SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATKU j 7.37 aUNSTCT.-I»'V.U.>'.vei'iV^«.« „

ARRIVALS.

Argylo, 5.8., Crawford, from Whangarol

DEPARTURES.

fltmgUs. s.B.,Norriß, for Mangawo

Su^lWcb, Murphy, | claoed in commatiu of ,v ;•■v_ '• , ~n (1 , B

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING,

Rtjsseix, this day. SSS Grconway, and othora.

COMMERCIAL.

BVKNINQ STAii C>fpiok, PrUtey. MR. AMTtKD BTOKXiAND'B WEEKLY EVOHT. J t the TTpmwrUfit, fodder brought from Sa to BaSdae™iroats,2sOA: fowl wheat, 2* 11.1; ?™ "rass. 5s tk bushel. 1 .ocal horse stock wore ISt full nrnnUois: tho demand is nriacl oallv for mi-aium draught, which brought from £l Bto £2- cuch; amaU and medium horses from £i iSa wwanls. Attlio wool, h'.do, nnd skin Slfn'Sv, hides vonli.'-od from 2dt.o3}d M tallow. 2TB toKl.»p-ltl.oPWt■ i sheep Bkln». 13t0230d each; wool, from id to oj<l tho lb. At llio catilo tales held at Wainku and Poke kolio tho piicoa of stock have b,-™ consu on-.bly inflnenced by the improved pastures, winch hna occasioned a very gencrol inquiry and rulvuncod VtriOHTBBASB -"o'.an'i :,M' v.,"..-ITorso-: 'riiijiir,-,)l' w':i '(^-K-i '""" -10 (ii'iV'iir"'l i-tcady. Me JS-:;l ..^.!" '• J« -At tho Dnrh _m lt;}.%--^.: ■ ■.-V-,tl. *^ :,n.'r-. for dftiiv Hge- ad"otb;o number yarded, with little •tt^iS."! Weekly RWOOT.-At Parawai, on a'hursdi-.y, fat, caUlowo scarcely plontlful nearly double tho ordinary number hnine variled. 1?' wcro youny stcors. sewcoly fit for tho butoW. Tlweo that woro o C KOOd qnalitv. brought from 2 Is (o 23s per MMba: sscond-oliiss !Sls npwanls. Sl.ecp were in usual BnDDly. Good wethors nnulo los 3d to 16s (m ; ewes, 13s 3d to lis Cd. Lambs were not equalto our general nnallty, and wero slow of salo at from 03 to 10s M.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

WHolesalo. Betaii. B. (1. 3.0. , S. (LB.fi SbS&SSit'jMa tS 3'- « s-oio &bair,->0 7-0 8 iWll 0 6-0 0 Bacon ami Hu!n«, Fowl?, o.soh 1 t>- C Provincial 0 8-.' 0 luicfe, oach J b-.. 0 Canterbury i.^ui* Oocw.pnch 5 0-^ 0 Stoth^Vo-O D £^»» OwflJ g Bre&il, lv por i'itVlortf Jams par c•..-.«. o .In/. ;SU IU so 37.i 63 OUICUi...:. iiKAl'i «, v. ROjWltaS^ - - - ~ 0 6toU 0 .ptoSriWflVgni , „ ..18-0 7 BteaU-r . - -'fis Ia R **«»■•■ nooituum* fi *>. a. Fine Kiotr, -lirto, uocs«hoM .. .. 1210 0 delaide, per ton W „ Oamana, per ton .. "J» » Dunodin, per ran .. - •■ " tH, n Canterbury, wr ton .. - - -" A" « Bran per Urn (?^cu?^oluaea'.. £o 10 - 6 0 0 Sharps, por ton ... - - ■• «" ' Cabin BzenA ■■ - -• -„ ..- «°n S Pearl Bsrlay _ - - . £20 21 0 0 HAY AND DORS MABKBT. Wholenala. s. d. a. d aa. J! S Maine (SyO.) none Kay me'dow „ «V«c.) cor.n ton prewd i 53-5 10 New-potatoes: Hobajt, fiG: kidneys, £S to fi9pertOn' Oaten ofeatt.ii? Ketall. Hay oik .« 0-7 01 Potatoes, Id and 2d Lucorno, cwt.7 8-« C per j'). KitT'U GUM AHO -"'LAX MARKKT. Gum ii o s.ier. Tha followlns are tha lawst ynototloa.-,:-(.;«:-'. ordinary Kaiparo and Wiian^r-.i at fit 2to Mi; Hast Coast. £53 j J0<855. i'-eoeipta fur Maro*i, to dcto, 170 '.one. FLAX.-Ftaoßt quality &U-SSO per ton To*w — *• • ~~ Funbtjs - .... - 3Jd. porib MaNUH^s.—SorcflDßt. Bydmr. £7 to £7 10a, Booorolasto qnaliti ; Ancs^ii'J I, £?'lO £8■ 10hr; Feravian Gnas.o, J517 to i5;8; Metasn Islnnd, fig ; an.in la.tiH lets. £5 t. £8, ba,. lu oluJert : t-n-.ijj Ohomtoft: ,:*a-mre, Cl 4 lw; Bonefliiur, £8 Boitwaa Matsbiais TaiQiat.-Bt:ii-d!! and SntutUiig. lOult, CB.it> lla ■ wcond oiaos. S» fid ; tact, nlanod' tongned und grooved, fiißi.-claan, IGj ; n-udiura. Us;; second ditto. J2i Mil'-J: Cargo, beet, l?a; Boooprl-alfws, 7i; Bauik, 8s C-J. Bhiokb (at ivtaau,)4oßperl,ooC; Town Yards £3 -"dollverod, i 3 103. Drain pipes at wortea.ner 100 (6lnches bore),4o?; dlnones. Hb ; 3taches,93: 2 Inches, £210a per 1.00b; socket glazed pipes.iO Inoheß2s6d per foot,; 15 mshes. 2a per foot; 12 Indies, la 6d par loot; 9 I»c!ie8, la per root cor inches. 6d per foot: i inches 4d sar QAItDHN JND OKCHAKU PUOBITCE.—V-holc gole s Plums, 21 »o 4o ; ;-P(jlea. IJ4 to 3d per Itj: Sesohes. 3d to 9i p« dcz.i p'.ar», lid to 31: lemons, per ds-z., 3a so & fid; oploas, por Ib,, 21 to 8d" grape?. 1- Bri to 23 poc lb ; rhn>a<b, rcr doz. 3s; oelerj. P«r doz.. 2a tv li; pices, Rd to is: nsß.2d to id par doz.; «arl)c,3d to i& per lb, • paesloii fra:t. >A jo 3J'l per cot,. ; pnmpklnx, per lb,, M to Id; riiokmoioos, pe^ aoz.. is to 6s; mushrooms. Za ro 3.4 per lb.: ivutermolonp, per dor Ss to Ba; buoaiia3. lja to 2t ; flibens toone)- oraiiKeu. la 6ti; oooi-annts, 89 per 100 : to^to» per lb 2d to -id; b^uia, 2d. Retail: Bewpotetoes, P"r -'b. l-ci '-o Mi flirts (uone); Tcmatoes, 4" to Cd; ; "mis. Cd tv Qd ; uracgra, 2s to Ss 6d jier fioz: tom^K 4d to «tt; eaoh: Onions paMb, *i; Aajlce j-ar lb. 33 to g-l: Peats, lawed; KMibirb plt bnudlo, dv. onoa<nbers, 2J to id ; Pe!>ttos 3d to la ;Urau6S. 2* to 3a par la; Uaaii*. i&: mushrooms, la ta 6d par ib; ba«mtu, 3 in t« 91 per lb.;; flgs, per doz., Oas oeiery. u«r buu^io. 3d ta on ; rook melons,6dtolaea'eacli: waterni«Jonß.4a tola eaph; pine.?. Is tv j.a S.i; sarJiw, 6(1 to 8i par Ib.; paBoiO" ims:, 4a to 6d per dcz. Coal asb ITibbwcod M*bket. Coal,— I'.ewop?tlo fsJiip'Gaide/.oargo.SSato 339 per ton: yard 32a lo 3S«, Bay of Islands lit yards, 27b, BWrna : eores-ncd, SOflj ditto as tne tulne, IBs; saipV pidfi, 25^ !■• 2*-1- Wilfco!o, ofc mine. sa; to ATiefck <i. I'M R- '» iO-«. K.imo, 12d nor tonntlopiimi? ground. 'fHOtil11) at mue, m Bd to 10b: st yard. 20.". to 25-3. V*iiar.«nTOl, &ii mln<», 3a Cd : yant iftoim). 17s; household, 21n; aelivertsd. Ma. Mtrandi, at yaxd thouaehold), 18fl; steam, igs. ' „ . FißFTOiiC—Uiont, ni tvhf-.rt (c-.r;n>, 8s fid to 9B ltd po'- Wn: deUverert, 13i 6d: oat, 15a to 17s.

Mail Notice.

Mails was Closx as otdbk:- THIS DAY. (for Whw sarel iliwds. ltaan. Walpn, Whan- K»rol, Kiuno. Tftnglhtin, and Munnapal, pur Arpylo, nt 1 p.m. For WaihnSo, Cowos, and Ooromanaol, por uoroma'.rfel, at 5 p.m. lfor Tnaiuoa, vav Xntorprlscs at 5.30 p.m. HATI7HDAY. 10th lllßtlltU. lrot Port Fitooy, par WstorLily at 7 am i?or Waiwora, Msimrani?!. Mutaltium, Msn- Kawl, Sro,, por Rom Caaoy, at 10 £>.m. For V/sl-tori. perlcina, at 1 p.m. For ivato ford, TotiranHa, etc n por liotomiv l:ant» fit i >\\n. For Thames, vor Rotomnhairi. p.t 2.30 p.m. For RoUhiik'Hi -.no, por Oto"., at 3 p.m. Monday, I2th imttrt. For Waltn a. oc, nor MiiCriiisor.nt 1 p.m. ForCoroni«a.il, put1 Ciirun-unli'1, ut l.uj ..m. For -i aura-R». Ot'lnomum, aad Opotlkl. por lVe"iu(?ron, utt p.m. yor R\i6aol ana Kawakaws, car Koluiu^. Nt Tok-tDAir, I3th lostant. For '■•'WM-kifi.s'' Santhor? s ort.s poi rcngnln, lit 8 a.m. ■am -ii.vs.-. i7ilJ 'nttaat. Pcjrß.fi Aus ralia, as M >>wti :— -„. ...,,.-.;.•; '-jio-nila. U:'.ltc>l bt»S69 ox ■k'•■'v!c*: Uu:>^l-.' "riiir.". OoWmbla, CaoteU '•mi^.rA;:. A.rt'-»-litn» mi-J .s?.n "T-^relra "'iToVniOTiny oriler^, reßHterod latters. and Newepat'ars. at 11.S0 a.m. iwiiß lo'tcrr. bosrlna au «sti's fae ot nxpsnea. Eti mldiUnn v; is uoaSRES, will be reoeived by Uib KuJi A«sn: en board the steamer up so itetiineof salltn»;. Th's airti'. Trill bo daa In Louden, on Mon &es; May 7th. 1535. N-B—The stenmor Caberthua -will leave Sydney f«jr Hong Kong on Slit March next. A fost-ottloe has boen opoued at Cowoo, Wal heko Island. Walla -wii, bo m*de up at thlj cfficeovnryHtrid»y; return mnlla wlllboreoolved every tjotard&y by (^jtoma'.dol otenmer. S. B. Bis?, Cbief PosUnaster. (SM(^S&: ''as-oifloe. Anoklaat!.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

Marou 9, 1883. 1 hi-atro Koj-il—Slinonain'a KoyaiHogllah and Ooiuio Open CoaapiUir, " i'ha Brlsjandß, 8 p.m. *.bbmt'a Opora Houso—Macoaba's Monologne I EntartMninent, "Bokouo Dall <jaro," 8 p.m. Royal Austrnliau Circus—Market Sqnaro, 8 p.m. [ at. faal'a Chnroli—Practloaofchnroh cholra, 8 p.m.

Deaths.

GULLIVER.—On Decembor 17,188a, at Canter bury, England, George Gulliver. F.H.C.S. and F. 8.5., aged 78, unclo of Mr William Gulliver, Ponsonby. WILSON.-On March Bth. at her lato resi donce, Waterside, Cambridge. Aorero Agnes, tho beloved vrlfo of Major Wilson, aged 32 yoars.

Notices To Correspondents.

Inquirer.—The numbor of Roman Catholics returned in the census of 1831, is 68,319. Tho population of tho colony was 480,933; tho Roman Catholics, therefore form about one seventh of the population. T.C.G.—Bundoora, we bolicvo, rnn tho qulckost two miles ever run in the colony, at Christ church, last Now Year's Day.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1883.

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

la our London correspondent's letter published to-day in another column will be found full dctailß of the imposed direct steam service between England and Pew Zealand. The intention is to employ steamers of bo less than 3,000 tons gross tonau^Ci property fitted up far conveying mails, for carrying ou the frozen meat trade, und for passenger traffic. The voyage each way is to be per formed in 50 days, the outward route being by the Cape, aad the homeward by Magellan Strait. As it is in no .vay intended thattui? should be in themeantimu a mail service, thi.-. time is very good, when contrasted with the average passage of sailing ships, which ia 100 days or so j and to show that the question of first-claßa speed ia subsidiary, alternatiro tenders are called for a service consuming 54 days on the outward voyage, if at a lower rate of subsidy. I'lie in"st important feature in the conditions 13 that which has refc renco to ,ihc first port of arrival and laat of departure in the colony. Th 6 provision on this point leaveß it optional wiili the successful tenderer to make cither Auckland, Welliuaton, Lyttelton or Port Chalmers the port of arrival aad departure on each vojage, with liberty to call at other ports than the one fixed upon, on giving intimation before each voyage to the Agent- Ueneral in London and tho Postmaster- General in New Zealand. In this way, the question of the port of arrival is removed iconi the iWd of local jealousies and placed upon a pnrely commercial basis in the hands of the contractors for the service. The terms of Government are, we think, very generous, perhaps just a trifle too much so, for trader this condition it might happen that a large batch of im micrants whom Government wished sent to Auckland might have to stand over nn til tho contractors thought fit to call there. It 18, of course, extremely probable that the necessities of trade will make it the interest of the contractors to call at the four principal ports on every trip; but by tUe terms of the contract they are not bound to call at more than one port each vojage. It would pernaps have been better had Government retained more control over the movements of the steamers in '.oluiHal waters, and made it obligatory t) call at the tour principal ports every voyage; but en tha is hole the de<? c." adopted is a very ingenious way of solving -fiat 'f/efd admitted to be serious

dillicultics in questions of detail. As a com- , morciixl sorvice between this colony and the Home Country, It is of the first iin- j portanco that tho intentions of the Go- j vorunient should be faithfully and speedily carried out; and we havo no doubt, as trade iunrca?e.s the vlifttot uUtZ route will bo adopted by tluse bloameis, whon the service would form a very valuable , auxiliary to existing mail services. |

Cable messages from Victoria announce that tho coalition between the Liberal and Constitutional parties has been micccssf ally achieved, and Mr Graham Berry, tlio | leader of tho former party, takes a snbsi- | diary position as Chief Secretary and Postmaatcr-Genentl under the Premiership of Mr James Service. That the latter gentleman has, and means to keep, tho whip hand of the political position is shown by the fact that ho also acts as Colonial Treasurer and Minister of Public Instruction. What is most striking about tho present arrangement, to outsiders, is the extraor dinary elasticity of colonial politics wlitu makes it possible for two poli ticians so diametrically opposed to iach other aa Messrs Berry and Servico to woik together in tho samo Cabinet. Still, when compared with tho basis upon which the OVLoghlon Ministry subsisted, the lew order of things may bo snld to be a decided improvement, and judging by tho export uncc of tho Parkes-Kobinson Government in Now South Wales, thoro is a stroiif; pro bability of tho strango partnership i ow formed proving tenacious of existence aud difficult to break up.

Tho STAB Supplement of tomorrow will contain the continuation of tho serial tale "The House oE White Shadows," an affecting story entitled " Dot," and a thrilling sketch by Lady liorhDrt of Loo, under the titlo of "Tho Spectre Monk of Messina," and the following among other aitides-.-"Tho Scotch Charac ter," "Chaldean .Antiquities," "Will there be a Salvation Army in 1000?" "A Queer Ghost Story," '■The Price of Meat," "Artomua W.ud :it a Young Ladies' Seminary," "Sir William Jcrvois on tho Future of New Zealand," "Tho Song of tho School Girl," besides Odds and cuds, Choice Kvtracts, Poetry, &c., &c.

Our weekly mnrket report price list is published in another column. In dairy produce it may bo obiurved that both bnttcr and oggs have declined in price. The formor we quote at lOd per pound wholesale and la retail, eggs being worth Is per dozen wholesale and Is 3d retail, or 3d pi«r dozen le-s than last wtok. In grain, oats and wheat continue plen iful, aud a further fall in values has accordingly taken Slaco. Guui h not at present in great emtiud, and prices have a downward ten dency. The receipts to date for the mouth of March are 170 tons, the ruling prices being £42 to £44 per ton for good oidinnry, and £53 to £55 for East Coast. Fruit is still vory plentiful, and, in most classes, rciuaius at last week s quotations.

Tho storm prophesied for to-day or to morrow, which is t» sweep all our shippiuu from the seas and do incalculable damago on land, ns yet shows no signs of approach ing, and with the exception of a fow weak minded individuals no approhensions are felt regarding it. Tho lino aud settled weather of yesterday aud to-day is cited in disproof of the prediction's probable fulfil ment, but it would appear tbat this is not a trustworthy indication. On April IS, ISSO, there broke over Dublin a storm such aa it is predicted will occur hero, Tho morning was fine, but about 2 p.m. tho mercury fell rapidly, though tho aun was shining. A little later o hurricine, unparalleled in the latitude, set In. By the otliciaUuivey of four district* out of six, 294.302 par.o) wore broken and tho damage in glass alone ex ceded £27,000.

Wo understand that tbo Government in tend to hold a formal enquiry into the row at tho Fukckt-he t'leguvph otiice The officials concerned i.uv-i rec«ivt'd instmo tions to forwardrepy.tn At pre'ont, Mr Biackmmc, re|nes--uun^ the Railway t'c partment, is in charge of the bulldiug.

Tho subject for practice on Tuesday next by the Auckland Choral .Society will bo Schumann's " Paradise and the Peri " All performing members should diligently attend the rehearsals of this v.'oik, which will require special care and attention on Ibo part of those taking part in its produc lion.

Thore was a fair attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening to witness the performance of "The Brigands" by the Kimonson Opern Company. Tho opera will be repeated to-night.

At the meeting of the City Council lnst evening, when the matter of considering the advisability of raisdug a now loan was referred to the Finance Committee, Cr. Garratt suggested that the committee might also take into consideration tho advisability of purchasing the gasworks.

Tho circus performance last evening again drew a good audience. The pro gramme of the previous evening was improved upon by tho introduction of several now items, the whole apparently being well appreciated. Tho circus Is open again this evening. For Saturday after neon a matinee is announced.

The silver cup presented by Mr S. Coombcs for competition at tho Ponsonby Kegatta is certainly a handsomo and valuable one. It has been allotted to the race for second-cUss yachts, and should havo the effect of stimulating the com petitors to an exciting contest. There will not bo many ontries for the raco, but the Jessie Logan, Minx, and Eclipse am all ox« pectcd to enter, so that thn event will pw. bably be one of tho best of the d .y.

We draw attention to tho advertisement in another column of thn opening literary meeting of St James's debating class, which takes place next Monday evening. The meetings will in future bo held iv tbo V.M.C.A. building, the entrance being from Welleslcy-Btrcet. This situation is much more central than tbo old place of meeting, and tho change will doubtless tend to an increased attendance at tho weekly meetings. The business next Mon day evening is a debate.

A crushing of 142 loads of quartz and 150 lbs. of picked stone from the Deep Level Cross mine, was completed at the ond of last month for tho return of 3420z5. melted gold. Tho present crushing is shaping to a payable return. Since cleaning np at tho end of the weeK about 401b.-. of picked stone came from tho drive on iVo. 4 lov«l atid stopes, the reef being about 18 inencs in thickness running north. In his report dated the 7th. instant the mauager says. 'We f-ra not getting any great haul of specimens yet, but a few pounds of picked stone ore being recoived hero and there all tho length of the stop-a. At 610 feet level the ground in crosscut continues good. Drive is still being continued on Mariner's reof but without much change,"

We have been shown by Dr. Murray Moore, a new appliance, called the andt- Ehonc, for the use of people of defective earing. This invention, which is claimed to be of the greatnst utility, is based upon tbo scientific laws of ihe vibration of sound uaii con-ists of two thin plates if vuloanite about nine inches square, bound together and drawn into a curved shape. 'I'ho frco coda of those plates being placed between tho teeth of a person almost totally deaf, any sounds which strike on the front of the r.urred plates are conveyed to the auricular nerves throngh the vibration imparted to the teeth. >hoao afflicted with tho loss of healing, may find it worth their while to try the effects of the audiphonc, which can be done at the premises of Mr J, A, Pond, chemist, Queen-street.

Great excitement was caused in Queen street this morning by a runaway pair of hotscs with a cab attached. About 11 o'clock Armitago's cab was on the stand in front of the Theatre hoyal, where an ex press drivei by Pilcherbacked up against one of the horse j, and sot the pair off at a startling pace. They cleared everything until reaching tho lower cab stand, where they came into collision with a cab belong, ing to Mr Malyon. Malyon's horses were thrown to the ground, and it was with great trouble that they wero got clear of the vehicle and on their feet. Both horses and cab' were slightly injured. The run away pair and vehlclo sustained very little damage.

A somewhat curious case waa hear:! Nt tho Resident Magistrate's Court, Cotoraandol, on Tuesday last, before H. Kemick, Ksq., K.M., in which X, Keuncdy, a bushman, sued K. J. Glover, steward of tho a.s. Coromandel, for £10 alleged to have been illegaly detained by defendant. The plain tiff's story was to the effect that he recently travelled in tho s.s. Coromandel to Auck land, and, having no small change, ten dered tho steward a £10 note for hiß ticket. Defendant refused to give him any change. Defendant's story, corroborated by witnesses, was that plaintiff had tendered him the money, but ho, not having change, gave it to him back. The liench gave judgement for defendant with costs Mr G. N. Brasaey of Auckland appeared for defendant.

Choirs willing to assist at the musical service on tho Hospital lawn, on tho after noon of b'ablir.th first, arc invited to attend the preliminary pnioico to-night in St. I'aul s Church.

The North Shore Rowing Club, expect to bo able to send crews to compete in all rowing races at the Ponsouby Kcgatta. Wo understand tho Auckland Club will also bo well rcpreseutod, while Ponsnnby, nn doubt can make a creditable turn out,

Another triiu-fours contest iv connection with tho North Shore Itowing Club has been arranged, for next week, tho prize being a sot of jilvc'r cups, the property ot the club. On Monday evening two heats will bo towod, and the final hont will take place on Weducstlay eveniug. Several other matches have also been decided upon to eventuate a few weeks hence

At the annual meeting of the Instiluto of Avchitects, held yesterday in the rooms in Princes-street, Mr Hcrapath prosiding. tho following ollico-boarers were olecteu for tho onßiung year :- Mr E. Mahony, President; Mr R. Kcals, Vlco-President; Mr H. G. Wado, Honorary Treasurer; F, W. Groy, Honorary > ecretary; Members of Council-Messrs K. Hartley, K. Bell, and H. AUwright.

An amateur grower ut Mount Albert, brought into town to-day somon.aj>niucicut bunches of grapes grown on four-year-old vines iv tho open air. It is a commonly received idea among many who have tried grape-growing on tho Auckland isthmus that tho growth is too strong and un interrupted for the berries to ripen properly. The grapes under notice arc calculated to remove any idea of tho kind, They are unexceptionable in weight, in sizo, and flavour. The experiment should cncouiage others to go and Jo likewise.

The dotnlls ot a Thames concealment, of birth case, in which, at tho last session of the Supremo Court, the prisoner, a serv int girl, was found not guiltyi will be fresh on the minds of our renders. The father of the child, it is alleged, is tho person iv whoso sorvico the girl was, and it is stated that though ho lum ndmitt d the paternity of the child, lie h not disposed to make reparation to the Kirl for the wrong dono her. Daring tho past few days the girl's relatives have li.'on In communication with Mr G. N. Urassoy, and an action for .seduction, damngos laid nt £500, will probably bo hoard ut tho next Civil Sessions of tho Supremo Court hero

Uho Horticultural Society having an. nouueed that no money prizes would bo given at their Show this year, a meeting of gardeners was held at the Koyal George Hotel, Newmarkot, last evening, to con sider whether it was advisablo to take any action in tho matter. Although convened nt a very short notico, 25 woro present. Mr Gout having been voted to tho chair, briefly explained tho object of the mooting. Ho said that owing to the falliug oil' of the subscriptions; tho Horticultural Snci ty wore unable to oiler money prizes at the forthcoming show, but instead were going to give certificates of merit. This, ho suid, was not very satisfactory to gardeners, v pou whoso exertions the succors of a sbuw mainly dopcaded. They had to wink early and late, a long timo prior to tho show, aud us timo was money to them, a certificate of moiit was not sullicient—it up pcarcd to him that the Society would col lapse unless Bomo new lifo were infucod into it. Thoso views being generally endorsed, resolutions were passed exprc-s ---ing this opinion that gardeners phonal bo admitted to tho Society for an annual sub i-criptiou of ss, and that they should aso oo represented ou the committee A depu tation was appointed to wait ou the secre tary of tho fociety to conftr with him generally on the subject.

By cable tn-d«y wo got tho news of tho doath of Mr John Richard Green, whose historical writings havo attain'd n wide circulation during the past tou oriiftem

years, His popularity wns niumred by lis "Miort Himory of the EnKlish People,' which, for nil ordinary purposes, is the bet history of Euglnnd yet published. It supoi- Bcdcd a work in ovcry w;iy inferior to it, viz., what is known as " The Studen 'a Hume." Tin: "Short History " was sub-

Bequcntlv expanded into four volume, Mr vJrem's Litest work is entitled, " Ihc Making of England," nnd it re'ates tlio story of tho occupation of England by the Saxons. In tho preface to it, ho stated that it was in reali y part of a larger and more elaborate work which failing health w-rald not permit him to conclu<l<\ Among other good work doDC by tho de ceased may bo mentioned his editorship "f tho History Primers published by Mac millan and Co., a highly useful series, whit h has a vory large circulation. Mr Green belonged to the school of historians founded by Mr E. A. Freeman, whose discoveries nnd theories will bo found em bodied in tho "Short History." At tbe same timo, Mr Green was also soinewhttt of an Imitator of Macaulay in trylug to make hia narrative as picturesque and interesting as possib'c.

SCINTILLATIONS,

The future of gold—Change. Handled without cloves —Typo.

Te Whiti and Xohu landed at Opunakc this morning.

Reported diamond ficuls iv Whangarei and llokiaoga. Cholera has appeared in Calcutta, India. Proposed exttin?ion of Pnuaian railways will c.<st over £3,000,000.

" I'll blow you all up," as tbo trumpeter said to tho regiment.

An international regatta is to take place at Nice this month.

The students cnrollod this year at tho University of Berliu number 5,990. Laycock and Rush row to morrow on tho Clarence Kiver for £l,(J00 and tho cham pionship of Australia. "You are too pointed," as tho muflin aaid to tho toasting-fork. Duncdin papers demaml a commission to enquire into alleged " dummyism'' at laic sales.

Hon Mr Bryce had a quiet "korero" with Wahanui at Alexandra on Wednes day.

When do one's teeth usurp tho functions of bis tongue! -When thoy are chattering. Hungary never had so good a year as last. Her exports readied 45,500,000 llorins, Mr Kcdmoad, tho delegate of the Irish League, is expected to arrive in Auckland this month,

Tha suburb of Suniner was jesterday connected by telephone with Christchurch. n Siguor Borti's plan for refoatering Italy about nine million dollars is appor tioned among tho provinces. In Constantinople during tho last ton years no less than fifteen hundred and sixty houses have been destroyed by lire. Mi- Crawford, a Glasgow merchant, is about to present the city of London with a statute of Burns at a cost of £3000.

There aro now 142 subscribers to Auck land Telephono Exchange. Tho Cambridge post and telegraph offices will be enlarged shortly.

The annual regatta of the Victorian Yacht Club takes pluco at Melbourne to morrow.

Christchurch Hospital Board aro asking tho Government to provide funds for tho erection of a Lock Hospital.

The Wathington " Post " says t "The Marquis of Lorno has been unanimously pronounced decidely a handsome young man, and has also been said by many to be enough like Mr Howard, of the British le gation, to be his brother " At To Aroh.i, a court-house, police-ata lion, and post-omen arc about to bo erected. The railway goods station at Christchurch has been connected with tho Telephono Exchange for the convenienco of merchants,

The i'aniwha and Secret, Auckland built yachts, will compete for the prize of £100 iv the Victorian Boiiatta to-morrow.

Duncdln cricketers, footballers, bowlers, aud boating men unite in giving a farewell dinner to Mr James Allen, who goes to England.

At tho Kaiapol Ucßatta, yesterday, the sailing raco wan won by W. Hill's cuttor Fair, and the Canterbury club was victori ous in tho trial fours contest.

The stita of Texas, last year, raised pro ducts valued at £20,000,000, one half of this value being cotton. Tho railways of of tho state cost £30,000,000. Queen Victoria has been presented with a photograph of a Testament that saved tho hie of a private of the 74th Highlanders at Tol-el-Kohir. The book was in his haver sack ; and iis " every bullot has its billet," a certain Egyptian ball wns billeted there. A man in England, who had Been drunk for thirty years, died a few hours after sobering up. 'i his teaches that a man should cither not get drunk or (.he never sobor up—wo can'c for tho lifo of us tell which.

Mr J. E. Redmond did not got things all his own way, even in Adelaide. A recent cartoon in the •' Adelaide Punch" shows him In the guise of a travelling showman performing on tiio pipes and drum, whilst his brother goes round with the hat. The showman ejaculates "Now then Billy, round >c go wid tho hat; hegorra, we ought to get a copper or two out n.y Ihis lot." At the rear of the scene is the picture of an asnnssination inscribed "No rink, or the murder of the landlord." ■

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Bofovo 11. a. Beth Smith, Ksq., H.M.)

Tim on it.isß.ack.—Timothy Duanowas found > prostrated on tho damp earth last night by Can stable Haxoll, plea, drunk, 0s ;vnd coats" i JlLiaHTßD.—Susan Collins, n moro child of 18 summers, was charged with boing a rogue and vagabond, and without visible means. Prtoouor donled tlio charge. Dotoctlvc Striilhearn Kayo ovidonco as to tho girl's general conduct, which was bad. Prisoner's mother complained tnat Susan was nuilr. beyond hor control; ho had cautioned tlio girl and porsnadod hor to tread tho path of virtue. A Sketch. —Pour lads (on romandj ugam nppoarod. iv answer to a ohargo, undor tlio Municipal Tolico Aot, with bolnK connooted in tho keroscno can diaturbnnoo in Manukau Koad, Parnoll, on the occasion of a woddinß, on tho I 22nd February.—Sergeant Wliito said this caso wis adjourned for the purpose of. potting further ovidenca, but tho witness could not bo found. Tho lads, it appeared, were simply spectators.— Dismissed. A Bkwtm on CoIiIiKOG Hill.—John Itosa, storekeeper, was charged with striking John llnco on tho sth Instant.—Mr Speed for com plainant, and Mr JackHon for dofondant.—Mr Jaokson asked for un adjournment.—Mr Speed objected, us Mr Itaeo had rocolvcda vioiont blow in the faco. which his client could exhibit to tho satisfaction of tho Court. If a weeks adjournment waa granted, the prosont Rush impUt ho among things not Boon.—Tho case was adjourned until Wednesday. UHAwam op Assault.—o. H. Andrew, fobool master, was charged with Btrlklng John dandfnrd, junior, with a oano on tho sth lnat. Mr Hoslteth appearod for oomplnlnunt.—Mr Androw said ho would not dony that tho bor w»a Btruok, bnt It wiw unintentional,-Mr Honkoth ti4d ho would not quOßtlon Mr Androw's rlsht to maintain dlsoipltno In his eohool. but thin wftß in oxoobh. 110 would aocopt Mr And'.ow'ii utAtomont.— Dinmljsud on pay ment OfCOHtfl.

Aixkguu Abiault.—Captain Maolny, ot tho ship Lettorowo, waa char«od with striking John Morrlß, on tho 23rd nlto.—Mr JnmoH KukboU npptsnrod for complainant, and Mr J. H. Ruesoll for dofendaut.—John Morris. A.B. on tho ship l.otterowo, dopoaod that on tho 23rd February, tw thu vuhuol wuk coming. Into fort, tho Hsaanit wob committed; ho wai at tho whf.oi from 12 til 2 a.vi. Tho oaptatn came aft and said tlia vobßol was Hteerlnif \itid\y; he said lot hor cumo mi luiK a polat A fow words woro uxoh.aiig.oil, whon tho Oap taln struck him a h«avy blow on tha cheok. Thinking tho oaptnlu wua about Jo ropflat tho

blow, he lo(t tho whool and Btruok at tho cap tain. Thu miitu camo to nonarntts thorn and told him (Morrln) not to bo foollKh. Whllo tho mato was holdl:i.; him ho was Lnoukod down by the captnln. Uld not rlvo any provoo»tlon. Tho ntronß orron*. nmdn it dlflloult to stoor hor. -To Mr J. B. KiiHSOII: Had bom 18 yonra at si n.

Was n good htilrußimm. Did not know that Urn captain hud BO! tuken rust /or 30 hnnrn. Tto captain had glvon eoucr«l aati. fnoilon ou tliu voyu«o. Hid no fault to find with him boyond tho prosont chnrßO. I'hlllo Urllllthß. Alfred Andornon. Nlohnlus Quintan, and dofondaiit having glvo.i nvldonoe. Hln worship looking at all tho olroumstttucc B, Imroacd thu nominal floe of Is and acute. Tula wiih ah thu bualneea

"BEGONE DULL CAME."

The cntcrtalnmont given by Mr F. Mac cabe under the expressive title of "Begone Dull Cnro," was repeated at tho Opora House last evening.' Sosildom are colonists enabled to neo true artists rf the class repreflonted by Mr Maccabe, th&t they aro better able to appreciate when the oppor tunity is afforded them, and it may bo confidently assumed that few of the play going public will miss tho treat thus provi ded. So riiiiuy totally different types of character ure pourtrayed iv rapid succesion, and so cleverly are they represented, that the audience is never wearied, whilo tbo wit and humour sparkles so constantly tint even the most sober of tho company is kept iv a state of constant merriment. Introducing his programme in a l.vely and confidential conversation with his audience, tho artist disappears, and returns witnin thirty seconds as a prosy old gentleman, who makes an nftcr-dlnner speech, and " having nothing to say, says it in a gre it many words," Miss Mary May, a beautiful young lady, is introduced, and "tolls her love," and within tho hour half ■a • dozen other widely - diversified character make their appeatanuo, and o-nuso the audience. Perhaps tho cleverest veutriloquial performance that h.\a ever boon heard in the colonies is interpolated, and fallowing a liricf interval, soveral additional tyj-oa of cLuiractor are presented. The dialogue) in chatty, and remarkably witiy, univ tho plcasaut, quiet manner in which it is given lends mi additional charm. Dull care is ccrtaluly forgotten during the two hums spent in the Opera H<usu. Nothing is introduced in the entertainment thut can olfcnd the most sensitive or that ha q any tendency to coarseness, fench item is :t gem iv itself, and tho wholu forms a genuine fund of wit aud humour, which must he heard to bo appreciated,

A BREEZE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

AT last week's meeting of the City Council, it transpired that Or Koardman, chairman of the Streets Committee, had upouhiaown authority, ordered the laying of certain pipes iv Ponsonby. This was re ferred to several couucillors a.% nu Irregularity, and Cr Hoardmrm wade an ample apology for his inadvottance. Atlast night's meeting ot the City Council, Cr Wnddel mured a resolution, of which he had given previous notice—"That tbe duty aud power of chairmen of cominittccs bo dofined by the Council." Iv the courfo of his remarks he pointed out that the con ditions, as laid down in ilio resolution re constructing thecouidiitteos, were generally sullicicnt, but there was no authority >;iven to the committees to incur any expense, lie asked tho following questions : (1). Shall committees de.il with business not referred to them by the Council ? mid (2), should chairmen of committees have power to incur a liability or expense outside the comniittoe 1 There had been a sort of vocuo understanding that committees could spoud a sum not exceedint; £10 without tho consent of the Council, but the understanding had been bo vague that he did not care to act upon it. He denied that his uction in moving the motion had boon taken in consequence of any disagreement with his colleagues.— Cr. Crowthor seconded the motion.—Cr. Pbillipps said it was uo tuo disguising the' fact that tho resolution was the outcome ef the unauthorised action of Cr, Boardman in ordoring th-.i laying of pipes without the consent of tho Council, or even of the Committee. Wot oven tho Mayor would have done what Cr. lioardmau had taken upon hini&elf to do. It wag quito true tho Chairman of Committees should initiate works ; but what does Ur. Board man do ? He acts without any authority whatever. He believed that Cr. Board man's action iv this matter had done harm to his ward that it would take twelvo months' to get over. His Rction was morally wrong. There was already a motion standing on the bocks prohibiting individual Councillors from interfering with officials of the Council ; s and Cr. Boardman, giving orders to the Kngt noor, has brokin that rule. Cr. Boatd man had recently been hard on Council dilicial, but how could he expect them to do their duties properly if he sot so bad an oxaniplo. If tuings went on like this in the Council, they would soon havo rfs poneib'c government; the chairman of the vicrccts Conviiitee, Minister for Public VVorics; the chairman of the Legal Com mittee. rtttoirey-Gooc al, and the chairman of the Finance Committeo, Minister tor Finance, If this was to bo tho outcome of the cunmittee system, he thought he would go in with Cr. Crowther, and clip tho winga of nil iho Committees.—Cr Mon taguo here rose to a point of order. It was unfair that Cr, PhUlipps should moke a personal attack on a member. His re marks bad been nothing but an abusive tirade ugainst Cr. Boardman He objected to ihc self-assumed omnipot tence as conveyed in his remarks about "clipping tho wjngp of tho committees." - The Mayor : I cjmuot mlo Cr. Phillipps out of order.—Cr. Phillipps : I used no abnso, and I consider iJut Kir. Montaguo owes mo an npology. I have no personal feeling, nod go on solely on the public good,—Cr, Boardman said that amoDgst gentlemen, when one gentleman mado v mistake and apologised for it, it was customary to con sider tho matter settled. He had acknow ledged bo had done wrong ; but it would be folly to suppose that ho had done it in an underhand manner. He had been met by the representative of tome sixteen would-be wfctcr consumer*, who said that ho and the others were prepared to take the water and refened to the pipes lying at the rear of the market. In a hasty way ho said that the pipes might be usvd. If Cr. Phillipps had done his duty as well as he (the speaker) bad done bis, the pipes would not have been laying rusting and unused. Ho asked Cr. Phillipps ji he imputed any corrupt ruotivo to him.—Cr, Phillipps intimated that ho did not.—Cr. Boardman said that bis zeal for the public welfare would never again take him out of the beaten ruts and tracks, and rather than his wurd should suffer for his misdeeds, at the hands of Cr. Phillipps, he would rosign his seat.— ■> fter remarks /rom Crs. Aickin, Montague, Bell, and others, His Worship tho Mayor said he bad listened to Cr. Phillipps's remarks with considerable pnin, though ho felt they were sufficiently in order. When at last meeting, Cr. Board man admitted his mistake liv had thought the mutter would have hecu allowed to rest.—After further remarks tho motion was carried, and the Legal Committee v.'ero appointed to define the duties of the chair men,

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

AHGLQ-COLONXAL KOTEB.

(Vbom uuk London Corbespondknt.)

LONDON, January 25. Gossip about the Loan.

WHEN an important financial crisis such as the launching of tho lato Now Zealand lonn has been tided over, it is, perhaps, natural for those coucerncd to forget or even deny that they ever felt any doubt as to what the result would bo. Truth, how ever, compels mo to declare very great apprehensions wero tife in Anglo-colonial circles on the SHu and 10th instant, We may choose to forgot the circumstance now, but at that time, the collapse of the Vic torian loan created something near «kin to a small panic amongst the holders of colonial mock, and (though they would probably repudiate the charge) evon the staunchest believers iv New Zealand's borrowing powers, felt for the moment daunted, and fearful of tho future. /ill, however, is well that ends well, and if the anxiety was great, the triumph has been great also, and infinite credit attacked to your indefatigable Agent-General. I wish, by the way, two photographs could hftvo been taken of Sir F. JD, liell in the course 01 January 11th—one, a»he appeared whilst waiting at the residence ot " The Old Woman of Threadneedlc-street" (the bank of itngland) for tenders for the new loan to be opened, and one subsequently when tho result had bcon made known. The former would represent a sad and anxious diplomnt looking as if ho had the cares of a great colony weighing upon him ; tho latter, a sprightly elderly gentleman full of spirits (N.B.— Good, not ardent, spirits) and blithe us the proverbial cricket. Every thing considered Sir F. D, Bell's hilarity ou that; notable afternoon was not only excusable but positively justifiable. I said last mail that I feared the Agent- General's failure to prove tho correctness of hiii statistics, at the Colonial Institute, might efl'nco many of the good impressions created by tho lecture itself. In this opinion, 1 must now frankly admit I was mistaken. As a well-known manager of one of the N.Z, banks, gossiping about the matter the other day, said, "My dear sir, people quite overruto tho value of a tow statistical figuros. The questions investors put to themselves are uot.sucii petty ones as that. They ask whether, after deducting a percentage of romance, us a set oil' to tho Agent-General's personal prejudices, they can rely on Sir F. D. Boll's view of New Zealand's future being fundamentally correct. Moat of them evidently think they can do so." 1 hope tho Agent-Qencral's services in this loan matter will be duly appreciated, and recognised. A voto of thanks in the Assembly v surely the least that can bo awarded him.

What the Papers think of the New Loan.

The daily:papers passed the raising of tho now loan with merely a brief explanatory paragraph in their money articles, being' evidently of opinion there was no call for any very special criticism, either hostile or otherwise. The "Saturday Keview," however, published two loug discussivo columns about Australasian finance generally, and gavu Victoria a rather eeverc handling. The article con cludes with -time sensible remarks, which run as follows :—"lt is natural acw Zea lnnd and her sister colonies should desire to open up the country ai quickly as possi ble ; but oven a dcsirablo end may be attained too rapidly. Wo saw In tho United States in 1873 how railway con fit motion lod to disaster, and the same tbmg may happen to Australia if euro is not exercised. As yet tbe colonies have not gone ta far; but tho figures cited ab >ye prove that tbe debt is very heavy, and that untoward circumstances might place them ih o very trying position. Were there to bis a series of bad seasons, and were trade to become depressed, the credit of tbo colonies would inevitably suffer, and the pressure of taxation would become heavy, it would be dcsirablo, therefore, on tho part of the colonies not to abuse their position. It is quite true that most of them posscFS dividend-earning assotß in return for their debt, and that it is not a fair mode of representing tho debt to say that it amounts to so much per head of the popu lation. Tho debt was not incurred (oxenpt partially in tha ca«o ot New Zealand) for war, and has not been expended unpro ductivoly. But yet even reproductive out lay may be pushed too far." I ho " Colonies and India" concludes a would-bo consola-' tory leader about tho Victorian Loan thus: " The success of the Now Zealand loan which has just bi on announced affords at unco a confirmation of the view that tho failure of the Victorian Loan was duo to the fact that tho prospects of profits to tho tendering brokers were not sufficient to tempt them, and a very gratifying proof that it is not any real disbelief in tha power of the colonies to meet their eußagements that prevented tho Victorian Loan f om being taken np. If this were the ease, New Zealand, which has, iv Stock Ex change pulauce, been "blown upon" co persistently by those who had interests to servo in rending down tae price of its stocks, r-hou'd havo run a much greater chance than Victoria of being unsuccessful in her latest attempt to raiao money there. Yet, the rato ot interest on both loans is the same, and tbe difference between tbe mini mum rates nt which they were offered was only 30s, while tho difference between the highost bids in each case was exactly the same. In a few days we shall no doubt see tho New Zealand Stock run up to a on eidcrablo premium, and this fact will bave its offect in stimulating the purchase of tbe rival issue. But the two transactions forcibly illustrate the adago that When stocks aro high Tho rooplo cry; And when they're low They let thorn go.

The Steam Service Tenders.

Since gl last wrote, tho short notice inviting tenders for a steam service to New Zealand, has been replaced by a long adver tisement specifying details. This will, in all probability, have been published in the colonial papers, too, but in ease it has not, I now give an abstract: " Tenders for the service, stating tJie amount of subsidy re quired, will be received by the Agent- General for New Zealand up to March 15th next.

Tbe following will bo the chief conditions of tbe contract:

1. The contract will be for a term of three years from the departuro of the first vessel from London. Tenders must state the earliest time for commencing the service both hero and iv New Zealand.

2. The service is to be once every calen dar month each way, outward and home ward.

3. The vessels employed are to bo not less than 3000 tons gro*s tonnage, and to bo ap proved by the Agont-Meneral.

4. The route will be on the outward voyago round tha Capo, and homeward through Magellan Strait, calling at St. Vincent.

5. Tho voyage each way is to bo per formed in 1200 hours, but tenders may contain an alternative offer to perform the outward voyage within 1300 hours for a lesser subsidy.

6. The contractors will have the option on each voyage of making Auckland, Wel lington, Lyttelton, or Port Chalmers, the iirst port of arrival in Now Zealand, and the last of departure, withhbeity to call before departuro at any of the ports, notice of tho ports chosen being givon before each voyago, in London, to the Agoat-Genoral, aud in Now Zealand to tko Post-master. Gen oral,

7. Tho contractors will be required to convey Government emigrants at the rate of £15 per statute adult, and to oon form to tho like conditions as to borthing, dietary, and otherwise as aro now in force for Government emigrants by sailing ships. 8. Tho tenders must state the maximum rate to be charged on the outward voyage for tecond cabin and steerage passengers paying their own fares, and also tbe maxi mum rates for Government cargo. 9. The probable number of Government emigrants to be sent out in each ynar of the contract will bo equal to about 2,500 statute adults, and the probable amount of Go vernment cargo 14,000 tons; but no guaran tee will bo given as to number of emigrants or quantity of cargo.

10. Tho vessels must be provided with f reeziog chambers and approved machinery capablo of carrying on the homeward voyago moats and dairy produce up to 200 tons of cargo space. 11, The vessels must be fitted with a fire-proof and vermin-proof locker for tbe safe cusfody of mails, and will bo subject, as to the receipt, custody, and delivery of mail?, to tho usual regulations in ocean mail services.

12. '.'he vessels employed will be exempt f lomJJght and harbour dues at New Zealand ports?*' For further information and details of the existing amount of pusseufjer traffic and cargo by sailing sbips, apply at the New Zealand office?, 7, Westminster Chambers,

where lorm* of tendnr and of tUe proposed i contract may bo obtained ou and after the : i 25th January." j | It li pri>lul>ly to news to you that the Australian and .New Zealand Mortguge Co. | have decided to issue tlio second half of tun . capital—namely, £500,000 in 50,000 sha'ei of £10 each (£1 paid) at a premium of 3a. each, the turn received for premium being carried to tbc receive fund. Is it True ? The astute Maoii, MrSydney Taiwhanga, is not the sort of man to allow bis English acquaintances to forgot the historic "mis sion." I learn from several quarters he has written epistles describing his wtlcome in New Zealand as " quite too utterly too-too —and wo can eutiiely believe him wh ;n ho pathetically assures a lady (who lavished | cash on the good native "not wisely, but too well") that " nothing but money pre vents me from at once inaugurating another mission to the beloved mother country. Tho following par has been going the round of the JKress: " The Maori chiefs who latoly visited England arrived at the Bay of Islands on November 14 One of ths chiefs has written to a friend in this ciuntry (England) to inform him that the Ngapiilit chiefs were going to have a great meeting at the Treaty of Waitangi Hall on Dccemher Bth to receive from their country men a report of the results of thotr mission to England. The scheme for the futtle raent of the native land question in New Zealand was being eagerly discussed by the natives." Australian l'resents to Princes ffiAlbert Victor and George of Wales On Thursday, the 12th J.muory, Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for * ew ISouth Wales presented to Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, some beautiful specimens of Australian art as souvenirs of a visit made by them on August 9, 1881, to Botany Jiay, to inspect tho monument erected there by tho Honourable Thomas Holt, M.L.0., in commemoration of Captain Uook's lauding theic on Apiil 28, 1770. Tho presents, with which the Princes expressed themselves greatly pleased, con sisted of two blotting pads in book form, two paper knives, and two book weights.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

Subscriptions Opened to Baise the Mortgage on ParnelVs Estate.

Dublin, Fobruary 6. — Subscriptions were opened yesterday in County Wicklow to present Parnell with a testimonial for the purpose of clearing off the mortage on his estate.

LONDO.v, January 12 Thcparliamentary return reports a depreciation in the value of crops in Ireland for the year 1882, in con sequence of tho unfavourable harvest, aggre gating £5,118,167, compared with tho favourable year 1881.

Bitter Speech by O'jJonneU.

LONDON, Feb. 10.—O'Donnell,' inembir of Parliament, criticising the reply of the Lord Mayor to the request of the Irish Ke liof Doputation, said : " The cit> is wel come to pronounce benedictions on itself, while it continues to bo loathed and bated on tho banks of Loch Foyle." He describes Lord Hartington as one of the most tur bulent advisors of every measure of anti- Irish policy. O'Donnell sayn he is not con cerned to defend the deputation which failed with tho Lord Mayor in asking him to open a fund for the relief of the dia-re*s in West Irclard ; tho members of which deputation arc competent to appreciate turtle-fed booriehness. When an iave-t ---tigation occurs, he says, it will occision as much satisfaction as surprise to tain that tho public funds which should havo gone to solace the widow and orphan, have found their way into the pockets of city swindlers or into the fair, round panches of city gluttons, The gunboat Ked Wing made another fruitless attempt to reach the island lunisi mnrray with stores for the starving in habitants.

L.ONDOK, January 14.-Michael Davitt appeared at tho old Hall, Dub'in, last night to deliver au address on tho IrHi question. When he commenced to ipeak ho was howled down by an organised gang, who attempted to storm the platform, but were repulsed with chairs by the occupants of tho platform. A free fight followed, chair-logs and brass-knuckles being the principal weapons, and many persons were hurt Davitt called the disturbers a cow ardly crow, and declared that if twenty men would follow him ho would clear the hall of tho gang. He thereupon advanced toward the mob, but was restrained by tho police. Addressing his opponents again, Davitt said thoy were miserable, contempt ible, cowardly dogs. When they were sitting in a tavern, he said, he wus fight ing the British Government. They were drunken blackguards, and were a disgrace to the nanio of nationalists. If Ireland were made up of such, she would earn the contempt of tho civilised world. He had travelled throughout England, and English mm, although his enemies, had given him a hearing. What a spectacle for the Eng lish, ho exclaimed, was afforded by the professors of blackguardism, at a lime when Ireland was askiDg for selt-government. Tho police finally succeeded in removing the disturbers from the hall A vote of thanks to Davitt was then passed, and the meeting shortly afterwards adjourned.

A DISASTROUS GALE.

Damage to Property Throughout England and Scotland. New YoitK, February 13.-The "Herald's" London cablegram says: A heavy gale, scarcely less destructive, than the recent hurricane, pievailed almost all over Eng land and Scotland on Friday, inflicting im mense damage on ships around the entire coast and involTing in eorne cases loss of life. Tho advent of this storm was preceded iv England by heavy rains, which continued to fall incessantly until -noon to-day, causing serious floods, and in Scotland by furious snowdrifts, rendering the roads im passable for trains and vehicles and completely broaking down the telegraph wires. The exceptional severity of the storms havo beon felt on the shores of thu West of Kogland. Port Criosia bay, at St. Mary's, ia strewn with wreckage, which shows that a brig has been dashed to pieces. Nothing has been seen of the crew, and it is feared they have been drowned to a man. Signals of distress were seen on vessels oft Lowestook. 'ihe lifeboats went out, but returned without seeing a vestige ot tho brig, which evidently foun dered with all hands on board. On Satur day no trains arrived. It was reported from tho North that the train fiom Perth was em bedded in the snow. Transatlantic!?'earners nrriving in the Clyde report extremely rough passages. 'I he full strength of tbc gale was experienced in the metropolis early on Saturday and many of tho suburbs were flooded yesterday. A house at Homcston was unrooted by the fore; of the wind, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. There is hardly a town in the country un touched by the effects of the storm, either by flood or wind. The sodden condition of the land preterits farmers from sowing wheiit, while others have had thei? teed completely spoiled.

Ihe Situation of Affairs in Ireland.

New York, February 11.—A cable special to the " Tribuuu " from London, of February lOthjfay*: Mr Trevelyan's speech yesterday to his coa»tituenta at Hawick ought to mark an epooh in Irish polities, It distinguishes clearly and sharply between t\v6 Irelanda—tho one in. favour of order, iu cludinc men of all parties, creeds, and positions, and the other Ireland composed of mcti who foment, commit, condone, and sympathise with ciines. Toe second Jrc land ho firmly believes to be su.aller than the first Ireland. Mr Trevelyon declares that tho Irish Government is devoted tn the welfare of the lirst or the real Ireland. He iovlte9 the Irish members of Parliament and every friend of the country to make known their grievances, and pi onuses every practicable reform, The Chief Secretary asserts, with plainness, the resolve of the Government to deal tternly with the second Ireland, those concerned in promoting violence. Mr Trevelyan meets squarely tho criticism of the more Radical JtDglMi newspapers, which continno to publish pedantic stiictures on the Government's interference with free speech in Ireland. He declares that the Government will not per mit Ireland to be organized, drilled and ex cited for objects which could only be ob tained by civil war. His address is full of sympathy and goodwill for Ireland, and is applauded by nearly every Liberal journal, the "Daily News" excepted, which carps at tho assertion of lawful authority. The general confidence in Lord Spencer and Mr Trovelyan among Englishmen, iv spite of these attacks, was never etionger than it is now. Affairs Improving. The belief is growing that the condition of Ireland is steadily improving. Uhe out* ra?c« arc diminhlung, tho murder societies are disintegrating, and the heads of tbo ' Criminal department »t .Dublin are can

vincod that they have got hold of the right ' men in connection with the Phoenix Pavk * assassinations and other crimes. The cvi- ,' dence has been produced hitherto piece- i' moal, but will speedily f-e completed. Thu ! precautions in tin; meantime against assas-! siruvtion have been redoubled ; Lord Spen- j | cer, Mr Trcvelyao, Sir William Harcourt, and Lord Ilartington all having extra guards.

A BIG BLAZE IN NEW YORK.

Burning of the Docks of the Inman Steamship Line,. Nbw York, February I.—The Inman pier in this cir.y took iire about 2.15 o'clock this morning. The steamer Egypt, ot the National lino, whichanived yesterday with the cargo of the sunken steamer City of Brussels, was at the pitr, and had dis charged most of the cargo, which had not been removed from the dock. Guns and rockets wore fired for tuga to come to the assistance of the Egypt. The -warehouses which were built of pitch pine, and the Egypt's freight were totally consumed, 'Ihe fire ih supposed to have caught from iv labourer's pipe, Although smoking is prohibited, the men break the rule clandestinely and con ceal their pipes in any convenient place on the pier, 'i he Guion line pier, just north, was threatened, as the wind was blowing the ilarnes in that direction. The heat was so great that effective work from the land or river was nearly impossible. At 3 o'clock the steamship Egypt, lying at ths dock, was towed into the stream, all ablaze from stem to stern, and through her rigging and spars bore the flames to the rigging of numerous other vessels lying at anchor. Nearly the entire Fire Department of the city was on hand, but many engines could not be utilized. At. 3.30 o'clock the spectack was grandin the extreme. The river front for many hundred feet was ablaze. All at tempts to pave property on the Inmm dock were abandoned, aud the work of the fire men waa concentrated on the Uuion line dock, adjoining. The famous ship of that line, the .iluska, was in the greatest dan ger. The tug-boats and fe-ry-boats made the greatest efforts to save her by bailing her into the stream. The Scene at 9 O'cloclc. 4t 9 o'clock this morning the Inman dock was still burning. Most of the build ings on the pier and their contents were consumed. The. flames on the steamer JSgypt of the National line were ex tinguished after she had been greatly dam aged. The Fire Department and two fire boats were at work on the flames. Of the large covered sheds on the pier nothing re -1 mains save a fragment of the framework at the cutrance, and that totters in the wind and threatens to fall at any moment. The pier itself, with all upon it, burned down to the piles upon which the ', structure rested. A great throng of people : surrounded tho scane of desolatiorj. The Egypt lies out in mid-stream, with her port cide scorched, and her riggiDg and standing ! gear burned and blackened. Beyond the pier itself and the contents the 10-s proved inconsiderable. The Kgypt is of iroo, and ■ 81,000 or §2,000 will mend her injuries. In . twenty-four hours she will be ia sailing order. The wind blew directly in from the river, and carried the smoko and ashes in over the city, to the embarrasrnent of the , firemen, but to the advantage ot the sur . rounding shipping, which that fact saved . from destruction. An estimate of the loss , furnished by tne police puts it at §750,000. Other estioiates make it 31,000,000. At a meeting of the Board ofTire Underwriters i to-day, a committee was appointed to adjust lo?sts on the pier, builJing, rnacbi ', ncry and merchandise. The amounts of insurance are: pier, $80,000 : machinery, $21,000; morchaudiso, $150,000. A Sight on the Inman Pier to Grieve any Woman's Heart. The scene on the burned Inman steam ship pier ye -terday would havo ttrieved au> womau's heart. The pier, which is more than an acre in extent, was uiled ten ti et deep with the ruins of tho liaest imported dress goods. The lire insnrance men ha ' been pulling them about in order to ex tinguish smouldering fires, aud had brought to tho surface goods that were only partly burned. Mixed up in ths charred heaps were camcl's-liair shawls, lace handker chiefs, gold-embroidered curtains, Axmins ter carpets, brocades, gay chintzes, rolls of heavy black siik, fine laces, ladies' suits, Hamburg edgings, and kid gloves Alto gether some 6C5,000d015. worth ot ruined goods Jay upon the pier. There have been noeurjuiries for mi.ssing men. None are missing, and it is uot be lieved thatany were loit.asall had ample lime to escape, A cold, heavy fog clung to the pier all day. The insurance men warmed themselves about spots "vhere fire still smouldered.

A FATAL EXPLOSION.

The Giant I'otvder Works Des troyed.—Great Destruction of Life. [From the San Feancisco '' Ch mnicls. "J A series of very loud reports which came reverberating aexoss tbc waters of the bay from the opposite shores suddenly startled the wayfarers and frequenters of the water front on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The reports were heard all over the city, the fact of the explosion being made known in the Western Addition by the shaking of houses, and the shatp rattling of window sashes. Even the solidly-built falace Hotel was shaken. Acconn's vary as to the actual number of reports heard, but those in the immediate vicinity of the powder works at the time o£ the explosion are positive in the assertion that there were seven distinct explosions and repoits. A brief telegram that was received at the ferry laudings almost immediately after the report of the last explosion stated that the Giant Powder Works had exploded. In the meantime the site of the works had been in a few moments transformed into a scene of waste and contusion. Fiantic and breathless persons scurried about here and thcte, an.) dead and mutilated bodies were strewn about, and hidden under the mass of debris which literally covored the place. In Oak land houses were slrnKen with the force of a violent shoc.sk of earthquake, while win dows ?attlod and shook until it seemed a-i if they would leave their frames. People ran out of their houses with blanched cheeks. As the reporter hastened along the road leading to the powder works, which are situated about three miles beyond the limits of West Berkeley, he met frantic Chinese, jogging along the rood at a dog trot, hurrying awny from tho scene of death and disaster, trying to get at far away from the works as possible. Some of these flightened Chinese carried upon poles swung across their shoulders all their worldly possessions, packed and bundled together in confusion. Some wore hatless j others had forgot in tho hurry and excitement of the moment to provide themselves1 with footwear, and thpy trudged, weary and footsore, over tbe railway truck, while others, again, had their heads bandaged. Kven white men, who were employed in the powder works, ran away frightened, and warned the new comers to keep away from the works, as the powder magazines were liable to be blown into the air at any moment. A Ghastly Scene. Arrived at the Giaut, Powder Works, the reporter was allo-ed to cross the wooden bridge, but not b;fre ho was warned not to approach the niajjuzlucs. The lights in v wooden barrack to the right of the road at tracted his attention. The house was entered a<:d found to bo the dwelling ot the Chinese workmen. The house was almost deserted. Squatted or recliuing on couches which lined the two sides iif tho house were Chinese who groaned, bnndapes about the head hiding from view burns and con tusions. In three small cabins lay as many Chinese at the point of death, having been horribly burned about the bead. Their pillows were covered with' blood, They were unattended by their companions who had escaped without injury and who seemed to care naught for ' the condition of their dying conntrymeu, aftei having piled, blankets and bag 3 upou them. The windows were all broken, and not a Chinaman wns to be found who had the slightest idea'of the number of Coinesc who were killed or were missing. They could not or would not even tell the names of the dying men. Blown Into I'ragmenis. How tho accident occurred will in all probability never be known, However, the eastern packinghouse first exploded, and the others were blown into tho air in, turn along the crescent-line of tb.B trench. Then the dippiDg houses on the other side of the trench were shattered into fragments, the chemical wotlc« on tho hill went down and the drylng-bousu v/as lifted and scattered broadcast. The destruction of this house is supposed to ba the cause of one report which was distinguished from the others by its loudness. The heavy roofs of the two powder magaziues, which aw dug in' the side of tho hill and are tt>o Brat structures uiet with_ alonj.' the lino of the bulkhead ' after passing the Cbinc so hovels, were lifted i from their foundations and the brick caves *

uoundtuc w.»rks was rZ \ ,thl>tom, abreast of tbo magazines &1 1, W ' ' queue of a Chinese, ever/!>* 4 king misdng. Farther on "i,lll^ I dipping-house had been lociti^^** holes were scooped out 2 dl several hundred feet in diameter Z?L°\ ** «'' «t deep, the earth a r2d th^S thrown up as evenly as though feS 1 done by workmen. He-oiuanl N were lying the mutilated rem a & «* 1 Chinese without a stitch of clothing *» ' I -4 Complete Wreck '"' The trench was cleared of everotfci „ I had stood in it, except the fiS" 1**1 ■ lings wheh marked the plaM***" packiDg-houses once atood t -te ">« ■ burst water pipe 9 , sheets of ironT'^ 1 of acids, torn of sulphur, and otL>P I dealing ingredients, and tons of„ ?*-11 were scattered around mm W I mingling with the mangled brX* M i pated limbs and burning gar*?l !> I victims. ToaddtotbisscenSt"' H rum the explusior s were followed Zs HI quarter of a mile away were tn v * '*' I heavy logs which had been hnrleA 1'?- R force of the explosion j shreds ni*"11 H were hanging from the younr/ tr^rM'M on the hill. The lire raged amonSl!^ 1 and at dusk tbo few white \S*K fe had not deserted the scene Jefr1* M under the direction of Smrt&W '■ Holler, in quenching the fl»m«I OnT 1 were stationed near the magazines^"l i;:;:HS vent any sparks reaching them, t* I Deeds of Heroism, ■ ■ \\ A few brave men were found whn> , to risk death. Onoactof heroisraX,. J I mention. Mr Chamberlain, ZZ n the Judaon Manufacturing OomnSi IB Emery station, and connected wia J, a| '^ powder works, seeing the danger thieTtJX 1 by the open doors of the powder mamT 61 '<■ rushed up to them, although thesffiS' 11 burning timbers were fl s ing in cveryZ I tion, closed the large iron doora.andW caded them with heavy timbers J; under ordinary circumstances, heconw"' ■ have moved single-handed. AnoftoA plosion occurred within about firtvK I where Mr Chamberlain wasßtanl>7Ki H was followed by a perfect fusillade of Z B ridges which bad been blown from 11. ■ packing-houses unexploded, MrC&aml P lain dropped to the ground and Sft i until the danger had passed over, i A Large Force Working. The Glint Powder Company had in dm \ employ about 125 men, ninety of '\S'' H were Chinese Work is ge^™* I ponded on .Sundays but on Satorfo if, I ' greater portion of the number wore at work 1 A heavy order from Portland had to betot' IB up aud shipped, How many of ft t \ were killed is a thing which was Cm I Bible to ascertain, as so many'of til' "'• Chinese had fled. No one would tcuc? I) safe a theory as to the came rf I the exolosion except that it was ovrh»'i the carelessness of some Chinese, AMZ', I explosion Uscar Forgasky, tho foremji a' ' the packing works, was discovered, b I fearfully mutilated condition, ■neat' & I water tank, a distance of about 100 kth,« ' the hill and above the trench, having jm I blown by the concussion to this spot D» I had lost both his can, had hiaVspiae, b 1 all probability, fatilly injured, beddnnt- Da tainiug bains and wouwls about tic h^ i 1 He was found in an Insensible .'condiff i and was jomoved to a hotel la thevidiuti li'H for medical treatment. The only wbit, • man believed to be missing is Ferdinani ||§ Kampf, the Asditant-SuperiDteodeat, whop when the explosion occurred at tieunj m ■' works in 1880, when twenty-fivemen were p killed, had left the house in which lisa. 1 plosion occurred only five minutes perioa' 1 nod remarked that he had beca in so mm ', explosions that he believed thathetei 'ft cbarraed life and would never die bj & j; powder explosion. ;! The explosion pro Ted to be ;moier :ffi' disnstrous tliar. w:is at fir--t supposed, la Xl" the excitement aud confuses that followed. w tho great calamity it was impossible to 1 lc-.rn 1113 full extent of the frightful ck< >'" tinge. A complete investigation of tin > catastrophe reveals that Ferdinand Kompf, s] Assistant Superintendent, and twentj-five i 1 Chinamen were killed. All thjS cm bt said in regard, to the cause of tbeMplosiim ! U merely conjectnre. At the inquest, oi : the scoue of tSe late explosion, AJiSkH tilled : I am foreman of one of the g&n«i; I think the explosion was caused by fillijj; cartridges; they were supposod to filial pack them with sacks ; moat of them lutb " worked here for two years; someoUkm for four years, and some only foronejiii, I had three new men who hadbeafci about oue week; they wero at worldsfc packing houses and wers all killed, 4M§k Frank K. Koller, superintendent cl! t puwder works of the Giant Powder i11 paoy, said :— I think the first exp' t took place in house Ho. 1; twooccutreiii the cut wherd tho packinghouses whra; then followed the glycerine-house anl ll dipping-house, in which the cartrid^ei <r dipped before being packed in the b«a for shipment; Ido not know any moil about it; I saw Mr Kampf after trie first: • explosion; I beard, him shout, and ca« \ix. running on the mud flats, and hoped he hi i I got i ut safely, but as he did not aflenfira report to me, i knew that he must bedeii; his body was found this momiag, bet V, nothing was seen of him last night; bis fM body was about twenty feet from nip-i I saw him ; I think none of tin '{\' bodies were killed by fire; they iwn all 1 killed by 'he concussion; the'Onlr c-aa living w:»s found by Mr Judson, andhedied r;, during the night; my theory of tbo «i"0 1 lean scarcely explain. It is the .general, ; 'p opinion that after nitro-glycerineisconvcit- U| «d into powder with the other iagreeiuuis, I it being a dry substance uispetlectlysafej it is in that condition before it goes intofe packing-houses ; the fluid nitro-glycetiae ii converted iato a dry substance and loots something like biown sugar, and that cum position we cossider safe against knocks and handling in the packing of theilie'.ls; it 'cannot bo exploded in any otner mj r.han by a fulminating cap,: and f, soon as the fulminate touches the cip it forms a heat sufficient to explode the pow der ; there are no means by which the tid can be carried into the houses; I do not think two stones knocking together cw<» explode the powder by a spark; I fl token a fifty-pound keg of powder and dashsd it upon rocks fifty feet_ below w the case has been smashed to pieces tat tie powder lias not exploded; I have ihuw powder on an anvil and only fto psn coming in contact with the sharp etc » the himmer bas exploded ; pounds of » can be set on fire and it will not explode; it will simply bum: the packing how were fitted with glass doors and » psfJ sash in the top ; they are kept closed In winter on account of cold, and open v summer; the Chinamen arrange w ventilation to suit themselves; « you heat tho powder slowly i' *™ not explode at 355 Fahrenheit •'« consider the packing house as the l«» dangerous of the entire business; wenM ths Ohinamea are the mo.-t caiefolpw^ we c;in get, and they have teen frtqaMW: warned not to hurry up tho work, no am what tho demand is; the men are p»4.) the day; tlia filling is always done W» woodiu pressing the powder into the saeWf Iron ia never used; powder and cap*'" never picked in the Earns boxes. ; After several otlrr witnesses were earn- I i-od tho caso was given to the CotoW; jury, who returned a verdict to thei eiK" ■ that Ferdinand Kompt, the AssistantMF intendent, and the tweuty-five Cnm«» e"■■■.tg carua to tuar deaths-by an etpwsio" | Giaut powder, at Fleming's Point, u» , souie craise unknown. . i

MACE AND THE MAORI.

27iey Give Their Muck-herald™ Exhibition in A'ew York New York, Feb. S.-Macs and>g . give their sp:irriDg exhibition in we w son Sqnuro Gardeu to-night >^} tU,t hg the great amount «f free o"^" they have tecelvcd, the attendance^ » amill. She spectators at DO i^J^r bored over 2000. The performance m « au uninteresting nature, and fa^ oßi . , av/aken a semblance of « j j. asm. A very la'ge' .«"* v' police under command ci "£ , Williams was present. Mute and SM"'f peaied iv full ring costume, Mace m and Shdc in white' Slade's woe. - his movement quick and to roach. "| , la the four rounds given ho showed m*» active in getting away, qmok in retuiu, j a srood stopper. Mace assumed W3 <« scientilic form, hands well up andT to his lrgs. His wbole object seemed to pe^ exhibit the good points of his protege._ ■>~ the fiual round the Maori fiot w an u>» cut that almost floored the «'e™fJ nie a Duri:i» the evening Macu waJ Fgi^j with a gold-headed cmc by, a, j> , ( admirer. Mace was arrested at .toe w- , 01 the mayor, but tbo Court decided i , sparring eshibitioa did not lataafc" ,

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