SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

IUSH WATER j[TcmorrowMornlng.'i.ft ' BUNSET.—Thta Evening, 8.65 : SUNRISE.—To-morrowMorning, i.M . MOON'S A.GB.-First Quarter, 2Hth, 9.555.m. ,

ARRIVALS.

TO-DAY.

Wellington, 5.8,, Stophenson, from Wbongarel ■Olenolg, s.B^ Amodeo. from Morcury Bay Wnlrarapa, s.s., (Jhatlleld, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Myrtle, brifcan tine, Lano, fer Sydney

. TO-DAY. Qnoon, schooner, Jeaes, for Hokianga ftuby, schooner, SSlva, for Whangaroa Wairarapa, s.s n Chatfleld. for tho South Rio, schooner, Dunn, for Newcastle Mfaiwera, schooner, Anderson, for Napier

EXPORTS.

Per Myrtle, for Sydney-500 barrels blasting: liowder. •

Per Waiwcra, for Napier (to be loaded at Mercury 8ay)—35,000 feet timber.

Inwards Coastwise.—Norah,:from Kennedy; Bay, with 30,600 feet sawn timber; Adah, from Talma, with 21.000 feet rough kanri timber; iucy Jfamos, from Waiheke, with *0 Dons wood, 6 basils wood.

Outwards CoAarwiS*.--Mnna, for Talma;: iColnmbia. for RusseU>, Lucy James, for Wai hoke.

The 'barque ttaly left Hokianga for Sydneyj yesterday.

Tho three-masted schooner Rio left for New castle this morning in ballast. Passonger—Mr T. Cross.

Tha brinantine Myrtle left for Sydney lastj .evening in ballast. She will probably fee S<ild At that port.

The brigantino Ada C. OV/en'isS.entered out at tho Customs for Rarotongb.

. Tho 3.8. Wellington arrived frpm^Whangarel 'this morning, with 3 »aloon and 3 steorago pas sengers. She toaVes for Tauranga this oven-: ing. ;

The-schooner Gloaner arrived at Mercury Bay, from Oamaru, on Saturday last.'and is now: loading timber for Levuka.

The s<e. Wairarapa, whloh] arrived- from Kussell early this morning, brought 23 bags wool for AuoklandV 170 sacks oysters lor Southern ports, and 22 casks oil for Melbourne. The New Zealand ShtopSftgr Company's Kuapeliu left Lyttelton for bondon at 4 p.m. yesterday.

The b.B. Herald and ■fearque Pelham were re moved from thewegward to the eastward side ■of the Queen-street Wharf to-day, in order that the larg« crane might be used in the transfer of machinery from the former to the latter.

The barque Gefion completed dischargineat the Sugar Works Wharf this aftornoon. Her place is |to be taken by the. barque Florence Treat, which will probably commence discharg ing there to-morrow.

The s.s. Glenelg arrived from Meroury Bay and Tairua this morning with the following passengers;—Mr and Mrs Horsbntvh, servant, and family; Mrs Re wcastlo, Miss McLeod, Miss Runciman, Rev. Mr Noboa, Messrs Murray, Norman, Quln, Butler, Urquhart.

The s.s. Wolrarapa left for Melbourne via Southern ports at 12 30 to-day, with the follow ing passengers :-Mes3rs A. 0. Carter, Lopdell, Morris, A. Whitaker. Wooster, Croxtois McLeod, Paiglter, Sydney Taiwhanga, Lipnar, M. Scott, G. Jackson. Geo. Gemmel, F» W. May, Henry Bowler, F. WhitcorabOw BeamJz, MoPhereon, Seville, Longdill, WUliamson, J. T.Tavlor, Jas. Cherry, V, Taylor, J. T, Thompson, Wm. Anderson, Mesdames Buck land, Glover, Dr. HovelL Mr and Mrs Smith, Rev. Houchcn, Mr and Mrs Husband, Mr and Mrs Bab cook.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Hannah Mokau, 8.8., Windsor, from Waitara Argyle, 8.8., MoArthur, from Waitara DEPARTURES. j Arfiryle, 8.8,, McArthur. for Hokianga i The S.B. Hannah Mokau arrived from Waitara .at 10 o'clock this morning with 49 head cattle, .and 16 packages. The s.s. Argyle arrive* from Waitara this .morning with 47 head'«' cattle. She left again .at 1 o'clock for Haktanga with 768 eases and j>ackage3 sundries,

KAIPAKA SHIPPING.

Tleleksville, this day. — A barque and a brigantine, bound for the* Woiroa. were coming in at the Heads yesterday. The former appeared to be the Celestia.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Sydney, November 26.—Arrived, this after noon : The "Wokatipu, from Wellington.

COMMERCIAL.

Evexing Star Offlco, this day. K. and A. Isaacs report of yesterday's auction of la wb tennis and cricketing boots and Shoes: was a.very good muster oi Ihe trade, bat owing to the goods having arrived late in "-/ the aeason,the prices realised wore anything hut satisfactory. They also report as follows on ' their to-day's auction oi glassware, plated ware, gilt mirrors. &c: Attendance fair, butal though 62 packetejwero submitted-nnta ■"*** *■«*• t*»^~-— r~— ~-~ Mr B. Arthur offered for sale to-day five Villa sites, situate at Mount Hden. by instruction of the trnstees of the late Mr \V. Hall, but as the biddings did not reach reserves they were with drawn.

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

Mails 'will Closeas under

Tms Da-y.

For Tauranga, OMnemutu and Opotiki, per Wellington, at 6 p.m. For WhitianKi, Upper Mill, and Tairua, per Glenelg, at 5 p.m.

Friday, 2Sth Inst. For Friendly Isfes, per Sandfly, at S a.m. For Cowos and Coromandel. per Coromandel at 1.30 P.m. For Tryphena, per Soverign of the Seas, at p*m. For Gisborno and Napier, per Thomas Russell, AC & p. lil« For Whangaroi Heads. Parua. Walpts, Whan garei, Kamo, TawUina and Maiikapa), per Macgregor or W^Wtkj, atTpvM. ' v For Thames, per EnrerpriSV, at 5.30 p.m.

Saturday, 29th Inst. Fatf3Qo.m aUandTßUranßai POT RotomaDana !S r wT 68' pcs Hotomahana. at 9 a.m. W, e pr ear MS^SSSk For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at 5 pjn.

Monday, December 1,

For Rarotonga, per Ada C. Owen, ot 3 p,m,

Tuesday, Docombor 9. Per a.s. City of Sydney, as follow ;— nSwf flqS??rB-I^Bnas< S«miwloh felands. JmSStm 01 Aroj^ca. Canada, British k* Mitral, anil South AmeMc*, and Bntish wid Foreign West Indleij, at 1 pjn 't&vJffiStiF"*^ of Money orders, registered letters and news papers, at U..3Q a.m. Late tetters, bearing an extra foe of six pence in addition to the postage, will be rpcoived by the Mall Agent on board the steamer up to the tune of sailing. This mail will be due in Londsa On Satur day, 17th January, JBSS.

Tbes.B.W&ip3l-a will sail from Hokitikafor ; Okarota on the 2nd proximo, and for Jackaons' 1 Bay and intermediate ports on 16th proximo. N.B.—From andafter the 15th November inst, the following rates of Postage must be prepaid on Correspondence for the United Kingdom, addressed to be sent Via Brindisi :— ' # °» aH Letters one shilling per half-ounce or fraction of half an ounce. On all Book Packets and Parcels, three pence for every two ouncos or fraction of two ounces.

On all Newspapers, twopence each. Correspondence addressed via Suez and Brindisi, and not fully prepaid, will be for warded via San Francisco.

In conocquenco of alterations of Waikato Railway Time-table, the following lines«?f niails will be cloned and received at Chi<£ Post-office at hours stated bolow, commeiicinu Monday ath instant:— . Closed: From Portoso to Hamilton, at 7 p.m; Epsom to Mercer, at 9 a.m.; Penrose to Te Awamucs, at 10.30 a.m.; Ellerslie to Morcer, atS.33i>.in. Received: From Hamilton to Otahuhu, at 7 a.m.; from Mercer to Penrose, at 9.30 a.n>.: Bllerelie to Epsom, at 11.30 a.m.; Mercer to EUerslie, at i.15 p.m.; To Awamutu te . Mercer, at 5.15 p.m. ~ ,'J _: 8. B. BBS, Chief Fogtmnatw. hlef PoatrOftlce. *--■•■

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

. " KOVJJMT3BB 27,188 i. Abbott's opera Hou6e-"Tho Corsican Brothers," 8 p.m. Freemasons' Hall-Prince of Wafes Loflge, 7.30 p.m. St Thomas's School-room—Vocal and Instru mental Concert) % p.m. St. Sepulcbto'sMutual Improvement Society— Meettag of Members, 7.3D p.m. Totmg Men's Christian Ausociation - Dsttf tional and Address, 7.30 p.m.

Births.

Vf ifo of Frederick J. AVilson (VVairoa South) of aaon. GALLAGHER.-On Nov. 23, at her residence, I*rospect-6troet, Ponsonby, th"o wfto of Robert Gallagher of a eon.

Deaths.

SEAi,i-.-November 26, AUco Pearl, inranl onughter ef Leonard and Rebecca Scaly, al Kingsland ;* age 5 months.

WHim-On November 2G, 1881, at Provincial Hospital, Auckland, after a long and painful illness, Gesr»-o Henry, dearly beloved husband of Sarah S. White, tliird eon of late James Wnito, wine merchant, Bristol, England. !ate proprietor Pacific Hotel, Russell; aged 33; deeply regretted, — Wellington papers and Otago Daily Times please copy. Funeral wUUoaye the Hospital at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow (Friday). Friends are invited.

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

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1381.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For tae wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the Rood that we can do.

Over-pressure in public schools is not a practice peculiar to the colonies. This truth is attested by the universal attention which has been paid to Dr, Crichton-Browne! s report on the forcing system in English schools. English, American, and Australian papers have J fully discussed the subject from many standpoints. Agreement among so wide a range of critics was not to be expected. Some assert that Dr. Crichton-Browne had given utterance to decided opinions on the prevalence of over-pressure before his appoint ment, and that his report is a laboured attempt to sustain preconceived notions. Another reviewer declares that Dr. Crichton-Browne was a very Balaam. He had been appointed by the Hon. Mr Mundella in the belief that " his report would confute those who had trouble the peace of the Education Board by their complaints of over-work inflicted upon children, and lo! his condemnation of their methods is stronger than any yet uttered." The Government were so disappointed that they held back the report from publication until public opinion demanded it. It is, how ever, beside the question now to inquire whether the examiner was' unprejudiced or not; no one ques tions that he was fully qualified for the task, and his appointment by the Minister responsible for the working of the Education Department gives some assurance that he would not be unduly inclined to deal harshly with the system. . . , ■ . /

If any uncertainty has prevailed about the doctor's previous views on the evils of over-pressure, there can ■be doubt no longer. His report is couched in the most unqualified con demnatory language. Speaking of evening work, he says-:—" I have en countered many lamentable cases of derangement-of health, disease of the bratn, and even, death, resulting from enforced evening, study, in young children, with the nervous excite 3 and loss of sleep which ,Sg <^ces. Insamtv. nephritis, Brighfs

disease, and urvemia, are among the diseases which Dl\ Browne asserts have frien increased by the Jarain torcing adopted in public schools. Headaches, shortsightedness, neuralgia, and sleeplessness, he aays, are frequently found among children who are pupils in the public schools. These troubles, he maintains, are not normal contingencies of youth, and yet they largely prevail, and are the direct fruits of over-pressure of work, of too great mental strain. His conclusion, which is supported by the London " Lancet^' is that, for the sake of cuildr'eri and teachers alike, thus sfchoofe ought to be placed uhder medical supervision.

• Some of the conclusions of the re port, it must be admitted, are not well enough supported to carry conviction. To quote, as he does, the Registrar- General's statistics of insanity S.ttd attribute the increase. which ih'e'y ex hibit to over-pfessnte m schools, with out adducing a tittle of evidence to con nect'me two, does not lielp his case. Neither is the statement that's 34 per cent, of the boys and 55 per cent, of the girls attending elementary schools suffer from neuralgia and toothache very Conclusive unless; ftifc s&6nl^ ilso show that children frcV&'ti&nding school ate exempt from ihese ailments. There are defects enough of this kind in the report to make us receive some of its conclusions with caution, especially as Dr. Lyon Playfair asserts that the average health of children has greatly improved since the public-school system had withdrawn them from their unwholesome dwellings and neighbour* hoods. Still, making every legitimate reservation, the main conclusions of the report have not been disproved, From a period of lethargy and in difference in education, public opinion has gone in the direction of over* pressure, to the physical deterioratioft of the rising generation* Persons frkd have the care of chifditefi x&nnot give Dr. Crichton-SrcW'ne's remonstrances too much consideration.

Another French Revolution.

Serious rioting in Paris by unemployed workmen is an ominous sign of the times. Had the disturbance recorded in our cable news on Tuesday taken place anywhere slse than in the French capita!, there would have been little ground for apprenfehlfoh >, I but: In iht circumstAnc& ti\o outbreak of | the other day fe utrad to cause the gravest jondcrtiv The French people are excitable, 'impatient of suffering, and easily aroused and organised; in Paris particularly there is a great multitude of desperate men always ready for any lawlesD enterprise \ and when that criminal crowd is augmented by several thousand!) bt idle workmen, a very small 3park of discontent may speedily be fanned into a great conflagration. .t'Vr some time past th« industrial Con dition of France, partteutariy ot the manu facturing Centre*, has been very do pressed* and with idle men discussing Socialistic and Communistic theories, wide» spread discontent has in eonßcauenCia reei engendered. B«oon remarked tfekk " armies march upon their beHtesy*' 4nd the sain 3is truo in a wider Wttsft of kingdoms ond communities. When, therefore, men aw starving, great social convulsion^ mUy b9 expected unless the restrafetn"^ influences c 5 character and TeKgWft ti'te proportionately stronger tbj>n tee exciting causes. Not long siwio a moss meeting of unemployed 'rbVkmen was held at Lyons, in the south of France, at which tho speeches Were of an aggressive kind, declarations being made that nothing short of the adoption of Social - istic principles would secure th» rights of the labouring classes. In LyonSjWntcn is nn important mnnufacturlng city, it wasetfttSd that tho number of people rdh> reached the total of 25,000 ( and the magnitude of tho evil may bo guessed at when it is remem bered that this was not owing to any strike or trade dispute causing a temporary Sus pension of operations, but was solely due to the want of work. Wo havo rrt} statistics of tho number of übetopteyed ab present in Paris, but doubtJeaS. ttieir num bers «» i>«yrf, «aml tbeir condition one of such abjeftft misery as fortunate dwellers in these colonies would find it difficult to con ceive. The French workman at no time is well paid, and he has rarely a " nestegg " to fall back upon, so that actttft Buffering and jpositive starvation Very quickly stare him in the f«n*3 wtiln his weekly pittance ia cut of. That tho rioting ia Paris was Severe is plain from the fact that tho military had to bo called Out, but OS no Cue has been killed It; is possible that thti ciW/d was toslly overawodi Th,e »Vrt«s of a large number of WrtieWite may, how overt only servo to exefto the populace *.til* further, and they may arm them selves and make their next outbreak a much more alarming one. Paris is France too, and what ia done there will arouse every part of the csuntry. Unices the President and officers o! the Republic display great tecfc, forbeavajVcei reso'jrce, and energy in dealing with tub cky for re- Uef, a BOfeond CotimiWmstie rising may justly be feared wnioh Would be marked by all the frightful carnage and ungovorned ferocity that characterised the last. That popular discontent should attain such threatening proportions under a Republican form of government is a remarkable evidence of-tho truth that in human haturo jtseli', teior'e than in tho social . fcrtilittcal institutions under . •frhlch ft exists, lies the remedy ?ot the evils that afflict society. France was peaceful and prosparoWs under the Second Empire, and ta that did not avert revolution, bo the pro fessed freer basis of the Republic will not stay Socialistic tendencies so long as there is misgovernment and mismanagement in domestic affairs, with filibuster and bounce in foreign relations. Nor is it reasonable to hope that the wild vortex of Communism would make things better, but still there is the probability that the volatile sons of Gaul will rush into it, in the faith that out of the wreck and ruin, as from the waste and woe caused by the Great Revolution, a new and improved order of things will

arise.

By the Wairarapa, which left for Mel bourne via the South this afternoon, the New Zealand Sugar Company shipped 600 gunnies refined sugar for Lyttelton, and 60 gunnies refined sugar for Dunedio.

Mr R. J. Randenon'a salo of Victoria Glen Estate, Remuera, was proceeding when we went to press. Nineteen allot ments had boon sold at prices varying from ISs to £2 10s per foot.

Mr Oliphant Hughes, formerly assistant clerk in the Auckland Court, has been appointed clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wanganui.

Sharemarket a little easier to-day, with but slight change from yesterday's quota tions. Darwins in demand at advanced rates. Sales to-day,:—Darwin, 7s 9d to 9s; Queen of Beauty, Is 4d to Is 6d; Prince Imperial, 19s ; Cambria, 13s 9d.

•To the Editor: Sir,— He the "nuisance" case of Princes-street, the same (perhaps in a less degree) exists on my premises every six weeks or so. Now, what is the cause ? I answer—Neglect on the part of the con tractor. I pay him the required sum every quarter for performing a certain duty every fortnight. This duty is performed every five or six weeks. I hare tried writing to the contractor, but in vain. Can you sug gest other means ?—Yours, &c, E.H.K.

Nelson has 1,000 inhabitants more than Napier, but aa showing, presumably, the difference in conduct of business in the two places, the summonses for debt issued at Nelson during the past ten months hardly numbered one-third of those issued at the latter place, and during the same period eight judgment summonses were taken out at Nelson to sixty at Napier.

Miss Crawford's Dramatic Company gave their last porformanco of "Life; or the Castaway," at the Opera House last c venin a. This evening " The Corsican Brothers" wfll be presented, with Miss Crawford as the twin brothers.

A Wellington newspaper advocates the abolition of Bellamy's, or that at all events no intoxicants should be supplied to mem bers of Parliament. It adds:—" In our opinion, the selling of drink in Bellamy's, and tho resulting intoxication and be muddlement of a section of the representa tives, is a foul disgrace to tho whole Parlia ment."

! The French sugar industry is in danger of perishing. In 1874, France produced 415,000 tons of sugar, Austria 233,000, and Germany 289,000 tone. In 1883, France had not increased her production, while the Austrian had risen to 600,000 tons and the German to 925,000.

George Cook writes that it was not a cab but a brake he was driving on the oventful night when ho fell into the hands of the constable at Newmarket. He vows he was not drunk.

The projected presentation to Mr George Fraser, sen., is assuming a substantial form. Wo understand that tho amount already reaches the promising sum of 200 guineas, An illuminated address has been prepared by Mr James Slator, draughtsman.

At a mooting of tho Waitemata Boating Club held last evening, it Was decided to send two crews for each tff tho whaloboat races at tho Auckland.Regatta, ancl crews wens fitcked to commence training on Saturday next.

Tho coal measures of Now South Wales are estimated to occupy an area of about 23,950 square miles, and there treason to bolieve that tho coal eeams which are now j being worked in,;the Kor^v-i), Western,: ; and Southern wa^qras pi tnocolony under-: Uo v/itlitr^ a.wbrkiblc depth an area of 3,328j square mr>les, or nearly half tho area of tho' coalfields of the United Kingdom of Great Bfitain, and contain, after deducting ono halfofthetotalcontonteoftheseamsforwater, &0.,ab0ut14,370 ) 000,000 tons of coal, which, at the'present annual rate of. production of; about 2J milUoa tons, ffoiikl kst fol-over! 5,09Q yeftH, Tl\6 tsjkl 'qudnttyjea of c^isal rcauvlliln&.ahtl HvjUmUkxlof fV.tUlouse in tte " visible c'6alfie%M ' oi the United Kintr- Britain is not Ci tilß6s as much as tho Now South Wales coalfields contain, .

To the Editor ; Sir,—Complaints and ro monstrance seem quite lost on the Devon port Ferry Company. The convenience of the residents is simply the last consideration which woighs with the directors. For oxamplot Tlie morning boats, thronged with business people, are often steamed ovor to tho coaling wharf, where they are detained for from 7 to 12 minutes, thus causing con eidornblo annoyance and.loss to many of the pascengcrs-. This morning the boat which should havto toft ftorth Shoro at 10 o'clock Went to coal and did not finally leave for town till 10 minutes after the hour. Tho matter is really becoming a serious one for tho residents of Devonport, and rtouie steps ought to be taker, to impress ttpoh the Corn jinny that there is & Hniit to human lendur anc».—Ytture, Ac^ CAiiioipfe,

. A.\trit\k^ ti&fied Tarehu, who was fined Toi- drunkenness yesterday at the Police Court, raado un attempt upon his life last night about nine o'clock with n gum digger's knife. Ho came down from tho Kuipara gum-fields a few days ngo, And on reaching Auckland, comn»e!Ked squandering bis earnings tv drink. He sp3nt all his monoy, and £2 obtained on h$ j watoh, and while under tho tlll-e influence of delirium tremenS) COmm itted tho rush act, Sergeant Ktely and one or two constables wore immediately on the 800^ and tho services 'of Dr. Hooper colled ittto fequi&itfom The doctor at onco Btitched lift the throat and dressed the wotVnd, ana Tarehu was conveyed from his temporary lodgings by Cbanoery-street to the Hospital,

Morphy, tho young anarchist who, during tho p^ast two years, has acqulred euch notoriety, has just sUocaeded Itt effecting his escape from the Cochin Hospital under cir cumstances which certainly speak much for his promptitude and ingenuity. . He. Was undergoing a term of.sjtx nvMtfts' imprison ment for inciting to pillage In the columns of thb journal to which he contributed, when ho fell ill and was transferred to tho Cochin Hospital. Hero ho bohav«.t s"o badly that ho had to b« ecuftmid ih h room by himsolf and strictly lddltttd tltor. Indeed, thtt aWtnorittes, ?n ttespair, bad iloeidW ,bn WiHoVlng him back to £ris6m Itorphy seemed to haVo got Wind oi the plan, f6r th'o V'erjir h'.gllt before he was to r'ewVrH to gaol he contrived to^ lei'tving in his bod a dummy, \Viiiuh deceived the employe's all night. On entering his room at 0 o'clock the next morning, tho officials of tho hospital cAlled out, " Morphy/1 and then went up to the bed nlid shook the figure> and finally discovered to their dismay that thb head which they had seen rtteoslhg peabeably all night was tinltiposed if a large bowl en veTnpeu in a cotton cap. The prison van Was at the door, but tho b!Pd hftd flown. It h said that the •' iilMyan " Morphy is now Sft'feLy oh theothor eido of tho frontior.

A public meeting, convened by adver tisement, was heJdfttth'e^Wtestaht Hall, NowtPD. last fevehing-, for tho pUrpbs'e. of "Considering our prej'pnt land arid ?Hon«>y oystjoms." Th'erbjvto b% & tapderato at tendance. .Mr Duffus, President, of tho AWVkcindLib.eral Association, occu[n«d tho chair, ana called upon Mr fysttnny to intra (Jnce tho ouicject. Mr Bottany read a care fully-prepared paper, advocating land natlonnlleatwn ttnd tfos Establishment of a .national batifc. Into this bank the moneys fjran'vsd from the Jand would bo paid, and would be lent to colonists at low raton of interest to aesiet them in developing the land. An animated discussion) in which Messr* Hughes, HoUoway, «nd othor* took part, fojlwywfc , Tho laat li&foed gonjlomftrt s&JMfly denounced tho rfteiatfera of tile presoht Ministry for having tetSci in a manner contrary to the interests of the people regarding the land. Messrs Tole, Ballanco, and Stout should bo politically tarred and feathered as traitors to the principles they had once advocated. Ho made a violent attack, on Mr Tolo with respect to a native land transaction in tho Bay of Ma,ti*.i. The meeting broko ii^febou't 10 o'clock with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

Tho sum of £4,000 was voted by Parlia ment for the assistance of public libraries. Tho distribution of this money will- take place on Bth February next* and clallns to participation must reach ,the Secretary of Education hOfc kter than Now Year's Day. Every public library maintained by rates will Be entitled to share in the distribution according to its income from rates; and every public library maintained by sub scriptions and voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to its income from subscriptions and voluntary contribu tions. The admission to libraries claiming must be free, not being under the control of an association, society, or club, whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, As a rule, a subsidy will not be given to more than one library in tho same > town. The distribution will not bo in proportion to the several incomes of the libraries t but a nominal addition of £-25 will be made to the amount of each income, and the voto of £4,000 Will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more than £50, and that no payment shal be made in ro speot of income derived from endowments or grants from borough or county councils.or of moneys received for building purposes, and not simply for the current expenses of the library itself, or of moneys received as rent, hire or consideration for the use of any building or room belonging to the institu tion

The Auckland Prison-gate Brigade and Night Refuge of the Salvation Army is doing a work which has claims upon universal sympathy. Although happily we have not yet a distinct criminal class, there are the germs of one, and these cannot be too early taken in hand and eradicated. With a little judicious help, every man may enter upon a new life in this colony ; the country opensavenues of employment, where the erring man, who so wills, can retrieve his disgrace and become a reputable member of the community. The Brigade aims at ex tending that aid at the right time and in the best way. Arrangements are made to meet all discharged prisoners at the prison gaf», and take care of them till wort is obtained; also to provide food and shelter to destitute persons. Last week two of the prisoner?, after three days' residence in the Home, found work and went up country, and duiing same week 47 beds and 135 meals were supplied to those in need. The branch of the Brigade which is dtfvoted to the rescue of fallen women is directed by Mrs Hut ohinson, a lady with means, who devotes her time gratuitously to the work as a labour of love. Funds are of codrße required for these institutions. The Women's Brigade requires even more sympathy than the men's. There are already three rooms rented and furnished; and last Saturday there were three occupants. The furniture was given by sevetal sympathising friends. An appeal to tho public is made on behalf of these deserving charities in a prospectus on the fourth page of to-night's issue, and we) have great confidence and pleasure in- com mending it to the sympathy and1 liberality of the charitably disposed. This is a philanthropic ftiea3u.ro which, rises above creeds, and appeals to the" common humanity of men and women who owe a duty to their fellow-creatures who are drowning for want of a friendly hand stretched out to save them.

The parsimony of the British Royal Family iB well-known. The neglect of poor old Tawhiao might be excusable, but not so their treatment of tho King of Sweden, who had to put up at a hotel during his stay in London. Some of the English papers ate contrasting this with thesplondid hospitality ho showered somo years ago upon the Prince of Wales.

Messrs W. and J. E. Vaila openetj their I new. auction mart to-day, opposite the SavingeJ3ank, Queen street. Thapfemisos are roomy, light, and airy, jvlth com modious offices, and an exte.nsivofback yard for the reception of poultry,- prod.uco, etc. Messrs Vaue.will commence business to morrow by Belling furniture, sewing-, machines, grocers' and oilmen's stores, ana, by order of-Mr Jtunes' Mason, nurseryman, the prize Exhibition plants. ; :

The Mayoral office is not rHuch1 coveted in any of tho Now Zealand cltlus. A write* in thp t)unedin "Herald" says:—"Tho contest for the Mayoralty does not seem to oxcite much enthueiasm. Why is this ? Dnnedin is tho premier city, the commercial-capital, of New Zealand. None of tho other collections of wooden shanties and brick and cement palaces could hold a candle to it. Our Mayor is at loaat next in dignity to the Premier. Inctaed.whon the gold chain of oltico which is to bo contributed link by link by the successive occupants of the chair is com plete, he will, no doubt take precedence of that functionary. Why, then, I ask again, do the citizens take so littlo interest in his election on the present occasion *"

That Austi'aliattp avo aUioiigst the largest consumers tif ISa la proved by tho Customs s'falistlciS of New South Wales, which B'"' 111 imD°-'.: iuio that colony rose fiom P^^yggj,; in 18n to 5>2 7G,9301b. m 1881, boing at tho rate of more than Bilb. per head of the population. In 1882 the imports sank to 7,58b,7091b. ; last year ex hibiting a yet further declino, but theroare not wanting indications that the figures of 1881 will again bo speedily reached.

A rural cpuplo rooontly croatocl Borne amusement in an Auckland tram-car, Whon the car became drpwdod the bride groom offered his eottt to a lady. "Oh, Williiimj .where'alto you going ?" said tho btido. "Nowhere. I'll stand light here." r The bride looked indignantly at tho lady who had accepted the seat. "Well, Wil liam, if you've got tostand up, I'll stand, up too,1' and she did.

tf?6f£UGnfc duster? will noifc e'l,6p .diring ex^erimenta. Oil a recent Mate Lord Jj'rod ierfck Hamtltone.nl! Mr Cecil Baring, tlio Seocnd SOU of Mr Edward Baring, swam across Niagara, just beneath tho Falk They jumped into the water at the feet of the American Falls oil tho American side, mid struck out diagonally across the stream. Lord Frederick unluckily struck his km& against a 'rock on entering Hkti Witter, and this partially disabled him. They Kotli swam safely through the rough water, being carried down. e?EKS way by tho current, which in Very violent there, and roar>hed tilt* smooth water on tho Cft!-a''(all eldts. Lord Frederick, 'with his crippled feneo, fallqd to roach ttffl btttitt, ahd was hauled into a boAt Kjiiie 20 yards from tho shore, and about half a railo from the fitarling point. Mr Baring swam on, how ever, in excellent stylo, and landed a hun dred yards below tho Now Suspension Bridge, none tho worse for his novel bath. Tho English Goverrijhoiit are drying ft novel experiment in lite. insurance. Toll cios for Btims not 6ver £25 aro now granted at any post-office savings bank without any medical examination. If, liowove!:, an M! sured should die bflfoV* thu *oiorid annual preiniujw. b«ed»b& payable, the amount of tho lust premium and no inoro will be paid to hi.i representative. Shculd tho insured dio aftor tho payment of tho second, bull before tho third oremlum btrdrow fluQ., thb repi-c«entntiv«i Will «fj paid only half thb amount of tho policy. In case of death from acliidcnt, however, the full amount iS paid. After the pdyir\cnt of fho third Jirc mium, tho policy is entitled to full benefit. Tho p.liin Is wttrthy tho consideration of tho Now Zealand Government; for there scenus no good reason why people of weak consti tutions should not havo tho bone/it of life insurance. Tho isoson Indeed is all tllo other Wtt}-i

In the riiatler of mniung a flited chargo for adiriissioh oU Suhdays, It would seoiri that tbort) is one law for tho Clnistian and another for tho infidel. Tho law ah tl'.ti subject haS. been defined by tho Crown Solicitor of Viotcrfa, who. was requested to givo hie opinion on the subject by the Chief Secretary. In July last it was annoUn'oH':). by advertisement tbnt at t!'-0 crloiiihg e'er vice of Bfc Augustine's Church; Bottrk<> gtreet. West, rjcrtaln charges would be nmdp tor ddmlesion. A liiombbr .oLthc Seculuv Asf'oci'it^op asljsd..rh« .CWo! Secretary :to jpreroiy. ; that jKtirse ueinj^ adopted, on tho £roil'ld tlmt, the body ..with, which ho was connected was i not allowed to charge admission .to their Sunday .entertain ments. The Under-Secretory aukod the down Solicitor to Advise Mr Berry on tho jjVMnt. Tho Crown Solicitor replies tin fol iowa :—" After tho completion of any place of worship built by Stato aid, one-sixth of sittings aro to bo set apart, for which no rent is to bo charged or imposod. Subject to this I am not awaro of any civil law pro hibiting tho different churches charging for admission."

A few dayß ago (says the " Now Zea land Times "), two ladies called at tho Custom-house to see about getting some important articles out of tho 'hands of tho Uovornmont officers. Thoy wore directod to the proper department, where a courteous deputy collector informed thorn that it would bo nccossnry for the owner of the articlos in question to mako oath as to their character. This statement caused tho older lady evident distress. She remarked uneasily that tsho did not want to swear. "The law requires that you shall swear to tho factp,'1 said the deputy collector, as ho proceeded to fill out the necessary affidavit. " Btit I cfinnot— t rciilly don't waM to,'1 bxpostulated tho lady, "lt is absolutely necessary that you should," replied the officer, and he imme diately read, vory rapidly, the usual form, " And you do solemnly, sincerely, and truthfully swear," &c. Tho lady cast an appealing, glanco at tho imperturbable officer, then looked resignedly at her smiling companion, and said: ". Woll, I supposo' if I must I must, but the Lord have mercy on my soul—d it."

To teat the power of machine guns and shell fire from a vessel against a forfc, an ex gjriment was made last month by the ritiah Admiralty. In the Firth of Forth, on the island of Inakeith, a fort has been constructed of late years armed with 18 ---ton guns. The British ironclad Sultan opened fire on this fort within Bhort range, and repeated the experiment three successive days. Dummieß had been placed within the fort to represent the defenders, and evety endeavour was made to make the ex porimont as instructive as possible. The Sultan fired at intervals blank cartridges in order to envelop her in smoke, and then ■brought all her machine guns to boar upon the fort. The result was highly satisfactory so far as the fortification was concerned, for only six dummies were knocked over, not withstanding the rain of machine guns and shrapnel bullets was almost continuous for hours. The fort also was practically unin jured. It should be stated th&t tho eighteen ton guns of the Inskeith fortifications are mounted en barbette, and one of the chief objects of the experiments was to ascertain the effects of machine guns and shrapnel shell upon such open Darbette defences. For coast fortifications those on land appear after all to bo the most effective and in tho long run least expensive. They can always be depended upon to be present when wanted, which is more than can bo said for ships. The land fortification can be strengthened so as to become absolutely impregnable, and with torpedoes, floating or stationary, can prevent an enemy from landing or its ships from approaching near enough to effect any damage on shore.

To the Editor: Sir,—l read with interest your remarks on the release of the Tioh borne Claimant, and while I did in the commencement think ho was "the man," I was compelled after reading the whole of both trials to admit that, he was not Sir Rogor Tichbprne. I give my reasons :—(1) Orton and Tichborno both left England for Spain, and the Claimant never denied ho was at Millipi in Spain, and that he was there a sufficient time to learn the Millipean language; but Sir Roger was only in the placa two nights and one day. The day was spent in sport, and how could he in so short a time have learned to speak and write a language he had never heard (•pokon 1 (2) The Claimant was in real want, and if he had been Sir Roger, know ; that one thousand pounds was waiting for i him at the Bank, but he did not apply for jit? no man would have done that, : whpn the Bonder was a loving mother. ' (3) The Claimant, >on coming to England, made his own friends secondary, and went to see Orton's, leaving his nearest and dearest until the last. No man would do that. I have. been asked-how could a man know co much ? My answer is, the Claim ant was four years in the house with the life of Sir Roger before him, and an income of Tour thousand pounds per annum from Lady Tichborne, and it is clear tcf any person, if the Millipean language was acquired in two years and aix months, he could learn the life of Sir Roger in four years. The estate is partly sold, and it is an impossibility from that fact for the Claimant to get it. But I have novor mot with any person who hud read Ihe whole of the trial that believed him to be Sir Roger. The evidence before the jury plainly pointed to him as Arthur Orton.—l am, etc., LEviSiANroN; '■' * • '

Being unable to obtain St. James's .Hall this week, Mr Milner Stephen announojsad "public healing" to beheld to-morrow (Friday) night in the Lome street HalL Several parties who have'been cured be present to bear witness.' „£-;:■ ".!" AvcrJrrespondent writes from Fiji to on English paper: " Often while sailing among the South Sea Islands, I havo passed flocks of birds, principally-terns and whale-birds, resting in vast numbers on the sea. im lt,iß remarkable ,that^.,h£wcyer rough* tho i's«h, may bo at tho time, yot whero the birds rest there is not a ripplo to disturb them. This must bo caused by oil, but whothor it is purposoly deposited by tho birds with the intention of quieting the water, or whether thoy do so from natural causes, is a question tho answer to which 1 think would interest many of your readers."

Despite various assertions to tho con trary, tho Rev, Dr. Bromby, Bishop of Melbourne, has, after all, married Miss Elizaboth T. Banks. The marriage took placo by special licenso in St. Georces Church of England, Queens cliff. The Rev.' H. J. Wilkinson con ducted tho ceremony, and united "De cember and May." Dr. Bromby is 75 vet-" of txae, and his fair bride is " . — toon." .- =weot seven-

Either a German officer haa been hoaxing the " Ballarat Courier," or Gormany has actually annexed a portion of New Guinea, An officer deolarod, in tlio courwe of a con> venation with a representative of tho paper named, that he had been on the northern ooost of New Guinea fot some months, and that that portion hud been taken possession of in dije form .by his Government, nnd t \n. anticipation of tho,. southern territory I'oitlg alre^.iy jlnrtoxetl, b# was on,his road thither as- one ttf a ioOrps ot, resident onginoers.. The Officer added that'when ho left Germany on , hie present trip it was distinctly under stood in official circles that thp step vtAn taken with tho eeiicurrenfclj of tM Brititn QovDl'Wn&Hti

, $hoQcverftor.'s atidress on '''^hd BelSiibos )ai aew/'finAimi " i' to bo issued in pampjilet fol'l'ii, with plates and explanations. It nqay then bo presented to libraries, public institutions, etc., In ordor that intelligent interest may bfi created thrbughoiit tlib Polony t)h thia liflpßrtdnt Bul3iec{;. The 11 LytteltdttTimfeg,".alluding t« thß Auck lahd•'.'itoralds" charge agriinbt it Una other Sdufchern [lobyrfi W having subpresse'd a I'dSSagS in the address which was specially complimentary to Au.oklatVdj urtyS) "tho person responsiljWKr tliiS oiitrdgebus crime we? A ftyrth Isldnd n'ett-stiaper io tlßrter' residing in WollingMh.'1 Mbiit which,is rather ''•g'6nD V' will nave all dbj'cdtionaßle look and odour removed bj"1 being dipped in a solution of permnnga nato of potash. A shilling's worth makes 500 quarts of dip.

FLIES AND BUQS, I I> M U-«..lnr-:K wM\*i; «Jit».t>M- a i>UJmlu, suchert, cllliiUnbU. ilUieil out by ■' Rough oh ' fctbpibbrti, i w»l k ih., Aiuli. inatmiß frofepsdr TUekiir will deliver a lßcturb oh 11 Dal)to " In Si Jiimes'S Hall to-morrbw night;

Hilr.tiio now Wilson Bowing MachlHo.—D. Si Chambers.—[ADVT.J. . Seo,tließreatiri>ductiohsih prices of las} Fqßjna'a-jp>9<is. in tho Queen-strtot window (A OodUsori'a London Arcade.—[Advt.]

Tho moat Beautiful Ornamental Fire Soreensover Imported to OilaCfty itrnttj WSeeh atOnrllok&CranwaiVtft'tiriilfthinjgW'drbhousQ'. A largo ftWJrtment just Opcnud up, varjlciß in n.rlcelrdM Fa Od to 12a fJd. Mdioß nro Invited to make tholr sblpotlb^ early, nil wo cannot fyiplivcjb tho cholbcat ot tliom. this abftapn.—Garll'oic and Cranwoll, Qiinaii-Rtroot—[Abvy.

SURVEY OF THE TRUNK RAILWAY.

(l)Y TKLKORAHI—I'RKSS ASSOCIATION,)

MABfotf, this day. Tttfc Working surveys of tho trunk railway >voro commenced today at this end of the lino.

SPORTING NEWS

Thj Auckland Cttp ami Stee'plociiaso Sotting.

Sih'bk tho appearaiico of tho Weights fbr tho' Auckland Clip Antt Sloeplochaso, there has bcon a large amount of wagering.,, For t^io Cup,- Salvngo has been supported to win three or four hundred at 100's to 10, and 600 to 30 has been accepted about Turquoise, Tim Whiiller and, ligraiia havo.also each ,boen backed tQ win,tlic.ovon t to tho extent of 800, while tho owner of Carbineer has takon 400 to 4 that ho wins. Yesterday a oummirtiiion was oxocutcd by tho stable in favour of Pipi, 500 to 25 being takon straight out, and coupled with her stable comDamon Angler for theSteoplschaso, l,9oowas got on at 100"h to 2. It isalflo believed that a,largo amount was got in the South. !; In tlia doubles,, Cup and Steeplechase, 1,000 to 20 has been accepted about Salvage, coupled with Alaric and The Lad, and 700 to 14 Pipi and King Arthur. The following are tho quotations tor tho Cup:— 100 to 10 against Ralvngo nnd Libeller 100 to S — WelcomoJack.Turijuoiso.and Tigrodia 109 to G — I'lpi, Leonora, Vanguard, Fusilier. Liverpool, Black Hose Tim Whlillor, and " Ncckluco 100 to 5 — ThoPoet,LiidyKroma,Oudels, and Administrator

WELLINGTON JOCKEY CLUB SPRING MEETING.

Wellington, this day. Tiik Wellington Jockey Club Spring Meet ing was held to-day. The weather was fine although rather windy, and there was a capital attendance. Flyisu Stakes. Ugly Buck 1 Consul ... 2 Speculation 3 Hurdles. 4 Wideawako .. 1 Barbary S» Liability ;.. ... ... ... 3

MEETING OF C.B. GENTIL'S CREDITORS.

An adjourned meeting of the creditors of C. Bi Gentil was held this afternoon, credi tors representing Llls 14s 4d being present. After the Assignee had ex plained the position of tho debtor's affairs, and read the sworn statement, a discussion ensued. The furniture being considerably within tho value allowed by law to the bankrupt, thero only re mains a few books worth L 2 and some goldminlng shares which had cost L 5, but were now unsaleable, two obsolete telephone instruments, down on the schedule at LlO, also unsaleable, and a book debt of L2, said to be good. In reply to the' Assignee as to the value of these assets, and particularly as regards the telephone instruments, the debtor thought he might induce his friends to advance LlO for the purchase of tho lot on his account, and as this was deemed to be in excess of what they would fetch by forced ealo tho creditors desired tie Asiignee to accept the offer if made.— On the motion of Mr Lees, seconded by Mr Payne, for Broomhall and Company, it was unanimously resolved, " That the credi tors present having heard the bankrupt's statement made before the Official Assignee, and having considered his present position and the causes which made Mm file his peti tion, have no desiro to oppose the bank rupt, but wish him to seek and obtain his final discharge from the Court as early as possible."

The Doric,

Ghkistchurch, this day.—The New Zca land Shipping Co. have received a cable message that the Doric arrived all woll at Bio on Saturday, and sailed again on Mon day. Meat in splendid condition.

Remember This.

If you are sick. Hop Bitters will surely aid Nature In making you well when all else fails.

If you aro costivo or dyspeptic, or arc suffer Ing from any other of tjie numerous diseases ot the stomach or bowels, it i 8 your own fault il you remain ill, for Hop Bitters is a sovereign remedy in all such complaints.

If you are wasting away with any form oi Kidney diaease, atop tempting Death this mo ment, and turn for a cure to Hop Bitters.

" X you are sick with that terrible sicknosa Nervousness, you will find a "Balm in Gilead" in the use of Hop Bitters.

If you are a frequenter or a resident 'of miasmatlo district, barricade your system against the scourge of all countries—malarial epidemic, bilious, and intermittent fevers—bj the use of Hop Bitters.

If you havo rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, Hop Bitters will give you fair skin rich blood, and sweetest breath, health, and comfort.

In Bhort, they cure all diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidcieyo Bright's Disease. £500 will bo paid for a case they will not cure or help. •' Druggists and Choinists keep.

That poor, bedridden. Invalid wife, ateter mother, or daughter, can be made the picture of health by aJew bottles of Hop Bitters, ooetlna butstrifl^ W^MP let them roarer!

TABLE TALK

Hioh-tieb —Married in a balloor. ~'?•;",, Sir Win. Jervois is in Dunedin. ,-* Immigration to Tasmania has been stepped, i :'•■. ,<*.*'; -'•':_ The round trip of- nn Atlantic steamer costs £10,000 or moreu There are 618 members of the House of Lords, including five Royal Princes. A.jlayal brigadohas just beeri formed at Timaru. ■■ • ... . . '• ■•, . . U- Miss Ellon Terry lost i' 2,000 salary by being rc-vaccinatcd. ,i ■ I Manphester, England, ha 3 340,000, and Manchester, U.S., 40,000 inhabitants. Yesterday, a big tcinperanco demonstra tion took placo at Tort albert. A single orange tree in Florida, over six feet in circumference, yields over 10,000 oranges every year. Oleomargarine factories'are suggested as a now Australian industry. Yesterday, Mr.W. Wilson, Warkworth, was unanimously elected Chairman of Rod ney County Council. j New Mexico has 3,000,000 aliens -■ ' 2,000,000 cattle on '•- "" . et «.iu lirn-' m . ,« /;,080,000 acres of Tho Agricultural Association's'ground at Dunedin, on which £2,500 were spent, is claimed to be the finest in tho colony. It is proposed in England to raiso £?0,000 in America for tho restoration of Shakes pearo's burial placo. Noiv is tho season when the marauding mosquito renows his acquaintance with all the 2501b tnon and women in tho com munity. .. Archbishop Morah has summoned all tho Roman Cas,hoJJc • bishops of Australia, Now &alaHd| ntl« Tasmania to a National Couii cll, . which will be hold in Sydney on Sep temborS, 1885. " '..','" Instead of designating single ladies as old maids, tho Indianapolis '•Journal" calls tll6in "bSlchb'leUbij.'', It has, be'oti decidbd tb hpla a Congress of Tt-dUe li'elegHtbs bn Thurstlay, January Sth; 'Slid siicyeeding days, in Dunedin. Six delegates aro promised alroady, and 40 are expected. A parson waited on an up-country editor on Tuesday last for v donation, Even parse h > fliake Mistakes sometimes. A man who Was hanged in Indiana played on tho adcordeon while preparing for the Bbaftbld. , Miss Louise Crawford plays the twins in "Tho Corsican Brothers" to-night; not the lii-st timo a Woman has "done" two HMi . . There are fourteen million cattle lii the' United States, one to every three ttiettj womett, aKa^hiUlreß,. ;. A goods train was thrown off the lino at Eeneington, Otago, yesterday morning, but no one was injured, very little damage done, and but slight delay caused. "We have," saya an American news paper, " eight thousand sailors, no armoured ships, and bo guns of any aC cbuht.1' Ilefary Ward Beecher'e library is valued atL130,000; ~ . The Pretaier of New BdUth Wales is to visit New Ztjaland shortly. ..Auckland tramway Company carry over 6,000 passengers every week. The vise of chloroform in medical ptactiee is fatal one time in every 2,783. A number of Germon schoolmasters have be'Sii eiigagfcd to carry out a cbmpleto reform bf (;lib educational system of Qhili. Col. Stewart; lately murdered in tho Soudan; was coUeih tb Mr G. V, Stewartjbf Tdurahgft. Tho leading hotel - keeper in Central Moxico is named Don Jesus Christ Gonzales.

Mr Jonathan Brown has been re-elected Chairman of Tauranga County Council. Tho Marquis of Lome lately contributed to the "Graphic" a twolvocohtmn article on "The Dominion of Canada in relation to tho visit of the British Association to Mon treal."

A daughter of Sir Julius Vogel is said to read out from the colonial papers all the little tit-bits about her papa. Tho other morning she oxclalmedj "Look here, pa! I itlways know you were rather fat; but these nasty papers need not call you ' the Stdut-Vogel-Party,' need they?" Again Wo ask—Why do the New Zealand "unemployed" raise a piteous whine ? A number of datives who are digging gilm at Merctliy Bay ate each making from £3 to ti a week, and expect bigger returns when lino weather sets in.

The school savings banks of France have been wonderfully succescful. Ih 1579, five years.!after their foundation, there were 10,44.0. schools provided with such banks, and 224,200 depositors. .The numbers have now risen to 21,484 schools, and 442,021 de-

positore. v . , , i There aro five foreign-born persons in the United Staioa Semite one Welshman, ono Scotchman, and three Irishmen. In the House there are twenty. foreign-born per : sons—three Englishmen, throo Scotchmen, six Irishmen, five Germans, .one Norwegian, onqßrazijian^and.ohe Canadian. An agitation, was latoly going on in various parts of Britain for a reduction in tho price of bread. Some of tho bakers have yielded to the demand, which has been made consequent on the low price of wheat. One large firm of bakera in D.ublin is re ported to bo making a yearly profit of JCIO.OOO.

R.M. COURT.-This Day.

(Before Mr H. O. Seth Smith, R.M.) JUDGMKNTS FOB PLAINTIFFS.

In the following cases judgnieaits were Riven for plaintiffs :—

David Twohill v. Hector Simeon.—Claim, LS 15a: costs, L 2 IBs.—Mr NapiCr for plaintiff. William McOulloch v. John Sheohan.-Claim, LSO; costs, LI 19s.—Mr Brassey for plaintiff. Miranda Coal and Iron Company v, Edward McGlashan.—Claim, L21! Is 3d; costs, IX 10a.— Mr Campbell for plaintiff. W. J. Suiter v. C. A. Martin.-Clairo, L23 5s 9d; costs, Lll9s.— Mr Jackson for plaintiff. Hancock and Co. v. M. J. Lambert.—Claim, LlB j coats. L 2 9a.—Mr George for plaintiff. A. H. Nathan v. G. W. Wilson.-Claim, HI 17s 2d; coats, Li IBs.-Mr Campbell for plaintiff. J. Mclntyre v. J. L. Grov and W. It, Dunn.— Claim, L4l3s Id; coste, LI 10a 6d.-Mr Brown ing for plaintiff. William Jeffrey v. James Barnsley.—Claim, LI 14s 3d; costs, LI 4s. Davis and Co v, Joha Webb.-Clalin, LI 7a 9d; costs, 13s; George Boyd V. G. K. Lovordok.—Claim, L 2 4a; coats, LI 10r fld.—Mr Buddie fdr plaintiff. Donald MoLean v. Walter Morley Claim, L 2 17a; coats, LI 9a 6d.-Mr Campbell for the plaintiff. H; B. Morton v, J. B. Thomas.—Claim, L 23. 18s 7d ; coata, Lt IBs -Mr Campbell for plaintiff. New Zealand Timbor Company v. A. C. Mo- Donald. — Claim, LG 10s; coats, LI 17a.—Mr Dcvore for plaintiff.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES,

Gcorgo Hulme Vi P. A. Jenkins. — Claim, Ll7 7s 3d.—Mr Napier for plaintill.—Defendant did not appear, and was ordered to pay L7 7s 3d by instalments ol 10s a week, or in default 21 days. J. L. Evans v. J. Dompsey, jun.—Claim, L 8 lls 6d.—Mr Brassey for plaintiff.—Defendant having been examined as to his means, was ordered to pay by instalments of 10s a week, or 10 days in default.

Samuel Cohen v. W. N. Stovens.—Claim, L23 Is 3d.—Mr G»orgo for plaintiff.—By consent, defendant was ordered to pay LS3 la 3d by in stalments of L2los every fortnight, or in dofavJt 21 days' imprisonment.. Alfred Reynolds v. A. R. Burr.—Claim, Ll9 153 2d.—Mr Thome for plaintiff Defendant did not appear, — Ordered to pay Ll9 15s 2d on or btfore Bth January, 1855, or 21 days' imprison ment.

M. Murohlo v. W. C. S. Gray.—Claim. L 9.— Mr Georgo for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear, and was ordorcd to pay L9 by instal ments of L 2 per month, or ton days"imprison mont.

H. Dualra v. J. Slator.—Claim, L 7 17s 63.— Mr Thco. Coopor for plaintiff. Dofendant did not appear, and was ordered to pay L 7 17s Od by an instalment of L3 on 9th January, 18S5, and os a week thereafter, or ton days in dofault. —L. Moseß v. T. Aitkon and Alexander Wright. -Claim, Lll 17s.- Mr Thco. Cooper for plaintiff. —Defendant was examined and ordered to pay Lll 17s by instalments of 10s a week, or in de fault fourteen days' impriaonment-L. Moses V. W. A. Barhold.-Claim, L 25 133.-Dofendant was examined and ordered to pay L 25 12a by Instalments of 53 a week, payable every four weeks, or one month in default—Hesketh and Aitken v. John Mallally.-Claim, L57.-De fpndant was examined, and the ease adionrnod till next weok.-E. Hunter v. James N'olaon.- Claim, L4l6s.—Ordorcd to pay in a fortnight.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Messrs James Baber and Joseph New ' - man, Justices). .

Attempted Suicide.—J. Median was charged with attempting suicide by throwing himself off tho Queen-atreet Wharf on the 22nd instant— Pri oner pleaded not guilty.-Sergeant Pratt {aid the prisoner had been examined by Dr. Philsou, who considered that he should bo taken care of for a time, as ho was not quite rieht in nia mind.—Remanded until tho slih proximo Aloxander Phill ipa. de'irium tremns, remanded until the same date.

Innccbsts ABRQJD.-John Driscoll and Jaa. O Bnen were brought «p on two charges o£ entering the premises of Gco. W. Bfhney.and stealing a quantity of skins, value ffl. Mr Napior appeared for O'Brion. — Sergeant Pratt said he would withdraw the charge against 0 Bnen, by permission of the Bench, as the evidence to ta forthcoming pointed only to Dnecoll.—Ecmanded until to-morrow. Chimney on Fire.—Eobert Strong, of Manu baußoad,Parnell, waanned 5s forpermitting his chimney to get on flre on Saturday last. Larceny; as a BAILKE.-Paut Louis surren nered his bail and appeared in answer to a cliargo of larceny as bailee of two gold watches, value £10 the property of W. King, of Hobaoa- Btreot—Mr S. Heßketh appunred, and asked for a, remand until to-morrow, as his brother (Mr B. Hesketh) understood that tho case was set down for hearing on tho 2Sth inßt.-Romanded accord ingly." . ■•

This was all the business.

UNION OIL, SOAP, AND CANDLE COMPANY (Limited)

Annual Mooting.

The annual meeting of tho shareholders of the above Company was held at noon to-day in Mr Butgcr's offico, about thirteen being, present. Mr J. Batger ( Chairman of Pire'ctorsj presided. T'i's follpwiiifj io pprt and balance-sheet were submitted :— yinco tho last annual meet'ng of share holders, the Company's business has been removed to Ann's Bridge, the new premises there having been completed, and the plant erected. Tho directors are satisfied that the sits on which their works are now car ried on is in every respect suitable The premises are commodious, and adapted to their purposes, and a railway siding gives ready access to the buildings, while tho water supply and drainage arrangements are satisfactory. The steari™ -'

(,1(111 c, now j uir use, is of the newest type, and seems likely to give satisfaction. The manufacture of candles is now only com mencing, as there have been many difficulties to overcome in perfecting the machinery and processes, but your directors hope that no further delays will occur, and that they will bo able almost immediately to eupply local demands with an article fully equal to any in the market. The oporative department of your business—the oil and soop department—continue to work profit ablyf and although the past year has been adversely affected by the interruption of business during removal, &c, the value of sales has been rather greater than in the previous 12 months. It has been fiJund necessary to call up more capital, aa the cost of premises and plant has absorbed all that has been already paid ty shareholders. Your directors believe, owbver, that another dall of Is per Share—hiaking l2s in till—will be sufficient, as they hope shortly to sell the old sites at Parnell, &c. During -the past year' there has been an expenditure of £6,874 12s 9d upon plant and buildings and expenses con nected with tho stearlne department. Of this tho directors have placed Ll,llo 19s 9d to a separate account, ft being preliminary expenses is establishing the candle manu facturing branch. Two of the directors— Messrs Batgerand Clark— retire by rotation in terms of tho Articles of Association, but aro eligible for reelection,

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■ 'BIfk?BU&HT 6£ AciiOtWl'f!! frCtß *HB YFAB ENtfED 30th .September, 1884.-Profit and Loan ■Account;— Dr.: To manufactured goods on Hiind., Ist October, ]833, 52.1G6 Is 91; cost ot raw Hiatßtjat aiid pHol^aseSi! «l;67fe OS Id; Wages, Salaries, commission and traVellefa efpennet, railage, cartage, horse-ieod, &c., £523 78 fid; general trade expenses, repairs, and potties, £18.5 5s lOd; coai, «282 Os 7d; rates, taxes, and rent, J3JSO 0s Id; insurance, *12T 12s lOd | dliscotiiits and Interests £77 v 7d: station' cry, prlhting, ttnd adVertisinir, £86 17s 9d J lSgol exiienses, £8 IDs m ; bad debtfl written off, Sill l»3l?d; amt)itn»,oarrijsdto bad debtd bob iienao abcount, £300; baldnoei £476 6s lOdl total, fi!3,063 18s Cd. tjr.: Bj balance from lost account, £505 Ba 9d ; sales o£ manufaclured gbttda, £12)520 19a 9d; rent of Workmen's cot teges, £14 17s; Sad debts reoovored, tSi.B%; tfaWet feesi' 10s i.. tot»l, jSU.ofe ißa 6di-- Balanee-sheet-br! U'o Capital, 60,000 sllafea at £1, £50,000; IeBS unallotted shares, £13.150— £36 830; leas uncalled capital, lVs per share, £18,425; aundrj- creditow, £1,966 15s 2d; bills bayablb, £1,035 19a sd; bad debt außpense ac count, £300; overdj-aft Batilc of .New Zea land, £0.233 1«3 3d-£28,581 ICa 10d; balance, £17G Ca 10d: total, £29,037 17s Bd. :.Or: Hy. landed property, buildings and plant, £lfl,B:» 4s 8d; siock of raw material, pianu laeturbd gßbds, n«d package a, £0,2*1.83 Id; cool, £31; horse, <saft, tobls, etc., £120; offlfe funiilurn and stationery, £40 4b; sundry dobtors, £1.49117a: bills rccclvablo, £94 12slld ; unpaid calls, £202 iOa: candle manufacturing su«penso account. £1.110 19s 9d; cash in hand, £2fl 0s: total, £2G,037 17a Bd.

In moving tho adoption of the report and balance-sheet the Chairman said that there was very little to bo added to the former beyond tills i That the directors believed that all the preliminary difficulties had boon ovorcomo, and that they were in a position to supply the market with candles equal in quality to anything that could be imported. The prico, too, was suuh as to enable them to compote favour ably with all comers. As for the plant, it was in thorough order, and was admitted to be of the "best description. The other branches of the Company's businoss were being economically and profitably carried on, and the directors hoped for a prosperous future for the Company. The Chairman then weqt ,qn to deal with the figures in the balance-sheet.

Mr J. M. Clark seconded the resolution.

; A dieenssion took place with reference to a aum : of £1,110 19a 9d v which had been spent iaexperimentinK upon the manufac ture of sperm candles, and which appeared upon tho credit side of the balance-sheet. Mr Adam Porter contended that it should have been included on the debit side of the Profit and Lose Account, while Mr Clark justifiod the manner in which it had been set down.'

A sample of the Company's candles were upon the table for inspection, and their yellowish colour arid, imperfect finish attracted attention from some of the share holders.

Mr Farrell said that if a better article could not be produced with the present hands, then a man should be engaged who perfectly understood the business, oven although they should have to pay him a salary of LIOO per annum. The quality of their candles might be very good, but theyjsbould also be whiter and smoother in appearance. He was prepared to move-in the direction in dicated.

The Chairman said that the directors were not prepared to go an experimenting further. The candles on the table had only been made yesterday, and, therefore, were shown at a disadvantage. The directors hoped to still further improve the appear ance of the product. The resolution for the 'adoption of report and balance-sheet was then put and carried. Mossrs J. Batger and J. M. Clark, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and Mr J. Waymouth was appointed sole auditor. Mr Farrell then stated that instead of proposing his suggeeted resolution he would be content to leave the matter in the directors' hands.

Mr Lawry stated that the direetbrs had already considered the advisability of making alterations, and also all the matters referred to by Mr Farrell and others. They would do'all that was needful,-

The Chairman mentioned that Mr j. A, Pond had experimented with their candles and compared with other kinds in the market. His report had been that the Company's candles 'were perfection Itself in burning quality and material. Some discussion also took place upon the manufacture of linseed oil, in the course of which the Chairman said linseed had been advertised for.

A vote of thanks was then passed to the directors, and Mr G. J. Stone briefly ac knowledged it. ' This concluded the business.

TELEGRAMS

New Plymouth, this day.—Mr James Paul was elected Mayor of New Plymouth by a majority of 156 over Captain David eon. ' Mr Ballance's Visit to Moltau. The "Taranaki Herald" Uronui corres pondent writes that a meeting was held on Tuesday night, when a telegram was sent to the Hon. Mr Ballance inviting him to a lunch there on his way to Mokau.

Reductions in Constabulary.

Considerable reductions are being made in the Constabulary force. Mr John Ellist was again elected Chair man of County Council yesterday.

Fatal Accident,

Oamaru, this day.—Yesterday morning a young man named Reed, a scavenger, was killed by his cart falling on him.

Sir John Hall's Visit.

Chkistchurch, this day.—Sir John Hall spent some time in town yesterday visit ing his friends and looking about the place generally. He is likely to remain in New Zealand for some two months or more, and at present con templates making the return journey by way of Singapore. .The inhabitants of Hororata (where his home is situated) are nnderatood to bo preparing to receive him in grand style. An address, carriages, and dinner, and- all the rest, of indispensable accompaniments of such a ceremoDy are talked of vigorously.

Agricultural Show.

DusßMNi this day. — After very heavy rain all Tuesday and through tho night the weather cleared up splendidly, and was very fine for the eighth Annual Show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion, The show was a great success, and there was a very good attendance. The exhibits numbered 1,030, or 250 more than last year. Tho sheep and cattle were judged yesterday, and the horses, etc., will be taken to-day. Except in merinos, the competition in all classes was capital.

CABLEGRAMS.

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FrtinQh Criminals in Australasia,

Loxdon, Novejnbor.2s.—A Parllamthifii-.y Blue-book has been issitijrt todayrblaiitig to the recidivist* question, and the neg& tintlohs which, have taken place thereoii J?et\veon thp Pren.cU and Eliglisli G'ovofiK ■Elenes; Aftonfr the latest; dcJpaichss & one by Lord Lyons,, British Minister t^ Palis, itmioiihcihg that in die course ot an Interview which he had on the 15th of Octobcnvith M. Ferry, the latter declared that the French Go vernment were desirous of acting in a neighbourly spirit with regard to the Australasian colonies*, and had proposed that negotiations should be instituted for an extradition treaty iappiicab'ln i" Criminals escaping from Now CalerWa In replying to n- : i.**=i% . :..,o yropOsal, Lord Persy* stated tha? lio deemed it inadequate to Batisfy the demands of the colonies, and that no decision could bo given until the colonial authorities had been consulted. He believed, however, that tho colonies would prefer to pass enactments of their own to exclude criminals from their shoros.

AUSTRALIAN.

Now South Wales Parliament,

Svr>NEY, this day.—Nearly the whole of the estimates have been considered and passed in the Legislative Assembly, and tho Appropriation Bill was introduced yes terday. '-''■■■I

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.

While some young men were indulging in: a bath at tho City Baths today, at two o'clock, a cry was raised "A boy in tho. water," and a young gentleman named. Guilding, who was having a shower; bath, hearing the cry, sprang into the.' water .and caught hold of him just as jei was disappearing, and brought him.: safely to the'stops, where he gave him in charge of the bath-keeper, who* at once tput dry clothes on him, he appearing only a little worse for hi? bath, having swallowed a good deal of saltwater. It was" found afterwards that he was a nephew of Mr Strong's, and had just gone in to have a look at the swimmers and accidentally' fallen in. - * i

THE PROSECUTION OF WAK ING TAYLOR.

A Record of Gigantic Frauds.

(DT TELEOEAPJ:—«PEESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, Wednesday, > Waring Taylor was brought up at the R,M. Court on various charges of having•»-■ appropriated moneys belonging to the May 11 Estate. The first charge taken was that he , did, between the 6th of June, 1882, and the^"' 28th of June, 1884, wrongfully convert to I his own use tho proceeds of 778 fully paid-,;" up shares in the Bank of New Zealand. ■'. In opening the case for the prosecution, a Mr Jolliooe said the offenco with which the ■ accused was charged was one of the most m atrocious and systematic ever perpetrated- agaiust anyono in New Zoaland. Tho" charge was that the accused raisappropfi^ '• ated the proceeds of 77S shares in the Bank-> of New Zealand left to certain persona t>y the late Mr James May. The information r was laid under the 70th- section of the- ■: Larceny Act of 1867, which makes, misap-. ; propriation of trust funds by a trustee a • misdemeanour. The late Mr James May died iv London in November, in. 1881, J and by his will certain gentlemen *v in England were appointed executors ofi. his English property, and the prisoner, and another gentleman in this colony were appointed executors of the New Zealand estate*. By his will the;deceasedbequeathed. .;■. specially certain legacies out of shares which '.■'■ he held in the Bank Bf Sett Zealand; Twenty five.of. these shares w.es Ernest Arundel. At the tiroo of hjs cl^ath May owned 1,014 shares in the.-Bari^,.©! ; New Zealand, the. value of these shares:, being then over L 22.000. Of these. I,ols'. shares 4CO were left to .persons.outßicLa ? the colony, 205 being left to • resident^ j of Ne\v Zealand. : The prisoner obtained : probate of tho will, on the 6th of jfune^ ; 1882, and. he (Mr, Jellicoej. would ibe ; able to prove that he had commenced his If criminal career very early. Indeed, evwjj dence would be brought to show that beforo''& prisoner obtained probajte of the will he had > actually,sold 350 shares, and disposed ,o£ .A the money,for.his own benefit. He would- j; prove that ttie 778 shares on which the ■ present information was based, together- •«' with those which had been transferred to •*; the persons entitled to receive them, were^l transferred by the Bank of New Zealand to:!',: Taylor in his own name—the Bank recog- ?; nising no trusts. Tho prisoner converted f ■ the 778 shares in question to his own use.';;' The shares wore sold for him by Mr D. T^% Stuart, sharebroker, Wellington, wfcp'-'vJi would tell tho Court that he had paid the ! proceeds to tho prisoner. Evidence would 1' also be called to trace that money in!&<>>,< the prisoner's account in the Nation*!,^) Bank of New Zealand, at the time wkfl his account was overdrawn. Again, id j August, ISS2, Taylor sold some more share?fi| and the proceeds amounted to Ll,lsi'3fj'^ which was also paid into the prisoner c account at the National Bank of Sew ZeaVs^ land. In February last year he again sod £; 100 shares, receiving- L 2,307. 5s 8d as tlw;^ proceeds, and this too was'placed to fifeSj; credit. Taylor at this time was also trustee, in the Bhodes's estate, and by way of satisfy• 'X' ing an indebtedness to.it he wrote to Mis - Rhodes that he had invested L 6.965 of he* . money in the purchase of 298 snares in tr.o , Bank of New Zealand. He then fraudulently transferred 298 shares belonging to the May . estate to Mrs Rhodes's estate, and also- placed 80 shares to the credit of Miss m Rhodes. Fifty shares were also taken from I, the May estate at another time, and the,;. proceeds of all these transactions were con* v verted by Taylor to his own use. Jellicoe went into the details relative to' tb<jTy! prisoner's attitude towards English legatee^;■£?; and concluded a forcible address by stating: that when the evidence had been heard it would be seen that the prisoner was -. one of the most skilful thieves of the present Is age. .'- • ''~',l<M The first witnesses examined proved the | creation of the trust, and David T, Stuart* ~ shafebrokor, deposed that he sold SO Bank '"■ of New Zealand shares for the prisoner.—* On the sale notes being handed in, Mr Jellicoe pointed out that upon each one was written "James May Estate."—Ernest. AVestney, ledger-keeper in the National* : Bank, deposed, to the payment by prisoner■ ■:-. of money and cheques drawn by D. T. , Stuart, and with which accused's private ':: account was crodited. Previous to these ./" amounts being paid in, the prisoner's bant ' | ing balance was fully overdrawn. In all vf these caEeu the proceeds of the cheques '■. went to a reduction of the debit balance.— " Honry Ricbard Glepg, manager of'the;,. National Bank, corroborated the evidence •' ---given by the last witnejs, and added thit" : on tho 28th Juno last, the date on which ■ the prisoner filed his schedule, the accused was considerably indebted to the Bank. The Bank proof of debt was about 19,000.11 The overdraft was L 2,485. The proof ftr ; -i L 9.000 included bills under discount. Ac-'ii cueed's brother had guaranteed an over- ?*J. draft of £5,000.— D. T. Stuavt, re-called in,: 5 ■' connection with tho sale of shares, said be . I charged the May estate with- the whole. f>MM the commission, and gave Taylor half.<-<~||§ Arthur Edward Rowden, clerk to Rhcdes's . . trust, said that in June, 1883, the accused . was indebted to Mrs Rhodes LI 1,235 6s Hd. In April, 1883, 298 Bank of Now Zea land stares were transferred to Mrs S. A. Rhodes by the prisoner, he receiving credit on that account for L 6.965 15s. The receipt produced was in Mrs S. A. Rhodes's hand writing. 'Witness did not know until quite recently that these shares belonged to tho May estate. He could not say how the - trust came to tako over these shares. Pri- ,' soner's liability to Mrs Rhodes in June. 1 1883, was L 2.779 3s. Eighty -Ne%v Zealand vp Bank shares were transferred to Miss M,;4.{«p Rhodes about that time, for which accused I took credit for L 1,573 odd. Tho receipt for :■;-. the shares produced was signed by Miss *' _; Rhodes. At tho time this transfer via i made witness was not aware that they.bo- ,;? longed to the May estate.— Ernest Arundel, ._ ---one of the legatees under Mr James May's , will, deposed that he had never given any authority for the'transfer of shares, nor re ceived any return for them.—The case waß.|gj then adjourned till Saturday morning, baUi||a being allowed as before.

The Skeleton iv tho Cupboard!— Mi- ; trees: "I thought I heard a man's voie£.|| down hero, Jane. I do trust, after all 1;^ told you about the last cook and her Sah $| vation Army friends, that you've not ad;>|3| mitted any " " Cook : Oh, lor, mum! • j that you should ever think that otme!— which I can't abide the Salvationists, mum—and my young man a 'ekelinton^ < and at this minute at Ottyhoo, a-fightm • the 'orrid Wretches!" (In the cupboard all the time.)

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. THURSDAYM MAY, 81, 1881.



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