SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Tr.fjw wATini J™3 Evening, 10.7 jIIUH WAIKK ('[■ o . raorr i, w Murams, 10.28 SUNSET.-Thla Evening, 4..00 Hi 'NRI3E.—To-morrow Morning, &M m MOON'S AGE.-Last Quartnr, IStli, 1.33 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

TCI-DAY. Glcnolf.s.s., .Stcphcnson, from Tauranga Howeiiu, 9.5., i^'cott from Mercury Bay Kriemhilda, sell.. Baihiirat, from Monuonui Reward, sell., McDonald, from Mongonui Fanny Kelly, ketch. Williams,from Whangaroa Norval. schooner, Edwards, from Russell Opotiki, schooner, Basset, from Opotiki

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Waltaki, c.a., Crawford, for Whangarei TO-DAY. Ringarooma, s.s.,Tozer for the South

Vessels Expected.

London.—Doric, s.s., sailed May 1; Deva, barque, N.S.T.D., January 21; Crusader, barquo, H.C.L.8., February 7; Glance, barque, L.C.G.K., March 3; Laira, barque, April 7; Glcnrosa, ship, W.T.M.K.. March IS; Wanganui, ship, May 2; Otaki, ship, loading. Nkw YoRK.-Claribel, barque. W.M.S.K. (via Wellingon), January 24; Irene (via Dunedin), March 31; Nettio (via Wellington), loading.

Java.—Munhegan. barque, sailed March 31 ; Maroon, barque, and Thames, barque, to follow. China.—Androklas, barque, early. San Francisco. — Senator, barque, sailed April.

Australia. — Clansman, briganttne, from Roclihninptoii; Look Oik, bngantine, and Adelaide, schooner, from Sydney. Sojthbrs Ports.—Stanley, brlgantine, from Oaniaru; Yolnnde, sell., from Timaru.

South Ska Inlands.—Louie, schooner, from Long Island; Ada C. Owen, brlgantine, from Rurotonga. i

EXPORTS.

Per Ringarooma, for Molbourne—B."j hides, 17 sacks gum, 7 pkgs. samples. For Southern ports—ls half-chests tea, 188 lengths pipes, 82 cases fruit, 89 bags oysters, 20 boxes soap, 31 pkg3. iron, 50 cases oranges, and large quantity sundries.

IMPORTS.

Por Omapere and Camille—2ls Backs flour. 49 sacks oatmeal, 25 sacks pearl barley, 400 Backs oats.-J. R. Smith.

Inwards Coastwise. — Kriemhilda, from Mongonui, with 30,000 ft. timber; Reward, from Mongonul, with 33,500 ft timber; Fanny Kelly, from Whangaroa, with 32,965 ft. timber.

Outwards Coastwise.—Reward, for Mongo mii, with 1.000 bricks; Fawn, for Coromandel, with 50 tons coal.

• The brurantine Seabird left Hokianga for Lyttelton yesterday with 130,000 ft timber.

The schooner Kndeavour arrived at Lyttelton from the Thames yesterday.

The barque Latona, from Timaru bound for Cork with grain, put into Port Chalmers yes terday, having met with heavy weather, which strained her and choked her pumps.

The following passengers arrived from Tan ranga by the s.s. Glcnelg this morning:—Mr and Mrs Sowoll, Mr. Mrs, and Ma3ter Luthrope. Mrs HiM. Mr and Mrs Hood, Judge Wilson, Rev. Baker, Messrs Cantley, Bell, Warbrick, Hopkins, Curtis. R. Murray, Solomon, Atkin son, and Mrs McCabe,

Tho a.s. Rowena arrived from Alercury Hay this mornin? with the lollowing passengers :— Mesdames Morris. Halhed. Ryan, and Schio land, Misses Clarkson, J. Nicholson, Messrs Nicholson, Ryan, Longdell. Smith. Charles Shaw, Manners, A. Moon, H. Moon, Krowmrn, Percka, J. Hopkins, and Master Goldlo.

The s.b. Ringarooma left for Melbourne via Southern ports at noon today, with the follow ing passengers: — For Gisborne: Mrs Hay, Messrs Weiss and C. J. Burnard. ForNapicr: Mr Profflt. For Wellington: Miss Flower. For Lyttelton: Mr and Mra Prince, Mr and Mrs Larkinß, Mr, Mrs, and Master Thompnon, Mra Moreton and maid, Mr E. Borry, Mr and Mrs Hollwell and 2 infants. Messrs G.Hughes and G. Geddis. For Dunedin: Mr Flewellyn. For Hobart: Mr Bendcll. For Melbourno: Mr and Mrs Dodge. Mr and Mrs Hug and maid, Messrs Hyauison and family, P. Bromwell, Cathcart, Broch, Mrs Wilson, .for Sydney: Mr Cook.

THE LOCH BREDAN.

The following are the Items and value of the cargo shipped per barque Loch Brrdau, which ia ready ;to leave for London with the first favourable wk,d :— Copra, 22G tons, valued at .. .. £3,G73 Wool, 029 bales.. 13,323 Tallow, 181 casks 1,736 Gum, 3,156 cases 16,193 Grass seed, 100 sacks 150 Leather. 81 bales 3,570 Raw Cotton. 18 bales .. .. 139 Peas, 100 bags 100.' Phormluin, 231 bales 480 Manganese, 100 tons 150 Shark bones, 13,379 .. .. .■. 46, H0rn5,7.293 86 Glue. 7 hales pieces 53 Hair, 2bales 50 Fat, 12 casks 17 Barl-, 5 tons 25 Spelujr. 739 ingots 73 Pearl shell, 12 cases 85 Curios. 1 case .. 30 Sundries .. ' .. .... .. 70 Total value £10,002

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVAL. Douglas, s.s., Daniels, from Kawhia and Raglan

DEPARTURE.

Douglas, s.s., Daniels, for Waflara

The Northern Co.'3 s.B. Douglas arrived from Kawhfa and Raglan yesterday with 29 pigs. 37 pkgs hidea, 10 bales fungus, and 59 paekaffos. She left again for Waitara at 3 o'clock today, with 20 cases spirits. 28 sacks malt, 5 sackß oysters, SO bags flour, 15 cases kerosine, JO mats and 20 gunnies sugar, 10 cases drapery, and 105 cases and packages.

The s.s. Argyle had not arrived up to 1 o'clock

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Tfi Kopurv, this day.— Loading: Annie Kaipara Heads, this day.-Salled (yesler day(- Celestia, Wave, and t'elican. Arrived: Vision and Hally Bailoy. ~,.." WHANOABur, this day.—Sailed: Waitaki, for Auckland. H.aO a.m. • Poet CHALJiKKS. yesterday.—Sailed: Wai hora, for the North. Passeugere lor Auoi land—Mrß Kvanß, Mr and Mrs Kobinaon. Jliss Kobertson. Mr and Mrs Harraway and four chfldren, Mesars Philips, Uuvidson, McLean, Good, and Roberts. Sydney, this day. — Arrived: Taraweiflf yesterday afternoon.

SOMiCTni.va Ciimt'K, Wholesale and Retail at AlCKiN'a, The Pharmacy, Queen-street.— Pear's 30 per cent. Pure Glycerine Soap, Pear's Transparent Shaving Sticks and Califs, Pear's Toilet Carbolic So;ip, Pear's Rouge and Pearl Powder, Pear's Violet Powder, Pear's Pure Curd Soap, Helßian Rose Soap. Belgian Opopa nax Soap, Colgate's Cashmere Bouquet Soap, Colgate's Jockey Club Soap, &c, &., Genuine Eau de Cologne, three sizes.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Mahs wirx Close as undkh i-

This Day. For Tauranga, Ohincmutu, and Opotiki. per Glonelß, at i p.m. For Tryphcna, Port Fitzroy and Whangapara para, per Rowena. Nt i p.m. For Mungawai and Kaiwaka. per Ruby, at 5 p.m.

Fkioay, 16th inst.

For Wuttura. etc., per Hannah Mokau, lit fi

a.m. For New Plymouth, Wanganui. and South, pnr

Stormblrd, at 11 a.m. For Hokianga. etc.. per Areyle. at 1 p.m. For Cowes and Coromandcl, per Coronmndel at

1.30 p.m. s,- For Thames, per Rotomahana. at 1 p.m. For Wangarei Heads, Parua, Waipu. Wangarei, Kamo, Tungihua, and Mangapai, por Mac irrnuor. at 5 p.m. For Thames, p( r Annie Milbank at 5.30 p.m.

Saturday, nth inst. For Wai worn. Mahurangi, Matakann, Manga wai. otc, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, 27Ui inst,

Per Kcalandia, as follows :— For Sanawion Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 v.m.

Europe, at 1 p.m. For money orders, registered lottera and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters, bearing an oxtra fee of six penco in addition to tl*e postage, will bo received by tho Mail Agent on board tho steamer up to tho tinio of sailing. This mail will bo duo in London on Sat urday, July 5, 188-1.

N.B.—Tlio s.B. British Kins will leave Lyttel ton for London (via Kio do Jnneiro und I'ly mouUij on 22nd mat. Expected passive, 41 duya

S. B. BISS, Chief Poatmaator Chief Post-ofllco. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

"Tho Lights of

May 15, 1881 Abbott's Opera Houso — London," 7.45 p.m. IjOrne-Btreet Hall—Dean's I'ronionade Con cort, 8 p.m. Excelsior Hall, Newton—Quadrilln Assembly Sp.m.

Temperance Hall—Twentieth Anniversary of the Hope of Auckland Tent, Soiree and Bull, Tea at 6.30, Hall at 8 p.m. St. David's Presbyterian Band of Hopo, 7.30 p.m.

V.M.C.A.—Devotional, 7.30 p.m.

Deaths.

GUINESS.—On the Hth inst., at tha District Hospital, Jane Guineas an immigrant, by the ship Rangittkei; aged 33 years. HAINKS.—At Pahi. on ltih May, Frederick Arthur, yonnsost child of Ueorgo andLavinia Hainca; aged 12 months. NAUGHTON.-On May 14th, Michael, the beloved husband of Catherine Nau^liion, aged 39 years. Deeply regrettod. The funeral will leave the residence of Jtr James Storey, Grey-streist, on Saturday at 3 o'clock (not on Friday, an advertised In last night's issnel. Frionas please aucept this in vitation. R.I.P.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1884.

For the cause that Imeks assistance. For the wrong that needs reslstanoa, For the future in the distance. And tho geod that wo can da

The Chairman of the Uunedin Chamber of Commerce, in his annual address, made some portinent observations on the present commercial condition and future prospects of tho colony. Speaking of the recent de pression in the South, lie attributed it principally to over-trading and Hie locking up of money in uiiremunerativo companies and land speculations. "We havo," ho said, " been passing through a period well described by Lord Oveistone. Tratlo was somo twelve years ago in what ho denomi nates ' a state of quiescence'—' next (came) improvement, growing confidence, pros perity, excitement, over-trading, convul sion, pressure, stagnation, distress—and this will end again in quie&cence.1 I think we havo nearly, if not actually, reached the latter stage. I say nearly, because I am prepared to beliovo wo hay,- not in all pnrts of Otago yet realisod tho eonsequonco of mistakes in investing capital."

In considering the harvest prospects, the Chairman drew attention to tho fact that India has now bocomo a formidable com petitor for the Biipply of Great Britain's needed 4,000,000 tons of wheat and Hour. Under these circumstances, ho is of opinion that " high prices cannot bo expected ; but tho soil and clituate of this country pive every reason to anticipate that tho Now Zealand farmer will be able to competo suc cessfully in the world's market. Dairy farming, he considers, lias not received sufficient attention, and might be mado a greater contributor to tho farmer's ro sources. "A sample shipment of choceea and some butter woro sont Homo, but woro found of such inferior quality that tho prices realised entailed a loss to the oxportors." Tho clamour of the opponents of the ,'e vised railway tariff will find no comfort in tho calm business treatment of tho subject contained in this speech. "I do not know of any class of men," says the Chairman, "who have so little right to complain as the landowners and farmers of New Zealand, Railways have been an unsought boon to both. They have been substituted for common roads, on which most of tho owners originally depended for access to their pro perties, and they have multiplied thoir value three or four or more times. They have rendered possible the cultiva tion of vast tracts in the interior that would otherwiso have been more sheep farms ; while tho dwellern in towns—though tho best customers those farmers have—have received compaiatively littlo advantage directly, whatevor they may have done indirectly. But the grain pro ducers and dealers, by demanding specially favoured rates of carriage, endeavour to throw a portion of the fair share of interest on loans whjch they ought to pay upon tho.se .who receive po apparent benefit from them. Not only do they seek-to have cereals consumed it) the country, but all that are exported, canned a|t rates below that of •ther goods .conveyed by rail. The Goyorn mont very rightly decline fco favour one class at the expense of another. The in terest on the money borrowed for railway construction must be paid, and as the con sumer ultimately pays all charges, there can be no reason why the consumer here should pay cost of carriage on what he uses and in addition part of that paid for trans mission to the foreign buyer. It really re solveß itself into a bounty on export put in the producer's pocket and taken out of the pockets of the rest of the people—a system jphiph to mention is to condemn." These observoMpns go straight to the root of the matter, and no doubt represent tho view that has been taken by business men in Dunedin, and account for the indifference they have shown to the agitation which stirred Canterbury to its commercial depths. No speech addressed to a commercial body in Dunedin would be complete jyjthput somo allusion to the harbour works, Thp references in tho present speech are not very satisfactory from an Otago standpoint. The' effort made by the Cham ber to induco merchants to ijisjgt Upon all bills of lading being made out for the d,6- H'very of goods in Dunedin has failed. Whenever tried, shipowners insisted upon 5S # tol'eKtra freight for,the additional ser yies. fo f fa£*i <^Jhpugh it is asserted that, With the exception of itac or four, all the vessels which arrived last yaw wftji Home ireMitscouldhavegoneuptheViGtonaGhan nel and discharged at Dunedin Wharf, the masters refused to go, and the money spent ©n the channel has been expended in vain. The Chairman estimates the loss caused to the comuwr,eial community of Dunedin by the import 'aa* export lighterage and haulage from PortChdlra/s;? at not less than £150,000 a' year. lf,"howpve», W)P ships now trading to the colony could be Induced ,to ayaij themseves of the new channel, the Chairman believes it would only afford a temporary relief, A revolution has begun in the carrying systems flf the colony. '' The eigUß of the times as \ read them," says tji« C'h'amnarii "jndicaie that, ir con sequence of tfca necessity for the future em.- j ployment of the laygp^j; class of steamers, uJtHWtttely the .foreign trpxl^ pi JJe\y' Zca: Joj(4 3?iU be confined to three qi- frjur ports. (Of iheiee £hree or four only two— , Wellington apjj A«lJWftD<J—.are fitted by nature for berthyig .tho»e y^eql*. Duntdip ha* jfc in her power to beponje # (third; while the b.osins .enclosed f ron; the sea along the coast vill bepome mere harbours f,op coasting craft; and the splendid erections in anticipation of future wade, r»ado by our over-jianguine fellow-aokmiste, will remain monuments of inability to comprehend the changes going on around up." Holding theso views he regards the work already

done as wasted, and believes that it is foolifh to expend more money at l'ort Chalmers Heads, or in deepening the passage to tlio upper harbour. The whole energies of tho Harbour Board should now be directed to cutting a canal from Lawyer Head through Anderson's Bay, by which 35ft permanent depth at low water may bo secured at Dunedin Wharf.

We have given special prominence to this speech because it contains the woll considered opinions of an intelligent Southerner upon matters of current colonial interest. The conclusions will command general a iceptance by their sound common sense. j.ho speech is a sample of that strong commercial instinct which has given Dun edin its pre-eminenco as the metropolis of Southern New Zealand, and no feeling of jealousy will cause Aucklandors to with hold their admiration for the indomitab'o energy by which our chief commercial rival has overcome great natural disadvantages, and the determination displayed in pre paring for the eventualities of the future.

The l'aeitic mail steamer City of Sydney left San Francisco for Honolulu, Auckland, and Sydney, on Sunday last, 11th inst., two days later than time-table date Mr Gamble, tho local agent, who has received lliis information by cable, expects Hie vessel to reach hero by Sunday, Ist June

It will be seen from our cablegrams that tho fourth Australian cricketing eleven havo scored mi ua«y victory in their lirst match in England. They defeated Lord Shellicld's cloven with no less than an innings and six runs to spare. Baunernmn was caught after making the line score of 94. The team was to have commenced a match against Oxford University at Oxford to-day.

During tlio northerly storm last night, a number of heavy piles broke loose from their moorings, and caused some damage by bumping against the breastwork in Freeman's Bay. They wore being secured again to-day. Several small pleusuru craft also broke loose, and drifted on to tlio 100 .shore, but without sustaining any very serious damage

Typhoid fever is decreasing in Auckland, but during the past fortnight there havo been two cases of.this dangerous disease in the western and southern parts of the city. It is liopod, howovcr, that tho foyer will very soon bo completely eradicated. We are sorry to learn that diphtheria has broken out and would appear to bo in danger of spreading. Recently there have boon two cases of this malady in Karanga hnpo and I'onsonby Wards. On the whole, howover, the health of the city continues to bo protty good.

Up to three o'alock this afternoon nothing had boon seen utOnehunguof the Govern mont steamer lijnoinon. The vessel, hav ing on board the Premier and Minister of Public Works, loft Wellington early yester day morning, and was duo at tho Maimkuii at 8 a.m. to-day. Sho has probably beon detained through stress of weather.

Nominations for tho vacancy in the City Council, caused by tho resignation of Cr. Harper, close on Monday next, the Ulth, at noon. Mr William Kattray was nomiuutcd this afternoon by Messrs E. W. Pago and W 11. Fenton as a candidate for ttio vacancy in tho representation of tlio East Ward. In all probability there will bo no opposition.

Amongst the passengers for Wellington per s.s. Kingnrooma today wero Messrs Ceorgo Carter, T. O'Connor, J. f^eoky, and T, Ryan, four members of tho Auckland contingent of the New Zealand Football Team which leaves Wellington next week to play a series of matches with the '•kickists" of New South Wales. War brick, tho fifth Auckland man, arrived from Tuurnnga this morning, but, unfor tunately, missed his passage to Wellington, He will, howovor, bo able to proceed to Sydney per Waihora, leaving bore on Tues day next, and will reach Sydney about two days bofore tho other membors of the team. The men who left by the Kingarooma will reach Wellington on Sunday, and on Tuos day they will tuke part in v match - Kepro sentative Fifteen v. Eighteen of Welling ton.

The only business before I. A. Philips, Esq., J.l'., this morning at the Police Court, consisted of tho disposal of two drunkards, who were lined iis o.ach, with costs.

Temperance pooplo nro gonorally looked upon as a closo-tisted section of tho com munity, but it would appear that they aro quito capablo of liberality when tho object enlists tnt)ir sympathy. It is said that at tho conclusion of the recent' Licensing Election, when heavy exponsos incurred were to bo met, Mr Joseph Newman took round a subscription list,and without any difficulty whatever raised the necessary ±'70 odd, and in a very short time, too.

It in intended shortly to hold a floral or horticultural exhibition in connection with tho Auckland Band of Hope Union. Tho idea has boen under the consideration of tho Committee for somo time, but no definito action has yet been taken. It is now, however, intended to carry tho pro posal into effect, and preliminary notice is gi^en to members to put their gardens in order.

It now transpires that tho reported rob bery of a bag containing money from two Star runner boys named Thornelly on Tuesday night was a hoax, perpetrated by tho promising youths themselves. They spent tho money in conjunction with somo comrades, and then invented the plausible story which wo published yesterday. The detectives wero engaged all day in a search for tho supposed offender, and when com pletely wearied out by thoir fruitless endeavours to run him to earth, they dis covered that the story had been concocted by tho lads to cover their own misdeeds. The boys made a full confession when coiir fronted with evidence of their roguery, and expressed penitence.

Two accidents happened recently in Ararimu South. Mr D. Mcßornoy was re moving part of a threshing machine when he received a kick from a horso, which rendered his removal to tho Hospital necossary. Ho remained in a critical con dition for a few days, but is now progressing towards recovery. MastorMcPherson, who resides near Runciman's Creek,' broke his collar-bone by coming in contact with a branch of a tree whilst riding on horseback.

" A Business Man " writes thusly, in reply to tho information afforded by the Chief-Postmaster :—" It h possible that tho notices may be regularly posted up of mails being sorted, &c, &c, but I am a regular visitor to the Post-otlice two or three times daily, and I havo seen no such notices for &omo timo since. The snmo complaint is made by others. I might suggest that if tho notice form was en cfosed if) a frame am[ hung out as occasion required, fho boys would not bo likely tp fouph it. W-itfi respect to tho statement that what is now done at Wellington for the convenience of tho busi ness portion of tho ponimunjt;y 'information re mails, 4c.) is done by subscription tp cover tho expense, probably, if the busi ness public had beon inado awaro of tho arrangement they would have been only too glad to avail themselves of it. I hope that box-holders may see tlio notice boards regularly placed up, as it saves numerous visits of both principals and employe's, the latter wasting a deal of idle time waiting for the sorting of a mail that may probably have been sorted an hour previously, but which information they have no means and probably less inclination to know."

The committee which was recently ap pointed to draft a petition to the Hospital Committee, praying for the establishment of a homa'opathic ward in tho Hospital, has prepared the following memorial, which is now being taken round for signature;— ' To the Coromitte ofjMan'agement of the Auckland District Hospital.—Tho memorial of the undersigned residents of tho Auokland district. Your memorialists respectfully submit for your favourable consideration the following circumstances :—That a largo section of the community firmly believe ip tho advantages and efficacy of the homft'opajihic treatment of disease. That up to the present time no arrange ments whateyer have been made for pro viding such treatment "for those patients who are obliged to resort to the Hospital, and who earnestly desire to have the benefit of the system to which they have been ac customed, and in which they havo the ftrongest «onfidence. That, in this instifu tion, maintained at the public expense, aiicl to which all contribute, it is but jnst and reasonable that the relief to bo administered (io each cfass of patients should, if possible, be ir! accordance with the principles most agreeble to t!ia'r wishes and beiief. That iv public hospitals in Other eoldnios such arrangements have been made, and have been found to v/ork satisfactorily. Tha.t the principal homu:opathifi practitioners of jtjii^ c.ity aro prepared to r^ridp^ j.lieir as sistance in treating ajl patients who may |)Q placed under thpir oars. Your memorial ists, therefore, respectfully upge that snould lpbf> intended (as wo are infxjnnefj is file /case) t<j o^ten4 the accgmrao.dntjpn at tiiO Hospital, due proywjon may be maop by getting ftpart specjal wards }n vhiah those patieuts who may deaire tt (shall be admitted, and treated by homeopathic medical men, And your momoriaUsts, as in duty bonnd, shall over pray, &o,

There were several important matters dealt with at the City Schools Commkteo meeting last evening. Mr Offer's seat was declared vacant on account of hnfcbasing to ho a householder. A letter was road from tho Board of Education, stating that it had bonn decided to rent the Primitive Metho dist School-room in Franklin Road, and establish a school there under tlio superin tendence of Miss Warm.. This was approved of by the Committee. Two applications for the admission of two "over age" pupils to the city schools were refused, and it- was agreed* that the Committee should in future discourage all such applica tions. Tho Committee objected to the ap pointmont of Mr Talbot to Nelson-street School, and also passed a motion rellecting unfavourably upon the discipline main tained in Nelson-street School. Those last two matters are referred to at length in another column.

Mr Joseph Dixon delivered last night in the Eden Hall, before a largo audience, his lecture on the advertised subject, " Where Are Our Dead Friends ?" The lecturer based his arguments on numerous passages from Holy Writ, and from these proceoded to show that tho fast-dying-out notion that our dead friends are either in heaven or boll is nothing but a myth. Several ques tions were asked at the close of tho lecture, to which answers wero givon, mid the lecturer then nnnounccd that the subject for no\t Wednesday's lecture, by Mr Edwin Out, was " How to Identify tho Church of Christ."

(ierieral entries anil nceoptnnecs for the Taknpuna Birthday Meet ing close to-morrow (b'lidiy) nigl t, at 8 o'clock.

Mi' JI. Dean's promenade concert and ball in tho Lome - street Hall last evening was woll attended, and much enjoyed by the couples and singles present. Several sentimental and motto songs were Hung, und about sixty couples engaged in (lie dance under the management of .Mr Frank Campbell. Tho quadrille pai'tiea wiil bo continuod ovory Wednesday,

To tlio Kditor: Sir,—l think the Chair man of the Harbour Board is to bo compli inontcd for bringing forward the motion 10 dredging and carrying out the Board Engineer's excollont (genome for dredging the basin botwoen the wharves ami tilling in Freeman's Bay. Tlio Bay is a hard bottom, and hlioulU bo oasily reclaimed, end when donu it will prove a very valuable on dowmont, and should pay the Board a splendid rotum, besidos tlio accommodution tlio work will givo to largo steamers at present wharves.— 1 am, &c, Colonist.

At tho Hritomart railway workshops yesterday a man named John Monts got one of his hands vory badly mutilated while working tho circular saw. Ho was tjiken to the Hospital, whoro Dr. Bond found it necessary to amputate tho thumb and tho whole of tho lingers on tho injured hand.

Information received from Arntapu states that tho young man, James U. I'ulhain, who met with the rovoro acuiduiit causing tho loss of his arm, a little below the shotildor, is doing very well under Dr. Norton's cure. The doctor deserves great praise for the way hu has executed his duty in this in stance. Tho accident has proved a severe shock to tho unfortunate man's young wife. The doctor thinks ho will be able to leave his bed in another week or ten days.

Tho Appeal Committee of the Auckland Kugby Union Foot-bull Association mot last evening in tho club-room of tho United Servico Hotel. Evidence having been hoard respecting the disputed try in tho recent match between Auckland and Albert Clubs, a decision was arrived at that Hie try had fairly boon obtained by Albert. This result of tho lirst match with a senior club should bo most gratifying to tho Albortonians.

Thu Hand of llopo movement appears to be making steady progress in Auckland. At Hie meeting last night, it was .shown Hint there had been tin increase of about "HO members in tho district during the year. There are thirty alliliatcd bands with a total membership of about 3,750. Mr David (ioldio, v most enthusiastic worker in. the Temperance cause, has been re-elected President for thoonsuing year.

A special mooting of the Onehunga Council was hold on Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Dr. Scott) in tlio cliuir. The busi ness consisted in passing the annual ac count*, which showed receipts from all sources, £1,282, out of which £7'~o hndbeen expendod on streets. A motion for v quantity of bluo mctjil for tho main road, not exceeding 500 yds., was lost. It waa ugreed on tho motion of Mr Jackson, "That thu Council is willing to take over all the private Htreots that wore in exigence previous to tho incorporation of the dis trict." It was also resolved to organise a Salvugo Corps anil appoint a lire inspector ; the nocessary regulations to bo prepared by n committee and submitted to thu Council. A motion to restore two protests made by tho Council and expunged was carried. It was agreed to rccoivo applica tions from persons willing to bo recom mended by tho Governor as clerk to tho Licensing Committoo.

In tlio Police Court, Onehunga, on Wed nesday, Captain I. Doilo, master of the s.s. Stormbird, was fined £1 and £4 17s costs for a breach of the Cruelty to Animals Act, by landing 1!) horses at tho Ouehunga Wharf from hi.s ship into a lighter by means of a rope sling, instead of using a horsobox or proper canvas sling. Mr Brassoy ap peared for tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and called as witnesses Sergeant Greene, Mr Redjjate, the Society's Inspector.and M r J one.", honorary veterinary Hurgeon to the Society. Mr Barnos, as agent for the ship, in tho absonco of Captain Doilo, called Captain Daniels, who testified to it being tho custom in many places on the coast to use a rope sling while landing horses, but His Worship, Captain Jackson, did not consider thut this at all mitigated the proved cruelty of the process,

The Legislature of Ontario, Canada, has lutely passed a licensing bill which materially tends to diminish drunkenness, Under tho old law four saloon Hconses might ho granted in towns and ten in cities without roferenco to population. Under tho new Act towns containing less than 6,000 each will not bo granted any saloon license, while in cities up to a population of 15,000, only throo lioonses aro to bo allowed. Cities of from 15,000 to 30,000 cannot exceed five licenses for each, the highest number of licensos for any city having n population over 30,000 being ton. This restriction of licenses is on the local option principle,which if carried out in New Zealand as in Ontario, would rednce the number of our public houses to one fourteenth of their present number. According to this scalo Auckland with its presont population would only be allowed twolvo drinking licenses, a curtail ment worthy of tho consideration of our Temperanco Licensing Committees.

4t the meeting of the creditors of H. M. Jackson, yesterday afternoon, the Official Assignee seated the following to be tho position of the bankrupt with tho Harbour Bpard re the Dock oxcavatipn contract: — "The tender was a lump sum for scarp work, £4,100 ; removing scorja, £25 ; total, £4,125. The arrangement for progressive payments wan 1b IJd por cubio yard. Tlie debtor said he exeouted 57,000 yards at Is ljd, £3,144 10s 7d, and removed scoria, £23, Tho Harbour Board was entitled to 10 por oent. retention, which represents a sum of £317 The amount alleged to bo due for work done amounted to £2,852 10s. Tho amount actually received waß £2,680, which, upon the above left £172 10s 7d due to the debtor. The debtor threw the job up on the 30th of April. On the 26th of April the position in which ho Btood in relation to the Harbour Board '' re contract," was: As work oxcavated,s7,soo yardß,f 3,144 10s 7d; Hubbard's estimate of work not done, 7,900 yard?, £434 15s 4d ; balance abandoned, 9,530 yards, £576 19s Id ; making up the 75,000 yards, and represent ing a sum of £4,156 ss, or £56 5s over tho lump sum tendered for.

A caso was heard yesterday afternoon at tho Polico Court, before Messrs Hurst and Tonks, in which a young man named Michael Breon wascharged with committing a violent assault upon an elderly man named Thomas Acherley. Thn assault was committed in Lorne-streot on Monday evon ing, and tho old man's head and front showedbru jsesandcutsofviolence. MrSpeed appeared iii defence, and Mr Napier for Acherley. There were ten witnesses in tho case, five on each side, and their evidence was strikingly at variance. One party swore that Aclierley and his wife were so drunk that they rolled into tho street, while the other party swore as positively that Breen (Tom and Mike) pulled Acherley out of bed, while tho prisoner knocked,him down and kicked him. One independent witness, however —a lamplighter—saw the assault, and was most explicit in his evi dence, which left no doubt as to Michael Breen's guilt on the mind of the Bench. Tho eviderico disclosed,' further, that the true secret of the disturbance lay deeper. Breon was a Catholic and Acherley an Orangeman, and' consequently there was a feeling of hatrgd between the neighbou.r.B. TJ)e priothpr of Breen otmfessprt thftt sha had begn boun'fl over forty times \o kepp |hp peace, md' tl'ip.'acpuspd yas conipplled to, acknowledge that lie had ninjied, and suffered punishment several t|mes in Mpnnfr Eden for hia oflfenoes. The Bonoh took a fair view of the case, and ordered the prisoner to find sufficient sureties to keep the peace, and to pay £518a, ' '

The "Lights o' London" drew another largo audience to the Opora Houeo last oveninp, and the performance, an on evory previous occasion, was received witli fro quent marks of approbation. Tho six. teonth and last production of this very popular drama can bo seen at the Opora House this evoning. To-morrow night, Sheridan's comedy, "The Rivals," will take its place, and the performance will be under tho patronage of His Excellency the Governor.'

The erection of the new two-story brick hotel at the corner of Victoria-street West and Hardinge-strcot is now almost com pletod. It is intended to remove the busi ness of the Red Lion Hotel to tho new premises, but the name of the hotel will be changed to the more pretentious title of the Oxford.

Mr C. 11, Spurgeon, tho eminont Baptist divine, has fallon hoir to a large fortune. It comes to him through tho death of Mr Joseph I'oole, of Leicester.

A deputation, consisting of the Hon. 11. Chamberlain, and Messrs Newman, Davis, Hill, and Cox, waited upon tho Governor yesterday, and presonted him with a memo rial from the chicfß and natives of tho King country praying him, in pursuance of the. powers derived from Section 25 of tho Licen sing Act, to prohibit tho issue of any publi cans' license* for any part of thoir district. As (here wore still a numbor of copies of the memorial to come in, His Excellency said that when they camo to hand tho prayer would receive tiio most iifctontivo cinsidcrji tion from himself, the Ministers, and all concorneil. Although the Act said that the Governor had the power to prohibit licenses in nativo districts, he took it to mean " the Governor-in-Council."

About a dozon competitive designs have been received for the proposed new Jewish Synagogue They have not been opened yet, and will not bo adjudicated upon until next weok. Tho Building Committee will bo atlbrdod an opportunity of inspecting them in tho meantime.

A number of stray dogs are to bo sold to morrow at noon by Sir Goldio, at the Kennels, near the City Market.

A somewhat impudent robbery was perpetrated In Onohunga on Tuesday even ing last. It would appear that a man who is not long in tlio place managed to gain access to a room in Brudley's Princo Albert Hotel, where some cases of brandy were kept, and managed very cleverly to abstract five bottles of Hennessy's best case brandy through the window unper ceived. The matter was reported to the police, and tho man, who afterwards guve tho name of Julius Dedman, was arrested on suspicion, and some of tho brandy found in his possession. Tho man was sentenced to ono month's imprisonment by Captain Jackson, R.M,

At Tokatokn, on tho 10th inst., a gum digger named Hugh MeCullough attempted suicido. A noighbour of his named Ooorge Putlet found him hanging from a rafter of his houso, and at onco cut tho would-bo guicido down. Fortunately ho was in time, and McCullough's life was saved. Me Cullough, who, it appears, had been drink ing for about a month previously, was brought boforo Mr Webb, J.P., and was bound over in his own recognisances of £20 to bo of good behaviour for 0 months.

Plans have been prepared of largo work shops for Messrs Winks and Hall at the roar of thoir prosont prominoa in Shortlaml struct. They will bo three storiea in height, of brick, and especially devoted to the cabinet-making and upholstery branches of tlio business. Tho following tenders were rcceivod today by Mosers Mahonoy and Son for tho work :—William Bluden, £2100; C. Uhodes, £184!) jA. F. Uabb, £176G ; McConnochio and Son, £1700; Currio, £1755 ; J. J. Holland, £1752 ; Goo. Baldock, £1740; J. Heron, £1700; Penk and Allan, £1087; Baildon and Stephenson, £1555: Colebrook, £1575 ; Philcox, £149 C.

"Motor" writes complaining that a number of tho fomale servant* who havo lately arrived aro totally incompetent for household duties, while they insist upon tho highest ruto of wages, one making tho re mark that they had made up their minds not to go unless thoy got the wages fixed upon, and that they will stay at the Home until they get their demands. Our corres pondent adds that while sho docs not com plain of competent persons getting the currcntwagos, itistoobad thatignoramuses, who hardly know what a broom is, should bo kept at tlio Home rather than receive wages they aro worth, seeing that they havo to bo taught everything.

Tho Albert Park Assembly hold their inaugural gathering in the Masonic Hall. L'l-iuces-streot, to-morrow evening. The membership is restricted, and means havo been tiiknn to unsure an enjoyable season.

SCINTILLATIONS.

Ma.ioii Atkinson and Mr Mitchelson ar rived. Strong northerly gale all over the colony. •The Duke of A thole lion 23 separate titles. Last Night of " Lights o' London." There are 700,000 more females than males in Great Britain. Mr Brabazon has got the "straight tip " to resign. Xew York ladies aro allilctcd with KlepJ toman ia. Food for the imagination.—Fancy broad. The Marquiß of Aylesford keeps a " pub " in the State of Texas. Sir (ioorge Grey gave an addross at Timaru last night. Missionary societies last year converted ovor 300,000 heathens. Floods are feared in some parts of Ota^o. The gale yesterday did some damago in North Canterbury, Duuedin Coll'ee Palaoo Company is on its beam-end. The Tiohborno Claimant will soon be re leased from prison. 200 immigrants arrued by steamer Aorangi. Captain Morris declines to support the Ministerial land policy. Short-hand ana book-keeping classes are being formed in connection with the V.M.C.A. An eight-year-old boy named Murray has been killed at Dunedin while riding on a railway truck. In a London omnibus lately, a lady was suffocatod by hor false teoth slipping down her throat. Sir John Uro, ex-provost of Glasgow, with his family, is now on t visit to the colony. Bismarck has prepared a bill to recast tho Upper House of the German Parliament on thoroughly autocratic lines, b; putting the appointing power practically in the hands of the sovereigns of tho variouj States. Auckland Board of Ed\cation have agreed to leo.se the Primitive Mothodist Schoolroom in Franklin Roa< an a school for girls only. In a magazine article the Marquis of Lome advocates provincial lomo rule in Ireland, with diets at Dublin Cork, Bel fast and Galwuy, whoie powrs shall be strictly confined to local purpoes.

Last night Captain Morris, H.H.R., ad dressed his constituents at Tairanga, and received a unanimous voto of thanks and confidence.

The mo3t expensively dressei man I ever saw (says a captain in the niry) was an African chief on the Gold Coast. His wives had anointed him thoroughlj with palm oil, and then powdered him fom head to foot with gold dust. You neve saw a man got up so utterly rogardless of epense. Some folks think it would b a enso of " Kilkenny cats" if two certtn teachers wore puttogethor in Nelson-stret School. Edward and Charlos Orton Jentify tho lunatic Cresswoll at Sydney as heir " long lost brother " Arthur.

A Glasgow widow tho pthr d,ay got £3,500 from a railway companyprtho loss of lier husband. Kennedy yreid say this b.^ows tho ya,lue pf Scotch V guimen/1 Despite dull ' t(mes, till '\\\e Dun edin immigrants per Aorangi pt'otn,ploy-. ment v iilijn 0 few1 days after laiingj A female teacher of Victorii lias been censured for threatening to hama scholar for misconduct. The Vixen ha actually strung up the child by a rope "iifun." The late Mr Qlivpr \Vakefjeld whp wag killed in B.unodin, had bequejhed £90 to Wellington Benevolent Instution.

Mr' White, M.H X.', address'^ his con stituents at Sydenham last nigt, said ho would support either Sir Georp Grey or Mr Montgomery in opposing tl Govern ment.

The shareholders of Dunem Coffee Palace and Private Hotel Compoy call for tenders for the Company's asse. " Tee total " failure of the concern is tl cause.

A London- syndicate has corracted to land 4,000 immigrants in Tasmiia within the next three years.

Cjtago Vigilance Committee yesterday resolved to call a public meetijj for \\,e purpose of impressing the prevajng Resti tution on (iovernrnent, a^d, Bp<ring thp continuance of rajlwfjy wprks | the dis.-. The |lon, 0. J. Bhara?yn, Weligfofl, is. tp bp pro,secu,ted fp,r illegally vote at the f horndon election on, Tu,<isd,a.y. _ 5o yeflrs ago, Mr Shava^yn wa.a «m,vysft of « broach'of the Corrupt Notices invention. Act, whJon oonviotian dismtiUifiediim for voting for throe years ; and by hipresenfc action it is alleged that he has mfc him] self liable to a fine,

CABLEGRAMS.

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(Received May 15-12.30 p.m.)

London, May 13. —Consols remain at 101$ ; New Zealand securities unchanged. The market for colonial produce is quiet, with out change in pricos.

Wool Sale.

At the wool sale today a firm tone pre vailed. The catalogue comprised 11,100 bales of greasy. Merinos are now ruling at about tho last sale's closing rates. Scoured wools generally are a half-penny lower than at the close of last auctions, faulty scoured being dull and heavy. Frozen Meat. The cargo of frozen mutton on board the steamship lonic, consisting of about 10,000 carcases, is being landed in good condi tion. Arrived, at Plymouth : Steamship Mir/.apore, from Melbourne (March 24). British Polioy In tho Soudan.-Motion of Cennure Rejected. London, May 13.—The debate on Sir M. Hicks-Beach's motion of censure was con tinued until a late hour last night. Among tho.*e who spoke in support of the motion wero Messrs Forster and Goschen. Both severely criticised the disregard of General Gordon's despatches which had been dis playad by Mr Gladstone. The Marquis of Hartington made a vigorous speech in de fence of the Government, and said it was impossible to risk the despatch of a Euro pean expedition into the Soudan until Sep tember. He denied that the Government had disregarded General Gordon's de spatches, or had neglected its duty towards him. The motion was ultimately rejected by 303 votes to 275, including the Parnellite members.

Vlotory of the Australian Crloketers. London, May 13.—Tho cricket match, Australians v. Lord Sheffield's Eleven, was concluded at Sheffield to-day. The visitors, with 4 wickets down for 172, resumed their first innings, which closed for a total of 212. The highest scores wero—Bannerman, c, 94, and Blackham, b, 31. The home team then commenced their second innings, and were all diaposad of for 120, the visitors winning the match by an innings and G runs. The bowling of tho Australians was dead on, and tho wickets fell rapidly, Giilen taking 4 for 70. The principal scorers wero—W. G. Grace, b, .30; Banios, c, 34 ; and My croft, c, IS. There was a large attendance of spectators, and splendid weather was ox perienced. The "Daily Telegraph" eulogises tho play of tho Australian cricketers.

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(Received May 15 —2 p.m.) British Protectorate ln tho Pacific.

London, May 14.—Lord Derby's despatch to tho Governors of the Australasian colo nios is of a contidentiarnature, but it is be lieved that ho proposes a scheme for the control of the Paciiic Islands, pending feder ation by tho Crown. Tho Oriental Bank's Colonial Creditors. It is understood that the colonial credi tors of tho Oriental Bank will ho treated preferentially. An Abandoned Project. Mr Henniker Heaton, of Sydnoy, u-ho urged the formation of an anti-Kecidivistes Society, has abandoned the idea. South Australian Loan. The South Australian Loan will, it is ex pected, be a great success, Mr Beaton's Candidature. Mr H. Heaton has been selected as a Tory candidate to represent Canterbury. New Zealand Frozen Mutton. The frozen meat ex the steamer lonic and | ship Canterbury has realised 5d to Cd per \b, Reported Victory of Osman Dlgna. London, May 13.—1t is reported that Osman Digna has defeated the friendly tribes in the neighbourhood of Souakim. Payment of Depositors In Oriental The dividends of the depositors in the Oriental Bank will, it is understood, bo paid before tho autumn.

.The French Government insist on the ex clusive possession of the trading facilities to the Southern ports of China. Roger T. Goldsworthy, C.M.G., Adminis trator and Colonial Secretary of St. Lucia (Windward Islands), has been offered tho Lieutenant-Governorship of British Honduras.

AUSTRALIAN.

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The Forthcoming Soulling Match,

Svdnkv, this day.—Considerable interest is being manifested in tho approaching race between Laycock and Hanlan for tha .soul ling championship of the world. Layeock, who is now in active training, is doing good work, and is much fancied in rowing circles.

THE "RIGHT" THING IN THE WRONG PLACE.

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Invkrcakgili,, this day. A whale sixty feet long, and of tho species known as " right," was stranded last night on the beach inside Bluff Harbour. It was taken possession of by two residents, \ylio expect to make a good thing out of their prize.

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

The, Boating of Olrla ln the Public Schools.

IVitii reference to the recent complaint

made by Mrs Hicks against tho Head mastor of Nelson-stroot School, the City

Schools Committeo has drawn up tho follow ing statement of tho circumstances :— " The Committeo desires to present to the Board tho following considerations on a complaint made against the Head-mastor

of Nolßon-strcet School on April 10th. Mrs Hicks writes to tho Committee com plaining that her child was cruelly beaten because she was absent from school the day before. Mrs Hicks states that she kept her child at home and sent an excuse in writing; that her child came home with hor hand bruised and swollen, and that on her proceeding to the school to remonstrate with the Head-master, who had inflicted the punishment, she was subjected to what she terms 'insolence.' Mrs Hicks is evidently not aware that the regulations direct her to apply to the Committee, and not to the teacher. This is excusable on her part, but the teacher should have known, and ought to have told her. Wo tb^nk the com plaint of ' insolence' is condoned by the teacher's apology contained in his first Jotter, in reply. The important issue is. t^o beating. This, whether cruel or slight, is a matter of opinion. Tho question arises-is a teacher authorised to beat under such circumstances, and is the Committee bound to. uphold him in so doing? The. regulations direct teaphers to ' e_n join ' regular attendance, and ' all hasty inflections of corporal punishment are. to be avoided.' It appears to I;he Com mittee that v teacher cannot enforce attend ance unless the eotnp.ulsory clauses ate adopted; eyen then (see clause 89) the attendance can only be enforced for half the time the school is usually open. This determines the untenable defence of the teacher, that there were only 49 attendances of the child out of a possible 80, as the • reasori why he disregarded the eseuso which ho admits was sent, as stated. We find that the teacher- h.qd no warrant under the noj sjj tb,e regulation in structions V>. teachers to beat thi,s chiW, and he deserves censure, *oy he ought to have known th,e Qxsoa.t of his authority. We tjh.fok hia answers to our inquiries ijv,tep?iylng ai\d discourteous, Tl\e remittee think it unseemly'{ova m^le teacher to, b.eat g>ls ; t^t awc^ a,c.tVft is calculatecj tp, brqta.lisp % teoyiah mind towards the o,^W- sex ; and wo ask the Bpa.vd. to consider the durability of framing a regulation to. jawido «dmo discipline hetter than b*a.ti«g. We are evedjbly fr.. formed, and helieve, that in the Beveaforet-. »treetSohool, where thei>e is good discipline maintained, no girl has been beaten since its formation "

THE GOVERNMENT INSUR ANCE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.

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Wkluxiiton, this day. Tiik "Post" of last night says:—" The manner in which the charge of embezzle ment against Win, Charles Macdermott wa» dealt with yesterday has caused a good deal of surprise. The judges and grand jurors have very frequently complained, and with cause, of the many trivial cases which weak minded magistrates commit for trial in the Supreme Court, but it is running rather into the opposite extreme tofind such a grove case as Macdermott's dealt with in a summary manner, and by a sentence of six months. A public officer, holding a high and confi dential position, deliberately, falsified his books and embezzled no small sum ; it was no ease of a butcher's or a milkman's boy embezzling a few shillings outof thecustomer accounts ; and yet we have seen the whole machinery of the Supreme Court, Judge, Grand Jury, Petty Jury, Crown Prosecutor, indictment, etc., brought into play to deal with cases of that kind. The amount in volved in this case v/as a substantial one, and there do not appear to have been any extenuating circumstances. Had the case gone to the Supremo Court, tho sentence would undoubtedly have been a much heavier one than it.was within the power of tho R.M, to award, and what people wish to know is—Why was Macdermott dealt with in so exceptional a manner and allowed t:> escape with the very mildest penalty it was possible to give him ';"

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.

Tho Management of Nclson-stroet School Unsatisfactory.

An adjourned meeting of the City Schools Committee was held last evening, the prin cipal business for consideration being several complaints which have from time to time been made against the manage ment of the Nelson-street public school, of which Mr J, Brabazon is the head-teacher. There were present— Messrs E. Carr (in the chair), Crowther, Shalders, Hannan, and McMaster. The subject was opened by the reading of a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Education, who wrote under date April 30th inquiring " whether the Committee was in any way dissatisfied with the head teacher of Nelson-street School," and re questing that " if so, they would inform the lioard fully of the causes of such dissatis faction." After a lengthy discussion, it was agreed to forward the following reply:—"The Committee being new in office, are not prepared to take decisive action by recommending the removal of the Head-master, having consideration for his long services. Yet we are not satis fied with the general management. We judge from the attendance, as compared with other schools in the district, that the school is unpopular, and we should think that discipline is not properly maintained. Then, being aware that many scholars are awaiting opportunities of removal, we would not regret to hear of his resigna tion."

HAND OF HOPE UNION..

Annual Business Meeting,

The annual business meeting in connection with the Auckland Band of Hope Union was held last evening in the Alexandra street Church. Tea was provided at six o'clock, and the public meeting commenced about an hour later, Mr D. Goldie presid ing. There was a good attendance of both sexes. Annual Report.—Mr Macdermott, one of the joint secretaries, submitted a lengthy annual report; from which we make the following abstract :—" Twenty-two power ful sermons in advocacy of temperance were preached in the city and suburbs on Sun day, May 20th, 1883, while in most of the other churches special reference was made to the evils ot intemperance. Circulars have again been issued appealing for special sermons on Sunday, May 25th next. A most successful annual gathering was held last Queen's Birthday in the Choral Hall, a special feature of which was tho singing of the children. The musical and elocutionary competition in July last attracted 04 competitors. Prizes amounting in • value to £12 10s were presented. Anxious inquiries are being made as to when the next competition will be held. In response to an invitation from the Execu tive Council, the Temperance organisations held a co-operative demonstration on January 29th. The Union has now copies of Dr. Ridge's Band of Hope Catechism. A Committee has been appointed to organise the best scheme of introducing the book into use. The Board of Education has given School Committees the op portunity of introducing Dr. Richardson's Temperance Lesson Book, which is now.

largely in use in the State schools of England and America, and also in some of the schools in the South Island of New Zea land. Mr Douse has been appointed to make official visits to societies and report upon their progress. So far as speakers are concerned, there is no very satisfactory report to make, and greater attention should be paid to this branch, Early in the year Mr Tudehopo resigned the conductorship of the choir owing to increasing duties elsewhere, but Mr Cranwell's services were fortunately obtained. Mr Hampson also subsequently retired in favour of Mr Wiseman. Thanks are returned to Messrs Tudehope and Hamp son for their services. All total abstainers

having an elementary knowledge of music are cordially invited to join the choir. Practices are held fortnightly. Owing to inclement weather, the performance of " Harry Grey " at the Thames resulted in a loss of £14 odd. The Executive Council voted £5 towards the same. A drum and fife band in connection with the Union was

formed, with Mr Pook. as bandmaster and Mr F. Rotherham as secretary.- It comprises two classes, namely, per formers and learners. Ten pounds' worth of literature, paid for by Mr New man, has been distributed gratuitously amongst tho societies. The United King dom Band of Hope Union also sent out various consignments of literature Having no depot, and tindiug that the purchase and sale of goods hampered other operations, liberal arrangements have been made with tho Sunday School Union for supplies to aililiated societies. Designs for a badge or medal have been approved, but owing to tho want of funds no order has been given. A committco has in hand the arrangements for a floral exhibition, but nothing has yet been done. Last year we reported 25 societies affiliated, 19of whom sentin returns showing a membership of 2,059, and allow ing the six unreturned soeiptjea ia avorage a little over 50 ra.eJjflbavs, wo should bring our total to, 3,,000, Since last report we have added five societies, making a total of 30. Twenty-four have sent in returns, showing a total membership of 3,443. Add in allowance of 50 for unreturned societies and we get a total of 3.75Q, bejng an in crease of 750 for the year. ' The balance sheet shows a loss p,£ £2S on tho year's operations. £10 worth o{ tracts from last year's stock had been given away, and a loss of £14 sustained on the provisions purchased for the Demonstration on January 29th. The sum of £9 33 had been paid back to the Total Abstinenco Society. £5 had been lost en the competition, and £23 under a general head."

Balance-sheet.—The bala.noe sheet was also submitted It shownd ;—Receipts from all sources, £240 10s Oil j expenditure, £246 14s Bd, leaving a debit balance of £0 3s lid. —The report and balance-sheet were adopted, and ordered to be printed, Thanks.—A vote of thanks was parsed to the retiring officers. Apologies for non attendance were received from Mi- Rother-

ham, owing to ill-health, from Rev. S. Macfarlane, ivom Mr Thomas Peacock, M.H.R., enclosing one guinea, and from Air J. (Joupland enclosing i.\. Okpickhs.— Mr D. Gioldie was re elected President (unopposed), Mr Battye Secretary, Mr F. Cherry Treasurer, and Messrs Bell and Hodson auditors. A lengthy list of Vice-Presidents was also ap pointed.

AN AUCKLANDER'S VISIT PARIS.

Eleven Emperors In Place or One,

We continue from our lastissuo MrPelfc > statement in the course of an interview w't* a reporter from this office :— ' **

Legal Equality a Myth. So far as our vaunted ecmalih • concerned, it is much the same -ft '" is really no equality before the i As an illustration of this, take the eW ' stances in connection with the arrertSi Prince Jerome Napoleon for nlarn^- Paris with a revolutionary mS? S He was taken to the C^oie^Sth a carnage. His valet de chamk ,„ n allowed to attend upon him £/ Z likewise his two doctors. He 7ni 3 the privilege of having his meal, 22 from a restaurant, he was supplied with t? newspapers, and was lodged in the chi.? gaoera own quarters. The poor bffl stickers, however, who were desiron. t earning an honest shilling in postin? rt manifestoes at so much per thousand « 5 who did not know they were dointr wrmT were " run in "-handcuffed-to the dS and obliged to herd with the scum of^1 Paris criminals. They remained there four days before they were set free.

lac Incense to Public Functionaries >oe The squandering of public money, too i. of turtZi™ g Ouar teMSt thS:H ah Secretaries of State travel about th Ht country in the very saloons and earring, ed that bolonged to the late Emperor. Atft « towns which are visited by them they ar received by the Bishop at the head of hu clergy, the general commanding the load division of troops with his staff th soldiers under arms, and the Mavm- .J other officials of the Department while salutea are fired by the Artillery th town, too, being quite en fdte. At iieht . the whole place is illuminated, and,. ols official display of fireworks j 8 I** in- for all of which of course Jacquos Bonhommo has to pay. ™ese ye Ministers who 6 lord it in such Btyle were exceedingly bitt« rae against Napoleon 111. for doing the earne to- thing. Then, however, we haß only one .. Emperor; now we have no less than '•v eleven. 18 The Working Classes. ' ; — Nothing has been done to ameliorate the er> condition of the working classes or to im he prove their moral and material welfare a Indeed, they are now worse off in o} these respect 3 than they were duriiw r" the Empire. The recent visit of the dele te gates of the British Trades Unions brought id- out this fact pretty forcibly. In their re- report, which was published in: the he British papers, they say thai in is- : e very respect the condition of the French it prolet'aire is worse than that of his ng British congener, and that it v a sw shame for a Republican Government •ye that there should be no freedom of T al meeting or freedom of association j that on employers may form Trades Unions is- but tkat the same right is denied to the Ye working men, so that they have no prospect) ed beyond making barricades and taking up he the rifle again. Infact.it is now the nopular nk saying, "Plus ceta change, plus e.it la numt id. chose " (" The more that changes, the moie ire it is the eamo thing.") Few Liberalreformi we have been carried, for when a Democratic ia- and Liberal reform receives the sanction of the Chamber of Deputies, it is invariably shelved in the Senate. A Divorce Bill voted two years ago by the Lower House has not yet been discussed in the Senate, and the law for freedom of association, which was also passed by tha on Chamber, is now being mutilated by tha immovable legislators. ' ' Church and State. ' ' •a- Gambetta's watchword was "Le clerical iimec'est I'ennemi," but to-day onrMinistew ed declare " Lechrkalis-mec'estVami." Every ( j. session a motion for the separation of Church and State is brought forward by the tn Radical Left, and every session it is reli- ' giously thrown out by the Gambettists, ne who are in a majority in the House. Gam >y betta himself, two or three months before Qe his death, voted against it. Despite the !r" fact that the monasteries were broken re up, the monks and, nuns are more n- numerous than ever. They have only he changed the colour of their garments. as It would take too long to mention every *• thing, but Clemenceau has summarised the ~ state of things in one sentence. He said the J'> other day, "We have two budgets now—an nl Imperial budget because we have more In officials than during the Empire, and with ;h it the budget for the State Church. We 16 have also a Democratic arid, Re )n publican budget for public edaea- tion, but since France i 9 not' rich '- enough to pay these two budgets it fallow* 68 that when you are asked to carry out your 'c educational schema you reply, 'We have no. Ln money !" The Republic exists on universal v- suffrage, but the Senate exists upon a re -18 stricted suffrage, while part of it is nomin >n ated for life." The State of Parties. se Still, with all these defects in our system ik of administration, the Monarchists have no is eh ance of a re-accession to power. They p- are in a hopeless minority, their strength de 'a clines year by year,- and now they cannot w, find support enough to maintain their news af papers, which, in consequence, are dying of ii inanition. Whatever the outcome of the i- present state of affairs may be, it certainly :o cannot be a return to Monarchical institu te tions, for the Monarchists are even, •c more divided amongst themselves than the y Republicans are. " Since the death of d the Count de Chambord (King by divine r. right) many of his supporters have given ia c their adhesion to the Constitutional i, Monarchy of which the Count de Paris fa y the representative, but they impose con y ditions which cannot be accepted by the s Liberal Monarchists, so that a great num i- ber of the latter now avow themselves on s thesideoftheßepublic. The Opportunism, c established by Gambetta, is also dying fast, . and the Radicals are steadily gaining, 0 strength even Gambett a'sown seat having f been wrested by a Radical. About 20 bye ! elections have taken place since the great 1 man's death, and of these the Radicals have 1 won no less than 16 from the Opportunists. 1 Religious Feeling.' t So far as religion is concerned, the French . may now be divided into two classes—the .» believers and unbolievers. The great bulk . of the peasantry are still faithful to the. f church of their fathers, but in the large . towns Freethought has been, advancing t with rapid strides for a considerable tinrn , past. In proof, of this the growing number I of i ivil marriages and fiw»ral.s may be cited. t In iaris, fully 25 per cent, of the people , are i reethinkers, and Protestantism 3 is also making headway. The prin , cipal roagna of. this is iha* the Roman j Catholic clergy wage an incessant warfare , agaAuat the Republic, while the French j Huguenots, kuowing by sad experience that i W?y hay© nothing to. hope for under a i Monarchy, are rirrr. and consistent Re- I - E*°J lean* U. happens every year, on the National ffite day-the 14th of July-that , the Lathouc clergy display their aaimosity . towards the Republic by tearing down from 1 £ lr. °, nwcnes and parsonages the tricolour ' WWcn has boon hoisted upon them in com mon with other national property. Prose ; CUtions are still going on for this kind of outrage. Still there is no ill-feeling against . the Catholic religion per &;. In fact, the people are wonderfully volerant in sucb ; matters. Even the Salvation Army, though , hissed, hooted, and maltreated in the streets of Liberal, England, and expelled trom free Switzerland, carries on without molestation its operations in Paris under the lady known as Madame la Martchale Booth. The people laugh at and ridicule rts eccentricities, but do not interfere. Paris is the only city in Europe where the Army has enjoyed perfect immunity from insult and outrage. As I have said before, Free thought and Protestantism are on the side of the Republic as well as the great body of the Roman Catholic laity, but the Romish clergy are bitterly opposed to it. For this . reason M. de Pr&sense, the leading Protestant clergyman in Paris, has been elected to the Senate, while many non- Protestants also have their children christened and their marriages cele brated in Protestant places of wor ship. This is one result of the. Komish clergy's unpopularity, When at tuo iail of the Commune several hundred! thousand of the working class fled the. country, the established clergy strongly urged the Government to. take severe reprisals, while the Protestant ministers consistently supported the amnesty pro posals, disbursed mono? in affording em ployment to the women and children of the I political prisoners, helped them to pay their arrears of rent, and provided them With weans, to, join the refugee heads of their fcroihes. 1, Paris the power of the Roman t>atnoUc clergy is virtually gone. The Wwnberof Deputies numbers 557 members, about two-thirds, of whom are elected by <*c peasantry. As a ml*, the Republican candidates a*e> stoutly opposed by the pajish priests, but the ardour of the popular feelwg is shown by the fact that despitsi this clerical opposition, there are onl/sc* Reaofciaaanes in a House of 557 legislators. Jstill there are many of the Catholic el«r»y now who do hot interfere in nolitiaaS matters at all. The principal leSdersf.f the Freethinkers are Victor Hugo, Dr. Cfe.

'—TTTif'^UUKIjA^D KVJKJNJNtT STSTT, THTOKSDAY. MAY 15, 1884



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