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-*'s visit, Aunt Franc_,"from London n-..-_.™«3_ trom Mauritius I YESTKHDAY. Myrtle, brigantine. Lane, from Tonga, Douglas, 8.8., Norria, from Mangawai TO-DAY. ■Woiraraba, s.s., Chatfleld, from tho South a _^r_EaPrM.3.s, Carglll, from San Francisco __wti_K,s&er. Couch, from Groymouth ChrißUno. sohoonor, Stronach, from Rusaell

DEPARTURES.

SATURDAY EVENING, Talaroa, 8.5., Hansby, for tho South Mariner, schooner, Queen, for Rusaell YESTERDAY.,

Oriffln. sohooner, Bishop, f o&hangaroa Annie Wilson, schooner, Mack, for Kaipara Saxon, schooner, McClymont, tor Hotaanga . TO-DAY.

Atlantic, schooner, Matthews, for Raratonga

IMPORTS.

Per Tjthonm-l oasaof athM_l If t *,;SJZ 0 i per Bam Mendell. from London. 6 oisos or. fa"r goods, for CW.Good.oa. cases and 1,515 bags dot k,u, »°| 1 piano, 11 packages offeots. Por Fleotwing. from Groymouth-80 tons C°^ Peerless from Hobart-120 ctfces Peak's Jams —G. W. Binney. Per Tjthonns, from London-lcafcstolleUud I oase omboased .ludhe., 7 £ a „ _?ol.um.Tmm fancy goods 1 oi.se veso l^hltadß, 5 cases lromnvngory.-Winks and Per Sam Mendel-2 casks carbolfo aotd, 9 oases drno_,ohomioalß. and Bundrufl. 1 ojikpf Xonold,2 0.803 cod liver oil, 1 ojbb of chip fSIeM casks oream of taitar, 2 casks o sul- Shu.72 casks alum, 1 cask of Bal ammontao,2 casks of nitrate ot potash, 6 casks of btoat- SS-te of ao-aYI owe of ohlorW _ ot Hma. 1 cask of poppy heads.-T.B. Hill. PerTythonns-2 hogsheads china tea sets. I dittobro tzed tea pots. 1 ca,o aooordeoaa.l case toxine (doves, 1 oase tn-dle scraps, 1 case lau terns 3S exoToieo books, 7 caeca obim.ey gmsaeß. 1 case choval .toot.,; ■o.Bes t.ncy toUots, 3 cases dressers.-!-. Levy aud Co. Per Wairaiapa, transhipped ox Gnlt of Fin land—l case briar, myali, and chorry pipes. 1 ditto mounted amb.ra end ferrules, 1 ditto cigarette papers. . ditto t _Dacoon_>ta nundneß, —M. Levy and Co. Por Walrarapa from Mo-bourno—ls qrcasks wino, 199 boxes and 169 half chests ton, leases oreans. 3 cases pianos, 11 cases champagne . (0 l^i^lii^'&^f^ Sacks grass seed. From Gisborne-oS sacks -grass seed, 14 cases fruit, ssheep. Por Australia from San Francisco-100 half barrels sugar, 20 flasks sugar. 20 llaska quick silver 12 bales broomcorn, 251 cases canned arias' 440 cases paint, varnish, &c, 40 cases ffriod fruit, 11 barrels salmon, 50 sacks beans, 70 boxes apples, 7 cases machinery,lo7 packages sundries. For-ydnev-1 stallion. 21 sheop, and 6,2.1 packages general merchandise. BPer Tjthonus. from London-42 kegs gal vanlßed wire nails. 1 case perforated zlno. 12 Horn___' p'.oughs, 1 Herculoafom-cntter. 2 o.aos HotnßbVs Bkeßths.l caso Hornsby-s s&eeths. 1 caso assorted hrassware. 205kjgs wire nails, 41 oases galvanised corrugated Iron, lOcwt gai __l_e wire. 40u bundles fonclng wire, 6 oases India rubbar bßlting, 1 case mdla rubber matß, lOowt patty, 6 hogsheads holloware, l oa_k oast buttß.BHoward'sdoub'o furrow ploughs. loaßk Shares. 12 oottnge range 30 door scrapers, 9 Mis ... SmiM 3 l'raffortlraoa._».Boratesatoves * 4 orates fittings, 1 caso pocket knives, 1 caso scissors, 1 case tablo cutlery, 1 cask rim locks, 1 cask drawbaok locks, 5 caaos iron screws, 1 caso brass screws, 4 casos carriage bolts and nuts, 1 case gato hooks and eyes, 1 caso iron screw eyes, 1 case stove screws, .3 cases haU hat stands, 1 caskkeys,lotohes,otc., 1 task tinsmith s «ttmg_.lca_kcopporfurnacopans,l.aj=kmortico locks lloaak runge loo*., I on*k candlestlokd, 1 offlrdOTßjringes.lca-kpadloc^^casestn- Sai'f maohlnes. 1 oaao, bloyoles, 1 case palpt hrnahnn. 1 oase brass till and enpboard looks, lt_uTs sa-h line 1 cask ballook beh_, 1 cask honse bells, 20 packages furnace doors and moH_(» 1 c_Bk tube fittings, C 2 kegs floor torads.-E. Porter and Company. Par Trthonuß, f-om London—Plain o-.ttons. _bibm l' coloured cottons, £10CD ; printedoatio_s, BTOO- w_ol__n-a_a woi.t.ds. £i 200; iUnnelß. £ 500-lineninosse, £1200:ootton fend woullenp, .MOO; B_k.and wooUens. £100 : Bilk and cottons, SlOO: waterproof and indiarnbbtr goods. £300; SlkMd velvet, £100 .shawl- and niantlos.-lCO; ftiUanerv £i 000; hoisery,£lloo;_ow_.g thread, £3W, unabroUas £ICO, octton handkerchlefa,£2oe. ootton and Unon b. i'tß,£4oo: Spparel. 1 9309; blankets, £12(10; carpets aud ruirß. £600: toilet and taole ooyer.. £100; felt hats tu_dc»ps, £1000; dressed leather, £31; SSrt. leather, £?G0; Baddlery. £760; sheathing fait. £20; floor cloth. £160: sewing machines. £BMs tacilers, £10; veßtas. £280 Is blacking, £10; Srrioultural implements. £2CO: rails and SeSS»I machinery. £2500; boo.s. £330; 6«Sar _27cwt; stationery, £180; papar £_&_*. i-2_ol upholstery. £890; iron bed ____J_2lo;^_rushware.£so; toys. £200; flre- S_^^"%Joo_-2B3aj _o_l_«./!fl0: jerftmOT,, »h»t__S^ Sarandrod iron, 117 tons; hoop iron. 10 tons; sheet Iron, S tons; plate iron, 62 ton.; p'g tarn, B0 tons: galvanlssd Iron, 60 toaa; sheet lead, 15 tons: pig leaa. 1 ton; yellow metal. 2 tons; copper, 3 tons; tin plates. 150 boxes:lron natls. 56 tonsi:;wlre and wireropo, 6S tons: Unseed oil, 1760gshs; turpentine, BOgalls: varnish, BPgalls; Daint poluurs, £2080: loiin, lOowt: flint glass, £50: window glass. 5 cases; plate glass, 31 oases; ohlno and earthen, ware &10; glass bottles, £50; bran and flour bog». £170; oanvas, £90; cordage, £90; Unea Sndtwlneß £120: sl»tes,l7 tons; snnff. 2401b5; b»ndy In bulk, 160gallB; brandy in oasp, 960gallsj _nra_,-llCgallB; cordials, lOgals; BrlUshsplilta linbulk). 420.aUs; ditto (inoase). 660galis; per f-med splritt- 40golis; white wtaa, leOsails; beer iglass). SO barrels of S6galls; proserved fl_h .not rated). £90; salt _Bh. £50; aaiorted oilmen's storep, £370; vinegar, 700 galls; foreign salad oil. 70ga«s; pepper and sploes. 2owt i nnta, Sowt. mustard, «2»! ataroh, £30, ? »lt, 25tons: Woarbonate soda, 20 tons; cannlea ( .rltlah and foreign. 13_cwt; raitioß, 22owt; currants, lOlowt; llauorlce jaicß, 2. wt; refined con fectionery md peel, £130: apotheoarv ware, film • tort oold,3owt; condensed milk. £90; mrnflour. £20; oakum, 1 ton : greaEe, 2 tons; tow 4 tons; hemp. 9 tons: straw hats. £1C0: Sriculturßl maohlnery, £60 j ooooa, 4 owt; chooolate. 5 owt. Totsl deolared valueof c»rgo, £53.0001

The brigantine Myrtle, which left this port on November 25 last, returned yesterday. Captain Lane reports :-Left Tonga on Friday, 2Gth Jan __cy, sighted the Poor Knights on the 2nd in stant, and arrived as above. Had strong easterly winds up to the 31st ultimo, thenco light aire and calms to port. Passengers: Bey. S. W. SMSSfc Baler and child Mrs. H. Baker, Messrs. T. Parsons, M. David, M. Birkett, J. StlvS, J. Silvester, W. Elder, and Captain Mary Ann Annison, 297 tons, left Tbaara for Auckland on Saturday with 1898 Backs oats, 510 sacks wheat; 150- sacks flour, 100 Backs sharps. The schooner Orpheus Is dally expected from Tonga. Tho-Bohooner Fleetwln- arrived from Grej tnonth this morning after a passage of seven teen days. Captain Couch reports haviog ex ■orienoea light northerly winds and calms during the passage. 3 The German sohboner Christine, from Fill via Russell, arrived at v a.m.to-aay. Captain Sronaoh reports :-Left Auokland on November 5-h*andTaiarua on the Bth Deoomber, with nr___ed timber for the Sugar fteflnlng Com- S_Sr fluvaT Kandavn was sighted on the 28th EeoVmber. Arrived lo t-uya Harbour,on the roth T_ Bcember. Left Suva for Bauthala Bay on «h JtoHary. and n turned again to take in hStast on the 9tb. The Onrisiine ia the first ? n ___*riSgoa vessel that has sailed [through ♦SStnaßtaKe meld. tjo reef. Sailed from Suva ™_he afternoon of the 17th January, with a Slate N.K. wind andilno weather, whioh fcon- Unuedforseveral days. Arrived in BueeeHon Wetoesday morning, 21th January, making the MssMe from anohorage to anchorage In six StlflMd twenty hours. Sailed from Russell on Saturday night, ith; prgsad Cape Brett at noon, and arrived aa above.

Tha as.-Donglss arrived from Mangawal about ml-nl-ht of Sonday. Passengers-Messrs _tSghs; Harding, Wgan, Sherjood. Mrs Kelly SSft _Mv, Master Mateer, Mrs Smith and family (61. _frs Bherren, Mlea and Master SneU ££7 Cargoi _0 oases froit, 100 posts, i tons sundries. The schooner Sybil arrived In harbour on o_ts_flav evening. Captain Sinclair reports l i&rfttom Port Louis, Mauritius, December foS! ir_- had very rough and changeable SSther ■ winds ohlefl. from N.«. to N.W. up to ¥-5™ Sth: crossed meridian of S. Cape. _Ss£-MSSasWI lowing day heavy gale z£.__r ate hlshtoping s.a smashinß a part of £*B2__ka iter ward, and f oreoaatlo and souttel. ?__^?Si?ta°_B!_omr_._!. and calms, whioh con i_s_a „ up to Sth January, when the Three 1 Hlehted; rrom than oa light sirs from SSK-F and oalma; passed tho Poor Knights Nlva ««_n-_no£ Feteuary 2nd: Saturday the '_& a «_vT_t__a Barrier;'o_ims uo (so 12o'oiooir, s^n°ltaht brwze from *__.___ at P.BO p.m. t^metou feS3w in Auckland Harbour. r- rtantaln J. Sinclair, of the schooner Sybil, re> r _? pJwS nn November 1_ he passed tho barquo ®reib_?'_.«_ Pftnetown with flour. She had en- °ff the Lewin' *# bots countered a ne»v* 1 hdamago tQ Bhl and boatt„'^utmtoPortLouis (Mauritius) on De {° artEii. 2nd In distress, and commenced dia- Swap- _*___•* cargo repairing ship.

■.''.'" THE TYTHONU- . Ththonus arrived in harbour The barque inM<«mo * «-3uWP.ft^SftM was published?* - JourlaßtiflSuebanaav reports of tho '~' frort,. list. aa °ff^Sß ,-Left the West India wasß&ge as ™?B^ r paSße a Gravesendon B°cteoSSv___itteDow_ionthol2th. Ex ttJL_„sl^a_£Dl™w-dsoff Beechy Head, tho. perienced vaname wu. sail was then raKle»A^.^?do' B toa prevailed. From tho L^SH_?l__?_Css__ W to N.W.. with '':_i ßtflJ? 2_ from the N.W. with heavy ."heavy sea W f watop forward . vsauaflS' °mp ato the heavy cross-sea. On -i_? d -wi, moderate. from tho N. , ( J»„f KoTtho 30th October to H* .to N.IS. * Haht variable winds and fine S^vejnher *_$£& the Eauator on the 15th No '*'»l! ie, __SSSSStndeMm W. The S.E. trades Temlwtalongroae^. j[rom fte29t hto the - proved «gj*2~fiG_ _ c vessel was In 40- sonth, .;^ndßM9ffbMWhenweve»»o . . . he and 71^*^^/^? wiml heavy sea from the A&& fi ____k heaw waterondeck fore-and. • "Jw«\*&^nwto _7th Btreng bre.ze with a %tt. Fromthence»i^^,^4 ttheaT , B eaon tieavyßea. -2?*?Sffl «m aeSta fore-and-aft. '^^^•'t^Jamaaw Sd. strong gale with a «'"Vt»ff^Hi 6 a.m.. shipped a heavy _f«-KS^ffi•SSßmwWfee North Capjj •ilF Brd b„%V (Smpasi"s miles at noon; C p.m. d harbour.

AItBIVALOF THE P.M.S.S. AUSTRALIA.- FAbTBST PASSAGE ON RSOORD. The Australia having left Ban Franoiico three days late, she was not expected before Tueßday morning, and great Burprlse wns therefore oc casioned whon she waß aeon coming up the har bour earlythls morning. The passage ia a re markably fast one, being (Including btoppageat Honolulu) 18 daya 17 hours 45 minutes, from Stn Franoißoo. We are Indebted to Mr D. Detn, parfeer, for press flies andthefollowlngreport:- Dlsohnrged San Fronolsoo pilot on 16th January, at 4.25 p.m. Towards Honolulu experienced forthe first part moderate westerly winds end fine weather, and latterly, light variable winds with moderate sea and dull weather. Arriyeo at Honolulu Jamutfy 23rd, at 9 45 a.m.. and leß agiln at 5,40 p.m. Experienced moderate easterly and north-easterly winds throughoiil the passage from Honolulu with line weather, and previous to arrival at Auckland) cloudy weather and smooth Boa. Crossed tbe Equator , January 28th, and on tho 30ih January Btppped ; oa the _ amoa Mauds and landpd the German Consul for Apia. On thejovenlng ot February Ist, passed and exohanced signals with thes-ii. Z?alandla. Blghted the Great B""1"^"^ Sth. at 5.3fl a.m.. and reoelved Auokland plloton board at 1015 a.m. T „ AnU Paaaengars for Auckland-Mrs L, B. Auit, Mr Jar. Hay, Mr Gaffe, and 4 ateorago. For SydSey-Harold Kuse. M. H. ,Y wa B«g. H. M. Ary and wife. H. M. Wad-ell. MreH. Martin. m™ Carelll. L- Hopkins, wife and 3 ohlld rem_seSi_^E; N. Mirks. T. F. Gallagher. N. A. Palne, \V*. Butler, D. L. MaoKenzle. &. B. Kron. John Anderson. A. B. Gregory, L. H. Martin. A. Lanoaater and wife, Dr. and Mia Emmelhetate and 3 ohlldron. Mr and Mrs Mer rill, Douglas Wooloott, and 45 Bteerage.

ARRIVAL OF THE WAIRARAPA.

The Union B.S. Company', b.s. Walrarapa, Captain H. W, H. Ohalfleld. from M»lbourne via southern ports arrived alongside the Qapn street wharf at 10 a.m. tod.y. She left the Queen's wharf, Melbourne, at 2.80 P.m. on Ihe 2lth _I>. i cleared Port Philip Heads at 030 cm.; w&o abreast of Swan Island at 0.30 next day; reaohed Mllford Sound at 2.30 p.m. on the 28th, hiving had light variable wlnda and heavy head b.a on the pbibbso acroas; arrived at the Blaff at 2 -.m. on the 29th; reaohed Port Chalmers at 6 a.m. on the 30th; Balled again at 7 p.m. on the 31st; called at Lyttelton on the lat Instant; Wellington, on the 2nd; Naiiler.on the Srd; Glsborne, on tho 4th; left the latter nort at 0.30 a.m.; roundel the Haßt Cipe at 3 p.m: passed Tiritiri at 8 n.m, on the 6h. arriving as above. Had strong head wind and sea from Glsborno. Passengers :- Saloon from Melbourne i Mr Hay, Mlsa Hay, A. Jack, J. Buchanan. Mr Lugg, MrHJJI. From Dunedin: Mlases Duncan. Waddell. _Gray, Mesdaraea *'lldon, Why te, W Uklnßon and child, Mas«rs Waddlntrton, Major, Wilson, Dr. NeiU Aitkin, Whyte. IsaaoS. Hood, Snower. From L.ttleton; Mlflaes Caul. Uuohanan, Mesdames Higgins. Messrs Tucks, Train, Hie-ins. Cheeßoman. Uiquhart. BYom Wellington: Missea Hyde, Fairoliild, Bar nard King, Mc_damoß Koeble and family. Messrs Roberts, Whiteside, Brown, and Branah. From Napier: Mias MoDoweU, Meßdames Donnelly, Marhn, Mossrs Donnelly, Conateble, Roy. Mackintosh, and -\Vhito. BJom Glsborno: Miaaes Brothers, Smith, Shanaghan, Meadames Foster. Matthews, Measrs Lamper ton Hon. T. Williama. Rusaell, Bailey, Ander son' Brown, Rosb, Matthews, Archibald Forbes, and W. J. Keith, and twonty in the stoorago for all ports. Wo are indebted to Mr H. O. Taylor, purser, for Press reports, flies, &c„ and abovo report.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Dunedin, Saturday. Sailed: Canterbury, for London, with full cargo. Russeix, Saturday. Sailed: Schooner Christino, with coals. Bluff, thia day. The Rlngarooma arrived at 7.30 r m. to-day and f'la at 5 p.m. for Dunedin. Saloon passen gers— Mlts Freeman Mr and Mrs Little, and eight steerage. . .... • Lstt_b.ton. this day. Ai.-tved: Firth of For_h, Captain Campbell, from London, Novomlsr 7th. Dun_di._ tbis day. Arrived: Mont-iomery Caßtle, Captain Harrlf, 7. days turn Llverpcjl. (BY OAIU-.) Sydney, this day. Arrived last everlng: Wakatlpo.

Mail Notice.

tSAttn wtci Ologu -a Umbmb - THIS DAY. For Tauranga, Ohinemutu, and Opotlkl, per Glenelg. at _ p.m. For Kusaell, Kavakawa, Whangaroa, and Mon gonui, por Wellington, at 1.30 p.m. For Tnames, por Kntarprls., at 5.50 p.m. Tckbdav, 6th Instant. For Port Fltzroy, per Waterllly, at 8 a.m. For Watorford, Tauranga, Sec, per Rotc mahana, at 10 a.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 10,r. a.m. For Waiwera, Kawau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Roae Oaeoy at 10 a.m For Waitara, eto, per Maogregor, at 11 _,__, For Whltlangl, per Thrso Uheerv, atl p.m. Fcr Friendly Islands, per Oygnut. at i p.m. For Australian Colonioe, por Wairarapa, at i P.m. For Whangarei Heads, Waipu, Whangarei Kamo, and Mangapai, por Argyle, at i p.m. Wednesday, 7th instant. For RnsieU, Kawakawa, Levuka, and Suva, per Rotorua, at i p.m. Si B. BISS. Chief Postmaster. Chief Post-offloe. Anckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

FkBRUAiiV 5,1883.

Abbott's Opera House—Mr Archibald Forties's Lecture, 8 p.m. Otahuhu—Meeting of Mr Gerdon Goooh's Singing Class, 7.3 p.m. St. John's, Ponsonby—Band of Hope Enter tainment, 7.30 p.m.

Births.

KEAN.—On January 31st, at her residence, Wollesley-street, the wlfo of D. Koan (prema turely) of a son.

Marriage.

ROACH-TAYLOR.-On Fobrtiary 3rd, at St, John's Collesro Chapel, Auckland, N.Z,, by the Roy. E. H. Gulliver, M.A., John James, eldest son of T. H. Roach, Esq., J.P., of Glastonbury, Somerset, Englaud, to Emily, third daughter of R. J. Taylor, Esq., Glendowle, Weat Tamaki, and granddaughter of, the late Gonoral William Taylor, India Company's Sorvice.

Deaths.

BLACK.-On the sth Inst., at h«r parents' residence, Stoneyhurst, Mount Eden, Alice Mar-irotta, infant daughter of W. C, and Catherine Black, aged 1 months. She sleeps with Jesus. Tho funeral will take place nt _ p.m. to morrow, 6th Inßt, Friends are Invited to attend.

FLOWER-On February tod, 1883, at Parnell. Basil John Lovell, infant son of Gerald E. and Clara Flower, aged _ months. KEAN.-On January 31st, 1883, at his parents residence WollCßloy-streot, James, infant son of David and_»anny Kean. MACFARLANE.-On February 2nd, 1883, at Albert - streot, Alexander Ramßay Kattray, Infant son of David and Margaret Maofarlano, aged 1 year and 3 months.

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

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1883.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs «list."ice. For the future ia the distance, And the good that jn can do.

The mail steamer Australia has again made a remarkably fast passage from San Francisco. Owing to the non-arrival of European mails she did not leave 'Frisco until three days after time-table date, and after a fine voyage of 18 days 17 hours 45 minutes (including stoppage at Honolulu), she arrived iri harbour at 10.15 a.m. to-day.

The closing session of the Wesleyan Con ference was held this morning. The business was of a very formal nature. Votes of thanks were passed to the under.ecreta.ies, also to the Press for giving lengthy reports. The journal was then read through and signed, and the Conference was closed. Some of the ministers leave to-day and some on Thursday.

A cricket match was played in the Domain Cricket ground, on Saturday last, between the Newmarket and Alexandra Clubs, and resulted in a victory for the former, by fifty-two runs.

' A fire occured in the Western Park yesterday, and before it could be extinguished aboat 50 or 60 square yards of grass was destroyed, but fortunately none of the trees or shrubs were injured. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a lighted match thrown down by some careless smoker. Mr Slattery, assisted by a few others, by great exertion managed to assist and quench the flames.

This morning Mr Courtney left a document with Mr Greenshields, altering a reward.of Five Thousand Pounds to Mr Shakespear'or any other man, who will show him the locality where the same numbsr of diamonds are to be found as are said to have been found by Mr Shakespear. Of course this includes the purchase of the finder's right, exclusive ofthe ground, private or crown

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Hauraki Saw Mill Company, Limited, was held this day at Mr. Nathan s office, Shortland street. Mr. D. Nathan was voted to the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Griffiths) read the balance sheet made up to the 31st December, 1883, together with the auditor's report. After the several accounts had been explained by the Secretary, and full information given by him to the meeting of the land purchases of the Company during the past year, the balance-, sheet was adopted as read. Mr Dewar retired from the directory, and was re-electedadireetor. Mr M. Baker was re-appointed auditor of the Company for present year. The Secretary then informed the meeting that the funds of Company had been chiefly devoted towards the purchase of the freehold of the Company's property, and the shareholders expressed them, selves satisfied with the course, and decided that a dividend should not be paid, but that the funds be in future used to complete the Company's purchases. Mr Dewar moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and the meet ing closed,

Tlie prizes won by the various competitors In the Demonstration Sports,|were delivered by ths chairman, at tbe Working Men's Club, on Saturday evening. With one exception, all expressed themselves satisfied with the decision of the judges. These gentlemen, together with the committee, had a most arduous task to perform from the large number of people present, whom it was found impossible to keep pack fron the course. After the prizes were distributed the committee adjourned to the next room where the caterers, Messrs Punch and Tudehope, had managed out of the remnants of the refreshments provided on the Demonstration to make a most creditable show. The room presented a tasteful appearance, the handsome jjtlnner of the painter.,the work of Mr Holland^ being hung at the head, and the various other banners around the room. On all being assembled, Mr Heslop took the chair. After the usual patriotic toasts had been honoured, the healths of the chairman, treasurer, secretary, judges, handicappers, and starters were all proposed and responded to—the evening's proceedings being pleasantly diversified by vocal music. The delegates meet again to-morrow evening at the same place, '

'The report of an intended visit to Wei- I ling ton on. the part of Key. R. F. Macnicol, of St, James's Presbyterian Church, proves to be unfounded. It obtained circulation from the fact that a proposal to exchange pulpits for a short time was made by Rev. Mr Ogg, of Wellington, but Mr Macnicol did not see his way to 30.

The members of the Ponsonby Chora Society, will meet for practice iv the Odd fellows Hall this evening at 7,30.

The steamer Coromandel leaves Coio-i mandel for Auckland to-morrow at 2 p.m., and not 8 p.m., ai piinted in the " Coro mindelMail,"

W« are desired by Mr Bryce, head nurse at the Hospital, to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of illustrated papers from Mis Gamble and Mrs Sutherland.

The awards of booKs were presented to the children of the All Suintß' Sunday school yesterday afternoon, by the Rett. J. K. Davis, M; A., in tho absence of the Bey. E, N. Bree, who was unable, owing to ill ness, to leave tho parsonage.

At the usual weekly meeting of the French Literary Society on Saturday even ing, Mr Walter Dignan was elected a mem ber. The next concert takes place on Saturday week, and the Secretary is anxious to receive tho names of intending contributors to the programme.

The closing performance by the Maoris in the Theatre Koyal was fairly attended ou Saturday evening, and the hrtkas and songs was gone through in ijood style. § At tbe close ot the ontertainment, the natives wero convoyed In drags to Maugere, whero they arc presently residing.

A seaman named William Buck, em ployed on board the Mission schooner Southern Cross, was received into the hos pital on Saturday, suffering from a con cussed spine. It seems that ho was engaged lv sending up the topmasli when aome of tho ropes got entangled, «md beforo they could bo released tho topmaßt came away, and struck the unfortunate man on the Bhoulders, head, and back. No serious results, however, are anticipated from his injuries. A harvest thanksgiving service la to be held at St. John's Church, Northcote, on Tuesday evening next, which promises to be a great success. The musical part of the service will bo under the conductorship of Mr Charles Chambers ( tho organist of the church. Tho Revs. J. f, Hill, A. MacCal lum, and F. G. Evans are expected to take part in tho service. By tho kind permis sion of the Ferry Company, a special steamer will be put on for the occasion. Steamers will leave Queen -street wharf at 5.14 and 6.30, returniug after tho service at 9.30.

The Evangelistic meeting at tho Young Men's Christian Association was we.U attended yesterday afternoon. Mr Thomas Buddie, hon. secretary, occupied t'm chair. Addresses were delivered by Rev. Joseph Berry, of Dunedin, " Which is your rea sonable service ?"; Rev. W. J. Williams, "What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"; and Rev. Joieph S. Hill, " What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Chrißt?" In the evening at the Theatre, the Rev. R. Bavin delivered tho addrcs«, and Bey. W. Morley pronounced the benediction. Dr. Kenderdine pre sided.

Among the passengers to Sydney by the mail steamer to-day was Mr L. Hopkins, an American artist under engagement to tho propiietors of the "Sydney Bulletin." Mr Hopkins has we learn, a high reputation as a caricaturiit and engraving artist, having been employed in illustrating the works of Brot Harto, Mark Twain, and other Amarican humourists, and his accession to the " Bulletin " will doubtless soon be ap parent in the improved quality of the illus tration..

There were over 2000 persons at tho an nnal picnic of tho Auckland railway em ployooson Saturday. Tho oompany em braced a larga number o_ country tottlers, and various influential guests, The free lunch, under tbe control of Mr S. Dando, was a complete success, (tad was one of the largest things in the way of cater ing, ever attempted in the province. The day's proceedings enhanced a children's lottery and a series of athletic sports. For the latter tho following prizes wero given : —Silver cup by Mr Brett, crystal cup by Mr Kohn, silver knife, fork, and spoon (in case), by MrLewisson, silver and glass cake basket by Messrs Cruickshank and Miller, a box of tea by Couplandl & Co., a ham by Cloie Brothers, &o. Tho excursionists reached Auckland about 9 p.m., after a pleasant day's outing.

A singular story was recently told by the Pails correspondent of tho "Timo*," to the effect that a bottle had been dug tip near the beach at Agde (Herault) contain ing a parchment, purporting to bo an ac knowledgment of tbe receipt of five mil lions in bank notes, and diamonds worth three mi'lions, entrustel by the ymprois Eugenic, on tho 4th of 1870, to a M. Bassols, for delivery to her mother at .Madrid. ._^ajßf.;__o_l_n__-i--_i-n4IJ» ---"ScK'nowleJged the safe arrival of tho consignment. M. Ronher, however, ex plains that the bottlo containing tho pre tended receipt is a trick of Ppanlßh swindlers to obtain loans, on the represen tation of the existence of concealed treasure.

The following aro tho results of tho sports of the Union A. A. Club, held on Saturday, at Ellerslie :—l2oyds. Maiden Race: J. Coyle, 1; F. Tyer, 2. Union Cup.- 3 dis tances—looyds. :H. Donald, 1; Clark, 2 ; Annet, 3. 200 yds. :H, Donald, 1; Clark

and Annot dead heat.

Donald won easily

tho two ovehts, when they ran the 300 yds. for second place, which resulted in a dead heat again between Annet and Clark. 200 yds Hurdle Bace : H. Donald (scratch) 1; C. Annet (5yd3.) 2; L. Taylor (14yds.) 3. Won easily. One Mile Handicap: J. Coyle (120 yds.) 1; A. Taylor (100 yds) 2 ; D. Mackinlay (scratch) 3. This was a good race between Tyer and. Coyle. Although Mackinlay run well, he could not catch them. Two Mils Walking : E Lawrence, soratch,' 1; Ramsey, 160 yds., 2; T, Tyer, 165 yd.,, 3. Won, after a good race, with Tyer and Ramsey. Consolation Race . ttamsey, 1; Taylor, 2 ; Hales, 3.

The " King of the Specials," as George Augustus Sala calls him, arrived this morning from the South; aod to-night, in Abbott's Opera House, Mr Archibald Torbes will deliver his famous lecture, "Experiences of a War Correspondent.' During the last twelve years, the " Daily News'" brilliant correspondent has been in nearly every important campaign, and to night's lecture will probably form one of the most interesting oi the course. From Paris in her hunger after the siege, to the lecturer's marvellous ride from Ulundi, from Plevna, whero Forbes, for his services to the wounded, was decorated by the Czar, to Sir Frederick Robert's wonderful march through Afghanistan; from Deli gracl in Servia, to Paris seething in the throes of the Commune, when Forbes was compelled to assist in erecting barricades. From rikifka in Paris to the ghastly specta cle of fsandula, and the subsequent finding of the Prince Imperial's body. Suoh aro a few of the strange contrasts which to.night's lecture promises to present.

A correspondent writes to the "Madras Mail — " I take the following from tbe last number received of tho " Illustrated Sport ing and Dramatic News," viz., of Novem ber 11 : ' A few years ago a young Austra lia horso ran away in one of the Madras steeplechases, and cleared the lane, which Was 24 feet wide, and had a 3 toot wall on the taking off Bide and another 6 inches higher on the landing side.' That was something like a jump; but can any of your sporting readers recall anything con cerning it. I havo been in Madras a' few years,' and never heard this 'corker before. Nor can I call to mind any lane in or about our steeplechase course answering at all to the description given above." "No Corker" writes :—" Kegarding an Australian horse jumping 24 feet at the Madras Races. I saw a white or light grey horse, which I believe belonged to the Bon, R. Davidson, CS, jump the double clear. The two walls must have been pretty nearly 24 feet apart. As far as I remember, the rider was thrown at the next jump. This was in the mouth of December '65 or January '66."

£110 in gold and notes, representing arrears of Ponsonby rates, miscarried from their in tended destination at the City Treasury to-day, apd found a resting-place in the briny deep. It seems that Mr W. Gulliver, who has been engaged for some time past in collecting over due rates in the Ponsonby district, left his home this morning with £152 18s 3d in his pocket-book, which he intended to pay over to the City Treasurer. He says that upon reaching town he proceeded down the wharf, and that while walking from the North Shore Ferry Tee towards the Thames Tee he was seized with a sudden vertigo,, and would have fallen overboard had not a passer-by promptly collared him. His pocket-book, however, fell into the water, and when it was recovered only £42 is was found in it, the balance, which is made up of 19 sovereigns and £91 in notes, having disappeared. The loss was at once re ported to the Town Clerk, and steps were at once taken to engage a diver to search for the missing treasure. Mr Gulliver has been in delicate health for some time past, and he says that he was warned by his medical ad viser not to leave home this morning.

EMIGRANTS FOR AUCK LAND.

A SPECIAL cablegram from the Agent-General it) London advises the sailing of the ship Rangitikei on ,6th January, far Auckland, with 293 passengers,

PAINFUL SUICIDE AT WHANGAREI.

JBY TELBQifAPH.—OWN CORItESPONDKNT.]

WHANG aREI, this day. Mr COB-ISH, a highly respected resident for many years, committed suicide by drowning himselt In a tank adjoining his house. Mt Cornish a few weeks ago ex perienced a sunstroke, and has suffered more or less ever since. He undoubtedly committed the act during mental aber ration. The inquest is now proceeding.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WHANGAREI.

[BY TBL-QBAPH.—OWN CORKESPOND_«T.)

WHANGAREI, this day, A BISASTKOTJS lire took place at two o'clock yesterday morning. Bell's store (in which it originated), Buckhurst's clothing estab lishment, Jackson's boarding-house, and Hanson's cook-shop, were completely de stroyed. The principal portion of Jack son's and Hanson's Rooda ivero saved, but very little of Bell's, Mr Scott owned the property occupied by Hanson and Jackson, and Mrs Davis; Kamo owuod tho property occupied by 801 l and buckhurat. A'l except Jackson's f umituro was insured.

WELLINGTON PHILO SOPHICAL SOCIETY.

[BY TELEGRAM!.—PKBSS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, this day. Bkeobb the Philosophical Society Dr, New man read a paper on the question— " Is tho climate of Now Zooland hoalthy 1" It contained statistics prepared by himself and Mr Frankland, of the Insurance Department, from 1884 to the present time, showing tho ages of the people in the colony in the quinuuennial periods so us to compare with Great Uritain. It showed tbo death rate here to be 11.6 per 1,000, while that of Great Britain is 23. or double. Several other reasons than the hoalthy climate (which was admitted) were, however, indicated aa partially accounting for tbis. The death rate hero wae, however, lower than in any of the Australian Colonies or any other civilized country, With the increase of manufactories and introduction of diseases at ptesont unknowD, it was, however, likely I to Increase.

A iioc specimen of cork, taken from a tree 15 years old, crown by Mr Mason, at the __ utt, was shown by Dr. Hector, who also denied that he desired in any way to dispute tho Rev, Mr Green's statements about the ascent of Mount Cook,

SCINTILLATIONS.

Onehunga races tak . place on Saturday firat.

Dr. McKellar has entered on his duties as house surgeon at the Hospital. The new Episcopal Church at tho Lake is to be opened on Ist March next. Rev. Mr Fraser, of Ciuiitchureh, still keeps hold of the keys ot the church, lv defiance of the Presbytery,

It ia stated that Bishop Mot an will be asked to be a candidate for the luangabua soat.

Hon. Mr Rolleston, Minister for Mines, is expected to visit Auckland shortly. Tho Bay of Islands Regatta, which takes place on the 14th inst., promises to be a great success. Fifteen races are on tho programme, including one for Maori war canoes.

To enquire into abuses alleged still to exist ia Dunedin Gaol, it is rumoured that a Royal Commission will shoitly bo ap pointed. A tradesman lately left Waikato rather abruptly, having "let in" Auckland mer chants to the amount of nb.ut £2000. Ho bas gone to Melbourne, it is said, with a female companion, A poll of tho Cambridge ratepayers on tho question ol water supply take* place ou tha 16th iust.

Mr Beverley, a Dunedin astronomer, as sorts that tho comet is moving ia a para bola, and will therefore not return to the sun,

" A singular marriage " Is tho heading to a paragraph ia ono of tuepapors. Thought . H t"Y/a&-vS.__-,_'iiAl;!!£_.__;'' ' ___ftimc'-a house at Ngaruawahia has botn burned' down, through the bursting ef a lamp left buroing. Furniture destreyed and family •saved"with difficulty. Bacon has said that " reading makes a full man," and many restaurant koopers have adopted the plan of supplying their customers with morning papers. The Rev. S. W. Baker, Primo Minister of Tonga, along with Mrs Baker, arrived In Auokland yesterday by tho brigantine Myrtle

Pastures in tbe Waikato country are everywhere getting burned up, and in cm sequence, feed for cattle is very scarce, A pr of of this was afforded at Mr Buckland's last sheep fair, when Merino sbeep only brought 3s each. The Mayor of Wanganui has given notice of motion for next meeting of the iiorough Council to tho effect tbat the Borough agree with tho other two local bodies inter ested to pay one-third the deficiency which the Harbour Board will sustain by f roeing tho bridge. The amount required to be voted will he about £240 annually for 22 years.

The " New Zealand Times " states that its late editor, Rev. David Bruce, bas pur chasod, in conjunction with Mr Carrick tho ' Waikato Times." There is as yet, no alteration in the imprint of the paper. Tho guards on the Wellington tramcars have struck for higher wages, and tho manager is now advertising for somo well conducted and respectable youths to whom engagements will be at once given. The pay, £5 per month, should iuduco good applicants.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Beforo Capt. Daldy and J. Baber, Esq., J.P.'s.)

Stealing Gum.-John Barron waa charged with stealing 20s worth of gum, the proporty of Q. B. Renold, at Auckland, on Jan. 28th.—De fendant pleaded not guilty.—Charles Nelson, an employe at Benold's gum store, deposed that he recollected Sunday, Jan. 28th. On the morning at 8 o'clook he left the storo all right—all doors and gates lookod. Whon ho returned In the afternoon ho found that a hole had boon dug under tho wall of tho storo, ono of tho gum bags opened, and about colli of gam was gone. He just caught sight ot a man going up a ladder in tho adjoining yard, Tho gum produced is tho same quality as tbat taken from the store.— To defendant; You were concealed in tho tim ber when I came with tho policeman. The policeman said he could smell you before ho saw you. You appeared to be asleep.—Constable Foreman doposcd that at 330 on Sunday after noon, 28th January, the last witness informed him that the gum storo had been broken into, and he had reason to bolievo that tho robber was still concealed in the timber in Mr Goldie's yard. Witness searched through tho timber and fonnd the defendant concealed in a holo amongst tho timber about eight foet from the hole under Benold's wall. Hesubsequontly found a bag of gum concealed near tho holo, also a quantity of gum scatterod about. After witness found tho prisoner his hat was disoovorod in tho passage, about twelvo feet from tho hole.—liavtcl Goldie, timber merchant, deposea tbat he save instructions that hia tlmbsr yard should be looked up every Saturday afternoon. He knew defendant by right, but never gave him permission to stop on the premise*.—Tbe Bench discharged the dofondant, n toonsloor- Ing theevioenoo sufficiently oono'.ualve.

Nkqleotp >__. Skaman. - James Baton was charged with oontliineo. wl fol neglect ol duty on board the British ship Botorua on 30th and 31. t _ anusry, and 2nd and 3rd Fobroory.—De fendant pleaded guilty. Tbe oaptaln ot the vessel oepoaert that tho work of the vessel had been detained through the negleot ef tne fl . men.—Fourteen dajs' Imprisonment, with hard labour.

Ex.AUTO JawsnXHtY.— Frederlok Orran was onarg.d with the laroeny of a gold wa'oh chain locket and pendant, valuo £1, the property of IS Olson, on January lßtb.—D. -tendant pleaded unilty, but 1 ot wlih any felonious Intent. It appeared from tbe {state ment of Sergeant Whiio and the evidence of Deteotlvo Snitivan, tbat While Mrs Olaenwaa iv hospital, tbe def .ndant visltod her resldetoe, appropriated tha watch, and made It a present to Mrs Poster, of the Customhouse Hotel,—Six months. Imprisonment. Who *toi__ thi FLAr«i___?-Mary Oreal waa charged with stealing seven yards flannel, worth 9_, the property of Charles O.hwln, at Auokland, on February 2nd.—Defend, ut, a re speotabie washing womin. pleaded guilty, and waaeeotanoed to twenty-four hours Imprison ment with hard labour. Drunkenness and Larceny.—John OShea was charged with drunkenness, and also with Btealing three hats, value 10b Bd, tho property of A. W. Maoo, on January 27th.—Defendant pleaded guilty to tho chargo of drunkonness, but said lie knew nothing of tho larceny.—Con stable O'Brien and A. W. Maco proved tho find ing of the property in defendant's possession.— Tho oharge of drunkenness was dismissed, and for the larceny defendant was senteneod to ono month's improvement with hard labour. D. nnd D.-Martin Lestrango was charged with this offence. iOa and costs or one months imprisonment with hard labour. , Drunkenness.--. Asplet for this offence was punished lp the psual manner. aismj-t-Juii- Molnahey. of Howlofcwaß oharged with assaulting hlB wife, Ellen Mclaaney, on February 2nd.—Mr Thqrne ap peared for defendant, who pleaded not guilty, Oboh.roßobbery.-Four small boys were fined 6s eaoh for stealing fruit from Mr J. A, Pono. orohard. A'Sault.—J. MoManus for assaulting his wife was bound over to keep the peaoe, Conyt then adjourned.

CABLEGRAMS.

LKKUTBR S TELEGRAM,

IDENTIFICATION OF MUR DERERS.

(Received 11 '45 a.m., sth Feftuary.)

LONDON, February 4,

Eight men have been charged with com plicity in the Phoenix Park murders, and of these, O'Brien, Brady, and McCaffer ty have been Sully identified as having been seen lurking in tbe grass near the scene of the murders. The medical evidence shows that the wounds on the bodies exactly cor respond with those likely to be inflicted by the ampupation knives found in a loft-house belonging to another of the prisoners, James Carey, a resident in Dublin, and a council lor. The prisoners, who at first laughed at the charge, appeared greatly alarmed. The most intense excitement exists in Dublin owing to the arrest.

OBITUARY,

The Right Hon. Col. Taylor, Conserva tive member for Dublin, is dead.

THE BONAPART PRINCES.

General Thebandio, the new French Minister of War, asserts tbat the Dynastic Princes removed from the Army will retain their rank on the unattached list.

COMMERCIAL. London, February 3,

The market rate of discount has risen to SIJ. Now Zealand 5 per cent 1889 loan is to-day quoted at 105_. There are no other changes to report in the money market. Dolonial breadstuff's are now without quot able ohange.

[deceived Bebruary sth, —12.50 a.m,]

DEFENCE OF TBE COLONIES.

LONDON, February 3.

The Admiralty are despatching to Bom bay, Hongkong, Capo Town, and Sydney, a large number of guns, suitable for the armament of merchantmen, with the view to supplement the regular naval squadrons in case of war.

THE PHCEiSIIX PABK MURDERS.—

FURTHEK ARKESTS.

LONDON, February 3.

Four men, who have been arrested on the charge of complicity in the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke, wero brought up at tho Dublin Police Court, and identified as having been seen in Phoenix Park at the time the crime wat committed. One prisoner, Caroy, is the occupier of a house in which tbe knives, which it is belioved were used to commit the crime, wero discovered by the police. Tho prisoners were remanded until Monday next, the Bth mat.

ILLNESS OF FRENCH PUBLIC MEN. PARIB, February 3.

Prince Jerome Bonaparte is suffering from severe indisposition, and has been removed to the infirmary at Autuil, near the Bois de Boulogne.

PARIS, February 3.

MM. Duclerc and Falliercs are now con valescent, and will shortly resume their places in the Chamber of Deputies. THE REINSTATEMENT OF CETE WAVO. CAPE TOWN. February 1.

Telegrams to hand announce that the installation of Cetowayo having been com pleted, Sir Tbeophilus Shopatone and the British troops are now returning to Natal,

AUSTRALIAN.

(Keceived February 5,1-25 p.m.)

BYDNBY, this day.

HEAVY RAINFALL.

Fifteen inches of rain have fallen in Sydney since tho beginning of the year.

RAISING THE AOS-BAL,

The necessary preparations for raiting the Austral are now nearly completed, and it is expected she will be floated this month. DuSTttUCITVf- FIRE AT BOURKE.

SYDNEY, February*,

A great firo has occurred at Bourke, reiultiug in the total destruction of six buildings, including the branch of tho Chartered Bank of Australasia, the Muni cipal Chambers, and Kirkpatrick's store. Tbo loss is estimated at £30,000.

THE ENGLISH CSICKETERS AT BRISBANE

BUISB____K, JRabmaxy ._—. "*"!_s_.!_»srt_a.cu -etw„_tn<r__oti; ivo Bligh's team and Eighteon of Brisbane was concluded here to-day, and resulted in a victory for the Englishmen by an innings and 154 tuns.

A SHIP ASHORE,

MBLBOURNE, February 3,

A vessel, supposed to be tho ship Beren garia, 1,310 tons, bound from Loudon to this port, is ashore at Barwon Heads. The lifeboat has gone to her assistance. A later despatch says :—lt is definitely known that tbe vessel ashore at Barwon Head, is the ship Berengaria, from London, Sho lies on a sandy bottom. Tugs are now attempting to gee her off. Sho is expected to be floated without much injury, 'the passengers and crew were all landed safely. The effort which ia being made to float the ship Berengaiia bas as >et been unsuccess ful. The position of the vessel is un changed.

THB DISSOLUTION OF THE VIC-

TORIAN PARLIAMENT.

MELBOURNE. February 3,

Parliament was to-day formally dissolved by proclamation. Mr Service is announced as a candidate for Castlcmaine. Mr Pear, con has retired from the contest of that electorate.

A meeting of the members of the Consti tutional party was held yesterday. Twunty members were present. Various speakers strongly condemned the action 'of the Government iv obtaining a dissolution.' Finally it was resolved, some of those present dissenting, to entirely sever connec tion with the Government, aud make no change iv tho Conservative programme. Mr Francis, it is stated, offers to retire from the leadership of the patty, and it is understood that he only retains the position until alter the general election, when Mr Service will resume the leadership. No mention is made of a coalition with the Berry party. ("ags" Specials.)

THE NEUTRALITY OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

LONDON, January 20.

Despite the fact that Germany, Austria, and Italy havo expressed their concurrence with the proposals of Hngland for the neutralisation of the Suez Canal, the Porte still expresses strong opposition to the arrangement. ANOTHER STORM FEARED. Later intelligence respecting the effect of the recent gale on tbe northern and western coasts, shows that the loss of life and, the destruction of property have beoa very severe. The weather is still very threatening, and a. repetition ot the lato storm is feared. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. The Marquis of Lome is stilt staying in the United States, though he is expected to return shortly, last week he visited Wash iugton, and was present at one sitting of Congress. The tariff was under discu.sion at the time. The principal speakers of the evening eulogised the protective polioy of . the country. TUB FBNJAN ASSASSINATORS. Further disclosures have been made to the Irish police by informers in custody. From tbeir Btatements it would appear that no less than four attempts wero made on the life of Mr Forster, while he occu pied the office of Chief Secretary, It Is asserted that the would-be assassins were identical with the actual perpetrators of tbe Phoenix Park murders, and should this prove to he the case, the police have tbe assassins of Lord Cavendish aad Mr Burke in custody. A MOVING BOG.

Great excitement has been caused amongst the inhabitants of Castle Neagh, Ke-common, by the occurrence of a moving bog adjoining tho parish of Boslick.

Garlick and Cranwell have just opened up some of the handsomest bedsteads ever im ported to Auokland—nickel-plated, Iron, and brass, half-tester and French. A variety of spring mattresses, bedding, and bedroom _urni-> ture. Furnish your house from Garlick and Cranwell's City Kail Arcade, Queen-Btreet, Auckland.—Advt.

1 The new fire-bell, weighing 7 cwt., was temporarily erected to-day on the tower opposite the fire Brigade Station, Albert street, and at 4 o'clock this afterpoon its sonorous peal was heard throughout the city creating no little alarm, Several mem* bers of the City Council were present. Members of the police force wore stationed near the bell towers to prevent the alarm being repead by the other bells. The City Council purpose erecting a ne-v tower for tho new tintinabulator, J

ARRIVAL OF THE P.M.S.S. 'AUSTRALIA' WITH THE English and American Mails VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

(Fan the Monih ending January 16.) Great Britain. Gaps hava appeared in the walls of Peterborough Cathedral—one of the finest in England—and the structure will be demolished, , The ''Pall Mall Gazette" asserts, and the German Embassy denies, that German residents in London have received notice to hold themselves ready to return to Ger many to fulfil their term of military ser vice. Playfair, member for Edinburgh and St, Andrew's University, resigned his place as Deputy Speaker in the Commons on the 7th January. William Miller and Sons, turkey-red dyere, of Glasgow, failed ou January 7th with liabilities amounting to £20,000. The Inman steamer, City of Brussels, Captain Land, from flew, York, December 28th, for Liverpool, was run down iv the English Channel by a Glasgow ateamer, the Kirky Hall, during a fog, and eight of the crew and two passengers were drowned. The City of Brussels foundered, almost Im mediately. The Scotch steamer, which arrived at Liverpool, January 9th, reported that the collision occurred at tho estuary of the Mersey, about 2J miles from the light- Bhip. The main compartment of tbe City cf Brussels was cut right in two. Because of the breach in the hull the bulkhead of the steamer shifted, thus accounting for her speedy sinking. The cargo was valued at £350,000, and the vessel at £800,000 ; in surauce on the cargo, £75,000 to £100,000. A number of convalescent patients at Haslar Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, were visited by the Queen, Princess Beatrlee, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, fn the 23td instant aDd decorated. A Loudon despatch of December 22, says arrangements have been made for the crea tion of the Minister of Agriculture, Cham berlain is to be made first minister, Dobson, whose place Dilke takes, is to be give* the Chancelorship of the Ducby of Lancaster. Thomas's Petroleum stores at Exeter were destroyed on the morning of Decem ber 22nd, An explosion was lollowed by a great fire, over 60,000 gallons of blazing oil ran into the river, setting fire to the ship ping. Several v s els were destroyed, as well as business aud other buildings. The British steamer Regent, from Cardiff to New Orleans, was abandoned at sea on December 19th, in a sinking condition, the cargo having ahifted, 2The Langtry • Labouchere quarrel attracted much attention from the English _ aociety papers. "Vanity Fair" entered into elaborate details and described the quarrel at length introducing young ' Galehardt to the notice of the British public in anything but a complimentary manner. Tho papers, as a rule, treated i Mrs Langtry very charitably, but some of , her illustrious friends in London took up , the cudgels for her vigorously, and a good many windows were threatened if not shattered, New plans for the Channol Tunnel sere issued on December 24th, and are said to meet the approval of dramatic critics. They bring the entrance and approach to the tunnel three miles inland, within range of the defences of the Dover Garrison, .he skulling match between Babear and 1 Godwin, on the 23rd, from Putney toJMort lake, on the Thames, was easily won by Babear. Time, 28 03. The return matoh between, the team of ! the National Guard of the United States, and the British Militiamen, will take place io tho fall of 1883, at Wimbledon. Dr, Mariu,a|well known writer on politi cal economy, shot his wife nnd himself, in , London, on 1 ecember 26th, The murder ! and suicide wore committed by mutual j agreement. Marin was pecuniarily embar . rassed, aod bis wife soffered from an incur . able bodily ailment. A Berles of boxing matches, extending over three dayp, organised by William Madden, of New York, who offered prizes amounting to £50, ended in London on the y i_iSM&gS!2S&§!_^ 3 making a match with America's best man. k Mitchell, of Biimiogham, a middle-weight, 3 won, displaying great smartness. There were thirty-two entries, On the morning of December 28th., a tall chimuey in Bradford, fell upon a building full of operatives, and killed thirty-six, . besides injuring fifty others, mostly women t and children. The total damage is esti ) mated at £60,000.

H.M.S. Undine it is reported, had cap tured eight slave shows on tho East Coast ot Africa,

A number of the Isle of . kye crofteup had paid their rent, and the agitation is at cud.

Among the notable deaths during the month are the Earl of Stamford, 54; the Earl of Wemys. and Matde: Cardinal Donnett, Archbishop of Bordeaux; and Francis ol ose, Dean of Carlisle.

Francis Corsill & Son, merchants and shipowners of London and Liverpool, failed on December 30 for £300,000„

Sir Charles D.'lke was appointed Presi dent of the Local Board on the 31st Decem ber. It is said the Queen was averse to the appointment; but Gladstone overcame her scruples and made his radical friend a Minister. In a speech on the 29th Dilke said that some of his earlier opinions were those of his political Infancy, which anyone might regard as unwise when he grew older. This partial recantation did a good deal towards smoothing JDilke's way to office.

Lord Napier, of Magdala, was appointed a field ma__.__i on the 29th J. ecember,

Irish Affairs.

Delaney, found guilty of conspiracy to murder Judge Lawson, was on January 3rd sentenced to ton years' penal servitude. Biggar, M.P., was committed for trial on tbo 2nd January. The charge against him is high treason in a recent speech. Released on bail.

■Dillon, in deference to the wishes of his friends, has postponed his resignation till February. He resigns, he says, solely on account of ill-health,

O'Brien, editor.as is asserted ot " United Ireland," was arraigned in the Dublin Police Court on New Year's Day on a charge of seditious libel, contained in an article entitled "Accusing Spirits," printed in his paper on December 23rd, 'The National League meeting which assembled at Ballinhoun, King's County, December 30, in defiance of the Government proclamation, was dispersed by a large force of constabulary. A Lord-Lieutenant, attending divine set* vice in Christchurch Chapel, Dublin, on December 31st, was hissed at by a boy, who was arrested.

A priest accompanied the -hief Secretary for Ireland in his inspection of tbe parish of Glen Calombkill, Iv twenty houses visited on January 4th, there was not a morsel of food.

The .National League propose to present Patrick Kgan with a service of plate for tbe manner In which he attended to hia duties as Secretary.

There was a riot in Denmark-street, Lim erick, on the night of Deo. 2.5, between the soldiers and civilians. The latter at tacked the military and a free light ensued. The soldiers were badly handled owing to the numerical strength of their assailants. The police finally restored quiet. A large meeting was held in Cork on the 22nd December, for the purpose of originat ing a movement for holding an exhibition in that city in 1883. Kvery class in tho community was repiesentid. Puff and Battle tt, convicted of the murder of Thomrs Brown, a farmer near Castle Is land, are sentenced to be hanged at Cork, Jan. 23. They protest thc?e innocence. A company is iv cour.e of organi.asion in Dublin, with capital reaching £1,000,000, for developing Irish manufactures.

Wheu Michael Flynn, the laßt of tho Huddy muiuerers, waa sentenced to be hanged, he said to the judge, " Tbank you, sir. lam as willing to go there (looking upwards) as to go home. I wish you aU good day. His execution was fixed for Jan. 17.

The Mayor of Wexford, proprietor of a local journal, was, ou December 29th, sen tenced to five weeks' imprisonment for pub lishing a portion of the report of a meeting ot the Ladies' League, calculated to cause intimidation.

Despatch from Dublin, December 27th, says Wm. Johnson, Attorney-General for Ireland, aud M.P. for Mallow, has accepted the vacant Judgeship on the Queen's Bench Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice. Andrew M, Porter, Solicitor-General, succeeds Johnson, and John Haish, law adviser to the Crown becomes Solicitor-General. _Naish will be

a candidates for the seat in the Commons, vacated by John .tone's acceptance of the J _53_g to report, the wife of Sir Francis Jidmond McNaghten, of Dublin, eloped on D.cember 27th with ayou.gman who had been acting as agent -tor the McCartney estate. Lady McNaghten h several children, and w» daughter^ William Howard Rusaell, L.L.D., the. well-known newspaper coirespondent. One hundred persons, on an average, are nightly searched in Dublin under the curfew clause of the Kepression Act. The most tangible thing in Ireland (says a dispatch of December 31st) is the distress and misery of the people in the western districts, particularly in places where there are hundreds of evicted families without shelter and starving. The information about these ia derived chiefly from Catholic priests, whose own resources are all ex nausted, and about wnose dwellings the ! unfortunate creatures are gathering, beg ging piteouiily for a potato or a pound ot corn meal. . , A detachment of soldiers, returning from foreign service, landed in Cork on Decem ber 31at and were immediately attacked b_ a band of drunken civilians. The soldiers defended themselves with knives, and several of the assailants were cut. John Given. M.P. for Monaghan, was appointed permanent Under-Secoetaiy tor Ireland, on the sth instant. . Captain Talbot, Chief-Commissioner ol the Dublin Police, resigned same date. David Hamell, Resident Magistrate, suc ceeds him. . . Starvation is reported at Baltnasloe. A husbrnd and wife were found dead on the sth. from tbis cause, targe numbers ot farmeis at Skibboreen, with holdings ot from one to tweniy acres are absolutely without stack or food.

France.

Count Yon. Wimpffen, the Austrol Hungarian Ambassador to France, killed himself on Dec. 30th, at Paris, in Avenue Marceau, by blowing his brains out. Opinion is about equally divided as to the cause—insanity, or financial embarrass ment. . , The Senate adopted the ordinary and extraordinary budgets on Dec. 28th, and voted a grant of 25,000,000 francs to meet the cost of the French occupation of Tunis. The Government also introduced into tbe Chambers a credit of 1,275,000 franc let Dr. Brazza's expedition to the Congo. He considers it possible to complete tbe ex ploratiou of the Upper Congo in two years. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the bill granting subventions to public schools.

Dr. Lesseps announces a scbeme for the creation of an inland sea in Africa, to be prosecuted by private enterprise. The Government demand a credit of

11,0 GO francs for the Tonquin expedition.

Prince Bjaptoklne was arrested at Lyons on Dec. 21st as an anarchist He mainjj tamed the utmost reticence under exami nation.

Bonapartists held a banquet at Beauvais on the 17Ih December, the object of the meeting being to proclaim Prince Victor Napoleon President of the Republic. A cartridge factory exploded at Mount Valerieu ou the 17th December, seriously injuring 30 women. Of General Chanzy, who died ia Paris January 15th, the morning papers said the next day, '■ France has lost her greatest strategist." Referring to the decease ef t,eon Gambetta, tbe Emperor of Germany is reported to have faid on Wew Year's morning, " We have one peace>breaker the less," It ia noted that the tone of the

German Press generally, in commenting on the death of the French General, as well as that of the French Statetman, is one of ill disguised, satisfaction, varied in some iastances by outspoken brutal exultation.

THE LATEST NEWS.

American.

SAN FEANCISCO, January 16,

James R. Keene, a heavy financial oper ator on the New York market, predict that the United States, through over-trad ing and excessive railroad building, is on tbe eve of a financial crash.

the death of John Cody, a,t Manistree, Michi_.no, is reported, after a fa.t of 103 days. Another self-confessed Cavendiah and Burke murderer.named O'ReiUy.turned up at Rochester, New York, on January 9. He is believed to be a humbug, seeking a free passage to Ireland, or free board, "Mark Twain" has been nonsuited in an action to restrain Bellord, Clark, and ■(!3amu3. _!ciemenß) had failed to copy right bis works, but claimed the pseuodonym us a trade mark, The Couit denied the claim, and said his books were open to pub lication by anybody who chose to do so. Recent advices from Panama report the death oli the Columbian President, luldia, and the succession of Jose E. Stalava.

The wreck of the troopship Bolivar on the south-west point of Barbadoes, with the loss of only one sailor; and a lively riot be tween the police and a mob of Jamaicans at Aspinwall, in which several lives were lost.

. he -ocialiat, Herr Most, has failed in bis mission to the United States, fcr the

..imple but best of reasons that most of his old associates in Europe have become owners of property in America.

Lot M. Moirell, conspicuous in American National politics, died at Augusta, Maine, on January llth.

The businessfor the week ending January 13tb, was unusually dull in WaTf-street. There was scarcely anything done in stocks, and in the opinion of leading operators, the " bottom bas dropped out of the market to stay out; for some time." Gould, Vander bilt, Hatch, Keene, and other heavy men, were about going abroad. It is mooted tbat General Grant will be a candidate for the Presidency in 1884.

Geneiral Butler, the new Oovemor of Massachusetts, was threatened, by letter, on the 1.5'.h inst., with assassination, by a man who signs himself, Guiteau, No. 2. Mrs Langtry is very outspoken in her indignation at the way iv whioh she has been annoyed by American reporters, esp.cially those of Chioago-

£50,000, apoition of tho Bum shipped to Panama to pay off the N.S. fleet in the" Pacific, has been stolen from the Railroad Company's vaults at the place named. No clue to the thieves.

The McGill University authorities at Montreal, Canada, have seized £32,000 he longing to the estate of the late. Miss Barbara, Scott to meet the legacy left by her to found a chair in the University, but which the executors would not pay. The last spike was driven in the Great Southern Kailroad, connecting New Orleans with San Francisco, on the 12th inst. It is familiarly known as the Sunset Route.

The Mewhall House, a six-storey brick building at the corner of Michigan-street and Broadway, Milwaukee, was burned to the ground on the llth inst., with attendant circumstances of the most distressing nature. There were 110 guests, and 65 employes in the hotel. Of these only 67 were saved, the rest either being burned with the building or killed by leaping from the windows. The fire is believed to have been tke work of an Incendiary. There were several professional people among the guests, aud they narrowly escaped with life. Tom Thumb and his wife bad a very close shave In getting away from the flames, and Mrs John Gilbert, of the War ren Company, less fortunate, was burned to death in full Bight of tbe multitude. The Planters' Hotel, St. Louis, was also burned on the 14th. Two lives were lost. Clark Mills, the famous American sculptor, died in Washington on January llth.

ihe United States Government will appropriate $100,000 to provide a suitable display of American industry and products at the Holland laternational Exhibition.

Great Britain.

Gladstone will soon go to the South o 1 Europe to recuperate, but there is no cause ot anxiety regarding his condition. Despatch from London, January 9th says the British ship British Enrpire, from shields for Bombay, has been burned at eea. Ten persona were saved, but two boats, containiug the captain, male, and fourteen hands, are mi.sing, A farmer, named Cunane, was beiten to death at Sum.ford, County May., January

After spending £ 50,000 for the relief of the small farmers and cotta-s in the west of Ireland, Lady Florence Dedie refuses to [ raise another fund for that purpose, be lieving it the duty of the Government or the Land I e.igue to m_vo iv the matter. On the llth a delegation of Catbolic prelates brought the condition of the we-t to the notice of the Lord-Lieutenant, and ho promised to look into the subject at once Eagan and Piggot were engaged in a war of words. Kagan was secretary and treasurer of the Land League, and Pigott declares there are £100,000 of the Leasuer's funds unaccountable for. The editors of the «• Times " and of the London "Obßeiver" were cited by the Lord Chief Justice on taellthof January for con tempt m publishing the correspondence in the Boyd-Cbamberlain libel suit.

The new law courts, LohSiTT^ 9 nounced an architectural failure r? Michael Davitt appeared at ciial the 14th January, and attempted \ an address on the Irish question WU,er i howled down by an organised sane-' lH** _ fight fo lowed, chair legsandbrassknnir re S being the principal weapons Bckre* ' <' The weapons supposed to have been „,„, | by the Fhoonix Park assas.ins 5? d found near the premises of Carev „t !.^ 3 Dublin Municipality, who was Bf » 1 with twenty others oa a charse of en' • 1 ing to murder Government officials pt' I A Berious railway accident, in .'Li, 7 I | several persons were. Killed, occn.wJ cl* A i Corerlatf, Italy, on the 13th SSS "c" 1 During a performance at Berditerff r. i siaß Poland, on the 13th, a fi, e brL. 1 in the theatre, and nearly three h^?"] I person were burned to death, "'"""cd »■ The Court, on the llth inst, gave t„ A 1 ment against Charles Bradlaugh. inbV g-' 1 tion against Erskino, Deputv-SeKr.^^'-' 1 A T lftheHouseo^Co^ 0 .?& I on the occasion of Bradlaogh alto 3 ' li to enter the House of Commons and *ig ' II his seat as a member after a resolutionit 5! ii been pa3sed prohibii ing his so doinc * S Richardson and Niven's linen factor .' 111 Belfast, was burned, Jan. 11 Lo. sf _ m S A dispatch dated Portaferry Jxfi ■ Down, Ireland, Jan. 13, says tbV^mT ■ ship Wild Deer, from Glasgow f or n. II Zealand, with 200 passengers, went «.. H at North Rock, .ClougheyT and Trill £? II a total wreck. 'I he pa»sengets wore 3° I The Duchess of Conuaught waaS-:B delivered of a son at Wiodsor Castle tJ ill 12. • • ' ;"■ 7 On the 13th the Prince of Wales".,, W veiled the statute at the Royal Miiif. 11 * Academy, Woolwich, erected to the i_P9 ory of the French Prince Imperial b»;it '«. subscriptions of 35,000 officers and «!__ W? the British army. W A goods train collided with a paa-mmi IB train near Stepney junction, London °? X the 15th January. Thirty persoM'i™. :11 injureo. L i™ Bl Patrick Higgins, one oi the marderei*.' I! the Bnddys, was haneed in Galwayontfc i& 15th instant. No excitement. The employes of the Caledonian R»ij m » If struck on January 15th. Only t»el«. Hi the engines in the Hamilton Depat;^7«§f be used. Five hundred men parade! 4" HI Hamilton on the day of the strike priori.'" ■Jil quitting the town tor Glasgow. I

The British-Egyptian Note.

London, Jaumryij r 1""' The British Note in regard to tm\ I '', proposed in order to avoid any abt__jffi §** freedom of the Suez Canal, that it shall l. 1 enacted, that in time of war a limitati™ ■» shall be placed on tb-j time-dtm'iig »!«'■''■ ' vessels of a belligerent power will fe p a , H mitted to remain in the Canal, and tbsttj troops or munitions of war, shall betfe' m barked, and no hostilities permitted in fte nil canal or its approaches, or anywhere te (Ij ff; territorial waters of Egypt, even in tin § event of Turkey being one of tbe fefa 7 rents. The recurrence of an •eteeto'll resembling the late rebellion is providtd tx HH by a clause excepting measures tor the d*. i fence of fgypt from the above restrieftm iHI Every Power shall be bound to bear & cost of the immediate repair of any damn r : ita vessels may cause in the Cantl; iai Egypt shall take all measures in her 11 i to euforce the conditions imposed spoilt-: Bit ■ ships of belligerent powers using tbo Canl ' i No fortifications stall be erected un tin m i Canal, or in its vicinity. Nothing ii i agreement, however, shall be conitru. j_, curtailing the territorial rights cf Era; i further than expressly stipulated, A_7 other subjects the note declares the gui). |_ tion of the suppression of slavery andtbii trade to be one which the British Govt - ; ment has much at heart, and that it wi miss •no opportunity of advising Or ' Khedive to take the necessary -atejps'ealn- *j. lated to attain the end in view. Continental. , The French General, Cbanzy, died hx . rupture of a blood vessel in his head w__ #• lhe was aelcep. On hearing of his c General Horex de Valdam died'at LUV, n S Dordogne, of apoplexy, on Jan. 6 p_ j Latest reports from the flooded dis." ■>- of tbe Rhine had fallen five feet belowfe hi [ highest point* which was on Friday, l. , 5tU January. The main had fallen e^k _W , ftet at Frankfort. Many district. .. . probably never regain their former | I perily, aa the ravages are terrible. [IOmMBt L 9th. tne flool. in Hungary were report*_ is i the inuri;aso.__J,J^^t___ii.^.-H_aV.»i_iß!-a? - -inffiirt)-/was submerged, and manyp_naH , drowned. Bismarck's appearance ia tbe.llifclittS i on the 9th instant evoked generalßjmpathi,|p'i' ■ He seemed to be very weak, and in Still. pain. It is doubted if he will be sblif H , attend tbe sittings of the Keichs'.g m|IS frequently than of late. - -A petition, signed by over 6000 peraow, | , has been presented to" the German _eii_-H| i stag, asking the enactment of a law:-____» W§ . all commercial and industrial cstahli-fe : meats on Sunday. •* '-.', Tuesday, the 9th January, heing lis' ' anniversary of tbe death of "Victor __■ 7 manuel, 4000 persons, headed by tffifetJg iof Rome, placed wreaths on his tomb, ' i The Paris "Rappel" of 'January li., , ridicules the unveiling of the statue |Mffl Prince Imperial, stigmatises the Esgh_ ||§§ nation as a "herd of cattle,"''m.#H English army as an " army of troßa' H| The rest of the Paris journals also joi.. : spiteful remarks. > 7 The representatives, of the vaiious F_it ! newspapers have resolved to. organise i :.' theatrical performance tor the benas|l|]H«' sufferers by floods in Alsace and !'«____'l r Edwin Booth, the American actor, m very successful iv his rendering of -UnM 'MM at the hesidenz Theatre, Berlin, Kifi_|j)^ llth, The house was fairly stormed'.vili ■ applause. , -/jf^s-Mi. The Emperor aud Empress of.E__ arrived in _t Petersburg January I3_, oi > immediately visited the _:u_d3_ fortes $| and cathedral. Detectives and spies va increased in e_ery direction. The French Government will give \ widow of Gene.al Charzy a per__oa if 12,000 francs.. ,| The province of Murcis, Spuio, *B i, shaken by an earthquake on Sat-xday, | 13th January, • y 1 The losses by the floods in 6ci__l?1M'lißi estimated at 80,000,000 marks. Miscellaneous. Indications are that China ii abomto move against Corea. A battle on the 9th January »^?SM'lg Boers ami Mnpoch, resulted in the forW W being driven back. - ; ■ Under-Secretaty Sartins, of theßriw •-. Embassy, died on Saturday, 6th Jaaaaji at Constantinople - . _, Si' Arabi Bey and his fellow-exiles anna at Ceylon, January llth. Heury M. Stanley, the explorer, PB Ml ported, Januai-y 10th, 160 miles up't" ' - Congo River, with 3,000 tons, cf p., we will resent all interference in r_ismon ments by Dr. Brazza, the etntorj { French Government. ~,, j A dispatch, dated Cairo. JIMM? »., Hf says a telegram from official «!_»«».?* ft btantinople reports tbat soma Circwsa attempted on Sunday to as&ia^^SH Sultan. A woman divulged the riot»■ the Albanian body-guard met and deW» | the conspirators in the vicinity 'Mwßffij tan's apartments. Several men te» W^ |I." ia tbe encounter. '.

Four Hundred Persons Suffo cated, Crushed or Burned.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 15 -Thelasso® by tbe burning of the citcus in Bcnli&y Saturday is not as great as was Untoi*** j but it ia believed that over.loO Pf.f, perished. The fire broke out; towards"* ' end of the performance, and it ff H W»»" .fei by tbe earless handling of fire*ork" »£ >~ stage. The curtain became igmto4«?«r- fl flames quickly spread to the «'»,*!&£ I§: roof. The members of the orcbßßtraw; tho fir_t victims. -heandi'eßCe,a«l«gl| 800, rushed to the front door, wNeoWK inward. Tbe crowd pressed fotftSH they could not be opened. They then iw ( a rush for two side doors, bcuv°'J7j,|H; were found nailed up, compelling *|fJggjH| to take to the windows, from *blcfZ t ' sprang into the streets with their clow*- j||| sheet of flame. Iho fire brigade a® ■ within half an hour, but it was imf»«» HP to extinguish the flames, a. the f»»^Z ' tanks was frozen. The fire lasted two W»£ „,,,, Eye-witnesses state tbat when tua« w were finally opened a miss of bnW Q' g sons were visible within. Tbe *<«** ■ , properties of the circus were all ««"J| B , The ice broke while tne fira UJP* X ■ crossing the river, thus ._ww D*"» jj ' from reaching the fire more pwmptiy.. estimated thnt ninety men, one H, twenty women and sixty cblldten Wp j| : lives. Tho victims include the W»«U, Police and Vice-President BerditfJ*pl| Bourse. The audience consisted mn M Jews. Another account says thtrt', - was caused by a grroom having lighted cigarette on the straw in tWBMM setting it on fire. Another gwo^ffat -■ stamp out the fire, but a **?&£sss& fanned the flames, and caused «w"

__ ._.„■,..-— _. THE AUCKLAND EVENING _-_.__ it MONDAY. F__MtJARY 5.



3 Special Advertisements. t ' —, . ■ t AT fl AEPETS I William R. Bridgman . Has jost received a nice Lot of New Oarpbts : which he will se!'. very cheap— 1 TAPESTRY 0 4RPETS. from 2/3 yard f K'DD-RMINSTER CARPETS, from »6 BRUSBELLS CAKPETB, from S/H ' NICE ASSORTMENT OF NEW TABLE- J COVERS. i HEARTH R^GS. from 6/8 1 1000 yards NEW FANCX MATTING, 1/yard, i A New Lot of Ladiea' Silk and Chenille OAPES : 811k Brocade OAPE _, Caahmere DOLMAN-, 1 LACK OAPEB, &0.. In great variety: choice : Goods to be Bold at Warehouae prlot s ! Lot ot Ladles' nice Silk JACK K-8, from 21/ ! A SplendldLotOt NEW CLOTHING In STouth ■ aud Boya'. Very good value, ' 120 Pairs Men's Summer TWEED TROUSERS, 6/9 pair, worth 9/6 ', ss ____,'„ _jow 9u S UITS. US/, worth 10/ 4l^iiSL-atoekotlja_a,an_.M___4_ OUaW.WS. I ALL GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST , PRICES. ) JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE UPPER QUEEN-STREET , /treat SACRIFICE j OB1 ! NEW SUMMER GOODS. [.. - — \ J. CULLEN, ' Having some large shipments of Autumn and • Winter Goods to arrive abont the Ist of Maroh, 1 and aa his premises are muoh too small for his ; Increasing bußinees, he will ofier : At greatly Reduced Prices, the renldao of hlB ; New and Fashionable Summer Stook, oom ; prising :— ' FBENOH AND ENGLISH DRES3 GOODS, in mreat variety of Fabric and Shade FRENCH AND ENGLISH PRINTS 1 f LAIN AND BROOAD__ BATE__NS 1 OATMB-aL AND OATCAKB OLHTHS ' MADRAS AND OTHER DBE_H MUSLINS • SUMMER HOSIERS' ' HABKRDASHKRY, GLOVES 1 RIBBONS. LACES • MANCHESTER GOOD 3 '. Sec &0„ &0. J.O. is oompeiled, from want of room, to ok ar i out eaoh seasons goods within the eeaaon, at I no matter what sacrifice. The following Goods I will ba sold at h_lf price !-Ladlea', Gents', and Youths' Straw Hats. Ladies' and Girls' Para sols, Children's Pelisses, Walking Cloaks, 1 .TanlOT, Mother Hubbard Bonnets, &0„ 8.0.. SCO. ; The Original and Reduced Priess are Marked on eaoh artlole In plain figures, and a glance will convlnc. any lady that this advertisement Is oarried out In lta en'lfety. J » C ULLEK, IMPORTEB, 260, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. yMITH & CAUGHEY O Beg to intimate that they havo mat re ceived the first Instalment of Cambria' Han dkerchiefs and Linen Goods, as already referrc 1 to. This lot inoludes over 7.000 Ladies', Gents', and Children's Handkerohlef a. in various quali ties. Several hundred dozen are slightly damaged, and will do marked at extraordinary low prico., oommenoing at Id each. Gents' Cambric Handkerohlefs, from la 11 Jd per ha'f dozen; Table Cloths, from la lid to 20-: Table Linen. 6_ Inch wide, lljcl per yard ; Table Nap kins, from is C.d to 10b per half-do.ten. Also • lot of 200 Bilk Hridkerchlef., at laDd and la lid, us lal prioß 3s 6d. These Goods were bought by onr representative from some of the leading Belfast Manufacturers for cash, end will he sold at and under wholesale prioe. to make room for two large shlpme.ta to arrive per shlpa Matanra' and ' Brahmin.' SMITH & CAUGHEY, Emporium fob Irish Linens and Cambric Handk-bciiikfs, 300 and 303, Upper Q__en-_treet and Alexandra street, and at Newmarket. -rpx S.S. 'GARONNE. 1 OASE NOVELTIES IN EMBROIDERY, In-White and Cream Guipure, Also, White, Cream, and Dork Colours, worked In colours. ONE CAS- NEW TERRY" . CLOTH, OR TURKISH TOWELLING lor Dresses, In White, Cream, Pink, Sky. and Drab, ONE CASK NU3- V. I},. ING, in Street and Evening Shades. MILNE AHD CFOYCE, Q-I.EN-9ffRB.ET. FOR SALE OR LEASE, a New and Commodious Resldenoe and Grounds (the late Capt, Symond'B), situate In Queen-street, Onehunga, The house contains 13 rooms, stands , high, and commands -a magntfiaent view of ' Manukau Harbour, Mangare, and surrounding i districts. The grounds are tastefully laid out— , a tennis lawn, flower garden, orohard, See, At- , taohed to the above are all the nooesaary out- ' buildings, A most desirable residence for a ] gentleman's family.—Cards to view and all par- j tioulars from D. F. Evans, Estate Agent, Queen- , 'street, y (660) c



Boecial Advertisements j, DR. HAINES begs to inform bis patients that he wi'l bo absent from Auckland from the 6th to the 2Bth of February. Ha has arranged that Dr. H. Haines Bball take hia practice In his abaenee. XTICTORIA HOTEL. JUBT ARRIVED, AND NOW ON SALK GBNUINK VABOO DE GAMA OIGAR. HOMBURG SPAR-LING MINERAL WATER. RF> LUXg _ AUCKLAND GAS COMPANY ILIMirED), ESTABLISHED 18. J. PURVBYOBS OF LIGHT, HEAT, AHDPOWrfFi The Company sell and oreot BM-flt«ngß.ta olndlng rob apparatus of every description, also Gas-power enslneß. stook inoludealOttoJ Qos Engines. Offloe and Bhowrooms. Fort-street. IfpHORNTON, OMITH & TOURTH, Learning that Farmers are under thelmprJS slon that they ore not buying WHEAT this Soasen owing to large supplies from Mata mate, beg to inform their friends that they are gUYJNG _^B TJSUAL. rpHORNTON, SMITH AND FIRTH HAVE FOR SALE t ' Crown' Flour, in saoks, lOCS and " Champion' , ~ 'Cantab" „ , <• Shartia Bran Fowl at » aa ' i " 1-1