss sends word from Santiago, Chili, that tho transit of Venus was com completely successful there. Georae, the English champion runner, was defeated in a ten mile race at New York on Cccember 12. by a young American. named Thomas Delanoy. Tbo later had a start of ihrcii minutes, ami won by three minutes and fifty-e ijht t econds. Delaney's time beats the best provious American record, which was 20 minutes 20 2-sth ! seconds, while George's best time is 52 I minutes 56 2-sth aeconda. In this race j Gtorge wasrega'tledasoutof form. Myeia, the Amtrican champion, won a half-mile in 2 minutes 10 4-sth seconds. I

'ihe Nilsson cosc«t season in San Fran cisco, commencing on December 12tb, and ending on the ISthi was a most successful affair, nettioe nearly 25,000 dollars. Sitjnor D. DeVivo left for New York on the 15th, in the hope of inducing Adelina Pa'.ti to make a lournce of the Pacific Coast before she leaves for Europ3. Patti demands 5,000 dollars for each concert, and all her expenses paid. On the 15th December the Governor- General of Canada aud Princess Louise left Ban Francisco for several weeks' residence at the favourite watering place, called Mon terey, near Santa Cruz, For the Princess's health they will not icturn,to the ci'y, but proceed cast by the Southern Pacific tail-; road. Among other presents received by the Princess as a memento of her vifit to tbe. Pacific Coast is a pair of the finest blan-! kets made at the woollen mills in San Francisco, elaborately ornamented, and with the Royal arms and monogram in the , .centre. i An interesting on dit is being quietly whispered- around to the eff- ct that in a short Umc the princess will have the pleas ing task of adapting herself to—in her Case —new domestic du'ies, '* dreadful nccldent occurred at the saw ' m'll of J. Vincent.and Son, Chicago, on PCcember 11th', by the explosion of a boiler. Eleven men were taking their noontide 'luncheon at the time, and of these eight were killed, and tho other three seriously wounded. t'ne body was blown into the river, and two more were hurled a distance "of" two hundred yards. Several of tne unfortunates were actually blown into mincemeat, and friends subsequently went about with pails picking up the undis tinquiahable fragments that were strewn about. A hideous state of facts has just come to light in Arkansas It appears that at the beginning of the war between tbo north and

south, a man named Hall, 70 years of age, was lynched by some neighbours in Texas, because he would not take up arms against the north. The old man said he preferred death. Fall's eon, then a mere boy, wit nessed (he lynching, and sWore to be revenged. When he arrived at man's estate, ia 1878, he started to execute bis . purpose. He had killed four of tbe twelve who murdered his father, always Riving each the reason for his action, when h& J himself was run down and shot in sight of i "his own home. Hall's eldest sister then j took up the vendetta, and at a paity shot i and dangerously wounded one >of her brother's a«sailants. This*act alarmed all who had taken part iv the death of young Hall, and a masked band went to the house, j broke in the doors, murdered the three ' 1 sisters, ft en fired the house and disappeared. )It was generally given out that Indians or I Mexicans did this deed ; but the true sate of the case has now been made known^ ' I Joe Cobnrn, widely known as a pugilist, has been released from Sing-sing_ prison, where he was confined for the murder of a I policeman,

LATEST AMERICAN ITEMS.

San Francisco, Dec. 18, A consignment of twenty-two ostriches ' reached San Francisco from Uape Town on ■ the 14th. They are to be placed on a 800-acre rancbe as an ostrich farm near Borden, Fresno County, in the Southern patt of the State. An extra rdinary demand bas sprung up in Biltimore for confederate bonds to meet th-j wants of Eaglish capitalists M. Dubuque, lowa, recently a barber, jealous of a rival, whom he hanpenod to be shaving, deliberately cut off his nose close to his face, and then fled. Bishop Paloof a qucucho, one of Perri'e most distinguished pn lates, was killed by Indians recently, who mistook him and his party for hoktiles, He was returning fri'ni a peace mission to the tribe, A dc<patch from Dublin says the New York ','ltisli World" is prohibited admis sion into Ireland. . Advices from Panama, via New York, say that the cholera was raging feat fully at Chiapas, Mexico. Owners of ana labourers on plantations had perished in such numbers that it was not possible to bury the bodies ; they were burned, fcixty deaths a day had ocrurred in Toaala. Vanderbilt, the railroad magnate, is re ported to have lost several millions lately, through sharp jobs put up on him by rail toad speculators. The iccretary of tho Brooklyn (N.Y ), Board of Education, has been shown to be defaulter to the tune of §250,000 and has fled tho city, The epizootic is raging among horses in Philadelphia. Officers of tho Bellevue Medical Collego, B ston, have been arrested lor systemati cally issuing diplomas to persons grossly ignorant of the theory and practice of medec-ioe. , rienry Matthews, of Chicago, who re cently mariicd a youcg, handsome, and ricli octoroon wife, but from whom his relatives forced him to separate, committed .suicide on the 17th iostuut in despair. An cxtrao dinary state of tMngs oamo to light in Philadelphia on the sth December, ■when Ft.nk McNamee, "Dutch" lilet, and Levy Chew (coloured) were oil arrested as resurrectionists. It appears that with iho connivance of the superintendent of Libaoou cemetery, these men had been engaged in body-sua?ching thore for the la>t ten ycais-hc (the superintendent) receiving §3 lor every " nubject" taken away, >t was impossible to tell how many graves had been rubbed. The mob at tempted to lynch the prisoners, but wcie driven back by tho police. The Mormons aTe much pleased with President Arthur's raesiagc, and say God has interposed in their behalf. Tbo htads of the church returned to Salt LaVo on De cember sth from a trip thrtugh Southern Utah, where thsyhad been preaching poly gamy and urging members of the Church to take more wivo*. The Gentiles are as tounded »nd dismayed that no mention of anticipated legislation ls made in the mes sage. Key. E. Bailey Smith, has made his ap pearance in Chicago, as the preacher of a new religion. He says tbe time has come for the apoitlen to perform miracles again, He claims divine power. a doctor -was ainsted at Lynn, Mass., November 30th, charged with malpractice on no less than 500 females, Charles Stile, caller of the Chicago Gr*in Exchange, was shot dead on Novem ber 28th, by Theresa Sturla, an Italian girl whom he had ill used. Archbishop Parccil, of Cincinnati, re cently failed for a large amount of money Mt with him. in greater or le-s sums by members of his church, and great scandal has been the result of it. The church refuses to make tbe depositors good, a* the money lost was the Bishop's own private obligation, John Iloach, a shipbuilder, of Phila delphia, has entered into contract to build an iron merchant vessel—the first ever built in the United States—at a cost of §65 per ton.

Shipping and Commercial.

San Francpco, December 18, 1882. Flour.—Export grades in good demand at 4dols. 50 cents to 5 doie. 52cents. Market firm. Wheat.—Dry season feared ; market strong, with good demand U 1 dol. 70 cants to-1 dol. 774 per cental. Chevalier Barley.—Demand has sub sided. Quotations are 1 dol. 45 cents to 1 dol. 50 per cental. Hops. —Buyers and sellers are holding off, each trying to force the other to give way. There has been no business of any consequence for several weeks. Quotations are anywhere from 754 to 904 per lb. The highest bid ie 85 cents, and is not accepted, Quickaih er,—Quiet, at 36 cents per lb. Salmon.—Colombia river, 1 dol. 40 cents her», and 1 dol. 35 oen's to 1 dol. 37J cents on the river. Sacramento river, 1 dol. 30 cents per dozen for lib. tins. Salt salmon, bblc, 11 do's. 50 cents; half bbls., 5 dols. 0 cents.

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

Akabi Pasha pleaded guilty to tho charge of rebellion, before the Court at Caire, on the morning of December 3rd, and in the afternoon tho Court-martial re-assembled and pronounces sentence of death, Tho Khedive commuted tbe sentence to exile for life. Arabia demeanour before tho Court was very dignified. It is believed he will retire to some part of tbo British dominions.. His own request was that bo might be allowed to live in Damascus; if not there, then in London. By the disposition of this case, it is expected all the other leaders in the rebellion except Puleimau Pasha will he pardoned. Broadley, Arabi's advocato, denounced tho trial as a f area, and had with drawn from the defence,first vigorously pro testing against the violation of the agree ment mads with him. Bovilli Biy also withdrew from the prosecution, holding: the samo opinion as Broadley concerning the court martial,

Much excitement was caused in Cairo on Na(fciber 24th by the recruits refusing to prfgPd toSoudao, unless they had Arab! Pasha as a leader.

Threo hundred aud thirty of the eight hundrod men comprising the Berkshire regiment are ill at Cairo, owing to the bad sanitary condition of the barracks,

The Phœnix Park Murder.- Im portant Arrests.

Two important arrests' were mado in Dublin on tbe 14th December, in connec tion with the murder of Lord Cavendish and Under-Secretary Burke. A private i investigation was held at the Castle, The arrested party ate Byrne, a painter, and Hanlon, a letter carrier. One is identified as being near the car. Another dispatch says the detectives believe tbey have at length unravelled the Pnronix Park mystery. The police admit that, in consequence of the recent open distribution ot placards offering a reward for private informa tion, and of the arrests following Fenian outages, a number of ia formers, when they found the police already know much, were inclined, by fear, to tell more. The police, by patting together various items of information, bave got what they believe to be a direct chain of information. The evidence began to thicken about the time of the assault opon Denis Field. That affair, so similar in circumstances to the Phoenix Parle crime, from the first, it was hoped would lead to a cue to the latter. Jenkicsoo, who directs the criminal investigation of the Depart ment, Curran, Queen's counsel, and Mallon, Superintendent of Detectives, had been engaged for a fortnight previous in a private enquiry. Hanlon, one of the suspects, is 28 years o'd, small in stature; tbe other prisoner, Brady, is 35, tall, stout, aud robust Both reside near Thomas-street, Tbey were confronted at the Castle, on the day of their arrest, with several persons who at the inquest over the remains of Lord Frederick Caven dish, testified that they had seen the Phconix Pa'k assassins drive away, Curran, however, did notdeem their identi fication of Brady and Hanlon sufficient, bnt the prisoners were detained ia older that

they might have an opportunity to fee them. It is thought that further arrests will be made in connection with the murder. In tbe iaquiry on tho 13th; one of the witnesses was so astonished at the knowledge possessed by the police that he fainted on quitting the room. The man behind,in Whose house were found thekoives supposed to haVe been used in the murder, was examined on tbe 16th, Two Of the knives aire bloodstained. The police believe they know the driver ot the car that conveyed the murderers to and from tbe Park, They think he also drbve the car orr Which Field's assailants rbde.

Thn latest (Dublin, December 17m) re' ceived concerning tbe Phoeoix Park investi gation, is to the effect that the Lord Lieu tenant has issued tbreo now proclamations offering rewards for information—namely, £5,000 for information leading to the con viction of the assassins, «nd the authorities promise to insure that the names of the informants will not be divulged ; £1,000 to any accomplice in the crime, not the actual murderer, who will give information lead ing to the conviction of any of the actual murderers or acomplicei; and £600 for informa'ion leading to the identification of any accomplice, or of tho ho-se car on wiich the assassins rode, or of the assassins clothes or weapons, These proclama'ion«, although only issued on the evening of the 16th, are dated November 11th. The police believe they havo fufficient evidence to sustain the charge of conspiracy against the persons now iv custody on suspicion, Wo^tgato, tho self-accused murderer of Cavendsh and Burke, now that he has been brought homo from tho West Indies, flatly denies knowing anything about the affair, or that he ever made a confession implicating himself. Sir W. Jervois. Tbo shuffling of the gubernatorial cards has commenced. Tbe Colonial Office an nounces that tbe Queen hai approved the appointment of Major-General Sir W, Jervois, K.E., G.C.M.G., 0.8., Governor of South Australia, to be Governor of >'ew Zealand, in tbe placo of tho Hon. Sir A. Gordon, G.C.M.G., who is about to retire from the Government ; 'and the appointment ef Sir W. Fobinson, K.C.M.G., Governor of Western Australia, to be Governor of Sonth Australia. Thus ono of our prognostications, that the Governorship of .New Zealand would be filled by one of tbe existing Australian Governors, has come to pass. The friends of Sir William Jervois may well congratu late him on his success. Appointed to the Straits Settlements in 1875, the second colony he govcroed was South Australia, which he now leaves to take up what is admittedly the most coveted post in the Colonial setvice. Great Fire in Jamaica, The business quarter ot Kingston, Jamaica, wan burned on December 11th. Los?, £3,000,000. Hundreds of people were rendered homeless Wharves, warehouses, srores, banksand tupplies bave disappeared, appeal? were made to tho charitable for food and other necessities. The boundaries of the burned district- from the corner of Wrst and Park Koya'-strects nearly to rast street—embraced the large ware houses iv which, at this season of th« year, heavy stocks of sugars, rum, and oth r merchandise for shipment to thi United States and Europe, were stored. _ The portion of the city devoted to residences was not reached by the flames. Quarrel Between Mrs Langtry and Mrs Labouchere. Mrs Labouchere (Heanetta Hodson),who accotnpani-d Mrs Langtry to the United SUto.», has qiurrclltd with her oa account of her flirtations with tbe gilded youth of N*w York, and is now canvassing her quondam friend and charge in a very free way. She gave, in an interview published in a paper on tbe 9th D»cembor,a breezy re view ot Laugtry'a record, which tells how the scheme for attracting the barbarous Yankees to pay their money lor a sight of Henry E. Abbey's hut attraction was worked up, and says she bas had enough of Mrs Langtry's nonssnse. and is g<>ing back to England, Tbo "Lily replies, through her friend«, that Mrs Labouchere lives Iv a gla»s houso anyhow, and ought to b8 very careful about throwing stones. Mrs Lsbouchire sailed from New York for lon don on tho 13th-her husband having telegraphed her peremtorily to return home on account of the scandal. Before sailing eke said to a reporter, who asked her if it was true there was a mi-understanding, "It is." During ber engagement in Mew Yo k, she has been tlie recipient of many polite courtesies from gentlemen, and only during the latter part of her stay in that city had these attentions assumed such a character ss to induce me to express my disapprobation. Just before the close of her New York engagement, I heard that Frod. Gcbhardt, a young man, whose ma'ked a'tentions to Mis Langtry bave been the cause of much gossip, intended sending his horses and carriage to Boston for her use, and continuing his attentions there as he had done in New York. lam pained, as well as surprised, that Mrs lang. try, a woman of tbo world, whoso soc al experiences should have guarded her from the errors of a school girl, should satisiy a caprice at tbo expense of her interest and reputation; that after the years ol kom»ge her beauty bus inspired, she thou'd now mar the promise of hpr caieer by yielding to the adulation ot a butterfly. Mrs Langtry has become such a factor in the public eye tbat the most vigilant circumspection should mould her conduct lv private life. I believed her sincere in her is-U'anco that she had done with the frivolities that injured ber in Eng land ; but now, after a few months, the good resolutions are ignored, and she has relapsed into the same dangerous gaieties as before," When asked whether Mr Langtry had taken any step towards pro curing a dlvorco, Mm Labouchere replied : " Oh, no; it's no judicial separation, merely a tacit understanding that they shall live apart. Mr Langtry » reduced to a state of 'genteel poverty iv England, aod utterly unable to litid emp'oyment, aid is forced to live upon the empty, profitless title of Mr« Ltngtry's husband." Henry E. Ab bey, Mrs Lingtry's manager, who arrived in San Francisco with Mdme Wilsson on the 11 th Pecember, on, being spo Ken to about the affair, merely said it was a '■split between two women, aud he had expected it long ago." Toe general op'nion is that Mrs Labouchere is somewhat piqued at the attention paid Mrs I angtry, in whxh she herself bas so smaU a share; and a woman piqued, acts, in a degieo, like a woman scorned, Tho gross receipts at the Globe Theatre, Boston, daring Mrs Lang try's fortnight there, ending Decembtr 16th, wereß26,74Si

The New York "World's" London special of December 17ih says the netvs of the squabble and separation, or whatever it is, between Mesdames Langtry aud Labouchere has already leaked out the-e, andfoms the subject of brisk, not to say excited comment. Tho facts ate exactly understood, and Mrs Labouchere's conduct is regarded with approval, even the Langtry coterie admitting she acted the part of a true friend towards tbo "Lily." The ver dict of tho women is, " I always told you so." When the affair comes to be more publicly discussed in tbe papers, the episode of Sir Geo-ge Chetwynd and hia wife, the Marchioness of Hastings, will come to the fore.

The engineers of the proposed Panama C>nal have been compelled, owing to natural difficulties, to change their plan of working. They find it impossible to make a sea-level canal from ocean to ocean, and have decided to adopt the ordinary plan that of locking up and down the grades. Two accidental deaths have taken place on the stage during the month, owing to tbe foolhardy practice with rifles ih " border dramas." Frank Trayne, while attempting to shoot an apple off Miss Behren's head, on the night of December Ist, at Cincinnati, shot the unfortunate girl through tbe brain, and on the 6th, James Perl was similarly served by his brother John, at an amateur performance io Chicago, and law itabibitivo of this kind o "amusement" is now spoken of. The transit of Venu«, observed on the 6tl of Decembt-r, was quite satisfactory. Th day was without a cloud, and astronomer at this point were able to secure quite number of sharp and distinct photograph showing tbe points of contact and tl; different positions of the planet on thesur: disc, I

Threatening the Frince of Wall Threatening the lives of eminent ir viduals ia gradualy becoming a recognid .occupation. A young man named Bnf shaw recently conceived the idea of exit ing a sum of ten pounds from tbe Prinflf WaleJ by means of a letter threatefrg him with the direst consequences in| qe of a refusal. The Utter was signed jth the full name of the writer, and the actios to which the money was to be hit was appended with scrupulous accqcy. Instead, however, of getting tbo dfed cheqoe, he was arrested, and has nov«en sentenced to ten years' penal servitu by Mr Justice Hawkins. The sentep is generally regarded as unnecessarily sere, andjit U not improbable that it will !pm

muted [at the express wish of the PrinceJ Mr Gladstone has also been the re ipientof j a letter from a half-demented creature, who, having t»k;en umbrage at ihe j ''change" his opinions nave Undergone,' declares that ho " must die," In this in- Stioce there seems to be no reason to doubt; that the writer of the letter was a lunatic;

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

(BY OUtt SPECIAL CORttHSPONDBNT IM London.)

LONDON, November 30. THE "Daily Telegraph" of tbis morning contains a long leader about the creation of the first " Victorian baronet "—Sir W. J. Clarke. Mr Rich (the promoter of the Thames Valley Company) did not leave by s.s. Clyde last week, aod does not teem certain now as to the date of his departure. The Thame j Valley shares were allotted yesterday. Mr Sam. Morrio, of Auckland, is rather better. Sir Dillon Bell's lecture (cf which a full report is forwarded) has excited consider, able interest in financial circles, aud will mattrially benefit the new loan. 'Ihe total cost of the Egyptian Expsdition is now ftated by Mr GladttoDe to be £4,500,000, of which £1,400,000 is for the Indian contingent. . The French Government is determined to stamp out ihe Socialist movement, The arrests at LyoEB and other places have caused a panic among the Anarchists, the majority of whom have deeerted the Red Clubs, and many have thought it prudent to crosi to London. The Duke of Edinburgh is much better, and the speedy recovery ot ms Koyal Highte^s from his indisposition is now looked for, [Fjbom tbe " Eur tean Mail," November 30 ih.] Needless to say, Mr William McArthur, M.P., has come in for a deal of congratula tion at the hands of bis fellow colomsts in London on his bein? raised to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Orderof St. Michael and St. Gtorge. Tho onlyregret is that he has not been made a Baronet, but the Premier could not well recommend him to Her Majesty for this distinction after his term of offlce of Lord Maforhad expired. Mr Alderman M'Artfmr is knighted now, not in recoguitioi of the work pc formed by him duritg his mayoralty, but f >r his services to oar Colo nial Empire, and it will be generally ad mitted that he has well caned tbe distinction which his Que:n has been pleased to bestow upm him. Notwithstanding his popularity curing bis mayoralty, the new knight, like nest other people, has his foes as well a? Ms friends, and our readers in the colonies vill not be surprised to hear that some of ileLondoh papers have Deen questioning bisjright to the honour which has been confecEd upon bim. "Truth" says :-" Why has Mr William Mcirthur been madeaKC.M.G.? What has ho done, beyond voting for i Minister.-, to merit this distinctbn ? It is part of our Parliamentary systco to reward political fidelity with kuigbhoods and baronetcies, but it strikes mc as a step in advance to use orders of chi'alry for this purpose." The . "St. Janss' Gazette" 84ys:-"Sir William M'Arfiur is doubt j less a very worthy recipientot the honoi r which has been bestowed onlim in associa tion with the twin saints to whom_ is com mitted, by a mysterious djpensation, the patronage of our colonial Empire; but that he should be raised to a dignity in the

Order of SS. Michael aa George equal with Sir Evelyn Wood, \th has ftught for the ptesijrvatien ot a ci»ny, i*, to say no more of it, open to rfnark. If ihtre was one thing which, nxt to war, was abominable in the eyes ofthe right-minded Liberal, it was annexa'.id. 4 Yet here we have a promoter ot annexation singled out on that special ground i< an honsur which moro than any is connetfd with a pslicy of Imperialism." The 'City Press'—the organ of the City of Lad on—on the other hand, is delighted to fid that his services have been recognised. I The •' Metbodi-t" h lieves that Methodits of all denomina tions will rejoice in the knighthood of William M'Aithur. lie "Draper " says : —"Apropos of shipprs, it is not very often that members t the textile trades attain political distiniion." Commenting on fo plenary amnesty which has beea grated by the New Z«a landParliament to a the natives directly or indirectly condned in the Maori Wars, the "Pall fell Gazette" says: — " The motives whfh have prumpte<i this act ot clemency ar not altogether disia terested ; but the iep is a poii.ic one, and will probibly'lead \ the complete pacifica tion of the natjye i:e," "Lloyd's Weekl London News" de votes somo portionof its space to inquiries after " missing frieds," and in the issue oh November 26 oner the applications relaies to a young Englisvvoman lost in a distant colony. MaryiDaintot sailed from Plymouth, Novober 20. 1878, in tbe Waikato, as sertnt to Mrs Louth, who was proceeding tiNew Zealand to joiu her husband, who wi connected with the rail ways in the colcy. Sir DtUon fell on the Colonial j Debts.

At a meetil of the Royal Colonial Society, held in November 21st, at the Giosvenor Gairy Library, Sir E. D. Bell,

Aeent-Genera'for New Zealand, read a paper on "TI Indebtedness of the Aus tralian Colons in .Relation to their Be sources." le Duke of Maoche-ter, Chairman o/the Council, who presided

over a largi meeting, said the present gathering raked a great epoch in the his tory of theitOciety, in that it was the fie at meeting th had been held since Ber Majc ty grated a Royal charter to this in stitution, j was interesting to know that while in 19 the institute had only 297 Fellows, itadat the present time 1789. Sir Ffaucisieli. m the course of his paper, said that tfre hsdbeen an increase in the debt in t.i colonies in the last twenty years, bu^he progress ef Australasia had been in irty ways more than equal to the growth o)her debt. Of the £96,000,000 borrovvcdby the .colonies,. mote than £86,000,P had been spent on railways, telegrapl and other public works, aud imrnigra^n Of this the railways were even nd yielding a net return all but e^ual tithe interests on the money ihey borrowdou them. The telegraph yielded more tip the same mteiest, and the same rcmowpplied to immigration; so that there \h not much more than £26,000.000 left asho debt on which the interest was not achlly earned. The revenues of the coloui. bad iucreassd in tho kit twenty years wipe'as fast as their commerce or popjation, It had mora than doubled itself jnco 1573, and had trebled it« If

since ,60. _ If in England the same sum coulda raised per head as in Australia, Mr Gladsne would at the pre-ont time be deali' with a revenue of £245,000,000. It wamportant further to remember that the ienue did not mean taxation to tho eamfmouut . Figures showed that more thanne-third of the whole revenue was rais< by taxation, while the colonies derfdfour times as much revenue from Coins per head as was raised in England, six pcs as much as in France, ten times as ich as in Germany, aud nearly three tim as muclf as in the United Stab. The annual charge of iheir debt in proportion to the revenue was mn lighter than in most of the great coftries rf Europe, Comparing the vqme of trade with population, the author ofie paper taid that statistics showed that olAustraliau colonist did as much trade a/wo Englishmen, four Frenchmen, five (^rnans, six Americans, or eight Italians, jstralasia was worth more to tbe Kngli-h Jnufactu'ers than America, France, or (rmany. Having pointed to the most way in which the railways are i'ogressing, Sir Francis Bell alluded to the eat importance of Australasia as offering 1 almost inexhaustible source of meat jpply for this country. As a fact, Aus tralia and New Zealand could export '£000 tons of meat a day, and .thgy could do thi3 withrut reducing fthe nnmber of cattle owned by the colon isls. Sir Francis Bell next claimed for the colonist* that they had so munificent a pro \ision for the education ot their children that if the expenditure ia England were oa tbe same level, the mother country would have to devote £25,000,000 a year to.it. The colonists were most tenacious of their union with the Fatherland, and he hoped the existing sympathies would ever flourish. If this was so, the colo nies would join hands with the mother country across the sea and cherish the remembrance that they were all dozens of the greatest Empire the world Lad ever seen. Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor- General of Hong Koag, in the course of the discussion, gave as the result of his personal experience, figures to show the great security which waa offered to investors by the financial securities of tbe Austra'asian colonies. Mr MoncrieS Paul, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr Strangways, Mr Denistoun Wood, Mr Hyde Clarke,-and Sir Saul Samuel addressed the meeting,

SUPPOSED MURDER OF HUGH A. HAMILTON

Trial of the Prisoners.

Ycstei'dtitf (Concluded).

Willlam Henry Ripi/sy, in the empU of the Ne^\r Zealand Timber Company, gave ? evidence corroborative of that by the pre. 1 vious witness (Burgess). lie should say" Hamilton was perfectly sober. Hadknowi deceised well f.»r the past two or th t , e y years. Never knew him to be the wor«» for liquor, and had met him scores of times. <f

Walter M'Claren Davidson deposed i m am licensee of the Yor* Hotel, ie Newton Knew Hugh Hamilton well. Ontheeyeii. ing of Monday, 27th November last he called at my house to es quire fer somebody To the best of my judgment itwonldL about 11.15 p.m. Be did not remain more than ten ;or twelve minutes, and left about two i».inutcs after" Mesaw, Burgess and Biplt-y. He asked fot,jj. White, a brother Orangeman, whom hs re. peatedly met at my place. Left Hatailtmf at the door. He had nothing to drink while in my boass, I knew the man for 31 years, and never knew him to beinsnchto spirits. Heappeared dull,|elthonghginerallj of a light hearted disposition, ac left lb hou.c in a perfectly sober condition, Ifa not know ,in which direction he went, I barred the door after him, Visited'h's house on the next day, hiving previousij heard of his death. I saw n« { Hamilton there, but ehe gave m, 3 no account of her husband's death, I Heatd her say she had a terrible job duriuj 1 the night, and that she twice charged fa I shirt during the night. While in the,kit. I cben I saw the beoks Hamilton had in a. | place on the dresser. S tieorge McCrae deposed : I am a coom | carrying on business in High street, I knew 11 Hugh Hamilton. On the day that ij j|f died I went up ta his house. Paw M^ § Hamilton there and had some conversation * with her. I said this is a sad affair that tit; I happened and she replied it was. I a.ked I hira how he got it (meaning hs death), i\, ?'■ said I was sleeping in (he bed in thefntf || room when he came in and heard him fri f twice. I went to his assistance, then it. ['■ turned to my own bed and did tot Rec his ?■ again till nextmorningclose toseveno'cM 1" when we sent for tbe doctor." She tiara fi him groaning or moaning and fpoke to Mr IS twice through the partition but got m g answer. w; ' Ihe Couit then adjourned fill 10 a,tt,^, ['■, Tu< slay. I »' ' ' ■ I

TO-DAY'S INVESTIGATION.

THE hearing of the case against 'llionu, p' Foley Colin Priestley and Marion Boberlsci I Hamilton, for the murder or Hugh A, \ Bamilton, was resumed in the Police Court P at half-past ten o'clock this morbiog, befcq ft Mr H. G. Peth Smith, R,M., and a ciomW w attendance of spectators. On' tbis occasion as on the previoes oijj there was a good sprinkling of ihe softer sex amongst the audience, || The Crown Prosecutor conducted the a . amination of witnesses. Messrs ThoQ. Cooper and F. Earl m i * appeared for Mrs Hamilton and Prijitfaß respectively. Mr Superintendent Item's! . was also present to watch the proceediihfl Mrs Ann Coilen was the fiist wjlebi ■" called. She depoied: I am the wife "ill James Cullen. and reside in Boat-sto^ |§ Newton, and w*b next door neighbour t* the deceased, Hamilton, I Ibew 'Atojl (the Hamilton*) very well, and hum known them some time. 1 recollfct'lliS evening preceding Hamilton's death, tIiJK 27th. 1 went into the house that di| the'back door, between 7 and 8 in te & evening, and 1 saw the prisoner* there,' 1 M met Priestley at the out-ide door, aad!a at once went away. The only other pc. sons present besides Mrs Hamilton wen j her three children, I had a convcr- j. ■ with Mrs Hamilton, in the oumi' ■■' which she spoke of her hiwbsnd's ii.., , temperaoc, and his unwillingce -,: , allow her proper means. She said [in ther, that ho w»s subject to crimpi) » the stomach, and that rhe was afraid li^js might go off some day in an attack. Est also remarked that »he h«d no mtaai i - ■ bury >him if he should die, and thatkß was dtieking constantly at night. IM Mr Cooper complained that the Crcn'SH Prosecutor was not getting out th? m conversation, but only so much Hsaltiigjjir' his case. , H "the Crown l'rotecutor rep'icd that Ifcj|jSj| Cooper was quite at liberty to cwJiM examine if he chose. Mr Cooper said that he did notltfsiHH to do so ; he would cottent himself|iftlH this ptotest Bis Worship considered the CrownPitHj s- cutor's action quite justifiable. i'-jj? m Examination continued : Next moni^K at 6 o'clock I taw Mrs Hamilton dramj||| water from her own -well, the fencebellpffll the two yards being low enough to POSmH of my seeing all that passed iv lhe H^fj|j ton's yards. Mrs Hamilton waieiigsj((|tjH washing something. ■ lthaa tees heist IM torn to call in «ny assistance ia caaeofjfls W ness to the children or herself, bntonto; morning she did not tell me that ttM'^H anything wrong in the bouse. I hadgtrifl opportunities of observing the idatef EH tween husband and wife, and I slsf; th'cght that he was very kind toward, wai while there always seemed to be of food and clothing in the ir-- ---1 never saw him come home OT«| although I saw him rather frequently, ll the day in question I enquired of --' Bamilton some particulars abont BHl» baud's death. She told me thatafterixpH home he had a fall, and she oalleifl'H from ber bed, "What is the BUWH Hugh ?' but that the only answer ihe pfß was a groan. She said that he had w^H asainst the ted and split his head, t^PH shewed me the part of the bed that is in fallen acaicst, (Ihe witness polniedti'; the spot at the foot of the preiw'.' referred to.) Bamilton was then ty'lffl dead upon bis bed. I knew Priestley?* well. He lived in Mrs Neilson's, theb-l~ above Mrs Hamilton's. I bad often ('" him in Hamilton's house, but I sw> went there myself.. I have, seen p*, . • enter ( both by tho.. back pjJpHMI The-e is communication between M' son's and Hamilton's houses at tbe t> ■ Priestley and the Hamiltons app?are»J j very good friends, he was so often «'" , house. When I was in Mrs jOgi house on the evening of the 27ti, 1 B. f!|j|„ tbe children lv her bedroom. I COUW" f say ivhero they usually slept, ■ . i « < Marcaret raraahah deposed :—\ >a j wife of Joseph Larnaban, compoßito *i* I. reside in Cross-street, NewtonJjjjW well acquainted with the Hamilton^ if pretty often at their house, and I freW* aaw Preistley tberfe,"ihdeed :almofltf|H|»i time I went. I only saw him '.here Wr^n; occasion when Hamilton was'-aiMisW" was on one night after her babyw%Hp that I stopped with her, as hetBfBMI gone over to Ponsonby. -Pn^lISK away with tne nnrse, and dttimi! -j,: absence Hamilton came in. I hn« *:' more familiarity between thepristKcn^ ought to exist between a single m»' 6r ,•. a m arried lady. I have seen hint pW' ' her hair and bathe her face and «£R lavender water. Mrs Hamilton al»» called him "Tom," apd I hareieg|9B leaning over the back of her chair. WjiW four or five months I called at the ho«8^ 1 knocked at the front door for *dnii»uo' knocked several times, and noticed WA |I blind on Mrs Hamilton's bedreom^Ml was down to its full length, ao that 1«J to tho conclusion she had gone ont "' ever, to make sure, I went round l*; back-door, and, on hearing a.'JP?', .' bedroom, I entered the house, Ih'nW. •'< must be in. Mrs Hamilton cam* ram back door, looking verjnf*^*M»ed, Vt2 and put out, so that I *<C,* Wl-'--' ' the matter. " Uh," ahercUMS^M the matter. ishethenasbS n I„3 IMi- 5 into her mother's, anf^"llHj but that I bad some hj > 'Fi^i I went info the house] lci'—JWaHl Hamilton opened thff S^.JSI ""V through the window4|g?°W|!laM| the passage and >>o Inf, tP"' Jaife.-' 1. ■ bedroom is in the it, | Jp*^^Hß he may have been cTr^ IwSm other front room. Mrß)S&',ll^{sH seemed to be fond of hte^ScM .'a'j.' . was always complaining of hrmj^Nfei that he was not a good JOTw?"?i|S®i Hamilton once or twice cokW^L^& of Priestley's interferences W m l{Jj2H held allairs, SLx months IwJmaM volunteered to fell *^<l<pSl| private affaire, He raid T« stayed out very late at n'fi?M|ißiH| Hamilton was very ntvrotu,:im^gm often he had to go in'jo »«■ mm aod look under the I^ISB.* there was not a man there. W*S:"BM& "M has told me that the baby r Jras vfmxM to sleep with herself in her bw» Ffffllß that tho other two Blepjfc' is »«« .

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