SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

tr ' • ir ur« tith /Thiß Evening. 5.53 H.»H WATER {To-morrow Morning, P. 17 SiJNSKT.—This Evening, 1.51 HIJNTiJSfT.-To-niorrow Morning, J.l AfO IVB AOK-NoW v J.to«n,->5t6. i W-lo ojn.

ARRIVALS.

TO-DAY. SB Gool Tomp:ar, k'etoh, X htjigton, fnjm Git- Macgiegor, s.s.. Johnson, frojbWhangarei .-.

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVKNIKG. Wellington; 3.a.. Farquhar. for Tauranga Itowoua, s.F., Scott, for Mercury Bay l'unguin, s^., Croinany. for Lyttelton ...,.. t'hristlns; seiiooßer/lrtuiiden, for whangaroa

Vessels Expected.

Lowuon.— -Bvmi «sr, sailed -Msy-lr Dera, barque, N.S.T.D., January 21; Crusader, barque, H.C.L.8., Febmary 7; GfcmcJ), barque, L.C.G.K., Jlarcl. 3; Laira, bj.riiiie. April 7LGlenrpSa, ship, W.T.M.K., March 18; Wanganui,, ship, JVlar!;Otakl,ship.loading. ' • L,\ New YORK.-Ckribel. barque. W.M.S.K. (via AVellinowi). January 21: liene (via Dunedini, March 31; Nettie (via Wellington), loading. Java.—Manhegan. barque, sailed March 31; Marooa, barque, and Thames, barque, to follow. Cm.vA.—Androklos, barque, early. San Francisco. — Senator, barqile, sailed AprlL AuwTKAi-iA. — Clansman, brlganune, from P.ockhampton; Look Out, brfgantine, and Adelaide, schooner, from Sydney. , Southern Ports.—Star of the Mersey, brig, Marshall S.. brigantineand Stanley, brigantine. from Oamaru; Yolande. sch., from Timaru; Wave, brig, from Dunedin. South Sea Islands.—Louie, schooner, from. Long Island; Ada C. Owen, brigantine, from Rarotonga.

Inwards Coastwise. — Progress, from Whangapoua, with 30.C00U. , timber; Coralle, from Mercury Bay. with 22,000 ft timber; Paku. from Tairua. with 21,000 ft timber. 10.000 shingles: Sovereign of tho Seas, from Ruraell and Whan garci, with 200 sleepers. 40 tons cool; Fannie, from Whangapou, with 29,000 ft timber; Kuakafca, from Pakiri, with 1,200 ft. timber, , 7,000 palings, 12,000 shingles.

Outwards Coastwise. — Wattemata. for Whangapoua; Progress, for Whangapoua; Corolie, for Mercury Bay; Paku. for Tairua; Mana. for Tairua; Ocean, tor Meroury Bay,

From this port the barque Presto proceeds to Whangaroa, where she will load timber for Sydney.

Tho ketch Good Templar arrived from Gls borno thi3 morning with 227 sacks barley, 47 sacks maize, 5 sacks grass seed.

Tho schooner Glide for Suva via Mercury Bay. Barque Presto for Sydney via Whangaroa, entered outwards at the Customs to-day. '

Tho p s. Enterprise, which has undergono a thorough overhaul, was got under steam yes terday afternoon, and showed a marked im provement, so far as speed waa concerned, an her provious performances.

The following telegram was received by the Harbour Board late yesterday atteraoqn from Captain Baker, of Kussell:-" Barque passed south at ( p.m.; wind south, and light. This will probably be the Deva, now fully due from London. With the light contrary winds pro vailing she may occupy some considerable time in coming down tho coast. . .

The s.B. Macgregor arrived from w hangarei last evening 'with tho following passengers:— Messrs Birch, Jones, Greenleaf, H. White, Ryce, Lowe, Kear, Lowe. Keven,' Reid, Frazer, Mitchclson, Veale, Still, Eylea, White. Weston, McLeod, Hall, Harnett, McKenzlo, Peace, Eccles, McKenzlo, Mrs John and family. Mrs Hownrd, Mist Howard, Roy. Mr Hewlett.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Douglas, 3 s., Daniels, from Waitara Hannah Mokau, a a , Dale, from Waitara Lalla Itookli, s.s., Bailey from Waitara

DEPARTURES.

Hannah Mokau, s.s., Dale, for Waitara Lallu Rookh, S.S., Bailey, for Waitara Douglas, 8.5., Daniels, for Waitara

The s.s. Douglas arrived from Waitara yester day at 2 o'clock, with 100 sheep, 52 pkgs. butter, 2 horses, and 8 toss luggage. She left for the same port again at 9 o'clock this morning, with 3G pkgs. tea, 2 bales paper, 105 pkgs. sundries, and 1 passenger.

The steamers' Lnlla Rookh and Hannah Mokau arrived from Waitara yesterday after noon, the former with 114 sheep, 18 head cattle, 29 hides, 6 bdls. skins, and the hitter with 19 Bheop and 20 head cattle. The both left for Waitara at 8 o'clock this morning.

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

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Dunedin. this day.—Arrived: Tarawero, from Sydney direct.

Port Chalmers, yesterday, — Arrived: Night Hawk, Captain Macfarlane, from Cal cutta (March 6).

Sydney, May 22.—Sailed, yesterday after noon : Wakatipu, for Wellington. Sailed, this afternoon: Zcalandia. for San Francisco, via Auckland.

Melbourne, May 22. — Sailed, yesterday morning: Manapouri, for the Bluff.

COMMERCIAL.

Evknis'g Star Office, this day. MESSRS nnXTBB. AXO NOLAN'S WEEKLY BSPOBT.

Horses: Dulness has characterised the mar ket, and barely anaverage number have changed hands. A good many were submitted by auc tion, but biddingwasslow. The Durham Yards, on Friday, were well filled, and the greater number of horses found purchasers, but bidding was slow and there waa no upward tendency in value as compared with the previous week. Wool, hides, and skins: A fair quantity has been brought forward, and the demand was good. Hides. I}d to 31d; calfskins, 3Jd; shoep ssina, 23 id. cattle: The supply of tax. and dairy stock has been below requirements, and although but a limited number of stores were brought forward, still it was adequate. There was an upward tendency in prices. The New market pens were moderately well fll'ed on Tuesday. Dairy cows were well competed for, and sold at from £<> 103 to £10; beef, 18s to 23s per lOOlbs. There were no noteworthy altera> tiona in stores. At Wainku monthly sale there was a larger muster than usual, Mr Barr- Brown's Btock occupying a large number of pens, and attracting numerous purchasers, and stocks realised fully Newmarket rates. Sheep: There was out a moderate number of sheep yarded at Newmarket, and tho larger propor tion were not sufficiently fatted. Wethers sold at from 13s 6d to 18b ; ewes, lls to 13s 9d; store ewes, 10s; lambs, 93 6d, Pigs: Very few yarded; there remains an unsatisfied demand at 3d per lb., live weight.

MR ALFRED BUCKLAND'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket, on Frlday/Ma^'lSai', oats brought 2s 9d and 2s lid the bushel; fodder up to 4s 6d the c wt. Horse stock were again In full numbers, with a numerous attendance at buyers. Good stock were in demand at full values, but Inferior horses are at nominal prices. Well bred heavy draught mares ranged from £31 to £.51; medium draught, from £12 to £25; Inferior horses, from 25s each. At the hide and skin sale, on Tuesday, the prices of hides varied mostly, depending on the care'taken with them, from lid to 3}d tho lb., showing the advantage of their being free from cuts, kept.clean,and well salted. Tallow, 25s 6d per cwt: sheep skins, from Is 2d to 2s 7d each. At Pokeno. on Monday, a- larger than ■■ usual muster of stock f ounil ready buyers at the amotton at cur rent values, but at Drury, on Wednesday, the cattlo were in les3 number than usual, but met with & steady inquiry at slightly Improved values. At tho Remuera Yards, on Thursday, dairy cattle, near calvinft were plentlfnL and In brisk inquiry.,. Prices for good cows ranged from £7 to £10 each. Store cattle were dull, of sale. Fat cattle in usual number and generally of good quality. Prices advanced, and for drafts of fairly fatted cattle were at 22a throughout, and an occasional choice pen reached 25a or'26a per lOOlbs. Sheep were in usual number, but the greater number of them were not of prime quality. Those were dull of sale, but well fatted wethers sold freely. Some averages were oxen. James Taylor. £1015s; 7 steers, J. S. Keals, £712s 6d; 8 steore, S. Steele, (SI 10s; 18 steers, Robert' Hull. £7 las;;' 17(1 wethers. Grlce and Parker. 17s; 60 wethers,-.A. Main, IBs 3d; 60 sheep, J. Thomson, 15s 9d; 240 wethers, Auckland Agricultural Company, 13s M.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

MAILS WILL CLOSE AB IXNDKIU—

This Day.

Kor Gisbornc and Southsm Ports, per Sonthern * Cross, at 4 p.m. Late lottors till 4.20 p.m. Tor Wangarei Heads, Parua, Walpu, vVan -9 garei. Kamo, TangiUua and Mangapai, per * Mao&rogor, at 5 p.m. For-Wiames, per Anno Milbank. at 5.30 p.m. For -■VKalwera, Mahurangi. Matakana. Manga? w.ai. etc., per Rose Casey, at 7 p.m. For Waterford, Tauranga, etc., per Rotoma hann. at 7 p.m. Foi Tairua. per Paku. at "p.m. . For Waitara. New Plymouth, and Southern Porte, per Hauriki, at 7 p.m.

Monday, 25th mat

For VVaitara and Southern Ports, por Douglas.

For Cor'oniandcl. per Coromandel. at 3.3 i p.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per Te Anau,

For Tauranga, Obincmutu, and Opotiki, por Glenelo:, at 4 p.m. _. For Whltlangi and Upper Mill, per Rowona,

For Russell, Kawakawa, Wangoroa, and Man gonui, per Wellington, at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, 27th inst

For Taranakl and Southern ports, per Wanaka,

at 7.40 a.m. Per Zcalandia, as follows:— ~.„.. , For Sanawion Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia. Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 P.m. . , , For money orders, registered lotters and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters, bearing on extra feo of six pence in addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to tho time of sailing. This mall will be due in London on Sat urday, July 5,1884.

A Poot-offlco has boon opened at Waltakorol; mails will closo daily at 8 a.m., roturn mulls will be received daily at 7.35 am. N.8.-The s.B. Aorangi will leave \\ ellington, for London, via Rio de Janeiro and Plymouth, on Thursday. 29th instant. Expected passage, f°NoTa-Baturday next, 24th lost. (Queen's Birthday), will be observed as a holiday. All mails usually despatched on that day will be closed the previous ovening at 7 o'clock. The delivory department will bo open from 7 till a p.m. on Friday 33rd. 8. B. 8199 ,Chl» J Postmaster. Chief Post-offlce. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

May 23. 1884.

Abbott's Opora House— " Ilia Last Logs," 7.15 p.m. Lome • street Hall-Lecture br Mr Charles Brliiht on "Col. Ingersoll at Homo snil on tuo Platform," 7.80 p.m.

Checkmate," and

Temperance Hall — Qoapol Temperance Mission, 7.30 p.m. Working Men's ( luh — Trad>» and Labour Council. 7.50 p.m.

Births.

DINNISON.—On May 21. at Belmont, Hemuera, Mm Wm. Dinniaon of a son.

Marriages.

CURTIS-LKWIS.-On April 12th, by tho Rev. W. S. Potter, William Curtis, Aucmaud, to Rosa Lewis, of Auckland.

Deaths.

CABLE.-On May 22, at Wolkomiti. David Cablo; agod 81. ~, The funoral will leave the resldenca of Mr Andrew KoHy at 3 o'clock on Sunday, 25th instant.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1884.

For the cause that _*» assistance. For the wrong that aairls reslstanoa. For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

The i»sue of last night's meeting is declara tive of Sir George Grey's undiminlahed popularity. Even the bitterest opponents of the member for Auckland East in the Southern press have acknowledged hU power to nwe the masses without appeal ing to thelocal prejudices and petty interests which form the stock-in-trado of the com mon provincial politician. The dense pack of animated humanity in the Theatre Royal last night proves that hia many exercises of the art in Auckland have not worn away ita freshness nor diminished its attractions. The speech contained several well-directed and humourous sallies at the expense of Major Atkinson, and Its exposure of Sir Julius Vogel's gigantic land monopoly in Western Australia— perhaps the most extraordinary and scandalous conceesion ever made in a British . colony—drove another nail in the political coffin of Now Zea land's great Claimant. First in importance, however, in its bearing upon political parties in New Zealand, is Sir Oeo. Grey's reiteration of the statement mado at the meeting in Ohristchurch that he will not sink his personal opinions in a fight for office ; that he is content if he compel others to carry out the legislation which he believes to be for the good of the people. That he has hitherto succeeded in getting many of his principles passed into law, is be ' ond question. His presence in the House of Representatives has influenced the wholo poiiuy of government since he first took a seat, and he rightly regards this as a proudor boast than the honours of office, in which, trammelled by unsympathetic and Incompetent colleagues, his course must bo an undignified and de moralising series of concessions to expediency. Although theoretically leaning to provincial institutions, we owe to Sir George Grey the first semblance of a national public opinion in New Zealand ; and even the presence of Major Atkinson beforean Auckland audience to expound and defend his policy as Premier of tne colony. Major Atkinson has. Indeed, gone beyond Sir George Grey in his expressed dissatisfac tion with the system of freehold land tenure and coquetting with the doctrine of land nationalisation. As for the unearned in crement, tho Premier's property-tax has come down with considerable severity upon all sort* and conditions of increments, both earned and unearned, and' it • Sir George Grey can persuade him to push the weight a little further over on the ' happy 250 ■ persons who own those seven millions of acre* in New Zealand, we apprehend that no one but the 250 win growl very much about it. The problem of bearing the burdens of the country without increasing the load of taxation Is the problem which the Parliament has now to unravel. Major Atkinson states that the taxation per head (education being excepted) is less now than in 1870, before the public works scheme was entered upon. But he omits from his calculation the fact that the proportion of minors in the colony {native born population) has increased very consi derably during that time, and tho burden of these minors is cast upontheadulfcpopulation. If taxation has decreased it has been en tirely through the savings of the people ; the Government have gone on steadily lay ing new burdens upon the country, and the fact remains that New Zealand is the most heavily-taxed country in the world. In 1882, the revenue from taxation represented £3 18s fid per head; while the taxation of Victoria (including j £526,397 spent on education) was £2 12s 8d; and in New South Wales, £2 7s 7d per head. We find no remedy for these things suggested oither in the speech delivered last night or that which the Premier favoured us with on Monday. Yet grinding taxation isa power ful cause In the production of pauperism. From bo steady a drain must come the im poverishment of the people. It is true— and the argument was a favourite one with Bir.JuliusVogel—that thelability of the people to contribute so liberally without apparent distress to State purposes is a proof of the wealth of the colony,-and the great natural richness of the land; but we are placing too heavy a strain upon it, which, unless controlled in time, may settle the immigration ques tion in a manner not explicitly indicated by either of the speakers. We shall want people to divide our liability and ghare our taxation rather than to participate in our wealth.

There is no disposition^) treat hyper critically either of the addreteea which tha people of Auckland have heard from one platform this week, They are both valu able contributions to the thought of the time, and will foster a wholesome public opinion. In the growth of that, above all things, lies the hope and safety of the coloßy. The people of New Zealand, at this stage of their history, at any rate, are not serfs ; they reign supreme; a tolerably open road to pros perity or political and educational greatness fa open to every man, limited only by hit ability to take advantage of it; and it behoves them, cm the real rulers of li.a country, to proceed cautiously and

thoughtfully, erecting fortifications at every vulnerable point of the road, that none of those common avenues may become closed up by tho growth of class privileges. In both speeches there wero many useful cautions and valuable suggestions which will aid the electors in this difficult duty.

The Government steamer Hinemoa, Cap tain Faitchild, arrived in the Munukaa this morning. She will leave again with his Excellency and family on Wednesday morn ing noxt for Wellington.

Sir George Grey proceeds to tho Thames to-morrow, and will address a public meet ing there in the evening.

Some time ago it was understood that Mr Sheehan had definitely decided to contest Napier at tho next general election. Now it would appear that he is far from certain as to which constituency he will stand for. He has been in communication with Ilia friends here, and those behind the scones say it is more than probable that he will woo the sweet voice ot tho electors of Auck land City North.

We uuderstand that Captain D. H. Mc- Kenzie has given notice of his intention to move, at the next meeting of the Harbour Board, that tho depth of water on the sill of the Calliope Dock bo reducod from 33 to 30 fuet.

The Auckland Licensed Victuallers Association, under tho presidency of Mr Hugh Mcllhono, are girding up their loins for a struggle to secure amendments of tho Licensing Act. Tho secretary has been in communication with Southern Associations with a view to agreement as to a common platform, and a petition will be presented to Parliament sotting forth the objections of tho trade to tho present Licensing Act, and asking, amongst other things, that tho electoral rolls of the colony and nut the ratepayers rolls bo used in licensing elec tions.

It was curious to obsorvo among the crowd of people upon the stage of the Theatre Royal last n>ght the Mongolian features of Mr James Ah Kew, aud more curious still to watch the quiet Celestial's face as Sir Geo. Grey warmed into indigna tion at tho foul aspersion of a philo-Chinesc that Irishmen and Scotchmen were the dirtiest breed upon tho faco of tho earth, portrayed in tho unlovoly characteristics of tho great body of immigrants from the Flowory Land.

On account of tho "At Home" at Go vernment House, the Leap-year Reunion, which was to havo taken plnco in the Choral Hall this evening, is postponed until Thurs day evening, tho sth day of June.

We aro informed that last Sunday a watch was kept upon ono of tho Quoon .street hotels, and that between S o'clock in the morning and 10.30 at night 030 people woro observed to enter its doors, and that of these fully 300 paid their visits between the hours of 2 and 4. Tho polico having taken no action, tho matter is, we under stand, to be brought before tho Licensing Committeo with a view to having a renewal of tho license refused. Tho watchers are, it i* said, prepared to go into a court of law and swear to tho accuracy of tho numbers.

In the telegram received by Mr Superin tendent Thomson regarding the fatal ued dont near Hamilton, reported by our corres pondent in another column, tho name of tho deceased U given as Richard Fletcher ami not "I'ritehard," which is probably a tele graphic mistake Tho wifo of tho deceased resides in Karangahapo Road, near Bropliy's Star Hotel, and Constable Clark broke tho sad news to tho bereaved woman.

Wo learn that a numbor of passcngera by tho barque Crusader have lodged a com plaint with Mr Mays, immigration officer, against ono of tho officers of that vessel. The allegations are of a mont serious character, aud refer to the conduct allowed on board during the passage of the vessel to this port. An inquiry into the circum stances will, wo believe, bo hold to-morrow afternoon.

On tho evo of his departure for Napier Mr A. V. Macdonold was presented with a most handsome gold chronomoter, Albert and chain, purchased from Mr F. H. Lewtsson. Most of tho officials from one end of the lino to the other joined in giving thin evidence of esteem to their Into manager, which cost be tween seventy and eighty pounds. The presentation was m/ulo on behalf of the offi cers by Mr J. P. Clark, and was suitably acknowledged.

June 3rd in the date fixed fur tho annual election of two gentlemen to (ill tha offices of city auditors, and tho period for receiv ing Dominations closed at noon to-d:iy. The following gentlemen were nominated : —T. L. White, Mark Hawlings, F. W. Paul, F. Nutter, W. L. Mitchell, John Milne, and M. S. Loere. The present andi tors are Messrs T. L. White' and George Fraser.

A little girl, aged between two and threo years, was found wandering in Wellington- Htraot thia morning, and was brought to tho Police Station to await identification. Tho little one is attired in a black frock, and U suffering soverely from whooping cough.

Mr W. L. Mitchell has been duly nom inated to-day by influential citizens to lill the post of City Auditor, Mr Mitchell has had a large experience In such a line, and his qualifications are unmistakable.

Tho polico have completed their annual in spection of tho licensed houses in tho city aud suburbs. Aa Auckland boa-sfs of 100 hotels, this has beon a work of some magni tude.

The local Immigration Officer (Mr O. Mays) has fully 100 nominations for assisted immigrants, which cannot bo forwarded to the Agent-General owing to tho action of tho New Zealand Government in tem porarily suspending tho nomination of all but single women. The nominations now ready to bo forwarded aro almost exclusively from the country, and are for farm labourers and their families—no |doubt tho class of people at present most desirable for new settlers in this part of the colony.

Sophia Burke, a young woman who was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at the Police Court yesterday, has no fewer than 50 previous convictions for drunkenness, vagrancy, malicious injury to property, and obscenity, recorded against her. Her first appearance in a police court dock was in 1576, when, a blushing maiden of 16 summers, she pleaded guilty to her first charge of drunkenness. During her efght years' dissolute career she has spent nearly four years within the precincts of the gaol. This hopeful young lady recently com menced her 24th birthday.

To tho Editor; Sir,— Observing a paragraph in your itma of last evening that the Chairman of the Newmarket Road Board omitted to bring under the notice of the Minister of Public Works the miserable and inhuman state of tho look-up, I would beg feave to atate that the very important matter alluded to has not escaped notice, but that the proper tribunal, viz., the Minister of Justice, has been appealed to. Yours, &c, W. J. Spiteb, Newmarket, May 23, 1804.

A nautical Court of Inquiry, before Mr H. G. Seth Smith, R.M., and Captain Frater (Nautical Assessor) was held at the B.M. Court to-day, when evidence was taken (1) re a collision between the steamer Rowena (Norris) and the scow Kauri (Mac dermott), and (2) re a collision between the steamiar Coromandel and scow Norah. The evidence in the first case was concluded at I o'clock, but the Court reserved decision, while the second case was proceeding at a late hour this afternoon.

Another old colonist has passed away— Captain Cable, of Waikomiti. He was an old sea captain, commanding for thirty years large merchantmen trading between Glas gow and the Baltic. He came to tho colony with money, and after livjug for a time in Parnell, bought the farm at Waikomiti, but having nb experience in farming, soon lost hifl money. For a great many years ho earned a livelihood by carting provisions tp the residents, and his house became a place of accommodation foF travellers. Up til} about four years ago the old man—then 80 years of ago—drove his own trap with a pair of horses into town every week, and took out supplies for the settlers. Since then he ban been failing in health, and recently his mind showed signs of weaken. ing. Last Friday he told his attendants that he wa« going to be flogged by some person, and he would go into the water so that they could not set at him so oaeily. Labouring under this hallucination, he went and laid down in the crook, immersing the whole of his body except his head, which he rested on a stone. A short time, pro bably »pt a quarter of an hour, elapsed before he was discovered, When taken out of the water be was quite numb and stiff. Under kind treatment he revived a little, but only for a few hours, and has since gradually sunk gntil he passed quietly away at 2- o'gjock yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place at 3 b'olock on Sunday, fromithe residence of Mr Andrew Kelly, who'hfw befriended the.captain in his old ago, and a few months ago removed Lira to his own house. The captain was a widower when he arrived in the oolony, and never married, He bad no relatives. Ha came from Abooatli, Scotland, and for many years the services of the Presbyterian Church were held in bin boose.

Thoro has been considerable doubt ns to the date upon which the Queen's Birthday holiday should fall, and it was. hoped that tho City Council would have solved the difficulty last night by recommending either to-morrow (Saturday) or Monday next, tho 20th inst. Instead of giving a ruling whioH might have united the district in tbsir ob servance of the day,-the city fathers de clined to interfere ; evidently overawed by the recommendation ■of her Majesty that the holiday-making should be postponed till 20th Juno next. We believe that in the city generally the day will be observed to morrow—a number of leading merchants and others having come to that resolution ; but in Newton the shop-keepers have fixed Monday for thoir holiday. Tho shifting of the date to 28th Juno has the advantage that it throws the holiday into the winter* while to-those tradesmen who demur to a Saturday holiday, it has tho samo objection as has been urged to observing the occasion to-morrow.

Our weekly market price list is unavoid ably hold over, and will appear in the Monthly Summary to be published with the Stak ta-morrow evening. In the produce market, fresh butter, wholesale, is quoted from la to Is 3d per lb, and retail from Is 3d to Is Cd per lb. The greater value, hoover, refers only to superior dairies. V.gxs have also advanced in value, and may be quoted at 2s Cd per dozen wholesale, and 2s !)d per dozen retail. Flour remains un changed, but sharps (wholesale) have ad vanced to £'0 per ton, and maize (whole sale) to from 4s 9d to. 5s Cd per bushel. The gum supply for the month to date 'is about 3;">0 tons, tho market being still in a very unsettled condition. We quote : "Poor ordinary, from £3(1 to £38 per ton ; fair to good ordinary, £40 to £43; East Coast, £04 to £O'G. The market is very weak, rtnd a fall in price is imminent.

Enoch Richards, storekeeper, of Mata kuiia, and Edward Wakoliold Penney, hotel keeper, of Auckland (but now without em ployment), havo been adjudged bankrupts.

Tho interesting comedy of the " Serious Family" and "Chockmato" wore credit ably porformed last evening at Abbott's Opera Houso, and well attended, notwith standing the numerous counter attractions. Tlio characters were woll represented by Misses Fitzroy, Phillips, Esmond, VVool dridgo, and Messrs Walton, Catos, and Uodgors. Thi-i evening " Checkmate " will bo presented and tho laughable farce " O'Callnghan ; His Last Loot," and to morrow evening thig talented Company will conclude their dramatic season with " Tickot-of-Loave."

Wo would draw attention to tho advertise ment in our columns of the concert to be given in tho Parnell Hull to-morrow ovon ing, 24th May, under tha patronage of His Excellency tho Governor. A most ex cellent programmo has been arranged, and those desirous of attending should not tail to purchase tickets from Messrs Champta loup and Cooper at once, for to avoid over crowding only a limited number have been issued,

Tho lollowing tenders woro recoived and opened by Mr T. Holder, architect, on Friday, 23rd inst., for two shops, an j re moval of cottage, l'onsonby Road, viz:— Wood, L 530; C. H. Olive, LSSS; H. J. Baker, L 590 ; Wooler, LG23; Patrick, LC3O; J. Perkins, LG36 uColobrook, LU4O ; Tent and Allen, LGC7 ; James Willock, L 675 10s ; Oreoy and Morris, L 0"79 s William Cobbitt, L7i")o ; A. HaiuUcn, L7S4 ; E. Mills, LB9B.

During tho progress of an inquiry hold at tho R.M. Court this morning, counsel on both sides remarked upon tho dangerous practice of such vessels as scows boing allowed to " prowl about" the coast at night with but one man on deck. It was pointed out that If the man dropped off to sleep, or was suddenly taken seriously ill, tho vessel might go cruising around on hor own account, and go crashing into any thing that came in hor way. They woro not required to curry a certificated master, nor even a mate, tho law only stipulating that there should bo ono man at the wheel. At tho earns time it was remarked that it was tho clear duty of steamers to keep clear of sailing vessels, among which of courso iicows are inoluded.

The cases taken before H. G. Setii Smith, Ksi]., R.M., yesterday afternoon were:— Janiet) Wullaco v. Thomas Paton, claim £9 Is Oil, commission on sale of land at Papa toitoi to tho Board of Education for a pub lic school for tho distriot of Otahuhu. Mr Brussoy appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Browning for defendant. Mossrs Lusk, Watson, Plaintiff, Rice, and Evans having given ovidence, His Worship held that plaintiff had worked in tho interest of the school and as a member of the Committee, and therefore was not ontltled. Nonsuited with costs.—O'Neill v. Goodwin, claim £15 ss, damage to trap. Mr Theo. Cooper for plaintiff, Mr S. Hesketh for defendant. Judgment for £4, and costa.—MoNab v. Sewoll, claim £1 10s, groceries. Mr Thos. Cottor for plaintiff, Mr Theo. Cooper for de fendant. Captain Sewell produced the receipt showing that tho amount had be«u paid. He had allowed tho matter to go into Court because ho found that plaintiff lind put his namo into Bpry's Trado Cir cular, although tlio debt was paid. Judg ment for defendant with costs.

A confirmation service was held last evening in St. Sepulchre's Church by Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland. Twonty-two young persons—ll boys and 11 girls—were confirmed. Tho lessons were read by the Rev. Dr. Purehns ; prayers by the Yen. Archdeacon Dudley j the Rev. J. K. Davis, M.A. (St. Barnabas), olss performed a por tion of tho service. Several selocted hymnß wore sung, and a very instructive and im nrcssivo address was delivered by the Bishop.

Tho following cases were taken this mom ing at tho Police Court, before Messrs Clay ton nnd Maguire, Justices :—Four persons for drunkenness ; Patrick Fagan, attempted suicido through excessive drinking, ro manded for sovon days. Charles Dunn, a boy of 12, charged with stealing three boxes of cigarettes, meerschaum pipo and case, the property of W, C. Porter, tobacconist, Victoria-street, pleaded guilty. Remanded for tho appoaranoe of the boy's fathor, living in the New North Road. Mary Ann Derrick, alias Knox, who presented a darkened face to the Bench, said she had been bruised by a woman in tho police cell, who bumped her head against the wall. She screamed, but tho constable on guard did not come to her assistance She was picked up at midnight by Constable Ward at the Wellesley-street entrance to tho Market. The Bench thought the constable should be heard, and Sergeant White sent for him. Constable Bullen said the woman was very drunk. He know nothing of the bruising. Fined 20s ; and, in default, 7 days for repeated drunkenness. William Knox, fiah-ourer, at onpe paid the fine, and prisonor was liberated.

The second anniversary services in con nection with the Richmond Road Primitive Methodist Sunday-school were held on Sun day last, May 18, when excellent addrass'ig were delivered, in the morning by the Rev. T. G. Carr (Weeleyan), from the 12th chap, of Ecclesiastics, and part of Ist verso; afternoon, Rev. Watkin, (Three Kings), JOth verse, 3rd chap., 2nd Book of Samuel; evening, Rev. J. Boothroyd, from John 21st chap., 23rd verse. On Tuesday, May 20th, a public tea was held, when, considering the bad wet night, a goodly number eat down to tea, attended to by the following ladies : —Misses Holland and Mrs Holland, Mrs Verrell, Miss Fletcher, Miss Shaw, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Frank, and Mrs G A, Field. Afterwards^ a public meeting was held, prer sided over by Mr A. J Holland, Superin tendant of the Sunday ; school, and opened with prayer by Rev. J. Boothroyd. The Chairman called upon Mr G, A, Field to read the report which stated, that admidst great difficulties the work of the Sabbath-school had progressed. The number of scholars good on the books were: boys 47, girls, 27 : total, 74. Teachers: 4 females, 3 males: total, 7. The financial report stated that the total income had been.£lß 19s 3Jd; expen diture, £17 10s ljd ; balance in hand, £1 9s 2d. The report was adopted on the motjon of Mr J. H. Jones, seconded by Mr H. Field. Alter this the children recited their pieces in a creditable manner, and gang hymns under the leadership of Mr Salt. A short address by Rev. J. Boothroyd, and a com bined vote of thanks proposed by Mr H. Field, and seconded by Mr R. Bell, to all taking part for the success of the anniver sary, brought a very pleasant evening tp a close.

Political consistency is evidently not a strong point with the member for Cheviot, Otago. Speaking the other day Mr Mcllraith said he was in fayour'of noml. nated immigration. A Voice; You approve of that? Mr Mcllraith; Yes, I do. An Elector: Would you vote against it ? Mr Mcllraith i Yes, I would, Major Atkinson himself could not beat thjs for rapidity of obanging his views when he found they wero wrong,

The Auckland Provision Company will open, for sa'e to-morrow, the first nmpment of this seaaon'a Double Rose Porfectlon. Bjjttar, Is per In; beat Canterbury Bacon. 8d and Oil per 1b; Cheese (best in Auckland), (kl and 7d porlb, Bight Cornor Stall, City SJurket.-A Bettftny, Manager, •

Contracts taken foi all kinds of cojiereto work, large or small, and estimates and oilier Information Riven to those wishing to dn their own work.—John Wilson and Co., 75, Queen, street.—[Advt.J

SPORTING NEWS.

To-morrow's Races at Takopuna.

The City Council having decided upon nothing definite with reference to the cele bration of Queen's Birthday, tho Takapuna Jockey Club race-meeting wjlll take place to-morrow (Saturday), the day originally fixed. The fact of it being the last gather ing of the season will, in itself, be the means of inducing a large crowd to cross tho water, and all that is needed for the Club to score a success is continuance of the present fine' weather. Quarter to one is the time set down for the running off of the first race (»ot twelve as previously announced), and the names of those ongaged in th« different events are as follow :— BIHTIIDAY CUP. sUb. sUb. Nornianb}- .. 810 Kalo .. .. 7 * Flshwoman .. tl2 Dressmaker .. 010 Witiora .. ..7 12 Gllderoy .. ..0 7 Steeplkchase. nUb. stlb. Ohandler .. .. 12 7 Angler .. „ » I Julia Ann.. .. SlO Corrlgan .. .. 9 7 Kichange.. .. 910 King .. ..9 7 Winter Oats Handicap. Btlb. etlb. Norman by .. 810 Kalo .. .. T 8 Wltlera .. ..8 0 Nigger ~ .. 6 7 irishwoman ..8 0 Dressmaker .. 6 7 Paramona.. ..7 8 S&ara .. .. 6 7 Mitrailleuse ..7 0 Beeswing.. -.6 0 Local Hack Hacb.—Olencoe, Midnight, Miofc. Walpu, Bull'i-eye, Beeswing, Juno, Cata- Una, Wheel of Fortune, Golden Grape, Gra»B -°a«LUNO HuRDLSS.-Klng, Rat-trap (late Chandoa), Julia Ann Oate Queen Mary). Anglsr, BuH's-oye. Grey Monms, Evening Star, Harknway, Poarl, Tinman, Nigger. Sbllino Flat Rack.—Mignonette, Pigeon, Golden Grape, Traveller {late Him), Pipt (lute Nlnot), Doctor (late Jumbo), Sham, Daphne, Biioawing. Fusee, Tim, Pearl. Worm. Selltno STBBi'LECHABB.-Grey Momus. Qullp, Corrigan, Pearl, Anglor, Evening Star. From all appearances it looks as if tho Cup will bo a match botween Fiehwoman and Normanby, and for choice I prefer, the former." Sutherland, I understand, is to havo tho mount on Fishwoman, while Nor manby will have tho services of Wattio. In tho Steeplechase I see nothing that can boat Chandler, and for the Winter Oata Handicap commend me to the chances of Mitrailleuse, after whom I like Witiora. I have been requested to state that the Club havo decided member's tickets will be available for the day, which shows a great Hborality on their part, and also that totalieator investors should boo their tickets each have a private stamp on them, or they will not bo recognised in paying out. A steamer for tho conveyance of horses ongaged at tho meeting will !e»ve the wharf to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock. HIPPONA.

Dunedin J.C. Winter Meeting.

(UV TELEdR-U'lC. —}'KIW3 ASSOCIATIOM.) Dijnkdin, this day. Tho woathor wan very fine for the races to-day. Tho various events resulted : — HntiiLE Raok, SOaova. Little John 1 Mokarakara 2 (ilonura 3 Schmoozorand gallor Boy also ran. Bet tiuir: Even on Mokarakara. Sailor Boy nod Glenora fell, while Mokarakara and Sclimoozer baulked. Dividend, £0 13s. M.UDKN PLATB, 408OV8. Holdernets 1 Larry 2 FlapJack 3 Falcon, Mlnnia, Benedict, Tongariro, Symphony also ran. Won by a length. Dividend, £1 19s 6d. Provincial Haxdioap, of HOsovs. L&dy Emma, Oat 1 Hippodamia, 7at 131bs 2 Trumpeter, 6st 4lbs 3 Tho Poet and Violin also ran. Won easily. Dividend, £2 6i.

MINING NEWS.

[by telkorapit—own corresponbent.]

Pumping and Dralaage Quiwtion.

Thames, tills day. Tlis question of increased assistance to drainage operations was brought up at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. Opinions were expressed that in any re arrangemont of the contribution the Council should insist upon the wbolt matter being placed on such a basis that the bodies which supply funds for the maintenance of pumping Hnould have control of its ex penditure, so that frequent threats of stoppage should not be made. The Mayor said that prospecting operations had not until now been carried on in the proper direction. Mr Speight said it was matter of current rumour that tho present threat of stoppage was made In an en douvour to coerce the Prince Imperial Com pany into amalgamation with the Cross. After discussion, a committee, consisting of the Mayor, Messrs McGowan, Speight, and Bawden, was appointed to report upon the whole question. Nkw Prince Imperial.—The chamber of the new level has been finished, and a crosscut towards the reef commenced yester day morning. The country in the face is sandstone, but hard enough to render progress slow. In the eastern drive at No. 4 level the No. 2 reef has been Intersected by a water-course, which, however, has not affected its gold-bear ing properties. The Mariner's reef was broken down yesterday in the eastern drive at No. 3 level for the first time since operations at this point ware resumed. About 3 feet of quartz on the footwall Is promising, but no gold was discernible. The leader which branched away from the main reef westward of the crosscut at this level has developed into a nice lode 3 feet In thickness, and heavily mineralised.

Alburnu.—Dabb, tributer, banked 27 ozs ldwt gold.

SCINTILLATIONS.

Thk cry of Aucklanders—Gire us a (poli tical) rest!

Fine clear frosty weather. Last two nights of tho dramatic season. The gas-man always sings in long meter. Takapuna Races to-morrow start at a quarter to one. Mail steamer Zealandia left Sydney yesterday afternoon.

. Big triumph last night for the "old man eloquent." Cure for tightness of chest--Work and economy. Regular muddle over the Queen's Birth day.

Mr Geo. Thorne, junr., now threatens to be a " thorn in the flesh " to his friend the Premier.

An International Forestry Exhibition is to be held at Edinburgh In July next. A man unknown has been washed from his horse while crossing the Tukituki River, in Waipawa district, afi'd drowned. The retail price of eggs in Christchurch is Is Od por dozen. Sir George Grey's pjatform—No immigra tion, land taxation, and "population." Mr J. E. Brown, M.H.R., spoke at St. Alban s last night, and got a vote of confi dence.

Dunedin Trade and Labour Council haa been instrumental in getting about 60 names added to the electoral roll of South Dunedjn. AU tbo pews of the month in the Stab Summary given grfttjs tQ.-morrow. Why did the 'orny-'anded ohepr the g.o.tn. last night when he called them ",whipped hounds?" They rather seemed to like it.

Two houses were burnod down. In Canter bury yesterday—one at Addington and the other at St. Albana.

the profits accruing from watered milk the milkman's wife buys watered silk, MrParnell proposes to raise £40,000 to pay Irish membeiß of Parliament, who though patriotic are too poor to live in London on politics.

2,000 forfeited shares in the Southern Cross Potroleum Company sold at Christ, church yesterday at fid per share, Sir F, Whitaker has been retainod on be. half offMr Geo. Thome, junr., in h(s action against the Government, The amount claimed la £4,000 for breach of contract, and £409 for commissions alleged to be due. Mr Pistgur hat discovered that, by inocur lation with virus taken from mad dogs, ho oan render all dogs absolutely safe from rabies, " What's In an »im f remarked Jones, as he fired at a burglar and pat a bullet through the ball clock. Wellington people have no faith in the Premier's "depopulation" theory. This i» bow a bjyth in announced fa the " Post s"-~ 11 Skisner. —Thejcxy is still, "They come." On the 10th May, at Newtown, the wife of W f Skinnerrof a son."

SHOCKING FATAL ACCIDENT.

Man Killed on tho MorrlnsvHlo Railway,

(BY?BLEOBArH— OWN COBBKSPONBENT.)

Hamilton, this day. A cabpentbb named Pritchard met "With a iatal accident yesterday afternoon on the Morrinsville section of tho railway contract. He should have got oft' at Eureka station, where ho was employed by Mr Price, con. tractor for tho station buildings, but did not do so. When the train moved on, Mr Brett, contractor, asked him if he cuglit not to have got oil', and he immediately proceeded to do so before Mr Brett could stop the train. He fell between the trucks, and two trucks and the engine went over him, amputating his left leg and com pletely crushiug hia loft shoulder. He wag brought into Hamilton and attended to by Dr. Morice. He died within an hour. He has a wife and two children in Auckland. An inquest takes place to-day. Later. The coroner's Inquest held before Mr Searancke, resulted in the jury returning a verdict of accidental death. Pritchard, it is said, had been cautioned frequently about his reckless manner of alighting from trains.

THE SOUDAN REBELLION.

THE BRITISH RELIEF EXPEDITION.

[BY CABLE.~COPYH.IGHT.]

London, Muy 21. Tub " Pall Mall Gazette" to-day states that the Government have virtually decided to despatch an expedition to Khartoum un less General Gordon succeeds in escaping. The same journal adds that the force will consist of 10,000 men, under the command of Lord Wolseley, and that the expedition will proceed to Khartoum via Souakim and Berber.

Caiko, May 22,

Rumours that the British Government are making preparations for the despatch of an expedition into the Soudan have gained credence here, and it is believed that a strong military force will be coaveyed by steamers as far as Assouan, where the first interruption to the free navigation of the River Nile occurs. The officers attached to the British war vessels bow stationed in Egyptian waters are already engaged in equipping steamers suitable for river navi gation, and several vessels are being fitted in a manner suitable for the conveyance of troops to Assouan.

CITY COUNCIL.

Tub Council met at 6.30 last evening. Present: —His Worship the Mayor, Coun cillors Masefield, Holland, fiurrsitt, Burns. La Kocho, Fleming, Waymouth, Aickin, Thompson, Marshall, Crowther, Dovore, Field, Mackechnie, Stevenson.

Corbesfondbnck.—Letters were received: From the Defence Minister, in reply to one from the Council, asking for additional co operation from the police in carrying out bye-laws: The Minister stated as this would mean the employment of additional constables he could not accede to the request. From C. Griffin and other residents of John-street, complaining of the impassable state of that thoroughfare: Referred to Streets Com mittee. From A. Martin, re overflowing drain In Howe-street: Referred to Streets Committee. From W. Thome, asking that footpath in Vermont-street be cut out to level of a concrete wall he waa erecting: Referred to Streets Committee. From Dignan and Armsttong, asking for frontage to a reserve in WakofJeld-street, claimed by ono of their clients: Referred to Legal Committee. From H. G. Wade, architect, forwarding plans of a building in Grey street for approval: Approved. From Branston and Forster, asking permission to erect a lamp over Mr Coombes's ver andah, Queen-street.

Petitions.— A petition wob presented from residents of Pitt-street, Newton, praying that footpath be asphalted. Re ferred to Streets Committee. —The residents of Wellington-street petitioned for a re mUiion of damage charges in consideration of the expense they bad been put to through the alteration in the street. Re ferred to Streets Committee.

Qubuk's Birthday Holiday.—A petition was received from a number of ratepayers praying that the celebration of the Queen'e Birthday be postponed till Monday, the 26th inst.—Cr. Devore moved that the petition be received.—Cr. Burns seconded. —Cr. Waytnouth moved an amendment that the petitioners be informed that this Council is desirous of keeping the Queen's Birthday on the day fixed by the Government, viz., June 26th.—Cr. Masen'eld seconded.— The amendment was carried.

Streets Committee. — This Committee recommended : — William • street: Letter from Mr A. Brock re right-of-way. Agreed that the permit be granted on the usual conditions. — Upper Symonde-street: Re letter from Charlotte Watt. That the work, as recommended by the Engineer, be done and paid for by the Council, at a coat not exceeding £10.—Wellington-street: Re the letter from J. A. Heldt. That the sum of £10 be allowed for earth to be cut out, but cannot recommend any compensation other wise.—Drainage: Re petition from resi dents of the South Ward re drainage. That the same be referred to the Special Drain age Committee.—Kyber Pass Road : Re petition from resident* in this road that tenders be called for certain works. Agreed that the same be deferred until the winter mouths are over. — Ireland street: -Re petition of residents for the formation of the street. Agreed that this matter bs de ferred until after the winter months are over.—Macaulay-street : Re letter from Mary Lendrum. Agreed to reply to the effrct that the City Engineer's report be sent—viz., that the work is in progress, and that the stops will be replaced when the work is completed.—Lighting Queen street : Re report of the City Engineer to have better light at the lower end of Queen-street. —Water supply : A memo, from the Town Clerk re the super vision of the water supply, to the effect that a mechanic be appointed to be over seer over the water services.—Cr. Mac kechnie said that he understood that the matter of the bridge across the Grafton gully had been referred to tho Committee, but he found no mention of it. He had ascertained that a similar bridge had been made at Wellington at much less cost than that made by the Engineer. He moved that the Committee be instructed to call for competitive designs for such a bridge either in iron or wood.—Cr, Fleming said that the Committee had not reported, as Mr Anderson had not yet received o reply to his letter to the Cemetery trustees, and until that was to hand they could not report.—Cr. Crowther said that a practicable bridge could be made with 100 feet spans.—Cr. Thompson said it was quite within the province of the Com mittee to recommend the Council to call for competitive designs.—This matter was then allowed to drop.—Cr. La Roche moved an amendment to the report, to the effect that tenders" for the works in the Kyber Pass and Ireland-street be called for in August.— general Councillors pointed ont that this, if carried, would have the effect of making the works " urgopt worksj" and would place them before works authorised pre viously.—Cr. Crowther Baid it would be " sinful" to touch Kyber Pass while there were streets in the city like John-street, th« residents of which had not a track they could wheel a barrow along. If Kyb,er Pasß was dangerous it had been it) lar 20 years, and the lamps that had been authorised would do away with the danger,—Cr, Field said that the cost of the works in Kyber Pass and Symonds-street would be £10,000. About one-half of that would come against Grafton, which, with previous'works and the bridge oyer the Cemetery gully, would exceedfthaj: ward'i allocation under the Lo»n Act, and the q%r wards would suffer. At th}s stago Cr. La Roche withdrew hjs amendment, and the report was adopted. T«ffDEßs.--,Tenderß for the culvert in West,atreet were opened. Smith and Beat, tie's, f 823 }4a 6d, being the lqwest, was ac, Qepted.*r,Ten.derß fo* drainage of Bardinget street s Archibalds tender, £517 J4s, beina the lowest, was aooepted.-^Tenders for cuf, vert in Newton Road, j The tender o f A, Archibald, £489, was aooepted. i. ™*f £" Uo*"*»TOlW.^-Tl>e Mayor moved, " Tftjt the East. North, and Ponsonby Wards having no representatives on the Finance Committee, Cm. Aickin, Field, and Thompson be .appointed members of the Committee to deal with Cr. Thompson1 * motion re aljooatipn and part 7 of the half, yearly accounts.1' n , The remainder of tho ordinary business was postponed till next ordinary meeting.

SIR GEORGE GREY'S ADDRESS.

Tho Premier Criticised.

Sin George Grky, agreeably to advertised notice, addressed a crowded meeting of citizens last' night in the Theatre Royal. The attendance ?was considerably more numerous than on; the occasion of the Premier's address, all parts of the building being crammed fully half-an-hour before the time for opening the proceedings. In accordance with the now approved custom, the dress circle was reserved foi ladies and their male escorts, and as usual the fairer portion of humanity signified thoir apprecia tion of the privilege by attending in, ex ceedingly large numbers. Amongst those seated upon the platform were the Hon. P. Dignan, (M.L.C.), Major Harris (M.H.R.), Messrs J. A. Tole (M.H.R.), Chas. Bright, F. L. Prime, A. H. Nathan, J- H. Upton, W. Buchanan, J. M. Brigham, A. Stewart, D. Goldie, P. Comiskey, James Ah Kew, F. J. Moss (M.H.R.), Alexander McArthur, J. M. Shera, Rev. T. Hnmer, Superintendent Thomson, Crs. Thompson, Holland, La Roche, Devore, Garratt, Mackechnie, Mar shall, Fleming, Crowther, Field, Burns, and Stevenson, and the never-to-be-mis taken W. G. Garrard. At eight o'clock precisely His Worship the Mayor entered, in company with Sir George Grey, and at once assumed the chair. , Sir George received an ovation marked by the utmost fervour of enthusiasm. The audience sprang to their feet, and cheered and waved their hats or handkerchiefs for fully five minute?. When silence had been restored, His Worship briefly opened the proceedings. He took it that the people were ex ceptionally fortunate in having had the privilege during the same week of hearing addresses from the Premier of the colony and Sir George Grey, whom Major Atkin son admitted to be the realandonly possible leader of the Opposition. [A voice :'' You mean the only possible leader of the Ole."] He presumed that there was ty any need to bespeak the speaker of the evening a patient and respectful hear ing. [A voice :"Oh ! cut it short."] It was evident that the meeting was anxious to hear Sir George, and therefore without further ado he would call upon him to begin his address.

Sir George Grey, in rising to commence his address, was received with enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. He said he feared that it would be difficult for him to make himself heard by such a vast audience, but he would do his utmost to raise his voice so that they might all hear. Before proceed ing with his address, ho would take the opportunity of thanking them for having accorded a patient hearing to the hon. tho Premier on the occasion of his address on Monday evening. By doing so they had maintained the reputation of Auckland audiences _for fairness and a desire to judge fairly in political matters. But Major At. kinson made one mistake. Someone asked Mm how it was that he was stum} i g the co' ony when he had reproached Sir George Grey lor doing so. And he replied that he had a right to change his mind. But he had prtvioualy asked why a gentleman (meaning Sir George) should go stumping the country and neglecting other things that he had to do. But he forgot that he was in exactly the same position. He was the Premier, and therefore had other duties to attend to, and yet he was stumping the country. They would remember that he had told them years as;o that be would force their public men to do this. But the Premier did but one thinjj, and that was to tell the people his policy, and ask them to follow it. He did not tell them one of his plans, although it was his duty to have submitted them, and thus make the people part-legislators with him self. A RETROSPECT. He proposed that evening to give a short review of what had been accomplished by the constituency which he represented. The people forming a constituency, he pointed out, wore divided into two classes—one portion consisting of those who had their own ends to gain, and the other those who formed the great mass of the working people. It was the latter Bection who had always supported him. When he was quite a yoang man, years ago—nearly forty years ago—he had a great struggle in this colony to prevent the unlawful ac quisition of lands which really belonged to the people by private speculators, and to prevent lawß made for the good of all being broken. He was oppressed and over powered by the weight of his enemies ; by the Canterbury Association in the South— a great Corporation—and by the New Zea land Company and their aeents in the North, who were, in hia belief, attempting unjustly to acquire lands which were the property of the people at large. Great | efforts were made by them at that time to ruin his character in England as an ad ministrator, when to his great surprise, un known to him, prompted by he knew not what, suddenly there was put into his hands a copy of a memorial signed by the people of Auckland, pr. tect ing him against counter measures which were being taken to his detriment. Ever since, he had endeavoured as he hod previously done to promote the interests of the people who had stood by him so nobly on that occasion. And now he would pro ceed to refer to some of those things which had been accomplished by this constituency through its representative his being the mind which digested the thoughts of the constituency, and his being the voice which gave utterance to their views in public, and those views reacting upon all parts of New Zealand. They were as it were a com munity that could not be separated, and he asked what had they achieved. They had helped the people in Great Britain and Ireland, and it was admitted now by all who wore interested in the welfare of Ireland that the very laws the enacting of which had recently proved so beneficial to her came in the first instance from New Zealand. It was then that he, animated by a knowledge of the fact that the people in this colony would support him in what he did, gave utterance to what he. believed were words that are now held in grateful remembrance throughout every part of Ireland, and would long live there. Then again, what yoice was sixteen years ago raised from New Zealand on behalf of the suffering people of tfae large cities in Great Britain ? It was tho voice whose words were lately given forth in Westminster Abbey. They came from New Zealand, and from that heart which had ever throbbed with the desire to promote the interests of that constituency which was now supporting him. In the same way the agricultural poor of England were first brought into consideration, their cause first struggled for through the writ ings and wordj which issued from their representative, under the firm belief that this constituency would stand by the man who gave utterance to what he knew to be their thoughts. Then, again, there was the land law which he had discussed before them, and which had been re pealed here, but which had gone t) England and had secured the plaudits of the great Association working to promote the interesbaof the ladnless popula tion of the United Kingdom. Then again on the question of Federation, over which the colonies had gone wild, it woe the represen tative of City East constituency that ad dressed the working men of Auckland on the subject, and hod stated that plan for Federation which was now adopted by New Zealand, and ho believed by the whole of the Australian colonies. It was on that oc casion that the working men adopted his words as their own, and emphasized them tyith cheers. These were the words—Let us in these lands b,e satisfied with moderate wealth, humble homes, arid a cbntehted/ohd educated people. From every part of Aus tralia he nad received newspaper cuttings Quoting those words, and stating that they should' be treasured up and taicen as the guiding star of all yonife nations'out here. These wgre some of the things achieved by this young constituency. Then there was another thing which they had achieved. They would remember that at the last elec tion there was issued a little book contain. ing Wank leaves.' and asking, in large type, "What W Sir GSorge Grey done for the working man?" An.d they who iasned it believed the people were selfish enough to think that if they had got n shilling a-day extra In their wages by his efforts that would have oeen something noble to have done for them, as if the great objeoti which they were struggling to obtain were not those frpm which enlarged freedom, moderate happiness, and the blessings arising from an elevation of their class, were ultimately to flow. They thought they (the people) were to be blinded by nonsense such us that. Look at what had been achieved by them together. He did not speak of them as of City East or City West, or ap any part oi Auckland, because the people in all th«s« places bad. struggled together to put him in a position to aid them. He askect them this first of all. He had spoken of the question of stumping the country. That they had Achieved in great part The next thinp was that when they Bent him to Parliament, the' Legislative Council nominated by the Crown represented no one, assuming all the manners ot a landed aristocracy

.descended from remote ages, placed a bar to,the entrance to their House, and forced their representatives to huddle there in a group whilst they aat like great lords in eaeycbaire. (Prolonged applause). Thatwas a degradation to tho constituency of which ho was the mind and the mouthpiece. Ha said that while that degradation continued he would not enter the House, but would uphold the'dignity of his constituency What was the result? The first session found him alone, in the second ses sion men awoke to some sense of their natural dignity, and in the third and fourth sessions came a message the minds of the many having- been studied, that the bar would bo taken «wav and seats provided, if they would sit in them. Then, again, a new setof aristocracy was proposed to be set up, a peerage of an illegitimate sort unlawfully erected The Secretary of State was lending him' self to support a party by lettine them confer titles and rank, so that Muv istefa became representatives of the Crown —seen through a telescope looking in the broad side. They recommended that Mr So-ondSo be called honourable within tha limits of the colony. What did that con stituency say through its mouthpiece? " Cease this unlawfulness, or we will send a memorial Homo." This prevented the idea being carried into effect, and consequently no man would be made honourable for Ufa within the limits of the colony. The next thing he pointed out was that a monopoly , existed in connection with -the prof wrion of the law. It had been made a close pro , fession contrary to th# Liberal' principle) , which obtained in America, New Sooth L Wales, and elsewhere. Large number* of . New Zealand citizens were unjustly ahut out from becoming members of the legal , profession. He consulted his constituency and told them that every avenue to fame . should be open to the sonu of the people , They cheered him. He knew that W had , their sympathy and that they were with ', him, and ho fought the point. What . memorials were gent in from lawyers, , what misrepresentations were made, and , what weeping and wailing took place*! He j had hot altogether gainedhis point, but one j New Zealand youth had pasaed his ex f animations and yia about to take or had . taken his place in the ranks of the profea v sion. That was something, and yet 3 was a blank book to be placed bo t fore them ? Then, to proceed further ! they were aware how objectionable to men of religions feeling.and how damagingundu j many circumstances was the present , system relating to the administration of j oaths. He promised to see that ah'alters -3 tion was made in the law relating to oaths, t and he wag cheered by the people, and^ne D knew that kis principles were one with . theirs. Twice had this Bill been carried 3 and they could rest assured that before the , close of this session it would become law. I Then, too, when the constituency of City J Bast chose him as their representative there . were men Triio held seats in both Houses 3 and laughed at those who objected to the r wrong ; but he, acting for the people, an- P pealed to the Supreme Court for -write, which were issued, and whose effect was to g impose great penalties upon the wrong. , doers. Then there was excited fluttering | in the House, and one gentleman t called out in his alarm, "Why, t we have got a common informer amongst 3 us." (Laughter). The result was that they , passed an Act of Indemnity—in other words 3 anez post facto law by which to screen them „ pelves from just punishment. Then had B not he and his constituency put a stop to I unlawful pensions, and had they not further t made Triennial Parliaments an accomplished I fact? Bat he would weary them if he pur a sued the enumeration of things they nad 0 attained after due consideration by him and his friends, and cordial approval on tho people's part. He came therefore to 1 counsel with them again in order to devise a fresh plans for tha amelioration of the 3 people at large. THE PREMIER'S SPEECH. And now to the consideration of tho Pre mier's speech. (Applause.) There had t come to him within the last few deja grave y warnings, running thus:—" Gather up the 6 scattered remnants of your party, hand & them together, and by active effort tun the c Ministry out, but on no account tonch the r great men of this place." To hia mind, o the great men of the place and the Minis S try had made it up. (Laughter and up o plause.) But he was not to be deterred by c any such covert threats and insinuations y from the course he had marked out for him -11 self. In the past he and they—the people '■■ —had won their battles by a fearless ex ° position of the truth, and by a noble disre -0 gard of the probabilities or otherwise of at ? taining to power—by a generotra disdain of all cuch sordid considerations as ,these, y and so long as they pursued ~ this honourable course so long would ■• they be triumphant and nncorrupted. b They could force their rights from an nn- S willing Government and trembling ringi c (applause), and they would have them too. t The Premier had told them that there were p no broad party lines in the country, and to I- that he (Sir George Grey) replied that the i- gentleman was wrong. There were very t broad party lines upon Mich questions as * the Legislative Council—that of lands, and d that of offices held in the colony. , 8 ONK PAXTT DISTINCTION. ~ 'For instance, Major Atkinson was asked d the other night if it were right to take a if candidate rejected by a constituency, place y him in the Legislative Assembly, and ulti t- mutely make him Premier, and his answer h was that it was quite right to thus y save for the colony the lerricea >c of an able man. That wss tanta e mount to saying that Major Atkinson h considered his opinion superior to that of d a constituency, and that if they did not do « his wishes and elect his friend be would elect i- him himself. (Applause). It was to be c remembered that this Legislative Council d was elected for life, so that In appointing 1 him Major Atkinson was arrogating to him [l self the privilege belonging to the Queen. It d was a case of a dead man being restored to h life again. (Applause). What would the re e suit be of a similar proceeding in the case of t a peer of England ? Why, the country 0 would rise in revolt, but the people here sat y under it like beaten hounds. (Tremendous c applause). In the days of Roman s dominance a parallel thing waa perpetrated c at Byzantium, and it was pronounced to. 1 be dishonourable, a wrong to the Republic c and to the people. V. ANOTHER PARTY DISTINCTION.. s Again, he ventured to say that there were a broad party distinctions between the a Premier and himself on the question of land. t A certain residue of land had been Bet aside D for the natives, and their children after ~ them, so that they might not bo pauperised. Q This land had been rendered inalienable, and j yet by means ef the power reserved to r themselves by the' Government they could i. overturn all this and possess themselves of ~ this land. It really meant that the great t body of the citizens of the country were to „ be prohibited from the purchase of native B lands, while a smaller and more favoured 9 section might be allowed the privilege. It . was open for the Premier to take off the . prohibition as against his own family, 9 and thus render them wealthy men. They B should insist v jwn getting back all the lands 3 bo disposed of, in order that they might be . resold under circumstances of equal compo j tition, leaving Parliament to .determine a what compensation should be awarded the . expropriated holders. The same thing . held good in reference to members , of Parliament. Was it right that r it should be possible for a member of Parlia j raent to go to a Minister and persuade) him 5 by the use of a vote upon which his tenure . o! office might depend to remove the pro -3 hibition so far as he w&s concerned from , some large block or other that he was j anxious to acquire! [A female voice: "You , can try legal proceedings. Another ( yoice: "Dry up, old woman.?] l|i . 1863, and years later, he hwl brought in , bilk' to prevent this sort of thing Tpe , Eremier had eajd that t£a prwepli , state pf things in this, colony "in segard to land was a seandaj for ouj» , civilisation, which was exactly what , he (the speaker) had said again and ftgftin before him. He bad further deolaredftat now that the Government were geing toopen up the land by public workiijjia goanSai , could not Be allowed tp continue, and that private individuals oould not be allowed to reap the benefits which the State was entitled to obtain. Now, how was it.that he did not find that out las* session! [A voice: "Because he didn't want to. '1 Why should he so suddenly turn round and shut the door upon free com petition? To him the whole thing was in oomprehengible, o . THE PREMIER DETERMINED ON THJS PEHTRA& ROUTE OF RAILWAY, Had the Premier told them where he in tended to construct the m»jn trunk line of railway! (A voice; "No." Another YO'ob i "He doesnt intend to make it at ?i A. ■ would« however, tell them that the Premier intended to adopt the central routeinpreferenceto the proper route by way of Taranakj, as tho former one wonlS (Continued on Fourth Piige),;

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY MAY 23, 1884.



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