SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

SUN?T!T.—This (?.''■' HUNRtSIC.-TO-m.«TOW 'ii.)nim!<. ... !_/ MOON'S AGIS-Last, Qunrtcr, 2nd, 5.5 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVKNINO. Argyio. 3 n., Crawford. <Rom Whnußarol TO-BAY. ufaimmnrl f ".. rifßan, from tfio oont.n City SFlfdney, fliuLe.-!, ewborn. I'.o v Sydney

DEPARTURES.

IA311 JCVJtNt .0. Southom CH)?8,8.5.. A'Kii .t'-v Qisborno ■Glenelg.ss.StophauMr.. ;o n.i.01l Bougia?, i'.s,, Nofr's. for Mm1, v.v Bay TO-DAY. City o£ Syd. oy, P.lios., Dj.rhocn, fir San Franotso MPi«TB ! Per Mnnnpouri. from Melbourne : it qr-casks wine, 117 halt-chest-;, v: rase, -M!» boxes, leu: 15 bars steel, 13 buys iron, Kill V.:ii;s wheat S bags popper, 10 casi-n tol>;if>'-o. i"-0 i".;ii--' i llll> r™ """; nics sugar. l''roiu |)uiu-il:n : 2A\ kish jam?, .0 bales sticks. 3S sto,- ; .;. I'ro.n l.yttcllan: ,00 Backs wheat, Xi sacks ar.l. J;> sao^ onions, .3 eases bacon. Fi-oni \Vc:!in::ir.n: I!) rim mi . From Gisborniv. 51! s:icl:s srnss seed, 212 sliccp. 19 sucks potatoes. , ' ,„,,,, „__ Per City of Sydney, from Sydney: 1000 tiro tricks, 1 package documcnU, 1 casK nais. Per Rotorun, from Fiji: bunohes bannna?, 20cases pines. :>!) u:il's prau«l=, it! eases milk, iS hides, CO7 mats smr-r, no dliolls fibre, lOsucks cocoanuls.

EXPORTS.

Per City of Sydney for San Franoisco-72 cases gum, 13 bales fungus, For Itonoluln—2s bags oats, 5 cases bacon. Tho schooner Adelaide left Sydnoy for this port on February 19. Tho ketch Tjitt.lo Stranger, built by Mr. 11. Nii-col, oC North bho:-e, arrived al. Sydney on February 11, at't.T ia>as:^e of lifleen days from this port. Tlio barque Matanra hail her 'tween docks cle:u- of cargo to-day. All consignments aro turned out in Itrst-class condition. Tho barque Sam Mendel hauled oft" into tho Stream this morning. t>lic proceeds to Ly tte-lton in ballast to load there for London. The schooner CUirincia will lenvo THinedin for Auckland within a few days should sufficient inducement olfor. :> Tlio brigantino Camillo is advortiaod to leavo Dunodiu for Auckland about the 27th instant. Tho yacht Daphne proceeds honco to Suwiir row in charge of Captain Uobinson. .Sho entered outwards at tho (Justonis to-day. The p.". Argyla srrU-.'d from Whanxaroi lust OTenlng, with 100 c.\si:s fr.iiv. ?5 i>!eoa:> timber. 71 racks gum, »nd tho 'O'lnvyijuj »a".3cnsor.i :— Mrs FinliybOP. rer... Mr W.Ukor, M - Connnli, Mrs Knrfdle, .v:i>so-= T:;?.i3 &). .Mrs Giover, M.-b Hay. Mr anrt Mrs Montr, *rt>a Ar-tatad. Mr Bnd Mi'B Ireland find (am ly, Mr and Mtao J-lm cook. Mra and Mia.? Pci>r.w,--tcr. Mr and Mrs Harrison, Mr and Mrs Frar.clo, isiiiß Unino. Sir MoOollough. Mr McUocnld, Mr Drkt.n. JUiiS Vodle, aud 5 ia t'ae steamy.-.

ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL STEAMER.

Tho P.M. s.s. City of Sydney, 3020 tons. If. C. Dearborn, commander, arrived at 8 a.m. to-day. She loft Sydney pilot February 22nd. 18S3, at 3.51 p.m. Received Auckland pilot February, 27th, 18S3, at 7.10 a.m. Nineteen cabin and 11 vo steerasro Dasscngors for AucWand, and tlireo tons o£ froight; eighty ono cabin and thirty steerage passongers (or San Francisco, and ono hundred and fifty tons o£ freight, and eighteen bags of mail Xor Auckland. Ex perienced easterly winds and lino weather. Pasaenßors—Cabin for Auckland : Mr and Mrs G. Osborne, Mr anil Mrs J. I). Taylor, Mr and Mrs James Gibbon, Sir and Mrs Gallagher, three children, and nurse, Mrs Nathan, child, and maid, Miss Mclntaxh. Mtv-srs U. Ivcrr, A. \V. Gillies, Thos. It. Hoy, J. C- MeCormick. \V. G. Sanderson, and Dr. C. Jl. Ilaiues. SteeraKO: Messrs W. H. Bovlan. C. James, Win. Daniell, A. W. Adams, ant?. Thos. Dalton. Wo are in debted to Mr J. V. C. Comfort purser, for Press parcels, &c., and abovo report.

DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL SREAMER.

Tho Citr of 3y«lnsy rpsnrci A her voraco to Sao Fraaoisoo Bhortiy after 3 p.m.. with tha following paHSOBKors j ron j t ji 3 port :—Mftars J. Polloctr, H. R. Tiozel, B. C. Ooduil, G. F. Quick, A. B. Pattin, K. Hammond. J. C. Fowler, Uelowuy and fatnl'r. Ttociss Dojlo, Kobert Unyle, A. Almßtoad, WWta Ilzra, Johnson, Mca h. O. Kathan. nurao. aud Infanl, Mr and ilrfl Moore, Sir and Mrs Dean.

ARRIVAL OF THE MANAPOURI.

Thea B-iTanipoariltotn Uelbonrao and South, arrived at 11.30 a.m. io-2a\: t'aeauns<jr3:-Fiom Melbourne: Mr and Mrs Tjtiybotira, Mr BLd Mrsßerry.Slrnn'lilraOosiobaooand^smlly.ilr, Mr?, an.J Miss We.v.n.'S, Mssrri V. VT. 1-escooS. M Hno>tlßT,a-ai3oy, J. i:isk-J : M' and Mrs Thornton - n- a-d ilru Hou-ron.Mi1 end Mrs Brock-Smut!, Mr a::<! Mrs Ol»rt: sv.» family, Mosiiumj.D OivU, Korr, funl onild, Shlaner. Firth, Hes!of>-Hn<i fefvsnt, SJtanton, Syk»P. Kniahf, Miuses G or.-,r, t".'*-th. Htcwn, Biliier, fcoit. Goo. sir- vrcaib ,!■: Mic-ie, Dr Hilibeo Messrs J. Mor*o--h, \lifca- f, M. neo-t, T. Ooadon. Bald, iiio >riin.r..i, IHrziimi'lin. J M. Shew, J. Hobs, A. Kloipinur, J. Mitrta. H. J.. Bmifch. Bla^zoid j. A. Krcw. ,T. J3. sfna, Heywood.X B, FOi.r J. Wcriyil, HaruT, J.£. MoCom»s, Comptol , ". Km-s., ••■r._yi)!Ui,«i, .1. h. Keop, T. C, Uaifcrl . ri;itr<-n, ' r?o : A. \. il~o doaald, Whico, J. -Jwo-j. K. Sh-vion. "■'raser, Worßai), Davy. ;Ci3<;in:;. ri. Mo; li."»•-■">, Fi";. »ndiOßierrtigo Th-j M,;r.,iio-.i-i aad aonnor-y ■winds --Jiid noad s-iis up tno oitasS,

AUCKLAND SHIPPING.

Since tbe departure of tho San Francisco mail, tho George liewlcy has sailed for Auckland. vessels loading for Auckland aro-the Clyde and Rangitikoi, each over a thousand ton ship, and the barque Cambria, which is now dis chart?ma a cargo from your port. Sho arrived at Grave-send on tho 3Wh December. rlho hid M.i i.iemsbock and Jlendoza. from Auck land have arrived at New York-the former on Jleeemher 28th. and the latt-r on January Ith. The KniU is rcponcd n have ranched Lisbon, from Auckland, ou the 2MhDecember.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Whaxoahei, this day. Arrived: lona. from Auckland, 8 a.m, EtrSSHXL, this flay. Arrived : Glenels. from Auckland 8 a.m ; Biirrivud: Glenoiif, t'nw-jro, Julia F.yce, Horval and Transit. . Waitara, this day. Arrived: Ilannah Mokau, from Onohnnga, 9.85 a.m. Bisboene, this day. Sailed: Omapcro, for Auckland. 11 a.m. Bleks1, this day. ' Arrived: To Anau, from Melbourne, 6 a.m. ] Arrived: To Anau, from Melbourne. Pas-1 senger, -jaloon : Mrs Olden. , (BY CAUL 1!.! ADar.aidh\ February 26. Arrived, this mouiinfc : The MrtHaßerles MarlHme Compans'a elcirafhip Melbourne, Irom Marseilles, January 18. (P3B MBKOniNT SHIPPINO A^D USDER. wairEß3" associatios.) Arrived: Tho bsTqaowlne Han^a Ids, from Auckland, November 25.

COMMERCIAL.

Kvbniko Stab Office, Saturday. Mr Baton held a fruit sale, largely attended to-day. Baimms. )Jt ra 3d: redstono FlPOln*? 10s per case; peanwa, 21 per 1!); lemens, U ea "flrO, W. Binney sold SO sscks few! wheat at 23 Si, The hisioa wore nil Bold at fair prices. The sale was well attended.

Mail Notice.

MittS ffJM CtOSS AO CMBKB— lIHIH DAY. For Hubsoll and Eawakawa, por Manopour), at ■! p m, For Tnnranga, Ohlnrtuiutn. md Dpotlkl, ncr Well neton, at 1 p.m. . For Whausarei Heads, Wnipu, Whanßarcl Kamo, and Mangapai, por ArgylQ. ftt i P.m. Wkiinksdav. 23ih Instant. For Waltara. etc, por Maogtogor, at 1 p.m. For Ooromandel, por Cotomandol, at 12.JU j'.ni. »'cr Thames, per Kotomahana, at i p.m. For Suwarrow, ror Daphno. at 1 p.m. Thursday, Ist March. Por F.B. Mftimpourl, b» follow:— For India, China, Japan.Modltoranoan Ports, and Continont of Kurope, at 10 a.m. Bor Glsborno, Napier, Southern ports, Aus tralian Colonios, and United Kingdom, via Suez ord Bdudlsi, aud via ttnp.es, for lottorfl, etc., speololly bo propsld &nd addressed, at For ' money ordors, registered lottors, nnd Dowapapei-B, at 10 a,m. l^ntj letters tl'l 11.20 v.m. N.B.—Thfl fiteamer Cabertbnn will leavo Sf dney for Hour Kong onSLst March mvxt. Si It. B»3U, Chlof PoHtinagter. ] Chi.lt I'oor-omoo. Anoklsn.l.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

FKimuAUY 27, ISS3. 'l liontto Uoy«l—Slmonaiin's KoyalKngllsh and Ooiula Opera ConiVßUf, 8 p."". Ft. S-eohan'd Proabftor/an Chnroh — Fruit Soiree, 7,80 V.m. Publ-o Mooting to Warm a Rowing Associa tion, Waltiunata riotsl, 8 D.m,

Marriage.

SUIiUVAN-KBLLY.-On February 4th, 1883, nt St. Joaoph's Chnron, Onohunga, by tho Roy. Father Paul, James, only son of James Sulli van, of Onohunga, to Jane, youngest daughter of tho lato Kdward Kelly, of Epsom.-Amori can papors pleaso copy.

Deaths.

WHITE.—This morning (February 27), at her residence, Vincent-street, Eliza, wife of tho Into William White, in her 71th year. The funeral will lake place on Thursday afternoon, when a mortuary sorvleo will bo held in Pitt-street Church at I! o'clock. ]!y tho special desire of tho deceased, all relatives and friends ftro requested not to wear mourning. PATTKUSOX.-On Fobniiiry 27th, after a long and painful illness, at tho residence of her j daughter (lira Taylor, Nowton ltoad, Auck land). Mary Juno, tho beloved wife of Alexander Patterson, aged GO yenra, lato of ] Coal Island, County Tyrone, Ireland. The funeral will loavo her late residonco to-' morrow (Wednesday, 2SUI instant), at 3.30 , p.m. Frionds please accopt this invitation.

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

TUESDAY, FRBRUAUY 27, 1883.

For the causa that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance, And the rooi! that we can do.

To allord room for tho budget of Suez mnil news received via Sydney, per rs.M.S. City of Sydney to-day, wo are compelled to ex clude all leading matter.

Tho mail steamer City of Sydney, which left for San Francises and Honolulu this afternoon, had on board 3 boxes specio, valued (it £10,721, shipped at Sydney.

Tho enquiry into the charge preferred by tho girl Wethorcll against Mr G. P. ITogan, master ot the Industtial School, are still proceeding, but we understand that the ac cused has not boon present at them. '1 ho evidouco will, however, besuDraittcd to him after it his all bucn taken.

On Thursday first, the opcuiug ceremony in connectiou with tho new Anglican Church of St. Peter's at Lulco Taknpuna, is announced to tako place. The services will be conducted by His Lorrlshiji Bisbou Cowie, tind several of the AucUlind clergy will also assist. Besides this. ;i number of people from the city intend <;<>ins o«er to Like part in the musical portion of tho Sor vic, and to arcouituod'itc t cao and other visitors a special steamer will bo run from the Quocn-street Wharf to the landing place ne-tr the lake. The rvorth Shore Ferry Company will put on either the Vic toria or Alexandra, which will leave atone o'clock shorp and return ar six This gIVM full leisure to viitors as the service takes place at three o'clock ; and if the day is line a laTge turn-out is coulidtntly ex pcotod. Ii is pot often thnt a» opportunity is presented or a sail outside the Heads un der such circumstances, and as the return fee is only a shilling, many poop'.u will doubtless go, with me double object of assisting at an interesting ceremony, and at tbe same time viewing a picturesque locality from a new point of arrival.

Dr. Haipes was a passenger from Sydney by the mail steamer to-day.

"The Octoroon" was repeated at Abbott's Opera House last evening, and drow a good hou-e.

A new scheme for bringing out young girls to this colony as dome-tic servants from tbo rural districts of England, has been l.iid before Mr Bullcston, Miuistui* for Immigration, by Mrs H. A, Slater.

* The prospecting party who went to search tho )-;nglan district for diamonds havo returned to Auckland, after on absence of about a week. Mr Courtney has brought ■with him a quantity of earth containing minute stones, which he intends to submit to the severest tests.

Members of the "A" Battery N.Z.Ii.A. are notified that the monthly inspection will be held on Thursday evening next. In future the in-pectioo will bo held on tbo first Thursday in the month instead of tbe third as hitherto.

To the Editor t Sir, —Now that Mrßryce haa shaken hands with Te Kooti, don't you think that it is about time for the long suH'cring clod-hopper to demand that the restriction ("hall bo taken off the sale of am munition so that clod-hopper junior, may have a chance to dtivo the pheasants and small birds away from the family crops and grass-seed without incurring the ruinous expenditure for powder and shot that the existing regulations necessitate? If this is not one of the "wrongs that luck resis tance " then the undersigned in no judge, but has the honour to remain—Yuurs, &c, T. CHILI), Mount Knramea.

The attention of voluutcers, particularly those of the Hobson Company, is directed to the uoiitioitiou given in our advertising columns to-day by Uaptain Dignan. The drills for the ensning mouth are thoro an nounced, as given in the Di'tiict Orders of Major Withers, as follows:—Wednesday, 7th March, Hobson Company drill; Satur day, 10th March, first daylight parade for all corps; Saturday, 7th April, second day light parade for all corps. Xne recruits for March are to drill on Tuesdays and Thurs days at 7.30 p. n>.

Teetotallors arc in consternation because it is found on analysis that; nil tbeir favourito beverages contain a large por centacrc of ulcohol—the curious fact being that thogo with most alcohol have been the most popular. The following story, the literal accuracy of which wa do not guarantee, illustrates the state of the case : Two youthful sons of Kechab in Auckland, tired with their exertions at tho reeent Licensing Elections, called in at v certain " pub," and tarried long over libations ot lime-juice pympla. As they emerged, two cats ran across tne street right bcfuro their eye«, whereat ono ot thoyouugtipulers wai observed to look gloomy and perplexed. At last, in tones of forced calmness, lie remarked, "Say, Bill, did you ceo that cat?" "Yes, Tom," was the reply, " but there were two cats." Tom sighed a grateful, happy sigh, as he rubbed his eyes comically and exclaimed, "By George I what a joJJy good job 1 I thought there were two myself, but I was afraid to fay so 1" And the youths went on their way rejoicing. *

In our obituary column ■will he Been the name of Mrs \V. White, who died at her residence, Vincent-street, at 7 o'clock this morning, in her 74'h year, after many months of severe and protracted suffering. The deceased lady possessed great physical and mental vigour, aud up to the day on which she yvsia suJdonty seized with the ailment which has terminated in death, enjoyed uninterrupted health and strength. It is not too much to say that her life lias been oue of unceasing benevolence and use fulness. During the many yeara of her residence in Auckland, it was her constant custom to visit at iicquent intervals the Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, Old Women's Refuge, the Gaol, aud any place whero Biiffei ing could be sought out and alleviated. Mrs White was identified in reality if not always in name, with ncaily all the chari table iustilutions of the city, and it may with truth be said of her that her greatest pleasure in life was doing good. She was widely and affectionately known for her rare qualities of mind and heart, not only in this province, but also by numbers throughout the colony by whom her loss will bo deeply deplored. The funeral is announced for Thursday aftornoon, leaving Pitt-street churcb. at 3 o'clock.

We call attention to the extraordinary general mceiing-of tho Commercial Club, to bo hold to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at half-past 7 o'clock in tho club room, Bnttray'a buildings. Business of im portance, rind every member is requested to ba proeout.

At a meeting of tho Grnfton Licensing Committoe yesterday afternoon, Mr E. A, M.ackechnie was elected Chairman for the ensuiug year. Mr R. Stepheneou wns elected Chairman of theKarangahapc Com.' mittee at a meeting in the cvoning.

There was a large attendance at tho Theatre Koyal Inst evening, aud the per formance of "Satanclla" was it most sue ceshful ouc in every respect. The "Grand Duchess " is announced for production to night, with Miss Leonora Simonsen in the title rrtle, and Mr A. Brcnnir as Fritz (his original character).

By tho arrival of tho schooner Jubilee from Aphnnma, information has hcen re ceived that the cutter Rose, which was wrecked on thnt island, and hud afterwards bocn purchased by tho King there and put into thorough repairs was, while on her way from one of tlic outlying island?, caught in a squall, capsized, aud foundorcil, twciity ono Tokalau natives and tho white man in charge losing their lives at the sumo time.

Very heavy rain has fallen throughout the Waiuku district dining Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The creeks aro very much swollen, and it is ex pected many bridges will be injured. Xt ia reported that tho bridge near Ncwdicks, on the Pukekoho-Waiuku road, is carried away, and that tho creek through M.uku district ia enormously swollon, and a great quantity of laud is at present under water.

The members of the Excelsior Lodge of Good Templars, under the Now Zealand constitution, will hold another of their inrellictu'l entertainments, to-mouw (Wodnesday) pronittß, iv the Franklin Koiul sohool-ioom, The ctialr will ba taken at 7 30. Tho programme of the hours is full ot promise, viz , comic und Bontimtntal song*, solos, recitations, »ud chairman's speech. There will a'so he a Buries ot parlour games for the amusement of the children.

It may lie rumomb.'ied that n fow months ago the cutter Deveron was chartered by mcs'm J. a. Pond, Ckcoseraan and othen, for n trawling cruiso in Hauralcl Gulf, and thut their venture proved fnirly successful. A similar cause has again been entered upon by Captain Stranborg, witb a crew of three, m the cutter Curalic. They propose to proceed somewhere in the vicin ity o' the Harrier, and there cast their net. Favoured by lino weather, it is expected a good haul will be made. The Coralio left thu harbour yo3tordny afternoon. It is feared that tho proposed choose and bacon factory at Waiuku will fall through, in consequence of sufficient shares not being taken up by tbe resident settlers. Settlers, as a rule, hnve not nsouey to invest in company couccrns, and think that if tho prospects are so vory bright tho promoters should bo satisfied with a guarantco that a ee.Um quantity of milk will bo supplied. Tbere is a universal desire that tho factory should be crect'd ; nnd perhaps if some Auckland capitalists and tho manager himself would take a liberal interest iv it, snecoss would yet attend the object. There was a largo attendance at St. Andrew's School-room liist evening to hear the promised lecture on " Uomc Life," by Kcv. J, Patcrsnn, of Wellington, ltev. A. Car/ick, pastor of St. Andrew'?, occupied the chair. The lecture was ono of (i most interesting character, illustrating homo lito in nil its branches, and portraying what a mo-icl homo should be. Selections nf music were rendered by tho choir during the evening, and the songs sung, " Uome, Sweet Home," and " I Cannot Bide a Wee," were given by Mrs Culpun and Miss I'ait respectively. A vote of thuuks was pa?sed to the lecturer on the motion of Kcv. Miirley Baker, and votes of thuuks were also accorded to the chairman and choir. V. Kattray be^s to notify to his frieuds ana ciHtomnra thtit UU Odtabii«hni.mt will i.o clowd on Thursday, tha lot M.irch,d.nclbaalnoft> ■will ho resumed a1) tuuilon =u»d after frldar m.ji'nln^. ClZl Kubbur f-tamps on shortest notice. Pflnt Dtoporiy; no hlotchlnß; prioou redaotd. —Ho3lop, Oarb/ siroot.—( utvt) Garlick and Oraowoll h*vo just opened up sonio of tlio liundsoniost lic'dsteadd over im iiorleil to Auckland — niukcl-platud, iron, mid brass. haU-tGatcr iiiul French. A variety of spriuß mattresses, bedding, and bedroom furni ture. Ji'uniish your houso fnnu (Jarliok and tlninwi-ll's City Hall An.-ado, Qucon-Slreet, Auckland.—Anvr.

SCINTILLATIONS.

A p.iir of slippers —the orange and banana skiuF, Archibald Forbes had a crowded houso lust night at WanganuL When Adobhus placed his arm around the necK {of Angelina he said it was for a neck't) press purpose. Tho Hun. T. Dick left Wellington hat night, on a fortnight's tour of tuc South Maud. Nearly -1,000 lig3 h.ivo boan brought dowu to the Shortlaad mills, Thames, by the "fresh." A man named John Ttiomns Kiclo Bulferod sunstroke at Greymouih yottorday, aud became violent an! maniacal. r~ir Wai. Jervois yesterday inspected tho Tininru harbour work", lucludirjg the breakwater, which is now 1,700 feet long. Tbo now rates and regulations as to faros on the Sew Zealand railways como into force on the 20th March. Mr Gco. Gould has presented ft picture, " Still Life," and stutnc " Maori Warriors," to tho Ait Gallery of Christfihurch Museum. A man imtnnd David Mcflninohad his thigh bone bioken at Timaru yebtcrday by a kick from a horse. Yestorday, at a meeting called by tha German Consul in SJhriatchurch, £30 were subscribed for the relief of sufferers by tho Khino floods Of 33 students at the Lincoln Agricultural Scbool, 15 are from Canterbury, 5 from Auckland, 3 from Gisborac, 2 each from InvercargiU, Nel-on, and Napier, and 1 each from Victoria, Duncdin, Lawrence, and Wellington. Iho work of erecting the Electric light appliances at Lyttelton Harbour has been commenced. Tbo " Hawkes Bay Herald" alleges that up to Saturday last tho Speaker had not received Mr Westoa's rtslgnation. All tho engine-drivers on tho New Zea land Railway are teetotallers. There wcro some " soakers " formerly, but thoy all gavo way before sober mon. Madame Andrea Noyarro complains that the " New Zealand Times "gave au un generous aud ungflntleniauly" notice of her concert in Wellington recently. Tiio " Times " advanced a plea oE vcritas. His Excellency the_ Governor arrived at Oamaru ycateraay, vifited various plaQ.es, and hold a lovee. He leaves that town'for Duncdin to-day. A Napior publican was yesterday fined £7 and coats tor a brutal assault. Three of the publicans' witnesses woro ordered to be proS'Ciited for porjury. Mr J. B. Macdonald, Cbisf Judge of tho Native Lauds Court, leaves Auckland to-day to put an end to the df ad-lock in tho 1 Court now sitting at Cambridge. Tho Bishop of Wellington was yesterday sned in the B.M. Court for balance of stipend owiDg to one of his clergy. Judsr nient—That plaintiff had got the wrong cow by tho ear. Tho Thames borough valuer doesn't liko d"gs, and where these are kept ho values the property from a safe distance. And now th'-overbiirdened taxpayers of Quartzo polis find a dog a paying inves incut. The inhabitants of Ohinemutu, having plnced before them alternative proposals for the crsction ot a chinch and public hall, unanimously, and with grout untlm siasin, chosa tho lattor, This was to be oxpi'cteit iv a district which is frequently compared to "the infernal regions." A little sicamboat will soon be cent by the English Baptist Missionary Socicry to the Congo River, to be used in mission work among the native Africans who live along the banks. Her name is Poace. A woman latoly stated to tho Lyttelton li.M, Court thit though a prohibition order was out against her husband he had been drunk for am mth. Tbe_ Bench muttered throats on vengeance against the offendinc publicans, aud the rnattor dropped. Dr Hector last night exhibited views of tho West Coast S'muds at the meeting of tho Wellington Philosophical Society, and gave explanatory remarki on each. He ex pre sod his opinion that New Zealand was a roronant of a vast continent, and that these Sounds had been ploughed out by glaciers. The Pukeroa Hill reserve question has : been settled, the owners agreeing to cede it ; to tho Government in return for rents accruing from Rotorua township. ' father Doyle, tho newly-appointed Catholic priest, at Thames, had a narrow j escape with his life during the recent floods. In crossing a river he lost hil* horse, two coats, and £30 in money, and had a struggle-to escape drowning.

At the Wellington K.M. Court yester day, an ex-tram-driver named Greenfield recovered £2 and £3 17s costs from Mr Smith, manager of the Tramway Company, for assault and false imprisonment.

THIS DEFENCE IN THE GUDGEON CASE.

I/s Jnstifiableness again Affirmed.

Tun latencaa of the hour at which the meeting of members of the Legal Pro fession was commenced yesterday after hood, precluded us from giving a consecu tive report of the proceedings 1 in our last ianio. They wero reported up till tho stage ut which Mr lleskcth rose to answer Judge Gillics's letter, and tho continuation is bow appended:—

Present: Messrs Jas, Kussell (ia the I chair), MacL'ormiek, Devoro, Dufuur, Alexander, E. Hcsketb, Blades, Brock, Colnnan, Earl, George, Browning, X Buddlo, C. Buddie, Speed, E. Coopor, Brookfield, Armstrong, Williamson, Hill, O'Neill, Mackochnio, Lusk, and Burton. Mr Heskelh said that His Houor's letter placed him in :i painful position, inasmuch ns it cxproslsy donicd. that the learned Judge bud made n»e of the charges im- j pnted to him, ami tlicrefora threw upun his shoulder.) the tusk of proving that (notwith standing his disavowal) they were made by him. Still, be did not think that it was a question of veracity between Mr (Sillies and himself; it did not re sulve itself into that at all. '.I ho most tlut could be said was, that I [is Honor was labouring under a very serious misapprehension, and there was nothing Mnmilar in that, for it frequently happened that a speaker tailed to recollect all that he had paid. Jn justification of his own allegations that the charges imputed to Hia Honor were really made, he had now to advance some proof. In the first place Micro was his own clear and distinct rocol lt'C'ion of the words used ou the occasion, for lio had been put on his guard aud induced tr> Jiilcn carefully for what was coming by His Honor's prefatory remark -" And now 1 coma 'o the defence." He had not the slightest doubt tliat the words imputed to tile learned Judge wore mode use of by him. In the second place he had the sworn declarations of Mr J. L. Kinsolln (the "Uornld" reporter) and <if Mr J, M. Goddis (who had been specially engaged to take a veilntim shorthand report of tho wholo case) that His Honor did make uso of tho remarks imputed to him, and upon this proof lie rested his justification. Tho declarations he referred to were as follow :— I. James IClnoolla nt this oity of Auckland, in the colony of Now Zosiaml. nhnrirtsnd writer. Jo i o cranly »iul hiuo.irely deoluto: -1. Tuat I liav. h»d thirty joaru'exparloucoaanchortlmnd reporter. 2 That as Biich reporter, for the "Now Zi&Uiid Mural J." nawßpspor. t attended tho trial of the o«eo Hoalna versus Gudgeon. iiLlil at Auckland on tho iliih and 2jih risy* of Jm.nary, odd thoasuid elßht hundred and KiKhty-turoo (or tho purposo of reporil»K tbo B*'i irlal lor tho said novvspaper. S. That In tlii ooureo of tho lotrnad Judge's snmming-up, ha in«do referunco to tho nature of tho oofunco, and X then reported suob rornarks of hi* an fol lows:—"I cannot therefore take the vlo* of i utth'ir forward snoh a delenoe that waa taken by tho prlaotoi'a oouueel. It appoara to il6 that a counsel's duty — while It la hid duty to do everything he em for his client—dona not exier.d to setting up a dishonourable defence, lie la not bo and or on ilclod to cot up a dishonourable defence, even though that defence la permitted by law I sty Hint oounaol ought not to act up, or be patties to Bettlnj; np a dlsnonourablo defence. No doubt tbo Uvrpormitß such defenoa to be Bet up. Ii loaves It to tho honour of the man who la icoiMod whether ho will sat up each a dofenco or not. Hut It It Is a baae and dlahonoursblo dofenco, then I say ihnt counsel la not doing his duty aaan honourable man In sotting ii up, I am sorry to say tnl.». I am sura that tna learned counsel for tho dofonoo In this case, would do nothing that he knew or be lluvnd to bo (lluho. nnfcb o. iinc I hunt! (ur tho honour of iho ilnr In the future tb.it oounnoi will no; bo considered at llbery to not up v dluhouourablu defence, ovon whou lustruousd to do so by tholr clients." i. Taut as to tho tvordH coutalntid v/lthiu braokota as above I say that I am clear aud positive that they were actually «ald by Ills Honor In the senso In which I roportcd the Panio as above, rihl*b to tho rest of my sold report, tho eamo l> substan tially acournte and correct. And I mtko sbls solo.nn dticUratlon, nonnolantlouu y billavlnK tho same to bo true, ana by vlrtns of *n sot oc (ho i-cporal AdKOinbly ol iho New Zeslanrt, In tltnlnd tno Ju«tlo<>s nf the I'oaco iet, 1882.— JiMtH KIstKLTM. litvilarod at tho City of AiuiKlULd. afotnauld, UilulfitUday lit Fob , ono thon mid olKht hundred und nlKhty-'Jireo, before iim W, J, UdhjT. v JnjtiO'j cf tho Poacu in and fo.- ilii> colony, of Now ZoaUnd.

I, jamita MoKoberts tiuddis, r>i tho city at iUO-lind, In tho rr.i.lnninl d'striot o.' Auck land, mm oniony of New Zooland. jouni»llstau vDjrihiuiil wplict, "n (tulemnly uud tiuuiroly (liiO»r.c— 1 T>. >t I havu folcud tha nbovo calling for BaVox >can>, 2. ih>it yitor 10 tho trlat o( tlio oh o of iwicinH v. Gudgeon, I was BP"ci*ll/ ii.upluye'l on bi'hn f or trmriHromfanc. to t-koiinontlrounrt verbintra roiortof all that weumylnt >b--> a.id trial. J. That i &ttunui'd at tho Mlii in*i mid look guoh a roport In dioi-iliiii'. am! i^ dolne thin I inoiadot thuroiii an exact mid full report of >te leiunbd Ju'iuo'i nimoiloK op. 1. Tnut in tin oiur.su of lII* ''iii.ii'M i>ummii)K »P. ho lit"d tbo (olli>wiuh Sanguittu i»..d words:—"ls n^i'uirri to nio 'h.t wtiuecic la h roniitjHl'n iiuty tip ovo erarjth'i.Khd can lußiili.iaioly f..r his cil.-r.', he In ne". :»or b juorf, nur Is h« ootiliwl to ?uiuD'!iat winch it v ilLihonouranit) dofenop, »fo'i altaoiifih i' be a diitono i POruiittud by law. I Nif cnunal ouxbt not. in such h caeu. to bo p«.iti*B to Ml t.inj tip h dlehou'H.rahlo a*?^«no». No doubt the i< w rmmUs U. L Uw* It tv tho hon;"" o( Ihonwn *?<•••!■»;) to tot it up or no, but 1 c»r If a ti»»e nr (Jtsnunour&ble duidnoo snoh as this la out up. then thn ooantel it not dolntt hi* ilntj- &s an rtonou -able man In salting ap .■uoi a dtti-noo. I am sor<yto say tl.ia. Wtallolam qulteonrtn'n that thoft'nt>era»n who ap.ears for tho defenro wculu not bn Knllty ot what ho tniifresto tio di"hunourablo, jHt I uonla hope tli^t i!'jnn->el would cjh. id.-r they ai« not bound to Hvt up n dihhonourablß efoiico even whnn iostriKict by their t'llrnt.'1 And 1 ><uko tlilsso -mndeo!«rai,ion conjo'cr.tioa-lrboiievlrg ilio mmc to rin mi*, mid by virtuo ot Ilio pro vi.lona o( noAoiiif t'io a.'nornl 'fssnibly of N'o-:' tf-nianrt. iptisu'i'rt tha Jii'iijM of tbe l'u-co A.ot. )&;;.-Jj.mkh .Vt. Ok.mi-i. Uoolirod lit. tnn Olty cf ■-• 'ick'aiid r-.'iircsjiid, Uili :o',h day o( iVb.-uary. rujn thjnsand plgat hiinilro.l and clfrhty thno. b-'orome. W. J. iIuHST,a Jn^ttco ot tho I'eaoj, in and for tho colony of Now SJtia land. Such is a short statement of facts, and he hnd ouly referred to these documents be cause, as already stated, he was responsible for laying tho foundation upon which the lmeting acted on the former occasion. Ho had now cndoavoiued to put himself right with the profession, and to justify himself in its ej ej, arid he telt. sure that upon these materials UU Honor -would frankly admit that ho was in error a* to tkc lnugungo tic used ami tiio serse in which ho nacd it.

(Continued on fourth page.)

SPORTING NEWS.

Duncdin Winning Payments. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUISEDIN, Monday. THE following amounts wcro paid over to owners tonight:— Mr lurby (Cup), £705; Hon. Mr McLean, £528; Hon. Mr Robin eon, £393; Mr- Hotsfall, £320 ; Mr Stc pbenson, £245 ;Mr Bate, £230; Mason and Vallnnce, £170; Mr Stead, £150; Mr O'lirien, £145; Mr Ihingi'.tford, £110; Mr Prondfoot, £107 ; Mr Dodson, £100 ; and smaller amounts makiug a total of £3706 paid away in stakes. Wanganui Races. WANGANUI, Monday: Acceptances for tbc Wanganui Derby; entries for the Hurdles, Saplings and Maiden Plates; final payment for the Cup, and nomination foi Handicap Hurdles and Nur sery Handle ip, close ou the 28th at 9 p m.

ONEHUNGA IRONSAND SMELTING WORKS.

During tho past week ot ton days smelt ing operations al Messrs Chambers and Gardner's works at Ont-buoga have been suspended owingto anunfortuunte accident. It appears tbat tho lire brickf, of local manufacture, melted in tha furnace, lrces si tuting their removal. A consignment of English bricks haa been received, and the defect will speedily be remedied. Yester day time " blooms " of the iron, wcighinu about one hundred-w«isht each, were-out to Messrs Fraser «md t nine's foundry and there drawn into ftjunni bars, about tn'o inches in rliamuto-. Those prctent at tho drawing declared the iron to be quite as goid as any th-y have seen in the Auck land market, :mcl better than the great bulk of tho imported motal. It is said to be quite equal in quality to the celebrated Lowmoro iron, a variety nsod only for special work. It possesses ex'romc ductility, and all tbo other attributes of high clas3 malleablo iron. Mr 6hamber3 informs us that o:dcrs for tho necessary plant of nine additional furnaces have been forwarded to America, and he txpec s that the ten furnaces will bo in full work at Onobunga by next Christmas. .The pro prietors of the local works have obtained the concession from tho Taranaki Crown Lands Boaul of a tract of irousond strewn coast line, and it is not improbable that furnaces will even<un,U> be elected there. In this connection it may bo mentioned that the directors of tbo Taranaki Company seem disposed to sink more money in experi menting with the blast furnaoi", which, as we pointed ont in a previous article, has boon uttorly condemned by tho Ainjrican Ironmasters.

The •' Hawke's Bay Herald " says it has gooil authority for stating that not only waß l c Kooti's pardon fully discussed in the Cabinet, but that Ministers consulted His Excellently, and obtained from him a pro mise of dissolution in tho tvnut of an adverse vote of the House ou tbia ques tion.

THE SUEZ MAIL.

AHGLO-COLO^IAL HOTES.

(From Ou is London Coiieespondest.)

London, January 12, 5 30 p.m, Colonists in London.

OUK London correspondent, writing via Brindisi on January 12 says the work of the New Year haa now well commenced and all notable Anglo-colonials are in London, 1 regret to say that Judge Manning, who arrived homo from Hew Zealand about a moiith ago is very ill indeed, with cancer, in tho Private Hospital in Filzroy Square, He is attended by Sir William Jenner and Dr. Hutchison, who seem to fear the worst, for they have advised the Judge to put his affairs in order, and at once write any letters he wished to.

Nr Sam Morrin (of Messrs T. and S. Morrin, Auckland), is on the other hand very much better, His visit to friends in the country did him a world of good for he was moped to death at Fi'ssroy Square. Mr Rich, the successful promoter of tho Thumes Valley Railway, has at last finished his business in London, and, with Mrs Kich and the Misses Rich, will leave for Dunedin (via Melbourne) by the a.s. JPara mntta on the 18th inst. Tho family said good-bye to their friends in London last week, and arc at present enjoying a short Continental trip, prior to joining the P. mid 0. steamer at Brimlisi.

Mr wathan, of your city returned to the colony by tho P. and U. Co.'s Moucolio, leaviug 'Vcnico Jun 12 Tho following steamer by the same company, leaving Lon don on tho 18th, takc3 us passengers for Auokland ~ Mus K. HurJoigh and Mr Kapler. Mr and Mrs John Hny, of Auckland, will nl><> be passengers by tiio Paramatta. Their stay in Engiaud has-been biief, but thoy don't like tho cold, damp climate, so dill'orent to that of North New Zealand. I understand Mr Hay will relinquish tho agency of Man-hall, Sons and Co. entirely to hialato partner, Mr Buchanan. The Paramatta is far tho finest vessel aa yet added to tho P. & 0. Company's fleet, and takes out a full compliment of passen gers, not a singlo berth of any sort being to let. The Shannon, sailing a month hence, is also crowded; in fact, this company seem likely to monopolise the cream of tho passenger traflic. Tho Cunard Company's s.s. Cephalonia (5,517 tons), and the Pacific Company's b.b. (Ibetia, have beon chattered by the Oriont Company to leplace tho Austral and tho Catopjxi. Emigrants for New Zealand. The Austral which sails to-day, has a nuiubi r- of Uussiun working men aboard for Cliristchuich or Wellington (they dont seem to havo decided which), and tho British King, s.s. (sailing on tho 20th), will biiDg you out sevoral German emigrants. The Direct Steam Service, Apropos of tho British King, I may man tion that the direct steam experiment is not answering over well. In tho first place, it seems doubtful whether she is the proper description of vessel. I went down to tao docks tho other dajr to bavo a look, but fouud the steamer had not come round from Liverpool yet. Then the heights wero too high anil have bud to be lowered, and passengers aro not exactly pouring in 80 that altogether the outlook is scarcely promising. The Union Co.'s new s.s. Wuihora sails from Glasgow for Danedin, via Australia, on the 31st. Mr K. B. Cumins, of Nor folk Island, with Mrs Cumins and Miss Harrison, havo booked passages by her, but roport saith sho is not doing well in. the matter of freight. There ure likely to bo a number of N.Z, passengers by tho Shanuon, Mr C. J. Wilson (brother of Judge Wilson), Mrs Wilson, and Mrs Day have secured berths iv her. New Zealand cousigaees per s.s. Gulf of l'inltnd, wrecked in tbo Red Sea, will bo glad to hear that nearly all tho cargo has been recovered in an uudamaged condition. Aiiglo-Colonial Postscript.

January 12th, 5.30 p in,

I sco from to-day'a papers tliat OfCar Wilde, the tuatketic Icctuter, means to start on ii tour for the regeneration of art in New Z aland and Australia at the close of tho present year. At an extraordinary meeting of the Hank of Australasia held ycatotday, for the pur poso of considering a proposal of tho directors to increase the capital, tho follow ing resolution was put and lost: — " Wheroax, at a court of directois specially culled for the purpose, and held on Decem ber 12th, ISB2, it was rctolvod that It was desirable to extend or increase the capital of tho society or co-partoenhip by tho amouut of £400,000 (making, together with the existing capital of £1,200,000, an entire oapital of £1,000,000) by tho issuo of 10,000 new shares of £40 each." Now it is resolved —"That the proprietors do hereby assent to the above resolution of tho court of director*, and do resolve that tho capital of the society or co-partnership bo extended or increased by tha sum of £100,000, divided into 10,000 now shares of £40e)ch.

An advertisement from tho Government of Now Zealand inviting tonders for a steam service between London and Now Zealand, via tlie Cape on the outward voyage and through Magellan's Straits on the home ward, appears in the "Times" to-day. Tlie New Zealand Loan only cloaod yos torday, so that tbe papers have not had timo to comment on its extraordinary suc cess yet, It will, of course, give the colony a tremendous " leg up " every way. If any gentleman of a speculative turn of mind wants to launch a private company, now is the time. Fire on a ISeiu Zealand Ship. During tho homeward voyage of tho Ranttitikei from Port JLyttelton to London, a fire took place amongst tho cargo and did c nsidcrablo damage. I went down on board the ship the other day to ascertain detail*, but found tho officers so loath to answer questions that it looked suspiciously as if thcro were something behind hand. A tilk with one of tho Kangitikei's crew at the Sailors' Home, to which I also paid a special visit, did not dissipate the impres sion, for tho working tor said he would'nt "split" unless I stood treat to the extent of a sovereign. Thinking the information might be obtainod cheaper than thi", I betook myself to tho iosurance brokers and t. the owner's office, aud from the latter obtained the log. It appears that about 8 p.m. on tho 7th November, when the Rangitikei was in lat. 1759»., and long. 30T VV., the chief officer noticed a strong smell of burning, and, on the crew lifting tho small quartet-deck hatch, a fire was dis covered in the starboard wing between decks, just a little abaft the mainmast. The batch was immediately closed, and the engine having been rigged, holes were cut in the deck aud water pumped in. After half-an-hnut's steady pumping the flames wero extinguished, and the burning wo •! thrown overboard. The fire originated through the spontaneous combustion of a shipment ot oily refuse wool, the bales con taining which were marked J.M. No fears seem at any timo to have been entertained at any timo for the safety of the ship, and the captain states the crew worked eooly and energetically, so that the_ entire business of discovering and deluging tho lire only occupied a few hours. Clearly, then, there could bo no sense iv the good people on board makiug a mystery of the matter to me, o

Sir Billon Bell's Statistics.—•Dis torted Facts and Misleading Figures. —An Acrimonious Discussion. The elaborate essay on Australasian finance which Sir Dillon Bell read before the Colo nial Institute in November last, has naturally not been allowod to pass uncriti cised. For the past five weeks a battle royal has been waged ia tho "Times" on the subject, nnd I regret to state that in tho cour.-c of the correspondence your Agent-General's s'atistics have been un pleasantly roughly handled. As the letters are all outrageously long, and the discus sion is varied at intervals with editorial comments columns in length, I shall not attempt to do more than briefly epitomise the principal points of tne debate, dwelling more especially ou the allegations affecting N ew Zealand. The argumentwas commenced on Decem ber 20th, on which day "X.Y.Z." con tributed a long epistle to the " Thunderer " (as the " Times" is sometimes nicknamed) calling in question a large number of Sir F. D. Bell's most cogent figures and conten tions. The writer challenges, first of all, the question of " Whether the Colony of New Zealand is healtier than Great Britain?" "I shall not," he says, "dis pute the more assertion that there is less sickness in New Zealand than in England,

is wo have no data whatever to go upon. What I shoulil, howpver, like to a*ik is— what Is Sir Dillon Bell's authority for the assertion that adults in England undergo, between 20 and GO, an average of cloven days' sickness in each year? Thcro are no sickness statistics in England applicable to ; the whole population, whatever there m;iy i be iv New Zealand. Toe _ta!co_ent must, therefore be a mere inference, and conse quently purely speculative and valueless. Moreover, it would be palpably unfair to compare the adult sickness through-1 out England generally with tho j adult sickness throughout Now Zealand. England is mostly manufacturing, New Zealand agricultural, and there are count less reasons why a manufacturing and town population should not be so healthy as an agricultural population. The difference of . conditions in all .itch comparisons ought to be taken into account. Tho true points at issue should ba is the rural population of New Zealand healthier than the rural p pn lation of England, and is there, or can there, bu any good evidence at all on the subject V—"X.Y.Z." goes on to describe tho Agent-General's assertion that "the natural increase of the population in New Zeal.mil is the h'ghest iv tlie world, being H per cent" as "absolutely unfounded" in fact, "a physical impossibility" "Sir F. He 11,,, he says, "can only make the statement, because he cia^siy disregards the peculiarity that New Zealand, liKe other new countries, has got a disproportio- : nate share of women at child-bearing age?. The statement is based appa rently on a compariaoa of the genuine birth and death rates. The latter in New Zealand being 11 per 1,000 only annually, and the birth rate 41 per 1,000 annually. But these figures do not show the "natural increase." To arrive at it in a community rccciying immigrants it is absolutely ncco.sury to eliminate the immigrants on one side, and the birlhs and deaths amongst these immigrants on tho other side, and then to compare the birth and death rates ot the older popula tion only, just as in an old country sending out immigrants tho reverse operation ii necessary, the "natur.il itic ease" in that case being more than the actual increase. The truth, however, is that in New Zea land from its very newness there can ba no birth or death ra'es of any value. The difference betwecu the birth and death rate iv a now colony does not show a natural but a purely artificial populatiou, which is without the normal intermixture of old and middle-aged "X.Y.Z." thou tackles Sir F, D. Bell's cxtraoidinery statements about Australian Commerce. •' In another part of the paper," he says, "there are some truly wonderful figures. Thus we arc told that the "commerce" of Australia i« £100,000,000, or £34 per in habitant; England, £571,000,000, or £16 per inhabitant; Francj, £332,000,000, or £9 per inhabitant; the United States, £309 000,000, or £G per inhabitant; and so on-all to the greater glory of Australia, But what is meant by " commerce ?" Is it "foreign* commerce, or "home" com merce, or what? And if it is "foreign" commerce, does it includo shipping, or com missions and brokerage, or tho intercolonial c immerce; or what does it include ? lam the more puzzled, because on the assump tion that a part ef foreign commerce might bo meant—viz., tho imports and exports, I luve tried to see if the English figures were right, and I cannot make them out. The imports and exports of the United King dom are not £571,000,000, but nearly £700,000,000, without including shipping transhipment, or bullion. My_ objection, however, ia to '• commerce" being spoken of ill this way, without any definition, Yet on this statement is based the assertion that ' one Australasian does as much trade in the year as two .Englishmen, fom French men, live Germans, six Americans, or eight Italians.'" Finally "X.Y.Z." protests against the Oolouial Institute permitting such " mani fest nonsense " to go forth to the world with its imprimatur. " Some control," he con tends, should bo exercised over- "reckless lecturers" like your staid and much respected Ageut General. "The colonies," this daring w ritur finally winds up, " havo quite enough that is genuine to say foi themselves, without their merits being travestied by foolish "blow" and ex travagance. Sir Billon Bell's lieply. That Sir F. D. Bell was pretty bard hit by this epistlo is painfully evident from his reply thereto, which even the solemn "Ttuies" thinks wa3 "characterised by considerable acerbity." This, however, would not matter so much if the Agent- General had been able to back up his original statements either by arguments or statistics. Instead, however, he glides skilfully oil the pom's at issue ami ends up, In my humble opinion, very fueoly indeed, lie sickness statistics Sir K. D. Bell discreetly ignores " X.Y.Z.'s " contention that New Zealand being aa agricultural, and England a manufacturing country, any general comparison in the matter of health would be unjust, aud contents himself with boldly Jaccusing "X.Y.Z. " with not being up in the works of sundry statistical authorities, to whom ho refers him. Fur ther, he declines tbat 30 years ago Dr. Farr (and ho hopes "X.Y.Z. " knows who Dr. Fair is ?) gave the world a scientific method about sickuess statistics, namely, that " tho number of persons constantly sick is equal to twice the mortality," and on this formula he finds tho ratio of sick folks to the population of Now Zealand compared with the ratio to population of England is 2,20 as against 4.10. "Thus Hugiand has a loss ol 4 per cent, and New Zealand 2 per cent, of workiDg power by illness, which is equal to 14 days of labour of the whole population per annum in England, as against seven in New Zealand—' but,' ho adds (suddenly arguing against himself in a most extra ordinary manner, for, of course, the orlgioal proposition put forward was that tho death rate in New Z- aland was lower than ia England because of the wondrously healthy climate) " I never said that such a diit'dronce was not 'mainly owing to immigration.'" Naturally, "X.Y.Z.," in his reply, chuckles rather over this strange display of logic, liemember his original assertion was that " there are no sickness statistics in England applicable to the whole population of England," and Sir F. D. Bell answers by referring him to tho notoriously incomplete data of a number of scientific men, and to a . articularly loose method of Dr, Farr s. " I should not," says "X.Y.Z,," have touched on the question nt all if Sir Dillon Bell had said at first he derived his statistics about sickness from Dr. Farr'a table, for it would then have been palpable even to a tyro that they wero speculative. In attempting to justify his original too boastful statements that the increase of population in New Zealand is tho highc't iv the woild, and that there fore tho colony " stands pre-eminent in what creates and preserves the strength of a people," your Agent-General flounders horribly. As to the ratio of the natural increase of population, he practically admits that he has disregarded the peculiarity that New Zealaud, like other new countries, had got a dispropoitlonate share of women at child-bearing ages, He maintains he is entitled to treat the excess of births o.er deaths as the natural increase, and as a proof where it is highest (even in a new country) of the superior vitality of the people; but ho does not deny that he identibes this excess of births over deaths with the natural in crease, Such views as these aro, "X.Y.Z." considers, more than enough to jus tify stern crit'ei-'m. "After the pains which have boon taken by statisticians from Mai thus downwards, to distinguish the natural rate of increase of population aud tha actual increase, as modifnd by emigration, it is certainly surprising to find a presumedly logical mind like Sir F. D. Bell's, treating the excess of births over deutlis in a new country, as a natural increase of one which may fairly bo com pared with tho natural increase of older countries." Not content with falling into these very obvious pitfalls, your Agent-General wound up his reply to the doughty "X. V Z ," by misquoting the well-known statistician Mr H, Gif Fen, in justification of his export and import figures. This, of course, brought up Giifen himself, who explained publicly that the object for which import and export figures were used iv tho paper which . ir F. £>. Bell read before the Colo nial Institute, "was not on a for which I recommended the correctiou of thoso figures in the way that Sir F. D. Bell says he has ccrectcd them.'' Moreover, he fur ther on adds : -" Sir F, Bell speaks of me as having in a certain paper pulverized a Writer tor making a mess of imports and exports. On reviewing, however, tho hon. gentleman's own lecture, I find ho has committed the very blunder I attached," This, of course, was very terrible for Sir Dillon, and when he had, in a special letter, to express regret for having uiisun oerstood Mr Giffen, we rather pitied him. lhe "Times," too, piled up the agony just then by devoting a long, dreary "loader" to Australian finance. In this the Agent General's " rash assump. tions" were referred to, and the writer remarked that "Sir Francis Bell's devotion to the fait fame of his colony appeared to have led him into illustrations of is health,

wealth, and activity which smacked some what; of the stylo of the late George .Robins."

The Agent-General now seems to have sensibly recognised the desirability of drop piug tiiu discussion. Gloarly bo whs get ting the worst of it, in fact tins farther his statistics "were gone into the mote fallible the figures (roved. litfore, however, finally withdrawinc Bit F. Moll contributed yet another letter to the " Thunderer" in which ho admits that "X, Y.Z. " had knocked holes in his Noah's ark, but never theless still upheld the entire seaworthiness of the vessel. " The letters "ho said, "60 not touch the general precise of the argument of my paper," Mr Mullhull (another very clevor statistician) also contributed half a column or so to the correspondence. He does not seem to believe in t> ew Zealand like Sir F, I). Bell, and insists that because the popula tion of the colony may very .likely be seven millions by the end of the century the public debt must then be two hundred and sxty oue millions (£201,000,000.) "To this," replies ths Agcnt-Geneial, in a'more practical letter thau some he wrote, " 1 en tirely demur, to say nothing of the United States, whose debt has been reduced by hundreds of millions since the Civil war. I need only mention England, where the popu lation is ever so many millions more than it was, and the debt ever t-o many million less. It seems to me impossible to imagine that, 1 even if the Australasians were mad enough Ito want to owe the money, the English capitalists would be fools enough 10 lend it; and if I hud thought there was the remotest possibility ot such a thing, I should have been ashamed to speak at the Colonial Institute at all." " I am sorry," continues Sir Dillon, winding up the correspondence, "anyone should have accused mo ot a deliberate object to create confusion of figures in order to glorify Australia That, 1 think, is going too far, 1 dared to ask that 11 little ot the public interest which lavishes itself ou the sorrows of Jumbo, or the merits of a bint, might be diverted for a moment to mark a stage in. the story of some of Kug land's great dependencies Remarks on the uiscussion. Reviewing the discussion in the " Times " from an unprejudiced point ot view, it is really impossible not to feel that air F. 1). Belt has made both "himself and the colony, whose meiits lit so unnecessarily tnvcitied, look ridiculous, The figures were produced at the Colonial Institute as unanswerable facts, and accepted as such, with wonder and delight perhaps but with implicit credence, by the Anglo-Colonial auditors. Instead of being truth, however, it turns out that in many of the most important statements the statistics were cither mis leadiug or purely speculative, that the con clusions were drawn from false premises, and that a large numper of the arguments used wont bear analysis. As a striking in stance of almost unforgivable misdirection, let me once more put pliinly befote you Sir Dillon Bell's berth rate falhcy. In describing the wonderful climate of New Zealand, and by way of proof that no other country could compae with it as a health resort) the Agent-General boastfully said: "Look at our birth-rate: taken in proportion to the population, it is the highest in the world. No?/ if this doesn't mean " our birth-rate is the highest because our climata is toe healthiest," what does ie mean! And yet, as a matter of fact, the conclusion is deliberately dtawn from false premises, for tho high birth-rate in New Zealand (an in every other new country) is owing solely to immigration, or in other words, to the immense number of women imported at child-bearing age?. This, of crarse, would soon become clear to any thoughtful man, but the superficial listeners at the Colonial Institute missed it. Now, HOb)dy likes to be humbugged, and Sir Dil lon Beit's fallacies having been exposed, it is scarcely to be wondered at that he has been rather hostilely criticised. Exaggeration may be excusable in, nn emigration agent, but Sir Dillon Bell h the accredited repre sentative ot a great colony, and from him people would have much preferred less in send of more than the truth. The effect of the txposure of two or tbrce misstatemeuts Is naturally to throw discredit on the whole lecture, and nhiis what might have been a real benefit to the colon}-, has proved a weapon tor enemies to turn against it. Female Emigration Who is Mr Joseph T. White, of Osborne. street, Grimsiby ? He writes to the "Co lonies and India" to invite "a number of God-fearing women" to emigrate to .New Zealaud, and guarantee* to provide kit, ravages, aud suitable situations for all who will place themselves in his hands. Sir Arthur Gordon. When Sir A. Gordon arrived in England it was confidently anticipated that, as a relation ot I;be Premier's, ot a presumed favourite with the Government, his merits would be acknowledged and rowarded by some specially distinguished appointment. One paper iiuggested Ceylon as a likely billet for the ex-Governor, whilst another mentioned Mauritius, A* a matter of fact, however, Jamaica only ha* been tendered to him, aud iso hurt did Sir Arthur feel at t*ie apparent want of confidence evidenced by the "comedown" between the great colony of New Zealand aid the compara tively small dopsniency where rum is the principal export, that he promptly declined the honour. ' Whether the refusal may lead to anything better eeems doubtful. Lord Derby was never very fond of the Aberdeen family. Sic Arthur Gordon's consistent 'rudeness to the permaneut officials at the Colonial Office has made him countless enemies there. Sir George Grey's Library. Whilst extolliu|», in no measured terms, Sir George Grey s jxtraordiuaiy munilicence in. preseutiug to New Zealoud his world famous library, the literary journals seem to have doubts whether you colonists are sufficiently cultured to be capable of properly appreciating the gtft. "If,"eaysone of them, •' these priceless volumes, for the use of which many an Engli-h scholar and antiquary would give his head, are to be al owed to moulder untouched and uncared for, save as curiosities, on the shelves of some commonplace mechauic's institute at the antipodes, we shall by-and-by be wish ing Sir George Grey had acted less gener ously. Certainly it is better policy to make a collection public property than to leave it like the the treasures of Hamilton Palace, and the library which Beckfovd collected, to be dispersed over tho world only to feed tho vanity of a few connoiseurs, and we earnestly hope care will be taken to see that the Grey Library is a well-known name, not only in N.Z., but throughout the civilised world." The Freemasons. New Zealand Masons will be interested to hear that during the twelve months warrants were granted by the Grand Mastor (H.R.ET. the Prince of Wales) to 13 new lodges in the colooies. Mr Redmond's Visit. Since I wrote last many more London papots have hal pars, speculating as to the reception the notorious rfedmond will meet with iv Australia and New Zealand. Edmund Yates, writing iv the " World," says :" I thiuk tho Australian authorities h:ivo received sufficient warning on the assassination of the Crown witness —Lanty Moore—to cle«r their columns of the Land League affiliations or "Molly Maguires" of to-day It is a danger of culonial life which must be dealt with vigorously, and after I the sam« thorough fashion as Pennsylvania used in. bur death struggle with a not more unscrupulous organisations, T7ie Perils of the Pacific. A colonial question that will most certainly be brought under the notice of the Imperial Parliament nex'ti Session is -the system of obtaining native labour in the South Fueilie. There has already been a good deal of c.iriespondeuce ou tho subject in the Manchester aud Liverpool papets, and the other day a writer iv the "Mercury " published a carefully compiled I liat of recent outrages, which he asserts must be considered the outcome of the labour question This catalogue begins with the attack on H.M.S. Pearl, on which Commodore Goodenough and two seaman were killed, and ends with the murder of Lieutenant Col. b'awcr snd four seaman in Oct. ISBO. " Between these dates come 17 similar attacks on merchant ship?, almost all resulting iv the murder of au entire crew, and none without serious loss of life. No fewer than six parties of shipwreck; d Eailors ate reported a3 having b^on murdered on the Louidade Archipelago alone the Solomon Islands and the Wew Hebrides holding an equally conspicuous position." The " Globe ' commenting on the tta'e of things, re marKs that there is " apparently no middle course between the adoption of s'rong measures for protecting ships en gaged in the Pacific trade, and giving I certain eroupi of islands as wide a berth as j possible." The Manchester "Guardian" thinks some member should ask a question or two in tho Jlouse of Commons re tho labour traflic, and ascertain whether, as ! seems probable, Europeans are not very greatly to blame for the provoking outrages. Marriage of an ex-Governor, The mtirriage of Colonel Sir Fdmund F. Dv Cane, R.E., X.C.8., formerly governor rf Tasmania and othtr colonial dependen cies t0 Mrs Grimston, widow of the late

Colonel Grimeton, o£Grin^tottG^^," Kiluwick, Yckshire, took «k» t^ Margaret's, Westminster, on &s&■■ 'me InaiauM^oose nnd Some enthusiastic Anglo Colonial* „.. • are perhaps a little "gone" on ihi»vho- of the rabbit pest have beer rtescr i D^ c?' the "Standard- the. many bleSfe will nccruc to Antipodeans, if only ti "amoosin- little beastie," the mo ß g oo r can ba successfully introduced Into .I' colonies. At first, the suggestionap pca t to have struck terror nnd dismay into tv minds of certain squattera and other An? podeans at home One party who evidtnuj had no sort of idea what a mongoose w like, made himself ridiculous by obie-i;* to the importation of "any description J dangerous animal into our colonies "3 another opponent of the scheme tel«t«S sundry anccdites, tending to show that 1,. unfortunate creature is, as a rahVt exterminator, much overrated ti/ " M. K. D. B' contributed to w Jri? V journal the story of a tatno mongoose whirK "was tent to me when a child from Indk ana soon became a domestic pet am y tninc, and living in the house like a caU, do* It would eat eggs or bread Z milk. It was so tame that it would carl itself round my neck ot go to sleen ii. my lap. It was or.cc lost for BO ms ' time and discovered quietly aaleep betweml the inattrasses in my room." What tit has to do with the extermination of. rabbft! is not very clear. Mr W. Bancroft FsDent F.i/.5.. however, writes 'more practically According to biin.it seems that the mon " goo>e was successfully iatroduced info' Jamaica as a cure for the rat pest, and h considers that it will answer equally well in flu: over-run rabbit warrens of Australia Biul, more especially, ftew Zealand; n« Jamil r-a folks freely admit that the accit initiation of the "beastie" saves or lath-r '-miches tbeir colony to the exto ot £150,- (JO yearly, to its beioginZ way dunßerous, or even.a nuisance, that Mr /spent, saya is noDsense.

The New Zealand Loan, It is with great pleasure I find myself abe at the last moment to announce thr complete success of the New Zealand loin which is the more remarkable becauseJ of the equally conspicuous failure of thew torinii one. \ oil will have heard so man? particulars of this matter by cable that r shall not take up your columns with m. neces«ary detail, and will content myself" with quoting the following particulars!™, the "Times":-The Kew Zealand Foot per Cent. Loan of £1,000,000 was thrown upou the market the day after the isane of the Victoiiau loan, and when the tendas were opened at the Bank of England 01 January 11, there was a large attend. ar.ee, Sir Francis Di.lon Bell being coa. epiciuus amongst the gathering. WentSe tenders were brought in the number led to' the belief that the loan was more lam coveted, and as the chairman arrived attbe ■ ' fourth tender, and it was tonnd to amount to £505,000, at £98 lie. all anxiety as tothe resuic was over. The tenders amounted to cljsc upon a hundred, and ranged from the minimum £98 iOs, to £101.- There1 wjs one tender for £150,000 at £98 101. and another for £100,000 at £93,;;. lla, bat the bulk were from £200 to £ 10,0)0. The average price was £98 Hi, and aoout 83 per cent, will receive inJail, V Although it is gratifying to record the com. plttc success of tile JNcw Zealand loan, i( ■!' bears no comp.rison with the last loan - issued-by the New Zealand HovernmentiD 1879, when £5,000,000 at 5 per cent iriß place I, the applications amounting to 12,0ii(),000, It will be remembered tkt when this loan was negotiated flew Zej.; land pledged hei word not to raise any : j further loon until 1883, and, though tkj : colo iy bas allowed little bieathing time to el.ip^e before she applied for another ibab, tie f.-ict that no comment was maderjpoa thi-i, and that the loan wes r.adily sat ferine I, is one of the best evidences of evidences of the faith which inTCstoaiii this c mntry hare m the resources of Mm Z al.md. As the tenders were only opeiiei; yeate day, there has nor, as yet, been town newspaper comment. But I make no doalrt it will come. Sir F. D. Bell is jubilant' <

TELEGRAMS.

(FBOM OUU OWN CORRESPONDENT.] i KDSSELL, Mi day,' E Hi; body of the boy Alexander McLed wps recovered yesterday evening. -IK other ■ have not yet been found. • CAMBKIDGE, thia day) The Land Court still remains at a dcii _ loci, The Court re-opened this morniiip, : wheu an no agreement or airaufjement Lid ' been effected, it was further adjourned till' : two o'clock. ; 'J ha last of the series of indictable ana prewired by the Ngatikawliata nstitss against Messrs Walker, Gricc, Grace; EM bmfr. and others was di6posed_ of at tie X sident Magisfratc's Court thi; momißf, 'he t»o last cases were one of riot aid tin other of assault. Mr Hny, on tbecharffl; bcin;; read out, Paid he had no evidence to oiler. The tccused were consequently ilk chary cd. • [PER PKHSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTGHURCE, this day, i Mr Jacobseu submitted some of bis sup* posed New Zealand diamonds to Mr C,i> | Button who tested them, and found only j 0110 genuine. Mr Jacobseu applies foi a | pr^spocting license for 000 acres. s|! MiDowe, the New Zealand Baiey, gars; i a succissful exhibition of his power air. ft hor;e-trainer lest night. |; . ' "DUNEDIN, this day, | At the City Police Court this moniii? | Wm, Winter was committed fortrklonW i charge of embezzling monies belonging jo || the New Zealand Insurance Company. X f was stated that the defalcations amount W |; £000. . • M , INVEKCARGILL,thisday, j. Tho Prince of Wains hotel premlssi Wj f"' disco^fercd to be. on fire on three difl^tji, .'M occa.'iona tbis morning each time in IJ1 I ' parlor, where the window curtains had *?■:-■< consumed and the lining burnt ( j-- ''■, flames were extinguished _ after »|P:. ■■ damage. The appearance indicates tMIU i fires ate the woik of an incendiary, -j

POLICE COURT,-This Day.

(Seforo Messrs F. L/ Prims and F. G. C'Jjto ffi Cbtjklts- to a Hoßsr. -Jamea B«torj*|tH charged with a breach ot Crafty ttWffi ■ Art. on tho 16th inatout.-Defondant t~** f not Builty— Joseph Motion, grain Betojwg | ■ posed that ha saw defendant .J"»';Si- I Buohanßn'a store, in Custom HonßeWj->S ■ ho-to was heavily laden, «»4. W'X-t fflj. move wlih the dray. Defondjint J»rjJSSsfß: ovsr tho head with his whip! he MMMg |: tho tantins: very fovere.-DofendtntWK Lt animal imbed, and was not o™«"SJ il bo»kn.-VilHam Slater, engineer. «X | that iho hotse wsb pulllns aWt ""J. tt of iron b»rs-too much for 0I1»,!^ i| John Bns-otl jun.. also k»to f™?Stt S Dsfenffant m»do nnd ingeDionß oeW»w^; f I j tho view ot Bhowlng th»t theY«f, e™2Sa) M nothln. ot the matter. Ther onli new ""*,; B atii-ral lmtl a ocmd and a tall. anO, as" , , rco'Rht ot tho load, thry were enuresjjj^ | ' Scrgo»ut White having made «»Sf I defendant uftUed witnowes in ™Sj,rlW i Koant Maitln sa!d he had toomßNi"^ g «om« timo. EeliOTOd ha v?as a-ewe"" h.. He ws» not a l»rr«bir.-Thom»B owwr'^j in fovDnr ot flefendsnt. The hers* J»»"j" ff . fc; dcstr»ad tho whipping he gor. J i™Jfo#-, M oerletioo wtih horses. J'ho «'«»«?• ESSadH.'H Btoerert the ovidenof, wereot 0P' 01tflkr38l'H ehitfre was provoi. and Imposed a au° : aQi°& B: B re y TR.o.-F»rt Wgfi.Sl' HeniJrr, and Annio Howard. wcr«toea» ; fo- drnnkanno^ an<i rlotons <™™>L 0M Ws: For Shame, Bovsl-Jolm Mom™, g^j gj, Mnmford, nnd William Marsden \vef eu^. m with maliciously damaging water CT ;|| well, hy causing a nuisancothoroin,^ Ke s. ■ inst., tho property of George Easton. ,^ m| ley appeared for defendants, and pW^, ||, Kuilt/.-Sergeant White opened tho oew^ HH Burko, residing in Newmarket, aeP£ 5J...: j B-. Bho know the boys, and on lho I .'- aJ r KasW 5 »'• the information, she saw them » »Jj^e!ij »:: paddock. Saw them commit, a »^"w' | the well. On BeoinK witneffi, ,^ .ji | ; run awaj'. Tho wator wiß_JSiiJW:i|| nnd used for tea PnrP°?M^XrWfaK i hyMcKcetlcy: It was Mr.^Soaßefi'i ho kindly permitted the nc«hWa»«t« ■?■[ wator. Uid not use it now. TjM»^ | .;■ hoys messins in it Jiad turnca l^ s ~[..•.- {f,. at^inat it.-To the Bench : Ihera^n * (ac ;,,:• round the well; the boys were iMiw^ v ,, |; -James Burke, farmer of N°wn«KU;»; m brief history o£ tho well, would give tho boys a cautoon, ■„ thought would bo sufficient to-^ ; &i» | instance Tho boys woro'butJgJ^tk Thlacioscdthebneiwß'. _ ;-|f:c

Mount Eden Gaol ha. just ""^jSjg periodical inspection spcctor of Prisons, who has ea»w»*fl ft l/cr ot alt.rati.ns to be made,* jij iucrcass tbe jjccommodation ana su cinciency of the prison,

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% & JL±- C OOK E, 44 and 46, Victoria-street, Beg to draw the attention of Ladies and Gentle men furnishing to their LARGE AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OK ■pUHNITURB, comprisinf! Drawing and Dining-room SuitM, Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Wardrobes with class panels, Sideboard*, Chdtbniere, Hall Tables and Hatstands, OHioe Tables, Chimney and Toilet Glasses. Dining Tables, Cane Chiura in great variety, Toiletware Drawers, Wash stands, &c, &c. ,nAFvPETS, Including Brussels, Tapestry, Kidderminster, ana Felt Carpets, Hearthrug, Coir and China Mattincs, Stair Carpets, Linoleum, Floorcloth, Door Mats Wool Mats, Bed-room Eugs, &c. TJEDDING Of all kinds and of tho best quality. Hair, Wool, Keck, Cocoa Fibre, ana Flax Mattresses. Spring Mattresses, including the Paten Wire Wovo Mattress: Feather Beds, Bolsters, and Pillows; Kapok Beds, Bolsters aud Pillows, and Pal liasses. T. & H. COOEE, v and 46, Victoria-street. [Factory, Elliott-str et.]



f-fHHB FACT IS IWW 4SSUKKP 1 THAI IHOSPIWJ'i' OOBBWMPVIOST. W*t>'.'>'.'-"J CISKiIIK jsimpteiun arrastfci. »r..i n b«'.Hny :>> SBMrBgRp& O£ vjk'.AT.TPTUS T. - T ~~~ AN*!.) QO'lMljS'C Thc3B great roanlte en» owian o tho combination ot KEBVK J.STS) aV.AIK TOStO that lend Increased SuSlairAnf, rowan to tha Intalld, aMsil to which la tno SPBOIFJO AOTIOK ol th«Rii<al7Ptas on tha m'Mms man branee, wbesaby tho ilr passes are . cleared oJ unhealthy sascDticma In a BOtural manner, Dally evidence is afforflea o£ tho par manent resnacttßtlcii witlon of this lemßdy—bo that rJI -wbo suf ot Bhotslft ot onoe make ft trfal of its amlnonitoropur tlc*. Tim X Uf-.lyp*as Syrap Is modorau: In price, ar<i :.vitlun tl>o rtaieh oi! all who need It, K. ir> n pbr.i ai>ui»- tlciiioojnbln-i. Uon ol tout-; rJkiiwu.; v;isi hypothn*. pWtca,and m.t a m^iii tiatimau, BeKlatetotl ;«;•■ /.ji'-Vii nrulac ""iiiiti Trade*! ".<j>.'l-.t; .■■.■-i:^..i<iUoa Aot," by (iKAVJJti AiC;;«H,'■>',.•. » :<iu,i-:/j.i'!y, Acoii land. V?>.v.;*."..\. Mat! '?>.':; Paw



/|1 O L E T, THE HOUSE LATELY OCCUPIED BY ME IX PARK ROAD (off Grafton Koad). R. LAISHLEY. February 20,1883.



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