SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WAT.HiI»-i To . rnorl . OVv - JLorntr.S, 11.i : BimSKT.—This Ifivcnin-,?. <;.:;■"> _ ,„ - SUNBTSK.—To-morrow JVTornlnrf, S.'in MOOD'S AGK-Last Quarter. 2nd, 5.5 p.m. ,

ARRIVALS.

TO-DAY. j Soar., 9a. Johnson £rom W hangatel i BOTTOM, Ww' no. KcKcpz'o (put Molt)

DEPARTURES.

, LABS' EViOUMU, vroUtoston» fl "■• V'arqulur, from Tatiranga Areylo; 8.8., Urawtord, *«» Whancarei

EXPORTS.

Pet dtonsvror, £cr N.av V'orfc - ?.U0 oiteo Kiwi, 28:! fcaleß das, i oso ru&ota

IXWABDS CoA«\vißi3.-Droam, from Wha» gavoi, with 4S tons coal. OcnvAKDS CoASTWiSE.-Droam, for Whnn gai-oi. The m. rmi3.arriv.-d Icon. 1»W ■»« MraM«io,-iui4Botfcorii. The a.s. Oreti was docked to day for outward cleansing. Tho-toigantinc novoalls, wliieh loft rej»Mj> cmy Buy on Monday, rotnrnocl to port this mointoß with .1 still N.K. HiTcr.o, having earned away her upper topsail-yavd. oatsiaoistopoitidto 1» very balatowno. SSo ««« Knm and 252 b*les llsx.

TELEGRAPHIO SHIPPING.

WirAXG.vr.Bi, thin duy. Arrives: Airato. *™a Auckland. Ba.m. NRW PLYMOUTH, tbigdsy. Arrlred: Wanakn, from Mauukau, 5.30 a.m. TAUUAKQi, this day. ArrivoS: Omnporp, from GWion.c; nnd Wellington, from AucUUnd, S.M a.ra

Napier, this dsiy. Cloaretl for London: Barqno May Qnpen with a cargo o£ tyool mid tallow rnlnod at .cw.ooo. Shois thocwblh vessel I'iom hero Iliw season.

COMMERCIAL.

Kvuninq Stab Ofpior, Wrd .< ainy. Mr B. Arthur coifl -.< i his mart to-'Jay banana?, 0s Kotorua, bom I! 10 IJd j.c: ib.

Thh N. Z. Loan r.nri Meroantilo A^ancr rifenlisr OlFel).93,reportoaatel!ur(-a on tha Nsw Zea land proftnoo mariie'a:— othsrstwot)«-noffi-r.;:;i! 'w ' ; !; a" J r ewd, sollM?, ho*OTO? f '••^''■'■.Vi« I', l, 4 Vnv Si for foot 1, r.cfd. nvu:;.< ?. aj ™ ru.o, d..>..b StaStopntchwe except I***?™}."**** tfi.o woftth'-i- hua ts.'it «!<'.)'<? iKViuirntlci for harvest work. Butalowtthßirtreioaptoounury lylnsTnder tho hiUs to tha bousU. ov, ing to ut settloa weather, the harvest Una been Mn»Jd6r. ably reterflea, and slight (i».mas:> oanwd tosbo oropa In stack, W>o ihribti^; u ; c!wj aro fnliy cmpb7sa dnr-«s ov^vy nva-liDis nour and conaldwablo qav-.utU'.CH ere now In Sracsdt °Whbat.—The splendid condition of t-hoonrlj* gatliercd croj.3 lias im-.Cr tl,r.^l.U« a slmplo operation, and a suvprisins' quantify Is alri-iuly ba"4d. Thour;li an inu-nnillfi.t Irado was passim: to^rda tho etoso of .l.imiary, it wns not nntil tho first week o£ 1; ouruary thut tho market presented any life. Since the 3rd inst., there has been a keen demand in nil tlirec ious-. Bnyera, too anxlona to sccm-e parools. have not waited tho leisure!;' visit of tho grower, but havo hunted him up and Beonrad ms grain. In tho competition thus cstabUaUed. prices havo Rrndnally advanced I rom.is ft and & Sd i'o.b. to is and JsM f.0.1). with astroufc demand still csiatuip. This unexpected juinn aa no doubt duo to tho luirrteimu:- tendency of rates in London, and to a i;i>od dcmiiral lor both wheat and flour from An?.! ruin. It that nptutlicpivi-oct fully havo been coutructoil for l»y iiiei-c'dnnb'. , , OATS.-A steady bu^iiur-^ luui l.rar.s';ired m thia groin (lm-itu; t';e iate.-v:;l ;i!Ml2i-n;viow, old cnts tafc l^. ; ;. yhwd sit iy ■! lo 23 M fob, whilst now crop Una cliun-vd lia ids at Is liid io 23 Id. according to quality. At il>e,;o rules tho market for tho moment is iivm. and with London to fall back uijon at raodenuo /reixlils, it ij doubtful il tho season will witness any marked fluctuations in our prices current. iJAiiLH-r.— Vw'it'j 1-. uimusivii1 " -rwlßorop.il was not aaWoiuatid ;lia ■ aol < luihoiv, ot sacp'y wauderi r:. .:AV' th.. u-.^-fMiUibio v.«,tijerfoc Shiacereal haacaufe^ :^v.<iV-< a •<■■«■,,. : , • fir.iio smxiaSf lest tlwia Fh-.:n-d b^ ri^ i> s'.iilli! ■;■-« w v roalting quail'? to re-v.i ih-!.-; I'f.qiiteWßn'o. Oalr a few K ocd e.impap ";v« tuvn broac^tio inariEsr, tnrt tor ths?s» i-> W f;: l« &: r-.rotesn paid. Prluo s--mi)lo? .to u:;d-:iib'u :.y ooirco, 'and will probs.b:y !.:.~i:n;,:.a i::-i.-o rat-Ofy r.B tno sessoD advar.co2. .O£ »■;"';<"«» «'la:it>'«. ih" snpply la Kood, at.d raw ruto at $* Oa to ii lfl.

Mail Notice.

>Sais« wrat Ctosa *3 usfnEH-- j •turn n*.y.. For Uiw oil nrci TCawakawo, por Mnn'Ponrt. a', i v in. Fur 'i hniiKH. r<>r Uotom'iliana. •■» I 0.111. I tfor IhttiutD, yoi- iCntorprloc, (it. ao »•.«.. 'Jiiuhetuy, lat March. For vvnlwora, Te Kapa, OrtUgloburn, and S! Warkwortb. per Boon Ojwoy, at II) a.m. For Manßawai ana KaiwuUn, pot Uoußlas, at.. Foi^vvhaoßftTnl Heafls, Wlißtifr»ro', nß<i Knaio. por lonn, fit J p.m. , n .... For T«nrnnK». OhJnomntn, and Oprjtikl. por WolliiiKtoo. at i p.itt. ffor Thauieß, por Rotomahnn'i, at l M v.'n. Fkioav, 2nd Msroh, Per 0.8. Matintiouri, m follow :— For India, CMn!i,Japiin,M<'.dit,oraru.v.u i'orto, nnd (Jontinont. of Kuropo, nt 10 a.m. Kor UlHl)orno,.Nuplor, Snuthorn pm Li, Aub tralliin Colonion, and Unitoii Klnufilum, via •yuuz and Jt'luiltnl, utid via nan'OH, (or Isiloiv, '•■etc., cpuolall;1 oa pvopaiil Mid aiUircaead, at 11 a.m. For money orders, resialorod lattcrs, and nowspaiioiß. at 10 11.UI. i^uto lutloiM tl.l 11.20 11.ii. For Wcatport, por Omnporo at 11 a.m. Ilfor VVRlhoVOfindCorouittudol, per CoWtuandol, at 1.31 p.m.

N.U— Tho Btpampr Cuborjhna will leftvo Sydney for Hong Kong on 3i»t March next. Hi B. B«ad, Chlof IPomransier, Chiji I'ost-ofilfio. Anofciftv.il.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.,

KumUAliY 2S, ISS.% ") houtro Uoyd—Simons m/ 8 Hoyai ffiogl'sh nnd Coiulo Opu't < piupniiy, 8 p.*»), Parntli Llcai.siHK Klo-tlon—Couaoll Oiaco, 9 0 m. to 0 p.m. Auckland CommorcUl Club—Hxtraordlnary General iVl.Jtii.iii. 7 30 tv.n. Hamlcy Dnn Clnb-OlHots ot Measta laaaoa, Qnooii Birut t, t p.m. St. Hopuloure'a Ohnrsh-Spoolal Sermon by Hot. J. K. Davle, M.4.. 7.30 p.tui 1/xcolsior Lodoo Rntortalnment — Franklin Rosd Sohoal-room, 7 30 p.m. Lodao United aarvloo-Monthly Moalißß 7 30 p.m.

Births.

WITT.—At tirafton Road, on February 20Ui the wife of James Witt, of a il.iushter..

Marriage.

JUnUCELSON-PATRICIC-On February L>2 nt ttio residenco of Jtrliamler, Newmarket by ttio Kov. Mr Munro, William MiUkolson, of Aiicklsmci, to Mftrttm Patrick, of Helfnst. SULLIVAN-KKI.IIV.—On Pobruary Uli, 1883. at St. Joseph's Church, Oiiohmißn, by the Ilov. FitMierl'tinl, JlllllO3, only son of James Sulll van, of Oiiclmii[;a, to .Tano, yomigoat daUßhter of the; lafo Kilwnrd Kelly, of Kiwom.—Amorl can papers pleaso copy.

Deaths.

jrcRLROY. —On tho 27th Pobnmry. at his father's residence; liesrinald lVrey,1 son of 'I'homns and Kmina Molili'oy, ngo 3 years mid S months. Tho funeral will leave, his father's resldonco, East-street, Now ton, to-morrow, at 10.80 a.m. POUTER.-Ont February 27,1883, nt her parents resldonco, Gnndry-Btreet. Newton, Daisy, Lm.l ia, infant daughter ot Poroy and liabollu, Porier; nijed 3 monllis. WHJTJC—On Fobruary 27. at her residence, Vincont-Litreot. Kli/.n, wife of tho late William AVhito, in her 7-11h year. Tho funeral will tako plaea to-morrow ( Thursday) nfrernoon, w hen a niortuury aervioo will bn held In Pitt-stroot Church at 8 o'olook. By tho hiwclbl desire of tho decensod, nil relutlven and friends are. refloated not to wear niourning.

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1883.

For the cause thut Licks assistance, Kot the wronK tliat needs resislnnca, Vot the future in the distance, And the kooil that w« can do.

Tub sccoiul .subdivision uuil salo of Otago runs lias passed off without causing the slightest flutter of interest. Tho first sale, it will bo remembered, drew fonh n protest from sir George Grey and other members of tho House. At y ester Jay 'a sale (according to a Press Association telegram) " sixty seven runs wero offered, the present rentals of which amount to £13,009. Uf these fifty veto sold at a rental of £17,335, whiio seventeen were passed in witbontß bid over theirprcseutienta!sof£2so3. Tholatterwill require to be dealt with on a future occasion. O£ tho fifty runs that wero sold, seventeen fetched higher prices thin btfo:e, whili thirty-three fetched only the upset price. The most spirited bidding was for the six nub-divisons of the two Waikonaitis. These were run up from iheir present rental of £1,G12t0 £2,590 per annum. Some of the runs in the neighoonrbood ot Lakea Mana pouii and To Anau did not ssem to bo much sought after, one of 27,000 acres, tho upset rental of which \va3 only £10, did not elicit a bid, and another of 49,000 acies, with an upset of £52, met the Bamc fate." Here we have an instanco of an offer of a ducal ebtatc of 27,000 acro3 tor the moderate sum of £10 a year, absolutely going-a begging, while 49.0C0 acres cannot tempt the late bolder or any envious neighbour to bind himself to pay £52 a year for the privileso of calling himself lord of the rtomuia. The prospect of a little kingdom in the Highlands of Otago hag proved insufficient to tempt any Scotch laddie to leave tha luxury of lowland lifo with tbo object ot cultivating wool and the intrepid spirit of his fore fathers amid the solitudes of the 'Southern Alps. To such a degree has the Scotch character and his proverbial ability to thrive where a goat would sa tve, degenerated in these Southern latitudes! Jt U manifestly useless for tha Utago Land Board to try further subdivision of these sections. If tho land could only carry rabbits it would be more valuable. Tho rents of the runs sold do not, on the whole, exhildt that increase we were led to anticipate. Either "bunny" has taken entire possession, or shcpp-farming is in disfavour; or els.o the sale has been ham pered by conditions that shut out competi tion. Whatever the cause, the sale seems to indicate thut, notwicbßtauding the gnat advance of s-cttlemaut and the rapid ab sorption of Crown lard?, the joyß of it sqnctter'a life in sonio parts of JSow Zea land, with boundless tcnitory, nnty mill be purchased for n trillo.

WIISTIIKJS "Jelly Miller" und "Kiss in tha Bing" aro amusements compatible with Christian profession mijjlit form a very ox citinj;, not to cay amusing, subject of debate for a mutual improvement society; but it is almoat a moral certainty that youth ful orators would decide in the affirmative by an oyflrwlwltuiug majority. A (some what similar question, bearing upon "such public amusements, gameß, and entertain ments as cannot bo used to the glory of God," w«9 lately under diicusiion in the W.SBleyau Conference at Sydney, when the reverend fathers and brethren gave a de elded negatiye to the question of the lawfulness of theatres, balls, and con certs, from the Christian standpoint. Hie resolution which was unanimously adopted was to the following effects— " That this conference deems it necessary to renew the testimony which the Wei leyaa fcjethodist Church has always borne against such public amusements, games, nnd cntertainmeu,ta as cannot bo used to the glory of God. Tlio conference views with some apprehension the frequent and strong appeals which are raado by the pro footers of worldly amuicmeufe, who, odoptiuK tho Bacred name of charity, ami afc associating the Church and tha world In theatre?, balls, and concerts. Ihe con ference affectionately reminds tho societies under its care that both tho spirit and iaSipr of the New Testament law are violated when Christians resort to such ajnusementHj that evidcnce # Is giren of a decay of epiiitual religion id. the heart; and, by such conduct, they eeem to admit what is affirmed by the world, that religion ia an inadequate source of pleasure. The con ferenco earnestly entreats tho njembeni of the Wesleyan Methodist Churches, for their o wnsakea, and forthesakc of tjbcyoupgpeo pie of their fnmilies.to nnitewith thei> mjn sisters in discountenancing bucli amuse ments " What is apt to strike ono on first reading this deliberate expression of opin ion is tnat the Methodists ot New South Wales must have very dreary notions of happiness. They expect religion to bo an adequate source of pleasure, not only for the seniors of the flock, but for the young people of their families, pnd they frown down secular concerts, dan,cin<j, and the drama, on the ground that they cannpt bo used to tho glory of God. We hayo heard of an old. fcJcottiah clergyman who said that many occupants of the pulpit mlolit better havo glorified Uod rb scavengers than as preachere, and quite apart from its particular application to clerical failures, there is a great deal of truth iv the remark. A proper discharge ■nf 'he n.im"ifmesr. (lut.iea. and ■■• S'-ns

indulgence in cvin the moat trivial houicch of innocent enjoyment, may redound i>s much to t.he glory of ihe Creator as the must fervent lip and km v service ; and the lyiio ami dramatic stngo properly con ducted nrtiftlir, aliovu every oiber souvca of pleasure, bo used to purify tho taste, clovate tlie mit'.i), und exercise n human ising influence which is in tho most beautiful accord with tho true spirit of Christianity. ' Where abuses creep in, tho line should be drawn moat rigidly, and tbeic are not a few who affirm that the censorship of public opinion would be much more effective iv maintoining a high sttvndard of morality in these public performances, if the Church gave them her countenance, instead of hold ing ;iloof with the Pharisaical cry—"Touch me not, for I am holier than thou." '1 he resolution of tlie Sydney Wesdoyans, we observe, is only a rc-nilirmutiun of one arrived at many years ago ; but this fact, if it allows that thero has been uo fresh ao ceas of Puritanism, proves conclusively that that section cf tho Church has nude no ndvtiucc duting those long years towards n broader nnd more tolerant view of Christum duty. Tho "youujj people," whosj iu teieats am professed to bo kept specially in view, ars more apt to be altogether repelled by a religion which onforccs such stiict supervision of conduct, and to tako refuge in "the world" and its amusements as being moro ndequato lo their requirements. A picnic of Sydnoy Wcsleyans must baa harrowing alluir. For, of course, if secular music and dancinu aro not allowed, neither would "French tig," nor "jolly miller," nor swings, nor nierry-go-round», nor any other of the harmless spurts usual hero on such occasions. Itcliglon may bo "an ade quate source of pleasure " to some people, but it would not bo a anilicient attraction to Sabbath-school pupils aud tencheri on v holiday excursion —at least, not in a uck laud.

Wo would direct the attention o£ intend ing tenderers for the cartage contract of tho Mew Zealand railways, that to-morrow (Thursday), at nuou, is the latest time for the reception of tbeso. The tenders are to bo seuttotliooilicaof tiic District Manager, Mr A. V, Macdonnld. There waa no sitting in Banco at tho Supremo Court to-day, the reason boing tlio vuiy importiiit one tUat no busiuoaa had been set dowu for bearing. A toani of Tiinkau cricketers will airivo in town by tha early train on Saturday for tho purpoto ol pbyiug a match against I'tiusonby Ciub in tho Domain. J'lay com mences at 10 n nil Mr Edwin L, Gieen has been appoiutid Deputy Marshall o£ ilic Vici-Admiraity Court of New Zealmd at Auckland, under tho nuthorily of Sir Juntos Frcndergußf, Chict Jiutice of the colony, Tho opening of the pretty littlo church at Lake Tttkapnna will bo celebrated* to morrow. 'Iho new nieaiuur Alexandra leaves Quecu-s'reuc wl arf at one o'clock precisely, returning at six 'Iho return laro is only onu shilling. Should tho' weather pro\o t»o rough for a lauding to bo made at tho Ltilce bunch, convcyancoa will ho provided to meet the ateauier at the Noith Shore. < Lust night, in tlio Primitive Methodist school-room, Upper Pitt-street, an enter tainment was given to the pupils of tho atmday-K'hoiil. '1 here was a largo attend ance, and tha children, after an excellent tea, wcro treated to various amusements, ami prizi.i were alterwoula presented to tiro more proliciont of thoir number. The even iu£ was most huppily spent. The extraordinary general meeting of tho Commercial Club is held ihia evening at half past 7 o'clock. His Excellency the Governor arrived last nightinDuiiediu-havinj;receivedau address from the Mayor and Council of l'almoiHton whiloon hU way from Oumaru. On anival at Dnocdiu he was mtt by the Mayor and ConncillotH of th.it city, Mc.-srn I'iAi and l?rack'!n, M.rl.K.,'a and a lar«e coiicouho oS citizen?. A vice-regal s.nv.te was fired by the Artillery, the volunteer*' being: drawn up in military order, ami iho Duncdiu Elushuh formiuy a guard of honour to Ms Excclloncy's carriugc. In the evening, tha streets a.d ll(.uso^ wcru illuminattd in his honour, and a l.re Brigade demonatration took place. At the half-yearly meeting of the 1 hamos Gas Compauy ibis afternoon, the accounts shewed a not profit of £S3'2 2s Id, and it was according.)' resolved to pay an interim dividend of la (id per share. The chairman reported that the plnut was in ROjd order, and that the consumption of gaa had in creased during the last year. We understand that Mr Peter Hanson, formerly of tlio All Nations and Inveruets mints, has been appointed mine manager of the Hauraki Ooldmiuina; Company.

Messrs Hcsketh and Aitken have just received from India a small consignment of hybrid Assam tea seed, in splendid condi tion,

At the office of tho Company may bo ■can a splendid sample of the .specimen stono now being obtained iv the Union Beach. It will be remembered that this famous mine paid forty thousand pounds sterling in dividends though tho reefs were only worked 11 depth of ISO feet, tho chief gold beiug got Irom ttie Cross reef, on which tho Tangyo winze is now beinj; sunk with a view to open up a froth block under the old run of ,?old ; though tho stone now being got is from the Grcou IJarp section, in a block which appenra to have etcaped notice.

Tho announcement of tho annual exhi bition and competition in counection with tho Auckland Hor.icnltural Society appears in our advertising columns to-day, and is deserving of attuution by all Intorcskd in gardeuing and floriculture. The ilatoa fixed for ihe show aio March 15th and 16th, and though only coitiliciUea of merit are to bo awunled ia lien ot prizes thcro 13 no reason to fear that there will bo a failing olf iv tha qualify of tho exhibits. Entries must be made with Mr Checscman, honorary secretary, l'rincca-streot, not later than Monday, 12th March.

A lather curious discharge note, issued by the captain of tho ham Mundul to Ch. tieloberg, has been forwarded to our oflice by Mr W. M, Johnatone, who encloses it in the appended let'er. Tho owner of the discharge can obtain it at tho star Office : " bir, —I enclose herewith a seaman's dis charge note, thinking you might possibly obr.tin .'in owner, ami also cali attention to whni seems to bo a very oivs-slded arrange ment. Out of the totul amount of wages due, a very small proportion of cash seem* to have been received ; but as you will no doabt sec fit to ventilate tho matter I leave it to abler hands to do justice to than myself. At any late, it teems to me to be a Very gnod unswer to the senary of sea men lately so much complained abut.— Yours, etc, W, M. Joiinstonu, Newton.

At the annual si!tings of tho Supremo Court, Adelaide, Thomas Johnson, tiqed 55, was charged with attempting to kill his (laughter on 29th November. They were returning together from town to Ti4ree Gully, and were walking through the scrub, when the prisoner attempted to make tho girl smell chloroform, which she refused to do, Then ho went behind her and shot her between tho shoulders. Prisoner, who lived on the Murray, gave a detailed account of hia domestic grievance!l, which ho said arose from his daughter's conduct. He stated sho was wounded by her own act Jn the careless handling of his pistol whilst in the scrub. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Judgo Boucaut charateiised the crime as a most diabolical cold-blooded, deliberate attempt to murder, simply be cause the girl, who had been a good daughter, had refused to remain at home. Ho sentenced pritonor to imprisonment for life.

To the Editor: Sir,—You suggested in Monday night's issue that (ho glasa discs of the Mro alarm system should bo replaced by iron or some other unbreakable material, the keys to be placed in the hands of res pectable persons in the vicinity ot the stations. Would it not be moro judicious to carry the wires into some of tho pro minentbuildings of the city and subnrbs— say hotels—where the proprietors (when as sured tho alarm was not a bogus one) could five the signal—tho extorior' of all such uildings to havo painted in prominent rjtecters tho words, "Fire Alarm." This Typuld fave the cjty great expense, and re jieye the'Firo Brigade, police, nnd ganeral public unneces nry annoyanco. The idea is not .original, 'but as the' subse'eiber has never seen it in print, he deemed it worthy of publicity.—l am, &,c, Axioji.

We observe that Mr A. sy. Gardner, who has for some time carried on business in Queen-street, as chemist and druggist, and also had a brauch establishment at North Shoro, has determined to givo hia whole attention to tl<o Devoa port district. Ho will, therefore, remove completely from Qneen-sitrect almost imme diately. The Devonport district has now grovyn bo large, and the busincs lias so in creased, .that Mr Gardner finds it neces sary lo be in constant attendance on the premises. Mr Gardner is now well-known, and his eaatoiaors have ever-found him to be most diligent in hi 3 profession, with a constant supervision over tliu mfldioiao dis pensed.

A, Isaacs^ Ksq, h«a accepter! she ■ captaincy of the Ho, 3 Company, of lliilo ' i Brifrade, Tho .second Government iosjjoo- , tiou yaivule ot thi: Company has been fixed for Monday evening nexf. ~ : Mr Joseph A. To!e ln»3 retired from the Board of Uoveraori! o£ tlio Auckland College Dad Grammar School by tllluxion of time, The vacancy will bo lillod by the University Senato. Tlio new church of St. PotorV, which has just been erected at Luku Takapuna, will be foimally openul by Bishop Cowie to inotrow nftcrniion. Special services in connection with tha event will be held on the following Sunday. j The nominations for t.he Takapuna Autumn meeting closo on Friday evening first at the FJagatalF llotul, Ivottb. Shore. Last night the Kailway Band spent a very pleasant evening at the Tciminus Hotel, at which a grand supper was pro vided by Host Kndean, thoocc ision beingthe oppointmentof MrElliottaspiesident. after justice was done to tlio good thiugs, and the tcasts of tho evening drank, songs were indulged in. Tlio party broke up at half past eleven with " Auld Lang Syao." Tho polico made anothor raid on the local hotels on Sunday last, tho result Vicing that proceedings have boon instituted against the laadbul of tho Crown Hotel for Sunday liquor selliua, and against tho landlord of the Carpenters' Arms tor ob structing tho i.olice while in tho execu tion of their duty, by forcibly ejecting Sergeant Mai tin. The ensca cotno on for hearing on Friday next. Xho mombers of tho Victoria Riilos attended parade last evening under com maud of Captain Mahon, assisted by Lieutenants Skinner and Self. Forty-six members wore present, and the exercises wero performed iv a very creditable manner. The monthly Inspection of tho New Zealand Regiment of Artillery will bo held to morrow evening iv tho Drill-shed lit the usual hour. The Sunday-school childrons' entertain ment was given lust night in the Fiimitivo Meihodist school-room, Upper Pitt btrcet, much to tho delight of the Hcholais. A lirst • class ten, with its plouant associations, was piovidcd, toilowod by n variety of nmnsomoms uudtr tho superintondonco it tha teachers. Uurine the evening the most proficient boys aud received prizes for school cxcrci-.ce. Tlic Excelcior Lodge sociul meetiuj; this ovenidg iv Lbe Fianklin Koud schoolroom is likuly to Lc very ontortuiuiujj. Mr and Mr* Anderson have succeeded in getting up a jjood pi'ograiunio, mid of a somewhat novel cliaiactcr, including parlont games and racing, dialogues, songs, and ducts. Kefrcahiutnts will be provided for friends and viators. A lady, who keeps a fiuicy goodi store at tho corner of Grahani-sucet and Victoiia btrect, complains of tlie larrikin element, which h a nightly rocuning nuisance. She says: "Tho bjys aru a pciputual pest every cvouing, lik(s one of the Egyptian ])!:igucs; tlioy muko the most liidcous noise.", throw miosilcs agaiust my house, and,- when they seu lhe_ constable, wliojis vciy mil, und can be sceu at a lung distance, they run away and Jeuyo mo to ascertain thu amount ot mischief they huve done." The young meu of St. Matthew's congrc gatiou have resolved to form a society with the object cf mutual improvement of members, and liavo made application for a copy of tlie rules aud by-laws uf tit. James' Mutual Improvement Association fo', guid ance in drawing up a code for the manage ment of tho proposed new society. St. Matthew's congregation Is v large one, and should Include much literary talent, which might bo utilised in tho establishment of suali an institution.

A very sudden death took placo lately in Sydney. A man about '10 jears of ago, supposed to be named Hugh Knily, wlo had arrived the day before from New Zealand, in tbe Uouioto, foil dead while cleaning his b-ols. At tho inquest a verdict of heart disease was returned. Tho deceased is sup po'cd to have Lllowed the occupation of a hawker or dialer in how Zealand, in his boiiy was found the sum ot X-l Si 5J,d,

On the 19th March uext tho Art Society of New South Wales will hold its third annual exhibition in Syduey—the oue po-.t poocil by rea-ou «f the Garden .Palace lire, by which co many pictures paiuted during tho last year by different members wore destroyed. There n ill bo at least 150 new pictures for inspection by visitors to the gallery. 'Iho hanging committeo aro Messrs W. 0. l'igufnit. J. C. Hoyto, a. Collingridge, G. Uulliiigridge, and Jb\ Smcd ley.

The regatta which is (o bo held at Pon aonby on taster Monday promises to bo ii most bueecuful affair, Subsciiptions aro eoniiug in vtry freely, and entries promiso to be numerous. There is every prospect that the amateur oarsman definition will bo settled before then, and one of the chief obstacles to successful rowing races will thus be removed. It is to be hoped that tho clubs wilt inaugurate tho new era in their history by scudiug out as many boats, as possible to compete, aud thus making the rowing racos once more the feature of the regatta, A number of Indies nsd gentlemen con nected with tho Choral Society having promised their assistance at the opaninjj concert of St. James Mutual Improvement Association, and tho latter having been announced /or tho saino ui«ht fixed for the final rehearsal of tho Choral Society per formance, it has been decided to postpono St. James' concert until the cveniug of Thursday, March Btb, as notified in our advertising columns. Mi* James G. Culpan ha* prepared v most attractive programme which will be particularised by advertise ment in a future issue. Yesterday afternoon a very interesting proceeding took place at tins resilience of Mr Courtney, Howe-street. A tablo and a number of chitirj wove placed on the verandah, aud ou the table was laid about a handful of Raglan supposed diamondifcrous earth. In solemn con clave assembled, were MC3sis Courtney, diamond is t; Mr Burns, a*sayer; Mr McCuHoogh, journalist; Mr Jenkins, knottiat; Mr Urecnshiclrfs, br.nechtfvvcaro perfectly sure this is another free advertisement), Mr Douglas, prospector; and'Mr D. Cjurtucy.mincr. Tlio tour lirst named gentlemen were provided with tablo kuivi s, which they UMid f->r Hitteuinjj out tho earth,) ami selecting such picc.s_of crystal as suited their fincy. a piece of solid stuff, or diamondiforous leader was then reduced in a similar way, and sovernl very nice crystal* 3' lecled Uieieftora, The various crystals wore then put iato a lcadou cup and .stopped in Lydio-tlu.ivic acid. This i'cid >hich can t nly bu kept in j<ulta percha or le ad bottles, and requires to hi vety carefully used as it is daugsrous to tiio eyes aud nosa besides producing frightful ulcers. Xho cup was thou covered over, tieil and sealed, and handed to Air Greeushiulds, to bo leturned by him to-night at six o'clock, when it will be opened at Mr Courtney's residence. By that time,all crystals will have been steeped for twenty-four hours in the acid, It is sin cerely to be hopad that the test will be suc cessful, but be that as it may, the prospectors have seeii things sufliciently encouraging to warrant the hope, that sooner or later, there is a brilliant future in store for Auck land in connection with diamond*, lv last night's Star, our readeis would sec that a Mr C. E. Bntton had tested some of tho supposed Christchui'ch diamonds and found one to be genuine. In less than three months Mr Shakespear cxpocls to heai from Eng'and about the diamonds found at the i akc; buthow ia it that he doesn't mean whilo jump at Mr Courtney's offer of livo thousand pounds,? an dier wh'.ott is still'open to him or anyone else. Sentence of death has been passud at Sydney on a mnn named Thomas Smith for the murder ot Cuptain Phillip Holls, under thcfollowingcircumstances:—The deceased was captain aud the prisoner cook on board the schooner Annie C Lynn. On the evening" of February 27th of list year, the vessel was lying in- Branch Bay, New Britain, The captain camo on board about S o'clock, when he found no tea laid, aud the ptisoner druuk. He then went forward and tttnek him, and the men had a couple of rounds, prisoner falling to the deck, where he was kicked once or twice by the captain, He was then placed in irons, but was able to move about, and it seems that ho wtiiit forward, obtained a revolver, and returning after, shot the captain dead ou tho spot, aflorwarda firing a second shot, which struck the mate on tho foot. Tho matb, wad' the principal vitness. Iho The line of defence was that prisoner from the effects of drink was not ia his right mind 'when the occurrence took place, and that lio was brutally kicked by the deceased. Tlip learned, judge having addressed the jury, then rctired,and,after a short absorica, returned into court wi Ji a verdipt of wilful murder, accompanied by ft recommendation to mercy on account of the severe lucking prisoner received from deceased. Hi* tlonor said he quite'agreed with the verdictt, ! and would forward the recommendation to | the proper quarter, but he could hold out no hope ofchasiug any effect. Ho therefore exhortod the prisoner to prepare for death, sentence pf ,wni*<sh!hfl then proceeded to pass !in rio usual tfKW, •

Wo iiavu received complaints about i 'auticriug go*ti in Grace, auu uliphuut .irots, and defective gutters in itaranga sipe Koud, Such complaints as these liouhl be addicssed to tho City Council, ot to tka press. Members of the Selection Committee for he Interprovincial Cricket Match meet t the United Service Hotel at 7.30 to-night, or the purpose of selecting the team for the urtlicomiug match. It is announced that the third number of 'Picturesquu JNew Zealand" will bo pub ithed to-morrow, and may be obtained rom all stationcis and booksellers in the ity and suburb*, and from agents in. the -arioua country districts. Tho issue in inestion is said to be an unu&ually attrac ive one, containing fourteen pages of in cresting reading matter, including monthly luminary and a tale, and live largo en jravings, The "Civil and Military Gazette" Lahore) of January 12th gives a brief ac iount of tho robbery of £1,200 worth of noucya and vuluables from tho room of Mr Thomas Hudson, the well-knowa theatrical caterer. It says :— "Mr Hudson, zntreprencur of the Surprise Farfcy, siittuined a serious lots on Thursday even ing. It appears that during the perform unco £432 in gold, is. 6220 in currency notes, as well as a quantity of jewellery valued at neatly r5.1,500, was stolon from Mr Hudson's room, at the Avenuo Hotel, i,abore.H|3omo of the hotel servants are now in custody on suspiciou. Among the jewellery is, a sapphire and diamond a >littiive brooch. The rainfall up North has been very h«nvy, and all the rivcia were flooded. The Rev. J. Dal low left Kawakawa on Monday week for Whangarei and crossed the Rua pokapeka Kivcr all right, but could not got across ths Waireke, neither could he get book over tho Kunpokapeka, it having risen rapidly. lie was stuck up between these rivers from Monday after noon till Wednesday morning, when he reached Kdward Nohua's. He found an old whare in which he took shelter. Some potatoes were found inside, and on these ho had to subsist. On Wednesday even ing Willie Wrack, Murdoch McDonald and tho Kov. T. G. Brooke went in search of tho rev. gentleman and fouud biin at Edward's. 'I ho Hood at tho Wairua wa< high over tho banks, and their horses could barely get through i*. During the last week or two the owners of property, and Borne who have no property at all, have been deluged with valuation notices front the Property Tax Commis sioners Wellington, and notifying that objections must bo posted in timo to reach Weliuglon by the first of March. As many of these notices aio oily just heing delivered from the l Jost Ollico, it is, ot course, utterly impoibiblo that objections can bo lodged c implying with tho Com missioner'j conditions. Wo uader nt:md tbat Mr Swamon, M.U.U., has brought the matter under tho notice of tlia Hon. Mr Kollestou, and tt will no doubt receive the attention of tha Uo»ern incur. Those who have objection!) to make bhou'd forward them, with proof a'.tachcd, shewing'the time of delivery of the notice in Auckland The practice adopted by the Commissioner, of Bonding a sopaiato valuation notice about each proporty, has occasioned a good deal of uneasiness amonft landowners, who are uttorly at a loss to comprehend tho dolugo of ollicial enyelopis that hai been falling .upon tUern mail aftu mail, and who, at tlio bed of times are apt to view such noliccs with suspicion.

SCINTILLATIONS.

lion. Mr Dioc arrived in Cinistchurch jcflterday. Mr Clear)', tho new Governor of Auckland Gaol, is in ill-health. What ia taken f • orli jou befoic )on gci it? —Your photograph. If a woman keeps a secret, It's pretty suro to bo with telling effect. The body of a female child, between two and threo yeors old, has bten washed upon the bouch at Waugnnui. Mr Whitakor, Premier, visited tlio Agri cultural College at Christchurch yestejday. Win, Winter has been committed for trial at Duneiiin, for onibezzliog £GOO belonging 10 tlw New Zca'aud Insurance Company. Kelson Saviugs Bank mid a sum of £21,535 lla lOd at tho credit of depositors on 31st December last. Mr I. avid Johnston has been gazetted auditor of accounts of the Uisborne Har bour Beard, in place of Mr Louis Adolpb.ua Durriou. Tuc "Waikalo Timos" lesrns that Mr J. C. Fiith will buuul a loss of tevernl thousand pouads through (he spoiling of wheat by tho recent wet wf atber. A ball took place the other evening at Lako House, Uhiocinutu, on the occasion of tho oponiDgof tho new batbs. The guesta comprised a number of Maoris. Tlie latest frcuK of the "green-eyed monster " is in Uaklcigh, Victoria, where a man of 84 years of age is charged with the murder of another, whom he conceived to be too familiar with Ms wife, aged GO. Mr Arthur John l'ercivnl has been ap pointed Registrar ot Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and also Vaccination inspector, for the district of Helensville. The publicsDs' candidates have all been returned in tho licensing elections tor the South cast Ward of Chiistcburch, which is the only one in which licenses can bo in creased, A number of Irishmen in Sydney havo determined to prevent Mr Kedmond from overstepping the bounds of loyalty and de cency in his speeches. Mr C. W. Turner has been elected Chair man of the l.yttclton Harbour Board, When ia a lawyer like a donkey?— When he is drawing a conveyance. If a clock were to speak to a parrot, what would it say ? -Poll I ticks. Mr F. S. Hamlln, Waiuku, has been licensed as Nativu Interpreter. A number of Protestant clergymen attended the funoral of tho late Komnn Catholic Bishop of Ballarat. What belongs to youreelf, and is used by everybody moro than yourself? — Your name. The man most likely to make his mark in tho world. —One who cannot write his own name. An Eufilish paper says that Archibald Foibea has cleared over £1,200 in Australia. The llhuuu Catholic archbishop of Sydney and tho Bishop of Bathnrrt leave for Eurouu uext month. Jioch prelate will receive over £1,000 as "a small token of the esteem, &«■". Mr Jolin Barns, the Chairman of the Cuuard Steamship Cotupauy, states that from the beginning of December no grog or other alcoholic drink will be served out to tho crews of tho Company's steamers. Coffee is to be substituted for grog. The! Juvenilo Opera Company open at Wellington on Monday night. A cull ot one shilling per share on Wel lington and Maninviitu Railway scrip has been male payable on or before the sth proximo. Chinese arc employed as harvesters in tho Lake Wanaka Listrict, and a Mr McDonald, woolclsssor, at Pembroke, has discharged tho Europeans working under him, to take on Cclsstia s, who work ten hours a day. There'has been a tremendous fresh in the Waitara River, and the pile-driver haa been carried away, several piles loosened, and a quantity of plauking gone to sea. The '? Groy Kiver A rgus " says that Sir William Fox is mentioned as' a probable candidate for tho Inangab.ua scat in tho House of JRepresentallves rendered vacant by tho resignation of Mr Wanton. Government have given JESQO towards the Sailors' Home atlyitelton, and £250 each have been subscribed by Shaw, Savill and j and Co,, New Zealand Shipping Company, Mr C. W. Turner, and Mr P. C. Cunuing- j ham, The Harbour Board aro pledged to give pound for pound. General Milne, formerly an officer in the Federal army of the United States, is believed to bo identical with the unknown person who was termed " No. V and who directed the movements of the assassina tion committee in tho niutders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke. '.' Mr Hutckinson, M.H.E.,' addressed his constltuents'at Wellington, condemning the pardon of Te Kaoti, and 'criticising the Government' adversely. He was presented with a vote of confidence, ■ a clock, and an illuminated address. ■ •■■ No. 1 contract, Cambridge-Hotorua road, is making but slow progress, owing to the scarcity of labour, but it will doubtless be finished before the other contract is com< pleted, and until it is, the road will not be available far wheeled traffic. The contract timi for No. 2 contract is 1 four months, to do1 six miles of bush road. The land of China is mostly held in small freeholds of five acres down to a six teenth of an acre, and yet the people periodically die in thousands of starvation. Rojjgh' pa the theory of "peasant pro prietorship " The ''Waikato Times" states that a sailor named Thomas McEwen arrived in Hamilton on Friday last, suffering from a poisoned hand. He had walked all the way from Auckland, and being in a desti tute, state, Sergeant McGovcrn laid his case before the Major, who gave an order for the man's board and lodging for a week,

CABLEGRAMS.

[SPECIAL TO PKESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received noon, 28th.) lhreatened Rising «* Egypt- LONDON, February 27, In consequence of the hostile and threatening attitude of the native popula tion, ihousauds of Europeans lesirtcut in Egypt are petitioninc; the British Govern meuc to allow the troops now leaving to leturn, and permanently occupy the country. THE IRISH LaND LEAuUE AND THU ASSASSINATION^. Tho Kew York papers urge the Irish Lnnd League chiefs to publish iheir accoun's co as to ditprove tho serious charges made as le the purposes to which the funds have been devoted.

REUTERS TELEGRAM.

(Received February 23-12.15.)

TdK DEviA^D COMPLIED WITH. LONDON, February 27. Intelligence is to band from Wow Yoik that in compliance with the demand of the British Government, a warrant has been issued by the Americjn authorities for the arrest of Jshsridan, who is alleged to be implicated in the operations of the a;sas<ins committed for trial in Ireland, i MR GLADSTONE'S RETURN. A telegram has been received from Cannes, stating that Mr Uladatooo has left that place on his return to London. MR PARNKLL ON THK IRISH EXECUTIVE. The debate on the addresa-in-rcply was resumed in the House of Commons to-day, whou Mr Parnell proposed an amendment, in which he denounced the tyrannical exercise of pow.r conveyed to the Executive by the Irish' Crimes J'rovcution Act. Aft r debate, the amendment waa rejectud by 132 to 15. Extradition of an Irish Offender Demanded front the United States. LONDON, February 28. The British Government have demanded the extradition from the United States ol Mr Sheridan, tho alleged negotiator of the Kilmainham Treaty, who has been im plicated in the Phcenix Park murders, by tho evidence of the informer Carey. It i^ understood that ho is still in New York. ' THE KILMAINHAM "TKBaTY." LONDON, February 27. Iv tho House of Commons the Marquis of Hartingtuu, in tbo absence of the Premier, wa* requested to name a day for the discussion of Sir Stafford Northcote's proposed motion for the appointment of a sekct committee to inquire into the circum stances connected with tho aliened Kilunain hani "treaty" which led to the release of Mr Parnell and his associates. Lord Harlington, in reply, ref«sed to fix any date for the discussion of tho rnoliou.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE RAISING OF THE AUSTRAL. SYUNEY, Fob. 27. Tho work of raising tho Austral has been procecdiuK today, and the vessel has al ready been lifiedO feet aft. During the operation the operaliou the principal pump burst, and the tinalresult has leen thereby delayed. SYDNEY, this day/ Tho Austral is now actually afloat, but still low iv the w»tor, and nut quite clear of the muddy bottom. MELBOURNE GRAIN MARKET. MfcLBOUdNE, Feb. 27. ■ The Melbourne manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co. of How Zealand (Limited) rcporti of the local grain market an follows :—Wheat; shipping, dull at 5s 3d toCs Gd ; maltiug barley, 5s 3d to 5s Cd_; market firmer. New Zealand outs iv fair demand ; feeding qualities, worth 2s lOd ; milling do, 3* Gd. New Zealand oats under bond arc quoted at 2s 2d to 3s lCd. THE PROPOSK.D INTERNATIONAL CRI KET MATCH. MELBOURNE, February 27. Difficulties have occurred in arranging for the proposed ioterontionil match between tbc Eugli«h kleven aad a com bined Australian team, several prominent Victorian representatives who were ex pected to play being unwilling or unable to do so, and it is possiblo thac the proposed contest will be abandoned.

VICTORIAN POLITICS.

MfLUOURNK, February 27. Signa of a Liberal-Conseivatire coalition arc hourly increasing. Tho Hon. Peter Lator has been re-elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly with out opposition. He was proposed by Mr James Service, and seconded by Mr Graham Berry.

TKIAL OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS.

The trial of the stationuiastor, Thompson, and the guard, Hunt, tor manslaughter, in connection with the Hawthorne Railway accident in Becomber last, concluded to day. The jury relumed a verdict of not guilty in each case.

THEATRE, ROYAL.— "The Grand Duchess."

Though nearly all of Ollenbach'a profuse musical compositions have already passed through the heydey of their evanescent popularity, midaivjuradiially descending into the oblivion that was predicted for them, there are a select few which still resist the effacing influence of remorseless Time, and maintain their popularity. Of these the principal is perhaps "The Grand Ducheas of Gcrolßtein," for whoso creator vitality some credit is due to tin; librettist as well as to the versatile talents of the composer l'he Opera, at any rate, "drew" a'capital house in the Theatre Rnyal last n'ght. So far as the performance is concerned it was a qualified success, Miss Leonora Simonecn in-, assuming the title i6le made a direct excursion fiom her particular lines, and while she acquitted herself more satisfactorily than one would be likely to cxpec*1, still she was handi capped in beiug obliged to take up a part which docs not lie within her forte, The music is written for a soprano voice, and a contralto, therefore, is placed at a disad vantage in essaying it. It is highly credit able to the youug lady's undoubted ability and aptitude tbat she acquitted he; self as she did. Her acting was characterised by great vivacity and graceful abandon, she delivered her share of the dialogue with pointed effect, and tho a^reeab'e timbre of her lino voice charmed the ear, if the per formance did not always satisfy the judg ment. She secured tho plaudits of the house for her piquant rendering of the. familiar rondo, "I doat on the Military," and also the following and equally well-known song, "Lo ! Here the Sabre." The most effectivo of her numbers, however, was the pretty rondo, " Say to Him," which she sang with great taste ond delicacy. Mr Arthur Brcnnir gave a fino impersonation of Fritz, bringing out tho clownishness of tho upitart general iuto strong relief, and thereby intensifying the humour of the various situations in which he figured. Still in this respect he was not free from fault, for in introducing a phrase of tho homely Doric of old Scotia he forgot he was pourtrayiDg a Gei man soldier. The gentle man acted cleverly, and his singing was praiseworthy. Miss Frances Savillc both looked and acted tb.3 part of Wanda, the rustic beauty, and satisfactorily took her share of the music. In the erer-welcome "Regulation Duet" with Frite, she contributed largely to the success it achieved. Kir A, Lis sant made an amusing General Bonm, and the lO'e of Baron Puch did not suffer at the hands of Mr Woniworlh. Mi-s Minnie Hope, although rather wcik iv voice, sus tained faithfully and ' Well, the pait of Prince Paul, while Mr Bellair's Neporauo was thoroughly conventional. The other characters were distributed among Misses C. Fleming, A. Stanley, Chapman, and Louise Verc. The choruses were fair, and the orchestra, while it rendered sufficient service, was tempted more than once to pay too loudly. The same bill will bo pre sented to-night, . ■

MINING.

Stc ess. —The manager reports : " There U but little to report for the week; The rise is not throngh'as'l expected. The ground has been bad working, and there has been some water met in sinking owing to heavy raio. — (Signed) Petek Reid, February 26th."

Thomas Walker, the materialistic lecturer, was among the rejected can didates in the Victorian elections^

THE SUEZ MAIL.

Awful Collision Between j Atlantic Liners. •! ■ | Sinking of s.s. City of Brussels. - ' Serious Loss of Life. (Fuom Our London Cobresponde .t.) j Of all tho trait line? ot steamships c;o.-s! ng j the Atlantic Uccau noue have boon so con-1 sistantly unlucky as tlic splendid boats sailing undor tho lurnan flag. For many i yeara the vessels boro a reputation tor Hafetysecond oul y to the Cun'ard Company's, but, with the mysterious l)S3of th; ill-fated City of Bwton, good fortune spotned to desert them, aud of late yc:.rs break-downs andaccident* of allkinda-some very eci-iou 1", some trilling—have been the order of flay. About a month ago— ie., at the cud of December-the City of Berlin lost lier propeller a few days out from New York; and, on Monday last, came the appalling news that (ho celebrated City of Brussels, once the pride of the line, aud for niiiuy years the fastest and moat punctual boat on the Atlantic, hal been run into aud Bimk, off the lightship, at the month of tho River Mersey, The City of Brussels (carrying the passen gers of the disabled Berlin as well as her own) left XciV Yoik on the 28th December, and arrived safely a f. Quecnstown early on Saturday, the Ctli January, after a stormy but otherwise uneventful run. At Queens town, the mails and Irish passcngeia were las uMial lauded, and the vessel, in thick, j disagreeable weather, pyocecJed up the channel to Liverpool. All went well for about twenty-four hours, The Brussels rounded liolyhead sufely, and >vas ap proachiuK the north-west lightship (about twenty miles from Liverpool) when the fog came down thicker than ever, in fact, so densely that it was impossible to sco ■half a dozen yaida in front of 'thu vessel. ! The navigation about here is never very safe, for sandbanks abound, and nothing ! would be easier than to get on to onr. Captain Land, or cmrsa, knew this, and when tho darkness grew ao intense that it could almost bo felt, ho stopped the BLgincs and lay to. Kvcry possible precaution was then takuii to minimise tne danger of coili siau. Owing to the nafrownow of the ! cbaunel, »nd the number of stuameis pas- up and do*n, tfio ship's eomp-iny knew their pssi ion to bo to some extent perilous, aud so tho beli was rung, fog horna blown, and fog-signals discharged, cftener even than is uauul under such cir cumatancc-i. Iv tbe way of look-out, io-i, no mare could poisibty bave been done. >)n the bridge were tbe captain andt.vo officers, and on the forecastle extra men specially churned to be vigilant. Under such circumstances you will suy it seems hardly possible to imagine an ■accident; but au accident, and a very fatal and serious one too, there was, The City of Brussels had been stopped nearly forty-one minutes, and the time was about cix iv the morning, when sfram whistles were heard oa b.ith starboard and port sides of the Inman Liner. JNaturally concluding that aa she was heading the whistling vessels would pass ia parallel position?, Captain Land gave no orders to move the engines. "Suddenly," he says in his own report, " we saw a white light on the starboard bow, and ninety seconds later a largo vessel ran into us stem first, makiog a gasb 8 feet iv width, and pene trating the side of the City of Brussels about 3 feet." Everyone seems lo haye behaved admirably at this cri-is. captain Land's report continue*:—"l at once gave orders for one gang to clear away the boats ; for the chief oilicer and another "ang i:o get a spar-sail and place it over the hole made by the collision; and for the carpenter to sound the wells aud report the amount of water in the ship. Before the sail could be got off, the carpenter reported 14 feet of water in the forehoW, and the engineer repotted that water wns making fast in, tho atofce-hole, aud that the fires would hi out in about a minute. I theronpoa ordered all hands to leave the sail, nnd get the boats our, tho steward to marshal tbe passengeis oil deck without luggage or encumbrances and the purser to see all the womc-n in tbe boats first, which orders were coolly and skilfully carried out by the purser aud stewards. I also instructed tho cbiof officer to tako the port lifeboat, get afmany as he could in it, nud hang off for the ship, the vessel was by this time filling as fast a? the other boats were filled promiscuously by the men without ordeiv, and they pushed away from the side, leaving myself, the chief engineer, the doctor, the second officer, tho carpenter, and abous six or seven other men on board. As they were not able to get tbe boats to approach us again, when tho ship had sunk as far as the bridge I sang out for everyone to save him self, and then sprang off the bulwarks head first into tho water. Tho chief engineer and the others ran up tho mizzen 'igging, and as tho City of Brussels sank deeper aud tho water reached them, they lloated off, seizing hold of auy wreckage or spar there might be about. I got hold of a spar on which 1 floated and swam with two or three others. We were buoyed up until the bsats took us ia and put us aboard the Kirby Hall. We afterwards returned aud cruised round the wreck for au hour, pick ing up the' insensible forms of the second officer ami th: carpenter. Wo used every effort to restore animation to their bodies, but without avail. The total number lo?t was ton, consisting of eight of the crew (iaclucling second oilicer and carpenter) p.nd two Italian steera»e passeugcrs. When on board tho Kirhy linll the utmost attention was shown to us by the captain and officers, and we fared well considering their limited mean?, for they wors only poorly provided as the steamer was coming round on her trial trip with runners from G'asgiw. We remained in the vicinity of the wtcclc until Sunday evening, when the weather cleared, and we proceeded to take a pilot from the statioriibuat' at tho Bar Lightship, From tho pilot we got some beefsteak and other food, -which we cook' d, serving it to the Udiei and the steerage passenger.*. We then steamed up tbo channel, and landed in the Morpeih dock about 11 o'clock last u'ght, after which we crossed tbe river to Liverpool. I may say that every passenger wm lauded dry from the City of Brussels, and that there was not a wet garment; on any of thorn. All the pa^enjjers were got safely out of the steamer before the mem bers ot the crew went into the boats with out orders." a. Passenger's Statement. Mr Siegd, ons of tho passcngcr3,_ says that about half-put five on tho morning of the 6th he was asleep in his berth, wheu he heard a tremendous crash—"a solid crash," as he not inaptly termed it. He got out of bed, but not hearing jrst then anything further he laid down to rest again, when lie was alarmed a second time by a cry of " lioat3," the rneauing of which, though he did not know it, he feared to be one indicating danger. He hastily put on the first garments he could lay hold of and wont on deck-, whea he saw they were get tin;; out tho bo^t'. He observed a young lady, -toccther with a feeble old lady, try ing to get. into one of tbe bo.its, and he im mediately ass's'od thciri. This boat was the ono which was taken command of by the purser, to whose ourtesy and presence of mind ha pays a high compliment. Mr Siegel says ho faw some of tho drowned meet "fished" out. «.;ne of ihsse was tho second officer, a fine, stalwart young fellow, whom it w>s pitiable to behold. i!o a!s> saw the captain "fished" out. There were about thirty persons in tho boat ia which AU i;iegel was. Ho heard them halloaing to ths Glasgow boat. He docs not know any particulars as to how the accident occurred. They were, ha adds, very kindly received ou baard tba Kirby Hall, aud tho doctor o£ the City of Brussels was very kiud to them. Of the many stories told of the d'sasccr, the joint statement of two of the crew "is full ot interesting details. One of these men had been on tbe look-out, and wns re lieved by four o'clock by a seaman, who is amougsit the missiug, It seems that after the shock was felt h» rushed into tbe forc [ cistle to rouse his sleeping comrades. He ! told them that tho case was serious, antl that it was necessary to use all spead. The mon thus warnod jumped out of their berths, and several of them with only their i sleeping garments on, rushed to tho deck, where they louud tho other members of the crew busy cutting the lashings which held the boats. The passengers wero tbe first to bajatinto tha bolts, and amongst^ them the lady portion hal the preference. All the passengers on b iard ths City of Brussels with tho exception of tho drowned, wero put into tbe boats, and got clear beforu the staarner foundered; but at lenst two dozen of the crew were left struggling for their lives in the water when their vessel went from under them., There was, fortunately, a large number of spurs and other buoyaut materials oa deck, aud ie vpas by tho aid of

ofiicer, whilst the other tnJ,f he "Mom the crew of the boat whi h? e ™^« mamler of tlio »tea«w. In ih o , dth «Wi» L t'lo second officer was fll «' mtt «fc 110 top of the water. ThoW? flou%m be without animation *h V ee4 poor ffo«r waslyinr. t u^f^of tlle : th, d^ns a C\^c?|Wi& ur.unat.on there appeared a rfbttrf st Ore , returning consdonsnt-s! \vhioii, ' "8»o with satiation by ' all tS'4 shortly af'.envatds life wasS "hit ' extinct. , The captain w J? M j5M to £ hour ana a half 1 after the S&*V was cling C g to a »,p lr C*^ j others ol the cre,v. The biat . "»>(! i to tlie spot by the ciicn of th. T^ ' Tho three men were first pallVf!B*. ! ■ boat, and then the captain Tvnto*i # i was most timely, as the meal^'^ii i exhausted, and must have mZ *M I iSioSS:iasshadthc^-^| ji. Tltrilling Adventure H One of the most thrilling advenfM' 'B that undergone by the kaiawaS*•* was rescued from the ngdncth,* M»- ' liou« after the dialer SJ^W k boats had romnied to the m,\-M m when, about eleven o'clock tiL t\ W heard procucdin* from ihedirJiS 1 sunken steamer. On further lr° to I was found to be a voice caninconffc^1* Hi sistance. Instantly there was o»ii *«■ H of meu to the boar, to go in sauJJV 11* P helpless beiug, whoever ha misht ii & 111 fog had by thia time Rreafly^J I the men wero only guided to tk^* £ the sound of the voice, as nothCX!? R seen. In a very short time the ff k i alongside the sunken vessel in Him M who=e maats, which wctc visible X*l' IS? water for eereral feet, wos thepSTt!!? He swain's lad. flc was very io wv W .if down, and placed safely in the W $' H' again cruised rouad the vesiel-T* ! ■ liope of finding some other. Ji:1 P v.m*, however, frnitlcss. ■Jilii) W,* Si hip icscno's of tho fate of % , * W>. tim.ncr, who, but Mt«n P before, was supporting liimselE f^- a Wi had been iQ tho negmg of thevesS? 1 she went down-oneoncneinasf £ 1 and the o:hcr oa another-aot-ai4f?i i pawed bet worn them. The law!,- y ■ kept his hoW nutll sbortly beffl^ &« came up, when he became exhauS,J fell down, ui*appeariu'gatorieebenS U water. Auother incident durib ß > ,;' W impiisonraent occurred just after thi 'S weut down. He was well up to'th.S W tho rigging, and, looking down, %\t « ono of the quarter-masters MlKM, !, nbout a foot below the water, Hciwii? i I to bo looking v ? at the lud, bat eoS HI got nu inch further, The face wS 11 turneJ, and the poor Mow hadwM(»« X' been making for tbe top of the rij»iii» E P tbo vessel disappearing snddedyMiS m him beneath the waves, :;Be;i«Hi unable to go further, and hadfei^Si'm su^denly Buiothered, or else-Sis footing |if iiava got fast in some partol.tteiW* W: The boy looked at him for a rwmt? B his attention was then dirtcfedto1 -huin'lß safety. On looking down itirtsZ «k aftcrwaids, the qusrter-maater-had.w M at.d was never afterwards seen by.tbteßi

THE CATASTROPHE AT BEADFQES.

Additional Farticulan, ffP You will have hoard by cablegramif t!« W fearful catastrophe at Uradford, us g, |||f rnomiug of December 2Sth.-, -lamnwiMi Pi? to forward you full particulars/and apps'j ||| hereto an abbreviated account of tie in ISr whicli appeared in the Loadon pitpttitfllu IM following day. Tho e'errespoafet,' i » course, wiies from tho cceae of ttedaarfa |!l and says :—"At ten minutes pas* At \ o'clock this morning a catastrophs ob j I in Bradford, tfee like"of which b M hitherto found record ia tho annals s[ p disaster in any commercial or mainfjds;, 11 ing town in Yorkshire. - Spring MiitaQ H i 3 almost in the heart of mmalittiitj II Uradford, aad in all direc;ioua liv I;! chimneys connected with tbe ntea *, ' mills. The most conspicuous ot h > belongs tv Messrs Mitchell Btd,Va"ni llf' known firm, and second in topota p!|: V/.18 that known as llally and Cii h chimney, connected with Ndvrliidfflvp an extensive block erectid Borne {ks} Mi years ago by the lato Sir H. W, Hf j! and let in floors to ; firms cngagal ji I.' different branches of the local indui'jj,;: eluding spinulog, combiog, mannfacd"l, and dyeing. This chimnty, ■which hull I* some considerable time past been regaij ||> with feelings of anxiety owing: io. poitia.||=i of ,it having fallen at differmk:perio^jjiii suddenly coilapeed at Jbc time mesfejii || and carryins with it the, greater pntioa it & Newland Mills, caused the deaih^.ofS|ftj-; persons, chiefly women and young iI j and very seiious injnry to 'quits OTj':': others who happened to bo »;:dlfe; about tbe works. The vii& .j» pi ■ duced by the falling chimney wudlilipfi; most thorough and complete- cteia, |[ ' nothinp; meeting tbe cya but a conb^ ,>.,. mass of loose stones, twisted beau, vnn ,< fragments of machinery. Tbe'Biodm frightful, and there scarcely appeared fa ji , , two stones adhering together, ft fact W ~;;; would seem to cast suspicion Ufon te | quality of the msteriale. In Eomepjriife |||: diSbria was piled up to. a height oi ««a ' twenty feet, and some idea csn t'" j gathered of the difficulty of tho «oArf,v : tricating from tho mass the braised i' ; mangled bodie3 Vv'htch were kuorrafel'lp';;, beatath. There was no l.ici.of,voljtoi|." tor the humane work of rescue, TbeJk- 1' clpal difficulty, indeed, was^a::k«s««?g: tho crowd, who, having desettad te||": work in the neishboutinf: mi', 1 pressed lound tho various enbaMttWjfl | block of milla of which the chimney v I'l' centre, anxious to lend a'liclpiipWlW The work of rescue was one^ilgSiK considerable personal risk, the po!p»pi;: the upper floors which reraaiaedsliOTiy; being in a very shaky eondittoi »»J|; any moment there was thelikDlMii^KL some of the fragments of the btotewsy 1' and heavy «haf ting, hanging in a lluu'" | ing maaoer over the edge of the nimf I'; various floors, might fall dowu o?*|K: workers beneath, and add yet furthertoa p frightful list ot killed and wounded; «• |_-. danger increased as the morniug >'M"!j and so'threa'eniu" did the * spp'siMMH the abutting oj the engine bW''|i|ji ; . Mitchell and (shepherd's premises W ||j that several officers had to prevent *® ||| rescuera from going near it umwctwJfc; The upper parts of the wall were;*' m bulge out perceptibly, giving w»J wf |; ■ pressure of the fallen roof and axW M against their interior surfaces, W»| crack* also appear ia the Btaudinj »»• ft the other end of tbe mill, under wf^ |jj. of which one body was visible «™?E M , intsrstiees of a mass of baams ana;W ffl and wh;re several otbois ore telieveaw»-1| buried. Within a comparatf wtyfflffi&B uftcr (he alarm had spread, afoiMot'*: a hundred men woie f"?^ |i ia digging out the '■bodies, ( that number was soon > -wPJ 11 ■' till there were as many a3M? |L t M without interference with : eacn> w p, efforts. Thoss of tbe employ^ »jS?B who had been working on the.ttel|g;,;» soon rescued, the stones ana n™"^, |« being pulled away and the »»•»,,,, | J amnder with feverish but CJHIW J and the injured, after their halts BM^ m, attended to by tho doctor* preiWV. j, p cither sent to their own house-S <Tr.' , p much injured for this to bo docs : »n«L fi|s to the inlirmary. For those wh*fflg M renuired sp'inf, rough surgicalW&||/ x-crc made out of pieces of«|S;|, while the window blind, torn into «; |! furnished bandy baudasjas, and W£& || .of wool aflbrdod rough-and-reaesß^Hf' tutes tor pillows and cushions w,i j. brui?ed Hwbo. -. ■ ':

SPORTING.

Wqirarapa R«€eSi , [nif TELEfiRAPH.-PEKSS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON,^ Tim race meeting toik'.place'.jS;-,! when the principal events ;K* mw follows :— ; jii] DISTRICT HANDICAP.-Gentle W Petrucio, 2; Putangi. 3. „ gjr* UUBDLES.-Oriont, 1; Hercules,-. tincer, 3. TT . ,j. m ia. !i Waiearapa Cup. - Hi»»*?> Jack Tar, 2; Hercules, 3. ./'f'tfjU. CO.^ora. Tho totalisatordividendW>^ Komiiiations for the P' ltt$ di?., Sri- : of ISS4 clojc on Thursday *•&*•;

Five thousand sacks pf cock3f«!g »od W Ha wera fjgjg* & lihJ, and for which hiivu lv; u >. i « t- i the Maoris. An extra employed in conveying trie, "..ty'jifl placoofsliipmcat. sho >c£an ->' : avi raged 751bs per sack,



A.. JjIIiABURY & CJo.'S WBW GOODS 1 NEW GOODS 1 3SEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS I WB ARB HOW SHOWINS OUR ffiRST saiPMSNi1 OS1 SPKIKG AND Sum US B DItESS GOOD?, MILLINESY, JACKETS, MAJITLHS ULSTSSS, &O. MILLIKEK7 IK MILUgEBY SSSaSf iiuxwraity N —Yon arc— —resseotitilir— ■~!nvite(ito\-loit— ! —Onr KssaWlshmeatr —bafora ma'alns— —yoar Par— —obase?.— ■*%* ---pjESSMAKIiNG ON THE FBEMISKS, COSTUMES MAUIS 05 I'Vn&IITZ FOUK HOURS' NOTIOB, A f IE &BV.B V" ft fi 0. j



item. SPECI&L-1883. Wo best to remind our ifrlonfle *!"f'hf Pnbllo that, though wa lwvo relinquished tho Urapot7-f.e., the Clothing Trad*, wo BtlU kCBP a FIBST-OLA?S ASHOnTMKNT Off *M HSIS OF MANCHKSTKf. 6OODt», whloh we oantlmwto sell nt Very Chkap Bates. We hava Jast Openejl a lot of Goofls bought In tho HGino Markota nt Job Paioas (by our onn buyar, lately ratnrnen teem England and the Contioeat), and which whs shall bbw, mush undor the O<.OXHa, ORBTOMNMS, Ohbtaw«aSD, fiBR NiSW FACTORy, wlt^eUtioMscliiacrr ftol"' BABLTOg «•• CEANWHIit.. &TSStOOUU OiUROHHB HARLIOKKCBANAVELIi forIroai Bejlitoftd ' nABLIOK & CK&NWKLL, lor Bedding Ziie'Jtons.. GO TO n*RT,IOKBsOKANWELt.fOP all ycra want— B^or yonrSoTiEe, their Goods aro Cheap, ana KOT Country are weU u«al; |°* caah, 5 Per pent, aiscannt allowed. , FURBISH i'GOR HOU3B rTTV HALL rrTKHISHIKfi AKGADE, CITY BAl* - rt IiOK H.H>SiV,



f^i EBT AI H NEWSPAPEKB AP -0 I'OINTMD PROVINCIAL GAZETTES. .TAMJtS PiraNDiCKOAST, Administrator ot tho aovorniaent. Whoteiv, by tho tw«!fa> Motion of " The Abolition of «'rjvliio:nAor, 1876," it if, among cthnrthltiKa.enwtftdllut h\ AolH of tho Utn eral Acso:anlt, Mid tn ovtry Ant or Orrthinnoo ot j the LeitlslatoM ot on nbrtißhcd i'rovinoe unilor i tho fnifl Ant, t-o Bxproaslcn •■Pjovlnoml UftEetto."or ■' J'rovir.olfll Government Gazotto, o* 01 hot Bimilnr cxprai blolb, BUould. wlitt resnoft to snyprovimiAi flistrlot, bo doomed |to moan tno " Kew Zea'-fiMl oazottr," or tnoh nowapanoT cs ftom tlmo to tlroo m»y bo ep palntod'by lie ti^vurnorhrtho purpoßO of la in- to the «ovotninontof the colony, or tlo na mlnlst-at.o.i or tho II jvorr.ment wlihin any "Kowl'thoStoo. I. Jm.su ITmsaerKMt, the naini.iH»iator oJ tho Govwnmsnt pi tho colony 1 Pantthou^pwo" tho Bohedulo ! thopurposß of J Vi.iJ t» nrcln doiM'c ihe year tni> lihousond SSVh%toSfe «ffi?S <hroo. all notinoatlohß Ki,].,, v Autottlto Uoneral A«B»mbly or Or I°woi of"«•!»■/ Provincial Counoll, «ra m nnirwuo be imorUcl In «t>« Provlnoljl Govern- I 3wnt"UuaUe" wlihintho ProvlcoUl Blatrlot 1 n- • oil npwwtto n.o n.;mu of CRob newspopor : re'spsoilvrly in momohcdulo, SOHBDUIiB. | Nmilo c,f Naw.U&roi*. " Auckcvnd BTAn"..j Auckland. •'■larauaM Herald".. „ ..I Tftranajtl. » Drtily Telenrßjah'.. - •. 0 s my# - wS!bo«mghKxpr ? 8*" - - Martborongb " OtnRJ T'ully Times and Wit ucbs" .. .. - •■ Otago. Ai wltn*w lha hand of Wb Kxcellonoy the Ailfiilniatrator o£ the Oovernicont, thia tooiU fl»y ot Jntiuary, ono thousand elilit, hutliUO'' a«d oishty-throo. nioaAs uick. i"a-iIOUS»TON, SMITH AND FIRTH IfAVK FOlt SALE : "Ur wn" Flour, in Baoks, 100'a and 60"s Champion" do. do. do. 1 Cantab" do. do. do. Siinrpa Bran Fowl Wheat



17! X S.S. '(.UIIONNK i^J IOASM KOVKLTHCS IN B M J? X OIUJSKY In White mid Crsum Unlpiire. A'si, Wlvlls, Croaas, wulD^rk Caljuw, worked In oalonrs. tWli! <U3* NfcW 'I'ICHRV Cli'^TVJ. OP. TURKISH 'iOWfi-liLKvivi lor DreBMS, la Whito, Croatn, Pln'J, Sky, and Ural). OSK OS.BK KUa"-^ V. II.• ISO, In i:tr.»-t a;nl Kver.lnji s.'h!\di«. MII.NJB AND Ct'OYOK, QUKKN-STOHET.



I i UCKLAHD GAS COMPANY ! Ptjrvktors of Liaar, Heat, akdPowkk, Tha Compioy foil ar.d ereot sraß-fitUnprs. In oludlnp khs asumrotca of evory desorlptlon ( also Pen-uowo? eauince. Staoic includoa Otto Gaa Kniitnos. Office and Showroome. Fort-Btreet. Cbkistmab & jsE.w Year. WILLIAM RATTKAY Bega to Inform these rociulrlng rictmis an .Ney Year Preaentß.thathoha's a SPLENDID STOCK OF naiPfißY silks MBU.-BRY ÜBKSSKS CLOrHiN° M a»tltcs aAXINd OOBTOMR3 RIB BOMS HOSIERY IA0«8 GLOVKS SOARFB MITTS M»N'3ANDnOYB OLOTHINO. SHIRTS AND HaT3< TI:o Goods ra of tho Boftt Quality, have been Boughs Cheap, and will ba S d Cheap, at V V I I. hI A M Jf, A T T R A V S CESTnAL DKAPSRY WAREHOUSE, 278, ISO, & 182, QUEEN.STJBiSBi, AUCKLAND. t».t /CARPETS William JCt>. jjridgzux Hob lost rcoelrert r. nice Lot of New Oaepetb which hn will asll very cheau— p fAPHSfRY CUK^UTS, tro!H?/3 yard EIDO«KMIKSTBK OARPKTB. ttamW BRU33KLI/3 Citi^KTc', /rom 3/H KIOSC ASSOIITMRNT OF NSW TABLK v I iJKUpVibf MATO.I/yard. I A.NewLoto£LadfOS'» mandCh^nllloCAPßS I dlt Brooade OAFK -!. Cashmoro puLMANS (•AC* OAPHS, &a. In i?r«it vtrwh : oholoe ! Goods to bo H'.-ld ac Warchoueo pflptß tot ot Ladloe' nice Silk JACKKTB, from 21/ A Splendid Lot of NSW CLOTHING In Ya nth I aodCoyn'. Very Kood valne. 1120 Pa!ffl MM'aßnmmot TWBBD tEOUSans, ! 25J^NmrjSSlWiy.«Sj W T%M e .ins i LixrffO f-.tank.ol .'jUOO t-^c, iittflUn C.U;.tr.»ir<iH, ' ?/» (0 30/ PRir I ALL GCODeI BOLD AT THK LOWK6?? PRICKS. JDSCXION DKAPEKY WAREHOOSE UPPBB QUKEN-3TKBKT



W'm. McArthuk & Co., AOOKIiAND. * IhBGBNKKAiSTOBBKaBPI«^a I'leln and Fajioy atatlonery irerininery and Toilet Soap" Hipaawftro and Comba ■i'sbtc RBd Pookot Guilory K.i'. and H.K. GO"<JB Iron Bonstsacis j Min-OK pnd Fancy F-prniturp Oiorits. VV otoho3, find JowaUerT i'Ofaßeoo, Olgftw, and Pipes ' Mosioiii festrumonta >°inrthonv,'tro, Clilno, ana Glass Vwea, jriower^ctandfl, &c Perlaa Ware, Plctorco Pn'seo, Etoft liftsa. aofi Esskota Oriote6iicK Apoolntmonta J awn Tsiints and Badminton Arohory w«i Gtoqueli indoor Oamep. I'ors, &c.



T7-EPLER |^[ALT jgIXTRAUT •Kis nndetnißnea, AS AQENT, haa Jnat opened la BXUhSISNT CONUITiON the firat Bhlpmentot Hxo fonowlnm— KBPMffi'S BKTBAOX O a^LT.maU KEPLER 3 BXTRAGE OF MAM^^ KBPtBRB BXJBAOT^OT g^j^^ KBPLSE'3 EXTKACr OF MALT^ , aas^Bß'3 KXT E AOT^ h MALT. ojUi fooDi EBPUEBS KXTBAOT OF M B AX,T. nna EUKBE-B IKTOA^OFMAIX Ibor -n,, •• Tjiicat' saVs!-" Kepler Malt KxtraeJ M«uT"t cot r-Kei-ieirs Sxtreotof Malt 1» m GIUVES AI'TKIN.